HOLY ROSARY CHURCH
Washington, DC

Serving Italians and all Catholics on the move in the Greater Washington DC Area since 1913

Bulletin
Sunday, 8 June 2008
Tenth Sunday of Ordinary Time

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

June 8, 2008 – Tenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
9:00 Luigi Arrigo Contin
10:30 Saverio & Enrico Mazzocchi
12:00 Vincenzo & Elisa Vanni
Monday, June 9, 2008 – Weekday
12:05 Dominic Silletti
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 – Weekday
12:05 Anthony Chrysakis
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 – St. Barnabas, Apostle
12:05 Alfredo Zollia
Thursday, June 12, 2008 – Weekday
12:05 Concetta Cotturo Goetzinger
Friday, June 13, 2008 – St. Anthony of Padua
12:05 Aldo Rabaiotti
Saturday, June 14, 2008 – Weekday
5:00 Wedding of Michael & Claudia Costello
June 15, 2008 – Eleventh Sunday of Ordinary Time
9:00 Maria Giuseppa Ventresca
10:30 St. Anthony of Padua
12:00 John Carew

LECTORS THIS SUNDAY
9:00 Silvio Colandreo
10:30 Marco Randazzo and Adriano Romano
12:00 Alex LoBianco

The collection for Sunday, June 1 was $3,999.00
The second collection for the Renovation Fund was $1,149.00.

TENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
“Go and learn the meaning of the words, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’” In the Gospel Jesus quotes the last verse of the first reading. What does God desire? Not sacrifice – if it lacks love. Rather, God shares and wants a love that extends to the outcast and sinner, as Jesus’ table fellowship did. In telling this story Matthew said to the church that all were to be accepted at the table.

DECIMA DOMENICA DEL TEMPO ORDINARIO
Nel Vangelo di oggi Gesù sceglie come uno dei suoi apostoli uno considerato un peccatore e un escluso. Gesù ratifica la sua scelta con la sua presenza a un banchetto in casa sua, segno tradizionale di amicizia e comunione. Il gesto di Gesù è intollerabile per i suoi compatrioti, per noi assume un significato revoluzionario. La Chiesa non è il popolo dei virtuosi e sani, ma dei peccatori e malati che riconoscono il bisogno di un liberatore.

 

The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" He heard this and said, "Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. Go and learn the meaning of the words, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners." - Mt 9:11-13

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Readings for the Week of June 8, 2008
Sunday: Hos 6:3-6/Rom 4:18-25/Mt 9:9-13
Monday: 1 Kgs 17:1-6/Mt 5:1-12
Tuesday: 1 Kgs 17:7-16/Mt 5:13-16
Wednesday: Acts 11:21b-26; 13:1-3/Mt 5:17-19
Thursday: 1 Kgs 18:41-46/Mt 5:20-26
Friday: 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-16/Mt 5:27-32
Saturday: 1 Kgs 19:19-21/Mt 5:33-37
Next Sunday: Ex 19:2-6a/Rom 5:6-11/Mt 9:36-10:8

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MODERNITY AND BELIEF

Charles Taylor’s new book, A Secular Age (Harvard University Press, $39.95, 896 pp.), is now the entry ticket – states Peter Steinfels – for any serious discussion on secularization, especially the raging debate over the “secularization thesis,” the idea that traditional religion cannot survive the “acids of modernity.”

In reality, modernity didn’t mean the decline of religion in the United States, a society that is virtually the exemplar of modernity and remains stubbornly religious.

According to one thesis, modernization and secularization have been tightly interwoven with the assumption that modernity involved the emancipation of different spheres of activity (the state, the economy, and science) from pre-modern religious tutelage. Other understandings of secularization that religion was destined to disappear altogether or persist only in a sphere of the private or personal proved to be a myth.

Taylor believes that the present situation is extremely problematic with a pluralism of outlooks and a new placement of the sacred or spiritual in relation to individual and social life. Now confronted with a vast range of spiritual alternatives, the individual often opts for “believing but not belonging,” increasing the number of those who are nominally Christian in today’s secular society. For them, religion becomes either “an ancestral memory” or a resource for making rites of passage or for providing comfort in the face of some disasters, with far less continuity from parents to children.

The unanswered question is how can the institutions necessary for the formation of a genuine Catholic identity be maintained, reexamined, and renewed? Will such Catholic identity be found in homilies, parish life, Catholic educational initiatives?

WE WELCOME INTO THE CHURCH Marco Enrico Belloli, son of Enrico Elio and Marleny (Zelaya) Belloli; and Tosca Geneva Filippone, daughter of Robert Joseph and Desiree Geneva (Billerback) Filippone, who were baptized in our Church on June 1, 2008.

THE HOLY NAME SOCIETY meets today at the 9:00 a.m. Mass, followed by a business meeting in the Lower Church Hall.

WE HONOR ST. ANTHONY NEXT SUNDAY at the 10:30 Mass. The Mass is in memory of Maria and Angelo Schiavone, Vincent Capitello and Loretta Capitello Wilson. The flowers on the Altar and in front of St. Anthony are in memory of Concetta Cotturo, Antonio Cotturo, and Concetta Cotturo Goetzinger, donated by the Goetzinger Family
The blessed St. Anthony bread distributed to after each Mass is donated by the Capitello Family.

OUR SINCERE THANKS to all our parishioners, who in many differing ways and according to their own expertise and availability, contribute to the maintenance and functioning of our Church, School, and Rectory. We owe them a great debt of gratitude.

FESTA ITALIANA 2008, the only Italian street festival held in Washington, D. C., will be held on Sunday, June 29, from 11:30 AM. to 5:30 PM. in front of Holy Rosary Church and Casa Italiana. To celebrate Festa Italiana’s 10th anniversary, this year’s Festa will feature Rome and the Region of Lazio. Festival-goers will march in procession, walk the “streets” and “piazzas” of Rome, enjoy a lively atmosphere filled with musical performances on stage, homemade Italian food, imported Italian drinks, Italian cultural artifacts, crafts, games, events for children and exciting raffles. Groups that recreate activities of Roman Legionnaires will participate with carefully reproduced “authentic” uniforms and armor. Admission to all events is free! Visit www.festaitalianadc.com.

DIAMO IL BENVENUTO NELLA CHIESA a Marco Enrico figlio di Enrico Elio e Marleny (Zelaya) Belloli; e Tosca Geneva Filippone, daughter of Robert Joseph e Desiree Geneva (Billerback) Filippone, che furono battezzati nella Chiesa il primo giungno 2008.

LA SOCIETÀ DEL SANTO NOME si incontra oggi alla Messa delle 9:00 a.m. seguita da una riunione di lavoro nella sala sotto la Chiesa.

LA PROSSIMA DOMENICA ONORIAMO ST. ANTONIO alla Messa delle 10:30. La Messa è in suffragio di Maria e Angelo Schiavone, Vincent Capitello e Loretta Capitello Wilson. I fiori sull’altare e davanti a St.Antonio sono in memoria di Concetta Cotturo, Antonio Cotturo e Concetta Cotturo Goetzinger, regalati dalla famiglia Goetzinger. Il pane benedetto di San Antonio verra’ distribuito dopo tutte le Messe.

MOLTE GRAZIE a tutti i nostri parrocchiani che in divere maniere e secondo la loro specializzazione e disponibilità, contribuiscono al mantenimento e funzionamento della nostra Chiesa, Scuola e Rettoria. Dobbiamo loro un grande debito di gratitudine.

FESTA ITALIANA 2008, l’unica festa italiana sulle strade di D. C., avrà luogo Domenica, 29 giugno dalle ore 11:30 alle ore 17.30 davanti alla Chiesa del Santo Rosario e di Casa Italiana. Celebrando il 10mo anniversario della Festa Italiana, la Festa 2008 celebrerà Roma e la regione Lazio. I partecipanti marceranno in processione, cammineranno sulle “strade” e “piazze” di Roma, godranno di una vivace atmosfera piena di musica, cibo italiano fatto in casa, bevande importate dall’Italia, oggetti, statuette, giochi, eventi per bambini, e grandi premi sorteggiati. Un gruppo ricreerà le attività di una Legione Romana, riproducendo autentiche uniformi e armature.
L’entrata a tutti gli eventi è gratis. Visitate www.festaitalianadc.com.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS: Mark your calendar!