August 10, 2014 - St. Peter`s Church

A Catholic community
devoted to deep and
abiding friendship
with Jesus Christ
Established 1700
3320 St. Peter’s Drive
Waldorf Maryland 20601
301-843-8916
www.stpeterswaldorf.org
Mission Statement
Saint Peter’s Church is a Catholic community devoted to deep and abiding
friendship with Jesus Christ. We strive to build upon the legacy of faith entrusted
to us by the Catholic pioneers who courageously established Saint Peter’s – an
ethnically and economically diverse community unified through the power of
the Holy Spirit in the truth and love of Jesus Christ. Mindful of this legacy as well
as our need for ongoing conversion amidst new challenges, today, in our fourth
century, we seek friendship with Jesus through our commitments to:
• Understand and proclaim His saving truth revealed in the
Bible in union with the official teaching authority of the
Catholic Church.
• Worship joyfully His living presence in the sacraments,
especially the Eucharist.
• Recognize His face in those we are privileged to serve and
protect, particularly the poor and vulnerable.
• Welcome Him in each other through our fellowship and
unity amidst the rich diversity of our parish community.
• Encounter Him and the beauty of His creation by preserving
our parish as a peaceful and prayerful sanctuary.
• Hear His personal call to holiness and help families embrace it
in all vocations, especially to priesthood or consecrated life.
• Imitate His generous self-giving as a way of life that expresses
our gratitude to Him and our love for God and neighbor.
Mass Schedule/Misa
Monday - Saturday: 8:00 am
Saturday Vigil:
5:00 pm
Sunday:
8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 pm, en Español 1:30 pm
Confession/Confesión
Wednesday:
Saturday:
7:00 pm
3:30 pm
www.stpeterswaldorf.org
Parish Office
Hours: M – F, 8:30 – 4:30
301-843-8916 Fax: 301-843-3163
St. Peter’s School 301-843-1955
Office for Christian Formation
301-843-9583
Rev. Cezary Kozubek
Parochial Vicar
Msgr. J. Wilfrid Parent
Pastor
Deacon Robert Martin
Tom Abell, Parish Facilities Manager
Alice Culbreth, Director of Christian Formation
Sr. Theresa Frere, IHM, Coordinator of Ministry
to the Sick and Homebound
Marianna Hamilton, Coordinator of Christian Formation
Alicia Moore, Parish Secretary
Msgr. Oliver McGready
Msgr. Andrew Cassin
Fran O’Neill, Parish Accountant
Retired
Pastor Emeritus
Cara Tiffin-Johnson, Music Director
J.R. West, Principal, St. Peter’s School
PARISH COUNCILS
Parish Pastoral Council • [email protected]
John Baden, Chairman
Jim Johnson, Co-Chairman
Mary DiMuro, Secretary • 301-645-4596
RoseMary Buzzeo
Kevin Kane
Bobbie Vaira
Kathy Carrigan
Mark Leslie
Ron Wade
Linda Cogburn
Stephanie Nolan
Marsha Forson, Youth Rep. Liliana Perez, Hispanic Rep. Allan Wibbenmeyer, Finance Council Rep.
Parish Finance Council • Don Palchak, Chairperson • 301-934-1281
Stacie Burch
Allan Wibbenmeyer
Richard Buschman
William Young
Beth Watson
PARISH COMMISSIONS
Worship
Parish Life & Service
For information concerning registration,
baptism, marriage, funerals, and other
sacraments, please contact the parish office.
Christian Formation
To report repairs and other matters concerning
church buildings and grounds, please contact the
parish facilities manager on 301-843-8916, ext. 35.
Pope Saint John Paul II on Sports
Excerpts from a Homily at the Jubilee of Sports People
October 29, 2000
In Corinth, where Paul brought the message of the
Gospel, it was appropriate for him to refer to athletic
contests to spur Christians to push themselves to the
utmost in the “race” of life. Paul says everyone runs,
even if only one is the winner.
It is right to give thanks to God for the gift of sport in
which the human person exercises his body, intellect
and will, recognizing these abilities as so many gifts
of his Creator. Paul highlights the value of life,
comparing it to a race not only for an earthly goal,
but for an eternal one – a race in which not just one
person, but everyone can be a winner.
Playing sports has become very important today, since it
can encourage young people to develop important
values such as loyalty, perseverance, friendship,
sharing and solidarity. Sports have spread to every
corner of the world, transcending differences
between cultures and nations.
Because of these global dimensions, those involved in
sports throughout the world have a great responsibility.
They are called to make sports an opportunity for
meeting and dialogue, over and above every barrier
of language, race or culture. Sports, in fact, can make
an effective contribution to peaceful understanding
between peoples and to establishing the new
civilization of love.
Can the world of sport excuse itself from this providential spiritual dynamism? No! On the contrary, the
importance of sports today invites those who
participate in them to an examination of conscience. It
is important to identify and promote the many
positive aspects of sport, but it is only right also to
recognize the various transgressions to which it can
succumb.
The educational and spiritual potential of sport must
make believers and people of good will united and
determined in challenging every distorted aspect that can
intrude, recognizing it as a phenomenon opposed to
the full development of the individual and to his
enjoyment of life.
Every care
must be
taken to
protect the
human body
from any
attack on its
integrity,
from any
exploitation,
and from
any idolatry.
May this examination offer everyone – managers,
technicians and athletes – an opportunity to find new
creative and motivating zeal, so that sport, without
losing its true nature can answer the needs of our
time: sport which contributes to the love of life,
teaches sacrifice, respect and responsibility, leading to
the full development of every human person.
Psalm 125:5 reminds us that persevering effort is needed
to succeed in life. Anyone who plays sports knows this
very well. It is only at the cost of strenuous training
that significant results are achieved. The athlete,
therefore, agrees with the Psalmist when he says that
the effort spent in sowing finds its reward in the joy
of the harvest. This is the logic of sport; it is also the
logic of life: without sacrifices, important results, or
even satisfaction, are not obtained.
Every Christian is called to become a strong athlete of
Christ, that is, a faithful and courageous witness to his
Gospel. But to succeed in this he must persevere in
prayer, be trained in virtue, and follow the divine
Master in everything.
Lord Jesus Christ, help these athletes to be your
friends and witnesses to your love. Help them to put
the same effort into personal asceticism that they do
into sports; help them to achieve a harmonious and
cohesive unity of body and soul.
May they be sound models to imitate for all who
admire them. Help them always to be athletes of the
spirit, to win your inestimable prize: an imperishable
crown that lasts forever. Amen!
Sunday, August 10, Nineteenth Sunday
in Ordinary Time
5:00 p.m.
Ernest Middleton, Jr.
8:00 a.m.
Hubert L. Reid
10:00 a.m.
Parishioners of St. Peter’s
12:00 noon
Norman and Louise Winters
1:30 p.m.
Intentions of the celebrant
Monday, August 11, St. Clare
8:00 a.m.
John Thomas Summers
Tuesday, August 12, St. Jane Frances de Chantal
8:00 a.m.
Lois Pratt
Wednesday, August 13, St. Pontian, St. Hippolytus
8:00 a.m.
Dorothy Moser
Thursday, August 14, St. Maximilian Kolbe
8:00 a.m.
Intentions of Freida Shlagel
7:30 p.m. Vigil
Parishioners of St. Peter’s
Friday, August 15, The Assumption of the
Blessed Virgin Mary
8:00 a.m.
Elisabeth Di Giovannantonio
7:30 p.m.
Leo Gowen, Sr.
Saturday, August 16, St. Stephen of Hungary
8:00 a.m.
Ralph Goodpaster
5:00 p.m. Vigil
Della Janssen
Sunday, August 17, Twentieth Sunday
in Ordinary Time
8:00 a.m.
Margaret Burch Copsey
10:00 a.m.
Parishioners of St. Peter’s
12:00 noon
Bill and Thelma Winters Smith
1:30 p.m.
Intentions of the celebrant
The sanctuary light will burn this week in
loving memory of the DiGiovannantonio family.
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
ST. JANE FRANCES DE CHANTAL
(1572 – 1641)
St. Jane Frances served God as wife,
mother of six, widow, and co-founder
of the Sisters of the Visitation of Holy
Mary with St. Francis de Sales in 1610.
She once wrote in a letter: “I’ll tell you
what Our Lord wants of you and of us
all, a humble and tranquil submission to
His most holy will in whatsoever
happens, for everything is, without
question,
ordained
by
divine
Providence for His glory, and for our
gain; henceforth to be indifferent to
health or sickness, consolation or
desolation, the enjoyment or privation
of what we most cherish, should be our
aim…..Let us remain sweetly humble,
and tranquil in the condition in which
God has placed us.”
Selected Letters of St. Jane Frances
August 10, 2014
If someone you know is seriously ill and asks to be included in the prayers for the sick, please call
the parish office. Names will remain on the prayer list for four weeks. At that time if you wish to
have the name put back on the prayer list, please call the parish office.
Our Parish Prayer Requests
For those who are ill, especially:
John David Yamnicky
Tina Wagner
Doris Ann Bradburn
Alaina Powers-Hebert
Tim Lawson
Eva Sermons
Abraham N. Stewart
Jane Duckworth
Barbara Hale
Angela Vaira Souder
Ursula Marrero
Lloyd Janssen
Debbie Ruley
Belinda Windsor
Tina Modlen
James McNease
Kathy Breckenridge
Msgr. John Pennington
Dean Guido
Kathy Carrigan
David DeSormeaux
Maydel Dominquez
Stephanie Walls
Barbara Lueders
•For LCDR Don Manning, U.S. Navy, serving in Afghanistan
•For Charles Woodburn who died on July 22, 2014
•For an increase in vocations, especially in our parish and
•For our parish priests
The Feast of the Assumption is one of the most important feast days
of the year and a Holy Day of Obligation on the official Roman
Catholic Church calendar. By tradition, the holy day is observed every
August 15. This year, the Feast of the Assumption occurs on Friday,
August 15, 2014. According to Roman Catholic theology, Mary was
"assumed body and soul into heavenly glory" several years after her son,
Jesus, ascended into heaven. The miracle of the Assumption (or the
Dormition, as it is called in the Eastern Orthodox Church and also
celebrated on August 15) is Mary's triumph over earthly existence as she
is transported body and soul into heaven by her son, Jesus Christ .
Masses for the Feast Day
Thursday, August 14 at 7:30 p.m.,
Friday, August 15 at 8:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 10, 2014
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Young Adult Initiative
The Archdiocese of Washington’s Office of Young Adult Ministry (DCCatholic), in
collaboration with the Catholic Apostolate Center, has created the initiative From
Practicing Catholics to Apostles on Mission to give young adult Catholics the tools and
experience needed to be evangelizers to their families, parishes, and communities.
Beginning September 8th, young adults (20s and 30s) are invited to participate in 10 Fall
sessions of online (on-site optional) “Formation for the New Evangelization” as well as an
optional Spring semester “Evangelization Start-Up” process that provides an exciting and
supportive way for young adults to put their faith and talents into action! Invite a young adult to learn more
atwww.apostlesonmission.org or call Jonathan Lewis at 301-853-4559.
The Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA)
Are you interested in learning more about how you and/or your family can become Catholic? Maybe you are
baptized Catholic but have never completed your Sacraments of Initiation? Perhaps you’re an
adult Catholic who has not been confirmed? Please come to an information session on Sunday,
August 24 at 11:30 a.m. to learn more about how our RCIA process can assist you in your
journey of faith. We will meet in the Adult Faith Formation room in St. Peter’s School. Call the
Office for Christian Formation if you need more information, or to let us know you’re going to
join us.
Catechetical Day of Prayer & Reflection
St. Peter’s Office for Christian Formation invites you to a Day of Prayer and Reflection,
Sunday, September 14, 2014, from 9:30AM- 4:30PM at Loyola on the Potomac. "Teaching
About God's Gift of Forgiveness" (USCCB Catechetical Sunday Theme for 2014) Our guest
retreat leader will be author and a priest of the Archdiocese of Washington, Fr. Scott Hurd!
Come join us as we dig deeply into the heart of the matter. Mercy, compassion &
forgiveness.
For Catechists, School Faculty, Ministry Coordinators & Facilitators (AFF, RCIA, Bible
Study, Sacramental Preparation) Cost only $50.00 each; includes continental breakfast &
lunch. Space is limited. To register, email [email protected] or call
301-843-9583; our day will conclude with Sunday Mass.
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 10, 2014
Financial Stewardship
July 2014
Average Weekly Collection $16,098
Average Weekly Envelopes 369
July 2013
Average Weekly Collection $15,933
Average Weekly Envelopes 375
Designated Charity:
Catherine Foundation
This week the Designated
Charity is the Catherine
Foundation. They will receive
at least 1% of the regular
Sunday offering. You may use the envelopes available at
the entrances to Church. Please put your envelope in the
regular collection basket. The Designated Charity next
weekend will be the Angels Watch Women’s Shelter.
The National Collection for the Catholic Communication
Campaign which is held this weekend (CCC) provides grants to
Catholic organizations that help spread the Good News through social
networking sites, podcasts, television, radio, and print media. Please
support this important work and be generous in the Collection. CCC is
how the Good News gets around to you. Please put your envelope in
the regular collection basket.
Support Group at St. Peter's
St. Peter's is a local host site for Al-Anon meetings on Thursdays in
the PE room from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Please call the Office for Christian
Formation at 301-843-9583 if you have any questions.
Adoration on Wednesdays
Wednesday evening Adoration in Our Lady of the Fields Chapel during confessions will
discontinue for July and August. Adoration will resume in September beginning on
September 3. Confessions will still be heard on Wednesdays in Our Lady of the Fields Chapel
at 7:00p.m.
Going on vacation? Don’t forget Mass!
To find a church anywhere in the world, go to www.masstimes.org. Mass
Times is a nonprofit website that allows traveling Catholics to locate Mass
times and information for Catholic churches around the world.
Parish news and information in our weekly bulletin can also be
found in color on the Parish website at www.stpeterswaldorf.org.
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 10, 2014
Catholic Daughters Craft Fair, November 1
(People say it’s really the best one around!!)
Don’t forget Court St. Peter’s annual craft fair on Saturday, November 1 in Sank
Auditorium from 8:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. This is the only fundraiser for the many
charities Court St. Peter supports. We also need your help with donations for the
Jewelry Room (Mary Ann Kelly, 301-645-6990 or Suzanne Carr, 301-645-5203), Flea
Market (Kathy Swanson, 301-645-1799 or Kathy Dopkowski, 301-645-7944) and
Silent Auction (Sandy McGraw/301-645-2973). Thanks for your help!
Calling all youth interested in serving at the Lord’s Table
Training for new Altar Servers will be held on September 21 and 28 from 3 - 5 pm.
Those interested will need to participate in both training sessions and the all server
training on October 5, same time. All youth members of Saint Peter’s who are in the
fifth grade or ten years old and who have received their sacraments may participate in
the training. For more information, contact Barbara or Mark Hayes at (240) 222-3171
or at [email protected].
Theology On Tap Event - Saturday, August 16, 2014
We're taking TOT on the road 45min South of DC to the oldest continuously
active Catholic Church in the United States: St. Ignatius Chapel Point, MD!
Join young adults from DC and Southern Maryland for a BBQ at our final
Summer Theology on Tap overlooking the beautiful Potomac River!
Location: 8855 Chapel Point Rd Port Tobacco, MD 20677
Schedule: 5pm-Vigil Mass | 6pm-BBQ | 7pm-#TOTtalks
Talks: To Whom Should She Go? A Missionary Church by Christopher Hale
+ The Happiest Hour: Alcoholism meets the Joy of the Gospel by Colin O'Brien
Theology on Tap
features:
+Dynamic talk on the
topic of faith
+Catholic Community
Learn more at
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atholic |
www.adw.org/tot or
email Jonathan Lewis at
[email protected].
+Must have valid 21+ ID to drink
Learn more about historic and beautiful parishes across the Archdiocese of Washington at adw.org/Faithquest
Faith Foundations – Sacred Scripture
Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ. – St. Jerome
Spending time reading and learning about Sacred Scripture is a good
way to deepen your relationship with Christ in a concrete and
powerful way. While you read and contemplate the message, the
“author” is reading you from within! Join us for a 6 week course on
the Scriptures beginning Wednesday, September 3 at 6:30 p.m. Sessions will be held in the Adult Faith
Formation room in the school. Michael Howard will be the instructor. For more information and to
register, contact Marianna Hamilton in the Office for Christian Formation 301-843-9583.
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 10, 2014
ANNUAL FRIENDS OF THE POOR® WALK
The 7th Annual Saint Vincent de Paul 5K Friends of the Poor ®Walk will be held on Saturday, September
27, 2014 at Saint Peter's Church in Waldorf, Maryland at 9 A.M. The event is open to all levels of walkers
and runners. Participation in the walk is free, but walkers are encouraged to collect pledges from
sponsors. For more information or to register online go to www.svdpfriendsofthepoorwalk.org and click
the "walker" tab on the left hand side of the screen or contact Jennifer Tersero at
[email protected]. Help families in need by supporting this event. You can make a difference by
walking with us on September 27.
Thinking of Donating Your Car to a Charity?
Please consider the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. If you donate your car through the National SVdP
Car Donation program, our St. Peter Conference can receive the proceeds for our charitable work. You
just need to call (800) 322-8284 and the National SVdP contractor can arrange to pick up your car in 24
hours. They take care of all the paperwork and send you the tax forms for the donation. We in the St
Peter Conference do not get involved except to receive the proceeds from donations in our zip code areas
(e.g., Waldorf, White Plains). For more information, visit www.svdpusa.com
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 10, 2014
Papa San Juan Pablo II acerca de Deportes
Extractos de una Homilía en el Jubileo de los Deportistas
29 de octubre 2000
En Corintio, donde Pablo llevó el mensaje del
Evangelio, era apropiado que él se refiere a las
competencias atléticas para estimular a los cristianos a
esforzarse al máximo en la "carrera" de la vida. Pablo
dice todo el mundo corre, aunque sólo uno es el
ganador.
Es justo darle gracias a Dios por el don de deporte en el que
la persona humana ejerce su cuerpo, intelecto y
voluntad, el reconocimiento de estas habilidades como
tantos dones de su Creador. Pablo pone de relieve el
valor de la vida, comparándola con una carrera, no sólo
para una meta terrenal, pero para un eterno uno - una
carrera en la que no sólo una persona, pero todo el
mundo puede ser un ganador.
La práctica de deportes se ha convertido en algo muy importante
hoy en día, ya que puede animar a los jóvenes a desarrollar
importantes valores como la lealtad, la perseverancia, la
amistad, el compartir y la solidaridad. El deporte se ha
extendido a todos los rincones del mundo, más allá de
las diferencias entre las culturas y las naciones.
Debido a estas dimensiones globales, los que participan en
deportes de todo el mundo tienen una gran responsabilidad. Ellos
están llamados a hacer deporte una oportunidad de
encuentro y diálogo, más allá de todas las barreras de
idioma, raza o cultura. Deportes, de hecho, pueden
hacer una contribución efectiva al entendimiento
pacífico entre los pueblos y para el establecimiento de
la nueva civilización del amor.
¿Puede el mundo del deporte excusarse de este
dinamismo espiritual providencial? ¡No! Por el
contrario, la importancia del deporte hoy invita a
quienes participan en ellas a un examen de conciencia. Es
importante identificar y promover los muchos aspectos
positivos del deporte, pero es justo también reconocer
las diversas transgresiones a los que puede sucumbir.
El potencial educativo y espiritual del deporte debe
hacer que los creyentes y personas de buena voluntad
unidos y decididos en desafiar cada aspecto distorsionado que
puede entrometerse, reconociéndolo como un
fenómeno opuesto al pleno desarrollo de la persona y
para su disfrute de la vida.
Diecinueve Domingo en Tiempo Ordinario
El máximo
cuidado se
debe tomar
para proteger
el cuerpo
humano
contra todo
atentado a su
integridad, de
toda
explotación y
de cualquier
idolatría.
Que este examen ofresca a todos - gerentes, técnicos y
atletas - una oportunidad de encontrar un nuevo celo
creativo y motivador, para que el deporte, sin perder su
verdadera naturaleza puedan responder a las necesidades
de nuestro tiempo: el deporte que contribuye al amor y la
vida, enseña el sacrificio, el respeto y la responsabilidad, lo
que conduce al desarrollo pleno de cada persona humana.
Salmo 125:5 nos recuerda que se requiere un esfuerzo para tener
éxito en la preservación de la vida. Todo el que practica el
deporte lo sabe muy bien. Es sólo en el costo de
entrenamiento intenso que se logren resultados
significativos. El atleta, por lo tanto, está de acuerdo con
el salmista cuando dice que el esfuerzo invertido en la
siembra encuentra su recompensa en la alegría de la
cosecha. Esta es la lógica del deporte; es también la lógica de la
vida: sin sacrificios, resultados importantes, o incluso la
satisfacción, no se obtienen.
Todo cristiano está llamado a convertirse en un fuerte
atleta de Cristo, es decir, un fiel y valiente testimonio de su
Evangelio. Pero para tener éxito en esto se debe
perseverar en la oración, estar entrenado en la virtud, y
seguir al Maestro divino en todo.
Señor Jesucristo, ayudar a estos atletas a ser sus amigos y
testigos de tu amor. Ayúdelos a poner el mismo esfuerzo
en el ascesis personal que lo hacen en el deporte; ayudarles
a lograr una unidad armónica y coherente de cuerpo y
alma.
Que ellos sean los modelos de sonido de imitar para todos
los que los admiramos. Ayúdales siempre que sean atletas
del espíritu, para ganar su premio inestimable: una corona
incorruptible que dura para siempre. Amén!
10 de agosto 2014