Bulletin for the Week of July 10, 2011

LOOKING AHEAD

July 9-10: Special Collection to help with the costs of Fuel, Electricity and Insurance

July 16-17: Food Shelf Weekend

Aug 10: KC Council 6067 Annual Golf Tournament

Aug 20-21 Food Shelf Weekend

Sep 17-18: Food Shelf Weekend

RELIGIOUS WEB SITES

www.nccbuscc.org/romanmissal/ (Roman Missal)

http://pray.nd.edu/ (Daily Prayer)

Mission Intention for July: That Christ may ease the physical and spiritual sufferings of those who are sick with AIDS, especially in the poorest countries.

MARRIAGE TIP: “Do not be wise in your own estimation” (Romans 12:16). A rule of thumb in marriage or parenting is to be careful what you take credit for lest you also be willing to take the blame. Often success is earned but sometimes it’s just good luck or good genes. Be humble today.Find more Marriage Rx at www.foryourmarriage.org.

FORMATION FOR MINISTRY: Formation For Ministry is now recruiting candidates for the 2011 – 2013 formation classes. If you feel compelled to serve more deeply in your parish’s ministries, take a few minutes to speak with your pastor about the possibility of entering the Formation For Ministryprogram. The two year adult formation process offers participant an opportunity to grow in knowledge, faith and spirituality through weekly classes, annual retreats and ministry workshops.

SPECIAL COLLECTION: SPECIAL COLLECTION: The increased cost of gasoline and heating fuel has place difficulty on all of you. As you are very well aware from all indications the cost will not decrease in the months and year to come. This increased cost affects your home as well as our parish. Your contribution to the special collection this weekend will assist your parish with the costs of heating the parish buildings. A special envelope for this purpose is in your packet of envelopes.

WE VALUE THE GIFT OF LIFE – TWENTY-ONE WEEKS AFTER CONCEPTION Hello Spiritual Friends, thank you so much for your concern about my life and my mother’s well being. My lungs will continue to develop and there will be an increase in connections in my brain, but no new parts or body systems need to develop from this point on. I will just be growing and gaining weight, until I am born. I am truly a little wonder and an amazing creation of God. Though I walk in the midst of dangers, you guard my life when my enemies rage. You stretch out your hand; your right hand saves me. (Psalm 138:7)

The G.I.F.T. of Prayer

Give thanks

Identify needs

Forgive and Be Forgiven

Think of Others

THE ROMAN MISSAL, THIRD EDITION, CHANT AND SACRED MUSIC:

The Church sings because she loves. All the liturgical traditions of the Church have developed forms of chant for the praise of God, the proclamation of the Word, and prayer. Chant is language clothed in the vesture of melody. Chant is born of the word; it elevates the spoken discourse and adapts it to the sacredness of the liturgy. In any Mass, the first things to be sung are the acclamations and simple dialogues. Priests are responsible for knowing how to sing the parts of the Mass that belong to them. To the people belong, first of all, the unchanging parts easily learned by heart and sung from memory. The Roman Liturgy gives pride of place to Gregorian Chant; other forms of song also have their place, provided that they express in melody the truth of the Mystery that is celebrated in the Liturgy. .Apart from the chants of the Mass itself, there is room for polyphony and other types of sacred music. The organ, an instrument capable of expressing everything from majestic jubilation to humble recollection, holds an esteemed place in our heritage.