Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Francis November 17, 2019 Mass Schedule of Saturday 5:00 p.m. Cantor Sunday 8:00 a.m. Cantor Assisi Church 9:30 a.m. Cantor/Choir 11:15 a.m. Contemporary Choir 5:00 p.m. Youth Community 6701 Muncaster Mill Road Daily 9:00 a.m. Monday - Saturday Derwood, MD 20855 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, followed by Novena Phone: 301-840-1407 Fax: 301-258-5080 First Friday Mass - 7:30 p.m. http://www.sfadw.org Penance: Saturday 3:30-4:30 p.m. or by appointment CHAIRPERSON FINANCE COUNCIL: PASTOR: Reverend John J. Dillon George Beall . 301-253-8740 PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL CONTACT: PERMANENT DEACONS: Alicia Church . 301-520-6683 Deacon James Datovech Questions for Parish Council e-mail Deacon Daniel Finn [email protected] Deacon Wilberto Garcia COORDINATOR OF LITURGY: Deacon James McCann Joan Treacy . .. .. 301-774-1132 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: . 301-258-9193 Susan Anderson, Director Marie Yeast & Melisa Biedron, Admin. Assistants SOCIAL CONCERNS/ADULT FAITH FORMATION Anthony Bosnick, Director . .. 301-840-1407 MUSIC MINISTRY: Janet Pate, Director. 301-840-1407 YOUTH MINISTRY: Sarah Seyed-Ali, Youth Minister. -. 301-948-9167 COMMUNICATIONS : Melissa Egan, Coordinator. 301-840-1407 PARISH OFFICE: . 301-840-1407 Donna Zezzo, Parish Secretary BAPTISMS: Sunday at 1:00 p.m. No Baptisms are held the 1st Sunday of the month. Call Parish Office to set up an appointment with our Pastor. MARRIAGE/PRE-CANA: Call Parish Office. At least 6 months advance notice with our Pastor.. SICK CALLS: Please notify us concerning any parishioners who are sick or homebound, in hospitals or nursing homes. In case of serious illness or sudden death, notify the parish office immediately. FUNERALS: Please call the parish office to make arrangements. RCIA: (Becoming a Catholic) Parish Office - 301-840-1407 ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI, DERWOOD THE MUSINGS OF THE PASTOR On Sunday, October 13, 2019, the Holy Father celebrated Mass and presided at the Rite of Canonization of five Blesseds: John November 18 - November 24 Henry Newman (1801-90), Cardinal of the Holy Roman Catholic Church, Founder of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in England; Monday, 11/18 9:00 a.m. Louise Francesco Josephine Vannini (1859-1911), Foundress of the Daughters of Tuesday, 11/19 9:00 a.m. Kathleen Hall Saint Camillus; Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan (1876- Wednesday, 11/20 9:00 a.m. Reverend Henry Januszkiewicz 1926), Foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy 7:30 p.m. Mildred Sterba Family; Dulce Lopes Pontes (1914-92), professed religious of the Thursday, 11/21 9:00 a.m. Deceased Members of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother Lloyd Family of God; Marguerite Bays (1815-1879), lay woman and Secular Friday, 11/22 9:00 a.m. Mary Lott (L) Franciscan. I intend to spend the next several weeks presenting a Saturday, 11/23 9:00 a.m. Cecilia De Jesus brief biography of each of them so we can get to know these 5:00 p.m. Gesele Munier newly canonized saints. The source of the material will be the Sunday, 11/24 8:00 a.m. Grace Hartswick English weekly edition of L’Osservatore Romano. Today let’s 9:30 a.m. Janusz Sieradzinski look at the life of Saints Josephine Vannini and Dulce Lopes Pon- 11:15 a.m. Pro populo tes. 5:00 p.m. Laura Olsen Josephine Vannini, foundress of the Congregation of the Daugh- ters of Saint Camillus, was born in Rome on July 7, 1859. She + In Memoriam Aeternam + was baptized Giuditta Adeladie Agata the following day in the In your charity, please pray for the repose of the soul of Church of Sant’Andrea delle Fratte. An orphan by the age of Charles Riley, brother of Betsy Davis. seven, Giuditta found a home with the Daughters of Charity. Attracted by the voice of God, which she experienced on the day of her First Communion, she desired to consecrate her life to him, but was unable to enter the convent owing to poor health. Please pray for the sick…Lourdes, Almeda, Joseph Polosky, Flordeliza Celebrado, Carole Carter, William Komlo, Margaret A providential meeting with Camillian Father Luigi Tezza (now Weiss, Joseph Michael Gardner, Tom Breece, Sandra Kimball, Blessed) opened the way for Guiditta to abandon herself com- Dennis Parnell, Ed Dudenhoeffer, Jackie Roebuck King, Jeni pletely to the Lord. On December 17, 1891, she confided to her Stepanek. (Names will remain on this list for four consecutive retreat master her distress at her vocational failure. Father Tezza weeks, but can be repeated by calling the Office.) suggested that she establish a religious institute dedicated to the service of the sick. After two days of prayer, Giuditta agreed, adding that she was capable of nothing but wanting to abandon herself with filial confidence to Divine Providence. Readings for the Week of November 17, 2019 On February 2, 1892, in the chapel and chambers where Saint Sunday: Mal 3:19-20a/Ps 98:5-6, 7-8, 9 [cf. 9]/ Camillus had died, the congregation of the Daughters of Saint 2 Thes 3:7-12/Lk 21:5-19 Camillus was born. Giuditta received the name Sister Josephine Monday: 1 Mc 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63/Ps 119:53, and three years later, on December 8, 1895, she professed her 61, 134, 155, 158 [cf. 88]/Lk 18:35-43 perpetual vows and was elected Superior General of the new in- Tuesday: 2 Mc 6:18-31/Ps 3:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 [6b]/ stitute. Lk 19:1-10 Mother Josephine Vannini died in Rome on February 23, 1911, Wednesday: 2 Mc 7:1, 20-31/Ps 17:1bcd, 5-6, 8b and 15 and was proclaimed Blessed by Saint Paul II on October 16, [15b]/Lk 19:11-28 1994. The holy life of Saint Josephine teaches us, even now, Thursday: 1 Mc 2:15-29/Ps 50:1b-2, 5-6, 14-15 [23b]/ through the institute that she founded, to bear witness in a simple Lk 19:41-44 and concrete way to the Lord’s love and compassion for the poor, Friday: 1 Mc 4:36-37, 52-59/1 Chrn 29:10bcd, 11abc, the sick, and the suffering, in the certitude that “as you did it to 11d-12a, 12bcd [13b]/Lk 19:45-48 one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me” (Matthew Saturday: 1 Mc 6:1-13/Ps 9:2-3, 4 and 6, 16 and 19 [cf. 25:40). 16a]/Lk 20:27-40 Next Sunday: 2 Sm 5:1-3/Ps 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5 [cf. 1]/ Maria Rita Lopes Pontes was born on May 26, 1914 in Salvador Col 1:12-20/Lk 23:35-43 de Bahia, Brazil, to a well-off family with strong Christian con- victions and dedicated to charitable works. From childhood she was known for her great sensitivity for the poor and the needy. STEWARDSHIP REPORT Continued in the column to the right…... Offertory: November 17, 2019 $17,422 Weekly Budget Estimate $18,025 Thank you for your continued support! Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time QUESTION OF THE WEEK ECUMENICAL THANKSGIVING SERVICE Do I continue to meet my responsibilities even during diffi- ON NOVEMBER 24 RECOGNIZES OUR cult times? How can I bring myself to hope for healing COMMONALITIES AS CHRISTIANS On Sunday, November 24, St. Francis of Assisi Parish will be justice in the midst of terrible events? hosting the Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service to be held at 7 pm in the church. This gathering brings together our neighboring COMMITMENT WEEKEND IS NOVEMBER 23 & 24 faith communities – Redland Baptist Church, St. Luke Lutheran This week, you will receive a brochure detailing the “Responding Church, and Mill Creek Parish United Methodist Church – to to God’s Call to Love and to Serve” Increased Offertory Program recognize our commonalities as Christians and give communal our parish will be participating in over the next few weeks. This thanks for our blessings. Please come help represent St. Francs of informative brochure is intended to communicate how we, as a Assisi Parish and welcome our fellow Christians in the Derwood parish, want to advance our mission and how we are serving community! God’s people in our community. Commitment Sunday for this The service will include an appeal for donations to benefit the program is Saturday, November 23, and Sunday, November 24. Shady Grove Pregnancy Center and will be followed by a recep- We encourage all parishioners to spend time in prayer and discus- tion in the Gathering Space. For more information about the Ecu- sion with your family reflecting on how you are able to help us. menical Thanksgiving Service, please contact the Parish Office at We look forward to seeing all of our parishioners at Mass next (301) 840-1407. weekend for this very important Commitment Sunday. If you have any questions regarding the Increased Offertory Program, please feel free to contact the Parish Office at (301) 840-1407. COME JOIN US FOR A VIDEO ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW! Are there any lovers of the Gospel of Matthew out there? On Sat- THE MUSINGS OF THE PASTOR (continued) urday, November 23, all parishioners – but especially those who are participating in the Gospel of Matthew Small Groups – are Maria Rita Lopes Pontes (continued) After completing her stud- invited to watch a video on this book of scripture following the 5 ies, she embraced religious life with the Missionary Sisters of the pm Vigil Mass in the Gathering Space.