Dear Parishioners, As we enter into this second week of Lent, the Priests of the Diocese will be gathering for a few retreat days to renew ourselves during this season. In the past, we were blessed to have several priests here and we could leave one priest behind to cover the Masses. With just Fr. Jacob and myself, we are not able to do that any longer. Therefore, we will NOT have any daily Masses here on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of this week. Sorry for the inconvenience. Please keep all our priests in your prayers as we will pray for you during our retreat days. I know that all of you who normally use the Marian Hall restrooms have been very patient with us the past few weeks as we update these restrooms. Goodbye to the 1980’s décor and hello to some upgraded restrooms. We are just finishing all the work on these rooms, and they should be ready to use very soon. Mark your calendars for our parish penance service which will be held next week, March 6th at 6:30 pm. If this is not convenient, please check out the penance service schedule for the other churches in the Kalamazoo area in today’s bulletin. We are also having some additional confessions on Friday evenings before the Stations of the Cross as well as our normal confession time of Saturday mornings at 11 a.m. In just a few weeks, we will be welcoming and receiving into the Church those who are receiving the Sacraments at the Easter Vigil. Please keep them in your prayers throughout these days of Lent. Thanks for reading! Fr. Mark