ST. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church

14908 Main Street

Upper Marlboro, Maryland  20772

email:  rectory@stmarysum.org

Business Hours for the Rectory 10am - 5pm Monday through Friday

Dear Parish Family:

  Today we are being reminded of the two key meanings of the word priest. At Sinai, the Lord said to the people through Moses:

“You shall be to me a kingdom

of priests, a holy nation…”

(Exodus 19, 6)

In the gospel, Jesus sent his closest followers, the apostles, with the following instruction and reminder:

“As you go, make this proclamation:

‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’

Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse

lepers, drive out demons. Without

cost you have received, without cost

you are to give.”

(Matthew 10, 7-8)

A priest is one who offers sacrifice. We are rejoicing this weekend in the ordination of new priests for the Archdiocese! The focus of the ordained priest is the sacramental ministry, especially the Eucharist, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. The priesthood of the baptized is less public, but, nonetheless, most effective. Shortly after I became a pastor for the first time, in the 1990’s, I met a widower who had recently retired. He seemed to have time on his hands and to be at a loss as to the very meaning of his life. Once I offered him an opportunity to be involved in the life of the parish, he gave of himself completely. There was little that Ray would not do, even when sickness sapped his strength. His devotion reflected well the beatitudes. Ray did not show up for his ministry last Sunday; he had gone home to God! As we reflect on the meaning of life, we are reminded that all is gift:

“But God proves his love for

us in that while we were still

sinners Christ died for us.”

(Romans 5, 6)

Yours in Christ,

Father Bill Foley

PLEASE CALL THE PARISH OFFICE 301-627-3255 and let us know when prayers are needed for the sick or when a name can be removed.  Also, if someone is homebound and would like to receive the Sacraments, please call the Rectory.

For the week of June 15^th – June 21^st

Sun.     Ronald R. Austin, People of the Parish, Larry Warman

Mon.   Sherry Ripple (SI)

Tues.   Edna I. Cross, Stuart Smith Grahm

Wed.   Becky Ripple (SI)

Thurs. James Roy Butler

Fri.      Connie Harris

Sat.      Kevin Glynn, Michael Piazza (SI), Members of the Curtis Family

REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS

The Deceased – For their souls and all the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen

The Sick – Your prayers are asked for Terry Coates, Marian Seabourn, Deacon Ed Brink, Alice Hawley, Evelyn Fritz,  Dina Hoffman, Lavon Curtis, Robin Wyvill,  Donna Seger, Angela Ryan, Linda Wyvill Hobbs, Mary E. McGettigan, Walter J. Allen, Mary E. Smith, Agnes Barnett,  Deidre Desmon, Sean and Marleen Moran, John Thomas, Gail Blake, Ruth Davidson, George Jenkins, Reggie Evans Jr., Joseph Hawley, Dixie Bowie, Mary Windsor, Maurie Stephens, Sonny DeCesaris, Dorethea Jarvis, Jeremiah Seger, David Gwynn, Barbara Herber, Ida Bond, Raymond Bulvin, Mary Ford, Gloria Belden, Lisa Vallario, David Hobbs, Althea Proctor, Mary Proctor, Quinten Isom, Thomas Hawley, Jennifer Ryan, William Roberts, Alma Wyvill Warren, Sylvia Tickles, Dick Filesky, Martin Oberman, Cassidy O’Connell, Paul K. Martin, Deloras Newman, Anthony Santa Croce, Mary Davey, Bill Huttenloch, Marie Ridgely, Tray Wallace, Elsie Purnell, Monica Piazza Russell, Robert Wilhite, Marion Watkins, Jack Wyvill, Betty J. Rawlings, Atherine Pinkney, Beatrice Jones, Hilda A. Diggs, Pearline Diggs, Maria A. Newman, Margaret Hager & Josephine Robinson

BULLETIN DEADLINE:  The deadline for having notices published in the coming week’s Bulletin is Monday, 12 noon

SUMMER FAITH ENRICHMENT PROGRAM  Join Fr. White for in-depth study of St. Paul’s letter to the Romans and Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae.  Ages 14 and up.  Monday evenings, June 9 - July 28.  7:30 - 8:45 p.m. at St. Mary’s School on Largo Rd.

PARISH PILGRIMAGE TO ITALY  Fr. White will lead a parish pilgrimage to visit the holy sites of Assisi and Rome this fall, November 15-22.  Space is still available.  Open to all parishioners, family members, and friends.  $1,999 if deposit is paid by Aug. 7.  See Fr. White for a brochure.

ST. VINCENT de PAUL SOCIETY NEWS  If you wonder what your parish SVDP conference is doing since reactivating this past month, we are busy assisting persons from Upper Marlboro and the larger Prince Georges County community.  During May we received 9 requests for help and so far provided financial and other assistance to 4 persons/families.  We are working with 2 churches in the local area to help with a 5^th request, and received help from another parish with a 6^th.  We provided assistance with utility bills, gasoline, rent, eyeglasses and medicine needed to continue working, getting documents needed to apply for low cost housing, a utility assistance program and a job referral.  Requests for rent, mortgage and utility help is a large and growing part of what we are seeing.  Please continue to support the work of St. Mary’s SVDP conference by giving generously through Poor Box donations and SVDP designated assistance in our collections.

This week at St. Mary of the Assumption

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Father’s Day

9:30am Children’s Mass+                     10:30am Trad. Choir Prac.+

11:30am Mass with Bishop Holley celebrating KSJ’s Ladies 100^th Anniversary.   

1:00pm Baptisms

Monday, June 16, 2008

7:45am Rosary+                      

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

7:45am Rosary +                                  12:00Noon AA Meeting*

6:45–7:15pm Confessions+      7:30pm Mass+

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

7:45am Rosary +                                  8:30am-9:00pm Adoration+

12:00 Noon AA Meeting*                   

Thursday, June 19, 2008

7:45am Rosary+                                   12 Noon AA Meeting*

7:00pm Contemp Choir Prac.+             7:10pm Early Bird Bingo**

7:25pm Bingo**                                  

Friday, June 20, 2008

7:45am Rosary+                      

Saturday, June 21, 2008

4-5pm Confessions+                Summer Begins

Locations: +Church, ++Rectory,*Hall, **School

See front of bulletin for our regular schedule and Please Note from June 16^th through September 2^nd there will be NO noon Mass with the exception of Friday August 15^th the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a holy day of obligation.

GIFT SHOP  For a limited time, all books over $5 in the gift shop are 15% off the sticker price, with the exception of Bibles and missals. Stop by and peruse the new catechisms and supplements and the new Father's Day selections.  Lots of titles would make great summer beach or poolside reading.  New Bibles are on order and should arrive shortly.

WEDNESDAY ADORATION 

“Could you not watch one hour with me?”  This is what Christ asked His apostles some 2000 years ago.  He asks the same question of you and me today:  Eucharistic Adoration is here every Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.*Adoration on the first Wednesday of the month will be offered for an increase in vocations to the priesthood and consecrated life & for our priests Fr. Foley & Fr. White.

LOST AND FOUND: Please check the back bookcases for any items you may have lost.  Items not claimed by June 15^th will be donated

SOUP KITCHEN We will feed the homeless at Sister’s of Charity Queen of Peace on June 29^th.  Donations of cooked pieces of chicken, mac & cheese, pieces of fruit and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches can be dropped off in the Vestibule of the church before the 5pm Mass on June 28^th.  Call Gia Donnalley at 410-286-3684 for more information.

ST. MARK'S CATHOLIC GRADE SCHOOL of Hyattsville, MD is hosting a multi-year alumni reunion on October 11, 2008 in honor of the parish's 50th Anniversary.   If you would like to receive an invitation and would like more information please visit the reunion website:  http://www.stmarks-hyattsville-reunion.com. 

WHY BOTHER WITH GIFT CARDS??!!  We have to buy groceries and gas anyway.  Let’s have St. Mary’s reap the benefits! They also make GREAT graduation and wedding gifts.  You can purchase cards after each Mass or at the Rectory.

CELEBRATE THE MARIAN SPIRITUALITY of Pope John Paul II and a Marian Day of Prayer on June 25, 2008.  Holy Mass celebrated by Stanislaw Cardinal Dziwisz, Archbishop of Krakow, Poland and former Secretary to Pope John Paul II for 40 years.  To be celebrated at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center 3900 Harewood Road, NE, Washington, DC 20017.  For more information please contact the Anniversary Committee 301-868-5344.

DINNER on June 22^nd  at Sacred Heart Church in Bushwood, Md.  From 12 Noon til ?  Fried chicken, crab cakes and country ham and more.  All you can eat, served buffet style.  Adults $22.00 and children 12 and under $6.00.  Also Country Store, Cake Stand and Raffle.

ST. MARY’S SCHOOL NEWS

PRE KINDERGARTEN:  There are openings for our 4 year old, full day program.  Children enjoy daily math, language arts, science and religion lessons.  There is time for creative play, music & technology exploration.  Contact Steve Showalter 301-627-4170.

SUMMER ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT PROGRAM:  June 23^rd to July 11^th, 2008 – No School July 4^th, 2008    Readiness for Kindergarten and First Grade.  Enrichment for Grades 1 through 8.  Phonics – Reading – English – Math (including Pre-Algebra & Algebra) – Creative Writing for 6^th, 7^th and 8^th grades.  For more information contact the school at 301-627-6383 or visit the website at www.stmarysum.org

Congratulations Graduating Class of 2008

Where are they Going?

Michael Andreozzi                    Bishop McNamara

Hannah Bryant                          Huntingtown H.S.

Sean Burns                               Bishop McNamara

Kelly Connelly                          Southern H.S.

Patrick Dempsey                      Southern H.S.

Quentin Dick                            Archbishop Spalding

Drew Dinsmore                        Northern H.S.

Ryan Dinsmore                         Northern H.S.

Kameron Dreher                      Bishop McNamara

Brandon Franklin                      Bishop McNamara

Ernest Galloway                       Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr., H.S.

Eddie Garcia                            Bishop McNamara

Lauren Griffin                           Northern H.S.

Amber Haske                           Annapolis H.S.

Patrick Hine                             DeMatha H.S.

John Kluh                                 St. Mary - Annapolis

Jonathan Mayuga                      DeMatha H.S.

Danielle McCreary                   Bishop McNamara

Andrew Meyer                         Archbishop Spalding

Raven Mortimer                       Bishop McNamara

Hampton Mitchell                     DeMatha H.S.

Stefan Morusiewicz                  Archbishop Spalding

Daniel Pereira                           Bishop McNamara

Benjamin Philip                         Bishop McNamara

Michael Piazza, Jr.                    Bishop McNamara

Dion Proctor                            Bowie H.S.

Dominic Rama                          Bishop McNamara

Mary Rogers                            Bishop McNamara

Miranda Spangler                     Bishop McNamara

Seth Spangler                           Bishop McNamara

Jessica Summers                       Myrtle Beach, S.C.

William Teston                          DeMatha H.S.

Grant Thrasher                         Northern H.S.

Megan Wyvill                           Bishop McNamara

Today is “Father’s Day” and we congratulate the fathers of the Parish.  We ask God’s blessing on them and their families.  You will be remembered at Mass today, and all the deceased fathers of our parishioners will be included as well.

CONGRATULATIONS  The Ladies Auxiliary, Knights of St. John International, St. Mary Auxiliary #21 will celebrate its 100^th  Year Anniversary this Sunday, June 15.  We welcome the Most Reverend Martin D. Holley, Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Washington who will be the celebrant and homilist at the 11:30 Mass at St. Mary’s.

At the sight of the crowds, Jesus' heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest." - Mt 9:36-38

ALTAR FLOWERS Two vases of flowers for $50.  If you wish to donate in memory of deceased loved one or on a special occasion, we will note the donor and intention in the bulletin.  Call Linda Trott to arrange this 301-627-3255.

SECOND COLLECTION  There will be a second collection on June 28^th and June 29^th in support of the Holy Father.  The proceeds from this collection fund emergency relief assistance to those who suffer from war, oppression, disease and natural disasters.  Thank you for your generosity.

HELP WANTED  Bishop McNamara High School is seeking a full-time maintenance/grounds engineer.  Requires basic maintenance skills:  Painting, use of hand tools, lifting, ability to recognize and repair building maintenance issues.  Grounds maintenance.  Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.  Send letter of interest and resume to williamso@bmhs.org.  No calls accepted.

1-800-MASS-TIMES  Don’t forget to visit www.masstimes.org for Mass times and locations around the country while you are on vacation this summer.

BINGO every Thursday evening at the School.  Early bird games begin at 7:10, regular games at 7:25.  As always, the Jackpot is worth $1,000 within the progressive number

**Please Note:  Bingo is cancelled on July 3^rd*

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