Congratulations to our pastor, Fr. Mark, on the anniversary of his priestly ordination! God Bless You!
 ~ From the Clergy, Staff & Parishioners of Mother Seton.

The Year for Priests officially began June 19th. [For more.]    The Year of St. Paul concludes Monday, June 29th.

This weekend (June 27/28), our parish will take up the Peter’s Pence Collection. This collection allows the Holy Father to cast the light of Christ upon the world by providing emergency assistance to those who need it most around the globe. Please be generous in next week’s Peter’s Pence Collection.

Friday, July 3rd, 2009, is a First Friday, however, only the 8:00 a.m. Mass will be held. There will be NO 6:30 a.m. Mass, NO Adoration, NO Benediction, NO Evening Mass, and the Parish Offices will be CLOSED.

REMINDER, our summer schedule is now in effect:
• From June through August, the Sacrament of Confession will be available on Saturday afternoons only (4:00-4:45 PM).
• The Sunday 5:00 p.m. Mass has been suspended for the summer and will resume Sun., Sept. 6, 2009. We apologize for the inconvenience.
• During the months of June, July and August, the Parish Office will close at 12:30 p.m. on Friday afternoons. We will resume our regular hours on Sept. 7, 2009.

Daily Mass and other readings, please see either:

EWTN's Inspirations (Mass); Daily Homily (Windows Audio)
USCCB New American Bible (Mass), or
The Mass From St. Ann's Media (Mass)
Daily Reflections (Catholic Communications Campaign)
Universalis: the Liturgy of the Hours
For more: CNS Sunday Readings Column
Monthly Liturgical Calendar (catholicculture.org)

This Week's Parish Bulletin — June 28, 2009:
[Please see new, Jun 9, 2009, PDF Security alert, below.]

PDF Download* ; Español PDF*
Web Page Short Form; Boletín Español
Web Page Long Form [includes past items]
Last week's Bulletin (June 21, 2009) English | Spanish
Bulletin Special Pages & Inserts (below)

New to the Parish? Be sure to register with the Office. You may download the Parish Registration Form here:
English: PDF or MS Word.          Spanish: PDF or MS Word.

Special Sections:
Mother Seton Parish Social Concerns Blog
Mother Seton Parish Sodality
MSP High School Youth Group - Announcements, news & more (Note new web address: www.mspyouth.com)
300 Homilies from Deacon Huber (updated thru Nov. 5, 2008) Deacon Huber left Mother Seton in 2006, but is still sending us his much loved homilies.
We Remember Fr. Wells*
Lewis Bean's MSP Photo Gallery
Church Construction Photos Gallery*
Remembering Sept. 11th*
"The Passion"- Some Catholic Resources
The Da Vinci Code - Web Resources for Parishioners
MSP 25th Anniversary Mass Pictures*
*Temporarily offline. Please check back.

Media:
From EWTN: Catholic Almanac, Prayers for Peace, Reflections on Rosarium Mariae Virginis*
EWTN Specials This Week, New Programs, Streaming Audio and Video, Podcasts, Wings Newsletter & EWTN Kids
The Holy Father's Prayer Intentions for 2009          The Vatican Channel on YouTube         Pope2You.net
[*Reminder - EWTN can be found on Comcast channel 291; Verizon FiOS channel 260, or online]

Special Note: The Archdiocese of Washington's Sunday TV Mass is moving to a New Channel and Time, starting July 5, 2009. The Mass, which has been airing on WHUT-32 at 8:30 a.m., is moving to WDCW (“The CW,” local channel 50, Comcast 23, Verizon FiOS 3 ), where it will air on Sundays from 10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. [from ADW News Release, "Sunday TV Mass is Moving to a New Channel and Time."]

• Knight's Baby Bottle Campaign Reminder: If you haven’t returned your baby bottle yet, please bring it soon, and place it in the basket by the front doors of the church so that they can start forwarding the money along to the worthy organizations that help women “Choose Life.”
• Recent issues of the Parish Bulletin contained Fr. Mark's thank you letter to parishioners regarding our recent Offertory Appeal. If you were unable to participate previously but are now able to, or have the means to increase your contribution, there is a form to do so included with Fr. Mark's letter, available as a PDF file in both English and Spanish.
• Our annual Mother Seton Parish Picnic will take place on Sunday, Sept 20^th, 2009, from 1 to 5 p.m. at nearby Black Hill Regional Park, in Boyds, Md. More information to follow. See the Bulletin for contact information, if you'd like to help out.
• Volunteers (teachers, aides, leaders, others) are Needed for Vacation Bible School, being held July 6-10th. See the Bulletin for details.
• The Respect Life Committee is looking for volunteers! See the May 17 Bulletin for more.
• Seton Sluggers adult co-ed softball is forming its team for the coming season. See the Bulletin for more.
• MSP has a permanent box to receive your donations of clean, usable clothing and household goods. The box is located at the top of our parking lost near the rectory and is accessible at any time. Your donations are distributed to local charities and given to families in our community at no charge.
  

For more on some of these and other items, see the June 28, 2009 Parish Bulletin.

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