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Sunday, May 20, 2012 The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass MONDAY, MAY 21, ST. CHRISTOPHER MAGALLANES, PRIEST, AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS
TUESDAY, MAY 22, SAINT RITA OF CASCIA, RELIGIOUS (Parish Patroness)
WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, EASTER WEEKDAY
THURSDAY, MAY 24, EASTER WEEKDAY
SATURDAY, MAY 26, ST. PHILIP NERI, PRIEST
SUNDAY, MAY 27, PENTECOST SUNDAY
** TAKE NOTE … The School Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday of this week, May 22nd, Feast of Saint Rita of Cascia. The school’s Annual May Crowning will take place during that time. Everyone is welcome! CCD Classes begin Sunday, September 9th. Registration is on-going with registration forms available in each of the vestibules. Your completed form w/ payment can be dropped in the collection basket, returned by mail, or left at the rectory office. (Monday-Friday, 9 AM–9 PM) Teachers and aides are needed… Call Parish DRE, Betsy Nunn for more information and to volunteer, 703-836-1356. “…he that shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of Heaven.” (Mt 5:19) 2nd Annual Clothing Drive
Non-perishable foods, personal care items, and grocery store gift cards are welcome every day of the year. Look for the large baskets in the Russell Road and office side vestibules. Gift cards can be dropped in the collection basket. To feed and clothe the hungry poor is a Corporal Work of Mercy. Listen to the promptings of the Holy Spirit … than serve with love and joy! ** Last bulletin ad… Please call me during my business hours (M-F, 9 AM–4 PM) if you’re interested in knowing the placement of your memorialized Vatican II Hymnal. I can be reached at 703-836-1640, x10. ~ Thanks, Joanne The Annual Second Collection for Retired Priests will take place the weekend of June 2–3. We thank you in advance for your generous response to the needs of our retired clergy. ********************************** PARISH FINANCIAL UPDATES Regular collection for May 12-13 … $11,265 “Parish Giving” Updates from April 28–May 4, 2012:
Our Respect Life Mass for May will be celebrated next Saturday, May 26th, at 8:00 AM. The Rosary will follow at approx. 8:45 at the Duke Street abortion facility. See column one for this month’s Respect Life intention. Our June Baptism class is scheduled for Thursday, June 7th, at 7:30 PM in the Parish Center Lounge. Please call Joanne for more information and to register, 703-83601640, x10. Both parish and class registration are required. A baptism packet will be mailed. Baby Shower Thanks!!!
In addition, our generous parishioners donated over $1,000 in cash and checks—$361 for A Woman’s Choice and $691 for The MaRiH Center (cash and checks written to Saint Rita Church were split evenly between the two organizations). Again, thank you, and may God bless you for supporting new mothers in need!
The Saint Rita Mom’s Group… …will celebrate the Feast of the Visitation on Thursday, May 31st, from 10:30 AM–12:30 PM. We’ll share food and fellowship in the spirit of Mary and Elizabeth … along with our weekly playtime for the little ones in the Parish Center. All mothers and their “little ones” are most welcome! Need more information? Email Karen Mah-Chamberlain at mahcham@gmail.com.
INTERESTED? Call Parish DRE, Betsy Nunn at 703-836-1356. Excerpts from ‘Answer Quickly, O Virgin’ … by St. Bernard You have heard, O Virgin, that you will conceive and bear a son; you have heard that it will not be by man but by the Holy Spirit. The angel awaits an answer; it is time for him to return to God who sent him. We too are waiting, O Lady, for your word of compassion; the sentence of condemnation weighs heavily upon us. — Tearful Adam with his sorrowing family begs this of you, O loving Virgin, in their exile from Paradise. Abraham begs it. David begs it. This is what the whole world waits for, prostrate at your feet. — Answer quickly, O Virgin. See, the desired of all nations is at your door, knocking to enter. Arise, hasten, and open. Arise in faith, hasten in devotion, open in praise and thanksgiving.—“Behold the handmaid of the Lord,” she says, “be it done to me according to your word.”
Join us in our monthly SING-A-LONG hour on Thursday, May 31st, starting at 3:00 PM. We meet at Envoy Health Care, located at 900 Virginia Avenue in Alexandria. Old favorites this month will include … Roll Out the Barrel, Cruising Down the River, In the Good Ole Summertime, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, This Land is Your Land, I Got Rhythm, God Bless America, and much more. Song sheets will be provided. Please direct your question to Dennis Webb at 703-548-3466 between 1–6:30 PM, except Sunday. Help Wanted: Volunteer Director of Communications for Commissioned by Christ … Help Commissioned by Christ promote its short-term Catholic mission trips as the new Director of Communication! Submit your resume to Monica.Raugitinane@commissionedbychrist.org. Responsible for planning and managing long-term communication strategies for all organizational objectives across departments, including mission trips, outreach events, spiritual formation, and fundraising. Oversee the development and execution of branding, design, internal and external communication, online presence, and marketing material. Work directly with the Communications Committee Chair to execute short-term objectives and oversee committee. Monica Raugitinane can also be reached by calling 703-679-7408. Mary produces in the soul wherein she dwells, purity of heart and body, purity of intention and of purpose, and fruitfulness in good works.
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