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

  For the month of July, 2009:
  • Jul 05 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Fr. Frank Baiocchi, fellowship & Community Mtg.
  • Jul 12 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Fr. Jack Lutz & fellowship
  • Jul 19 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Fr. Don Wright & fellowship
  • Jul 26 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Rev. Alice Iaquinta & fellowship
  For the month of August, 2009:
  • Aug 02 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Fr. Frank Baiocchi, fellowship & Community Mtg.
  • Aug 09 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Fr. Bob Scanlan & fellowship
  • Aug 16 Feast of Mary's Assumption: Rev. Kathy Sullivan Vandenberg & fellowship
  • Aug 23 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time: Fr. Jack Lutz & fellowship
  • Aug 30 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time: Fr. Robert Weiss & fellowship
  For the month of September, 2009:
  • Sep 06 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time: Fr. Don Wright, fellowship & Community Mtg.
  • Sep 13 10:00am MASS "UNDER THE TENT" & Parish Picnic at Lake Sinnissippi
  • Sep 20 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Fr. Jack Lutz & fellowship
  • Sep 27 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Fr. Bob Scanlan & fellowship


Weekly Bulletin
Two parts for the week of 28 June, 2009: part 1 | part 2



Homily
28 June 2009

Feast of Ss. Peter & Paul

As the driver approached the busy intersection, the light turned yellow and he stopped even though he might have beaten the light. But the woman tailgating him was furious, honking her horn, screaming in frustration. She was beside herself, angrily cussing him out when she suddenly saw a police officer at her car window. The officer ordered her to exit her car with her hands up. He took her to the station where she was fingerprinted, photographed and put in a holding cell. After an hour or so, the officer approached her and said, “I’m sorry for the mistake, ma’am. You see, I pulled up behind you while you were blowing your horn, flipping off the driver in front of you and cussing a blue streak. Then I noticed your ‘What Would Jesus Do?’ bumper sticker, your ‘Choose Life’ license plate holder, and your ‘See You in Church’ sign on your rear window, so I assumed you had stolen the car.”


News
Don't Tell the Pope

Nicole Sotelo

Pope Benedict has declared June 19 as the beginning of the Year of the Priest. He has proclaimed that “without priestly ministry, there would be no Eucharist, no mission and even no church.” I hate to be the one to inform him, but Eucharist, mission and church existed long before the rise of priesthood.

No Free Pass

Sister Maureen Paul Turlish, NSAC News

The New York Assembly should not be giving a free pass to sexual predators of children - of any stripe, sexual orientation or religious affiliation. Neither should there be any statute of limitations where the sexual abuse of children is concerned.


Meditations
Many Churchgoers and Faith Leaders Struggle to Define Spiritual Maturity

The Barna Group

America may possess the world’s largest infrastructure for nurturing human spirituality, complete with hundreds of thousands of houses of worship, thousands of parachurch organizations and schools, and seemingly unlimited products, resources and experts.

The Shape of the Church to Come

Timothy Radcliffe, E-CORPUS

I was looking out my window at the winter silhouette of a white beam in our garden at Blackfriars Priory in Oxford, wondering what I could say about the topic proposed to me, “the shape of the church to come.” It struck me that the tree might offer a way to explore the subject. The shape of a tree is the fruit of its interaction with its environment. Its leaves receive sunlight and convert it into sugars; the roots burrow down for nourishment and water; the bark is its vital skin. The tree exists in itself, of course, but it is only alive in multiple interactions with what is not itself. The shape of the church to come will also be determined by how it interacts with our world. The church faces the dilemma that has shaped Judaism over the centuries: how to avoid both assimilation to society, which would lead to the church’s disappearance, and the ghetto, another form of death. What sort of dynamic interaction with the world would let the church flourish?