GET RID OF YOUR OLD BLANKETS: A member of
our high school youth group is collecting
old or new blankets and towels to donate to the Humane
Society for animal bedding after all Masses this weekend
and next weekend.
SAVE THE DATES!!!
Parish Lenten Penance Service:
Tues., Mar. 27, 2012, at 7 p.m.
Parish-Wide Lenten Retreat:
Sat., Mar. 31, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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LENTEN SERVICES: Weekday Masses
are: 6:30 a.m., 8 a.m. (Mon.-Fri.); Tues.
and Fri., 7 p.m.; Sat., 8 a.m. Confessions:
Tuesdays from 6 to 6:45 p.m.; Wednesdays
from 6 to 9 p.m., with Exposition of the
Blessed Sacrament at 6 p.m.; Adoration
until 8 p.m. followed by Benediction; Saturdays from
4 to 4:45 p.m.; Saturdays from 6 to 6:30 p.m.
(Spanish); and Good Friday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
(Noon). Stations of the Cross are on Fridays at 12
p.m. (noon) and right after the 7 p.m. Mass on Friday
evenings. All Fridays during Lent are days of
abstinence (no meat, including poultry).
MULCH FUNDRAISER: The Knights of
Columbus are holding their annual mulch fundraiser.
Bags of mulch are being sold for $4.25 each, and
delivered for a $10 charge on Sat., Mar. 24th early in
the morning. For more information, contact Patrick
Furey at kofcmulch@gmail.com. Order forms may
be found in the information rack of the church
narthex or downloaded here [PDF].
SETON SENIORS SPRING OUTING: Join the
Seton Seniors on an outing to Sight and Sound
Theatre in Lancaster, Pa., to see the musical Jonah on
Wed., Apr. 18, 2012, for a cost of $115. Coach
transportation, theatre tickets, and dinner are included.
Contact Dorrette Paulin, 301-972-9317, or
dcpauling@verizon.net to reserve tickets.
DAUGHTERS OF MARY Communion Breakfast:
Mark you calendars to attend the Annual Daughters of
Mary Communion Breakfast on Sun., May 6, at 11
a.m., at the Golden Bull Restaurant in Gaithersburg,
Md. The buffet breakfast, sponsored by MSP’s
Sodality, celebrates all women, so bring your mothers,
children, aunts, grandma, and friends. Mark Forrest,
renowned Irish Tenor, will be guest speaker and
singer. Tickets are on sale beginning the weekend of
Apr. 14/15 after all Masses, and in the Parish Office.
Children under 4 are free. For information, call
Marilou, 301-540-1038, or email:
joaniearc@verizon.net.
2012 ANNUAL JUBILARIAN MASS: Cardinal
Donald Wuerl will celebrate the annual Jubilarian
Mass honoring couples married 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50
and 50+ years on Sun., June 3, 2012, at 2 p.m. at
the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception. Forms are in the church narthex
information rack, or call the Parish Office to register.
Names of jubilarians need to be turned into the Parish
Office by Sun., Apr. 15, 2012.
WOMEN’S CONFERENCE: Join women from
across the Archdiocese on Sat., Mar. 24, 2012, from
8 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., at St. Mark’s Catholic Church,
7501 Adelphi Rd., Hyattsville, Md. 20873. For more information, please call 301-853-4559. Cost is $20 (payable at the door-cash or check to ADW). To register, visit: www.adw.org, click on FAMILY menu
(top), then CONFERENCES.
THREE TO GET MARRIED MARRIAGE PREP
weekends are Mar. 15-18, Mar. 29-Apr. 1, Apr. 19-21,
and May 10-13, 2012. Are you ready? Cost is $275
per couple, with FOCCUS inventory included! On-line registration available. Offered by the Center for
Family Development located at Our Lady of Bethesda
Retreat Center in Bethesda, Md. For more
information, call 301-365-0612.
RESPECT LIFE CORNER...
■ Spring 40 Days for Life mid-point rally
is Sun., Mar. 11, 2012, on Wisteria Dr., at 3:30
p.m. or 7 p.m. Every Sunday is a Candlelight Prayer
Vigil at 7 p.m. on Wisteria, and the Closing Rally
will be Sun. Apr. 1, at 7 p.m. at Neelsville
Presbyterian Church. Sign up to pray by visiting vigilcalendar.com/germantown.
■ Every Monday morning join a peaceful prayer
witness on Wisteria Dr. from 8 to 10 a.m. on the
sidewalk near LeRoy Carhart’s late-term abortion
office.
■ Maryland March for Life: To be held Mon.,
Mar. 12, 2012, in Annapolis. Catholics from all over
Maryland will march for the protection of life.
■ Steven Mosher, President, Population Research
Institute, the anthropologist who discovered the One
Child Forced Abortion policy in China, will speak on
the new pro-life movement in Russia and more on
Thurs., Mar. 15, at 7:30 p.m., at St. Martin’s
Church, school cafeteria. Call 240-498-4229 for
more information.
■ The three Archdioceses of Washington,
Baltimore and Delaware are seeking prayer pledges
during the month of March amounting to at least
100,000 rosaries said for the unborn. Fill in the
online form: www.bit.ly/mdrosarycampaign before
Mar. 18, 2012.
■ Gather Fri., Mar. 23rd from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at
Germantown Square Park at Rt. 118 and
Middlebrook Rd. with Bishop Barry Knestout and
other speakers for the Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally (see PDF flyer and website).
LOURDES ANOINTING MASS: The
Order of Malta cordially invites the sick,
disabled, and elderly of the ADW to
receive the Sacrament of Anointing at a
Mass at Our Lady of Mercy Church Sat.,
Mar. 24, at 10 a.m., in Potomac, Md. There will be
an anointing and a blessing with Lourdes water for
the sick, disabled and the elderly in
attendance. Luncheon reception to
follow in Parish Hall. Free parking,
no charge for the day. Call
Michele, 301-951-6427, or email:
michele.bowe@verizon.net.
SPECIAL PAGES and INSERTS
- Page 4: MSP High School Youth Group Events for March 2012 (also available in PDF format
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- Page 5: Germantown HELP Food Drive Flyer (also available in PDF format ):
LENTEN FOOD DRIVE FOR
Sponsored By
THE MOTHER SETON SODALITY
Urgently needed:
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PEANUT BUTTER
BREAKFAST CEREAL
PASTA + PASTA SAUCE
TUNA FISH
MACARONI + CHEESE |
Please drop off these items throughout the month of March in the bin located in the Narthex.
Germantown HELP is a community-based nonprofit organization that provides emergency assistance to our neighbors in crisis. Germantown HELP’s clients are residents of Germantown, MD (zip codes 20874 and 20876). The FOOD PROGRAM provides 2 to 3 days' worth of food.
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- Pages 6 and 7: Boletin 11 marzo 2012 (Spanish Bulletin) [for PDF , see below]
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