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MASS & SPECIAL BLESSING

FOR ALL IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY

For Your Current Projects and Your Special Calling as “ARTIST”

[All Other’s are Very Welcome]



Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Rome Rite with Gregorian Chant and Sacred Polyphony Music



When: Feast of St. Joseph the Worker – May 1, 2009 at 8:00pm

Where: St. Victor Church

(8634 Holloway Drive, W. Hollywood, CA 90069)



* Mass will be presided over by the Norbertine Fathers of St. Michael’s Abbey



* Music conducted by a professional choir.



* Guest homilist will be Fr. Darrin Merlino, C.M.F (Hollywood Project).



*Special Blessing for Entertainment Professionals with Exposition of The Blessed Sacrament and Benediction will immediately follow the Mass.



* Reception in the Parish Hall following Mass & Benediction (located on 1st level, below Church)



In a gesture of love and support for entertainment professionals, and in an atmosphere of truth, beauty and goodness, The Hollywood Project is offering Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. Also, a Special Blessing and Novena Devotion will be offered for those who wish to have their ‘special vocation’ as an entertainment professional and their current projects put under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.



{This Hollywood Project Event is offered in collaboration with St. Victor Church and the 1st Friday “Holy Spirit in the Media” Group and in conjunction with Hollywood ministries [Open Call, St. Charles Borromeo’s Catholics in Entertainment, Family Theater Productions, , Catholics in Media Associates (CIMA), Catholic Underground, Bibles and Brew, Act One Inc, and Una Voca}



“An artist has a special relationship to beauty. In a very true sense it can be said that beauty is the vocation bestowed on him by the Creator in the gift of ‘artistic talent’”

-Letter of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to Artists (1999), n. 3.



The Hollywood Project – frdon@new-ethos.org

May Calendar of Events

Youth Mass

As usual, the last Sunday of the month brings us to the Youth Mass at 5pm. We've gotten volunteers for all of our positions, so many thanks go out to Ian, Aaron, Daniel, and Clare!

The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available @ 4:15pm.

That evening is also special b/c 5 members of TORCH will be in New Orleans receiving the 'Outstanding Catholic Youth Award for 2008'. Those 5 folk are: John Montelepre IV, Ross McKnight, Karista Filopoulos, Leah Couvillon, and Robert Seghers. Congratulations are certainly in order to each of them!

See you Sunday evening!

Mr. Adolfo

This is the greatest thing ever created by man:

That's right. It's a gun crafted entirely of bacon.

T.O.R.C.H. Night...Out!

That's right, folks...We're going to morph into anime representations of ourselves--wait, no--we're going to FUNLAND for some Laser Tag, mini-golf, and go-kart rides!

April 18th, meet at the Youth House for 6:30. We'll eat dinner, discuss Christian Brotherhood, then head out to shoot each other with lasers. $12 gets you a wristband that entitles you to unlimited access to Laser Tag, go-kart rides, and mini-golf.

Invite a friend, tell a buddy, spread it around! Lemme know by Friday if you're coming.

Oh, and this is important, you've got to meet at the Youth House with us first if you're going to come.

See you Saturday!

He's Alive!

While they were puzzling over this, behold, two men in dazzling garments appeared to them. They were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground.

They said to them, "Why do you seek the living one among the dead? He is not here, but he has been raised. Remember what he said to you while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners and be crucified, and rise on the third day."

And they remembered his words.

I love this reading from the Gospel of Luke. "Why do you seek the living one among the dead?" The angels say this so obviously and I always imagine a tinge of condescension in their voices. "Oh, you delightful, poor little humans...weren't you listening to anything he said?" Of course, then the visitors to the grave remember (having been given a word-for-word reminder) and the world is forever changed. It's like the Big Bang happened all over again and the world is remade with Jesus' resurrection. Hallelujah! He is Risen!

Have a joyous, blessed Easter my friends!

The heavens declare the glory of God; the sky proclaims its builder's craft

This is a real photo of what some pulsars have emitted. AMAZING.

Thanks, Daniel, for sending this.

Holy Week

I know the schedule is right below, but I wanted to highlight TORCH's Holy Week Schedule for you all:


Monday, April 6th TORCH Burning: Encyclical Study, 7pm, Youth House

Tuesday, April 7th TORCH Adores, 3:30-4:30pm, Adoration Chapel (I'll actually get to be there this time!)

Wednesday, April 8th Sedar Meal, 7-9pm, Youth House

Holy Thursday, April 9th Movie: 'The Passion of the Christ', after Mass, in the Youth House

Have a blessed, sacred Holy Week, my friends.

April calendar

Well, folks, there appears to be some sort of problem with the blog when I try to attach the calendar. So, what follows is the April Calendar, old school-style:

APRIL:

High School Youth Events
Tues TORCH Adores, 3:30-4:30pm, Adoration Chapel
4th Church Cleaning for Holy Week, 9am-finished
6th TORCH Burning series: Deus Caritas Est, 7-9pm, Youth House
8th Sedar Meal, 7pm, Youth House
9th Movie: 'The Passion of the Christ', after Holy Thursday Mass, Youth House
11th Spring Cleaning! 11am, Youth House
18th TORCH Night...out! 6:30pm, Youth House
20th TORCH Burning series: Deus Caritas Est, 7-9pm, Youth House
27th TORCH Burning series: Deus Caritas Est, 7-9pm, Youth House

Crusaders for Life
11th Abortion Clinic Prayer Protest, 7am, Youth House
15th Danielle Inn Service Project, 9am-3pm, Danielle Inn
16th Danielle Inn Service Project, 9am-3pm, Danielle Inn
20th CFL General Meeting, 6-7pm, Youth House

Leadership
6th TC Officers Meeting, 6-7pm, Youth House
13th Teen Council Meeting, 6-7pm, Youth House
27th CFL Officers Meeting, 6-7pm, Youth House

If you have any questions about the schedule, give me a call. (985-892-8994)