>>Father Paul’s day-off is on MONDAYS MONDAY, June 28 TUESDAY, June 29 Noon Mass WEDNESDAY, June 30 Noon Mass 5:15pm Legion of Mary Conf. Rm. 7:30pm Choir Practice – 11:30 Mass THURSDAY, July 1 Noon Mass FRIDAY, July 2 Noon Mass SATURDAY, July 3 5:00pm Saturday Vigil Mass SUNDAY, July 4- 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30am 9:00am Mass Choir Practice 9:00am Mass 11:30am Mass Soup Kitchen: Lang and Maggie Hunt MASS INTENTIONS For this weekend are: 5:00pm – Moses Williams 9:00am – Clarice Rice 11:30am – People of the Parish Soup Kitchen: OLH – St. Vincent de Paul Society OFFERINGS FOR LAST WEEKEND Total Gen. Funds ……………………….. $4,913.02 Weekly Budget Needed …………………..4,206.71 Weekly Budget Needed for Mortgage…. 2,079.29 Over / Under ………………………...... -1,372.98 St. Martin de Porres School …………… 493.00 Catholic Miscellany………..……………. 10.00 Parish Charity…………………………….. 10.00 BUILDING Fund: Pledges Needed: $1,850,000.00 Start up Cash & Pledges: 1,081,847.99 Pledges to date: 843,261.00 Building Fund to date: 968,868.84 Building Fund Last weekend: ……… 1,131.00 THANK YOU for your continued support NOTICE: The Church Office will be closed on Monday, July 5, in observance of Independence Day. Ministry Schedule for next Weekend June 26 & 27, 2010 LECTORS: Sat (5pm) Hank MacDonald Sun (9am) Johnathan Kirkwood Sun (11:30am) Doris Trezevant SERVERS: Sun (9am) Sun (11:30am Anna Chadwell & Olaf Tollefsen Indirah Canzater EUCH. MIN: Sat. (5pm) Marion Alexander & Thomas Logan Sun (9am) Terry Wright & Dorothy Paul Sun (11:30am) Barbara Holloway & Katrina Lorick COLLECTION COUNTERS: Victoria Thomas, Marion Alexander & Veronica Ramseur Home Bound: Joseph Brown; Gertrude Porter; Ethel Pearson; Sally Boykin; Clarence Hart; W. McRant; Maggie Boykin; Nursing Home: Dorothy Fogg; Mary Catoe; Bernice Moody; Byron Weston. Please Keep in your prayers: Bob Kokesh; LaSeandra Samon-Jones; Lucius Bartley, Kevin Malcolm James; Leon Elliott; Estelle Morino; Nellie Brown; Patricia Goodwin; Christian Miller; Wilhelmina Sulton. St. MARTIN DE PORRES SCHOOL 2010-2011 registration for Pre K (ages 3) thru 6th grade is open. Applications can be picked up from the school office. Non-refundable registration fee is $50.00. ALTAR FLOWERS The altar flowers this weekend are donated by the ROSARY ALTAR SOCIETY. SOUL FEST If you have worked on a Soul Fest Committee or have information for a Soul Fest please contact Br. Henry at 254-6862 or Deacon Carl Johnson at 446-9761 GREETERS If you would like to be a “Greeter” to welcome new comers after Mass please contact Deacon Carl Johnson at (803) 446-9761. We would like to make visitors and old friends feel at home, so step up and be a “Greeter”. REST IN PEACE. Please keep the family of Larry Bailey in your prayers, his father passed away last Sunday. Also, Cathy Chiles, her niece, Shirley Dewalt, passed away this week. We extend our prayers and sympathy to you and your families. NEW WEB SITE FOR ST. MARTIN DE PORRES CHURCH Check us out at www.stmartincolumbia.org If you would like an article posted on the church web site please email us at stmartincolumbia@gmail.com VACATIONS It is that time of year again. As you know bills continue on during your vacations. Please send in your contributions to the office at 2229 Hampton St., Columbia, SC 29204. Your support of St. Martin de Porres Church is greatly appreciated Have a safe and healthy Summer. VOCATIONS Those who wish to be my followers must deny themselves and take up my cross each day and follow in my footsteps. Losing life for the sake of Jesus is saving life indeed! Are you being called to spend your life as a priest or religious? (Luke 9:18 – 24) VIRTUS TRAINING Any person needing to take the class on protecting God’s Children and Adult Care is to please contact Sheri Felder at (803) 319-0873. The workshop is for all persons teaching religious Ed, Youth Minister & any other ministries within the church that has contact with our youth. All persons need to fully comply with this policy in order to continue their ministries with our youth. LINE DANCE CLASSES KPC/Ladies Auxiliary Court #380 is sponsoring a line dance class at the Cecil A. Tillis Family and Training Center, 2111 Simpkins Lane, Columbia, 29204, on Thursday, July 8 from 6-7:45pm. There is a cost of $5.00 per person and must be paid by Wednesday, July 7 to attend. We cannot accept payment at the Center. Please join the KPC/Ladies for the fellowship and healthy workout. For further information contact any of the KPC Ladies. CATHOLIC WOMEN’S GATHERING: The Third National Gathering for Black Catholic Women will be held from Aug. 13-15, 2010 at the Hilton Charlotte University Place, Charlotte, NC. This gathering is sponsored by the National Black Sisters’ Conference. Registration forms are on the table in the gathering area. Please reserve your room at the Hilton as soon as possible. The rooms are filling up fast. We are looking forward to a wonderful conference with Catholic Women from around the U. S. We want St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church to be there!!!. For more info call (202) 529-9250, or see Sr. Roberta Fulton, SSN. HOME WORKS MISSION TRIP Children and adult multi-vitamins are needed for Home Works mission trips to Zorritos, Peru during the month of July. The vitamins represent food to those in Peru. For information or to volunteer, please call Hank Chardos, 781-4536 or email h.chardos@homeworsksusa.net Bishop England 25th Class Reunion Bishop England Class of 1985 will celebrate its 25th Reunion this summer in Charleston, July 29 – August 1st. If you are a member of the class or know someone who is, please share this information so that they may register for the events we have planned. For more information, email waltzen8@aol.com. We look forward to seeing all of you this summer. Catholic Charities Medical Mission Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Charleston needs physicians, nurses, dentists and those fully fluent in Spanish for our next Medical Mission to the parish of San Pedro La Laguna, Guatemala. For 1 week, you along with other healthcare practitioners from our diocese will serve the needs of the poor. These mission trips are coordinated by Catholic Charities of our diocese. If you would like more information or are able to participate in our next mission from October 16-23 and would like to complete an application, please go to our website: www.supportcatholiccharities.org. Each mission trip requires a minimum of 6 doctors. If you would like to speak with someone personally, please call Deacon Ed Peitler, (843)402-9115, ext. 15. July/August 2010 Calendar July 5 – Office closed in observance of Independence Day July 6, 7, 9 - No Noon Masses this Week. July 15 – Thursday Noon Masses Begin