Sunday in ordinary time

August 2^nd, 2009

Special Prayer Requests: Please pray for the repose of the soul of Shari Morrison, sister of parishioner Linda Quinn.

Parish Office Hours: Weekdays 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM, but closed on Thursday afternoons from 12 to 4:30 PM for staff development, training and administrative meetings.

Last Week’s Collection: Regular Collection: $10,240.42, Building Fund: $3,126.75, Flowers: $100.00, Assumption: $25.00, Holy Father: $20.00, Infirm Priests: $50.00, Candles: $164.35. Total: $13,726.52.

Mass Attendance:

5:00 PM: 488; 8:00 AM: 328; 10:30 AM: 466 Total: 1,282.

FLOWER INTENTIONS for this week are in memory of:

Debbie Geary by Pat Cocuzza

The 2009 FLOWER INTENTION CALENDAR has been posted in the hall by the literature rack in the church.  There are four intentions each week.  Please fill in for whom and from on the calendar. Your donation of $25 for each intention can be placed in the flower envelope located to the right of the calendar.  Please drop your envelope in the collection basket or turn in at the office.  Please call the office if you would like one of these dates.

Safe Environment Program at PBOC

Precious Blood is committed to ensuring a safe environment for our children and for upholding the “National Charter for the Protection of Children & Young People” as established by the

U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).

All adults who work with children must:

¨ Attend the “Protecting God’s Children Program

¨ Be screened by Law Enforcement

¨ Adhere to the DOC Code of Conduct (copy available in the

Gathering Space)

¨ Read and sign the DOC Sexual Abuse Policy and Procedures

For more information on how to report an allegation of abuse,

go to www.catholic-doc.org and click on “Sexual Abuse Policies and Procedures” on the left side bar. Then click on “How to

Report an Allegation of Sexual Misconduct by Church Personnel.”

Safe Environment Coordinator: Renee Faiella, 843- 485-3515

Diocesan Office of Child Protection Services:

843-853-2130, Ext. 209

Diocesan Victim Assistance: 1-800-921-8122.

HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS

This area’s most vulnerable period during hurricane season is August 1 through the second week of October. Updated Disaster Guides are being handed out at all Masses this weekend for your use in planning and preparing with your families. Extra copies are available at the parish office. (Copies in Spanish are also available.) Please keep this important information handy!

A PRAYER FOR PRIESTS

Gracious and loving God, we thank you for the gift of our priests.

Through them, we experience your presence in the sacraments.

Help our priests to be strong in their vocation.

Set their souls on fire with love for your people.

Grant them the wisdom, understanding, and strength they need to follow in the footsteps of Jesus.

Inspire them with the vision of your Kingdom.

Give them the words they need to spread the Gospel.

Allow them to experience joy in their ministry.

Help them to become instruments of your divine grace.

We ask this through Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns as our Eternal Priest. Amen.

SPECIAL CELEBRATIONS: August 2 - 8

Happy Birthday To: Benjamin Cameransi III, Juliana Fisher, Harry Flak, Emily Hoffman, Grace Ianiero, Jessica Robles, Ruth Shanley, Nori Thompson, Nancy White, Jerry Faulstich, Patricia Mayerhofer, Joe Gammel, Jan McGinty, Lynne Amrozowicz, Mary Ann Brown, Mary Ann Clark, Marnie Heck, Cameron Kuenzle, Kathy MacSorley, David DuMont, Luis Insignares, Thomas Riley, Karen Smitley, Lawrence White, Stephanie Augustino, Danilo Benati, John Graham, Tim Joseph, Christine Milesky, Sal Spina, Clem Thoennes, Cathy Bergeron, Christopher Cedledy, Gwendolyn Eason, Abel Garcia, Rick Ryan.

To: Robert & Carol Taylor, John & Flo Keutmann, Michael & Gail Clarke, John & Renee Faiella, Sal & Pam Bilella, Michael & Helen McGough, Kim & Elizabeth Neering, Bill & Annette Austin.

NEWS FLASH!!!

The parish website http://pbocchurch.com now contains live top news stories and Vatican news, both from the Catholic News Service. Visit the website each day and keep up to date on Catholic News.

Service Men and Women are always in need of mail from home. Please drop a line to the following:

* Gy Sgt. B.M. Blonder, Force Recon PLT Task Force,

3/8 H&S Co. Unit 73275, FPO/AP 09510-3275

* Pv2 Jarrod Berger, ACO 1-12 CAV/TF 2-82 FA,

FOB Diamondback, APO AE 09334

* LCPL Thomas J. Maloney, VMM 263,

22d MEU Det A, Unit 74040, FPO AE 09502-4040.

If you would like to add someone to this list, call Phyllis Bieger at 237-3444. *Please Note: These addresses could change.

Also, please call Phyllis or the parish office to let us know when any of these servicepersons have returned home.

AID TO OUR MILITARY: Should you care to donate items for packages sent to our military, please drop off your bag or box marked “Military” at the church office. We encourage you to include a personal note to our military. Your prayers are also requested for their safe return. – John Glinka

A Note of Thanks:

Our son Jeffrey has returned safely from his tour in Afghanistan and we thank you for all your prayers.

God Bless You! – Clem & Ellen Thoennes

PBOC LIBRARY – There are many free booklets and prayer cards located in the front entrance of the church and in the Parish Library. There are also many copies of The Magnificat (prior to 2008) in the Library. Please feel free to take whatever you are interested in.

The crowd in today’s Gospel demanded a sign from Jesus. May our faithful stewardship be a sign to others that we, like the Ephesians in the second reading, have laid aside our former way of life and acquired a “fresh, spiritual way of thinking” in Christ.

Special Collection: The “Acquisition of Land Colletion” will be taken up next weekend, August 8 & 9.

“There is a need to purchase land in various areas of the Diocese. This is most important for our commitment to evangelization, to transforming ourselves and the world in which we live, to deepening our conversion to discipleship and stewardship. The timing is such that this is a very good time for purchase. I continue to thank God for your dedicated efforts and ask God to bless you as we continue to do God’s work in the Church of Charleston. ” - Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone

HOW ARE WE DOING?

Church Debt 6/30/09 $275,877.30

PLC Debt 6/30/09 $1,378,821.22

Average weekly Collections for June

2008 2009

1^st Collection $11,099.70 $10,138.09

2^nd Collection $1,955.13 $2,130.02

Prayer & worship

MINISTRY OF CARE

Let us know of your loved one confined to home, in the hospital or recovering from surgery and now home. Our ministry is to unite the sick and recovering followers of Christ with the Body of Christ, they are not ALONE. Please call the parish office at 237-3428, Christine at 237-2096, or Anne at 237-0401.

Respect life

The Rosary for the Unborn will be prayed at the Monument to the Unborn after the 10:30 AM Mass this Sunday (and each first Sunday of the month.)

OUTREACH

Fr. Pat’s Lunch Kitchen continues to serve on Wednesdays and Thursdays, with people coming together to enjoy sharing meals and friendship. Last Wednesday we served 120 people Beef Bourguignon over Buttered Noodles, Green Bean Panchie, Assorted Cakes & Pies and Sweet Tea. On Thursday we served 82 people Grilled Cheeseburgers with Fixings, Potato Salad, Cole Slaw, Assorted Cakes & Pies and Sweet Tea.

Special thanks to the youth of Teach My People for helping us serve the poor last Wednesday. They did a wonderful job!

Saturday breakfast is served every Saturday morning, 9:00 to 11:00 AM. Last weekend we served 37 people Pancakes, Bacon, Biscuits & Gravy, Fruit Cocktail, Cereal, OJ/Coffee/Milk. We thank everyone who helps to make these meals a pleasure for all who come!

FELLOWSHIP

FAMILIES IN FAITH

Thank you for the great response to help with this year’s Back-to-School Clothing and Backpack Drive. We will still be collecting new backpacks and school supplies until Friday, August 7. Supplies needed are: pencils, erasers, glue sticks, folders, marble notebooks, pens, scissors, regular notebooks, pencil boxes, three-ring binders. We will also continue to take financial contributions.

We will be sorting bags on Friday, August 7, and will need volunteers to help. We have invited the children and staff from Teach My People to join us for lunch and to hand out backpacks and bags on Wednesday, August 13, at Fr. Pat’s Lunch Kitchen. We would love for any and all children, teens, parents and grandparents to join us!

In Prayer We Will Always Be Together

August 7^th, First Friday Adoration from 3-4 PM in the church.

Parishioners are invited to join us as we recite the Chaplet of Divine Mercy at 3:00. After an hour of quiet devotion, we will go out for a bite to eat. For more information call Mabel (235-0080). We hope to see you all – bring a friend along!

RELIGIOUS ED REVIEW

VIRTUS classes will resume in August. Check the bulletin for further details.

YOUTH MINISTRY

Sr. Youth Group (SYG): Grades 10-12, Sundays 6–7:15 PM

Look for new schedules coming in August.

Youth Music

Choir rehearsals to resume Tuesday, August 25, 4:-5:00 PM.

Women’s club

Welcome Tea – Sunday, August 30, 2:30 to 4:00 PM at Founders Hall. Watch the bulletin for further information.  Time for the Women's Club to kick off another busy year.   Members, former members, friends, all women of the Parish, are invited to join in the fun and fellowship of the Women's Club.

Hold the date for our Arts & Crafts Festival on October 2 and 3, 2009.  Also, there is a box in the back of the church to collect your used books, books on tapes, CD's, DVD's. If you have more than 10 or 12 books or a large quantity of items you would like to donate at one time, or need help in getting items to the Women's Club, please call Kathy Knittel, 235-6939 to make arrangements.

Christmas Trip to Savannah!  Dec. 7-9.  Stop for a few hours in Charleston for shopping, lunch, or whatever you would like to do.  Then on to Savannah in the afternoon.  Cost includes transportation, 2 nights at the newly remodeled Hampton Inn, Historic Savannah; two breakfasts; two dinners, all-day access to Old Savannah Tours; The Savannah Theatre production of "A Christmas Tradition".  Cost is $355 per person.  Deposit of $150 per person asap, made out to MBF Tours, mail to Marcia Boyer, 864 Pinehurst Lane 90-D, PI,SC 29585.

To submit information in the bulletin for the Women's Club, contact Debbie Desh at 235-3742.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

The second of the four winners of this year’s Knights of Columbus Catholic Youth Action Award is Molly Williams.

Molly has been an altar server for ten years, four years in the Diocesan Youth Conference, and in the Catholic leadership institute for five years. Attended frequent ladies retreats, attended World Youth Day in Australia. Taught Sunday school for two years, was a volunteer at various Church functions such as Tastes at Pawleys, the Church Easter Egg Hunt and the Disabilities Ball. She maintained high academic standards at Waccamaw High School, found time to hold down part-time gainful employment and served as a trusted baby sitter.

Most importantly, she exhibits the true Christian characteristic of love. It is one thing to sympathize with a suffering friend. It is a further step to empathize with that friend, but it is a Christian act of love to will their good for their sake and to accompany that friend throughout the difficult journey of terminal illness. Molly did and continues to do just that in a way that is both inspirational and worthy of recognition. Her love and kindness to her friend continues on to the girl’s siblings and family.

Reminder: The Knights of Columbus Business Meeting is this Thursday, August 6, at 7:00 PM in Founders Hall.

Diocesan news

An Invitation…

Holy Trinity Catholic School cordially invites you to a Mass celebrated by Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone on Saturday, August 22, 2009, at 11:00 AM at Holy Trinity Chapel, 1760 Living Stones Lane, Longs, SC. A catered buffet luncheon will follow after the Mass in the Life Center at a cost of $25.00 per person. Contact Vicki McCambley at the Our Lady Star of the Sea Church Office for tickets at 249-2356.

LOCAL NEWS

August 3 - 8

Monday Numbers 11:;4b-15 / Matthew 14:13-21

Tuesday Numbers 12:1-13 / Matthew 14:22-36

Wednesday Numbers 13:1-2,25-14:1,26-29a,34-35 /

Matthew 15:21:28

Thursday Daniel 7:9-10,13-14 / Mark9:2-10

Friday Deuteronomy 4:32-40 / Matthew 16:24-28

Saturday Deuteronomy 6:4-13 / Matthew 17:14-20