October 11th, 2009
School Age Children – October 8th, 15th, 20th, 2009
Registration for children who wish to receive the Sacraments of First Communion, Reconciliation and Confirmation will be held at the Parish Office from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM on the following evenings: Thursday, October 8th, Thursday October 15th and Tuesday, October 20th. Please bring a copy of the child’s Baptismal Certificate if registering for First Communion or Confirmation.
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| Posted in Bulletin |
October 8th, 2009
These photos were taken at the Workshop on St. Paul given by renowned New Testament scholar, Professor Raymond Collins. Fr. Collins, the author of numerous books and articles, spoke on St Paul, Preacher of the Gospel, the Women in St. Paul’s Ministry and The Cross in Paul. This was a wonderful opportunity to learn more about St. Paul and his writing.
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October 4th, 2009
October 5th – 7th, 2009
Professor Raymond Collins, a renowned New Testament scholar, will be giving a three-evening workshop on St. Paul at our parish on October 5 to 7, 2009 (Mon to Wed), from 7:30 to 9 PM each evening.
Until his retirement in 2006, Father Collins was, for more than three decades, professor of New Testament at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, and then at the Catholic University of America. He is author of numerous books and articles, many focusing on the Pauline epistles. He also writes extensively using his scholarship on the New Testament to help “break the Word” for the homilists as well as the faithful.
Genesis 2.7ab, 8b, 18-24
It is not good for man to be alone. This story of creation we just heard is one of two creation stories, each one having it own message. The basic message of this version of creation is that it is not good for man to be alone. We live our lives in relationships. To quote the Dalai Lama: “we come into this world as a result of others’ actions. We survive here in dependence on others, whether we like it or not there is hardly a moment in our lives when we do not benefit from others activities. It is hardly surprising that most of our happiness arises in the context of our relationship with others.”
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September 29th, 2009
Mark 9:38-43,45,47-48
Back in the 80’s I went back to school. I started a doctoral program in ministry. It was an ecumenical course; there were twelve of us from six different denominations. It took me five years to finish. On one occasion Cardinal Carter was visiting St. Gabriel’s. He asked me if I’d learned anything by going back to school. I said, “Yes your eminence I have. I’ve learned that the Roman Catholic Church does not have a corner on idiocy.” He was not amused. But listening to the stories the ministers of other denominations told about the struggles and conflicts in their own congregations I realized there is no such thing as a perfect parish, a perfect congregation or perfect leader.
Reading today’s scripture that conversation with the Cardinal came back to me. Just as we don’t have a corner on idiocy neither do we have a corner on either the Holy Spirit or the Spirit’s gifts. We are all gifted with the Holy Spirit, as was Moses and the others. We don’t own the Spirit, we don’t control the Spirit.
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