St. Mary Church. St. Michael Church. Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time February 10, 2019

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1 St. Mary Church St. Michael Church + PASTOR Rev. Ernest Cibelli ASSOCIATE PASTOR Rev. Lawrence Adamczyk PASTOR EMERITUS Rev. George Limmer Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time February 10, 2019 ST. MARY CHURCH, 224 W. Washington St. Hagerstown, MD Phone Fax: church@saintmarysonline.org Church website: SUNDAY MASSES SATURDAY: 5:15PM SUNDAY: 7:30AM 9:30AM 11:30AM 5:00PM (EXTRAORDINARY FORM) WEEKDAY MASSES MONDAY FRIDAY: 6:30AM MON, TUES, WED, THURS, & SAT: 8:30AM HOLY DAYS 6:30, 8:30AM, 7:30PM VIGIL 7:30PM FIRST FRIDAYS 6:30AM (SCHOOL YEAR 10:30AM) SACRAMENT OF PENANCE SATURDAY: 11:30AM TO 12 NOON 4:00 TO 4:45PM ROSARY: MONDAY SATURDAY: 8:00AM MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENA WEDNESDAY 8:00AM ST. MICHAEL, 31 S. Martin St. Clear Spring, MD SUNDAY MASS: 10:30AM SACRAMENT OF PENANCE BEFORE MASS ST. MARY CATHOLIC SCHOOL PRINCIPAL: Patricia A. McDermott Phone: Website: PERPETUAL EUCHARISTIC ADORATION AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY AT ST. MARIA GORETTI CHAPEL Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, Whom shall I send? Who will go for us? Here I am, I said; send me! (Isaiah 6:1-2a, 3-8) Rembrandt, 1635, King Uzziah Stricken with Leprosy Parish Mission Statement We are a Eucharist-centered community, inspired and guided by the Holy Spirit, nourished and strengthened by the sacramental life of the Church, who welcomes, accepts and celebrates our unity, as persons created in the image and likeness of God. Child Protective Services This number is manned 24-7 to call for reporting suspect child abuse or neglect.

2 Dear Parishioners, Thank you to everyone who participated in the Candlemas Mass and meal last Saturday! We had a great turn out for both. I hope the Mass lifted your spirit a little higher towards God and that the meal was a good opportunity for fellowship. A special word of thanks to the servers, schola, and altar society for the hard work they put into preparing for the Mass and the Basinger, O Malley, and Schultz families for preparing and organizing the meal. Married couples, please consider joining us for the CHERISH retreat evening, Friday, February 15. Our presenter, Father Peter martyr Yungwirth grew up here in Hagerstown and now is a priest of the Order of Preachers, commonly known as the Dominicans. It promises to be a great evening! Finally, please also consider joining me and many others in Annapolis on Thursday, February 21, for Catholic in Annapolis. Many of you have come to me with your concern and outrage at the new law in New York that allows abortion to take place up until the day of birth. Here in Maryland, your help is needed this year to stop a proposed pro-abortion constitutional amendment, to help secure scholarships for low-income students, to stop the legalization of assisted suicide, and to protect human rights. I realize that it is a big sacrifice of time to spend the better part of the day going to, in, and returning from Annapolis. But please consider that it is a very effective way of making our voices heard our representative themselves say so! There is more information on the last page of the bulletin, including how to sign up for the bus that leaves from St. Mary s at 11:00 am (no charge for this service!). May God bless you and keep you in His care, and may the Blessed Mother intercede for you, Father Cibelli Please pray for Francis Joseph Bud Williams, husband of Judith. May he rest in the Peace of Christ!

3 ALL ALTAR SERVERS, LECTORS, AND EMHCs- Please submit your availability for the months of March, April, and May to Trevor Rowland NO LATER THAN Tuesday, February 12 th. You may also submit your availability updates on the Ministry Scheduler Pro online terminal. Please be sure to mention whether or not you are available for the following dates: Wednesday, March 6 th - Ash Wednesday Friday evenings, March 8 th -April 19 th (Stations of the Cross- Altar Servers only) Thursday, April 18 th - Holy Thursday Friday, April 19 th - Good Friday Saturday, April 20 th - Easter Vigil Sunday, April 21 st - Easter Sunday Sunday 2/10 Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Is 6:1-2a, 3-8 / 1 Cor 15:1-11 or 15:3-8, 11 / Lk 5:1-11 Monday 2/11 Weekday Our Lady of Lourdes Gn 1:20-2-4a / Mk 6:53-56 Tuesday 2/12 Weekday Gn 1:20-2:4a / Mk 7:1-13 Wed. 2/13 Weekday Saints Cyril, Monk and Methodius, Bishop Gn 2:4b 9, / Mk7:14-23 Thurs. 2/14 Weekday Saints Cyril, Monk and Methodius, Bishop Gn 2:18-25 / Mk 7:24-30 Friday 2/15 Weekday Sat. Gn3:1-8 / Mk 7: /16 Weekday BVM Gn 3:9-24 / Mk 8:1-10 Sunday 2/17 Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Jer 17:5-8 / 1 Cor15:12, / Lk 6:17, St. Mary Church Holy Mass Intentions February 11 17, 2019 Day Date Mass Intention Monday 2/11 6:30 Vocations to Consecrated Religious Life 8:30 Special Intention Tuesday 2/12 6:30 Special Intentions of Aida Clippinger 8:30 Eugene Borg Wednesday 2/13 6:30 Cel Pop Encisa 8:30 Special Intentions of Erik Renhart Thursday 2/14 6:30 Juana Ronda 8:30 Special Intentions of Nicholas Bergsma Friday 2/15 6:30 Special Intentions of Tania Johnson Saturday 2/16 8:30 All the Souls in Purgatory and Healing within the Church 5:15 Special Intentions of Ted and Maria Axline Sunday 2/17 7:30 Bernard and Bridget Womack 9:30 Lena and Vincent Capozzi 11:30 In Honor of St. Joseph 5:00pm Jean Blaise Kikudi St. Michael 2/17 10:30am St. Mary s and St. Michael s Parishioners

4 Stewardship Stewardship St. Mary s 2/3/2019 Attendance 881 Offertory $8, Cap improve. $1, Online Giv. $3, Total $13, Total Amount Needed** $18,727 **This is the amount of weekly collection that would allow St. Mary to break even for fiscal year 2019 Poor Box $62.27 School Sup. $30.00 St. Michael s 2/3/2019 Attendance 47 Offertory $ Total Amount Needed** $658 *This is the amount of weekly collection that would allow St. Michael to break even for fiscal year 2019 The St. Vincent de Paul Society Anyone experience a hardship is encouraged to contact the SVdP Help Line for assistance ext 124. Your contributions to the poor box are appreciated! Perpetual Adoration Chapel St. Maria Goretti High School Current hours needed: Perpetual Adoration Chapel St. Maria Goretti High School, Current hours needed: Monday: 9am, 12Noon Tuesday: 11pm Wednesday: 12am Friday: 1am, 5pm Saturday: 3pm, 6pm, Sunday: 12Noon, 11pm Signup: adorationpro.org/annmd Contact: Mr./Mrs. Ott Called to Greatness Youth Group All 9th 12th graders are welcome! Upcoming events: February 15: CtG Meeting, 7:00pm 9:00pm February 17: Snow Tubing, 6:00pm -10:00pm Looking Ahead: July 12th 14th, 2019: Steubenville Youth Conference The world offers you comfort. But you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness. Benedict XVI Eucharist A meeting for parents of children in St. Mary Parish and St. Michael Parish, who will be receiving the Sacrament of Eucharist for the first time, will be held on Wednesday, February 13 at 6:30PM in the Parish Center. Both parents are urged to be present for this important meeting; one parent must attend. At the same time that the parents are attending this meeting, a workshop for the children will be held in the school cafeteria. Parents must be active, participating parishioners for 1 year. Right to Life: -- There's an abortion facility in Hagerstown at 160 W. Washington St, Suite 100, just 3 doors from St. Mary Church, and there's a serious need for adults and children to be there praying for a change of mind of those entering. There's an opportunity for sidewalk counseling if you're comfortable doing that, but first, prayer at the site is very powerful. Volunteers are needed 2 days each week form 9 to 11 AM: every Thurs & every other Tues from 9 to 11 AM; every other Sat from 9 to 11 AM. Open Tues, Feb 12 & 26; Thurs, Feb 14, 21, & 28; Sat. Feb. 23 We also need another "shift" to stay until the women come out after the abortion so we can provide some help. Please Janet Neel dneel@myactv.net. A Note of Thanks from Mary s Center! Mary s Center wishes to thank all who participated in the Baby Bottle Campaign. The amount collected for Mary s Center totaled $3,075. Your generosity to this campaign is so wonderful! The monies are put to good use to assist the women who come to Mary s Center for basic necessities for their babies and toddlers. Your kindness allows us to provide the help needed by the less fortunate among us. God will surely bless you for your generosity!

5 Father, Why do we put a veil over the chalice? The chalice veil, which was part of every Mass before the Second Vatican Council, fell into disuse after the Council because some clergy opted not to use it. However, it is considered praiseworthy by the current edition of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (#118), which gives us the rubrics for celebrating Mass. The chalice veil reminds us of the veil in the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. The Temple veil separated the Holy of Holies from the sanctuary. The Holy of Holies was the most sacred part of the Temple for it housed the Ark of the Covenant and was the dwelling place of God among His people. The Holy of Holies was so sacred that only once a year and only the high priest could enter the Holy of Holies to ask forgiveness for the sins of the people. When Jesus died on the cross, the Gospel of Matthew (27:50-51) tells us Jesus again crying with a loud voice, yielded up the spirit. And behold the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top even to the bottom, and the earth quaked, and the rocks were rent. The veil of the Temple that kept God hidden from the Jewish people, was ripped in two from the top, showing that God had now made it possible for everyone to see God. St. Pope John Paul II reminds us in his wonderful encyclical, Ecclesia de Eucharistia #12(the Church of the Eucharist), of the ancient tradition that The Mass makes present the sacrifice of the Cross; it does not add to that sacrifice, nor does it multiply it [it] makes Christ s one, definitive, redemptive sacrifice always present in time. Therefore, the chalice veil reminds us of that veil of the Temple. When the priest removes that chalice veil, it is God s invitation for us to enter into His Holy Presence. In the Eucharistic Prayer, the priest makes the sacrifice of Calvary present on the altar and so invites us to enter into the Holy of Holies, to enter into God s presence in a most profound, personal, physical, and intimate way in Holy Communion. Ask The Priest is a continuing feature of the Bulletin. If you have a question regarding the Catholic faith, please place your question in the box on the back table. Snow Tubing At Whitetail Resort, Mercersburg Pa. ***OUR PREVIOUS TRIP WAS CANCELLED*** ***PLEASE NOTE THE NEW DATE!*** All 8th 12th graders welcome! Sunday, February 17th, 2019 Leave Saint Marys at 6:00pm, return by 10:00pm $30/person Sign up by February 10th, browland@saintmarysonline.org or call x128 to sign up Payment and Permission Slips must be turned in to the parish office by 4:00pm Friday, February 15th!

6 Please join us at St. Mary Catholic School for Pre-School Story time! February 11, :10-12:40 p.m. This is a great time for your child to hear some wonderful stories. Mrs. Jeanie Stark will be reading the children a new book each month. An activity and snack related to the story will be provided. There is no charge for this event and it lasts about 30 minutes. (Children ages 3-5 are invited, and parents will stay with the children during story time.) February's book is "The Hat" by Jan Brett. Catholics in Annapolis is February 21! Join Catholics from across Maryland at Catholics in Annapolis on Thursday, February 21 to stand up for life, justice and human rights. Catholics in Annapolis is your chance to get inspired and meet face-to-face with your legislators to share with them the Church's position on important issues. Your help is needed this year to stop a proposed pro-abortion constitutional amendment, to help secure scholarships for low-income students, to stop the legalization of assisted suicide, and to protect human rights. We need your voice in 2019! We will kick off the evening by praying the Rosary for our elected officials, led by Maryland s bishops. After that, you will hear from inspiring speakers on several key issues before heading into your legislators offices to meet faceto-face and share the Church s position. The evening will end with a reception with beer, wine, and food from Light House Bistro Catering a social enterprise of the Light House Homeless Prevent Support Center, an Annapolis nonprofit that provides shelter, employment and opportunities to individuals experiencing homelessness. Catholics in Annapolis is free, but registration is required. Visit to register. Or call the Maryland Catholic Conference at for more information. Need a ride to Catholics in Annapolis? Be sure to sign up for the bus nearest you. Buses will depart from regions across the state. Visit for more information and to reserve your seat on a bus! C. H. E. R. I. S. H. Catholic Hearts Espoused Rejoice In Sacramental Hope St. Valentine s Day Married Couples Retreat Friday, February 15, :30 9:30pm St. Mary Catholic Church 224 W. Washington St Hagerstown, MD Daily Mass at 6:30 Dinner Buffet Special Reflection from Fr. Peter Martyr Yungwirth, O.P. Rsvp by February 10th at cherishcouples.net or by calling

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