Pastoral Care for our Brothers and Sisters

BASILICA OF SAINT MARY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
Mass Intentions
February 23, through March 1, 2015
Monday
12:10 p.m.
Communion Service
Tuesday
12:10 p.m.
Mass
Special intentions for the Basilica’s Parish Family
12:10 p.m.
Mass
Special intentions for the Basilica’s Parish Family
Thursday
12:10 p.m.
Mass
Special intentions for the Basilica’s Parish Family
Friday
Saturday
5:00 p.m.
Sunday
9:00 a.m.
12: 00 p.m.
Mass
Special intentions for the Basilica’s Parish Family
Mass
Intentions for the soul of Gloria Smith, requested
by Consuella McCloud
Mass
Intentions for the soul of Lorenza A Percy, Jr. ,
Fr. Jim Curran & Basilica’s Parishioners
Mass
Intentions for the soul of Aunt Gracie McClease,
requested by Nathaniel O. Simmons
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
MONDAY
St. Polycarp, Bishop, Martyr
Lv 19:1-2, 11-18 Ps 19:8-10, 15
Mt 25:31-46
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TUESDAY
Is 55:10-11 Ps 34:4-7, 16-19 Mt 6:7-15
Vi
WEDNESDAY
Vi
Jon 3:1-10 Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19
Lk 11:29-32
Send a card, make a call, visit and always pray for our suffering
brothers and sisters in the faith. If you know of someone who
should be added or removed from our Pastoral Care list,
please call the office or email us at the Church.
HOSPITALIZED: Edna Lacey, Sentara Leigh, #279
SICK/HOMEBOUND: PARISHIONERS: Marie Adams, Margaret
Anthony, Clarence Banks, Jr., Mary Barnwell, Marion Bullock,
Winslow Bullock, Vernice Case, Earl Cheek, Alma Jones Davis,
Walter Green, Thado Greene, Sharon Haynes, Victor Haynes,
Jerome Holloway, Diana Johnson, Margaret Jones, Martha
Jones, Helen Kidwell, Edna Lacey, Paul Lacey, Regina Morgan,
Barbara Moses, Wendell Paige, Johnnie Parker, Helen Rainey,
Denise Reeves, Blanche Rhodes, Roland Ridley, Jr., Roland
Ridley, Sr., Dorothy Sharp, Faye Shaw, Karen Smith, Inez
Spruill, Annie Stoney, Hattie Washington, Leander Weston,
Jimmie Whitley, Ms. Gary Williams, Rosie Woodis
Friends of the Basilica:
Lois Ambush, Frank Bailey, Horace Balmer, Nancy
Bourcherie, Milton Michael Brown, Jean-Claude Condemine,
Clarence Cuffee, Jr., Malcolm Everett, Berlyn Howard, Lucille
Lattimore, Kinesha Lawrence, Patricia Nordstrom, Ernest
Eugene Ponton, Fannie Powell, Clara Stanley, Verntinio
Swinson, Jeanette Ward, Theresa Ward, Jacqueline Word
NURSING HOME/REHAB:
Clarence Calhoun
Doris Cooper
Connie Fenner
Neil Pretlow
Kema Rodgers
Verita Thompson
Sheppard Village, #103
Chesapeake Rehab, #13B
Sentara Assist. Living #407
Chesapeake Place
Sentara Rehab Newtown
Lake Taylor Rehab, Rm B10
Remember our Military Members
Lord, your Word says that whoever goes to
you for safety, whoever remains under the
protection of the Almighty can say to you,
“You are my defender and protector, you are
my God; in you I trust.”
May our sons, daughters, husbands, wives, brothers, sisters
and friends in the military, and all our troops turn to you and
find rest in the shadow of your wings.
Prayers, cards & letters to:
MC3 Ivana Campbell
THURSDAY
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Pastoral Care
for our Brothers and Sisters
Clarence Calhoun, Sentara Norfolk General, #572,
Wednesday
12:10 p.m.
NORFOLK, VA
Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25 Ps 138:1-3, 7c-8
Mt 7:7-12
USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) X Division
FPO AP 96628-3300
SSgt. Warren Sampson
(Back in the U.S.)
FRIDAY
Vi
Ez 18:21-28 Ps 130:1-8 Mt 5:20-26
SATURDAY
Vi
SUNDAY
Vi
Dt 26:16-19 Ps 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8 Mt 5:43-48
SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT
Gn 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18 Ps 116:10, 15-19
Rom 8:31b-34 Mk 9:2-10
Sgt. Natalie Speller
(Back in the U.S.)
South Carolina
Lieutenant Colonel Lisa Whittaker
CMR 467
Box 3693
APO AE 09096
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
February 22, 2015
THIS WEEK AT ST. MARY
Monday,
12:10 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
February 23rd
Communion Serv.
Zumba
Tuesday,
10:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
12:10 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
February 24th
Staff Mtg.
Tidewater Gardens
Mass
Prayer Group
Tidewater Gardens
Wednesday, February 25th
10-11:30am
Walk thru Mass
12:10 p.m.
Mass
5-8:00 p.m.
Head Start (SH)
7:00 p.m.
Y/A Bible Study
7-8:30 pm
Walk thru Mass
Thursday,
12:10 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
February 26th
Mass
Adult Confirmation
Friday,
12:10 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
February 27th
Mass
Stations of the Cross
Lenten Soup & Salad
Marriage Awareness
Saturday,
10am-4pm
1-3p.m.
3:00 p.m.
February 28th
PPC Retreat
L&C
Ministry of
Consolation
Mass
5:00 p.m.
Sunday,
9:00 a.m.
10:45 am
11:00a.m.
12:00 p.m.
March 1st
Mass
Rel.Ed,/RCIA
KPC
Mass
Attention All Married Couples: February is the month of love.
Come and celebrate your love for your spouse
by joining us at
our next
Marriage Awareness Meeting.
We will meet in the hall on Friday, February
27, 2015 at 7:00 p.m.
Our speakers will be
William and Carolyn Tatem
from our nation's capital. They are leaders in
their church's couple ministry. Carolyn has
written a book and a manual called, Marriage
From A-Z . We are excited about the wealth
of information they will share. Enjoy this
event to enrich your Sacrament of Marriage.
Bring a snack to share.
Parish Pastoral
Council
For 2015
Feb. 20-Mar. 27—Stations of
Cross
Soup & Salad
March 14th— Confirmation
Retreat at the
Basilica
March 30th— Chrism Mass
at the Cathedral
May 2nd — Health Fair
May 17th — Mommy & Me
Tea
Interested in Volunteering in:
FOOD PANTRY
Monday, Wednesday, and
Thursday
HOURS: 10:00 AM TO
12:00 PM
Or
SOUP KITCHEN
Monday, Wednesday,
Thursday & Friday
HOURS:
12:15 p.m.—1:30 p.m.
CALL: Ms. Ercelle Drayton
757-622-4487
God is Compassion.
" I have heard the cry of my people,"
Yahweh says in exodus,
" and I mean to deliver them."
The basic spiritual question of life
may be "Whose cries do we hear and
what have we done to deliver them?"
The Second Collection, taken on the
first Sunday of each month, will be
designated for EMERGENCY
ASSISTANCE
to help our sisters and brothers in
Christ.
Please give generously
Chairman: Contact info:
Dr. Alveta Green Mitchell
[email protected]
757-817-4733
PPC email address:
[email protected]
Meets the 4th Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.
Next meeting date:
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Parishioners are always
welcome to attend the PPC
meetings; however, if there is a
particular subject you would
like to bring up please, let the
PPC know by using any of the
above contacts no later than one
week before the meeting date.
World Marriage Day
which honors husband and
wife as the foundation of the family. Commit to making your marriage a priority in your lives and let
your marriage relationship give
glory to God. Strengthen, renew,
and rekindle your marriage
sacrament by attending a
Worldwide Marriage Encounter
Weekend.
The upcoming weekends are:
April 17-19 2015 in
Fredericksburg or
June 26-28, 2015
in Richmond.
For more information or to apply, visit
our website at
www.renewmarriage-vasouth.org
or contact us at applications
@renewmarriage-vasouth.org
or 757-483-3209.
JUST A REMINDER
Our Bulletin is sent to the printer on
Monday evenings or Tuesday
mornings. Therefore any information
for that week should be in the Church
office no later than the Thursday
before. Information that comes in
after Thursday, will go in the
following Bulletin.
Don’t receive the Catholic Virginian
and would like to, please call the
church office at 757-622-4487.
IF WE WANT IT, WE WILL CHOOSE IT
Lent will be a wonderful season of grace for us if we
give ourselves to it. And we will give ourselves to it if we
want it badly enough. We need to prepare our hearts.
We can do so by realizing how much we want to grow in
freedom, how much we need to lighten our spirits and
experience real joy, and how much some parts of our
lives really need changing.
Preparing our hearts is a process of preparing our
desires. This means practicing a sense of anticipation. If
I imagine Lent as an “ordeal” or a time I dread in some
way, then I’ve already predisposed myself to not get
very much out of it. Lent is a time to anticipate
something wonderful that is about to happen.
Andy Alexander & Maureen McCann Waldron. Praying Lent.
I need a clean heart, Lord,
for the Lenten season just
ahead
and so I pray you'll:
sweep
dust
cleanse
mend
repair
forgive
purify
and strengthen
this heart of mine...
And I need a new spirit within
me
so just as Lent begins, Lord,
I pray you'll:
renew my listless spirit
lift up my drooping spirit
rekindle my burned-out spirit
open up my selfish spirit
refresh my failing spirit
energize my tired spirit
pardon my sinful spirit
and put a right spirit within
me,
within this heart of mine...
From A Concord Pastor
Catholic Diocese of Richmond
Office for Black Catholics
Young Adult Ministry
“Hunger for God”
“When Jesus looked up and saw a great
crowd coming toward him, he said to
Philip, ‘Where shall we buy bread for these
people to eat?’ “
March 6-8, 2015
Cost: $85.00
Shalom House
15340 Robert Terrell Road
Montpelier, VA 23192
Mario Dance, Retreat Leader
For more information contact:
Angela Jackson—804-622-5262
[email protected]
Upcoming Events

Diocesan Youth Conference in Richmond, VA. - February 27 /
March 1, 2015

1st Quarterly Birthday Celebration - March 29, 2015

Youth Ministry Regional Event Virginia Beach, VA - April
2015. Speaker Paul J. Kim

Kujenga Retreat - April 24 thru 27, 2015 - Roslyn Retreat
Center Richmond, VA.

Youth Ministry Host Mini Retreat for Middle and High
School Students - TBA
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Attention Saint Mary’s Youth
The Cherone Gunn Youth Usher Ministry
is seeking new members.
If you are a responsible, dependable young person who wants
to serve his or her Church by ushering, please contact:
Mr. Mark Lawson or Ms. Yvonne Johnson after the 9am Mass
any Sunday. The youth generally usher on the third Sunday
each month and fifth Sundays when they occur or as needed.
Thank You for your support!
A Call To Help Minister To Our Youth
PARISHIONER NEEDS A RIDE TO
CHURCH
Parishioner who lives in Portsmouth
would like a ride to Mass.
Phone: (757) 673-6379 or (816) 541-0215
Our Youth Ministry Leader is looking for volunteers
help coordinate youth activities for kids
grades K – 5
Please contact: Ricardo D. Givens
757-567-5865 or [email protected]
If someone could provide this service for him, he would be very
grateful. Flexible for any Mass.
WE NEED YOUR HELP CHURCH FAMILY!!
SKATE PARTY
JR. KNIGHTS & DAUGHTERS
OF PETER CLAVER
March 1, 2015 from 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
$ 7.00 per person
Greenbrier Family Skating Center
We are looking forward to OUR FIRST trip to the Junior
National Convention in Orlando this Summer. We have been
fundraising, however, because all want to go, we need
financial assistance. There are several ways for you, our
church family to help. Support our fundraisers. Currently we
are collecting GENTLY worn shoes. There is a box located in
the fellowship hall. Clean your closets and bring at least one
pair of shoes.
1409 Stephanie Way Chesapeake, VA. 23320
Tickets must be presented at the door for entry
Deadline to purchase your tickets
Sunday March 1, 2015 between 9am -12noon Mass
Please contact:
Stephanie Smith 757-757-214-3478
George Ennels 757- 439-9026