ST. PETER’S CHURCH JUNE FESTIVAL:
The annual Festival at St. Peter’s featuring a Grand Auction, rides, entertainment, carnival food, crafts, books and games will take place Sunday, June 29 from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m All are welcome!
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.
ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT:
Eucharistic Adoration is held every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 6 am to 9 pm at St. John’s Church Adoration Chapel, downstairs. For more information, please call 561-5083 or email Sjohnsadoration@aol.com
SAINT PAUL - DID YOU KNOW....
When the king of Damascus tried to kill him, St. Paul’s friends had him climb into a basket, then they lowered him from the window in the city walls to safety.
St. Paul studied with a prominent rabbi, Gamaliel, in Jerusalem when he was a teenager.
St. Paul had at least one sister who lived in Jersalem. When Paul’s enemies planned to ambush and murder him, his sister’s son warned him and the Roman authorities.
St. Paul’s first convert was Lydia, a business woman who sold purple cloth.
St. Paul is represented by a sword. Around 67 AD, as a Roman citizen, Paul could not be crucified nor stoned, but rather was accorded the “honor” of beheading by a sword.
St. Paul wrote 13 letters to communities or individuals. These are in the Bible. They make up one-third of the New Testament.
PRAYER FOR THE YEAR OF ST. PAUL
JUNE 28, 2008-JUNE 29, 2009
Lord God, You filled the Apostle Paul with Your spirit, and by his witness and words the Gospel spread. This year we ask that You inspire men and women in the Diocese of Ogdensburg and St. James Parish -- especially those discerning vocations to the priesthood and religioius life -- to hear Your Word and spread Your Gospel. Like St. Paul, let us not be afraid. Like St. Paul, let us proclaim Christ crucified. Like St. Paul, if it be Your will, let us pour out our lives for the sake of Jesus and His Church. We ask this through the same Christ our Lord. Amen
SETON CATHOLIC CENTRAL SCHOOL:
Seton Catholic Central School is pleased to announce that they will offer a special scholarship opportunity to incoming 7th and 9th grade students who meet the following criteria:
The family has never had a student who has attended a K-12 Catholic School
The family has been registered in a local Catholic parish for at least 3 years
The student has demonstrated good citizenship and willingness to learn
Please call Msgr. Robert Aucoin at Seton (518-561-4031) for complete information.
ST. JAMES CEMETERY:
Our St.James Cemetery maintenance workers do excellent work in maintaining the beauty of the cemetery as a blessed place of burial and in respect for those buried Artificial decorations, flowers, statues, glass jars, tin cans, glass flower bricks and so forth are not allowed in the cemetery. If these are placed on a lot they will be removed. New York State law regarding cemeteries also forbids persons other than authorized cemetery employees to dig or remove dirt in the cemetery. Shrubs and trees may not be planted in the cemetery.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Bulletin for the Week of June 15, 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.
ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT:
Eucharistic Adoration is held every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 6 am to 9 pm at St. John’s Church Adoration Chapel, downstairs. For more information, please call 561-5083 or email Sjohnsadoration@aol.com
MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE FALL 2009:
Have you ever thought of travelling to the Italian Island of Capri and the Almalfi Coast, the pyramids of Egypt, the Acropolis in Athens, the Greek Island of Mykonos, the Cathedral of Santa Sophia in Istanbul? An evening of information will be held in the Emmaus Room of Saint Peter’s Church 114 Cornelia Street Plattsburgh, New York on Tuesday, June 17th at 7 p.m. All are welcome.
BIRTHRIGHT:
The Father’s Day Carnation Sale to benefit BIRTHRIGHT will take place at all Masses this weekend. Cost is $1 per carnation.
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.
SETON CATHOLIC CENTRAL SCHOOL:
Seton Catholic Central School is pleased to announce that they will offer a special scholarship opportunity to incoming 7th and 9th grade students who meet the following criteria:
The family has never had a student who has attended a K-12 Catholic School
The family has been registered in a local Catholic parish for at least 3 years
The student has demonstrated good citizenship and willingness to learn
Please call Msgr. Robert Aucoin at Seton (518-561-4031) for complete information.
DO YOU KNOW WHO ARE THE ABUSERS?
Estimates are that approximately 60% of abusers are men, 15 to 20% are women, and 20 to 40% are men and women acting together. So while men are indeed the majority of sexual abusers, it is dangerous to underestimate the risk that female sexual abusers also pose to children. Among educators, 57.2% of abusers are male, and 42.4% of abusers are female. For particular help you may call Sister Ellen Donohue at 315-293-2920 or email: edonahue@dioogdensburg.org.
PROCLAMATION OF THE YEAR OF ST.PAUL:
Pope Benedict XVI has proclaimed a year dedicated to St. Paul to begin from June 29, 2008 to June 29, 2009. He will open the Year of St. Paul with Solemn Vespers of Evening Prayer on June 28, 2008 at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome. Pope Benedict said: The Risen Christ led St. Paul ‘to proclaim the Gospel to the Gentiles, until he reached this city where, after having preached the Kingdom of God for a long time’ (Acts 28:31), he rendered with his blood a last testimony to his Lord. The Diocese of Ogdensburg will celebrate The St. Paul Event on Sunday, September 14, 2008, the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Ogdensburg at 4:00 p.m. Bishop Robert J. Cunningham will lead the congregation in Solemn Vespers. Bishop Gerald M. Barbarito, Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, will be the homilist.
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
Eleveneth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
What proves taht God loves us is that Jesus died for us while we were still sinners. Jesus chooses the twelve apostles to carry on His work as Messiah. He sends them -- and us -- out to the rich harvest. Pray to the Lord to send more laboreres for the harvest. We have heard and seen whaat the Lord does for the people he has chosen. God has given each one of us a job to do for the growth of his church.
A FATHER’S DAY BLESSING
The following blessing may be used with the table blessing on Father’s Day. God Our Father, in your wisdom and love you made all things. Bless our father. Let the example of his faith and love shine forth. Grant that we, his family, may honor him always with a spirit of profound respect. Grant this through Christ our Lord. Amen
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Bulletin for the Week of June 8, 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.
HOW DID YOU HEAR THE GOOD NEWS TODAY?
Television, radio, newspapers, magazines, the Internet—all are places people go to get news and entertainment. But what do we get, exactly, when we turn on “the tube” or log on to the Internet? As a result of your support of the CATHOLIC COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN (CCC), Catholics and all media consumers have increased opportunities to find Gospel-grounded messages and resources to strengthen their families and their faith. Please contribute generously to CCC in today’s collection. Half of all donations received will remain in our diocese to fund local Catholic communication efforts including the North Country Catholic, our diocesan newspaper. Thank you for your generous response.
ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT:
Eucharistic Adoration is held every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 6 am to 9 pm at St. John’s Church Adoration Chapel, downstairs. For more information, please call 561-5083 or email Sjohnsadoration@aol.com
MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE FALL 2009:
Have you ever thought of travelling to the Italian Island of Capri and the Almalfi Coast, the pyramids of Egypt, the Acropolis in Athens, the Greek Island of Mykonos, the Cathedral of Santa Sophia in Istanbul? An evening of information will be held in the Emmaus Room of Saint Peter’s Church 114 Cornelia Street Plattsburgh, New York on Tuesday, June 17th at 7 p.m. All are welcome
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.
SETON CATHOLIC CENTRAL SCHOOL:
Seton Catholic Central School is pleased to announce that they will offer a special scholarship opportunity to incoming 7th and 9th grade students who meet the following criteria:
The family has never had a student who has attended a K-12 Catholic School
The family has been registered in a local Catholic parish for at least 3 years
The student has demonstrated good citizenship and willingness to learn
Please call Msgr. Robert Aucoin at Seton (518-561-4031) for complete information.
YEAR OF ST. PAUL
Paul’s Efforts to Keep the Faith Alive: Paul did not forget the faith communities he had established. He became a prolific writer. He had a profound and enduring formative influence in the development of Christianity. Thirteen letters are attributed to Paul. His letters are full of expositions of what Christians should believe and how they should live. He established clearly what it is to be a Christian, and the relationship of the Christian to the Risen Christ. Read Paul’s Letters to the Romans, the First and Second Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, First Thessalonians and Second Thessalonians and Philemon. Saul of Tarsus—St. Paul....a great evangelizer for the life of the Church today!
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
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
God chooses his workers despite their human familings: Abraham and Sarah, too “old” to do anything “useful”; Matthew, a tax collector for the Roman occupiers; and each of us. Sinners and the useless are saved by their faith. Our faith witnesses to the resurrection. Jesus died for our sins and was raised up to life to justify -- to save -- us. We share this witness with our ancestors, and we will hare with our descendants in God’s familiy.
BAPTISM:
We welcome Jason Patrick Mather, son of Patrick and Heidi (Rabideau) Mather who became a member of the Catholic Church by Baptism on June 1, 2008. May he, his parents and his brothers be blessed by Our Lord Jesus.
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.
HOW DID YOU HEAR THE GOOD NEWS TODAY?
Television, radio, newspapers, magazines, the Internet—all are places people go to get news and entertainment. But what do we get, exactly, when we turn on “the tube” or log on to the Internet? As a result of your support of the CATHOLIC COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN (CCC), Catholics and all media consumers have increased opportunities to find Gospel-grounded messages and resources to strengthen their families and their faith. Please contribute generously to CCC in today’s collection. Half of all donations received will remain in our diocese to fund local Catholic communication efforts including the North Country Catholic, our diocesan newspaper. Thank you for your generous response.
ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT:
Eucharistic Adoration is held every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 6 am to 9 pm at St. John’s Church Adoration Chapel, downstairs. For more information, please call 561-5083 or email Sjohnsadoration@aol.com
MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE FALL 2009:
Have you ever thought of travelling to the Italian Island of Capri and the Almalfi Coast, the pyramids of Egypt, the Acropolis in Athens, the Greek Island of Mykonos, the Cathedral of Santa Sophia in Istanbul? An evening of information will be held in the Emmaus Room of Saint Peter’s Church 114 Cornelia Street Plattsburgh, New York on Tuesday, June 17th at 7 p.m. All are welcome
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.
SETON CATHOLIC CENTRAL SCHOOL:
Seton Catholic Central School is pleased to announce that they will offer a special scholarship opportunity to incoming 7th and 9th grade students who meet the following criteria:
The family has never had a student who has attended a K-12 Catholic School
The family has been registered in a local Catholic parish for at least 3 years
The student has demonstrated good citizenship and willingness to learn
Please call Msgr. Robert Aucoin at Seton (518-561-4031) for complete information.
YEAR OF ST. PAUL
Paul’s Efforts to Keep the Faith Alive: Paul did not forget the faith communities he had established. He became a prolific writer. He had a profound and enduring formative influence in the development of Christianity. Thirteen letters are attributed to Paul. His letters are full of expositions of what Christians should believe and how they should live. He established clearly what it is to be a Christian, and the relationship of the Christian to the Risen Christ. Read Paul’s Letters to the Romans, the First and Second Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, First Thessalonians and Second Thessalonians and Philemon. Saul of Tarsus—St. Paul....a great evangelizer for the life of the Church today!
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
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
God chooses his workers despite their human familings: Abraham and Sarah, too “old” to do anything “useful”; Matthew, a tax collector for the Roman occupiers; and each of us. Sinners and the useless are saved by their faith. Our faith witnesses to the resurrection. Jesus died for our sins and was raised up to life to justify -- to save -- us. We share this witness with our ancestors, and we will hare with our descendants in God’s familiy.
BAPTISM:
We welcome Jason Patrick Mather, son of Patrick and Heidi (Rabideau) Mather who became a member of the Catholic Church by Baptism on June 1, 2008. May he, his parents and his brothers be blessed by Our Lord Jesus.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Bulletin for the Week of June 1, 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.
HOW DID YOU HEAR THE GOOD NEWS TODAY?
Next week’s collection supports the Bishops’ CATHOLIC COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN. For more than 25 years, the CCC has been spreading the Gospel message locally and nationally on radio, television, in print, and on the Internet. It is only through donations from Catholic parishioners that the work of the CCC is possible. Please contribute generously to the Campaign in the upcoming parish collection. The Catholic Communication Campaign—it’s how the God News gets around.
ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT:
Eucharistic Adoration is held every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 6 am to 9 pm at St. John’s Church Adoration Chapel, downstairs. For more information, please call 561-5083 or email Sjohnsadoration@aol.com
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.
YEAR OF ST. PAUL
Arrested in Jerusalem, Imprisoned in Caesarea, Taken to Rome and Death: Paul continues to persuade the people that it is by God’s grace that we are saved. He set out from Corinth to Jerusalem by way of Macedonia, spending Passover at Philippi. Paul’s sea journey to Rome included a shipwreck on the island of Malta where he preached the gospel and converted the people to Christianity. Paul spent two years in Rome under house arrest, continued to preach the gospel, and to teach about Jesus being the Christ. He was martyred under Nero around 64 AD. Tradition would have Paul buried on the Via Ostensis, a place commemorated by the Basilica of St. Paul outside the Walls. His feast day is June 29th. Read again the Acts of the Apostles where you will relive the efforts of Paul and the apostles to form Christianity and the life of the Church today according to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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
Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Today's Gospel reading from Matthew presents us with a particular challenge. In it, Jesus asks us to look inward to our faith and allow every aspect of our lives to flow from our belief in God. He warns that merely "talking the talk" isn't the way to enter the kingdom of heaven. Our faith-built upon the rock of the very core of our hearts-is the only true way, and if we do so we can withstand anything. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches us that often the Church is referred to as the building of God. Jesus referred to himself as the stone which the builders rejected but would become the cornerstone for the Church. By
succession through Peter and the apostles, we have also become the building stones of the Church; to keep the foundation strong we must keep our faith as strong as that first cornerstone.
SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN BATTLE:
Throughout our country’s history, thousands of brave Americans have died serving their country and fighting for their beliefs. From the early days of the American Revolution to our current war in Iraq, the numbers of battle deaths speak to the sacrifices our soldiers, and their families, have made.
American Revolution (1775-1783) 4,435
War of 1812 (1812-1815) 2,260
Mexican War (1846-1848) 1,733
Civil War (1861-1865) Union 140,414
Civil War (1861-1865( Confederate 74,524
Spanish-American War (1898-1902) 385
World War I (1917-1918) 53,402
World War II (1941-1945) 291,557
Korean War (1950-1953) 33,686
Vietnam War (1964-1975) 47,410
Gulf War (1990-1991) 147
Afghanistan War (2001-present) 488
Iraq War (2003-present) 4,017
TOTAL 654,458
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.
HOW DID YOU HEAR THE GOOD NEWS TODAY?
Next week’s collection supports the Bishops’ CATHOLIC COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN. For more than 25 years, the CCC has been spreading the Gospel message locally and nationally on radio, television, in print, and on the Internet. It is only through donations from Catholic parishioners that the work of the CCC is possible. Please contribute generously to the Campaign in the upcoming parish collection. The Catholic Communication Campaign—it’s how the God News gets around.
ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT:
Eucharistic Adoration is held every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 6 am to 9 pm at St. John’s Church Adoration Chapel, downstairs. For more information, please call 561-5083 or email Sjohnsadoration@aol.com
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.
YEAR OF ST. PAUL
Arrested in Jerusalem, Imprisoned in Caesarea, Taken to Rome and Death: Paul continues to persuade the people that it is by God’s grace that we are saved. He set out from Corinth to Jerusalem by way of Macedonia, spending Passover at Philippi. Paul’s sea journey to Rome included a shipwreck on the island of Malta where he preached the gospel and converted the people to Christianity. Paul spent two years in Rome under house arrest, continued to preach the gospel, and to teach about Jesus being the Christ. He was martyred under Nero around 64 AD. Tradition would have Paul buried on the Via Ostensis, a place commemorated by the Basilica of St. Paul outside the Walls. His feast day is June 29th. Read again the Acts of the Apostles where you will relive the efforts of Paul and the apostles to form Christianity and the life of the Church today according to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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
Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Today's Gospel reading from Matthew presents us with a particular challenge. In it, Jesus asks us to look inward to our faith and allow every aspect of our lives to flow from our belief in God. He warns that merely "talking the talk" isn't the way to enter the kingdom of heaven. Our faith-built upon the rock of the very core of our hearts-is the only true way, and if we do so we can withstand anything. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches us that often the Church is referred to as the building of God. Jesus referred to himself as the stone which the builders rejected but would become the cornerstone for the Church. By
succession through Peter and the apostles, we have also become the building stones of the Church; to keep the foundation strong we must keep our faith as strong as that first cornerstone.
SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN BATTLE:
Throughout our country’s history, thousands of brave Americans have died serving their country and fighting for their beliefs. From the early days of the American Revolution to our current war in Iraq, the numbers of battle deaths speak to the sacrifices our soldiers, and their families, have made.
American Revolution (1775-1783) 4,435
War of 1812 (1812-1815) 2,260
Mexican War (1846-1848) 1,733
Civil War (1861-1865) Union 140,414
Civil War (1861-1865( Confederate 74,524
Spanish-American War (1898-1902) 385
World War I (1917-1918) 53,402
World War II (1941-1945) 291,557
Korean War (1950-1953) 33,686
Vietnam War (1964-1975) 47,410
Gulf War (1990-1991) 147
Afghanistan War (2001-present) 488
Iraq War (2003-present) 4,017
TOTAL 654,458
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