HOLY ROSARY CHURCH
Washington, DC

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

Bulletin
Sunday, 7 October 2007
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

October 7, 2007 –Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
9:00 Deceased Members of the Lappin Family
10:30 Fausto & Rose Falcone
12:00 Angelo Lancellotti
Monday, October 8, 2007 – Columbus Day
No Mass
Tuesday, October 9, 2007 – Weekday
12:05 Famiglie Carannante & Lubrano
Wednesday, October 10, 2007 – Weekday
12:05 Giuditta Servini
Thursday, October 11, 2007 – Weekday
12:05 Christopher & Columbus Facchina
Friday, October 12, 2007 – Weekday
12:05 Concetta Cotturo Goetzinger
Saturday, October 13, 2007 – Weekday
3:00 Wedding Mass of Bradley Pilot & Susanne Veerman
October 14, 2007 –Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
9:00 Angela Romolo
10:30 Antonio Caminiti
12:00 Joseph Silenzi

The collection for Sunday September 30 was $2,522.00

The Second Collection for the Church in Africa was $859.00

LECTORS THIS SUNDAY
9:00 Anne Giese
10:30 Adriano Romano and Enzo Brunitto
12:00 Alex LoBianco

TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
In today’s Gospel, the apostles ask, “Increase our faith.” Jesus unhinges their “modesty” by questioning what kind of faith they have at all. If you have faith, you will surely know it because of the great power it has, but a power of love and fearlessness in testimony, not of lording it over others and or impressing others for our own gain. “We are unprofitable servants” is recognition that doing what we are supposed to do is just the beginning, and that the focus is on the served, not the servant.

VENTISETTESIMA DOMENICA DEL TEMPO ORDINARIO
Nel Vangelo di oggi, Gesù denuncia il fariseismo presente in noi. I farisei calcolano tutto quello che fanno, anche i diritti e i meriti che hanno dinanzi a Dio per le loro buone azioni. I loro conti e calcoli non saranno convalidati da Dio; lui vuole nei suoi solo un pò di fede, fosse pure così picccola come un granello di senape.

And the apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith." The Lord replied, "If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you."
Lk 17:5-6

OCTOBER THE MONTH OF THE ROSARY

The Rosary is a great test of faith. What the Eucharist is in the order of Sacraments, the Rosary is in the order of Sacramentals – the mystery and the test of faith – the touchstone by which the soul is judged in its humility. The mark of the Christian is the willingness to look for the Divine in the flesh of a babe in a crib, the continuing Christ under the appearance of bread on the altar and the meditation and a prayer on a string of beads.

The more one descends to humility, the deeper becomes the faith. The Blessed Mother thanked her Divine Son because He had looked on her lowliness. The world starts with what is big, the spirit begins with the little aye, with the trivial! The faith of the simple can surpass that of the learned, because the intellectual often ignores those humble means to devotion, such as medals, pilgrimages, statues, and rosaries. As the rich, in their snobbery, sneer at the poor, so the intelligentsia, in their sophistication, jeer at the lowly. One of the last acts of Our Lord was to wash the feet of his disciples after which He told them that out of such humiliation true greatness is born.

The Rosary is the meeting ground of the uneducated and the learned; the place where simple love grows in knowledge and where the knowing mind grows in love.

The Rosary is a book of the blind, where souls see and there enact the greatest drama of love the world has ever known; it is the book of the simple, which initiates them into mysteries and knowledge more satisfying than the education of other men.

Bishop Fulton Sheen

The Rosary is recited at Holy Rosary Church every Sunday at 8:45 AM. All are invited

WE WELCOME INTO THE CHURCH Sawyer Michael Case, son of Michael Frederick and Angela Virginia (Donato) Case; and Ava Iman Farraj, daughter of Sam and Graziella (Faudale) Farraj, who were baptized in our Church on September 30, 2007.

THE SECOND COLLECTION TODAY is for the Renovation Fund. Help us complete our project of making our facilities handicapped-accessible, enlarge the kitchen in Casa Italiana and renovate the Church hall.

THE SODALITY OF MARY meets today after the 9:00 Mass in the Lower Church Hall. We welcome new members.

TODAY, OCTOBER 7, 2007, is the Feast of our Lady of the Rosary, the patroness of our Church. We are grateful to Archbishop Donald Wuerl, for celebrating the 10:30 Mass, and blessing the newly restored Church. At the conclusion of the Mass, the SUPPLICA will be recited in honor of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompei. After the Mass, refreshments will be served in Casa Italiana, thanks to Biagio Caranante, who wishes to keep up this tradition in memory of Cesare Mazzocchi.

ALSO, TODAY, Oct. 7 at 12:00 noon, the Annual Christopher Columbus Memorial Mass, sponsored by the D.C. State Council, Knights of Columbus. Homilist: Rev. Daniel Caughlan, Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives. A civic ceremony will follow at the Christopher Columbus statue in the Church courtyard. Everyone is welcome to participate.

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.

“NAPOLI E LE SUE CANZONI” – A musical show of Neapolitan songs and dances with the participation of six artists from Naples, Italy: Friday, October 12, 2007 in Casa Italiana at 6:30 pm. Tickets: $25 each. For reservations please contact Bruno Fusco, 301-654-5218.

DIAMO IL BENVENUTO NELLA CHIESA a Sawyer Michael Case, figlio di Michael Frederick e Angela Virginia (Donato) Case; e Ava Iman Farraj, figlia di Sam and Graziella (Faudale) Farraj, che fuono battezzati nella nostra Chiesa il 30 Settembre 2007.

LA SECONDA COLLETTA OGGI è per il Fondo Restauri. Aiutatici a finire di rendere i nostri locali accesibili agli endicappati, ad allargare la cucina nella Casa Italiana, e a rinnovare la sala sotto la chiesa.

IL SODALIZIO DI MARIA si riunisce oggi dopo la Messa delle nove. Nuovi membri sono benvenuti.

OGGI, 7 ottobre, è la Festa della Madonna del Santo Rosario, la patrona della nostra parrocchia. Siamo grati al nostro Arcivescovo Donald Wuerl per celebrare la Messa delle 10:30 e benedire la chiesa appena restaurata. Alla conclusione della Messa si reciterà la SUPPLICA in onore della Madonna del Rosario di Pompei. Seguirà un rinfresco in Casa Italiana, omaggio di Biagio Carannante, che desidera mantenere questa tradizione in memoria di Cesare Mazzocchi.

OGGI, alle 12 ci sarà la Messa Annuale in memoria di Cristoforo Colombo sponsorizzata dai Cavalieri di Colombo del Distretto. L’omilista sarà P. Daniel Caughlan, Cappellano della Camera dei Deputati. Una cerimonia civica sarà fatta davanti alla statua di Colombo a fianco della Chiesa. Tutti sono invitati a partecipare.

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.

“NAPOLI E LE SUE CANZONI” – Spettacolo di Musiche, Canzoni e Danze Napoletane con la partecipazione di sei artisti da Napoli, Italia. Biglietti: $25 ciascuno. Per prenotazioni, contattare il Maestro Bruno Fusco a (301)654-5218.