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A Name Identifies You in a Unique Way, Not Just Your Physical Self, but Who You Are As Person
CHOOSING A CONFIRMATION NAME. A name identifies you in a unique way, not just your physical self, but who you are as person. One of the traditional practices in the Church at the time of Confirmation is choosing a name that will remind you of this sacrament. Your prayerful reflection will help you determine that name. You might want to recommit yourself to your baptismal name since it expresses the relationship that exist between these two sacraments, especially after you reflect on its meaning and discover some of the people who shared your name in Christian history. You might want to choose the name of a saint who represents the type of Cristian you wish to be. It is important to learn as much as you can about your patron saint. After all, you are asking this saint to be your friend and advocate for the rest of your life. Whether you decide to stay with your baptismal name or pick a new name, take the time to research and explore the root meaning of the name, for as Scripture says: “Yahweh calls each of us by name”. One of the most beautiful parts of your journey towards confirmation is choosing a patron saint, one of the great saints of our Church whose life in Christ is one that inspires you and calls you to be an ardent and radiant catholic. The saint are not just people who lived long ago! Moreover, they are alive in heaven now, totally present in our lives through God’s grace and their prayers. -
St. John Neumann Parish August 29, 2021
St. John Neumann Parish October 3, 2021 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time NEWCOMERS WELCOME! Please call the Parish Office to register to become a member or fill out the registration form on our website. CONNECT WITH US! www.sjnparish.org Saints Colman—John Parish Office Neumann Catholic School [email protected] www.scjnschool.org 610-525-3100 610-525-3266 380 Highland Lane 372 Highland Lane Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 PASTORAL STAFF Pastor: Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Matz In Residence: Rev. Robert J. Chapman Permanent Deacon: Deacon Kevin Harrington Parish Services Director: Ms. Clare Frissora Sunday Assistance: Rev. Gerald D. Canavan Our Lady of the Rosary Rev. Robert Murray, OSA MASS Business Manager: Mrs. Joy Falcone Administrative Assistants: Start each day with Mass! Mrs. Norma Guzmán Saturday Vigil: 5:15 pm Mrs. Terri Giangiulio Sunday Mass: 7:30 am, 9:00 am Public & Livestream* Safe Environment Coordinator: Mrs. Kathy Selvaggi 10:30 am, 12:00 pm, 5:15 pm School Principal: Mrs. Kelly Ciminera Monday—Saturday: 8:00 am Public & Livestream* Mass PREP/Director Religious Education: * www.sjnparish.org/livestream Mrs. Camille Morrison Music Ministry: Mrs. Isabel Momenee CONFESSIONS Tuesdays at 6:00 pm—in the Gathering Room COORDINATORS OF PARISH MINISTRY Visit ‘Ministries’ at www.sjnparish.org DEVOTIONAL PRAYER Active Adults Group: Bill Haines Rosary — Mondays at 7:00 pm at the grotto (in church Adult Faith Formation: Clare Frissora during inclement weather) Altar Guild: Nora Saraceni —Thursdays after the 8:00 am Mass ‘Caring for Friends’: Cheryl Calnan Adoration — Thursdays 8:30 — 9:30 am CYO Athletics: Dan Stout Divine Mercy Chaplet —Friday after the 8:00 Mass Garage Sale: Mary Ann Macciocca Good Samaritans: Craig Callaghan THE SACRAMENTS H.O.P.E. -
Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ
Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ TH 45 GENERAL CHAPTER Rome – October 2006 Letter of Introduction 1 – Principal Decree 2 – Chapter discussion about the Charism, Mission and Restructuring 3 – Approved Proposals - 1 - General Secretariat Rome - January 2007 2 Letter of introduction Dear religious, sisters and brothers of the Passionist Family, “Let us go to meet the Lord who is coming.” The prayer and the liturgy of these days have repeatedly invited it to “seek” the Lord, to follow in his footsteps to find him and to celebrate with him. Throughout Advent Mary has accompanied us, she who “traveled to the hill country in haste” (Lk. 1:39), immediately after the Annunciation, humbly awaiting her Son. Together with Joseph, her spouse, “[they] went up from Galilee” to Bethlehem for the census. The Lord would be born in a stable for animals “because there was no room for them in the inn.” The all powerful Creator of heaven and earth who governs the universe and measures out time, the “Son of the Most High” to whom “the Lord God will give the throne of David and he will reign forever” is wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger (Lk. 2:7). We recall the feelings of tenderness and affection of St. Paul of the Cross when, during the procession of Christmas Midnight Mass, he gazed upon the image of the Christ Child, bound in swaddling clothes. It was similar to his experience of contemplating the picture that he had in his room of the Child Jesus sleeping on the cross. -
Malcolm Muggeridge the Infernal Grove
e FONTANA MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE THE INFERNAL GROVE 'The wit sparkles on almost every page' BERNARD LEVIN Chronicles of Wasted Time Part 2 The Infernal Grove Malcolm Muggeridge was born in 1903 and educated at Selhurst Grammar School and Selwyn College, Cambridge. After lecturing at the Egyptian University in Cairo, he joined the editorial staff of the Man chester Guardian in 1930, and was Moscow Corre spondent for this paper from 1932-3. In the war of 1939-45 he served as an Intelligence officer in North Africa, Moz.ambique, Italy and France, being seconded to MI6, the wartime version of the Secret Service. He ended up in Paris as Liaison Officer with the French Securite Militaire, and was awarded the Legion of Hon0ur (Chevalier), the Croix de Guerre with Palm and the Medaille de la Reconnaissance Fran9aise. His career as a journalist included a spell' as Washington Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph from 1946-7, and Deputy Editorship from 1950-52. He was Editor of Punch from 1953-7 and Rector of Edinburgh University from 1967-8. He has written numerous books since the early '30s, including Some thing Beautiful for God, Jesus Rediscovered, Tread Softly for you Tread on my Jokes, and The Thirties. He lives in Robertsbridge, Sussex. Volume I of Chronicles of Wasted Time, The Green Stick, is abo available from Fontana, MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE Chronicles of Wasted Time Part 2 The Infernal Grove Till I tum from Female Love, And root up the Infernal Grove, I shall never worthy be To step into Eternity Blake FONTA NA/Collins First published by William Collins Sons & Co. -
Spirit July 2021.Pdf
The Spirit Page 1 Volume 39 Issue 6 July 2021 Council Officers Chaplain Fr. Anh Tran 817-284-4811 Grand Knight Robert Sands 817-988-3376 Deputy Grand Knight Terry Barnhard 817-707-6135 Chancellor John Giglio 817-281-4617 Recorder Juan Valdez 817-966-8925 Treasurer Gary Yanowski 817-656-1142 Financial Secretary Mark Krueger 817-939-1192 Inside This Issue Lecturer Juan Valdez 817-966-8925 Advocate Dave DeSkeere 817-284-3288 Warden Gary Obudzinski 817-656-3274 GK Message 2 Guard Paul Cuttica 518-774-4019 Guard Chuck Seefelt 817-422-4949 Calendar 3 Trustee (3-Year) Jerry Dews, PGK 817-932-0551 Trustee (2-Year) Bobby Donahoo, PGK 817-498-9628 Birthdays 4 Trustee (1-Year) Ken Kenvin, PGK 817-271-9970 Council Activities 5 Insurance Field Agent Tim Bradford 817-789-0456 Entertainment 8 Fourth Degree Take Action 10 District 3 Master Pat Conway San Juan Diego Assembly 2857 News 11 Faithful Navigator SK Dick Norgaard 817-656-2529 Comptroller SK Ejikeme “EJ” Alozie-Nwagboso Tidbits 13 Diocese Father McGivney 16 Diocesan Rep Bruce Mallory 817-807-2982 District Deputy Obie Obregon 817-528-2393 The Spirit Page 2 Grand Knight’s Message Brother Knights, Let me start by congratulating the 2021-2022 Council 8512 Officers. Your dedication to our church and council and tireless desire to accomplish the work of Christ our Savior is inspiring. Renewing the pre-pandemic spirit and energy levels will be one of our top priorities and I thank you in advance for all your hard work yet to come. -
A Brief History of the Parish of Saint Eugene up to the 60Th Anniversary
A Brief History of the Parish of Saint Eugene Up to the 60th Anniversary On Sunday, November 6, 1949, Father John Dougherty, Monsignor John Fearns and Father Roger Franklin offered four Masses at the Club House Inn on Tuckahoe Road, attended by a total of 378 members of the new St. Eugene's Parish. The official document establishing the parish and appointing Father Dougherty as pastor had been signed by Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, and dated October 31, 1949. In choosing as the patron of the parish the seventh-century Pope St. Eugene I, the Cardinal was honoring his great friend Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli). Northeast Yonkers, before World War II a more or less sparsely populated area, located between the urban west side of Yonkers and the established communities of Bronxville, Tuckahoe and Crestwood to the east, was by the late 1940S experiencing a period of rapid growth, typical of many suburban communities across the nation during the post-war years. The need for a new parish was clear. Cardinal Spellman had the right man for the job in Father Dougherty, then spiritual director of St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie. Old-time parishioners speak with great affection of Father-later Monsignor Dougherty, a man of holiness, vision and zeal, to whom we all owe so much. Father Dougherty's dream of a church and a school would soon become reality. To that end, 5.6 acres of largely wooded land on the northeast corner of Tuckahoe Road and Central Park Avenue-diagonally across from the Club House Inn property-were purchased. -
Rose of Lima: Some Thoughts on Purity and Penance*
Rose of Lima: some thoughts on purity and penance* SARA MAITLAND Rose of Lima was born in Peru in 1586 and died in 1617 at the age of thirty-one. She was canonised in 1671 ± the first American-born saint of the Roman Catholic Calendar ± and was named principal patron of South America and the Philippines. She remains a popular saint, not just in her native Peru, but until very recently in Europe also. There are innumerable holy cards and representations of her. She is usually shown wearing a religious habit (although she was never a nun) and either surrounded by or wearing garlands of roses. She has a modest expression and a pale sweet face. Infantilized, she used to appear regularly in hagiographical volumes, especially those designed for the edification of small girls. All this is extremely odd. It has very little to do with her life, and they would be bizarre parents or catechetists who really wanted the girls in their charge to emulate Rose of Lima in any very direct way. Although such volumes endeavour valiantly to stress her various charitable works, especially among the enslaved and oppressed Indians, and her experiences of a mystical marriage to Christ, Rose of Lima's real claim to fame and sanctity was the extraordinary life of violent and self-inflicted penance which she maintained from extremely early in her childhood until she died. It was no less astonishing that she should find room on her emaciated body to engrave in it, by her discipline, the wounds of the son of God .. -
Streams of Civilization: Volume 2
Copyright © 2017 Christian Liberty Press i Streams Two 3e TEXT.indb 1 8/7/17 1:24 PM ii Streams of Civilization Volume Two Streams of Civilization, Volume Two Original Authors: Robert G. Clouse and Richard V. Pierard Original copyright © 1980 Mott Media Copyright to the first edition transferred to Christian Liberty Press in 1995 Streams of Civilization, Volume Two, Third Edition Copyright © 2017, 1995 Christian Liberty Press All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without written permission from the publisher. Brief quota- tions embodied in critical articles or reviews are permitted. Christian Liberty Press 502 West Euclid Avenue Arlington Heights, Illinois 60004-5402 www.christianlibertypress.com Copyright © 2017 Christian Liberty Press Revised and Updated: Garry J. Moes Editors: Eric D. Bristley, Lars R. Johnson, and Michael J. McHugh Reviewers: Dr. Marcus McArthur and Paul Kostelny Layout: Edward J. Shewan Editing: Edward J. Shewan and Eric L. Pfeiffelman Copyediting: Diane C. Olson Cover and Text Design: Bob Fine Graphics: Bob Fine, Edward J. Shewan, and Lars Johnson ISBN 978-1-629820-53-8 (print) 978-1-629820-56-9 (e-Book PDF) Printed in the United States of America Streams Two 3e TEXT.indb 2 8/7/17 1:24 PM iii Contents Foreword ................................................................................1 Introduction ...........................................................................9 Chapter 1 European Exploration and Its Motives -
Teresa De Avila: Mother of Souls Join Us on Mother’S Day for Tea and Teresa
Teresa de Avila: Mother of Souls This light guided me: John of the Cross Join us on Mother’s Day for Tea and Teresa. Saint Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as On this day of Pentecost, we turn to St. John of the Cross (1542-1591)— Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada, was a prominent Spanish mystic master mystic poet and writer during the Spanish Golden age of and Carmelite nun. As a contemporary of John of the Cross, Teresa de literature. St. John of the Cross became a Carmelite monk in 1563 and Avila worked with St. John in reforming the Carmelite order, which had helped St. Teresa of Avila to reform the Carmelite order. He was become lax and lost its way. imprisoned and endured persecution for his efforts. St. John has been St. Teresa’s book, Interior Castle, is widely treasured as a classic compared with such great writers as St. Augustine and Thomas Aquinas. mystical writing and part of the Spanish Renaissance. John of the Cross is known for his poetry. For our discussion, we will The book is a tour guide through prayer using the metaphor of utilize his own written commentary on his poem; Dark Night. St. John mansions. Like St. John, she deals with the spiritual quest for unity with chose the term "dark night" to describe the journey of the soul from God in what she refers to as the 7th Mansion. Among the book’s great darkness in to the light of a purified union with God. -
Director's Report
Fall 2015 would have been lost the rest of the first day. Once Director’s Report: the paperwork for Human Resources and the Finance Office were completed she introduced me By the time you read this edition of Deacon Talk to the other employees in the Clergy Department. you probably have already heard that I am retiring as the director of Deacon Services effective Sue was a tremendous help to me. She knew the December 31, 2015. My last day in the office will workings of the office and what was required and be Thursday, December 17, 2015. This decision when. She taught me not only much of the workings was made after much thought, prayer and discussion of the office but also several computer programs with my wife, Dody. We also did our financial utilized by the archdiocesan offices back then. I lost homework, meeting with several people. Sue during one of the employee downsizings that occurred. This now meant examining the past I was coming from a 31 year background in law practices of the office and determining what I could enforcement when I was hired by the archdiocese reasonably do without her administrative help. No on October 12, 1998. Little did I know that easy task. experience would play a major role in my new position as Coordinator of Deacon Services. Sue By the time 1999 was coming to a close I was asked Hilse, the office’s administrative assistant, met me by Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland, O.S.B. to and guided me around the Archbishop Cousins oversee a couple of priests who had been involved Catholic Center. -
Saint Rose of Lima Catholic Church Generosity, Humility, and Love for the Lord in the Holy Eucharist 504 So
Saint Rose of Lima Catholic Church Generosity, Humility, and Love for the Lord in the Holy Eucharist 504 So. Third Street + De Soto, MO 63020 + 636-337-2212 + www.stroseparish.info Father’s Day & 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time J U N E 2 0 , 2 0 2 1 PARISH STAFF Fr. Alex Anderson, Pastor Deacon Ed Boyer, Parish Deacon & PSR Principal Deacon Terry Baldwin, Parish Deacon, RCIA & Adoration Chapel Coordinator Kathey Compton, St. Rose School Principal Corie Boyer, Parish Secretary/Bookkeeper Natalie Woodrum, SRLS School Secretary Abby Huck, PSR Secretary Pam Winckel, Assistant Parish Secretary Mike Merseal, Maintenance Carol Emmett, Parish Music Director RECTORY EMAIL [email protected] SCHOOL INFO 523 S. 4th Street, DeSoto, MO 63020 636-337-7855 I www.stroseoflimadesoto.org MASS SCHEDULE Monday thru Friday at 6:15 am I 8:00 am Wed & Fri when school is in session I Tues evening: 6:30 pm with Perpetual Help Devotions Sat: 8:00 am & 5:00 pm & Sun: 7 am, 9 am, & 11 am CONFESSIONS Sat: 8:30 - 9:00 am & 4:00 - 4:45 pm PERPETUAL ADORATION Perpetual Adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament in the lower level chapel on the Miller Street side of church PLEASE CALL THE RECTORY . to register as a member of St. Rose Parish to have Holy Communion brought to the sick to arrange for the Anointing of the Sick to put someone on the sick list to arrange for a Baptism or Marriage to become a convert to the Catholic Church CALVARY CEMETERY INFO - 636-337-2150 Mass Readings for the Week LITURGICAL MINISTERS JUNE 26TH & JUNE 27TH -
Beginning Contemplation According to John of the Cross
JAMES W. KINN Beginning Contemplation according to John of the Cross t. John of the Cross deserves the title Mystical SDoctor. His writings are profound and original. He is without parallel in his rich content and brilliant teach- ing on the mystical life. To many, however, his writings seem almost opaque. They include tedious repetitions, disproportionate emphases, misplaced material, unwieldy sentences, and imprecise language. For example, John often speaks of "this night" without specifying the active night of sense, the active night of spirit, the passive night of sense, or the passive night of spirit. We can determine what night he means only by careful study of the con- text. Spiritual writers who interpret John often confuse his meaning instead of clarifying it because they mix the nights indiscriminately. The focus of this article is quite narrow: it centers on John’s description of the beginning of contemplation. 176 James W. Kinn is a retired priest of the Chicago Archdiocese. This article is a further development of his book Contemplation 2000: St John of the Cross for Today (Saint Bede’s Publications, 1997). He can be addressed 6318 243rd Court; Salem, Wisconsin 53168. Review for Religious First we will try to clarify his mystical teaching on the dark night as the actual beginning of infused contempla- tion. Then we will describe his practical advice for pray- ing this way. John treats this beginning of contemplation especially in his Dark Night, Books I and II. Spiritual writers agree with John of the Cross about the general description of contemplative prayer. They see contemplation as an integral -- development of prayer.