.=: M O R N I N G P R A Y E R :=. from Father Pat Umberger __________________________________________________ F A T I M A / L O U R D E S / S P A I N Early sign-up discount has ended ... BUT ... The $100 early sign-up discount ended on Saturday 24, June ... but that was a weekend. I don't believe Gary, at Pentecost Tours, will have to surrender remaining seats until Monday the 26th. If you'd still like to join us, call Pentecost Tours right NOW ... and leave a message with your name(s), phone number, etc. Tell them you intend to sign up for Father Pat's October Pilgrimage and that you'll call to register EARLY on Monday Morning. Gary is generally in the office as early as 3 a.m., since that's the best time to communicate with hotels, etc. in Europe. Here's the number: 1 800 713-9800 Pentecost Tours needs to surrender some seats on Monday. The number he can hold is based on how many are signed up at that time. So, if forty are signed up it is likely that Gary will only be able to hold on to three to five more seats. He'll have to make those arrangements with the airline on Monday. Once those seats are sold it may be possible to obtain seats, but most likely at a higher price, since negotiations for this special price were done many months ago, and for a block of fifty seats. FORTY are currently signed up and our goal of 36 has been surpassed. I believe two to seven more are in the process of signing up. We have ROOM FOR FIFTY, so AT THIS MOMENT ten possible spaces remain. Early Sign-up Deadline is TODAY, 24 June. Price rises $100 after that, if seats are available. If you're planning to sign up, call Pentecost Tours NOW and LEAVE A MESSAGE with your name, phone number and expressing your intent to sign up ... then call on Monday to make arrangements. Gary usually gets to work by 3 a.m., so don't be afraid to call early. If you call before he has to give up the seats I believe you'll still get the early sign-up discount. I believe they'll assign seats in the order that people call in and then make arrangements. 1 800 713-9800 This will be a great Pilgrimage . to Portugal (Lisbon, Santerem, Fatima), Spain (Alba de Tormes, Avila, Segovia, Burgos, Loyola, Pamplona & Javier) and France (Lourdes, Paris & Lisieux). Out farewell dinner will be in a restaurant in the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The brochure is now on-line, along with a map and links to our hotels! The very reasonable price includes transportation, luggage transfers, all admissions, guide, escort, all breakfasts and dinners and even a packed lunch for the 1st Class train ride from Lourdes to Paris. As always we'll celebrate daily Mass and pray the Rosary when we're traveling. Our dinner on the last night will be served in one of Altitude 95, a restaurant within the Eiffel Tower in Paris. For complete details, follow the link from: www.frpat.com Still on the fence? Read comments on the quality of our Pilgrimages from some of our former Pilgrims. http://www.frpat.com/pilgrims_comments.htm Charlie will be joining this year's Pilgrimage, his third with us . . . _________________________________________________ .=: M O R N I N G P R A Y E R :=. From Father Pat Umberger .=: S C R I P T U R E F O R T H E D A Y :=. "There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens." ~Ecclesiastes 3:1 .=: M E D I T A T I O N F O R T H E D A Y :=. There is a proper time for everything. I can learn not to do things at the wrong time, that is, before I am ready or before conditions are right. It can be a temptation to do something at once, instead of waiting until the proper time. Timing is important. I can learn, in the little daily situations of life, to delay action until I am sure that I am doing the right thing at the right time. So many live lack balance and timing. In the momentous decisions and crises of life, they may ask God's guidance, but into the small situations of life, they often rush alone. .=: P R A Y E R F O R T H E D A Y :=. I pray that I may delay action until I feel I am doing the right thing. I pray that I may not rush in alone. .=: S C R I P T U R E S A N D S A I N T O F T H E D A Y := Scriptures: http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/ Saint of the Day: http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/SaintofDay/ .=: W E P R A Y :=. Dottie asks prayers for a friend who will have a biopsy on Monday. Frieda asks prayers for a special intention. Ivy asks prayers for someone having a hard time recovering from liver cancer treatment. Member Judy requests prayers for 8 St. Mary's Burlington WI parishioners who are going on pilgrimage to Uganda to visit their twin parish leaving on June 30, 2006. Letty asks prayer for her daughter and husband to resolve their marital problem. Fanny asks for prayers for someone who is finally resting in peace after a year long fight with cancer. We pray for unity in our country and that we may build a Culture of Life. We pray for the safety of our troops, their safe return and their families at home. We pray for a deep and profound respect for life, and for the courage and willingness to stand up for life. We pray for one another, for those who have asked our prayers and for those who need our prayers the most. Have a good day! .=: A D A I L Y B L E S S I N G :=. http://message.viditalk.com/ver12/showvideo.asp?vid=38058.65105 For a video blessing from Father Pat, just click the link above. It is best viewed with a high speed Internet connection. May God Bless you and those you love, and keep you safe! 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