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NEW PARISHIONERS…St. Aloysius extends a warm welcome to October 18, 2020 all who are joining us for prayer, worship, or instruction. If you are new to the area or returning home to the Church, we invite you to TwentyRninth Sunday In Ordinary Time register and make St. Aloysius your parish. Registration forms can be obtained at the church, on our website, or by calling the rectory. SCHEDULE OF SERVICES MASS SCHEDULE: FIND A SMALL GROUP… Find Small Group Faith Formation opportunities in our area for both adults and high school teens by Saturday: 5:00 pm visiting www.ConnectStMarys.com. Sunday: 8:00 am and 11:00 am Daily: 12:15 pm Tuesday & Thursday RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS (RCIA)...RCIA is the process of welcoming new members to the 8:30 am Wednesday & Friday Catholic Church. It is intended for adults who have never been 7:30 am Saturday baptized or for adults who have been baptized Christian and now HOLY DAY MASSES: wish to practice the faith in the Catholic tradition. It is an ongoing process of formation, catechesis and liturgical rites. Anyone As Announced inside the Bullen. interested is asked to call the rectory to discuss the process. FIRST FRIDAYS: Mass at 8:30 am
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM…Parents are asked to call the parish FIRST SATURDAYS: Mass at 7:30 am, Holy Hour ll 9:00 am office to register for the Baptismal Preparation Meeting and for the baptism of their child. Parents are expected to be participating SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: members of the parish. Thursday: 11:30R12 Noon SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE…Couples seeking to be married Saturday: 3:30R4:30 pm in the Church are to make arrangements with the pastor six months to one year in advance of their intended wedding date, in order to allow STAFF time for marriage preparation. At least one of the engaged should be Pastor……………………………….……….Rev. David W. Beaubien, ext. 14 a registered and practicing member of the parish. Deacon……………………………………………………..Deacon Joseph Vavrus ANOINTING OF THE SICK…The Sacrament of the Sick is for the Parish Secretary/Bookkeeper……………….…....Denise Becher, ext.10 spiritual comfort, strength and healing of the ill. If there is a need for the sacrament in your family or household, please contact the rectory Receponist/Bullen Editor…………………….Jennifer Bicknell, ext.11 as soon as possible. Religious Educaon/Youth Ministry…….... Leonard Wathen, ext.16 Coordinator of Music…………………………..………….…..Beth Domingue FATHER ANDREW WHITE SCHOOL… PreK8th Grade. If interested, please contact Mrs. Helen Bowles in the school office Maintenance……………………………………………………….….Wally Bowles Monday through Friday 8:00am 3:00pm, 3014759795 for space Principal, Father Andrew White School ……..……Heather Francisco availability. Secretary, FAW School……………………………………….…..Helen Bowles
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION…PreK8th Grade, 1st and 3rd Sunday RECTORY HOURS: MondayRThursday 8 amR4 pm of the month, 9:15 AM to 10:30 AM, during the school year. To Friday 9 amR3 pm register please contact Leonard Wathen at the Rectory or visit the parish website.
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PASTOR’S CORNER PRAYER & WORSHIP MASS INTENTIONS this WEEK Rendering to Caesar and to God (Matthew 22:1521) Tuesday, October 20: USA: Saint Paul of the Cross, Priest On September 12th, 1960, Senator John F. 12:15 pm Elizabeth “Sis” Swales Kennedy, the Democratic candidate for president, Wednesday, Oct. 21: addressed a group of Protestant ministers in Houston 8:30 am Abell Domingo to assure them that if he was elected, he would not Thursday, Oct. 22: St. John Paul II, Pope answer to any pope or bishop or impose his Catholic 12:15 pm Irene Dougherty faith on anyone in the course of carrying out his public Friday, October 23: St. John of Capistrano, Priest duties. He ended the speech with the striking statement 8:30 am Bob Carlton that in the scarcely conceivable event of a conflict Saturday, October 24: St. Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop between his personal conscience and a decision 7:30 am Carl Guy affecting the good of the country, he, as any 5:00 pm Norma Buckler conscientious public servant should, would resign from Sunday, October 25: 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time office. Priesthood Sunday Sixty years later, the difference between then and 8:00 am Jarboe & Tippett Families 11:00 am Pro populo now is that it is more than conceivable that a decision coming before a person in high public office could St. Aloysius Sunday Mass will also be online seriously trouble the conscience of a wellinformed at 11:00 AM at www.facebook.com/staloysius20650. Catholic or other kind of Christian. Modernday “Herodians” are expert at trying to force a Christian PLEASE IN “confirmandus/a” into a dilemma by asking whether REMEMBER PRAYER the person’s faith would affect his or her policy or the Sick and Homebound in our Community: John Barnett, judicial decisions. If the answer were affirmative, the Jeanne Bean, Chris Beverly, Wally Bowles, Brandon person would likely not get confirmed. If negative, that Bowman, Walter M. Bowman, Edna Burch, Timothy would be tantamount to denying that faith really does Butler, Teresa Cusic, Steve Daczkowski, Brenda Davis, play an integral part in forming the human person. Charles Davis Sr., Dr. John Fenwick, George Guy, Warren Similarly, if asked whether faith would affect one’s Guy, Jr., Marsha Harper, John Holly, Eddie Johnson, Paula decisions regarding “settled law,” again an affirmative Kidwell, Brian Landry, Juliann Leginze, Max Long, Maria answer would threaten the possibility of confirmation. McGuigan, Theresa Meinert, Francine Morgan, Cy Munley, A negative response would in effect deny that some George Nelson, Margaret Nelson, Jermaine Perry, laws that form the basis of precedent are truly bad and DeShawn Plater, Kim Simmons, Mary Agnes Stewart, immoral pieces of legislation. Rebecca Swales, Nena Underwood, Michael Utzig, Stephanie Vallandingham and the Vavrus Family. It would be hard to outdo the eloquence of a JFK, but this is now. When lived authentically, our Catholic faith not only makes us better persons, but makes us better as a people. In the public square, we are called not to impose our faith, but to propose its sublime moral teachings as the way that more truly and justly RESPECT LIFE builds up the community. Let us keep in mind too that October is : the separation of church and state as established by the National Domestic Violence Awareness Month Constitution was meant to protect religion from interference by the government, not to insulate the You don’t deserve to be abused. Violence at home hurts! government from people of faith. You are not alone. Now is the time to protect yourself and those who count on you for safety. If you experience Not many of us are called to serve in public office, any form of abuse, please know that there is help. Call but by voting in elections, we show our loyalty and the National Domestic Violence Hotline 1 (800) 7997233. patriotism. In doing so, we “render to Caesar” what we To learn more about domestic violence visit: owe to him. By carrying out our duties in a way www.catholiccharitiesdc.org/familypeace. consistent with an upright and wellinformed conscience, we render to God all that belongs to him. WORD OF LIFE For the elderly who are abused: May they experience God’s love and find the support and ~Fr. David resources they need in our parish community. TɇȵȾɄɉȾȹȾɄȸ SɅȾȴȱɉ ȹȾ OɂȴȹȾȱɂɉ TȹȽȵ
EVANGELIZATION & PARISH LIFE BRICK FUNDRAISER We will be placing an order on PLEASE NOTE: The 2021 Mass Intentions Book is now Monday, Oct. 19th! Call the office open. In order to accommodate the many requests we if you want to be included in this order! receive for Mass Intentions, we need to limit each household to only four (4) Sat./Sun. Masses, if available. Details: $250 per brick, 3 lines of personalization, up to As space allows, the remainder, if desired, may be assigned 15 letters/space per line. Order forms can be found in the to a daily Mass. vestibule or at our website www.saintaloysiuschurch.org. For questions, call the rectory at 3014758064 ST. ALOYSIUS’ ONLINE SERVICES Morning Prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours will be STEWARDSHIP led online on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings at 8:30am by Fr. David and/or Leonard Wathen. SHARING OUR TREASURE On your computer or smart phone, visit https://zoom.us/ Weekly Offertory Contributions j/9911129144. To dial in by telephone instead, call +1 646 October 11, 2020 558 8656 and enter meeting ID 991 112 9144, even if you have no experience of the Liturgy of the Hours. 1st Collection 2nd Collection: Debt Reduction Saturday Vigil Mass, 5:00pm and Sunday Morning Offertory Basket: $ 3,854.00 Offertory Basket: $ 1,345.00 Mass, 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM: Regularly scheduled Direct Debit: $ 1,246.00 Direct Debit: $ 644.50 Masses continue to be celebrated at St. Aloysius Church, Total: $ 5,100.00 Total: $ 1,989.50 though Catholics in our Archdiocese are currently Online Giving for September 2020: $ 4,148.00 dispensed from the obligation to attend on Sundays. Be sure to read the guidelines on our website if you plan to join 2ND COLLECTION NEXT WEEK will be for our us in person. Mass will continue to be livestreamed on Archdiocesan Assessment our Facebook Pageon Sundays at 11:00 AM. PATRON OF THE WEEK: Barbara Click, Realtor LOCAL NETWORKS FOR SUNDAY MASS RE/Max If in need, please remember to patronize our Although many lay faithful cannot attend Mass at this time, bulletin sponsors. we can and should continue to keep the Lord's Day holy, OFFERTORY as the third commandment requires. If you are not already enrolled in our weekly direct debit The Mass airs every Sunday at 10:30 AM on offertory, please continue to support the parish online at WDCW50: Dish Network or https://saintaloysiuschurch.org/donate or by mailing in your Direct TV subscribers: Ch. 50 offertory donation, according to your means (P.O. Box 310, Comcast: Ch. 3 in Southern Maryland Leonardtown, MD 20650). St. Aloysius Church continues EWTN broadcasts the Mass each day at 8:00 AM and to rely on your generous support for our regular expenses. 12 PM. ArchivedMass recordingscan be viewed on their YouTube channel. RELIGIOUS ED & YOUTH MINISTRY MONDAY NIGHT APOLOGETICS FAMILY OF FAITH CHILDREN’S RELIGIOUS Mondays from 7:008:30pm. We will meet at EDUCATION PROGRAM has begun St. John’s in Hollywood, in the St. Jude Room, of (online). We will host an optional the MSGR Harris Center. The Topic will be: inperson catechist meetandgreet on “Islam: Religion of War or Religion of Peace?” Sunday, October 18 at 9:15 AM. Zoom Meeting Information: Topic: Apologetics 202021 For details and registration, visit https:// https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88964893464? www.saintaloysiuschurch.org/ Meeting ID: 889 6489 3464 Passcode: 2C81iF familyoffaith FATHER ANDREW WHITE SCHOOL ALTAR GUILD: Thank you to those who have signed up to be CONGRATULATIONS CONFIRMANDI! part of the Altar Guild. 2 or Congratulations to all those that were confirmed on 3 more people would really be ideal to make Tuesday night by Bishop Campbell! May the Holy Spirit up the 3 to 4 teams which could alternate in continue to strengthen them to live as disciples of Jesus cleaning the church, on Mondays, during Christ. Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Thy faithful, and Wally’s longterm sick leave. If you are able to join, please enkindle in them the fire of Your love! call Denise or Jenn at the rectory office, 3014758064. SAVE THE DATE: Are you a fisherman that is hooked on helping our parish school? Father Andrew White School is A big THANK YOU to the parishioner who made the hosting a "Fishin' for Tuition" Open Water Rockfish curtains for the church and for those who helped to install Tournament on Nov. 21st/22nd. Cash prizes will be them! awarded! OȳɄȿȲȵɂ 18, 2020 ST. VINCENT de PAUL LVRSA Chicken Dinner Fundraiser Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 ST. VINCENT de PAUL: Community Sunday collection of food. Please leave non Time: 11am8pm Place: Kevin's Corner Kafe perishable food in the church foyer on the third weekend each month. To contribute to The Leonardtown Volunteer Rescue Squad Auxiliary is our twinning effort with the Villa Infantil hosting a fundraiser at the Kevin's Orphanage and the conference of St. Catherine Laboure in Corner Kafe in Leonardtown. Also visit Kevin on Lima, Peru, please use an envelope marked for SVdP Facebook for family pack deals. You can call ahead at Twinning and either place in the collection at Mass or mail (301) 9971260 or come by for dinein or carryout for to the rectory. Thank you! some delicious food and support our fundraiser. Please be sure to let the server/cashier know you are there to support COMMUNITY the LVRSA fundraiser so we can get credit for your purchase. Thank you! ST. MARY’S CHURCH, Bryantown, is hosting a SAINT FRANCIS de SALES CHURCH CONFERENCE ON HEALING Annual FALL OYSTERFEST Oct 2324, with Dr. Mary Healy. Date: Saturday, November 7 Theconference will be held Friday Time: 123pm or until sold out
night, 79pm, and all day Saturday, Place: Hall, 7209 Benedict Ave. concluding with 6pm Vigil Mass followed by Healing Including drive thru pickup option with MENU: Fried Service. Cost is $10 and includes lunch & dinner on oysters, steamed shrimp, fresh local BBQ/spit roasted hog Saturday, pay at the door. Due to Covid, space is limited donated by Serenity Farms, homemadeapple sauce& cole & preregistration is required. You can register through the slaw plus dessert. parish facebook page or by contacting Fr. Conley at [email protected]. Dr. Mary Healy is a professor Delicious bake sale goods also available/raffle/miniflea of Sacred Scripture at Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit. market She serves on the Pontifical Biblical Commission and is Adults drivethru $20 with advance purchase/$25 day known nationally for her healing prayer ministry. For more of fest info call parish at 3018702220. Children $5/$20 for more than four children in family Dinein $25 per adult; reserve table for six in advance and ST. JOHN’S SCHOOL Pumpkin one person eats free. Dash St. John's School is hosting the “Pumpkin Dash,” a virtual 5K Visit the parish web site www.stfrancisbenedict.org and run/walk and 10K bike ride (1mile run/walk and 3mile use Paypal/Credit portal to purchase tickets or call office bike ride for children), onSat., Oct. 24. Run, walk, or ride at (301)2743416) and for more info. anywhere you'd like! Registration includes tshirt, race bib, 7209 Benedict Avenue finisher medal, results posted online, a mini pumpkin, Benedict, Maryland 20612 plus a costume contest and raffle prizes. Proceeds benefit St. John’s School and MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital Cancer Care and Infusion Services. RESPECT LIFE MONTH: That the life of every person, Sign up atwww.sjshollywood.org from conception to natural death, will be protected in our SACRED HEART CHURCH ANNUAL FALL laws and cherished in our hearts; W e pray to the Lord. DINNERDRIVETHRU ONLY Date: Sunday, October 25, 2020 THE GOSPEL OF LIFE: “We are called to reverence and love Time: 11am until sold out every human person as ourselves. Place: Sacred Heart Church, 23080 It is our responsibility to care for Maddox Road, Bushwood, MD 20618 and protect human life, especially Fried Oysters, Turkey w/Dressing & Gravy Parsley the lives of the most vulnerable among us.The Gospel of Lifeteaches Potatoes, Candied Sweet Potatoes, Country Green Beans, us that ‘the task of accepting and Cole Slaw, Rolls, Cake Sales Available serving life involves everyone; and CASH or CHECK ONLY$25.00 this task must be fulfilled above all towards life when it is at its weakest’” (EV 43). *Excerpt from Evangelium vitae, © 1995, Libreria Editrice Vaticana. respectlife.org/servingmomsinneed
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