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May 10, 2015
Cathedral of the
Sacred Heart
Bless us with your presence.
Serving as the Mother Church of the Diocese of Richmond
Twinning with the Catholic Community of Carissade, Haiti
Serving the Campuses of Virginia Commonwealth University
The Most Reverend Francis X. DiLorenzo
Bishop of Richmond
Monsignor Patrick D. Golden
Rector
800 S. Cathedral Place, Richmond, VA 23220-4853
Office: (804) 359-5651 Fax: (804) 358-8043
Office Hours: Monday - Thursday: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Friday: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
www.richmondcathedral.org
6th Sunday of Easter
Donations for the Victims of
Earthquake in Nepal
According to CRS “the official death toll is now over 5,000 and that
is expected to rise significantly as relief workers reach rural villages now
cut off by landslides.” As we see the tragic crisis in the aftermath of this
terrible natural disaster in one of the poorest countries in the world, let
it move us to pray and send aid to our brothers and sisters who are in
dire need of assistance.
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) was founded by the bishops of the
United States in 1943 to serve the poor and disadvantaged and to
alleviate human suffering. It operates on five continents in over 90
countries. To learn more about Catholic Relief Services and to see
current reports regarding what they are doing in Nepal, visit
www.crs.org and click on Donate or Help Now to make a donation.
Parish Staff
Rector, Rev. Msgr. Patrick Golden
[email protected]
Rev. Msgr. Stephen Osei-Duah, Parochial Vicar
[email protected] | 804-212-3893
Deacon, Rev. Mr. Marshall Banks, MD | [email protected]
Deacon, Rev. Mr. Chris Malone | [email protected]
Deacon, Rev. Mr. Mark Matte | [email protected]
Deacon, Rev. Mr. Charles Williams | [email protected]
Interim Director of Music and Liturgy, Colleen Crafton
[email protected] | 804-212-3889
Director of Religious Education, Maria Thorsen
[email protected] | 804-212-3888
Youth Ministry Coordinator, Elizabeth Riegler
[email protected] | 804-212-3888
VCU Campus Minister, Joshua Dart | [email protected] | 804-212-3894
VCU Campus Minister, Mary Rebecca Anderson |
[email protected] | 804-212-3891
Business Administrator, Kim Kremer
[email protected] | 804-212-3898
Administrative Secretary , Jayne Hushen
[email protected] | 804-212-3892
Administrative Assistant/Membership Services,
Candice Davis | [email protected] | 804-212-3883
Bookkeeper, Tiffany Baham | [email protected] | 804-212-3890
Facilities, Patrick Garrett | 804-248-2207 | [email protected]
Daniel Hudson | 804-874-6152
Pastoral Council, Donna Newcomb | [email protected]
Finance Council, Steve Brincefield | [email protected]
For a complete list of our ministries, committees and ways to get involved please refer to our Parish Resource Guide on our Website or pick up a copy at the entrance to the church.
This Week at the Cathedral
Prayers and Praise
Saturday, May 9, 2015
2:00 pm Wedding
5:15 pm Mass -- Cathedral Parishioners
Sick: Barbara Kersey, Richard Alford, Bill Fox, Fran Ambrose, Lisa Hearl,
Beauchamp Payne, Kerrigan Leach, Dr. Charles Blair, Katie Belcher, Julian
Fitzgerald, Mary Hormachea, Gabriel Peter Norment, Gina Loehr, Ed Dunn, Jr.,
Eddie Dunn, III, Sally Pastore, Mike Inzitari, Frank Inzitari, Thelma Robinson,
John Kuhn, Jerry Kuhn, Shep Harder, Miguel Lopes, Michael Amrhein, Mimi
Eynon, Sheila Dolan, Joseph Dees, Tony Smith, Dylan Marshall, Donald Barkman, Jean Serini, Stephanie Merenda, Gerald Dennis Neville, Amy Tweedale,
Billie Sutherland Moore, Fr. Paul Richardson, Jenny Mileto, Rae Funk, Raymond
Wilkerson, Jim Crowe, Chrystal Muldrow, Mark Eckstein, Pete Scherer, Mark Rittling, Karen Massengil, Mary Brocking, Pat Mirr, Edward Klein, Larry and Sharon
Lilly, Marjorie Dineen, Mark Patrick Cotham, Walter Bullard, Anne Hutchins,
Patrice Morris, Melvin Spurlock, Tim Dolan, Janine Thompson and Lidia Quagliano. Also, please continue to pray for those written in the Book of the Sick
and those in our Armed Forces.
Sunday, May 10, 2015
Mother’s Day!
9:00 am Mass † Josef Tecza
10:05 am Children’s Formation Classes
11:00 am Mass † Bruna Luperini Bullock
5:15 pm Mass † Liddy Horsey
Monday, May 11, 2015
12:05 pm Daily Mass † Kathy Liegers
5:30 pm Cathedral Foundation Board Meeting
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
10:30 am Tour
12:05 pm Daily Mass
11:30 am Prayer Shawl Meeting
12:30 pm Little Rock Scripture Group
6:00 pm IFF Planning Meeting
ednesday, May 13, 2015
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12:05 pm Daily Mass 5:30 pm Choir Rehearsal
Thursday, May 14, 2015
12:05 pm Daily Mass † Wayne L. Moffett
5:30 pm Pastoral Council Meeting
7:30 pm YAM Bible Study
F riday, May 15, 2015
12:05 pm Daily Mass † Charlie Rittling
† Deceased members of the St. Jude Women’s Guild
5:00 pm Wedding Rehearsal
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Pastoral Council Election
11:00 am Quinceañera
2:00 pm Wedding
5:15 pm Mass -- Emily Ko
Sunday, May 17, 2015
Pastoral Council Election
9:00 am Mass † Marcin & Felipina Tecza
10:05 am Children’s Formation Classes - Last one!
10:05 am Prayer & Spirituality
11:00 am Mass -- Cathedral Parishioners
12:00 noon Evangelization Team Meeting
5:15 pm Mass † Andrew Honsharuk, Jr
The Museum of Virginia Catholic History will close for
renovation on June 8 and re-open early September.
Virginia Bishops’ Death Penalty Statement
Virginia Bishops Francis X. DiLorenzo and Paul S. Loverde have called
on the faithful to help radically shift the Commonwealth’s ongoing
death penalty debate. In a statement published in The Arlington Catholic
Herald and The Catholic Virginian, the Bishops write that they want to
shift the conversation from who should be executed or how to execute
them to why the death penalty is still being applied in a society that has
other adequate means to protect itself without taking a human life. The
Bishops exhorted Catholics to fully embrace the “culture of life,” which
affirms the sanctity of the unborn, the poor and vulnerable, immigrants
and refugees, and even the “least lovable” members of society, those
convicted of committing heinous crimes. The statement is available on
the Virginia Catholic Conference (www.vacatholic.org) and the Diocese of
Richmond (www.richmonddiocese.org) websites.
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Seminarians: John Baab, John Christian, Deacon Danny Cogut, Taylor
Hall, Jamie Hickman, Deacon Matt Kiehl, Mark Kowalski, Marton Lonart,
Deacon Nick Mammi, Chris Masla, Miguel Melendez, Dan Molochko, Kyle
O’Connor, James O’Reilly, Andrew Oehmann, Frank Petsche, Nick Redmond, Justin Shuma, Cassidy Stinson.
We welcome our newly initiated Catholics!
Taylor Alas, Oscar Bastidas, Jem Chapman, Courtney Donner, Crystal Greene,
Jessica Hladky, Christopher Lee, Brandon Monahan, Sierra Roman, Stephen
Sovinsky, Barbara Sulimay, Zanas Talley, Carla Wong, Sophia Choi, Celia Cifuentes, Lineth Cobarrobias, Erika Cruz, Susan Horn, Amanda Olivas, Luke Payne,
Monique Sanchez and Julliette Zeballos-Perez, Patrick Ambrose, Erik Draves,
Danielle Harris, Amber Petrohovich, Haden Yonce and Adam Yost
Welcome our New Members who joined us in April: Michael & Cynthia
Greene; Kathryn Loomis; Damien Howell & Marilynn McAteer; Donald & Conchita Caldwell, Michael, Christina; Aaron & Cathy Metrick, Arabelle; Nini Hicks;
Megan Morris; Andrew Wojcik; Lino & Rosalba Covello, Graziella, Gabriella,
Isabella; Philip & Patricia King, Phil Jr, Lucy; Eduardo Sayoc & Eiwa Mari Badilla;
Wayne Halbleib; Maria Pham; Ashley Sheets; Abby Ross.
The Pope’s general prayer intention for May is:
Universal: That, rejecting the culture of indifference, we may care for our
neighbours who suffer, especially the sick and the poor.
Evangelization: That Mary’s intercession may help Christians in secularized
cultures be ready to proclaim Jesus.
We pray for the Churches and religious institutions of Metropolitan
Richmond: That the true light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ may awaken and
heal every heart in every corner of Richmond, Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico,
and the surrounding counties and towns.
Weekly Offerings
For Fiscal Year beginning 7/1/2014
The Cathedral is grateful for last week’s collection.
Last Week Year to Date Year to Date
2014-20152013-2014
Regular Offertory
Amount Budgeted
$20,448
$944,454
Amount Received
$24,921
$906,897
$855,381
Difference
$4,473
-$37,557**+$51,516
Preservation
$762$153,671
Social Justice
Poor and Needy
$2,159
$42,975
Haiti $411$19,808
*Living Our Mission
$0$42,677
*Payments received from the Diocese for the parish sharing portion of your gifts
to the Living Our Mission campaign. In keeping with our case for support, 1/2 of all
contibutions will go to the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Foundation for the preservation of the Cathedral. Thank you for your generosity.
**Due to your generosity and continued faithfulness in our Increased Offertory
Program, giving is this amount ahead of last year. Thank you!
The second collection next week is for the Diocesan Home Missions.
Beyond the Cathedral
Rosary Ministry at St. Mary’s Hospital
Contact: Peggy Seaton | [email protected] | 358-2788
Betty Spencer | [email protected] | 285-3315
The Mission Ministry of Bon Secours Richmond is in the initial stages of
forming a Rosary Ministry at St. Mary’s Hospital. For the past three years,
there has been an active Rosary Ministry at St. Francis Medical Center,
which has been very successful and has received much positive feed
back from patients. In order to establish this ministry at St. Mary’s Hospital, we are in need of
volunteers from the community to pray and to lead the Rosary in the St.
Mary’s Hospital chapel, which will be televised through the closed circuit
television system to the patient rooms. We are planning to begin in May,
the month of Our Lady. We will pray the rosary Monday through Friday
at 3:00 pm. Everything will be scripted for the leader, including prayers
and mysteries. We need leaders and responders. You would be asked to
do this only once per month. This is a wonderful opportunity to live the
Spiritual and Corporal Works of Mercy through Rosary Ministry.
If you have any questions, or wish further information, please contact
Peggy Seaton or Betty Spencer. Please prayerfully consider this ministry.
Miles Jones Elementary School SOL Carnival
Friday, May 15 | 8:30 am to 12:30 pm
Nancy DeNoia | [email protected] | 358-0802
Miles Jones Elementary School is having a SOL Carnival on May 15.
Volunteers are needed to work the various booths. The planned activities
are: Moon Walk, dunking booth, popcorn, food, and games. If you would
like to help, please email Nancy DeNoia.
St. Edward’s Great Big Yard Sale!
Saturday, June 13 | 8:00 am to 2:30 pm
Contact: Bobby | 804-560-2883 | [email protected]
GET READY, GET SET for St. Edward the Confessor Church (2700 Dolfield
Drive, Richmond) and its annual GREAT BIG YARD SALE on Saturday, June
13, from 8:00 am-2:30 pm, RAIN OR SHINE!! There will be bargains galore,
baked goodies, food concessions, raffles and door prizes. To participate
(still $35 per table), to donate items, or for more information, contact
Bobbi at 804-560-2883 or [email protected]. DON’T MISS IT!
Parish Community Life
Food Collection Sunday – May 17
Call or email Mike DeNoia | 355-2096 | [email protected]
We continued to be amazed with your generosity with our food drive
in coordination with Catholic Charites. We collect the food and they
distribute it in a multi-factored program that not only feeds but help
folks get out of the cycle they are in. They could not do it without you.
May food collection Sunday is May 17. They are in great need for baby
food, juices and diapers for children. Any gift is appreciated but this is
our need now. While May 17 is Food Collection Sunday the grocery cart
is always at the back of the church for your convenience.
If you have any questions about this program please call or email Mike
DeNoia 355-2096 [email protected] will be glad to answer your
questions.
Cathedral Concert Series:
“Pershing’s Own” Army Brass Quintet
Sunday, June 7, 2015 | 2:00 pm after the Picnic – FREE Concert!
76 Member Minnesota Boychoir
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 | 7:00 pm FREE Concert
The Greater Richmond School of Music
Summer Musical Theatre Camp
June 8 - 26 | [email protected]
The Greater Richmond School of Music (GRSM) is offering a three-week
summer camp for the wacky comedy The Big Bad Musical, A Howling
Courtroom Comedy, book by Alec Strum, music and lyrics by Bill Francoeur
and produced by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.,
Englewood, Colorado. The camp will be held at St. Benedict School from
June 8 - 26, 9:00 am-4:00 pm with childcare available before and after the
rehearsals. The performance will be on Friday, June 26 at the school, 7:00
pm. NO FEAR AUDITIONS will be on Sunday May 3 from 3:00-6:00 pm for
rising second graders through high school in St. Anselm Hall, also at the
school. No experience is necessary and everyone will be cast in the show!
For more information email: [email protected]
Cathedral Information
Daily Mass Schedule:
Monday - Friday: 12:05 pm Sacrament of Reconciliation:
Weekend Mass Schedule:
Saturday: 5:15 pm
Sunday: 9:00 am
11:00 am & 5:15 pm
Saturday: 4:00 pm to 4:45 pm
If you’re interested in becoming Catholic contact Maria Thorsen at
[email protected] or 804-212-3888
For Weddings, call Jayne Hushen in the Parish Office at 804-212-3892.
For Mass Intenions, call Candice Davis in the Parish Office at 804-359-5651.
Christian Marriage Formation Program for Engaged Couples,
www.cdrcmfl.org/marriage-family/mariage-preparation/
Infant Baptisms - A Baptism Registration Form is available online on our website
- www.richmondcathedral.org
For more information on upcoming concerts at the Cathedral, please visit
the website of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart at
www.richmondcathedral.org. As they are booked, they will be posted to
the website. Close to the date of each concert a complete Concert Program
may be viewed on our web site. On-street parking is sometimes available as
well as the VCU Parking Deck across the street from the Altria Theater.
Prayer Shawl Ministry
The Prayer Shawl Ministry ladies have been hard at
work making these small, comforting pocket shaws to
give to those who are sick in body, mind or spirit. If
you are visiting someone in the hospital, convalescent or nursing home, or those who are housebound,
you can stop by and pick up one of these cards from
the Parish Office for your next visit.
Nursery is open from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm Sundays for children ages 12 mos. to 3 years.
The nursery is on the lower level (take the elevator).
Ordained Ministry and Religious Life: For information about the life and ministry of
priests, deacons, and seminarians of men & women in religious life, contact Fr. Michael
Boehling at 804-359-5661 or www.richmonddiocese.org/vocations
Self-Guided Tour: When visiting the Cathedral, pick up a Self‐Guided Tour pamphlet at
the front entrance. To view the tour on our website, visit: www.richmondcathedral.org/
selfguidedtour.pdf
We welcome new members to our parish! You can fill out a registration form found
at the back of the church, or email [email protected], or fill out an online
registration form on our website: www.richmondcathedral.org
During Weekday Masses, Parking Passes Are Not Needed
Readings and Reflection
Parish Community Life
Pastoral Council Meeting
Thursday, May 14, | 5:30 pm
The next Parish Council meeting will be held on May 14 in the
Parish Hall. Parishioners are always invited to attend and are
welcomed! Thank you for your continued support!
CARITAS Intake Returns to the Cathedral!
Saturday, June 13 – Friday, August 14, 2015 | 4:15 – 6:00 pm
Laura O’Connor | 804-690-8141 | [email protected] or Will
Beebe | 804-658-7288 | [email protected]
Each afternoon, we will be welcoming 35 CARITAS guests to the
Cathedral for the annual summer intake program. Our guests will gather
in our parish hall and enjoy a beverage and snack while they are checkedin by CARITAS staff and await transportation to their overnight location.
There are many ways you can assist in making this ministry a success!
Parishioners may volunteer by:
n Serving as a weekly coordinator overseeing the service and volunteers
n Serving as a volunteer serving snacks and drinks
n Donating snacks, drinks, and/or paper products
Please sign up at the CARITAS Intake board located by the front doors
of the Cathedral. Training is provided. You will be contacted to confirm
your contribution(s)/participation one to two weeks prior to your service.
Please prayerfully consider how you will play a part in the success of the
CARITAS Intake. Questions? Please contact: Laura O’Connor or Will Beebe
Thank you for your participation!
Children’s Faith Formation Registration 2015-2016
Forms online at www.richmondcathedral.org
Online registration is now available at www.richmondcathedral.org
Please return these registration forms to the Parish Office by August 1.
Classes for grades Pre-K - 5 will begin on Sunday, September 13. They
meet in the Parish classrooms from 10:05 am - 10:55 am. Parent volunteers are welcomed for various activities throughout the year. Thank You!
Virginia Home 5K Walk ‘n Roll
Saturday, May 16 | 9:00 to 11:00 am
Contact: [email protected] | 359-4093 x222
The Virginia Home 5K Walk ‘N Roll for athletes with disabilities and
their friends and family takes place on Saturday May 16 in Byrd Park.
Volunteers are needed for registration, pushing wheelchairs or just
cheering them on! 8:00 am Registration, 9:00 am Start, 11:00 am Finish.
You can participate in this fun, non-competitive event either as an athlete
or volunteer!
Parents:
The last day for Christian Faith Formation class is May 17.
The last day of the Children Liturgy of the Word is May 24.
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May 10
Acts 10 : 25-26, 34-35,
44-48
1 Jn 4 : 7-10
John 15 : 9-17
May 17
Acts 1 : 15-17, 20a, 20c-26
1 Jn 4 : 11-16
John 17 : 11b-19
Prepare for Sunday Mass using an online resource that includes a copy of the readings
and much more. To access, go to the parish website and click on “Prepare for Sunday.”
6th Sunday of Easter
Today’s Gospel follows immediately after the Gospel proclaimed last
week, in which Jesus taught that he was the vine and that his disciples
were the branches. In the example of the vine and the branches, we
learned that our union with Jesus will lead to fruitful service. Today’s
reading extends this teaching to describe the kind of service that
Christians are called upon to offer to others.
When John wrote this Gospel, his community was influenced by a
set of religious beliefs called Gnosticism. It appears that one of John’s
intentions was to distinguish Christian belief from the beliefs held by the
Gnostics. Evidence of this can be found in today’s Gospel.
One of the tenets of Gnostic teaching was the importance of
knowledge, or gnosis, as the determining aspect of faith. We read today’s
Gospel as a response to this teaching. In John’s Gospel, we hear Jesus
affirm that he is known by the Father and that his disciples will know the
Father by knowing Jesus. In this passage, however, Jesus reminds his
disciples that this knowledge is to be expressed in love. Those who know
Jesus well—and Jesus says that his disciples do know him—will love one
another. Knowledge leads to love, which leads to action. John reminds his
community that Jesus taught that love is the sign of a true disciple and,
thus, a true Christian. Even more, a true disciple shows a particular kind of
love, sacrificial love.
In the Greek, there are two words for love that are used in this passage.
The first is agape. The second is philia. The first word is most often used to
describe love for other persons and for God. It is understood as the highest
and most perfect kind of love. The second word is used to describe the
affection of friendship. In this context, John appears to use these words as
synonyms. The root of the Greek word for friend comes from this second
term for love, philia. By using this word, Jesus transforms the terms of his
relationship with his disciples and redefines for them their relationship with
God. In the Hebrew Scriptures, faith in God made one a servant of God.
Here Jesus teaches that his relationship to his disciples is based on
friendship, not servitude.
Another aspect of Gnostic belief taught that a believer was an elect
person, chosen and set apart from the world. John reminds his community
that Jesus also taught that a disciple is one who had been chosen—one
who had been chosen by Jesus. To be chosen by Jesus, however, is not to
be set apart from the world. Instead, to be chosen by Jesus is to be sent to serve
the world as he did. The disciples of Jesus were chosen and were sent into the world
to bear fruit by serving others, by sacrificing for others, in love.
This reading, like last week’s, is part of Jesus’ Last Supper discourse. In the
context of John’s Gospel, these words are spoken before Jesus’ Crucifixion. We
read his instruction to the disciples in light of his death and Resurrection. We know
that Jesus himself gives us the greatest example of the kind of love and service
that he teaches to his disciples. He has, in fact, laid down his life for his friends, for
his disciples, and for us. Through his death and Resurrection, we have received the
grace to love others as Jesus has commanded.
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Save the Date! for Cathedral’s
Vacation Bible School
July 6 -10 | 8:30 am to 12 noon
Sign up information coming soon!
Watch for it!