Bulletin for the week of March 14, 2010

LOOKING AHEAD

Mar 13-14: Special Catholic Relief Services collection

Mar 14: Class for those preparing for Confirmation, Parish Center, 7:00 PM

Mar 19: Stations of the Cross, 7:00 PM (and all Fridays of Lent)

Mar 20-21: Food Shelf Weekend

Apr 17-18: Food Shelf Weekend

Apr 30: Ordination of Father Terry LaValley as Bishop, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Ogdensburg

May 9: First Communion, 10:00 AM Mass

May 15-16: Food Shelf Weekend

June 13: Cadyville Fire Department Field Day

RELIGIOUS WEB SITES

www.homefaith.com (At Home with Our Faith)

www.fisheaters.com (Catholic information)

Mission Intention for March

That the world economy be managed according to the principles of justice and equity, taking account of the real needs of people, especially the poorest.

CATHOLIC RELIEF SERIVCES: Today, we take up the Catholic Relief Services Collection. You are invited to give hope to Jesus in disguise. Give hope to the community that has lost its livelihood to a crop disease. Give hope to the refugee child, separated from her mother. Give hope

to the immigrant, trying to keep faith alive in a foreign land. The Catholic Relief Services Collection helps to fund programs that give hope to refugees, immigrants, and the impoverished, including victims of war, natural disaster, and drought. The rough humanitarian, economic, pastoral, and advocacy e orts, TheCatholic Relief Services Collection gives hope. Please be generous in today’s Collection.

EASTER DUTY: All Catholics who have reached the age of reason must confess their serious sins in the Sacrament of Penance at least once a year. They must also receive Holy Communion at least once each year during the Easter season, which this year extends from February 21st, the First Sunday of Lent, until Trinity Sunday, May 30th.

WHY IS THE ALTAR REVERENCED? When the ministers (priest, altar servers, lector, Eucharistic minister) have processed to the front of the church, all except those carrying the cross bow to the altar. As they go to their places the priest presider goes behind the altar and bows and kisses it before going to his chair. The altar is a symbol of the Body of Christ. As such we reverence it. We do not treat it like an ordinary table, but place on it only those things needed for the celebration of the Eucharistic liturgy such as the chalice and purificator, the corporal, the bread and wine, and the Sacramentary from which the priest will lead us in the prayers.

Prayer for Bishop-elect LaValley

God, eternal Shepherd,

you have chosen your servant Terry

to watch over the your flock

and to pastor the Church of Ogdensburg.

Help him to respond wholeheartedly

to your call, “Follow me.”

Among us and for us,

may he be a faithful teacher,

a wise administrator and a holy priest.

Enrich him with the gifts and virtues of a true apostle,

for the good of your people in the North Country.

May he, and all those in his care,

show forth the living presence of Christ in the world;

and come to the joy of everlasting life

in your verdant pastures.

We ask this through Christ, our Lord. Amen.

AT HOME WITH OUR FAITH: The March issue of At Home with Our Faith is now available at the entrance to the church.

MARRIAGE TIP: Talking is not always the same as communication. Talk is cheap. Being a person of one's word and following through with action makes communication true. Find more Marriage Rx atwww.foryourmarriage.org.

MATER DEI FOUNDATION: Currently offering scholarships for Catholic School and Religious Education teachers for workshops and study, scholarships for graduating students who plan on attending a Catholic college and students who need assistance for Catholic grade schools. For further information contact Ron Romano at rcromano@verizon.net .

BISHOP ORDINATION: The Ordination and Installation of Bishop-elect Terry R. LaValley as the 14th Bishop of Ogdensburg will take place at St. Mary’s Cathedral on April 30th, 2010 at 2 p.m. The limited seating capacity of the Cathedral does not allow the Bishop-elect LaValley to invite all the people of the Diocese to his Ordination and Installation; therefore, only those who receive tickets will be admitted to the ceremony.

UNITED STATES CENSUS HELP: In March of 2010 the United States Census Bureau will be distributing questionnaires to every household in the country. All residents in the United States must be counted. A census has been taken since 1790, as mandated by our constitution to apportion seats in the House of Representatives. The Census information collected helps to determine how $400 billion annually is allocated across the country for neighborhood improvements, public health, education, and transportation.

The Glens Falls office of the US Census is recruiting residents of Clinton, Essex, Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren, and Washington counties. Field work starts at $13/hour plus 50 cents per mile. Simply call 1-866-861-2010 to schedule an easy half-hour test. A practice test is available atwww.2010censusjobs.gov. It is important for the accuracy and cost-effectiveness of this operation to hire citizens within their own communities, rather than hiring from outside.