The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

Corpus Christi Sunday, June 22, 2014

Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14b-16a; 1 Corinthians 10:16-17; John 6:51-58

The Feast of Saints Peter and Paul Sunday, June 22, 2014

VIGIL: Acts of the Apostles 3:1-10; Galatians 1:11-20; John 21:15-19 DAY: Acts of the Apostles 12:1-11; 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18; Matthew 16:13-19

Day Date Mass For Status Requested By Celebrant

Saturday 6/21 5pm Evelyn Murphy D Bob & Muriel Toepfert Fr. Gerald Musuubire

Sunday 6/22 9am * Missa Pro Populo Fr. Gerald Musuubire

Sunday 6/22 11am Leocadia Feliciano D Knights of Columbus Fr. Gerald Musuubire

Wednesday 6/25 9am Jennie M. Borkowski D The Parker Family Fr. Gerald Musuubire

Thursday 6/26 9am * Janet Fortino D William Fortino Fr. Gerald Musuubire

Friday 6/27 9am In Thanksgiving I Agnes Pomery Fr. Gerald Musuubire

Saturday 6/28 5pm Neal Carciello D Nancy & Michael King Fr. Gerald Musuubire

Sunday 6/29 9am* Missa Pro Populo Fr. Gerald Musuubire

Sunday 6/29 11am Pepe Ramos D Fara Ramos Fr. Gerald Musuubire

* Celebrated at St. Joseph's/Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel

Office Hours: Thursday after Mass until 12pm

Phone: (434) 842-3970

Weekend: Sunday 9:00AM Holy Day: 9:00AM Weekday: Thu 9:00AM Sacrament of Reconciliation: Sunday: before Mass 8:30AM Adoration : Last Sunday of the Month 7:30 – 8:30AM

Weekend: 1st Saturday 9:00AM

Saturday Vigil 5:00PM

Sunday 11:00AM

Holy Day: Vigil 7:00PM

Feast Day 12 NOON

Weekday: Wed & Fri 9:00AM Latin Mass:

Our Lady of Peace Appomattox

1st & 3rd Sunday 3:00PM

Sacrament of Reconciliation:

First Friday after 9AM Mass or by appointment

Saturday 4:00PM Adoration: Monday-Friday 6AM to 12MIDNIGHT Rosary: After 9:00AM Weekday Masses

Pastor: Rev. Gerald Francis Musuubire

Permanent Deacon: Rev. Mr. Robert Allen

Office Hours:

8:30 AM to 3:30 PM (M-F)

Phone: (434) 589-5201 Fax: (434) 589-4463

office@saintspeterpaul.org

Visit our Website: http://saintspeterpaul.org/

Rectory 15 Dogleg Rd

Palmyra, VA 22963 (434) 589-5200

admin@saintspeterpaul.org

Twinning with Saint Peter's

Parish in Fond-Pierre, Haiti

Office Manager: Pamela Dempsey

Pastoral Council Chair: Crystal Icenhour

Finance Council Chair:

Carol Fernandes

SAINTS PETER AND PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH, PALMYRA, VA JUNE 21-22, 2014

Please keep in your prayers those in our parish (and their family/friends) who are infirm or ailing

Patricia Amato * Joyce Anderson * Nancy Avers * Jean Beagle * Paul Bergeron * Anne Branigan * Winnie Browning

George Burnett * Edward Casavant * Tim Cecil * Bill Clapp * John Condon * Bernice Conner * Tina Counts

Annie Creed * Eugene Crowley * Alex Cullen * Ken Doll * Carol & Mike Donohue * Ellen Dunn * Yolanda Durant

Joann Eckleberry * Helga Fallis * Patricia Hagger * Marchia Fallon * Madeline Forsthoefel * Angelina Franco * Barbara Fry

Kathy Geisler * Jennifer Goffin * Charles Guthrie * Fred Hansen * Jayce Hanson * Troxie Harding * Gene Haugh

Eleanor Holodak * Caisey Rose Hoffman * Barbara Hughes * Kimberly Kulick * Margaret Johnson * Sylvia Johnson

Kathi Kuhlow * Olive Kinch * Marcia Aulebach-Lagomarsino * Fr Robert Lange * Raymond Lantz * Terri Layton

Camille Long * Edward McCarthy * Paul McGuire * Melissa * Brenda Morgan * Lisa Morgan * Theresa Nassoz

Mary Nichlson * Rev. Brian Orahood * Matthew Painter * Natalie Palmer * Ryan Palmer * Danny Paluszek

Denise & Richard Pillar *Sandi Petras * Agnes Pomeroy * Kathleen Quaglieri * Mark Redline * Margaret Reilly

Anna Rosso * Sister Ann Schwarzenboeck * Fr. Scordo * Bob and Mary Sedlak * Bill Smith * James Sokol * Anne Sorenson

Alice Sorrentino * The Starowicz Family * The Thomas Family * Karen Thompson * Ruth Ann Umland * Robert Venere

Mary Walsh * Robert Watts * Joyce White * Diane Wolfe * Doris Woodward * Kit Walz * Colleen Yeager

Jessica Yeager * Jackie Young

From the From the From the From the Pastor's PenPastor's PenPastor's PenPastor's Pen: : : : Corpus Christi the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ

This Sunday we celebrate the solemn feast of Corpus Christi. It is a doctrinal feast established for three purposes:

1) to give God collective thanks for Christ’s abiding presence with us in the Eucharist and to honor him there;

2) to instruct the people in the Mystery, Faith and devotion surrounding the Eucharist, and

3) to teach us to appreciate and make use of the great gift of the Holy Eucharist,

both as a Sacrament and as a sacrifice.

In the three-year cycle of the Sunday liturgy, there is a different theme each year for this Feast of the Body and

Blood of Christ. In Cycle A the theme is: the Eucharist as our food and drink; in Cycle B the emphasis is: the Eucharist

as the sign of the covenant; and in Cycle C the theme focuses on: the priesthood of Jesus. Although we celebrate the

institution of the Holy Eucharist on Holy Thursday, the Church wants to emphasize its importance by a special

feast, formerly called “Corpus Christi.”

It was Pope Urban IV who extended the feast to the universal Church. This is one of the few feasts left in which we

observe a procession and a sung “Sequence.” The celebration of the Body and Blood of the Lord originated in the

Diocese of Liege in 1246 as the feast of Corpus Christi. In the reforms of Vatican II, Corpus Christi was joined with the

feast of the Precious Blood (July 1) to become the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of the Lord. We celebrate this

Sunday Christ's gift of the Eucharist, the source and summit of our life together as the Church. The Council of Trent

(1545 to 1563), declared that we must honor Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist publicly so that those

who observed the faith of Catholics in the Most Holy Eucharist might be attracted to the Eucharistic Lord and believe

in the Divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, present in this great Sacrament.

"The Catholic Church teaches that in the Eucharist, the Body and Blood of the God-man are really, truly,

substantially, and abidingly present together with his soul and divinity by reason of the Transubstantiation of

the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ. This takes place in the unbloody sacrifice of the Mass."

Our belief in this Real Presence of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist derives from the literal interpretation of the

promise of Christ to give us his Body and Blood for our spiritual food and drink, as found in St. John's Gospel, Chapter

6, and also in the four independent accounts of the fulfillment of this promise at the Last Supper (Mt. 26; Mk. 14; Lk.

22; 1 Cor. 11). Eucharistic theologians explain the Real Presence by a process called transubstantiation: the entire

substance of bread and wine is changed into the entire substance of the risen and glorified Body and Blood of Christ,

retaining only the “accidents” (taste, color, shape) of bread and wine.

Can there be a religion in which God is closer to man than our Catholic Christianity?

Jesus does not believe that he is humiliating himself in coming to us and giving himself to us in his Flesh and Blood.

Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Come, Holy Spirit,

fill the hearts of your faithful

and enkindle in them the fire of Your love.

Send forth your Spirit

and they shall be created

and You shall renew the face of the earth.

Let us pray:

O God, Who instructed the hearts of the

faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit,

Grant that by the same Holy Spirit

we may have a right judgment in all things

and evermore rejoice in His consolations,

Through Christ, our Lord.

Amen

Church Observes

Fortnight for Freedom

June 21 - July 4

The Diocese of Arlington will host:

"What's at Stake?"

a special program outlining current threats to

religious liberty, and

Holy Hour on

Saturday, June 28

St. Joseph's Church, Herndon

featuring Dr. John Garvey, president of

The Catholic University of America A panel discussion

will follow with

Garvey, Jeanne Monahan, president of the March

for Life Education and Defense Fund, and Bishop

Paul Loverde.

The Fortnight began in 2012 in response to,

among other threats, the federal government's

HHS contraceptive and abortifacient mandate,

which impinges on the religious liberty of

Catholics and other people of faith. The two

weeks begin June 21st and end July 4th with

special Masses in Baltimore and Washington, DC.

Archbishop of Baltimore William Lori, chair of

the U.S. Bishops' ad hoc committee on religious

liberty, said:

"People who value their Catholic faith will

understand that there is an organic

connection between what we believe and how

we practice our faith in service well beyond the

borders of the church,". "We want to be able to

practice it unabashedly, whether in church or

in the workplace or as part of church ministry.

We don't think we should have to compromise

our beliefs in order to observe."

The Eucharistic Miracle Today we are reminded of a miracle that took place in

1263. A German priest, Peter of Prague, stopped at

Bolsena while on a pilgrimage to Rome. He is described

as being a pious priest, but one who found it difficult to

believe in Transubstantiation. While celebrating Mass at

the tomb of St. Christina, located in Bolsena, Italy, he had

barely spoken the words of Consecration when blood

started to seep from the consecrated Host and trickle

over his hands onto the altar and the corporal. The priest

was immediately confused. At first he attempted to hide

the blood, but then he interrupted the Mass and asked to

be taken to the neighboring city of Orvieto, the city

where Pope Urban IV was then residing. The Pope

listened to the priest’s story and gave him absolution for

his lack of faith. He then sent emissaries for an

immediate investigation. When all the facts were

ascertained, he ordered the Bishop of the diocese to

bring to Orvieto the Host and the linen cloth bearing the

stains of blood. With archbishops, cardinals and other

Church dignitaries in attendance, the Pope met the

procession and, amid great pomp, had the relics placed in

the cathedral. The linen corporal bearing the spots of

blood is still reverently enshrined and exhibited in the

Cathedral of Orvieto, Italy. Pope Urban IV was prompted

by this miracle to commission St. Thomas Aquinas to

compose the liturgical prayers in honor of the Eucharist.

One year after the miracle, in August of 1264, Pope Urban

IV introduced the saint’s compositions, and by means of a

papal bull instituted the feast of Corpus Christi. (Fr.

Eugene Lobo S.J. Rome).

SAINTS PETER AND PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH, PALMYRA, VA JUNE 21-22, 2014

OFFERTORY COLLECTION

June 14-15

First Offering

$ 3,833.00

First Offering - Faith Direct $ 1,449.00

Total: $ 5,282.00

Amount needed for Budget (2014)

$ 5,770.00

Difference: $ (488.00)

Second Collection this Week: Peters Pence

Second Collection next weekend: Capital Campaign

Sun 6/22

Youth Choir Rehearsal 9:00 - 10:30am Church

VBS 12:30pm - 2:30pm

Parish Picnic 2:30pm - 6:00pm

Mon 6/23

Yoga/Silent Reflection 11:00 -12:30 C

Tops 6:00 - 7:00pm M

K of C New Members 7:30 - 9:00pm M

Tues 6/24 Zumba Core 6:00 -7:00pm C

Wed 6/25 Troop 138 7:00 - 8:00pm C

Thurs 6/26

Crafters Corner 9:30 - 2:30pm C

Legion of Mary 10:00 - 12:00 M

RCIA 7:00 - 9:00pm M

Fri 6/27 Youth Group 7:00 - 10:00pm C

Sat 6/28 Zumba Core 11:00 -12:00pm C

Sun 6/29 Ministry Retreat 12:30 - 2:30pm C

Scouts BOR 6:00 - 8:00pm M

M= St Michael Room; R= St Raphael Room; C= Commons; G= Gabriel

If you are celebrating your

Marriage Anniversary in June

and would like to be part of the

Marriage Blessing Mass

Saturday, July 5th

Please notify the office before

Monday, June 30th

August 23

Church of the Incarnation - Charlottesville

Register Now: http://www2.richmonddiocese.org/ocf/

pathways/register.php

The Diocese of Richmond takes seriously the need

expressed by the Catholic Church to sufficiently train

and support her catechists by offering a catechist

training program called Pathways. All parish

catechists in our diocese are required to attend this

one-day, instructor-led, interactive program of prayer,

learning and reflection. This training is for all who

hand on the faith to adults, youth, and children in our

parishes.

SAINTS PETER AND PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH, PALMYRA, VA JUNE 21-22, 2014

SANCTUARY CANDLE MEMORIAL June

Donor: Agnes Pomery

Memorial: Bill Pomery

BREAD AND WINE MEMORIAL June

Donor: Agnes Pomery Memorial: In Thanksgiving

ALTAR FLOWERS MEMORIAL

June

Memorial: Susan Thalacker

Donor: Charles & Norma McDonough

Religious Education Staff Meeting

and

VIRTUS Training

Saints Peter and Paul Church

Saturday, August 16

8:30am - 12 Noon

VIRTUS Training All diocesan employees, clergy, religious, teachers,

staff, and all volunteers who regularly or routinely

work with children or youth are required to

participate in a Protecting God’s Children for Adults training session.

To Register:

www.richmonddiocese.org/

Safe-Environment-Training-Sessions

SAINTS PETER AND PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH, PALMYRA, VA JUNE 21-22, 2014

Saints Peter and Paul

Ministry Retreat

“Encounter the Joy of the Gospel”

Sunday, June 29th

12:30-2:30pm

Commons

During this retreat, we will introduce the Diocese’s

“Encounter the Joy of the Gospel and Set the World

Ablaze” 5 year pastoral plan for evangelization,

anchored in Jesus’ joyful message and, together as a

Ministry team, develop a plan of action for our Parish’s

focus this coming year. We very much want to share

with one another effective methods and ideas as we

charter a course focused on individual evangelization

and what that means. We are very excited to work

with each one of you as we embark on this journey our

Holy Father has called us on. As part of the retreat, we

will also discuss and plan for a September Ministry

Fair so please come join us.

To read more of “Encounter the Joy of the Gospel and

Set the World Ablaze” visit:

richmonddiocese.org/content/encounter-joy-1

We welcome to the Parish Council:

Lisa Salopek Mary Ann Schaefer Jake Thackston

Each of them will bring their unique talents and treasures to the council. It is with gratitude and appreciation that we welcome them

and their desire to serve the Lord and our parish.

Denise Bryant * Rosemarie M Campbell * Jean Couture * Alma Davis * John DuBeau * Angela Dugga

Christine Fusaro * Mauricio Granados * Peggy Herman * Randolph Patterson Green * Gabrielle Griffith Adam Henshaw * Marvin Jackson * Emma Lindahl King * Kathryn Kuhn * Leonard Joseph Mark

William Monola * Tom Nelson * Howell L. B. Newton * Hilda Pendergrass * Michael Rocklein

Warren Rose * Erick Shapiola * Richard Sharff * Rodolfo Galvez-Sobral * Lauren Taddei * Julie Waitz

Jordan Watkins * Christopher White * Kathi Williamson

All Parishioners are kindly reminded to use their Church envelopes for Sunday’s collection.

This truly helps the money counters.

Anyone who has not registered with the parish, please do so. Ask an Usher for a registration form.

If you have something you need in the parish bulletin please be sure to email Alice alice.reuther@gmail.com

by noon on Tuesday - Thank you!

You are invited to

Saints Peter and Paul Feast Day

Family Picnic

Today

Sunday, June 22 - 2:30-6:00pm

Admission is FREE

The Columbia Interfaith Council

is a group formed of all the churches in Columbia to

work together for the betterment of the town of

Columbia. There are representatives from each

church. If anyone is interested in taking part in this

very needed ministry representing St Joseph's,

please see Pat Morse.

Warren McIvor, Calvary Chapel Church,

has put together a program for providing

summer meals for the kids that attend St James Street Children Church on

Thursdays. More information will be posted on the bulletin Board in the Parish

Hall if you are is interested in helping.

OFFERTORY COLLECTION Weekly Offering for:

06/15 $920.35

WANTED!!!

We are in need of money counters.

Collection money is counted

after Mass each Sunday.

We need two unrelated people each time.

If you are interested,

please see Pat Morse.