Banns of Marriage

Ryan Phillips & Marissha Perlas III

Gerald Pfeiffer & Laura Burket II

Antonio Paniagua & Jeanine Gonzalez II

 

 Altar Flower Dedication

Tony and Mary Pimental donated this week’s Sanctuary flowers in celebration of their 40^th Wedding Anniversary.  Congratulations!

If you would like to donate the Sanctuary flowers in memory of a loved one or in celebration of a baptism, birthday, marriage, anniversary or in thanksgiving, please call the Parish Office @ 251-7055.  Minimum donation requested is $85.00.

 

NEWS FROM CATECHETICAL MINISTRY

CM TEACHERS NEEDED.  If you have a love for children and a desire to share your faith, Catechetical Ministry is in need of teachers for our fall session.  Currently, we are looking for a 3^rd grade teacher for Wednesday classes and a 5^th grade co-teacher for Saturday classes, as well as aides for both Wednesdays and Saturdays.  We are also in need of a 6^th grade teacher (facilitator) and High School Confirmation I facilitators (the facilitators are members of a core team that present to a smaller group).  This is a big commitment and we ask you to please give it prayerful consideration. CM will train you.  Please keep in mind, all volunteers now need to meet the following criteria in addition to being trained by CM:  all must be fingerprinted, a Diocesan application completed to be kept on file, and an online Safe Environment Workshop, mandated by the Diocese must be completed. If you are interested, please call 251-0154 and leave a message.  Although the CM Office is closed until August 15^th, we will be checking for messages through the summer and will contact you for an interview when we return.  All fingerprint appointments must be set up through the CM Office and the Safe Environment Workshop information will be given when you come in to set up your appointment.  The entire process may sound complicated, but is really very simple and well worth the effort.  We look forward to hearing from you.

RETREAT – U.n.I. Lord Teen Group (high school) presents a 13-hour overnight retreat from Friday evening, July 25^th, at 8:00 P.M. until Saturday morning, July 26^th, at 9:00 A.M.  Cost is $10.00.  Reserve your space now by calling Sharron Hollenbeck @ 251-0154.  Come join us on a journey of discovery!  {Please see today’s bulletin insert for all the details.} DEADLINE for registration for this retreat is July 16^th.

CATECHETICAL MINISTRY REGISTRATION INFORMATION. Catechetical Ministry (CM) registration will be held Thursday & Friday, September 4^th & 5^th, from 4:00-8:00 P.M., Saturday, September 6^th, from 9:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M. and Sunday, September 7^th, from 8:00 A.M.-2:00 P.M. in the parish center.  All those who will be signing-up their student(s) to receive the Sacraments of Reconciliation (Confession), First Communion or Confirmation must bring an original or a copy for their child’s BAPTISMAL certificate (it will be returned to you at the time you register).  No child will be registered for a sacrament class without their Baptismal certificate.  Please see the following for information needed to register your student(s) for CM classes on the dates given above.

THINGS TO REMEMBER WHEN REGISTERING YOUR STUDENT(S) FOR CATECHETICAL MINISTRY CLASSES IN SEPTEMBER 2008: For those who will be registering young people for our CM program, you will need to complete Emergency/Family Agreement Form(s) for each student attending our program. This form must be completed every year and handed in at the time of registration in August.  For your convenience, you may print the forms from our Website, http://www.parish.stvictor.org/catechism.html . Please scroll down to CM Handbook and open it. The “Emergency Form” AND “Family Agreement Form” are near the end of the handbook.  Print as many as needed for the amount of students you have.  PLEASE be sure you have the following on your “Emergency Form:” complete names, addresses and telephone numbers for your student’s dentist, doctor, two Emergency Contacts as well as complete name, address telephone number and working hours for each parent’s employer.  This includes “step-parents.”  These forms will also be available at the time you register if you do not have access to a computer.  The Emergency Form/Family Agreement Form is also located as the last page of the handbook.  It is important to note that these forms must be kept current at all times. As with any school, new emergency forms must be filled out each year and kept current throughout the year.  It is no different for our program.  We have found that indeed we needed information from a few of them this past school year and unfortunately found that they were NOT kept current.  This delays the emergency process.  We realize that this form is time consuming, but we ask your cooperation in filling in this information properly and completely, and then presenting it to us at the time you register your student(s) for CM classes.  If you are registering your returning 2^nd year student(s) for sacraments (student must have already completed their first basic year of Catechism), please remember to bring their BAPTISMAL certificates, as NO student(s) will be registered without it.  No exceptions will be made.  If you are registering someone else’s student(s) for CM classes (i.e., niece, nephew, grandchild, friend), please remember that you MUST have written permission from the parent to do so.  We cannot register the student without this permission.  This also means, you must make sure that you have the completed Emergency/Family Agreement Forms for these student(s).  Please bring your completed forms with you when you register your student(s) for CM Classes the first weekend in September 2008.

 

SOCIAL JUSTICE NOTE: To those who would like to make a donation to Catholic Relief Services to assist the victims of the recent typhoon in the Philippines and or the floods in India, checks may be mailed to Catholic Relief Services, P.O. Box 17090, Baltimore, Maryland 21203-7070, phone 1-877-HELP-CRS or online @ www.crs.org.  Please keep the victims of these natural disasters, as well as the fire and flood victims here in the U.S., in your prayers.

PRAYER FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE. Lord, our God, when we call to You, You always answer.  We place our hopes and fears in You, knowing that You are always present, we are not afraid.  Protect us from the hatred of others, and keep us safe from the weapons of terrorism.  Do not allow us to be misled by fear.  You desire justice for everyone; enable us to uphold the rights of all.  Give us wisdom to know Your will and make it our own.  Hear our prayers for our men and women in the armed forces, our leaders and our allies.  Guide them with the Spirit of hope and justice as they strive for enduring freedom.  Enfold them and their loved ones in Your gentle care.  Help all of us, even in small ways, to work for justice that will bring true harmony and peace. Amen.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest” 

{Matthew 11:25-30}