Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
FROM OUR PASTOR
[Fr. Gerry is away in Ireland until late August]
Highlights at St. Charles August 15-25, 2009
- See Mass, Confession and other Sacramental information
- Sat., Aug. 15 - Feast of the Assumption of Mary. Mass at
9 AM. Mass obligation is lifted in the Arlington Diocese.
- Sat./Sun., Aug. 15-16: Guest priest Fr. Ignatius Zampino,
will be making an appeal at the Masses on behalf of the Capuchin Mission
in Zambia.
- Sat./Sun., Aug. 15-16: Communities Rising will be selling
donuts and fair-trade coffee after all the Masses this weekend
- Tues., Aug. 18 - 2md evening Mass to pray with an adult who
is preparing for baptism in Aug. All are welcome. 7pm Chapel
- Aug. 22 & 23 - Registrations for Religious Education
for kids, teens as well as programs like Just Faith that need registrations
before the Ministry fair later in September.
- Tues., Aug. 25 - 3rd & final evening Mass to pray with an
adult who is preparing for baptism in Aug. All are welcome. 7pm Chapel
See the Parish online calendar for more
details. Note: parish staff is not producing a list
of highlighted events during the summer months.
SUMMER SIGN-UP WEEKEND Aug 22/23
Registrations for Religious Ed for children and teens, JustFaith for
adults and other programs needing Fall registrations ASAP. Benedict
Hall after Masses.
ADULT BAPTISM
Our Community will celebrate an Adult Baptism at the 5pm Vigil Mass
on Saturday, August 29th. Sherrie Kim who has been preparing for baptism
since last year is moving away, and an exception has been granted for
her to be baptized here at St. Charles at the end of August. We will
celebrate the 3 "scrutinies" with Sherrie at three special
weekday evening Masses at 7pm in the Chapel on August 11, 18, and 25.
All are welcome. After a short break after Mass, the RCIA community
will continue with some reflection and discussion. All are welcome to
attend that session as well.
INTERFAITH
EVENT
The St. Charles Interfaith Committee invites the St. Charles community
to join us for an iftar (dinner to break the Islamic Ramadan fast).
We are hosting some of our local Muslim brothers and sisters on Sat,
Aug 29, from 8:30-10:30pm in Benedict Hall. (Meal will begin around
9pm). Seating is limited; please RSVP to Rebecca Cataldi at shadowseye@yahoo.com
or 412-726-2153 no later than August 14. Participants from St. Charles
are asked to make a $10 donation to cover the cost of the meal.
| Young Adults (in their 20s and 30s) |
WHITLOW'S PUB QUIZ
- Sun. Aug 16, 7pm
WHITLOW'S HAPPY HOUR
- Thur. Aug 20, 6-9pm For more on these events or to join the listserv,
email youngadults@stcharleschurch.org
or check Facebook.
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+ MASS SCHEDULE AND READINGS +
(Daily
Readings from US Bishops' website)
Daily intentions not provided by staff this week.
Sunday, August 16, 2009: 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
7:30am Cecily Orr Nuckols by Mary Jean Davidge
9:00am John Leveroni by John O'Conner
11:00am Dell Hickey & Lillian Downing by Julia Downing
1:00pm Maria Rojas & Anjelina Rojas & Susana Arce by Jimy
Blanco & Flia
6:00pm Parishioners
Readings: Prv 9:1-6; Eph 5:15-20; Jn 6:51-58
Monday, August 17, 2009
9:00am Ricardo BasiLio by Maria Fe M. Crisostomo
7:30pm (Arlington Detention Center) for the Inmates
Readings Jgs 2:11-19; Mt 19:16-22
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
9:00am Hilda by Sara Ellen Swatt
Readings: Jgs 6:11-24a; Mt 19:23-30
Wednesday, August 19, 2009: St John Eudes
9:00am Tiffany Werthmann by Milt, Eleanor Werthmann
Readings: Jgs 9:6-15; Mt 20:1-16a
Thursday, August 20, 2009: St. Bernard
9:00am Maurice Fountain by Anne M. Biedscheid
Readings: Jgs 11:29-39a; Mt 22:1-14
Friday, August 21, 2009: St. Pius X
9:00am Mary Savarese by Nancey Woodley
Readings: Ru 1:1,3-6,14b-16,22; Mt 22:34-40;
Saturday, August 22, 2009
9:00am Donald Reidy by Amy C. Stoffel
Readings: Ru 2:1-3,8-11;4:13-17; Mt 23:1-12
Vigil for Sunday: 21st Sunday In Ordinary Time
5:00pm Mildred R. Marquis
Readings: Jos 24:1-2a,15-17,18b; Eph 5:21-32; Jn 6:60-69
Pray for those who are sick in our community, especially:
Joe Foote, Margaret Finocchiaro, Rina Cisneros, Denise Betholin
Braun, Gilda Ferer, Maria Elena Velasquez, Pat DeSimone, Adela
Carpone, and Jamie Pilot.
For those who have died, especially: Corazon Aquino
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Do you have a business to promote or know of one that would like some
patronage from the fine folks of St. Charles? Contact Tricia Clark at
the Parish Office for more information about advertising in our parish
bulletin. Our advertisers help pay for this bulletin each week!
| St. Charles Centennial History Task Force |
URGENT NEED: St. Charles Centennial History Task Force is seeking
a volunteer familiar with In-Design software for a short-term assignment:
helping to design the Centennial History now in development. If interested,
contact Joe O'Neil at JONEIL1712@comcast.net
or Karen Kasmauski at k.kasmauski@verizon.net.
ENROLLMENT FOR FALL 2009 SCHOOL YEAR
Registration is still open for Kindergarten through 8th grade at St.
Charles School for the 2009-2010 school year.
SPONSOR OF THE WEEK: Our Thanks to "El Pollo Rico" Restaurant
& Carry-Out, for their support.
| Youth Ministry Help Needed |
Looking for a WAY to get involved at St. Charles? Have you ever considered
youth ministry? There are a number of WAYs to help out, some with more
time commitment than others, so please consider: WAY (high school) Adult
Leadership Team, On The WAY (junior high) Adult Leadership Team, Confirmation,
Workcamp (contractor, crew leaders & more), Theater Ministry, and Monthly
Social Events. Sound interesting? Want more info? Call or email today!
For more information on WAY High School Team, Workcamp, Theater Ministry,
and Monthly Social Events, contact Paul Bevins, paulbevins@gmail.com;
for On The WAY, Confirmation and other Youth Ministry questions, contact
Anne Marie Kaufmann at 703-527-5500 x119, or email akaufmann@stcharleschurch.org
| Social Service and Emergency Needs |
FOOD PANTRY
Thank you for your very generous response to the request for food items
for our homeless clients. The Pantry is currently low on the following:
pancake mix complete, syrup, canned soups, vegetables, fruits, tuna,
pasta sauce and other meats. Thank you.
BACKPACK & SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE
We are nearing the end of our collection of school supplies to benefit
the children living in the Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing
communities. They are planning on distributing the supplies at a picnic
for children in Grades K-12 to be held on August 29th. We are collecting
the following items: Backpacks, spiral or composition notebooks, #2
pencils, blue & black ink pens, pocket folders, crayons, glue sticks,
school scissors, and erasers. All donations can be dropped off at the
Parish Office. For questions, please call Jo-Ann Duggan in the Parish
Office.
| Social Justice & Advocacy |
JUSTFAITH 2009-2010 BEGINS SEPT.
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Did your religious formation essentially stop with confirmation in your
Teen years? Are you ready to encounter your faith and the Church's social
mission through adult eyes and with adult experiences as your lens?
If so, then Justfaith can help you take that next step. JustFaith is
a thirty-week program that uses books, videos, conversations about the
most difficult topics of the day, face-to-face encounters with the poor,
and an exploration of what the Christian tradition says about addressing
injustice in our world. JustFaith runs from September to May, Monday
nights from 7-9:30pm. Contact Elizabeth at Elizabeth_dakota@hotmail.com
for more information. We are also in need of facilitators.
TALK ON SUDAN
Earlier this week a massacre in Southern Sudan, in which 185 people
died, showed us that the terror and deaths in Sudan-both in the south
and in Darfur-is, sadly, far from over. On Sunday, Aug. 30th, after
the 6pm Mass, Dr. Mohammed Ahmed Abdullah, a former recipient of the
RFK Memorial Human Rights Award, will talk about the ongoing crisis
in Sudan, and the hopes for peace and reconciliation. Dr. Mohammed is
a physician specializing in the treatment of victims of torture, as
well as a community leader, peace negotiator and human rights advocate.
He is also a member of the Sudanese Center for Rights Promotion and
Peacebuilding, whose goal is to promote peace and reconciliation in
Darfur and Sudan as a whole. Please join us in Benedict Hall after the
6pm Mass to listen to this inspiring man talk about the work he has
done and the promise for peace in Sudan. For more information, please
contact Marisa Vertrees in the parish office at 703-527-5500, ext. 126,
or at mvertrees@stcharleschurch.org
ADVOCACY MEETING
The St. Charles Advocacy Committee is looking for help! Faithful Citizenship
is not meant to stop at the voting booth, but to extend throughout the
year. St. Charles has always offered the opportunity to be an advocate
through our weekly listserv, which alerted readers to upcoming local,
state, national and international events, bills, or council meetings
that our Catholic readers might be interested in, such as life and death
penalty alerts, work on immigration reform, affordable housing, and
solidarity with those in Haiti or the other countries we are in ministry
with. We are now looking to grow, and are in need of new members who
might be interested in putting together letter writing campaigns, helping
to rally people to go to Virginia Catholic Conference lobby days, and
generally thinking of new ways to advocate for the poor and vulnerable!
If interested, please contact Marisa Vertrees in the parish office at
703-527-5500, ext. 126, or mvertrees@stcharleschurch.org.
THANK YOU FROM THE LITERACY COUNCIL OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
Thank you for your generous gift of $2,067.01 as part of the
tithing program. Every day, hundreds of our Northern Virginia neighbors
benefit from the literacy and English language educational programs
you have chosen to support. So many of their short- and long-term goals-from
reading bus schedules and food labels to studying for the GED and citizenship
exams-begin with acquiring basic literacy and English language skills.
Education is liberating. The ability to read, write, speak, and understand
English can mean the difference between subjugation and empowerment,
between hope and despair. On behalf of the 1,300 volunteers, the Board,
the staff, and the more than 1,600 students of the Literacy Council
of Northern Virginia, thank you for your support. Please know that it
makes a difference. It is changing lives.
Sincerely, Patricia M. Donnelly
| Weekly Collection & Tithe News |
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PARISH SUPPORT - THANK YOU
LAST WEEKEND
-Collection for Aug 9 was $22,324.50
-Last Week's Tithe of $2,053.86 was for the "Friends of Clarendon
House."
THIS WEEKEND
-This Week's Tithe is for the "Alliance for Housing Solutions."
NEXT WEEKEND
-Next Week's Tithe is for the "Communities Rising."
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