COVER SHEET CHURCH NAME: Immaculate Heart of Mary/Our Lady of the Holy Rosary BULLETIN NUMBER: 355600 DATE OF PUBLICATION: 355600.091607 NUMBER OF PAGES TRANSMITTED: 5 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: Please call Joann @ 802-318-2422 (cell) Page 2 IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY September 16, 2007 Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time The offering for the weekend of September 8/9: Offertory: $2749.00 Fuel: $990.00 Thank you for your continued financial support. God Bless! IHM Liturgical Schedule Saturday, September 15 Greeters: Mike, Lynn McClintock & family Lector: Cathy Rylant Eucharistic Minister: Jo-Ann Beaudin Servers: Katy Duchesneau, Kelsey Jensen, Laura Murphy Sunday, September 16 Greeters: Linda Poirier & family Lector: Kerry Enright Eucharistic Ministers: Rachel Wurtsbaugh, Bernie Ferenc Servers: Heather Mallow, Brittany Mount, Molly Partelow Saturday, September 22 Greeters: Betty Emery, Shirley Miles Lector: Alain Dupont Eucharistic Minister: Roger Ross Servers: Jordan Armstrong, Jonathan Bateman, Sean Hayes Sunday, September 23 Greeters: Gail Lavalee Lector: Bernie Ferenc Eucharistic Minister: Kerry Enright, LuAnn Koch Servers: Emma Gause, Kevin Rensch, Greg Rivers IHM welcomes Margaret Elizabeth Connors Daughter of Daniel & Katherine Conners. Margaret was baptized at At IHM on Sunday, September 2, 2007 Page 2 Classes started last weekend. The opening weekend went well. We thank everyone for their support and patience. REMINDER: 2nd year Confirmation students meet at 6:00pm with their parents at IHM. Baby Food Jars Needed: the 2nd year sacramental class needs baby food jars. If you can help out please place clean jars in the box in the Parish Hall. POST-MASS SOCIALS RETURNING! We will renew our successful recent experiment of having post-Mass socials beginning this weekend, after both the 5:30 PM Saturday Mass and the 10:30 AM Sunday Mass. We hope to be able to have post-Mass socials through the fall. If anyone is interested in volunteering to help organize one of the socials, please get in touch with Greg Gause (878-5843, [email protected]). It is not hard and we have detailed directions to guide you. See you after Mass at the social! PRAYER CHAIN We all need prayers. At times our families and friends are going through some difficult times and need extra help. If you have someone you would like to add to our Prayer Chain please contact Joanne Brinkerhoff at 872-5811. Planning for a second year of CYO basketball is underway. The season runs from the first week of December through mid March, with games most Sundays. Practice last year was two evenings/week. Tryouts are planned for late October. If interested, Please contact Larry McCahill @ [email protected] or phone #879-4993 OR Bill Vien @ [email protected] or phone # 8729773. Parents interested in developing a Girls team may also call to discuss what is involved in initiating a team. WE ARE ONE BODY IN CHRIST Saturday, 9-15, 4:00 PM Holy Rosary Saturday, 9-15, 5:30 PM IHM Guy Trono by Giberte Myers Sunday, 9-16, 8:30 AM Holy Rosary Holy Rosary Parishioners Sunday, 9-16, 10:30 AM IHM Theresa Bancroft by her daughter, Debbie Balserus Monday, 9-17, 8:00 AM IHM Mary Eustace by her husband, Maurice Tuesday, 9-18, 8:30 AM Holy Rosary All Souls’ Intentions Wednesday, 9-19, 8:00AM IHM All Souls’ Intentions Thursday, 9-20, No Mass Today Friday, 9-21, 8:30 AM Holy Rosary Saturday, 9-22, 4:00 PM Holy Rosary Saturday, 9-22, 5:30 PM IHM Bruno Corbo by Jeff & Luanne Firlik Sunday, 9-23, 8:30 AM Holy Rosary Holy Rosary Parishioners Sunday, 9-23, 10:30 AM IHM William Koch Jr by Ed & LuAnn Koch Mass intentions for the living and deceased members of family and friends are greatly appreciated by the Pastor. Second time for Michael Rohde and Heather Raftery Their wedding will take place Saturday, September 29, 2007 at IHM Please remember them in your prayers NEW TO THE PARISH? See Father Don after one of the weekend Masses and he will give you a registration form to fill out and return. Welcome to the parish! Page 3 George Bates Pat Gallo Edwina Holmes Diane Lehneman Teresa Levesque Evelyn Nawotka Albert Rose Sr Richard Whalen Steve Wright Lucille Youngman Our Faithful Departed May they rest in peace. Those serving in the Military throughout the world Our sincere sympathy to Kevin Mara and Family On the death of his mother Judith Louise May she rest in peace. Our sincere sympathy to the family Of Mary Freeman who died this past week May she rest in peace. Hospital Visitations If you know of someone who is in need of a visit while in the hospital please contact either parish office. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Tm 2:1-8; Lk 7:1-10 Tuesday: 1 Tm 3:1-13; Lk 7:11-17 Wednesday: 1 Tm 3:14-16; Lk 7:31-35 Thursday: 1 Tm 4:12-16; Lk 7:36-50 Friday: Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Mt 9:9-13 Saturday: 1 Tm 6:13-16; Lk 8:4-15 Sunday: Am 8:4-7; Ps 113; 1 Tm 2:1-8; Lk 16:1-13 [10-13] MEETINGS WITH FATHER DON IHM Finance Committee will meet on Monday, September 17th at 7PM in the Parish Hall. If you are unable to attend please call Joann Frymire at 8793199. Urgent appeal for drivers to bring Father Don over to Holy Rosary on Saturday afternoons for Confession & Mass. If you can help contact Father Don (8784513) ASAP. He would like to set up a schedule so please consider if you can help drive once or twice a month. YOUTH MINISTRY: The South Burlington Deanery Youth Ministry Committee will meet on Tuesday, September 18th at St Catherine in Shelburne. The original group from each parish will meet for a report from the task force. Chittenden County 11th Annual Right to Life Roast Beef Dinner & Silent Auction Saturday, September 29th from 5:30 to 9:00 PM at St John Vianney’s Hall. $12.00 per person with advance purchase only. Please send checks to CCRL, PO Box 677, Milton, VT 05468 Vermont Catholic Charities Bishop’s Fund Announcement: We are in the process of wrapping up our parishes’ efforts for the 2007 Bishop’s Fund Campaign. Please send in your pledge card if you have not yet done so, so that we can finish up and reach 100% participation for our parishes. Holy Rosary stands at 91% with gifts totaling $20329.99 collected towards a goal of $22400. IHM stands at 90% with gifts totaling $38650.70 towards a goal of $43000. Envelopes with forms for this purpose are in the Gathering Area at IHM and in the Parish Hall at Holy Rosary. Teens for Life Summit: A first-of-its-kind event for Vermont will be sponsored by the VRLC Educational Trust Fund in an effort to counteract the damaging messages our teens are bombarded with by the media, popular music, movies, and especially Planned Parenthood – in schools and on college campuses. This one-day event for high school students will be held on Saturday, October 13, 2007 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the DoubleTree Hotel in South Burlington. Through activities, presentations and contests, teens will learn more about how abortion hurts, not only babies, but also their mothers; why abstinence is so important; and what teens can do to make a pro-life difference! Deadline for registration is September 28. Contact VRLC at 229-4885, [email protected]. Page 4 Invites All to a Special Workshop: “Bridges Out of Poverty” Mary McNamara, Director of Vermont Catholic Charities, invites all interested parties to attend a special training program that will provide a “new way of thinking about poverty and economic diversity.” Mrs. McNamara promises that this workshop will be “well worth the time of anyone interested in acquiring new tools and rules in conquering poverty by learning how to prevent its causes.” Please Note: Due to a wonderful overflow response, the “Bridges Out of Poverty” Thursday, September 20th workshop originally to be held at the Bishop Brady Center in Burlington will now move St. Mark’s Parish, 1251 North Avenue in Burlington. Date and time remains the same: September 20th, 8:30AM – 3:30PM. Interested parties are invited to pre-register by calling Vermont Catholic Charities at (802) 658-6111. Space is limited, so pre-registration is necessary. For Further Information: Please Contact: Gloria J. Gibson: Director of Communications; (802) 6586110, Ext. 1300, [email protected] OUR LADY OF THE HOLY ROSARY The offering for the weekend of September 8/9: offertory: $1456.00 Renovations: $358.00 Special Collection September 22/23: Renovations Fund on Church Buildings & Grounds To meet our obligations we need to collect$1520 in the weekly collection and $770 in the monthly fuel collection. Thank you for your continued support. God Bless! Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Rosary for Peace takes place every Monday from 6 to 7 pm in the Church. LITURGICAL MINISTRY SCHEDULE September 15 Lector: Kathi Manley Eucharistic Minister: Tom O’Neil September 16 Lector: Ray Desilets Eucharistic Minister: Joe Bouchard September 22 Lector: Andrew Danilich Eucharistic Minister: Eileen Buxton September 23 Lector: Fran Thomas Eucharistic Minister: Genevieve Mathieu Our Lady of the Holy Rosary welcomes Ben Michael Rankin Son of Jed & Darcie Rankin Ben was baptized on Sunday, September 2, 2007 Our Lady of the Holy Rosary welcomes Ryland Abram Poor Son of Tyler & Amy Poor Ryland was baptized on Sunday, Sept 2, 2007 Page 5 Classes started last weekend. We appreciate everyone’s support and patience. REMINDER: 2nd year Confirmation students meet at IHM with their parents on Sunday, Sept. 16th at 6:00PM JOB OPPORTUNITY: George Gifford has announced he will be retiring as supervisor of our cemeteries at the end of this season. We are most grateful for his many hours of dedicated service over the last 31 years. Anyone interested in finding out what this job, as supervisor of Holy Rosary and St. Mary’s Cemetery, involves should call George at 434-6008. IMPORTANT CEMETERY NEWS: Dumping of any materials along the banks and anywhere else in our parish cemeteries is not permitted. This includes leaves, lawn clippings, garden waste, tree branches, etc. Cooperation on the part of everyone is essential and very much appreciated. --The Pastor, The Supervisor of Cemeteries and the Parish Pastoral Council RECONCILIATION True reconciliation is emotional, dramatic, and cleansing. When two people meet heart to heart and work through old hurts, misunderstandings, and careless words, cleansing tears often flow and the encounter ends with an embrace that fills both with the warmth of a love too strong to fade. The readings this weekend assure us of this healthy release that comes with reconciliation. They give us the courage to reach out to someone with whom we need to reconcile ourselves, and give us the courage to ask for forgiveness from God, too. In the reading from Exodus, we see how God refuses again and again to give up on the Israelites. Even though they grow impatient with God and turn to false idols, God still calls them back. Luke’s Gospel assures us that God rejoices when we turn away from sin. Paul’s letter to Timothy encourages us, like Paul, to look back on our lives and recognize where God’s patient mercy has been shown to us.