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SUNDAY MASS DAILY MASS
St. Catherine Sat 4:00pm St. Catherine Mon-Tue-Thu-Fri 6:30pm St. Ignatius Sun 8:30am St. Catherine Sun 10:30am
CONFESSIONS ADORATION St. Catherine Sat 3:00-3:45pm St. Catherine Mon-Tue-Thu-Fri 5:30-6:30pm
St. Ignatius Sun 7:45-8:15am St. Catherine Thu 5:30-6:15pm
St. Ignatius of Loyola Established 1859 Hilltop, Maryland
St. Catherine of Alexandria Established 1911
McConchie, Maryland
March 7, 2021 ~ Third Sunday of Lent
OFFICE & STAFF
St. Catherine / St. Ignatius
7640 Port Tobacco Rd. Port Tobacco, MD 20677
Website: www.stcsti.org
Phone: 301-934-9630 Flocknote: Text “ROUTE6” to 84576
Pastor
Rev. Aaron Qureshi [email protected]
Administrative Assistant
Linda Harrigan
Bookkeeper
Theresa Wegand
St. John Paul II
Faith Formation Program
Director, Bill Wannall 301-934-2261 ext. 107
Youth Ministry Anna Albrittain
301-934-2261 ext. 105 [email protected]
Archbishop Neale School Principal, Linda Bourne
301-934-9595
www.archbishopnealeschool.org
Catholic Counselor
Caitlin Langreich 301-541-3740
Ritchie Joes Edward Mohler Ann Moreland Amanda Gushura David Price Mary Ann Skinger Polly Butler Delores Jamieson Alicia Brady Sam Gray Leon Higgs Mike Hancock Joe Cooper Marie Boteler Marcella Palmer
Hank Galotta Ramona Dobry Ignatius Cooper Kelly Welch John Shifflett Avery Sandiford Bobby Vermillion Marcus Elam Robert Ansell
Robin Proctor Sarah Smith Daniel Jameson Sissy Cooper Craig Doshen Irene Proctor
Aubrey Proctor Jean Carter Michael DeLane Dawn Walters Brenda Greer Hailey Sellers Linda D. Welch Vincent Jamieson Clarke Hettel Jean Ambrose DeAngelo Ball Carina Gibbs Kayla Kiley Xenia Hernandez Logan Willey
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Sacrificial Giving
Weekend of February 28, 2021
Thank you for your support of our church and ministries!
St. Catherine Offertory: $2,135
Church Dev World: $132
St. Ignatius Offertory: $2,630
Church Dev World: $257
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Mass Intentions and Readings
Saturday March 6 – Vigil of the Third Sunday
of Lent
4:00pm Fr. Aaron Qureshi
Ex 20:1-17 1 Cor 1:22-25
Sunday March 7—Third Sunday of Lent
8:30am People of the Community
10:30am Repose of the soul George S. Williams
Ex 20:1-17 1 Cor 1:22-25
Monday March 8 – Saint John of God
6:30pm Fr. David Reinders
2 Kgs 5:1-15ab Lk 4:24-30
Tuesday March 9 - Saint Frances of Rome
6:30pm Repose of the soul of Jeffrey Gauches
Dn 3:25, 34-43 Mt 18:21-35
Wednesday March 10 — Weekday
No Mass at St. Catherine’s
Dt 4:1, 5-9 Mt 5:17-19
Thursday March 11—Weekday
6:30pm
Jer 7:23-28 Lk 11:14-23
Friday March 12—Weekday
6:30pm Enemies of the Church
Hos 14:2-10 Mk 12:28-34
Faith Formation
Learn to Pray Well!
Remember to join the Prayers for Beginners Faith Formation classes each Saturday in Lent at St. Catherine’s Hall at 9:00am. Beverages await you as author Peter Kreeft offers simple, but profound advice and gives us practical steps for developing a prayer life based on the time-tested wisdom of the saints and great spiritual writers. He covers such areas as the necessity of prayer, various motives and methods, steps, patience, suffering, sin, faith, and grace.
Please read these chapters in advance of the dis-cussion. Feb 20: 1-4 Feb 27: 5-8 Mar 6: 9-10 Mar 13: 11-15 Mar 20: 16-17 Mar 27: 18-19 See you there!
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From Fr. Q’s Desk
What’s in a name? Ever since I arrived at our parishes, I’ve wondered over our parish name of St. Catherine of Alexandria. St. Ignatius is easy— the church was established by the Jesu-its, and so they named it in honor of their founder. But Catherine of Alexandria is a very unusual patron, and there aren’t many churches nowadays by that name. How did our church get its name?
Fr. Clifford at Chapel Point had a theory. He suspected that the Brent family had con-tributed a substantial donation to set up the McConchie church, and so the church got its name in honor of Catherine Brent, the family matriarch. I was curious if there might be any record of this in the old parish records at Chapel Point. (You will recall that both our parishes were for many years missions of Chapel Point. The Jes-uit fathers lived there and would travel out to the missions once or twice a month.)
So last Tuesday afternoon I sat down with Fr. Clifford for a few hours and began reviewing book after dusty book with him. We examined the Jesuit journals, the pulpit announcements, and various handwritten letters going back to the 1850s. We found some interesting items on both churches, but nothing very conclusive that would answer my question.
And then finally we took a look at the parish ledgers from the early 1900s—and we both got a wonderful surprise. We found the first page
in which “McConchie Church” is listed on its own, in 1911. And there, as Fr. Clifford’s finger ran down the page—he stopped. “Well!” he exclaimed. “Gift Mother M. Katherine Drexel $500.’” I just about fell out of my chair!
You see, Mother Kath-erine Drexel—now S a i n t K a t h e r i n e Drexel—was the fa-mous rich heiress to the Drexel fortune who founded a reli-gious order and spent her life giving her money away. She was especially devoted to blacks and Native Americans, and estab-lished hundreds of in-stitutions across the U.S. in their regard. And our little parish in McConchie was estab-lished in part by her amazing generosity! We are all of us recipi-ents of her benefaction.
To top it all off: by sheer coincidence, or providence, our dis-
covery was made the afternoon of March 2. It was the vigil of the feast day of St. Katherine Drexel on March 3.
There is more of the story to tell—and I’ll tell it next week! St. Katherine Drexel, and St. Cathe-rine of Alexandria—pray for us!
Theological Musings
St. Katherine Drexel (19-20th century)
If we wish to serve God and love our neighbor well, we must manifest our joy in the service we render to Him and them. Let us open wide our hearts. It is joy which invites us. Press for-ward and fear nothing.
The Beatitudes are at the heart of Jesus' preach-
ing.
Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be
comforted.
Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for
righteousness for they shall be satisfied.
Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called
sons of God.
Blessed are those persecuted for righteousness' sake
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute
you and utter all kinds of evil against you
falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad for
your reward is great in heaven.
Lenten Schedule
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
5:30pm Adora-
tion
St. Catherine
6:30pm Mass St. Catherine
11am Stations of
the Cross
St. Ignatius
5:30pm Adora-
tion
St. Catherine
6:30pm Mass St. Catherine
7:00pm Mass
Sacred Heart, LaPlata
11:00am Pivotal Players
Feb 18 St. I Hall
Feb 25 St. C Hall
Mar 4 St. I Hall
Mar 11 St. C Hall
Mar 18 St. I Hall
Mar 25 St. C Hall
5:30pm Adora-
tion & Confes-
sions
St. Catherine
6:30pm Mass St. Catherine
5:45pm Stations
of the Cross
St. Catherine
6:30pm Mass St. Catherine
9:00am Prayer for Be-
ginners
St. C Hall
Address Change
Our PO Box will be closing very soon, so be
sure to use our mailing address :
7640 Port Tobacco Road
Port tobacco, MD 20677
Lenten Mission—St. Mary’s Bryantown
Sunday-Wednesday March 21-24 7:00-9:00pm
The theme of the mission is " here Is More" – as
in, there is so much more that the Lord wants to
do for us if we will only open our hearts and
minds. The mission is free and open to all. For
more information contact Father Conley
Catechism of the Catholic Church Article 1
CELEBRATING THE CHURCH'S LITURGY
I. Who Celebrates?
1143 For the purpose of assisting the work of the common priesthood of the faithful, other particu-lar ministries also exist, not consecrated by the sacrament of Holy Orders; their functions are determined by the bishops, in accord with litur-gical traditions and pastoral needs. "Servers, readers, commentators, and members of the choir also exercise a genuine liturgical function."
1144 In the celebration of the sacraments it is thus the whole assembly that is leitourgos, each according to his function, but in the "unity of the Spirit" who acts in all. "In liturgical celebrations each person, minister or layman, who has an of-fice to perform, should carry out all and only those parts which pertain to his office by the na-ture of the rite and the norms of the liturgy.
II. How is the Liturgy Celebrated?
Signs and symbols
1145 A sacramental celebration is woven from signs and symbols. In keeping with the divine pedagogy of salvation, their meaning is rooted in the work of creation and in human culture, spec-ified by the events of the Old Covenant and fully revealed in the person and work of Christ.
1146 Signs of the human world. In human life, signs and symbols occupy an important place. As a being at once body and spirit, man express-es and perceives spiritual realities through phys-ical signs and symbols. As a social being, man needs signs and symbols to communicate with others, through language, gestures, and actions. the same holds true for his relationship with God.
EVERYDAY STEWARDSHIP
Recognize God in your Everyday Moments
Parents Just Don’t Understand
Anybody remember the old rap song by the Fresh Prince, aka Will Smith, “Parents Just Don’t Understand?” As we grow up, it is sometimes a struggle for us to imagine that our parents un-derstand us. It can seem impossible that Mom and Dad remember the stress of exam week or peer pressure. We never saw them as children; we never saw their disappointed faces when they weren’t invited to a party, or their dashed hopes at a bad test grade. We never saw them homesick their first week of college or nervous to ask their crush to Homecoming.
We’re often the same way about God. We gripe about what He asks of us. “He doesn’t under-stand sin — he’s all-good,” we think. “He doesn’t understand temptation — He is perfect.”
In Scripture, God can be very much a father, tell-ing us what we can and cannot do. And yet, in His divine genius, He is sometimes simply a man at a well, asking for a drink.
For me, it turns out I didn’t need to tell my par-ents anything about what I was going through as a kid — they knew already. What I needed was for them to tell me what to do, and how to do it.
Similarly, we don’t need to tell God about hu-man nature. We need God to tell us about His nature. He’s good enough to ask us for a drink, to enter into our humanity. But we have to re-member, for our own sakes, to have the humility to ask Him for something, too — the water that will quench our eternal thirst.
— Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS
Third Sunday off Lent March 7, 2021
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SAINTS THIS WEEK
SAINT JOHN OF GOD
John of God, O.H. (March 8, 1495 – March 8, 1550) was a Portuguese soldier turned health-care worker in Spain, whose followers later formed the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God, a worldwide Cath-olic religious institute dedicated to the care of the poor, sick, and those suffering from mental disorders. He has been canonized by the Catho-lic Church, and is considered one of the leading religious figures in the Iberian Peninsula.
Saint Frances of Rome When she was only 13, Frances’ parents mar-ried her to Lorenzo de’ Ponziani, whose sister-in- law, Vannozza, helped Frances draft a rule of life for the new order. In the fierce civil
strife caused by the Great Schism of the Western church, the Ponzianis lost their fortune. While living in part of her ruined palace, Frances shared her last resources with the suffering peo-ple. With Lorenzo’s approval, she founded (1425) the Oblates of Mary, known since 1433 as the Oblate Congregation of Tor de’ Specchi. Up-on her husband’s death in 1436, she became its superior.
READ FOR CHILDREN: The Young People's Book of Saints by Hugh Ross Williamson
Age Range: 8 and up
Saints are the men and women who best love Christ and His Church. They may be kings or queens, statesmen or soldiers, scholars, visionar-ies, workmen or beggars. They teach us the real meaning of human history, and they show us how to live in any walk of life or set of circum-stances.
Included in this anthology are famous saints—Francis of Assisi, Dominic, Joan of Arc, Ignatius of Loyola, Teresa of Avila—but also more ob-scure ones, such as Raymond Lull and Hugh of Lincoln.
Many of these saints were martyrs, killed in peri-ods of persecution. Others died trying to bring the knowledge of Christ to pagan tribes. Yet oth-ers built up the Church through their example and their teaching, but were never called upon to shed their blood.
WATCH: Lead Kindly Light: The Life and Message of Saint John Henry Newman
An influential teacher, a distinguished theologi-an, a man who endured many trials, a father of souls—Blessed John Henry Newman (1801 - 1890) remains as fresh and relevant today as he was during his lifetime. In this engaging film, is the inspiring story of Newman's life and visit the places in England where he lived and worked. From London to Oxford, from Littlemore to Bir-mingham, each revealing an important stage of Newman's life.
KIDS CORNER
