Weekly Announcements

There is Hospitality after all Masses this weekend as we join in fellowship to

celebrate mothers, grandmothers, godmothers and spiritual mothers.

The Mass Intention Book for June through the end of the year is now open.

Please visit the Parish office on weekdays, 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.

If you ordered a plant last weekend through the Garden Ministry, please

pick up your plant after Mass today. Some cash and carry hanging plants are

also available while supplies last. All proceeds will go towards the

beautification of parish grounds.

Apostleship of Prayer is holding its annual online spring plant sale. Please

see the link in Flocknote, the bulletin or on the parish website to order.

The next meeting for Women’s Sodality is Monday, May 11 at 2 p.m. in the

Parish Conference Center. The Sodality Living Rosary and May Crowning will

take place on Thursday, May 14 at 2 p.m. in the front of the church.

The next St. Stephen’s Parish Council meeting will take place on Monday,

May 11 at 7 p.m. in the Parish Community Center. All are welcome.

The Vigil Mass for the Feast of the Ascension, a Holy Day of Obligation, will

take place on Wednesday, May 13, at 6 p.m. This is also the first celebration

of Our Lady of Fatima for this year. A Rosary procession will follow Mass.

Please check the bulletin, website or Flocknote for Mass times for the Feast

of Ascension both here and at St. Joseph’s on Thursday, May 14.

You should have received your multi-parish raffle tickets in the mail. If you

return your purchased tickets by Monday, May 11, you will be eligible for a

drawing to receive $100 worth of scratch-off lottery tickets.

If you borrowed one of the Mass Activity Bags for your child today, kindly

return it to the rack in the Atrium for the next family.

Please pick up a copy of the parish's 2025-26 People's Financial

Report and Pastor's Note on the tables in the atrium this

weekend. Each year parishes publish a one-page income and

expense report. Fr. Slawek offers his comments on the state of the

parish during the past fiscal year on the reverse side of the report.

The Garden Ministry is holding a Mother’s Day Plant Sale with

pre-orders taken after all Masses this weekend. The plants will be

available for pick-up next weekend after all Masses.

As you heard last weekend, nominations for Parish Council are due

this weekend. If you are interested or have a card that was picked

up last weekend, it can be dropped off in the basket on the Parish

Council table in the atrium. Nominees will be called this week, and

selections will take place at the May 11th meeting.

The next meeting for Women’s Sodality is Monday, May 11 at 2

p.m. in the Parish Conference Center. The Sodality Living Rosary

and May Crowning will take place on Thursday, May 14 at 2 p.m. in

front of the church. All are welcome.

The Our Lady of Fatima Masses and Rosary Procession will resume

on Wednesday, May 13 at 7 p.m. This will also be the Vigil Mass

for the Feast of the Ascension, a Holy Day of Obligation. The

Fatima Rosary procession will follow Mass.

If you borrowed one of the Mass Activity Bags for your child today,

kindly return it to the rack in the Atrium for the next family.