Emmaus this Thurs., 2/28, at 6:30pm -- Stations of the Cross

Hello Brothers and Sisters,

This Thurs. at Emmaus we will be meeting a little earlier at 6:30pm in the Church for Stations of the Cross with Deacon Dale Tatum.  He will lead us in the Stations and give an extended reflection for each one.  We should finish about 7:30pm and will go to dinner after.  You are welcome to join us at 6pm for Rosary if you can.  See you then!

In JMJ,

The Emmaus Core Team

Emmaus This Thurs., 2/21 -- Volleyball!

Hello brothers and sisters,

This Thurs. at Emmaus we will be playing volleyball in the gym at 7pm.  We will be in the back half behind the screen like we were last time (I think they have basketball or wrestling practice in the front half).  We will pray the Rosary at 6:30pm by the statue of Mary between the gym and Kohls Hall if you want to join us.  If it gets chilly we will move into the vestibule of the gym.  See you all then!

In JMJ,

The Emmaus Core Team

Emmaus This Thursday - Confession and Mass

Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

This Thursday, February 14, we will be having Confession and Mass at Assumption Catholic Church with our Spiritual Director Fr Ed Murphy. During this season of Lent, we have plenty to be thankfull of and what a better way to grow closer to Christ than Confession and Mass. Confession and Rosary will start at 6:15pm and Mass will start at 6:45pm.

We hope to see you there.

Emmaus Core Team

Emmaus This Thurs., 2/7 -- Familiaris Consortio

Hello Brothers and Sisters,

This Thurs. at Emmaus we will have Dan Mull speaking with us about Blessed John Paul II's 1981 apostolic exhortation Familiaris Consortio, or "On the Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World."  This will be an interesting, and timely, discussion seeing as how Christian marriage and family are under attack in our culture today.  If you want a preview, you can take a look at this exhortation at:

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_jp-ii_exh_19811122_familiaris-consortio_en.html

We will be meeting in the Parish Family Center, Room 2A (music room) at 7pm with Rosary at 6:30pm if you want to join us.  See you then!

In JMJ,

The Emmaus Core Team

Emmaus This Thursday - Jan 31, Catholic Church's teaching on contraception

Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

This Thursday, January 31, we will have our spiritual director, Fr Ed Murphy, speak to us about the Catholic Church's stance on contraception. It will be a great opporunity to learn our faith's stance on the subject, especially in lite of the HHS Mandate and other new health care laws. We will be meeting at Assumption Catholic Church in the Family Life Center in room 2A (music Room) at 7pm with the Rosary starting at 6:30.

Hope to see you there,

Emmaus Core Team

Emmaus This Thursday Nov 24 - Pope Benedict XV's Encyclical on St Jerome

Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

This Thursday, November 24, we will Bert Harrell, Assumptions RCIA and Adult Education coordinator, Pope Benedict XV's 1920 Encyclical titled Spiritus Paraclitus (St Jerome). It will be a great way to greatly learn about this saint and what the Holy Fathers writing says about him. Here is the link for the Encyclical, http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xv/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xv_enc_15091920_spiritus-paraclitus_en.html, to look it over. We will be meeting at Assumption Catholic Church in the Parish Family Center, Room 2A (Music Room), at 7pm. We will be praying the Rosary at 6:30pm if you wish to join us.

Hope to see you there and God Bless,

Emmaus Core Team

Emmaus This Thurs., 1/17 -- The Second Vatican Council

Hello brothers and sisters,

This Thurs. at Emmaus we will have our good friend Gerald Lamb speaking with us about the Second Vatican Council.  This is a great way to engage in the Year of Faith since the Church is asking us to better understand the purpose of the council and what the documents really said.  Come on out and join us!  We will be meeting in the Parish Family Center, Room 2A (the music room) at 7pm and praying the Rosary ahead of time at 6:30pm if you can join us.  Hope to see you then, God Bless!

In JMJ,

The Emmaus Core Team

Emmaus this Thursday, 1/10, Confession and Mass

Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

This Thursday, January 10, our spiritual director, Fr Ed, will be will us for Confession and Mass at Assumption. Confession and Rosary will start at 6:15pm and Mass at 6:45pm.

We hope to see you there.

Emmaus Core Team

Emmaus this Thurs., 1/3/2013!

Hello Brothers and Sisters,

This Thurs. at Emmaus we will have Deacon Corky Hecht speaking with us about Christ coming to us in the Nativity (the Incarnation) and His coming to us in the Eucharist, and tying the two together.  We will be meeting in the Parish Family Center, Room 2A (the music room), above the gym at 7pm.  We will pray the Rosary at 6:30pm if you want to join us.  Hope you all had (and are still having!) a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

In JMJ,

The Emmaus Core Team

No Emmaus This Thurs., 12/27!

Hello Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

There will be no Emmaus meeting this Thurs., 12/27.  We will resume on Thurs., 1/3.  Have a very Merry and Blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year!

In JMJ,

The Emmaus Core Team

UPDATE: Mass at Emmaus this Thurs., 12/20!

Hello Brothers and Sisters,

Change in plans for Emmaus this Thurs. (we had a little mix-up).  We will be celebrating the Holy Mass with our spiritual director, Fr. Ed Murphy, in the Church at 7pm.  Confession will be available and Rosary at 6:30pm.  We will go somewhere for dinner after.  Sorry for the confusion!  See you Thursday and have a blessed week!

In JMJ,

The Emmaus Core Team

PS- For those who are able to make it, Assumption Choir and Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra will be having a full-dress rehearsal  in the church for the Christmas Midnight Mass on Thursday from 4:30-6:30pm.  "All are welcome to attend!"

Emmaus This Thursday, Dec 20 - Nature on Divine Revelation

Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
This Thursday, December 20, we will be having our good friend Gerald Lamb speaking to us on the Nature of Divine Revelation and Religion. Gerald has spoken to us before and has done a great job. It will be a great opportunity for us to grow in and learn more about our faith. It will be located at Assumption Catholic Church in the Family Life Center, Room 2A (Music Room). The Meeting will start at 7pm with the Rosary at 6:30pm.
Hope to see you there,
Emmaus Core Team

Emmaus this Thurs. -- Adoration and Dinner

Hello brothers and sisters,

This Thurs. for Emmaus we will be gathering in the Adoration Chapel at Assumption for a Holy Hour from 7-8pm and then going to dinner at the Loop afterward.  If you are facing the church from the parking lot, the chapel is at the entrance on the right (rectory side).  Email me for door key code -- russ-schwartz@clear.net.  We will be praying the Rosary beforehand at 6:30pm by the statue of Mary near the handicapped parking.  Hope you are having a great week and see you there!

In JMJ,

The Emmaus Core Team

Emmaus this Thurs., 12/6 -- Volleyball!

Hello brothers and sisters,

This Thurs. at Emmaus we will be playing volleyball in the Gym at Assumption at 7pm.  Invite someone you met at the retreat, and oh yeah, bring yo' "A" game ('cause you know we "play to win!" :) ).  We will pray the Rosary beforehand at 6:30pm if you want to join us.  Looking forward to it!  God Bless!

In JMJ,

The Emmaus Core Team

Emmaus This Thurs., 11/29 -- Adoration at St. Ephrems!

Hello brothers and sisters,

This Thursday for Emmaus we will be joining the Young Adult Retreat Team and the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal from NY for adoration and confession at St. Ephrem Syriac Catholic Church at 7pm.  St. Ephrems is located on Kernan Blvd. just north of UNF.  The address is:

4650 Kernan Blvd.
Jacksonville, FL  32224

http://www.stephremjax.org/

This is a great opportunity to spend some time with our Lord in preparation for Advent.  We hope to see you there!  Invite your friends, all are welcome!

In JMJ,

The Emmaus Core Team

No Emmaus This Thursday, November 22

Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

We won't be meeting this Thursday, November 22, since it is Thanksgiving day. We hope everyone has a blessed day.

Emmaus Core Team

Emmaus this Thurs., 11/15 -- The Sacrament of Marriage

Hello brothers and sisters in Christ,

This Thursday at Emmaus we will have Mike Day speaking with us about the sacrament of marriage.  Mike is the Director of Marriage and Family Life at the Diocesan Center for Family Life, http://www.dcfl.org/index.asp.  How does the Church define marriage?  What is it's purpose?  What is the difference between natural marriage and sacramental marriage?  How is marriage (and family) important to society?  Come and learn the answers to these questions as well as others this Thursday!  We will be in the Parish Family Center, Room 2A (the music room) at 7pm.  You are welcome to join us for the Rosary at 6:30pm if you can.  See you then!

In JMJ,

The Emmaus Core Team


Gen. 2:22-24 - "...and the rib which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.  Then the man said, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man."  Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh."

Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 1603 - "The intimate community of life and love which constitutes the married state has been established by the Creator and endowed by him with its own proper laws... God himself is the author of marriage."  The vocation to marriage is written in the very nature of man and woman as they came from the hand of the Creator.  Marriage is not a purely human institution despite the many variations it may have undergone through the centuries in different cultures, social structures, and spiritual attitudes.  These differences should not cause us to forget its common and permanent characteristics.  Although the dignity of this institution is not transparent everywhere with the same clarity, some sense of the greatness of the matrimonial union exists in all cultures.  "The well-being of the individual person and of both human and Christian society is closely bound up with the healthy state of conjugal and family life."

Emmaus This Thursday, 11/8 - Fr Ed

Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

This Thursday, November 8, we will be having our spiritual director, Fr Ed, speak to us about indulgences. It will be a great opportunity to grow deeper in our faith and grow closer to Jesus. We will be meeting at Assumption Catholic Church in the music room of the Family Life Center. Music, prayer and the talk will start at 7pm and the Rosary will start at 6:30pm if you wish to join us.

Emmaus Core Team

Emmaus This Thursday Nov 1 - Solemnity of all Saints Mass

Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

This Thursday, November 1, we will be celebrating the Liturgy of the Mass for the Solemnity of All Saints at Assumption Catholic Church. Mass will start at 7pm. For those who wish to join us for the Rosary, it will start at 6:30pm. We will be sitting near the front on the left hand side if facing the altar.

We look forward to seeing you there and God Bless.

Emmaus Core Team

Young Adult Retreat 2012 -- Open Wide the Door of Faith!

Nov 30- Dec 2, 2012

“Open Wide the Door of Faith” Young Adult Retreat:
This is a three-day Eucharistic centered retreat for young adults (ages 21-39) single, married or religious. Speakers include the Franciscan Friars and Sisters of the Renewal.  The overnight retreat will be held at the Marywood Center in St Johns, FL. Cost includes lodging, all meals and materials for the entire weekend: $95 for early registration before Nov 9, and $115 after this deadline. For more details or to register, email: youngadultretreat@yahoo.com.