Church
of Saint Philip Neri
Pennsburg, PA 18073
July 11,
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 |
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 July
11
Extraordinary Ministers Lectors
5:00 pm – Anne
Marie Quigley S.
Hunsberger
Jim Quigley Larry
Concio
Priest
Priest
Alice Swift
Linda Benko
7:30 am – Jim
Michels Ernie
Quatrani
Pat Scheerbaum Michael
Lynch
Priest
Immaculata Barndt
Maureen Moser
Paul Moser
9:30 am –
Stephanie Greczek Terry
Benner
John McHale Wendy
Benner
Priest
Jenny Josko
Bill Gurgick
Lisa Gurgick
11:00 am – Bob
Schwind Luke Verna
Barbara Schwind M.
Gehringer
Priest
Deacon
Anna Kells
Marlene Leidy
Serving at Mass July
18
Extraordinary Ministers Lectors
5:00 pm – Dave Boone Mark
Meinzer
Teri Boone Bob
Piccone
Priest
Pat Meinzer
Catherine Cahill
Trish Dornisch
7:30 am – Joan
Varallo John
Guckin
Wally Varallo Pete
Frank
Priest
Denise Guckin
Chuck Rodgers
Maria Rodgers
9:30 am - Jack Nash Sue
DiMarco
Monica Nash Eileen
Koch\
Priest
Priest
Irene Novelli
Marianne Peters
11:00 am – Sandy
Shellaway D. McCausland
Tony Shellaway M.
Gehringer
Priest
Priest
Anita Weilnau
Mary Goodfellow
FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY
TIME
July 11, 2010
Monday, July 12
8:00 am – John
Dykie, (Mildred Kehs)
Tuesday, July 13,
Saint Henry
8:00 am – William
Engle, (Tony Bauer)
Wednesday, July 14,
Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha
7:00 pm – Raymond
Krol, (Kate Johnson)
Thursday, July 15,
Saint Bonaventure, bishop
8:00 am – William
Engle, (Dan & Maria Burrows)
Friday, July 16,
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
8:00 am – Eugene
Cressman,
(Catherine Cressman and
Family)
Saturday, July 17
8:00 am – Morris
Amato, (Mary Rose & Jim Giambrone)
5:00 pm – Wayne
Brinckman, (Bob & Dawn Ellis)
SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY
TIME
July 18, 2010
7:30 am – For the
living & deceased members
of the Parish.
9:30 am – For the
Comfort of the Homeless,
(Respect Life Ministry)
11:00 am – Anthony
Bogdon, (Pete & Peg Duklis)
ROSE/FLORAL
ARRANGEMENT
The red roses
placed on the Blessed Mother and Sacred Heart Altars are in Honor of Victor & Veronica Diehl on
their Sixtieth Wedding Anniversary, requested by the Family.
The floral
arrangement placed on the Altar is in memory of Maria Goffredo, requested by the Goffredo Family.
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 Mildred Moyer, Helga
Camasso, Tom Brogan, Stephanie Dykie, Keith Hotz, Lily Morgitan, John Brazuk,
Paul Fronheiser, Irene Maggs & Pat Scheerbaum.
For those who have died, and in particular for Wanda
Weaver, grant them eternal rest and peace.
SUNDAY COLLECTIONS
July
5, 2009 July 4, 2010
Envelopes: $ 9,333.00 $ 8,214.50
Loose: 1,196.00 932.00
Children’s: 37.00 42.50
Total: $10,566.00 $ 9,189.00
JUNE MONTHLY
EXPENSES
Salaries: $ 50,465.32
Oil: 0.00
Electric: 2,327.58
Telephone: 378.86
Insurance: Parish 10,616.54
Insurance: Medical 6,310.54
Trash: 326.00
Assessment:
Maintenance/Supplies: 9,831.00
Water/Sewer -
(East Greenville)
Total: $ 98,540.93
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 Michael Mikanowicz, requested by:
The
Breakfast Committee of SPN.
In memory
of Clarence Renner, requested by:
Pete &
Linda Frank.
In memory
of Robert Davidheiser, requested by:
Pete &
Linda Frank.
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 15th – Team #4
All regular games pay $50
FINAL COVER – ALL SPECIAL PAYS: $500
Bingo: July 1 – 77 players
Games: $ 613.00
Kitchen: 167.00
Total: $ 780.00
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.
PARISH BREAKFAST
Our next
parish Breakfast is Sunday, July 25th. Save the date!
BAKED GOODS NEEDED
Baked goods
are needed for our weekly Bingo and monthly Breakfast.
If anyone
is interested in donating some baked goods, please call Rita at: 215-679-7009.
JULY: THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE
Sunday – July 11th
New Altar
Server Installation 9:00
am Church
Knights of
Columbus Meeting 7:30 pm
Rectory
Men’s 30
& Over Basketball
8:00 pm Gym
Monday, July 12th
Car Show
Committee Meeting 7:00 pm
Rectory
Charismatic
Prayer Group 7:00 pm
Chapel
Holy Rosary
Hour
1:00 pm Chapel
Tuesday, July 13th
Choir &
Cantor Practice 6:00 pm Church
Garden Club
– Church Grounds 5:00 pm
Hoagie
Sale 12:00 noon –
6:00 pm Gym
Wednesday, July 14th
FREE DAY –
No activities scheduled
Thursday, July 15th
Bingo 6:30 pm Gym
Friday, July 16th
FREE DAY – No activities scheduled
Saturday, July 17th
FREE DAY –
No activities scheduled
Sunday, July 18th
Children’s
Liturgy of the Word at the 9:30 am Mass
Men’s 30
& Over Basketball 8:00
pm Gym
UPCOMING MEETINGS
Charismatic Prayer
Group – Monday, July 19th – Chapel – 7:00 pm
Choir & Cantor
Practice – Tuesday, July 20th – Church – 6:00 pm in Church
Garden Club –
Tuesday, July 20th – Church Grounds – 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Respect Life
Ministry Meeting – Wednesday, July 21st – Rectory – 7:30 pm
Rosary at the
Pennsburg Manor – Thursday, July 22nd – 1:15 pm
Bingo – Thursday,
July 22nd – Gym – 6:30 pm
Respect Life –
Food PREP for the Homeless – Thursday, July 22nd – Rectory – 5:15 pm
Car Show – Friday,
July 23rd – Church Grounds – 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Parish Breakfast
Set-up – Saturday, July 24th - Gym
Parish Breakfast –
Sunday, July 25th – in the Gym – 7:00 am – 12:30 pm
Men’s 30 &
Over Basketball – Sunday, July 25th – in the Gym – 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
PARISH NEWS
RCIA: We will resume our parish RCIA process in
September. Anyone who wishes to join
the Catholic Church or learn more about the Catholic faith is invited to join
us on Thursday evenings. If you would
like further information please call the rectory and leave your name and phone
number. Deacon Mike Franks will contact
you. Watch the bulletin for more
information in the coming weeks.
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
The Prayer Shawl Ministry will not meet
in July.
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 on the following dates to say the Rosary for
Gary L. Keller at 1:00 pm in the Chapel:
Monday, July 12th & Monday, July 19th.
PARISH
LIBRARY -
BOOK
SEASON HAS ARRIVED!!
The St Philip Neri bookcases are being filled.
We are looking for gently used or new books. They must be pertaining to
our Catholic faith. 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.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: If you need H.O.P.E. (Helping Other People Enthusiastically)
service during the week of July 12th, please call Anne Dykie at:
215-679-2034. This is for the week of
July 12th ONLY.
H.O.P.E. – Hours
of Service
In the
first quarter of 2010, the H.O.P.E. Program Volunteers gave 53 hours of service
to God’s people in St. Philip Neri Parish.
In the second quarter they gave 30.5 hours of service.
Thank you,
H.O.P.E. Volunteers for living your Baptismal Call to service in such a caring,
practical way.
ELIZABETH MINISTRY
UPDATE
On
Wednesday, June 23rd, twelve (12) young ladies and one (1) young
man, received their Certificate in Babysitting 101 in an All-Day Workshop at
the St. Philip Neri Social Hall Meeting Room.
Congratulations to all!
Note: Don’t forget about the Mother’s Market that
is being held on Saturday, September 11th from 8:00 am until 2:00 pm. See the announcement in today’s Bulletin.
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.
RAFFLE WINNER
The St.
Philip Neri Craft Guild had a Raffle Drawing to win a Hand Made Quilt and our
winner was: Connie Marks! Congratulations Connie!
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.
ST.
PHILIP NERI CHURCH
HOAGIE
SALE - PICKUP
CHEESE,
ITALIAN or TURKEY
Tuesday
– July 13th
12:00
NOON – 6:00 PM
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 SCRIP table 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)
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.
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.
Any
questions, please call Lee Johnson: 679-6309.
JULY COLLECTION OF
DIAPERS &
USED CHILDREN
CLOTHING
The
weekends of July 17/18 and 24/25, we will be collecting diapers and gently used
children’s clothing (up to 18 months) in Church. These items will be given to Birthright in Pottstown. Please place these items in the small room
in the vestibule of Church.
CASINO TRIP –
UPDATE
The
departure time for the Casino Trip on Saturday, July 31st has been
changed. Due to the Saturday morning
shore traffic, everyone needs to be at the SPN parking lot for 9:30 am. The bus will then depart at 10:00 am. If there are any questions, please call
Kathy at: 267-923-5173.
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.
MOTHER’S MARKET
The
Elizabeth Ministry of St. Philip Neri is looking for anyone interested in
selling gently used baby and children’s equipment, clothing, or toys at their
MOTHER’S MARKET that will be held on Saturday, September 11th from
8:00 am until 2:00 pm in the St. Philip Neri Social Hall.
Tables will
cost $10 each. If interested, please
call Kathy at: ElizMinnfo@yahoo.com or 215.541.9180.
SOCIAL SERVICE
PROGRAMS
Did you know that . . . Governor Rendell has launched a new website to access social service
programs?
The website
is: www.heretohelp.pa.gov. If you see something that will be helpful to
you, be sure to apply for it online.
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.
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:Andrew@rafind.com
THANK YOU FROM
BABY’S BREATH
June 15,
2010
Dear Father
Roncase,
Thank you
to and the parishioners of St. Philip Neri for your generous donation of
$259.00 that was generated from the sale of Mothers Day Carnations. Your generosity helps provide mothers-to-be
and their babies with a good start in their life together. We also help families who are in need of
material and emotional support and each donation is most appreciated.
Our
organization provides free pregnancy counseling, GED tutoring, prenatal
classes, parenting classes, and assistance in setting goals for the mother’s
future. We also offer support in
obtaining resources that will help her and her family. Using a positive re-enforcement system, a
mother earns credits for attending any counseling sessions or classes. The credits can be used to obtain items such
as diapers, clothes, crib, etc. This
system encourages a mother to be more responsible for her life and the life of
her unborn child. Local individuals,
families, stores and church organizations have donated all of the baby and
maternity items available to the women.
“A Baby’s Breath” is a totally volunteer organization and no money is
spent on salaries.
Sincerely,
Mary Ann
McDonnell
Director –
Collegeville Center
NEWLY REGISTERED FAMILIES
We welcome the following new
parishioners into our parish Family here at St. Philip Neri!
May & June 2010
The Cano Family The
Kuzmission Family
The Coyle Family The
Nault Family &
The Hunter Family The
Snyder Family
ARCHDIOCESAN NEWS
Mary’s
“yes” changed the world. Make a
difference, say “yes” 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.
TV
MASS
The Archdiocesan Office for Communications has
copies of the 2010 Sunday Missal available for homebound parishioners who view
the Television Mass on WPVI-TV every Sunday at 5:30 am.
If you or someone you know is interested in
receiving a Missal, FREE OF CHARGE, contact the Office for
Communications at: 215.587.3747 or check out the website: communof@adphila.org.
FROM
THE OFFICE FOR COMMUNICATIONS
Bookmark the website of the Archdiocese of
Philadelphia. www.archphila.org and visit it everyday.
AREA
NEWS
Summer Festival
Pig Roast & Chicken BBQ
St. Mary Parish
in Schwenksville is hosting a Summer Festival Pig Roast and Chicken BBQ on
Sunday, July 18th from 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm.
This fun,
family event is open to all. Food
includes full dinners featuring pork or chicken sandwiches, corn on the cob,
homemade baked beans, coleslaw, and a variety of desserts. Eat in or take out!
Also
available throughout the day for your enjoyment will be funnel cakes, water
ice, and friendly games!
St. Mary
Parish is located at 40 Spring Mount Road in Schwenksville.
MARRIAGE
RETROUVAILLE
Retrouvaille
is a Catholic based program to help marriages that are stressed or in
trouble. Retrouvaille has helped
countless married couples in all stages of disillusionment or misery in their
marriage.
Retrouvaille
can help your marriage too. The next
program will be at St. Joseph in the Hills – Malvern Retreat Center, on August
13, 14 & 15. All calls are
confidential.
For more
information, please call 800-470-2230, 215-766-3944, or visit our website: www.HelpOurMarriage.com.
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, July
11, 2010
Fifteenth
Sunday in Ordinary Time
First things first
What would happen if you and a
whole bunch of other people really took to heart these words of scripture: “You
shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and
with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself”?
What, in other words, would be the result if you and I and lots of others put
God first in our lives? There would be mutual respect between people. The love
of God would be lived out. Violence would disappear. No one would lack what
they need. It sounds too good to be true, but with God all things are possible.
Do your part and give it your all.
Today’s readings: Deuteronomy 30:10-14; Colossians 1:15-20; Luke 10:25-37
“Turn to the
Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Monday, July
12
Conflict may be unavoidable
Jesus is the Prince of Peace. Yet
he himself rejects the idea that his teachings will lead to a Pollyanna world
of shiny, happy people. Christianity is not a “nice” religion for “nice” folks.
It’s a hefty and challenging commission to make God’s justice tangible on the
planet—as the prayer says, “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” That
task requires the surrender of power and resources from the grip of the mighty
into the hands of those who are meek. Are you ready to surrender that superior
position without a contest?
Today’s readings: Isaiah 1:10-17;
Matthew 10:34-11:1
“I have not
come to bring peace, but a sword.”
Tuesday,
July 13
Feast of Henry
When church met state
The feast of Saint Henry (d. 1024)
gives us a chance to face the church as a political reality. We are far removed
from Henry and the first millennium, yet some of his long-ago actions still
affect the church today. For example, Henry strongly supported enforced
clerical celibacy, not for a spiritual purpose but in order that public land
and offices that he had granted to the church might not be passed on to any
clerical descendants. That in turn ensured that the bishops to whom he granted
these benefits would remain loyal to him, the last of the Holy Roman Emperors.
Indeed, he was a man of his times, but perhaps Henry should be invoked as the
patron saint of (and a most excellent reason for) the separation of
church and state.
Today’s readings: Isaiah 7:1-9;
Matthew
11:20-24
“If you do
not stand firm in faith, you shall not stand at all.”
Wednesday,
July 14
The not-so-invisible God
If there’s one thing Christians
believe above all else, it’s that Jesus Christ is the Son of God—the
Incarnation, God made “visible.” Though the Letter to the Hebrews tells us that
“faith is the . . . conviction of things not seen” (11:1), we hear from another
New Testament letter, to the Colossians, how Christ “is the image of the
invisible God, the firstborn of all creation” (1:15). Another way to say all
this is that Jesus is the revelation of God: If you want to “see” the
invisible God, if you want to know who God is, then look to Jesus. Believe in
him and hear his message of loving God and neighbor with everything you have.
Today’s readings: Isaiah 10:5-7, 13b-16; Matthew 11:25-27
“No one knows
the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”
Thursday,
July 15
Feast of
Bonaventure, bishop, doctor of the church
Faith seeking understanding
The play The Million Dollar
Saint, written in the mid-1950s, portrays Saint Francis of Assisi returning
to earth at a Jesuit university and recommending that they “throw away all
books” because intellectual pursuits were proud and led to all kinds of evil.
Unfortunately the playwright misunderstood the saint who actually welcomed
eminent theologians to his humble fraternity. Saint Bonaventure, a near
contemporary of Francis, studied at the University of Paris, was a
distinguished thinker, a contemporary of Thomas Aquinas, and became the head of
the whole Franciscan Order. But Bonaventure’s sharp mind never dissuaded him
from the primacy of love. Clear thinking and holiness are not enemies. In an
age of Religion for Dummies, it’s good to be wary of simplistic
approaches to profoundly complex human questions. We didn’t learn all there is
to know about faith in kindergarten, and the more we know, the more we may
love.
Today’s readings: Isaiah 26:7-9, 12, 16-19; Matthew 11:28-30
“Take my yoke
upon you, and learn from me.”
Friday, July
16
Feast of Our
Lady of Mount Carmel
Everyday holiness
Mount Carmel is located in the
Holy Land. A chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary was built there in the 12th
century. Devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel centers on the scapular, which
was originally a broad piece of cloth worn over the shoulders symbolizing the
“yoke of Christ.” She promised: “Whosoever dies wearing [the scapular] shall
not suffer eternal fire. It shall be a sign of salvation, a protection in
danger and pledge of peace.” By sanctifying almost every aspect of human life,
sacramentals, like the “Brown Scapular” as it is now known—along with holy
water and cards, medals and rosaries—bring us closer to Jesus. And that
is what our faith is all about.
Today’s readings: Isaiah 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8; Matthew 12:1-8
“ ‘I tell
you, something greater than the temple is here.’ ”
Saturday,
July 17
Feast of the
Blessed Virgin Mary
How do you see Mary?
A fair amount of confusion exists
around the subject of Marian apparitions. Do Catholics believe in them? Perhaps
the best answer would be: “Some do and some don’t.” In rare cases the Catholic
Church may judge an apparition to be worthy of belief, but that belief is never
required of Catholics. According to the Marianum Pontifical Institute in Rome,
of the 295 reported apparitions studied by the Holy See through the centuries,
only 12 have been approved as worthy of belief. Such an apparition is believed
to offer evidence of Mary’s continuing presence in the life of the church.
Whether we choose to believe an apparition or not, we can see that Mary offers
a timeless witness of the full response to God’s plan for our lives: “Thy will
be done.”
Today’s readings: Micah 2:1-5;
Matthew 12:14-21
“Here is my
servant, whom I have chosen.”
