St. Hugh of Grenoble Catholic Church

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1 St. Hugh of Grenoble Catholic Church Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time September 4, 2016 Fill us at daybreak with your kindness, that we may shout for joy and gladness all our days. Psalm 90:14 Clergy Rev. Walter J. Tappe, Pastor Rev. Richard D. Kramer, Jr., Assisting Priest Mr. Desi Vikor, Deacon Parish Staff Ms. Maggie Gutierrez, Business Manager Mrs. Mary Wade, Director of the School of Religion Mrs. Jennifer Goltz, Director of Music Gerald Muller, DMA, Principal Organist and Director Emeritus Mr. Hung Le, Plant Manager Parish Office Office Hours: 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. Monday Friday School of Religion (CCD) shreligioused4@gmail.com Mrs. Mary Wade, Director St. Joseph Regional School Montgomery Road Beltsville, MD Mr. Zach Hooker, Principal Holy Hour First Fridays at 7:00 p.m. The Sacraments Reconciliation: Saturday: 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Baptism: 2nd Sunday of the month after the 11 a.m. Mass. Call the rectory to make arrangements. Marriage: By arrangement. Contact the pastor at least six months before intended date of wedding. Anointing of the Sick: Call the Office when a loved one is seriously ill to arrange for the sacrament. New Parishioners See the Greeter after Sunday Mass to register. Departing Parishioners Please inform the parish office that you re leaving. Music for this Sunday Entrance: no. 793 Psalm: Pg. 63 in the Missalette Ordinary of the Mass: Danish Amen Mass Marian: no Final: no. 967 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. 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 all those preparing for the Sacraments of Initiation. For the sick Please pray for: Elizabeth Pels Nash; Ludvik Matyas; Dave Williams; Tom Moran; Patricia Molden; Nancy DePlatchett; Stephen Blizard; Rita Ann Gianechini; Donald Exner; Paul Beavers; Julia Stratchko; Gloria Wilson. For the deceased In your charity, please pray for the souls of our beloved dead. For our troops Please pray for: Adam Weaver, James Hall, Christopher Pfaffman, Anthony (Tj) Hose, Anthony Ladnier, Tony Alves, Karen Mealey, Mark Bailey. To add a name to these lists, please call the rectory. ST. HUGH LABOR DAY WEEKEND BINGO NEWS: Labor Day Weekend Bingo Sponsors of ʺBlackoutʺ Games: Many thanks to the following parishioners who have sponsored bingo ʺblackoutʺ games: Friday Night Sponsors: Solange Hess, Susan Walker, and Marlene Vikor. Saturday Night: Barbara Hamilton, Jackie Gasch, Joe and Suzanne Lomax (in memory of Tess Osborne). Sunday Night: Helen White (in memory of Thomas X. White) and Monday Night: Kathy Labukus (in memory of Liz Labukus). We also have several special bingo games on Sunday at 7:30pm Osborne Family (ʺTʺ game in memory of Tess Osborne) and at 8p Reese Family (in memory of their mom, Debbie Reese). Thanks to everyone for supporting the St. Hugh Bingo traditions of family and fun! A big Thank You to the 59 parishioners who signed up to volunteer at the St. Hugh Labor Day Weekend Bingo! Your time and effort is greatly appreciated by the Ladies of Charity, Youth Group and Catholic Family Ministry for supporting this big fundraiser for these church ministries. We would also like to thank the 20 Honor Society students from Eleanor Roosevelt High School who volunteered to be bingo ʺrunnersʺ to support this event. The Labor Day Festival Committee lead by Linda Ivy, approved utilizing student volunteers from ERHS to help at bingo. We are grateful for this added assistance. Hope to see you playing bingo this weekend and purchasing soda and water from the Youth Group volunteers! This Week at a Glance Today 9/4/2016, Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time 8am Mass 9:30am Mass 11am Mass Sodality 9am, Grenoble Hall Youth Group Noon, School Monday 9/5/2016 9am Mass Parish Office is closed. Tuesday 9/6/2016 7:15am Mass Ladies of Charity 7pm, Grenoble Hall Wednesday 9/7/2016 7:15am Mass Thursday 9/8/2016, The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 7:15am Mass 40 Days for Life 7pm, Grenoble Hall Friday 9/9/2016, St. Peter Claver 7:15am Mass Saturday 9/10/2016 9am Mass 3:30pm-4:30pm Confessions 5pm Vigil Mass The calendar is also online: Coffee Social Come enjoy coffee, a treat, and good company next Sunday September 11 after all Masses! Your hosts this month are the Ladies of Charity. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Cor 5:1-8; Ps 5:5-7, 12; Lk 6:6-11, or, for Labor Day, any readings from the Mass For the Blessings of Human Labor, nos Tuesday: 1 Cor 6:1-11; Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b; Lk 6:12-19 Wednesday: 1 Cor 7:25-31; Ps 45:11-12, 14-17; Lk 6:20-26 Thursday: Mi 5:1-4a or Rom 8:28-30; Ps 13:6; Mt 1:1-16, [18-23] Friday: 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22b-27; Ps 84:3-6, 12; Lk 6:39-42 Saturday: 1 Cor 10:14-22; Ps 116:12-13, 17-18; Lk 6:43-49 Sunday: Ex 32:7-11, 13-14; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19; 1 Tm 1:12-17; Lk 15:1-32 [1-10] Masses for the Week of 9/4-9/11 Saturday 5pm Int. Mike & Jackie Hayes Sunday 8am Living & Deceased Sodalists 9:30am Intention of the Parish 11am Magdalene Fuchs Monday 9am Cathy Holcombe Tuesday 7:15am Mary Elizabeth Barbot Prior Wed. 7:15am Int. the Moran Family Thursday 7:15am Int. Miguel Gutierrez Friday 7:15am Int. Macarena Gutierrez Saturday 9am Cy Kovalchik 5pm Magdalene Fuchs Sunday 8am Intention of the Parish 9:30am Catherine Creech 11am Marion Carle

3 From the Pastor We continue with our adult catechesis using the shortened form of the Catechism of the Catholic Church called the Compendium. Here are this week s three questions. In what sense do we understand man and woman as created in the image of God? The human person is created in the image of God in the sense that he or she is capable of knowing and loving their Creator in freedom. Human beings are the only creatures on earth that God has willed for their own sake and has called to share, through knowledge and love, in his own divine life. All human beings, in as much as they are created in the image of God, have the dignity of a person. A person is not something but someone, capable of self-knowledge and of freely giving himself and entering into communion with God and with other persons. Commentary: To say that human beings are created in the image and likeness of God means, first of all, that God has made human beings persons. Persons are endowed with freedom, which gives them the capacity for self-determination through the use of the powers of rational reflection (which enables them to know intelligently) and self-donation (which enables them to give themselves to others in love). But this freedom which is given to human beings so that they can, on the natural level, perceive the goodness of things through knowledge and be united to these good things through love, and, on the supernatural level, come to know God through the gift of faith and love him through the gift of the Holy Spirit can be misused through a person s refusal on the natural level to acknowledge and love the goodness in creatures, especially in other persons, and on the supernatural level to refuse or hinder the gifts of faith and divine charity. When freedom is misused, persons begin to lose their capacity to recognize clearly and love wholeheartedly the good of creatures and the Good which is God himself. Through serious sin, human beings lose the freedom to give themselves in love to their Creator, in which consists the true peace and happiness of every person. As St. Paul teaches, they become slaves of sin. Only God s healing grace, which comes to us in Christ, can restore them to the freedom of God s children. For what purpose did God create man and woman? God has created everything for them; but he has created them to know, serve and love God, to offer all of creation in this world in thanksgiving back to him and to be raised up to life with him in heaven. Only in the mystery of the incarnate Word does the mystery of the human person come into true light. Man and woman are predestined to reproduce the image of the Son of God made Man, who is the perfect image of the invisible Father (Colossians 1:15). Commentary: God created man and woman for himself, who is the greatest good, infinitely surpassing the good of all creation. The awesome beauty of creation, which dazzles us with its vast richness, is but a faint reflection of the infinite Beauty of God; and the delight we experience in God s creation is meant to draw us to the One who is the source of every delight. God loves us; therefore, he demands that we love him; for only in loving God can we be like him, the highest good. As Christ is the image of the Father, so that whoever sees Christ sees the Father; we were created to be the image of Christ, so that whoever sees us sees Jesus. And as the Father lives in Christ and Christ in the Father, so Jesus lives in us and we in him. Why does the human race form a unity? All people form the unity of the human race by reason of the common origin which they have from God. God has made from one ancestor all the nations of men (Acts 17:26). All have but one Savior and are called to share in the eternal happiness of God. Commentary: Human beings are one because we share a common nature. In this respect, we are all equal. We all share a common origin in God. We all share a common destiny in God. All are made in the image and likeness of God. All are called to a common destiny in God, made possible through the one Savior, Jesus Christ, though not all will reach that destiny, eternal happiness in God, unless they exercise their freedom in accordance with God s grace; the grace that is made available to all through faith in Jesus Christ and baptism into his death and Resurrection. Sodality of our Lady St. Hugh Sodality of our Lady invite all adults and youths 6 th grade and above to participate in any of our upcoming events. Sodalists mark your calendars to save the dates for the following meetings and events. All are welcome to join us in our events and general business meetings New Officer Orientation - September 4 th 8am - St. Columba, Oxon Hill General Business Meeting - September 4 th - after 8am Mass and Rosary Executive Council Meeting - September 27 th General Business Meeting - October 2 nd - after 8am Mass and Rosary ROSARY MARATHON - October 2 nd - After 11am Mass until 9pm, signup sheet will be available DAY OF REFLECTION - October 8 th - 9am Mass - 2pm - a light breakfast & lunch will be provided Speaker - Fr. Richard Kramer on the Blessed John Henry Newman

4 Dear St. Hugh Parish Families, Last Week s Summary: Our first week of school for the school year is now complete. It was wonderful to see all the students and families during our welcome back assembly and throughout the first week! We are looking forward to another spectacular year! Have you seen all the upgrades we ve made these last few years? Come by to see and use our newly renovated bathrooms! This Week at a Glance: School will be closed Labor Day. Our 4 th grade through 8 th grade students will have an opportunity to start playing a new instrument, after they learn about them during our Band Demonstration this Thursday. We are hoping to add several new members to our award winning band! Back to School Night for middle school families will be September 8 th at 7 PM. Lastly, Mr. Hooker will race in his half-ironman (70.3 mile triathlon) on Saturday, September 10 th. He has been training all year and raising money to help our school families in need. Have you donated to this cause? Next Week at a Glance: We will begin our series of High School visits from local Private High Schools. This is a great opportunity for our 7 th and 8 th grade students to find out more information about schools they may be interested in attending. Enrollment: We are still ACCEPTING APPLICA- TIONS! We are almost out of space in Kindergarten and Pre-K! For new families entering K-8th, you may enroll online by clicking on the TADS links. To schedule a private tour please call the school , or secretary@stjosrcs.org. How you can help: Mr. Hooker is racing Ironman Maryland on October 1 st to raise money for an Emergency Tuition Assistance Fund. This fund will be used to help our school families that experience financial trouble during the school year. You can help Mr. Hooker and the families at St. Joseph s RCS by donating to this fund. He has trained over 2,000 miles this year and more than 200 hours! Visit our school website and click the DONATE button at the bottom of the page. Please add the special instructions RUN. Thank you to all that have donated! Upcoming School Events Sept. 24 th -Crab Feast; Sept. 26 th -Virtus Training 7 pm; Oct. 1 st -Ironman Maryland- Come cheer on Mr. Hooker in his mile race! School s Website- Facebookstjosephbeltsville; Zach Hooker, Principal The Study of Mary in Scripture The St. Paul Center has partnered with The Archdiocese of Washington to offer limited-time access to its new video Bible study series, The Bible and the Virgin Mary. Over the course of 12 lessons, beginning on September 8, this study presents the participant an opportunity for growth in knowledge of Scripture and devotion to Our Lady. The St. Paul Center is making this resource available to all members of the Archdiocese of Washington, so please share this link with your friends and family: New lessons will be posted each week and will be available for two weeks after the post date. Keep an eye out for a new each week announcing that the new lesson is available. If you miss any of the lessons, there will be an opportunity to save on the full DVD set in your welcome . you. To mark the Year of Mercy, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy will be recited after the 5 p.m. Mass on the third Saturday of every month through the end of the Jubilee Year. 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time September 4th We need to let the Lord s words echo constantly in our hearts: Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, who am meek and humble of heart, and you will find refreshment for your souls (Mt 11:28-30). Jesus yoke is a yoke of love and thus a pledge of refreshment. We need to learn from Jesus, or better to learn Jesus, meek and humble; to enter into his meekness and his humility by contemplating his way of acting; And to remember that Jesus Church is kept whole not by consuming fire from heaven (Lk9:54), but by the secret warmth of the Spirit, who heals what is wounded, bends what is rigid, straightens what is crooked. (Pope Francis in Washington, D.C., during his Apostolic Visit) Continue your Walk With Francis and celebrate God s mercy with us this year at mercy.adw.org. Jubilee Year of Mercy September 4, 2016 Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time If anyone comes to me without hating... father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his [or her] own life (Luke 14:26). Hating? Can anyone imagine a less appropriate Gospel for the Jubilee Year of Mercy? But scholars call this Semitic hyperbole. Jesus exaggerates to jolt us into confronting life-changing challenges. Faced with conflicting loyalties, disciples must reorder priorities, even relationships, to give Jesus and the gospel s demands first place. Today s second reading presents a real-life example. Paul challenges his wealthy convert, Philemon, to welcome back Philemon s runaway slave, Onesimus, whom Paul has baptized in prison. Not only with unconditional forgiveness but with a counter-cultural, world-shattering change of status as an equal. No, even more a beloved brother in Christ. What in my life does the Jubilee Year of Mercy challenge me to hate meaning reform, redo, even utterly revamp so I can give everyone, no conditions, no exceptions, shockingly Christ-like love? Peter Scagnelli, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co., Inc

5 FROM THE SCHOOL OF RELIGION Our Catechetical Year Begins on September 18th with the 9:30am Mass. During the Mass, Fr. Tappe will bless the catechists and their families, so we ask that all Religious Ed families are in attendance. Following the Mass, families will gather in the school gym for our opening prayer and a parent meeting. Our first day of classes will end a little early - at 12:15pm - so that families may pick up their children and bring them to Grenoble Hall for an Ice Cream Social. Reminder: Families with children preparing to receive the sacraments of 1st Penance and 1st Holy Communion or Confirmation must attend a meeting before the year begins. Confirmation Parent/Candidate Meeting - Sunday, September 10:45am-12:15pm in the school gym 1st Penance and 1st Holy Communion Parent Meeting- Sunday, September 1-2pm in the school gym. We have been praying for a spiritually enriched and grace-filled year together! For more information, please contact the School of Religion at shreligioused4@gmail.com. Walking with Purpose is a Catholic women s Bible study that aims to bring women to a deeper personal relationship with Jesus Christ by offering personal study and small group discussion that link our everyday challenges and struggles with the solutions given to us through the teachings of Christ and the Roman Catholic Church. St. Hugh of Grenoble will offer the beginning 22-week Walking with Purpose course, Opening Your Heart, beginning September 26. Sessions will be Monday evenings from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The registration fee is $10, not including the book. If you are interested in registering for this session, you may register on-line at: Registrants will be e- mailed directions on how to order the book from the Walking with Purpose website. Please contact Becky Bailey at momw9kids@gmail.com or (301) with any questions. He who sings prays twice! Our parish music ministry offers many ways for parishioners to give of their time and talent the Parish Choir, the Boys and Girls Choir, the Youth Music Ministry, the Funeral Choir, cantors, instrumentalists there are so many opportunities to serve! Questions? More information? Need help discerning if music ministry is right for you? Contact our Director of Music, Jennifer Goltz, by jen.goltz@gmail.com or leave a message for her at the parish office This weeks focus: Youth Group Music Ministry Our Youth Group Music Ministry serves once a month from October through May at the Youth Ministry Mass, which occurs on the third Sunday of the month at the 9:30 AM Mass. Practice is right at the beginning of Youth Group (or right after the 11am Mass.) The repertoire for this choir is from the great catalogue of contemporary Catholic composers. All members of the Youth Group are invited to participate! Second Collection for The Catholic University of America During the weekend of September 10-11, the Archdiocese of Washington will take up the second collection for The Catholic University of America. This institution is unique among universities in the United States even among Catholic universities. Established by the Vatican and the U.S. bishops in 1887, it is the national university of the Catholic Church. It is proud to have nearly one third of the U.S. bishops as alumni, along with over 12,400 living priests and religious from around the world. In Washington, DC the university provides an education based in Catholic intellectual tradition to nearly 7,000 students through its 12 schools, including arts & sciences, music, engineering, philosophy, social work, law, and business, in addition to ecclesiastical degrees in canon law and theology. Your support will enable Catholic University to expand its impact in preparing the next generation of leadership for our Church and nation. Thank you for your generosity.

6 The Sodality of Our Lady invites all parishioners to participate in a Rosary Marathon on Sunday, October 2 for the intentions of the parish. The Marathon will begin after the 11 am mass (at approximately 12:40 pm) with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. Sodalists will lead the praying of rosaries before ending the Marathon with Benediction around 9-9:30 pm. Join us any time to pray in the presence of the Lord. Save the Date: Day of Reflection: The Sodality of Our Lady will be sponsoring a Day of Reflection on Saturday, October 8, 2016 from 10 am to 2 pm. The presenter is our own Fr. Rick Kramer, who will be speaking on Blessed John Henry Newman. Please join us for this day of spiritual enrichment and growth. A light breakfast and lunch will be provided. Questions: contact Suzanne Lomax at or suzanneqlomax@verizon.net Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women (ACCW) will address domestic violence and abuse on Saturday, September 17, Attendees of the Symposium Hope, Help and Healing: A Catholic Response to Domestic Violence and Abuse held at Catholic University in early July will discuss what we can do as individuals, organizations or parishes. Laura Yeomans from Catholic Charities will specifically address working in our parishes. Location: St. Catherine Labouré Church, Claridge Road, Wheaton, MD. 9:00 AM Registration and Rosary; 9:30 AM Mass, light snack and program following. Program ends no later than 12:00 Noon. Please register at archdioceseccw@gmail.com, or Carmen Boston, Get Ready for Walk with Francis 2.0! As we approach the one-year anniversary of the visit of His Holiness Pope Francis to the United States, Catholic Charities invites you to join in the Walk with Francis 2.0 pledge. On September 22-24, plan to celebrate the anniversary of the papal visit with a pledge to recommit to prayer, service, and advocacy. Each family, parish, or Catholic school is encouraged to take thewalk with Francis 2.0 Pledge in honor of Pope Francis and his ministry worldwide. Pledge cards will be available at Mass that weekend. RCIA Classes Forming Are you interested in becoming Catholic, or know someone who is? The St. Hugh of Grenoble Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) classes will be starting soon. RCIA strives to education the mind and heart through authentic instruction and lived experience. Classes will be held on Monday evenings from 7:15 to 8:30 pm beginning on Monday September 12. Contact the Parish office at St. Hugh Ladies of Charity Activities for Tuesday, September 6 th at 7pm in Grenoble Hall will be the first monthly meeting of the new season. Anyone interested in learning more about the Ladies of Charity, please feel free to attend. If you are unable to attend monthly meetings but would like to participate in activities, please call Mary Ann Tretler (H) or (Cell) Ladies of Charity/Archdiocese of Washington Annual Retreat: Saturday, October 22nd, 2016, at the Washington Retreat House, 9am-4pm. Cost is $30 (Continental breakfast, lunch and materials). Mass at the end of the day will meet your Sunday obligation. We will carpool from St. Hugh Parking lot at 8:15am that morning. You do need to preregister--only 90 spaces available. Sister Maria Poole from Emmitsburg will be retreat leader (Ladies of Charity: Women of Mercy) Ladies of Charity will sponsor coffee social on Sunday, 9/11/16, after the 8am, 9:30a and 11am masses. Thank you St. Hugh Parish. In the past year, your Angel Friend Team has directly served two mothers and their children in need through Gabriel Network! You made the love of Christ real to the vulnerable and the afraid. As you were there for the least of these, you were there for our Lord. Thank you for your continued generosity and service, and we look forward to another year of serving with you. God bless, Stephen Wallace, Executive Director. Who: Gabriel Network What: 2016 Annual 5K Run/Walk When: Saturday, September 24 at 8AM Where: Columbia, MD (9200 Rustling Leaf) Why: Fun, Exercise, Food, Games, Prizes, Helping Homeless Moms and Babies How: Register right now at

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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: 9/4/2016 (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.