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Sunday, January 26, 2020 Ordinary Time: Third Sunday
This week's readings: Isaiah 8:33– 9:3 Ps 27 1 Cor 1:10-13, 17 Mt 4:12-23
12319 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20904
Schedule of Masses (February 1/2)) 5:00 - Fr. Ochu Sunday
7:30 - Fr. Rodriguez 9:00 - Fr. Brault 10:30 - Fr. Nitz Dcn. McCormack 12:00 - Fr. Willis Dcn. McCormack 5:00 - Fr. Kozubek
Daily Mass Monday - Friday 7:30 & 8:30 a.m. Saturday - 8:30 a.m.
Baptism Parishioners are asked to call the Parish Office for the times of the monthly liturgical celebrations and to arrange for classes.
Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturdays 4 - 4:45 p.m. & after daily Masses. Marriage Parishioners requesting a marriage date must have been registered in the parish for six months.
Phone Numbers Parish Office & Rectory: 301-622-1122 Fax: 301-625-9266 School: 301-622-3076 sjbssparish.org FaceBook.com/sjbcc @SJB_Catholic
Next week’s readings - Ordinary Time 4th Sunday Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13 Psalm 146 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 Matthew 5:1-12a
Today’s gospel speaks of the appointment or mission that is given by Jesus to the first disciples and, by extension, to us. We see a pattern: In the work of announcing the reign of God, we do not volunteer our service, we are chosen for it, and then we respond.
For example – Our participation in the Church’s liturgy is the way God transforms and strengthens those he has chosen – the baptized – that they may announce God’s reign to the world. Our parish is always looking for new liturgical ministers – Musicians, Ushers, Lectors, Communion Ministers, Arimathians (funeral helpers), Altar Linen Washers. That does not mean simply filling gaps with anyone willing to help. Rather, we are calling forth fellow disciples to take on a great responsibility in the work of Christ. Could you be chosen to be part of the liturgical ministry? If so, call the Parish Office, please - 301-622-1122.
Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’ (On Care for Our Common Home)
Chapter One – What Is Happening to Our Common Home
(continued from last week)
The omnipresence of the media and the digital world can stop people
from learning how to live wisely, to think deeply and to love
generously. In this context, the great sages of the past run the risk of
going unheard amid the noise and distractions of an information overload.
Real relationships with others, with all the challenges they entail, now tend to be replaced
by a type of internet communication which enables us to choose or eliminate
relationships at whim, thus giving rise to a new type of contrived emotion which has
more to do with devices and displays than with other people and with nature.
We should be concerned that, alongside the exciting possibilities offered by these media,
a deep and melancholic dissatisfaction with interpersonal relations, or a harmful sense of
isolation, can also arise.
Next week – Global Inequality
Mass Intentions (January 27 – February 2) Monday 7:30 - Marge Locke (Parishioners) 8:30 - Eleanor & Robert Metzger (M. Johns) Tuesday 7:30 - Sylvester J. & Philomena Aquino (D. & J. Aquino) 8:30 - Peter Huan Nguyen (Parishioner) Wednesday 7:30 - Deacon John C. Cermak (Family) 8:30 - Souls in Purgatory (Parishioner) Thursday 7:30 - Peter, Paul & John Mai - L - (N. Nguyen) 8:30 - Barbara Dixon (M. MacTigue) Friday 7:30 - Meleesa Wohleber - L -(T. & B. Wohleber) 8:30 - Flo Peterson (J. Marsich) Saturday 8:30 - Patrio D. Tismo (Castro Family) 5:00 - In Thanksgiving for Blessings Received - L - (V. Obikwelu) Sunday 7:30 - Elizabeth Perkins (McCormick Family) 9:00 - Christela Trujillo (Case Family) 10:30 - Maximo Perez (Perez Family) 12:00 - Parishioners 5:00 - Philippe Charles (M. Charles)
Parish Clergy Rev. Y. David Brault Pastor Rev. Cezary Kozubek Associate Pastor Rev. Glen Willis Weekend Associate Rev. Austin Charles Ochu Weekend Associate Rev. Eliot Nitz Weekend Associate Rev. Nicolás Rodriguez Weekend Associate Deacon James Gorman Permanent Deacon Deacon Ed McCormack Permanent Deacon
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Parish Directory Father Brault [email protected]
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Parish Office [email protected]
Finance Office [email protected]
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Youth Ministry [email protected]
Liturgy & Music [email protected]
Social Concerns [email protected]
Athletic Ministry www.sjbathletics.org
Parochial School [email protected]
Bulletin [email protected]
Parish Website www.sjbssparish.org
School Website www.sjbsilverspring.org
**Bulletin Deadline** February 9 Bulletin & Website deadline
Friday, February 1, at 9:00 a.m
Week-at-a-Glance Sunday, January 26 9:00 a.m. - Children’s Liturgy of the Word - Chapel 10:15 a.m. - Faith Formation Classes - School 10:30 a.m. - Children’s Liturgy of the Word - Chapel 10:30 a.m. - Spiritual Talks on Sunday Morning - Library 6:00 p.m. - Intramural Volleyball - Gym 6:00 p.m. - Youth Group Meeting - Lyon Center Monday, January 27 3:30 p.m. - CYO Basketball Practice - Gym 6:00 p.m. - Boy Scouts Troop 1441 - Lyon Center 7:00 p.m. - Bereavement - Kazista Center Tuesday, January 28 3:30 p.m. - CYO Basketball Practice - Gym 7:30 p.m. - Meditation - Chapel Wednesday, January 29 9:15 a.m. - DVD Spirituality Group - Kazista Center 2:15 p.m. - School Living Rosary - Church 3:15 p.m. - Children’s Choir Rehearsal - Kazista Center 3:30 p.m. - CYO Basketball Practice - Gym 6:00 p.m. - Community Fund Meeting - Kazista Center Thursday, January 30 10:45 a.m. - School Liturgy 2nd Grade - Church 12:00 p.m. - School Family Hot Lunch - Gym 7:00 p.m. - Boy Scouts Troop Ad Altare Dei Class Lyon Center 7:30 p.m. - Traditional Choir Rehearsal - Church Friday, January 31 9:00 a.m. - Adoration - Chapel 6:30 p.m. - Kids Night Bingo - Gym Saturday, February 1 7:00 a.m. - Parish Men’s Group - Lyon Center 8:00 a.m. - SJB Intramural Basketball - Gym 10:00 a.m. - Polish School - School 10:00 a.m. - Legion of Mary - Library 5:00 p.m. - Scout Sunday Mass - Church
Consider becoming a Lector Our parish is sorely in need of new lectors to add to our team. When you were in school, were you one of those kids who raised your hand to read aloud to the class? Did you feel that you had a talent for doing this? That talent may actually have been a gift from God ... a spiritual calling to use your gift to proclaim God’s Word to His people. Please consider becoming one of our Lectors. The Lector commitment would be for one or two Sundays per month. We would walk you through all the steps and routine, in-cluding how to find our website to sign up for those Week-end Masses when you would be available and would want to cover for the next month. Please call or text Joe Peters (301-351-2481, [email protected]) or Nancy Peters (301-526-6526) if you are interested to volunteer or learn more.
conversation after the 7:30, 9:00 and 10:30 a.m. Masses. No
Offertory Sunday, January 19, 2020 $10,978.50 Please note monies given via Faith Direct are not included in the Offertory above.
Weekly Stewardship Report
Arts & Academics Judges Needed
Traditions are part of what makes SJB special. One of our longtime traditions is Arts & Academics. The Gym fills up with students’ work from K-8th. It is a beautiful testimony to our school. Grades 6 and 7 are judged on their projects. Art is the focus for grade 6, and science is the focus for grade 7. We invite parishioners interested in judging to call the School Office (301) 622-3076 for further details. Judging is conducted this year on Tuesday, March 10, 2020. Arts & Academics is open for all to view the on the evening of Wednesday March 11, 2020. Thanks for your consideration ~ we hope to see many come out for judging this year.
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SJB Leisure Club
The SJB Leisure Club will not hold its monthly meeting in January. The Leisure Club will meet on Friday, February 14, beginning at 11 a.m. with the Rosary and followed by our annual Valentine's Day Celebration potluck luncheon and musical entertainment. Please be sure to call Sylvia Lynch, 301-622-2182, at your earliest convenience to let her know what you would like to bring to our potluck. All folks age 55 or better are invited to join us for this fun celebration.
Next Week’s Altar Servers (February 1/2) 5:00 p.m. - Iain & Sofia Vinson 7:30 a.m. - Ryan & Reese Kim 9:00 a.m. - Marie Mignot & Hilary Amezian 10:30 a.m. - Colin Lappin & Patrick Fry 12:00 p.m. - Crystal Tongele & Leke Fonge 5:00 p.m. - TBD
New Hampshire Avenue
Trash Pick-up: Please join the Eco-ministry group in cleaning up our small part of God’s
creation Saturday morning, February 8, at 9:15 a.m. (If it is raining or snowing on February 8, then the trash pick-up will be on the following Saturday, February 15
Sodality Bake Sale Sodality will be having a Bake Sale next Sunday, February 2, (Super Bowl Sunday) in the Gym. Stop by after the 7:30, 9:00 or 10:30 a.m. Mass and pick up something delicious. There will be plenty of baked goods to please your taste buds. Sugar-free varieties will also be available. If you have baked goods that you would like to donate, please call Pat Egan, 301-384-6001.
Bible Study on Saturday Mornings "If the Psalm prays, do you too pray, if it laments, so do you too, if it renders thanks, so do you also rejoice with it; if it hopes, so you too; if it speaks in the accents of fear, do you also tremble with it; for all that is written therein is meant to be a mirror for us." St. Augustine, Sermons on Psalm 30
The Psalter, a collection of 150 Israelite religious lyrics, is divided into 5 books. The collections can be classified as hymns of praise, prayers of supplication or lament, of thanksgiving, of confidence or trust, and of wisdom. Many were compositions for the royal family of David and used as processional and entrance liturgies.
Beginning Saturday, February 15, an eight-week session on the Psalms will be offered for exploration and understanding. There also will be an emphasis on praying with these ancient poems. When you hear or sing them at Mass, they will speak more clearly to you as you pray.
If you are interested in joining Bible Study on 8 Saturdays, 9:30-11:30 a.m. in the Lyon Ctr., please contact Alicia Urban, 301-879-4368 or [email protected].
School News
Father Daughter Dance 2020 February 29, from 6:30-9:30 p.m. in the SJB School Gym. Get your early bird pricing now thru January 31, $25 for father/daughter dance ticket. Tickets can be purchased online at: https://sjbces.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/FatherDaughterDance2020 For any questions regarding this event, please email: [email protected] or [email protected].
Sunday Hospitality Please join us most Sundays in the Gym for refreshments and conversation after the 7:30, 9:00 and 10:30 a.m. Masses.
Remember the Food Pantry There is always need for donations of non-perishable food to the St. John’s Pantry for the Hungry. Please remember to bring your donations when you come to Mass. Thank you.
Social Concerns Cynthia Norris, 301-622-1122, social [email protected]
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At St. John the Baptist Catholic Community we strive to continue the mission of our Lord through our Social Concerns Ministries. We see Social Concerns as integral to the life of our parish. We strive to reflect the Social Mission of the Church in all that we do. Recognizing that Baptism calls us all to mission, Social Concerns Ministries strive to involve the entire parish: • education on Catholic Social Teaching • reaching out in service • working for a just and peaceful world through
advocacy and solidarity with the poor and vulnerable
Community Fund The Community Fund is one important way the St. John the Baptist Catholic Community hears the call of the poor and answers it. We strive to be sensitive and responsive to the immediate needs of those suffering temporary or continued hardships. The Fund provides financial assistance to help prevent eviction, utility disconnection, hunger. In addition to helping individuals in need, we also support 12 local agencies with monthly monetary grants. Periodically, we remind parishioners to refrain from assisting people who come to them at Mass times requesting money. The Community Fund was established to help those in need and should be utilized whenever possible. The Community Fund is supported by the second collection taken at every Mass on the first weekend each month. Private donations or memorial contributions are also accepted.
Guidelines for the Operation of the Community
Fund Under the guidance of the Office of Social Concerns, the Fund is administered by the Board of Directors which represents a cross-section of the parish. The Board meets monthly and operates as a team making decisions based on consensus. The Board of Directors provides a personal rather than institutional approach to helping those in need.
Emergency Assistance Protocol The Community Fund collection is used for emergency assistance to individuals requesting help and local agencies
providing such assistance. Individuals seeking assistance should contact the Office of Social Concerns. All efforts are made to provide a holistic approach to helping. In addition to providing an explanation of their immediate need, individuals are encouraged to explain what led to the emergency and what, if any, actions can be identified to ensure this does not recur. Specific plans are encouraged but not required. Individuals are required to provide a referral from the DHHS, HOC, or private social services agency to ensure they are utilizing all resources available to them. Individuals are also required to provide proof of identification, proof of need such as an eviction notice, utility disconnect notice, etc. Once the need is verified a check will be issued to the landlord, utility company, etc. No cash is ever distributed from the SJB Office.
Guidelines for types of assistance: Food People seeking food assistance are referred to Manna or St. Camillus Food Pantry (SCFP). Additional assistance may be available on a case by case basis. Rent and Utility Assistance People with an eviction notice or a utility cut-off notice will be referred first to their local county Emergency Assistance Services, then to the local non-profit organizations servicing their zip code area. Assistance is given when applicants have exhausted other funding sources. People who have late notice bills without a cut-off or eviction noted will be considered on a case by case basis. Clothing, Household Supplies, School Supplies, and Christmas Toys People needing clothing, household, and/or school supplies are referred to C-4. A letter of referral from the pastor is required for applicants to register at C-4. Once they have registered, they are eligible to receive assistance from C-4 including school supplies in August and toys at Christmas. Other Assistance Requests for prescription assistance are referred to EMEAN, MUSST, MUM, or Catholic Charities, depending upon the zip code of the applicant.
See the Play “Queen Esther” The SJB Sodality invites you to join them in seeing the play, “Queen Esther” at the Sight and Sound Theater in Lancaster, PA, and to dine at Miller’s Smorgasbord, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Board the bus at 7 a.m., depart at 7:15 a.m. and return at 7:15 p.m. The cost is $145, includes snacks, transportation, show, lunch, taxes and gratuity. To reserve your spot, please send a $50 check, made payable to St. John the Baptist, with Sodality Trip in the memo section. Mail your check to St. John the Baptist Church, 12319 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20904. Attention Sodality. If you have any questions, please call Ellen Cygnarowicz, 301-879-0232, or Mary Ellen Monk, 301-622-2892.
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USCCB Launches National Civility Effort
through 2020 Elections
As Catholics, we have a long tradition of engagement in the political process as a means of putting our faith into action. We are called to bring the best of ourselves and our faith to the public square—and yet today, many shy away from such involvement because our national and local conversations are filled with vitriol and harsh language, often directed at people themselves.
When personal attacks replace honest debate, no one wins. This kind of attack, no matter the reason, only serves to further divide our communities. As Catholics, we must model a better way.
Civilize It is about making room in your heart for those with whom you disagree. We are called to recognize that each one of us is a beloved child of God and to respond in love to that reality.
Civilize It is a non-partisan call to focus on the dignity of all people, even when we disagree, and to put faith in action by bearing witness to a better way forward.
Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace:
A Prayer for Civility Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where uncivil words prevail, show me how to model love. Help me remember the God-given dignity of all and invite others to do the same. Show me how to build bridges and not walls and see first what unites us rather than how we diverge. Let me seek to understand before asking to be understood. Give me a listening heart filled with empathy and compassion. May I be clear in sharing my own position and respectful and civil in describing those of others. Let me never tolerate hateful ideas. May I invite all to charity and love. Lord, help me to imitate your compassion and mercy. Make me an instrument of your peace. Amen. Inspired by Nine Rules for Civility from the Catholic Tradition, Bishop Zubik
We are salt & light
A divided country. Fights at the dinner table. Political vitriol. What does it mean to love our neighbors in the
midst of such a climate?
What does it mean to love our neighbors in the midst of such a divisive climate? Catholics are called to bring the best of ourselves and our faith to the public square—and yet today, many shy away from such involvement because our national and local conversations are filled with anger and harsh language, often directed at people themselves.
As Catholics, we must model a better way. We invite you to model love for neighbor by pledging to Civilize It and committing to civility, clarity, and compassion this election year.
Civilize It: Dignity Beyond the Debate is a non-partisan call to focus on the dignity of all people, even those with whom we disagree, and to put faith in action. Make room in your heart for those with whom you disagree and pledge dignity beyond the debate today at CivilizeIt.org.
We would love to see as many parents and parishioners as possible be able to attend one of the special activities which will take place during Catholic Schools Week. Wednesday afternoon there will be a Living Rosary held in the Church where students will lead the Living Rosary
beginning at 2:15 p.m. On Thursday, Family Day, there will be an Open House in the morning so parents can visit their child’s classroom between 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Following the Open House will be a Liturgy in the Church led by the Second Graders which will begin at 10:45 a.m. Parents and Parishioners are welcome to celebrate this Mass with the students. Parents will then be invited to share lunch with their child(ren) following the Mass in the School Gym.
Catholic Schools Week
Catholic Schools Week begins Sunday, January 26 and ends Sat., February 1. The National theme for this week is seen in the logo: “Catholic Schools: Learn. Serve. Lead. Succeed.” Students are learning to become future servant leaders, faith-filled disciples, and enriched citizens. Their teachers are also learning and growing with them as serv-ants and leaders. These shared qualities are what make catholic schools succeed.
Mystical Word
written by L.J. Milone, Director of Faith Formation, [email protected]
Everyone in the town became alarmed and shocked when they saw a monk, astride a donkey, charging through the streets. “Where are you going, brother?” they asked. As he whizzed by, the monk shouted back, “I’m looking for my ass!” Like the monk, we don’t realize that what we are desperately searching for is with us, and, in fact, right under our noses! Happiness, clear and unrestricted, is totally available here and now. Real, lasting happiness is found within. For, the kingdom of heaven is within us. Timothy Radcliffe, a contemporary Dominican friar, writes, “Christianity is the good news that God created us for happiness, and ultimately for the happiness that is God being God.” Happiness is within because God is within and we are always already one with God.
As Jesus proclaims, the way into the kingdom of heaven, which is within us, is the way of repentance. To repent means to drop all the things in which we invest so much energy, time, and attention to revel in the divine presence always already within us. According to Thomas Keating, to repent is to change the direction in which one looks for happiness. So, throw it all away! We don’t need anything to be happy. We shouldn’t trust any advertisement, any corporation, anyone trying to sell us something, to make money off some-thing that will supposedly make us happy. No possession, expectation, hope, wish, fantasy, experience, person, or feeling will ever make us ultimately happy.
Imagine a situation in which you know you cannot be happy. Is it waiting in line at the grocery store? Is it time with your in-laws? Is it breaking down on 495? Is it losing a loved one? Is it losing your job? Is it fighting with a loved one? In every one of these situations – and worse ones – you can be essentially happy. You may not feel happy. But that doesn’t mean that you are not essentially happy – that is, joyful. You can be happy anywhere, anytime, with anyone. Why? Because you don’t need anything at all to be happy – happiness is within you because you are one with God here and now.
Anthony De Mello puts it so well: “Everywhere people have actually built their lives on the unquestioned belief that without certain things—money, power, success, approval, a good reputation, love, friendship, spirituality, God—they cannot be happy.
What is your particular combination?...Then came the efforts to acquire your precious thing or person, to cling to it once it was acquired, and to fight off every
possibility of losing it. This finally led you to abject emotional dependence so that the object of your attachment had the power to thrill you when you attained it, to make you anxious lest you be deprived of it and miserable when you lost it…Anxiety, fear, jealousy, anger, paranoia are all related to getting your attachment. When you feel bored, depressed, sad, miserable, it is because life is not giving you what you have convinced yourself you cannot be happy without. Almost every negative emotion you experience is the direct
outcome of an attachment.” You know there’s something you want that you think will make your life better. That means that you have attachments – everyone does – and attachments cause misery. We spend so much time managing our illusions and attachments that we cannot focus on what is real and true.
Why am I not happy? I am not happy because I’m resisting the moment, clinging to some fleeting pleasure, chasing some fleeting pleasure, or reacting to getting or not getting some fleeting pleasure. I am preoccupied with something other than God. No thing will ever make me happy. Nothing will make me happy. In joy we surrender all we have for God. Nothing but God – the divine nothing – is our joy, our delight, and our bliss. Once we find the Absolute Center, nothing else matters. But, we don’t want to have nothing, we want to be good, beautiful, worthy on our own, we want so many things, and, therefore run in terror from the divine nothingness within.
Imagine being happy for no reason at all. Imagine being unaffected by anything negative. It would be like throwing red paint into the sky. The sky would be totally unaffected, completely unphased. To be in the kingdom of heaven is to be unconditionally happy because God is our happiness and God is unconditionally infinite. When our happiness is anchored in the divine, no passing feelings, events, or people can hurt us. We are at peace, resting secure and serenely in the divine nothingness. It is so easy! Let the divine nothing be your bliss by sinking into silence and letting everything else go.
If you ever have any comments regarding Mystical Word, you are most welcome to contact L. J. Milone.
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Youth Ministry [email protected], 301-622-1122, Fr. Cezary Kozubek
SJB Athletic Ministry News
SJB Athletics Positions Available
SJB Athletics seeks volunteers for several positions including Athletic Director, coordinators and coaches. All volunteers and coaches must be Virtus Certified. Interested candidates should contact current Athletic Director Michael Diokno at [email protected].
Next Youth Group Mtg. - Sunday, January 26
The next Youth Group Meeting is this Sunday, January 26 at 6 p.m. in the Lyon Center. All high school youth are welcome.
Faith Formation Ministry L.J. Milone, Director, 301-622-1122,
Spiritual Talks on Sunday Morning Come to a near-weekly adult faith session that dives deep with the Sunday readings and unveils what they tell us about the living depths of our Catholic faith. --10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. in the School Library January 26: A Centered Existence with L.J. Milone February 2: Freedom from Care
Meditation Group Tuesdays, 7:30–8:30 p.m., in Chapel All are welcome! Join us for a 20-minute period of silent prayer followed by a short reflection given by L.J. Milone. All are welcome to attend whether or not they have experienced meditation. Come to the waters of quiet and let the mystery of God in Jesus refresh you.
Please contact L.J. Milone, the Director of Faith Formation, [email protected], 301-622-1122, with questions.
HoopEd - Holiday Camp Program
HoopEd is partnering with St. John the Baptist to provide year round sports camps for students during off school hours. The 2020 school calendar has several days off where the kids are off but parents still need to work. HoopEd will fill the void by providing safe and fun sports camps for boys and girls of all ages. Register for all Student Holiday Programs as well as other fall and winter programs through their website. Don’t let your day go to waste…be active and have fun with HoopEd! To register please visit www.hoopeducation.com. 2020 SJB No-School Days: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. with After Care available until 5:30 p.m.
DVD Spirituality Group
The DVD Spirituality Group meets Wednesdays, at 9:15 a.m. in the Kazista Center. All are welcome.
Silver Spring Catholic Young Adults Join two Dominican friars from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington for a young-adult faith study and fellowship group hosted at Christ the King Parish in Silver Spring on Mondays at 7 p.m. This winter and spring, we will read G. K. Chesterton’s classic work on the splendid truth of Christianity, Orthodoxy. Each week, the group will discuss a chapter of the book for roughly 45 minutes and follow up with fellowship until around 8:30 p.m. Meetings began on Monday, January 13, in the rectory meeting room and will run through early May. We are praying for you and hope to see you there! –Br. Charles Marie Rooney, OP & Br. Raymond Maria La Grange, OP.
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Registration is open for SJB Intramural Co-Ed Volleyball for girls and boys in 6th through 8th grades. Sessions will start mid-January and the program runs through March on Sunday evenings from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the SJB Gym. Students from all parishes and schools are welcome to join. The cost is $50 and we will be able to accommodate 28 players. Register or learn more
at www.sjbathletics.org. If you have any questions about the program, please contact volleyball Commissioner Crystal Vinson [email protected]
Inclement Weather Information SJB School follows Montgomery County Public School closings for weekday weather related cancellations/delays. Religious Education and other parish activities follow Montgomery County Public Schools weekend closures. If Montgomery Country Public Schools weekend activities are cancelled, we will not have Religious Education Classes on Sunday. If there is a Religious Education weekend cancellation, a Flocknote will be sent by the SJB Director of Religious Education, the Catechists will be notified and the Catechists will contact each family. To receive Flocknote text notifications regarding cancellations, please text SJB1 to 84576 from your cell phone to subscribe to Flocknote.
***Around Town***
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Mass to Remember Survivors & Victims
of Human Trafficking
Feast Day of St. Josephine Bakhita Remember those enslaved in modern-day slavery and become inspired to act. Observe the World Day of Prayer Reflection & Action Against Human Trafficking and the Feast Day of St. Josephine Bakhita with a special intercultural Mass celebrated by Bishop Dorsonville on Saturday February 8 at 4:30 pm at St. Camillus Catholic Church. (1600 St. Camillus Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20903) The Mass and reception that follows are sponsored by the Coalition of Catholic Organizations Against Human Trafficking, including the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Migration and Refugee Services. Please RSVP to [email protected].
St. Bakhita (born in the Darfur region of Sudan in 1869) was enslaved as a child and trafficked to Italy. She won her freedom with the help of the Canossian Sisters, became a Canossian Sister, and went on to share her story of freedom and dignity.
Men’s Discernment Retreat January 31-February 2, St. John Paul II Seminary and the Washington Retreat House - Fr. Mark Ivany invites men in their 20s – 40s, who are interested in learning more about the priesthood, to attend a discernment retreat led by priests and seminarians of the Archdiocese of Washington. The weekend will be an opportunity to pray and reflect on God's call, meet priests and seminarians, hear their stories, and learn more about the seminary and priesthood. Registration is now open at www.DCPriest.org. For more information contact Fr. Mark Ivany at 202-636-9020, [email protected],
Three to Get Married Marriage Prep Weekend Upcoming weekends: Feb 20-23, Mar 12-15, May 7-10 Are You Ready? You’re not just planning a wedding; you’re preparing for a lifetime! This marriage preparation course is an intensive preparation experience true to the teachings of the Catholic Church. Convenient one-weekend schedule. FOCCUS Inventory included, plus it partners with of the Witness to Love program! Registration required. Find more information on their website www.ourladyofbethesda.org or call 301-365-0612. These weekends fill up quickly, so reserve your spot today! Our Lady of Bethesda Retreat Center, 7007 Bradley Blvd., Bethesda, MD 20817
PG County Dental Clinic Volunteers Pro bono dental professionals are needed to provide primary and specialized dental care to patients at Catholic Charities Mona Center in Temple Hills, MD or at their own office. This vital care will help those in need in our community. Ability to speak Spanish is helpful but not a requirement. Flexible schedule and time commitment available for licensed professionals. To learn more and apply, visit Catholic Charities’ volunteer portal, dentists: tiny.cc/CCDentists and dental assistants: tiny.cc/DentalAssistants.
Quo Vadis Shadow Day February 7, 7:15 a.m. – 7:30 p.m., St. John Paul II Seminary and the Catholic University of America Juniors and seniors in high school are invited to join us for a special Quo Vadis “Shadow Day” at Saint John Paul II Seminary and the Catholic University of America. The day will allow the young men to experience a “day in the life” of a seminarian by joining them for Mass, Adoration, meals, class, sports and just hanging out. It is also a great opportunity to meet other high school students who are considering seminary. Please register to attend at www.dcpriest.org. Email [email protected] with any questions.
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