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| Senior Citizens Events |
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Senior Citizens Bingo/Luncheon - Our Lady of Lourdes Parish
sponsors a monthly Senior Citizens Bingo & Luncheon. Come join
us for Bingo, lunch and good fellowship, 2nd Thursday of each month (October-May)
beginning with Mass at 8:30 am. Please remember to bring a canned good for the needy. For more
information, call the Church Office (205) 836-2274. |
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Marriage Encounter of North Alabama “Do not conform yourselves to this age
…” (Romans 12:1-2). Take a break from the hectic pace of life in the modern
world and “be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern
what is the will of God.” Experience what Marriage Encounter can do to
strengthen your marriage vocation in the midst of a society that is
increasingly unsupportive of Sacramental Marriage. For more info visit:
www.wwmealabama.org
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B'ham Area Food Pantry - the food item for each month varies. Watch the
Bulletin for details. Please
bring your donations to the Church Office or place them in the Food Pantry
baskets near the exits of the Church when you come to Mass. Thank You!
Rosary Makers
Needed! Rosary Makers for Our Blessed Mother: Missions in the US & around
the world are in need of Rosaries. You can purchase a beginner's kit that
will enable
you to make 50 cord Rosaries for less than $10 (instructions included). For
info about making Rosaries, call Lady's Rosary Makers, (502) 968-1434,
email or
visit.
Choose
Life Plates Approved!
The State has received well over the
1,000 initial commitments needed to approve the issue of the
Choose Life Plates! You
may now purchase the tags at any county renewal office. A check
for $50 & your registration is all you will need.
Adoptive
Families Needed
Catholic Family Services Birmingham is opening up its
waiting list for couples seeking to adopt. For those couples wishing more
information or placement on our list for those awaiting a home study, please
call (205) 324-6561, email or
visit.
Pro-Life
- There are alternatives to abortion. Call 1-800-848-LOVE or
visit. In
Birmingham,
visit.
Catholic
Family Services
is in need of volunteers who can provide
translation
services to Spanish speaking individuals and families. The agency
is compiling a list of those fluent enough in Spanish who can assist the
Catholic Family Staff in meeting this need. Anyone wishing to volunteer
their time & talent can call (205) 324-6561,
email or
visit.
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Alabama Retreat Centers (Near Birmingham)
"Assisi-South
Retreat Center"- presents a variety of Retreat throughout the year. Located
in Bessemer, AL, please call (205) 425-0984, for details of upcoming retreats and
registration or e-mail:
stfrancisassisi@bellsouth.net
or visit.
St Bernard
Abbey
Retreat Center
- presents a variety of Retreats throughout the year. If you are
interested in their upcoming schedule, you may call (256)
734-3946 or
contact.
The Sisters of the Benedictine
Spirituality Center at Sacred Heart Monastery in Cullman,
Alabama conduct many interesting retreats throughout the year. If you are interested in
their upcoming schedule, you may visit them on the web at:
www.shmon.org, or you may call them at: (256) 734-8302 or
e-mail: retreats@shmon.org
The Sisters of the
Blessed
Trinity Shrine Retreat, in Ft Mitchell, Alabama conduct many
interesting retreats throughout the year. If you are interested in their
upcoming schedule, you may call (334) 855-4474 or
e-mail:
btsrmsbt@aol.com |
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| Beginning Experience |
Beginning Experience, an interdenominational program for widowed,
separated and divorced people. Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in
Homewood hosts BE on an ongoing basis. For details, call (205) 969-8509.
Information online.
The Beginning Experience Weekend offers Hope, Love
& Healing to those experiencing pain and grief due to the death of a spouse or the end
of their marriage. Call (205) 969-8509 for details.+ Top + |
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| + Food Pantry + |
The Our Lady of Lourdes contributes your donations of the following items
to the Eastern Area Food Ministries:
Dry Goods - Corn Meal, Flour, Bisquick, Grits,
Cream of Wheat, Macaroni & Cheese, Sugar, Oatmeal and Cooking Oil.
Canned Goods - Peanut Butter, Canned
Meats, Tuna Fish, Ravioli, Chili and Canned Potatoes.
Personal Items - Soap, Kleenex, Shampoo,
etc. Thank you for your support. |
Thank you for
your generous donations to the Eastern Area
Food Ministries. |
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Marriage Difficulties??
Retrouvaille Rediscovery... |
If your marriage has grown cold or uncaring,
Retrouvaille may be the program to get you back on track. Retrouvaille
is a highly successful program that teaches positive and simple ways to
communicate, ways that can help you to achieve the marriage you want to
have. We know also, first-hand couples already separated or divorced who
were able to reunite as happy and stable couples after attending the
Retrouvaille program. It’s not to late for you, too, to benefit from
what Retrouvaille has to offer. Retrouvaille is Catholic in origin, but
has been and always will be open to married couples from all faith
traditions, and has proven to be equally successful, regardless of the
couples faith. For the schedule of upcoming weekend in Birmingham,
Alabama or for reservations, call (800) 470-2230.
Online resources:
For more information
visit or
call 1-800-470-2230.
Email Contact: Ted/Iris Bjorn
All inquires are confidential.
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| + One Voice + |
| ONE VOICE is
published weekly for the Diocese of Birmingham, Alabama by the Birmingham Catholic Press,
Inc., and is available at a cost of $17.00 per year. If you are a
member of Our Lady of Lourdes Church and not receiving the paper,
please call the Church Office at (205) 836-2274.
Subscribe to
ONE VOICE |
Phone
(205) 838-8305
Mailing Address:
2121 3rd Avenue North
PO Box 10822 (35202-0822)
Birmingham, AL 35203
Send E-mail
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ONE VOICE STAFF
Publisher: Most Reverend Robert J. Baker, S. T. D.
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Managing Editor:
Mary A. Crockett
Secretary-Circulation:
Mrs Ann Lanzi
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"Come follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men." (Mt 4:19) For
information about Vocations, please call (205) 838-2184 or by
e-mail at vocations@bhmdiocese.org
or visit the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama's
Vocations
web
page
for information or help with registration.
+ Vocations Awareness Week -
Fervent prayers are important for encouraging our people to look and listen
for the Lord's Call. Parents, friends, relatives, and those who care about
the Lord's Work need to help those chosen individuals who are being called
to life as a priest, sister, brother, or deacon. This is not “somebody
else's business.” We, the Church, need more priests and more women and men
religious. It is up to us to help this happen.
Our late Holy Father, John Paul II, said it is urgent for all the member's of
the Church to be convinced of their responsibility to look after Vocations
The Word of the Lord must be proclaimed so others can see. Unless the
Tradition of the Faith is handed-on, there will be no Faith. (And it appears
there is a major effort active in the World to see this happen). What a
challenge! What a time to pursue a Vocation!
Is God calling you or someone you know to serve the Church? Bishop
Baker invites any men or women, Junior in High School or older, who are
considering a vocation to the priesthood, as a sister or in religious life, to call the
Diocesan Vocation Coordinator listed below or visit the Diocese of
Birmingham in Alabama's
Vocations
web
page.
Do you know someone who shows the qualities of a future priest, brother, or sister? Have
you told him or her? God may want to use you as an instrument in a young person’s
vocation. Why not invite one young person to consider Priesthood or religious life?
Did you know that the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama...
Sponsors free events
for men aged 18-40 who are discerning a possible call to Priesthood?
Offers the services
of the Vocations Office to assist anyone who is discerning his/her vocation?
Is actively seeking
to identify and support all those whom the Lord is calling to Priesthood/religious life?
Needs YOUR help in
praying for and fostering vocations?
Vocations Coordinator
(205) 838-2184
PO Box 12047
Birmingham AL 35202-2047
E-mail: vocations@bhmdiocese.org
Information will be provided, and there is no cost or obligation.
Prayer For Vocations
O Lord, send workers for Your harvest, so that the commands of Your Only-Begotten Son may
always be obeyed and His Sacrifice be everywhere renewed. Look with favor upon Your
family, and ever increase its numbers. Enable it to lead its sons and daughters to the
holiness to which they are called and to work for the salvation of others. Through Christ
Our Lord. Amen. |
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Can You Do To Help ?? |
- Pray the Vocations Novena, that
men & women answer God's call to church ministry.
- Encourage people to consider a religious vocation.
- Be Informed about the Church's wide spectrum of ministries.
- Volunteer to teach religious education, or for other parish activities.
- Offer An Example to youth by proclaiming your faith through your words
& actions.
- Financially Support struggling seminarians and vocations programs
across our nation.
- Contribute to your Parish Burse Club.
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Community Events |
| All Graduates of
John Carroll High School, please notify Sister Dominica (PO Box 488,
Cullman, AL 35046) if you are not receiving the Alumni Bulletin - the
Carrollife. |
| Magnificat Prayer Breakfast -To the women
of the Diocese – a wonderful chance for fellowship and inspiration! Event
are held on a regular basis and normally take place at St Elias Maronite
Rite Catholic Church. A variety of speakers present inspiration witness to
faith and God in their lives. For tickets or upcoming events
information,
visit the
website. |
Attention BirmingYAM
BirmingYAM (Birmingham Area
Young Adult Ministry)
Information on upcoming events |
Catholic
Home School -
Information:
Seton Home Study School
1350 Progress Drive
Front Royal, VA 22630
(540) 636-9990; fax (540) 636-1602; Internet at
www.SetonHome.org
E-mail: info@SetonHome.org |
Recycling at Our Lady of Lourdes -
Show your Stewardship of the Earth. There is now a paper recycling bin behind the
Church. Please bring all your clean newspapers for
recycling. OLL is accepting Newspapers Only for Recycling due to our
Recycling Company's policy. No other types of paper or other items are accepted, due to
our Recycling Company's Policies. Thank you.
Also, OLL Youth are collecting Aluminum Cans to help with the expense of
the annual Senior High Beach Trip. Please rinse - Crush - & Bag your
cans and bring to the Youth house Porch on the first weekend of each
month. |
JOHN CARROLL CATHOLIC H. S.
Come & See What Makes "Faith and Reason Flourish" at John Carroll Catholic
High School
300 Lakeshore Parkway, Birmingham, Alabama
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE SINCE 1947
GRADES 9 - 12
Fr. John McDonald, PRINCIPAL, PRO TEM
For information: (205) 940-2400
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| Catholic Family Services |
Considering an adoption plan?
Call us.
We have many loving families
who want to be parents. |
Catholic Family Services
1515 12th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35205
(205) 324-6561
Catholic Family Services
1010 Church Street
Huntsville, AL 35804
(256) 536-0073
Catholic Family Services
608 37th Street, East
Tuscaloosa, AL 35405
(205) 759-1268 |
Nazareth House |
College undergraduates and high-school juniors and seniors interested in
working with children/youth who are mentally retarded, in a Saturday morning city-wide
program of religious education, please call Sr. Mary Vernon Gentle or Fr. Pat Cullen at
(205) 424-2984 or
visit. |
| Pregnant? Confused? |
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Catholic
Family Services is committed to offering professional help to women and their families
during this difficult time. For information or an appointment, please call (205) 324-6561. |
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| Catholic Center for Concern |
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Catholic Center for Concern
is an emergency relief agency
established under the "umbrella" of the Diocese of Birmingham Catholic
Charities. Its purpose and goal is to communicate Christian love by offering emergency
relief assistance to needy families. The Center is run by the Consolata Missionary
Sisters with the help of four staff members and many volunteers. To volunteer
your time, call the Director at (205) 786-4388. |
Catholic Engaged Encounter |
is a weekend experience that offers an engaged couple a unique
opportunity to discover a fuller appreciation of their own relationship and God's call to
them to be united in a permanent union. Weekends are held at the Sacred Heart Monastery in
Cullman, AL from 7:00 pm Friday - 4:00 pm Sunday. Cost $250 per couple
and includes weekend meals and accommodations.
EE weekends take place on a regular basis throughout the year. Please
visit the website to verify
scheduling information.
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| Adoration |
| Come spend time in prayer in front of
the Blessed Sacrament, at Our Lady of Lourdes. Adoration hours are from 6:00 am to 6:00
pm, Monday through Friday. If interested in signing up, please call the Church Office. |
PATH |
| PATH has been helping women back to work and helping
homeless women with their basic needs for over 10 years in the Birmingham, Alabama area.
We are grateful for your prayers and, if possible, for any donations. Call Sister Mary
Robert Oliver, Executive Director, or Sandra Balfanz at (205) 322-6854 for more
information. |
| Adult Faith Formation |
Catholic
Businessmen & Professionals Association - host monthly luncheons at The Club,
in Homewood. Guest speakers have included Father
Benedict Groeschel, Father Mitch Pacwa, "EWTN Live" and Father Frank
Pavone, "Priests For Life". All Catholic men are invited to attend. The goal of the Catholic
Businessmen & Professionals Association is to bring Catholic men together for the
purpose of broadening and deepening their knowledge of the Catholic Faith and to give them
a mechanism through which they can share their faith with others . . . Catholic &
non-Catholic alike. Please call John Martignoni at (205) 591-9625, for
upcoming schedule information or to make a reservation. |
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| BAC, the Be an Apostle for Christ Foundation, was founded in 1987 by Salesian
Brother Charles Todel, R. I. P. as a ministry to the poorest of the poor in the Birmingham
area. The initial focus was on the needs of the children of poverty and today they
support two oratories in the Woodlawn and Gate City neighborhoods. |
For additional information, or to adopt a child for
one of our year-long Salesian programs in Gate City, call or write:
(205) 591-7310
B.A.C.
PO Box 321576
Birmingham, AL 35232 |
An oratory is more than just a youth center - it is
a home, a school, a playground, a workshop, and a church all rolled up into one. It
provides the children with a place to be loved, to learn, to play, to acquire life skills,
and to pray. |
Project Rachel |
| Spiritual & psychological healing for anyone
affected by an abortion experience. Don't suffer alone. Call toll-free,
1-888-343-4992, email or
visit. |
St Bernard Prep |
St Bernard Prep School (grades 9 - 12)
is a Catholic, co-educational, boarding high school offering a college preparatory
curriculum, located in Cullman, AL. Spring Open House is normally held in March. For
information, call (800) 722-0999 or (256) 739-6682. Visit us on the web at:
www.stbernardprep.com |
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