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for June 5, 2005
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10th Sunday in Ordinary Time
FROM THE PASTOR
Dear St. Charles Parishioners,
This coming Saturday, June 11, St. Charles celebrates its First International
Festival. Come, bring family, bring friends. Food, music and dance
from a variety of cultures as well as a Yard Sale will bring together
all of the members of our far flung parish. All proceeds will help the
parish defray the cost of our new Community Center.
Congratulations to our First Communicants and to our graduates.
COME, CELEBRATE OUR DIVERSITY!
… at our INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL! Don't forget to mark your calendar
for JUNE 11th! The day will start at 8:00 AM with a HUGE Yard Sale,
food from surrounding restaurants, music, games and activities, silent
auction climbing wall and more! We'll end the day with an International
POTLUCK Dinner at 6:30 PM (child care will be available during dinner).
Dinner Tickets are offered for only $10.00 each. Come and enjoy! All
proceeds will benefit our new Parish Community Center. Please call the
Parish Office (703-527-5500) for tickets, waiver forms and more information.
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL SILENT AUCTION
The International Festival will feature a silent auction. If you would
like to contribute a service or a special item, please contact Jan Macdonald
at 703-524-0238, or Marvin Mayorga, (email) mayorgatonina@yahoo.com.
And, plan to attend the Festival with day-long activities.
BAPTISMAL PREPARATION
Baptismal instruction in English will be offered on June 14, at 7 PM
in Room 104 in the Parish Center. To register, please call the Parish
Office at 703-527-5500.
THERE WILL BE NO CONTEMPLATIVE WAY SESSION JUNE 14.
SPONSOR OF THE WEEK: Our thanks to Arlington Funeral Home for
their support.
THE WEEK AHEAD
(Daily
Readings from US Bishops' website)
SUNDAY, June 5, 2005:
7:30 Patricia Ann by Neal & Sheila Dyer
9:00 Amandio Conciecas by Belmira Santos
11:00 Edward J. Sheahan Jr by Judy Sheahan
1:00 Antonia Zamora by Mirtha, Guillermo, Figueroa, Marta Fernandez
6:00 Parishioners
Readings: Hosea 6:3-6; Roman 4:18-25; Matthew 9:9-13
Monday, June 6, 2005:
9:00 Alberto Ruiz by Bill & Lois Hookham
7:30 (Arlington Detention Center) for the Inmates
Readings: 2 Corinthians 1:1-7; Matthew 5:1-12
Tuesday, June 7, 2005
9:00 Harrison Orozco by St. Charles Parishioners
Readings: 2 Corinthians 1:18-22; Matthew 5:13-16
Wednesday, June 8, 2005
9:00 marta Fontanells by Jose & Olga Bufill
Readings: 2 Corinthians 3:4-11; Matthew 5:17-19
Thursday, June 9, 2005:
9:00 Rosa, Manuel & Magnolia Betancur by Gladis Arboleda
Readings: 2 Corinthians 3:15-4:1,3-6; Matthew 5:20-26
Friday, June 10, 2005:
9:00 Albert Albertini by Mary French
Readings: 2 Corinthians 4:7-15; Matthew 5:27-32
Saturday June 11, 2005:
9:00 Frank Majchrowicc by Camille Burruto
5:00 Scott Hallahan by Helen Jakubowski
Readings: Acts 11:21b-26;13:1-3; Matthew 5:33-37
PLEASE PRAY FOR
Please remember to keep in your prayers, those who are sick and those
who suffer, especially: Celia Coronado, Margaret Finocchiaro, William
Frederick, Andrew Niland, Thomas Samora, Tom Eldridge, Eileen Speorl,
Paul Glodowski, Cindy Stepp, Kyle Sargent, Dorothy Corkery, Miguel Zamora,
Colly Seralno, Sister Vera Day, Gabriela Sotelo, Marion Corcoran, and
Marie Lane. Let us also pray for those who have died especially: Brian
Bedell, Catherine Trainor, and Marie Dirr.
HUNGER NO MORE
Come to the Washington National Cathedral at 7:00 PM on Monday June
6th to help end hunger. Hosted by Bread for the World, this conference
will involve more than 40 national religious leaders including Cardinal
Theodore E. McCarrick. Gather in a spirit of prayer, listen to the Most
Rev. Njongonkulu Ndungane, Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa,
the feature speaker, and enjoy the music of the multicultural choir
of St. Camillus Franciscan Community from Silver Spring, and SIYAYA
a youth choir from South Africa. Please bring a non-perishable food
item for the offering. If possible, come by METRO as parking at the
Cathedral is limited. For more information, contact Bruna Genovese at
Bread for the World (202) 639-9400 ext 207.
FAITH FORMATION
In the time of Jesus, the despised tax collectors were seen as traitors
because they collected the taxes for the Roman oppressors. The fact
that Jesus befriended and ate with tax collectors and sinners scandalized
the religious leaders who saw him as religiously impure. The leaders
had become experts at following the letter of the law, yet they had
lost the understanding of the spirit of the law. Jesus challenges them
to reach out to others with love and mercy. He teaches that the meaning
of the law is love and that this love is meant for all, especially those
who are lost, especially the sinners. (Cathechumen's Lectionary, Paulist
Press).
"FEEL THE SPIRIT…AGAIN!"
St. Charles School is forming an Alumi Association. If you are a graduate
of St. Charles School (or if you know someone who is), please visit
the School's Web site at www.stcharles.k12.va.us and click on the "Alumni
link." You can complete a short online form to register. There
are NO dues or fees to participate. We hope to sign up as many Alumni
as possible as we are planning a big reunion to coincide with the celebration
of Sr. Benedict's Golden Jubilee on Saturday, April 29, 2006.
ST. CHARLES PRAISE & WORSHIP
All are welcome to join us every first and third Thursday of the month!
Receive announcements about our speakers, praise events, and monthly
Eucharistic Adoration by signing up for our email list at http://www.stcharleschurch.org/maillist.htm#pw
JUSTFAITH GROUPS FORMING NOW!
Do you find yourself wondering how to live your faith in today's complex
world? With all the challenges that surround us, living our faith requires
reflection, study, prayer and community. All of these are offered in
the JustFaith program, an intensive thirty-week program that guides
participants as they embark on a spiritual journey to compassion. Consider
joining a group that starts this September. For more information, contact
Jody Brady, 703-527-5289, or Giselle Dupuis, 703-522-0565.
SUNDAY NURSERY POSITION
An experienced child-care provider for our Nursery during the Sunday
9:00 and/or 11:00 Masses. Consider spending time with our youngest parishioners,
aged 1-4. Call Rose Holliday 703-522-8336; or rose_holliday@hotmail.com.
PROLIFE COMMITTEE
Do you or someone you know need a family home? Pregnant women needing
as alternative home are provided with a wholesome, secure haven and
a good model of family life. 703-425-0100 or 1-800-CARE-002.
IN OUR PARISH
JOIN US WHEN THE WEB TEAM MEETS
THIS TUESDAY, JUNE 7
The creative volunteers behind your website, www.St.CharlesChurch. Org,
meet this Tuesday, June 7 at 7:30 PM in the Parish library. Join us
as we review the results from last month's survey of visitors to our
website and decide which of the great parishioner suggestions we should
act on first. We'll also celebrate the 7th anniversary of the site,
which launched on June 6, 1998. Contact webteam@stcharleschurch.org
for more details. And a big thank-you to all who took our survey!
PARKING
Please note that parking is no longer allowed at Red Top Cab. Please
do not park in their lot! Also, Midas (across the street from the Church
on Washington Blvd.) allows parking on Sunday until 7:00 PM ONLY! Cars
will be towed after 7:00 PM and on any other day than Sunday.
PORTO CARAVAN'S ANNUAL COLLECTION FOR GOD'S SPECIAL CHILDREN
Bishop Loverde has once again endorsed Porto Caravan, Order of Alhambra's
annual "Special Kids, Special Needs Collection" on behalf
of developmentally challenged youth within the diocese. Next Sunday
there will be a second collection to assist special education programs
such as the Paul VI High School Potions Program, the Helen Kellar Institute,
Catholic Special Religious Education, and the diocesan "Keyboard
for Kids" program which provides audio/visual communication capability
to special needs students. The Bishop has sanctioned this collection
as a blessing for God's Special Children, their families and this entire
diocese. Please be generous in your support of this worthwile endcavor.
The Collection donation check should be drawn to "Porto Caravan
#104" and returned in the enclosed envelope. I can be reached at
703-522-3038 if you have any questions. Again, I thank you for your
participation in our benefit effort on behalf of God's Children.
STEWARDSHIP
- Last Week's Collection for Sunday, May 29, 2005 was $14,113.00.
- Last Week's Tithe of 1,298.40 was for AFAC (Arlington Food Assistance
Center).
- This Week's Tithe is for Alliance for Housing Solutions.
- This Week's 2nd Collection is for the Catholics Communications
Campaign.
- Next Week's Tithe is for Project Lazarus.
- Next Week's 2nd Collection is for our Building Fund.
