DOCSLIB.ORG

The Perfect Co-Patron for Southern Missouri the Perfect Co-Patron For

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
The Perfect Co-Patron for Southern Missouri the Perfect Co-Patron For 2 The Mirror CO-PATRON: ST. ROSE PHILIPPINE DUCHESNE October 30, 2020 October 30, 2020 CO-PATRON: ST. ROSE PHILIPPINE DUCHESNE The Mirror 3 St. Rose Philippine Duchesne: St. Rose Philippine Duchesne St. Rose Philippine Duchesne St. Rose Philippine Duchesne: The perfect co-patron for southern Missouri Following in her Following in her The perfect co-patron for southern Missouri missionary spirit missionary spirit The Most Rev. Edward M. Rice From Page 9 diocese. It’s nice to think that a she could make frequent visits St. Rose Philippine Duchesne saint once walked the streets of to the Blessed Sacrament. ovember 18 is the Feast e asked different clergy and The aving taken a number of The New World New Madrid, MO. In French, the word Catholic Center staff to share of St. Rose Philippine Feast Day: November 18 Hgroups to the Shrine of St. Enchanted by childhood As mentioned earlier, Rose “Duchesne” means “Oak.” Oak Duchesne, the co- their insights on St. Rose Philip- Rose Philippine Duchesne, in stories of the frontier and the Philippine was fascinated by the wood is known for being sturdy, patron of the Diocese Canonized: July 3, 1988 pine. We hope it inspires you to St. Charles and Old St. Ferdi- indigenous populations of the frontier, having heard stories strong, and durable. And that Wget to know St. Rose Philippine and follow in Nof Springfield-Cape Girardeau. from various missionaries, in- in essence was the personality Beatified: May 12, 1940 nand, in Florissant, to visit St. “New World,” Rose Philippine And next year, on Aug. 25, 2021, her missionary spirit—to bring many souls to Philippine relics and her presence, had a burning desire to go and cluding Bp. Dubourg who was of St. Rose Philippine Duch- Christ! we will celebrate 65 years of the Venerated: March 17, 1935 I have always been most astounded bring the faith to the frontier of in France on a recruiting tour. esne. In the main chapel at Villa establishment of our diocese, Now that she was ac- Duchesne High School, in the first learned about St. Rose during by two things. First, I have been greatly moved the New World. Time established in 1956 by Pope Patronages: Perseverance amid adversity, tually at the frontier, sanctuary floor there are Oak seminary, and was inspired by by the story of how she slept under the steps after time she request- Pius XII. Throughout this com- Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau I with convents estab- leaves, a simple reminder of St. her persistence in missionary work, in the hallway of the convent so as to remain ed to be sent to the ing year it would be good for us lished in St. Charles, Rose Philippine’s strength. Her even when she couldn’t learn the close to the chapel and the Eucharist. Second, missions and time af- to get to know St. Rose Philip- MO, and Florissant, strength allowed her to over- native language. As a priest, I have I could not help admire her lifetime desire ter time Mother Barat Next year, pine Duchesne as well as Pope this obstacle. were expelled. Once again, MO, she hoped that come all of her obstacles, always my own struggles with language, as of reaching out to the Indians, which she refused her request. Pius X, the other co-patron of Young St. Rose was educat- Rose Philippine found herself on Aug. 25, her true desire to work moving forward. And, I believe I try to learn Spanish to better minister did even in her later years. Not knowing the Finally, in 1818, she our diocese. In a beautiful way, ed from age 12 by the Visitation back at home. Still, she moved 2021, we will among the Indians she is the perfect patron for our in our diocese. Looking to St. Rose’s example, I can language and being up in years, she was not was given permission. I think what binds the two of Sisters, an order that so many forward, along with two other could be realized. diocese. Her missionary spirit is see that even as I labor to learn the language, my afraid; neither should I be afraid to keep find- This time she was celebrate 65 them together is the Sacred Heart French women of status joined, Visitation Sisters. They immersed Even here, she was in the heart of every one of our prayers and presence are still useful to God. God ing ways of reaching out with the Gospel. truly able to move years of the of Jesus. But, I’ll save that for founded by St. Jane Frances de themselves in a life dedicated to Father Daniel Hirtz faced the obstacle of clergy and religious. It has to be! can work through all things, even our shortcom- forward. She left Paris another article. For now, I would Chantal in the early 17th cen- charity, particularly the care of St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Piedmont; St. George Mission, with four other sisters establishment failure. When the Je- We travel a lot. We may not her ings and weaknesses! Van Buren; Our Lady of Sorrows Mission, Williamsville like us to get to know St. Rose tury. She showed interest in reli- prisoners and the poor. In 1801, Father David Baunach of the Sacred Heart of our diocese, suit Fathers asked the face the same obstacles that she Philippine Duchesne. gious life early on. But because of the Catholic Church was freed sisters to accompany did but in our day and age we Immaculate Conception Parish, New Madrid have always admired the as they made the established in the opposition of her family, she from the reign of terror of the One of the most important spirit of determination St. 10-week journey by them to work among have our own challenges. was removed from the school French Revolution. Rose Philip- I 1956 by Pope aspects of her life was her ability t. Rose Philippine Duchesne was a Rose Philippine Duchesne sea, landing in New the Potawatomi tribe There are many resources and was tutored at home. Her pine moved forward. After some to overcome obstacles. And, one strong-willed, opinionated woman. had in wanting to share her Orleans. As you can Pius XII. in 1841, the sisters available, including a 10-part own family did not support her leniency was shown toward S of the first obstacles she faced She knew what she wanted and Catholic faith as a mission- imagine, this was a agreed, but initially video series, for elementary desire to be a religious sister. But, Catholicism by the French was an attack of smallpox, which prayed for that to happen. She was ary to another country. She was major obstacle she Rose Philippine was and high school programs and she moved forward. It was only government, she tried to reestab- left her face disfigured. I think tenacious, yet obedient. Her prayer seasick for much of the long sailing and her sisters over- not one of them. By parishes, to learn more about on a pretext that she was allowed lish the Visitation Convent but any of us would be self-conscious to serve the Native Americans was voyage from France to New Orleans, and the came, always moving then, she was 71 years our patron. St. Rose Philippine to visit the Visitation Convent failed. God had something else about such a thing, and Rose not answered until she was in her trip from there up the Mississippi River to St. forward. Of course, the sisters old. Still only speaking French, Duchesne, pray for us! ©TM with her aunt around 1788, and in mind. Mother (St.) Madelene Philippine was no different. To- 70s, but that service brought her great Louis was not easy. She did not shy away had to travel up the Mississippi without an aptitude for once she was there, she refused Sophie Barat was founding the day, we are aware of bullying in joy and her constant prayers were a powerful wit- from all this, though aware beforehand of the and finally make their way to St. languages, she was specifi- to leave. Her aunt went home new Society of the Sacred Heart our schools and on social media, ness to the community. Her strongest desire was traveling hardships she would face. Pioneer Louis, greeting Bishop Dubourg cally requested to be part without her. Another obstacle and Rose Philippine was recom- and rightly so. We have cam- to bring the Eucharist to all peoples. She knew the life was grueling and difficult: bad weather, at what is affectionately referred of the mission to Kansas overcome! mended to her. After the two paigns to combat and policies physical presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist hard labor, meager resources, and a lack of to today as the Old Cathedral. If among the Potawatomi Finally in the convent, it met, Rose Philippine and her to protect against such things. is powerful. Here in southern Missouri, there are communication with the order in France you ever visit the seminary in St. because she would pray for was a mere few years later that small group joined the Society. We can only imagine, however, so many who do not know Jesus. When I reflect on were among the hardships. Her spirit of holy Louis, you will find in the main the success of the endeav- the French Revolution would Rose Philippine moved forward, the torments and the taunts that all that St. Rose Philippine did in the mission field, determination was clearly needed when the chapel a stained glass window or.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • History of the Society of the Sacred Heart in the Archdiocese of St. Louis
    History of the Society of the Sacred Heart in the Archdiocese of St. Louis August 22, 1818 After traveling up the Mississippi River from New Orleans in the steamboat Franklin, Rose Philippine Duchesne and her four companions arrive at the Market Street landing in St. Louis; they are the first women religious in St. Louis. They first arrived in this country from France earlier that year, on the Feast of the Sacred Heart, May 29, 1818. September 7, 1818 Bishop Louis Dubourg sends the five religious to St. Charles, where they take up life in the “Duquette Mansion,” near the Missouri River. September 14, 1818 Philippine and her companions open the first free school west of the Mississippi, with twenty-two girls too poor to pay any tuition. This is the beginning of the Academy of the Sacred Heart and international Sacred Heart education. October 3, 1818 The boarding school opens with three girls from St. Louis: Emilie and Therese Pratte and their cousin, Pelagie Chouteau. 1819-1846 The St. Charles location proves to be too remote to attract students, so on September 3-6, 1819, the nuns and their boarding pupils move to a new location, in Florissant, now the Old St. Ferdinand Shrine. They are unable to move into the promised building until December 21-24. The new site is home to a boarding school and school for Indian girls, and eventually a novitiate (1820-1842). 1820 Mary Ann Layton from Perryville, enters the Society of the Sacred Heart at Florissant, the first vocation from America. She is followed soon after by Emilie St.
    [Show full text]
  • Bernard Martial & Philippine Duchesne
    BERNARD MARTIAL and PHILIPPINE DUCHESNE: TWO MISSIONARIES to LOUISIANA By Emory C. Webre 6542 Winnebago Street St. Louis, MO 63109 [email protected] Father Bertrand (Bernard) Martial, a priest from Bordeaux, France, served under bishops in four dioceses on two continents and was closely connected with important events in the dioceses of Bordeaux, Bardstown, New Orleans, St. Louis, and Detroit, as well activities in France and Italy. There are at least 83 documents in the files of the Propaganda Fide in Rome that are related to him in some way. I have located close to 250 letters from, to, or about him written during the years 1817 to 1835. He influenced the selection of one bishop in the United States and the rejection of another, and was himself considered for the Sees of New Orleans and Vincennes. He founded schools in Bordeaux, Baton Rouge and New Orleans. He escorted a future saint on her voyage to New Orleans and St. Louis. He was associated with three communities of religious women: the Religious of the Sacred Heart in St. Louis, Missouri, the Ursulines in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Kentucky. 1. FATHER BERNARD MARTIAL Born in Bordeaux, France about 1770, Bertrand Martial studied for the priesthood, first, in France, and then in Italy when the French Revolution forced the closing of Catholic seminaries. A death notice in the Paris journal, l’Ami de la religion et du roi, gave some details of his life before he came to Louisiana. The death of Father Martial, in New Orleans, has stirred fitting remorse in Bordeaux, where he lived for some time, and where he rendered services that will not be forgotten.
    [Show full text]
  • Barat Academy News
    November 2019 Volume V, Issue 3 Barat Academy News FEAST OF SAINT ROSE PHILIPPINE DUCHESNE Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne, R.S.C.J., (August 29, 1769 — November 18, 1852) was a Catholic Religious Sister and French-American saint. She spent the last half of her life teaching and serving the people of the midwestern United States. She was born in Grenoble, France, and died in St. Charles, Missouri. Along with Saint Madeleine-Sophie Barat, she was a prominent member of the Society of the Sacred Heart. She was the founder of the first houses of the Society of the Sacred Heart in America. In 1818, Rose Philippine Duchesne headed out to America with four other members of the Society. She arrived in New Orleans, traveled the Louisiana Territory, and ended up in St. Charles, Missouri. Bishop DuBourg welcomed her to New Orleans, and when she sailed up the Mississippi to INSIDE THIS ISSUE St. Louis, she finally settled her colony at St. Charles. Here she created a new house of the Sacred Heart Society in a log cabin. This was the first Fall Play ...................................2 house ever built outside France. This newfound house faced many Winter Sports ...........................2 struggles, including lack of funds, very Open House .............................2 cold weather, and Duchesne’s struggle Turkey Bowl .............................2 to learn English. Despite this, she and Looking from the four other members of her Society Outside In ................................3 continued to create schools in Hidden in Plain View ...............3 America. By the year 1828, six houses had been added in America. 28 Days of Thanks ...................3 Jostens .....................................3 She was canonized on July 3, 1988, by Upcoming Events ....................3 Pope John Paul II.
    [Show full text]
  • St. Pius X Catholic Church 10827 South Pioneer Blvd., Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
    St. Pius X Catholic Church 10827 South Pioneer Blvd., Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 Phone: (562) 863-8734 MISSION STATEMENT: Website: https://saintpiusxla.org We are a Catholic community. Our mission is to save the souls. Rectory Office Hours: Closed temporarily. Please call MASSES IN ENGLISH: (Outdoor) and leave your name, number, Mon-Tues: 7:00 AM and a brief message. Someone Wed-Thurs: No Mass will return your call. Friday: 8:00 AM School Mass Saturday: No Vigil mass at present Religious Education (562) 868-2389 until further notice. Jr. High, Confirmation (562) 567-7242 Sunday: 10:00 AM, 11:30 AM School (562) 864-4818 MISAS EN ESPAÑOL: (Al aire libre) Rev. Artur Gruszka, Pastor Lunes-Martes: 8:00 AM Deacon Ron Elchert Miércoles-Jueves: No hay misa. Viernes: 8:00 AM (si no hay escuela) Rita Freeborg Domingos 8:00 AM, 1:00 PM Manager Priscilla Galdamez MASS IN VIETNAMESE: (Outdoor) Part-time Secretary Saturday (Vigil) 5:30 PM Andrea Aguirre Part-time Receptionist CONFESSIONS/CONFESIONES: Susanna Espinosa R.E. (Pre-School/Elem.) Friday/Viernes: 7:00 PM—8:00 PM No appointment required Rita Amador No se requiere cita R.E. (Jr. High, Confirmation) Mrs. Heather Haigh DEVOTIONS: (outdoor altar/al aire libre) School Principal Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Exposición del Santísimo Sacramento Friday/Viernes: 8:00 AM—12:00 Noon Page 2 St. Pius X Church November 15, 2020 S W Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Blessed are you who fear the L. — Psalm 128:1a CHANGE OUR LIVES. The letters of Paul to the Thessalonians are among his earliest writings, and are driven by his belief and the belief of the entire early Christian community that the return of Christ was imminent, and that devoting time or attention to anything else was foolish.
    [Show full text]
  • Missouri's Pioneer Nun “Canonization! That's Wonderful,” Said Virginia Robyn of St. Louis County, Who Is 91
    06H Missouri's Pioneer Nun 1 [3261 words] Missouri’s Pioneer Nun Patricia J. Rice First published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Magazine, August 23, 1987 Reprinted with permission of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, copyright 1987 “Canonization! That’s wonderful,” said Virginia Robyn of St. Louis County, who is 91. Her grandmother, Mary Knott Dyer, who was a student of Mother Duchesne, told her the girls vied to thread their beloved teacher’s sewing needle when her sight was failing. Mother Duchesne, who was born in France, stepped off the steamboat, Franklin, at St. Louis in 1818. All but one of her remaining thirty-eight years were spent in St. Charles, Florissant, and St. Louis, teaching girls. In St. Charles she founded the first free school west of the Mississippi, and in Florissant, she began the first school for native Americans west of the river. She and the four nuns that came with her were the first nuns to settle here. She was a voluminous correspondent; her 528 surviving letters and a convent journal she kept are fascinating chronicles of a booming St. Louis. Mother Duchesne might well be called a patron of flexible, active older people. She arrived in America on the eve of her forty-ninth birthday; when she finally fulfilled her lifelong dream of living among the Indians in Kansas, she was seventy-two and infirm. She lived in a world that was changing dramatically. She could become the patron of feminists. Mother Duchesne pushed the limits of what was allowed to a woman in her times.
    [Show full text]
  • St. Rose Philippine Duchesne Feast Day: November 18Th
    St. Rose Philippine Duchesne Feast day: November 18th Today we celebrate St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, an extraordinary missionary who founded the Society of the Sacred Heart in the U.S. Born on August 29, 1769 in Grenoble, France, Rose was one of eight children in a wealthy, established family. She was educated by Vincentian nuns and joined a religious order at the age of 18. She began to aid and educate prisoners, the marginalized, and the poor during the French Revolution – a watershed event in modern European history that began in 1789 and ended in the late 1790s. Her care for these people put her in grave danger. In 1804, she joined the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Gracious God, you filled the heart of St. Rose France. For 14 years, Rose prepared for a mission. During this Philippine Duchesne with charity and time, she founded the first Sacred Heart convent in Paris (1815). missionary zeal and gave her the desire to make Yet, she still wanted a mission abroad. An opportunity presented you known among all peoples. Fill us, who itself around 1817 when a bishop recruited French nuns to honor her memory today, with that same love establish schools for the Native Americans and French children in and zeal to extend your kingdom to the ends of his diocese in Louisiana. She and four other Religious traveled to the earth. We ask this through our Lord Jesus New Orleans in 1818, but she, ultimately, sailed up the Mississippi Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you River to St.
    [Show full text]
  • In the Footsteps of Saint Philippine Duchesne: a Self-Guided Tour
    Saint Philippine Bicentennial 1818-2018 In the footsteps of Saint Philippine Duchesne: A self-guided tour Mother Rose Philippine Duchesne was a pioneer Missouri educator, the first to open a free school west of the Mississippi, the first to open an academic school for girls in the St. Louis, Missouri, area, and the first Catholic sister (along with her four companions) to serve in the St. Louis region. She brought the French-based Society of the Sacred Heart to America. The congregation of sisters was just 18 years old, and she led its daring, first foreign mission. It was energized by her lifelong passion to serve Native Americans. Two hundred years after her arrival in the region, many share the stories of her faith-emboldened tenacity and her passion for girls’ excellent education. Many strive to model her lifelong determination to reflect the love of God always. Canonized on July 3, 1988, she is a patron saint of the Archdiocese of St. Louis. She is known around the world. We hope this guide to seven places where the saint lived and prayed will help you learn more about her often discouraging but remarkable journey of love. Shrine of Saint Philippine Duchesne, St. Charles, Missouri Old St. Ferdinand, A Shrine to Saint Philippine Duchesne, Florissant, Missouri Saint Louis County Locations in Head west downtown St. Louis to Kansas to visit include Mississippi River Mound City and by the Gateway Arch, Centerville Old Cathedral and former (Sugar Creek) City House sites Her footsteps in St. Louis, Missouri Mississippi Riverbank At the southern edge of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, now called the Gateway Arch National Park, drive to the corner of Wharf Street and Chouteau Boulevard, then south on Wharf Street.
    [Show full text]
  • Mother Rose Duchesne (Rose Doo-Shane’)
    Mother Rose Duchesne (Rose Doo-shane’) ROSE PHILIPPINE DUCHESNE was born August 29, 1769, in Grenoble, France. She had six sisters and one brother. Rose Duchesne went to the Monastery of Sainte-Marie-den-haut, where she learned about her faith and first became interested in becoming a nun. Her family was not supportive of her becoming a nun, but even so, she became a nun at the convent of the Visitation at just 18 years old. A few years later, during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, her monastery was shut down, so she returned home to spend her time nursing prisoners and helping people. Rose Duchesne met the foundress of the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Mother Barat, and was received into that society in 1804. In 1815, after the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Rose Duchesne started a Convent of the Sacred Heart in Paris, France, where she also opened a school. What a lot of turmoil and changes in the world this young nun witnessed! A few years later in 1818, she sailed to America, landing in New Orleans. She traveled up the Mississippi River and eventually settled in St. Charles, which was part of the Missouri Territory. There, she and four of her sisters (her siblings, or four other sisters?) established a new Sacred Heart convent, the first house of the Society ever built outside of France. Rose Duchesne is known for devotion to spreading the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. In just 10 years in America, she had grown the Society to six houses and several schools.
    [Show full text]
  • Summer 2008 a Journal of the Society of the Sacred Heart, U.S. Province …To Heart
    Summer 2008 A Journal of the Society of the Sacred Heart, U.S. Province …to Heart The Feast of the Sacred Heart was reflected in the crucifix in the chapel of our Motherhouse in Dear celebrated in a special way this year Rome, we see a love that has known conflict and suffering, at Kenwood as we marked 150 years a love that has been faithful. We see a piercing that opens Friends, of the ministry of the Society of the the core of Jesus’ being—in heart-breaking pain and heart- Sacred Heart on the Kenwood campus. In my homily on that wrenching love—a piercing from which pours forth water occasion, I referred to two images that have nourished our of new life. spirituality over these many years. This too is the call of our charism—to be God’s love there The statue of the Sacred Heart in the noviceship room at where the piercing of the heart takes place, there where the Kenwood and in many schools of the Network portrays Jesus waters of new life spring forth. How often have our hearts with arms outstretched, reflecting the attitudes of the readings been touched, and at times pierced, as we experienced for this day. “Come to me, all you who are weary and are heavy woundedness in ourselves, in others, in our world. And burdened.” (Mt 11: 25-30) “Come, I have chosen you to be how often have we been graced to be part of the love that my people, my treasured possession. Come—I have set my transforms suffering into new hope and joy.
    [Show full text]
  • When the Saints Go Marching In! Lessons Learned from Causes, Past and Present Presented by Mark G. Thiel at the Tekakwitha Confe
    When the Saints go marching In! Lessons learned from Causes, Past and Present Presented by Mark G. Thiel at the Tekakwitha Conference, Alexandria, Louisiana, July 2015 1. Welcome to “When the Saints Go Marching In!” and thank you for attending. My name is Mark Thiel, the Marquette University archivist who keeps the historical records of the Black and Indian Mission Office and the Tekakwitha Conference with some Lessons Learned from canonization Causes, Past and Present. 1 2. Since its earliest days, the Christian community has proclaimed its notable saints as heroes who lead the march into Heaven. From all Christians – laity, clergy, and religious of all cultures, continents, and ways of life, they have provided a mosaic of diverse models of Christian virtue who have served as our intercessors and mediators with God for granting miracles and favors. In so doing, the Catholic Church continues to teach that while Jesus holds all power and all prayer must be answered by him, he chooses to not act alone. Rather, he collaborates with his vast multitude, the Communion of Saints. 3. In 34 A.D., soon after Jesus’ crucifixion, the Apostles appointed Stephen as one of the first deacons to preach the Gospel in Jerusalem. He healed people and worked miracles too, which angered some who confronted him and stoned him to death. Then the Christian community proclaimed him a martyr and saint, and thus began the practice of proclaiming as saints those saints those among us who lived exceptional holy Christian lives and entering their names into special canons or honor rolls.
    [Show full text]
  • American Catholic Studies Newsletter |
    IN THIS ISSUE American Feature | Reading a Frontier Missionary: Philippine Duchesne’s Catholic Studies Complete Writings Book Review | Lizabeth Cohen’s newsletter Saving America’s Cities VOLUME 47 | NUMBER 1 | SPRING 2020 | AMERICAN CATHOLIC STUDIES NEWSLETTER | Upcoming Events Inside 2 Cushwa Center Activities As the coronavirus pandemic Canonization and American Catholicism ... 2 continues to impact scheduled A Century of Suffrage ................... 3 events at the Cushwa Center, Faith and Reform after Clerical Sex Abuse .. 4 visit cushwa.nd.edu/events for Cushwa in Rome .......................6 the latest information. 8 Feature Reading a Frontier Missionary 17 News and Announcements Friends of Cushwa ......................17 Research Funding Recipients............20 24 Archives Report 26 Research Interview Kelly Schmidt 31 Book Review Lizabeth Cohen’s Saving America’s Cities 36 Recent Publications of Interest Books ................................36 Journal Articles........................52 Cover image: A sketch by Catherine Blood, R.S.C.J., depicting Philippine Duchesne’s arrival in America. Kathleen Sprows Cummings Peter Cajka Cushwa Center Director Visiting Assistant Professor, American Studies University of Notre Dame Shane Ulbrich Luca Codignola 407 Geddes Hall Assistant Director Senior Fellow (Rome) Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 MaDonna Noak Rose Luminiello [email protected] Administrative Coordinator Research Associate cushwa.nd.edu Philip Byers facebook.com/cushwacenter Research Associate @cushwacenter | FROM THE DIRECTOR | This is a season of loss—loss of life as the death toll from COVID-19 climbs, but also replete with other losses, of income, of treasured spring rituals, of routine, of expected outcomes, and of physical proximity to those we care about and love. As of this writing, we are assessing the impact of the pandemic on the Cushwa Center’s budget and programming, which, in accordance with directives from Notre Dame’s central administration, will be scaled back for the foreseeable future.
    [Show full text]
  • St. John the Baptist Our Lady of Assumption
    GETTING THROUGH WEEKLY COLLECTION 11/08/2015 THE TOUGH TIMES “It’s going to get St. John the Baptist worse before it gets better” Identified Contributions (188 Families) $ 9,785.00 is a phrase that prepares us Unidentified Contributions $ 678.10 to buckle up for a rough Building Maintenance Fund (11) $ 726.00 ride. We know that Youth Ministry (5) $ 56.00 enduring a difficult time Legacy of Faith / Capital Camp (79) $ 8,130.00 will require some Legacy of Faith / Kids Kount (2) $ 72.43 strenuous physical or ONLINE GIVING emotional energy on our Regular Contributions (33) $ 2,178.00 part before we experience Building Maintenance Fund (6) $ 195.00 the calm of normality. Our All Saints Day (2) $ 35.00 past experience tells us that Youth Ministry (1) $ 20.00 we can endure the difficult Social Responsibility/Poor (1) $ 100.00 pressure better when we Legacy of Faith Capital Camp. (29) $ 2,830.00 know how long it will last CAMPAIGN TOTAL $ 5,446,630.54 and if we know that something better awaits us. Getting through the tough times while holding to the promise that awaits us is the Our Lady of Assumption message of this weekend’s readings. They point toward the Identified Contributions (39 Families) $ 1,575.20 promises of God’s kingdom that will come after the maelstroms Unidentified Contributions $ 450.84 and chaos of this world. Building Maintenance Fund (0) $ 0.00 Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. Youth Ministry (1) $ 100.00 ONLINE GIVING READINGS FOR THE WEEK Regular Contributions (3) $ 300.00 Monday: 1 Mc 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63; Building Maintenance (1) $ 10.00 Ps 119:53, 61, 134, 150, 155, 158; Lk 18:35-43 ONLINE GIVING Tuesday: 2 Mc 6:18-31; Ps 3:2-7; Lk 19:1-10 Online Giving provides an easy and quick way to make Wednesday: 2 Mc 7:1, 20-31; Ps 17:1bcd, 5-6, 8b, 15; your financial contribution to the church.
    [Show full text]