April 7, 2026

Happy Easter! News from Saint Josephine Bakhita Parish

April 7, 2026

Daly Notes

Dear Friends,

The liturgies of Holy Week are very complicated and complex. A lot of behind-the-scenes work went into the planning of Holy Week and the excellence of what we experienced reflected that. A big thank you to Rochelle Bard, Lorraine Levesque, Lisa Orchen, and Deacon Michael Ward, all who helped to make things run as smoothly as they did.

Thank you also to Father George and Elizabeth Husmer. We are so grateful for your willingness to return home to help us celebrate Easter. Your experience and skill added so much to our worship.

Thank you to our Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, Altar Servers, and Greeters who served throughout the week. To our decorating and cleanup crews, we are extremely grateful, your work decorating and cleaning the Church was great.

Music helps us all to pray more fully. Thank you to all who minister to us in song. Special note of thanks to, Rochelle and Saint Josephine Bakhita combined choirs and all our cantors and musicians for providing such beautiful music for our celebrations.

Finally, we want to thank all our faithful parishioners. It was wonderful to see such great crowds on Palm Sunday and throughout Holy Week. Your presence and your prayers helped to make my first Holy Week at Saint Josephine Bakhita Parish a prayerful and meaningful experience.

Yours in the Risen Christ,

Fr. Shawn

Here are just a few images of our Holy Week Celebrations taken by several parishioners. Be on the lookout for a full gallery of all our celebrations coming soon!

Join Us for The Second Sunday of Easter

April 12, 2026

4:00 PM Vigil Mass at St. James

9:00 AM Mass at St. Elizabeth Seton
and livestreamed

11:30 AM Mass at St. James

Return your CRS Rice Bowl

Collections to Mass this

Weekend!

Bakhita Bible Camp Registration Form

Saint Josephine Bakhita

Faith Sharing Group

All are welcome to join the Saint Josephine Bakhita Faith Sharing Group. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. We meet in person, at St. Elizabeth Seton Church, from 10:30 AM -12:00. We will be discussing two of the beatitudes. We meet on the third Tuesdays of the month from now to June 17, 2026. We also have a Charismatic Prayer Group that is led by Kristie Bilcharz. This group meets on Zoom on the first Tuesdays of the month.

The Awakening Retreat will be held on Saturday, June 6, 2026 from 10:00 AM -5:00 PM at Saint Elizabeth Seton Church. If you have questions about both groups and the Awakening Retreat, please contact Michael Lonergan at 860-638-7080 or Mikelonergan53108@sbcglobal.net. I will forward your information to Kristie regarding the Charismatic Prayer Group.