St. Hugh of Grenoble Catholic Church

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1 St. Hugh of Grenoble Catholic Church Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time October 16, 2016 I lift up my eyes toward the mountains; whence shall help come to me? My help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. Psalm 121:1-2 Clergy The Sacraments Rev. Walter J. Tappe, Pastor Reconciliation: Saturday: 3:30 Rev. Richard D. Kramer, Jr., p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Assisting Priest Baptism: 2nd Sunday of the month after the 11 a.m. Mass. Call Mr. Desi Vikor, Deacon the rectory to make arrangements. Parish Staff Ms. Maggie Gutierrez, Business Manager tact the pastor at least six months Marriage: By arrangement. Con- Mrs. Mary Wade, Director of before intended date of wedding. the School of Religion Anointing of the Sick: Call the Mrs. Jennifer Goltz, Director Office when a loved one is seriously ill to arrange for the sacra- of Music Gerald Muller, DMA, Principal Organist and Director New Parishioners ment. Emeritus See the Greeter after Sunday Mr. Hung Le, Plant Manager Mass to register. Parish Office Departing Parishioners Office Hours: 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. Monday Friday Please inform the parish office that you re leaving. School of Religion (CCD) Music for this Sunday shreligioused4@gmail.com Entrance: no. 751 Mrs. Mary Wade, Director Psalm: pg. 81 in the Missalette St. Joseph Regional School Preparation: no Montgomery Road Ordinary of the Mass: Beltsville, MD nos. 240, 244, Mr. Zach Hooker, Principal Communion: no. 431 Holy Hour Marian: no First Fridays at 7:00 p.m. Final: no. 937 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; Nancy DePlatchett; Stephen Blizard; Rita Ann Gianechini; Donald Exner; Paul Beavers; Julia Stratchko. For the deceased In your charity, please pray for the souls of our beloved dead. Cheryl Rudd; Christopher Magelitz. 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. Honoring the Dignity of Life in Sickness and Death Join us on Monday, October 24 th from 7:00 9:00pm at St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church (1940 Mitchellville Road, Bowie, MD 20716) for an important discussion on the moral, medial, and legal aspects of caring for yourself or your loved ones in sickness and at the end of life. Grounded in Church teaching and the dignity of the human person, this presentation will explain the moral principles that guide our decision-making when facing advanced illness and death, and what we need to know as Catholics regarding advance medical directives. Expert panelists include: bioethicist and professor of moral theology Fr.Daniel Mindling, OFM Cap., S.T.D.; medical professor Dr. G. Kevin Donovan, MD,MA; and elder law attorney Elena S. Boisvert, Esq. Arranged through the Archdiocese of Washington Department of Life Issues. Questions? Contact Teresa Yao at or yaot@adw.org. A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying. - Saint John Paul II Masses for the Week of 10/16-10/23 Saturday 5pm Donald Dorsey Sunday 8am Kazimer Kincius 9:30am Magdalene Fuchs 11am Intention of the Parish Monday 7:15am Michael Staicer, Sr. Tuesday 7:15am Stephanie Block Wed. 7:15am Mary Hagar Thursday 7:15am Kathy Worthington Friday 7:15am Robert Hayes Saturday 9am Ray Turek 5pm Intention of the Parish Sunday 8am Magdalene Fuchs 9:30am Cathy Holcombe 11am Allan & Ann Chotiner This Week at a Glance Today 10/16/2016, Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8am Mass 9:30am Mass 11am Mass, Parish Choir Youth Music Ministry rehearsal Noon, Church Religious Education 10:30am, School Youth Group 12:30pm, School RCIA 12:45pm, School Monday 10/17/2016, St. Ignatius of Antioch Tuesday 10/18/2016, St. Luke Wednesday 10/19/2016, Ss. John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, and Companions Thursday 10/20/2016, St. Paul of the Cross Boys and Girls Choir rehearsal 6pm, Church Parish Choir rehearsal 7pm, Church Friday 10/21/2016 Haunted House 6pm, School Saturday 10/22/2016, St. John Paul II 9am Mass 3:30pm-4:30pm Confessions 5pm Vigil Mass CFM Halloween Party 6pm, Grenoble Hall Haunted House 6pm, School The calendar is also online: Prayer and Mass Supporting People Living with Mental Illness Do you know someone living with mental illness? Are you a family member of a person with mental illness? People living with mental illness and their families can find grace and comfort in prayer and the celebration of the Mass. On Sunday, October 16 at St. Matthew s Cathedral in Washington, DC, there will be prayer and Mass for those living with mental illness. People will gather at 3:30pm on the steps of the cathedral and proceed with a pilgrimage walk through the Holy Door. Immediately following, there will be Eucharistic Adoration and recitation of the Rosary. Mass for the public will then begin at 5:30pm. If you need additional information, please contact the Department of Special Needs Ministries at or specialneedsministry@adw.org. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Eph 2:1-10; Ps 100:1b-5; Lk 12:13-21 Tuesday: 2 Tm 4:10-17b; Ps 145:10-13, 17-18; Lk 10:1-9 Wednesday: Eph 3:2-12; Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Lk 12:39-48 Thursday: Eph 3:14-21; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 11-12, 18-19; Lk 12:49-53 Friday: Eph 4:1-6; Ps 24:1-4ab, 5-6; Lk 12:54-59 Saturday: Eph 4:7-16; Ps 122:1-5; Lk 13:1-9 Sunday: Sir 35:12-14, 16-18; Ps 34:2-3, 17-19, 23; 2 Tm 4:6-8, 16-18; Lk 18:9-14

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. What is the meaning of the title Lord? In the Bible this title regularly designates God as Sovereign. Jesus ascribed this title to himself and revealed his divine sovereignty by his power over nature, over demons, over sin, and over death, above all by his own Resurrection. The first Christian creeds proclaimed that the power, the honor, and the glory that are due to God the Father also belong to Jesus: God has given him the name which is above every other name (Philippians 2:9). He is the Lord of the world and of history, the only One to whom we must completely submit our personal freedom. Commentary: We saw in a previous question how the divine name YHWH, given by God to Moses at Mt Horeb, was not pronounced by the people of the Old Covenant out of respect, but was always replaced in speech with the title Lord, a word that connotes God s sovereign power over creation and over his people. When the followers of Christ began to call him Lord they were very purposefully assigning to him the divine Name, the Name which is above every other name. Jesus followers recognized that he was more than a man of exceptional holiness, but was truly Emmanuel, God with us. Why did the Son of God become man? For us men and for our salvation, the Son of God became incarnate in the womb of the Virgin Mary by the power of the Holy Spirit. He did so to reconcile us sinners with God, to have us learn of God s infinite love, to be our model of holiness, and to make us partakers of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4) Commentary: God became man for us men, i.e., for our sake and because of his great love for us, and for our salvation, i.e., for the restoration of the freedom and holiness which the human race lost because of the original sin. The salvation wrought by the Incarnation of God s Son, which culminated in his death and resurrection (what we call the Paschal Mystery ), has brought many great benefits to the human race. It has brought forgiveness of sins, healing for sins, and freedom from sin; it has also brought instruction in holiness, strength to do the works of holiness, and most of all, a sharing in the inner life of the Most Holy Trinity. What does the word Incarnation mean? The Church calls the mystery of the wonderful union of the divine and human natures in the one divine Person of the Word the Incarnation. To bring about our salvation the Son of God was made flesh (John 1:14) and became truly man. Faith in the Incarnation is a distinctive sign of the Christian faith. Commentary: God truly became man in the Person of Jesus Christ. He had a human body, a human soul, and a human mind. But his body, soul and mind were truly the human body, soul and mind of the Son of God, the Second Person of the Holy Trinity. Jesus, therefore, was not a human person, but a divine Person. His personal identity was that of the Only-Begotten Son of God. But this divine Person truly became a man, to heal our humanity but uniting it with his divinity. The union of the divine and human in Jesus is what we call the Incarnation, the central and distinctive article of Christian faith. Indeed, we refer to the Incarnation as the mystery of faith. FROM THE SCHOOL OF RELIGION Adult Faith Formation Opportunity: The School of Religion is offering a five session study program titled ʺA Biblical Walk through the Mass.ʺ The next session, which will look at the Introductory Rites of the Mass, will be on Sunday November 6 from 11am to Noon in the School library. You are welcome to join our religious ed families as we discover the many beautiful spiritual treasures embedded in the Mass and grow in our understanding of what we say and do in the liturgy. Please contact Mary Wade if you have any questions. Thank you for your prayers! Our School of Religion year is off to a beautiful start. Thank you for keeping our families and catechists in your prayers!

4 Dear St. Hugh Parish Families, Last Week s Summary: Spirit week has come and gone. We enjoyed several activities last week to build school spirit, including funky tag days, movies and popcorn, a food drive, pep rallies, and of course our Donuts with Dad breakfast on October 12 th. The students finished the week outside and competing in different physical challenges and team races for Presidential Fitness Day! This Week at a Glance: It s BOOK FAIR WEEK! Starting this Sunday come down to the school library to buy some great new books, bookmarks, pencils, and much more! Our book fair will be Sunday through Friday. We have a great group of parents working to make sure you and your child find the book you want! Next Week at a Glance: Next week will be a short week for us. We ll have our usual school mass at 2:15 pm on Tuesday. Thursday, Oct. 27 th, will be a noon dismissal and we will celebrate Family Night Out right here in town. Please come join us at Chipotle (College Park) from 2:00 9:00 pm for our first Family Night Out of the school year! On Friday our teachers will join other teachers around the Archdiocese of Washington for a Collaboration Day and Professional Development. 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 registration/ by clicking on the TADS links. To schedule a private tour please call the school , or secretary@stjosrcs.org. How you can help: Have you stopped by recently to look at all of our updates? Have you heard about all of our growth last year in reading, math, and religion? Have you told your neighbors and friends yet? If you haven t been by the school in a while, or you have never been, come by and see what we are doing to build a culture of thinkers and believers. Last year our school showed 36% growth in reading, and 96% growth in math! We have an amazing team here at St. Joseph s RCS, come see our FAMILY for yourself! Upcoming School Events Oct. 16 th -21 st Book Fair Week; Oct. 18 th School Mass; Oct. 25 th School Mass; Oct. 27 th Family Night Out- Chipotle College Park 2-9pm; Oct. 31 st Costume Parade/Class Parties School s Website- Facebookstjosephbeltsville; Zach Hooker, Principal Join the 40 Days for Life fall campaign for prayer, fasting, and peaceful vigil to end abortion. All are invited to pray 3:00pm Sunday Oct 16, with Rev. Thomas LaHood at a Sanctity of Life Prayer Service, on the public sidewalk at 5915 Greenbelt Rd, College Park. Also, make plans to see the pro-life movie Gimme Shelter, 6pm-8pm, Saturday Oct 22 at Holy Redeemer Church Four Seasons Room, 4902 Berwyn Rd, College Park. To pray for an hour between 7am -7pm, contact Tom Trunk at or 40daysforlifeMD@gmail.com. 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. 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time October 16th In this Jubilee Year, let us allow God to surprise us. He never tires of casting open the doors of his heart and of repeating that he loves us and wants to share his love with us. (Pope Francis, Misericordiae Vultus) God casts open the doors of his heart to share his love, but is the door of your heart open to welcome him? Are there any doors in your heart that might be closed off to receiving that love right now? Spend some time today asking God to surprise you and open your heart fully to his redeeming love. Celebrate God s mercy with us this year at mercy.adw.org. Jubilee Year of Mercy October 16, 2016 Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Though Jesus told today s parable more than two thousand years ago, human nature hasn t changed: we recognize both characters instantly. The merciless judge represents the corruption that has short-circuited justice throughout history; the distraught widow, society s perennially powerless, marginalized to what Pope Francis calls the peripheries by those who wield power but lack the mercy that could transfigure society with compassion. To confront such reality, Jesus bids us, pray always without becoming weary (Luke 18:1). Prayer opens our eyes to see others from Jesus perspective, and leads us to work for justice by coming to the aid of others with what Pope Francis extols as a higher standard, mercy. Thus, when Jesus asks, Will not God secure the rights of [God s] chosen ones? Will [God] be slow to answer? (18:7). We respond by making God s liberating work for others our own. [W]hen the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth? (18:8). Yes, we respond and mercy! Peter Scagnelli, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

5 St. Hughʹs Youth cordially invite you to Haunted House: School on Lockdown! Tours of this spooky school begin from the side parking lot at 6 p.m. on Friday, October 21, and Saturday, October 22. Your $5 donation will help our group pay for our annual retreat in Steubenville, Ohio. This haunted house may be too scary for younger children. For more information, contact Becky Bailey at (301) or momw9kids@gmail.com Saint Hugh CFM invites YOU to a Christmas Bazaar: Mark your calendar now, for our Annual Christmas Bazaar to be held Saturday, November 5th from 9am-3pm and Sunday, November 6th from 9am-2pm. We look forward to seeing you, and there will be something for everyone including food, door prizes, a visit with Santa, and that special Christmas gift you have been looking for. Share Mercy with People in Need Catholic Charities, the social service arm of the Church, welcomes you, the Church, to share mercy by serving people in need. Come make a difference in someone s life and your own! Sign up for a one-time event or make a bigger commitment: be a mentor to someone returning from prison or welcome people arriving at a shelter for the night. Get information and get started by visiting SOMEʹs 15th Annual Thanksgiving Day Trot for Hunger SOME (So Others Might Eat) invites you to participate in its 15th Annual Thanksgiving Day Trot for Hunger, held on Thanksgiving morning (November 24). The only Turkey Trot in the District, the Trot for Hunger is a tradition for thousands of area residents and a meaningful way to remember people in need on Thanksgiving Day. Proceeds from the 5K benefit thousands of homeless families and single adults, including the elderly and people suffering from mental illness, by providing much-needed food, clothing and healthcare. The Little Turkey Fun Run begins at 8:30am and the 5K Run/Walk begins at9am at Freedom Plaza (corner of 13th St., NW and Pennsylvania Ave., NW). Please visit to register and learn more, or contact Rebecca Potts-Dupre at: trotforhunger@some.org or , x1031 for additional information. Thank you for your support of our community s most vulnerable men, women and children. Saturday October 22 6pm-9pm in Grenoble Hall. Come and have fun in your best costume! A free-will donation will help offset the cost of the party. Dance attendees will receive $2 off the price of admission to the Haunted House! 2016 Run for Vocations Run for Vocations registration is open for the Marine Corps 10K on Sunday, October 30. Register at register-to-run for both the 10K and to run for vocations. It is not necessary to be part of a team to run. You can support seminarians and vocations to the priesthood by registering to run, pledging support to a runner, and coming to the race on October 30 to cheer for your runners. Space is limited, so sign up today! For information, visit or search ʺRun for Vocationsʺ on Facebook. RFV@adw.org with any questions. Music at the Monastery Enjoy free concerts on one of the city s best organs at Music at the Monastery, a monthly recital series cosponsored by the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land and the American Guild of Organists (DC Chapter). Upcoming concerts include Oct. 9, Russell Weismann, St. Jane Frances de Chantal; Nov. 13, Carl Schwartz, All Hallows, Davidsonville; and Dec. 4, the Ron Freeman Chorale. Concerts are at 4 p.m., followed by a reception, 1400 Quincy St. NE, Washington, DC Free-willing offering taken; free parking. Information: myfranciscan.org or x174. Temporary Exhibition on Saint Thomas More In a new landmark exhibition, God s Servant First: The Life and Legacy of Thomas More, the Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, D.C. presents the life, martyrdom, and legacy of the 16 th century English philosopher-statesman. It features over 60 artifacts from England and the United States, including numerous period objects from Stonyhurst College in the United Kingdom that have never been exhibited in the United States. The exhibition runs from September 16, 2016 through March 31, Additional information can be found 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: 10/16/2016 (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.