Dear Members of St. Charles,
Let us renew our love for mothers on their day. Cards and gifts are signs of an underlying reality: appreciation, respect and practical support. I was listening to Public Radio recently. Studies indicate that modern couples have a mutual egalitarian relationship until they have children, when suprisingly they most often revert to more traditional modes. I believe that especially in our situation parenting roles need to be shared. Everybody pitching in to help is not only a Mother’s Day treat but a year-round way of supporting mothers.
Our Borromeo Housing is a constant sign of St. Charles support to single mothers and their children. Through our mentoring, 90% of those we assist are able to lead self-sufficient lives. Our Second Collection is dedicated to them.
May Mary the Mother of Jesus be our guide,
KAIROS MINISTRY
Thanks! Thanks to all the bakers who sent cookie prayers and love to help create a Christian community at the men and women’s Virginia penitentiary. Look for our report on the web and a flyer in a week or so.
MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER SHARE CIRCLE MEETING
Our next Marriage Encounter Share Circle meeting is May 15th from 1:00 to 3:00 PM in the Parish Library. Please call Janet and Tony Ramos at 703-941-2889, e-mail: tnjramos@compuserve.com for additional information.
CURSILLO (SHORT COURSE) FAITH EXPERIENCE
Would you like to experience a weekend of faith and Christian Community? Is it a time for you to re-examine WHO YOU ARE/WHO GOD IS?/WHAT IS THE DIRECTION OF YOUR LIFE? Take a look at your own journey to the Father in this Millennium Preparation Time. Cursillo weekends will be held at near-by Missionhurst Retreat Center in Arlington. May 13-16 (for men); August 12-15 (for women). Call Dawn Buzzell at 892-1509 or Jean Sweeney at the Parish Office for more information.
SPONSOR OF THE WEEK: Our special thanks to The Clarendon Grill for supporting our Parish.
SUNDAY, MAY 9, 1999:
- 7:30 Parishioners
- 9:00 Thomas P. McCarron by John & Becky Escario
- 11:00 Lawrence Donohue by Anne Breslin
- 1:00 Susana Trochez by the Garcia family
- Readings: Acts 8:5-8,14-17; 1 Peter 3:15-18; John 14:15-21
Monday, May 10:
- 9:00 Souls in Purgatory by Maria Sanchez
- Readings: Acts 16:11-15; John 15:26-16:4a
Tuesday, May 11:
- 9:00 Patricia Fadell by the Folk Group
- 7:30 (at the Arlington Detention Center) for the Inmates
- Readings: Acts 16:22-34; John 16:5-11
Wednesday, May 12:
- 9:00 Andres Castro by Carmelita Manansala
- 7:30 Catherine Gradoville Westphalen by Savery Gradoville
- Readings: Acts 17:15,22-18:1; John 16:12-15
Thursday, May 13: ASCENSION OF THE LORD
- 9:00 Mary Agnes R. Koenig by Andrea Walker
- 12:00 Fernando Morales-Macedo by Julieta Morales
- 7:30 Parishioners
- Readings: Acts 1:1-11; Ephesians 1:17-23; Matthew 28:16-20
Friday, May 14:
- 9:00 Marissa Yatco by St. Charles Staff
- Readings: Acts 1:15-17,20-26; John 15:9-17
Saturday, May 15:
- 9:00 the Kennedy family by Catherine D. Kennedy
- 5:00 Mary Damminger by Marcia Rachy
- Readings: Acts 18:23-28; John 16:23b-28
Please remember to keep in your prayers, those who are sick and those who suffer, especially: Kathleen Lesnick, Patricia Conover, Stan Suyat, Maria Chumpitaz, Sharon Baber, Kenneth Byram, Lucy Velasquez, Charlie Gerstein, Erica Danty, Leslie Zolbe, Mary Pat Hughes, Rikki Bates, Juanita Wetzel, Ward Johnson, Kathy and Mike Burke, James Kern, and Eileen and Ralph Bruno. Let us also pray for those who have died, especially:...
SOCIAL JUSTICE CORNER...
PROJECT LAZARUS FOOD PANTRY: Our pantry shelves need replenishing ASAP! Please bring non-perishable items either to the Parish Office, or to the basket provided at the Church entrances. Most needed are REGULAR sizes (please don’t bring x-tra large packages, it’s too hard for people to carry home). Cereal, spaghetti sauce, peanut butter, rice, Ramen noodles, powdered milk, etc. Many thanks! Your donations of food are very needed and appreciated. If you have any questions, please call Brigid Doherty at the Parish Office.
Ministry
All human beings, from their mothers’ womb, belong to God who searches them and knows them, who forms them and knits them together with his own hands, who gazes on them when they are tiny shapeless embryos and already sees in them the adults of tomorrow whose days are numbered and whose vocation is even now written in the “book of life”
- John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae, 61
YOUTH NEWS!
Carnation Sales this weekend for Mother’s Day! Treat your mom to a carnation and help our youth who plan to pilgrimage to Rome for World Youth Day 2000.
On The Way will not meet tonight in honor of Mother’s Day. However, we will see you next Sunday, same place, same time -- the Upper Room at 7 PM!!
WAY will meet tonight from 7-9 PM in the Youth Center.
Thank you to all parishioners who helped support our teens through Rent-A-Teen. We had a day full of fun and hard work. To those parishioners we have yet to visit...we will see you in one or two weekends for our final rounds of house cleaning and yard work!
The Ushers at the 9:00 AM Sunday Mass are looking for one or two individuals (men or women) to assist with the collection. Regular attendance at the 9:00 AM Mass is desirable. You may sit with your family/friends. Please consider participating in this important and fulfilling ministry. Please see an Usher before or after Mass or call Mike Urban at 516-9729 (home) or 202-414-1716 (work).
The Residential Program Center (RPC), a homeless shelter and substance abuse treatment program located in Arlington, is looking for volunteers for their First Annual “Return to Independence” Silent Auction Gala on Saturday June 26, 1999. RPC is looking for volunteers to prepare for the event as well as help at the event. For more information, call Amy Sander at 703-875-8909.
Have you recently lost something in the Church? Or, have you found something you think someone else might be looking for? If so, please stop by the Parish Office to drop off what you have found or come to see if we have what you’ve been looking for.
PARISH COUNCIL NEWS
The St. Charles Parish Council Neighborhood Representatives are meeting with their committees to plan events for June. Watch this space in the coming weeks for more details.
SENIOR TEA WITH THE PASTOR
Mark your calendars for our next Senior Tea on May 13. We’ll celebrate the Ascension of our Lord at the noon Mass, then gather in the Parish Library for lunch. Fr. Creedon is looking forward to visiting with you. Call Brigid Doherty in the Parish Office (527-5500) should you need help with transportation.
MUSIC FOR MOMS WAS A SUCCESS!
Last Sunday’s Music for Moms concert fund-raiser for Borromeo Housing, Inc. (BHI) was a huge success and lots of fun! We thank all of you who came to the Clarendon Grill to show your support for homeless women and their children. Through the work of many volunteers from our community and C’YA, we raised $2,576.00. Special thanks go to Monica Perz-W for sharing her music and her many musical friends, and to Laura Olivier for organizing the event’s volunteers. If you’d like to find out more information about BHI, please check the parish web site at www.stcharleschurch.org and look under “Ministries.”
- Last Week’s Collection: $16,140.00
- Last Week’s Tithe of $1,614.00 was for our sister parishes in Cavaillon and Gros Marin, Haiti.
- Last Week’s 2nd Collection of $7,781.00 was for Kosovo.
- This Week’s Tithe is for St. Charles Outreach.
- This Week’s Special Needs Collection is in honor of Mother’s Day and will go to BHI.
- Next Week’s Tithe is for the Arlington Free Clinic.
