Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church March 2012 Volume 22 Issue 2

St Patrick’s Day Auction to benefit Our Lady of Grace School

Saturday, March 17th

6:30pm in the gym

The cost is $35 per person which includes heavy hors d’ouevres, a silent auction, and a live auction of fantastic items. All parishioners are cordially invited to attend. It’ll be a great evening for the “Irish” since we’re all Irish on St. Paddy’s Day! The auction is our biggest fundraiser and money raised at this event is invaluable to our school community. We hope to welcome our entire community to this event this year. Come one, come all!

Dear Our Lady of Grace Family,

You are invited to attend Our Lady of Grace School's first Auction Preview Weekend. Our annual auction is on Saturday, March 17th—but we've got something special planned this year! Please come by the cafeteria after any Mass on Saturday, March 10 and Sunday, March 11 to get a special sneak peek at some of the fabulous items that will be raffled off at this years event! The Raffle is new to the auction and tickets are just $1. We are hoping to have some of the items that will be bid on the evening of the auction for you to preview as well.

So stop by for a peek, a small treat, and get your name in the mix to win some of the wonderful items that will be raffled off on the 17th. Raffle tickets are just $1! All money raised goes to help OLG School.

Join us for our

Parish Mission

March 12 - 14

Each evening will include Adoration, a talk from Father David Vincent

Meconi, S.J., and confession.

Monday, March 12—7pm

Topic: Open to Transformation

Tuesday, March 13—7pm Topic: Becoming one with

Christ! Wednesday, March 14 7pm

Topic: Come, Holy Spirit!

Going into the Desert…

During Lent we go with Jesus into the desert to fast and pray. Our desert is most likely not a geographical location but a spiritual reality. It is a place of silence where we battle the noise in our heads and the constant clamoring of our selfishness. The desert is a place of encounter. It is where God led the chosen people into freedom from slavery, where the Spirit led the Son of God to prepare for his saving mission, and where we go to hear God’s voice in our hearts. To enter this desert during Lent we will need to take time, choose silence, and make a place for prayer. Choosing silence can be difficult in our noisy world, but silence can be healing, opening us up to the presence of God in our lives. Try turning off the TV after a certain hour or one whole night each week. Turn off the radio on your way to work. Have one meal a week in silence. Making a place for prayer in our home can help us do what the Gospel tells, us to go into an “inner room” to pray (Matthew 6:6). Make your prayer place as quiet, un-cluttered, and “desert-like” as possible. It can be the cor-ner of a room or any unused space. Furnish your prayer place with a Bible, prayer books, cross, rosary, icons, and a candle. Encourage family members to use the prayer place for personal as well as family prayer.

Copyright J. S. Paluch Co.

Fr. David Vincent Meconi, S.J., is professor of

patristic theology at St. Louis University, where he

teaches courses on Trinitarian theology,

Christology and soteriology in the early Church, the

history of Christian deification, and St.

Augustine of Hippo. He is also editor of Homiletic &

Pastoral Review.

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Baptisms Olivia Arwen Varga Wyatt Reece Hunt Theresa Grace Auer Marisa Ryan Sudano Anna Elyse Overly New Members Jason Smith John & Reoma McGinnis Jose Martinez Yuli Tadeo-Bravo Marty Endre Suzanne Burkhardt Felix Nyako Jerome & Tracey Williams Lauren Casserman Jason Basham Shane & Lauren Elton Jack & Maria Fitton Phillip & Rebecca Wolfe Shannon Barbour Kimberly Myris Delbert & Mireya Kane Francisco Romero Dominika Zak Ronald Lapine Kyle Travis Deaths Anita de Coppet

Molyneaux Maria D. Chabrol Josephine Dion Lyons Adele Bialon Kulla Harold Lee Chaffin

Corpus Christi Foundation Update Congratulations Graduates!

We are very pleased to inform our community that our efforts and sacrifices that we all have done to support the students from the Corpus Christi Foundation Mission including the bakers, soup makers, Angel Tree donors, sponsors and OLG students has shown fruit. We have several students that grad-uated from Universities and Technical Schools that without our support would never had an oppor-tunity to have a degree or training to better their lives and the lives of their loved ones. The majority of these students come from families with very little resources, living in very poor conditions. To be able to go to school and graduate from college or technical school is a dream that many would never be able to accomplish without your help. Thanks to all of you who have taken the time and effort to help out the less fortunate. The following students have graduated from Technical School: Jimmy Orlando Asturias Martinez Industrial Electrician (graduated with high honor) Alfredo Cesar Bustos Rocha Industrial Electrician Enmanuel Jose Mendieta Gomez Industrial Electrician Maynord Javier Gonzales Diaz Construction Marlene Elizabeth Morales Construction Rebeca Julisso Espinoza Rivera Laboratory Technician Arnold Eduardo Sanchez Auto mechanic Felix Antonio Orozco Altamirano Computer Engineer The following students graduated from the University: Xiomara del Carmen Castillo Law Auxiliadora del Carmen Rodriguez Tourism Jaime Ramon Lopez Montiel Accounting Ulises Fernando Alvarez Pasos Law Maria Jose Montaya Lopez Law On behalf of Fr. Sergio Hernandez Ochomogo and the Corpus Christi Foundation, we like to thank you for your generosity of time, resources and prayers that allow this miracle of love to take place. Fr. Sergio hopes to be able to thank you personally in the near future. He celebrates a Mass once a month for OLG parish-ioners and students. Lets keep the new graduates in our pray-ers as they start their new life full of hope with the spirit of ser-vice as Fr. Sergio has guided them to do. As we are about to start the Lenten sea-son, I pray that we con-tinue to grow in God's love and faith at all times knowing that we are in His care. God bless you all and thank you again. Tim and Lorena Mainhart Corpus Christi Foundation Mission

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from Our Lady of Grace Women's Club

To the women of the parish! Come one, come all!

You are cordially invited to attend the annual Communion Breakfast on Sunday April 22, 2012 immediately following the 8:30 AM Mass

Plan to bring your sisters, mothers, daughters, aunts, lady friends or neighbors to the lovely Starmount Forest Country Club just off North Holden Road.

Share a delicious breakfast, celebrate community and friendship, and listen to a delightful program by the Bell Ringers Choir from Christ United Methodist Church, directed by Andre Lash. The Bell Ringers will truly help all of us R-R-Ring in the Spring!

Please make your reservations as early as possible, or at least by Saturday, April 14th. The cost is $15 per person and $7.50 for girls ages 2-17. (You don't need to be a member of the Women's Club to attend!) Please make your checks out to: Our Lady of Grace Women's Club and send them - with the names of those attending - to: Shirley Kinlaw, 603 Shawnee Road, Greensboro, NC 27403 or Lynne Bryant, 205 Country Park Road, Greensboro, NC 27455.

For directions to the Country Club, set your GPS to: 1 Sam Snead Drive, Greensboro, NC 27410

Want to volunteer to help? Or do you need more info? Just call Lynne Bryant at 545-0626 or Shirley Kinlaw at 294-6926 and we'll be glad to answer your questions.

An Invitation ...

“Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received—only

what you have given.” —Saint Francis of Assisi (1181-1226)

Upcoming Women’s Club Meeting

Thursday, March 15 in the cafeteria 6:30pm—social; 7:00pm—business; 7:30-8:30pm—Program

March’s program will be Kids Path speaker, Jane Gibson. Bring packaged small treats to go in St. Patrick’s Day goodie bags for Kids Path families—i.e. chips, granola bars, gum, playing cards, note cards, candy bars, etc.). Please note, in addition, there will be a basket available at the meeting to collect gift cards for gas, food, cash and or baby boy gifts for Sister Gretchen’s refugee family. Hostesses: Janet Green, Jeannie Hall and Suzie Johnson. Looking forward to seeing you! See the Women’s Club Handbook or contact Carol Stratton at 851-0436 to find out more!

Stations of the Cross Fridays 12PM & 6:30PM

Simple Lenten Meal following evening Stations in the cafeteria

Sponsored by Knights of Columbus Council #939

MENU: fish • baked potato • hush puppies • coleslaw •

lemonade • iced tea • coffee • dessert

And pizza for children and those who don’t like fish

Please join us! Proceeds go to support the Society of Saint

Vincent de Paul and its ministry to the poor in this area.

Friday, March 9 5 - 7PM

Adults $8 Children $4 (12 & under)

Donations of desserts will be gratefully

accepted beginning March 7 in the church office or the evening

of March 9 in the cafeteria.

Lenten Reconciliation Service Thursday, March 15 at 7pm

Now the Cross as Jesus bore it,

Has become for us who share it, The jeweled

Cross of Victory.

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Many Hands Make Light Work! Christmas at Our Lady of Grace offered all of us beautiful liturgies and wonderful music in a magnificent space; 2011 was no different. Enhancing our celebrations were the gorgeous poinsettias, wreaths, Christmas tree and our Nativity, placed in an immaculate space thanks to the good stewards who came to help clean. Each Advent, in preparation for these celebrations, volunteers join together with the Altar and Flower Committees to clean and decorate our church. It took several dates—Saturday, December 17, Monday, December 19 and Saturday, December 24—and 85 parishioners to

sweep, vacuum, scrub, mop, and polish the floors, pews, and furniture, and to clean the sanctuary, sacristy, choir loft, entrances, devotional and congregational areas, making our church worthy of this celebration. Grateful thanks to Louise, Barbara, Ben, Leslie, Betty, Lee, Margaret, Carlotta, Emily, Angelo, Annabel, Josie, Daniel (2 of you), Cecilia, Lucy, Angela, Ann (two of you), Jane, Mickey, Katharine, Anna, Kay, Chris, Jarrod, Kathy, Shannon, Mary Jane, Bob, Rolfe, John, Andrea, Liz, Gerardo, Will, Ken, Cason, Lea, Jennifer, Gabrielle, Haley, Bonnie, Melissa, Elijah, Adrian, Rich, Mr.

Rommel and the OLG 7th grade students. Thank you! You did a magnificent job! If you weren’t able to help with the Christmas cleanings we have two opportunities coming soon. On Saturday, March 31 and again on Saturday, April 7, we will gather between 9:30am and 12:30pm to clean and decorate for Palm Sunday, and our Holy Week and

Easter liturgies. The decorations, including palm trees, Easter lilies, and Peace lilies, promise to be just as beautiful as our Christmas celebrations. No special talents are needed, just a love of our church and a willingness to serve your parish. Come for an hour, an entire morning or both mornings. It’s a great way to prepare for Easter and to meet other parishioners. The Saturday cleanings are open to everyone. Young people, this is a great way to help the parish and also earn your service hours. If you can help, please bring cleaning cloths, gloves (if you use them) and a broom or mop. We have plenty of buckets and cleaning supplies. For more info or if you have questions, please call Patty Jennings at 282-6847.

The OLG 7th grade students (two classes) helped prepare the church for Christmas by scrubbing the pews and all the wooden doors of the church. They also scraped gum from under the pews! Gum is still a problem and we beg you to dispose of it properly before entering this holy space!

Easter Flowers

Parishioners have the opportunity to donate funds for Easter Flowers IN MEMORY OF (deceased) or IN HONOR OF (living) their loved ones or friends. Your participation will enhance the beauty of the celebration of Mass during Easter and throughout the year. To contribute, complete the form below and return it to the parish office or place it in the collection basket with your donation of $20. Please print legibly in order to avoid errors in printing the list for the bulletin. ORDERS MUST BE IN THE CHURCH OFFICE (201 S. Chapman St., Greensboro, NC 27403) by Wednesday, March 21. Please complete this form and return it as soon as possible. Thank you!

Easter Flower Request Form

IN MEMORY OF (deceased):

_______________ _______________ _______________

IN HONOR OF (living):

_______________ _______________ _______________

GIVEN BY: _________

Phone: __________

Amount Enclosed: ____

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Left: As part of Catholic Schools Week in Janu-ary, middle schoolers at Our Lady of Grace School partnered with their little buddies in the lower school to make cards for newly bapisted babies and newly married couples in the par-ish. Shown are eighth graders Morgan Graves, Camila Carvajal and Catherine Bagnoli and their kindergarten little buddies, Sophia Arias and Sophia Sexton.

March for Life in Raleigh Standing up for life

Over 20 parishioners of Our Lady of Grace gathered at the North Raleigh Hilton on January 14 of this year for the 13th Annual Prayer Breakfast for Life, sponsored by NC Right to Life. Bishop Burbidge of Raleigh and Republican Party Chairman Robin Hayes gave inspirational introductions at the beginning, with the bishop announcing a youth rally to follow, attended 500-600 youth supporting life. Albert Hodges of Room at Inn, a Greensboro native, won an award as a Platinum sponsor of NC Right to Life. There was also recognition of numerous state senators and congresspersons who attended. Rep. Skip Stam, a frequent attendee at the event, won an award for promoting and helping pass the Woman's Right to Know (Pro-Life) Bill over the veto of Governor Bev Perdue. The main speaker was Dr. Randall K O'Bannon: the Director of Research and Education for National Right to Life. He spoke extensively about Planned Parenthood and its falsification and manipulation of statistics to appear that abortion was not it's main focus. He effectively showed that, in fact, PP brought in $1 billion in revenues, with abortion being 91% of their actual income, despite their claims. After the speech, the crowd left to go to Nash Square for the Rally and March. The main speakers were Carol Tobias, National Director of the Right to Life Committee; Christina Geradts, student pro-life leader at UNC-Chapel Hill; and Teresa Pincus, student pro-life leader at NCSU. The large crowd, including a big contingent of youth, marched around the state capitol and other landmarks, witnessing to the sanctity of life. The march ended with hot chocolate, coffee, and sweets under the tent at a local Catholic Church, with the bishop greeting everyone personally. It was a beautiful day to stand up for life!

Submitted by parishioner Glenn Lanham

Right: To celebrate Catholic Schools Week, Our Lady of

Grace School held their annual teachers vs. students

volleyball game. Teachers narrowly won the

game!

Left: The Lego Robotics team at Our Lady of Grace School, nicknamed the "Sausage Nuggets," advanced to the State Competition with 60 other teams this year. Shown are team members Spencer Cottingham, William Cox, John Paul Stepnowski, Dominick Bagnoli, Patrick McArthur, Will Hornfeck and Jack Fink.

The Divine Mercy Cenacle meets every Tuesday morning following the 8:45am Mass for prayer and to study the Diary of St. Maria

Faustina on Divine Mercy. All are welcome!

Jesus, I trust in you!

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First Annual OLG School Family Heritage Night a Success! On the evening of February 2, OLG School was buzzing with activity as the school community celebrated our first ever Family Heritage Night! Over 300 members of our school community attended the event and were treated to a delicious spaghetti meal. The cafeteria, halls and gym were decorated with middle school student artwork that was based on Mexican and Polish folk-art traditions. The middle school art project was funded by a grant from the United Arts Council (UAC). OLG School was the only private school to receive a UAC grant this year. School families brought in desserts to share that represented their country of origin and the dessert tables were overflowing with over 30 different desserts from Egypt, Ireland, Greece, Mexico. Poland, Germany, England and more. We even had a Cherokee Blueberry Cake. It was wonderful to see how diverse our school community is! Thank you to our staff, teachers and PTO who spent many long hours decorating, cooking and serving dinner. Thank you so much to our sponsors as well: the United Arts Council, El Buen Gusto Bakery, Euro Deli Mart, Cici's Pizza and Great Harvest Bread Company. The Mission Effectiveness Committee of the Our Lady of Grace School Board invites

the entire OLG Community to join them in praying each month for teachers and staff. These wonderful servants are helping in the formation of the children of our parish and would so appreciate our prayers and support. During the month of March, please ask God to bless and sustain:

Mrs. McMullen, Mrs. Merendino, Mrs. Bio, Mrs. Markowski, Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Bradford

The Faculty and Staff of Our Lady of Grace School are completing the circle of prayer by devoting prayers each month to specific families of our school community to uplift and support them. During the month of March, we are praying to God for grace, solid support, growth in truth and love, and fruitfulness for the following families:

Nettles, Nixon, Noh, Novak, Ognovich, Omohundro, Pappas, Parr, Patrick, Perez, Petrangeli, Pevida, Luther/Phillips, Pincus, Quagliano, Quinn, Ramsey, Reddick,

Richardson, Robinson-McCoy, Roscoe, Rose, Rowe, Rumley, Rusch

Open House Pre-K through 8th grade Tuesday, March 20 10:00am

Come and experience why Grace is amazing! OLG will host a school-wide open house (pre-k through 8th grade) on March 20 at 10am. This event will start with a short presentation and include a tour of the school campus. For more information, please call Karen Hornfeck at 275-1522.

Taste of Kindergarten You're invited to a "Taste of Kindergarten," on Saturday March 24 at 10am at Our Lady of Grace School! Children who will be starting kindergarten in August, 2012 are invited to an hour-long "taste" of kindergarten! Come and experience why OLG is the perfect nurturing and academically-challenging environment for your child! While children spend time in the classroom, parents are invited to meet with our kindergarten teachers and school staff. To make a reservation for your child, please call Karen Hornfeck at 275-1522.

Preschool Story-time, March 26 at 10am Preschoolers and their parents and/or guardians are invited to story-time on March 26th at 10am at Our Lady of Grace School. Join us in the school library to hear spring-time stories! This event is free and open to the public, so bring a friend! OLG For more information, please call Karen Hornfeck at 275-1522.

Praying together...

OLG School art teacher Margene Patrick eagerly awaits families coming to see the middle school art show.

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Mark Your Calendar! Charles R. Smith, Jr.—poet, artist, writer

On Thursday, March 15, Charles R. Smith, Jr. is coming to Our Lady of Grace School. Mr. Smith is a poet, artist, and creator of books for kids of all ages. He has more than twenty titles to his credit. He combines his experiences in the areas of writing, photography, and sports in his work with children's books. He received the Coretta Scott King Award in 2010 for his book, MY PEOPLE based Langston Hughes poem.

Mr. Smith will present three age-appropriate programs for our students on Thursday, March 15. Everyone in Our Lady of Grace community is invited to attend the programs at any of these times: 9:45-10:30am PreK-K,1,2 11:00am-12:00pm 6,7,8 grades 1:00-2:00pm 3,4,5 grades More information about Mr. Smith and some of his books that are available for pre-order is available in the school office or by calling the school librarian, Ms. Melson at 275-1522 ext. 109. Books purchased ahead of time can be autographed on the day of his visit.

Great Season for Girls Varsity Basketball After a successful season, the girls varsity basketball team at Our Lady of Grace School earned first place in the Piedmont Elementary Catholic Schools Sports Asso-ciation (PECSSA) conference regular season. Teams ad-vanced on to the PECSSA tournament in Charlotte later in February.

Our Lady of Grace School 2nd Quarter Honor Roll 2011-2012 School Year

All “A’s” 6th Grade: Alec Merendino, Ryan Moon, and Ali Southard 7th Grade: Dominick Bagnoli , Natalie Hamlet, Lily Hiser, and Marie Lawson 8th Grade: Sean Farley, Amelia Fox, Maddie Heyn, Carl Klier, Caitlin Murphy, Leigh Ramsey, and Kevin Sowinski

“A-B” Honors 6th Grade: Skylar Ahmuty, Kayla Atkins, Angelina Bassi, Jake Brancazio, Jon Daniel Briggs, C. J. Cappuccio, Elissa Cunane, Alex Dascenzo, Marina Essa, Jack Fink, Will Hornfeck, Page Hyers, Sunny Jang, Rachel Klenke, Alex Krasowski, Jack Markun, Jacob Mims, David Molen, Owen Morris, Lily Rowe, and Brad Standen 7th Grade: William Cox, Caroline Crater, Jeannie Egan, Natalie Kolosieke, Tyler Lininger, Trevor Patrick, Will Quinn, Andrew Sarji, and Tommy Silknitter 8th Grade: Ashley Atkins, Catherine Bagnoli, Tia Cappuccio, Casey Carson, Fitz Flood, James Hall, Ellen Harris, Cammie Holland, Erica Justice, Michael Kennedy, Monika Krasowski, Anna Marrujo, Riley McNamara, Kimberly Molen, Maddie Mullins, Kate Murray, Anna Petrangeli, Javier Pevida, Richard Pincus, Emily Schettino, John Paul Stepnowski, Alex Tumlin, and Taylor Zarate.

OLG School Students Shine at Model UN Competition On February 7, 7th and 8th graders from Catho-lic schools across the Triad con-verged on Bishop McGuinness High School to partici-pate in the annual Model Unit-ed Nations (UN) com-petition. Model UN is an international competition that allows students to take on the responsibilites of UN member states and debate issues that are cur-rently on the organization's agenda, in-cluding human rights, arms distribution, and sustainable energy. During the competition, make speeches, prepare draft resolutions, negotiate with allies and adversaries and learn to use rules of procedures as they debate assigned issues. OLG teachers Mr. Oleksiak and Mrs. Saintsing coached teams this year. OLG School students won 13 awards, includ-ing 6 of the total 8 best delegation awards! Delegations who won awards were: Alex Tumlin and Taylor Zarate, Ben Drane and Cole Davis, Sean Farley and Richard Pincus, Maddie Heyn and Anna Marrujo, Emma Horsley and Carl Klier, Marie Lawson and Alexis Tubby, Lily Hiser and Carolyn Tso-Kuhl, Tommy Silknitter, Aidan McArthur and Luis Torres-Villa, Matias Crespo and Jacob Tumlin, Lance Dittrich and Michael Sier-ra, James Hall and John Paul Stephnowski, Amelia Fox and Katharine Hornfeck, and Leigh Ramsey and Emily Schettino. Congratulations to our students and their coaches!

Eighth grade students Richard Pincus and Sean Farley accept their Model UN award at the end of the competition.

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Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church 201 S. Chapman St. Greensboro, NC 27403

Nonprofit Organization U.S. Postage Paid Greensboro, NC Permit 261

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Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church

2205 West Market Street Greensboro, NC 27403

Mailing/Office Address: 201 South Chapman Street

Greensboro, NC 27403 (336) 274-6520

www.olgchurch.org

MISSION STATEMENT In the Eucharist we receive the true Christ—the foundation of our Church. With Christ in us, we form, nurture and promote love, respect for human dignity, Christian values and teachings within our family, parish, and community through worship and service.

Palm Sunday April 1 Normal Mass Schedule 5:00pm Vigil & 7:00pm Vigil (Spanish)—Saturday 7:00am, 8:30am, 10:00am, 11:30am, 2:00pm (Spanish), 7:00pm

TRIDUUM Holy Thursday April 5 Mass of the Lord’s Supper 6:00pm (English), 8:30pm (Spanish)

Good Friday April 6 12:00pm Sta ons of the Cross 3:00pm Good Friday Liturgy 5:00pm Living Sta ons of the Cross & Good Friday Liturgy (Spanish) 8:30pm Good Friday Liturgy

For the saving death of Christ,

and for his glorious

Resurrec on, let the earth cry

out with joy!

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Jesus fell again in weakness,

Stumbling as we do, to lead us

Through our sorrow and our pain.

Holy Saturday April 7 1:00pm Blessing of Easter Foods Solemn Easter Vigil 7:30pm (English) 11:30pm (Spanish) Easter Sunday April 8 7:00am, 8:30am, 10:00am, 11:30am, 2:00pm (Spanish), 7:00pm

Masses celebrated simultaneously in the church and in the gym at 10:00am and 11:30am on Easter Sunday.