Prayer for Christ Church
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Almighty and everliving God, ruler of all things in heaven and earth, hear our prayers for Christ Church Parish. Strengthen the faithful, arouse the careless, and restore the penitent. Grant us all things necessary for our common life, and bring us all to be of one heart and mind within thy holy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Thunder Game Reminder
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This Saturday! See you all this Saturday at the Church School's outing to see the Trenton Thunder! 7pm at Arm & Hammer Park.  |
Birthdays & Anniversaries
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For August Birthdays 1 Joan Corbo 2 Debra Yanucil 2 Rylan Tunney-Martinelli 3 Mary Drum 3 Samuel Kedzierski 6 Nolan Fiabane 10 David Addis 11 Patrick Mallard 11 Juliana Taylor 12 Barbara Cooke 13 Linda Voorhees 14 Vasu Subramani 15 Andrew Law 15 Stephen Vigh 16 Mary Jo Szeker 19 Alexander Vigh 21 Kevin Trout 26 Maryrose Szeker 29 Joy Neal 31 Joyce Elliott Anniversaries 8 John & Donna Kirk 16 John & Janet Moscatiello 27 Lester & Lorraine Sickels |
Bordentown Farmers' Market
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Back on for the Summer!  |
Electronic Giving
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The summer is a great time to sign up for electronic giving and save the time and paper of standard giving. The benefits include making your pledge and occasional giving fast and easy, and the parish will benefit from a reliable, more efficient and more convenient means to process contributions. To sign up for electronic giving, go to our website at www.ccbtown.com - click on the donation link, and you will be able to select from various opportunities to contribute to our parish and activities. Thank you for your continued support of the mission and ministry of Christ Church! |
Upcoming Events
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July 25, 9am: Fundraising Meeting
July 25, 10am: ECW Meeting
July 25, 7pm: Trenton Thunder Game
September 11, 7pm: 9/11 Evening Prayer (City 9/11 Memorial)
September 12, 4:30pm: Blessing of the Firetrucks
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The Propers
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For Sunday, July 26
This Sunday is the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
OT: 2 Kings 2:1-15
Psalm 114NT: Ephesians 4:1-7,11-16
Collect: O God, the protector of all that trust in thee, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us thy mercy; that, thou being our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we finally lose not the things eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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Serving This Week
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For Sunday, July 26
Lectors:
5:30pm: Eliza Peterson
8am: Richard Trout
9:30am: Bill Collom & Ed Ackerman
Ushers:
8am: Linda Voorhees
9:30am: Open
Acolytes:
5:30pm: Julia Peterson 8am: Richard Trout, Wayne Voorhees, and Alex Vigh
9:30am: Mary Ellen Carty, Chris Neal, and Andy Jones
Altar Guild:
Preparation: Joan Corbo
Linens: Anne Lyon
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Quote of the Week
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All of us who desire the kingdom of God are, by the Lord's decree, under an equal and rigorous necessity of seeking after the grace of Baptism.
~Saint Basil
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Church Schedule
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The Week of July 26, 2015
Saturday, 25 July :: St. James the Apostle
· 9:00 a.m. - Fundraising Mtg (Parish Hall) · 10:00 a.m. - ECW Mtg (Parish Hall)
· 5:30 p.m. - Vigil Mass (Lady Chapel)
· 7:00 p.m. - Thunder Game (Arm & Hammer Park)
Sunday, 26 July :: The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
· 8:00 a.m. - Low Mass (Church) · 9:30 a.m. - Sung Mass & Baptism (Church) · 10:30 a.m. - Lemonade on the Lawn (Lychgate) · 7:00 p.m. - A.A. Meeting (Parish Hall)Monday, 27 July :: William Reed Huntington, Priest, 1909
· Church Office Closed
Tuesday, 28 July :: Feria
Wednesday, 29 July :: Mary & Martha of Bethany
· 8:00 p.m. - A.A. Meeting (Parish Hall)
Thursday, 30 July :: William Wilburforce, 1833
· 10:00 a.m. - Low Mass (Lady Chapel)
Friday, 31 July :: Ignatius of Loyola, Priest, 1556
· Normal Friday Abstinence
Saturday, 1 August :: Joseph of Arimathea · 5:30 p.m. - Vigil Mass (Lady Chapel)
Sunday, 2 August :: The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
· 8:00 a.m. - Low Mass (Church)
· 9:30 a.m. - Sung Mass & Baptism (Church)
· 10:30 a.m. - Lemonade on the Lawn (Lychgate)
· 7:00 p.m. - A.A. Meeting (Parish Hall)
The Summer Office hours are Wednesday-Friday from 9:00am to 2:00pm.
Fr. Matt is available during normal business hours and most evenings. Please don't hesitate to call or stop by the church.
Confession is available by appointment. Please call the Church Office or Fr. Matt to schedule a time.
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This (Past) Week in Church History
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July 19, 1692: Puritan magistrates convict and hang five women for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. By September, 20 people had been executed on charges brought by 15 young girls.
July 19, 1848: More than 300 men and women assemble in the Wesleyan Chapel at Seneca Falls, New York, for the first formal convention to discuss "the social, civil and religious condition and the rights of women." The event has been called the birthplace of the women's rights movement.
July 20, 1054: Patriarch of Constantinople Michael Cerularius, having been excommunicated from the Roman church four Day s earlier, excommunicates Pope Leo IX and his followers. This precipitates the Great Schism.
July 20, 1910: The Christian Endeavor Society of Missouri begins a campaign to ban all motion pictures that depicted kissing between nonrelatives.
July 21, 1773: Pope Clement XIV dissolves the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), which was founded in 1534. Clement did not condemn the Society, but explained it was an administrative move for the peace of the church. Pius VII restored the society in 1814.
July 21, 1925: Biology teacher John T. Scopes is fined $100 for teaching evolution. He lost his trial, but because of it fundamentalists lost respect.
July 22, 1620: Led by John Robinson, a group of English Separatists who had fled to Holland in 1607, sail for England, where they would board the Mayflower.
July 22, 1822: Gregor Mendel, the Austrian monk and botanist who discovered the basic laws of genetic inheritance, is born.
--taken from Christianity Today
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| Saint of the Week | |
St. Romlua 
Hermitess, 6th Century
A virgin who lived with St. Redempta as a hermitess near the church of Mary Major, Rome. Redempta had been trained as a nun by St. Herundo in Palestine. They formed a small community in Rome, and they earned the praise of Pope St. Gregory I the Great. Romula was paralyzed for the last years of her life. -Catholic Saints & Angels
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Parish Prayer List
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Of your charity, please pray for:
the sick: Barbara Fusco, Stella Eichinger, Steve Vigh, Bob Bernard, Pat Temple, Danielle Morgan, Jai Autar, Emma Burris, Kelly Jones, Kelley Gilger, Sister Gussie, Nancy Biocco, Jane Humble, Michael Chahanovich, Cheryl Leavers-Morrow, Gary Rutherford, Morgan Ackerman, Lorriane Sickels, William Sweeney, Raymond Witte, Roger Kafer, Alice Brumfield, Lori Forenson, Eunice Campbell. Linda Bloom, Michael Vaughan, Zachary Forsberg, Charles Martin, Lyza Lyon, Jack Young, Carol Pfieffer, Robert Fritz, Maria Stout, Mary Dallman, Emma Carver, Gloria Garfinkle, Clare Biagini, Secretary Charles Kuperus, Rita Haney, Michael Ceponis, Muriel Daugherty, Shaun Neiderman, Carol Boggs, Irene Fithian, John Barta, Michelle Miloscia, and Frank Katona.
and those who have long term illnesses: Paula Flesch, John Moscatiello, Mark Casais, Kevin Kintner, Arthur Jukes, Dixon Leavers, Robin Kintner, John McCoy, The Rt. Rev. George Councell, Michael Slaper, Alice Ward Carriger, Karen Campbell Hillman, Carla Douglas, Ryan Murray, Lester Sickels, Justin McCafferty, Zachary McCafferty, Jeanine Walker, Brianne Nicosia, Mario Batist, Robert Ackerman, Paul Wesley Morrison, Kelly Bergen, Bill Yale, Hannah McNinch, Gabe sFresco, Fr. Ted Anderson, Linda Sue Slone, R. Loraine Burke, Katherine Carter, Shawna Catarinicchia, Mackenzie Sutter, Daniel Applegate, Alma Poksay, Roberta Cash, Patti Beddia, Geobel Marin, Jennifer Vigh Daniels, Peggy Tunney, Jean Fithian, Gwen Boner, Nancy Dix, Jim Tranter, John Lobos, Jonathan Okeson, John O'Malia, Ardelle Zervous, Eileen Cantivell, and Jean Greenwood.
those in military service: Ben Skarzynski, USMC; Maxwell W. Warrack, USMC; Col Kelly Scott, USAF; Neil Gerrish, USNG; Abbygale Albert, USN, CSM John Seelhorst, USA, James F. Preto, USNG, Frank L Blades Jr, USA.
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| Sermon Blog | | Domine, non sum dignus
In case you missed it, couldn't hear it, or wish to send it to a friend, Father Matt's sermons can be found online at:
http://etsanabituranimamea.wordpress.com
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St. John's by the Sea in Avalon
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Remember to pray for the parish and people of St. John's by the Sea in Avalon, on whose board sits our own Dave Mohr. Fr. Matt spends two weeks a year serving the people of St. John's. You can read about St. John's here: http://www.stjohnsavalon.org
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| Sermon Blog | | Domine, non sum dignus
In case you missed it, couldn't hear it, or wish to send it to a friend, Father Matt's sermons can be found online at:
http://etsanabituranimamea.wordpress.com
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Please let Fr. Matt know if you would like any announcements to be included in the weekly Angelus. Submissions must be made by Tuesday noon. |
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