Bellarmine Chapel Bulletin

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March 28, 2010

Palm Sunday

BELLARMINE CALENDAR

Sunday, March 28

Streetvibes for Sale

12:45 PM Summer Service Trip Adult Meeting - Activity Room

Monday, March 29

7:00 PM Baptism Preparation - Activity Room

Tuesday, March 30

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

Wednesday, March 31

7:00 PM Music Practice for Vigil - Chapel

7:00 PM Social Mission Core Team - Activity Room

Thursday, April 1

8:00 PM Holy Thursday Service

Friday, April 2

8:00 PM Good Friday Service

Saturday, April 3

9:00 PM Easter Vigil followed by party

Sunday, April 4

9:00 AM Easter Liturgy (no childcare)

11:00 AM Easter Liturgy (no childcare)

Tuesday, April 6

7:00 PM JustFaith - Activity Room

Wednesday, April 7

7:00 PM BYG - Alumni Center

Thursday, April 8

7:00 PM Mystagogia - Narthex

Saturday, April 10

9:00 AM St. Vincent de Paul - Activity Room

Sunday, April 11 Parish Registration

Infant Baptism

Social following Morning Liturgies

1:00 PM First Eucharist Retreat - Alumni Center

COOKIES FOR KAIROS THIS SUNDAY!!!!

Once again a group of Bellarmine parishioners are on the team to present a Kairos retreat for prisoners. This year they will be at Lucasville Maximum Security Prison, April 15 - 18, and for the first time are offering the retreat for prisoners in protective custody. Because of restrictions at Lucasville and the timing with Easter, cookies are due at the chapel by noon on March 31. Boxes are in the vestibule to collect your donations. The cookies must be home baked, 2 dozen per gallon bag, nothing else in the bags (plates, foil, notes, etc.), and no restrictions on the cookie content. They can be bars or brownies, too. Please keep the members of the team, as well as the prisoners who will be enjoying your cookies, in your prayers as you bake and on the weekend of the retreat.

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE

Holy Thursday 8 PM

Good Friday 8 PM

Easter Vigil 9 PM (followed by party)

Easter Sunday 9 AM, 11 AM

There will be no childcare for the Easter Sunday morning masses, and there will be no 7 PM mass on Easter. The chapel offices will be closed on Friday, April 2 and Monday, April 5.

There will be no bulletin on Easter Sunday.

WORKERS NEEDED HOLY SATURDAY 9 AM

We need two or three heavy lifters to put up the bronze sunburst on Saturday morning. Experience on ladders, and manual dexterity required! Experience with the icon cross helpful. E-mail Richard today or tomorrow.

The Ireland in Word and Music program raised $1307.09 for the work of Fr. Joe Mulligan in Nicaragua. Thank you for your support!

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As many of us experience, parishioners sometimes find themselves overwhelmed by issues such as illness, injury, surgery, recovery, a death of a family member, or during demanding caregiving times, among others. Often new parents could use an extra hand during pregnancy or after the birth. The Community Care Network is available to help by providing meals, transportation, errands, health visit accompaniment, communion and/or hospital visits, and even housework, emergency home repairs or yard work when needed. If you or someone you know in the parish could use an extra hand and the support of fellow parishioners, please contact Jeff Campbell, Parish Social Mission, at 745-1908 or campbellj5@xavier.edu to help with arrangements

In the Christian tradition, Easter Vigil is the biggest party of the year as we recall our common story, celebrate the resurrection in our midst, and invite our elect to join us more intimately around the table at the feast of the Lord. In our Bellarmine community, we continue the party after the Vigil in the Nieporté Lounge, located behind the chapel. Please bring cookies, cake, candy, nuts, veggies and dip, bread, wine, beer–anything to share. Soft drinks and utensils will be provided. The lounge will be open about an hour before the Vigil begins to drop food off. We have a limited amount of space to refrigerate things, as needed, in the chapel’s sacristy and activity room. It’s always a great party—and this year’s promises to be a special one indeed. Please call Karen Brandstetter at 745-3349 with any questions.

Here's a chance to enter together more deeply into the Easter journey as it is unfolding in our lives. Registration is now open for the parish annual winter/spring retreat, April 16 and 17. 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 retreat will offer presentations, prayer services, song, story and time for private reflection and sharing. Retreat begins Friday night at 7 PM at Bellarmine Chapel and continues Saturday from 9:30 to 4:00 at the Pavilion at Milford Jesuit Spiritual Center. Leaders are: Bob Dufford, S.J., a retreat director, liturgical composer and musician with the St. Louis Jesuits; and Maureen Martin, MDiv, MPAC, a former pediatrician who now serves as a hospice chaplain, writer and spiritual director. Come to both sessions if you can, but come to either if your schedule only allows for one. No charge for Friday evening alone; Saturday session is $30 including lunch. Checks payable to Bellarmine Chapel can be sent to the office until April 13. Questions? Contact Liz Keuffer at 745-3398 or keuffer@xavier.edu.

SAVE THE DATES!

June 21-25, 2010 Vacation Bible School: This is an opportunity for children from preschool age through grade 6. Our theme this year is "God’s Big Backyard" and we will learn about service to others through classroom time, music, craft activities and drama. The times are 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM. We also need many parents to help make this program work. Please consider volunteering your time and talent this summer!

July 26-August 6, 2010 Summer Religious Education Program: This program is for children who will be entering grades 1-6 in the fall of 2010. We will meet each morning on Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM. All of the topics covered during a traditional year-long program will be covered with the exception of sacramental preparation, which is held in the spring each year.

Look for more details in the bulletin during April. If you have questions in the meantime, please contact Jim Crosby at 745-3317 or crosbyj@xavier.edu

The Family Life Office, the Office of Religious, and the Social Action Offices of the Archdiocese as well as many other organizations are co-sponsoring a "Conference on Violence Against Women" on Saturday, April 24, from 8:30 - 4:30 at Seton High School, 3901 Glenway Avenue. There will be a Keynote presentation, panel, 12 workshop sessions (some in Spanish). Cost of $65 for reservations includes breakfast, lunch, concluding entertainment by MUSE. Co-sponsors include archdiocesan offices and parishes, area religious congregations and schools, community groups. Co-chairs: Louise Akers, SC, and Mary Jo Gasdorf, SC. Online registration, www.srcharitycinti.org/opjic.htm; via mail, Sisters of Charity, Office of Peace, Justice & Integrity of Creation, 310 Neeb Road, Cincinnati, OH 45233. Information: 451-9444.

Parishioner Mary Anne Reese recently wrote a poem for a creative writing class to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Archbishop Oscar Romero's assassination on March 24, 1980. To read Mary Anne's poem and hear her reading of it followed by an interview with her, follow the link on the Sojourner's magazine website. Go to: www.sojo.net then search for "Mary Anne Reese" or "Romero's Alb".

NOT-SO RANDOM QUOTE

A Church that doesn’t provoke any crisis, a gospel that doesn’t unsettle, a word of God that doesn’t get under anyone’s skin, a word of God that doesn’t touch the real sin of society in which it is being proclaimed, what gospel is that? ~ Oscar Romero

Jr. High Youth Group meets in the cafeteria on the ground floor at 1507 Dana Ave. every other Friday night from 7-9:30. Meetings begin with dinner and teens are welcome to stay and socialize for half an hour afterwards.

April 16 - JrHi field trip to Starfire for a Games Night

April 30 - Meeting at Alumni Center at 1507 Dana

May 7 - "Challenge Party" at XU O’Connor Center

Bellarmine Youth Group for high school teens meets at XU’s Alumni Center, 1507 Dana Ave on Wednesday nights from 7-9pm weekly. BYG upcoming meeting dates: April 7, 14, 21, 28, May 5

Time/Dates for the next two interactive workshops for teens are: Saturdays, April 17 and May 1, 12-2pm

Each workshop stands on its own. If you are interested in this valuable experience, please RSVP to Jeanne Schaefer at 513-728-4332. Place: St Vivian (7600 Winton Rd) Workshop, Entrance: Ursuline Hall on Finney Trail at the end of the school building, near the entrance to the back parking lot.

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!

Summer Service Dates - Sign-ups start this week. Forms are available at the Youth Info Board or online.

#1 St. Jude Catholic Church on the Navajo Reservation in Tuba City, AZ., June 8 - June 17, $350 plus airfare. Please fill out a reservation form and send the $150 deposit by Sunday, March 21.

#2 Harlan, KY July 4-10, 2010, $265 complete. Please fill out a reservation form and send the $125 deposit by Sunday, May 2.

Please contact Sue Antoinette soon if you have questions or are interested in joining either group - 745-4224 or antoinette@xavier.edu.

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Recently, SVDP visited a young single mother with 6 small children, working hard to raise her family and make ends meet. "Michelle" receives no child support and relies on family and friends to help pay her rent. She had fallen behind in her rent and was possibly going to be evicted. Her apartment was barren of much furniture or toys for the children to play with.

SVDP was able to help her with her rent, and provided vouchers for some furniture and clothes for her children. They were also able to provide vouchers for 2 beds so that two of her children do not have to share a broken and worn out bed. Each week we make it a priority to provide the neighbors we serve with a good night of sleep, yet we are regularly surprised how many children don’t have a bed to call their own. Before leaving, SVDP gave the family a children’s Bible and all joined together in a prayer for the family.

AfterMass, St. Peter in Chains Cathedral's young adult ministry, will gather on Sunday, April 11. The guest speaker will be Mike Trimpe. He recently graduated from the Athenaeum of Ohio with his Masters in Pastoral Ministry and will speak on The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Washington Platform Restaurant & Saloon has agreed to sponsor this event and they are graciously providing the meal. If you are a young adult, single or married, please join them in the Undercroft South immediately following the 6:00 pm Mass. For more info contact 421-5354.

Parishioner Dan Hurley will moderate a lecture and discussion on Purpose, Freedom and Courage: Qualities of 21st Century Leaders on Tuesday, March 30 at 7 PM in the College Theatre at the College of Mt. St. Joseph.