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In today’s second reading from Paul’s letter to the Philippians, Paul writes of those who are “enemies of the cross of Christ.” The Philippians would certainly know what an “enemy” was because they were retired veterans of the Roman military and the colony was founded after a military defeat in 42 B.C. Paul writes to these, his converts, asking them to imitate his example and not that of those who are trying to impose upon them Jewish practices! Paul states, “Their God is their stomach; their glory is in their ‘shame’.” Scholars believe that the second clause refers to circumcision but there are several explanations for the first. A popular interpretation refers the first clause to the Jewish dietary laws with it’s reference to the “stomach.” John Pilch of Georgetown, however, has another explanation. In The Cultural World of the Apostles; Year C, Pilch writes, “The Greek translation of the Bible (LXX) frequently uses this word (belly [or stomach]) to denote affections, the mind, the innermost heart, the person; in other words, self-esteem. This would suggest a better translation: ‘their god is self-esteem’.” Perhaps the Philippians are beginning to question their commitment to Christ, perhaps they are suffering at the hands of mockers and these men, proud veterans of the Roman military forces, are losing their self-esteem. Rather than being like Jesus who “emptied” and “humbled himself” (Philippians 2:7-8), these converts’ “minds are occupied with earthly things.” Paul invites them to imitate his example of faithful discipleship. In today’s Gospel of the transfiguration, the apostles experience Jesus’ glory as the Father’s Son and this will sustain them in the coming months through his passion and death. They too will imitate Jesus through suffering and even death. Like the Roman veterans, they will be called to empty and humble themselves in discipleship. In our Lenten journey, can we do the same or will the preservation of our self-esteem guide our lives? |
Project
Andrew Dinner
with Bishop James V. Johnston, Jr.
The
diocesan Office of Vocations extends an invitation to all Catholic men,
ages 14 to 35, to attend the Project Andrew Dinner on Sunday, April 25,
2010.
The dinner will be held at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in
Springfield with Bishop Johnston and priests who will give witness to how
they heard God’s call.
The evening begins at 6:00 p.m. and will conclude by 8:00 p.m.,
following Evening Prayer.
If you are interested in participating in this event, contact Fr.
Tom or the Office of Vocations at 866-0841, or Monsignor Tom Reidy at
TReidy @dioscg.org or 887-6472.
Reservations are needed one week in advance.
Always feel free to contact the Office of Vocations with questions.
Spring
Ring Phone-a-thon
The
annual Spring Ring fundraiser for Student Programs will begin soon.
Letters to friends of CCM have been sent.
Follow-up phone calls will be made during March.
Volunteers
are needed for these phone calls.
A volunteer sheet will be placed at the Receptionist’s desk soon.
Become involved with the newly-forming Catholic radio station for the Springfield area to help make this dream a reality! There are only three short years allotted to get the station on the air before the FM signal goes to someone else. How can you make a difference? Through your prayers, volunteering, and offering financial support.
For more information, contact the team who is helping bring Catholic radio to southern Missouri: Dan Grelle, Dan@PaduaMedia.com, and Tom Rohr, Tom@PaduaMedia.com. You may also send correspondence to: P.O. Box 637, Rogers, AR 72757. You may also contact Recy Moore, Office of Communications, at The Catholic Center, RMoore@dioscg.org, or 417-866-0841.
To listen to the "sister station" tune in to www.paduamedia.com.
Volunteers
Needed
to tutor for GED Classes
Enrollment in the GED Classes offered by Ozarks Technical Community College for the Missouri Hotel has grown dramatically in recent weeks. Volunteers to help with reading, English, and math can make the difference between a student reaching his/her goals or not succeeding.
Classes meet from 8 am to 11:30 am, Monday - Friday. Volunteers are needed each day; however, volunteers would not be asked to come ore than once per week. There is no cost to the volunteer; a background check and training are required.
Please call 447-8865 or email funkk@otc.edu.
-- Katherine Funk, OTC
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This
Week at a Glance
The
Student Center is open Sunday
- March
14 - Fourth Sunday of Lent. |
Encounter
with God's Call
April 17-19
Encounter With God's Call, held April 17-19 at Conception Seminary College, is a discernment retreat for young men age 16 and older who are considering the vocation to the priesthood. This is an excellent opportunity to meet seminarians as they share their stories of responding to God's call. This visit is free. For more information, please contact your pastor or e-mail Fr. Patrick Nwokoye: pnwokoye@dioscg.org or Fr. J. Friedel: jfriedel@dioscg.org.
Springfield
Communal Penance Services
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton - Mar. 22, 7 pm
St. Agnes
-
March 23,
7:00 pm
Sacred Heart - March 23,
7:00 pm
Holy Trinity
-
March 23,
7:00 pm
St. Joseph
-
March 28,
7:00 pm
Rules
of Fast and Abstinence
Catholics
between the ages of 18 and 59 are obliged to fast on Ash Wednesday
and Good Friday.
In addition, all Catholics 14 years old and older must
abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday,
Good Friday and all the Fridays
of Lent.
Fasting
as explained by the U.S. bishops means partaking of only one full
meal. Some food (not equaling another full meal) is permitted at
breakfast and around midday or in the evening-- depending on when a
person chooses to eat the main or full meal.
Abstinence
forbids the use of meat, but not of eggs, milk products or
condiments made of animal fat.
Fridays
during Lent
from 6:00 to 8:00 pm
Knights of Columbus #698 Hall,
2340 West Grand, Springfield.
Remembrance
at Mass
At the Noon Masses during the week we
remember the living and deceased members
of the Catholic
Extension Society.
CLC
- Christian Life Community
Community
Building and Recognizing
God in Our World!
CLC
is a group designed to strengthen your faith as a Christian,
build your relationship with The Lord and help spread His
Love. It is a time of reflection, prayer, and feeling the
unconditional loving presence of Jesus that always remains
within you!
Led
by Sister Rosalie
Mondays - 7:00 to 8:30 pm
Sacramental
Preparation
Confirmation
Registration for
Confirmation is underway. Catholics
yet to be confirmed are encouraged to register.
Contact Sr. Rosalie at 865-0802 or send an email to:
Sister.Rosalie@ccm847.org.
Marriage
If you plan to be married within the
coming year, and wish to be prepared for the sacrament of marriage
here at CCM, contact Fr. Tom at 417-865-0802.
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Catholicism
101
Interested
in learning more about your faith?
Do you want to be able to explain your faith to others?
Mondays at 8:00 pm - Led by Brother Dan.
New Student Registration
All
students new to CCM this summer
are invited to become active in our faith community. We encourage you to
come by for a visit so we can get to know you. And don’t forget to fill
out a Registration Form. There is a place for you at the O’Reilly
Catholic Student Center.
Spring Retreat
We have designed a brand new and completely different retreat that we are really excited about. The retreat will start early on Saturday, March 20th and will end early Sunday morning. We will be using the beautiful facilities at Holy Trinity. The basis of this retreat will be geared towards self reflection and finding God’s love in your own life. It will include a few short speeches as well as small group and personal reflection time. All are welcome on the retreat, no matter if you have been on Awakening or not. -- Sign up at the Receptionist’s desk, or on line. Or click here for application form.
The Claretian Missionaries are holding a Vocation Discernment Weekend in Chicago on April 22-25 for men between the ages of 18 and 35. See Brother Oscar for details.
Summer Ministry Program
The Claretian Missionaries are also sponsoring a Summer Ministry Program in Chicago, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and Fresno, CA from June 20 to August 4, 2010. If you are between 18 and 25 years of age and would like to know more about this dynamic opportunity, please see Brother Oscar.
Help
Wanted -
Library Science Major
We
have the beginnings of a wonderful library for Scripture, Theology
and the Spiritual life, and we will be adding a large
number of new books in the near future.
We
have one volunteer already, but we can use several to catalog,
label, and organize. See Fr.
Tom or Joe.
Thank
you for your support
We greatly appreciate your generous support of Catholic Campus Ministry. In fact, we depend on it each week to help us meet all our financial obligations. Would you prayerfully consider increasing your weekly contribution?
Last
Sunday’s Collection was $ 756.30.
11:00 a.m. - $ 308.35
(124 in attendance)
7:30 p.m. - $ 348.95
(176 in attendance)
10:15 p.m. - $ 99.00 ( 80 in
attendance)
Theology-on-Tap
ToT
is a series for Catholic singles and couples in their 20s and
30s to learn more about faith, make connections to everyday life,
and enter into conversation with your peers. Each session will
include a guest speaker and informal follow-up discussion.
The 4th session will be held Tuesday, March 9.
We will begin at 6:00 p.m.
(Note the time change.), upstairs at Ebbets Field, 1027 E Walnut.
Full bar and menu service are available. Fr. Fergus Monaghan,
Pastor of Holy Trinity parish, will speak about Lenten reflections.
For more information, contact CCM, or www.HolyTrinity-Catholic.com.
Irish Fun Fest Spring Carnival
You and your family are invited to our First Ever Irish Fun Fest Spring Carnival at Springfield Catholic High School. Friday and Saturday - April 23rd and 24th.
Carnival rides, jumps, live entertainment, games, meals from Buckingham's BBQ, concessions, ice cream and lots of surprises.
Volunteers are also needed. Contact Julie Mullen - 724-9685 - for more info and to volunteer.
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Many
of you are probably wondering what this spring retreat you are
starting to hear about is and why aren’t we just doing
another Awakening. Last year, Student Council took into
consideration concerns, voiced both by Rector Staff and other
members, about Awakening and came to the conclusion that we
should try something new this spring. From
these concerns, we have designed a brand new and completely
different retreat that we are really excited about. The
retreat will start early on Saturday, March 20th and will end
early Sunday morning. We will be using the beautiful
facilities at Holy Trinity. The basis of this retreat will be
geared towards self reflection and finding God’s love in
your own life. It will include a few short speeches as well as
small group and personal reflection time. All are welcome on
the retreat, no matter if you have been on Awakening or not.
We will be doing signups for the retreat very soon, so be sure
to be looking for them. In the meantime, if you have any
further questions, I will be happy to answer them! |
SCHS Project Graduation 2010
Project
Graduation is a parent sponsored all-night celebration funded
entirely by donations.
To help with this fun night for our 76 seniors, please
consider making a tax-deductible donation payable to SCHS Project
Graduation, mailed to:
Attn: Project Graduation, Springfield Catholic High School,
2340 S Eastgate, Springfield, MO 65809.
If you have any questions, please contact Gerri Kielhofner at
887-1946 or 849-6794.
Thank you.
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(From the January 31, 2010 Bulletin)
The
Event of the Semester! Free Panera coffee, Krispy Kreme doughnuts, great
musical acts, and a relaxing atmosphere; is there a better way
to spend a Saturday night?!
February 6 at 7:00 pm is your opportunity to
enjoy this one of a kind experience!
This night is sure to be full of fun!
So grab all your friends and anyone else you can think
of and come join us! If
that’s not enough to convince you, here is a list of 10
reasons you should come. |
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Christmas
time is here!
The semester is winding down and life is so busy it’s
often hard to think straight! Meanwhile, time marches on and
signs of Christmas are everywhere. The problem is we are often
far too busy to remember the true spirit of Christmas. It
becomes a time of shopping and running around trying to tie up
loose ends. We forget that Christmas should be a time to come
together and grow in faith and love. Often,
the best memories of the season are the ones we make with our
families. Even now that I am away and in college, each year I
think of putting up the tree with my family. Most years, all
five of us come together to decorate the tree. We usually have
a warm fire in the fireplace and an Amy Grant CD playing. It’s
moments like these that I truly cherish. So as we journey through the Christmas season we need to slow down and take some time to just be together. Whether it’s carrying on old traditions or creating new ones, these are the things we will take with us all through our lives.
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This is Danielle's Post-it published Sunday, Nov. 8th. We just went on this really great
retreat, what do we do now?
So many times we go on a great retreat, have excellent
conversations with friends and beautiful moments with God.
However, then we get home and it seems to quickly
unravel. That new
friendship we made only lasts a week or two.
The new devotion to a daily rosary may quickly become
every other day, then slip to weekly, and soon, not at all.
While this does not happen to everyone, the sad truth
is, most of us have experienced this in some way or another.
We have just invested the last three days of our lives
to this amazing journey, and we have accomplished so much in
this time. Don’t
we owe it to ourselves to make something valuable of our
experience? If we
go back to our pre-Awakening lives, what was the point of ever
having gone in the first place?
We must challenge ourselves to not let it end here.
One of
the best parts about Awakening is that it never really ends.
Can we ever be fully “Awakened”?
It is an ongoing process that will be with us in every
part of our lives from here on out.
The other really great part about Awakening is that we
leave this retreat armed and ready!
Think about this. We
have just walked off of Awakening #59.
We had about 35 new participants involved.
Now do the math and figure out how many people we share
this amazing Awakening bond with.
Bottom line, we are not alone.
We, as an Awakening community, are in it together every
step of the way. We
should never feel like we have to make this difficult journey
alone. We are all
working together to keep each other on this path we have
started traveling this weekend.
CCM has so many opportunities, such as CLC, Adoration,
and Catholicism 101, that can help us keep our fire burning.
Prayer groups and even weekly social calls are a great
way to do this together. When
we surround ourselves with people that share similar values to
our own, it is easier to hold on to those values. As an
Awakening community, we are challenged to continue to grow in
our own faith, but most especially in the spirit of Awakening
59, GO OUT AND SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS! |
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(From October 25th) I
don’t know about you, but for me it’s that time of year
where everything becomes chaotic and seems to catch up with
me. So I am going
to share with you my top 10 favorite ways to de-stress myself!
J
Danielle’s
top 10 ways to de-stress: 10.
Make a good dinner- Comfort food is always great!
9. Sing and dance
to my favorite song- Hair brushes work well!
8. Put my PJ’s
on- You can’t forget the comfy socks too.
7. Explore while
driving- this is just a nice way of saying get a little lost
(not too lost though, that’s stressful!)
6. Go for a long
walk
5. Cowboy hat
shopping with a friend- I know this is random, but I did this
once, it makes for a lot of great laughs!
4. Curl up with a
blanket and watch a good movie
3. Have a good
conversation with a friend
2. Clean- This may
not sound like fun, but once I do it, my life feels under
control.
1. Laugh and smile
whenever possible- It’s hard when you are stressed, but it
can really change your outlook on things. |
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