HOLY ROSARY CHURCH
Washington, DC

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

Bulletin
Sunday, 13 September 2009
The Twenty-Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Sunday, September 13, 2009 – 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
9:00 Concetta Del Grosso Cotturo
10:30 Carannante & Lubrano Famiglie
12:00 Famiglia Flaim
2:30 Wedding of Enzo Fragomeni And Paula Tilli
Monday, September 14, 2009 - Weekday
12:05 Rosina Tutolo
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 – Weekday
12:05 Rose Mary Mazzuca
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 – Weekday
12:05 Mickey Holt Zappala Anniversario
Thursday, September 17, 2009 – Weekday
12:05 Annunziato Di Perna
Friday, September 18, 2009 – Weekday
12:05 Nunzio Di Perna
Saturday, September 19, 2009 – Weekday
4:30 Wedding of Jeffrey Schinnerer and Sara Fargnoli
Sunday, September 20, 2009 – 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time
9:00 Barbara Flaim
10:30 Cesare Mazzocchi & Maria Faramonti
12:00 Maria De Santis

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

 

TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

What does it mean “to speak truth to power”? Jesus provides a good example. He frequently confronted civic and religious authorities whose use of power resulted in oppression of people. That did not make Jesus a hero. Often he was thrown out of places, attacked and ridiculed. Eventually he was killed for proclaiming the Good News. As followers of Jesus the Christ, that is our inheritance. We must summon the courage to speak the truth of our experience. We may not be called to do this in epic moments so much as in our day-to-day relationships. How do we speak the truth to people we love and live with every day? How do we speak a truth that is transformative, not destructive?

VENTIQUATTRESIMA DOMENICA DEL TEMPO ORDINARIO

Confrontato con l’opposizione dei farisei ed erodiani, Gesù predice che seguirà la stessa sorte dolorosa dei profeti. Questo discorso è inaccettabile sia agli apostoli che a noi, che siamo sempre pronti a riaffermare in astratto la nostra fede, ma poi sempre così restii a riconoscere che anche l’insicurezza e la sconfitta sono rivelatrici del disegno salvifico di Dio.

He summoned the crowd with his disciples and said to them, "Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the gospel will save it." - Mk 8:34-35

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Readings for the Week of 13 September 2009
Sunday: Is 50:5-9a/Jas 2:14-18/Mk 8:27-35
Monday: Nm 21:4b-9/Phil 2:6-11/Jn 3:13-17
Tuesday: 1 Tm 3:1-13/Jn 19:25-27 or Lk 2:33-35
Wednesday: 1 Tm 3:14-16/Lk 7:31-35
Thursday: 1 Tm 4:12-16/Lk 7:36-50
Friday: 1 Tm 6:2c-12/Lk 8:1-3
Saturday: 1 Tm 6:13-16/Lk 8:4-15
Next Sunday: Wis 2:12, 17-20/Jas 3:16---4:3/Mk 9:30-37

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MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE

Change in societal attitudes toward marriage and family life, wrote Archbishop Donald Wuerl, is affecting the church and the common good today. In a letter to 300 local Catholic priests, Archbishop Wuerl reminded them about the church’s opposition to same sex marriage.

“The church’s unchanging teaching reminds us that while marriage is a personal relationship, it has a public dimension. The public aspect of marriage is being undermined and the church is obligated to God against this threat. For this reason, promoting marriage and family life is one of the major priorities of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. It also is why we, in the Archdiocese are focusing so clearly on the issue. We have so much to offer society by way of the true meaning of marriage. The Catechism of the Catholic Church reminds us ‘that the family is the original cell of social life (2207).’ Marriage is the loving, faithful, permanent union of a man and a woman. Marriage is a unique human institution in that it bonds men and women who are different yet complimentary to one another in the permanent relationship that is best suited for their total exclusive self-giving love and the raising of a family.”

The District of Columbia Catholic Conference has been speaking out against the decision of elected officials in the District of Columbia to give legal recognition to what are called “same sex marriages” performed in other states.

The Stand for Marriage Coalition filed a request for a ballot initiative that would allow voters to ensure that marriage in the District of Columbia is legally defined as it has always been: between a man and woman.

WE WELCOME INTO THE CHURCH Stella Voogd Mastroianni, daughter of Abramo and Juliana Spinelli (Voogd) Mastroianni, who was baptized in our Church on Sunday, August 6, 2009.

THE SECOND COLLECTION is for the Catholic University of America, the national university of the Catholic Church in the United States, located in Washington, D.C. CUA provides an academically rigorous education guided by Catholic intellectual tradition to 6,000 students every year. Every dollar we give directly supports financial aid for students from dioceses across the country, including ours. Please be generous.

CONFIRMATION will take place on Sunday, September 13, 2009 and will be conferred by the Apostolic Nuncio to the U.S., Archbishop Pietro Sambi at the 10:30 Mass.

ITALIAN FESTIVAL AT VILLA ROSA will take place Sunday, September 13, 2009, from noon to 6:00 PM. FREE admission. Homemade Italian food is available throughout the day. Anyone interested to volunteer for the event should contact Darlene & Nick DiBattista at ddibatt@yahoo.com.

CASA ITALIANA LANGUAGE SCHOOL will begin its Fall Session on Sunday, September 13, 2009. It includes the famous Children’s Program as well as Art & Culture Classes and Cooking, Ceramics & Mosaic Classes. Anyone interested should pick up a brochure in the back of the Church or call the School office at 202.638.1348.

FALL MAILING: Our parishioners and friends will receive the Fall Mailing from our Church which will include a brochure with the schedule of events for 2009-2010, membership forms for the Sodality of Mary and the Holy Name Society, a subscription renewal form for the new Voce Italiana, a brochure of our Casa Italiana Language School, and an order form for the book of the history of our parish, “An Italian American Community of Faith: Holy Rosary in Washington, DC.” Please respond to this annual mailing. Thank you.

RELIGION CLASSES will begin on Sunday October 11, 2009. Children who will be 7 years old next year can receive Holy Communion and youngsters 12 and over who wish to receive Confirmation are encouraged to register. Parents can pick up registration forms in back of Church.

DIAMO I L BENVENUTO NELLA CHIESA a Stella Voogd Mastroianni, figlia di Abramo e Juliana Spinelli (Voogd) Mastroianni che è stata battezzata nella nostra Chiesa domenica, 6 agosto 2009.

LA SECONDA COLLETTA QUESTA DOMENICA è per l’Università Cattolica d’America, l’univeristà nazionale della Chiesa Cattolica negli Stati Uniti, situata a Washnington. DC. L’università Cattolica provvede un’educazione accademica rigorosa, guidata da una tradizione intellettuale cattolica a 6,000 studenti ogni anno. Ogni dollaro che doniamo andrà per intero al fondo spese degli studenti delle diocesi americane. Siate generosi.

LA CRESIMA sarà conferita quest’anno domenica 13 settembre 2009 durante la Messa delle 10:30 AM da Sua Eccellenza l’Arcivescovo Pietro Sambi, Nunzio Apostolico presso gli Stati Uniti.

LA FESTA ITALIANA A VILLA ROSA ha luogo domenica 13 settembre 2009, da mezzogiorno alle ore 18. Entrata GRATIS. Cibo italiano fatto in casa è disponibile tutto il giorno. Volontari per questo evento possono contattare Darlene & Nick DiBattista al ddibatt@yahoo.com.

CASA ITALIANA SCUOLA DI LINGUA inizierà la sessione autunnale domenica, 13 settembre 2009. Include il famoso Programma per bambini come pure corsi di Arte e Cultura, corsi in arte culinaria, in arte della ceramica e arte mosaico. Persone interessate possono prendere un depliant in fondo alla Chiesa, oppure chiamare l’ufficio della Scuola al 202.638.1348.

IN QUESTI GIORNI, parrocchiani e amici riceveranno posta contenete un depliant conl’orario degli eventi parrocchiali per l’anno fiscale 2008-2010, applicazioni per il Sodalizio di Maria e la Società del Santo Nome, una forma per rinnovarel’abbonamento a Voce Italiana, un depliant della nostra Scuola di Linqua, e una forma per ordinare il libro della storia della nostra Chiesa, “An Italian American Community of Faith: Holy Rosary in Washington, DC.” Favoite rispondere a questo appello annuale. Grazie.

LE CLASSI DI CATECHISMO cominceranno domenica 11 ottobre, 2009. Bambini che avranno stette anni l’anno prossimo possono ricevere la Prima Communione, e ragazzi, 12 e sopra, che desiderano ricevere la Cresima, sono incoraggiati a iscriversi. I genitori possono prendere moduli d’iscrizione all’entrata della Chiesa.

ITALIAN AMERICAN GOLF TOURNAMENT 09/14/09