Weekend Masses in the Church Saturday Vigil 5:00 pm (English) Sunday 8:30 am (English), 10:30 am (Polish), 12:30 pm (English)

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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 fidelity 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 7:00 pm (Polish) Saturday 8:30 am (Polish) Eucharistic Adoration Friday 3:30 pm - 7:00 pm in Church Sacrament of Reconciliation 1/2 Hour Prior to Every Mass Devotions Divine Mercy Novena and Chaplet: Friday 3:00 pm (English), 7:00 pm (Polish) Rosary & Novena to Perpetual Help: Wednesday 6:00 pm (English) Godzinki & Novena to Perpetual Help: Saturday 8:00 am (Polish) Parish Office Address 408 S. Chester Street Baltimore, MD Parish Office 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 Office Tel:

2 September 18, 2016 Archdiocesan Shrine of The Divine Mercy Baltimore, MD September 17 - (sobota) - Saturday - Weekday 8:30 am +Leonard Rulka (Maria Sawera) 5:00 pm Blessings for Fr. Zdzisław Nawrocki, SChr [[[ September 18 - (niedz.) - 25TH Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30 am Holy Rosary Parishioners 10:30 am Irena i Zbigniew Rybak w rocznice ślubu (Irena Rybak) 12:30 pm ++Marta & Bernard Karnat (daughter & family) [ September 19 - ( poniedziałek) - Monday - Weekday 6:30 pm +Jolanta Obrębska (Alicja Krajewska)) SeSSeptember 20 - (wtorek) - Tuesday - Saints Andrew Kim Tae-gon, Priest and Paul Chong Ha-sang and Companions, Martyrs (Memorial) 6:30 pm +Jolanta Obrębska (Szymański family) [ September 21 - (środa) - Wednesday - Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist (Feast) 6:30 pm +Jolanta Obrębska (Halina Szyjka) September 22 - (czwartek) - Thursday - Weekday 6:30 pm +Birthday Blessings for Mariusz Szymanski (wife) ++ September 23 - (piątek) - Friday - St. Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest (Memorial) 3:00 pm Blessings for Annie & Mike on their marriage (Haas family) 7:00 pm O Opieke i Boże Błogosławenstwo dla Tomka Gradus z okazji urodzin (rodzice) September 24 - (sobota) - SATURDAY - Weekday 8:30 am +Edwin Wolff (Krystyna i Zdzisław Libera) 5:00 pm + Joseph Yelski September 25 - (niedziela) - Sunday 26TH Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30 am Holy Rosary Parishioners 10:30 am O Boże Błogosławieństwo i łaski Boże dla rodziny Woronkowicz 12:30 pm +Jolanta Obrębska (Lucy Vecera) POLISH MASS Sunday - Alina Cymek & Grzegorz Jamroz Next Sunday - Anna Mroz & Piotr Ryzner ENGLISH MASS Saturday 5:00 pm - Luisa DiIorio 8:30 am - Edward Marcinko 12:30 pm - Kathleen Jamitis & Concetta Glaspell ELENI KONCERT w Baltimore 9/30/2016 8:00 PM w sali szkolnej Cristo Rey High School Bilety do nabycia: Alina Cymek tel: Sklep, Przy Polskim Stole tel: Holy Rosary Office tel: karta kredytowa: This Sunday after Holy Communion the second collection is for Heating & Utility Fund. Thank you. Sept 11 Donations 1st Collection $ 2,979 Cemetery Maintenance Fund $ 1,399 New Roof $ 101,172 Candles $ 240 Poor Box $ 63 Total $ 105,853 Sept 4 Donations 1st Collection $ 2,713 Building Fund $ 1,180 Candles $ 250 Total $ 4,143

3 September 18, 2016 Archdiocesan Shrine of The Divine Mercy Baltimore, MD Today is the SURPRISE Celebration for Vicky Leshinskie Everyone is cordially invited to wish Vicky a belated happy birthday. Vicky celebrated her 90th Birthday on July 4, 2016 We will honor her for all her work in so many Polish Organizations and most of all for her leadership in the Polish Heritage Association of MD from Sunday, Sept. 18, Cristo Rey School Hall (former Holy Rosary School Hall) 420 S. Chester St. (Adjacent to Holy Rosary Church/Rectory) Baltimore, MD Any donation gift received will be added towards a scholarship in her honor for the school year. Thank you to all festival volunteers & participants, to Christine Grabowski and the Polish Family O r g a n i z a t i o n, f o r planning and organizing the festival, to all the ad patrons & the money gift donations, to the Ojczyzna & Krakowiaki dance groups and DJ Józef Narodowski. And Thank you to all the parishioners and friends of Holy Rosary who attented and participated in our event. God s Blessing. Fr. Richard Czerniak, SChr pastor The large Votive Lamps on the Main Altar & in the Divine Mercy Shrine are lit for your special intentions on Friday night and continue to burn the following week. Envelopes for lighting a Votive Lamp are in the pews and on table in back of the church. Candles are burning for: 1. God s Blessings for Vicky Leshinskie 2. God s Blessing for family (Natalie B. Leonard) 3. God s Blessing for Annie & Mike Haas on upcoming marriage (Haas family) 4. Personal intention of Karina Kasztelnik 5. Special intentions of Gerard Cegielski 6. Special intention of Maryann Ehehart 7. Special intention of Edward Davis 8. Special annonymous intention 9. Special annonymours intention Dzękujemy B a r d z o s e r d e c z n i e d z i ę k u j ę woluntariuszom zaangazowanym w nasz Jesienny Festiwal Szczególnie dziękuję pani Krystynie Grabowski i Organizacji Polskich Rodzin za zaplanowanie i zorganizowanie festiwalu. Dziękuję sponsorom którzy wsparli nasz festiwal. Dziękuję z serca zespołowi Ojczyzna i Krakowiaki, DJ Józefowi oraz parafianom Matki Bożej Różańcowej oraz przyjaciołom naszej parafii. Wszyscy pozostajecie w mojej modlitwie. Bóg zapłać. Ks. Ryszard Czerniak, SChr proboszcz

4 September 18, 2016 Archdiocesan Shrine of The Divine Mercy Baltimore, MD FESTIVAL RAFFLE WINNERS ARE AS FOLLOWS: The Orioles Raffle Winner is James Brow winning ticket The Michael Kors Gift Raffle Winner is Ji m Turney winning ticket The Ravens Tailgate Raffle Winner is L. Kulacki winning ticket The 3rd prize $200 cash Church Raffle Winner is Chester Krajewski winning ticket 7148 The 2nd prize $300 cash Church Raffle Winner is Edward & Barbara Staniewicz winning ticket 7065 The 1st prize $500 cash Church Raffle Winner is Bill Scalla winning ticket 8557 Memories of the Holy Rosary Fall Festival Thank you so much...

5 September 18, 2016 Archdiocesan Shrine of The Divine Mercy Baltimore, MD In the Scripture "No servant can be the slave of two masters." Jesus doesn't give a third alternative. There are only two paths in life, the one that leads closer to Christ, or the one that leads away from him. A few chapters earlier in St Luke's Gospel, he put it like this: "He who does not gather with me scatters" (Luke 11:23). In other words, we cannot be morally neutral in life. We can't sit on the fence. Either we live selfishly (this is symbolized by what Christ calls "mammon", or worldly riches, which enable us to exercise selfish desires), or we live for Christ. If we live selfishly, we actually contribute to the culture of selfishness; we extend the kingdom of money and follow the lord of selfishness - Satan. If we live for Christ, on the other hand, we help build up his Kingdom of justice and love - the eternal Kingdom. Those who pretend to stay neutral are fooling themselves. At the same time, Jesus reminds us that we don't make this choice just once. Every day, in "small matters" and "great ones", God gives us chances to exercise our love for him, or our love for self. The Christian life consists in an ongoing series of decisions in which we reinforce or undermine our basic choice to follow Christ. Jesus is warning us that we are just like the steward in the parable. We have all squandered the gifts God has given us, because we have all sinned and been affected by sin. And sooner or later we will have to face the music - we will die and face judgment. But in the meantime, the service of golden opportunity to put our lives and talents at the service of his Kingdom, instead of at the service of self. When we focus on serving Christ, instead of trying to serve two masters, our lives take on the heroic, meaningful dimension that we long for.on serving Christ, instead of trying to serve two masters, our lives take on the heroic, meaningful dimension that we long for. We see this clearly in the lives of the saints. The example of the 16 Carmelite Martyrs of Compiegne [come-pain] is especially moving. These religious sisters lived during the French Revolution. At the very start of the Revolution, its leaders sent representatives to their convent and invited them to abandon their vocation and join the New France. But the sisters chose to continue serving Christ in prayer and penance, far from the busy and exciting world of pleasure and power. The revolutionaries couldn't tolerate such a counterwitness to their secular creed. So the convent was forcibly dispersed. The nuns were forbidden to live in community or wear a habit. So they took lay clothes and lived separately. But somehow they still managed to come together for prayer, during which they offered themselves to God as a sacrifice for peace. As a result, eventually they were arrested and imprisoned. Towards the end of the Reign of Terror, the entire community was condemned to death. They were loaded onto a cart and brought to the guillotine. On the way they sang the Veni Creator, the same ancient hymn sung whenever a young woman professes her vows in the Carmelite Order. One by one each sister mounted the gallows and laid her head on the block without any executioner having to touch her. As the sixteen martyrs sealed their love for Christ with their blood, the usually frenzied crowd of onlookers was utterly silent. The only sound to be heard was the sisters' singing the Salve Regina, a hymn to Mary. Their mortal remains were thrown in a common grave with 1300 other victims of the Revolution. Two days afterwards, however, the Reign of Terror came to an end. Those courageous women faithfully served only one Master - and the fruits of their sacrifice proved that he was the right one to serve. FLOWERS in the Divine Mercy Shrine were donated by Karina Kasztelnik. God s Blessing. KWIATY dla Matki Bożej Nieustającej Pomocy o zdrowie i potrzebne łaski dla całej rodziny ufundowała Sabina Sobel. Bóg zapłać. FLOWERS for Our Lady of Perpetual Help were donated by Sobina Sobel. God s Blessing. Parish retreat with St. Therese of Lisieux 33 DAYS TO MERCIFUL LOVE What a better way to end the Jubilee Year of Mercy than to participate in Fr. Michael Gailtley s 33 Days to Merciful Love retreat. The retreat will begin at 7:30PM each Wednesday after the 6:30PM Mass and coffee social is October 5th, the Feast Day of St. Faustina and will continue until November 9th. Our Consecration will be on November 20th, the closing of the Jubilee Year of Mercy. To register or any questions, please call Maryann Chorabik at or Lidia Gajec at

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