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Watch and see what life is like at St. Stephen Protomartyr Catholic School, where we learn to love AND love to learn!
Our school is safe, welcoming & #sspstrong! We are offering five-days-a-week, in-person learning, with before- and aftercare available. Adherence to CDC and AAP guidelines is keeping our students, faculty, and their families safe. There are openings in our K-3 classes, to be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Contact us for an in-person tour!
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Today's Readings
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Reading I Acts 1:15-17, 20-26Responsorial Psalm 113:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8Gospel Jn 15:9-17
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Music FOr weekend massesSolemnity of the Ascension, May 15 @ 4 p.m. & May 16 @ 9 a.m.
- Gathering: #562 Lift Up Your Hearts
- Gloria: Gloria for the Seasons
- Responsorial Psalm: The Lord has set His throne in heaven
- Gospel Acclamation: #897 Alleluia! Give the Glory
- Preparation of Gifts: #518 Christ In Me Arise
- Communion: #362 I Am the Bread of Life, #384 God Has Chosen Me
- Recessional: #499 Go Make a Difference
Mass Setting: Mass of Christ the Savior, Dan Schutte -- #925 Holy, #928 Save Us, Savior, #929 Amen, #930 Lamb of God
Click song titles to see music. Hymn numbers refer to Breaking Bread 2021.
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News from the Vatican
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3 days agoPope Francis met Thursday with Argentine President Alberto Fernandez, months after Argentina legalized abortion despite a personal appeal from the pontiff and opposition from the Catholic Church. -
3 days agoAn elderly man stood alone in St. Peter's Square May 13, using his wooden rosary beads to pray by a simple plaque marking the place where St. John Paul II was shot exactly 40 years earlier. -
3 days agoMay 13, 1981 was a busy day - like any other - for St. John Paul II. The Institute for Marriage and Family has been established, and the pontiff had received French doctor and geneticist Jerome...
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National Catholic Register
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2 days agoVatican Media. Pope Francis attends the ‘General State of the Birth Rate’ event in Rome, May 14, 2021. In his address, Pope Francis said that “if families are not at the center of the... -
2 days agoAmy Smith A 2020 procession of the Most Holy Eucharist takes place outside during the COVID-19 pandemic in Overland Park, Kansas. By the Solemnity of Corpus Christi on June 6, many dioceses in the... -
2 days agoClose-up of the hand of Jesus on a statute vandalized at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Narragansett, R.I. Parish priest Fr. Marcel Taillon said he wanted the mystery of the perpetrator...
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Catholic News Service
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2 days agoVATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis told a group of young women and men that... -
2 days agoVATICAN CITY (CNS) — In the age of instant communications and fake news, journalists —... -
2 days agoVATICAN CITY (CNS) – The neighborhood of ivy-draped two-story buildings, cobblestoned streets and Marian shrines...
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Recent flocknotes
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SSP Morning Reflection
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2 days ago"It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain..." John 15:16 The Rite of Election takes place every year on the first Sunday of Lent. ...
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3 days agoToday's reflection compliments of Rosie Yezbick. Today’s readings explore the notion of time. It’s a tricky thing, time, isn’t it? Sometimes it goes much too fast for our liking, and sometimes it’s...
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4 days ago"I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now." John 16:12 As Jesus spoke these words to his disciples I can just imagine the grumbling and under-the-breath comments (remember these...
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5 days agoToday's reflection compliments of Gary Stoff. In today’s Gospel, Jesus is having a somewhat sobering conversation with the apostles. He tells them that He is going away, but that it is to their...
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6 days agoToday's reflection is by Larry Hopp from the Creighton U. On-line Ministries Daily Reflection. Could it really be true that the Creator of the universe actually cares about you and me, on a personal...
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SSP Nightly News and Reflection
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2 days agoThursday, May 13, 2021 Good night, good people. SSP Website Mass Signups SSP YouTube SSP Parish Facebook SSP School Facebook Flocknotes Online Giving Prayer Requests Archdiocesan COVID-19 Info
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3 days agoWednesday, May 12, 2021 In the charity of your prayers, please remember the family of Joann Bohac Evans , who died recently. Her funeral Mass is Monday, May 17 , at 10 a.m., at St. Stephen, with...
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4 days agoTuesday, May 11, 2021 Our picnic chairs are hard at work on our map of Picnic Day destinations -- it's looking good! If you live a walkable distance from church and would like to host a game or...
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5 days agoMonday, May 10, 2021 Thanks to Mary Ellen Holdenried for passing this reflection along to us. Good night, good people. SSP Website Mass Signups SSP YouTube SSP Parish Facebook SSP School Facebook...
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6 days agoSunday, May 9, 2021 From Mary Regan: As more people are fully vaccinated and guidelines and restrictions are easing, I am more regularly being asked why we are still requiring reservations for Mass...
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