While we've been focused on the corona virus and the recent social unrest, our Prevention & Recovery Ministry would like to encourage everyone to remember that many Americans are still suffering and dying from addictions. This includes many local folks and their families and loved ones. Select columns from our brochure have been posted on St. Mary's webpage and FaceBook page. Help is available for you, your family members, and your friends Click on title for list of helpful contacts.
Our Daily Bread This week 38 casseroles, 43 homemade face masks, 24 Dole fruit cups, and 2 bottles of hand sanitizer were collected and delivered to ODB. 27 families participated. We are going to take next week off for the 4th of July holiday. So we will not collect anything on Tuesday (7/7). We will resume doing casseroles again for the following week. Here is the link to ODB's instructions and recipes: http://www.catholiccharities-md.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/casserolerecipes.pdf Just choose a recipe (or more), follow the recipe as it's written, bake in a 13x9 foil pan, let it cool, double wrap it with foil, label with type of casserole and date, and freeze it. We'll be collecting the frozen casseroles on Tuesday morning (7/14) between 10:00-11:00am behind the Church. Please bring your frozen casserole(s) in plastic grocery bags. We'll also collect any homemade face masks that you'd like to donate. Thanks for helping the ODB workers and their clients. If you have any questions, contact Bob at crhoopert@zoominternet.net
Click the title above. You will see a section, "All Videos." The first video on your left will have a red "LIVE" sign. Click the video to watch and worship. You do not need a Facebook account to watch. Cell phone: You will see a pop-up at the bottom. Click the "x" at the right-hand corner to remove it. The live video will be the first video on the left with a red "LIVE" sign. Click the video to watch and worship. Computer: There will be a pop-up at the bottom, but you can still see the video. There may be another pop-up across the screen. You will see an option at the bottom of the pop-up which says, "Not Now." Click that. Then click the live video to watch and worship.
On June 6, St. Mary's in Pylesville begins to celebrate Outdoor Mass Saturdays at 4 PM. Confessions are heard on Saturdays beginning at 3 PM. The church building remains closed to the public until further notice. The church is NOT OPEN for daily Adoration, or private prayer. Mass is offered on-line Sunday at 10 AM. Father offers Masses privately for special intentions during the week. Parishioners are urged to continue to pray at home for the success of public health efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The parish newsletter is published weekly on Friday. Receive it by signing up for Flocknotes.
In keeping with the direction from Archbishop Lori, all public Masses are canceled until further notice. St. Mary's is open for Eucharistic Adoration at the following times during this period: Sunday 8:00 AM to 12 Noon Monday - Saturday 8:00 AM to 10 AM Parishioners are urged to join in praying a novena — nine days of prayer — to the Blessed Virgin Mary . The novena, inspired by a prayer by Pope Francis, asks Mary for her intercession and protection from the coronavirus.
CEMETERY GUIDELINES: DURING MOWING SEASON In the next week or so we will be removing all flowers from the Christmas Season. There cannot be any planting of flowers or shrubs in the cemetery. Also, no glass containers or ornaments on the ground; only on the head stone and attached securely. During mowing season flowers can only be in vases on the side next to the stone; on the head stone or over the head stone. We will have no choice but to remove the above items if the guidelines are not followed. Thank you.
Our dear friend and parishioner, Anne Poole, passed away on January 18, 2020 The Mass will be celebrated at St. Mary’s, Pylesville on Saturday, January 25, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.. In lieu of flowers a donation can be made to St. Mary’s Maintenance Fund or St. Jude Foundation for children.
Our beloved parishioner, Joan Kusik went home to meet the Lord on January 5, 2020. There will be a viewing on Thursday, January 9, 2020 from 3-5 and 7-9 at Evans Funeral Chapel, 3 Newport Dr, Forest Hill, MD, 21050. The Mass will be held at St. Mary's Pylesville, 1021 St. Mary's Rd, Pylesville MD. 21132 on Friday, January 10, 2020 at 10:00 am and the burial will follow the mass. The family invites all to attend a reception to be held in the parish center.
VIRTUS TRAINING To get into the program type HTTPS://www.virtusonline.org. The location for the Archdiocese is under ―Baltimore‖ and the location for the parish is under ―Mary Pylesville‖. Just follow the instructions. If you have any problems please call the office or if you do not have a computer call the office to set up a time to come in and use our computers. Just a reminder: Anyone 18 and over volunteering to serve on a committee or volunteer in any way for the parish you must be Virtus Trained. Any one between the ages of 14 & 17 must complete Worthy of the Call. Please contact Ms. Rachel for instructions
Our dear friend and parishioner, Joan Oktavec, passed away on December 16, 2019 The Mass will be celebrated at St. Mary, Pylesville on Friday, December 20th at 10:00 a.m.. In lieu of flowers a donation can be made to St. Jude Foundation for children or Susan G. Coleman Breast Cancer Foundation.
Remember the Holy Fun of Vacation Bible School! Now is your chance to get involved as an Adult. We are in need of a director for Vacation Bible School this coming summer. If you are an organizer, work well with children and are free 1 week in the summer, this may be for you. Contact Janet in the Parish Office at janet_stmarys@yahoo.com God Bless, Janet Young Director of Faith Formation St. Mary, Pylesville
After many years of service Jim Janiski (Fry Room) and Julie Nelis (Children’s Games) have decided to step down as chairperson. Thank you both so much for your many years serving and giving of your time and talent. These positions require you to be here to set up, be present the day of the dinner, to take down and to attend the meetings, four times a year, planning and evaluation. You must also be Virtus Trained. Jim and Julie will be here to help in any way they can, answer your questions and guide you. We are also hoping to get a co-chair for these positions. Just a reminder: Last dinner we had to cancel the White Elephant because no one came forward. So, if you were unhappy because it was canceled, please consider this position also. Of course we cannot cancel the fry room so we really need someone to step up to the plate for all of these positions, especially the fry room. We are looking for a chair and co-chair for the fry room, children’s games and white elephant. If anyone is interested or would like more information, please contact Barbara, Ext. 22.