HOLY ROSARY CHURCH
Washington, DC

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

Bulletin
Sunday, 6 September 2009
The Twenty-Third Sunday of Ordinary Time

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Sunday, September 6, 2009 – 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
9:00 Annunziata Ruzzi
10:30 Sabato & Maria Marigliano
12:00 Mary Carew
Monday, September 7, 2009 – Labor Day
No Mass
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 – Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
12:05 St. Maria Goretti
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 – Weekday
12:05 Paolo Priarone
Thursday, September 10, 2009 – Weekday
12:05 Carannante & Lubrano Famiglie
Friday, September 11, 2009 – Weekday
12:05 Concetta Cotturo Goetzinger
Saturday, September 12, 2009 – Weekday
3:30 Wedding of Nick Smith & Meg Alexander
6:00 Wedding of Daniel Wilson & Megan Rossi
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

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

 

TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Today’s Gospel tells us that no sooner had Jesus said the word ephphatha than “immediately the man’s ears were open, his speech impediment was removed, and he spoke plainly.” How well do we listen? Do we listen when Jesus speaks to us? How well and how often do we speak up in the face of obvious injustice and discrimination?

Today Jesus touches our ears and our mouth and says to us his one powerful word of healing: “Be open!” We leave this Mass today with new ears open to hear the Good News of God’s unconditional love and with new tongues loosened to speak up the truth, the love, the peace that are God ‘s gifts to us.

VENTITREESIMA DOMENICA DEL TEMPO ORDINARIO

I Farisei sono sordi al Vangelo di Gesu’: non ćè peggior sordo di colui che non vuol sentire. Nel miracolo del sordo, le folle riconoscono la parola di Isaia che prediceva la guarigione della sordità come un’apertura alla parola di Dio.

Then he looked up to heaven and groaned, and said to him, "Ephphatha!"---that is, "Be opened!" And immediately the man’s ears were opened, his speech impediment was removed, and he spoke plainly. - Mk 7:34-35

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Readings for the Week of 6 September 2009
Sunday: Is 35:4-7a/Jas 2:1-5/Mk 7:31-37
Monday: Col 1:24---2:3/Lk 6:6-11
Tuesday: Mi 5:1-4a or Rom 8:28-30/Mt 1:1-16, 18-23 or 1:18-23
Wednesday: Col 3:1-11/Lk 6:20-26
Thursday: Col 3:12-17/Lk 6:27-38
Friday: 1 Tm 1:1-2, 12-14/Lk 6:39-42
Saturday: 1 Tm 1:15-17/Lk 6:43-49
Next Sunday: Is 50:5-9a/Jas 2:14-18/Mk 8:27-35

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REACTIVATING OUR CATHOLIC FAITH

In the lives of many Americans faith is an activity that is eclipsed by other priorities. Family, work, making money, vacations, and the tasks of “getting ahead” on the way to the ever more elusive American dream have served as distractions to the needs of faith.

In Reactivating Our Catholic Faith (Paulist Press, New York, 2009), Paulist Father Frank DeSiano examines this phenomenon well, exposing its emptiness and allowing for an examination of the readers’ own consciences regarding the rhythms of our lives. He refers to our modern distractions as the modern myths that we settle for, rather than taking faith seriously and not dropping it down on the list of priorities.

With some certainty we can say that young people are immersed in this very struggle. They often hold few if any grudges against the Catholic Church; rather, faith is simply not ranked high on their “to-do” lists. They often settle for a childish faith complete with a superficial theology rather than one that can work with their critical sensibilities as adults. Is it any wonder then that faith is relegated to the back burner? DeSiano examines deep questions of human meaning and couples them with the traditions of the church and Scripture, uncovering the need for faith to be reactivated so that people can push aside those distractions that keep them embedded in emptiness and more deeply accept their roles as disciples of Christ.

THE SECOND COLLECTION TODAY is for the Renovation Fund. The work for making restroom facilities in Casa Italiana handicapped-accessible and for enlarging the kitchen is underway. We apologize for any inconvenience.

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.

SECOND COLLECTION NEXT WEEK 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.

HAPPY LABOR DAY.

LA SECONDA COLLETTA OGGI è per il Fondo Restauri. I lavori per rendere accessibile agli endicappati Casa Italiana e per allargare la cucina sono in corso. Ci scusiamo per ogni inconvenienza durante il restauri.

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.

LA SECONDA COLLETTA PROSSIMA 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.

ITALIAN AMERICAN GOLF TOURNAMENT 09/14/09