Bulletin for the Week of June 29, 2008

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.