Bellarmine Chapel Bulletin

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March 30, 2008

Second Sunday of Easter

BELLARMINE CALENDAR

Sunday, March 30

Fair Trade Coffee and Streetvibes for Sale

Infant Baptism

Outreach Collection for Habitat for Humanity

1:00 PM First Communion Retreat - Parish Center

Tuesday, April 1

6:45 PM Religious Education - St. Agnes, Bond Hill

Thursday, April 3

6:00 PM Finance Committee - Parish Center

6:45 PM BYG at Grub for Justice - St. Ursula High School

7:00 PM RCIA - Activity Room

Friday, April 4

7:00 PM Junior High Youth - Parish Center

Saturday, April 5

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

Sunday, April 6 First Communion

Collection for Catholic Relief Services

Children’s Liturgy of the Word

"WILL OUR KIDS HAVE FAITH?"

Wednesday April 9, 7 PM and Saturday April 26, 9:30 AM, at the Chapel

We've set up two times for a presentation on this topic by Sean Reynolds, Bellarmine parishioner and archdiocesan Director of Youth Ministry. You'll learn about national trends, to discover how our own questions and experience are part of the larger picture. The goal is to strengthen faith formation here, the role of the parish and of the parents. The issues are not new, but the priority and urgency in them is newly important to all of us. Let's begin to pray for good, confident guidance for our community, of all ages!

AMOS BANQUET-APRIL 24

This year's banquet celebrates a phenomenal year of action and lays out the plan for another exciting year. Tickets are available in the narthex for $40/seat. See the insert for more about the guest speaker. A bio of her is available in the narthex, on the table next to the office.

RANDOM QUOTE

Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all.         ~William Temple

BAPTISMS

Please join us in welcoming the following children as we celebrate their baptisms this morning:

Samantha Martin Collison - daughter of Ted and Julie Collison

Mia Claire Palcisco - daughter of Paul and Mara Palcisco

Searcy Emerson Lotz - daughter of Doug Lotz and Gentry Easley

Josephine Rae Fortin - daughter of Brian and Eileen Fortin

Keenan Crowe Sevindik - son of Ike and Christine Sevindik

Katherine Claire McConn - daughter of Robert and Laura McConn

Please keep the family of Jim Crosby, Bellarmine’s Director of Faith Formation, in your prayers. Jim’s father died on Monday, March 17.

THANK YOU

...all for making the Triduum happen so graciously this past Holy Week. I hear many words of praise, as do other staff members, and I hope you know that the work behind the scenes is shared by dozens of people: reading practice, music rehearsals, stapling programs, setting up the social, putting together the little eggs for children on Easter morning, setting and re-setting the environment of the chapel. I'm especially grateful for the grace of the Elect coming to the sacraments.! And for all of you who come to pray and sing, remember the grace of your moment, and the gift it is for our many visitors.

                                                                                                ~Random Quote

Several parishioners are in the process of planning a family liturgy, open to all, with full participation by people of all ages. The mass will take place in the chapel on Sunday, April 20 at 2 PM. Please join us! For more information, or to get involved, please contact Jim Crosby at 745-3317 or crosbyj@xavier.edu.

We are building the 12^th Shalom Coalition Habitat House this year. Building season starts in April. As usual, we need your financial support to make this happen. Eight churches and the employees of one local corporation join together to raise the $78,000 in monetary or "in-kind" donations to purchase the land/permits/materials/labor (minimal due to our great volunteer crew) that are necessary to raise the house.

We are building a 3-bedroom, 1100+ sq ft. house.   The partner family will build right along with us, paying their 500 hours of sweat equity required as a down payment. They will then pay a 20 year interest free mortgage for this house. It is truly a hand up, not a hand out. Their mortgage payments help to support the ongoing mission of Cincinnati HfH in the years to come. Also, 10% of all the money raised for this house is tithed to Kenya Habitat for Humanity.

Please look for the folks in hard hats and the collection boxes at the chapel exits. Thanks to all who have helped us in the last 11 houses, and to all who will help us this year!

Lois Campbell, member of the World Executive Council for Christian Life Communities, will be at Bellarmine on May 1 to introduce another way that new or existing small faith communities can engage the Spiritual Exercises. More details to come.

Participate in a dialogue that will develop the planks of a Platform for the Common Good. On April 28 from 7-8:30 PM, parishioners and people of faith from throughout the community are invited to an event where we will surface our greatest concerns, prioritize them and spend time thinking about what government and individuals can do about these issues. This input will be forwarded to NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby, and compiled with other feedback from other participants from around the country to become a platform. The platform will be ratified at the Convention for the Common in Philadelphia July 11-13 and sent on to the platform committees of the Republican and Democratic parties. Please see the flyer on the table by the office for additional details.

Date: April 4, 2008
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Place: Sisters of Charity Motherhouse, Cedars Auditorium
Fee:$10.00 by Monday, Mar. 31, or $15.00 at the door

Presenter and Panelists answering "Where Are We Today?":S. Louise Akers, SC., S. Barbara Busch, SC., Rev. Damon Lynch III, and S. Juana Mendez, SC.

Send registration to: Sisters of Charity, OPJIC, 370 Neeb R. #101, Cincinnati, Ohio 45233

PRACTICING PEACE IN A TIME OF WAR

In addition to educating ourselves, writing letters, making phone calls, and demonstrating, we must work with our inner selves to help bring peace into our world. Building on the work of Pema Chodron, this two-part workshop, April 9 and 23, 7 - 9 PM, will involve presentation and discussion, and practices and reflection the participants will be asked to do between sessions. Held at: Sisters of Charity Motherhouse, led by Donna Steffen, SC, sponsored by: Office of Peace and Justice and the Integrity of Creation of the Sisters of Charity. For information, or to register, contact this office at: 513-451-9444.

Fr. Joseph Mulligan, S.J. will share pictures and stories of his experiences with the Michigan Peace Team at Bellarmine Chapel on Tuesday, April 1 at 7:30 PM.

The Team pursues peace through active nonviolence in places of conflict (www.michiganpeaceteam.org). While his experience was primarily with Palestinians, he also had contact with Jewish friends in Israel – some of whom are in active solidarity with Palestinian efforts for justice, and all of whom are concerned about their own security. Fr. Mulligan has stated: "The only way both the Jewish and the Palestinian people will have true peace and security is through a just solution of the underlying issues of the conflict."

All are welcome for a peaceful and loving discussion. Respondents have been invited to give their views. Donations will be accepted for the Michigan Peace Team.

Jr. High teens get together every other Friday from 7:00 – 9:30 PM in the Parish Center.

April 4 - Meet in the Parish Center

April 25 - Jr High Challenge Party at XU’s O’Connor Center – save the date!

Our current schedule:

April 2 - BYG postponed one day to April 3 (see below)

April 9, 16, 23 - meet in Parish Center

BYG participants are asked to come to

On Thursday, April 3 at St. Ursula High School

1339 East McMillan St. 45206

Time: 6:45, a light supper served

Speaker: Julie Hagerty (Bellarmine Parishioner and teacher at MND)

Topic: Kosovo - Teenagers Towards Peace

April 13 - 4:00 meeting, 5:15 dinner, mass at 7 PM

May 4 - 4:00 dinner, mass at 7 PM

Join us Thursdays at 7 PM (speakers start at 7:30) at Tickets Sports Café, 100 W. 6^th Street in Covington, across from Mother of God Church (ample parking in church lot). For more information please visit www.totcincinnati.org

April 3 - Giving It Over: Following God’s Plan in Your Life - Fr. Kyle Schnippel

April 10 - Church History Myth Busters - David Endres, PhD

April 17 - The Genius of Woman - Kate Iadiapaolo

April 24 - Happily Ever After: How to Make a Marriage Last - Betsy and Gerry Greenwell

May 1 - Are There Still Saints? - Fr. Earl Fernandes

May 8 - Mission Possible: Meet Your Local Missionaries - A Panel Discussion

Looking for a chance to help our neighbors in need? You're invited to join the Bellarmine Chapel St. Vincent de Paul Conference. Volunteer with other parishioners Saturday mornings from 9am to Noon. We meet here in the Activity Room each week and go out on homes visits. For more information about getting involved, please call 745-1950, leave a message and someone will call you back, or simply join us next Saturday. We hope to see you soon.

Saturday, April 19, 2008 10 AM to 12 Noon

Singers and lovers of chant are also invited to attend a workshop on The Unifying Power of Chant led by Roberta Schultz of Raison D’etre. Cost is $30 per person. Reservations recommended. The workshop will be held at Grailville Retreat Center, 932 O’Bannonville Rd. Loveland, OH 45140. More info at (513) 683-2340, lb.grailville@fuse.net, or www.grailville.org

Introduction to the Enneagram, Saturday, April 5, from 9 AM - 3 PM. Led by Donna Steffen, SC at the Sisters of Charity Motherhouse, west of Downtown Cincinnati. Fee: $65 (includes lunch), or $75 after March 25. Ohio CEUs available for $15. Contact Donna at DFSteffen@aol.com

The Enneagram: Working with your Type. Saturday, April 12, 9 am - 3 pm. Led by Donna Steffen, SC at the Sisters of Charity Motherhouse. Fee: $65, or $75 after March 31. Ohio CEUs available for $15. Contact Donna at DFSteffen@aol.com After I know my type, then what? How do I work with it? This workshop will provide tools so you may live in greater wholeness and freedom.