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1 Baltimore s Premier Polish-American Roman Catholic Church Holy Rosary Church Archdiocesan Shrine of Divine Mercy Parish Served by the Society of Christ Fathers Our church is Baltimore s Premier Polish-American Roman Catholic parish and has become the center of Polish religious, cultural, and social life. Our parish is a place where Polish values are proclaimed and upheld and also a place where Poles and non-poles can express fully their delity to God. We are not in any sense a closed community, and we welcome all Americans and all ethnic groups in our church. A key Polish value is openness to the universal mission of the Church, and thus we try to make our church which is also the Archdiocesan Shrine of Divine Mercy a place in which our friends and neighbors of non-polish background can feel comfortable practicing their Catholic faith. Staff Fr. Ryszard Czerniak, SChr Pastor Fr. Zdzislaw Nawrocki, SChr In Residence (Mission Apostolate) Parish Corporators: Christine Obrebski-Grabowski Dariusz Bogacki Finance: Edward Staniewicz Accountant: Robin Novak Parish Secretary: Helena DeAngelis Organists: Jim Hemling Joseph Surowiec Christine Wells Polish School Principal Mariola Sadowska Weekend Masses in the Church Saturday Vigil 5:00 pm (English) Sunday 8:30 am (English), 10:30 am (Polish), 12:30 pm (English) Weekday Masses in the Church Monday through Thursday 6:30 pm (English) Friday 3:00 pm (English) Friday 7:30 pm (Polish) Saturday 8:30 am (Polish) Eucharistic Adoration Friday 3:30 pm - 7:15 pm in Church Sacrament of Reconciliation 1/2 Hour Prior to Every Mass Devotions Divine Mercy Novena and Chaplet: Friday 3:00 pm (English), 7:15 pm (Polish) Rosary & Novena to Perpetual Help: Wednesday 6:00 pm (English) Godzinki & Novena to Perpetual Help: Saturday 8:00 am (Polish) Parish Of ce Address 408 S. Chester Street Baltimore, MD Parish Of ce Hours Monday-Thursday: 9:30 am - 3:30 pm Friday: 9:30 am - 2:30 pm Closed Saturday & Sunday Tel: Fax: holyrosarybalto@comcast.net Website: Gift Shop Hours Sundays: 9 am - 2 pm Holy Rosary Cemetery 7305 German Hill Road Dundalk, MD Cemetery Of ce Tel:

2 January 2 - Saturday (sobota ) - Saints Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops & Doctors of Church Memorial 8:30 am +Radomira Sawaryn (Maria Clarke) 5:00 pm +Radomira Sawaryn (Jolanta & Krzysztof Obrębski) January 3 - (niedzela) - SUN. THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD Solemnity 8:30 am +God s Blessing for Maguire family, Emerson family, & for Wanda Novak (Danny & Lorraine) 10:30 am 1. Podziękkowaniem za wszystkie łaski z prośbą o dalsze zdrowie i błogosławieństwo dla rodziny Marcisz 2. W 11 rocznicę śmierci Henryka Obrębskiego (Rodzina Obrębski i Grabowski) 12:30 pm +Józef Zakrzewski (daughter Małgorzata & Lawrence Janowski) JJanuary 4 - Monday (poniedzałek) - St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious Memorial 6:30 pm urodzinowa dla mamy Kazi January 5 - Tues (wto) - St. John Neumann, Bishop Memorial 6:30 pm Dzięczynna za pomyślny przebieg operacji dla Janiny Mroczkowskiej January 6 - Wednesday (środa) - Christmas Weekday 6:30 pm +Radomira Sawaryn (Iza & Darek Bogacki) January 7 - Thursday (czwartek) - Christmas Weekday 6:30 pm God s Blessing & health for Genowefa Dybała (children) January 8 - Friday (piątek) - 3:00 pm avail Christmas Weekday 7:30 pm ++Edward, Wanda, & Tadeusz Szyjka (Halina Szyjka) January 9 - Saturday (sobota) - Christmas Weekday 8:30 am +Radomira Sawaryn (Henryka Filip & Family) 5:00 pm +Radomira Sawaryn (Sopie Pniewska) January 10 - (niedz.) - SUNDAYTHE BAPTISM OF THE LORD Feast 8:30 am God s Blessing for Fr. Andrzej Totzke, SChr (Jun-Jun & family) 10:30 am Za rodzinę Kawałko i Sadorski (Ania i Stanisław z rodziną 12:30 pm +Kazimiera Suska & all deceased members of her family (daughter) POLISH MASS This Sunday - Alina Cymek ENGLISH MASS Saturday 5:00 pm - Luisa DiIorio Sunday 8:30 am - Edward Marcinko Sunday 12:30 - Jeannette Król & Kathleen Jamitis The large Votive Lamps on the Main Altar & in the Divine Mercy Shrine are lit for special intentions until the candle burns itself out. The envelopes for lighting a Votive Lamp are in the pews or on the table in back of the church. Candles are burning for: 1. Katherine Butler for all her intentions 2. Sister Kay for her good health intentions 3. Personal intention of Karina Kasztelnik 4. In memory of Rev. Msgr. Chester J. Mieczkowski (Mr. & Mrs. Louis J.Bogdan, Sr. 5. For private intentions of family doctor Lt. Dremaja & his family (Mr. & Mrs. Louis J. Bogdan) 6. In memory of Jane Saul This Sunday, the second collection after Holy Communion is for Heating & Utility. As always thank you for your genrosity. December 20 Mass attendance 309 1st Collection $ 2,992 2nd Collection Building Fund $ 890 Roof Renovation $ 300 Candles $ 170 Gift Shop $ 238 Poor Box $ 68 Total $ 4,658

3 FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD This feast touches me deeply. This is the feast of the epiphany - the showing or manifestation - of Jesus to the rest of the world. The promises of God to the people of the first covenant always included the promise that their special and gifted relationship with God would extend to the ends of the earth. No one could have imagined how that would happen. We all love the Nativity story through the eyes of Luke. This story, through the eyes of Matthew, introduces us to Magi - astrologer types, who are really seers, or "wise men" in the sense that they are seeking wisdom with open minds and hearts. They are clearly non-jews. They follow what catches their attention and learn from it. And, we are introduced to the first Herod - the bad leader, who is the father of the Herod we will meet in the Passion story. The Magi pay attention to the stars and when they see something special, they sense there is meaning in that event. Too often we aren't that open to see a new light, a new message, a clear call, to pay attention. The Magi follow the light. Their following leads them to an encounter with Herod. Their consulting with him leads them to Bethlehem, where the light has settled. We sometimes fail to consult the tradition and learn where to go to find the light. Unfortunately, the Herod they meet is also very duplicitous. He's two-faced, with a divided, selfish, jealous heart. He isn't interested in finding the new light. He wants to surpress it - to destroy it. At times, we are guilty of duplicity ourselves - or at least our hearts can be divided. We want to follow, but we are something threatened or fearful of losing something we want to hold on to. At our worst, we can even surpress or destroy the light. The Magi find the Holy Family. They come prepared to do this newborn homage. They bring gifts for a king, for a God, for someone who will suffer. They thought about this. Too often, we don't come to this invitation to see the light with any gifts which represent our faith. And, so we don't proclaim with our lives that we believe Jesus is our Lord and God, that he is the one who, in this gospel story, will die for our sins. We can only imagine what Mary and Joseph experienced in this revelation to those far away Magi and to the gifts they bring to honor this child of theirs. The wise Magi have it revealed to them not to go back to Herod to report that they found the newborn king. Even without help, they must have sensed Herod's insincerity - and the danger that was hidden behind his pseudo piety. They went back home by a different route - so often the result of a transformative experience. Our encounter with Jesus these days - with the light he shines into our darkness - can lead us to continue on our life journey by a different and new path. When we seek, find and honor Jesus' gift to us, our gratitude fills us with joy. And, that joy, and our way home, is different. It is new. It is renewed with a deep trust that God is with us. God can redeem, bring mercy and healing, reconciliation and redemption, to every evil - light to every darkness. This year's epiphany of his many mercies to us - in the beginning of the Year of Mercy - can help guide us for the rest of our journey. How blessed our life can be because it has been made known to us that there is a light for our darkness! In the midst of the "thick clouds" covering us - our family and friends; our countries; our world - "the Lord shines."

4 NADCHODZĄCE WYDARZENIA Fridays Od Nowego Roku Polska Msza Święta w piątki będzie sprawowana o godzinie 7:00 pm. Friday s Polish Mass will be at 7:00 pm. January 15 Apostolatu Przyjaciół Jezusa Miłosiernego godzinie 7:30 PM Friends of the Merciful Jesus Apostolate Meeting 7:30 pm & every 3rd Friday of the month January 17 POLISH SCHOOL NATIVITY PLAY JASEŁKA in the Church immediately after 10:30 Mass OPŁATEK DINNER DANCE 1:00 pm Church Hall January 22 Uwielbienie Pana Jezusa Chrystusa w Najświętszym Sakramencie Adoration of Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament 4th Friday of each month after Polish Mass January 27 Polska Szkoła Polish School

5 HOMILY SERIES OF DIVINE MERCY Please join us for the series of homilies each Wednesday during the 6:30 pm Mass. W ramach tegorocznej pracy duszpasterskiej, pragniemy pogłębić naszą wiedzę na temat Miłosierdzia Bożego. Zapraszamy, więc do udziału z 10 minutowych katechezach na temat poprawnego kultu Miłosierdzia Bożego, które odbywać się będą w ramach piątkowych kazań. FLOWERS in the Divine Mercy Shrine were donated by Karina Kasztelnik & Alicja Horodowicz. Flowers by the statue of Our Lady of Perpetual Help were donated by Alicja Horodowicz. God s Blessing. KWIATY w Sanktuarium Bożego Miłosierdzia ufundowała: Karina Kasztelnik i Alicja Horodowicz. Kwiaty dla Matki Bożej Nieustającej pomocy ufundowała Alicja Horodowicz. Bóg zapłać! Apostolatu Przyjaciol Jezusa Miłosiernego Spotkanie formacyjne Apostolatu Przyjaciół Jezusa Miłosiernego po Mszy Św. o godzinie 7:30 pm. "KONTEMPLOWAĆ BOGA W TAJEMNICY JEGO MIŁOSIERDZIA" Friends of the Merciful Jesus Apostolate The Friends of the Merciful Jesus Apostolate meets on each third Friday of the month for the formation of the charism of St. Faustina. It will meet on Friday, January the 15th, and then each 3rd Friday of every month. Music by Joe Narodowski OPŁATEK DINNER SUNDAY, January 17th 1:00 pm in Church Hall Tickets $30 per person Ojczyzna Polish Dance Group will lead the singing of Christmas Carols Call John Bednarek for details ENVELOPES FOR THE NEW YEAR K OPERTY NA NOWY ROK The 2015 donation envelopes will be mailed out directly to the parishioners from Our Sunday Visitor. Koperty parafialne na rok 2015, będą wysyłane co miesiąc bezpośrednio do domów przez firmę Our Sunday Visitor. Sprawdzając swoją pocztę, proszę mieć to na uwadze. Bóg zapłać za wszystkie ofiary składane na potrzeby kościoła. Zapraszamy na modlitewne uwielbienie naszego Pana Jezusa Chrystusa w Najswiętszym Sakramencie w każdy czwarty piątek miesiąca po Mszy Świętej. Everyone is invited to Adoration of Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament on 4th Friday of every month after the Polish Mass. To request your 2015 CONTRIBUTION STATEMENT, please fill out the form below, detach it, and put it in an envelope marked STATMENT. You can drop it in a collection basket, mail it or drop it off at the rectory office. CONTRIBUTION STATEMENT FOR 2015 Name: Envelope No.: Address:

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