Church
of Saint Philip Neri
Pennsburg, PA 18073
June 27,
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.
FROM THE PARISH
OUTREACH DESK OF:
SISTER PATRICIA
KELLY, M.S.B.T.
Have you
been keeping track of the areas of service to which the lay faithful are
called? In the Compendium of the Social
Doctrine of the Church, by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, we are
called to service: Service to the Human
Person and Service in Culture. They
have been explained in this column. Today’s
topic is very timely. It is
Service in the Economy.
Faced with
complexity of today’s economic context, the laity will be guided in their
action by the principles of the social magisterium. It is necessary that these principles be known and accepted in
the area of economic activity itself; when they are ignored, above all the
centrality of the human person, the quality of this activity is compromised.
The
commitment of Christians…means an effort of cultural reflection aimed at a
discernment of the current models of economic social development.
Reducing
the question of development to an exclusively technical problem would deprive
it of its true content, which concerns the dignity of individuals and peoples.
Economists,
those working in this field, and political leaders must sense the urgency of
re-thinking the economy…
The
legitimate requirements of economic efficiency need to be better harmonized
with those of political participation and social justice. Concretely, this means that solidarity must
be made an integral part of the network of economic, political, and social
interdependence that the current process of globalization tends to
consolidate…Association of Christian inspiration active in the economic
field-organizations of workers, business leaders, and economists – have a precious
role to play.
This
finishes the section on the role of the faithful in the Service in the
Economy. Watch for next month’s column
and another role of the lay faithful.
I leave you
in the warmth of the Trinity.
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
Serving at Mass July
4
Extraordinary Ministers Lectors
5:00 pm – Dave
Moser Bob
Piccone
Trudy Moser Ed
Tryon
Priest
Deacon
Anna Murphy
Gerald Murphy
7:30 am – Michael
Duka T. Gilmore
Mary R. Giambrone John
Gilmore
Priest
Deacon
Mike Heveran
Michelle Martin
9:30 am – Bob
Brennan Joe
Cassarella
Eleanor Brennan M.
Gehringer
Priest
Priest
Michael Dougherty
Mary Godshall
11:00 am – Deacon Mark Meinzer
Priest Bob Ellis
Bishop
Pastor
Priest
Priest
Jack Nash
Monica Nash
Pat Kennedy
Dawn Ellis
Linda Franks
Pat Meinzer
FIRST FRIDAY
Friday,
July 2nd, is the first Friday of July. Mass is in Church at 9:00 am. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in Church
from 10:00 am until evening Prayer and Benediction at 7:00 pm.
The sign-up
binder to commit for adoration time can be found in the vestibule under the
crucifix.
Please
commit to spend some time with Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.
THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY
TIME
June 27, 2010
Monday, June 28,
St. Irenaeus, bishop
8:00 am – John Dykie, (Andrea & Jeff Richards)
Tuesday, June 29,
Saint Peter & Saint Paul, apostles
8:00 am – William
Gebhard, (Mildred Kehs)
Wednesday, June 30,
First Martyrs of
the Church of
Rome
7:00 pm – William
Dermody
Thursday, July 1,
Blessed Junipero Serra
8:00 am – Michael Scasney, (Jim & Ann
Michels)
Friday, July 2
9:00 am – Anthony
Vontor, Sr., (Family)
Saturday, July 3
8:00 am – Linda
Frank, (Mary Cipolloni)
5:00 pm – Tom
Virus,
(Judi, daughters & granddaughter)
FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY
TIME
July 4, 2010
7:30 am – Emily
Casey,
(Mother of Father Philip Lowe)
9:30 am – Maria
Dickmann, (Joan Pongia)
11:00 am – For the
living & deceased members
of the parish.
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, Adam Canigiani,
Jr., Jo Maturo, Elsie Connelly, Theresa Homan, Colleen McMillar, Anthony
Bonanno, David Campbell, Grace Guckin, Tony Interrante, Steven Gebhardt, John
Culbertson, (Father of Ellen Abramo), Evelyn Dixon (mother of Dawn Ellis), Mildred Moyer, Helga Camasso, Tom Brogan
& Stephanie Dykie.
For those who have died, grant them eternal rest and peace.
ROSE/FLORAL ARRANGEMENT
The red
roses placed on the Blessed Mother and Sacred Heart Altars are in memory of Ralph Bolognese on his Second Anniversary,
requested by Elva Bolognese and Family.
SUNDAY COLLECTIONS
June
21, 2009 June 20, 2010
Envelopes: $ 8,190.50 $ 8,674.00
Loose: 930.00 1,202.00
Children’s: 57.00 69.00
Total: $
9,177.50 $ 9,945.00
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.
We also
have “Living Memorials” for those
special occasions in life.
ACTIVITIES - *BINGO*
Kitchen opens 5:00 pm – Bingo – 6:30 pm
Working Thursday – July 1st – Team #2
All regular games pay $50
FINAL COVER – ALL SPECIAL PAYS: $500
Bingo: June 17 – 60 players
Games: $
149.00
Kitchen: 166.00
Total:
$ 315.00
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 – JULY: THIS
WEEK AT A GLANCE
Sunday – June 27th
Children’s
Liturgy of the Word 9:30 am
Church
Parish
Breakfast 7:00 am – Gym
Men’s 30
& Over Basketball 8:00 pm - Gym
Monday, June 28th
Charismatic
Prayer Group 7:00
pm Chapel
Holy Rosary
(Gary Keller) 1:00
pm Chapel
SPN Quilting 1:00 pm Gym
Tuesday, June 29th
Garden Club
– Church Grounds 5:00 pm
Choir &
Cantor Practice 6:00 pm Church
Wednesday, June
30th
FREE DAY –
No activities scheduled
Thursday, July 1st
Bingo 6:30 pm Gym
Friday, July 2nd
First Friday
Mass 9:00 am Church
Adoration 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Church
SPN Quilting 1:00 pm Gym
Saturday, July 3rd
Energy
Committee Meeting 10:00
am Gym
FREEDOM
FEST: 9:00 am – 9:30 pm
(New
Goshenhoppen Park)
Sunday, July 4th
Blessing of
the Outdoor Stations of the Cross – 12:00 pm
UPCOMING MEETINGS
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
Pre-Jordan –
Tuesday, July 6th – Rectory – 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
SCHOOL NEWS
Congratulations to
the Class of 2010!
The
following students have successfully completed the course of study prescribed
by the Office of Catholic Education of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Evan Allsman, Michael
Chappelle, Paul Davis, Caleb Horvath, Devon Stewart-Kline,
Christopher Malantonio, Philip
Myers,
Isabel Perez, Zachary Washko
& Joshua Williams.
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 meet 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.
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.
3rd Quarter
Liturgical Ministers Schedule
The 3rd
Quarter Liturgical Ministers Schedule is now available.
For those
who have computer access, the schedule is now available on our parish website (www.spnparish.org).
For those
who do not have a computer, a limited amount of printed Schedules are available
in the small room off the vestibule.
Please do not take a paper Schedule if you have computer access.
3rd
Quarter Greeters Schedule
The 3rd
Quarter Greeters Schedules are now available.
You may pick them up in the small room off of the vestibule or access by
going online to our parish website: (www.spnparish.org).
GARDEN CLUB – HELP
NEEDED
Our Garden
Club of St. Philip Neri Church needs your help to maintain the Church grounds,
Flower Beds, watering, weeding, etc.
Attention is especially needed maintaining the Outdoor Stations of the
Cross area.
The Garden
Club meets every Tuesday evening from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm on the Church grounds; BUT,
you are most welcome to come over any day of the week and a time that best
meets your schedule.
If there
are any questions, please call Lee Johnson at: 215-679-6309.
SAVE THE DATE:
Friday, October 8
Fourth Annual
St. Philip Neri Golf Outing
Macoby
Run Golf Course,
Green
Lane, PA
18 Hole
4-golfer Scramble,
1:00 pm
Shotgun
Start
Food,
Beer, Prizes
$70 per
golfer
To
register your foursome or to volunteer, contact:
Andrew
Souder, 215-804-0845
or email
to:
ARCHDIOCESAN NEWS
Generous hearts change the world. Be generous to Jesus. Consider the Priesthood.
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
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!
DO
YOU KNOW YOUR TRIBUNAL?
The Tribunal is a group of specially qualified
priests, sisters, and lay persons whose responsibility is to come to the help
of people who have experienced divorce.
When a divorce occurs, the Catholic Church
always seeks to balance two realities.
One is the unbreakableness of the bond of marriage. This is God’s law. It cannot be broken by human intervention. On the other hand, the Church is concerned
about the spiritual welfare of the people involved. Was this a true marriage?
Even though a Catholic marriage was celebrated, was there perhaps some
weakness in the consent of the parties involved?
The annulment procedure addresses this problem
without affixing blame on either party.
If you are divorced or married outside the Catholic Church, please telephone
the Tribunal Office. Have no fear; all
interviews are private. Call: 215.587.3750
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
27, 2010
Thirteenth
Sunday in Ordinary Time
A good reason to give up
With today’s economy many of us
have become well acquainted with sacrifices. We’ve made small ones like
canceling cable TV, and some of us have made significant ones like giving up
houses or schooling just so we can make ends meet. While not easy, there is
grace to be had by not only making but truly owning the decision to let go of
something. It may be the grace of simplifying life, of focusing on what
matters. Such grace doesn’t mean God wants us to suffer hard times; rather it
means that God knows it’s tough and is right there beside us, walking with us
and encouraging us in even the roughest of times. What grace do you experience
in sacrifice?
Today’s readings: 1 Kings 19:16b, 19-21; Galatians 5:1, 13-18; Luke 9:51-62
“For freedom
Christ has set us free.”
Monday, June
28
It’s not about you
When a disciple earnestly promised
Jesus he would follow him anywhere, he got a response he may not have been
expecting. Instead of a pat on the head and words of praise, Christ said: “The
Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” This disciple might have thought, “Why
is he talking about himself? I thought we were talking about me!” Jesus,
however, was talking about both of them. If you follow me, what happens to me
will happen to you. You still want to follow me? Then accept the insecurity it
will involve. It’s not about you but all of us together, on this sometimes
risky journey of living the kingdom of God. Take up the challenge.
Today’s readings: Amos 2:6-10, 13-16; Matthew 8:18-22
“Foxes have
holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay
his head.”
Tuesday,
June 29
Solemnity of
Peter and Paul, apostles
Flawed but called
It is important to note that
Saints Peter and Paul, the two men we call the “pillars of the church,” were
both flawed and gifted human beings. Peter, the “rock” upon which Jesus built his
church, was a simple fisherman who was the first to recognize Jesus as the
Messiah and also the first to deny knowing him. Paul, an educated Roman
citizen, intended to imprison Christians but ended up becoming a follower of
Jesus himself. He was Christianity’s first missionary, establishing communities
throughout the Mediterranean world. We are each called to live the gospel
message. These stories offer reassurance that our weaknesses are not too much
for God to overcome.
Today’s readings: Acts 12:1-11;
2 Timothy
4:6-8, 17-18; Matthew 16:13-19
“The Lord
stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully
proclaimed.”
Wednesday,
June 30
Pigs outside the box
Don’t you hate it when a joke is so
bad it has to be explained? That’s sort of like the gospel story where
Jesus sends the demons into a herd of swine. To the people of Judea, swine were
abhorrent creatures. Pork, you may remember, was forbidden by the commandments
of the law. That Judea’s non-Jewish neighbors would tolerate demons while the
swine would commit suicide rather than live with them is kind of an ethnic joke
on the Gentiles. All in fun, however. The bottom line is to remember that the
healing love of God operates outside the box to save both Jews and Gentiles.
Today’s readings: Amos 5:14-15, 21-24; Matthew 8:28-34
“The whole
herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and perished in the water.”
Thursday,
July 1
Now hear this
Like other prophets in the Bible,
Amos found himself between the rock of God’s call and the hard place of
hostility to his message. “Go, prophesy to my people Israel,” the Lord had
commanded him, but the priests of the people told him to cease and desist from
warning the nation of the disastrous consequences of its unfaithful ways. On
top of that, Amos didn’t even want the job in the first place. Hey, he said, I
was minding my own business tending my flock and taking care of my trees. But
if he had to do it—and one can imagine him thundering these words—then here
goes: “Now hear the word of the Lord!” What God asks of you may not be what you
or those around you expect or even welcome at first. Listening for and
following God’s words, though, will never steer you wrong.
Today’s readings: Amos 7:10-17;
Matthew 9:1-8
“I am no
prophet . . . but I am a herdsman, and a dresser of sycamore trees.”
Friday, July
2
The tax man cometh
The apostle Matthew was sitting at
a customs post when Jesus called him to a life of discipleship. Those who
gather revenue for foreign empires through customs fees have never been popular
with the locals, and these officials were often associated with graft and
corruption. So when the Jewish elders and scribes criticized Jesus for
associating with “tax collectors,” we can understand their beef—and also see
how truly radical Jesus was in calling the outcasts of society to follow him.
Today’s readings: Amos 8:4-6, 9-12; Matthew 9:9-13
“As Jesus was
walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he
said to him, ‘Follow me.’ ”
Saturday,
July 3
Feast of
Thomas, apostle
Start with a good foundation
“The church’s one foundation / is
Jesus Christ her Lord.” So goes the popular hymn. The next layer of that
foundation surely consists of the apostles and prophets. These folks risked
everything to bring us the message that our God is the one who saves. It’s
reassuring that such a fundamental layer of church is built on former doubters
like Thomas, deniers like Peter, and political traitors like Matthew. If people
like that are foundational, there’s certainly room in the upper stories of the
household of God for the likes of us! Resolve today to be a trustworthy brick
in God’s house.
Today’s readings: Ephesians 2:19-22;
John 20:24-29
“You are citizens with the saints
and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the
apostles and prophets.”
