St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church We are a family of faithfilled disciples, empowered by the Holy Spirit, living the Gospel through worship and service Church: 1940 Mitchellville Road, Bowie, Md. 20716 Parish Office & Mailing Address: 16304 Pond Meadow Lane, Bowie, Md. 20716 Parish Office: 3012499199 Email: [email protected] Religious Ed.: 3012499599 PASTORAL STAFF: MASSES: Rev. Scott S. Holmer, Pastor Saturday Vigil M 5:30 P.M. Deacon David J. Barnes, Permanent Deacon Sunday M 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 A.M. Angela Cipolla, Pastoral Assistant 1:30 P.M.N3rd Sunday Filipino Mass Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:45 A.M. Tuesday, Thursday 7:30 P.M. OFFICE STAFF: Margaret Creveling, Bookkeeper SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Anne Brennan, Parish Secretary (CONFESSION): Phuong Tran, Maintenance Saturday: 4:00 5:00 P.M. & by appointment MINISTRY STAFF: Maureen Curtis, Religious Education Director INFANT SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Megan Weeks, Music Director Class required. Call the parish office Allison Freeman, Accompanist 3012499199 to start the process for your child’s baptism. PARISH ENOTES: If we don’t have your current email address or if SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE: you are not yet registered here, please call the New couplesNcontact the pastor at least 6 months prior to the desired date. Couples in civil marriagesNcontact the parish office. PARISH WEB SITE: pastor for assistance for a validation. www.stedwardbowie.com SACRAMENT OF ANNOINTING OF THE SICK: MASSES FOR THE HOME BOUND: Call Fr. Scott for Anointing of the Sick. Upon a parishioner’s TheSundayMass.org. death, please call us as soon as possible. School: St. Pius X Regional Catholic School is our shared school of the four Bowie parishes. Food for Bowie Pantry: Collected in bins at doors every first Sunday of the month. ST. EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, BOWIE, MD 20716 MASS INTENTIONS FOR THIS WEEK ST. EDWARD’S EVENTS Sat. 5:30 pm Jonathan & Sarah Young (liv.) Thu. Jul. 12 Christmas Market Crafters Sun. 7:30 am Penny Droski (liv.) 6:30pmNhall 9:30 am Theresa Brisson+ Fri. Jul. 13 Seminarian TalkNWeek 2 11:30 am Thomas Pasquini+ 10:45am Mhall Mon. 8:45 am Francis Cipolla+ Tues. 7:30 pm Penny Droski (liv.) Wed. 8:45 am Holly & Doug Dolan+ YOUTH GROUP Thu. 7:30 pm Jane Tolentino+ Fri. 8:45 am Pat Dolan+ HAPPENINGS: Sat. 5:30 pm Chrissie Moore+ Our next four youth groups PRAY FOR PARISHIONERS: Johanna Palmer, Bob Reynolds, Fran Blasko, Theresa Brice, dates areJuly 8th, and 22nd Barbara Fitzurka, Anthony Colbert, Perla Alega, Lourdes Flaim, andAugust 5th and 19th. Pat Welch, Dominic Vicino, Florence Zook, Lorraine Washington, Octavia Blake, Peggy Brown, Mary Ann Boyer. OnJuly 22ndwe will be OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS: going Bowling and Ritas in Crofton. Ann Gray, Barry Hobart, Cindy Sowada, Teresa Fraser, Louise Hooven, Rosemarie Quezada, Maria Xiques, Steve Giant, Marjorie Porter, Dick Bradie, Anna Marie Smith, Nicholas If you would like to join us please contact Barrett, Susan Zinampan, John Keys, Joni Seith, Drew Karen Italiano Snapkowski, Susan Borshel, Phylis McNamara, Luis Miranda, [email protected] get a Chadwick Poppe, Delores McCarthy, Sandy Capps, Richard Kuntz, Valerie Sedwick, Cheryl Henretty, Jack Connors, Don permission slip and to RSVP. We need to have DeSilva, Terese Welch, James Scaldaferri, Denise Townes, a head count Penny Droski., Mike Sullivan, Patty Byrne, Joe Brynes, Dolores byFriday July 20thto reserve enough lanes. Farr. PRAYERS FOR OUR SICK OR THOSE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS IN NEED Registration for Religious Education classes (CCD) We offer a few ways for intercessory prayer. You can write a for the 201819 school year has begun. All families petition in our blue book in church (by the Marian area). You must reregister every year. can have them included on our email prayer alerts. You can have Masses offered, by request. If your child was registered during the 2017 18 school year, the registration period will end on June 24; a late fee will apply if you register after this date. MINISTRY TO THE SICK AND SHUTINS Registration instructions and forms can be found in Fr. Scott and Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist bring Communion to the sick and shutins. Call the Parish Office at the hall in the classroom area or on the parish (301) 2499199 to arrange this service. We also have monthly website: www.stedwardbowie.com. Mass at Pin Oak, Larkin Chase, and Emeritus at Woodward Residences. All children who do not attend Catholic school should participate in the Religious Education SUMMER SEMINARIAN TALKS: Deepening Your Love of program. Students are prepared for the Sacraments the Mass Our summer seminarian, Christian Huebner, will be offering three of Reconciliation, Eucharist and Confirmation within Friday talks in July on “Deepening Your Love the program. Please contact Maureen Curtis at (301) of the Mass.” 2499199 or email at [email protected] Friday, July 6A Tour Through the Mass with any questions you might have. Friday, July 13 The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist Friday, July 20 The Benefits of Receiving Holy Communion All three talks will be held in the hall, from 9:45am10:45am FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIMENJULY 8, 2018 From the Desk of PARISH SUPPORT: Seminarian Last week’s Offertory: $13,587.00 Christian Our weekly Offertory goal is $9,000.00. The previous 3 week Sunday Collections were: Huebner………. $7,492.00, $8,589.00, $10,028.00. A small but interesting detail in this Sunday’s Gospel is St. R.C.I.A. (Rite of Christian Initiation of Mark’s mention of Jesus’ Adults): blood relatives: “Is he not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Adults seeking infor- Joses and Judas and Simon? mation regarding join- And are not his sisters here ing the Catholic Church with us?” (Mark 6:3) That in and Catholics seeking to turn raises a question for us: Who were these brothers and learn more about their sisters of the Lord? As Catholics, we have the advantage of the Church’s faith are invited to at- “magisterium,” her authoritative teaching on the Scriptures tend R.C.I.A. classes and other matters of faith and morals. Rather than which will begin in the reinventing the wheel every time a question arises, we can fall. If interested, please lean on the careful inquiry and divinelyguided conclusions of call Fr. Scott at (301) the Church in earlier ages, which continue to build up and 2499199. reveal more fully the saving truth of our faith. In this case, the Church has consistently taught what has been understood from the beginning, that Mary is the evervirgin Mother of God, meaning that she had no other children than R.C.I.Y.A. (Rite of Christian Initiation of Jesus according to the flesh. From the early Fathers of the Young Adults): Church, like St. Polycarp (a disciple of St. John) down to St. John Paul II in our own age, the faithful have perceived that “Mary wished to be always and in all things ‘given to God,’ High School students who are behind in their living in virginity.” Sacraments or are looking to learn more about The reference to the “brothers” and “sisters” of Jesus in their faith are today’s Gospel, as well as in a handful of other places in the invited to join New Testament, is a translation into English of the Greek word adelphos. (Think “Philadelphia”, the City of Brotherly R.C.I.Y.A. that Love.) That word has a broader meaning that merely “full focuses on their blood brother,” and includes more extended kinship like journey with a cousins, uncles, and nephews. In fact, St. Mark later writes that two who are called “brother” (adelphos), James and group made up Joses, were the sons of a different Mary, who was present at of their peers. If interested, please call Fr. Scott the Crucifixion. (Mark 15:40) at (301) 2499199 or register on own website. There is much more we could say about Jesus’ relatives than can fit into a single bulletin column. I’d offer just two points, then, to close. First, the identity of Jesus’ brothers and sisters is an example of how we can trust the settled, clear teaching of the Church even when a first, cursory glance may raise a question. The THE FILIPINO MASS HAS A NEW Church’s dogmas, doctrines, and teachings are a gift, not a hindrance, which allow us to see farther and more clearly than TIME!! those who will not trust in them. Second, we need never fear to admit when we have questions Please join us on the 3rd Sunday of every month about our faith and seek out answers. The key is to trust God at 1:30pm for the rosary, Mass and a potluck to at the outset, trust that He has spoken the full truth in Christ and through the Church, and then proceed in confidence that follow. He will satisfy our desire to understand more deeply, because Our next Mass will be on July 15th! All are wel- He Himself is the Truth. (John 14:6) come!!! God bless, Christian CRISIS PREGNANCY WE CAN HELP 1800712HELP or visit our website: pregnancycenters.org .