St. Mary’s Church & Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima 18230 Barnesville Road • P.O. Box 67 • Barnesville, MD 20838 Rectory: 301.972.8660 • Rel. Ed.: 301.972.8576 • Email: [email protected]Mary of Nazareth School: 301.869.0940 www.stmaryonline.com We welcome you to our historic parish family. Since 1741 believers such as yourself have built a spirit -filled, Catholic faith community here in Barnesville. We are privileged to have you join us in our mission to share God’s blessings. February 26, 2017 Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Rev. Kevin P. O’Reilly, Pastor David Cahoon, Deacon Elizabeth Smith, Dir. of Rel. Ed. Leslie Poe, Adm. Asst. Rel. Ed. Diane Yendrey, Dir. of Music Kimball Carpentier, Organist Bill Lynch, Pavilion Manager Brenda Evans, Secretary Diane Lynch, Secretary Susan Jamison, Sodality Steve Corbeille, Holy Name Dave Horton, Knights of Columbus Daily Mass: Monday - Friday: 9am Sunday Mass: Saturday Vigil 5pm, Sunday: 8, 9:30, 11am First Friday: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, 9:30am to Noon First Saturday: Rosary & Our Lady of Fatima Devotions, follow 9am Mass Confession: Saturday at 4:15 pm and by request Baptism: by appointment Weddings: by appointment at least 6 months after initial contact Rel. Ed.: Wednesdays Fall to Spring: K-5, 4-5:15pm; 6-8, 7:30-8:30pm H. S. Youth Group Wednesdays 7 - 8:30pm School: Mary of Nazareth in Darnestown, grades PreK-8 The Sodality’s annual Lenten Day of Recollection will be Saturday, March 4 in the Fr. Reid Pavilion following a 9 am Mass and first Saturday devotions in church. Fr. O’Grady will be our speaker. There is no charge for the event. Please bring a dish for a potluck luncheon to fol- low. Please sign up after mass today so that we know how to prepare. For more information contact Susan Jamison at [email protected]. Parish Mission - Fr. Frank Desiderio a Paulist priest will be here next weekend to open our Lenten mission using the life of Pope Francis and the themes of: son of immi- grants, theology of mercy, faith of the poor, reform from the margins, and no margin - no mission. He will speak at all the masses next weekend and give mission presentations Monday - Wednesday, March 6 - 8 following 9 am mass and at 7:30 pm in the evening. Make plans to join us for this wonderful beginning to our Lenten season.
Since 1741 believers such as yourself have built a spirit
-filled, Catholic faith community here in Barnesville.
We are privileged to have you join us in our mission to
share God’s blessings.
February 26, 2017 Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Rev. Kevin P. O’Reilly, Pastor David Cahoon, Deacon Elizabeth Smith, Dir. of Rel. Ed. Leslie Poe, Adm. Asst. Rel. Ed. Diane Yendrey, Dir. of Music Kimball Carpentier, Organist Bill Lynch, Pavilion Manager Brenda Evans, Secretary Diane Lynch, Secretary Susan Jamison, Sodality Steve Corbeille, Holy Name Dave Horton, Knights of Columbus
Daily Mass: Monday - Friday: 9am
Sunday Mass: Saturday Vigil 5pm, Sunday: 8, 9:30, 11am First Friday: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, 9:30am to Noon
First Saturday: Rosary & Our Lady of Fatima Devotions, follow 9am Mass Confession: Saturday at 4:15 pm and by request
Baptism: by appointment Weddings: by appointment at least 6 months after initial contact
Rel. Ed.: Wednesdays Fall to Spring: K-5, 4-5:15pm; 6-8, 7:30-8:30pm H. S. Youth Group Wednesdays 7 - 8:30pm
School: Mary of Nazareth in Darnestown, grades PreK-8
The Sodality’s annual Lenten Day of Recollection will be Saturday, March 4 in the Fr. Reid Pavilion following a 9 am Mass and first Saturday devotions in church. Fr. O’Grady will be our speaker. There is no charge for the event. Please bring a dish for a potluck luncheon to fol-low. Please sign up after mass today so that we know how to prepare. For more information
Parish Mission - Fr. Frank Desiderio a Paulist priest will be here next weekend to open our Lenten mission using the life of Pope Francis and the themes of: son of immi-grants, theology of mercy, faith of the poor, reform from the margins, and no margin - no mission. He will speak at all the masses next weekend and give mission presentations Monday - Wednesday, March 6 - 8 following 9 am mass and at 7:30 pm in the evening.
Make plans to join us for this wonderful beginning to our Lenten season.
Dear Parishioners,
The readings of today combine to describe the God-given gift of trust. The Gospel asks the great question of “why worry?” The wildflowers don’t worry. The birds don’t worry. Why should you? If God cares for them, why would God not equally care for you? The Isaiah text speaks of God’s tenderness as like that of a mother towards an infant. A mother gazing into the eyes of a newborn embodies trust — just as the child in that eye-lock is learning how to trust. The Corinthians passage advocates that stewards be “trustworthy,” and implies that establishing trust is about taking care of what has been entrusted to us.
Many people today argue that they are spiritual but not religious. I often argue that you can’t be one without the other. The spiritual aspects of one’s self needs tending by the religious side, you may pray at home but it is only in the fullness of the church community at mass that your prayer makes sense. How do we guard the tender trust within us without trustworthy stewarding of religious or other institutions? Imagine if schools or teachers, priests or pastors, lawyers or politicians were not worthy of trust. Then the spirit within us withers. When religious or other kinds of institutions lose their way and people don’t find meaning or value in their work, we become dispirited and feel that there is an unraveling of the connection between the inner and the outer life of trust.
Lucy Bregman, in an interview captured in the article, “Spirituality: Unpacking a Glow Word,” (Bearings, Autumn 2016), says “the term [spirituality] glows so strongly that it is hard to say anything really bad about spirituality.” This alone “ought to make us wonder.” She also says there are at least 92 definitions of spirituality, mostly arguing that it is a good warm feeling or a thing. My favorite definitions of spirituality are a sense of meaning and a sense of connectedness. The prelude to both meaning and connection is trust. Each child needs her or his mother’s eyes to be dependable so that he or she can grow up as a trustworthy person. We develop an inner glow so that we can create outer connections that are meaningful. We become builders of trust so that others may trust — especially so that those who mistrust or have never found trust in their mother’s eyes have a way to find the tenderness God wants to give them.
Many of us are reeling from extraordinary volatility — in the church, in the environment, in technology. Families struggle with how to tend their young in these times of great change. I find that acknowledging how rapidly things are changing helps me practice trust. I don’t mistrust what is happening so much as see it, notice it, say it, remark upon it.
The kind of terrorism and public violence we see today has been hard to comprehend. Many have tragedy fatigue. We can’t even remember the latest horrific event given how frequently these tragedies occur. The sad outcome is this: we forget the awesome tenderness of God towards us. We worry. Then we start to worry about worrying.
Instead we could become more spiritual, more religious, more full of meaning and of connection. We could become meaning makers, stewards of great gifts. We could gaze with the eyes of an infant who learns to trust by looking into the tender eyes of God. We could pray today’s psalm: “Trust in him [our tender God] at all times, O my people! Pour out your hearts before him [our tender God]” (Psalm 62:9).
Fr. Kevin
Please Pray For… Frank & Louise Aus-tin, Christopher Barlow, Lori Bauer, Robert Baumler, Sally Benson, Pattie Bittner, Jim Bowie, Herbert Brown, J.P. Buckley, Reese Burdette, Linda Burke, Ada Candor, Robert Carhart, Brian Carnahan, Gloria Carrico, Donna Cart-wright, John Curry, A. D’Amore, Dana DeLauter, Kevin Dorsey, Bro. Edwin Dupre, Gary Evans, Harry Ganjian, Mar-tha Anne Gehring, Kate Gowans, Marie Horton, Dakota James, Doris Jeffers, Michael Kelley, Jeffrey Krohn, Jr., John Kutz i , J im Lamber t , Bern ice Lewandowski, David Liska Sr., Colleen Loss, Harriet Magaha, Joy McIntyre, Gary Mann, Gaile McBride, Maureen & Timmy McDonnell, Bea Nastacio, Dennis O’Fallan, Mary Whelan Porter, Stephen Preffitt, Lauren Prete, Rex Reed, Susan Reid, Elizabeth Renninger, Everly Reed Rice, Andrea Rivas, Salvatore Romano, Lucille Schultz, Teresa Silverman, Nancy Slattery, Angela Smith, Mary Lou Smith, Jerry Stafford, Dolores Suit, Mike Suther-land, Pam Mongan-Taylor, David Tho-mas, Jean Trotter, Darlene Watson, Wilbur Watkins, Andrea Williams, Donald Williams, Michael Yin, Michael Zahn.
Please Pray for Our Military Family & Friends… Michael Breslin, Alex & Max-well Chmelik, Dennis Davio, Chase Garrett, David Gilliam, Erich Lloyd, John Marion, Joshua & Noah Miller, Brian Nazarian, Elvin Rivera, Mark Russell, Kyle Twitchell, Chris Watkins, Michael Weigand.
WEEK-at-a-GLANCE Mon., 27 10 am - Bulletin deadline
7 pm - Lion’s Auction
Tue., 28 9 am - Exercise Class 6 - 8 pm - Pancake Supper
Wed.,1 Ash Wednesday 9 am - Mass 4 - 5:15 pm - Rel. Ed. K - 5 4:15 pm - Mass 7 - 8:30 pm - Youth Group 7:30 - 8:30 pm - Grs. 6 - 8 7:30 pm - Mass
Thur.,2 9 am - Exercise Class 7:30 pm - Choir Rehearsal
Sat., 4 9 am - Mass & Devotions 9:30 am - Sodality Retreat 4:15 pm - Confession
Scout Weekend is next weekend. We are calling all scouts: Cub, Girl, Boy, Explorers, Venture Crews. St. Mary’s will recognize each scout wear-ing a uniform at any mass that week-end. She/he will be awarded a patch. For Catholics, scouting is not only a character-building commitment, but it is also a ministry.
Pancake S u p p e r Join us this Tuesday for our Mardi Gras Cele-bration from
6 - 8 pm in the Pavilion. The menu includes pancakes, eggs, sausage, juice, chocolate & white milk & coffee. Cost is $5 per adult and $20 for a family, up to six. Invite your friends and neighbors. We’ll have plenty of Mardi Gras beads for the kids. Please call 301-972-8660 and give us a headcount for planning purposes. If you can help in the kitchen, call Bill Lynch in the parish office to volunteer.
Second Collection today is for the Church in the developing world.
The St. Patrick’s Party is coming on Sat-urday, March 25 from 6:30-10 pm in the Pavilion.
Make plans to join us. The band, the food, the bread, the dancers: They’ll all be back.
Vacation Bible School will be July 10 - 14, 2017!
Baby Bottles for Life As part of our Lenten offerings we will offer baby bottles for you to collect loose change during Lent and donate them to the Shady Grove Pregnancy Center at Easter. Perhaps you could offer up money you are saving from giving something up. Bottles will be out next weekend.
WORSHIP
“You cannot serve
God and mammon."
- Matthew 6:24
Mass Intentions Sat., 25 5 pm - Maurya M. McNally Sun., 26 8 am - Parishioners 9:30 am - Anne Rizk 11 am - Refugees
Mon., 27 9 am - Eucharistic Service Tue., 28 9 am - Elaine Lockwood
Wed., 1 9 am - Jan Molyneaux (L) 4:15 pm - Peter Nastacio (L) 7:30 pm - Lynn Cochran (L) Thu.,2 9 am - Eucharistic Service Fri., 3 9 am - Vocations Sat., 4 9 am - Sodalists
Spiritual Journey to Fatima & Lisbon Join Fr. Kevin and Deacon Dave for a 100th anniversary trip to Fatima from October 3 - 10, 2017. Full package for under $3000. For a flyer to learn more and sign up see the vestibule of church or stop by the parish office. The trip includes air, taxes, lodging, many meals, tours, etc.. We fly nonstop out of Philadelphia to Lisbon. For more information call Fr. Kevin at 301-972-8660 or email Deacon Dave at [email protected]. Pick up sign-up forms in the back of church or in the parish office.
The Haiti Committee is looking for a few good young people (and their parents if interested) to join with the youth of our twinned parish in Carcasse. Initial plans are for a trip there the second week of July 2017 to last about 10 days. We will schedule a planning meeting to gauge interest and work on details. Please contact Chris Miller at 202-507-3961 or [email protected] if you are interested or want more information.
Join our Knights of C o l u mb u s as they host Friday’s din-ner, March 3
from 6 - 7:30 pm in the Fr. Reid Pavil-ion. Dinner will feature salmon, baked ziti, salad bar, garlic bread, fries, fish sticks and more. The cost is $8 per person and $25 for a family.
Stations of the Cross will be on Fri-day evenings during Lent at 7:30 pm in the Church.
The Light is On for You! This Fri-day at 7 pm and Saturday at 4:15 pm, come and experience the simple gen-erosity of God’s love in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
