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MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
October 14, 2007 –Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
9:00 Angela Romolo
10:30 Antonio Caminiti
12:00 Joseph Silenzi
Monday, October 15, 2007 – St. Teresa of Jesus
12:05 Nicolino Mascia
Tuesday, October 16, 2007 – Weekday
12:05 Conte & Clementina Cicala
Wednesday, October 17, 2007 – St. Ignatius of Antioch
12:05 Cristino Marinucci
Thursday, October 18, 2007 – St. Luke
12:05 Nunzio DiPerna
Friday, October 19, 2007 – St. John de Brebeuf and Companions
12:05 Marcella G. Lovell
Saturday, October 20, 2007 – Weekday
11:00 Joseph & Rose Ruzzi 50th Wedding Anniversary
3:00 Wedding of Burke Weist & Shameera Dean
October 21, 2007 –Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
9:00 Leonardo Sauro
10:30 Frank DiPerna
12:00 In Honor of St. Gerard
The collection for Sunday October 14 was $3,260.00
The collection for the Renovation Fund was $1,059.00
LECTORS THIS SUNDAY
9:00 Joseph Harchick
10:30 Adriano Romano and Enzo Brunitto
12:00 Alex LoBianco
TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
“Your faith has saved you.” These words of Jesus to the Samaritan leper
he healed in today’s Gospel could go out as well to other “unclean”
people who came to wholeness through Jesus: the woman healed of a
hemorrhage and the “sinner” at the Pharisee’s house.
It seems being on the outside is no bar to salvation, for those who
believe in the one who can bring them back.
VENTOTTESIMA DOMENICA DEL TEMPO ORDINARIO
I primi nove lebbrosi guariti da Gesù nel Vangelo di oggi hanno
preferito obbedire piuttosto che ringraziare. Il decimo lebbroso al
contrario non si sottopone ad alcun esame e trova di conseguenza la
libertà di ringraziare. In realtà, una certa preoccupazione di fare le
cose “per bene” porta a tali scrupoli e a tali minuzie che non vi è
posto per il rendimento di grazie.
La fede invece nasce dal riconoscimento del dono di Dio e si esprime in
un “grazie” incessante.
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Jesus said in reply,
"Ten were cleansed, were they not? Where are the other nine? Has none
but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?" Then he said to him,
"Stand up and go; your faith has saved you." - Lk 17:17-19
THE GRACE OF THE
ROSARY
One prays the Rosary when
he or she receives the grace, wrote recently David Reed. The Rosary,
then, becomes the bridge between our faith and how we practice it. For
many the Rosary is such a bridge. As a tool of contemplation, praying
the Rosary invites one to place the template of our lived experience
along side the template of the Gospel story. The Rosary could be seen as
a way to own the claim of the kingdom, a claim that ultimately cries out
for a world shaped by social justice. The Rosary is no flight from the
world but a way to engage challenges from an experience of Christ,
broken down bite-size into the mysteries of Jesus’ life, death and
resurrection. The Rosary is basically centered on Christ, and we are led
to contemplate Christ and his meaning for our lives today by no less a
skilled contemplative than Mary.
The recitation of the
Rosary promotes biblical spirituality – a making of one’s own the
mysteries of our religion, an absorption in story, symbol, and practice
of the tenets of the Nicene or Apostles’ Creed, transforming our
identity. Spirituality is saying “yes” to the truths of our faith in a
way that gives substance and shapes the interiority of our lives – a
making one’s own of the faith that reaches way beyond the head into the
heart, the feelings, into the way one views one’s world that touches
affectively every relationship that we have and that we are.
Without connecting all
these components of our human existence, how can anyone make heads and
tails in this world today? There needs to be a coherence between life
lived on the outside – what we do and say – and the life we live on the
inside – what we think and feel. The person praying the Rosary develops
the emotional connections between the template of our contemporary
experience, in both its joys and struggles, and the template of the
story revealed in the recitation of the Rosary. The Rosary is a series
of interactions with the people who make up the storey, and bonding with
them becomes, over time a trusted relationship.
Errata Corrige - We regret the error in last Sunday Program for
the 10:30 Mass: The beautiful statue of Our Lady of the Rosary,
blessed by Archbishop Donald Wuerl, was donated by Mrs. Veronica
Nobilio (not Crupi) in memory of her husband Arturo Nobilio.
Our sincere apologies to Mrs. Veronica Nobilio.
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THE HOLY NAME SOCIETY meets
today after the 9:00 Mass in the Lower Church Hall. New member are
welcome!
ARCHBISHOP DONALD W. WUERL invites all the faithful of the
Archdiocese to join in the annual Marian Pilgrimage to the Basilica of
the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Archbishop Wuerl will
be the principal celebrant and homilist. The Rosary will begin at 2:30
p.m. Those who wish to join in the procession should meet at the East
Portico. Mass will begin at 3:00 p.m.
FORWARD IN FAITH, the Archdiocesan capital campaign has been
collecting pledges for over two years. The Archdiocese has notified us
that some parishioners are behind in their pledge payment. A letter was
sent to those parishioners in September. In October, personal phone call
will be made to those parishioners who have not responded to the letter.
If you are behind in your pledge payments, please make every effort to
bring your pledge payments up to date. Your Forward in Faith gifts
benefits not only the Archdiocese, but our own parish as well. Thank you
for your attention to this important matter.
THE SECOND COLLECTION NEXT SUNDAY, World Mission Sunday, is for
the Propagation of the Faith. Pope Benedict XVI calls every Catholic to
celebrate our vocation to be missionary and to help the missions. Let us
pray for the Church’s worldwide mission, and offer financial help
through the Propagation of the Faith for more than 1,150 dioceses in
Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Pacific Islands.
OUR RELIGION CLASSES will begin on October 28, 2007. Students age
7 and older for First Holy Communion, and those ages 12 and older for
Confirmation may register. Classes may also be available for children
ages 4-6 at 9:00 am, and ages 8-11 at 10:00 am, if there are enough
students. Registration forms are in the back of the Church.
THE 2008 MASS BOOK IS NOW OPEN. Please call the parish office to
schedule Masses for the coming year.
ALTAR SERVER, LECTOR AND USHER MINISTRY of Holy Rosary Church
needs you. We will train you and tailor your assignments to accommodate
your schedule. Please, call the parish office.
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED to walk the little way of St. Therese
of Lisieux by participating in the Legion of Little Souls meeting on the
first Sunday of each month after the 12:00 Mass in the lower church
hall. For inquiries contact Alex LoBianco at 202.841.7289.
ALTAR SERVERS at Holy Rosary Parish are invited to attend a
special Mass in their honor on Sunday, Nov.18, at 2:00 p.m. at the
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Each
server attending will receive a certificate of appreciation.
THE POPULAR POLENTA DINNER will be held on Sunday, Oct. 28, in
Casa Italiana from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Tickets (including
sausages/chicken/trippa and wine): $20 (adults); $10 (children 12 and
under), For mandatory reservations, call the parish office at
202.638.0165.
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LA SOCIETÀ DEL SANTO NOME si
riunirà oggi dopo la Messa delle nove nella sala della Chiesa. Nuovi
membri sono benvenuti.
L’ARCIVESCOVO DONALD W. WUERL invita tutti i fedeli della Diocesi
a partecipare oggi al Pellegrinaggio Mariano alla Basilica del Santuario
Nazionale dell’Immacolata Concezione. Il Rosario comincera’ alle 14:30 e
la Messa alle ore 15.
AVANTI NELLA FEDE, la campagna diocesana per la raccolta di fondi ha
racccolto promesse per oltre due anni. La diocesi ci informo’ che alcuni
parrocchiani sono indietro nel pagare le loro promesse. Una lettera fu
inviata a quei parrocchiani in Settembre. Quelli che ancora non hanno
risposto alla lettera riceveranno una telefonata. Coloro che sono
indietro con i loro pagamenti sono pregati di pagare al piu’ presto
possibile. Questa campagna aiuta non solo la Diocesi ma anche la nostra
parrocchia. Grazie per la vostra attenzione a questa richiesta.
LA SECONDA COLLETTA LA SETTIMANA PROSSIMA, Giornata Mondiale
delle Missioni, è per la progazione della fede. Il Papa Benedetto XVI
invita tutti i Cattolici a celebrare la loro vocazione ad essere
missionari e di aiutare le Missioni. Preghiamo per tutte le Missioni
della Chiesa e offriamo il nostro aiuto finanziario attraverso
Propaganda Fide per le più di 1,150 diocesi in Asia, Africa, America
Latina e le isole del Pacifico.
LE NOSTRE CLASSI DI CATECHISMO cominceranno il 28 ottobre.
Studenti di 7 anni e più per la Prima Comunione e quelli di 12 anni e
più per la Cresima si possono iscrivere. Ci saranno pure classi per
bambini dai 4 ai 6 anni alle ore nove e per bambini dagli otto ai dieci
anni alle ore dieci, se ci sarà un numero sufficiente di studenti.
Formulari di registrazione si trovano all’entrata della chiesa.
IL LIBRO DELLE MESSE PER IL 2008 è ora aperto. Favorite chiamare
l’ufficio parrocchiale per prenotare Messe per il prossimo anno.
LA CHIESA DEL SANTO ROSARIO ha bisogno di chierichetti, lettori e
uscieri. La Chiesa provvederà alla preparazione e adattera’ il servizio
all’orario dell’individuo.
LA SOCIETÀ DELLE PICCOLE ANIME invita tutti a partecipare ai loro
incontri la prima domenica di ogni mese nella sala della Chiesa e a
seguire la piccola via di S. Teresa del Bambino Gesu’. Per ulteriori
informazioni, contattare Alex LoBianco a 202.841.7289.
I CHIERICHETTI DELLA CHIESA DEL SANTO ROSARIO sono invitati a una
Messa in loro onore nella Basilica del Santuario Nazionale
dell’Immacolata Concezione, domenica, 18 novembre, alle ore 14. I
presenti riceveranno un certificato di apprezzamento.
IL POPOLARISSIMO PRANZO DI POLENTA avrà luogo domenica 28 ottobre
in Casa Italiana dalle ore 13 alle ore 14. Biglietti (salsicce/pollo/trippa
e vino inclusi): $20 (adulti); $10 (Bambini sotto 12 anni). Per
prenotarsi (obbligatorio), chiamare l’ufficio parrocchiale al
202.638.0165.
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