Palm Sunday university mass and reception

Palm Sunday (April 17th, 2011) will be our last 7:30PM mass of the school year at St. Joe’s, as most of you will be wrapping up your final exams over the next two weeks and heading home, or beginning your summer jobs here in Ottawa. In Christian churches, Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem and marks the final days before the Passion. We will have blessed palm branches for all participants of university mass and you are invited to take these  home with you and save them until Ash Wednesday of next year. 

Since this will be our last university mass for the 2010/2011 school year, we will hold a reception after mass. You are invited to bring along light snacks to share with others and stick around for informal discussion.  During the summer months, many of us attend 11:30AM mass on Sunday’s at St. Joe’s and afterwards head over to the Royal Oak on Laurier for brunch.