SACRED HEART CHURCH BOWIE, MARYLAND APRIL 25, 2021 THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE WHITEMARSH BRANCH CH=Carroll Hall (basement of church) --HC=Hogan Center (hill) WMH=Whitemarsh Hall - HH=Hogan Hall (both in HC)
Sunday No Babysitting - Carroll Hall Closed 7:00 p.m. - Adore & More - Chapel/WMH
Tuesday 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - St. Peter the Rock - HC MONDAY APRIL 26 THURSDAY APRIL 29 9:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. - Adoration - Chapel 6:30 David Murphy St. Catherine of Siena 7:00 p.m. - St. Joseph Small Groups - WMH 8:00 Erich Frank 6:30 Theresa Rampolla Wednesday 7:00-8:00 p.m. - Confessions - Chapel 8:00 Al & Becky Burkholder TUESDAY APRIL 27 6:30 Jim Sharbaugh FRIDAY APRIL 30 Thursday 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - St. Peter the Rock - HC
8:00 Cindy & Jim St. Pius V Friday 8:30 p.m. - AA Meeting - CH Woodard (L) 6:30 Laddbush Family (L) 8:00 Virginia Ryczak Saturday 8:00-9:00 a.m. - Holy Hour for Priests - Church WEDNESDAY APRIL 28 10:00 a.m. - St. Joseph Consecration - Church St. Peter Chanel SATURDAY MAY 1 11:00 a.m. - First Communion Practice - Church St. Louis Grignion de St. Joseph the Worker 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Confessions - Church Montfort 9:30 Mary Ellen & Don 8:00 p.m. - Middle School YG - WMH 6:30 Ty Steven Grube Hoover 8:00 Brian Witkowski The Chapel will be open Monday through Friday from 6:30 a.m.—12:00 p.m. for individual prayer time.
All daily and weekend Masses are celebrated in the Church. Weekdays after 8 a.m. Mass - Coffee, Tea, etc. - HH Adoration on Tuesdays in the Chapel from 9:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. The second collection this weekend will be for the First Communion is next Sunday, May 2, during the Church Missions within the United States 10:00 a.m. Mass. Please keep these young people and their families in your prayers during the upcoming week. Parish Registration—Come to the Parish Office Monday- Thursday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. or Friday 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 After much prayer and many discussions, p.m. to register at Sacred Heart. It is important to be Sacred Heart has decided not to offer in person registered for baptisms, weddings and other church services, Vacation Bible School (VBS) this summer. We like a Godparent sponsor certificate or letter of good standing. will be providing packets for families of the Annual Jubilarian Mass is Sunday, June 27, at 3:00 parish to take home. More information about p.m. at the Cathedral of St. Matthew. Each year the this will be available in the coming weeks. Archdiocese of Washington honors couples married 25, 30, 40, 50, 60 and 70+ years at the annual Jubilarian How about a Family Movie Night? Mass. Seating is limited to allow for social distancing and the May 1 is the Feast of St. Joseph, the Worker. Mass will be live-streamed. To receive a signed Jubilarian FORMED has numerous movies on St. Joseph anniversary certificate or to register to attend the Mass, please for the whole family to enjoy. What is contact the Parish Office at 301-262-0704 by May 7, 2021. FORMED? It is the revolutionary digital platform that gives you FREE access to video-based study programs, feature films on saints and other Catholic topics, audio presentations, and eBooks OUR LADY OF ROCK SPRINGS from the Church’s foremost presenters. Study, Watch, Listen and The following family will be hosting the replica statue of Read - for you and for the whole family! Our Lady of Rock Springs beginning May 1 and reciting the Rosary at 7 p.m. How do I get started? Simply go to FORMED.org and sign-up. (1) Choose the third option: I belong to a Parish or Organization (2) May 1-3: Modesta Garcia, 12311 Chalford Lane, Bowie, 20715, Type 20715 to find Sacred Heart, Bowie (3) click next and create 301-674-4429. your account. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament takes place each Archdiocesan Men’s Retreat: April 30-May 1. All men are invited to Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. in the Chapel. the Archdiocese of Washington men’s retreat (in person and live- We are in need of Guardians of the Hour for the streamed online) beginning Friday night, April 30,, and Saturday, May 1, timeslots 1:30-2:30 p.m. and 2:30-3:30 p.m. If you can the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker (no overnight). The retreat will be commit to an hour each Tuesday, please call the parish held, socially distanced, at St. Martin of Tours in Gaithersburg, MD, and office at 301-262-0704. Even if you cannot commit to a weekly will be live-streamed online. Retreat directors Fr. David Wells and Msgr. hour, please feel free to stop by the Chapel on Tuesday and spend Robert Panke will reflect on the theme, “Following in the Footsteps of St. some quiet time with our Lord. Joseph,” as we look to St. Joseph, patron of husbands and the Universal Church, as a model of faith. The retreat will include talks, Mass, prayer Follow Sacred Heart…. and confession, group discussions, and more. To register visit adw- menretreat2021.eventbrite.com. For assistance with ASL interpretation, Facebook: Sacred Heart Bowie contact the Special Needs Office at 301-200-5430 VP or email special- [email protected] two weeks in advance. Instagram: @sacredheartbowie View this bulletin online at www.DiscoverMass.com
FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER From the desk of Father Ronald A. Potts: The Three to Get In our reading from the Acts of the Apostles, Peter’s Married Marriage discourse takes place during his arraignment before the Preparation Program draws upon the best in contemporary psychology, practical wisdom from Sanhedrin. Peter explains how the lame man was healed the experience of married couples, and the beauty of the Catholic when he and John met him at the “Beautiful Gate” of the Church’s teachings on marriage and family life in order to give you the Temple. Peter is “filled with the Holy Spirit” and speaks best foundation on which to build a successful marriage. Our marriage with confidence, assurance, and force as he witnesses to the preparation course is an intensive preparation experience true to the healing power of the name of Jesus. The “name” of Jesus teachings of the Catholic Church. It aims to provide each couple with a saves whoever invokes it because God, by raising Him, has reflective and in-depth preparation for a joyful, faith-filled marriage— made Jesus Lord. Peter quotes Psalm 118 as it refers to based on love that not only endures but actually grows stronger year Jesus, “the stone rejected by you, the builders, which has after year. Programs are in-person or virtual. For upcoming dates, please become the cornerstone.” Because the psalm pointed to the visit Our Lady of Bethesda Retreat Center or call (301) 365-0612. Messiah it was used during worship at the Temple and also Feast of St. Joseph the Worker – May 1 during the Passover meal. Jesus, the Christ, has become by His death and resurrection, the cornerstone on which God “Saint Joseph is a man of great spirit. He is great has built the church planned since the beginning. Down in faith, not because he speaks his own words, through the centuries, He prepared hearts and minds, He but above all because he listens to the words of nourished human desire and hope for the salvation with the Living God. He listens in silence. And his which the church would be built. He gave His prophets the heart ceaselessly perseveres in the readiness to ability to foresee the majesty and the characteristics of the accept the Truth contained in the Word of the Servant chosen to gather, in this church not built by human Living God.” ~ Saint Pope John Paul II hands, the countless multitude of the redeemed. ARMED SERVICES: Katie Stafford, Bill Glynn, Jr., Our passage from the first Letter of Saint John speaks of Katelyn Ballagh, Riley Cassidy, Ann Maloney, Jake our identity, “We are God’s children.” The Father has made Rohme, Cody Komala, Joshua Poole, Aidan Reilly, Ethan us His own in an unexpected and extraordinary manner. Copping, Kenton Stacey, Chris Seager, Richie Mulhare, The only Son who is at the Father’s side, has revealed the Joe O’Connell, M. K. Harris, Justin Burns, Steven P. Maqui, Father and by His death and resurrection that “God is love.” Andrew Rodriguez, Damian Pedersen, Jim Ballagh, Jr., Michael Therefore faith, and faith alone, allows one to recognize Sierco, Stephen Prevo, Paul Gannett, James Pritchett. Please that God loves us. The “world” is completely incapable of notify the Office of family members that can be included or this in so far as it remains in darkness. If it has not “seen” removed. that Christ is the Light, how could it see that the Light ******************************************** PLEASE PRAY for the SICK of the Parish especially John enlightens the disciples. As believers, we must deepen what Block, Robert Cooper, Marilyn Fish, Laura Best, Howard we already know through tradition and baptism, and Bullock, Paul Smith, Noel Peters, Gary Degenhardt, Tony Stone, progress in our faith that is our assurance until that day Samantha Adams, Mary Theresa Lerch, Nicole Bray, Marianne when everything is clearly seen. It is in seeing “God as he Ashley, John Ashley, Richard Normandin, Theresa Farr, Herbert is” that revelation will become the brightest. Williams, Frances Cicero, Julia Echipare, Marcy Ann Gaines, Cathy Burlaga, Sophia Walker, Sabrina Loftis, Kathy Italiano, In today’s gospel passage from John, Jesus says, “I am Jayne Cassella, Len Ceruzzi, Bill Mecca, Bernie Toth, Matthew the good shepherd.” Jesus is no ordinary shepherd because Chamberlain, David Manahan, George Smith, Rick DeCicco, Jim “I will lay down my life for the sheep” by freely dying on a & Barbara Reilly, Sister Ignatia, , Reba Waple, Mary cross. He is not like a shepherd who fights the wolf to the McDonough, Maxine Gorman, Wilda Raffensperger, Rosamond death. Such action is certainly heroic, but the sheep that are MacDonald, Lileen Schwarz, Mark Rose, Jeanne Danko, Leona saved or at least allowed to escape are left with no guide, Kilday, Matthew Leake, George Murphy, Brendan Farr, Joseph wandering, easy prey now that they are deprived of a Flanagan, Kristen Vicencio, Jennie Guilbaud, Paul Ford, Bill defender. The death of Jesus, “the good shepherd,” is not a Hardin, Susan Swick, Regina Madigan, Luis Martarano, Eric defeat. By “taking up” His life again, He will instead Seith, Kathleen Sierco-Werking, Jim Braswell, Thomas Lumsden, increase His flock, leading those as well who are not of this Bernadette Braswell, Carolyn Kassabian, Raymond Wehrmeister, Hoa My Cai, Teri Mignosa, Renee Smigielski, Jamie April, sheepfold, and making them into “one flock” of which He Margaret LaFerrara, Ruth Hayes, Debra Walter, Betty Dyer, will be the “one shepherd.” Jesus “the good shepherd” Jeanette Harris, Karly Szostak, Mary Kotarski, Marianne reveals the source of obedience to God and the bond that it VanOverwalle, Ivan Cobo, Monica Diaz, Mary Krok, Mary Beth establishes with Him, “This is why the Father loves me, Fitzmaurice, Rachel Euber, Rene Roach, Robbie Svoboda, Linda because I lay down my life in order to take it up again;” & Pat McKenna, Ann Leister, Dawn Chapdelaine and Joni Seith. “This command I have received from my Father.” These Names will remain 3 weeks and can be continued by calling the words bring us to the heart of the love relationship between Office. the Father and His Son. God’s commandment is the Please remember in your prayers the souls of the FAITHFUL expression of His love for the Son and the sheep He has DEPARTED especially Gary Imler and Thomas Brennan. given Him. To let oneself be guided by “the good shepherd” is to love Him, and with Him and like Him, to love the Father.
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