Bulletin for the Week of August 30, 2009

Mission Intention for September

That the word of God may be better known, welcomed and lived as the source of freedom and joy.

BISHOPS FUND APPEAL: The 2009 Bishop’s Fund Appeal is set to begin in our parish and throughout the Diocese of Ogdensburg. The Appeal provides us the opportunity to share our blessings with others as we continually serve those who need our help the most throughout our community.

Our goal is to have 111 or more families in our parish participating in the Bishop’s Fund Appeal. If we do this, we will surely exceed our parish financial target of $ 7223. Last year 103 families generously contributed $7829. Please pray for the success of the Appeal in our parish and across the Diocese.

FUNERAL: A funeral was celebrated this week for Rosemarie Coryer. Please remember her and her family in your prayers.

A FUN FILLED LABOR DAY: Celebrate Labor Day, Monday, September 7th at Holy Name Church grounds, AuSable Forks. Parade starts at 10:00. Food and games continue 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM.

CRAFT SHOW: The Ladies of St. Ann, Mooers Forks will have a Craft Show and Bake Sale on Saturday, October 17 at the St. Joseph Parish Center, 73 Maple Street, Mooers 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Crafters interested in renting a space can phone Marge Pombrio at 236-4577.

MARRIAGE JUBILEE: The Diocese has announced that they will hold the annual Marriage Jubilee mass this year on September 20th at 2:30 pm at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Ogdensburg. This event is a wonderful opportunity for those couples who are newly married to come together and celebrate with couples who have truly lived the sacrament of marriage. All couples are welcome. Couples celebrating jubilees and wishing to receive a certificate need to register for this event through the parish before September 8th.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: God in His omnipotence could not give more, in His wisdom knew not how to give more, in His riches had not more to give than the Eucharist. (St. Augustine). Eucharistic Adoration is held throughout the year every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 6 am to 9 pm at St. John’s Church Adoration Chapel, downstairs. Everyone is invited to spend some quiet time with Jesus anytime during these hours. For more information about spending a special hour with Jesus weekly, or becoming a substitute, please call 561-5083 or email us atSjohnsadoration@aol.com

MARRIAGE TIP: Over the long term, it is important for marriage partners to have accurate knowledge of their relationship's strength and weaknesses. Satisfaction goes down when a spouse's expectations don't fit with reality. Tell your spouse one strength of your marriage today.

Find more Marriage Rx at www.foryourmarriage.org

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REGISTRATION: Registration forms for the 2009-2010 Religious Education school year are available at the entrance to the Church. The Religious Education Program for Grades 1-5 will be held on Thursdays whenever the Saranac Central School is in session. The first class will be Thursday, October 8th. Parents are requested to pick up a form for each child in Grades 1-5. Complete the form and place it in the box designated for this purpose at the entrance to the Church. Include with each form a book fee of $20. St. James Religious Education is for St. James parishioners only. The completed registration form and book fee must be returned no later than Sunday, September 20th in order to be included in the program.

Grades 6-7 are part of the Saranac Middle School. Due to the later closing time of the school day, students in Grades 6-7 cannot meet on Thursdays. Parents whose children are in these grades and who participated in the St. James Religious Education Program in previous years will receive written information from Father Deno regarding the religious education of your children. Students in Grade 8-12 who have not yet been confirmed will participate in a two year Religious Education-Confirmation Preparation program to be held monthly on Sunday evenings at St. James Parish Center starting October 11th

SUMMER ENVELOPES: We sincerely thank our parishioners who mail or deliver their weekly envelopes to the parish when they are out-of-town. As many of you understand, our parish expenses and obligations do not take a vacation when you do, so it is very helpful as you continue your support even when you cannot personally attend Mass here.

Bulletin for the Week of August 16, 2009

Mission Intention for August

That people world-wide may become more mindful of the plights of millions of refugees and displaced persons, and that tangible solutions be found to address their often tragic situations.

GETAWAY: Looking for a fun weekend, surrounded by others of like faith? Are you a Young Adult (over 18 and out of high school)? Consider joining others on a Mountain – Climb Weekend. The weekend of Sept. 4th – 6th. “Base Camp” will be Guggenheim Lodge in Saranac Lake. Beds, food, activity and social time – provided and covered by a suggested donation of $65.00. Arrival is Friday evening (Sept. 4th) through Sunday (Sept. 6th @ Noon). If you are interested please contact the Department of Young Adult Ministry c/o the Director, Gib Patenaude @: gpatenaude@dioogdensburg.org. or (518) 637 - 2091 Space is limited.

FALL RETREAT: Come join us for a Young Adult Retreat Sept. 18th – 20th at the Guggenheim Center on Lower Saranac lake. A suggested contribution of $75.00 would go toward covering cost. Food and lodging provided from Friday evening (6-8pm) through Sunday @ 12 Noon. Please contact the Director of Young Adult Ministry, Gib Patenaude for more information or to register call (518) 637 – 2091 or by emailgpatenaude@dioogdensburg.org

COME DISCOVER SETON: You are invited to come inquire, discover, and explore what Seton Catholic can offer you and your children: high academic achievements, Christian values, a respected athletics program, and a safe family-centered environment. Thursday, August 20, 5-7 pm at Seton Catholic, 206 New York Rd, Plattsburgh, NY.

MARRIAGE JUBILEE: The Diocese has announced that they will hold the annual Marriage Jubilee mass this year on September 20th at 2:30 pm at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Ogdensburg. This event is a wonderful opportunity for those couples who are newly married to come together and celebrate with couples who have truly lived the sacrament of marriage. All couples are welcome. Couples celebrating jubilees and wishing to receive a certificate need to register for this event through the parish before September 8th.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: Gazing upon Mary, we come to know the transforming power present in the Eucharist….Contemplating her, assumed body and soul into heaven, we see opening up before us those ‘new heavens’ and that ‘new earth’. (Pope John Paul II) Eucharistic Adoration is held throughout the year every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 6 am to 9 pm at St. John’s Church Adoration Chapel, downstairs. Everyone is invited to spend some quiet time with Jesus anytime during these hours. For more information about spending a special hour with Jesus weekly, or becoming a substitute, please call 561-5083 or email us at Sjohnsadoration@aol.com

MARRIAGE TIP: Are you a morning dove or a night owl? If you and your spouse are different, have you found ways to accomodate your different rhythms? Find more Marriage Rx at www.foryourmarriage.org

ONLY TODAY:

My life is an instant,

An hour which passes by;

My life is a moment

Which I have no power to stay.

You know, O my God,

That to love you here on earth --

I have only today.

St. Therese of Lisieux

VOCATIONS: Catholics believe that God calls each individual to one of three vocations: either to marriage, to religious life (priest, nun), or to remain single. In 2009 those who believed that God called them to prepare to become a priest showed a diversity in ethnicity, age, and life experiences as follows:

21 percent are Hispanic,

14 percent are Asian or Pacific Islander,

6 percent are African/African American,

43 percent are under 30

70 percent entered with a bachelor’s degree

90 percent held full-time jobs

7 percent have been married

5 percent have children

73 percent attended Catholic schools for at least part of their education

68 percent considered a religious vocation before age 21

A PRAYER FOR JOB SEEKERS: Gracious and loving God, you know our need for meaningful work. Send your Holy Spirit to guide those who are searching for employment. Help them to recognize the gifts and talents you have given them. Deepen their desire to follow your will. Inspire them as they contact potential employers. Give them patience as they wait for responses. Shelter them from feelings of rejection. Protect them from discouragement. Give them courage to overcome fear. Shower on them the graces they need to persevere. Let this time of searching become an opportunity to grow in faith, to cultivate the virtue of hope, and to experience your healing love. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Bulletin for the week of August 9, 2009

Mission Intention for August

That people world-wide may become more mindful of the plights of millions of refugees and displaced persons, and that tangible solutions be found to address their often tragic situations.

GETAWAY: Looking for a fun weekend, surrounded by others of like faith? Are you a Young Adult (over 18 and out of high school)? Consider joining others on a Mountain – Climb Weekend. The weekend of Sept. 4th – 6th. “Base Camp” will be Guggenheim Lodge in Saranac Lake. Beds, food, activity and social time – provided and covered by a suggested donation of $65.00. Arrival is Friday evening (Sept. 4th) through Sunday (Sept. 6th @ Noon). If you are interested please contact the Department of Young Adult Ministry c/o the Director, Gib Patenaude @: gpatenaude@dioogdensburg.org. or (518) 637 - 2091 Space is limited.

FALL RETREAT: Come join us for a Young Adult Retreat Sept. 18th – 20th at the Guggenheim Center on Lower Saranac lake. A suggested contribution of $75.00 would go toward covering cost. Food and lodging provided from Friday evening (6-8pm) through Sunday @ 12 Noon. Please contact the Director of Young Adult Ministry, Gib Patenaude for more information or to register call (518) 637 – 2091 or by email gpatenaude@dioogdensburg.org

COME DISCOVER SETON: You are invited to come inquire, discover, and explore what Seton Catholic can offer you and your children: high academic achievements, Christian values, a respected athletics program, and a safe family-centered environment. Thursday, August 20, 5-7 pm at Seton Catholic, 206 New York Rd, Plattsburgh, NY.

MARRIAGE JUBILEE: The Diocese has announced that they will hold the annual Marriage Jubilee mass this year on September 20th at 2:30 pm at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Ogdensburg. This event is a wonderful opportunity for those couples who are newly married to come together and celebrate with couples who have truly lived the sacrament of marriage. All couples are welcome. Couples celebrating jubilees and wishing to receive a certificate need to register for this event through the parish before September 8th.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: As He then lived upon earth, so now He lives in our midst [in the Holy Eucharist], but transfigured and veiled to the bodily eyes. (Fr. Faber). Eucharistic Adoration is held throughout the year every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 6 am to 9 pm at St. John’s Church Adoration Chapel, downstairs. Everyone is invited to spend some quiet time with Jesus anytime during these hours. For more information about spending a special hour with Jesus weekly, or becoming a substitute, please call 561-5083 or email us at Sjohnsadoration@aol.com

ASSUMPTION OF MARY: The feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15) is not a Holy Day of obligation this year since it falls on Saturday.

MARRIAGE TIP: On your wedding day you promised to love each other for better or for worse. Today, think of a "for better" that your spouse has made in your life and share it with him or her. Find moreMarriage Rx at www.foryourmarriage.org

PRAYER FOR PEACE AMONG NATIONS: On July 25,1945 President Harry Truman made the decision to drop the newly developed atomic bomb on cities in Japan. In the early morning hours of August 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber named Enola Gay dropped a uranium bomb over the city of Hiroshima, Japan with a civilian population of 300,000. Those closest to the explosion died instantly, their bodies turned to black char. 70,000 people died as a result of initial blast, 200,000 as the result of radioactive fallout. This was followed three days later on August 9, 1945 when a B-29 bomber named Bock’s Car dropped a plutonium bomb over Nagasaki killing 40,000 persons instantly with 70,000 as the result of radioactive fallout. For many decades the Catholic Church has supported a nuclear-weapons-free world. Nuclear war-fighting is rejected because it cannot ensure non-combatant immunity and the likely destruction and lingering radiation.

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.

Where there is hatred, let me sow love,

Where there is injury, pardon

Where there is doubt, faith,

Where there is despair, hope,

Where there is darkness, light,

Where there is sadness, joy.

Bulletin for the week of August 2, 2009

Mission Intention for August

That people world-wide may become more mindful of the plights of millions of refugees and displaced persons, and that tangible solutions be found to address their often tragic situations.

CATHOLIC CHARITIES THANKS YOU: The 2009 Catholic Charities Mother’s Day Appeal was a great success! Because of your generosity and compassion for our brothers and sisters in need the goal of $175,000 was not only reached but surpassed. As of July 23, the total amount received is $177,138.88. Remember, 92% of every dollar goes directly to the programs and services for those in need. For more information on the programs and services of Catholic Charities in this area, we invite you to visit the website: www.cathcharities.org

GETAWAY: Looking for a fun weekend, surrounded by others of like faith? Are you a Young Adult (over 18 and out of high school)? Consider joining others on a Mountain – Climb Weekend. The weekend of Sept. 4th – 6th. “Base Camp” will be Guggenheim Lodge in Saranac Lake. Beds, food, activity and social time – provided and covered by a suggested donation of $65.00. Arrival is Friday evening (Sept. 4th) through Sunday (Sept. 6th @ Noon). If you are interested please contact the Department of Young Adult Ministry c/o the Director, Gib Patenaude @: gpatenaude@dioogdensburg.org. or (518) 637 - 2091 Space is limited.

FALL RETREAT: Come join us for a Young Adult Retreat Sept. 18th – 20th at the Guggenheim Center on Lower Saranac lake. A suggested contribution of $75.00 would go toward covering cost. Food and lodging provided from Friday evening (6-8pm) through Sunday @ 12 Noon. Please contact the Director of Young Adult Ministry, Gib Patenaude for more information or to register call (518) 637 – 2091 or by email gpatenaude@dioogdensburg.org

COME DISCOVER SETON: You are invited to come inquire, discover, and explore what Seton Catholic can offer you and your children: high academic achievements, Christian values, a respected athletics program, and a safe family-centered environment. Thursday, August 20, 5-7 pm at Seton Catholic, 206 New York Rd, Plattsburgh, NY.

ARE YOU BEING CALLED TO LAY MINISTRY? Are you open to the call to serve in parish ministry? Consider joining the hundreds of other Commissioned Lay Ministers who have responded to the call by training through Formation for Ministry. For a two year period, candidates attend weekly classes. Each course is once a week for 8 weeks as follows:

First Year: Second Year:

* Old Testament * Christology

* New Testament * Sacraments

* Church * Moral Theology

* Spirituality * Social Justice

Registration for Formation for Ministry 2009-2011 is still available. If you are interested speak with your pastor about applying to the Formation for Ministry program for 2009-2011. Classes will be held in Altona.

MARRIAGE JUBILEE: The Diocese has announced that they will hold the annual Marriage Jubilee mass this year on September 20th at 2:30 pm at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Ogdensburg. This event is a wonderful opportunity for those couples who are newly married to come together and celebrate with couples who have truly lived the sacrament of marriage. All couples are welcome. Couples celebrating jubilees and wishing to receive a certificate need to register for this event through the parish before September 8th.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: If we really love the good God, we will find it a joy and happiness to spend some time near him, to adore him, and keep company with so good a frienD, (St. John Vianney). Eucharistic Adoration is held throughout the year every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 6 am to 9 pm at St. John’s Church Adoration Chapel, downstairs. Everyone is invited to spend some quiet time with Jesus anytime during these hours. For more information about spending a special hour with Jesus weekly, or becoming a substitute, please call 561-5083 or email us atSjohnsadoration@aol.com

ASSUMPTION OF MARY: The feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15) is not a Holy Day of obligation this year since it falls on Saturday.

MARRIAGE TIP: Most couples are busy and don't have enough quality time together, but sometimes we need time by ourselves too. Take five minutes today to sit in silence, Find more Marriage Rx atwww.foryourmarriage.org

BLESSING BEFORE AND AFTER MEALS

Before: Bless us, O Lord! and these Thy gifts, which we are about to receive from Thy bounty, through Christ our Lord. Amen.

After: We give Thee thanks for all Thy benefits, O Almighty God, who livest and reignest world without end. Amen. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen