Mass Times ~ Presider Schedule. Inside This Issue November 9, This Weekend. This Month

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1 Mass Times ~ Presider Schedule Saturday, November 8 5:30 p.m. ~ Father Ron Sunday, November 9 7:30 a.m. ~ Father Armstrong 9:00 a.m.*~ Father O 10:30 a.m. ~ Father D Silva (Church) 10:30 a.m. ~ Father Ron (Gym) 12:30 p.m. ~ Father Justin 5:30 p.m. ~ Father Justin *American Sign Language interpreted Mass Weekday & Saturday Masses* Monday - Friday: 6:30 a.m., 8 a.m., 11 a.m., 5:30 p.m. Saturday: 8 a.m., 11 a.m. *No 6:30 a.m. or 5:30 p.m. Mass on November 11 Filipino Mass in Tagalog every 4th Sunday at 4 p.m. Holy Day Masses Eve of the Feast: 5:30 p.m. Day of the Feast: 6:30 a.m., 8 a.m., 11 a.m., 5:30 p.m. Adoration Of The Blessed Sacrament* Exposition: Monday-Friday, 3-5:15 p.m., in the church Thursday before first Friday of each month, 6-8 p.m., with Holy Hour from 7-8 p.m. *No adoration on federal holidays no adoration on November 11 Inside This Issue November 9, 2014 Read More About Commitment Weekend 3 Holiday Schedule For Parish Office 3 Blessed Sacrament School News 3 Requests For Thanksgiving Donations For Community 4/5 Parish Council & Commissions Report 6 This Weekend Second Sunday Lecture Series Continues Sunday, 9 a.m. in the parish chapel; refreshments at 8:30 a.m. in the parish center on the main level. Father Regis Armstrong will present: In Season and Out of Season: Reflections on the Life of Bl. Pope Paul VI. Born on Long Island, New York, Father Armstrong is a Capuchin Friar Minor and a world renowned expert on Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Clare of Assisi. He has authored nine books and many journal and encyclopedia articles as well as edited a number of other books related to his research. He earned a Ph.D. in Historical Theology and Spirituality from Fordham University Quesada Street, NW Washington, D.C Phone Fax Blessed Sacrament School 5841 Chevy Chase Parkway, NW Washington, D.C Veterans Sunday: Honoring Veterans For Their Faithful Service Our own Deacon David Kruse, a recent combat veteran of the Iraq War, will offer the homily at the 9 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Masses, and talk about his efforts to support persecuted Christians in the Middle East. Commissioning Mass Sunday, 5:30 p.m. Mass. All confirmation candidates and families are encouraged to come; a special blessing will be given. This Month Poor Box Donations Donations collected during the month of November will benefit two food pantries operated by St. Camillus, a multicultural parish in Silver Spring. The pantries provide emergency assistance to families struggling to put food on their tables.

2 Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Pastoral Staff Rev. Ronald A. Potts, Pastor Rev. Justin Huber, Parochial Vicar Rev. Msgr. Maurice V. O Connell, Retired Priest moconnell@blessedsacramentdc.org Rev. Percival L. D Silva, Retired Priest pdsilva@blessedsacramentdc.org Deacon Donald Mays dmays@blessedsacramentdc.org Assistants on Weekends Rev. Regis Armstrong, OFM Cap, Catholic University Seminarian Deacon David Kruse, Theological College dmgkruse@gmail.com Seminarian Cody Ford, Theological College codycford@gmail.com Duffy Parish Center Main Office (Monday - Saturday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) In an Emergency , Ext (to page priest on duty) Facilities Pius X Library Ray Manning Adult Center Mr. John Navolio, Business Manager , jnavolio@blessedsacramentdc.org Mr. Jay Rader, Director of Liturgy and Music , jayrader@blessedsacramentdc.org Ms. Therese Recinella, Director of Religious Education , trecinella@blessedsacramentdc.org Ms. Rosalie Days, Sacramental Preparation Coordinator , rdays@blessedsacramentdc.org Mrs. Patricia Kavanaugh, Social Concerns Minister , pkavanaugh@blessedsacramentdc.org (Office open Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., and by appointment) Ms. Emma Voelzke, Special Needs Coordinator , evoelzke@blessedsacramentdc.org Ms. Kathy Gillespie, Director of CYO , kgillespie@blessedsacramentdc.org Blessed Sacrament School Mr. Chris Kelly, Principal , ckelly@blessedsacramentdc.org Ms. Nancy Ryan, Director of Admissions , Ext. 6110, nryan@blessedsacramentdc.org Sacraments Baptism Baptismal preparation is required of all parents prior to the baptism of their child. We recommend preparation take place before the child is born. For more info: Father O, moconnell@blessedsacramentdc.org or Matrimony All couples who are to be married at Blessed Sacrament must complete our parish marriage preparation program. Please contact one of the parish priests six months in advance of your marriage date. Reconciliation Friday and Saturday after the 11 a.m. Mass (if no funeral); Saturday, 4-5 p.m. and after the 5:30 p.m. Mass, or anytime by appointment. Parish Services & Information Care Of The Sick & Homebound If you or someone you know is hospitalized or homebound and would like a priest to visit, contact the parish office at New Parishioners Welcome to Blessed Sacrament! Please register by stopping in at the parish office, located in the Duffy parish center, and filling out a registration form. Forms also available in the pamphlet rack at the Quesada Street entrance to the church and on the parish website. Bulletin Announcements Due 10 a.m. Send announcements to: bulletin@blessedsacramentdc.org. Newsletter Content Send articles, photos and other content to: newsletter@blessedsacramentdc.org. Website Postings Send requests for postings for the Blessed Sacrament Parish website to: website@blessedsacramentdc.org. Church Bulletin Boards The parish secretary maintains the church bulletin boards. Please drop off any flyers for posting to Joan Ward in the parish office, Duffy parish center. Inclement Weather Policy The parish center/office follows Montgomery County Schools for delays and closings. All evening activities are cancelled those days the schools are closed. Pastor s Column Today we celebrate the anniversary of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome. The basilica is the mother of all churches founded down through the ages and gets its name from the Laterani family who had a palace on the Celian Hill which passed into the hands of Fausta, the wife of Constantine I. After the Edict of Milan in 313 the persecution of the Christians ended. The Emperor Constantine gave the Lateran palace to the Church and on November 9, 324 Pope Sylvester I dedicated the basilica to the Holy Savior. As for the palace, it was the residence of the Bishop of Rome used continuously until 1304 when Pope Benedict XI was forced to flee Rome to Avignon until Pope Nicholas V ( ) transferred the general offices of the Church to the Basilica of St. Peter and the Vatican during his pontificate and the Lateran Basilica remained the cathedral of the pope, the bishop of Rome. In our first reading from the Prophet Ezekiel, he experiences an extraordinary vision at a very difficult time in his life. He had served as a priest for his entire life at the Temple in Jerusalem. The Temple was ransacked by the armies of Nebuchadnezzar in 597 B.C. and God s people were exiled to Babylon. As he meditates on these tragic events on the banks of the Kebar canal, he is called by the Lord to be a prophet and realized God had punished the sins of His people but He had not abandoned them He would bring them back to their country and the Temple would be rebuilt. Ezekiel brings this message of hope to the people. In St. Paul s first Letter to the Corinthians, he uses the image of construction to speak of the Church as the Body of Christ. God is the architect of this construction as He designs the plans and directs the work. He is the only one to have at His disposal all the means the graces that allow His work to be accomplished. The Lord chooses His workers and gives them specific tasks according to their gifts and talents. This diversity of gifts and functions is indispensable for the building up of the Church and for its life as the Body of Christ. The Holy Spirit leads and guides the activities of the Church inspiring people to the meet the needs of the church throughout history. We are reminded that we are living stones building up the Church, the Body of Christ, and we each have a responsibility to lead lives of holiness and service as Jesus has taught us. In our passage from John s Gospel, we find Jesus expelling the moneychangers and merchants out of the Temple area. We see how Jesus is filled with zeal for the Temple as God s holy house in Jerusalem. Jesus is confronted by the authorities and His answer is direct and puzzling at the same, Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up. Jesus is not speaking of the Jerusalem Temple Rembrandt, Christ Driving the Moneychangers but of the temple of His own body. The from the Temple, 1626 Source of Image: statement by Jesus is a sign of what is to come. This major sign, that which justifies what Jesus did and gives authority to His words, the sign that reveals Him as the Son of God, is His resurrection. God bless you, Father Ron 2

3 Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament November 9, 2014 Youth Corner Question For The Week How do your words and actions build up or tear down the Church? (Source: Commitment Weekend During the past few weeks, we have spoken about our parish Stewardship Program and how you can participate. In addition, special information was mailed to every home in the parish along with a commitment envelope. We are asking all of our parishioners to return their completed commitment envelopes today by placing them in the collection basket. For the convenience of those who may have misplaced the envelope, there is a supply of additional materials available today in the church. If you pick up these materials after Mass, please return them as quickly as possible by mail, at Mass next weekend, or by dropping them off at the parish office. Please consider your commitment both prayerfully and carefully. Thank you. Veterans Day Schedule For Parish Office The parish office will be closed this Tuesday, November 11, Veterans Day. New Art Exhibit Opens This Week In The Daystar Gallery The artwork of Teresa Flesher Tominaya entitled Mediterranean Magic will be on display in the main meeting room of the parish center from November 10 to November 28. Find us on Facebook Please include our sick in your prayers that they may experience healing and comfort Robert Andary Theresa Szot Anderson Al Andreine Marty DePoy Liz Egloff Marian Fleming Blessed Sacrament DC School News Blessed Sacrament Besta Pizza This Tuesday, November 11, 4 to 9 p.m. carry out or have hot pizza delivered to you from Besta Pizza Bethesda or DC. Mention Blessed Sacrament and 20 percent of sales will benefit the school. Bethesda location: 4707 Chase Avenue ( ); DC location: 5029 Connecticut Avenue ( ). Open House Blessed Sacrament School November 13 at 9:15 a.m. (for parents of prospective K students) and November 20 at 9:15 a.m. (for parents of prospective K-8 students). Questions? Please contact nryan@blessedsacramentdc.org. Next Play Reading On Tuesday, November 7 p.m. Join fellow parishioners in the parish library for an evening of lively conversation and wine and cheese as we read three more plays from Best American Short Plays, For more information, call Newly Baptized Emma Elizabeth Brainard William Addison Holbrook IV Jack Rogers Brainard Rory Thomas O Neil Ellen Kenealy Barbara Reed Judith Ann Szot Janice Thompson Yoshiko Urakawa Hope Elena Katz-Zogby Faith Formation School Of Religion No School of Religion Tuesday, November 11, in observance of Veteran s Day. School of Religion resumes Tuesday, November 18. Confirmation Retreat on Wednesday and Thursday, November 12 and November 13, 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. at Avalon Theater and at the parish center. Drop off at the Avalon by 8:30 a.m. School of Religion and private school students attend November 12; Blessed Sacrament School students attend November 13. Questions? Contact Rosalie Days, rdays@blessedsacramentdc.org. Archdiocese of Washington Required Safe Environment Program: Circle of Grace for children in grades K-8: Sunday, November 16, and Tuesday, November 18. First Reconciliation Parent Meeting Thursday, November 20, 7:30 p.m. in the church. Join us as we review important information about First Reconciliatiion. Parish priests will also be available to hear confessions. Questions? Contact Rosalie Days: rdays@blessedsacramentdc.org or Adult Formation Faith on Tap: What Makes a Happy Priest...and Us too! The universal search for happiness and what truly goes into making someone happy will be pressented by Msgr. Stephen Rossetti, 7-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 18, in the parish center, main level. Msgr. Rossetti graduated from the Air Force Academy and holds a Ph.D. in psychology from Boston College and a doctor of Ministry degree from Catholic University. He is Director of the St. Luke Institute in Silver Spring, MD. For more info, contact Therese: or trecinella@blessedsacramentdc.org. Adults of all ages welcome. Free childcare for children three years old plus; food and refreshments. Sunday Readings/Questions For Reflection... from the Faith Formation Commission Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12: Consider that water in this reading transforms all that it touches. Does God transform everything he touches, if we let this happen? Have you let God transform your life? 1 Corinthians 3:9c-11, 16-17: Pope Paul VI initiated and implemented the Second Vatican Council s vast changes. Pope Francis, as he beatified Paul VI on October 19, 2014, called on the church to adapt to changing conditions of society. God is not afraid of new things! That is why he is continually surprising us, opening our hearts and guiding us in unexpected ways. He renews us: he constantly makes us new. A Christian who lives the Gospel is God s newness in the Church and in the world. How much God loves this newness! How do his remarks relate to this statement of St. Paul s in today s reading: You are God s building. Like a wise master builder I laid a foundation. John 2:13-22: Which do you think it was that enraged Jesus: the selling of animals within the temple itself, exchanging money within the holy place, or the exploitation of the poor? Had the community become so preoccupied with worldly business that it had forgotten its main purpose? (Source: Center for Liturgy at St. Louis University) Rest In Peace Evelyn McInerney Jane Kane Morningstar Santana Piedade Viegas 3

4 Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Visit Your Parish Library What Are the Magazines Saying? The Commonweal Catholic, by Luke Timothy Johnson, Commonweal, October 24, This article commemorates the 90th anniversary of the magazine by an author whose association with it goes back more than twenty years. He lists the many eminent contributors over the years including Jacques Maritain and Dorothy Day; they engaged the pressing issues of the day with a bracing intelligence, freedom, and boldness. Midterm Report on the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family, by Cardinal Peter Erdo, Origins, October 23, The interim report called for greater acceptance and appreciation of divorced and remarried Catholics, cohabiting couples and homosexuals, seeing a need to accept those who want to to feel fully part of the church even if they have experienced failure or find themselves in the most diverse situations. November 11, editorial, Newsletter of the Abbey of St. Gregory, Portsmouth, R.I., November Veterans Day commemorates the end of two world wars; the date marks the end of World War I which in 1918 people hailed as the war to end all wars. Known as the Armistice it ironically planted the seeds of an even greater war. Since then there has never been a time without warfare in the world. The Adult Center All parishioners, 39 and holding, are invited to gather in Apt. 1 in the Chevy Chase apartment building next to the church for fellowship after the 11 a.m. weekday Mass. Bring a sandwich and join the activities. For more information or for transportation, call Rita Killian at Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Strong Seniors: Strength & Balance Exercises Closed for Veterans Day Watercolor Art Class with Dick Swartz Bridge for Bridge Lovers Closed Learn Sudoku Wish you could do Sudoku? We ll teach you at the Adult Center. Start with easy puzzles and work you way up to harder ones. Fill the blank squares with the digits 1 through 4 one of each in each row, column, and 2x2 box. Answers to this week s puzzle in next week s bulletin. Contact: Rita Killian, Solution to puzzle. Outreach Thanksgiving Dinners & Other Values From SHARE Blessed Sacrament, the parish food co-op, offers Thanksgiving fixings at bargain prices, with a variety of options for your holiday meal. For a detailed list of this month s selections or to place an order, visit or use the form available at the church entrances. Ordering deadline is Monday, November 10, at 5 p.m. Food distribution is Friday afternoon, November 21. For more information, leave a message in the Blessed Sacrament SHARE voice mailbox, , or send an to SHARE@blessedsacramentdc.org. SHARE A Thanksgiving Request Blessed Sacrament has a growing number of requests for food from people who are facing difficulties in these hard economic times. Through SHARE, we are able to give them $43 worth of food at a cost of $20 to us. This Thanksgiving we would also like to give these people a turkey for their holiday dinner. If you can donate $40 to Blessed Sacrament, it will help your parish serve this need and bring some comfort to other families. So far this year, we have donated in excess of $13,500 (a $27,000 value) to those in need. You may want to consider donating $20 per month, which is the cost we pay for $43 of food. We are giving real quality food to real people in our neighborhoods who have real needs. For your convenience, you can use the gold colored donation flyer at the church entrances or send a donation to the Blessed Sacrament Parish Office, Attention: Blessed Sacrament. Thank you. Thanksgiving Meal Donations Once again the Social Concerns Office will provide Thanksgiving dinners to low income individuals and families who otherwise would not be able to celebrate Thanksgiving with a traditional holiday meal. If you would like to contribute to this effort please donate grocery gift cards (Giant and Safeway), checks, or cash to the Social Concerns Office in-box located in the parish center by Sunday, November 23. The grocery cards will be distributed on Tuesday, November 25, in time for recipients to purchase holiday food items. Please label all donations Thanksgiving Dinner Donations. Questions? Pat Kavanaugh, or pkavanaugh@blessedsacramentdc.org. Join Us Saturday, December 6 More than 100,000 cans were collected in 2013! We want YOU to help us again this year to collect cans and non-perishable food items for the homeless and needy. Visit to sign up. You may also become a friend of the Greg Gannon Food Drive (GGCFD). All money collected goes to benefit the charitable organizations GGCFD supports. Donate online: Questions? Contact: Devon Scanlon, dscanlon1@me.com, or Elena MacCartee, eisabelmac@gmail.com. Join Us For Our Parish Holy Land Pilgrimage January 2-11, Limited spaces are available. Leader: Deacon David Kruse. Spiritual Director: Father Richard DeLillio, OSFS. For more information, visit: 4

5 Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament November 9, 2014 Outreach Special Appeal For Thanksgiving and Christmas The SHARE food co-op at Blessed Sacrament offers bargain food packages for purchase by members of our parish and community. Additionally, SHARE provides free food to needy individuals and families in our area. Blessed Sacrament Blessed Sacrament helps families, seniors, veterans, and organizations assisting homeless facing hard times become more self-sufficient while retaining a sense of dignity. Since its inception in 2009, Blessed Sacrament has distributed 2,618 food packages (costing more than $68,000) to those in need. Generous contributions from parishioners have allowed our parish to make this important assistance possible. The requests for food have increased sharply by 60 percent during the past three years. We distribute an average of 65 food packages each month. This year our goal is to provide Thanksgiving and Christmas meals for those in need. But we do not have sufficient funds. Thanksgiving turkey plus Value Package of food = $40; Christmas ham plus Value Package of food = $48. Please help us give nutritious, healthy food and a sense of joy, peace, and love to those in need this holiday season. For your convenience, you can use the gold colored donation flier at the church entrances and mail or drop off your donation to the parish office. If you use a check, please make it payable to Blessed Sacrament with the notation SHARE. To donate online, visit org/parish-organizations/share. For more information, leave a message in the Blessed Sacrament SHARE voice mailbox, , or send an to SHARE@ blessedsacramentdc.org. Thank you for your support. God bless you! Sponsor Of The Week We would like to thank Billy MacCartee for placing an ad in our weekly bulletin. Find us on Facebook Blessed Sacrament DC Blessed Sacrament Giving Tree Last year the generosity of our parishioners through Blessed Sacrament s Giving Tree provided Christmas gifts for over 700 underprivileged children in DC. Here is how you can help bring Christmas smiles to children again this year: Watch Your If you donated last year, you will soon receive an request to donate. Volunteer If you would like to volunteer to help distribute starts or collect gifts, BSDCGivingTree@gmail.com. Get Your Star: Pick It or Click It Pick It: You can pick up a traditional star with a child s name and needs after all Masses the weekends of November 22 & 23 and November 29 & 30. Click It: You can send a request for a virtual star by sending an to BSDCGivingTree@gmail.com. Buy Your Gifts and Bring Them Back December 13 & 14. Save the Dates! Star Distribution Gift Collection November 22 & 23 November 29 & 30 December 13 & 14 Questions? Contact Ann O Brien or Sam Cicotello at BSDCGivingTree@gmail.com. Did You Know?? Ten people from across the country will be honored at the White House this week for their efforts to expand employment opportunities for people with disabilities. At an event Tuesday, the Obama administration will recognize the group as Champions of Change. The honorees include a veteran with a disability who runs his own organic egg business, managers from Walgreens, Procter & Gamble, and Microsoft who have taken steps to boost disability employment within their ranks, and the founder of a company that helps ensure that the digital systems businesses use are accessible. For more information about how Blessed Sacrament is becoming a more inclusive community, contact Emma Voelzke at evoelzke@blessedsacramentdc.org or

6 Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Blessed Sacrament Parish Council & Commissions Report From October 14, 2014 Meeting The Parish Pastoral Council held its second meeting of the year on October 14. The members heard reports from all the commissions, plus comments from representatives of Blessed Sacrament School and the Sanctuary Sodality. Father Ron presented his priorities, which include Youth and Young Adult Ministry. The Community Life Commission is considering creation of a ministry for Blessed Sacrament high-school students that could sponsor its own activities as well as participate in activities at Our Lady of Lourdes. Council Secretary John Navolio briefed the council on the parish audit an accounting form will submit around the end of the year. He also discussed the importance of close coordination between the council and the parish staff in completing projects. For example, staff will contribute information for an update of the parish s Ministry Book the Communication Commission will undertake. Finally, council members discussed the statutes of the recent Archdiocesan Synod which Cardinal Wuerl has promulgated. The council and commissions, recognizing their mission is consistent with the mission of the Archdiocese of Washington, will look to the offices of the Pastoral Center for guidance and assistance. Administration Commission Early work of the Administration Commission has mostly centered around the parish s wayfinding project. Phase one of the project has included design of signs as part of our overall branding, getting city approval from the DC Public Space Commission allowing us to place our signs in the city right-of-way and seeking quotes for manufacturing the signs. We will be applying for a city permit to install them as soon as we receive the final specifications from the manufacturer. Phase one of the campus-wide wayfinding project includes three signs: one at Chevy Chase Circle, one at the Western Avenue entrance into the parking lot and one in front of the church. A separate address for the church has also been applied for, in an effort to make it easier for our visitors to find us! Future issues we will be addressing include reconstituting the parish Buildings & Grounds Committee, addressing some deferred maintenance and handicapped accessibility issues, and considering enhancements to the church entrances. Interested in serving on the B & G Committee or the Administration Committee? Contact Patty Myler at Community Life Commission The Community Life Commission is currently seeking new members from the parish. The commission supports parish activities by assisting in the recruitment of volunteers for parish activities and helping to ensure that our community is open and welcoming to all members and newcomers. The Welcoming Committee reported that new members can now register on the Blessed Sacrament website in addition to using the traditional paper format. The fall welcoming dinner for new members of the parish took place on October 13. Commission members discussed the need for a more active youth ministry to help young people continue to grow in their faith while staying actively involved in the parish through their high school years. In addition, there was discussion about the need to provide more support to promote existing opportunities for parish-wide participation such as the recent Walk for the Homeless. Communications Commission The newly-established Communication Commission will gather for its first meeting on November 6, taking up an existing plan that covers both internal communications and Blessed Sacrament s communication with the outside world. Initial projects will include (1) updating the parish Ministry Book and posting it online, (2) reviewing the parish website to make it easier to navigate and more welcoming to visitors, (3) considering ways to make the parish Facebook page more interactive, and (4) creating brief videos (welcome, explanation of the Seasons of Advent and Lent, etc.) with links to the website. Anyone interested in joining this creative commission please contact Frank Pellegrino: fmpelleg@us.ibm.com or Faith Formation Commission This commission is grounded in the conviction that a full Catholic life requires lifelong learning. Our participation in the New Evangelism, to which the Church is calling us, necessitates an ever deepening understanding of our faith. Our parish s Director of Religious Education, Therese Recinella, offers a number of very good programs for Adult Formation, and runs a first-rate School of Religion, currently serving approximately 325 young people. The special task the Faith Formation Commission has undertaken this year is to endeavor to broaden these educational offerings, so that that they will be accessible to all parishioners seeking to make faith formation an ongoing part of their lives. We want to devise ways of doing this that will simultaneously build and deepen community in our parish. We are still forming this commission, and if you might be interested in assisting in our efforts, or would just like to hear more about them, please contact Milton Grenfell at grenarch@verizon.net, or Outreach Commission The St. Thomas More School Supply Drive was very successful. Students seeking service hours from many area schools including Blessed Sacrament collected supplies and donations for our sister school. Regarding the SHARE Program, through donations fresh produce and frozen meats are distributed to individuals and families visiting the Social Concerns Office for outreach services; turkeys will be distributed for Thanksgiving. The Greg Gannon Canned Food Drive will take place on December 6. Student and adult volunteers are needed. The commission also discussed the need to increase membership in the Helping Hands Ministry, which provides transportation to fellow parishioners to attend Mass, and doctor appointments. Worship Commission The Worship Commission included representatives from communion ministry, ushers, Altar Guild, and liturgical art and environment. New extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion and ushers are needed, particularly for the 5:30 Masses on Saturday and Sunday. Continuing formation for current ministers is in the planning stage. Scheduling software is now being used for the assignment and notification of communion ministers and altar servers. The commission members discussed the desirability of creating and maintaining a master worship calendar available to the directors of liturgical ministries that would show all upcoming liturgical events for the parish and school. For example, when a 5:30 Sunday evening Mass is designated the Confirmation Enrollment Mass, there is a need for more than the usual number of extraordinary ministers, something that the director of communion ministry needs to know for scheduling purposes. A master calendar readily accessible to those responsible for the worship ministries would be a great help. Worship Commission Chair Mickey Edwards attended the seasonal parish liturgy planning meeting for the Advent and Christmas seasons. She is also enrolled in a four-week on-line course on liturgy committee structure and function from Boston College s C-21 program. From The Community Fully Alive: Discovering What Matters Most (Presented By Timothy Shriver) Chair of the Special Olympics and son of its founder, Eunice, Shriver recounts his experiences with people who have achieved full and satisfying lives while living with intellectual disabilities. Book-signing and talk on Thursday, November 13, 7 8:30 p.m., Politics & Prose, 5015 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. 6