Holy February 14, 2021 Redeemer

Catholic Church

9705 Summit Avenue Kensington, Maryland 20895  www.hrkensington.org   email for bulletin: 

bulletin@hrsken.org   Holy Redeemer School 3019423701 Holy Redeemer Rectory 3019422333 Fax 3019424981 Fax 3019421041     Mr. Thomas Corrigan, Principal 3016797112 Rev. Mark F. Hughes, Pastor Mrs. Hilary Shaw, Admin. Assistant 3019423701   and Admissions Coordinator Rev. Ebuka Mbanude, Parochial Vicar  Mrs. Lorrie Ricca, Admin. Assistant 3019423701  [email protected]  School Nurse 3016797111 Rev. Mark Tucker, Priest in Residence After Care 3016797110  Holy Redeemer PreK  3019422567 Stephen Mitchell     Debbie Monahan, Administrator Mrs. Blanca Douki, Finance Officer    Mrs. Jen Kestel, Office Manager  CCD Program  j.kestel@hrsken.org Kindergarten through 8th grade, call the Religious  Education Office for more information at Mrs. Marylou McDonald, DRE   m.mcdonald@hrsken.org m.mcdonald@hrsken.org   Mr. Bert Conger, Parish Facilities Manager Mr. Joseph M. Ryan, Director of Music and Liturgy Mr. Paul Ostrye, Finance Council Chair  j.ryan@hrsken.org or 3019228215   Baptisms Mrs. Catherine Tolnay M RCIA For Baptism information contact Fr, Ebuka Mbanude at  3019422333 or email him [email protected] to  arrange dates and times for preparation and the Sunday Masses ceremony Saturday: 5:30 PM  Sunday: 7:30, 9:30 & 11:30 AM Marriages  Consult one of the parish priests at least six months in advance, call 3019422333.  Weekday Masses  MondayFriday: 6:45 AM & 9:00 AM Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Saturday: 8:30 AM Monday M Friday 5:00PMN8:30 PM  Exposition at 5:00 PM Holy Day of Obligation Masses Reposition at 8:30PM  6:45 AM, 9:00 AM and 7:30 PM Rosary Unless stated otherwise in the bulletin 6:25 AM and 8:40 AM Monday MFriday   Confessions Nursing Home or Homebound? Please contact the Saturday 4:15 M 5:15 PM or by appointment rectory for information regarding Parish services. Hȿȼɉ RȵȴȵȵȽȵɂ CȸɅɂȳȸ KȵȾɃȹȾȷɄȿȾ, MD

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time February 14, 2021

PRAY  FOR THE SICK  Requested by  SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13 John Argauer, M.M.; Barbara Brito; Fr. H 8:30 AM David Kestel  Millwater Melissa Brito; Dorothy Connolly; Jean Davis; Fr. E/M 5:30 PM Kevin Chrysostom Hurley Hurley Simone Diamond; Caroljane Donovan; Patrick  Fennell; Karen Fisher; Lilia Hayden; Kathy SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Holton; Paul Kendall; Maeve Magee; Sue SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14 Magee; Damien Maldonado; Dave Obal; Victor Fr. H 7:30 AM Parishioners  Pastor Piccirillo; Faye Ryan; Joanne Richards; Judy Fr. E 9:30 AM  Lisa Davis  Kennedy Fr. T/M 11:30 AM  Caroline Gaiser McDermott Ryan; Barbara Scanlon; Rocco Trigiani; Jo-  seph Yao; Mary Grace Yao; Will Valentine; MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15 Mike Zeigler Fr. E 6:45 AM Brendon Shea  Hurley PRAY Fr. T 9:00 AM  Tom Quackenbush Higgina FOR THE DECEASED   TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16 Joyce Burlas; Fr. E 6:45 AM Dolores Conger Millwater Marge Grofic; Fr. T 9:00 AM Marie Perrell  Stepko Helen Zmuda, mother of Robert Zmuda;  Lydia Thorndyke ASH WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 Fr. H 6:45AM Hugh Donovan  Millwater  Fr. E 9:00 AM Marie Perrell  Klein Fr. H 7:30 PM Jay Hanna  Smothers    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18  Fr. H 6:45 PM John J. Germain Schlegel  Fr. T 9:00 PM  Marie Perrell  Poole    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19 The Spring 40 Days for Life Campaign/Bethesda Fr. H 6:45AM  Mary A. Magee S. Magee  runs everyday from Wednesday, February 17 to Fr. E 9:00AM Rose & Paul Lodato Lodato March 28, 2021, from 7 am to 7 pm. The goal of  the campaign is to pray and fast for the end of abor- SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20 tion.  Fr. H 8:30 AM Mimi Fleury  Carlin  Fr. E 5:30 PM  Kiran Healy  Seraphin   Holy Redeemer will be praying on Mondays FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT from 11 am  5 pm (2/22, 3/1, 3/8, 3/15 & 3/22) at SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21 Carhart's late term abortion facility, 10401 Old Fr. E 7:30 AM Parishioners  Pastor Georgetown Road, Bethesda.  Fr. H/M 9:30 AM Caroline Gaiser Slater  Fr. H/M 11:30 AM Glenn Swengross Swengross There is a kickoff prayer vigil scheduled for Ash  Wednesday, February 17, from 89 am at the clinic. H = Fr. Hughes; Fr. T= Fr. Tucker; Fr. E= Fr. Ebuka; Please come and pray with other Holy Redeemer M = Deacon Mitchell.  parishioners.  Clergy schedules subject to change   You can click on the link below to SIGN UP for an hour on Mondays. For additional information, visit  40daysforlife.com/bethesda or email Sandy Buffa- NEXT SUNDAY’S READINGS lano, [email protected]  FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT  Gn 9:815 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/ 1Pt 3:1822 d/1gPOP0nJs92UKz_zzryDB_QXXb9 Mk 1:1215 (23) mHgendppnleopsI/edit?usp=sharing FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME FȵȲɂɅȱɂɉ 14, 2021

 OF THE WEEK  FRA ANGELICO   Feast Day: February 18 The Academy of the Holy Cross Alumnae Beatified: October 3, 1982  and Current Students:    Support AHC's annual (virtual) Auction Gala, Growing up in a small town in , Guido di Pietro March 20th by including your name on HR's was interested in two things. He wanted to follow Parish Ad.For$25 PER FAMILY each family Christ’s example in all things, and he wanted to member (current AHC student, recent gradu- develop his talent for . God showed him ate, or alumna) can add their name(s) to the how these two things were his vocation. Our voca- HR Parish Ad. The HR Parish Ad will appear in tion is God’s call to share in ’ life and work. the gala program. This is an great way for fam-  Guido was born in 1387, and when he was 18 he ilies to show their continued support for AHC. joined the as a religious brother. Purchase here: hps:// Brothers are not priests. Religious brothers serve academyo heholycross.ejoinme.org/2021ParishAd  their community through prayer and work. It Italy, religious brothers are called “Fra.”  Religious brothers are often given new names. Guido’s religious name was “Fra Giovanni” or Brother John. His work in his community was painting beautiful religious art, initially for manu- scripts which at the time were each copied by hand. The moment the members of his religious community saw his beautiful , they said that he “painted like an angel.” That is how he be- came known as “Fra Angelico.”  Every day before he began to paint, Fra Angelico prayed that God would guide his hand and help him to create a painting that would inspire people to grow closer to God.  Fra Angelico became very famous. He painted ho- ly figures and angels and was even called to to paint portraits of the on the walls of the chapel of Pope Eugenius IV and then . His work can be found in museums and churches and holy buildings throughout the world.  He died in Rome in 1455 and was beatified in 1982 by Pope John Paul II. The pope declared him the patron saint of Catholic artists in 1984.  We call Fra Angelico “Blessed.” His life helps us to understand that we are called to use the gifts we have been given to serve others and to give glory and praise to God.  hp://saintsresource.com/fraRangelico HOLY REDEEMER CHURCH KENSINGTON, MD

 Ash Wednesday/Lent Schedule February 14, 2021 MF Daily Mass 6:45 & 9:00 am & Saturday 8:30 am  The Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time Weekend Masses Saturday 5:30 pm  Sunday’s 7:30, 9:30 & 11:30 am Today is World Marriage Day! 

 Wednesday’s Confessions 6:157:15 pm On this World Marriage Day, followed by Mass at 7:30 pm  we thank our heavenly Fa- February 17, &24  ther for the gift and blessing March 3, 10, 17, 24, & 31  of marriage and the family.  As we strive to live our par- Stations of the Cross  ticular vocations and respond Friday’s 9:30 am and 7:30 pm  to the Lord’s grace in our February 19, 26 March 5, 12, 19, & 26 lives, let’s also consider how we might dedicate renewed prayer and attention to mar- Ash Wednesday is  riage and the family.   February 17! As a start, here are possible areas we might consider:  First, we begin with prayer: Let’s remember to pray Why Ashes?  with and for marriages and families throughout our nation: for marriages in crisis, for families struggling BY FR. LARRY RICE  with unemployment, for broken or wounded family For centuries, Catholic Christians have marked the beginning relationships.  of the season of Lent by receiving ash on their foreheads on  Second, let us reclaim Sunday as the Lord’s Day, a Ash Wednesday. This tradition has its roots in the Old Testa- day of rest when we can focus on being together as a ment, where wearing ashes was a common sign of repentance family. The celebration of Holy Mass together is the for sins, and a sign of one’s humility before God. Since Lent is a season of penitential renewal through prayer, fasting, and first essential way to honor this day. But is there almsgiving, it’s appropriate that this ancient sign marks the something more the Lord is inviting us to when we go beginning of the season.  back home? Set aside some time to pray a decade of the rosary, enjoy the outdoors together, play ball, eat The ashes themselves are usually made by burning the palm dinner together, have a game night!  fronds from the previous year’s Palm Sunday. This symboli-  cally connects the beginning of Lent with its end, connecting And third, let us remember that the Church is the fam- our change of heart with Christ’s passion, death, and resurrec- ily of God and a family of families. As a family, how tion. can we share Christ with other married couples and families? Do we have any friends and family members Ashes are usually distributed as part of the Mass on Ash who are struggling in their marriage, alone during this Wednesday, often after the homily. As people approach the time of isolation, or particularly afflicted by this pan- priest or other minister, he presses the ashes to their foreheads, and speaks one of two phrases: “Remember that you are dust, demic? When was the last time we checked on our and to dust you shall return,” or “Repent and believe in the elderly neighbors? Is there someone in the parish that Gospel.”  we haven’t seen in a while? How can we M as a family M reach out to those who are in need? In many places, Ash Wednesday services are among the most  popular of the whole yearNa day that’s not even a Holy Day Copyright © 2021, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, of Obligation. Cynics have suggested that this is because peo- Washington, DC. All rights reserved. ple “get” something, as they do on Palm Sunday. But there’s nothing particularly appealing about getting smudged with ashes. Perhaps, the appeal is the expression through a physical Speak Lord for your sign of a desire for interior conversion.  Servant Listens. 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