Food for Bowie Pantry: Collected in bins at doors every first Sunday of the month. St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church We are a family of faith-filled disciples, empowered by the Holy Spirit, living the Gospel through worship and service Church: 1940 Mitchellville Road, Bowie, Md. 20716 Parish Office & Mailing Address: 16304 Pond Meadow Lane, Bowie, Md. 20716 PASTORAL STAFF: Rev. Scott S. Holmer, Pastor Deacon David J. Barnes, Permanent Deacon Angela Cipolla, Pastoral Assistant OFFICE STAFF: Margaret Creveling, Bookkeeper Anne Brennan, Parish Secretary Phuong Tran, Maintenance MINISTRY STAFF: Maureen Curtis, Religious Education Director Megan Weeks, Music Director Allison Freeman, Accompanist Karen Italiano, Youth Minister PARISH E-NOTES: If we don’t have your current email address or if you are not yet registered here, please call the parish office. PARISH WEB SITE: www.stedwardbowie.com MASSES FOR THE HOME BOUND: TheSundayMass.org. MASSES: Saturday Vigil – 5:30 P.M. Sunday – 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 A.M. 1:30 P.M.—3rd Sunday Filipino Mass Monday, Wednesday, Friday - 8:45 A.M. Tuesday, Thursday - 7:30 P.M. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION (CONFESSION): Saturday: 4:00 - 5:00 P.M. & by appointment INFANT SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Class required. Call the parish office 301-249-9199 to start the process for your child’s baptism. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE: New couples—contact the pastor at least 6 months prior to the desired date. Couples in civil marriages—contact the pastor for assistance for a validation. SACRAMENT OF ANNOINTING OF THE SICK: Call Fr. Scott for Anointing of the Sick. Upon a parishioner’s death, please call us as soon as possible. School: St. Pius X Regional Catholic School is our shared school of the four Bowie parishes. Parish Office: 301-249-9199 Email: office@stedwardbowie.com Religious Ed.: 301-249-9599
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Food for Bowie Pantry: Collected in bins at doors every first Sunday of the month.
St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church
We are a family of faith-filled disciples, empowered by the Holy Spirit, living the Gospel through worship and service
PASTORAL STAFF: Rev. Scott S. Holmer, Pastor Deacon David J. Barnes, Permanent Deacon Angela Cipolla, Pastoral Assistant OFFICE STAFF: Margaret Creveling, Bookkeeper Anne Brennan, Parish Secretary Phuong Tran, Maintenance MINISTRY STAFF:
Maureen Curtis, Religious Education Director Megan Weeks, Music Director Allison Freeman, Accompanist Karen Italiano, Youth Minister PARISH E-NOTES: If we don’t have your current email address or if you are not yet registered here, please call the parish office. PARISH WEB SITE: www.stedwardbowie.com MASSES FOR THE HOME BOUND: TheSundayMass.org.
Saturday: 4:00 - 5:00 P.M. & by appointment INFANT SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Class required. Call the parish office 301-249-9199 to start the process for your child’s baptism. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE: New couples—contact the pastor at least 6 months prior to the desired date. Couples in civil marriages—contact the pastor for assistance for a validation.
SACRAMENT OF ANNOINTING OF THE SICK: Call Fr. Scott for Anointing of the Sick. Upon a parishioner’s death, please call us as soon as possible.
School: St. Pius X Regional Catholic School is our shared school of the four Bowie parishes.
Parish Office: 301-249-9199 Email: [email protected] Religious Ed.: 301-249-9599
ST. EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, BOWIE, MD 20716
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THIS WEEK Sat. 5:30 pm Lillie Dover+ Sun. 7:30 am Douglas Martell+ 9:30 am Msgr. Marvin Mottet+ 11:30 am Ba Fomunyam & Na Frieda Nyemkunga+ Mon. 8:45 am Wayne Diorio+ Tues. 7:30 pm Joshua Miller (liv.) Wed. 8:45 am Msgr. Edmund Tinsley+ Thu. 7:30 pm Sylvia Ideo+ Fri. 8:45 am Dolores Farr+ Sat. 5:30 pm Dorothy Heckman+
OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS: Ann Gray, Barry Hobart, Cindy Sowada, Teresa Fraser, Louise Hooven, Rosemarie Quezada, Maria Xiques, Steve Giant, Marjorie Porter, Dick Bradie, Anna Marie Smith, Nicholas Barrett, Susan Zinampan, John Keys, Joni Seith, Drew Snapkowski, Susan Borshel, Phylis McNamara, Luis Miranda, Chadwick Poppe, Dolores McCarthy, Sandy Capps, Richard Kuntz, Valerie Sedwick, Cheryl Henretty, Jack Connors, Don DeSilva, Terese Welch, James Scaldaferri, Denise Townes, Penny Droski, Mike Sullivan, Patty Byrne, Joe Brynes, Christine Leacock, Christine Branche, Rhonda Jackson, Gladys Boluda, Shirley Discher, Bobby Ose, Kitty Brennan.
PRAY FOR PARISHIONERS: Johanna Palmer, Bob Reynolds, Fran Blasko, Theresa Brice, Barbara Fitzurka, Anthony Colbert, Perla Alega, Lourdes Flaim, Pat Welch, Florence Zook, Lorraine Washington, Octavia Blake, Peggy Brown, Mary Ann Boyer, Pat Barry, Kathy Loos.
YOUTH GROUP HAPPENINGS!!!!!! Sunday September 30th, from 2:50-5pm Bingo/Pizza at Larkin Chase. Saturday October 13th, Hiking Old Rag 7am-10pm. Both events need permission slips- you can pick these up at the church office.
MONTHLY DONUT SUNDAY IS BACK!!! Please join your fellow parishioners for donuts after all the Sunday Masses in the hall on September 16th.
FUNDAY IS COMING OCTOBER 7th—12:30-4:00pm We are in search of items to make this Funday the best one
yet!! Here’s how you can help. Donate any of the following:
BASKET FOR BASKET RAFFLE TABLE, be creative pick a theme and go wild!!
Donate a basket item, something for a baby or something for the kitchen.
GENTLY USED BOOKS, both children’s AND adult. TWO LITER BOTTLES OF SODA for the soda toss,
we need lots!
GENTLY USED STUFFED ANIMALS.
CAKES for the cake walk.
Donations may be left in the kitchen or at the church office. There are baskets for books at exits as well. Thank you in advance for your generosity! Looking
forward to seeing everyone at Funday!!!
FUNDAY ADVANCE TICKETS ON SALE NOW!!!!!!!!!
TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME—SEPTEMBER 16, 2018
From the Desk of Rev. Scott Holmer Peter in the Gospel this weekend is rebuked by Jesus for not thinking as God does but thinking as human beings do. Jesus even calls Peter "Satan" for thinking as human beings do. Remarkably, as Christians, we are called not to think as human beings do but as God does. So how are we human
beings supposed to be able to think like God? Peter, thinking as a human being, was hoping that since Jesus was the Messiah, Jesus would receive a great deal of power, wealth, pleasure and prestige. This would mean that Jesus was successful according to the way we human beings think. However, Jesus tells us that He will be rejected, humiliated and crucified. If we thought as God thinks, we would look upon the cross as our symbol of success. Today, we still worry about losing our power, wealth, pleasure and prestige. We fear being shamed, rejected and humiliated. In the way that human beings think, Jesus appears to be a loser - for on the Cross He has lost everything. And if Christians continue to think as human beings think, if we constantly chase power, wealth, pleasure and prestige, we will despair. Instead, as Christians, we must think as God does. And if we want to think as God does, we must reject the way human beings think. We must reject our human way of thinking driven by desires for power, wealth, pleasure and popularity. And if we lose everything, as Christ lost everything, we discover that finally there is nothing left to separate us from God. And we, like Christ, will finally be able to commend our spirit freely into our Father's hands. God Bless, Fr. Scott
PARISH SUPPORT: Last week’s Offertory: $10,000.00. Our weekly Offertory goal is $9,000.00. The previous 3 week Sunday Collections were: $16,016.00, $7,391.00, $8,350.00.
CRISIS PREGNANCY-WE CAN HELP
1-800-712-HELP or visit our website: pregnancycenters.org
BAPTISM CLASS
Baptism class will be on September 19th in classroom 6 after the 11:30am Mass. You must be registered members of the parish prior to the Baptism of your child.
CALL TO MUSIC MINISTRY
The choirs are starting re-hearsals! Join us for faith, fellowship, and music. Go to the church website or email Megan Weeks at [email protected] to learn more about each choir.
St. Edward’s needs a music keyboard accompanist to help with choir
rehearsals and to provide music at Masses and special services. Please contact:
Megan Weeks [email protected] to apply or request additional information.
THE ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS (AOH)
is the oldest and largest Irish Catholic fraternal organization for men. Division #2 will meet Monday, September 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the Hogan Center (on the hill at Sacred Heart). We’re starting our new Division year and we would love for you to join us. For more information, please contact our Division Organizer Bob April, at 301-526-8451.
