Greetings!
We hope you enjoy the May 2010 edition of "The Timely Perpetuan" and we welcome your contributions. Please let us know how we can improve this e-newsletter. Also, please be sure to look at our new website, www.stperpetua.org, and feel free to send us feedback on that, too! |
Fiesta Tropicana
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Saturday, May 22, 2010
Potluck Dinner
6:00 pm - No-Host Bar
6:30 pm - Mexican Dinner
call Denise Kogler at 510-271-1935 to see if there are any tickets left!
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Life's Journey: Anger to Forgiveness
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Nationally renowned
author and preacher Fr. Tom Allender will be presenting a very unique parish mission called
"Life's Journey: Anger to Forgiveness" May
24 - 26. Fr. Tom will speak twice a day on topics of
spirituality for the imperfect, helping us recognize that God loves us
unconditionally. (Perfect people need not attend!) Fr. Tom has been sharing his witty, energetic missions for
nearly 20 years, using a style grounded in genuine faith and reality of our
everyday lives.
Sessions will be held
Monday - Wednesday after morning Mass and again at 7:30 p.m., details
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First Eucharist 2010
| On the first two weekends of May, 94 students from our parish school and the faith formation program celebrated the Sacrament of Eucharist for the first time. This picture was taken at the retreat on April 25 as the students were concluding their Sacrament preparation. May they continue to be encouraged and inspired by the St. Perpetua community.
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Teen News
| This Saturday, May 22, at the Cathedral of Christ the Light, fifty-two teens from St. Perpetua will join with 120 other candidates from Santa Maria in Orinda and St. Elizabeth's in Oakland to celebrate the sacrament of Confirmation with Bishop Salvadore Cordilione, and their families and sponsors, who represent our parish community. Join us all in prayer that the Holy Spirit will renew their lives, strengthen their relationship with God, and guide them onward in their faith journey.
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Faith Formation Registration
| Registration is open for next year's faith formation program. Forms will be accepted until September 20, 2010. After Sept. 20 children will be placed on a waiting list for class placement. Register by August 1 to avoid the late fees.
Registration packets were mailed to families enrolled in last year's program. If you did not receive one, or are a new family interested in enrolling your children, packets are available in the parish office, on the table at the entrance of the church, and can be downloaded from our parish website.
Please contact Cathy Giroux at 283-0272 X204 for inquiries or with generous offers to assist with the program. Classes begin on October 5 and 10, 2010.
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Liturgical Ministers Needed
| THANK YOU to all who responded to our plea so far, but we still need Eucharistic Ministers, Lectors and altar servers. Please help us out to avoid burn out and over scheduling for our current ministers.
Altar Servers
Both adults and youth in fourth grade and older, (Father/son or Mother/daughter teams) help with preparations before Mass, assist the presider during the service, and lead the procession with the gifts. To see what a server does watch the power point presentation on our web site. To become a server, click here.
Eucharistic Ministers
Share the bread and cup with the assembly at Eucharist. To become a Eucharistic Minister, click here.
Lectors
Proclaim the Word of God in our worship. They prepare to minister by prayer, practice and reflection on Scripture. To become a Lector, click here.
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Outreach News
| St. P's Food Basket Collection on June 12/13: Please bring Powdered Milk, Vegetable Oil, Masa Harina
Thank you so much for your generosity!
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Sincerely,
The Staff of
St. Perpetua Catholic Church
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