Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Priesthood Sunday - October 25, 2009


Sunday, October 25th, is Priesthood Sunday. How will you celebrate?

Priesthood Sunday, the thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Time, is a special day set aside to honor the priesthood in the United States. It is a day to reflect upon and affirm the role of the priesthood in the life of the Church as a central one.

This nationwide event is coordinated by the USA Council of Serra International. It is sponsored by the USA Council of Serra International and the Serra International Foundation.

What happens on Priesthood Sunday?

The lay faithful of all parishes in the country develop their own special way of marking the day and honoring their parish priests both at Mass and other parish events, such as social celebrations and school activities.

Priesthood Sunday was designed to be an event led by the laity, but your parish priest can participate by talking about how he experienced and answered his own calling, the need for vocations to keep the priesthood vital, and about priests who have inspired him.
Priesthood Sunday will also offer an opportunity for priests and their parishioners to build a stronger working relationship for the future. Together, they can dialogue to take an honest look at the challenges of the future and how they can collaborate to meet those challenges as a united force. - from PriestSunday.org

For more information, and some ideas on Priesthood Sunday, visit the following sites:





Thursday, October 15, 2009

Discerning the Contents of Your Cellar

"Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of a man he is? Surely what pops out before the man has time to put on a disguise is the truth? If there are rats in a cellar you are most likely to see them if you go in very suddenly. But the suddenness does not create the rats: it only prevents them from hiding. In the same way the suddenness of the provocation does not make me an ill-tempered man; it only shows me what an ill-tempered man I am. The rats are always there in the cellar, but if you go in shouting and noisily they will have taken cover before you switch on the light." C. S. Lewis Mere Christianity

Friday, October 9, 2009

October 2009 Breakfast meeting - Saturday 10/10/2009

Our October guest speaker will be Art Maramba, Music Director at Our Lady of Refuge Long Beach Parish and School. Art will lead us in a consideration of the place and importance of music in our worship and liturgy. He will be speaking from his extensive experience in liturgical music, and using Cardinal Roger Mahoney's Pastoral Letter on the Liturgy, "Gather Faithfully Together" asa guide. Join us for an inspirational morning of fellowship and music. Our morning will start with mass at 8 am followed by breakfast & fellowship in the cafeteria. This meeting is open to all parishioners. Please bring your wives, sisters, mothers and friends as we celebrate with Art our call to worship, drawing us closer to Christ who is our song.