Emmaus Cinco de Mayo Beach Party this Sat., 5/3

Hey guys,

 

It's spring and we're heading to the beach for our annual Cinco de Mayo Beach Party!  This year it is immediately following the Young Adult Retreat Follow-up, to which we are all invited.  See details below.  Mike will be there at 1pm if anyone wants to get there a little early.

 

What: Annual Cinco de Mayo Beach Party
When: Saturday, May 3rd
Time: 2:00 PM ~ ??? (following the Young Adult Retreat Follow-up)
Where: St. Augustine Beach Pier and Pavilion
            350 A1A Beach Blvd
            St. Augustine Beach, Florida

What to bring:
     beach stuff (sunscreen, towel, ...),
     sports stuff (volleyball, football, frisbee, etc),
     lots of liquids, meat for the grill (if you don't attend the Retreat Follow-up), and a snack to share.

This is a great opportunity to evangelize and invite that friend, coworker, or maybe just someone we haven't seen in a while to enjoy some fun and fellowship with Emmaus.  Please also remember your great dignity and dress appropriately.  We look forward to seeing you there!

 

Retreat Follow-up Email:

 

Hello Everyone:

I'd like to invite you all to the Post Retreat Follow-Up on Saturday, May 3rd in St. Augustine!  We will have mass outdoors at the rustic altar at 11am followed by praise and worship, a picnic and the beach.  Here is the schedule:

11am:  Mass
Our Lady of La Leche Shrine
27 Ocean Ave.
St. Augustine, FL 32084

12pm:  Picnic and Praise & Worship
On lawn near Our Lady of Perpetual Help mosaic

2pm:  Emmaus Cinco de Mayo Beach Bash
St. Augustine Beach Pier & Pavilion
350 A1A Beach Blvd.
St. Augustine, FL 32080

Please bring food to share!

Last Names A-M: 
Sides  (Chips, Potato Salad, Pasta Salad, Veggies, Chicken Wings, Sandwiches, Deviled Eggs, Salad)

Last Names N-Z: 
Desserts  (Fruit, Fruit Salad, Cookies, Cake)

The core team will provide everything else, including meat for grilling, buns, cutlery, plates, napkins, condiments, cups, ice and drinks :)

Bring your coolers, grills, blankets, lawn chairs, sunscreen, hats, bathing suits, swimming trunks, towels, flip flops and sports gear (volleyball, football, frisbee, soccer ball & baci).

For those of you who don't live in either Jacksonville or St. Augustine, take a road trip and come join us!  Hope to see you there :)

In the risen Christ,

The Core Team
Joe Cataulin, Angelique Gerlach, Andrea Elsner & Steven Webster

Joe's cell:  904- 607-4376

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths." ~ Proverbs 3: 5-6

 

 

God Bless,

The Emmaus Core Team

 

Women's Help Center Gala This Thursday, May 1

Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

This year we will be helping out again with the Women's Help Center Gala on Thursday, May 1. Thank you to everyone who e-mailed me saying they could help (Jessica Munoz, Jennifer Webb, Russ Schwartz, Shaun Napatal, Erica Robinson, Jeff Wilson, Andrea Elsner, Jeniffer Schmitz - think it was your e-mail - if not oops, and hopefully I haven't forgotten anyone). We have been asked to meet at the Adam W. Herbert University Center at UNF starting at 5:30pm.

12000 Alumni Drive

Jacksonville, FL 32224 - 2678

The dress code is, gender appropriate of course, a white dress shirt of some sort and black slacks, skirt, etc. There will be a social hour starting at 5:30 and dinner and program from 6:30 to 8:30. This years speaker is Carol Everett, a former abortion clinic owner.

Since we are solid on volunteers, if you still would like to help, I would like to encourage you too visit their website, www.whcjax.com, for ways you can donate.

Thanks and God Bless

Emmaus Core Team

This Sat., 4/26 -- Emmaus Birthday Party!



Hey y'all,

This Saturday we will be meeting at Jennifer and Katty's place (at the neighborhood park) at 2:30pm to celebrate Emmaus' entrance into "adulthood" (18th birthday)! :) We will start off with the reading of the Road to Emmaus story from scripture (Luke 24:13-35) and praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet at 3pm (...since Sunday is Divine Mercy Sunday). Then we will get our game on with some volleyball and other sports (there is a field there for soccer, ultimate frisbee, etc.). Bring some drinks and snacks to share if you like (especially water and gatorade to stay hydrated!). Between 6:30 and 7pm we will head over to the grand opening of a new restaurant nearby called Pangea Island Bar and Grille that is owned by a friend of a former Emmaus member. There will be live music by Bart Price and Shaun Harper (played drums at the Young Adult Retreat), and FREE food and non-alcoholic drinks (alcoholic drinks available for purchase). The dress for the grand opening is "business casual", so bring a change of clothes!

For Jen and Katty's address please call:

Jen at (904) 347-5873
Russ at (352) 359-0629
Mike at (904) 755-8820

**The neighborhood park where we will be meeting is on the left just before her road. Look for a small soccer field, volleyball court, and small covered pavillion.

The address for the restaurant is:

Pangea Island Bar and Grille
132 Everest Lane
St Johns, FL 32259

We hope you will join us for some fun, food, and fellowship this Saturday!

In Christ who is risen (Alleluia!),

The Emmaus Core Team

PS- Don't forget, Popes John XXIII and John Paul II will be canonized this Sunday! :)

 

Emmaus this Thurs., 4/17, Holy Thursday Mass and the Triduum

Hello brothers and sisters in Christ,

 

 This Thursday for Emmaus we will be meeting at Assumption at 7pm to start the Triduum with Holy Thursday Mass.  We hope you will join us!  Let's sit together on the front left in the church.  As we continue in the Triduum, we will be going to Immaculate Conception for Good Friday services and to the Cathedral in St. Augustine for Easter Vigil.  See details below.

 

Good Friday at Immaculate Conception:  Confession from 11am-1pm.  Services from 12-3pm.  Services include:

Reading of the Passion
Veneration of the Cross
Communion Service
Seven Last Words of Christ
Stations of the Cross
Chaplet of Divine Mercy

 

 Easter Vigil at the Cathedral Basilica in St. Augustine will be at 8:30pm (Mass will last approx. 2 to 2-1/2 hrs.).  If you plan on attending, please contact Mike Toloczko at (904) 755-8820 for details on when and where to meet so you can sit together.

 

God Bless,

 

The Emmaus Core Team

Emmaus This Saturday, Yes this Saturday, April 12, Dinner and Bowling

Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

In response to the Emmaus meeting we had a few weeks ago with our Spiritual Director, Fr Ed Murphy, we will be changing the weekly format of the Emmaus meetings. The 1st and 3rd Thursdays we will be meeting at Assumption for our regular theological discussion and Mass. The 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month some sort of social and/or service event will be planned.

To follow this new and exciting format, this Saturday, April 12, we will be going out to dinner followed by some bowling. We will be going to the Mandrain Ale House, might be called Miller's Ale House, located at 11112 San Jose BLVD (just south of I-295) at 5:30pm. Then we will be meeting at Bowl America, located at 10333 San Jose BLVD (just north of I-295) at 7:30pm.

We look forward to meeting you there for some fellowship and fun,

Emmaus Core Team

Emmaus this Thurs., 4/3 -- Adoration and Confession

Hey guys,

 

This Thursday, 4/3, we will be joining the Franciscan Friars and Sisters of the Renewal, as well as the Young Adult Retreat Team, at St. Ephrem's (NOT Assumption) at 7pm for a Holy Hour with praise and worship music.  Confession will be available.  St. Ephrem's (Syriac Rite) Catholic Church is located on Kernan Blvd just north of UNF.  The address is:

 

4650 Kernan Blvd S

Jacksonville, FL  32224

 

The church is the building on the right.  We look forward to seeing you all there!

 

God Bless,

 

The Emmaus Core Team