ST. ALOYSIUS GONZAGA CATHOLIC CHURCH 22800 Washington Street, P.O. Box 310, Leonardtown, MD 20650 www.saintaloysiuschurch.org OCTOBER 26, 2014 Rectory (301) 475-8064 • Fax (301) 475-8762 FATHER ANDREW WHITE SCHOOL Tel: (301) 475-9795 • Fax: (301) 475-3537 SACRAMENTAL LIFE NEW PARISHIONERS…St. Aloysius extends a warm welcome to all who are joining us for prayer, worship, or instruction. If you are new to the area or returning home to the Church, we invite you to register and make St. Aloysius your parish. Registration forms can be obtained at the church or by calling the rectory. RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS (RCIA)... The RCIA is the process of welcoming new members to the Catholic Church. It is intended for adults who have never been baptized, or for adults who have been baptized Christian and now wish to practice the faith in the Catholic tradition. It is an ongoing process of formation, catechesis and liturgical rites. Anyone interested is asked to call the rectory for an appointment to discuss the process. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM…Parents are asked to call the parish office to register for the Baptismal Preparation Meeting and for the baptism of their child. SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION… Any youth or their parent seeking the Sacrament of Confirmation and not registered in the school is asked to contact the Director of Religious Education. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE…In order to facilitate marriage preparation, couples seeking to be married in the Church are to make arrangements with the pastor six months to one year in advance of their intended wedding date. At least one of the engaged must be a registered and practicing member of the parish. ANOINTING OF THE SICK…The Sacrament of the Sick is for the spiritual comfort, strength and healing of the ill. If there is a need for the sacrament in your family or household, please contact the rectory as soon as possible. FATHER ANDREW WHITE SCHOOL… Pre-K-8th Grade. If interested, please contact Mrs. Helen Bowles in the school office Monday through Friday 8:00am - 3:00pm 301 -475-9795 for space availability. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION…Pre-K-8th Grade, Sunday 9:15am - 10:30am. For registration please contact Leonard Wathen at the Rectory. STAFF Pastor ............................................... Rev. David W. Beaubien, ext. 14 Deacon ................................................................. Deacon Andy Geisz Parish Secretary/Bookkeeper ............................. Denise Becher, ext.10 Receptionist/Bulletin Editor .............................. Betty Williams, ext.11 Religious Education/Youth Minister............... Leonard Wathen, ext.16 Director, Music Ministry ............................................. Georgia Harvey Coordinator, Natural Family Planning .......Jane Burke, 301-866-2056 Principal, Father Andrew White School....................... Linda Maloney Secretary, FAW School .................................................. Helen Bowles SCHEDULE OF SERVICES MASS SCHEDULE: Saturday: 5:00 pm Sunday: 8:00 am and 11:00 am Daily: 12:15 pm Tuesday & Thursday 8:30 am Wednesday & Friday 7:30 am Saturday HOLY DAY MASSES: As Announced inside the Bulletin. FIRST FRIDAYS: Masses at 9:00 am (September through June) and 7:00 pm. Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from 10:30 am till 6:45 pm followed by Benediction. Confessions from 6:00 - 6:30 pm. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Thursday: 11:30-12 Noon Saturday: 3:30-4:30 pm Parish Mission Statement We, the faithful of the Roman Catholic Church of St. Aloysius, in communion with the Holy Father, commit ourselves to know, love and serve God and worship Him together. This challenges us to know God through sacred Scripture and personal prayer; to love God in His Eucharistic Presence and to love one another; to serve Him by educating our children, by ministering to the sick, the elderly and the poor by proclaiming the Good News of Jesus Christ and by hospitably reaching out to others. We commit to this with the grace of God and through the intercession of Mary, the Mother of God and patroness of St. Mary's County. ST. ALOYSIUS GONZAGA CATHOLIC CHURCH, LEONARDTOWN, MARYLAND Scripture Corner THE WHOLE LAW AND THE PROPHETS In today’s Gospel (Matthew 22: 34 – 40), a spokesperson for the Pharisees decides to “test” Jesus. “Testing” here in the Gospel has a negative connotation. The goal of the questioner is to trap our Lord. The Jewish teachers talked of hundreds of laws with many interpretations. Teachers would try to prioritize these laws, asking which are the most important, as the man asks Christ. The answer of Jesus is amazingly simple, but would challenge the followers of Christ down through the ages. Our Lord’s simple, but profound answer is, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.” (Matthew 22: 37 – 40) Interestingly these two commandments are found in the Old Testament. The command to love God with all one’s being is based on Deuteronomy 6: 5: “Therefore, you shall love the Lord, your God, with your whole heart, and with your whole being, and with your whole strength.” The command to love one’s neighbor is found in Leviticus 19: 18: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” What Jesus adds is the insistence that these two commandments should guide the understanding of everything found in the Law and the prophets. For example, one cannot love God and not love God’s children, God’s daughters and sons. Recent Popes and modern Catholic Social Teaching stress the importance of these words of Christ. The theme of Catholic social justice is based on the conviction that every person is a child of God and must be treated with dignity and respect. Pope Benedict XVI in his first encyclical, God is Love, makes this important point: “Building a just social and civil order, wherein each person receives what is his or her due, is an essential task which every generation must take up anew.” (28) Pope Francis has this challenge: “Every individual Christian and every community is called to be an instrument of God for the liberation and promotion of the poor, and for enabling them to be fully a part of society.” (The Joy of the Gospel, 187) ~Msgr. Ralph J. Kuehner, Archdiocese of Washington PRAYER & WORSHIP MASS INTENTIONS this WEEK Tuesday, Oct. 28: 12:15 pm Wednesday, Oct. 29: 8:30 am Thursday, Oct. 30: 12:15 pm Friday, Oct. 31: 8:30 am Saturday, Nov 1: 7:30 am 5:00 pm Sunday, Nov. 2: 8:00 am 11:00 am Sts. Simon and Jude, Apostles Shelly Estacion Zemy Altherr Warren Lester Annie E. McCully All Saints Thomas & Ruth Roche All the Faithful Departed All Souls Pro populo All the Faithful Departed PLEASE REMEMBER IN PRAYER the Sick and Homebound in our Community: Ethel Anderson, Joan Bolden, Bob Combs, Susan Colon, Teresa Cusic, Anne Davis, Charles Davis, Sr., Elizabeth Ann Davis, Maria and Debra Dean, Irene Dixon, John Dougherty, Jan Esler, Rosalie Gibbons, Melanie Gibson, Thomas R. Gissy, Howard Hensley, St. Clair Hill, Edward Mayor, Jim McDonald, Ben Moore, Brittany Nwadike, Frank Percell, Ernest Pfeiff, Agnes Plater, Charlie Ridgell, Anne Rullman, Anita Russell, Mary Saunders, Debbie Schauenbauer, Rita Solimani, Angela Stead, Anne Tennison, C.W. Thompson, Ronnie Thompson and Donna Walker. ALL SOULS MEMORIAL: During the “month of All Souls” we especially remember and pray for the faithful departed of our families and community. Also we want to remember them with our All Souls Memorial. Every member of the parish is encouraged to submit a COPY of pictures of their loved ones who have died—recently or years ago to be included on the Memorial. A basket for the photo copies is in the vestibule of the church. Please write your name and phone number on the back of the copy of the photo to insure its return to you after November. THE PATRIOTIC ROSARY is recited on Wednesdays after the 8:30 am Mass. Come pray with Mother Mary, Patron Saint of the Americas; our country needs our prayers. Please join us. Questions call Gerda at 301-4750009 or 860-558-6476. 30TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY VOCATIONS CROSS Sign-up The Vocations Cross is presented to a family at one of the three weekend Masses after Communion and it is asked that it be returned to the rectory by the following Saturday morning. Jim Hoffman, the parish’s Vocations Liaison, is in the process of calling all homes that signed up to have the Vocations Cross in their home to schedule your week. Please pray for Vocations this week with Leonard Wathen & Family EVANGELIZATION & PARISH LIFE “Like” us on Facebook! Go to www.facebook.com/ staloysiusleonardtown today! MEALS FOR FRIENDS: We have set up a Meal Train schedule to help Josh & Becky Guerre as they welcome Lucas Michael into their family The link is below. Just log on and sign up to deliver a meal at your convenience https://mealtrain.com/9kl3o also Maria Dean is at home in Breton Bay recovering from hip surgery. She and Kenneth can use some help with meals. Please use the following link to access the Meal Train for Maria & Kenneth Dean. https://mealtrain.com/k6ql0! Also for KC & Ed Schnitker as they welcome the newest addition to their family Eric. Please use the following link to access the Meal Train for KC & Ed Schnitker. https://mealtrain.com/ggree If you have questions or know another family who can use help with meals please contact Mary Jo Geisz 443-6044278 or [email protected]. Thank you all for your support of the ST. ALOYSIUS HANDBELL ENSEMBLE! With your generous support, we have raised nearly $3,000 which is allowing us to reimburse our benefactors who originally purchased the bells for our Ensemble less than a year ago. If you are interested in making a donation or learning more about the group, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the group or Music Ministry. We have several dedicated members who have been working hard to bring instrumental bell music to the community's weekend Mass celebrations. We look forward to serving more in the future! Rebecca and Kristen Moore, Directors of the Handbell Ensemble TIME STEWARDSHIP SHARING OUR TREASURE Weekly Offertory Contributions October 18/19 2014 1st Collection: Offertory Basket: $5,719.00 Direct Debit: $1,061.00 Total: $6,780.00 2nd Collection: Arch Assess. Offertory Basket:: $1,152.75 Direct Debit: $ 598.00 Total: $1,450.75 2nd COLLECTION NEXT WEEKEND will be for the School Support. Thank you for your generosity! PATRON OF THE WEEK: Ultimate Therapy. Please remember to patronize our bulletin sponsors. OUR BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL WE’RE COLLECTING COATS– FAW will begin this week to collect coats for the Diocesan “Coats of Many Colors” Drive. Together with parishes and schools across the diocese we can help thousands of our neighbors stay warm this winter. Coats in good condition and clean will be collected at our school now through Nov.14. Please check your closets for children or adult size coats! The Tyson Foods Project A+ program is one of the simplest ways to support Father Andrew White School. For every label that we turn in, we earn 24¢ to use for art supplies, enrichment activities, athletics, special events, etc...! These labels can really add up and be of great benefit to our school. Thank you for keeping an eye out for them. They can be submitted to the school or in the box in the church vestibule. ADOPT-A-STUDENT at FATHER ANDREW WHITE SCHOOL: Each year there are families who want their children to have a Catholic education, but need financial assistance in order to do so. At Father Andrew White School, we offer tuition aid through the Combs Trust and our parishes like St. Aloysius, but each year the need grows. In the past many parishioners have participated in the Adopt -a-Student Program and our families have been very grateful. Once again we are asking individuals and families in the parish to consider participating, knowing that no amount is too small and would be greatly appreciated. Donors and recipients are anonymous. Please contact the school office at 301-475-9795 for more information. Donations may be given through the parish or directly to the school. Thank you. OCTOBER 26, 2014 RELIGIOUS ED & YOUTH MINISTRY CONNECT GROUPS are here! All adult parishioners are invited and encouraged to participate in a five part small group video and discussion entitled “Connect: Becoming the Church we were Made to Be.” In this series, you’ll discover why Christ established the Church and what you and I can do to more fully become the Church were made to be! Registration will be available this weekend. Sign up online at www.SaintAloysiusChurch.org/ConnectGroups/ IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO HOST A CONNECT GROUP in your home. New groups can be launched at any time. If you’re interested in learning how to become a Connect Host, contact Leonard Wathen. YOUR AMAZON.COM PURCHASES can support St. Aloysius Church’s Religious Education program! Go to smile.amazon.com and search for “St. Aloysius Parish” (Leonardtown, MD). Once you choose us as your charity, 0.5% of every eligible purchase that you make will support our Religious Education program! CHILDREN’S RELIGIOUS EDUCATION has begun! Join us on Sunday mornings from 9:15 to 10:30 am. Registration forms are available on our parish website. ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BECOMING CATHOLIC or learning about becoming Catholic? RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) will be offered on Monday nights in FAW School beginning Monday, September 8th. Contact Andy Geisz [email protected] for more information. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION LIBRARY—Thank you to those who have donated so many resources for Religious Ed’s library. We are grateful - please keep them coming! LIFE NIGHT & EDGE NIGHT will be held again on Sunday, November 16th. Edge Night (Middle School) begins at 6 PM, and Life Night (High School) begins at 7 PM. MOUNT 2000 for High School Students is scheduled for February 6 to 8, 2015. If you’d like to reserve a spot, you MUST contact Leonard Wathen by Thursday, October 30th. COMMUNITY WOMEN OF FAITH PRAYER BREAKFAST -- Saturday, November 1, beginning at 8:30am at Café des Artistes, 41655 Fenwick St., Leonardtown, MD. Our speaker, Colleen Galli, was almost strangled by a serial killer at the age of 17. At that point, Jesus showed her an escape plan! Don't miss her story! Please register by Thursday, October 30th, the cost is only $15. Space is limited, reserve your space now! WOMEN’S DAY OF REFLECTION, on November 8th at St. John Francis Regis Catholic Church. The day will begin with Mass at 8:00 am followed by continental breakfast. Father Charles Gallagher will be giving two talks. Priests will be available to hear confessions from 10 am-12 noon. The morning will finish up by noon. RSVP to Catherine (228)365-0657. No registration fee. SACRED HEART CHURCH in Bushwood is sponsoring its annual fall dinner on Sunday, Oct. 26th from 12 noon until 4 pm. Menu includes fried oysters, stuffed ham, turkey w/stuffing, sweet and parsley potatoes, cole slaw, green beans. All you can eat, served buffet style. Adults $25, Children 12 and under $6. Drive-thru carry-outs $25 THEOLOGY ON TAP is bringing together good company and great guest speakers, every Wednesday in October at 7 pm at DB McMillan's. Don't be shy - invite a friend or co-worker. Come early to socialize before the talk. Email [email protected] with any questions. WORLD PRIEST DAY—Please join us in celebrating and affirming the men who commit their lives to the Lord and the Church in the Sacrament of Holy Orders. Worldwide Marriage Encounter, concurrently with Serra Club’s Priesthood Sunday, honors our priests on World Priest Day, October 26, 2014. Please take this opportunity to thank and affirm your priests who live out their call to serve as Jesus does, in self-giving love for all. ADW Catholic Committee On Scouting's Annual GS RETREAT will be held in Southern Maryland for the first time! Come experience a day of faith, crafts, games and fun. Earn your My Promise, My Faith pin, learn about "The Many Faces of Mary". Saturday, November 15 9:30-4:00 at St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Prince Frederick. Activities for girl scouts of all ages. Registration forms due Oct 27th. Please contact Kathy LaPointe at [email protected] for more information or to receive a registration form. 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