Lancaster Catholic High School has cafeteria positions available for the 2012/2013 school year. Applications can be picked up in the school’s Main Office. For any questions, please contact Denise, the cafeteria manager, at 509.0306.

“Every one has a mission, ours is helping you!” The Parish Resource Center is a unique congregational resource. We offer practical help and assistance for pastors, lay leaders, teachers, and volunteers to fulfill their task and ministry. You have attended that great workshop read that inspiring book, been asked to teach class- We are here to come along side you and help.
You are the most valuable resource of your congregation. You need and deserve the best guidance, resources, and support. We are here to help you!
Many of you who have taken on congregational responsibilities and have to ‘learn on the job’ or you have an idea but need some assistance in planning. The Parish Resource Centers’ consultants provide personal guidance and training that is time-efficient, cost-effective, and results-oriented. Our consultants are available to help you create innovative strategies and programs that strengthen your congregations and address the challenges which may hinder or frustrate you.
The PRC offers quality workshops that that are designed to inspire, educate, and equip congregational leaders and teachers. The subjects emerge from our understanding of the priorities, challenges, and trends in subscribing congregations. We enlist the best leaders available to share their insights and to inspire participants.
Our Centers offer hospitality and a place for leaders to meet with our consultants, spend time for research and retreat, as well a meeting place for subscribing churches.

St. Philip the Apostle Parish, Millersville, is offering a Lent Retreat entitled “Standing on Holy Ground” on Wednesday, March 14th.  A day session will be held from 10:00AM-2:30PM and include lunch. The evening session will run from 6:30-9:30PM and include light refreshments. Cost is $8.00 for the day retreat and $5.00 for the evening retreat. For more information or to register, contact Christine Miller at 872-2166 or e-mail cmiller@hbgdiocese.org

On February 29th Resurrection Catholic School will present award winning Philadelphia journalist Susan FitzGerald. FitzGerald will talk about her new parenting book, Letting Go with Love and Confidence: Raising Responsible, Resilient Self-sufficient Teens in the 21st Century (Avery 2011). Co-authored with Kenneth Ginsburg M.D., an adolescent medicine specialist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the book is filled with practical and thoughtful advise on the many “how” and “when” questions that can drive parents crazy. FitzGerald interviewed parents from throughout the country for the book and their collective wisdom on raising adolescents will help you turn a time of potential strife into an opportunity for positive growth. FitzGerald will share the “three’step litmus test” that can be applied to any decision (Is it safe? Is it practical? Does it meet my standards for decency and morality?) and will show you how to use the “check-in rule” and “code word” to help your adolescent stay safe. As one of the book reviewers said: “Letting Go with Love and Confidence is likely to become your teen years’ bible.”

FitzGerald will speak on Wednesday, February 29th at 6:30 p.m. in the school gym. Resurrection Catholic School is located at 521 East Orange Street. The event is free and open to the community. Refreshments will be served.

For more information call the school at 392-3083.

Lancaster, PA- February 2012–A morning of contemplative prayer will be presented on Wednesday, February 29, 10:45 AM- 12:10 PM, in the chapel of the Dominican Monastery, Lititz Pike, Lancaster, PA. Participants will be invited to reflect on the words of Jesus, “What I just did was to give you an example: as I have done, so you must do.” (John 13: 15).
Sister Maria DeMonte, OP, MDiv, will be the presenter. Sister Maria is a Dominican Sister of the Congregation of St. Catherine de’Ricci. Presently she ministers as a spiritual director and leads home, parish and contemplative retreats. Contemplative autoharp music will be provided by Twila Sauder, a member of Songs for the Journey.
The Monastery Chapel provides the opportunity to bring the contemplative and prayer life of the monastery nuns to the lives of people in today’s world. The morning of prayer is open to women and men of all faiths. A free-will offering is requested. Registration is required. To register or for more information, contact Sr. Maria at 717-285-4536, ext. 717 or mdemonteop90@gmail.com.

On November 12, 2011, the PA DPW (Department of Public Welfare) cut funding by more than $100,000,000 for services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Many of our family members and friends face the very real possibility of losing the supports and services they so desperately need.

Below is a proposed letter to Governor Corbett on this very serious problem. Please take a moment to read the letter. If you agree with the content, please sign and mail it to the Governor or feel free to draft your own letter. Regardless of which letter you send, please cc your local Representative and Senator.

The Honorable Tom Corbett
225 Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120

Dear Governor Corbett:

Effective November 15, 2011, the PA Department of Public Welfare cut funding by over $100,000,000 for services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This very significant cut is drastically impacting the ability of service providers to continue offering quality supports and services to these very vulnerable individuals. The impact of these funding cuts will result in closure of programs, reduction of services and re-institutionalization of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

During your campaign you stated that, “meeting the human service needs of vulnerable Pennsylvanians is a core responsibility of state government”. Please remember this statement by taking the action necessary to restore these very, very important funds. These vulnerable individuals are depending on you.

Respectfully,

Lancaster, PA- February 2012–A morning of contemplative prayer will be presented on Wednesday, February 29, 10:45 AM- 12:10 PM, in the chapel of the Dominican Monastery, Lititz Pike, Lancaster, PA. Participants will be invited to reflect on the words of Jesus, “What I just did was to give you an example: as I have done, so you must do.” (John 13: 15).
Sister Maria DeMonte, OP, MDiv, will be the presenter. Sister Maria is a Dominican Sister of the Congregation of St. Catherine de’Ricci. Presently she ministers as a spiritual director and leads home, parish and contemplative retreats. Contemplative autoharp music will be provided by Twila Sauder, a member of Songs for the Journey.
The Monastery Chapel provides the opportunity to bring the contemplative and prayer life of the monastery nuns to the lives of people in today’s world. The morning of prayer is open to women and men of all faiths. A free-will offering is requested. Registration is required. To register or for more information, contact Sr. Maria at 717-285-4536, ext. 717 or mdemonteop90@gmail.com.

The miniTHON will be held on 6 p.m. on April 27 to Noon on April 28.

What is a miniTHON?
The Four Diamonds Fund is a fight against pediatric cancer. Schools across the state and surrounding region hold mulit-hour dance marathons, or miniTHONs, to support The Fund.

The 2010-2011 miniTHONs accounted for nearly 9% of total donations to the Four Diamonds Fund. Currently more than 60 schools participate in the miniTHON program, which entails creating committees, organizing studetns, planning entertainment for the event, fundraising and more.

For more information visit us on Facebook. Search miniTHON @ LCHS or visit our website at www.lschminithon.com

The Auxiliary of St. Anne’s Retirement Community is seeking volunteers to assist in the operation of the Gift Shop which is currently open seven days a week to serve residents, employees and visitors. Please call Joyce Redington at 393-7235 or 666-5608 for more information on details to help you make a decision.

This summer Lancaster Mennonite will hold numerous day camps for elementary, middle and high school students. Camps include basketball, Chinese arts and crafts, field hockey, soccer, tennis, volleyball, cooking, sewing/crafts, art and Spanish cooking. Call (717) 299-0436, ext. 310, or go to www.lancastermennonite.org/camps.