Faithful Citizenship

This weekend we started a preaching series that will last for five weeks. We are focusing on the what has been produced by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, regarding Faithful Citizenship. We are using their document Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political responsibility from the Catholic Bishops of the United States. We have some copies of the document available for you on the tables in the back of church. You can also download a copy here and get a summary of the document here. Also on their main site there are plenty of resources for you to explore in more depth the topics we will be covering during the homily. They also have sections for families and children not old enough to vote, to help with the discussions at home. We will try to get a copy of each homily online by Sunday afternoon.

Fourth of July

Happy Fourth of July.

Enjoy the beautiful work of Katerina Ivanovna.

Friday FAILures

Enjoy

Feeling a bit better

Well I went to the Dr. yesterday and we are treating what is making me sick. It appears as if yeast is running afoul in my body and causing me to be sick. Well this is not the week home I imagined but I am getting better. I am at work for some time today then back home to get some rest, I did not sleep well last night. I think my running the Peachtree is not going to happen...which makes me sad quite a bit. Anyway more later as it develops. Peace

Bulletin & Insert for 06July08

Still sick

Well it seemed as if things were on the mend yesterday, but today is a
bit worse than yesterday. So I am off to the doctors office to see
what is what. More later.

Peace,
vg

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SICK SICK SICK

Well despite my bert efforts to not get sick from the flight home, I
did. I spent most of today in bed getting rest, thanks to Fr.
Jimmy...more later.

Peace,
vg

Friday FAILures

Enjoy

Time travel to get home...

Well it was a great trip. I am sure you read the post below you know the flight back was great. Anway here are some photos of the trip home (waiting for train and the folks on the plane) Enjoy and goodnight. Don't call me early in the morning, I am sleeping in!

Deacon Mass

The photo above was from the dinner and convocation held in conjunction with tonight's Deacon re-commitment Mass. It was a wonderful event. It was a great night and I was glad I went...even though I was/am a bit tired. Here are some photos from the event. Here is what Deacon Dennis Dorner, Chancelor of the Archdiocese and Director of Permanent Diaconate, said in his invite.

We will be focusing on the 40^th Anniversary of the renewal of the Permanent Diaconate with Mass at 6:00 celebrated by Archbishop Gregory followed by dinner and the AB is also our keynote speaker tonight. We will also be honoring Deacon Loris for his years of service to the community.

Back to work

Well we landed early enough that I able to get to the Deacon
recomitment Mass. I am with Deacon Gayle and Sally Peters...more
later. Oh yes I am tired.

Just woke up

Not sure how these will post with times and all but I just had a great
nap and now we are about to land...time travel is much easier than I
imagined. More later

Peace,
vg

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Still no sleep

Darkness has passed and now the sun is back up...still no sleep. Now
it is time to get some help from CVS

Peace,
vg

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Night time

I just looked out the window and looked over the "alutian islands"
and realized it would be night time...so much for seeing Alaska.
Anyway I nerd some sleep just can't make it happen...arghhhh. More
later.

Peace,
vg

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Getting tired

Well we have eaten lunch...err dinner, and I am a bit tired. We left
at about 3:30 pm and we should arrive berle 3pm...yep that's right we
are time traveling. More later. Peace

Good news

Well this is my first post from the plane, and I have some great
news...the plane is full, but they needed to make some room in the
back of the plane so they moved us both to the front of the
plane...how about that!!!! Well more later. Peace

Last set of shots from Tokyo

Ok. I really need to get done with packing and getting to the airport. Here are some photo. I will give context later. Peace

Bulletin backlog.

This is for this weekend...






...and these are for last weekend...bulletin and insert, sorry about the tardiness.

This will mess with your mind

Enjoy

Wednesday

Well it has been a busy day with lots of shopping; both trough the windows and handing over cash. I was a bit tired from all the hustle and bustle of things so when I got back to the parish I went to the local onsen (technically it was not an onsen but rather a hot water bath, but it still felt good)to get cleaned up and have a soak. I am refreshed a bit and ready to get some dinner and make a few more purchase and then get ready to leave.