Date

Day

Intentions of the Mass

1

Pentecost V

Parish

2

The Most Precious Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. Transferred.

Those who suffer and are persecuted for their faith

3

Feria.

Those with liturgical ministries: altar guild, brass polishing guild, altar servers, ushers, musicians

4

Independence Day.

Our nation and her growth in the faith

5

Feria.

The sick, especially those of our parish

6

Feria.

The Church’s ministries for social justice; those in material need

7

B.V.M. on Saturday

Parish outreach, especially at the N Street Village

8

PENTECOST VI

Parish

9

Feria

All those who are married and the strengthening of the institution of Christian marriage

10

Feria

Growth in prayer and holiness and trust in God

11

Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Cassino, c. 540

Growth in prayer and devotion; reform and renewal of the Church; growth in monastic vocations and all monastics, especially All Saints’ Convent, Catonsville, MD, & S. Mary’s Convent, Greenwich, NY, S. Benedict’s Abbey, Bartonville, Illinois

12

Feria.

Those who offend us

13

Silas, Companion of S. Paul, Martyr, 1st Century.

Faithful and zealous proclamation of the Gospel; the spread of Christian faith; the growth of the Church and the parish

14

Bonaventure, Bishop of Albano, 1274

Those who teach the faith, especially those who lead our parish formation programs

15

PENTECOST VII

Parish

16

Feria.

Peace of Jerusalem and throughout the Middle East, especially in Iraq, Afghanistan, Darfur; the Church’s work for peace in and among all nations

17

William White, Bishop of Pennsylvania, 1836

Unity and harmony of the Church, especially in the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion; the Ecumenical Movement

18

Feria.

The Church’s ministry to the poor and oppressed

19

Macrina, Monastic and Teacher, 379.

Ministry of women in the Church

20

Feria.

Increase of Charity; the Church’s ministry to the poor, the lonely, those who despair, those who mourn

21

B.V.M. on Saturday

Growth in gratitude

22

Pentecost VIII

Parish

23

S. MARY MAGDALENE. Transferred

Confessors and Penitents; the overlooked and ignored

24

Thomas a Kempis, Priest, 1471

That we may be like Christ

25

JAMES, APOSTLE

+ John, our bishop and the Diocese

26

Joachim & Anne, the Parents of the B.V.M

All parents

27

William Reed Huntington, Priest, 1909

Unity of the Church; strengthening ecumenism

28

B.V.M. on Saturday

Church’s ministry to prisoners and captives

29

PENTECOST IX

Parish

30

William Wilberforce, 1833

Social justice; improved race relations; the end of human slavery

31

Ignatius of Loyola, Priest, 1556

Zeal for evangelization and growth in learning