SAINT AUGUSTINE CHURCH WASHINGTON, DC

June 9, 2013

Year of Faith
10th Sunday in Ordinary Time
God Has Visited His People!
God is mystery which technically means, hidden. But history assures us that God never intended things to stay that way! The truth is that the God who knows us through and through wants to be known by us. For this reason God has been revealing himself to the world since the moment he began creating it! Whether proving himself as the greatest Artist in the universe by forming galaxies that leave us in awe or creating a human brain and nervous system which baffles and amazes us in its complexity, God proves that he has no equal. Besides these examples of natural revelation we remind ourselves in the creed that God has spoken through the prophets that is, he has also revealed himself through supernatural means as well: the Holy Scriptures (e.g., the 10 Commandments). In the scriptures we discover that God is good, holy, just, merciful, compassionate, all -powerful, demanding, patient, faithful, loving and true. But it is in the person of Jesus Christ that God literally bares it all! Christians consider Jesus the fullness of revelation. If you have seen me, Jesus would say, you have seen the Father (John 14:9). In an obscure little town in Judea God snuck into our world completely under the expectant gaze of the highest religious figures and revealed himself to the poor while living among them. The challenge for the Church today which as Christ Body on earth is to embrace and live out the ongoing mission of Christ in such a way that people are left without any doubt that God is in their midst. After Elijah ministered to the widows son, in the Book of Kings, the widow immediately glorified God for visiting her home. When Jesus did the same for the grieving mother in todays Gospel the reaction was the same: Oh-my-God iswith-us! As an eternal being God will always to a degree remain a mystery to us. However the fact that he dwells in our midst must not remain a mystery to our world. If we as church embrace the mission that Christ has left us, then the truth of Gods presence will be a mystery no more.
Father Patrick A Smith 2013

Sunday June 9, 2013

Scripture Readings
10th Sunday In OrdinaryTime 1 Kgs 17:17-24 Gal 1:11-19 Lk 7:11-17 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2 Sm 12:7-10, 13 Gal 2:16, 19-21 Lk 7:36-8:3 or &:36-50
Mass Intentions
Mon Tues Wed Fri Jun Jun Jun Jun 10 Desiree Grant 11 Marcia Tanner 12 Evelyn Bezell 13 John Harris 14 James S. Washington - Deceased - Deceased - Living - Living - Living 924

Thurs Jun

Attendance

Bible Study meets every Wednesday at 7:00pm in the Gingras Center Conference Room ATTENTION ALL 2013 GRADUATES If you or any member of your family has graduated from any institution, please submit your name to the church office by June 17, 2013 so we can acknowledge you in the bulletin.

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10th Sunday of Ordinary Time

THIS SUNDAYS SECOND COLLECTION IS FOR OUR PARISH RENOVATION FUND NEXT SUNDAY JUNE 16, 2013 SECOND COLLECTION IS FOR THE OBLATE SISTERS OF PROVIDENCE

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SR. GLORIA AGUMAGU, HHCJ PRINCIPAL

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Catholic Education Corner

Saint Augustine Catholic School is now registering for the 2012-2013 school year for grades Pre-K through Eighth. For an application or more information, please contact the school office at 202-667-2608 or email: admissions@saintaugustine-dc.org .

Please Pray for the Sick and Homebound

John Adams, Sr. Beatrice Alexander Florencia Alfonso Nora Basey Milton Bess Evelyn Bezell Thomas Brock Frances Brooks Eric Brown Keith Browning Sabriena Brown Andrew Burton Jeanina Cajou Agnes Carey Elizabeth Carter Phillip Cephas Vincent Clarke, Sr. Annie Cole John Collins Tommie Cunningham Dorsey Davis Pauline Dines Susan Epps Richard B. Fowler Barbara Freguson Daniel Galloway Inez Gaskins Charles Gathers Margaret Green Valencia Green Delores V. Greene Thelma Givens Brian Harvey John Harris Patricia Herndon Eleanor Johnson Francis Kelly Sedonia Labee Keats Labule Louisa Lee Mary Leonard Bernadette Mahoney Sr. Philomena Malveaux Von Martin Catherine Mason Florence Matthews Lussia Matthews Edna Mills Joyce Morton Albert Nellums Julius Oben Ashley Redhead, Jr. Lisa Rivera Ruby Roberts Doris Silas Gertina Simms Kathleen Simms George Simmons Donnie Stewart Willis Thomas Juanita Towns Selma Twitty Beatrice Twyman Esperanza Walker James S. Washington Lillie White Cynthia Wilkins Virginia Winston Lozzie York

Saint Augustine Chorale will Celebration their 140th Anniversary on Sunday, June 9, 2013 at 5:00pm in the church. Alece Howard Morgan, Guest Conductor Introducing Blossom Ojukwu, Alto Kareem Mack, Tenor Student from the Center for Visual and Performing Arts , Suitland High School Suitland , MD
Share Packages for the month of June 2013 are now on sale at the Ushers table in the back of the church.

Pray For Our Dead

Pastoral Council Meetings are held every 3rd Saturday of the Month at 9:00 AM in the Gingras Center Meetings are open to all parishioners.

Congratulation to the Class of 2013

The Saint Augustine Gospel Choirs New CD: The Victory Is In The Praise is available in the bookstore for $10 each.
Our Parish Bookstore and Gift Shop Opens before and after weekend Masses. Use Visa or MasterCard ($10 min), check ($5min), or cash to buy: Bibles - Missals - Rosaries - Books on the Pope, Saints, Parish History, Faith, Discernment, Marriage, Childrens Books, Father Pats Homilies and more.

Kehmoh Bangura Samuel Merga Jason Bonilla Wanofe Mideska David Burriss Michael Mills Jordan Gloster Maria Sanchez Nicholas Hodge Samson Tadesse Ifeoma Iloka Emory Verstraete Japhiree Jackson Editha Villalobos Nadja Menash Michael Void Kirk Williams

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