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St. Ignatius of Loyola St. Catherine of Alexandria Established 1859 Established 1911 Hilltop, Maryland McConchie, Maryland

May 2, 2021 ~ Fifth Sunday of Easter

SUNDAY MASS DAILY MASS St. Catherine Sat 4:00pm St. Catherine Mon-Tue-Thu-Fri 6:30pm St. Ignatius Sun 8:30am St. Catherine Sun 10:30am

CONFESSIONS ADORATION St. Catherine Sat 3:00-3:45pm St. Catherine Mon-Tue-Thu-Fri 5:30-6:30pm St. Ignatius Sun 7:45-8:15am St. Catherine Thu 5:30-6:15pm OFFICE & STAFF

St. Catherine / St. Ignatius 7640 Port Tobacco Rd. Port Tobacco, MD 20677 Peyton Greer Ramona Dobry Jean Carter

Ritchie Joes Ignatius Cooper Michael DeLane Website: www.stcsti.org Ann Moreland Kelly Welch Dawn Walters Phone: 301-934-9630 David Price John Shifflett Brenda Greer Flocknote: Text “ROUTE6” to 84576 Mary Ann Skinger Avery Sandiford Hailey Sellers

Pastor Polly Butler Bobby Vermillion Linda D. Welch Rev. Aaron Qureshi Delores Jamieson Marcus Elam Vincent Jamieson [email protected] Alicia Brady Robert Ansell Clarke Hettel Sam Gray Robin Proctor Jean Administrative Assistant Leon Higgs Sarah Smith DeAngelo Ball Linda Harrigan Mike Hancock Daniel Jameson Carina Gibbs [email protected] Joe Cooper Sissy Cooper Kayla Kiley Marie Boteler Craig Doshen Xenia Hernandez Bookkeeper Marcella Palmer Irene Proctor Logan Willey Theresa Wegand Hank Galotta Aubrey Proctor Francis Wheeler accounting.stcatherine- [email protected] Please keep in your prayers those with long term illnesses and their caregivers. To have names added to or removed St. John Paul II from the prayer list or if you need a priest at the hospital, Faith Formation Program nursing home or assisted living facility, call (301) 934-9630. Director, Bill Wannall Please leave your name, phone number, person's name, 301-934-2261 ext. 107 facility and room number. [email protected] St. Catherine Parish Council St. Ignatius Parish Council

Youth Ministry Dottie Clements Susan Collins Anna Albrittain Scott Farren Mary Minichino 301-934-2261 ext. 105 [email protected] Tracy Mattingly Keith Smoot Gloria Riley Archbishop Neale School Austin Doherty Principal, Linda Bourne John Coleman

301-934-9595 Ed Landicho www.archbishopnealeschool.org

St. Ignatius Finance Council Catholic Counselor St. Catherine Finance Council Caitlin Langreich Kellie Burch Marshall Garino 301-541-3740 Julie Smoot [email protected] Bobby Mattingly Gabrielle Campbell Kenny Fish Shannon Gilbert

Mass Intentions and Readings Mother’s Day is Sunday May 9th. Mother’s Day Remembrance & Saturday – May 1—Vigil of the Fifth Sunday Spiritual Bouquet cards now of Easter available. If you would like to Acts 9:26-31 Jn 15: 1-8 have your mother (living or de- 4:00pm Repose of the soul of Carol Ann Dever ceased) remembered in Fr. Q’s intentions during the Mass, you Sunday May 2—Fifth Sunday of Easter may pick up a spiritual bouquet Acts 9:26-31 Jn 15: 1-8 offering envelope on the credenza at the entrance 8:30am People of the Community to the Church. You may return it to the office or 10:30am place it in the offertory basket in the coming

weeks. Also, special Mother’s Day remembrance Monday May 3 – Philip and James cards & envelopes are available in the parish of- 1 Cor 15:1-8 Jn 14:6-14 fice. See our parish secretary for more details. 6:30pm Sr. Maureen Byrnes SSND Parish Photo Diretory Tuesday May 4 - Weekday Acts 14:19-28 Jn 14:27-31a 6:30pm Randy Jamieson

Wednesday May 5 — Weekday Acts 15:1-6 Jn 15:1-8 Universal Church Directories will be at both No Mass at St. Catherine’s churches on June 3, 4 and 5 to take photos for our Church Directory. We will have 2 photogra- Thursday May 6—Weekday phers every 20 minutes to allow for sanitizing Acts 15:7-21 Jn 15:9-11 between appointments. Those who sign up for a 6:30pm portrait will receive a free 8x10 portrait and a

free copy of the directory. Details to follow! Friday May 7— Weekday 6:30pm Those who died from COVID

Acts 15:22-31 Jn 15:12-17 Daily Mass

Rejoice always, and pray without ceasing... (1 Thess Sacrificial Giving 5:16) Weekend of April 25, 2021 The Church continually lifts her voice of thanks- Thank you for your support of our church and giving, praise and petition to God - not just on ministries. Sundays, but throughout the week. Come join your voice to the Church's at daily Mass - each St. Catherine St. Ignatius Offertory: $1,599 Offertory: $3,135 Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri at St. Catherine's Church at 6:30pm.

See you there! pretty good shape: it is St. Ignatius, the found- er of the Jesuits. Clearly this chalice was made for a Jesuit priest or Jesuit parish. The second is a very faded etching of at the Last Sup- per with St. John at his breast, with an inscrip- tion in “Q[UEM] DILIG[IT] JESUS”, that is, the disciple “whom Jesus loves” - a reference

St. Ignatius of Loyola Last Supper not only to St. John but to every disciple who receives from this chalice. The final medallion was the most curi- ous. It shows a wom- an with a veil and a From Fr. Q’s Desk crown around her head. At first I though this might be As our parish sacristans can tell you, I have our patronal , St. spent a lot of time here cleaning out and organ- Catherine of Alexan- izing our churches and our sacristies. Last year dria. But with diffi- I discovered at St. Catherine’s an old tarnished culty I made out the in- St. chalice sitting in a drawer which looked beau- scription: it is in fact St. tiful. Recently, through the generosity of a ben- Catherine of Siena, whose feast day we cele- efactor, we were able to have the chalice refur- brated this week on April 29. bished, and it is a gem to behold! Our parish history of St. Catherine’s records I spent a good amount of time inspecting the that, very early in our parish’s history around chalice to see what we could learn about its or- 1911, “[Sunny Henson’s wife] Josephine gave igins. Around the top is the Latin phrase HIC the church its first chalice—and it is beautiful.” EST CALIX SANGUINIS MEI NOVI ET ETERNI TESTA- This chalice has an inscription indicating it was MENTI. These are Jesus’ words to his disciples made around that time, and I suspect this is at the Last Supper: “This is the chalice of my the one which our parish history speaks about. blood, of the new and everlasting covenant.” A What a beautiful discovery for us to make this fitting inscription for a chalice which holds Je- year, in the 110th anniversary of the founding sus’ own Precious Blood at Mass. of our parish! Around the base are three medallions which took some time to decipher. The first was in

FLOCKNOTE St. Catherine Yard Sale We love having you as part of our flock! June 12, 2021 Let’s keep in touch! Make sure we have your current email address for church news and updates.

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Blessing of Fields A time to plant, And a time If you have items for the Yard Sale, we to pluck (Eccl 3:2) have a shed to store your items. You can also drop items off in the Hall a few days Spring is here and it's "a time to plant"! Fr. Q will before the Yard Sale. Call the Rectory to bless farmers' fields on Monday, May 10 in the make arrangements. afternoon and Tuesday, May 11 in the morning. If you would like your fields blessed, please call 301/934-9630 the office and let us know which of those days you would like him to come. Let us pray the Lord for a bountiful year! More Details to Follow

St. Isidore, pray for us!

Financial Education Program Coordinator AmeriCorps Opportunity

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Event Volunteering Opportunities

Catholic Charities offers many ways to volunteer during COVID-19, both in person with social distance and remotely. You can learn about them at https://www.catholiccharitiesdc.org/covid- 19-volunteer-opportunities/ or on our Volunteer Event Calendar. We appreciate your service!

Catechism of the EVERYDAY STEWARDSHIP

Article 1 Recognize God in your Everyday Moments

CELEBRATING THE CHURCH'S LITURGY Confidence in Princes III. When is the Liturgy Celebrated?

Liturgical seasons Have you ever confided your problems to a friend, only to get the answer, “have you prayed about it 1163 "Holy Mother Church believes that she as much as you’ve talked about it?” should celebrate the saving work of her divine Like all good advice, it can really irritate the recipi- Spouse in a sacred commemoration on certain ent at first. Here I am, vulnerable and wounded, days throughout the course of the year. Once unloading my problems, and this joker tries to each week, on the day which she has called the load them right back up and ship them off to Lord's Day, she keeps the memory of the Lord's Someone with a higher pay grade. resurrection. She also celebrates it once every But again, like all good and irritating advice, it year, together with his blessed Passion, at Easter, rings true if you sit and think about it. that most solemn of all feasts. In the course of the year, moreover, she unfolds the whole mystery Sure, venting is helpful. We all need that friend or of Christ .... Thus recalling the mysteries of the family member who can listen to our problems. redemption, she opens up to the faithful the rich- But if we ever start to think that person can solve es of her Lord's powers and merits, so that these them, it’s a good sign that we’re losing perspec- are in some way made present in every age; the tive. faithful lay hold of them and are filled with sav- Are you looking to the world for an answer? Are ing grace." you looking in the mirror, expecting to find a solu- tion to your problems? Are you expecting happi- 1164 From the time of the Mosaic law, the People ness, peace, contentment or justice to come from of God have observed fixed feasts, beginning any place other than God? with Passover, to commemorate the astonishing actions of the Savior God, to give him thanks for “It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to put them, to perpetuate their remembrance, and to confidence in princes,” the Psalms tell us. Well, teach prayer her Lord taught her and the call of I’ve never put much confidence in princes. But the Holy Spirit. This "today" of the living God when it comes to problems, I often find myself tell- which man is called to enter is "the hour" of Je- ing God to take a step back — “I’ve got this.” sus' Passover, which reaches across and under- It’s tough to pray about any problem as much as lies all history: you talk about it. We want so badly to tackle the issue ourselves. But I’ll let you in on a secret: it Life extends over all beings and fills them with doesn’t matter what the question is, we don’t have unlimited light; the Orient of orients pervades the answer. Take it to the One who does. the universe, and he who was "before the day- star" and before the heavenly bodies new genera- tions to conform their conduct to them. In the — Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS age of the Church, between the Passover of

Christ already accomplished once for all, and its consummation in the kingdom of God, the litur- gy celebrated on fixed days bears the imprint of the newness of the mystery of Christ. 5th Sunday of Easter May 2, 2021 Visit FORMED.org with a web browser • Click on Register (lower right of page) • Enter Parish Access Code: 84PVM3 • Enter your email and create a password

READ: Right Here, Right Now: Always Be Ready to SAINTS THIS WEEK Share Your Faith by Patrick Madrid SAINT PHILIP St. It's profound to consider what hangs in the bal- was a Christian ance when we share our faith with others. Patrick and founder of the Congrega- Madrid, in his highly engaging manner, speaks tion of the Oratory, a commu- from a lifetime of experience to help Catholics nity of Catholic priests and effectively share the truth about Christ and his lay brothers. At 18-years-old, Church whenever the opportunity arises. he lived with a wealthy fami- ly member in San Germano. He was sent there to LISTEN: Holiness is Always in Season by assist in the family business. However, soon after Benedict XVI his arrival, Philip experienced a mystical vision, which he eventually spoke of as his Christian For a Christian, the way to reach is to conversion. This event was an encounter with strive for holiness. What is true perfection? the Lord and it dramatically changed his life. In Christ's words are clear, sublime, and disconcert- short, Philip became an evangelist. He loved to ing, "Be perfect as your heavenly Father is per- share the and help people to find or re- fect." To have God as our model is a dizzying discover their faith in Jesus Christ. His days were thought! Yet the Church reminds us that, "All the dedicated to helping others, but his nights were faithful, whatever their condition or in life, set aside for solitude spent praying in the church are called by the Lord to that perfect holiness." or in the catacombs beside the Appian Way. The Church teaches us that holiness is not the concern of a privileged few, nor does it only per- SAINT JAMES tain to Christians of the past. Holiness is always a call to every Christian of every age, a challenge Saint James is described as one for anyone who wants to follow in the footsteps of the first disciples to join Je- of Christ. sus. The Synoptic state that James and John were with This inspiring audiobook presents the Pope's nu- their father by the seashore merous reflections on many saints arranged ac- when Jesus called them to fol- cording to the calendar year. He shows how the low him. James was one of only life of each saint has something unique to teach three apostles whom Jesus selected to bear wit- us about virtue, faith, courage, and love of Christ. ness to his Transfiguration. James and Dozens of saints are covered in this wonderful John asked Jesus to grant them seats on his right spiritual book. The Pope exhorts us through their and left in his glory. Jesus rebuked them, asking lives, "Be holy! Be saints!" if they were ready to drink from the cup he was going to drink from and saying the honor was not even for him to grant.

PARISH PILGRIMAGE

St. Catherine (McConchie) & St. Ignatius (Hilltop) Saturday, July 17, 2021 7:45am departure - 10:30pm return (St. Catherine Hall, 7636 Port Tobacco Road, Port Tobacco) Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine (Emmitsburg, MD) ●Short film on this great ●American saint ●Historical tour ●Holy Mass ●Museum & gifts ●Boxed lunch Sight and Sound Theater (Lancaster, PA) ●See the Bible come to life in the magnificentQueen Esther ●Family-style dinner at the Hershey Inn Cost: $125 (parishioner) / $150 (non-parishioner; signup only after May 1) Included: Lunch, dinner, shrine admission, show ticket and transportation by coach bus. Seats are limited, so don’t delay! JOIN FR. FOR A DAY OF FRIENDSHIP, FUN & FAITH!

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