Ordinary Teens Doing Extraordinary Things – Dominic

Posted on January 25, 2012 by admin

Who: Dominic Julian
School: St. Charles
Grade: Senior
Parish: Immaculate Conception
Service: For the past four years I have gone on mission trips around the country. During the months of June and July I join a Christian church group for one week and help to build and repair houses for low-income families. I recent years I have been to Michigan, West Virginia, Alabama, and Kentucky. I have built decks and repaired roofs.
How did you get involved? At the end of eighth grade my friend asked me to go on a mission trip that summer. I was really hesitant but eventually said yes and joined him. I’m glad I did because the experience was really moving.
Why is this extraordinary?  It’s extraordinary because it shows how we should live our faith. Its very easy to just go through the motions but it takes a little something extra to go out and help others and do service. It was very eye opening because I never thought that the labor would lead to me growing in my faith.
How can others get involved? Someone can get involved by just searching around because there are a lot of different Christian mission trips out there. You can look online by doing a simple Google search. You could also just look around at your church or other churches in your area. Once you find one, many churches are happy to get a group together to go.
What is most rewarding? For me the most rewarding part was the chance to see the expressions of those that I’ve helped. These people can’t afford the repairs themselves so they really appreciate the help. Also the number of volunteers that came out to help and sacrifice their time and summer was really amazing.

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Weekly Faith – January 22, 2012

Posted on January 21, 2012 by admin

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Reading I:  Jonah 3:1-5, 10

The word of the LORD came to Jonah, saying: ”Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and announce to it the message that I will tell you.” So Jonah made ready and went to Nineveh,
according to the LORD’S bidding.
Now Nineveh was an enormously large city; it took three days to go through it.  Jonah began his journey through the city, and had gone but a single day’s walk announcing, ”Forty days more and Nineveh shall be destroyed, “ when the people of Nineveh believed God;  they proclaimed a fast and all of them, great and small, put on sackcloth. When God saw by their actions how they turned from their evil way, he repented of the evil that he had threatened to do to them; he did not carry it out.

Reading II: 1 Corinthians 7:29-31

I tell you, brothers and sisters, the time is running out. From now on, let those having wives act as not having them, those weeping as not weeping, those rejoicing as not rejoicing, those buying as not owning, those using the world as not using it fully. For the world in its present form is passing away.

Gospel: Mark 1:14-20

After John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God: ”This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”

As he passed by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting their nets into the sea; they were fishermen.  Jesus said to them, ”Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Then they abandoned their nets and followed him. He walked along a little farther and saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They too were in a boat mending their nets. Then he called them. So they left their father Zebedee in the boat along with the hired men and followed him.

Saints of the Week:

St. Vincent Pallotti, St. Ildephonsus, St. Francis de Sales,  St. Peter Thomas, St. Timothy, St. Angela Merici, St. Thomas Aquinas

Pray for Priests:

Father Rodric DiPietro – Deceased, Father Ron Bocalli Pime, Father Thomas Shonebarger, Father Joseph Ganon SJ – Deceased, Father Patrick Quinlan – Deceased, Msgr. George Wolz – Deceased, Father John Boettcher – Deceased

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