Parish Sunday Bulletins << Previous Week | All Bulletins | PDF version (for printing only) | what's a PDF? St. Charles Bulletin for July 15, 2001 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time This bulletin also included a Capital Campaign (Build the Spirit) Newsletter   FROM OUR PASTOR Dear St. Charles Parishioners: Thanks for your reception to Fr. Jocelyn and Fr. Marquis during their recent visit to St. Charles. They left us with their gratitude for the assistance we have provided to Cavaillon and Gros Marin, especially for sponsoring the education of students, and they offered a list of projects that they would like to complete with your help. A Haiti newsletter is in preparation that will detail these needs. I know that you will continue to reach out in love and solidarity. With this bulletin, you will receive an update on your increasing support for the Capital Campaign to build a Community Center. Over a hundred additional households pledged their commitment. I trust that many others are considering how they can help. Some parishioners have shared with me their desire to share their tax rebate with our project. Merci, Gracias, Thanks! PARKING FOR MASS GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY has made available to St. Charles parishioners, 75 parking spaces on their surface lot during Sunday Masses. The parking lot entrance is located on Kirkwood between Fairfax Drive and Washington Blvd. Please note that George Mason also uses the lot during these times and cannot be responsible for any property loss or damage. In the spirit of cooperation, we thank them for their consideration. ST. CHARLES PARKING: We are working on plans for a "one-way" traffic flow in the Church parking lot to avoid parking difficulties. Please be patient with us during this transition. If you would like to volunteer to help, please call Marvin Mayorga at the Parish Office. Thank you for your cooperation! PLEASE NOTE The Parish Office Summer Hours are: Monday - Friday: 9:30 AM to 8:00 PM; Saturday: 9:30 AM - 6:30 PM; Sunday :9:30 AM - 3:00 PM The School Office Summer Hours are : Monday - Thursday: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM; however, between July 23 to August 3, the office will be closed Baptismal preparation in English previously scheduled for July 22 has been rescheduled for July 29. Please call the Parish Office to register. Campaign Envelopes may be picked up at the Parish Office or you may use the Building Fund envelopes that are sent with your tithing envelopes. Thank you. MASSES FOR THE WEEK SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2001 7:30 Parishioners 9:00 Paul McCLennan by Mark Pando 11:00 Julia Schulte by Jeanne Scott 1:00 Emilio Chavez (L) by Corina Chavez Readings: Deuteronomy 30:10-14; Colossians 1:15-20; Luke 10:25-37 Monday, July 16, 2001: 9:00 Consuelo Ruiz by The Hittle Family 7:30 (at the Arlington Detention Center) for Inmates Readings: Exodus 1:8-14, 22; Matthew 10:34-11:1 Tuesday, July 17, 2001: 9:00 Frank & Agnes Macdonald by George Readings: Exodus 2:1-15; Matthew 11:20-24 Wednesday, July 18, 2001: 9:00 Dorothy E. McCarron by Rebecca Escario Readings: Exodus 3:1-6, 9-12; Matthew 11:25-27 Thursday, July 19, 2001: 9:00 George Muller by Viola Muller Readings: Exodus 3:13-20; Matthew 11:28-30 Friday, July 20, 2001: 9:00 Ralph Bruno by Eileen Bruno Readings: Exodus 11:10-12:14; Matthew 12:1-8 Saturday, July 21, 2001: 9:00 The Father of Maria Collins by Mary K. Lewis 5:00 Scott Hallahan by Helen Hallahan Jabubowski Readings: Exodus 12:37-42; Matthew 12:14-21 PLEASE PRAY FOR Please remember to keep in your prayers, those who are sick and those who suffer, especially: Eileen Bruno, Judy Birt, Sr. Margaret A. Cook, Marco Antonio Villamizar, Connor Cozoli, Charles Williams, Nazirah Clark, Tim Seldin, Michael Andrew Herdoiza, Mary Catherine Kern-Herdoiza, Flora Sidlukas, Carl Joseph Gatto, Mary Theresa Kern, Charlotte Nelligan Pelissier, Jeanne Newell, Joshua Solano, Burita Ferro, Diane Dickerson-Herbst, Dorothy Schleeper and John Portarias. Let us also pray for those who have died, especially: Pablo Saavedra, James Sirotniak, Jose Roig, Martin Villatoro, Anette Zeldin and John Puglisi. SOCIAL JUSTICE NEWS The Diocese of Arlington Office of Resettlement, an affiliate of the USCC Office of Migration and Refugee Services, welcomes refugees into the Northern Virginia community. This office is in desperate need of used dishes, silverware, and pots and pans. Volunteers are also needed one afternoon per week to help move furniture donations. If you would like to help or would like more information, please call Rebecca Ruiz at the Office of Resettlement at 703-524-2289. SPONSOR OF THE WEEK: Our Special Thanks to DEE DIRR, REALTOR, for her support. Ministry Man is more than the sum of his genetic inheritance: the biological cannot be separated from the spiritual, family and social dimensions without incurring the serious risk of suppressing the person's very nature and making him a mere object of analysis. --Pope John Paul II, October 28, 1994 (Address to Pontifical Academy of Sciences) SUMMER SIX PACK Please join Theology on Tap on Tuesday, July 17th at Whitlow's on Wilson for a group discussion lead by Miss Michelle Miller, on "Stop Thinking Life Begins When Singlehood Ends". The talk begins at 7:30 PM, followed by a brief Q&A session. You might want to arrive early for Happy Hour and socializing. For more information, e-mail: tot@arlingtondiocese.org or call Andrea at (703) 841-2549. COMMUNITY NEWS Largest Catholic Textbook Fair will be held at St. John Neumann School, 13900 Church Hill Drive, Woodbridge, VA on Friday, July 20th from 9 AM to 9 PM, and on Saturday, July 15th from 8 AM to 6 PM. Sponsored by Seton Home Study School, the fair will include thousands of new and used textbooks. Counselors will be available for questions. For further information and directions contact Seton at www.setonhome.org, or call 540-636-9990. The Paul VI Catholic High School Class of 1986 will hold a 15-year reunion weekend August 4 and 5. A family picnic will be held on Saturday, and a Mass and brunch will be held on Sunday. We are looking for classmates and former faculty and staff. Please call the PVI Alumni Office at 703-352-0925 ext. 345 for more information. Benedictine Sisters of Virginia is hosting their annual Monastic Live-In Experience for single Catholic Women on August 9 - 12, 2001 at the Benedict Monastery near Manassas, VA. For more information, please contact Sister Cecilia Dwyer, OSB at 703-361-0106 or e-mail at benedictinevocations@hotmail.com. The Education - Parish - Service Program, affiliated with Trinity College in Washington, D.C., is now accepting applications for their Scripture and Theology program, beginning September 2001. EPS exists to educate Catholic laity to serve in a wide variety of ministries. All applicants must be approved by the applicant's pastor. This year's beginning day classes will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at St. Philip Parish, Falls Church; the beginning evening class will meet on Tuesday nights at Trinity College. For further information, please call Sister Phyllis Braniff, SND, at 202-884-9187 or 884-9020. For further information on the evening program, please contact Cecilia Braveboy, 202-884-9048 or visit the EPS website: http://eps.trinitydc.edu. IN OUR PARISH FREE WEB SURFING CLASS The parish Web Team is offering a free class on how to use the Internet to surf the World Wide Web. The introductory class is Sunday, July 22, from 1 - 3PM, at the Arlington Central Library on Quincy Street. We'll show you how to start a browser, how to use links, and how to make your way around the St. Charles website. Friendly, patient and understanding Web Team members will be your guide. You must pre-register by calling the Parish Office, 703-527-5500. And for those of you who are already website-savvy, please visit www.stcharleschurch.org this week to keep connected to you parish. RCIA NEWS Are you interested in learning more about the Catholic faith, or do you know someone who is? Join us each month for our remaining summer sharing sessions from 7:30 - 9:00 PM in the Upper Room on July 24 and August 21. For more information, contact the Parish Office or see our new brochure. ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE-AGE STUDENTS! Have you ever wondered why on earth you are here? It's an important question to ask because your key to happiness is finding the answer and following it throughout your life. Q: if everybody wants to be happy, then why isn't everybody happy? A: They fail to understand who they are and mistake happiness as a result. Each one of us was created for specific purpose in life and it only is in fulfilling this purpose that we are happy. Where you end up in life depends on where you decide to go and the choices you make now on how you are going to get there. If you are between the age of 15-22, please make plans to be at St. Charles "Call of the Heart" vocations retreat on Sunday, July 29th. If you have any questions or to sign up to attend, please call Kevin at 703-527-5500 or Bernardo at 703-527-5500, ext. 13 if you perfer to speak in Spanish. VACTIONING? REMEMBER, THE PARISH'S BILLS DON'T. PLEASE USE YOUR ENVELOPES!   Last Week's Collection: $13,858.50 Last Week's Tithe of $1,385.85 was for our sister parishes in Cavaillon & Gros Marin, Haiti. This Week's Tithe is for St. Charles Outreach. Next Week's Tithe is for A-SPAN.     Top    Revised/reviewed July 11, 2001   See also: Photos and Stories from 2001 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