Church
of Saint Philip Neri
Pennsburg, PA 18073
June 20,
2010
|
Rev. Robert A.
Roncase, Pastor Deacon Michael J.
Franks,
Permanent Deacon Rev. Edmond J. Speitel, Pastor Emeritus Rev. John J. Scarcia, Retired Pastor Rev.
Raymond W. Smart,
Retired, Resident Shirley
Misiak,
Office Manager Mark J.
Meinzer,
Business Manager Catherine
E. Faust,
Director of Music Patricia
A. Schleeweiss,
School Principal Jeffrey
W. Daley,
Director of Religious Education Colleen
Daley,
Parish Youth Minister Sister
Patricia Kelly, M.S.B.T., Parish Outreach Rectory Phone 215.679.9275 Rectory Fax 215.679.0386 School Phone 215.679.7481 Religious Education
Phone 215.541.3120 Religious Education
Fax 215.541.1398 Parish Social Hall
Phone 215.679.8116 Parish Outreach Phone
215.679.2282 Neri Center Phone 215-679-6490 Church & Rectory
Address: 1325 Klinerd Road Pennsburg, PA 18073 Hours: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Email Address: spnofc@comcast.net Website Address: www.spnparish.org School Address: 6th & Washington Streets East Greenville, PA 18041 Hours: 8:00 AM – 2:30 PM Website Address:
www.spnelementary.com Religious Education
Center Address 565 Main Street East Greenville, PA 18041 Hours: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM Neri Center Address 6th & Washington Streets East Greenville, PA 18041 ROSARY: Prayed in the Chapel Every Saturday after the 8:00 AM Mass Every 2nd Monday at 1:00 PM |
SCHEDULE
OF MASSES Saturday – Vigil Mass – 5:00 PM Sunday
– 7:30, 9:30, 11:00 AM Weekdays – In the Chapel Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
& Saturday – 8:00 AM Wednesday – 7:00 PM HOLY DAYS: 8:00
AM, 9:30 AM, 7:30 PM Eve of
Holy Days – 5:00 PM CHAPEL
OPEN FOR VISITS The
Chapel will be opened Monday thru Saturday until
7:00 pm for your visits to the Blessed Sacrament. CONFESSIONS Saturdays: 4:00 – 4:45 PM Eve of
Holy Days: 4:15 – 4:45 PM BAPTISMS Celebrated the 2nd & 3rd Sundays of each
month. Please
call the Rectory to schedule. 2nd Sunday
Baptisms are held at the 11:00 AM Mass 3rd Sunday
Baptisms are held at 12:30 PM PRE-JORDAN
CLASSES 1st
Monday of every month at 7:00 PM in the Rectory meeting room. MARRIAGES Arrangements should be made at least SIX MONTHS
before the date of the wedding. NEW
PARISHIONERS Welcome to your new home! Please stop by the rectory between 9:00 am -
3:00 pm to fill out a registration card.
We are happy to have you in our parish and want to get to know you. SHUT-INS Please
call the Parish Outreach Office. SACRAMENT
OF THE ANOINTING Please
call the Rectory. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Every
1st Friday from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM in the church, followed by Benediction. FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS
If
you wish to have a floral arrangement placed in front of the altar, please call
the rectory. |
OUR PARISH MISSION
STATEMENT
WE ARE THE CATHOLIC PARISH COMMUNITY OF ST. PHILIP
NERI, ANSWERING CHRIST’S CALL TO DISCIPLESHIP THROUGH WORD, SACRAMENT AND
SERVICE.
WE PROCLAIM GOD’S HOPE AND LOVE TO ALL.
Serving at Mass June
20
Extraordinary Ministers Lectors
5:00 pm – Trudy
Moser Pete
Frank
Dave Moser S.
Hunsberger
Priest
Alice Swift
Dave Boone
Teri Boone
7:30 am – Joan
Varallo John
Guckin
Wally Varallo Mike
Lynch
Priest
Denise Guckin
Chuck Rodgers
Maria Rodgers
9:30 am –
Stephanie Greczek Susan
DiMarco
Michael Dougherty Joe
Cassarella
Priest
Deacon
Priest
Colleen Daley
11:00 am – DJ
Williams M.
Gehringer
Sandy Williams Eileen
Davis
Priest
Deacon
Priest
Serving at Mass June
27
Extraordinary Ministers Lectors
5:00 pm – Lee
Johnson Bob
Ellis
Janet Kendra Larry
Concio
Priest
Priest
Patrick Kennedy
Dianne Kennedy
7:30 am – Peter
D’Amico Linda
Franks
Dina Corrado Ernie
Quatrani
Priest
Deacon
Lori Brozena
Immaculata Barndt
9:30 am – Ed Tryon Matt Horvath
Alicia Tryon Eileen
Koch
Priest
Jenny Josko
Bill Gurgick
Lisa Gurgick
11:00 am – Robert
Hermley D.
McCausland
Jeanne Hermley D.
Tarantino
Priest
Doug DiTondo
Linda DiTondo
TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY
TIME
June 20, 2010
Monday, June 21,
St. Aloysius Gonzaga
8:00 am – Andrew
& Anastasia Schultz,
(Catherine Wlazelek)
Tuesday, June 22,
St. Paulinas of Nola,
St. John Fisher, St. Thomas More
8:00 am – For
Souls in Purgatory
Wednesday, June 23
7:00 pm – Thanksgiving
to the Infant of Prague,
for a special Intention.
Thursday, June 24,
The Nativity of
St. John the
Baptist
8:00 am – Jennie
& John Virus, (Estate)
Friday, June 25
8:00 am – Norbert
Mutter, (Grace Taylor)
Saturday, June 26
8:00 am – Michael
Scasney, (Tom & Nancy Fiorito)
5:00 pm – Harvey
& Helen Archut, (Ann & Al Smart)
THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY
TIME
June 27, 2010
7:30 am – William
Engle, (Paul & Vera Fronheiser)
9:30 am – For the
living and deceased members
of the Parish.
11:00 am –
Filamena D’Aloia, (Bob & Dawn Ellis)
WE INVITE YOUR PRAYERS
For the sick, those in hospitals, nursing homes,
and also for their caregivers.
Please pray in
particular for:
Rev. John
J. Scarcia, Baby Robert Riegel Jr., Robert Rukstalis, Frances Cannon, Ethel
Buck, Gary Lester Keller, Baby Lucy Littlefield, Charlotte Azarovich, George
Bradford, Rick DeStefano, Tommy Slattery, Baby Olivia Enriquez, Carla Kozak,
Janice Minnich, Jean Kosich, Patrick Malloy, William McAffee, Adam Canigiani,
Jr., Jo Maturo, Elsie Connelly, Theresa Homan, Anna Hoffman, Colleen McMillar,
Ron Leckey, Anthony Bonanno, David Campbell, Grace Guckin, Tony Interrante,
Patti Kolb, Steven Gebhardt, Mary Blaszczyk, John Culbertson, (Father of Ellen
Abramo), Evelyn Dixon (mother of Dawn Ellis), Mildred Moyer & Helga
Camasso.
For those who have died, grant them eternal rest and peace.
SUNDAY COLLECTIONS
June
14, 20098 June 13, 2010
Envelopes: $ 8,575.00 $ 7,765.50
Loose: 1,642.00
867.00
Children’s: 107.00 82.90
Total: $10,324.00 $ 8,715.40
Give a St. Philip
Neri Memorial Gift!
For a
donation of $35 or more, there is a beautiful folder recording the gift and
donor to be presented to the family. A
Mass is offered each month.
In memory
of Clifford Rothenberger, requested
by: Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Assembly
#3046,
Knights of
Columbus.
We also
have “Living Memorials” for those
special occasions in life.
ACTIVITIES - *BINGO*
Kitchen opens 5:00 pm – Bingo – 6:30 pm
Working Thursday – June 24th
– Team #1
All regular games pay $50
FINAL COVER – ALL SPECIAL PAYS: $500
Bingo: June 10 – 60 players
Games: $
114.00
Kitchen: 101.00
Total:
$ 215.00
Please note: Brown paper bags are needed for Bingo.
If you have any to spare, please drop them off at the Social Hall on
Tuesday’s or Thursday’s between 8:30 am & 12:00 pm.
BAKED GOODS NEEDED
Baked goods
are needed for our weekly Bingo and monthly Breakfast. If anyone is interested in donating baked
goods, please call Rita at: 215-679-7009.
JUNE – THIS WEEK
AT A GLANCE
Sunday – June 20th
Children’s
Liturgy of the Word 9:30 am
Church
Monday, June 21st
Charismatic
Prayer Group 7:00
pm Chapel
Holy Rosary
(Gary Keller) 1:00
pm Chapel
Calendar
Meeting 7:00 pm Rectory
Liturgy
Meeting 7:00 pm Rectory
Tuesday, June 22nd
Garden Club
– Church Grounds 5:00 pm
Choir &
Cantor Practice
6:00 pm Church
Wednesday, June
23rd
Babysitting
101
9:00 am Gym
(Sponsored
by The Elizabeth Ministry)
Thursday, June 24th
Bingo 6:30 pm Gym
Rosary at
Pennsburg Manor 1:15 pm
Respect
Life: 5:15 pm Rectory
(Food PREP
for the Homeless)
Friday, June 25th
SPN Quilting 1:00 pm Gym
Saturday, June
26th
Parish
Breakfast set-up Gym
Sunday, June 27th
Children’s
Liturgy of the Word 9:30
am Church
Parish
Breakfast 7:00 am Church
Men’s 30
& Over Basketball
8:00 pm Gym
UPCOMING MEETINGS
Charismatic Prayer
Group – Monday, June 28th – Chapel – 7:00 pm
SPN Quilting –
Monday, June 28th – Gym – 1:00 pm
Garden Club –
Tuesday, June 29th – Church Grounds – 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Choir & Cantor
Practice – Tuesday, June 29th – Church – 6:00 pm
FREE DAY – no
activities – Wednesday, June 30th
Bingo – Thursday,
July 1st – Gym – 6:30 pm
First Friday Mass
– Friday, July 2nd – Church – 9:00 am; Adoration in Church – 10:00
am – 7:00 pm
SPN Energy
Committee Meeting – Saturday, July 3rd – Gym -10:00 am
Blessing of the
Outdoor Stations of the Cross – Sunday, July 4th – 11:00 am Mass
FREE DAY – No
Activities – Monday, July 5th – In observance of July 4th
Choir & Cantor
Practice – Tuesday, July 6th – Church – 6:00 pm
Garden Club –
Tuesday, July 6th – Church Grounds – 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
FREE DAY – no
activities – Wednesday, July 7th
Bingo – Thursday,
July 8th – Gym – 6:30 pm
Pennsburg Manor
Mass – Thursday, July 8th – 10:00 am
FREE DAY – no
activities – Friday, July 9th
FREE DAY – no
activities – Saturday, July 10th
Children’s Liturgy
of the Word – Sunday, July 11th – at the 9:30 am Mass
New Altar Server
Installation – Sunday, July 11th – in Church at the 9:30 am Mass
Knights of
Columbus Meeting – Sunday, July 11th – Rectory – 7:30 pm
Men’s 30 &
Over Basketball – Sunday, July 11th – Gym – 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
PARISH NEWS
PARISH COUNSELING
AVAILABLE
Confidential,
professional counseling can be provided through our Parish Outreach Office.
The
types/kinds of counseling that can be done are: Relationship Counseling;
Marriage Counseling; Situational Counseling; and Project Rachel Counseling (for
women who have had an abortion).
Call for an
appointment: 215-679-2282. If no answer, leave your first name and
number. Say the number, twice.
MASS TIME CHANGE – WEDNESDAY’S
Effective January 1, 2011, the Chapel
Masses on Wednesday’s will be at 5:00 pm instead of 7:00 pm.
ST. PHILIP NERI PRAYER
SHAWL MINISTRY
For those who are not familiar with
knitting, crocheting, or are just struggling, we will teach you! The Prayer Shawl Ministry will meet on
Monday, June 28th at the old rectory located at 565 Main Street,
East Greenville - 7:00 pm.
Please call Jo Ellen Carr, 215-679-6547
with any questions.
Note: The Prayer Shawl Ministry will not meet in
July.
PARISH
LIBRARY -
BOOK
SEASON HAS ARRIVED!!
The St Philip Neri bookcases are ready
to be filled. We are looking for gently used or new books.
They must be pertaining to our Catholic
faith. Examples would be Lives of the Saints, Scriptural, any reference
material or children’s stories, any type of spiritual book. They can be novels,
too.
We are looking for CD's or DVD's as well,
movies or music. We can use the large print editions, too. Please drop off
your books at the rectory during business hours.
If you don't have any
books to donate please consider a contribution to be made "In Memory
Of" and we will purchase the requested book and place a memorial marker inside
of it.
SAINT PHILIP NERI
ROSARY PRAYER GROUP
Our Lady of
the Rosary Prayer Group at St. Philip Neri, which normally meets the 2nd
Monday of each month, will meet the next six (6) weeks beginning June 21st
to say the Rosary for Gary L. Keller at 1:00 pm in the Chapel.
SAINT PHILIP NERI
CRAFT GUILD
The St.
Philip Neri Craft Guild will not meeting in July; the next Meeting will be Tuesday,
August 3rd – 1:00 pm.
If there
are any questions, please call Connie Marks at: 610-287-9829.
SHOWBOAT CASINO
Saturday – July 31st
Cost is $30 with $25
in Slot Play return. Leave St. Philip
Neri Church parking lot at 10:00 am.
Please call Kathy
at: 267-923-5173 with your reservation requests. The bus is just about filled; so if anyone is still interested,
please call Kathy to reserve your seat.
This is the last week the announcement will be posted.
Enrich Your Catholic Faith thru History – in
Philadelphia!
Due to a
lack of interest, the trip has been cancelled.
Please call
Kathy at 215-272-2130, or leave a message at the rectory if there are any
questions.
CEMETERY MEMORIAL
TREES
Memorial
Trees are available for purchase to be planted throughout our Parish Cemetery
“Holy Cross”. The cost is $425; this
covers the price of the tree, its planting and the Memorial Plaque.
Shade and
Evergreen Trees will be planted throughout the cemetery where space is
available. To purchase a Memorial Tree,
please call the rectory.
H.O.P.E.
Get With
The Program! What Program?? The H.O.P.E. (Helping Other People
Enthusiastically Program!) If
you are in need of services such as transportation to doctors, bank, grocery
store, etc. OR need simple assistance at home, etc., contact the H.O.P.E.
Coordinator, Sister Patricia Kelly, M.S.B.T. at the Parish Outreach Office:
215-679-2282. If you get the recording,
you MUST leave your name and number.
Please say your number, twice.
FRIENDLY VISITORS
The
Friendly Visitors Program of our Parish is
almost 9 years old! We need about 3
more Friendly Visitors. If you discern
that Our Lord is asking you to visit his sisters and/or brothers as a Friendly
Visitor, please call Sister Patricia Kelly, M.S.B.T. at the Parish Outreach
Office: 215-679-2282. If you get a
recording, you MUST leave your and number. Please say your number twice.
PARISH OUTREACH
When you
read that someone is needed to do a particular service for the sake of Jesus
Christ, do you understand that it means that YOU are being asked to do the
service for Him? Do you take the matter
to our Triune God in prayer? As you think
and plan for summer fun, consider what Jesus is asking you to think and plan
for.
H.O.P.E. LEADER
NEEDED
Some months
ago, this bulletin reported that a H.O.P.E. (Helping Other People
Enthusiastically) Leader is needed.
Right now, H.O.P.E. seems to be the only Ministry without a leader. If you feel you can be the H.O.P.E. Leader,
please contact Sister Patricia Kelly, M.S.B.T. at the Parish Outreach Office:
215-679-2282. Leave your name and
number. Say your number twice.
PARISH CARNIVAL TEE
SHIRTS & LAWN SIGNS
Please return ALL parish
Carnival Tee Shirts and Lawn Signs to the rectory or to the Church (in the
small room) so we can pack them away for next year’s Event.
FREEDOM FEST & JULY 4th CELEBRATION
July 3rd – 9:00 am – 9:30 pm
New Goshenhoppen Park
Third Street
East Greenville, PA
The Upper Perkiomen Ministerium is once
again sponsoring the area FREEDOM FEST CELEBRATION and FIREWORKS on Saturday,
July 3rd.
The first event of the day will be the
Fireman’s Water Battle.
Saint Philip Neri Church will once
again be involved in this local Event.
We will be sponsoring a Food Booth in the kitchen with a limited menu of
Hotdogs & Kielbasa w/sauerkraut, pizza, pulled pork sandwiches, iced tea,
diet iced tea, lemonade and water.
Help is needed to sell food as follows:
July
3rd – 11:30am – 9:30 pm.
More details to
follow!
Save the date!
If you have any questions or need more
details, please check out: www.prayupperperk.org
ST.
PHILIP NERI CHURCH
HOAGIE
SALE
CHEESE,
ITALIAN or TURKEY
Tuesday
– July 13th
12:00
NOON – 6:00 PM
St.
Philip Neri Social Hall
COST: $4.00
All
orders due by:
Tuesday
– July 6th
Please
call:
Rita
– 679-7009
or
Pat – 679-5675
ST. PHILIP NERI PARISH
EIGHTH ANNUAL CAR SHOW
Friday – July 23rd
6:00 – 10:00 PM
(registration begins 5:00 pm)
RAIN or SHINE!
Great Food
Music by Hodge
Podge
ADVANCED
SALE FOOD TICKETS
will be available for purchase at the script table starting June 26 until July
18. Food tickets will also be available
at the rectory from
June 28 to July 20. For every $5 purchased, you receive $6.00 in food tickets.
VOLUNTEERS will be needed for
security, parking, kitchen and food stands.
If you would like to volunteer you can fill out a volunteer form, call
Shirley at 215-679-9275 or e mail Doris at gmomdecker@yahoo.com.
For information: call Shirley at 215-679-9275 (daytime) or Pete at 215-679-6942
(evenings)
MOTHER’S MARKET
Moms – Dads – and
Grandparents:
The
Elizabeth Ministry of St. Philip Neri is planning a Mother’s Market for this
Fall of 2010.
Anyone
interested in selling used baby and kids’ equipment, clothes or toys, please
contact Kathy Hunt at 215-541-9180 or email her at: ElizMininfo@yahoo.com.
END OF SUMMER BOOK DISCUSSION
Tuesday – August 24th – 7:00 pm
St. Philip Neri Rectory Meeting Room
“MY LIFE WITH THE SAINTS”
By: Martin James, SJ.
A Publisher’s Weekly Best Book of 2006. “An outstanding and often hilarious memoir of one man’s
interaction with the saints of the Roman Catholic tradition”.
Winner of a 2007 Christopher Award for books that “affirm the highest
values of the human spirit”.
Books will be ordered and available at a later date for purchase. The cost to you is $20.00
For more information, please call Madeleine Gehringer at: 215-679-0737
or call the rectory office at: 215-679-9275.
St.
Philip Neri Grade School Tuition Assistance
Did you know that Tuition Assistance is
available for your child to attend St. Philip Neri Grade School?
Tuition Assistance is available to
those showing a real need. Address your
request to:
St. Philip Neri Tuition Assistance Program
1325 Klinerd Road
Pennsburg, PA 18073
You will receive a letter asking for
some information and you will be notified of any decision before the school
year starts.
Guidelines for:
TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Minimal Criteria
1. Tuition Assistance will apply only to
students in grades K-8 who are enrolled at Saint Philip Neri Elementary School.
2. Parent or legal guardian must be a
registered parishioner of St. Philip Neri Parish.
3. Must demonstrate financial need,
subject to review and approval of Tuition Committee.
4. Must be active and volunteer in parish
activities.
5. Tuition
Assistance will be applied towards tuition as credit.
THANK YOU FROM BIRTHRIGHT
Dear Father
Roncase,
Please
thank all of your parishioners for the donation for the Mother’s Day
Collection.
In these
hard economic times, we are giving away more and more. How wonderful that we can help these mothers
– they continue to come and be exposed to our loving pro-life message that she
and her baby are precious in God’s eyes and in ours.
We are here
because you care.
Gratefully,
Betty Ann
Daily,
Director
ARCHDIOCESAN NEWS
Office of the Cardinal
June 1,
2010
Dear
Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Each year,
the annual Peter’s Pence Collection in support of the Holy Father’s spiritual
and charitable efforts is held in parishes across the country. Your contribution to this collection enables
the Holy Father to provide emergency relief assistance to those throughout the
world who suffer from war, oppression, disease, and natural disasters. Let us be beacons of hope to those who are
most in need by answering the call to cast the Light of Christ upon the world!
As we
participate in this special appeal, we join with more than one billion
Catholics in a loving expression of worldwide solidarity with our Holy Father
Pope Benedict XVI. This year the
Peter’s Pence Collection will be taken at all Masses the weekend of June 26th
& 27th.
Asking you
to assist the Successor Peter and Vicar of Christ in his efforts to alleviate
suffering around the globe, I express my gratitude for your compassion and past
generosity.
Sincerely,
Cardinal
Justin Rigali
Archbishop
of Philadelphia
PRE-8TH GRADE
SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
June 28 – July 28
8:45 am – 1:00 pm
St. Joseph’s Preparatory School
1733 Girard Avenue
Philadelphia, PA
Spend part
of your summer at the PREP and participate in the Pre-8th Grade
Summer Enrichment Program!
PROGRAM TOPICS
INCLUDE:
Algebra
Athletics
Computer Science
Creative Writing
Drama
Transportation is available in
Philadelphia, New Jersey and the Five County area. For more information, call the Summer School Office at:
215-978-1954, or visit our website: WWW.SJPREP.ORG/PRE8
Are you Deaf or know
someone who is Deaf?
Contact:
CATHOLIC DEAF
APOSTOLATE
Masses in ASL and
Interpreted Masses
Religious Education/
Preparation for
Sacraments
Adult Faith Formation
and Socials
Summer Camp for Deaf
Children
Interpreters for
Catholic Events
215-587-3913 (V) (TTY)
267-507-1215 (VP)
Google: Deaf Apostolate Phila
The priests of
tomorrow are in our midst. They are
members of this parish. They are
members of our own families. Encourage
Vocations, pray for the gift.
CATHOLIC
SOCIAL SERVICES
You can
change the future – by becoming a Foster Parent!
Foster families provide temporary homes to
children of all ages, races, and religions whose families are in crisis. The love, service and example of Catholic
Social Services foster parents has a lasting and positive effect on the
children whose lives they touch. For
information on how you can become a foster parent, please call 215-587-3960!
AREA PARISH NEWS
ST.
COLUMBKILL SENIOR GROUP
Calendar
of Events:
Monday,
July 19th:
Mohegan
Sun at Pocono Downs
$25/members-$30/guests
Seats
available
October
17-21
Charleston
Trip
$409/members-$459/guests
For more
information on availability or to sign up, please call Peg Bryan at
610-754-7516.
AREA NEWS
Montgomery County Health Department’s
2010 Rabies Clinics
Date Place Time
June 26th Burnside Oakland 9am – 11am
Park
Burnside
Avenue & Oakland Drive
West Norriton
MARRIED COUPLE
PRAYER RETREAT
Marriage
Retorno, a couple Prayer Retreat will be held July 10-11 at Daylesford Abbey in
Paoli. Marriage Retorno is a Scripture
based Couple Prayer Retreat for married couples wanting to deepen their
relationship with one another in the Lord.
While it is the second step of Marriage Encounter, couples do not need
to attend ME first.
The cost is
$290/couple (overnight) or $165/couple (commuting). Space is limited.
For
information, call Joe & May Ward: 215-362-8699 or the website at: www.marriageretorno.org.
BINGO VOLUNTEERS
NEEDED
We are in need of Bingo Volunteers for
BOTH the kitchen, and working the floor, checking winning Bingo cards.
You only work one each month on
Thursday evenings. We have 4 teams for
both the kitchen and floor and are in need of help on each team.
CAN
YOU HELP?
NOT
EVERY WEEK –
JUST
ONE WEEK, ONCE A MONTH!
If you can help, please check the area
you are interested in.
PLEASE PRINT AND RETURN IN THE
COLLECTION BASKET OR TO THE RECTORY.
_____KITCHEN
_____FLOOR WORKER
Name: _________________________
Phone:_________________________
Breakfast
Volunteers NEEDED
Our Parish Breakfast
is a major fundraiser for our Parish and a tremendous Community and Parish
Social Event. We are in need of more
parishioners to help with this monthly event.
Our breakfast is held the 4th Sunday of each month (excluding
November & December).
CAN
YOU HELP?
Not
the entire morning…
but
only a few hours each month!
Please print and return in collection basket or to the
rectory:
Cooks: Line
Servers:
___6am-9am ___6:45 am- 9:00 am
___9am-11am ___9:00 am – 11:00 am
___11am-1pm ___11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Dishwashers: Cleaning
the gym:
___7:30am-10:00 am ___12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
___10:00 am – 12noon
___12noon – 2:00 pm
Washing Trays Dessert
table, coffee
___8am-10am ___7:00 am – 9:00 am
___10am – 12noon ___9:00 am – 11:00 am
___12noon-1:30 pm ___11:00
am – 12:30 pm
Name: _________________________
Phone: ________________________
Invest just five minutes a day, and your faith will deepen
and grow—a day at a time.
Sunday, June
20, 2010
Twelfth Sunday
in Ordinary Time; Father’s Day
Heirs of the kingdom
Wouldn’t it be great to be sitting
on a really nice inheritance? You could certainly relax a little. Today we
honor our fathers, but did they set us up for the rest of our lives? For most
of us, no. Saint Paul, though, says we are “heirs according to the promise.”
While we can’t earn God’s kingdom, we are the children of God destined
to inherit it. That should certainly take some of the desperate worry
out of life. Now we can get about the business of taking care of others as we
have been taken care of.
Today’s readings: Zechariah 12:10-11; 13:1; Galatians 3:26-29; Luke 9:18-24
“And if you
belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to the
promise.”
Monday, June 21
Feast of
Aloysius Gonzaga, religious
Keep good counsel
How does a young man born to
privilege and prestige decide to give it all up and join a religious order?
Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591) decided to do just that. He renounced his right to
the title of marquis and the vast wealth that came with it to enter the Society
of Jesus. What motivated his decision? Two clues: Gonzaga had received his
First Communion from Saint Charles Borromeo, and his spiritual director was
Saint Robert Bellarmine. Perhaps these two spiritual giants had something to do
with Gonzaga’s life-changing decision. Seek good counsel on the direction your
own life is taking. God can speak to us through others; pick good
spokespersons.
Today’s readings: 2 Kings 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18; Matthew 7:1-5
“The measure
you give will be the measure you get.”
Tuesday,
June 22
Feast of
Paulinus of Nola, bishop
From having to giving
A Roman aristocrat in the fourth
and fifth centuries, Saint Paulinus had wealth, a fine classical education, a
legal and political career, and was known throughout the Roman world. After his
marriage, though, he and his Spanish wife Theresia suffered the loss of their
infant child and from then on turned toward lives of service. They gradually
liquidated their wealth and gave it to the poor. The people of Barcelona
demanded Paulinus be ordained a priest, and he and Theresia opened what we
might call an early version of a Catholic Worker house, living on the top floor
and providing hospitality to the indigent downstairs. Losses can be forced upon
us or they can embraced. Whichever—or both—you experience, find ways to turn
them into opportunities for generosity.
Today’s readings: 2 Kings 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36; Matthew 7:6, 12-14
“The gate is
narrow and the road is hard that leads to life.”
Wednesday,
June 23
Bear good fruit
It is no accident that figs are
mentioned at several different points in the gospels. The humble fig may well
represent the first known example of agriculture—plants intentionally cultivated
by humans for food; fossils have been found in the Jordan Valley that date from
9,400-9,200 B.C. So by the time Jesus came on the scene, figs were a
well-established staple, and in a sometimes harsh desert climate they offered
life-saving nourishment for the body—a bit like what Jesus offers for the soul.
Next time you bite into a fig bar, take a moment to recall its long heritage
and give thanks to the source of all of life’s nourishment.
Today’s readings: 2 Kings 22:8-13; 23:1-3; Matthew 7:15-20
“You will
know them by their fruits.”
Thursday,
June 24
Solemnity of
the Nativity of John the Baptist
Small wonder
Some Bible scholars believe Jesus
had been a disciple of John the Baptizer during his youth before he began his
public ministry. But once Jesus comes on the scene, John fades into the
background. So today’s a good day to remember the importance of people who are
seldom in the spotlight, whether others or ourselves. Recognize that even small
actions and choices are significant; they either build up the community of
faith or they do not. The power of a kind word, an act of honest forgiveness,
coming to the defense or help of someone—such concrete actions, often
unnoticed, can be the “loosening of the sandal strap” that may seem unimportant
to everyone—except of course to the person whose feet are hurting.
Today’s readings: Isaiah 49:1-6; Acts 13:22-26; Luke 1:57-66, 80
“One is
coming after me; I am not worthy to untie the thong of the sandals on his
feet.”
Friday, June
25
Wholly healing
We all know the stories of Jesus
healing people with leprosy. Just another example of Jesus curing people and
revealing his divinity, right? Well, yes, but that’s not the whole picture.
Because leprosy was an infectious disease, people with it were often outcasts,
forced to live on the fringes of society. They were cut off from their
community, loved ones, and all that was “home” to them. In a culture where
community and family ties were so important, this isolation was devastating.
When Jesus heals a leper, he is not only curing the individual, he is healing
an entire community, making it whole. Who are the ones on the fringes of our
faith community and society? What can we do to bring healing to them and
everyone?
Today’s readings: 2 Kings 25:1-12;
Matthew 8:1-4
“Be made
clean!”
Saturday,
June 26
Feast of the
Blessed Virgin Mary
Healing your inner Hamlet
Shakespeare’s most famous decider,
Hamlet, is also a bit of a drama queen. “Words, words, words!” he sighs,
conveying his weariness with the emptiness of most promises. He also wonders if
life is worth living: “To be or not to be—that is the question!” Compare Hamlet
to the centurion in the gospel story, who values both life and the power
of words to do what they express. The centurion seeks healing for his servant
through a word from Jesus. His faith proves irresistible to Jesus, who learned
from his mother that trusting in God’s promises could lead to great things.
Today’s readings: Lamentations 2:2, 10-14, 18-19; Matthew 8:5-17
“Lord, I am
not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only speak the word, and my
servant will be healed.”
