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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The Ascension: Mass & Convocation Meeting
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May 5, 7pm 
Our parish has the honor of hosting the Burlington Convocation on the feast of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
There will be a Sung Mass at 7pm followed by a light reception and a brief meeting of the Convocation. Please plan on attending!
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Mothers' Day Brunch
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 Sunday, May 8, 9am
Our annual Mother's Day Breakfast will be on Sunday, May 8, in the Parish Hall. Breakfast will be served between services starting at 9:00 a.m.
Assistance in the kitchen as well as servers are needed (children and older youth are welcome). There is no charge for this traditional delicious breakfast, but a free-will offering basket will be available. Also, there will be no church school so all the ladies of the parish may enjoy the breakfast together with their families and friends.
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Planning Meeting for the Blessing of the Firetrucks
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 Saturday, May 14, 11am
Planning for the 9th Annual Blessing of the Firetrucks will kick of on Saturday, May 14, at 11am in the Sacristy. Please join us as we lay the groundwork for another great event!
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Rogation Procession
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 Sunday, May 15, 6pm
Celebrate the Spring Rogation with Vox Fidelis on Sunday, May 15, at 6pm. "Rogation" comes from the Latin "rogare," which means "to ask," and "Rogation Days" are days during which we seek to ask God's mercy and ask for His blessings,
particularly with regard to farming, gardening, and other agricultural pursuits.
Because of this, it is especially appropriate to bless farm and garden implements, so feel free to bring representative equipment to be blessed, placing them by the pulpit. A light reception will follow in the Rectory.
P.S. - If you or someone you know wishes to have farm equipment blessed on the farm, please let Fr. Matt know. He would be happy to bless equipment, seeds, etc.
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Memorial Day Solemnities
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Saturday, May 28, 11am
Come honor those who have given their last full measure of devotion to this our great Nation. Our own Andy Law is the Master of Ceremonies. The Bordentown City Memorial is located at the corner of Farnsworth & Railroad.
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Churchyard Ministry
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The care of our Churchyard is an important ministry! Not only is it nice to have our grounds looking well kept, but caring for the Churchyard is a big part of caring for the beloved dead buried therein.
We need your help! The Churchyard is mowed once every 7 to 14 days in the spring and summer months. Please consider taking on this vital and fulfilling ministry.
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May Birthdays & Anniversaries
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Birthdays
1 Sharon Sheppard
4 Karly Luthke
10 Kourtney Dauria
11 Karen Sutter
11 Stephanie Mickus
12 Christopher Vlahovic
12 Juliana Cartwright
14 Julianna Blake
15 Janet Atkinson
18 Donna Lundeen
21 Ian Cartwright
22 Robert J. Kintner
24 Zachary Kintner
24 Debbie Mallard
31 Lisa Fox
Anniversaries
2 Mark & Karen Casais
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Upcoming Events
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May 5, 7pm: Ascension Day Sung Mass & Convocation Meeting
May 8, 9am: Mothers' Day Breakfast
May 8, 10am: May Crowning
May 14, 11am: Planning Meeting for Blessing of the Firetrucks
May 14: Iris Festival
May 15: Compline w. Vox Fidelis
May 21-22: Bordentown Street Fair
May 22, 4pm: Evensong & Benediction
May 28, 11am: Memorial Day Solemnities
May 29: Church School Recognition & 1st Holy Communion
July 2, 7pm: Trenton Thunder Game
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The Propers
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For Sunday, May 1
This Sunday is the Sixth Sunday of Easter
OT: Acts 14:8-18
Psalm 67
NT: Revelation 21:22-22:5
Collect: O God, who hast prepared for those who love thee such good things as pass man's understanding: Pour into our hearts such love towards thee, that we, loving thee in all things and above all things, may obtain thy promises, which exceed all that we can desire; 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, May 1
Lectors:
5:30pm: Eliza Peterson
8am: Richard Trout
10am: Mary Ellen Carty & Donna Lundeen
Ushers:
8am: Linda Voorhees
10am: Open
Acolytes:
5:30pm: Julia Peterson 8am: Richard Trout, Wayne Voorhees, and Alex Vigh
10am: Mary Ellen Carty & Dennis Brown
Linens: Christie Peterson
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Quote of the Week
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'The Lord blinds the intellect that is jealous and resentful of its neighbor's blessings.'
-St. Thalassios the Libyan
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Church Schedule
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The Week of April May 1, 2016
Saturday, 30 April :: The Holy Abbots of Cluny, 10th-11th C. · 5:30 p.m. - Vigil Mass (Lady Chapel) Sunday, 1 May :: The Sixth Sunday of Easter
· 8:00 a.m. - Low Mass (Church)
· 8:00 a.m. - Church School (Church & Classrooms)
· 10:00 a.m. - Sung Mass (Church) · 11:00 a.m. - Coffee Hour (Nursery) · 7:00 p.m. - A.A. Meeting (Parish Hall) Monday, 2 May :: Ss. Philip & James, Apostles
· Church Office Closed
Tuesday, 3 May :: The Finding of the Holy Cross, 335
· 8:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer w. Angelus (Lady Chapel)
· 12:10 p.m. - Low Mass (Lady Chapel)
Wednesday, 4 May :: Monnica, Mother of Augustine, 387 · 8:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer w. Angelus (Lady Chapel) · 6:00 p.m. - Tai Chi (Parish Hall)
· 6:30 p.m. - Rosary (Lady Chapel)
· 6:50 p.m. - Low Mass (Lady Chapel)
· 8:00 p.m. - A.A. Meeting (Parish Hall)
Thursday, 5 May :: Ascension Day
· 8:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer w. Angelus (Lady Chapel) self-led
· 10:00 a.m. - Low Mass w. Anointing (Lady Chapel)
· 7:00 p.m. - Sung Mass (Church)
· 7:45 p.m. - Burlington Convocation Meeting (Parish Hall)
Friday, 6 May :: St. John Before the Latin Gate
Abstinence Dispensed
· 8:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer w. Angelus (Lady Chapel)
· 12:10 p.m. - Low Mass (Lady Chapel)
Saturday, 7 May :: John of Beverly, Bishop of York, 721
· 5:30 p.m. - Vigil Mass (Lady Chapel)
Sunday, 8 May :: The Sunday after the Ascension
· 8:00 a.m. - Low Mass (Church)
· 9:00 a.m. - Mothers' Day Breakfast (Parish Hall)
· 10:00 a.m. - Sung Mass (Church) · 11:00 a.m. - Coffee Hour (Nursery)
· 7:00 p.m. - A.A. Meeting (Parish Hall)
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This (Past) Week in Church History
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April 22, 1724: German philosopher Immanuel Kant, a pivotal figure in the history of modern philosophy and theology, is born in Konigsberg, East Prussia.
April 22, 1669: Colonial religious leader Richard Mather (father of Increase, grandfather of Cotton) dies at age 63. He helped author the Bay Psalm Book and the Cambridge Platform, which served for many years as the standard doctrinal statement for New England Congregationalism.
April 22, 1864: The motto "In God We Trust," conceived during the Civil War, first appears on American coinage.
April 23, 1073: Hildebrand is elected pope, taking the name Gregory VII. The first pope to excommunicate a ruler (Henry IV), Gregory was driven out of Rome in 1084. "I have loved righteousness and hated iniquity," were his last words, "therefore I died in exile."
April 23, 1968: The Evangelical United Brethren Church joins with the much larger Methodist Church, forming the United Methodist Church, the largest Methodist group in the world and America's second-largest Protestant denomination (after the Southern Baptist Convention).
April 24, 1581: Vincent de Paul, founder of the Lazarist Fathers and the Sisters of Charity, is born in Pouy, France. The Roman Catholic Church named him patron saint of all works of charity because of his charity work during the Wars of Religion.
April 24, 1944: In "United States v. Ballard," the Supreme Court ruled that no governmental agency can determine "the truth or falsity of the beliefs or doctrines" of anyone-even if the beliefs "may seem incredible, if not preposterous to most people." But the court also reiterated its position that while freedom of belief is absolute, the freedom to act on those beliefs is not. April 25, 1214: Louis IX, king of France and saint, is born. Leader of the Seventh and Eighth Crusades (he died on the latter), he was known for his humility: he wore hair shirts and visited hospitals-where he emptied the bedpans.
April 25, 1599: Oliver Cromwell, the Puritan lord protector of England, is born near Cambridge. As lord protector he sought to allow more freedom of religion.
April 26, 1521: After Charles V promises to take firmer measures against his doctrines, Luther leaves the Diet of Worms. A month later, his teachings are formally condemned.
April 26, 1877: Residents of Minnesota observe a state-wide day of prayer, asking deliverance from a plague of grasshoppers that had ruined thousands of acres of crops. The plague ended during that summer.
April 26, 1992: Worshipers celebrate the first Russian Orthodox Easter in Moscow in 74 years.
--taken from Christianity Today
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Monk, 650
Cronan, of Offaly, Ireland, founded a monastic community at Puayd. Thereafter, he moved from place to place fifty times so as to donate each dwelling he left behind to a needy hermit. Subsequently, he settled at Seanross to live in solitude, but later founded a monastery at Roscrea. Toward the end of his life, he was afflicted with blindness. There is a miracle attributed to Cronan that carries with it a touch of humor. On one occasion, lacking a beverage for his guests, he is said to have miraculously obtained by his prayers so much beer for them that they all became inebriated.
-from Catholic Saints & Angels
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Parish Prayer List
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Of your charity, please pray for:
the sick: Janice Jones, Charlotte Norcross, Bob Bernard, Pat Temple, Danielle Morgan, Jai Autar, Emma Burris, Gloria Jones, Kelley Gilger, Sister Gussie, Nancy Biocco, Michael Chahanovich, Lori Forenson, Michael Vaughan, Zachary Forsberg, Jack Young, Carol Pfieffer, Maria Stout, Emma Carver, Gloria Garfinkle, Clare Biagini, Rita Haney, Irene Fithian, Michelle Miloscia, Michael Cook, HollyJones, Wade Ronin Sipler, Bill Webb, Carlton Jones, Jim Tucker, Roxie Clark, Sister Angela, Dee Watkins, Helen Gardiner, Dick Gher, Samantha Mahoney, Robert Fritz, and Suzanne Lagay, and Marge Lee.
and those who have long term illnesses: Barbara Fusco, Stella Eichinger, John Moscatiello, Mark Casais, Kevin Kintner, Arthur Jukes, Dixon Leavers, Robin Kintner, John McCoy, Gary Rutherford, Jane Humble, Charles Martin, Lyza Lyon, The Rt. Rev. George Councell, Michael Slaper, Alice Ward Carriger, Karen Campbell Hillman, Carla Douglas, Ryan Murray, William Sweeney, Justin McCafferty, Zachary McCafferty, Jeanine Walker, Mario Batist, Robert Ackerman, Paul Wesley Morrison, Kelly Bergen, Bill Yale, Hannah McNinch, Gabe Fresco, Fr. Ted Anderson, R. Loraine .Burke, Katherine Carter, Shawna Catarinicchia, Mackenzie Sutter, Daniel Applegate, Alma Poksay, Roberta Cash, Patti Beddia, Jennifer Vigh Daniels, Peggy Tunney, Jean Fithian, Jim Tranter, Jonathan Okeson, John O'Malia, Eileen Cantwell, Jean Greenwood, Shaun Neiderman, Cheryl Leavers-Morrow, Morgan Ackerman, Mary Dallman, Patricia Dixon, Dawn Marie Nee, Charles St. George, and Jeanette Poole.
those in military service: Ben Skarzynski, USMC; Col Kelly Scott, USAF; Neil Gerrish, USNG; Abbygale Albert, USN, James F. Preto, USNG, and Chris Neal, USN.
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