Lenten Calendar
LENTEN CALENDAR
FEB 17 TO MARCH 28
EACH DAY AS A LENTEN GIFT ADD AN ITEM TO A BOX
AND DONATE THE CONTENTS ON PALM SUNDAY TO A PERSON OR FOOD SHELTER
FEB 17 box of cereal MAR 9 cake mix
FEB 18 peanut butter MAR 10 cereals
FEB 19 stuffing mix MAR 11 Parmalat
FEB 20 canned peas MAR 12 hot chocolate mix
FEB 21 mac & cheese MAR 13 pesto sauce
FEB 22 canned fruit MAR 14 canned beans
FEB 23 canned tomatoes MAR 15 canned mixed veg
FEB 24 canned tuna MAR 16 canned carrots
FEB 25 pudding mix MAR 17 canned green beans
FEB 26 jar applesauce MAR 18 canned spinach
FEB 27 canned sweet potatoes MAR 19 canned sardines
FEB 28 canned string beans MAR 20 box of oatmeal
MAR 1 canned corn MAR 21 jar four bean salad
MAR 2 box soup mix MAR 22 canned chickpeas
MAR 3 canned tomatoes MAR 23 instant mash potatoes
MAR 4 jar applesauce MAR 24 canned breast of chicken
MAR 5 saltine crackers MAR 25 hamburger helper
MAR 6 baked beans MAR 26 canned asparagus
MAR 7 canned beets MAR 27 canned lentil soup
MAR 8 box noodles MAR 28 jello pudding
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Ash Wednesday Mass homily
Father Al Risdorfer is the Pastor of Our Lady UnDoer of Knots which is a CACINA parish located at 1620 Reisterstown Road Pikesville, Maryland 21208 (Baltimore County) Our Lady UnDoer of Knots shares space at St. Mark’s On The Hill Episcopal Church.
Website: https://www.our-lady-undoer-of-knots.org Facebook.com/undoerofknotsparish
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Ash Wednesday Lenten Service
Bishop Ronald Stephens (former Presiding Bishop of CACINA and former Pastor of St. Andrews the Apostle Church) is the Diocesan Bishop of the Diocese of Holy Trinity serving at St. Andrews along with Fr. Craig Wilt (Pastor), and Deacon Gil Brooker in Midland, Virginia. St. Andrew the Apostle Church is a CACINA parish which shares space at Grace Episcopal Church located at 5096 Grace Church Lane, Midland, Virginia. (Fauquier County)
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Ash Wednesday Mass
Mother Monica Kennedy is the Pastor of Saint Charles of Brazil which is a CACINA parish located at 116 Marydell Road in Linthicum, Maryland (Anne Arundel County). The church shares space with St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church.
Website: https://www.stcharlesofbrazil.org Facebook.com/St. Charles of Brazil Independent Catholic Church
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Memorial Service for COVID Patients
Bishop Tony Green
Ellis Medicine
The COVID-19 Pandemic has put a strain on all of us at Ellis Medicine; many of us are mentally, physically, and spiritually exhausted. In an effort to offer some hope and healing, the Pastoral Care Department is offering you a recorded, virtual service of hope and healing. The service memorializes all who have died of COVID-19 at Ellis, and also gives recognition and honor for the tireless efforts of all Ellis staff. The service includes prayers, a reflection, and music. It is about 25 minutes long, and we hope you find meaning in it.
Rev. Richard Moran
Music in this video
Article by Rev Mary Foley in the National Catholic Reporter
CAPITOL INSURRECTIONISTS: I HAVE MET THEM BEFORE / NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
February 9, 2021 by Rev. Dr. Mary Foley
Tear gas is released into a crowd of demonstrators protesting the 2020 election results at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 in Washington. (CNS/Shannon Stapleton, Reuters)
I was deeply affected by our democracy coming under attack one month ago, with the storming of the Capitol by people wielding flags that proclaimed Trump, civil war and Jesus. I was traumatized by hearing people gleeful about the destruction, who were happy that members of Congress were terrorized. Listening to some people in those moments, I felt like I was face to face with evil.
Then, I realized, I have met them before.
I grew up in Oak Park, Illinois, one of eight children of white parents were who involved in the civil rights movement. My parents moved from the South Side of Chicago to this suburb because it was nationally known for its integration policies. However, the Catholic school we attended was not integrated. When riots burned through Chicago after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed, my family took in a Black single Mom and her kids who lost their home, until they could get back on their feet again. When my parents enrolled the kids in our school, parishioners boycotted the church collection and sent threatening messages to my mother. The pastor asked my father to take the kids out of the school. I have met them before.
When a series of circumstances put me back on the Southwest Side of Chicago as a young adult, I was horrified to see the American Nazi Party headquarters across the street from our Catholic parish. When I walked a baby stroller through Marquette Park, I tore down signs on lamp posts and light poles that said, “N—– Keep Out,” and “No Afros Allowed.” I learned that it had not been long since the Ku Klux Klan marched through the park. I heard the priest at our parish supporting those who wanted to keep the Western Avenue color line from being crossed. I have met them before.
When living in the Marquette Park neighborhood and my children were small, I was mugged returning from the grocery store one night. The mugger tried to pull me down my front stairs as I was carrying groceries into my house. No one heard my yelling and it was not until the groceries fell and glass broke that the mugger yanked my purse from my arm and took off. Being locked in a bear hug by a mugger was very scary and I called the police. When the officer who came to take the report found out that the mugger was Black, the street was suddenly filled with police cars and the officer asked me, “When we catch him, do you want us to string him up in the tree in front of your house?” The mugger scared me. The police officer terrified me. I have met them before.
When I worked as a young mother to try and change things in my neighborhood and in the church, I did a lot of research about the local area. I read books that recorded stories of Catholics demonstrating against Dr. King when he marched and was attacked in the park. I found a document written by church leaders of different denominations in the Marquette Park neighborhood who were trying to keep the area white. The list of names in this document included the name of the priest who would baptize me as an infant some years later. The people I have met before have been here long before me.
During recent weeks, there has been action taken to hold President Donald Trump accountable, and calls to also hold accountable other politicians who participated in inflaming the people I have met before. Those in law enforcement who proclaim the need for law and order for some people but not for others, and those in Catholic and evangelical churches who proclaim respect for life but only for the unborn, should also be held accountable. All of us need to take stock of how we participated in what happened at the Capitol, through our action or inaction. Otherwise, we are like the people I have met before.
The Rev. Dr. Mary M. Foley is a board certified chaplain, ACPE certified educator, and Roman Catholic Woman Priest who is currently serving the Catholic Apostolic Church in North America, or CACINA.
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CACINA CATHOLICS THE SAINT CHARLES INSTITUTE
Bishop Tony Green interviews Bishop Ronald Stephens on an overview of the Saint Charles Institute / Saint Charles Seminary.
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CACINA CATHOLICS VOCATIONS
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ALL ARE WELCOME TO BE CACINA CATHOLICS
CACINA sometimes refers to itself as an independent Catholic church, but it also sometimes avoids the term, “independent,” and talks about itself as a distinctive kind of Catholicism, CACINA Catholicism. So what makes us distinctive? CACINA is a community of believers that seeks to bring the gospel to all people without regard to who they are or where their journey has taken them. CACINA welcomes everyone, regardless of marital status, political belief, or sexual orientation to participate in the life and sacraments of the Church. It asks its members only for the love of self and others that is the privilege of all Christians.
Independent Catholic Churches are, by and large, very small Churches, some of them consisting of one congregation, that claim valid Apostolic Succession of their bishops, though these are often dismissed in mainstream Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican circles as episcopi vagantes (“wandering bishops”)”. Others are real communities made up of real people with a clergy dedicated to service and spreading the gospel. I believe that we in the Catholic Apostolic Church in North America (CACINA) are one of those real communities. You can check us out on the web at http://www.cacina.org.
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CACINA Presiding Bishop Anthony Santore FCR
Saint Jude the Apostle Mission – Home of the Presiding Bishop of CACINA Bishop Anthony Santore FCR. Also assigned to St. Jude is Associate Pastor Father Joseph Reynolds, CACINA Chancellor and treasurer. St. Jude the Apostle is based in Oriental, North Carolina. (Pamlico County) Facebook.com/ Saint Jude the Apostle Mission Live streaming Mass daily at 9:00am
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A reflection by Bishop Michael Theogene
The good Samaritan stops to help the man in need as others just pass him by.
MONDAY OF THE TWENTY – SEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME
Monday of the Twenty – Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Readings: Galatians Chapter 1 verses 6-12 / Psalm 111 verses 1B-2, 7-9, & 10B /
Luke Chapter 10 verses 25-37
Readings for the Optional Memorial of Saints Faustina Kowalska, Virgin
Ephesians Chapter 3 verses 14-19 / Psalm 103 verses 1bc-2, 3-4, 8-9, 13-14, 17-18a / nting
Matthew Chapter 11 verses 25-30
Optional Memorial of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, Priest
Friends, ever wonder when we are in some type of relationship with someone, for example like a co-worker or friend and then all of a sudden that person disappears from your life not wanting anything to do with you? For whatever rhyme or reason. It sort of makes you wonder, especially when you know for sure or really ponder what did I do to that person? Did I do something wrong to offend them?
When people come into our lives, it is for a reason, the people we encounter are messengers. Whether we invited them or not. There definitely is always a learning process through our encounters with one another.
What happens to the people who are in our lives when we do not respond to them or they do not respond to us?
One particularly important vow that I appreciate the most when in community is the vow of stability. Yes, we may and others in our lives may step in out of said relationships for certain and appropriate reasons, but what about all those other times when people become comfortable to be part of the throw away culture. We dismiss people at the drop of a hat when we feel that they have wronged us in the slightest way, and we leave with no true communication or effort to reconcile.
Do I want to hang out with only people who agree with me, who I like, and they like and approve of me all the time? What about the people who do not agree with me? Am I not called to like them as well?
Sisters and brothers the God of our understanding stands on no formalities. God makes God self-available through our everyday existence. God never appears to tap out and says okay I had enough, and surly God never leaves.
bp. Michael Theogene
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Sunday Mass 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mother Monica Kennedy is the Pastor of Saint Charles of Brazil which is a CACINA parish located at 116 Marydell Road in Linthicum, Maryland (Anne Arundel County). The church shares space with St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church.
Website: https://www.stcharlesofbrazil.org Facebook.com/St. Charles of Brazil Independent Catholic Church
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Sunday Mass 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Parish of Saints Francis and Clare is a CACINA parish located at 2300 NW 9th Avenue (Powerline Road) in Wilton Manors, Florida (Broward County) the greater Fort Lauderdale area. Fr. Joseph Spina, OSF is the Pastor and is accompanied by Fr. Vincent Treglio, OSF, Associate Pastor. Assisting clergy are Fr. Peter Sanchez, OSF and Fr. Paul Pfadenhauer. The Franciscan Friars of Fort Lauderdale are the Guardians of the parish. Francis and Clare rents an entire building. Livestreaming Mass every Sunday at 10:30am on Facebook. Homily posted on YouTube.
Website: https://www.stsfrancisandclare.org Facebook.com/stsfrancisandclare Youtube.com/stsfrancisandclare
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CACINA Welcome video
Video designed by Bishop Tony Green
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A reflection by Bishop Tony Green from Saint John of God Parish
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Independence Day – Celebrate or Observe?
A reflection by Bishop Tony Green
I listen to NPR every morning on my drive to work at Ellis. This morning, Thursday, July 2nd, I heard reporter Juana Summers report on how every year on the 4th of July we reflect on the promises of the United States of America. Summers goes on to say, “This year we will reflect on how those promises are not equally fulfilled.” I listened to several Black Americans describe their struggle to reconcile systemic racism with pride in our country.
One interviewee, Trevor Smith, said, “You grow up hearing and saying …one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all, and then you realize, oh, wait…it has never really meant liberty and justice for all.” Another interviewee, Timothy Berry, class president of his graduating class at West Point Military Academy, said he finds a lot of contradiction in what the United States says it is and what it actually is. Berry said he feels his role is to do his part to hold the country accountable.
In years past, I have simply thought of Independence Day in too shallow a way. I have known since grade school that it represents the Declaration of Independence from British governance. I have celebrated a lifetime of July 4th’s on the lake, family barbeques, fireworks shows, and cans of Budweiser.
This year I will re-think, hopefully in a deeper way, what has happened, and has not happened that should have happened in this country since July 4th of 1776. This year, I will observe Independence Day rather than celebrate it. It is difficult, if not impossible to celebrate the great ideal of liberty and justice when it has yet to become a reality for all – especially for communities of color.
It is a good thing to know history, or we are doomed to repeat it. I’ll leave you with a paragraph from a speech that Frederick Douglass delivered on July 5, 1852, entitled, What to the Slave is the 4th of July?
“What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciations of tyrants, brass fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade, and solemnity, are, to him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy — a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages. There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices, more shocking and bloody, than are the people of these United States, at this very hour.”
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