Saint John Francis Regis Parish MISSION STATEMENT April 21, 2019 The mission of St. John Francis Regis Parish is to foster a family of faith built on yesterday's foundation, so that today’s spirituality, service, and education will continue to grow into EASTER SUNDAY tomorrow’s Catholic community. Weekend Masses: Saturday: 5:00pm Sunday: 7:00, 9:00, & 11:30am Confessions: Saturday: 4-4:45pm & after the 5:00pm Mass 43927 St. Johns Road, Hollywood, MD 20636 Phone 301-373-2281—Fax: 301-373-8984 Website: stjohnsparishhollywood.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/sjchollywood/ Twitter: @sjchollywood Our bulletin is also posted on our website: stjohnsparishhollywood.org ST. J OHN F RANCIS R EGIS C ATHOLIC C HURCH H OLLYWOOD , MD CLERGY PARISH STAFF PASTOR Rev. Raymond F. Schmidt— [email protected] RELIGIOUS EDUCATION/YOUTH GROUP Rich Olon— [email protected] PASTORAL ASSOCIATE Deacon Ammon Ripple MUSIC MINISTRY Jonathan Hellerman— [email protected] IN-RESIDENCE (Retired) Rev. Eamon Dignan PARISH FINANCE LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS Nancy Bowling— [email protected] WEEKEND LITURGIES PARISH SECRETARY Saturday: 5:00pm; Pat Hayden— [email protected] Sunday: 7:00am, 9:00am & 11:30am WEEKDAY LITURGIES Monday—Thursday: 7:00am & 8:00am OFFICE HOURS Friday: 7:00am & 8:15am Saturday: 8:00am HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION TUESDAY—FRIDAY—8:00am to 4:00pm Vigil Mass 7:00pm Holy Day 7:00am & 9:00am SCHOOL CONFESSIONS PRINCIPAL Susan McDonough Saturday 4-4:45pm & after the 5:00pm Mass Parish School: Grades PK-8 - Before & After Care PRAYER 43900 St. John’s Road, Hollywood, MD 20636 Phone: 301-373-2142 • FAX: 301-373-4500 ADORATION Website: sjshollywood.org The Blessed Sacrament is exposed for Adoration Email: [email protected] Monday-Friday from 6:00-7:00am and Saturday from 6:30-7:30am RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ROSARY Monday- Friday 7:30am; before the 5:00pm Mass on Saturday, and Sunday classes, grades K-6 and 8-12, before the 7:00am Mass on Sunday. from 10:05am to 11:15am, Tuesday classes, grades 5-8 from 7:00-8:15pm. SPIRITUAL DIRECTION: The program starts in Individual directed guidance is offered by our September and ends in May. Priests and Deacon. SACRAMENTS BAPTISMS— The Rite of Baptism is celebrated by appointment. Parents are required to meet with the pastor and attend an obligatory preparation session preferably before the birth of your child. Call the rectory to schedule your appointment. MARRIAGES— Arrangements must be made at least 6 months in advance of the ceremony. SACRAMENT OF THE SICK —Please notify the rectory when a parishioner would like to receive the sacraments and is homebound, in a nursing home, or in the hospital. R.C.I.A —(Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults): Those who are interested in becoming Catholic or completing their sacraments are invited to contact the rectory at any time. PARISH WORSHIP Get plugged in and read scriptures with the whole church! Here are some useful mobile apps. Vatican Laudate Youth The Pope News DoCat Daily Readings Mass Intentions To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven…“A time to be born…” Acts 2/Mt 28 MONDAY, APRIL 22 “A time to die, a time to mourn…” 7:00AM Nilaida Martinez Crystal Faulstich 8:00AM Dan Sparks Catherine Sylvia Ryce, Mary Catherine Mileto Acts 2/Jn 20 TUESDAY, APRIL 23 and Richard Herberg, Jr. 7:00AM Communion Service “and a time to embrace, a time to love…” 8:00AM Theresa Tippett+ ”A time to heal…” Acts 3/Lk 24 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 Jordyn Rose O’Connor, Jalen Penaflor, 7:00AM Communion Service Barbara Pilkerton, John & Ethel Pilkerton, Robin Poe, 8:00AM Cynthia Wollenschlager+ Frances Powers, Hannah Rainer, Maria Robey, Hal Richards, Bobby Goldsborough+ James Russell, Suzanne Saurel, Shirley Johnson Sellner, Acts 3/Lk 24 THURSDAY, APRIL 25 Charlotte Silva, Rosemary Smith, Patricia Somerville, 7:00AM Communion Service Samaya Stone, Linda Swarey, Danny Sweeney, Nancy Szewczyk, 8:00AM Elizabeth T. Anderson+ Gwennette Thomas, William J. Trainor, Sr., Barbara Morgan+ Alice Viverette, James Wallace, Sunny Wallace, Ronnie Ward, Acts 4/Jn 21 FRIDAY, APRIL 26 Johnny Wathen, Kenny Watts, Laura Wible, Eleanor Wood, Jill 7:00AM William C. Mattingly+ Wood, Damian Worrelland and Luzina Yorkshire 8:15AM Mary Catherine Mileto+ “…and a time of war, and a time of peace…” Acts 4/Mk 16 SATURDAY, APRIL 27 CPT Timothy E. Sartori, USA; 8:00AM Susie Goldsborough+ Lt Evan A. Scott, USN, Sgt Sean B. Scott, USA; Charles Pappaconstantinou+ LCDR Christopher S. Servello, USN; 5:00PM St. John’s Parish LT Jeffery T. Servello, USN; Acts 5/Ps 118 SUNDAY, APRIL 28 2ndLT Matthew Francis Smith, USA; /Jn 20 7:00AM Luis Nicolas Martinez AEC Stephen Sterns, USN; CDR Christopher Stearns, USN; John Kendall+ LT John Taylor, USN; Cpl Taylor Theriot; USMC; 9:00AM Mr. Raymond+ and SSgt JanCarlo Torres, USAF; Catherine Schmidt+ Staff Sgt Jason W. Walker, USA; A1C Jack Whinnery, USAF; 11:30AM Kenneth Greenwell+ PVT Bradley William USA. Ecclesiastes 3:11 Saints Alive! Fr. Ray’s favorite Saints this week… Apr 23: St. George (303+) Even Islam considers this Christian to be a “prophet”. He suffered in Lydda – now Lod in Israel – as a ‘great martyr’ in Byzantine thought by the year 450 – but when he was ‘seen’ assisting the crusaders in the siege of Antioch in 1098 -- everything changed for the West. By 1350, “St. George for England!” has been our battle cry! Apr 24: St. Fidelis von Sigmaringen (1578-1622) His baptismal name was Mark Roy – much easier to swallow – but he is known to the world as the glorious Franciscan Counter-Reformation martyr of the Swiss Canton Grisons. Check this quote, “I have come to enlighten you, not to accept your errors.” That comment alone inspired 20 armed men to butcher him. Apr 25: St. Mark (first century) I’ve liked him since our family joined St. Mark parish in Vienna, Va in 1971. I’ve loved him reading his gospel in Greek and praying at his relics shrine in Venice. He expresses the raw humanity of Jesus – especially that frustration and anger – more than any other Evangelist. Did he write his gospel in Rome or Alexandria, Egypt? Apr 26: St. Paschasius Radbert (790-865 ) He wrote more clearly about the Assumption of Mary and the True Presence of Christ in the Eucharist than all previous scholars. To this day – Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity! Apr 27: St Zita ((1218-1278) Do you lose your keys? Frequently? It’s her specialty to locate them and quickly – she’s better than St. Anthony of Padua ( he helps with lost books instead ) Visit her relic shrine in Lucca at San Frediano’s. Perhaps the most pious and industrious servant on record. Apr 28: St. Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort (1673-1716 ) is the fervent priest with the greatest love for our Lady -- as evidenced by his copious books, poems and hymns. I said Mass on top of his tomb in St. Laurent-sur-Sèvre and have his full works in French. And St. Gianna Beretta Molla (1922-1962) was the physician turned ‘mother of all Milan’ for her willingness to give up her life so that the child in her womb could live. Visit her grave in the cemetery right outside the airport in Western Milano. Numerous children around the world are now named ‘Gianna’ in her honor – including several from our parish. EDUCATION SERVICE The Sprinkling Rite. This year during the Easter season, Called to Community Service? each 9:00am Sunday Mass will begin with the Sprinkling Rite, St. John’s Charitable Society may be the answer! or Asperges . Fr. Ray will sprinkle holy water on the altar, the various ministers, and the congregation while a special The St. John’s Charitable Society (SJCS) is a group of parish antiphon, Vidi aquam , is sung together with verses from Psalm volunteers whose goal is to assist residents of St. Mary’s 118. You can take part by meditating on the great holiness of County who are struggling to make ends meet . The primary the Mass about to be celebrated and on our need to be work of SJCS is carried out through a phone ministry cleansed of our sins, symbolized by the sprinkling of water. whereby our volunteers accept calls from those in need, and Vidi aquam (English translation): I saw water flowing from determine if, and how, SJCS can help. Working in teams of the right side of the temple, alleluia; and all they to whom that two, our volunteers commit to taking calls over a two week water came were saved, and they shall say, alleluia, alleluia: period. Phone assignments occur approximately 3-4 times per Praise the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy endures year, and are planned around each volunteer’s schedule requirements . All calls are handled on a dedicated SJCS cell phone. And, except for a meeting of SJCS members every other Thursday evening, the phone ministry is carried out within the volunteer’s home environment. Training and shadowing is provided for new volunteers. St. John’s School would like to thank everyone who came In addition to the phone ministry, SJCS volunteers may also out to support our school’s Auction and Dueling Pianos participate in: Event. Special thanks to the following Platinum and Gold Organizing the Christmas Angel Tree Program, to help make Level Sponsors for helping to make our event such a Christmas happier for a child or elderly person in need. success: Organizing the St. John’s Wrapping Arms ‘Round Many Gold Level Sponsors (WARM) team, which participates as a “helping church” in Amy Piedmont, Attorney at Law the local interfaith effort to provide meals and overnight Blue Crabs Regency Stadium shelter for overflow homeless of St.