Connections&  
June 30, 2002--13th Sunday of the Year
"Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it."     
"Whoever gives only a cup of water to one of these little ones to drink& will surely not lose his reward."
     Matthew  10:37-42
The cost of the corner office
The company threw a lavish dinner to honor its CEO upon his retirement.  His rise to the top spot in the company was meteoric; his management of the company, through tough times and boom times, had been flawless; everything he touched, it seemed, turned to gold.  He had made himself and the company's senior managers and stockholders very wealthy people. 
      At the retirement dinner, the CEO addressed his remarks to the company's young executives:
      "I know you want my job, and I'll tell you how to get it.  Last week my daughter was married, and as I walked her down the aisle, I realized I did not know the name of her best friend, or the last book she read, or her favorite color.  That's the price I paid for this job.  If you want to pay that price, you can have it."
[Rabbi Marc Gelman and Msgr. Tom Hartman.]

CONNECTION: Sometimes it takes an accounting of what we possess to discover what we are missing; in confronting the extent of our wealth we understand how poor we really are.  Jesus' words today are echoed in the CEO's rather sad valedictory to his young executives:  We can become so absorbed with building a career that we fail to develop our full potential and talents as human beings; we can become so obsessed with creating and maintaining a lifestyle that we do not live a life worth living.  Christ calls all who would be his disciples to "lose" life's obsessive, meaningless and petty pursuits in order to "find" a life fully human and alive in hope and joy. u

SUNDAY, JUNE 30
  7:30am  Mass (Cantor & Organ)
  9:30am  Mass (Cantor & Organ)
11:30am  Mass (Wild Honey & The Locusts)
  6:15pm  Mass (Instrumental Music only)
MONDAY, JULY 1
8:00am  Rosary (Chapel)
8:30am  Word/Eucharist (Chapel)
6:30pm  Grief Support Group (Anne & Joachim)
TUESDAY, JULY 2
8:00am  Rosary (Chapel)
8:30am  Mass (Chapel)
6:30pm  Stewardship Committee (Kateri)
7:15pm  Wild Honey & The Locusts  (St. Cecilia)
WEDNESDAY,  JULY 3
8:00am  Rosary (Chapel)
8:30am  Word/Eucharist (Chapel)
9:00am  Quilting Group (Jeanne Jugan)
THURSDAY,  JULY 4--INDEPENDENCE DAY
  8:00am  Rosary (Chapel)
  9:00am  Mass (Church)
FRIDAY, JULY 5
8:00am  Rosary (Chapel)
8:30am  Mass (Chapel)
1:00pm  Afternoon Quilters  (Jeanne Jugan)
SATURDAY, JULY 6
4:30pm  Mass (Cantor & Organ)
SUNDAY, JULY 7
  7:30am  Mass (Cantor & Organ)
  9:30am  Mass (Cantor & Organ)
10:30am  New Parishioner Registration (Kateri)
11:30am  Mass  (Wild Honey & The Locusts)
  6:15pm  Mass (Instrumental Music only)

Did you know that battery recycling should be an important part of our daily lives?  Their toxic chemicals can be released into the environment if they are placed in landfills or incinerated. 

This week the Boy Scouts begin their month long battery    recycling project.  Collection containers will be available for drop-off.  The Boy Scouts are collecting all types of used batteries such as those used in flashlights, radios, Gameboys, cordless telephones, watches, hearing aids, etc.  The batteries will be taken to companies that extract these compounds safely for reuse.  If you have questions about battery recycling call 651-483-9216.