THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
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April 27, 2008MASSES OF THE WEEK
Saturday 8:00 AM ✝Margaret Finucane
(The Rooney Family)
5:00 PM ✝Robert Pavlekovsky
(M/M Delwin Brockett & Family)
Sunday 7:30 AM ✝Steven Joseph Dwyer
(Fred & Karen Goetze)
9:00 AM *Bill Maxwell
(Bob Bohrer)
10:45 AM ✝Carter White
(Martin & Kathy Cole)
12:15 PM ✝Ernie Smoot
(Margaret Smoot)
5:00 PM *People of the Parish
Monday 6:30 AM ✝Edward Dent
(Nancy Hislop)
8:00 AM ✝Lorraine Frye
(M/M Francis Bendel)
Tuesday 6:30 AM ✝Maria Tran
(Dao Tran)
8:00 AM *M/M Robt. C. Offurum & Family
(Dr. & Mrs. Robt. N. Offurum)
7:00 PM ✝Regina Jefferson
(Judy Kuhn)
Wednesday 6:30 AM ✝Souls in Purgatory
(Chris Espiritu)
8:00 AM ✝Stephen Dwyer & *Dwyer Family
(Murray Family)
Thursday 6:30 AM ✝Ruth Colpo
(Bunny Perry)
8:00 AM ✝Lorenzo & Eulogia Dabuco
(Chris Espiritu)
Friday 6:30 AM *Special Intention
8:00 AM ✝Michael Lowe
(Kenn Pendleton & Mary Grace Snyder)
8:00 PM ✝Theresa Chan
(Rufina Thomson)
Saturday 8:00 AM *✝Mother’s Day Novena
5:00 PM *People of the Parish
Sunday, May 4, 2008
7:30 AM ✝Primitiva Sabater
(PVB Friends)
9:00 AM ✝Joseph Ontko
(Maria Ontko)
10:45 AM ✝Christina Reisz Malone
(Lory Reisz)
12:15 PM ✝ChuChi Vehemente
(Vehemente Family)
5:00 PM *✝Mother’s Day Novena
*Living †Deceased
For all those for whom we have been asked to pray, and especially for parishioners and family members. *
Remember all the dearly departed, especially Rev. Francis T. Flaherty, and Rev. Msgr. Peter Nguyen-Thanh Long of the Archdiocese of Washington, family members and parishioners.
*Please Note: Names of parishioners and family members are generally omitted from the Prayer Intentions in the online versions of the Parish Bulletin out of respect for online privacy. Please see the printed edition for listings of names.]
If you would like someone to be placed on our prayer list for the sick or the deceased in the bulletin, please call the parish office: 301-924-3838.SPIRITUAL LIFE AND WORSHIP
ADORATION: Held Mondays, 3-6 p.m.; Tues.-Fri.: 8:30-12 p.m.; First Fridays, after the 8a.m. Mass until Benediction at 7:45 p.m..
EUCHARISTIC HEALING SERVICE: held at 7:30 p.m. on the 2nd Monday of every month. Deacon Bill Vita presides.
EUCHARISTIC HOME MINISTRY: Eucharistic Ministers take the Holy Eucharist to the sick or homebound on Sundays. Please call the parish office or Al Opdenaker, (301) 758-5110 to schedule.
PARENT PRAYER GROUP: Meets Wed. at 10 a.m.. Parents, infants and preschoolers are welcome.
HAIL HOLY QUEEN CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP: meets on the first and third Sundays of the month from 6:45-8:00 p.m.. Everyone is welcome. Contact George Kelly, 301-972-0326; prayer requests are welcome.
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK
Sunday, Apr.27:
9 & 10:30 AM: Children’s Liturgy (McCabe)
5:00 PM: Mass/6-7 PM PC: Youth Group
Monday, Apr. 28:
Tuesday, Apr. 29:
6- 7:30 PM S: Youth Choir
7:00 PM: Mass
Wednesday, Apr.30:
10:00 AM: Parents Prayer (McCabe)
6-7:15 PM: Confession
6:30 PM: Bell / 7:45 PM: Adult (McCabe)
7:30 PM: AA (McCabe)
Thursday, May 1:
12:15 PM S: Good Shepherd
6:30 PM: Legion of Mary (McCabe)
7:00 PM: Folk Choir (McCabe)
7:30-11:00 PM PC: K of C
Friday, May 2:
FIRST FRIDAY
ALL DAY ADORATION
5:45 PM: Benediction
6-8:30 PM: First Eucharist Rehearsal
8:30 PM: MassSaturday, May 3:
10:00 AM: First Eucharist
STEWARDSHIP REPORT April 20, 2008
Offertory ................................................................. $17,407.00
Poor Box ................................................................. $ 129.00
Votive Candles ........................................................ $ 242.00
he Sixth Sunday of Easter is a kind of turning point in the 50 Days of Easter. The scripture readings begin more and more to focus on the gift of the Spirit as we move toward celebrating Pentecost Sunday, which is May 11, and Mother’s Day this year. All three readings for the Sixth Sunday of Easter mention the Holy Spirit.
Jesus is preparing His disciples for His death and all that will follow. He promises them and all future generations of Christians, that He will continue to live in them through the presence of His Spirit. Jesus calls on all of us to trust in the Spirit of Truth, who is with us always.
The first reading tells of the Samaritans receiving the Holy Spirit. In the second reading, Peter gives spirit-filled words of encouragement to Christians of every generation. In the Gospel, Jesus promises the gift of the Holy Spirit as He prepares the disciples for His death and all that is to follow.
MOTHER SETON PARISH SODALITY
WELCOMES ALL PARISHIONERS
TO:MAY CROWNING
MAY 4, 2008
9:00 AM MASS
Please join us for recitation of the Rosary
at 8:30 AM in the Courtyard.
Please bring cut flowers to lay at the feet of the Blessed Mother.
Winners of the drawing and essay contests will carry the flowers,
and then crown the Blessed Mother.
Last Weekend to purchase tickets to “Daughters of Mary Communion Breakfast”, sponsored by the Sodality, to be held Sun., May 4, 2008, at the Willow Tree Inn, Montgomery Village, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. ALL WOMEN are invited to attend. Advance tickets (only) are $22/person; children 3-14, $11, 0-3 yrs., free.
RETIREMENT OF A PARISH LEADER
Sadly, we must announce the retirement of our parish’s Director of Music and Liturgy, Mrs. Margaret Stack, effective May 11, 2008. Margaret has dedicated 15 years of her life to the people of Mother Seton Parish. When she arrived in 1993, our parish and its music ministry were much smaller. In the years since then, she has enriched our worship by helping us develop the many choirs we now enjoy. Please keep her in your prayers. She will be missed.
Consider Volunteering for the Parish Council
MOTHER SETON PASTORAL COUNCIL elections will be held during the month of May. During April, the Nominating Committee will meet to choose nominees for three vacancies on the Council. If you are interested in having your name, or another parishioner’s name (with his/her consent), considered for nomination, please complete the following form and return it to the Parish Office, or place in the collection basket before Apr. 30, 2007. “Any registered participating Catholic member of MSP who is at least 18 years old may be a member of the Council.” The term of office is 3 years.
[Note: click here for printable nomination form in PDF format, from page 2 of the print edition of the April 20 Bulletin]
OPEN AUDITIONS: Calling ALL Wannabe Thespians — Would you like to star in Mother Seton’s very own production of "Do Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?" by John R. Powers, and lyrics by James Quinn and Alaric Jans? Please come to our Open Casting Call, Tues., May 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the Parish Center. Come ready to read from the script and to sing from music of your choosing. The play will be performed Sept. 26, 27, & 28, 2008. All proceeds will benefit the MSP Building Fund.
NEWS FROM THE . . .
SCHOOL OF RELIGION
Peggy McGrail, MTS
Director of Religious Eduction
301.444.3495
Joni Donlon / Mary-Beth DeLuzio: 301.444.3496
E-mail address: mspsor@aol.com.
Visit our blog for announcements & news: MSP SOR Blogspot.
“O, my God, forgive what I have been, correct what I am, and direct what I shall be.”
~St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
REMINDER: First Eucharist Rehearsals will be held Fri., May 2nd, at 6:00 p.m. (for the 10:00 a.m. Mass) and 7:30 p.m. (for the Noon Mass). Please meet in the Parish Center.
Please pray for our children who will be receiving their First Communion on Sat., May 3, 2008.
Religious Education classes will meet for the last time on Mon., Apr. 28, and Wed., Apr. 30, 2008.
Registration for next year’s Religious Education classes will be announced in an upcoming bulletin. Please watch for the date and time.
HS Youth News
Sunday 5:00 -7:00PM
in Parish Center
(During School-year only)
Apr. 27:TODAY!!!!! Talk: Pressure & Stress. How to deal!
May 4: Service Project. Meet at MSP @1:15-4:30 p.m., to spend time volunteering at a local home for the elderly.
May 9: (Friday): We will be helping out at the DC Hood Basketball Game!!! Game will be at Watkins Mill High School 6:30-9:00 p.m.
May 11: NO YOUTH GROUP!
May 18: Dessert with Senior Servers@Rectory.
May 25: OFF for Memorial Weekend!!!
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!! Please contact Nicole Distasio (301) 528-8829, or MSPyouth@aol.com; www.freewebs.com/mspyouth.
Toni Woods, 301-924-3838, ext. 203
Please help support our debt reduction program by purchasing food certificates for Giant and Shoppers grocery stores after all Masses located at the table in the church Narthex.
Have You Ever Felt Called to the Priesthood? Consider attending the annual Young Adult Discernment Dinner, Sun., May 18, from 5 to 8:00 p.m., at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, 6001 Western Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. The evening includes Mass, dinner, and a chance to discuss the priesthood with other young men from the Washington, D.C. area. For more information and to register, contact Msgr. Robert Panke, Director of Priest Vocations, 301-853-4580, or go to: vocations@adw.org. [For more about Priestly and other Vocations in the Archdiocese of Washington, see the ADW Vocations page.]
MSP Grounds Maintenance Seeks Volunteers:
The lawn-cutting crew seeks volunteers to help with parish grounds maintenance. If you could spare a couple of hours once every 3 weeks, call Jeff Derr, 301-972-5911.
Our Lady of the Visitation Parish Invites all to the Annual May Festival, May 3, 2008, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., rain or shine! Located at 14135 Seneca Rd., Darnestown, Md., they will offer craft vendors, flowers and plants for sale, a silent auction, raffles, a white elephant sale with art, jewelry and collectables, a cake wheel, and much more.
Do You Play Basketball or an Instrument???
If you’re high school age or older and want to play on the Mother Seton basketball team against “DC Hood”, a team of Archdiocesan seminarians and priests, Fri., May 9, call Paul Vater, 301-428-0959. The St. John Neumann-Mother Seton Pep Band is now forming! Call Mary Beth de Ribeaux, 301-963-2724.
Capuchins, Legionaries, & St. Mary Monastery are hosting live-in vocational retreats from May through August. Pray and work with the community and hear informative vocational talks. The retreats are no cost, but space is limited. Travel by bus or train to the nearest major city, be picked up, and taken to the retreat. Call 1-800-221-1807, for dates and locations.
Join the K of C, Bethesda Assembly #386, for their 4th annual trip to Atlantic City, Sat., May 31, 2008, from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Cost is $60/person; call 301-949-6693 or 301-977-3840. Seating is limited.
