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March 7, 2010

Third Sunday of Lent

BELLARMINE CALENDAR

Sunday, March 7

Children’s Liturgy of the Word

12:30 PM First Eucharist Preparation - Activity Room

Monday, March 8

7:30 PM Lenten Series - Conaton Boardroom

Tuesday, March 9

6:30 PM Religious Education - St. Agnes, Bond Hill

7:00 PM JustFaith - Activity Room

Wednesday, March 10

7:00 PM BYG - St. Vivian, Winton Road in Finneytown

7:30 PM Taizé Service with Reconciliation - Chapel

Thursday, March 11

7:00 PM RCIA - Activity Room

Saturday, March 13

9:00 AM Saint Vincent de Paul - Activity Room

Sunday, March 14 Registration Sunday

Socials Following Morning Liturgies

12:30 PM First Eucharistic Preparation - Activity Room

1:00 PM Voices of Immigration - Chapel

PARKING NOTICE

Parking Lot C-5, located between the Dorothy Day House and the Commons on Herald Avenue, will be closed permanently as of today, March 7. The closure is necessary to begin work on the new dorm.

Please join us for the 2010 Lenten Series. All sessions will be held on Monday evenings from 7:30 - 9:00 PM in the Conaton Boardroom, Schmidt Hall.

Moderated by Janie Allen-Blue of St. Mark's Parish, this session will feature a panel discussion by women and men from our local African-American community.

"Overcoming Obstacles to Relationships" is the theme of this year's "Answer the Call" Catholic Men's Conference on March 20 at Music Hall. World Series Champion Manager, Jack McKeon, will return to Cincinnati as the keynote speaker at this prayerful, spirit-filled and life changing Lenten event. Tickets are $40 and include a nice box lunch, a reconciliation service and Mass. Brochures are in the narthex.

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I do not at all understand the mystery of grace -- only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.  ~Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies

PARISH RETREAT

Registration is now open for Bellarmine's annual retreat. Here's a chance to enter together more deeply into the Easter journey as it is unfolding in our lives. Using Gospel stories and figures, we will explore together the path through loss into joy, considering the possibility of gifts in the ashes of our lives. The dates are April 16-17, 2010. The retreat will feature times for quiet prayer, songs and stories.

Our presenters will be Fr. Bob Dufford, S.J., and Maureen Martin, M.Div., MAPC. Bob is a composer of liturgical music whose work is known to us through the musical group, the St. Louis Jesuits, and a spiritual director at the Jesuit Retreat House in Oshkosh, WI. Maureen is a hospice chaplain in the Chicago area who previously worked as a pediatrician and pediatric nurse.

The retreat will begin Friday evening in the Chapel. This session is free, no registration required. Then on Saturday, we'll spend the day at the pavilion of the Milford Jesuit Spiritual Center. Come either or both days. To register for Saturday, please send a check for $30 (lunch is included) made out to Bellarmine Chapel and include the names of those you are registering for. Mark your envelope Attention: Liz. A flyer with more details will be coming soon.

Never known for avoiding big challenges, Bread for the World is currently urging Congress to take bold steps to end childhood hunger by making tax credits more available to low-income workers. The Earned Income Tax Credit, a refundable tax credit geared primarily toward families with children, has been a proven means for ending poverty. According to a 2006 Brookings Institution study, the EITC lifts more children above the poverty line than any other government program. In 2005, an average Earned Income Tas Credit of approximately $1800 lifted an estimated 5 million people, including about 2 ½ million children, above the poverty line.

On Sunday, March 21, by participating in Bread for the World’s annual Offering of Letters, we’ll have the chance to help more families and children leave poverty. We’ll be asking Congress to protect and strengthen the Earned Income Tax Credit. Look for more details next week.

If you’d like to be a member of the Bellarmine Prayer Chain, offering prayers for those in need in our community, please send your name and email to Liz Keuffer in the Chapel Office at keuffer@xavier.edu.

On Sunday, March 14 there are two parish sponsored events on campus, the Voices of Immigration presentation in the Chapel at 1:00 pm and the Ireland in Word and Music event in the Long Recital Hall of Edgecliff Hall at 2:00 PM. The 11:00 Social team will provide for a light lunch to be available along with our traditional social fare for those who attend the 11:00 Mass and plan to stay for the afternoon events or for those who wish to arrive early and socialize with the 11:00 community before the events. Please bring a treat to share if you can.

Join us for this fundraiser for the work of Fr. Joe Mulligan, S.J. in Nicaragua. Featuring the Celtic instrumental group Foley Road plus songs and dramatic readings presented by members of the Bellarmine Community. Sunday, March 14 at 2:00 PM in Long Recital Hall in Edgecliff Hall (XU). Donations encouraged. For information, contact Joe Wessling at wessling@fuse.net.

MULCH MADNESS IS BACK!

Ready for spring flowers and warm weather? Well, Xavier's Habitat for Humanity is! Have enthusiastic Xavier Habitat for Humanity students come mulch your yard for you. All our proceeds go toward building our house for the fall semester. When: March 20, 27, April 10, 17, 24. Where: your yard, you provide the mulch How much: $15 per person per hour. Contact us at: xumulchmadness@yahoo.com.

PRAYER REQUEST

Please keep the family of Tony and Barb Dardy in your prayers. Tony’s brother, Dr. Henry Dardy, died suddenly last weekend at his home in Washington, D.C. Services have been held.

Help is needed serving lunch at Tender Mercies on Saturdays, March 13 and April 10. The time commitment is about two hours. This is a great opportunity for an individual, group of friends, or small faith community. If you can help, please call Rita Pritchard at 325-1579.

Would you like to learn more about the orders of women religious in our area? A panel of Sisters will tell us about their community and how Vatican II affected them. Come to learn the joys and struggles of Sisters and express your gratitude. Tuesday, March 23, 6 - 9:00 PM, Nativity School Cafeteria (Pleasant Ridge). This event is a potluck, and reservations are required.  Please RSVP to Cheryl at wsgrbr@fuse.net.

Nativity Parish’s Laerte Art Series presents Images of Faith on Saturday, March 13 at 7 PM in their Performing Arts Center. Featuring 25 works of art by Bellarmine parishioner Julie Lonneman, Fr. Jim Hasse, SJ, Bill Feinberg, Nick Markell and Paula Wiggins; music will be provided by Adagio Trio, with narration by Teresa DeZarn Jackson. This event is free and open to the public.

SCRUTINY SUNDAYS

The ceramic pot in the middle aisle is a way for you to unload some of the baggage you want to get rid of during this Lent: resentments, addictions, regrets, anxieties, discouragements. Or you could call it a chance to give over to God, or to our Higher Power, the things you can’t manage alone, where you are ready to surrender to the grace of God’s help. Why not? We pay a lot of attention in Lent to our practice of fasting or prayer or service; in some ways, we desire to make a difference happen for ourselves. We offer these good things: and all along God asks for you to offer only your burdens, your sins, where God will walk with you and heal, and lift the weight from your back.

So the pot is there for you, for all of us. Make the simple gesture of writing down what you want to hand over, and drop it in the pot with the common stuff of our community’s life now. It’s a way of giving it to God. And then on the next couple of Sundays, we’ll pray at the liturgy to be delivered from the fears and hindrances. For the sake of our souls, our inner peace, and for the world’s peace and healing.

Friends are always welcome at Youth Ministry gatherings. Please ask anyone new to bring a note of permission signed by their parent and detailing a phone number where a parent can be reached while their child is in our care.

Jr. High Youth Group meets in the cafeteria on the ground floor at 1507 Dana Ave. It is best to use the door facing Dana Ave. Meetings are Friday nights from 7-9:30 PM, every other week. Meetings begin with dinner and teens are welcome to stay and socialize for half an hour afterwards. Next dates: March 19, April 16 and 30, May 7.

April 16 - JrH Field Trip to Starfire for a Games Night

May 7 - ‘Challenge Party’ at XU O’Connor Sports Center.

Bellarmine Youth Group for high school teens meets at XU’s Alumni Center, 1507 Dana Ave, basement cafeteria. We meet Wednesday nights from 7-9pm weekly. BYG upcoming meeting dates: March 10 at St. Vivian (see below), March 17, April 7, 14, 21, 28.

March 10 BYG at St. Vivian’s (7600 Winton Rd)

Topic: Dismantling Racism

Interactive Workshop facilitated by Kristen Barker and the IPJC Team (Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center). Please RSVP to Jeanne Schaefer, youth minister at St. Vivian's (513) 728-4332

April 23-25 High School teens - retreat and yurt camping in beautiful Chilo Park, Clermont Co. Ohio. Flexible schedule - come to one or both days. Save the dates - more information coming soon!

Young Adult Group - Poco a Poco hosted a panel discussion with six of their members at last week’s BYG meeting. They started with several talks about their self discovery and spiritual journeys through high school and college. The session was then opened up for questions/answers and discussion with the teens. It was an excellent night filled with great questions and honest insights. We can’t wait to do it again. Special thanks to Andrew Greiwe, Matt Kernan, Alejandro Bonilla, Lyndsey Minadeo and Mindy Rees, and Tommy Weber.

Recently our SVDP volunteers visited "Reggie", a neighbor who our team visited in the past. Reggie has been disabled and in a wheelchair for many years as a result of a gunshot wound. Reggie works for a local nonprofit and is generally able to provide for his needs on his salary and SSI. However, he occasionally needs assistance beyond his normal means of support. The Bellarmine SVdP conference was able to assist Reggie with his Duke Energy bill, which helped him avoid a disconnect notice. It was heartwarming for our team to re-establish contact with Reggie and to hear how he has been doing since our earlier visit. Our volunteers reported that it felt as though it they had just spent time catching up with an old friend. So many of our neighbors have serious and crushing physical circumstances, we’re fortunate to be able to pray with them and provide financial assistance.

Bergamo Center in Dayton presents an Introduction to the Enneagram Workshop on Saturday, March 20, 9 AM - 4:30 PM. Presenters are Eric McClellan and Carol Ackson. Cost is $80, including lunch. The Enneagram is a powerful and dynamic personality system that describes nine distinct and fundamentally different patterns of thinking, feeling and acting. For information and to register, please call 513-723-5054.

Holy Week Retreat – The Jesuit Spiritual Center is offering a special Holy Week Retreat directed by Fr. Michael Sparough, SJ April 1 - 3. The Retreat, open to both men and women, will begin on the evening of Holy Thursday and conclude with lunch on Holy Saturday. Using his background in drama and storytelling, Fr. Michael will enact the story of the passion and resurrection throughout the retreat and offer insights into each section of the gospel text. The retreat will be silent and will include celebration of the sacred liturgies of Holy Thursday and Good Friday. For more information, or to register, call (513) 248-3500, ext. 10, or visit jesuitspiritualcenter.com.

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