St. Hugh of Grenoble Catholic Church

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1 St. Hugh of Grenoble Catholic Church 135 Crescent Road Greenbelt, MD Website: PARISH STAFF Rev. Walter J. Tappe, Pastor Mr. Desi Vikor, Deacon Mrs. Lucy Fuentes, Business Manager Mrs. Kathi Kramer, Religious Education Mrs. Jennifer Goltz, Director of Music Dr. Gerald Muller, Principal Organist Mr. Hung Le, Plant Manager PARISH OFFICE 135 Crescent Road , Fax: Office Hours: 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri. SCHOOL OF RELIGION (CCD) Mrs. Kathi Kramer, Director ST. JOSEPH REGIONAL SCHOOL Montgomery Road Beltsville, MD Mr. Andrew Currier, Principal SUNDAY MASSES Saturday Evening Vigil: 5:00 p.m. Sunday: 8:00 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m. DAILY MASSES Monday-Friday: 7:15 a.m.; Saturday: 9:00 a.m. HOLY HOUR First Fridays at 7:00 p.m. SACRAMENT OF PENANCE Saturday: 3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM The second Sunday of every month after the 11:00 a.m. Mass. Call the rectory to make arrangements. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE By arrangement. Contact the pastor at least six months before intended date of wedding. NEW PARISHIONERS Welcome! See the Greeter after Sunday Mass to register. DEPARTING PARISHIONERS We ll miss you! Please call the parish office to let us know you re leaving.

2 Fifth Sunday of Lent March 25, 2012 I will place my law within them and write it upon their hearts; I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Jeremiah 31:33 Your Prayers Requested For those preparing for their vocations Chip Luckett, Jack Berard, Sister Mary Joy of Martyrs Kimble, SSVM, Joe Lomax, and Rick Kramer For those preparing for the sacraments For our adult catechumens and candidates preparing for the sacraments of Initiation ( Baptism, Confirmation and First Eucharist); The second and eighth graders, their families and catechists For the sick Please pray for: John Winfrey, Megan Kolb, Anne Gormley, Amy Cease, Bobby Mittelstetter, Tom Dwyer, Mary and Ludvik Matyas For the deceased In your charity, please pray for the souls of our beloved dead: Father David Conway, former pastor of St. Hugh For our troops Please pray for: James Hall, Christopher Pfaffman, Anthony (Tj) Hose, Anthony Ladnier, Bill Whelan, Tony Alves To add a name to these lists, please call the rectory. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Is 7:10-14, 8:10; Heb 10:4-10; Lk 1:26-38 Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9; Jn 8:21-30 Wednesday: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Jn 8:31-42 Thursday: Gn 17:3-9; Jn 8:51-59 Friday: Jer 20:10-13; Jn 10:31-42 Saturday: Ez 37:21-28; Jn 11:45-56 Sunday: Mk 11:1-10 or Jn 12:12-16; (procession) Is 50:4-7; Ps 22; Phil 2:6-11; Mk 14:1 15:47 [15:1-39] Masses for the Week of 3/25 4/1 Saturday 5:00pm J. Edward Mora Sunday 8:00am Bernard Stratchko 9:30am Intention of the Parish 11:00am Geraldine Valatka Monday 7:15am Int. of Troy Robbins Tuesday 7:15am Int. of Annada Woods Wednesday 7:15am Int. of Bob Collins Thursday 7:15am Louise Duffany Friday 7:15am Lucia Puppio Saturday 9:00am Geraldine Valatka 5:00pm Int. of Juliana Fernandez Sunday 8:00am Living and Deceased Sodalists 9:30am Francis Holcombe 11:00am Intention of the Parish This Week at a Glance Today 3/25/2012, Fifth Sunday of Lent 8am Mass 9:30am Mass 11am Mass, Parish Choir Religious Education 10:30am, School Youth Group Noon, School Monday 3/26/2012, The Annunciation of the Lord Tuesday 3/27/2012 Knights of Columbus 7:30pm, Grenoble Hall Wednesday 3/28/2012 6:30 pm Confessions Thursday 3/29/2012 Boys and Girls Choir rehearsal 4:15pm, Church Parish Choir rehearsal 7pm, Church Christmas Bazaar meeting 7pm, Grenoble Hall Friday 3/30/2012, RECTORY OFFICE CLOSED Stations of the Cross Noon, Church Patronal Feast Mass 7pm, Church Fish Fry and Poor Man s Supper 8pm, Grenoble Hall Saturday 3/31/2012 9am Mass 3:45pm-4:45pm, Confessions 5pm Vigil Mass RCIA 9:45am, Rectory For the most up-to-date calendar information, go to our website: PRAYER OF THE WEEK March 25, 2012, Fifth Sunday of Lent By your help, we beseech you, Lord our God, may we walk eagerly in that same charity with which, out of love for the world, your Son handed himself over to death. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Reflection question: How do I follow the example of Jesus in loving others? Collect text from the English translation of The Roman Missal, 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. Copyright J. S. Paluch Company, Inc. REPENTANCE God has promised pardon to one who repents, but has not promised repentance to one who sins. St. Anselm

3 From the Pastor Next Friday evening, March 30, we will mark the feast of our parish patron, St. Hugh of Grenoble, with a Mass at 7:00 p.m. followed by a fish fry in Grenoble Hall supplied by the CYO, with soup provided by Gloria Winfrey. All are cordially invited. I hope many parishioners will come to honor St. Hugh, whose heavenly intercession has so greatly benefited us all. I love to tell the story of our patron. St. Hugh was born in the year 1053 in the alpine region of southeastern France. Already as a young man he demonstrated exceptional abilities as an administrator, and at age 25 determined upon a life of service to the Church, but as a layman. At a local synod of bishops held in 1080, Hugh s bishop nominated him to be bishop of the vacant see of Grenoble. Hugh was dumbfounded he had had no ambitions about becoming a cleric but the synod prevailed upon him, and in short order he was ordained a deacon and priest and was sent to Rome to be ordained bishop by the pope himself. And so, at age 27, Hugh found himself the new bishop of Grenoble. Unfortunately, the diocese of Grenoble was in an absolute mess. Hugh immediately set about improving its administration, but the problems facing him were enormous. After two years of exhausting effort with little apparent improvement in the pastoral life of the diocese, Hugh retired to a monastery and asked the pope to relieve him of his episcopal office so that he could pursue the quiet life of a monk. The pope St. Gregory VII refused his request and ordered him back to his diocese. Chastened, Hugh obeyed and resumed his duties as a bishop. He remained in his post until his death at age 79. Over time, Hugh s ministry eventually bore great fruit. His modesty, his simplicity and his special love for the poor he once sold his own bishop s ring and chalice to feed them coupled with his zeal for holiness, gradually won the day, and Hugh came to inspire in the clergy and people of his diocese a renewed faith in God and His commandments. Throughout his life, Hugh was plagued by a gnawing lack of confidence in his own abilities. Yet, by struggling against this natural weakness he learned an invaluable lesson that every disciple must learn: we cannot make progress in the Christian life solely on the strength of our natural abilities, but only by surrendering ourselves daily to the mercy of God and placing all our confidence in Him. After a final, humbling illness, Hugh died on April 1, His reputation for holiness was so great that he was canonized a saint just two years later, in 1134, by Pope Innocent II. His feast day is April 1, the day of his passage from this life to the next. St. Hugh is especially venerated by the Carthusian Order of monks because he befriended their founder, St. Bruno, and gave him the land for the construction of their first monastery. That monastery, called the Grande Chartreuse, still exists, high in the Alps above Grenoble. There, and in Grenoble, and in Greenbelt, and throughout the Church universal, Hugh is fondly remembered as a good and holy man who loved the Lord and His people, and spent his life faithfully in service of the Gospel. St. Hugh of Grenoble, pray for us, your devoted sons and daughters! Yours in Christ, Father Walter The Season of Lent Preparing for the Paschal Celebration Confession Schedule Regularly scheduled confessions each Saturday from 3:45pm to 4:45pm (NO confessions Holy Saturday); Wednesdays in Lent from 6:30 to 7:30pm; Good Friday from 11am to noon Stations of the Cross Noon each Friday of Lent; 7pm each Friday of Lent followed by a Poor Man s Supper sponsored by the Knights of Columbus.; 2pm on Good Friday The Celebration of the Feast of Saint Hugh of Grenoble, our Patron, on Friday March 30 at 7pm, followed by a Fish-fry in Grenoble Hall

4 Holy Week and the Paschal Triduum St. Hugh Easter Egg Hunt! After the 11am Mass on Easter Sunday, all are invited to an Easter Egg Hunt! Our children will hunt for eggs on the grounds between the church and the school. In the case of inclement weather, the Hunt will take place in the school. Please donate Easter Eggs! We will be accepting donations of filled plastic eggs through Saturday morning April 7. There will be a box in the back of the Church marked to accept donations. Palm Sunday of the Lord s Passion, April 1 5pm Saturday Vigil Mass 8, 9:30, and 11am Sunday Masses Palms blessed at each Mass Monday of Holy Week, April 2 7:15am Mass Tuesday of Holy Week, April 3 7:15am Mass Wednesday of Holy Week, April 4 7:15am Mass 6:30pm Confessions Holy Thursday, April 5 7:30pm Mass of the Lord s Supper Good Friday, April 6 11am to noon Confessions 2pm Stations of the Cross 7:30pm Liturgy of the Lord s Passion Holy Saturday, April 7 9am Blessing of the Easter Foods 8pm Mass of the Vigil of Easter Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of Our Lord, April 8 8, 9:30, and 11am Sunday Masses Our faith community helped make a difference in the lives of millions of people around the world suffering from poverty and hunger. To ensure that Catholic Relief Services is able to continue providing life-saving work to these communities, please return your Rice Bowl offering when you come to Mass for Palm Sunday, March 31 or April 1. To help our community send a check more quickly, please count your contribution and make a check payable to St. Hugh of Grenoble Catholic Church. Please write Operation Rice Bowl in the memo line of the check. Your contributions can be placed basket on the back table or in the rectory mail slot. Thank you for your generous support! RCIA News Inquirer s Class Beginning Know someone who is interested in learning more about our Catholic faith? Is there someone in your life who has been waiting to be received into the Church? This class is for them! The informational meeting will be held on Thursday, April 12, at 7pm in the School of Religion. If you have any questions, please contact Kathi Kramer, Director of Religious Education. Kathi can be reached by , st.hugh.religioused@gmail.com, or telephone, Adult Confirmation Classes Missing that important Sacrament? Catholics from around the Archdiocese will gather this year on the Feast of Pentecost, May 27, 2012, at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, and have their Christian Initiation completed with Confirmation. If you are 18 years of age or older and you have not been confirmed, please call or Kathi Kramer, Director of Religious Education. Her phone number is , and her address is st.hugh.religioused@gmail.com. Please call by March 30, as preparation classes will begin in April.

5 Parish Life St. Hugh s CYO News Track Season is near. Unfortunately, this year St. Hugh s will not be able to participate as a Team because we were not able to get a volunteer coach. If anyone is interested in the position for next year, please contact Terri Weber@ sthughscyo@verizon.net or Call or SODALTY SAYS THANK YOU Many Thanks to Fr. Walter Tappe, the members of St. Hugh s Sodality, parishioners and community for your wonderful support of our White Elephant Sale, Bake Sale and Coffee Social on March 10th & 11th. Your unfailing support and kind generosity continues to be awesome, amazing and very much appreciated. Youth Group Car Wash! Get the pollen washed off of your car and help the youth group on Saturday April 14th from 10am to 2pm in the parking lot behind the church a free will offering to will be requested! Outdoor Vigil Prayer Volunteers are needed to pray 15, 30 minutes, 1 hour, anytime between 8AM and 8PM, daily this LENT. Bring someone to pray in peaceful public witness at the Metropolitan Family Planning Clinic, 5915 Greenbelt Rd, Berwyn Heights. Sign up in the schedule sheet found on the table at the entrance of the Church. Knights of Columbus are asked to pray 7pm-8pm Thursdays. Tom Trunk, Rosary Partners Join us for Rosary 8:15am, before Saturday Mass at St. Hugh s this LENT Special pro-life Rosary booklets will be available. Fatima Rosary Guild Parishioners pray the Rosary in their home with a prayer to end abortions. See the sign-up clipboard at back of Church to host our Lady s Icon in your house for one week. You pray the Rosary each day along with a prayer to end abortion. New Knights Project 40 Cans for Lent The Knights are proud to announce a new program that will support the St Hugh food pantry. The 40 Cans for Lent project encourages all of the St Hugh community to donate 1 can of food for every day of Lent. You can drop off your donations in the box at the rear of Church. If you have any questions please call SK John Winfrey at April Is Ladies of Charity Month The St. Hugh's Ladies of Charity will have the 5pm Mass on April 14th offered for all living and deceased members. The Ladies of Charity coordinate the food pantry, provide rental/ utility assistance for those in need in coordination with Greenbelt Cares, sponsor the April birthday party for residents at the Sacred Heart Nursing Home, assist with May Day fundraiser for St. Ann's Infant and Maternity Home, support Gabriel Project and provide Christmas gifts/socks to patients at Spring Grove Hospital. For more information please contact: Mary Ann Tretler ( ) or mary_tretler@yahoo.com Income Tax Information The parish will be happy to provide an official 2011 statement of contributions for all those who need it, but to prevent needless preparation of statements for all parishioners, we are asking those who need them to fill in the form below and drop it in the collection. Statements cover all contributions which are identifiable those made through the envelope system. NAME: ADDRESS: ENVELOPE #: Let Us Celebrate! Our parish family celebrates our Patron, Saint Hugh of Grenoble, on March 30th this year, anticipating his Feast Day of April 1, which this year is Palm Sunday. The celebration begins with Mass at 7pm, followed by a Fish-fry, sponsored by our parish CYO. In addition, the Knights of Columbus will also be offering their weekly Poor Man s Supper. Please come and celebrate our Patron and our parish! Help make our Paschal celebration joyous! There are envelopes in the rear of the Church to make a donation for Easter flowers. Donations may be made in memory of a loved one, for the intention of a loved one who is still living, for an anniversary, a birthday, or for some other special intention!

6 From the Director of Religious Education Solemnity of the Week Annunciation of the Lord March 26 As with the Solemnity of St. Joseph last week, again Lent's austerity is interrupted as we solemnly keep a feast in honor of the Annunciation. The Annunciation is a mystery that belongs to the temporal rather than to the sanctoral cycle in the Church's calendar. For the feast commemorates the most sublime moment in the history of time, the moment when the Second Divine Person of the most Holy Trinity assumed human nature in the womb of the Virgin Mary. Thus it is a feast of our Lord, even as it is of Mary, although the liturgy centers wholly around the Mother of God. The Solemnity of the Annunciation was transferred to the 26th of March because it fell on a Sunday. A tradition, which has come down from the apostolic ages, tells us that the great mystery of the Incarnation was achieved on the twenty-fifth day of March. It was at the hour of midnight, when the most holy Virgin was alone and absorbed in prayer, that the Archangel Gabriel appeared before her, and asked her, in the name of the blessed Trinity, to consent to become the Mother of God. Let us assist, in spirit, at this wonderful interview between the angel and the Virgin: and, at the same time, let us think of that other interview which took place between Eve and the serpent. A holy bishop and martyr of the second century, Saint Irenaeus, who had received the tradition from the very disciples of the apostles, shows us that Nazareth is the counterpart of Eden. In the garden of delights there is a virgin and an angel; and a conversation takes place-between them. At Nazareth a virgin is also addressed by an angel, and she answers him; but the angel of the earthly paradise is a spirit of darkness, and he of Nazareth is a spirit of light. In both instances it is the angel that has the first word. 'Why,' said the serpent to Eve, 'hath God commanded you, that you should not eat of every tree of paradise?' His question implies impatience and a solicitation to evil; he has contempt for the frail creature to whom he addresses it, but he hates the image of God which is upon her. See, on the other hand, the angel of light; see with what composure and peacefulness he approaches the Virgin of Nazareth, the new Eve; and how respectfully he bows himself down before her: 'Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with thee! Blessed art thou among women!' Such language is evidently of heaven: none but an angel could speak thus to Mary. Scarcely has the wicked spirit finished speaking than Eve casts a longing look at the forbidden fruit: she is impatient to enjoy the independence it is to bring her. She rashly stretches forth her hand; she plucks the fruit; she eats it, and death takes possession of her: death of the soul, for sin extinguishes the light of life; and death of the body, which being separated from the source of immortality, becomes an object of shame and horror, and finally crumbles into dust. But let us turn away our eyes from this sad spectacle, and fix them on Nazareth. Mary has heard the angel's explanation of the mystery; the will of heaven is made known to her, and how grand an honor it is to bring upon her! She, the humble maid of Nazareth, is to have the ineffable happiness of becoming the Mother of God, and yet the treasure of her virginity is to be left to her! Mary bows down before this sovereign will, and says to the heavenly messenger: 'Behold the handmaid of the Lord: be it done to me according to thy word.' Thus, as the great St. Irenaeus and so many of the holy fathers remark, the obedience of the second Eve repaired the disobedience of the first: for no sooner does the Virgin of Nazareth speak her fiat, 'be it done,' than the eternal Son of God (who, according to the divine decree, awaited this word) is present, by the operation of the Holy Ghost, in the chaste womb of Mary, and there He begins His human life. A Virgin is a Mother, and Mother of God; and it is this Virgin's consenting to the divine will that has made her conceive by the power of the Holy Ghost. This sublime mystery puts between the eternal Word and a mere woman the relations of Son and Mother; it gives to the almighty God a means whereby He may, in a manner worthy of His majesty, triumph over satan, who hitherto seemed to have prevailed against the divine plan. Never was there a more entire or humiliating defeat than that which this day befell satan. The frail creature, over whom he had so easily triumphed at the beginning of the world, now rises and crushes his proud head. Eve conquers in Mary. God would not choose man for the instrument of His vengeance; the humiliation of satan would not have been great enough; and therefore she who was the first prey of hell, the first victim of the tempter, is selected to give battle to the enemy. The result of so glorious a triumph is that Mary is to be superior not only to the rebel angels, but to the whole human race, yea, to all the angels of heaven. Seated on her exalted throne, she, the Mother of God, is to be the Queen of all creation. Satan, in the depths of the abyss, will eternally bewail his having dared to direct his first attack against the woman, for God has now so gloriously avenged her; and in heaven, the very Cherubim and Seraphim reverently look up to Mary, and deem themselves honored when she smiles upon them, or employs them in the execution of any of her wishes, for she is the Mother of their God. Therefore is it that we, the children of Adam, who have been snatched by Mary's obedience from the power of hell, solemnize this day of the Annunciation. Well may we say of Mary those words of Debbora, when she sang her song of victory over the enemies of God's people: 'The valiant men ceased, and rested in Israel, until Debbora arose, a mother arose in Israel. The Lord chose new wars, and He Himself overthrew the gates of the enemies." Let us also refer to the holy Mother of Jesus these words of Judith, who by her victory over the enemy was another type of Mary: 'Praise ye the Lord our God, who hath not forsaken them that hope in Him. And by me, His handmaid, He hath fulfilled His mercy, which He promised to the house of Israel; and He hath killed the enemy of His people by my hand this night.... The almighty Lord hath struck him, and hath delivered him into the hands of a woman, and hath slain him.' Excerpted from The Liturgical Year, Abbot Gueranger O.S.B.

7 Gathering in Faith Come Walk Where Jesus Walked! On Tuesday, April 3, Deacon Desi Vikor will present a pictorial tour of the Holy Land. Join us as we observe the Tuesday in Holy Week with this special look at the sites where our Lord s passion, death and Resurrection took place. Last names A-M, please bring a main dish and vegetable; last names N-Z, a main dish and a beverage. Paper goods will be provided. If you have any questions, please contact Kathi Kramer, , or st.hugh.religioused@gmail.com Prayer for the Fifth Week of Lent This prayer is designed to be said within the family before a Crucifix during the fifth week of Lent. Mother or a child: From a homily of Pope St. Leo. Dearly beloved, the apostle Paul has said: If we suffer with Christ, we shall also be glorified with him. Therefore whoever participates in the sufferings of our Redeemer enjoys the sure and certain hope of the glory he has promised. Father: Hail, O Cross, Family: you are the only hope of man. Father: Let us pray. God, all powerful, look upon your family with kindness: may your generous bounty take care of our bodies and your solicitude watch over our souls. This we ask of you through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son. Family: Amen. Favor this dwelling, Lord, with your presence. Far from it repulse all the wiles of Satan. Your holy angels let them live here, to keep us in peace. And may your blessing remain always upon us. This we ask of you through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son. Father: Let us bless the Lord. Family: Thanks be to God. Father: May the almighty and merciful Lord, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, bless and keep us. Family: Amen. Prayer Source: Holy Lent by Eileen O'Callaghan, The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minnesota, 1975 Around the Archdiocese Jubilarian Mass Cardinal Donald Wuerl will celebrate the annual Jubilarian Mass honoring couples married 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 and 50+ years on Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 2:00pm at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Please call the parish office or use the sign-up forms in the back of church to register. Names of jubilarians need to be turned in to the parish office by Sunday, April Run for Vocations Marine Corps Marathon and 10K October 28, 2012 You are invited to join the Run for Vocations team to support our seminarians of the Archdiocese of Washington. All levels of runners and walkers are most welcome. Besides supporting our seminarians, this is a unique experience to meet others, to grow in faith, and to get in terrific shape. For more information, go to and click on Run for Vocations. You may contact Jenny Mulhare at or her at mulharej@adw.org Volunteer at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land The Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America is seeking volunteer tour guides to lead visitors on tours of the historic church and catacombs on Saturdays at 10 and 11 a.m., and 1 and 2 p.m. Training will be provided. This is a wonderful opportunity to introduce visitors to one of Washington s most beautiful Catholic sites. Built in 1899 as a pilgrimage destination for those who cannot travel to the Holy Land, the monastery includes reproductions of many of the sacred shrines associated with Christ s life. For more information, contact Carolyn Cox at , ext. 490, and visit myfranciscan.com. Make a pilgrimage to the Holy Sepulchre - without leaving DC Visit the Holy Sepulchre without leaving Washington. The Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land was built as a pilgrimage site for those who cannot travel to the actual place of Christ s incarnation, death and resurrection. Make a pilgrimage this Lent and see a full size replica of the tomb of Christ, as well as beautiful outdoor stations of the cross. Information at myfranciscan.com, or call (for student Lenten pilgrimages, contact Carolyn Cox). The monastery is at 1400 Quincy St. NE, Washington, DC. Free parking Quo Vadis Camp for High School Young Men Where are you going? What are you doing with your life? Come join other high school young men at the fourth annual Quo Vadis Camp, July 8-11, Led by Father Rob Walsh, Assistant Director of Priest Vocations, at the Msgr. O Dwyer Retreat Center in Sparks, Maryland, this four day camp includes prayer, talks, sports and much more. For more information, contact the Office of Priest Vocations at or vocations@adw.org. Cost: $100.00, scholarships available.