St. Hugh of Grenoble Catholic Church

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1 St. Hugh of Grenoble Catholic Church Seventh Sunday of Easter May 20, 2012 If God so loved us, we also must love one another. 1 John 4:11 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 Office Hours: 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday Friday School of Religion (CCD) st.hugh.religioused@gmail.com Mrs. Kathi Kramer, Director St. Joseph Regional School Montgomery Road Beltsville, MD Mr. Andrew Currier, Principal Holy Hour First Fridays at 7:00 p.m. The Sacraments Reconciliation: Saturday: 3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Baptism: the second Sunday of every month after the 11:00 a.m. Mass. Call the rectory to make arrangements. 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. Mass Times SUNDAY Sat. 5 p.m. Vigil 8 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 11 a.m. DAILY Mon.-Fri. 7:15 a.m. Fed. Holidays 9 a.m. Saturday 9 a.m. 135 Crescent Road Greenbelt MD, Phone (301) , FAX (301) sthughoffice@verizon.net

2 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 eighth graders, their families and catechists For the sick Please pray for: Cheryl Parkes-Ray,Bobby Mittelstetter, Tom Dwyer, Mary and Ludvik Matyas For the deceased In your charity, please pray for the souls of our beloved dead: Robert Riley Williams; Rose Unruh; Sally Carreno 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. PRAYER OF THE WEEK May 20, 2012, Seventh Sunday of Easter Graciously hear our supplications, O Lord, so that we, who believe that the Savior of the human race is with you in your glory, may experience, as he promised, until the end of the world, his abiding presence among us. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Reflection question: How do I experience the Savior s presence in my life? 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. Help make our Paschal season joyous! The Easter season continues through the Feast of Pentecost on May 27th! 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! Going away for the Memorial Day Weekend? Don t forget to do your homework! or Mass Times or READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Acts 19:1-8; Jn 16:29-33 Tuesday: Acts 20:17-27; Jn 17:1-11a Wednesday: Acts 20:28-38; Jn 17:11b-19 Thursday: Acts 22:30; 23:6-11; Jn 17:20-26 Friday: Acts 25:13b-21; Jn 21:15-19 Saturday: Acts 28:16-20, 30-31; Jn 21:20-25 Sunday: Vigil: Gn 11:1-9 or Ex 19:3-8a, 16-20b or Ez 37:1-14 or Jl 3:1-5; Ps 104; Rom 8:22-27; Jn 7:37-39 Day: Acts 2:1-11; Ps 104; 1 Cor 12:3b-7, or Gal 5:16-25; Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 15:26-27; 16:12-15 This Week at a Glance Today 5/20/2012, The Ascension of the Lord 8am Mass 9:30am Mass, Boys and Girls Choir 11am Mass, Parish Choir Bake Sale after all Masses Rummage Sale drop-off after all Masses School of Religion 10:30am, School Youth Group Noon, School Monday 5/21/2012, St. Christopher Magallanes and Companions Tuesday 5/22/2012, St. Rita of Cascia Sodality Meeting 7pm, Rectory Knights of Columbus 7:30pm, Grenoble Hall Wednesday 5/23/2012 Thursday 5/24/2012 Confirmations 4pm, Church Parish Choir rehearsal 7pm, Church Friday 5/25/2012, St. Bede the Venerable; St. Gregory; St. Mary Magdelene de Pazzi Saturday 5/26/2012, St. Philip Neri; Vigil of Pentecost 9am Mass 3:45pm-4:45pm, Confessions 5pm Vigil Mass For the most up-to-date calendar information, go to our website: Please keep in your prayers On Thursday, May 24 at 4 pm, Bishop Knestout will visit our parish to celebrate the Holy Eucharist and confirm nine of our parishioners. Please pray for Paul Abajedos, Christine Bailey, Kyle Donn, David Gardner, Gabriel Jose, Francis Maningding, Chibeze Onuorah, Denise Restum, and Jerome Smallwood. It is our hope that the parish community will make every effort to attend these Masses to witness and uphold the children of our parish. Hope to see you there! Masses for the Week of 5/20 5/27 Saturday 5:00pm Jan Beury Sunday 8:00am Intention of the Parish 9:30am Rev. Joseph Kivel 11:00am Belgium Borzella Monday 7:15am Grace Hamilton Tuesday 7:15am Shirley Dwyer Wednesday 7:15am Christians in the Middle East Thursday 7:15am Frances A. Bates Friday 7:15am I. Victor Algaze Saturday 9:00am Int. of Jennifer Stutz 5:00pm Andrea Vallance Sunday 8:00am Intention of the Parish 9:30am Mary Brlansky 11:00am Elizabeth Tucker

3 From the Pastor This Thursday Bishop Barry C. Knestout, auxiliary bishop of Washington, will come to St. Hugh s to confer the Sacrament of Confirmation upon our eighth-grade candidates. Special thanks to Kathi Kramer, Director of Religious Education, and Mary Wade, eighth grade catechist, who have assisted our young people in preparing to receive the graces of this Sacrament. The Church speaks of Confirmation as sealing or completing Baptism. In Baptism, one is plunged into the grace of the Lord s death and resurrection and made a child of God through the gift of the Holy Spirit. In Confirmation, the grace of the Spirit is bestowed again as it was upon the apostles at Pentecost, to strengthen the baptized to give effective witness to Christ before the world. Baptism and Confirmation permanently mark the inner person, configuring it to the Person of Christ. In virtue of these two sacraments, the Christian is immersed and vivified by that Love which is God himself, and then sent forth to communicate that Love to others. Baptism and Confirmation are both like springs of water which well up from the very core of the Christian, continually refreshing and strengthening her as she joyfully ministers Christ to others. Therefore, they are permanent sacraments. Although they are conferred but once, we draw upon their graces continually thereafter to sustain us in the Christian life. In this sense, they are ever present sacraments. As we work mightily each day to follow the Lord and live according to the commandments of Christ, our baptism in Jesus death and resurrection is renewed and the gift of the Holy Spirit is continually poured upon us. Please remember our confirmands and their families in your prayers this week. Yours in Christ, Father Walter P.S. Congratulations to Archbishop William E. Lori, former auxiliary bishop of Washington and bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, who was installed last Wednesday as the 16 th Archbishop of Baltimore. May the Lord ever strengthen him in his apostolic responsibilities to teach, pastor, and sanctify the people of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Ad multos annos! Parish Life NEWS FROM THE CHRISTMAS BAZAAR COMMITTEE HUGE RUMMAGE SALE -- Mark Your Calendar for St. Hugh's Annual Rummage Sale Saturday, June 16th from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm and Sunday, June 17th from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm held in Grenoble Hall. There will be something for everyone. If you have any questions, contact Ginger Feliciotti at We look forward to seeing you there. CHRISTMAS BAZAAR COMMITTEE MEETING -- St. Hugh's Christmas Bazaar Committee Meeting will be held Thursday, May 31st at 7:00 pm in Grenoble Hall. CYO News The next CYO meeting will take place Monday June 4, 2012 at 7pm in the Rectory Meeting Room. This meeting will be the beginning of our planning for the Labor Day Festival Bingo Booth, along with other information regarding St. Hugh s CYO. Please plan to attend, we welcome parishioner s participation. We are still seeking individuals to serve as board members. For information contact Terri Weber sthughscyo@verizon.net

4 From the Director of Music From the Director of Religious Education Thank you Boys & Girls Choir! Today is the last Sunday of the season for the Boys & Girls Choir and we are so thankful to the children and their parents for a wonderful musical and service filled year! See you next season! Do you want to practice the new Glory to God and the other new Mass parts that we re singing for Easter? Go to and search: mass of creation revised Saint of the Week Saint Rita After eighteen years of married life, St. Rita lost, by death, her husband and her two sons. Called afterwards to the religious state, she professed the Rule of St. Augustine at Cascia her native town, in central Italy. In a life-long and terrible malady her patience, cheerfulness, and union by prayer with almighty God, never failed her. Jesus imprinted on her brow the mark of a thorn from His crown. She died May 22, 1456, and both in life and after death has worked many miracles. Rita's childhood was one of happiness to her parents. To satisfy her desire of a life of union with God by prayer, her parents fitted up a little room in their home as an oratory, where she spent all her spare moments. At the age of twelve, however, she desired to consecrate herself to God in the religious state. Pious though her parents were, their tearful pleadings to postpone her noble purpose prevailed on Rita, and they gave her in marriage, at the age of eighteen, to an impulsive, irascible young man, who was well fitted to try the patience and virtue of the holy girl. Two sons were born to them, each inheriting their father's quarrelsome temperament. Rita continued her accustomed devotions, and her sanctity and prayers finally won her husband's heart so that he willingly consented that she continue her acts of devotion. Eighteen years had elapsed since her marriage, when her husband was murdered by an old enemy; both of her sons died shortly after. Rita's former desire to consecrate herself to God again took possession of her. Three times she sought admittance among the Augustinian Nuns in Cascia, but her request was refused each time, and she returned to her home in Rocca Porrena. God Himself, however, supported her cause. One night as Rita was praying earnestly in her humble home she heard herself called by name, while someone knocked at the door. In a miraculous way she was conducted to the monastic enclosure, no entrance having been opened. Astonished at the miracle, the Nuns received Rita, and soon enrolled her among their number. St. Rita's hidden, simple life in religion was distinguished by obedience and charity; she performed many extreme penances. After hearing a sermon on the Passion of Christ she returned to her cell; kneeling before her crucifix, she implored: "Let me, my Jesus share in Thy suffering, at least of one of Thy thorns". Her prayer was answered. Suddenly one of the thorns detached and fastened itself in her forehead so deeply that she could not remove it. The wound became worse, and gangrene set in. Because of the foul odor emanating from the wound, she was denied the companionship of the other Sisters, and this for fifteen years. Miraculous power was soon recognized in Rita. When Pope Nicholas IV proclaimed a jubilee at Rome, Rita desired to attend. Permission was granted on condition that her wound would be healed. This came about only for the duration of the trip. Upon her return to the monastery the wound from the thorn reappeared, and remained until her death. As St. Rita was dying, she requested a relative to bring her a rose from her old home at Rocca Porrena. Although it was not the season for roses, the relative went and found a rose in full bloom. For this reason roses are blessed in the Saint's honor. After St. Rita's death, in 1457, her face became beautifully radiant, while the odor from her wound was as fragrant as that of the roses she loved so much. The sweet odor spread through the convent and into the church, where it has continued ever since. Her body has remained incorrupt to this day; the face is beautiful and well preserved. When St. Rita died the lowly cell was aglow with heavenly light, while the great bell of the monastery rang of itself. A relative with a paralyzed arm, upon touching the sacred remains, was cured. A carpenter, who had known the Saint, offered to make the coffin. Immediately he recovered the use of his long stiffened hands. As one of the solemn acts of his jubilee, Pope Leo XIII canonized St. Rita on the Feast of the Ascension, May 24, Excerpted from Heavenly Friends, Rosalie Marie Levy Prayer for the day: Bestow on us, we pray, O Lord, the wisdom and strength of the Cross, with which you were pleased to endow Saint Rita, so that, suffering in every tribulation with Christ, we may participate ever more deeply in his Paschal Mystery. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. from:

5 God willing, Donald Cardinal Wuerl on behalf of The Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter will ordain Richard Dennis Kramer to the Sacred Order of Deacons Saturday, June 2, 2012, at 10 o clock in the morning The Crypt Church The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception 400 Michigan Avenue Northeast Washington, District of Columbia ~ and ~ to the Sacred Order of Priests Saturday, June 23, 2012, at 10 o clock in the morning The Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle 1725 Rhode Island Avenue Northwest Washington, District of Columbia A Mass of Thanksgiving will be offered by the newly ordained on Sunday, June 24, 2012 at 11 o clock in the morning Saint Hugh of Grenoble Catholic Church 135 Crescent Road Greenbelt, Maryland Your prayers and presence are requested.