Bulletin for the Week of May 25, 2008

ATTENTION ALL FAMILIES:
Looking for an opportunity to get away and enjoy your family? You are invited to one of three Family Guggenheim sessions (August 14-17, August 21-24 and October 10-12) to be held at the Guggenheim Center in Saranac Lake. Family Fun, prayer, swimming, workshops, mountain climbing, liturgy and more—please contact the rectory for more details and registration forms.

PRE-K SUMMER PROGRAM:
Our Lady of Victory offers a Pre-K summer program starting June 23-August 8. Cost is $125 per week. For information phone 563-4262.

MEMORIAL DAY:
Memorial Day is the day we remember and honor those who fought in the wars of our country for our nation. The men and women we remember on Memorial Day demonstrated the highest form of faith in the triumph of good over evil. As we remember those who fought and died in the wars of our country it is most important that we also remember in thanksgiving and prayer those of our parish who fought in these wars and who are buried in the cemeteries of our community including St. James Cemetery. Let us be thankful for their generous service to all of us, and let us pray for them as we visit their graves:
All powerful God, whose mercy is never withheld from those who call upon you in hope, look kindly on your servant buried here, who departed from this life confessing your name. May this member of our family and friend be numbered among our saints ever more. May eternal rest be granted on all buried here. May their souls and the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. AMEN

THE FEAST OF THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST:
In 1836 the American Bishops said: In the Gospel of St. John we read, Then Jesus said to them: Amen, amen, I say unto you, except you eat the flesh of the son of man, and drink his blood you shall not have life in you.(Jn 6:54). How many sources of grace are thus opened to us for the several circumstances in which we may be placed? Again therefore, beloved; entreating, we exhort you not to despise the mercy of our God; no to reject the bounties of Christ, not to neglect the means of salvation thus placed within your reach. Not only for your own sakes, but for the sake of your children, of your families, of the whole Church of Christ are you, especially the heads of those families, bound to have recourse to such of those divine institutions as are befitting your circumstances. (from a Pastoral Letter issued by Third Provincial Council of Baltimore, April 22, 1836)

YEAR OF ST. PAUL
Second and third missionary journey: In the Second Journey (50-52 AD), Paul returns to sites in South East Asia Minor, to Galatia and Phrygia, crossed over to Macedonia from Troas. From there, he travels to Philippi, Thessalonica, Beroea, Athens, and Corinth. I Thessalonians was written from Corinth. In the Third Journey (53/54-58 AD), Paul travelled again through Galatia and Phrygia to Ephesus, the most important city of the Roman province of Asia. For nearly three years, Ephesus became the center of Paul’s missionary activity. There were many “hardships” and “ordeals” that Paul underwent for preaching the Gospel. The Letters to the Philippians and to Philemon were written while Paul was a prisoner in Ephesus. He also wrote two Letters to the Corinthians: (I) concerning factions in the Corinthian community from Ephesus and (II) dealing with the crisis between Paul and the Corinthians. He spent three winter months there and composed the letter to the Romans, alerting the house-churches that he planned to visit there on way to Spain.

CAMP GUGGENHEIM:
The Camp operates six weekly sessions from June 29th – August 8th.
Each weekly Camp begins on Sunday at 3 pm and ends on Friday at noon. Weeks One through Five are specifically designated for 12-15 year olds. Week Six is for 16-18 year olds. The Camp fee is $235.00 including a non-refundable $100 deposit. For more information www.catholiccamps.org