ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S CHURCH BETHESDA, MD MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK OF April 27, 2015 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 8.00 a.m.(TD) 8.00 a.m.(K) 8.00 a.m.(E) 8.00 a.m.(E) 8.00 a.m.(K) 8.00 a.m.(K) 5.00 p.m.(TD) 7.00 a.m.(K) 8.30 a.m.(C) 10.00 a.m.(E) 12 Noon (TD) 6.00 p.m.(D) 8.00 p.m.(E) +deceased Fr. John Kinter + Ann O’‛Connell + Joan Doyle Tierney + Dominik Pettey + Human Life Leonard Holeva + Mass for the People Juzef Kulikowski + Jeanne Andrews + Members of the Aramayo & Valderrama Family Twee Nguyen & Family (L) (L) living Scripture Readings for Week Of April 26, 2015 Sunday Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts 4:8-12;; 1 Ps 118;; 1 Jn 3:1-2;; Jn 10:11-18 Monday Acts 11:1-18;; Ps 42;; Jn 10:1-10 Tuesday Saint Peter Chanel, Priest and Martyr;; Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort, Priest Acts 11:19-26;; Ps 87;; Jn 10:22-30 Wednesday Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church Acts 12:24—13:5a;; Ps 67;; Jn 12:44-50 Thursday Saint Pius V, Pope Acts 13:13-25;; Ps 89;; Jn 13:16-20 Friday Saint Joseph the Worker Acts 13:26-33;; Ps 2;; Jn 14:1-6 Saturday Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Acts 13:44-52;; Ps 98;; Jn 14:7-14 Sunday Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 9:26-31;; Ps 22;; 1 Jn 3:18-24;; Jn 15:1-8 STEPHEN MINISTRY Listening, Comforting, Caring Under direct supervision of Fr. Mark Knestout, this is an ongoing pastoral care ministry. St. Stephen Ministers are members of the parish, intensely trained to care for people who are experiencing a loss, or going through difficult times or life transitions. Please contact: Deacon Julio Blanco-Eccleston for assistance as a care receiver or to get involved in the ministry. Tel: 703-821-1654;; [email protected]. The parish community of St. Bartholomew extends its deepest sympathy and prayers to Donna Truitt and family and friends upon the death of her mother and long-time parishioner, Mary Truitt, on April 14. A Funeral Mass for Mary will be celebrated at St. Bartholomew Church on Friday, May 1 at 11.30 a.m. Please keep the soul of the deceased and her family and friends in your prayers. APRIL 26, 2015 SOCIAL CONCERNS The Poor Box for the month of April is for three pregnancy centers in Montgomery County: Centro Tepeyac in Silver Spring, Rockville Pregnancy Center, and Shady Grove Pregnancy Center. These Centers provide assistance needed by women and their families who are confronted with the concerns and difficulties regarding the arrival of a new child. Become a Shelter Hospitality Volunteer - you are cordially invited to spend one evening a week from April through September at one of Catholic Charities' 3 low barrier shelters for men who are homeless. Our shelters are clean, safe places where people without homes can spend the night;; you can assist our professional staff from 6:30-8:30 p.m., when the residents check in, to assign beds, distribute linens and toiletries, serve dinner, distribute mail, and most importantly, offer a friendly respite. Go to our website for more details: www.catholiccharitiesdc.org/Become-a-Volunteer or email [email protected]. Apply soon! Get your friends to volunteer, too. St. Bartholomew School is accepting applications for the 2015-16 school year for Pre-K to 8th grade. Please call the school office at 301-229-5586 for more information. Save these dates! Azalea Sale – this Saturday & Sunday, April 25 (10 a.m.-4 p.m.) & April 26 (9.00 a.m.-4.00 p.m.) Buy directly from Azalea Society of AmericaBrookside Garden Chapter award-winning grower Jane Kinzie! 50% of proceeds benefit St. Bartholomew School. Run for Funds – Saturday, May 16 – more information coming soon! SAVE THE DATE! ST. BART’‛S DAY SUNDAY, MAY 17 CELEBRATE OUR PARISH COMMUNITY! Family Mass at 12 noon followed by food and fun activities in the courtyard. Singers and musicians of any age interested in participating in the Mass, please contact Amy Boccella Smith at [email protected]. Ticket information coming soon. FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER The flowers on the altar this week were sponsored by the Motha Family in honor of Augustine and Canis Paiva. If you would like to sponsor flowers on the altar in memory of loved ones, living or deceased, please print your name, phone number, and the occasion or loved one you wish to remember on a purple Flower Contribution envelope, which you will find in the church vestibule. Minimum contribution for two vases on the main altar is $75. Please drop off your envelope in the collection basket, or call the parish office, 301-2297933, and your request will be posted in the weekly bulletin. We can only honor one individual request per weekend, so please bear in mind that, sometimes, the date you require may already be taken. Also, for your information, we will not be able to accept requests for the sponsoring of flowers on specific liturgical dates. St. Bart's Youth Group: we are a group devoted to learning that our Faith is not about rules but about experiencing true happiness and growing into the bestversion of ourselves by simply doing and loving the good things of life! Youth between 5th grade and 10th grade are always welcome! If you would like to learn more please email Maria Kaufmann: [email protected]. Thought of the week: Faith is more than staring at the heavens hoping God exists. True faith moves you...it calls you to worship. -from Tweet Inspiration Looking ahead… 4/26 Songs Around the Campfire 5:45 - 7:45pm. Sports, s’‛mores and singing! The group will meet by the soccer field. Dinner will be provided! 5/3 Kickball & Adoration 5: 45- 7:45pm. The group will meet outside the gym. Dinner will be provided! 5/10 National's Game!1 2: 30- 4:00pm. More details to follow soon! ** Please join us next Saturday, May 2, at 8:00 a.m. at our Mass for Human Life as we thank God for the gift of human life and pray that we may better respect and safeguard it. ** The Faith and Fiction Book Group will meet next Sunday, May 3, at 1:30 in the parish meeting room to discuss Lila by Marilynne Robinson. This book won the 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award and was a finalist for the 2014 National Book Prize Award. This book is a prequel to her Pulitzer Prize winning novel Gilead. All are welcome. FOR YOUR INFORMATION The Fine Arts Department of Bishop McNamara High School invites you to attend their Fine Arts Spring Music Concerts. Tickets for all our upcoming concerts are available online at www.bmhs.org. Thursday, April 30, Concert Band, Symphonic Band & Percussion Ensemble will perform at 7:00 in the Main Auditorium. The annual Choir Concert is Friday, May 1, at 7:00 pm in the Main Auditorium, and on Friday, May 8, the String Orchestra and Wind Ensemble will hold their end of the year performance at 7:00 pm in the Main Auditorium. All tickets are $6.00 online and $8.00 at the door. Join Archbishop Jean-Clement Jeanbart, archbishop of Aleppo, Syria, to pray and show support for the persecuted and displaced Christians of Syria on Friday, May 1 at 7 p.m. at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land, 1400 Quincy Street, NE, Washington, DC. For further information, visit: Aid to the Church in Need (www.acnusa.org) or the Franciscan Monastery (www.myfranciscan.org). The presentation will also be live streamed at www.myfranciscan.org/live. The National Christian Choir will appear in concert on Saturday, May 2, at 7 pm in the Basilica at the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The National Christian Choir is a 175-voice, interdenominational choir based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area which ministers through concerts, recordings, tours and radio. The NCC is part of the Seton Shrine’‛s 2015 Spring Concert Series. All are invited to the Basilica to enjoy this free concert. The Shrine (including the Stone House, White House, Seton Legacy Garden and St. Joseph’‛s Cemetery and Mortuary Chapel) is open daily from 10am to 4:30pm as is the Seton Heritage Museum and Shoppe. The grounds and the outdoor Stations of the Cross are available from dawn to dusk. Thursday, May 7– Tea Time at Dominican Retreat – Join us for an English Tea. Make a date with friends and enjoy beautiful teas and delicacies. A Tea Shoppe will also be available for your shopping pleasure. Cost - $45 per person Time: 1pm – 3.00 pm. For further information and reservations, call Dominican Retreat at 703-356-4243 Hospice Caring, Inc. will provide a three-day training May 12, 13, & 14 for new hospice caregivers and bereavement volunteers. The training covers topics such as communication and active listening, understanding grief, cultural competency, and self-care. Trained Hospice Caring volunteers provide companionship, home assistance and transportation, adult bereavement support group facilitation, school-based Good Grief Clubs, and Health Class facilitation. Training will take place from 8:30 am – 4 pm each day at the Hospice Caring Cottage at 518 South Frederick Avenue in Gaithersburg. To sign up for a volunteer training session please contact Penny Gladhill at [email protected] or 301-990-8904. Visit www.hospicecaring.org for more information. Three to Get Married Marriage Preparation Weekend Upcoming weekends: May 7-10, May 21-24, Jun 18-21, Jul 912. Are You Ready?! You’‛re not just planning a wedding, you’‛re preparing for a lifetime! Our marriage preparation course is an intensive preparation experience true to the teachings of the Catholic Church. Convenient one-weekend schedule. FOCCUS Inventory included! $285 per couple. Registration required. www.ourladyofbethesda.org 301 -365-0612. Weekends fill up, so reserve your spot today! Our Lady of Bethesda Retreat Center, 7007 Bradley Blvd., Bethesda, MD. ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S CHURCH BETHESDA, MD CUARTO DOMINGO DE PASCUA 26 DE ABRIL DE 2015 Yo soy el buen Pastor, declara Jesús. Es el buen Pastor que da su vida por nosotros porque nos ama. No nos abandona, ni huye, cuando estamos en peligro, cuando el enemigo quiere hacer estragos y dispersarnos. Está siempre junto a nosotros para defendernos a costa de su propia vida. Jesús es el buen Pastor que conoce a sus ovejas en el amor y éstas le conocen en el mismo amor, igual que el Padre me conoce y yo conozco al Padre. Y en ese misterio de mutuo conocimiento en el amor del Espíritu Santo está el cocimiento que Cristo nos tiene y el que nosotros le tenemos a Él. Si queremos conocer a Jesucristo, hemos de perseverar en el amor sobrenatural para experimentar el gozo del amor que nos tiene y que nosotros tenemos a Él. Jesús busca amorosamente a todos. Tengo, además, otras ovejas que no son de este redil: también a esas las tengo que traer; y escucharán mi voz y habrá un solo rebaño, un solo Pastor. La redención se ordena a todos los hombres, Jesús los busca a todos y la Iglesia tiene como misión prioritaria trabajar para que todos los hombres conozcan y amen a Jesucristo, para que vivamos unidos en un solo rebaño bajo un mismo Pastor. PAGINA WEB DE SAN BARTOLOME http://www.stbartholomew.org – Ver Comunidad Hispana MISA DIARIA Y EXPOSICIÓN DEL SANTISIMO Lunes-sábado Exposición del Santísimo a las 7:30 y Misa 8:00 a.m. La adoración es entrar con la profundidad de nuestro corazón en comunión con el Señor que se hace presente corporalmente en la Eucaristía. Vengamos a adorarle. CONFESIONES Domingos: 5:15 - 5:45 p.m. en español El Señor los espera siempre, en especial todos los domingos. REZO DEL SANTO ROSARIO Domingos a las 5:30PM, antes de la Misa de las 6:00PM. EL SACRAMENTO DEL BAUTISMO Para mayor información, favor llamar al Diácono Julio al teléfono 703-821-1654. [email protected] PREPARACION PARA EL MATRIMONIO El programa de preparación para este Sacramento comienza con seis meses de anticipación a la fecha de la boda. El Diácono Julio ofrece preparación matrimonial en español y en inglés. Información: [email protected] Tel: 703-821-1654 INFORMACION PARA EL BOLETIN La fecha límite es el día domingo anterior a la publicación del mismo. Contactar a Rafael Espinosa. [email protected] APRIL 26, 2015 REGALO PARA EL PADRE MARIO Se está realizando un esfuerzo para recolectar fondos para adquirir un regalo para nuestro Obispo Electo Mario Dorsonville. El regalo consiste en una Cruz para eventos especiales que llevan colgando en el pecho los obispos. Por favor tomen las acciones para lograr contribuciones que nos puedan permitir la meta. Los cheques deben venir a nombre de Saint Bartholomew' Church y ser entregados a Hernán Oyarzabal. [email protected] GRUPO DE JUVENTUD DE SAN BARTOLOME El Domingo 03 de Mayo, el grupo de juventud de San Bartolomé tendrá adoracion y juego de kickball, esto será de 5:45 a 7:45 p.m. El grupo se reunirá al lado del gimnasio. Se proveerá la cena. Informes con María Kaufmann. [email protected] NOVENA A LA VIRGEN DE LA MEDALLA MILAGROSA Un camino hacia Dios de la mano de María. Todos los Martes a las 7:30 PM en la Iglesia de San Bartolomé. Rezada en español, con exposición del Santísimo Sacramento. Nueve martes terminando en Mayo. Información con María Lelia Orozco: 301-469-0103. LITURGIA DE LA PALABRA DE LOS NIÑOS Para niños en Escuela Elemental, 5-10 años, Valeria Conde, Coordinadora de la Liturgia. Está diseñada para que los niños experimenten la Palaba de Dios durante la Eucaristía en la misa dominical, de modo que puedan entender las enseñanzas de Jesús, con una pedagogía acorde a sus edades. DIA DE SAN BARTOLOME Lo celebraremos el Domingo 17 de Mayo, mayores detalles se darán a conocer próximamente. PROYECTO RAQUEL ¿Sufre y tiene sentimientos no resueltos después de un aborto provocado? ¿Siente que Dios nunca podrá perdonarla? … ¿No puede usted perdonarse a si misma? El Ministerio del Proyecto Raquel de la Arquidiócesis de Washington quiere ayudarle! Para mayor información por favor comunicarse con Luz Menjivar al 301-853-4565 ó puede escribirnos a [email protected] MONAGUILLOS Necesitamos jóvenes y adultos que deseen ser monaguillos. Para detalles de preparación e informes comunicarse con Jesús Manuel Berard. [email protected] GRUPO DE ORACIÓN RIOS DE AGUA VIVA El grupo de oración “Ríos de Agua Viva” le invita a compartir un momento con el Señor, los lunes de 10:00 a.m. a 12:30 pm. en la oficina hispana, al lado de la Sacristía. En la primera media hora se rezará el Rosario. Dirigido por Sonia Ruiz, informes: [email protected] FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER St. Bartholomew Parish Office 6902 River Road, Bethesda, Md. 20817 Tel: 301-229-7933 ♦ Fax: 301-229-7998 ♦ www.stbartholomew.org ♦ Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.—4:30 p.m. [email protected] Baptisms—3rd Sunday of the month, appointment only. Parents are obliged to take a brief class related to the Sacrament prior to the Baptism. Class is held 1st Wednesday of the month. Registration is required. Call the Parish Office for more information. Weddings—Please contact one of the priests at least 6 months prior to anticipated wedding date. Pre-Cana and instruction are required. Sacrament of Reconciliation—Saturday, following 8.00 a.m. Mass, and 3:30-4:30 p.m.;; Sunday, 5:15-5:45 p.m. (Español), or by appointment. RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) - The process of becoming a Catholic Christian. Call the Parish Office for information. Adult Choir—Weekly rehearsals on Wednesday, 8:00-10:00 p.m. Choir sings every Sunday at 10:00 a.m. Mass. Pastoral Care of the Sick and Homebound—Please notify the Rectory Office if you know of any parishioner who is sick or homebound and who would like to receive Holy Eucharist or the Sacrament of the Sick so that we can arrange to take him/her the Eucharist or the Sacrament of the Sick. Note to New Parishioners—We extend to you a warm welcome from our Parish Community and encourage you to become active, involved members of the parish. Please obtain a registration form from the parish office, or from the Church vestibule. Please Note: Bulletin notices must be received no later than 12 Noon on the Monday prior to the desired weekend of publishing. ST. BARTHOLOMEW ORGANIZATIONS/MINISTRIES Pastoral Council Finance Committee Altar Servers Monaguillos/Hisp. Coord. Bartholomew House Busy Men at Work Group CYO Children’s Liturgy Choir Church Guild Eucharistic Ministers Ministros Eucarísticos Gabriel Network Home and School Assn. Hospitality & New In the Pew Ignatian Volunteer Corps Knights of Columbus Lectors/Liturgy Committee Lectores Hispanic Liturgy Prayer Chain Respect for Life Sick and Homebound Social Concerns Sodality Stephen Ministry Ushers Ujieres Wedding Coordinator Youth Minister Judy Arcidiacono (Chair) ................... 301-461-1893 Hernan Oyarzabal (Hisp. Rep.) .......... 202-714-7622 Valeria Conde (Hisp. Rep.) ................ 301-340-8227 Paul Johnson (Chair) .......................... 301-320-4632 Roberto Garcia-Lopez (Hisp. Rep.).... 301-469-8482 Richard Elliott .................................... 202-686-0263 Jesus Manuel Berard, Ph.D. ............... 631-793-2005 Joe Hanle, Dir .................................... 301-320-6151 Jesus Manuel Berard, Ph.D. ............... 631-793-2005 Tom Serena ........................................ 301-320-0578 Diana Carter ....................................... 301-229-5117 Valeria Conde (Hisp.Coord.) ............. 301-340-8227 Carole Wysocki (Director) ................. 301-717-8850 Maria El-Khouri ................................. 301-897-9005 Ann Kennedy ..................................... 301-229-7614 Selma deLeon .................................... 301-229-6591 Jennifer Bautista ................................ 301-793-1899 Bonnie Perkins ................................... 301-299-8091 Nancy Brouillard McKenzie .............. 301-229-1071 John Vivian ........................................ 301-461-3597 AnneMarie Economopoulos............... 301-365-1233 Hernan Oyarzabal .............................. 202-714-7622 Susan Schill ....................................... 301-469-4973 Katie Soto .......................................... 301-767-1705 Contact Rectory ................................. 301-229-7933 Tom Carty .......................................... 301-587-8860 Sally Aitken ....................................... 301-365-4719 Deacon Julio Blanco-Eccleston .......... 703-821-1654 Theresa Kowal ................................... 301-320-8876 Mary Ann Chalfant ............................ 301-299-3739 Maria Kaufmann ................................ 240-468-9896