FAITH FORMATION STARTS IN OCTOBER • Sunday School for ages 5-12 begins October 3. Your child can attend in-person on Sundays at 10:15am, or virtually on Zoom on Sundays at 2pm. • Students grades 8-12 will meet with teens from St. Paul, Holy Rosary and Cathedral. This hybrid program meets weekly online, with monthly in-person
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR WORKSHOP - September 19th Join the Social Justice Committee for a workshop on writing letters for social justice. The Diocese newspaper, The Catholic Virginian, has a Letters to the Editor section that is a great platform for advancing social justice causes. The Committee will have a training and conversation on how
YOUTH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION STARTING IN THE FALL Father Jim encourages parish parents of school-age children to register their child for St. Elizabeth Religious Ed! Classes will start in the Fall. Grades K-8 will meet once a month, in-person, with an option of Zoom classes. St. Elizabeth is partnering with high school students from Holy Rosary,
OUR FIRST UMOJA FAMILY Mary Allen posted on the St. Elizabeth blog this article from the Catholic Virginian in March 1981: stelizabethcc.blogspot.com/2021/07/catholic-virginian-article-about-first. The article is about the first Umoja family who St. Elizabeth sponsored. A ministry that continues to this day! USHER FOR SUNDAY MASS When you are an usher, you welcome everyone
WELCOME TO THE PARISH Baby girl Bahati was born on May 15, 2021. Her family came to the US in 2018 from a Tanzania refugee camp. Her family are members of St. Elizabeth. Pierre and his family arrived in Richmond on June 29, 2021. They are from Bujumbura, Burundi. ST. ELIZABETH SCRIPTURE CLASS
At the June Social Justice Committee meeting, a parishioner talked with the group about the discovery of mass graves at former residential schools for indigenous children in Canada. With the 160 more graves discovered on Penelakut Island, the total number of graves identified in Canada since early June has risen to at least 1300. Indigenous
St. Elizabeth celebrated a beautiful Easter service. What made it special was we welcomed into the Catholic faith (and our parish) Helena and Rod. Helena and Rod diligently attended Mass at the church when we opened with limited capacity. Chris and Beng conducted their important RCIA studies on Zoom. Mark and Connie proudly sponsored them.
LENT 2021 February 7: Black History Month Reflections, George Strother,10 am Zoom February 14: Black History Month Reflections, Ty'Shell Jones,10 am Zoom February 9 – 12: Parish office will be open from 1 pm – 4 pm for you to pick up blessed ashes * To join on Zoom, use the link for our
St. Elizabeth's Social Justice Committee met on January 12 for our first meeting of 2021. We welcomed Mark M. and Mark K. who attended their first committee meeting. VICPP Email Alerts: The Virginia Interfaith Center (St. Elizabeth is a member) is a non-partisan coalition of 23,000 members including 700 faith communities. The General Assembly is
My Sisters and Brothers, We are approaching the celebration of Christmas and the end of 2020 — thanks be to God!! This has been a difficult and challenging year with the COVID Virus, racial strife and economic uncertainties. With all of this, I want to thank you for your continued generosity over the years.
