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March 2010

Greetings,

Spring is arriving at The Grotto. Bulbs are blooming and the shrubs are budding. Soon The Grotto will be a blaze of color. This is a great time to visit and see the wonders of nature.
Thank you to everyone who helped make our 6th Annual Crabfest a huge success. It was a very special evening. If you weren't able to join us, we hope to see you at next year's event.
Please read on to learn about various activities scheduled at The Grotto this month.
See you soon!
 

And be sure to check out our website at www.thegrotto.org

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The Grotto's
Spring Hours
(Effective Sat., March 6)
 
Welcome  Center
9 a.m.- 5:30 p.m.
 
Visitor Complex
9 a.m.- 5 p.m.
 

The Grotto Grounds
9 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
 
Tokens to the upper
level gardens will be sold
until 5:30 p.m.
meditation chapel


Gift Shop Hours
9 a.m.- 5:30 p.m.  all days
 
Shop Online
or come in and browse

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The Grotto's  Calendar

Thursdays Through
March 25

Lenten Threshhold
Bible Series Workshop
"People of the Passion"
3-4:30 p.m.
The Grotto
Auditorium
 
March 6
St. Peregrine Mass
12 noon
 
March 13
Lenten Retreat
"Meeting God and Self
in the Desert"
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
The Grotto
Conference Center
 
March 21
"Celtic Selah"
Lenten Concert
with Jeff Johnson
4 p.m.

April 10
St. Peregrine Mass
12 noon
 
For details call:
The Grotto
503-254-7371
Peace garden
Weekly Activities
at The Grotto
 
Sunday Mass
10 a.m.
in the Chapel of Mary 
 
Weekday Mass
Monday-Friday 12 p.m.
 
Saturday Mass
8 a.m.
 
Sacrament of Reconciliation
                        
Saturdays 11 a.m.-Noon
 
Exposition of the
Blessed Sacrament
First Friday
of the month 12:30 p.m.
 
St. Peregrine Mass
First Saturday
of the month
12 p.m.
(April St. Peregrine Mass
will be held April 10
due to Holy Week.)
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Due to Holy Saturday falling on April 3, the monthly St. Peregrine Mass will be held one week later, on Saturday, April 10, at noon in The Chapel of Mary.
St. Peregrine is the patron saint of those with cancer and other life-threatening diseases.


Join Spiritual Directors Patricia Flynn, LCSW, and Fr. Ignatius Kissel, OSM, for a Lenten Retreat and desert experience on Saturday, March 13, 2010, from 9am-3pm in The Grotto Conference Center. 

Take time to remove yourself from life's busyness, using tools to draw inward to the still silent place where we meet God.  Discover what fills the emptiness of your life, preventing a closer relationship with God.  Learn more about prayer, practicing centering prayer as a vehicle for bringing contemplative time into your hectic life. Prepare yourself for the upcoming Easter Triduum by letting God speak to your heart.

A fee of $45 includes lunch, a snack and free admission to The Grotto's Upper Level Gardens.  Pre-registration is required.  

Contact The Grotto at 503-254-7371
or email [email protected]


 Lenten
 Concert
Sunday, March 21
4 p.m.
A special Lenten service featuring music, readings and silent prayer in the tradition of St. Patrick.
Led by Jeff Johnson with Irish flutist Brian Dunning and violinist Wendy Goodwin.
 
$10 donation suggested.
 
Fridays
During Lent
We celebrate Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament upon the conclusion of the noon Mass.
At 3 p.m. we follow the sorrows of Mary in the Via Matris - the Way of Our Sorrowful Mother, closing with Benediction.
The Via Matris is an ancient devotion of the Servite Order and consists of prayers and meditations recalling major events in the lives of Jesus and Mary.

LENTEN THRESHOLD BIBLE SERIES
 
Join Spiritual Directors Fr. Ignatius Kissel, OSM, and Patricia Flynn, LCSW, in a Lenten Bible Study: People of the Passion.


Examine how suffering seems to bring out the best and worst in our human nature.  Some people are overcome with hopelessness that leads to despair; others are filled with courage that leads to heroism.  Still others exhibit a wide range of responses that reveal their character: trust, generosity, steadfastness, cowardice, greed, or pride. 

The people of the passion in this study are the characters who participated in some dramatic way in the suffering and death of Jesus.  Well-known characters include Peter, Pilate, and Mary Magdalene; lesser known include Simon of Cyrene, the daughters of Jerusalem, and the women who anointed Jesus.  We will meet for six consecutive Thursdays from 3-4:30pm in the Grotto Auditorium, from February 18th through March 25th.

A donation of $10 is requested to cover the cost of materials.

For more information or to register
please call 503-254-7371
or email [email protected]

Car Donation
You can help The Grotto
by donating your car, RV or boat.
  

Call 503-254-7371
for more information.