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for June 11, 2006
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Holy Trinity
FROM OUR PASTOR
Dear St. Charles Parishioners,
This weekend Kevin Fimian and Jamie Workman are among the seven candidates
for ordination. They both served here at St. Charles and we offer them
our congratulations and our prayers.
Pedro Mateo, a seminarian from our sister Diocese of San Juan de la
Maguana (in the Dominican Republic parish of St. Francis in Banica where
Fr. Jack and I served) is spending two months with us learning English.
Offer him a warm welcome: Bienvenido!
May the Spirit of Pentecost inspire all of us to renew our commitment
to use our office and charismas to build up our church! Feel the Spirit!
Feel the Spirit!
Gerry Creedon
Highlights Of This Week at St. Charles
June 13-16
Date Event Time Loc.
Tue 6/13 Catholic Inquiry Session 7:30pm Upper room
Wed 6/14 Circle of Caring Meeting 7:30pm Room 104
Wed 6/14 Social Justice Meeting 7:30pm Library
Thur 6/15 Education Committee 7:30pm Room 103
Thru 6/15 Praise & Worship Eucharistic Adoration 7:30pm Church
Fri 6/16 Social Justice Jail Ministry Party 7:30pm Room 104
Sat 6/17 Philippine Medical Mission meeting 10:00am Room 104
Sun 6/18 First Communion Latin American Community 1:00pm Church
Sun 6/18 C'YA Sunday Night Social 7:00pm Bendict Hall
See the Parish online calendar for more
details and events or a list of
highlighted events
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWLY CONFIRMED
Special congratulations to the following adults
who were confirmed over Pentecost weekend at the Arlington Cathedral:
Kimberly Coyle, Jason Imhof,
Teresa Perez, Annie Santiago
BAPTISMAL PREPARATION IN ENGLISH
Wednesday July 12 at 7:30 pm in Room 103. Please cal the Parish Office
at 703-527-5500 to register.
Ministry highlight of the Week:
Social Justice Advocacy Team
Stop by the Ministry Highlight table outside of Benedict Hall to learn
more.
+ MASSES INTENTIONS FOR THIS WEEK +
(Daily
Readings from US Bishops' website)
SUNDAY, June 11, 2006: THE MOST HOLY TRINITY
7:30am Charles Frederick Alexander by Florence Alexander
9:00am Andrew Niland by John, Twila & Therese Gavin
11:00am Parishioners
1:00pm Edna Carrazco by her friends for the OAS
6:00pm Agnes Marie Kenney by John Connell
Readings: Dt 4:32-34,39-40; Rom 8:14-17; Mt 28:16-20
Monday, June 12, 2006:
9:00am Lucy De Garcia by Belen, Nancy & Lucia Villamizar
7:30pm (Arlington Detention Center) for the Inmates
Readings: 1 Kgs 17:1-6; Mt 5:1-12
Tuesday, June 13, 2006: St. Anthony of Padua
9:00am Margart M. Gildea by Happy Hearts Club #4
Readings: 1 Kgs 17:7-16; Mt 5:13-16
Wednesday, June 14, 2006:
9:00am The McBride Family by Neal & Sheila Dyer
Readings: 1 Kgs 18:20-39; Mt 5:17-19
Thursday, June 15, 2006:
9:00am Bernice Yeager by Meaghan Marshall
Readings: 1 kgs 18:41-46; Mt 5:20-26
Friday, June 16, 2006
9:00am James C. Dean by Margaret Dean
Readings: 1 Kgs 19:9a,11-16; Mt 5:27-32
Saturday, June 17, 2006:
9:00am Celia Coronado by Rhina Ugaz
Readings 1 kgs 19:19-21; Mt 5:33-37
Vigil for Sunday: The most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
5:00pm Mrs. Jean Simmons by Mary Tilman
Readings Ex 24:3-8; Heb 9:11-15; Mk 14:12-16,22-26
PLEASE PRAY FOR
Pray for those who are sick: George Abdalla, Lisa McCrohan, Lisa Rocco,
Lorell Davies, Dora Grajales, Teem Family, Diane Herbst, Michael Herdoiza,
Mary Catherine Kern-Herdoiza, Cecily Orr-Nuckols, Iluminada Brinkley,
and Helen Mierke.. Let us also pray for those who have died, especially:
Faye R. Gatto.
THE MIRACULOUS LADY OF PIAT
Archbishop Diosdado A. Talamayan of the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao, Philippines,
will be celebrating Mass and Healing Anointment for the devotees of
the Miraculous Lady of Piat, on 6/25 at 11am Mass at St. Charles and
on 6/28 at 7pm at St. Anthony of Padua in Falls Church. The Church of
Piat was elevated in 2004 as Basilica Minore by Pope John Paul II. Today,
it is the pilgrimage destination in the Far East. Life-size statues
depicting the mysteries of the rosary, an ecclesiastical museum and
a hotel were constructed in the Basilica compound. For information call
703-820-7111.
NOTE TO MINISTRIES
Please submit your FY 07 meeting and room reservations for our parish
calendar. Good planning helps us all! Thanks!
Around the Parish
EXTRAORDINARY MINISTER OF THE EUCHARISTIC TRAINING & COMMISSIONING
If you signed up as an EM and attended one of the diocesan training
sessions, please plan to attend either Sun 6/11 4-5:30pm or Mon 6/12
7-8:30pm in the chapel.
Commissioning on June 17-18, Feast of the Body & Blood of Christ.
If you have not already done so, please contact the EM Coordinator David
Heinen, 703-400-9034, stcharlesems@hotmail.com.
CATHOLIC INQUIRY SESSION
Ongoing casual conversation for those interested in learning more about
the Catholic faith. Tues, June 13, at 7:30pm in the Upper Room (glass
Mass-overflow room on the 2nd floor of the Community Center). All are
welcome.
PARISH WEBSITE GETS 400 VISITS PER DAY IN MAY
Last month our parish website, www.StCharlesChurch.org, averaged 400
visits per day, down from an Easter-induced 543 in April. The average
visitor looks at about 6 pages during a visit. As usual, "housing
blessing" was the most popular search term that led to our
site, followed by variations on "St. Charles Arlington." Only
about 13 percent of our traffic last month came from a search engine
like Google, however; the vast majority type in the address directly
or have the site bookmarked. The most popular pages in May were perennial
favorites: the calendar, home
page, celebrant's schedule,
house blessing and news.
The most visited ministries were C'YA,
RCIA, education,
social justice and liturgy.
Help keep our numbers up by checking us out next time you are online!
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
SURVEY
Registration information for 2006-2007 for preschool-Grade 6 will be
available as soon as a final decision is made concerning class sessions
for our Grade Based Program. All parents of preschool through rising
6th graders please fill out an on-line survey to help us determine the
possibility of offering a weekday session next year in addition to Sundays.
www.stcharleschurch.org/news/2006/relig-times-survey.php.
YOUTH MINISTRY REGISTRATION
Registration information for 2006-2007 for graders 7-12 will be available
mid-June. Please note that Confirmation preparation generally takes
place during the 8th grade year. We ask that those young people interested
in Confirmation enroll in religious education during their 7th grade
year.
DON'T FORGET FATHER'S DAY
Sunday, June 18
Service & Justice
PROJECT LAZARUS
Project Lazarus is the name given to St. Charles' special fund to help
people with emergency needs. Through this fund, St. Charles offers assistance
to local residents. Most often, people need help paying rent, utility,
and medical expenses. Please consider making a special donation to Project
Lazarus.
Thanks to your generosity, Project Lazarus was able to help a single
mother of two avoid eviction by helping with $250 of her late rental
payment. She had been on maternity leave without pay for 6 weeks and
therefore was struggling to meet all her expenses. She has now returned
to her job and hopes to be back on track. For more information on how
you can help Project Lazarus, contact Jo-Ann Duggan at jduggan@stcharleschurch.org.
GROCERY GIFT CARDS
Project Lazarus is in need of grocery gift cards from Giant, Safeway
or Harris Teeter. We give these cards to individuals or families who
are struggling to make ends meet to help supplement their food budgets.
Please consider purchasing these gift-cards and dropping them off at
the Parish Office. We would prefer smaller denominations---$10, $15
or $20 cards. Thank you.
OVER 50 AND INTERESTED IN SERVING THE POOR
Volunteer two days a week with the materially poor and grow spiritually
through the Ignatian Volunteer Corps. Wide range of skills needed, for
example, handymen, nursing, tutoring, grandparenting, etc. To learn
more, attend information session at June 27, 2006 at 7:30 pm, Rm 104
Parish Center. Contact Jim Kelley at 703-533-1897 or Jean Sweeney at
703-685-7410 or visit www.ilvc.org.
PORTO CARAVAN'S ANNUAL COLLECTION FOR GOD'S SPECIAL CHILDREN
Bishop Loverde has once again endorsed Porto Caravan, Order of Alhambra's
"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 Options Program, the Helen Keller Institute, Catholic Special
Religious Education, Gabriel Homes, and the "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 worthwhile endeavor.
PARISH SUPPORT
Financial information regarding the collections will be included in
next week's bulletin.
