Lenten Parish Mission
Sunday, March 8^th and Monday, 9^th

St. Bernard parish is pleased to announce our Lenten Parish Mission with Tim Staples.

Tim Staples was a fallen-away Southern Baptist who as a teen came back to faith in Christ through the witness of televangelists. He became friends with a Marine well-versed in his Catholic Faith who challenged Tim to study Catholicism from Catholic and historical sources. He was determined to prove Catholicism wrong, but he studied his way to the last place he thought he would ever end up: the Catholic Church. He converted in 1988 and spent six years in formation for the priesthood, earning a degree in philosophy and studying theology at the graduate level. Realizing that his calling was not to be a priest, Tim left the seminary in 1994 and has been working in Catholic apologetics and evangelization ever since.

The Lenten Mission will start on Sunday, March 8^th and will continue through Monday, March 9^th. Each of the talks will start at 7:00pm and will last for about one hour. The talks are free and all are invited.

After the talk, refreshments will be served in the Parish Hall, and there will be an opportunity to speak with Tim. He will also have his books and CDs available for purchase.

This is a great opportunity to get spiritually recharged and to get yourself inspired to change your life around and deepen your relationship with Christ.