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MASSES OF THE WEEK
Saturday 8:30 AM *✝Mother’s Day Novena
5:00 PM *People of the Parish
Sunday 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
Monday 6:30 AM *✝Mother’s Day Novena
8:00 AM ✝Souls in Purgatory
(Chris Espiritu)
Tuesday 6:30 AM ✝Maria Rita Balajadia, Francisco Espiritu,
Nazario Espiritu, Paula Espiritu,
Moises Mison, Valentina Mison,
and Columbus Shaw (Chris Espiritu)
8:00 AM ✝Deceased of All Souls Cemetery
7:00 PM ✝Mother’s Day Novena
Wednesday 6:30 AM * ✝Mother’s Day Novena
8:00 AM ✝Carman & Rose Gannotti
(Carman Gannotti)
Thursday 6:30 AM ✝Francis Tran
(Dao Tran)
8:00 AM *✝Mother’s Day Novena
Friday 6:30 AM *✝Mother’s Day Novena
8:00 AM ✝Roscoe Evans
(Chris Espiritu)
Saturday 8:00 AM *✝Mother’s Day Novena
5:00 PM ✝Albert Gerard, Sr.
(Al & Joan Gerard)
Sunday, May 11, 2008
7:30 AM ✝Catherine Horansky
(Marian & Thomas Slotwinski)
9:00 AM *People of the Parish
10:45 AM *Andrew Melton
(Bernadette Cordero)
12:15 PM *✝Mother’s Day Novena
5:00 PM ✝Jack Thiede
(Nancy Thiede)
*Living †Deceased
 For all those for whom we have been asked to pray, and especially for parishioners and family members.
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Remember all the dearly departed, especially 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.
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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.
Sunday, May 4:
8:45 AM: Rosary and MAY CROWNING 
5:00 PM: Mass
6:45 PM: Prayer Group (McCabe)
Monday, May 5:
Tuesday, May 6:
6-7:00 PM K: Youth Meeting
6-7:30 PM S: Youth Choir
6:30 PM: Rosary
7:00 PM: Mass
7:30 PM: N & K: Sodality
Wednesday, May 7:
10:00 AM: Parents Prayer (McCabe)
6-7:15 PM: Confession
7:45 PM: Adult (McCabe)
7:30 PM: AA (McCabe)
7:30 PM: Parish Council (McCabe)
Thursday, May 8:
6:30 PM: Legion of Mary (McCabe)
7:00 PM: Folk Choir (McCabe)
7:00 PM: Social Concerns (McCabe)
7:30-9:00 PM: Knight’s Officers (McCabe)
7:30 PM: Liturgy (McCabe)
Friday, May 9:
Saturday, May 10:
8:30-4:00 PM PC: Quilting
Service,
Sacrament or Devotion
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STEWARDSHIP
REPORT
April 27, 2008
Offertory ................................................................. $18,661.50
Poor Box ................................................................. $ 136.00
Votive Candles ........................................................ $ 158.00
Catholic Home Missions ......................................... $ 2,710.00 |
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he observance of the solemnity of theAscension of the Lord has been
transferred in our Archdiocese from May 1
to today, formerly the Seventh Sunday of Easter,
to encourage all Catholics to observe this Holy
Day of Obligation.
“The meaning of Christ’s Ascension,” writes Pope
Benedict XVI, “expresses our belief that in Christ
the humanity that we all share has entered into the
inner life of God in a new and hitherto unheard 
of
way. It means that man has found an everlasting
place in God.” It would be a mistake to interpret
the Ascension as “the temporary absence of Christ
from the world.” Rather, “we go to heaven to the
extent that we go to Jesus Christ and enter into
him.” Heaven is a person:
“Jesus himself is what we
call ‘heaven.’”
Today we celebrate that
Jesus Christ, once
crucified, has been raised
from the dead and has
ascended to the right hand
of his Father. So that we will never be alone, Jesus
has sent the Holy Spirit to us. The Holy Spirit
helps the followers of Jesus understand how to
live the Gospel, and to lead us in the way of the
truth. This is true today, and for all ages to come.
Today’s first reading is about the Ascension of
Jesus and his final instructions to the eleven
Apostles. The second reading is a reassurance that
all that Jesus said and did was according to the
will of the Father. In the Gospel, we learn that the
mission once given to Jesus by the Father has now
been entrusted to us, his disciples.
Today’s readings: Acts 1:1-11; Ephesians 1:17-23; Matthew 28:16-20.
CANCELLED:
The Open Audition night for production of “Do
Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?”
scheduled for Tues., May 13, at 7:30 p.m., in the
Parish Center has been cancelled.
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.
Don’t Miss the Fun!!! when the priests and
seminarians of the Archdiocese of Washington
take on the combined forces of parishioners from
Mother Seton and St. John Neumann in a
basketball game on Fri., May 9, at 7:00 p.m., at
Watkins Mill High School in Gaithersburg, Md.
Free admission, games, prizes, free refreshments,
and halftime entertainment will be offered for an
evening of family fun.
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.
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.
Remembering Mom and Dad: A Workshop
for adults who have lost a parent or parents will
be held Wed., May 7, 2008, from 7 to 8:00 p.m.
If your mom and/or dad have died and you’re
wondering how you’ll manage Mother’s and/or
Father’s Day, this workshop is for you.
Sponsored by Montgomery Hospice, it is free and
open to any Montgomery County resident. Montgomery Hospice is located at 1355 Piccard
Dr., Suite 100, Rockville, Md., 20850. Please
call 301-921-4400 to register and for further
information.
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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.
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“Oh, let our souls priase You and all be devoted to Your service.”
~St. Elizabeth Ann Seton |
REMINDER: First Eucharist Rehearsals will be held Fri.,
May 9th, at 6:00 p.m. (for the 10:00 a.m. Mass). Please
meet in the Parish Center.
Please pray for our children who will be receiving their First
Communion on Sat., May 10, 2008.
Religious Education classes have ended for 2007-2008.
REHEARSAL for CONFIRMATION will be held at the
CHURCH on MON., MAY 12, 2008, beginning promptly at
7:00 p.m.
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)
May 4: TODAY!!! 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.
SOCIAL CONCERNS
Toni Woods, 301-924-3838, ext. 203
Mother of God School Tours: Considering a
private Catholic education for your child? Tour
Mother of God School on any Wednesday or
Saturday at 10 a.m. For more information, call
301-990-2088, or visit their website:
www.mogschool.com.
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.
Separated and Divorced Catholics of the
Archdiocese of Washington will hold its Memorial
Day retreat, May 23 to 25, at the Loyola Retreat
House in Faulkner, Md. Fr. Joe Breighner will be
retreat master. Cost is $218; call 301-231-9412 for
more information.
A Holy Land Pilgrimage [PDF download] for 11
days from Dec. 30, 2008 to Jan. 9, 2009, will be
led by Fr. Larry Young from St. Bartholomew’s
Parish, Bethesda, Md. Cost is $2399 from Dulles
Airport. For more information, call 301-229-7933,
ext. 14.
7th Annual Home School & Parent Conference will be held the weekend of June 13/14, 2008, at
the Dulles Expo & Conference Center, North Hall,
in Chantilly, Va. Sponsored by the Immaculate
Heart of Mary Coalition, the event will feature
talks by many well-known speakers, Catholic
vendors, confessions, and more. For more
information, contact: info@ihmconference.org,
www.ihmconference.org; free admission and
parking: 540-636-1946.
A Citizenship Assistance Workshop will be held
Sat., May 10, 2008, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.., atCatholic Charities, 12247 Georgia Ave., Silver
Spring, Md. Attorneys and trained volunteers will
answer questions about naturalization and assist in
completing the citizenship application. Workshop
fee is $60, and preregistration is required. For
information, call 301-942-1790.
Catholic Alumni Club of Washington, D.C., is
sponsoring a spring singles dance Sat., May 17, at
8:30 p.m. Call 703-768-4243 for more information.
SPECIAL PAGES and INSERTS
- Growing In Faith Newsletter for May, 2008 [
PDF file download*] Discovering
hope and joy in the Catholic faith. This two-page newsletter was
printed in this week's bulletin. Sponsored by the Spiritual Life
Committee. Please look for this insert the first weekend of each month.
*If you need a PDF file reader, one can be downloaded at: Adobe
Acrobat Free Reader 
