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MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
October 21, 2007 –Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
9:00 Leonardo Sauro
10:30 Frank DiPerna
12:00 In Honor of St. Gerard
Monday, October 22, 2007 – Weekday
12:05 Nerina Zappala’ (Anniversary)
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 – St. John of Capistrano
12:05 Joseph A Goetzinger, Jr.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 – St. Anthony Mary Claret
12:05 Carannante & Lubrano Famiglie
Thursday, October 25, 2007 – Weekday
12:05 Balducchi Family
Friday, October 26, 2007 – Weekday
12:05 Stephen Toigo
Saturday, October 27, 2007 – Weekday
11:00 Mass for the Padre Pio Prayer Group
October 28, 2007 –Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
9:00 Luigi Ruzzi
10:30 Erminia & Umberto Romano
12:00 Filippo Finelli
Wedding Anniversaries of:
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Silvio & Yolanda R. Colandreo (50 Yrs.)
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Giovina M. & Lawrence J. Landis (30 yrs)
3:00 Wedding of Michael J. McDonald & Antonietta Calabrese
The Collection for Sunday October 14 was $2,178.00
LECTORS THIS SUNDAY
9:00 Silvio Colandreo
10:30 Adriano Romano and Enzo Brunitto
12:00 Alex LoBianco
TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Prayer is the special theme of today’s readings. Prayer seems as
natural to human beings as breathing or eating or sleeping. First,
prayer should be very personal. Our personality, our deepest self should
be engaged in any praying we attempt. Second, our prayer should be
perennial, that is, it should be constant and year-long, not just at
certain times or seasons or places. Third, our prayer should be
persistent. Jesus stresses again and again in the gospels that nothing
is too trivial or too worldly to be an object of our prayer requests.
Our prayers will be heard. Jesus promises us that they will – again and
again.
VENTINOVESIMA DOMENICA DEL TEMPO ORDINARIO
Il tema delle letture di oggi è la preghiera. Pregare senza
stancarsi vuol dire accettare le lentezze della crescita del regno,
poichè Dio stesso le accetta. La preghiera diventa così un mezzo per
manifestare chi è Dio e come egli si comporti nei nostri riguardi. Dio
ci attende sennza pretendere di trovare ancora della fede in noi. Anche
il cristiano che prega è in attesa, senza essere certo di raggiungere il
suo scopo.
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 "Will
not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him
day and night? Will he be slow to answer them? I tell you, he will see
to it that justice is done for them speedily. But when the Son of Man
comes, will he find faith on earth?" - Lk 18:7-8
IN PRAISE OF THE PARISH
On Sunday, October 7 – the feast of our
patroness, Our Lady of the Rosary, and the day of the rededication of our
restored church -- together with our Archbishop Wuerl and the seven
concelebrants, the altar servers, the lectors, the ushers, the choir and
great music, and an overflowing congregation, we felt good being a parish!
If you have ever thought on Sunday mornings how nice it would be instead
of going to Church to spend the same hour at Starbucks reading the Sunday
paper, the October 7 experience must have changed your mind.
Parishes are important, editorialized last
week the National Catholic Reporter. “In any larger discussion about the
role and direction of the Church, we can’t forget that the structure and
mystery of the Church are actually experienced in the local faith
community. The parish is the place where church happens, not as an
abstract ideal or as an administrative structure but as an expression of
real human lives, a rich but frustrating work in progress, diverse lives
united by common hungers and hopes.”
Our bilingual Holy Rosary parish is national
and universal at the same time. It is small enough that personal
relationship become possible and parishioners continue to form the kind of
community they need. After Mass at Casa Italiana, “people get together
over coffee to talk about life. They tell stories, rediscover the
scriptures, break bread, drink to common purposes and to making a
difference in the world.”
“Baptized people are meant to be in
community. It is a loss to all of us when some feel so discouraged that
they leave their local church… The most important evangelization effort
needed in the church is to welcome home her own. But this will happen only
if we also welcome the de facto diversity in the church as a mystery that
defies homogenization, head-counting, personalized envelopes or even
regular attendance…
Catholics of all stripes ought to belong to
a parish – a challenging one, not a comfort zone. It is a good way to stay
in the game, at the family table where all the arguments about the future,
good and bad, are taking place. But this will be possible only if we
accept the mess, the imperfect, painful process of being human together.
Because of the essential work of the church
is reconciliation in the world, this starts with us at the altar, where
forgiveness is the miracle we witness in the death of the Lord. Parishes
are centers where this grace waits to become flesh in us.
See you in church.”
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WE WELCOME INTO THE CHURCH Ella
Claire Barcas, daughter of John Justin and Lauren (Atanasio) Barcas;
Martina Matilde Giovanna Marchi, daughter of Massimo and Simonetta (Baldassari)
Marchi; and Sofia Eve Smith, daughter of John Riley and Elizabeth (Galanti)
Smith III, who were baptized in our Church on October 21, 2007.
THE SECOND COLLECTION TODAY is for the Propagation of the Faith.
Today World Mission Sunday, with Catholics of the world, we are called
to offer, at this Eucharistic celebration, our prayers and our generous
financial support, through the Propagation of the Faith, to continue the
mission of our Lord – to help the poor and suffering experience the
healing love and peace of Jesus.
$5 supports a seminarian for a day - $25 helps support a catechist for a
month - $75 provides for the work of Sisters - $100 is a month’s help
for a mission parish. As always, your prayers are your most treasured
gift to the Missions.
HOLD THE DATE: Renaissance Christmas Dinner at Casa Italiana on
December 1, 2007.
MONONGAH 100 YEARS LATER: A commemoration of America’s worst
mines disaster will be held at Casa Italiana on Dec. 2, 2007. The noon
Memorial Mass will be celebrated by Archbishop Pietro Sambi, Apostolic
Nuncio to the United States, and will be followed by a seminar with
three prominent experts on this terrible tragedy together with a photo
exhibit, a video and a reception. All are invited to participate.
THE POPULAR POLENTA DINNER will be held on Sunday, Oct. 28, in
Casa Italiana from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Tickets (including
sausages/chicken/ and wine): $20 (adults); $10 (children 12 and under),
For mandatory reservations, call Eileen Verna, 202-244-3050 or Ann Marie
Leali, 703-971-7599 or the Parish office at 202-638-0165.
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.
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DIAMO IL BENVENUTO NELLA CHIESA
a Ella Claire Barcas, figlia di John Justin e Lauren (Atanasio) Barcas;
Martina Matilde Giovanna Marchi, figia di Massimo e Simonetta (Baldassari)
Marchi; e Sofia Eve Smith, figlia di John Riley e Elizabeth (Galanti)
Smith III, che fuono battezzati nella nostra Chiesa il 21 ottobre 2007.
OGGI LA SECONDA COLLETTA è per la Propaganda
Fide.Oggi,DomenicaMondial delle Missioni, con i Cattolici del mondo,
siamo chiamati a offrire le nostre preghiere e il nostro generoso
contributo finanziario attraverso Propaganda Fide per continuare la
misione di Nostro Signore e aiiutare i poveri e sofferenti a
sperimentare l’amore benefico e la pace di Gesù. $5 mantengono un
seminarista per un giorno; $25 aiutano a sostenere un catechista per un
mese; $75 assicurano il lavoro delle Suore; $100 pagano l’aiuto di un
mese per una parrocchia delle mssioni. Come sempre, le vostre preghiere
sono il dono più apprezzato dalle missioni.
RISERVA LA DATA: Cena Rinascimentale di Natale a Casa Italiana il
primo di dicembre 2007.
MONONGAH 100 ANNI DOPO: Commemorazione del peggiore disastro
minerario d’America avrà luogo a Casa Italiana il 2 dicembre 2007. La
Messa Commemorativa di mezzogiorno sarà celebrata dall’Arcivescovo
Pietro Sambi, Nunzio Apostolico presso gli Stati Uniti, e sarà seguita
da un seminario con tre prominenti esperti di questa terribile tragedia
insieme ad una mostra fotografia e un docomontario, come pure un
ricevimento. Tutti sono invitati a partecipare.
IL POPOLARISSIMO PRANZO DI POLENTA avrà luogo domenica 28 ottobre
in Casa Italiana dalle ore 12:30 alle ore 15:30. Biglietti (salsicce/pollo/
e vino inclusi): $20 (adulti); $10 (Bambini sotto 12 anni). Per
prenotarsi (obbligatorio), chiamare Eileen Verna, 202-244-3050 o Ann
Marie Leali, 703-971-7599 o l’ufficio parrocchiale al 202-638.0165.
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.
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