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for May 6, 2007
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5th Sunday of Easter
FROM THE PASTOR
We welcome to the Lord's Table our first communicants. The Easter season
has many stories of Jesus showing himself to his friends in the breaking
of the bread. May the bread of life bring our children, their families,
and their faith community into a closer friendship with Jesus, our Risen
Savior.
Come to Sunday's Conversation with Creedon, where I will host
a dialogue on the theme: “Young Adults in the Church; Problem
or Opportunity" in Benedict Hall at 7pm. Of course I see
our young adults as a major blessing. Young adults David and Karla
Heinen, who recently moved south, were outstanding examples of service
in their roles with youth and liturgy.
Feel the Spirit!
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Highlights at St. Charles
May 6 – May 13
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Event
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Sun. May 6
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First Communion Group #2 at 9am Mass
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Sun. May 6
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Social Justice Spring
Meeting 3:30pm Room 103
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Sun. May 6
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Conversation with Fr. Creedon: Young Adults and the Catholic
Church: Problem or Opportunity? Refreshments Served.
7pm in Benedict Hall
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Mon. May 7
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Seasonal Liturgy Planning
Meeting at 7:00pm in Benedict Hall
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Mon. May 7
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Infant Baptismal Preparation Meeting-Registration required at
7:30pm in Room 103
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Tue. May 8
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Climate Change Study Group at 7:00pm in Parish Library
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Tue. May 8
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Catholic Inquiry: Casual ongoing
discussion for those who want to learn more about the Catholic
faith. All are welcome. 7:30pm in Upper Room.
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Wed. May 9
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St. Charles School Spring Concert 10:00am in Church
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Wed. May 9
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Social Justice Executive
Committee Meeting 7:30pm in Parish Library
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Thur. May 10
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Parish Council Meeting 7:30pm in Benedict Hall.
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May 11-13
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C'YA Camping Trip (for those in their 20s
and 30s)
Email Laura at lgalbreath@excite.com
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Sat. May 12
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First Communion for St. Charles School, 5:00pm in Church.
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Sun. May 13
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Mother's Day! AIDS Africa
ministry will be selling flowers after Masses.
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online calendar for more details and events or a list
of highlighted events |
INFANT BAPTISMAL PREPARATION
The next infant baptismal preparation meeting will be
held on May 7 in Room 103 of the Parish Center. Pre-registration
is required. Please call the Parish Office at 703-527-5500 to
register or for more information.
SENIOR TEA - MAY 30
Please join Father O'Hara and the Circle
of Caring for the next Senior Tea on Wednesday, May 30. Father
O’Hara will say Mass at 12:00 and we will have lunch in Benedict
Hall immediately following Mass. The nursing department at Marymount
University will make a presentation on using the Heimlich Maneuver and
talk about CPR. Please mark your calendar and plan to join us.
RSVP to Norma Jimeno-Canales at 202-531-8189 or by email at njjcanales@cox.net.
+ MASS INTENTIONS AND READINGS +
(Daily
Readings from US Bishops' website)
SUNDAY, May 6, 2007: 5th Sunday of Easter
7:30am Judy Keefe by Carolyn M. Gretzinger
9:00am Vincent Joseph Rauth by Anne Breslin
11:00am Maruja de Villamizar by The Hittle Family
1:00pm Nicolás Suquillo by Carmela Suquillo
6:00pm Parishioners
Readings: Acts 14:21b-27; Rv 21:1-5a; Jn 13:31-33a,34-35
Monday, May 7, 2007:
9:00am Mildred R. Marquis
7:30pm (Arlington Detention Center for the Inmates)
Readings: Acts 14:5-18; Jn 14:21-26
Tuesday, May 8, 2007:
9:00am Tillie Boyle by Erin, Kip, Aidan Driggs
Readings: Acts 14:19-28; Jn 14:27-31a
Wednesday, May 9, 2007:
9:00am Marjorie Rubinger by Rubinger Family
Readings: Acts 15:1-6; Jn 15:1-8
Thursday, May 10, 2007:
9:00am Jane Montgomery by Marie Schum Brady
Readings: Acts 15:7-21; Jn 15:9-11
Friday, May 11, 2007:
9:00am Robert J. Lyan (L) by Patricia L. Lafean
Readings: Acts 15:22-31; Jn 15:12-17
Saturday, May 12, 2007:
9:00am Paul Mitchell Coble by Kevin O’Leary
Readings: Acts 16:1-10; Jn 15:18-21
Vigil for Sunday: Sixth Sunday Of Easter
5:00pm John Dowling by Anne O’Brien fsPrager
Readings: Acts 15:1-2,22-29; Rv 21:10-14,22-23; Jn 14:23-29
Pray for those who are sick: Maria Segarra-Hines,
Sr. Carmen Guerrero, Paul Glodowski, William Paul Cambell, Pete Miller,
Nancy McGhee, Elaine Mordo, Margie Barba, Janice Prisco, Michael, Mary
Catherine Kern-Herdoiza, Margaret Finocchiaro and Jackie Biddle.
Let us also pray for those who have died, especially:
Edward Hardy.
MOTHER'S DAY FLOWER AND CARD SALE
The AIDS Outreach Ministry
hopes that you will join us in honoring mothers here and all over the
world by purchasing flowers and cards for your favorite mothers on Mother's
Day (Sunday, May 13th). The flowers and cards will be on sale
in Benedict Hall after the 7:30 am, 9:00 am, and 11:00 am Masses.
All proceeds will go to support the efforts of the Riara AIDS Project
in the Kibera Slums of Nairobi, Kenya. Please contact Carol Lynn
Gulino at clgulino@hotmail.com
if you have any questions.
COMING SOON WAY Cabaret!
Come and share your talent for a good cause. Help our teens work with
the poor at summer Work Camp.
Sat. June 2, 7-9pm All talent welcome.
See flyer at entrances.
Call Germaine 703-525-3250 or leahyhome@aol.com
CONVERSATIONS WITH CREEDON
Today at 7pm -- Benedict Hall
Refreshments Provided – All Are Welcome
Young Adults and the Catholic Church: Problem or Opportunity?
In a recent Catholic News Service article, the lack of participation
of Catholics in their 20s and 30s was cited as a serious concern by
those Catholics surveyed in a recent Gallup poll. The survey results
confirmed findings that younger Catholics tend to have a looser, more
tenuous relationship with the Church than their older counterparts.
Come and hear what some younger Catholics at St. Chares, including some
newly initiated, have to say about their faith and participation within
the Catholic tradition. Come and share your own experience.
Fr. Gerry Creedon will lead the panel discussion and all are welcome.
FOOD PANTRY
NEEDS
PLEASE HELP! Our food Pantry is extremely low on the following
items: pancake mix/syrup, canned vegetables, soup, peanut butter/jelly,
pasta and sauce, powdered/canned milk as well as the pop top cans of
meats/tuna, fruit and energy/granola bars. On behalf of the many
people we are able to help with food and gift cards, we would like to
thank you for your generous donations.
"MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD
DURING THE ANNUAL PARISH WEBSITE USER SURVEY"
Now’s your chance to influence what your parish website, www.StCharlesChurch.org,
will look like as we prepare to start our tenth year online. Take
the quick annual survey of visitors to our website so we can find out
what you like and what it will take to keep you coming back. Whether
you’re a first-time visitor or the site is your homepage or you’re
somewhere in between, take our anonymous survey next time you’re
online.
Congratulations to our 300 Club winners for April
1st Mario Pinizotto, 2nd Carol Poplin, 3rd Barbara Barnes.
Join the 300 Club and you may be a winner, too. Proceeds benefit
St. Charles School. Call the school for information 703-527-0608.
CATHOLIC INQUIRY
SESSION
Our next gatherings for those interested in learning more about the
Catholic faith are Tuesday, May 8 and 21 at 7:30pm in the Upper Room.
Join us for our ongoing casual conversations. All are welcome. Call
Michelle at the Parish Office or email her at adultfaith@stcharleschurch.org
if you have any questions.
REFLECTION FOR THE WEEK
The Fifth Sunday of Easter brings us stories from Acts
of the Apostles of Paul and Barnabas and their work in the
early church. John's Gospel returns to the Last Supper.
Jesus gives his followers a new way of life: “This is how all
will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
In the continuing weekday readings from the Acts of the Apostles,
we see Paul and Barnabas preaching to the Gentiles. They encounter some
who want to make them gods; others who want to stone them. A major discussion
is held about whether a Gentile had to become a Jew before becoming
a Christian. Peter declared that God granted Gentiles "the Holy
Spirit just as he did us" and urged them not to burden Gentiles
with the difficult Jewish laws. The group turned to the Holy Spirit
and prayed for guidance and decided that Gentiles did not have to adhere
to Jewish laws. Paul followed the Spirit to expand his travels, ending
with his decision to go to Macedonia.
Nothing can separate us from the love of God. We may want to hide from
it or we might feel unworthy of that love, but it is ours anyway. The
message Jesus offers us this week is the image of the vine and the branches
- intertwined, growing together and inseparable. We have not earned
God's love, nor can we. It is freely offered to us and our lives would
change if we could really believe it and accept it.
If we really believed in that great gift of God's love to us, we wouldn't
be worried about how much we have, how successful we are or compare
ourselves to others. We could forgive more easily and forget hurts more
readily.
This week is a wonderful week to ask for help to accept that endless
love from our Lord. Each morning as we awake, we can pause at the side
of our bed and open our hands, in the traditional pose of a supplicant.
"Lord, help me to accept what I might struggle with accepting -
your love. Help me to open my heart to you today more fully and to be
more loving and compassionate to those you put into my life."
That tiny prayer may make it easier to face my day with its conflicts
and confusion. During the day when our culture offers me the empty "satisfaction"
of buying more, drinking more, eating more, I can open my hands again
and ask for the grace to be guided in all my decisions. When I am tempted
to let my feelings be hurt over petty or imagined slights or pout because
others can't read my mind, I can open my hand and heart again to our
Lord and remember how loved and cherished I am.
It is that peace, that miraculous love, that will change
our hearts and lives in ways nothing else can.
From Daily Prayer at www.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/Prayer/.
PARISH SUPPORT
- Last Week's Collection (Sunday, April 29, 2007) was $21,510.93
- Las Week's 2nd Collection of $5,353.80 was for Catholic Home Missions.
- This Week's Tithe is for Project Lazarus.
- This Week's 2nd Collection is for our Parish Building Fund.
- Next Week's Tithe is for Africa Outreach.
- Next Week's 2nd Collection is for Our Parishes Special Needs
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7th
Annual WAY Cabaret
Saturday,
June 2, 2007
7 - 9 PM in the Parish Center Werthmann Gym
The
St. Charles High School Youth Group, WAY,
Invites the St. Charles Parish Community to Join in the Cabaret
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Share
Your Talents:
You are never too young or too old!
Through song, dance, music, poetry/drama reading/acting, help
support the WAY teens attend Diocesan Work Camp—helping to
rebuild the homes and dignity of the poor through work and prayer.
All
Performers: Please Contact Germaine Leahy leahyhome@aol.com
or (703) 525-3250 to schedule your talent in the show
Rehearsal before the Cabaret is: Wednesday, May 30, between 6
PM - 9 PM in the gym.
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Not
the performing type?
Join Us in the Audience!
Support
& Celebrate the talents of our St. Charles Parish Community
There
will be a “Wishing Well” in the Gym for donations to support
teens attending Diocesan Work Camp in Orange, VA.
Checks
payable to: “St. Charles Church”; note “WAY Work Camp”
in the memo line
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