St. Columba Catholic Church A Community of Faith, Love and Service 7800 Livingston Road Oxon Hill, Maryland 20745 Parish and School Staff Pastor Rev. Gary T. Villanueva Parochial Vicar Rev. Art Mallari Deacons Deacon Andy Espinosa Deacon Rick Fisher (Ret.) Parish Accountant Diane Alexander Parish Admin. Assistant Leah Flores Parish Youth Ministry Coordinator/Admin. Asst. Sr. Emily Bautista, MCST Parish School of Religion Coordinator: Sr. Rosario Salazar, MCST Music Director Linda Ng Parish Council Chair Benny Ramos Finance Council Chair Cathy McGarrigan Fr. Dewan Hall Coordinator TBA School Principal Tina Magnaye School E/F Coordinator Lera Rickling School Admin. Assistant Marie Norment Plant Manager Carlos Brown-Bey Bulletin — June 7, 2015 MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Vigil 5:00 p.m. Sunday 8:00 & 10:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. First Saturday Tagalog (Filipino) 7:00 p.m. Weekdays Monday—Friday 8:15 a.m. Saturdays 9:00 a.m. Mass and Novena Our Lady of Perpetual Help Wednesdays 7:00 p.m. First Friday 9:00 a.m. (during school year) and 7:00 p.m. Adoration First Fridays 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Wednesdays 6:00—6:45 p.m. Third Saturday of the Month 6:30—8:30 p.m. Confessions Saturdays 3:30—4:30 p.m. or by appointment Rosary Monday—Friday 7:25 a.m. _____________________ Coffee Socials First Sunday after all Masses (Sept. to June) BAPTISMS Classes offered 3rd Thursday of the month. Please call the Parish Office. BAPTISM AND SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION FOR OLDER CHILDREN Please contact the Parish School of Religion, Sr. Rosario Salazar, MCST at 301-567-6113. MARRIAGE Please contact the Parish Office at least six months prior to a proposed wedding date. Reservation of the church is required before other prepa- rations such as receptions are made. ANOINTING OF THE SICK/ COMMUNION TO THE SICK AND HOMEBOUND Please contact the Parish Office Parish Office Phone: 301-567-5506 Fax: 301-567-6546 Email: [email protected]Parish Website: http://ww.stcolumbacatholic.net Parish School of Religion Phone: 301-567-6113 Fax: 301-567-3188 Email: [email protected]School Phone: 301-567-6212 Fax: 301-567-6907 Email: [email protected]School Website: http://www.stccatholic.org
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St. Columba
Catholic Church
A Community of Faith, Love and Service
7800 Livingston Road
Oxon Hill, Maryland 20745
Parish and School
Staff
Pastor Rev. Gary T. Villanueva
Parochial Vicar Rev. Art Mallari
Deacons Deacon Andy Espinosa Deacon Rick Fisher (Ret.)
Bowman, Geraldine Woods, Mark David, Carrie Pearson, Kobi
King, Anne Philpott, Erlinda Castro, Teretta Mayo, Katie Fioca,
Selma Twitty, Nitz and Nino Dimayuga (24May15). Stephen
Lynn, Carolyn Wolcott, Marjorie Gallie, Jim & Sandy Collins,
Conrado Flores, Sr., Dan Koshute (31May15). Francis Butler, Jr.,
Wendell Black, Elena Sarmiento, Mildred Jenkins (07Jun15).
Mass Intentions for the Week
Monday, June 8
8:15 a.m. +Emilia Badowska
Tuesday, June 9
8:15 a.m. Nnena Monu (Birthday)
Wednesday, June 10
8:15 a.m. Michael Magnaye (Birthday)
7:00 p.m. +Adrian Dela Paz
Thursday, June 11
8:15 a.m. +Amando Bautista
Friday, June 12
8:15 a.m. +Remegio Penetrante
Saturday, June 13
9:00 a.m. +Frank Cybulski
5:00 p.m. St. Columba Parishioners
Sunday, June 14
8:00 a.m. Marie Esedebe (Birthday)
10:00 a.m. +Chuck LoMedico
12:00 p.m. +Clifford Caballero
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ June 7, 2015
Dear Parishioners:
Ten school days to go and our school community will be welcoming summer vacation…. We start thinking of summer images.. bare feet, bright sunshine, summer sports, sea shells, trips to the library and visits with relatives and friends… of course reading books, Math practice and journal writing!!!! We are almost there…….
We did have a great way to celebrate another challenging but a great and successful school year. There are so many milestones…. Great things to mark our 52nd year…….
Our 29 8th graders graduated yesterday. They had their Mass, ceremony and Reception. Our class of 2015 are going to various high schools. 13 of our graduates have received scholarships totaling over $80,000.00.
Please pray for them as they move on to High school life. We are so proud. We will miss them. They have come a long way. Our Kindergarten class also graduated from their first year of school. We also celebrated the many achievements and accomplishments of our k to 8th graders at our Awards ceremony last Wednesday.
Thank you to all who participated and supported our 26th Annual Father Dewan Golf Classic… it was a great success!!!See you next year.
We are steadily getting to our enrollment goal of 220…… we still have a few openings left. We are closed for 8th grade. Please come and visit us… be counted and be an active part of our growing St. Columba school family. Please call our office, we are open over summer break…..301 567 6212 orwww.stccatholic.org
Calling on all alumni and families, please join us for Mrs. Bulcavage and Mrs. Scanlon’s retirement party on June 12,2015, Friday ,1:30- 5:00 pm.
There is truly a sense of pride and resilience in being part of St. Columba School. Be happy for the good Lord is looking after you. Tina
Magnaye
COME AND JOIN…
ALL CATHOLIC YOUTH ARE INVITED:
St. Columba Youth Ministry (Regular Meeting – Every Friday)
7:00 p.m.– 10:00 p.m. in Fr. Dewan Hall For more information please call
Sr. Emily M. Bautista, MCST (Youth Ministry Coordinator) at 301-567-5506
…...Faith. Academics. Service.
VOCATIONS CORNER
Please continue to pray for our two fellow parishioners
who are aspiring for Holy Orders.
Acolyte Robert Villanueva will be ordained to the Permanent
Diaconate by Cardinal Wuerl on June 27, 2015 at the National
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
Seminarian Patrick Agustin is currently studying for the
priesthood at the St. John Paul II Seminary in Washington,
D.C.
Let us continue to pray for more vocations to the priesthood,
the permanent diaconate and the religious life. If you know of
anyone who feels such a calling, please give them
encouragement and advise them to speak with Father Gary or
any of the MCST sisters.
CYO SOCCER
If your child is in Grade 3 to 7 and interested in single
gender CYO Soccer for the Fall season, you are invited to
join the St. Columba CYO Soccer. CYO Soccer Games are
played in northern PG County, some games in Calvert
County and possibly Montgomery County. Eligible CYO
children must be from St. Columba Parish Family, student
this fall at St. Columba School, a child from a neighboring
Catholic Parish Family, or a student this fall from a
PRAYER LIST: Names for the Prayer List should be written
either in a note or sent electronically. Please call the Parish
Office if you wish to have a name removed. When a name is
received, it will be added to the next bulletin listing in the
order it is received and will remain for one month and then
removed. To place a name back on the list, please resubmit the
name. Thank you!
CERTIFICATES: When requesting Certificates (e.g.
baptisms, confirmations) or permission letters to be a
godparent, please call the Parish Office with required
information at least 10 business days in advance. In this way
you can be sure you will have the certificates or permission
letters at the time you need them.
IMPORTANT REMINDER: If you are moving or have a
change of address or if there is an addition of a family member,
please notify the parish office.
SACRAMENT OF HEALING FOR THE SICK
If you or your family members are seriously ill and need a priest for anointing, here are the procedures to follow. ∗ If you are admitted in Fort Washington Medical Center,
Fort Washington Rehab Center or live in the parish bounderies, call the parish office and request a priest to anoint the sick person.
∗ If you are hospitalized in other hospitals like southern Maryland Hospital, ask for Fr. Jeff Samaha, the full-time Catholic chaplain of the hospital. If he is not available or if you are admitted in other hospitals, the protocol of the Archdiocese to request the nurse to contact the parish priest who is pastorally assigned to that hospital.
ANNUAL BUFFET LUNCHEON
Our Lady of Divine Grace Sodality of St. Columba Church invites you to the Annual Buffet Luncheon on Saturday, June 13, 2015 from 11:30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. at the Father Dewan Hall. Tickets cost: $25.00 per person. If you have any questions, please contact Aurora Alba at 301-567-9309.
Spirit of the Living God
Charismatic Prayer Meetings
Every Friday Praise and Worship in the main church from 7:20 – 10:00 p.m. This includes Rosary and Divine Mercy, joyful singing of praise songs in between Bible
reading, testimonies, short teaching, followed by fellowship. Every first Friday, Mass at 7:00 p.m. is
preceded by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and followed by Confessions. All are welcome.
CATECHISM IN A YEAR
Day 147 - How important is the Eucharist for the
Church? What names are there for Jesus' meal with us?
How important is the Eucharist for the Church?
The celebration of the Eucharist is the heart of the Christian
communion. In it the Church becomes Church.
We are not the Church because we get along well, or
because we happen to end up in the same parish
community, but rather because in the Eucharist we receive
the Body of Christ and are increasingly being transformed into
the Body of Christ.
What names are there for Jesus' meal with us, and what do
they mean? The different names indicate the unfathomable richness of this
mystery: the Holy Sacrifice, Holy Mass, the Sacrifice of the
Mass the Lord's Supper the Breaking of Breadthe Eucharistic
assembly the memorial of the Lord's Passion, death, and
Resurrection the Holy and Divine Liturgy, the Sacred
Mysteries Holy Communion.
Holy Sacrifice, Holy Mass, the Sacrifice of the Mass: The one
sacrifice of Christ, which completes and surpasses all sacrifices,
is made present in the celebration of the Eucharist. The Church
and the faithful, through their self-offering, unite themselves
with Christ's sacrifice. The word Mass comes from the Latin
dismissal, Ite, missa est, "Go now, you are sent."
The Lord's Supper: Every celebration of the Eucharist is still
the one supper that Christ celebrated with his disciples and, at
the same time, the anticipation of the banquet that the Lord will
celebrate with the redeemed at the end of time. We men do not
make the worship service; the Lord is the one who calls us to
worship God and is mysteriously present in the liturgy.
The breaking of bread: "The breaking of bread" was an old
Jewish ritual at meals, which Jesus employed at the Last Supper
to express his gift of self "for us" (Rom 8:32). In the "breaking
of bread" the disciples recognized him again after the
Resurrection. The early Church called their liturgical feasts "the
breaking of bread".
Eucharistic assembly: The celebration of the Lord's Supper is
also an assembly of "thanksgiving", in which the Church finds
her visible expression.
Memorial of the Lord's Passion, death, and Resurrection: In the
celebration of the Eucharist, the congregation does not celebrate
itself; rather it discovers and celebrates again and again the
presence of Christ's saving passage through suffering and death
to life.
Holy and Divine Liturgy, Sacred Mysteries: In the
celebration of the Eucharist, the Church in heaven and on earth
unite in one feast. Because the Eucharistic Gifts in which Christ
is present are, so to speak, the holiest thing in the world, we
also speak about the Most Blessed Sacrament.
Holy Communion: Because we unite ourselves with Christ at
Holy Mass, and through him are united with one another, we
speak about Holy Communion (communio = fellowship).
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ June 7, 2015
UPDATES OF ST. COLUMBA CHURCH
BUILDING PROJECT FROM THE PASTOR The proposed building construction of parish restrooms, rectory guestroom and parish office audio-visual room is still ongoing. We have received so far around $200,000 for our projects and once we break ground for the restroom construction, we will continue to raise the remaining $250,000 for the whole projects. I also formed a committee for these projects and they are ♦ Hedy and Graham Thomas – chairpersons ♦ Mary Brennan – member ♦ Damien Downing – member ♦ Efren Sebastian - member The Special Project has been approved by Cardinal Wuerl, we will start the project by summer. I would like to thank all of you who supported and have donated to these projects. May God bless you for your generosity.
BIRHEN NG ANTIPOLO 18TH ANNUAL
NATIONAL PILGRIMAGE
His Excellency Archbishop Jose F. Advincula, Jr., D.D. of the
Archdiocese of Capiz, Philippines will be the homilist and main celebrant for the 18th Annual National Filipino Pilgrimage in
June 27, 2015 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC. Reverend Fr. Gary Villanueva, pastor of St. Columba Church will give the
reflection before the 2:00 o’clock concelebrated mass.
A Novena prayer at 10:00 a.m. at the Crypt Church of the
Basilica will commence the day’s festivities followed by the
Sacrament of Reconciliation, Recitation of the Holy Rosary,
Serenata and Procession of Marian Images under her various
titles. The Prayer of the Faithfull will be recited in 10 dialects.
Immediately following the liturgical celebration, the
Archbishop will lead the congregation to a procession to the
Oratory of Birhen ng Antipolo at the Crypt Church for
blessing.
Archbishop Advincula will be the celebrant in the 12:00 noon
mass at St. Columba Church on Sunday, June 28.
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