Jesus Our Shepherd
Community Events
(All Liturgies begin at 9:30a unless otherwise noted.)

For the month of February, 2010
  • Feb 07 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Rev. Frank Baiocchi presiding, fellowship & Com. Mtg.
  • Feb 14 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Rev. Bob Scanlan presiding, fellowship
  • Feb 17 Ash Wednesday Blessing @ 7:30p: Rev. Frank Baiocchi presiding, NO fellowship
  • Feb 21 1st Sunday of Lent: Rev. Jack Lutz presiding, fellowship
  • Feb 28 2nd Sunday of Lent: Rev. Alice Iaquinta presiding, fellowship
For the month of March, 2010
  • Mar 07 3rd Sunday of Lent: Rev. Frank Baiocchi presiding, General Reconciliation Rite, fellowship & Community Meeting
  • Mar 14 4th Sunday of Lent: Rev. Bob Scanlan presiding, fellowship
  • Mar 21 5th Sunday of Lent: Rev. Kathy Vandenberg presiding, fellowship
  • Mar 28 Palm Sunday: Rev. Jack Lutz presiding, fellowship


Weekly Bulletin
Two parts for the week of 07 February, 2010: part 1 | part 2



Homily
07 February 2010

5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

A secretary was sitting at her desk one morning when a co-worker came running into the office all out-of-breath. “You wont believe this,” he said breathlessly, “I was almost killed a minute ago. I had just left the deli where I buy my egg sandwich every morning. A police car with its siren and lights on was chasing another car down the street. The police car rammed the other car and everybody jumped out and started shooting. I was right in the line of fire! I heard the bullets whizzing by my head and everybody was running for cover. I’m lucky to be alive!” The secretary at her desk was quiet for a moment, then replied, “So, you eat an egg sandwich every morning?”


News
Mind The Gap: Teaching Doesn't Meet Gay Catholics In The Pews

Meghan Murphy-Gill, U.S. Catholic

Which path do we choose when the twain of experience and church teaching don't meet?

Clerical Sexual Abuse In Ireland Has Roots In The Vatican

Sean O'Conaill, Voice of the Faithful

The pre-Christmas season in Ireland was dominated for Catholics by a revelation of the total failure of four Archbishops of Dublin, and of their auxiliaries, to protect defenseless children - over three decades.


Meditations
How Not To Talk About God: An Interview With Karen Armstrong

U.S. Catholic

The current debates about God’s existence hardly lift us up to transcendence. Karen Armstrong shares a vision of faith that is less about proofs than practice.

Gay Marriage

Theodore B Olsen, Newsweek

My involvement in this case has generated a certain degree of consternation among conservatives. How could a politically active, lifelong Republican, a veteran of the Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush administrations, challenge the "traditional" definition of marriage and press for an "activist" interpretation of the Constitution to create another "new" constitutional right?