VI Priests on Retreat

All the priests serving the Diocese of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands are on retreat this week at Columban Hall on St. Thomas, beginning tonight. Msgr. Gerard Dennis Gill, Director of Worship for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, is leading conferences on liturgy in preparation for the revised liturgy that all parishes will begin celebrating in November 2011.

Charismatic Prayer Meetings

Pictured above is tonight's meeting at Holy Family Church,
which should be ending right about now.

The spirituality of charismatic prayer, which came to the Catholic Church in the 1970s, is still alive and well in our Virgin Islands parishes.
Holy Family Church on St. Thomas has charismatic prayer meetings on Mondays, St. Ann Church on St. Croix on Tuesdays, and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church on St. John on Thursdays. All meetings begin at 7 p.m.

Parishioners of Honor

Five parishioners of St. Patrick Church on St. Croix were honored for outstanding service to the parish's liturgical life at a reception for all the liturgical ministers at St. Gerard Hall yesterday. Left to right, Jeanne Garcia, Bernadine Christmas, Deacon Emith Fludd, Theresa Duval, and Gwendolyn Lukas posed with His Excellency, Bishop Herbert Bevard, who celebrated the Mass.

Parish Council Commissioned

Fr. Neil Scantlebury, pastor of Holy Family Church on St. Thomas, commissioned the members of the Parish Council at the end of Mass this morning.

Altar Servers Promote Divine Mercy Devotion

Steven Olive and his altar servers from the various St. Thomas parishes visit the sick and elderly in Frenchtown and Nordseid each month and pray with them the Divine Mercy chaplet.

The altar servers pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet together at the St. Therese Chapel each Monday at 3 p.m.

Three Bishops Concelebrate Mass

His Excellency, Bishop Herbert Bevard, (center) receives many visiting clergy during the winter months!
Left to right, master of ceremonies Steven Olive; Most Rev. James Conley, Auxiliary Bishop of Denver, Colorado; Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Bishop Bevard; altar servers Xuxa Fraites and Bryan Turbe; master of ceremonies John MacDonald; and Fr. Gerald Baker of Owensboro, Kentucky after Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church on St. Thomas.

Generating Funds for World Youth Day Pilgrimage

The Young Vincentians, the youth division of the St. Vincent de Paul Society at Holy Family Church on St. Thomas, are planning on attending World Youth Day in Spain this summer, so the members are organizing a series of car washes and bake sales to generate funds for travel expenses. They will have a food sale in the Holy Family Church parking lot on Saturday, March 12.