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