Franciscan Father Albert Haase will lead a three-night mission March 7-9 at the Menard County parishes of St. Peter in Petersburg and Holy Family in Athens. The theme of the mission will be “Signed and Sealed with the Cross: A Parish Mission.”

Father Albert will help participants explore the identity of God proclaimed in the ancient gesture of being signed with a cross and the challenges and responsibilities we accept when we seal our lives with the sign of our salvation.

Beginning each evening at 7 p.m., the mission will be held Sunday, March 6, and Tuesday, March 8, at St. Peter, 711 S. Sixth St., in Petersburg. Holy Family, located on Springfield Road in Athens, will host on Monday, March 7. All are welcome.

Ordained a Franciscan priest in 1983, Albert Haase, OFM, is a popular preacher, teacher, spiritual director and radio personality. A former missionary to mainland China for over 11 years, he is the author of five books on popular spirituality. He is the director of the International Institute for Clergy Formation based at Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J. He is also the co-host of Spirit and Life, a radio show heard every weekend on the Relevant Radio Network, Baraga Broadcasting and The Presence Radio Network. His web site at www.AlbertOFM.org.