St. Hugh of Grenoble Catholic Church

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1 St. Hugh of Grenoble Catholic Church Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 30, 2017 Clergy Holy Hour Rev. Walter J. Tappe, Pastor First Fridays at 7:00 p.m. Rev. Richard D. Kramer, Jr., The Sacraments Assisting Priest Reconciliation: Saturday: 3:30 Mr. Desi Vikor, Deacon p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Parish Staff Baptism: 2nd Sunday of the Ms. Maggie Gutierrez, Business Manager Call the Office to make arrange- month after the 11 a.m. Mass. ments. Mr. Hung Le, Plant Manager Marriage: By arrangement. Parish Office Contact the pastor at least six Office Hours: 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. months before intended date of Monday Friday wedding. School of Religion (CCD) Anointing of the Sick: Call the Office when a loved one is seriously ill to arrange for the shreligioused4@gmail.com sacrament. Mrs. Mary Wade, Director New Parishioners RCIA See the Greeter after Sunday Joe and Suzanne Lomax Mass to register, or see the website for a registration form. St. Joseph Regional School Departing Parishioners Montgomery Road Please inform the parish office Beltsville, MD that you re leaving Music Ministry Music for this Sunday jen.goltz@gmail.com Entrance: no. 771 Jennifer Goltz, MM, Director Eucharistic Acclamations: of Music nos. 317, 319, 321 Gerald Muller, DMA, Principal Organist and Director Lamb of God: no. 322 Emeritus Marian: no Robin Pitts, Assistant Organist Final: no. 748 SUNDAY DAILY All things work for good for those who love God. Mass Times Romans 8:28a Sat. 5 p.m. Vigil Mass 8 a.m.; 9:30 a.m.; 11 a.m. Mon.-Fri. 7:15 a.m. Saturday 9 a.m. Fed. Holidays 9 a.m. 135 Crescent Road Greenbelt, MD Phone (301) , FAX (301) sthughoffice@gmail.com

2 Your Prayers Requested For those discerning their vocations For those preparing for the sacraments For the sick Please pray for: Elizabeth Pels Nash; Ludvik Matyas; Dave Williams; Tom Moran; Stephen Blizard; Rita Ann Gianechini; Donald Exner; Paul Beavers; Julia Stratchko; Emma Rose Karch; Alice Kovalchik; Michael Madden. For the deceased In your charity, please pray for the souls of our beloved dead: Sonia Shakra; Paul Wienand. For our troops Please pray for: Adam Weaver, James Hall, Christopher Pfaffman, Anthony (Tj) Hose, Anthony Ladnier, Tony Alves, Karen Mealey, Mark Bailey, Robert Bailey, Alex Molden. To add a name to these lists, please call the rectory. PARISH CONTACTS: Catholic Family Ministry Debbie Clarke daclarke01@verizon.net Knights of Columbus Brian Mangino kofc10885@gmail.com Ladies of Charity Mary Ann Tretler mary_tretler@yahoo.com Pro-Life Parish Ministry Thomas Trunk tomjtrunk@hotmail.com Sodality of Our Lady Rohanie Bacchus rohaniebacchus@msn.com Parents, are your children properly immunized for the start of the new school year? Parents of children going into kindergarten or 7th grade have specific immunization needs. Children who are not immunized will not be allowed to start school on September 6, Please contact your childʹs doctor to make sure your child has the necessary immunizations. You can also contact Prince Georgeʹs County Public Schoolsʹ Office of School Health at or the Prince Georgeʹs County Department of Health at We want all students ready to start school in September 2017! READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Ex 32:15-24, 30-34; Ps 106:19-23; Mt 13:31-35 Tuesday: Ex 33:7-11; 34:5b-9, 28; Ps 103:6-13; Mt 13:36-43 Wednesday: Ex 34:29-35; Ps 99:5-7, 9; Jn 11:19-27 or Lk 10:38-42 Thursday: Ex 40:16-21, 34-38; Ps 84:3-6a, 8a, 11; Mt 13:47-53 Friday: Lv 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34b-37; Ps 81:3-6, 10-11ab; Mt 13:54-58 Saturday: Lv 25:1, 8-17; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 7-8; Mt 14:1-12 Sunday: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 9; 2 Pt 1:16-19; Mt 17:1-9 This Week at a Glance Today 7/30/2017, Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8am Mass 9:30am Mass 11am Mass Monday 7/31/2017, St. Ignatius of Loyola Tuesday 8/1/2017, St. Alphonsus Liguori Wednesday 8/2/2017, St. Eusebius of Vercelli; St. Peter Julian Eymard Thursday 8/3/2017 Friday 8/4/2017, St. John Vianney 7pm First Friday Devotions Saturday 8/5/2017, The Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major 9am Mass, followed by Fatima Devotions 3:30pm-4:30pm Sacrament of Reconciliation 5pm Vigil Mass See the calendar online: Interested in becoming Catholic? St. Hugh of Grenoble Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) strives to educate the mind and heart through authentic instruction and lived experience. RCIA classes will be starting September 10. Classes meet on Sunday afternoons from 12:45 to 2 pm in the school. If you are interested in becoming Catholic, or know someone who is, please contact the Parish Office at Masses for the Week of 7/30-8/6 Saturday 5pm Int. Louisa Heinrichs Sunday 8am Int. of Cecilia Gonzalez 9:30am Intention of the Parish 11am Int. of Cecilia Gonzalez Monday 7:15am Anne Tallon Tuesday 7:15am Int. Linda Kelly Wed. 7:15am Lawrence Fitzgerald Thursday 7:15am Anne Tallon Friday 7:15am Cy Kovalchik Saturday 9am Int. Carol Gutierrez 5pm Intention of the Parish Sunday 8am Living and Deceased Sodalists 9:30am Int. Magdalena Garcia 11am Corrine Estelle Miller

3 From the Pastor We continue with our adult catechesis using the shortened form of the Catechism of the Catholic Church called the Compendium. We are in the section of the creed section of the Catechism under the article I Believe in Jesus Christ the Only Son of God. Here are this week s three questions, with the catechism s answer and my commentary. Why does Jesus call upon his disciples to take up their cross? By calling his disciples to take up their cress and follow him Jesus desires to associate with his redeeming sacrifice those who are to be the first beneficiaries. Commentary: The Lord defeated sin and death by suffering and dying on the cross. Suffering, borne out of love, is the means by which humanity is freed from its captivity to sin and death is overcome. Christ gives his disciples a share in his redemptive suffering through the trials they offer up to God in union with the sacrifice of Christ. Christ suffers in the suffering of his members, and when his members accept their suffering in faith and make of it an offering to God, Christ manifests his redemptive power by bringing salvation to those who suffer for his sake. In what condition was the body of Christ while it lay in the tomb? Christ underwent real death and a true burial. However, the power of God preserved his body from corruption. Commentary: Psalm 16 speaks of Christ in the words, For you will not leave my soul among the dead, nor let your beloved know decay. Christ truly died. His soul departed his body as his body lay in death in the tomb. But, since Christ was ever-faithful to his Father, the Father would not allow his body to undergo corruption as a sign of his favor. We see this favor extended to the body of Blessed Virgin Mary since she, through the power of Christ working in her, was without stain of sin. God has also extended this favor to certain saints, like St. Bernadette, as a visible sign to the Church of how God rewards those who believe in him and trust in his promises. What is the hell into which Jesus descended? This hell was different from the hell of the damned. It was the state of all those, righteous and evil, who died before Christ. With his soul united to his divine Person Jesus went down to the just in hell who were awaiting their Redeemer so they could enter at last into the vision of God. When he had conquered by his death both death and the devil who has the power of death (Hebrews 2:14), he freed the just who looked forward to the Redeemer and opened for them the gates of heaven. Commentary: The Old Testament Scriptures speak of the existence of an abode of the dead, called Sheol (translated as Hades in the Greek version of the Old Testament). It is a shadowy place where the souls of the dead continue in existence even as their bodies disintegrate in the grave. It was to this place that Christ descended after his death (the hell that is mentioned in the Apostles Creed) to afford its residents the opportunity of embracing him and the salvation he had won for them by his death on the cross. The Sheol or Hades that the Old Testament speaks of was a place of temporary waiting until the coming of Christ. It is different from the place of eternal damnation that Christ speaks of frequently in the New Testament. This place, called Gehenna or hell, is the place of final disposition for those who have rejected God and refused his offer of grace. Distinct both from Hades and hell is Purgatory. Purgatory is the temporary state of those persons who died in the grace of Christ but who are undergoing a period of purgation from the venial sins still on their souls at the time of their death. Ladies of Charity Activities: Thanks to Barbara Hamilton for coordinating the additional 20 bags of non-perishable food for home delivery as part of the July Greenbelt Fresh Produce Program. We will again assist with this program in August. The food pantry continues to need healthy cereal like Cheerios, spaghetti sauce, mac n cheese, Chef Boyardee canned pasta, boxed desserts like brownies, pudding cups, and Progresso soups. The need is great during the summer for pantry families due to children being out of school and not getting school breakfast and lunch. Welcome new pantry volunteers Agnes Diouf and Celeste Yeager. School Supplies for Springhill Lake Elementary School: We continue our work with the Prince George s County Schools Faith Based Partners Committee. We are collecting composition books (wide rule), crayons, glue sticks, #2 pencils, notebook paper (college rule), and book bags. You can leave your donations in the marked boxes at the back of church. There are really good school supply sales happening now at Staples, Walmart and Target Stores. Catholic Charities Workshop on Domestic Violence: We are in the planning stages with Catholic Charities to have St. Hugh Ladies of Charity host a Domestic Violence Leadership Workshop sometime in October, Stay tuned for further details.

4 NEWS New On-Line Labor Day Weekend Bingo Volunteer Sign-Up: This is an EASY way to sign-up for Bingo. 1. Go to the St. Hugh Web Page; 2. Look at the bottom of the web page and click on Current News and Events (green area); 3. See Labor Day Bingo Sign-up and click on genius (orange area); 4. Select the dates, shifts and volunteer jobs you want by clicking boxes.; 5. Click on Submit and Sign-up.; 6. Complete Registration information. This new process allows you to see what volunteer dates/times and jobs still need to be filled. Youth Group members can also sign up here to sell soda and water at Bingo. Give it a try.it really is EASY. Any questions, call Mary Ann Tretler ( ). St. Hugh Labor Day Bingo Call for Volunteers : Marlene Vikor will again speak at all the Masses the weekend of August 13 regarding ways that parishioners can volunteer at the St. Hugh Bingo. The new Bingo machine will be on display as well as new Vegas Ticket seller hats. Volunteers can sign up on-line or fill out paper form (see form RIGHT HERE) Black-out Bingo Sponsors Needed---To continue our St Hugh tradition of Black-out Bingo games, where the winner who completely fills his/her bingo card gets all the proceeds from the last bingo game of the night. We need sponsors for Friday, Sept. 1 st, Saturday, Sept. 2 nd and Monday, Sept. 4 th blackout games. Sponsorship costs $100. We need at least two sponsors for each game. Please contact Mary Ann Tretler ( (cell) or (home), if you would like to be a sponsor. Thanks in advance for your support!

5 FROM THE SCHOOL OF RELIGION Unlocking the Mystery of the Bible - This summer the School of Religion is offering a Bible study that you can enjoy with others in the school during eight Sundays. The series, ʺUnlocking the Mystery of the Bibleʺ is led by Jeff Cavins and Sarah Christmyer and it presents the ʺbigʺ picture of the Bible over the course of eight 30 minutes videos. You may experience the study by: Drop-in - come by the school library at 11am on any or all Sundays; July 30 and August 6, 13, and watch the videos. If you like what you see, you may join a discussion group by following the directions below. Small group video and discussion - request the sign-up link by sending an to shreligioused4@gmail.com. We will send you an invitation to join the study using your address. Once you click on the link, you will be able to register and order the workbook. All registered group members now have free online access to all of the videos through the end of August. This means that if you decide to join our study you may be able to watch the video for each session at your convenience and as often as youʹd like through the end of August. We welcome you, your friends and family, both Catholic and non- Catholic to join us for this Bible study. Registration forms and sacramental preparation information for the new year beginning September 17, 2017 are now available on our parish website at ccd. All children in PreK (age 4 by September 1st) and entering 8th grade who are not already receiving religious education at a Catholic School should be enrolled in our parish School of Religion. Please note: Since our mission is to support our parish families in their sacred role of primary catechist for their children, we include and welcome children of all abilities and disabilities as well as children whose families may need or desire to homeschool them. We ask for a small fee for tuition and books and, if your child is preparing to receive one of the sacraments of initiation, there is a sacramental fee. Please contact the Director of the School of Religion at shreligioused4@gmail.com or for more information. There are a limited number of large print missalettes available on the back table. These large print editions of the readings and Mass texts are available to those who need them while they attend Mass. Please make sure to return them after Mass. Dear St. Hugh Parish Families, ENROLLMENT FOR SCHOOL YEAR is ongoing! Please visit the school website ( or call the Main Office ( ) to schedule a tour! The summer office hours (Tuesday-Thursday, 9 am-12 pm) are in effect from June 12-August 18, The first day of the school year is Tuesday, August 29, SAVE THE DATE This summer s Vacation Bible School, Maker Fun Factory A world where curious kids become hands-on inventors who discover theyʹre lovingly crafted by God will be held August 7-11, The week-long program will run from 8:30 am to Noon & all grade K-6 students are welcome to attend! For information contact Religious Ed director, Mrs. Montoya reled@stjosrcs.org. CALLING ALL GOLFERS--The 3rd annual St. Joseph s RCS Golf Tournament is on Friday, August 18, 2017 at the Cross Creek Golf Course starting at 9 a.m. Join us for fun, fellowship, prizes, skill competitions, raffle prizes & a drawing. Cost of $110/player or $400/foursome includes lunch & domestic beer/other beverages during play. All proceeds benefit our school & are tax deductible. To register online visit -tournament/ The St. Joseph s RCS 13th annual Community Crab Feast is Saturday, September 23, 2017 from 6:30-9:30 pm (doors open at 6 pm). Pricing: $40/crab eaters & $20/ hamburger/hot dog eaters. Side dishes: potato salad, coleslaw, corn on the cob & desserts. Beverages: soft drinks, water, coffee, iced tea. Beer & Wine available for purchase. Event includes a 50/50 raffle, door prizes & Silent Auction. Advance ticket sales only limit 300 tickets sold. For information visit: Questions: hsapresident@stjosrcs.org St. Hughʹs Rummage Sale: The Christmas Bazaar Committee would like to thank everyone for making this yearʹs Rummage Sale a huge success. With so many wonderful donations, great volunteers, and everyone who came to shop we collected more than $5, We look forward to seeing you at the bazaar, November 4th and 5th. Again, thank you, thank you, thank you. Enjoying a restful summer? Take one worry off your mind and consider enrolling in egiving through Faith Direct to make sure that your gift can reach St. Hugh of Grenoble even when you re relaxing on holiday!. Visit and use our church code: MD593. Thank you for your continued support of our parish family! Yours in Christ, Father Walter

6 Dear Parishioners: Next weekend one of our graduates from St. Hugh s School, Faith Berard, will be speaking at the conclusion of all the Sundays Masses. She is beginning of missionary apostolate to Boston University to witness to Christ as a part of the FOCUS organization and is seeking our support. Her brother, Fr. Jack Berard, who was ordained for the Archdiocese of Washington last year, was also a FOCUS missionary. FOCUS missionaries make a true leap of faith for Christ and the Church. They are worthy of our support. Below is Faith s appeal letter. Please read it prayerfully. Fr. Walter ******** Man cannot fully find himself without a sincere gift of self Pope Saint John Paul II My name is Faith Berard, and I m a full-time missionary with FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) at Boston University. I m a proud graduate of the Class of 2009 from St. Hugh s School and I m happy to have been a part of this community since my childhood. Since my time at St. Hugh s, I attended Elizabeth Seton High School in Bladensburg (Class of 2013) and Mount St. Mary s University (Class of 2017) where I studied Theology and Political Science. During my time at the Mount, I encountered Jesus Christ in the Sacraments, daily prayer, genuine friendships, Bible study, among many other means. Through spending one-on-one time with FOCUS missionaries on campus, I was able to gain a perspective on the world and the people in it that I might not have otherwise. I came to realize the beauty of Christ and His Church and the need for all people to be exposed to the Truth of their human dignity and worth. I have a desire to share this message with college students because it was life-changing for me to hear it during those formative years. Through deep, personal investment with these students, I hope to win the hearts and minds of young people and make a lasting impact in their lives by facilitating encounters with Jesus Christ. Beginning in August, myself and over 600 FOCUS missionaries will arrive on over 125 college campuses across the country in order to fulfill the Great Commission that Jesus parted from us with ( Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations Mt. 28:18-20). The students that we will be working with will go on to do great things: inviting their friends back to Church or for the first time, getting married in the Church and raising the next generation as faithful Catholics in parishes, and even discerning religious and priestly vocations - there have been over 500 religious vocations since 1998! The need is great. Now all I need are great people to fill the need. As a missionary I am responsible for fundraising 100% of my mission budget with the help individuals like you. I cannot do work God has called me to without your partnership. Please consider joining my monthly support team with a financial donation and your prayers. By supporting me, you re not just donating money, you are joining me in the mission to build up leaders, change the world for Christ, and save souls. If you have any questions, would like to learn more, or are interested in being a member of my support team on this mission, please do not hesitate to reach out! Give me a call: Shoot me an faith.berard@focus.org Check out my website: focus.org/missionaries/faith-berard Some give by going, others go by giving; without both, there is no mission St. Teresa of Calcutta

7 TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION The achievement of the late 1960s and early 1970s in enriching the euchology or words of thanksgiving available in the Church s prayer is important on many levels. Ecumenically, it means that the Latin Rite now reflects the wealth of the East in having more than one prayer available to the Church. Pastorally, it actually acknowledges the place of the assembly in prayer, which is particularly clear in the Masses with Children. In fact, the traditional prayers of the Eastern Church served as models for our new prayers. In the East, what we call the Eucharistic Prayer is called the anap ho ra, and there are three main families of anap ho ra. Each family has a different recipe for arranging the usual parts of these prayers. All anap ho ra have intercessions included, but the Churches of Antioch place them toward the end of the prayer, Alexandria prefers them at the beginning before the Holy, Holy, and Syria puts them at the very end. One branch of the Syrian family is unique in not mentioning the words of Jesus at the Last Supper. The Roman Canon we once prayed exclusively has some connection with the Alexandrian family, but once the signal for creativity was given, all the wealth of every prayer tradition was on the table, and our Sunday Mass has been greatly enriched. Rev. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. LISTEN TO YOUR DREAMS God visits Solomon in a dream, and the scripture story nowhere tells us that Solomon awoke to have this conversation with God! So, still in his dream, Solomon answers God s question about what he desires most, and God grants his request for wisdom in abundance. In our waking hours, we are much distracted by work, home, family, traffic, entertainment, and many worries. When we try to think about what we really want out of life, we have trouble even imagining what that might be. But deep inside, our real longings dwell, known to God and to the Holy Spirit. Our dreams, unencumbered by defenses, may hold clues to what our deepest needs are, or what bothers us most. They could be God speaking. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. Did you know? Our own St. Hugh Ladies of Charity represents our parish in the Prince George s County Faith Based Partners Committee. The information in this flyer is one of the ways the committee facilitates communication to families in our faith communities.

8 CHURCH NAME: ST. HUGH OF GRENOBLE 135 Crescent Rd. Greenbelt, MD BULLETIN NUMBER: CONTACT PERSON: Jennifer Goltz OR Mary Wade OR Maggie Gutierrez (301) DATE OF PUBLICATION: 7/30/2017 (Sunday s date) Windows 7 Publisher 2013 NUMBER OF PAGES TRANSMITTED: 8 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: Office hours end at 2pm. Please instruct FedEx that NO SIGNATURE IS REQUIRED if they deliver when we are closed they may leave it outside the door.