Announcements

Baby Bottle Drive. This Sun, Feb 19, the Rosa Mystica Society will be distributing baby bottles in the courtyard for the purpose of collecting alms throughout the Lenten season (coins, paper money, and checks) for the Sacramento Life Center. Bottles are collected on Mar 26.

Ash Wednesday. Masses at 7 am, noon, & 6 pm. Ashes will be available at each Mass.

The Feast of the Chair of St. Peter is transferred this year to the following day, which means it will fall on Thurs, Feb 23. Members of the Confraternity may receive a plenary indulgence on that day, according to the normal conditions.

Adult Catechism meets Thurs, Feb 23 at 7 pm.

Youth Group meets Fri, Feb 24 at 7 pm.

Lenten Soup Meal Fri, Feb 24 at 7:30 pm in the hall.

The Rosary for Priests will be offered on Sat, Feb 25 after the 8:30 am Mass. Join in praying fifteen decades for priests.

Sancta Maria Classical Academy (grades PK-12), a hybrid homeschooling co-op in Granite Bay, will be having a Visitors’ Day on Mon, Feb 20, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm. Please RSVP to sanctamariaclassicalacademy@gmail.com if you can join us or if you’d like more information.

Icon Painting Class. Rachel Pineda, who is an accomplished professional artist, will be offering an icon painting class taking the Theotokos, Virgin of Humility as the subject. The cost, which will include all materials, will be $400. Classes will be held May 1 – 5, 9 am – 3 pm. Accepting between four and eight women students, for details please e-mail Rachel: theshamrocksociety@gmail.com.

Summer Retreat – 2023. “The Transcendent Joy of the Mass of the Ages.” Silent retreat; Father Jacob Hsieh, O.Praem., July 30 – Aug 3. $750 / person. Private room & bath, all meals included. Christ the King Retreat Center. Register: 916-407- 7930, or inquire at St. Stephen’s office or bookstore.