St. Vincent de Paul Church

August 1-3 – St. V Camping trip
August 16 – St V Canoe Trip
September 6 – Dragon Boat Race

This fall St. V’s Bible Study Group will delve into the Gospel of Mark. Meeting on the second and forth Mondays, 7 PM to 8:30 at St. Vincent’s classroom by the parking lot, the group will start September 8 and end December 8. Each member of our previous groups can attest to the value of these discussions in helping us to grow in our appreciation of Scripture. The books we will use are Sacra Pagina: The Gospel of Mark by Daniel Harrington, and New Collegeville Bible Commentary The Gospel According to Mark by Marie Noonan Sabin both are available at Amazon.

For more information please contact Don Radke.

The Easter/Pentecost issue of Together Sharing Christ is now available.

We continue to reflect on the “now what?” of our faith life in this Easter Season as we are commissioned and sent with the Spirit at Pentecost. We review where we have been as a people of faith with Vigil reflections and where we are going.

While each Sunday we hear the Word read from St. Vincent’s Altar Bible, rarely do we see its illuminated pages, modeled after the illuminated manuscripts from Medieval times. Each of the four Gospels and the five books of the Torah have an illumination bound into them.

The opening words of the Gospel in Greek anchor each illumination, and scenes from each Gospel surround the large initial letter of the text. Above, the Nativity and the Prodigal Son are among the pictorial stories in the Gospel of Luke’s illumination.

A limited number of sets are available for purchase. Purchase all nine illuminations for $150.00 or just the Old Testament for $100.00 and the New Testament for $100.00. Contact the parish office at 410-962-5078 or laureen@stvchurch.org for more information.