August 7th Bulletin - Church of the Visitation

MASS/MUSIC
TODAY’S MASS
Bell Song: All People That On Earth Do Dwell #309
The Catholic Church Of The Visitation
8462 General Puller Highway
P.O. Box 38
Topping, Virginia 23169
Phone:(804) 758-5160
Fax: (804)758-0676
E-Mail: churchofthevisitation@va.metrocast.net
Website: www.church-of-the-visitation.org
Entrance Song: Rain Down #614
Glory to God #915
Liturgy of the Word
First reading/page 198
Responsorial Psalm: Blessed the people the Lord has chosen,
chosen to be his own,
Second Reading
Gospel Acclamation: Stay awake and be ready! For you do not know
on what day your Lord will come.
Gospel/Homily
Nicene Creed /page 9
Prayers of the Faithful: Response:-Lord hear our prayer
Liturgy of the Eucharist
Offertory: The Sacrifice of Praise #552
Holy: #918
proclaim your Death, O Lord, until you come again.
Lord’s Prayer: page 26
Lamb of God: #923
Communion: Vine And Branches #364
Meditation: This Body Of Christ #358
Recessional: In The Day Of The Lord #579
CHURCH ACTIVITIES, ORGANIZATIONS,
AND SACRAMENTAL EVENTS
Below is a condensed list of such items. For more details, consult our Ministry Catalogue or contact the
Ministerial Head pictured on the WELCOME TREE, located on the wall outside of the kitchen.
Church Hours
PARISH COUNCIL MINISTRIES
Worship/Liturgy, Eileen O’Brien
Justice & Peace, Eileen Wagner
Religious Education, Barbara Hollingsworth
Parish Life, Peg Meushaw
Adult Ed/RCIA, Louise Petralia
Pastoral Care, Lynne Richardson
Administration, Page Wittkamp
Young Adult Representative-open
Finance, Ray Kostesky
Sunday Mass 9AM
Wednesday Mass 9AM
Thursday Mass 9AM
Parish Office Hours 9AM-2PM
Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
Pastor, Gerald Kaggwa
Church Secretary, Andrea Moore
Webmaster, Mike Dreelin
FINANCE COUNCIL
Ray Kostesky-Chairman
Tom Bliley
John Charbeneau
Lisa Forte
Debby Harriman
Fritz Sitterding
PARISH COUNCIL
Charlie Costello
Lynne Dreelin
Linda Gray-Chairperson
Lee Hollingsworth
Dave Marchant
Brendan O’Brien
Stephanie Selmer-Secretary
Kathy Swinehart
Lynn Vajda
Gospel: Luke 12:32-48
First Reading: Wisdom 18:6-9
Second Reading: Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19
ASSIGNMENTS
GREETERS:
Lynne Dreelin, Pat Marchant & Chris Tutak
USHERS:
Tom Shoemaker, Larry Tewey, Stephanie Selmer,
Lee Hollingsworth & Don Delangrane
ALTAR SERVERS:
Joe Sychterz
COMMUNITY LEADER:
Gary Richardson
LECTORS:
Memorial Acclamation: When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup, we
19th Sunday In Ordinary Time
August 7, 2016
August 7, 2016
BAPTISM, MARRIAGE: Please contact the parish office to arrange an appointment for
celebrating the sacrament of Baptism or Marriage.
CATECHUMENS: RCIA invites people of all ages interested in becoming Catholics
through Baptism, Eucharist and Confirmation. Contact the parish office.
SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING: Celebrated 2x a year-Spring & Fall or by appointment.
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Held during Lent and Advent as well as by
appointment. Please call the parish office.
SICK CALLS: Please call the Office at any time. We will also bring Holy Communion to
anyone who is unable to attend Mass.
HOLY DAYS: Please call the office for times or check our website.
PRISON MINISTRY: Please call the office if you are interested in helping.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS: Knights of Columbus meet the third Wednesday of each
month beginning with the Rosary at 5:45pm and the meeting starting 6:15pm, followed by
a social with wives and guests at 7:15pm. Everyone is welcome. The KOC are willing to
provide transportation to any church activities. Call Grand Knight Gary Richardson,
776-0949.
VISITATION SINGERS: You are invited to sing at Dockside Nursing Home and
Riverside Convalescent Center one day a month(3rd Wednesday). We start off with a
short practice at Visitation and then sing at both facilities. We will bring one or two
guitars and any available singers to entertain the residents, singing hymns, light songs they
know, and songs for the season. For information, call Carol McCormack at 804-725-1656.
KNITTING MINISTRY: A loving ministry that meets every 1 st and 3rd Monday (10am at
the church) each month, weather permitting. Please call Lynne Richardson 776-0949.
FOOD PANTRY: Our church supplies food/toiletries to the Cryer Center to provide help
to the community as needed. Items may be dropped off in the baskets provided, as you
enter church.
RECYCLABLE CANS: Church of the Visitation recycles cans, with profits going to church
ministries. Bring your aluminum cans to the bin outside, by the playground.
Chuck & Carol Walsh
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS:
Lynn Vajda, Steve Forte, Jack & Louise Petralia & Marie
Suyes
Music:
Leaders: Carol McCormack/Matt Ponish
Cantor: Sal Messina
COLLECTION COUNTERS:
Brendan & Stephanie
Wednesday: August 10th
Reading 1: 2 Corinthians 9:6-10
Gospel: John 12:24-26
Thursday: August 11th
Reading 1: Ezekiel 12:1-12
Gospel: Matthew 18:21-19:1
OFFERTORY COLLECTION FOR July 31, 2016
Collection:
$ 2,242
Second Collection:
Total Offertory Collection Year to Date $ 11,410
Total Budget Projection:
$ 10,980
Our second collection today is for Faith Formation.
We did not sign any principal checks this week.
BUILDING FUND
As of July 2016: $543,067
FATHER JOHN BODDIE SCHOLARSHIP FUND
In memory of our pastor and friend, Fr. John Boddie, from whom flowed love and
kindness to all who knew him. May his soul rest in peace. Money from these ads are
used as scholarships given to the youth of our church. Please make your checks payable to THE
FR. JOHN BODDIE SCHOLARSHIP FUND. Checks and ads can be deposited in the church office. The charge per space is $100. Thank you for your continued support.
The Scholarship Committee
Website for scholarship application: tcfrichmond.org
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804-776-0949
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Mother Theresa’s ANYWAY prayer
People are often unreasonable, illogical, and
self-centered; forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of
selfish, ulterior motives; be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false
friends and true enemies; succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat
you; be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could
destroy overnight; build it anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be
jealous; be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget
tomorrow; do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may
never be enough; give the world the
best you’ve got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you
and God; it was never between you and them
anyway.
Breathe in Love,
Exhale Peace.
Application deadline: March 3, 2016
WE SALUTE
THE YOUTH OF OUR
CHURCH AND THEIR
IMPORTANT JOURNEY
Carmen & Joe Brinkley
FATHER GERALD KAGGWA
We welcome with joyful hearts
our new priest, Father Gerald
Kaggwa! He would like us to call
him Father Gerry.
Father Gerry was born in Uganda on
October 15th, 1962 to a large and loving family
including 4 sisters and 9 brothers. His love of
learning led him to studies outside of Uganda
for the greater part of his life—to Kenya,
England, Tanzania, Italy, Germany, and the
United States. Along the way, Father Gerry
earned higher education degrees in
Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies.
He also managed to pick up a few languages:
Luganda, Italian, Swahili, Spanish, German
(reading) and English.
After attending seminary in London, England,
Father Gerry was ordained in 1990. Before
coming to the United States, Father Gerry
was both Rector and Principal of a college in
Tanzania for 14 years, until 2013.
In Virginia, Father Gerry served as Parochial
Vicar of St. Bridget Church in Richmond.
After that much loved job, he was honored to
be named as Pastor for a cluster of three
Virginia parishes: St. Catherine of Siena in
Clarksville, St. Paschal Baylon in South
Boston, and Church of the Good Shepherd in
South Hill. Like Church of the Visitation,
these three parishes are all mission parishes
with many parishioners who are retired.
While there, Father Gerry worked very hard
and with great success to raise money for
their building campaigns as well as their
Living Our Mission campaigns.
It is our privilege and our joy to have Father
Gerald Kaggwa as our new Pastor.
UPCOMING EVENTS
*Today-Father Gerry’s First Sunday Mass
*September 13th-Parish Council Meeting 7PM
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Mark your calendars for Saturday morning, September 24,
from 8-12. COV will be hosting a community seminar for
“End of Life Planning.” Make life easier for those you will
leave behind when you make that journey to your final
“Home” by planning now. Guest speakers will cover topics
such as: Estate Planning Overview; When and How to
obtain Hospice care; Funeral Home Services; Planning
your Memorial/Funeral Service; Matters of Probate.
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Registration will be limited. COV Parishioners will have
first opportunity to sign up. After August 14
we will be advertising to the Middlesex
community.
Please contact Lynne Richardson (776-0949)
if you are interested in registering and/or
helping with set-up, take-down, breakfast
food, greeting guests and speakers, or other
jobs that will come up.
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GOLF TOURNAMENT REPORT
As you know, half of the proceeds from the annual
Golf Tournament are dedicated to community
outreach. The Tournament Committee has decided
to give donations averaging $500 to the following causes:
Parish Pence, Laurel Shelter, Riverside Hospice, YMCA’s
Bright Beginnings, Hands Across Middlesex's Food
Pantry and Backpack Buddies’ programs, Christmas
Friends, and Habitat for Humanity.
CONFIRMATION
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were officially welcomed into the
Catholic Church and Confirmed last
Sunday. Congratulations!
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Hands Across Middlesex and COV will be
jointly sponsoring a yard sale on November
19th. More information will be coming
soon.
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ADDRESS FOR Fr. ROBERT AND Mr. WIGGLES
Roberts Cummins
725 Brunswick Road
Portsmouth, VA 23701
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ATTENTION MINISTRY HEADS
At a Diocesan Conference yesterday we
received a manual entitled Emergency
Procedures for Catholic Parishes. It will be
in place in the rear of the church, and we ask all ministry
heads to be familiar with its location and content.
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SCRIPTURE REFLECTION
BE READY
Faith is based on witness. Abraham and Sarah had faith
because God kept his promises and they saw his works.
The people in exile had faith because God kept his promises and they remembered his works. Our faith requires
remembering God’s works with our ancestors. They lived and died in
the light of the resurrection of Jesus—the way, the truth, and the life
leading to the New Jerusalem, our heavenly homeland. We must
stand ready to meet the Lord when he returns! Maranatha!
Text, Philip J. Sandstrom, STD © 1999, OCP. All rights reserved
Next Week: 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
An unsettling truth
Reading I: Jeremiah 38:4–6, 8–10 (Jeremiah in the miry cistern)
Reading II: Hebrews 12:1–4 (God’s treatment of his sons and
daughters)
Gospel: Luke 12:49–53 (Jesus’ mission of division)
Key Passage: Jesus said, “Do you think that I have come to
bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!” (Luke 12:51)
Adult: When has your taking a strong stand on a moral
issue created division rather than healing in the short term?
Child: Is it important to do the right thing even if others
are angry as a result? Why or why not?
VISITATION SINGERS
We were 12 strong singing at the two nursing homes two
weeks ago. Flags were a-waving as we sang Patriotic
Songs thanks to The American Legion Post 83 in Mathews
and also a thank you goes out to Madisen (granddaughter
of Skip & Lois Kramb) who played the SWALLOWTAIL
JIG on the violin/fiddle. Stanley and Mary Keen
(residences) said Higher Ground was beautiful. Gerrie
was funny holding the doll for the resident next to
her. The resident on the other side of her sang every song
with us and Junior's (resident) face was
so expressive while we sang YOU ARE
MY SUNSHINE. I think HOUND DOG
and BLUE SUEDE SHOES, thanks to
Elvis and Carl Perkins, were a definite hit.
Carol McCormack
Pastoral
Care
CARE NOTE
“Overcoming Loneliness After Loss”
Reach out to friends. Trust that the pain will pass. “Our
loss can become our gain-a blessing that is born in pain.”
Take one take heart ~ Give one give hope
Care notes are located in the vestibule.
PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS
Nancy Dunlop, Arlene Toler & Ed Mahoney
PARISHIONERS:
Tom Bliley, Chris Henkel, Jennifer Miller, Betty Hodge, Nennie
Lennon, Rose Lohr, Ann Melvin, Jack Jensen, Ellen
Demavres, Rudolf Wijdoogen, John Sobieski, Laurie King, Tom
Mangrum, Ingrid Borden, Celina Knez, Sherry Bryant, Barbara &
Bernie Bernhardt, Becky Nunn, Rita Blommel, Laura Tewey, Toni
Traynor, Bill & Linda Gray, Dick Zimmerman, Herman
Beckstoffer, Peg Meushaw, Carol & Art Smith, Bill & Mary
Alice Marks, Tom Shoemaker, Allen Hines, Joe Edwards,
Pat & Lee Reamy, Tom Shepherd, Janine Jaboulay, Anne
Paparella, Carole McPherson, Maryanne Grubbs, Jeanne
Lessner, Tyra Freed, Colin Walsh, Beryl O’Connor.
FAMILY OF PARISHIONERS:
TO SUPPORT
OUR YOUTH,
THEIR DREAMS,
& OUR FUTURE.
In Loving Memory
of
Alma and Fritz Sitterding
Supporting Our Youth
Believe
There is
Good in
the World.
Ad space
available
Lisl Bollana, Greg Dreelin, Patricia Yon, Natasha Walsh, Jeff Tutak,
Chris Hodge, Ruth Heunemann, Audry & Scott Cronacher, Georgia
Morgan, Gene Ruark, Cathie Sobieski, Alice Young, Margaret Hock,
Kenneth Gage, Josette Chmiel, John Calvin Barnard, Brent Wilkings,
Bill Dawson, Robert & Timothy Wilkins, Sandra Bush and children,
Gabbard & Geilow families, Virginia & Al Talke, George & Sylvia
Zimmerman, Charles & Sandy Alter, Andy & Iris Hetzer, Amanda
Moore, Buddy & Jackie Moore, Linda & Corky Price, Fr. Alan Clute,
Mike Gorin, Becky Holloway, Fr. Bertin Samsa, Carroll Ciurczak,
Ellen Parker, Denis Popp, Michelle Gray, PJ Schwedler, Jerry
Howerton, Terry & Kathy Reamy.
FRIENDS OF PARISHIONERS:
Father Dan, Bill Ashworth, Sharon Rumsey,
Bill & Sally Penfield, Caleb Chowning, Mike Rios, Gretchen,
Maribelle Dunlop, Jon Gorman, Jim & Linda Morris, Joan & John
Rychtarik, Charlie & Scott Prietz, Katie Kruz, Russ & Mary Lou
Mank, Linda Cryer, Elizabeth Panzer, Joey Coker.
If you need to add to the prayer list please call the office, email, or leave a note in the box outside
the office, remember to put family or friend by their name.
BULLETIN BOARD INFORMATION
See bulletin board (in the old administration hall,
across from the kitchen for more info.)
*Office for Persons with Disabilities/*Diocesan Job Vacancies
*Monthly Diocesan Christian Formation -Newsletter
*Catholic Engagement/Marriage Encounter--Schedule
*LOM Newsletter
*Free Health/Dental/Pharmacy Clinic-Accepting New Patients
*Annual Catholic Women’s & Men’s Conf. Sept 10 & 24th
*Singers’ Workshop Sept 17th
*Catholic Charities Newsletter
*Lower United Methodist Church Revival Aug 7-11th
*Bishop’s statement regarding Catholics in Public office
*Office of Asian Ministry Announcement
*Office for Evangelization Event Update
Lynne & Gary Richardson
For the love and blessings
of Christ given through
vocations.
Thank You Lord
Art & Carol Smith
SUPPORTERS OF OUR YOUTH SCHOLARSHIPS
Frank & Geri Lohr III
Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Hartz Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Cox
Don Tyrrell
Anne & Charlie Costello
Ann O’Connor Melvin
Lee & Pat Reamy
John & Vera England
Richard & Mary Sue Dougherty
Mollie McMurtrie
Leonard & Pat Paul
In Support
Of Our Youth
Curtis and Nancy Dickinson
We Support The Youth Scholarship Fund.
In Support
Of Our Youth
John & Carol McCormack
The O’Keefe Family
In memory of
Daniel Nolte
A child without education is
like a bird without wings!
Ad Space Available
Nennie Lennon
Telephone: (804) 794-4080
In Loving
DR. ROBERT W. SCHERRER
OPTOMETRIST
Memory of
Tony Meushaw
P.O. Box 118
13445 Midlothian Turnpike
Midlothian, Virginia 23113
Peg Meushaw
Office Hours:
By Appointment
“God will make a way
When there seems to be no way
God works in ways I can not see
God will make a way for me”
“Throw off the bowlines, sail
away from the safe harbor, catch
the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover.”
-Mark Twain
J & L Petralia
Marilyn and Fernando Atienza
IN GRATITUDE TO ALL THE
SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AIRMEN,
MARINES AND COAST GUARD
MEN AND WOMEN
SERVING OUR NATION
RIVER BIRCH
Nursery, Florist & Gift Shop
Rt. 33
Locust Hill, Va. 23092
(804)758-2316-Nursery
758-3522—florist
758-8814—gift shop
In Memory of
Bob Hartman
My Love of My Life
Jenny
In
Support
of Our
Youth!
“Get Fresh With Us.”
TWO CONVENIENT LOCATIONS
J & W SEAFOOD
ISLAND SEAFOOD
DELTAVILLE, VA
804-776-9740
GWYNN’S ISLAND, VA
804-725-4962
In Loving Memory of
In Loving
Memory of
John G. Baker
Father “Bob” Nash
In Loving
Memory Of
Supporting Education
and our kids
Johnny Johnston
Jack & Laurie King
In loving memory of
Marty Hawksworth
We support our youth and
their education.
Tom & Sharon
Hawksworth
Ron & Georgia Beville
In memory of Church Dog, “CHRISTIAN”
In Loving Memory
of One of God’s
Angels
In
Memory
of
Bruno Tassone
“Charlotte”
Min Tassone & Family
Best wishes to all the
youth at Church of the
Visitation
Mary Virginia & Tom Bliley
By
All the best to our
Church Youth.
Bill & Ann Melvin
In Memory of
David Richard Suyes III
Ad Space Available
“Ricky”