Parish Office
E-mail Address:
MSPps@aol.com

Mother Seton Parish
19951 Father Hurley Boulevard*
Germantown, MD 20874
 (301) 924-3838
Schedule of Services and Sacraments
(*From WTOP: How did Father Hurley Boulevard get its name?)

Web Page Contact:
Jim Cook E-mail:
JimCook310@aol.com

MSP Winter

The SOR follows the Montgomery Co. Schools closing policy for snow. If schools are closed, we’re closed also.

Catholic Schools Week begins Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010. See the Jan. 31 Bulletin for more. [Watch video on Catholic Schools from Catholic TV]
new this week Lent begins with Ash Wednesday, February 17.

new this week Indicates Added or Revised for the week of February 7, 2010. 

Golgotha

Golgotha

Golgotha, an original retelling of the Passion of Christ, will be performed at Mother Seton Parish in Germantown, Maryland, March 26-28, 2010.  For additional information, please call 301-924-3838 or email golgotha2009 @ yahoo.com (no spaces).

REMINDER: “Christ Crucified, A Reflection on the Passion Narratives”, Adult Faith Development series of 4 classes begins Tues., Feb. 9, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., in the St. Joseph Conf. Rm., McCabe Center. Other dates are Feb. 16, 23, and Mar. 2. Cost is $10 per person to cover the cost of the book. Come learn how the liturgy makes it possible to note how very different the Gospel Passions are, each one offering a unique vantage point from the four evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Please call 301-924-3838, or email mspps@aol.com to register. See you there!

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)
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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 — February 7, 2010new this week:

bullet PDF Download* pdf; bullet Español PDF* pdf
bullet Web Page Short Form; bullet Boletín Español
bullet Web Page Long Form
(includes past items-to be updated)
bullet Last week's Bulletin
(Jan. 31, 2010) English | Español
bullet Bulletin Special Pages & Inserts
(below)
PDF *UPDATE Jan.16 Please see PDF security alert below (page end).

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:
bullet Mother Seton Parish Social Concerns Blog
bullet
Mother Seton Parish Sodality
bullet
MSP High School Youth Group - Announcements, news & more
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new this week Father Jordan's Blog - Prayer on a Hill
300 Homilies from Deacon Huber (updated thru Nov. 5, 2008 - more coming soon!) 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
bullet The Da Vinci Code - Web Resources for Parishioners

bullet 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
[*Reminder - EWTN can be found on Comcast channel 291; Verizon FiOS channel 260, or online]
The Holy Father's Prayer Intentions for 2009          The Vatican Channel on YouTube        bullet Pope2You.net
bullet USCCB Channel on YouTube
Resources Available for Pope's Encyclical, Caritas in veritate
Follow the Archdiocese of Washington on YouTube and Twitter
Watch the Gospel in Mosaic series with Archbishop Wuerl online at New England's CatholicTV.com, part of their series on the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

...
Catholic News - World, National and Local
Vatican L'OSSERVATORE ROMANO [Español]
Vatican Information Service News Releases [Castellano]
Zenit News Service
[Español]
EWTN [Español]
Weekly Headlines
What's New / Wings
CNS Home Page /
CNS Story of the Day /
CNS News Briefs
Catholic News Agency /
ACI Prensa Servicios de Noticias
Catholic Telecommunications from Australia
Catholic World News:
Visitor's Home
USCCB / News Releases /
What's New / New Publications
Archdiocese of Washington
/ News Releases / Events
Catholic Standard /
El Pregonero
Maryland Catholic Conference
Current Action Alerts /
ADW Legislation Actions Center
Seton Shrine / Events
Seton Way Newsletter
The National Shrine [Español]
Events / Shrine News
JP II Center / Featured Events
Catholic Information Center (DC)
Mass Times.org
Downtown DC Confession Schedules


....Some Upcoming Parish News and Events

  • Adult Faith Formation Program, Spring, 2010: Lent — Christ Crucified, A Reflection on the Passion, with Fr. Mark Ervin, Feb. 9, 16, 23, and March 2. Enrollment deadline: January 25. Click here for more (or download PDF PDF for printing).
For more on some of these and other items, see the January 31, 2010 new this week Parish Bulletin.

Going on vacation? For the nearest church to your destination (and its Mass Times), all over the U.S., Visit www.masstimes.org.

Haitian Earthquake Relief: Donations in Support of Haitian Relief Efforts (ADW) / Catholic Relief Services [Donate]
Help the Church in Haiti (USCCB); Archbishop Dolan, Haiti Appeal-UCSSB on YouTube


Previously

U.S. Bishops Call on Parishes to Help Stop Abortion Funding in Health Care Reform (PDFs pdf )
UPDATED 1/7/10 - USCCB Nationwide Bulletin Insert (en Español)

ACTION: Contact your Representative and Senators today by e-mail, phone or FAX.
• To send a pre-written, instant e-mail to Congress go to www.usccb.org/action.
• Call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at: 202-224-3121, or call your Members’ local offices.
Contact info can be found on Members’ web sites at www.house.gov & www.senate.gov.
Votes in the House and Senate on the final bill are expected THIS MONTH.

For more, visit the USCCB Health Care Reform web page at: http://www.usccb.org/healthcare/.



new this week New Pregnancy Center Regulation in Montgomery County Unfairly Targets Support for Women, February 02, 2010, ADW



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Schedule of Sacraments, Services and Devotions
Times and Places


Our Clergy
Our Spiritual Leadership

Administration
Our Staff

School of Religion & Religious Education

What We Offer For All Age Groups

Youth Ministry
A Place for Those in High School

Liturgical Ministries | Nov. 1, 2009 Bulletin Flyer
Some of the Ways You Can Assist in Our Liturgies

Sports Program
Volunteer Ministries/Activity Scheds

Parish Activities
Some of the Fun Things We Do

Social Concerns & Social Concerns Blog
We Reach Out To Others

Parish Ministries
More Ways to Help Others

Community Services
We Reach Out into Our Community

Comunidad Hispana
For Our Hispanic Community

Our Parish History
Where we've been

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Meet our Patron

Directory and Directions
How to Reach Us. [Includes Directions to St. Mary's Pavilion in Barnesville.]


Some Links of Interest:


The Holy See


Archdiocese
of Washington


Fr. McKenna Council



Links to Resources and
Other Sites of Interest

Mother Seton
Bulletin Downloads and Special Pages

new this week Growing in Faith Newsletter for February, 2009 pdf

REVERENCE Part 2 - The Gathering Rite    [PDF PDF]
REVERENCE Part 1- Gathering Aright    [PDF PDF ]   

Growing in Faith Newsletter for January, 2009 pdf  

Adult Faith Formation Spring 2010  [PDF PDF]
Golgotha Casting Flier  [PDF PDF]

Ministries at Mother Seton  [Web Page or PDF PDF]

Marriage Matters Bulletin Inserts (English/Spanish) - Archdioces of Washington

How Prayer Looks, [all PDFs PDF]
Part 1 - Posture and Gesture
; Part 2 - Gesture; Part 3 - Posture; Part 4 - Adapted Postures and Gestures;
Part 5 - The Communion Rite

Parish Financial Report [PDF PDF]

pdf Fr. Mark's Offertory Program Letter / Programa de Ofrenda 2009

Parish Registration Form:
• English PDF pdf
or MS Word MS Word Icon
• Spanish PDF pdf or MS Word MS Word Icon

Music at Mother Seton Parish


*** PDF PDF Alert: In follow-up to it's security advisory for Adobe Acrobat and Reader released Dec. 15, 2009, Adobe has issued new Critical Security Updates for its PDF software. Parishioners using Adobe Reader are advised to download and install the most current version for their computer's operating system. (Click here for Acrobat updates: Windows / Mac). For more, see ComputerWorld. ***