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ST. ELIZABETH, DENTON SUNDAY, April 23, 2006
Second Sunday of Easter
PARISH & FAMILY LIFE
MASS SCHEDULE & INTENTIONS
A Word from your Pastor…
LIFE IN THE PARISH FAMILY
Happy Birthday this week to: Katherine Martin (4-25), Kim George
Saturday, April 22
Today we find the disciples locked behind closed doors
Sunday, April 23
(4-26), Michael Hernandez (4-26), Allison Rowe (4-27), Rene Wright
out of fear. There are rumors spreading that their friend,
5:30pm St. Elizabeth
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2nd Collection
- Building & Maintenance
(4-28), Evan Bathras (4-29), Jack Connolly (4-29), 4-29), Kelly George
the one they followed, has risen from the dead and they
People of the Parish
·
Rel. Ed./RCIA/AF – 9:40am – FLC
(4-29), Kierstin Lindkvist (4-29), Suzanne Palguta (4-29), Billy Speas
can’t explain it. They are called to be witnesses, to
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Sodality Hospitality – 9:30am – Hall
Sunday, April 23
(4-29), Sheryl Leavell (5-1)
proclaim the resurrection, but they are afraid because
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Confirmation Proclamation – 11:15am – St.E.
Second
Sunday of Easter
they have no answers. They themselves do not
·
Chaplet of Divine Mercy – 12:30pm – St. Elizabeth
Congratulations to Charles Trice and Lorry Ourednik who will celebrate the
8:30am
St. Benedict
understand how it could be. Jesus enters the room and
·
1st Communion Retreat – 1:30pm – Hall
Sacrament of Marriage at St. Benedict next Saturday, April 29 at Noon.
Intentions of Michael Hernandez
offers them peace. Then following that reassurance, he
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Youth Formation – 6:00pm – Hall
11:15am St. Elizabeth
commissions them to move beyond the locked door.
SPRINGFEST 2006
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Adult Confirmation – 7:00pm – Resource Room
Tim Dunnigan
This spirited annual parish fundraiser is right around the corner! A Spirit-Filled
Monday, April 24
How many times have you been filled with faith, something that you believe, but you
Tuesday, April 25
Afternoon for Families is planned for Sunday, June 4 from 1-4pm and our evening
·
Social Ministries Meeting – 7:00pm – Hall
couldn’t quite put it into words? Like the disciples, we often need to hear a word of peace
9:00am
FLC Chapel
Auction/Dinner event will take place on Saturday, June 10. Mark your calendars
Tuesday, April 25
or calm, or even the confidence that someone is there with us before we feel bold enough
Tom & Delilah Davis
and plan to join us as we celebrate the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the
·
Springfest Meeting – 7:00pm – Resource Room
to share our message. May we all become more confident in this Easter Season to be
wonders of springtime. You can expect the arrival of a special Springfest mailing
Wednesday, April 26
·
Bible Study – 7:00pm –
Adult Ed. Room
Easter People – those who profess the Risen Christ alive today!
in your mailbox sometime next week. As always, your support ensures the
7:30am St. Elizabeth
Thursday, April 27
success of these events. See the mailing for ideas about what you might be able
COMMUNION SERVICE
Rejoicing in the gifts that the Risen Christ brings us!
·
Bible Study – 9:30am –
Adult Ed. Room
to donate in support of the Auction. Our next Springfest meeting will be held on
Happy Easter!
Thursday, April 27
·
Therese Movie – 1:00pm – Hall
Tuesday, April 25 at 7pm in the Resource Room. If you think you might be
Fr. Carroll
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Therese Movie – 7:00pm – Hall
9:00am FLC Chapel
interested in committing some time to assisting with this event, contact Lori Parks
Saturday, April 29
Intentions of Navamany Gabriel
Thank you!
To all who have made this celebration of the Triduum the journey and
·
Annual Appeal Commitment Weekend
Friday, April 28
WELCOMING BOOKLET UPDATES
Advertise your business or skill!
celebration of community that it has been. Thanks to the Sodality for reaching out with
Sunday, April 30
7:30am St. Elizabeth
As part of our support of newly registered parishioners, our Welcoming Committee
Easter Baskets, our Youth for helping us fill our Easter baskets with chocolate eggs &
·
Annual Appeal Commitment Weekend
Bob Miedl
provides an informational Welcoming Booklet. We are currently making updates
goodies, and Beth McCullough and Team who connected our college students. To our
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Rel. Ed. Closing Ceremonies
– 10am – St. B.
Saturday, April 29
to the booklet in preparation for the printing of some new copies. If you are a
RCIA Team and Cathy Lough and Jaynie Taylor for bringing our catechumen and
·
Sodality Hospitality – 9:30am – Hall
5:30pm St. Elizabeth
parishioner who owns a business, provides a service, or possesses a skill that
candidates to this point; to Jeanne Wallace & the Parish & Family Life Committee for
·
YM “Mugs Shots” w/Fr. Carroll – 9:40am – P.O.
Marie Bernier
other’s might benefit from, please contact the parish office by phone or e-mail so
dinner Thursday and hospitality on Saturday Night. To our many musicians, cantors and
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RCIA Mystagogy – 9:40am –A.E.R.
that your information can be included in the booklet. The new booklets will go to
Folk Group; a special thanks to Kate Hartman and her sisters Stephanie & Mary. To our
Sunday, April 30
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Adult Confirmation – 7:00pm –
Resource Room
press in less than 2 weeks, so a speedy response will ensure that your information
ushers, sacristans, servers, lectors, ministers of Holy Communion and Lori Parks as our
8:30am St. Benedict
Please pray for:
is included.
Pastoral Associate for Liturgy & P&FL who has been busy behind the scenes making
Albert P. Dembosky
ideas a reality. To Kathy Wood for all of the coordination with volunteers, polishing
Arthur Petroski
Julie Swann
11:15am St. Elizabeth
YOUTH MINISTRY NEWS
candlesticks and helping the pastor with checklists. To our three deacons, Brad Taylor,
Cosby Stokes, Jr. Lilyan Hoare
People of the Parish
MUG SHOTS
–
Next Sunday, April 30th at 9:40am in Fr. Carroll’s office. These
Bill Nickum and Hal Jopp, in a special way for their role in celebrating the sacrament of
Lou Wood
Patricia Griffith
opportunities have allowed an environment for some good questions and
baptism throughout the year. And, to the many others whose support & participation have
Lisa Arbogast
Albert Bugar
NEXT SUNDAY’S READINGS ….
articulation of great faith. Don’t miss it!
Ethel Reisert Joan Hardee
enabled our sacred liturgies and events to flow smoothly. I am very aware and
Rita Hriczko
Helen Skipper
appreciative of how many of us it takes to do the good things that we do. Fr. Carroll
Old Testament
ALERT! If you still have money that you collected as a result of Easter Egg sales,
Virginia Dean
Mary Porter
Acts 3:13-15,17-19
please turn it in at your earliest convenience. And, thank you for your hard work!
Casey Mears Marvin Ebling
A Special Note of Thanks to the People of the Parish ~
New Testament
June Magrogan
Parnell Byles
BE AWARE OF THE MEDIA THAT SURROUNDS YOU
Thank you for your joy and support as you each welcomed me fully into your Church and
1 Jn 2:1-5a
Debi Councell Mike Chupek, Sr.
Media is a powerful medium and method of communication, whether it be print,
into the faith life of your Catholic heritage during my Confirmation at the Easter Vigil. How
Teresa Murphy Mary Betton
radio, television, movies/theater, or web-generated. It pays to be aware of the
lovely the Easter Vigil… how special the moment.
Gospel
Jerry Fox Victoria Wingren
messages that are being offered – both positive and negative. Below is
Lk 24:35-48
God Bless Each of You ~ Linda Pinder
Ron Rice
Virginia Gunther
information regarding two media-related efforts that deserve your attention:
Wendy Scarano Fred & Marion Parenteau
LITURGY
Antonette Starks
George & Gladys Schaeffer
God or the Girl
Marie Durner
Clarence Spinner
Divine Mercy Sunday
For Catholics everywhere, the time has come to see positive commercial television
Cindy Horseman
Amy Vanhorn & Family
“The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (Vatican)
programming in prime time – programming that concerns the Catholic Church,
Geraldine Prudot
Fran & Joe Dunnington
decreed on May 23, 2000 that ‘throughout the world, the Second Sunday of Easter will
vocations to the priesthood and the witness of faithful Catholic young people. On
Emma Parry
Michelle Bathras
receive the name Divine Mercy Sunday, a perennial invitation to the Christian world to
Easter Sunday, a five-part reality series entitled God or the Girl premiered on the
Maryanne Brown
Michael Seiler, Sr.
face, with confidence in divine benevolence, the difficulties and trials that humankind will
A&E network. The series offered viewers a personal encounter with four Catholic
Denise Naumann
Kaliann Rose & Tyler Fox
YOUR GIFT OF STEWARDSHIP
experience in the years to come.’ Devotion to the Divine Mercy was promoted by St.
young men who allowed A&E to journey with them as they contemplated the most
Regina Usilton
Lucy Henkes and child
BACK TO THE LORD
Faustina Kowalska, canonized April 30, 2000.” (Ordo) The Divine Mercy Chaplet will
important decision of their lives – the choice between priesthood or marriage. All
For the week of April 16, 2006
Ella Spring
Katie Adkins
be prayed at 12:30pm this Sunday (4/23) at St. Elizabeth.
episodes of the series will air again this Sunday, April 23, beginning at 1:00pm on
Alexis Harris
Roger Layton
This year’s budget for offertory $
4,384.00
the A&E network. Since the television industry relies on ratings to decide whether
Dr. Charles Richards
Joe & Paula Amalfitano
PARISH COUNCIL
Weekly Offertory for 4/16
$ 4,313.61
to continue certain types of programming, tune in and let your media voice be
Jerri Hunter
Griffin Bathras
May’s Executive Committee meeting will be on Tuesday, May 2 at 7pm in the rectory.
Difference
- ($ 70.39)
heard. If the show is successful, you ca bet that more of its kind will be on the
Dolores Fountain
Leonard Adkins
Our May Parish Leadership Night is Wednesday, May 10.
way!
Michael Feltz
Kelly Ruskin
Easter
$ 3,593.32
SOLIDARITY WEEK 2006
Holy Lands (Good Friday)
$
677.00
The DaVinci Code
Trading Spaces
Poor Box
$
76.76
Prayer is powerful! Is there
The release of the film version of The DaVinci Code is scheduled for May 19,
The relationship of solidarity between our Diocese and the Diocese of San Marcos in
someone on the above prayer
2006. A few months ago, Bishop Saltarelli formed a Task Force to plan a proactive
Thank you!
Guatemala continues. This week, April 23 – 30, special events & gatherings around the
list that has experienced
strategy for responding to questions raised by the novel and the film.
Bishop
Diocese will highlight this special relationship. Locally, on Saturday, April 29th:
significant recovery since their
Saltarelli sees this as an ideal time for Catholics to rediscover and deepen their
Annual Catholic Appeal
Transforming Encounters: Shared Experiences, Enriched Lives – Meet men, women, and
name was first added? Let us
understanding of the historical and theological foundations of their Catholic faith.
Next weekend is Commitment Weekend for the
children from San Marcos during an afternoon of storytelling and faith sharing – 3-5:30pm
know. The more focused our prayer list is, the more
Members of the Task Force will be giving
Deanery Presentations on The DaVinci
Diocesan Annual Catholic Appeal. This year’s
@ Immaculate Conception, 522 Main Street, Marydel, MD. For further information about
we can join together in offering our prayers for those
Code designed to answer not only the questions of our parishioners but to
theme is “Breaking Bread, Bearing Witness”.
who most need them at a given time. Also, don’t
stimulate a deeper personal commitment in Catholics of all ages to study and
Through the appeal, the diocesan Church
forget to utilize the Prayer Books at the entrance of
understand the truths of the Catholic faith at a deeper level. This will in turn help
reaches out to so many in need enabling the
either church. Enter the names of those who are ill
us to respond to Pope Benedict XVI’s recent call for a “new springtime of
Catholic Church in Delaware and the Eastern
Questions of the Week …
or who are in need of prayers for any reason; or,
evangelization.”
Our local Deanery presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, May
Shore to be examples of Christ. The Appeal
enter your own personal prayer intentions. The
Our creed professes the resurrection of the gody.
16, 7-9pm, in the Sts. Peter & Paul School Cafeteria. An additional presentation
ensures that services and resources that we as
books are presented during the Presentation of the
Our gospel tells us that Jesus stood there in the room among his disciples. Do you believe it?
will be offered on Thursday, May 25, 7-9pm, in the Holy Cross Early Learning
a parish depend on will be there for us as well as
Gifts at every weekend liturgy.
Center, Dover, DE. Please take the opportunity to not only attend the presentation
help provide many in our larger community with
but to invite interested fellow Catholics and non-Catholics alike.
an experience of our Catholic commitment to
When do you require more evidence to believe something? What is your obstacle?
justice.
