|  FROM OUR PASTOR
I bring your attention to an update included with today’s bulletin with
regard to plans for our Parish Community Center. We have been busy at work with
a new architect, planning for our project and doing a master plan to anticipate
future facilities needs. This will insure that what we build will allow for the
future upgrading and possible remodeling of current buildings in an integrated
fashion. In the meantime, we have received many fresh pledges and generous
payments on existing pledges. It has become clear that costs may exceed our
original estimates. We will make every effort to economize without sacrificing
durability. Hundreds of new parishioners who have recently joined us may be
unaware of our Campaign and how they may assist. You may call the Parish Office
for information. It is clear that we will be depending on a loan from the
Diocese. That provides a very practical motivation for us to participate in the
Bishop’s Lenten Appeal this year. Please give your diocese and your parish
your first consideration as you give sacrificially during the Lenten season.
The Apostolic Nuncio, Msgr. Gabriel Montalvo, will visit St. Charles Church
on Sunday, March 25, and will celebrate the Spanish Mass at 1 PM. Msgr.
Montalvo is from Columbia and is the first Latin American to have been
appointed Apostolic Nuncio in the United States. Prior to his appointment as
Apostolic Nuncio, Msgr. Montalvo was the Director of the Pontificia Accademia
Ecclesiastica in Rome.
“Christ be before me”,
P.S. I look forward to presenting: “Everything you wanted to know about
the Catholic Church and were afraid to ask!” on the First Monday of April
at the Church.
EASTER FLOWERS
The Parish Office is now accepting donations for Easter Flowers. If you wish
to have a loved-one remembered, please include their name with your donation.
For your convenience, Easter Flower Envelopes are available at the entrances to
the Church. You may drop your donation in the collection basket or stop by the
Parish Office. The list of those remembered will be published on Easter Sunday
BISHOP’S LENTEN APPEAL (BLA)
Commitment Sunday is today. Please return your BLA pledge at Mass, or you
may mail it. A few of the areas that will benefit from your support include
Seminarian education, youth ministry, Catholic Charities services and the
Spanish Apostolate. There are many offices, programs and needs that Bishop
Loverde oversees. Your support for these areas is very important.
PLEASE NOTE:
· Infant baptisms will not be celebrated on the Easter Vigil,
Saturday April 14, 2001.
SPONSOR OF THE WEEK Our Special Thanks to Utility Service
Express for their support.
This Week's Readings & Mass Intentions
SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2001
7:30 Parishioners
9:00F rancis Jugas by Patricia Donnelly
11:00 Frank Gradoville by Savery Gradoville
1:00 Emilia Cortes and Socorro Gomez by Ana Maria Gomez
Readings: Joshua 5:9a,10-12; 2Corithians 5:17-21 Luke 15:1-3,11-32
Monday, March 26:
9:00Fred Smith by Sara Hebeler
12:00Mrs. Elise Wheat, Mother of Rev. Gerald S. Wheat
by Savery Gradoville
7:30(at the Arlington Detention Center) for Inmates
Readings: Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10; Hebrews 10:4-10
Tuesday, March 27:
9:00Carl Folsom (L) by Amy Stoffel
12:00Rita Ryan by Janice & George Macdonald
Readings: Ezekiel 47:9,12; John 5:1-16
Wednesday, March 28:
9:00Ager Farrish (L) by Martin Fogarty
Readings: Isaiah 49:8-15; John 5:17-30
Thursday, March 29:
9:00Catherine Robbins by Ed & Trudy Dervan
12:00Teresa Emanuele by Pamela Michalegko
Readings: Exodus 32:7-14; John 5:31-47
Friday, March 30:
9:00Jefferson Rock by the Sever Family
12:00Sheila Munly by the Bible Study Group
Readings: Wisdom 2:1a,12-22; John 7:1,2,10,25-30
Saturday, March 31:
9:00Maria Lee by the RCIA Team
5:00Agnes O’Day by Ann Rial
Readings: Jeremiah 11:18-20; John 7:40-53
 Please remember to keep in your prayers, those who are sick and those who
suffer, especially: Eileen Bruno, Judy Birt, Glyne Goodridge, Sr. Margaret A.
Cook, Marco Antonio Villamizar, Gloria Ferrer, Letty Sykes, Helena Guziczek,
Kathleen Sullivan and Connor Cozoli. Let us also pray for those who have died,
especially: Bishop John Richard Keating, that God may grant him everlasting
life in the company of all the saints in heaven.
ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
All are invited to the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, in the
Chapel, on Holy Thursday, April 12, after the Mass of the Lord’s Supper,
until midnight.
CALLING ALL COMPUTER WIZARDS!
Are you computer and web savvy? Want to help out with the development of a
list serve for Social Justice? Please contact Micheline Toussaint at
703-527-5500 x13.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true
enemies; succeed anyway. If you are honest, people may cheat you; be honest
anyway. What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; build
anyway. If you find happiness, they may be jealous; be happy anyway. Give the
world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best
you’ve got anyway. You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and
God; It was never between you and them anyway.
ADULT EDUCATION
The April First Monday Speaker Series will feature our very own Fr. Gerry
Creedon at 8 PM in the Church for an open forum entitled: “Everything You
Ever Wanted to Know About the Catholic Faith, But Were Afraid to Ask”.
Join us at 8 PM on Monday, April 2nd.
YOUTH NEWS
Two responsible adults are needed to help coordinate and accompany teens
during a week of service. For more information, call Anne Marie Kaufman at
703-527-5500, ext. 19.
Neighborhood C: Don’t forget our Soup Supper this Tuesday, March
20th, At 6pm until 7pm.
Neighborhood E: Just a reminder that our Symbolic Seder Meal is this
weekend, March 25th, 7:30 at Pat Horner’s, 500 N. Lincoln St., & 30
PM. Call Pat at 703-524-5437.
Neighborhood A/B: Tomorrow night is our Passover Seder meal at 7pm at
Courthouse Place Apts, 1320 N. Veitch St., 4th floor meeting room. Call Michael
McMahon at 703-979-9321.
ATTENTION HAITIAN GODCHILDREN SPONSORS!
The Haiti Committee needs to receive all letters from sponsors to their
Haitian Godchildren by March 31st. You can leave your letters in the Haiti box
in the parish office or you can make other delivery arrangements with our new
scholarship coordinator, Helen Lane, at (703) 524-3417. Donations to A Common
Gift Fund for the children are also gratefully accepted. A big Merci for all of
your continued support. God Bless!
ANNIVERSARY OF ARCHBISHOP OSCAR ROMERO
March 24th marks the 21st anniversary of the death and martyrdom of Oscar
Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador. Known as a pious and relatively
conservative bishop at his selection in 1977. Romero underwent a profound
transformation after witnessing the death of his Jesuit friend Rutilio Grande
and others who were killed for their commitment to the poor and to justice.
Romero’s theology took on a new depth as he came to see the church’s
option for the poor as a defining characteristic of Christian faith. As we
witness the continued struggle of Salvadorean people through earthquakes,
social unrest and grinding poverty, let us honor one of their own. “A
church that does not unite itself to the poor in order to denounce from the
place of the poor the injustice committed against them is not truly the Church
of Jesus Christ.”
IN OUR PARISH…
TUESDAY NIGHT LENTEN SOUP SUPPERS
During the Lenten season, St. Charles will resume the Soup Kitchens. This
year we are asking the community to make their wonderful soups and breads
(please bring your soups in pots ready to heat on the stove). Or, if you
don’t have the time to make soup or bread, donate the cost of what you
would spend to go out to eat. Soup Kitchens begin March 6th and continue
through April 3rd. Soup will be served from 6 PM to 7:30 PM in the School
Cafeteria. All proceeds will go to Operation Rice Bowl.
FEATURED (REQUESTED) SOUPS ARE:
- Tuesday, March 27 – Any Vegetable Soup
- Tuesday, April 3 – Chef’s Choice
If you would like to help with the Soup Kitchens or to donate soup, please
call Jan Prisco at 703-876-1937. Each Soup Supper will include a talk to enrich
our Lenten journey starting at 7:00 PM in the 6th grade classroom (around the
corner from the Cafeteria).
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Next Thursday at 7:30 the MOM’s Ministry will sponsor a woman’s
stations using Mary’s Way of the Cross. (this happened 3/22)
MAKE IT AN ELECTRONIC LENT
Your parish website, www.stcharleschurch.org, can help you experience a
better Lent this week and choose from reflections on the daily readings, a
Lenten exercise or review the list of all the Lenten activities offered by St.
Charles. And if you’ve already got Lent under control, you can still visit
to see recent photos, the celebrant’s schedule, the bulletin before Mass
and more. The Web Team invites everyone to check out the hundreds of pages on
your parish website this week and to share the web address with a neighbor.
FOR WOMEN ONLY
The Arlington Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (ADCCW) presents
“Today’s Women in the Pew” on March 31, 2001 at Sacred
Heart Church, with speaker Katherine Boucher on the topic of today’s
Catholic woman and her issues and role in the Catholic community. In addition,
the ADCCW will also present short breakout sessions in how to reach the woman
in the pew. For more info, contact Virginia Berg at 703-241-1129.
See also recap of First Monday's Women and the Church
LIVING STONES
Tell us your story of faith as it has happened to you at St. Charles. You
are the living stones of our parish buildings. Get the guidelines at the Church
entrances, and take some quiet time during Lent to write this up for a parish
booklet. Your stories can be of a moment you felt guided by the Spirit or your
experience in or with a ministry here at St. Charles.
PARISH SUPPORT
- Last Week’s Collection: $14,841.00
- Last Week’s Tithe of $1,484.10 was for St. Charles Outreach.
- This Week’s 2nd Collection is for the Bishop’s Overseas Appeal.
- Next Week’s Tithe is for our sister parishes in Cavaillon & Gros
Marin, Haiti.
Revised/reviewed March 22, 2001
See also: Bulletins from other weeks.
St. Charles Borromeo Catholic
Church
3304 North Washington Blvd, Arlington, VA 22201, USA
Tel: 703.527.5500 | Fax: 703.527.5505 | Web: www.stcharleschurch.org |
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