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May 5, 2008 |
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Monday, May 5
Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter |
7:30 am Mass
9:15 -
11:15 am
6:30-8:00 pm
7:00-8:15 pm
7:00 pm |
Daily Mass
Women's
Bible Study, Commons
Chance to Change
Grief
Support
Evangelization Board, Council Room |
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Mass Intentions |
7:30 am - + Bob Janda |
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Today's Readings
Reading I
Acts 19:1-8
While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior of
the country and down to Ephesus where he found some disciples.
He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became
believers?” They answered him, “We have never even heard that there
is a Holy Spirit.” He said, “How were you baptized?” They replied,
“With the baptism of John.” Paul then said, “John baptized with a
baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who
was to come after him, that is, in Jesus.” When they heard this,
they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul laid
his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in
tongues and prophesied. Altogether there were about twelve men.
He entered the synagogue, and for three months debated boldly
with persuasive arguments about the Kingdom of God.
Responsorial Psalm
68:2-3ab, 4-5acd, 6-7ab
R. (33a) Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth. or: R.
Alleluia. God arises; his enemies are scattered, and those who
hate him flee before him. As smoke is driven away, so are they
driven; as wax melts before the fire. R. Sing to God, O
kingdoms of the earth. or: R. Alleluia. But the just
rejoice and exult before God; they are glad and rejoice. Sing to
God, chant praise to his name; whose name is the LORD. R.
Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth. or: R. Alleluia.
The father of orphans and the defender of widows is God in his holy
dwelling. God gives a home to the forsaken; he leads forth prisoners
to prosperity. R. Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth. or:
R. Alleluia.
Gospel
Jn 16:29-33
The disciples said to Jesus, “Now you are talking plainly, and not
in any figure of speech. Now we realize that you know everything and
that you do not need to have anyone question you. Because of this we
believe that you came from God.” Jesus answered them, “Do you
believe now? Behold, the hour is coming and has arrived when each of
you will be scattered to his own home and you will leave me
alone. But I am not alone, because the Father is with me. I have
told you this so that you might have peace in me. In the world you
will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world.” |
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Blessed Caterina Cittadini
1801- 1857
May 5
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Daughter of Giovanni Battista and Magherita Lanzani. Her mother died when
Caterina was seven, and her father abandoned her and her younger sister
Giuditta. Accepted at the orphanage of the Conventino of Bergamo. There
she developed a strong faith, a big sister's sense of responsibility, and
a devotion to Our Lady and Saint Jerome Emiliani.
The sisters left the orphanage in 1823 to live with their cousins Giovanni
and Antonio Cittadini, both parish priests at Calolzio, Italy. Teacher at
a girl's public school in Somasca in 1824. The sisters felt a call to the
religious life; their spiritual director told them that they should stay
in Somasca, and become the basis of a new congregation.
In 1826 they moved to Somasca, rented a house, bought and furnished a
building, and in October opened a boarding school for girls. Caterina
taught religion, managed the school, and instituted the oratory style of
education for her girls. Word of her success spread, attracting more
students. The sisters established another "Cittadini" private school in
1832, and another in 1836.
Giuditta directed these new school until her sudden death in 1840.
Caterini's cousin, Father Antonio Cittadini, died in 1841, followed
quickly by her spiritual director from the orphanage. The rapid succession
of tragedy ruined Caterina's health, and she fell gravely ill; cured
through the intercession of Saint Jerome Emilani.
Caterina quit her public teaching position in 1845 to manage the schools,
care for the orphans, and guide the three companions who help her. To help
organize the work and lives of her companions, she wrote the beginnings of
a new rule similar to that of religious orders. In 1850 she obtained
permission to build a private oratory to keep the Blessed Sacrament at her
boarding school. In 1851 she applied for approval of her new religious
family.
In 1854 her bishop encouraged her work, and told her to write the rules of
the new order; her first attempt, based on the Constitution of the
Ursulines of Milano was rejected. A second attempt was accepted on 17
September 1854 under the title Orsoline Gerolimiane (Ursuline Sisters of
Somasca). On 14 December 1857, six months after her death, the bishop of
Bergamo gave his approval; the order achieved papal recognition on 8 July
1927. The order's mandate is to teach, and to care for the abandoned;
today they work in Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Brazil, Bolivia, India,
and the Philippines.
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