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Adults: What is the cost of being a follower of Jesus? How have you welcomed a stranger: someone who has no food, someone who is homeless, someone who looks and acts different from you? Children: Jesus teaches and shows us how to be like Him. This week what can you do to share what you have with someone who does not have enough food to eat, or clothes to wear, or a place to live?

QUESTION OF THE WEEK JUNE 26, 2005-THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN

ORDINARY TIME Gospel: Matthew 10:37-42

Liturgical Ministry Schedule

5:30 pm Saturday

July 2, 2005

10:00 am Sunday

July 3, 2005

Children’s Liturgy of the Word

Norman Ata-L Katie Overstreet-H

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion

Kathy Schlicht Hank Bauer Debra Brogan Joe Brogan Paul Purcell Pat Purcell Tom Poulin

Leon Vorst Roger Boucher Nina Byrd Martha Dishner Susan McKnew Tim Schofield Bob Trout Matt Fukumoto Melissa Yates

Lectors Margie Secor Craig Kafura

Michael McKnew Wade Thompson

Altar Servers Josh Andrews Clare Macdonald

Marisa McKnew Elizabeth Thompson

Sound Board William Secor Chris Smith

Bread Bakers JoAnn Boucher Theresa Brunson

Altar Linens Pat Purcell

PARISH EVENTS and LITURGIES

Saturday, June 25 10:00 am Olive Branch Open 4:00 pm OLPH Women’s Club Planning Comm. 5:30 pm Mass–Special Intention, Ivan Filipovic 8:00 pm Youth Ministry Sunday, June 26 10:00 am Mass-Sam Jengo 10:00 am Preschool, Rm 3 Monday, June 27 Tuesday, June 28 7:00 pm Boy Scouts, Rm 12 7:00 pm Family Matters, Rm 8/10 Wednesday, June 29 7:25 am Men’s Prayer Group 1:00 pm Olive Branch Open 3:00 pm Eucharistic Adoration, Chapel 6:30 pm Mass-In Honor of St. Joseph 7:00 pm Eucharistic Adoration, Chapel Thursday, June 30 10:30 am Bible Study, Rm 4 Friday, July 1 Saturday, July 2 10:00 am Olive Branch open 5:30 pm Mass-Effie Meegan Sunday, July 3 10:00 am Mass-Mark Vonderhaar

LOOKING AHEAD

Vacation Bible School—July 18-22

SUMMER NURSERY The nursery will be available for children up to 3 years old during the 10 am Sunday Mass through June. Continued operation of the nursery dur-ing the summer months will depend on the number of committed adult volunteers. If you are interested in assisting with this ministry, please contact Barbara in the church office prior to the end of the month. FAMILY MATTERS Looking for the keys to build a successful marriage and family life—even in the midst of our anti-family culture? Please join the Respect Life Commit-tee of OLPH for the summer bible study “Family Matters,” every Tuesday at 7 pm in room 8/10 of the Family Life Center. Attend one or all of the sessions. If you miss a week, you could make up the session on your own time. This study is a wonderful re-source for any couple, any age, married or engaged. Questions-call Tresa @ 389-2831. INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK The next week for hosting guests for IHN is July 10 through July 17. Please consider supporting this very important ministry. We will need volunteers for: Set-up—trailer hitch needed for transporting cots, evening meals, evening hosts, overnight hosts, and clean-up. There are sign-up sheets in the commons area along. Your help is greatly appreciated. The OLPH IHN Committee is in need of volunteers. If you are interested in this ministry please call Tara O’Rourke, 389-8316 or e-mail orourkeagain@aol.com. LIT-NIC A lit-nic will be held at the home of Sarah and Paul Wyar on July 11 at 6 pm. A lit-nic is a liturgy (Mass) celebrated at home, followed by a potluck picnic sup-per. Please bring a potluck dish and drinks to share, lawn chairs or picnic blankets. We gather any time from 6 pm onward, Mass begins at 6:45 pm, followed by a pot-luck supper. Please RSVP to the Wyars if you can attend, so they know how many to prepare for: 774-3235. Directions: From 419 and Apperson: take 419 south to-wards Lewis Gale Hospital. Turn right at the 4th light onto Keagy (just before the Allstate Building). Take the 1st left onto Sugarloaf Mtn. Rd. Take the 2nd right onto Grandin Rd. Extension. Turn right onto Meadow Creek Drive. The Wyars are the 6th house on the left, 5124 Meadow Creek Dr. In case of rain, please confirm your atten-dance with the Wyars that day, in case of cancellation.

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CHRISTIAN INITIATION:

Infant Baptism – During Mass on a designated weekend each month. Please contact Deacon Eric Surat, 387-0491, for information re-garding baptismal prepara-tion. For information regarding the adult process (RCIA), please contact Andrea Sexton, 387-0491. NEWCOMERS:

Welcome to our community! Please call Arlene Beasley in the office, 387-0491, to register. MARRIAGE PREPARATION:

Please contact the Pastor, 387-0491, at least six months prior to the intended date. HOSPITAL VISITS:

If you are homebound or in the hospital, please call the parish office, 387-0491. When you are admitted to the hospital, please list your-self as Catholic and state that you want your church in-formed of your stay. Due to HIPPA regulations, this is the only way the hospital can release information to the church.

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS-PASTORAL CARE

Lewis Gale–Tom Poulin Salem Health – Ann Cortsen Richfield – Martha Dishner

SUMMER MASS SCHEDULE Weekend liturgies through August 13/14 are Saturday at 5:30 pm and Sunday at 10:00 am.

SEEKING NEW DIRECTOR OF YOUTH MINISTRY OLPH is still accepting applications for the part-time position of Director of Youth Ministry. This 20-hour/week position involves supervising Christian Formation and religious education classes for youth in grades 6-12, including catechist training and curriculum development; collaborating with parish coordinators of children’s formation and adult formation; and coordinating extra-curricular activities for parish youth. Qualifications: must be a practicing Catholic; interested in the Christian spiritual growth of young people and have a practical understanding of the emotional and psychological development of teenagers; well-organized and enthusiastic about working with youth. Experience in youth ministry and catechesis preferred. For application contact Fr. Remi at 387-0491. Deadline: open until filled.

OLPH FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP

Operating budget May income $ 35,375.72 May expenses $ 26,961.75 +$ 8,413.97 Year to date income $371,283.52 Year to date expenses $381,698.91 -$ 10,415.39 2004-2005 budget $410,307.80

PROJECT 2000 DEBT ELIMINATION

SunTrust loan $630,000 SunTrust loan interest (5%) $122,688 Total owed $ 752,688 Cash on hand $ 66,660 Remaining Pledges $442,022 Total cash/pledges $508,682

Still needed cash/pledges $244,006

PARISH STAFF

Clergy

Pastor Rev. Remi Sojka

remiwork@hotmail.com

Deacons Rev. Dr. Eric Surat

office@olphsalem.org 387-0491

Rev. Mr. Steve O’Connell

steve_VA@msn.com 772-4860

Ministries

Music & Worship Betsie Pendarvis

music@olphsalem.org

Adult Faith Formation Diane Drahos

adulted@olphsalem.org

Youth Ministry Jean Denton

youthministry@olphsalem.org Children’s Faith Formation

Barbara Hairfield christianformation@olphsalem.org

Campus Ministry

Susan Grettler grettler@roanoke.edu

Administrative Staff

Administrative Assistant/Bookkeeper

Elizabeth Zirkle adminasst@olphsalem.org

Parish Secretary Arlene Beasley

office@olphsalem.org

Custodian Milka Ponjavic

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OUTSIDE THE PARISH SUPERVISED VISITATION PROGRAM Catholic Charities’ Supervised Visitation Program is currently recruiting volunteers to serve as Monitors. These volunteers monitor hourly visits between children and parents who are court ordered to have only supervised contacts. Training will take place on Tuesday, May 24 at 7 pm at First United Methodist Church. For more info or to attend, call Nancy Wimmer, 344-5104. DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET The Dave Brubeck Quartet In Concert with the St. Edward Choir and Orchestra May 6 & 7, 7:30 pm. Tickets are sold at the Parish Center, 2700 Dolfield Dr., Richmond, Monday-Thursdays, 2-4:30 pm. For more information: www.stemmweb.org. MAHALIA JACKSON This is the music of Mahalia Jackson. Songs of hope and inspiration that will bless you and your entire family April 26—May 15 on Mill Mountain Theatre’s Trinkle Main Stage. Reserve your tickets at Mill Mountain Box Office, 342-5740 or going online at www.millmountain.org. Tickets are $35 with discounts for seniors and students. Don’t miss this rousing, inspirational gospel musical of Mahalia’s life and songs to benefit Mill Mountain Theatre and the Lois Johnson Bettis Women & Children’s Center, a ministry of The Rescue Mission.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION WELCOMES Nita Humphrey, our most recent committed adorer. Thank you, and special blessings to you, Nita.

CHRISTIAN FORMATION VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL Step right up! It’s time to register for Davey and Goliath’s Circus Spectacular Vacation Bible School! Join us July 18-22 from 9 am-noon at OLPH for a circus-themed program of faith-filled fun. This exciting VBS is for everyone between the ages of 3-11; older children and adults are needed for each activity site and to

serve as troupe leaders and aides. Call Barbara at the church office for more information. Registration forms may be found on the bulletin board in the commons (by the water fountains).

OUTSIDE THE PARISH SUMMER CAMP Looking for Summer Camp ideas for your children? Roanoke Catholic School is offering two basketball camps and a soccer camp for boys and girls this summer. Contact Pete Peters, Athletic Director, for more information at 982-3532 ext. 122 or ppeters@roanokecatholic.com. SUMMER THEOLOGICA This is a program for young adults (persons in their late teens, twenties and thirties both single and married). The 2005 series can be located on the diocesan website at http://www.richmonddiocese.org/cyam/cya003.htm. Unless noted: Registration begins at 7:15 pm, and the session is from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. Babysitting is available. Parents are requested to call the parish contact 24 hours in advance. Continue to check website for updates. Monday, June 27-Children of Abraham: Jews, Christians and Muslims, presenter: Dr. Gerald T. Carney, Location: St. Andrew, Roanoke, parish contact: Dan Pitman, 343-5547, wzvolensky@tandemhealthcare.com. REFUGEE AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES We are in need of towels, pots and pans and other kitchen utensils for our incoming refugee families. We would like to be able to supply these items without expense to RIS. Anyone interested in making a tax deductible contribution can call Refugee and Immigration Services at 342-7561 or leave a donation at our office at 1106 9th Street, SE, Roanoke. Thanks for your assistance.

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“Who is like God” Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, It has been several weeks since we celebrated the 10th anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood. Sometimes I can’t believe it has been 10 years. Time really flies. I am happy that this celebration took place at OLPH. You are very special and dear to me as you have been training me to be a Pastor. :) It is also the longest period of time I have ever been in one place in the United States. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for the reception in my honor, all your gifts, and all your prayers. Keeping you in my prayers, Fr. Remi

Year of the Eucharist

“The Eucharist: source and summit of the life and mission of the Church.”

Pope John Paul II proclaimed this to be the themeof this Year of the Eucharist, to extend fromOctober 2004 to October 2005. It is therefore afitting time to look at some of the recent changesto the Eucharistic liturgy that have occurred, andthat we are just now incorporating at Our Lady ofPerpetual Help Church, and what meaning wemight draw from them.

The History

Now that 30+ years have passed since Vatican II,evaluations have been taking place of how theliturgical changes introduced in the late 1960shave “worked.” Most people agree that majoralterations - the use of the vernacular, priestfacing the people, expandeduse of Scripture, use of layministers, greater participationof the assembly - have beensuccessful. At the time,continued limitedexperimentation was permitted,with written approval of the HolySee and with otherqualifications; however, in manyplaces, it went beyond theapproved norms. In 2001, arevised version of the GeneralInstruction of the Roman Missalwas published. This introductionto the Roman Missal (the book which contains theprayers, chants, gestures, etc. of the Mass),specifies how Mass is to be done. Moreimportantly, the new GIRM “communicates aspirituality of Eucharist, a sense of the mystery wecelebrate, and a reverence and care for eachother as the Body of Christ as well as for all thosein the world in which we live.” (Gray) However, on

close examination, some of the changes we areseeing now (kneeling during the Eucharisticprayer, singing the Gloria every Sunday exceptduring Advent and Lent) are based less onsomething “new” or even a reversion to pre-Vatican II ways, than simply following the normsthat have been written in the GIRM from thebeginning.

Why change?

Norms, or directives, serve many purposes. Theyavoid confusion: everyone knows what they aresupposed to do, and the dignity of the celebrationis maintained (GIRM 22). They allow the MysticalBody of Christ to be seen in its diversity and its

hierarchical structure: each“ordained minister or layChristian faithful, in fulfilling theiroffice or their duty, should carryout solely but completely thatwhich pertains to them.” (GIRM91) The priest-presider, standingin the person of Christ, is theHead of the gathered faithful,and then the deacon, by virtueof their ordination. (GIRM 93-94)

Liturgical directives are alsoestablished to heighten the

sense of the sacred mystery we celebrate; toremind us that “the Church has received theEucharist from Christ her Lord not as one gift -however precious - among so many others, but asthe gift par excellence, for it is the gift of himself,of his person in his sacred humanity, as well asthe gift of his saving work.” (Pope John Paul II,Ecclesia de Eucharistia 11)

How will this affect OLPH?

One change that we will see at OLPH is thatextraordinary ministers of Holy Communion(‘extraordinary” because the “ordinary” minister ofthe Eucharist is the ordained Bishop, Priest, orDeacon) will now approach the altar as the Priestcelebrant takes Communion. Their ministry hasalways been to help distribute Eucharist to theassembly if there are not enough ordainedministers, nothing more, nothing less. It is thePriest’s role to place the break the consecratedBread and divide it during the Lamb of God(Fraction Rite), with the help of the deacon, to takecommunion himself, and then to distributecommunion to the extraordinary ministers, againassisted by the deacon, and to hand the sacredvessels to them for distribution to the people.Emanating from this change will be a moreorderly, reverent handling of the sacred vessels,and less bustle and confusion around the altar, aswell.

Also to keep uppermost a sense of the sacred, weshall see a new procedure at the Preparation ofthe Gifts. The deacon or priest used to pour thePrecious Blood into chalices during the Lamb ofGod. In April 2004, the Vatican published anofficial Instruction called RedemptionisSacramentum (The Sacrament of Redemption), which directed that the wine be poured into anyextra chalices needed during the Preparation ofGifts or even before Mass begins, before it isconsecrated and becomes the Blood of Christ.Concern about the protection of the PreciousBlood from spillage was cited as the reason for thechange.

How will this affect me?

As members of the assembly, we, too are called tochange. “Posture...is a sign of the unity of themembers of the Christian community gathered forthe sacred Liturgy: it both expresses and fostersthe intention and spiritual attitude of theparticipants.” (GIRM 42) What we do with ourbodies can influence our minds and hearts. Weare used to standing together to hear the Gospel,kneeling at the Eucharistic Prayer, and sittingthrough the Homily. We genuflect as a sign ofreverence when we enter and leave the BlessedSacrament chapel. We also recognize the altar asa symbol of Christ, and so we stop and bow to itwhenever we pass in front of it. In the Creed, we

bow at the words: “by the power of the Holy Spirithe was born of the Virgin Mary and became man,”to signify our respect and gratitude to Christ whohumbled himself to share our human condition inorder to save us.

The new General Instruction asks us to make asign of reverence before receiving HolyCommunion, and in the United States the bishopshave determined that this shall be a bow of thehead to the Body and Blood of Christ in the handsof the minister. This bow is not a deep bow fromthe waist, but a simple bow of the head, madewhile the person in front of us is receivingcommunion. This simple gesture, made by all,unifies us in our visible respect for the Bread ofLife and the Cup of Salvation which we are aboutto receive.

The Mission

The Year of the Eucharist gives us an opportunityto renew our reverence and appreciation for theEucharist, “the most precious possession whichthe Church can have in her journey throughhistory” (Ecclesia de Eucharistia 9). We becomewhat we have received - the body of Christ onearth - to carry forth the mission of Our Lady ofPerpetual Help Church: making present thekingdom of God on earth.

SourcesCONGREGATION FOR DIVINE WORSHIP AND THE DISCIPLINE OFTHE SACRAMENTS, Instruction, Redemptionis Sacramentum, 23April 2004.

GENERAL INSTRUCTION OF THE ROMAN MISSAL (Third TypicalEdition), English translation 17 March 2003.

GRAY, JUDY, Year of the Eucharist, Catholic Diocese ofMemphis, 2004-2005.

Pope John Paul II, Encyclical Letter, Ecclesia de Eucharistia ,17 April 2003.

SECOND VATICAN ECUMENICAL COUNCIL, Constitution on theSacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium, 4 December 1963.

UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS, Norms forthe Distribution and Reception of Holy Communion Under BothKinds in the Diocese of the United States of America, 22 March2002.