THE NATIVITY OF (YEAR B) June 23-24, 2018 Today’s Bible Readings: Isiah 49:1-6; Psalm 139:1-3, 13-15; Acts 13:22-26; Luke 1:57-66, 80 Themes of the Readings: Called from birth by the Lord, John matured in the Spirit and heralded the advent of the Messiah.

THIS WEEK’S CAMPUS MEETINGS Tuesday: Mass ………………………..…………………….……………………..…….………………………….……. 8:30 A.M. (Chapel) Legion of Mary …………………………………………………..………….. 10:30 A.M. (Deacon Thompson Room) Wednesday: Mass ………………………..…………………….…………………………….………………………….……. 8:30 A.M. (Chapel) Thursday: Mass ………………………..…………………….…………………………….………………………….……. 8:30 A.M. (Chapel) Friday: Mass ………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………... 8:30 A.M. (Chapel)

PLEASE CALL THE PARISH OFFICE TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING:  PLANNING TO GET MARRIED? Arrangements should be made per the Parish Office at least six months prior.  INFANT BAPTISM: Baptism Preparation Conferences are required of parents and god-parents. To make arrangements contact the Parish Office at 410-542-0445 or e-mail:[email protected].  ILL AND HOME-BOUND: Is a fellow parishioner in the hospital or unable to attend Mass? Please notify the Church office so that contact can be made for visits and reception of the sacraments.  MEDICAL EMERGENCIES: Entering the hospital for a medical procedure? “Anointing of the Sick” may be administered prior to medical procedures. Contact the Parish office or see the priest when at church. ______William Garrett; Carolyn Gray; Susie Harding; Shirley This Weekend’s LITURGY NOTE Hargrove; Barbara Harris; Martha Henley; Donna  Hymnal: African American Hymnal Hunter; Margaret Hunter; Catherine Johnson; Aubrey  Response to Psalm 139: I praise you, for I am Knox; Gwendolyn Lindsay; Charlotte Malinowski; wonderfully made. Massey; Denise Matthews; Bertha White  R.I.P. With faith in the resurrection of Jesus, May; Alvin Moore; Emily Moore; Karen Moore; Betty we pray for the happy repose of parishioner Morton; Marcia Morton; Vanessa Nelson; Maxima Cynthia Clark, the wife of Theo Clark. A Shay; Theresa Sisco; Jerry Stamper; Donald H. funeral service was celebrated at NAS this Stokes, Sr.; Carla Thompson; Rita Turner; Margaret Wallace; Gerald White, Sr.; Gerald White, Jr.; Wanda past Thursday (6/21). White; Consuela Wilder; Betty Williams.

PARISHIONERS IN NURSING HOMES AND SICK FAMILY & FRIENDS: Eric Brice Jr.; Carolyn HOSPITALS: Louise Bankins (Augsburg); Barbara & Campbell; Audrey Carter; Florine Carter; Marybelle George Bess (Paradise Assistant Living); Belinda Carter; Judith Daniel; Tanya Daniel; Marvin Dawkins; Gordon-Bullock (Future Care, Scotts Level); Gladys Barbara Fields; Sara Gray; Vera & Lawrence Hall; Chambers (Keswick Rehab); Donald Evans Glendia Harris; Michelle Humphrey; Benjamin Jones; (Northwest Hosp.); Franklin Fitzgerald (Lorien Mays Robin Martin; Raymond E. Matthews; Bertha White Chapel); Sarah Garrett (Sinai Hosp.); Doris Johnson May; Josephine McCoy; Melinda Miller; Zahara Moor; (Future Care Cherrywood, Reisterstown); Genesta Robert Quarles; T. Sims, Jr.; Irene Shelton; Lane (Augsburg Lutheran); Ola Lewis (Woodholme Adia Y. Stokes; Jacobi K. Stokes; Dorothy Taylor; Sue Garden, Pikesville); Letitia Maddox (Keswick Rehab); Tiggle; Harriet Tribble; Barbara Wade; Isabella Sr. Mary Margarita Musquera, OSP, (Jenkins, St. Walker; Stephanie Walker; Betty Whidby; Agnes Hosp.). White SHUT-IN PARISHIONERS: Sylvia Buchanan; HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Vanessa Bullock; Sandra Brice; Donald Evans; June Charles Griffin; Bernadette Leeds; Pat Mitchner; Anita 23 June Brown; Thomas Bullock; Parker; Godfrey Smith; Jeanette Sterling; Edmund Zahra Gibbs; Carol Hamer; Ward. Anitrah Hitchcock; Miles Mitchell “AILING” PARISHIONERS: Rhaiyanna Allen; Alvin 24 Ronald Diggs; Danielle Gray; Baker; Shirley Baker; Vickie Barry; Mary Bevans; Gary Gray; Marthe Motley; William Owens William Blake; Merle Borel; Thelma Brookes; George 25 Skylar Brice; Patricia English; Brown; Marie Brown; Patricia Bullock; Lorna Rice James Woodson Byers; Campbell; Marcus Carson; Charles Coates; Christine Coates; Elvard Cooper; Belinda 26 Denise Govan; Mildred Hawkins; Cornish; Anne Davis; Joyce Davis; Loretta Davis; Stephen Henley; Alexandria Jones; Lionel Desbordes; Marge Dorsey; Margaret Evette Moore Fernandez; William “Bill” Fields; Debbi Fowlkes; 27 Louella Butler; Donna Jones 28 Logan Baker; Augusteria Casimir Bishop Madden invites you to join him for his 29 Ethel Boston; Brian Cooper; next PRAYER WALK on Wednesday, June Hugh Downs; Regina Miller 27th, beginning 5:30 p.m., at St. (4502 Park Heights Avenue, 21215) Parish School of Religious Education 2018: This is a reminder that VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL Serving Others in God’s Love: Religious (VBS) REGISTRATION IS NOW IN PROGRESS. Our Freedom Week 2018 – now thru June 29th. classes are open to all children and teens in NAS Catholics are encouraged to pray and act each day parish and in our community (Grades Pre-K – 8th). for religious freedom. Religious freedom is VBS is June 25th – June 29th and July 2nd - July necessary if we are to have the space to continue 6th from 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (No classes to serve in areas like education, adoptions and Wednesday, July 4th). Breakfast and lunch are foster care, health care and migration and refugee included. There is no cost for participation in VBS. services. Forward questions or email to: Hillary Please see the flyer in this weekend’s bulletin for Byrnes 202-541-3454 ([email protected]) or additional details and registration form. We hope Aaron Weldon 202-541-5407 ([email protected]). you join us for what promises to be a faith-filled and fun summer! For questions call, Ingrid The Office of Vocations invites you to “Summer McLaughlin 443-739-9086 or Lisa Scott 410-409- Mondays” (at St. , Hampden, 1008 W. 0224. 37th St, Baltimore, MD 21211). Holy Hour is 7 p.m.; 8 p.m. is Conversation Hour; 9 p.m. is Social Hour. Every

Monday this summer, men (18+) throughout the Travel with the NAS Travel Club to Harrington Archdiocese are invited to join us for a casual evening Casino & Raceway on Friday, July 13th. Your of prayer, conversation, and fraternity as we consider donation of $35 includes $15 free play & $7 the joys and the challenges of responding to God’s towards the $13.95 buffet. For information contact invitation and living out the call to holiness. Gloria Herndon at 410-542-0445 or 410-597- 8443. The Black Catholic Apostolate of the Diocese of Harrisburg is sponsoring The Suffering Servants of Faith Workshop. Rev. Canon A. Gerard Jordan, O. St. Vincent de Paul Society is seeking your Praem, Diocesan Postulator, Archdiocese of Chicago, used prescription eyeglasses. The frames and will be the presenter for the cause of the servant of lenses will be used to help those who cannot afford God, Father Augustus Tolton. The workshop will them. Please place sunglasses or regular glasses be 10:00 am – 3:30 pm, June 30th at the Cardinal in the marked containers at the church entrances. Keeler Center in Harrisburg. The workshop is intended to be a time of prayer, catechesis and motivation to NAS Food Pantry is seeking donations of the encourage the participant to be active and to engage following items: canned green peas, soup, baked their faith. The lives of six candidates for sainthood are used to connect with our past and the relevant concerns beans, canned fruit, canned meat, hot cereal, cold of our world today; e.g. racism, stewardship, education, cereal, SPAM, macaroni & cheese, Ramen noodles, immigration, health and wellness and other pertinent spaghetti, spaghetti sauce, peanut butter and matters of catholic social teaching and concerns. There jelly. Thank you for your support. is no registration fee; snacks will be provided. RSVP by calling 717-657-4804 ext. 313 or email Update your NAS Church Social Media Contact [email protected]. information. Parishioners receive information via the phone, email and text from NASNotify the broadcast Individual Unbound Ministry Prayer: Do you long for message system and Flocknote. If your information has freedom but feel unable to receive it? Do past sins, changed, please update your communication hurts, or memories weigh you down? Saturday, June preferences and contact information by sending an 30th, 2018 there will be trained teams available to email to [email protected]. Please include any provide individual prayer using the Unbound Model of ministries that you are affiliated with. Additionally, the Prayer at The Church of the Resurrection’s School, weekly church bulletins can be viewed at Ellicott City. UNBOUND PRAYER is based on 5 scriptural www.NASChurch.org or My Parish app. keys that help you unlock those areas of your life where you want to receive greater freedom & spiritual growth. To schedule an appointment or get more information, The Oblate Sisters of Providence are offering contact Dan Gahagan by Tuesday, June 26th at a Reading and Math Center Summer School. [email protected]. For information contact Sr. Constance, OSP 410- 247-0448.