FALL HARVEST SWING DANCE NOV. 10TH FROM 7-10 P.M. $5.00 pp at the door plus a canned food donation for Thanksgiving Food Drive. Food/Fun/Door Prizes. To benefit the teens Catholic Heart Work Camp Summer 2019 Trip!! All are welcome!!!

Do you like coffee? Do you enjoy discussing your Catholic faith? Well then Common Grounds is for you! This is a discussion group in a relaxed setting for learning and discussing our faith. The group will meet once a month on the second Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in the youth room. We will have a general topic to start the conversation but will go where the Holy Spirit takes us. Bring your favorite coffee cup and enjoy a different coffee each month. The first meeting will be on October 11th and our starting topic will be the abuse allegations effecting the church currently. This is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Mason Dixon and is open to everyone. Hope to see you there!! Any questions contact Grand Knight John McCarty at 443-928-2107 or e-mail 1096cop1@comcast.net.

FR. PAUL HENRY’S ADULT ED PROGRAM The Adult Education Classes with Fr. Paul Henry will resume on Wednesday, October 3rd. We will be continuing our study of the development of the Nicene Creed as a response to heresies. The Primary text will be Dissent from the Creed; Heresies Past and Present by Richard M. Hogan. Classes will meet on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Youth Room.

Saturday OCT. 6, 2018 10:00 AM Please join us for the Blessing of the Animals. All animals great and small are welcome. Please arrive at 9:45AM to prepare for the blessing. The Blessing of the Animals begins at 10:00AM on the parish grounds, behind the parish center outside the youth room. Please have animals on leashes. Refreshments will be available.

St Mary's Care Ministry Afternoon Tea for the ladies of the parish. Sunday September 30 from 3 - 5pm in the parish hall. If you would like more details and to reserve a seat please call -- Pauline Wolf at 410-692-5102 or email peane13@verizon.net

If you are interested in Signing up for WWP, Click the button on top of the webpage with the logo or click on this title and you will be taken to the online registration. If you wish to print out your registration there is a paper copy available under forms on the left side of the page.

The Mason-Dixon Council #10100 Knights of Columbus is sponsoring a parish-wide Catholic citizenship Essay contest. All Catholic students enrolled in grades 8-12th and must attend St. Mary’s Church are eligible. There will be 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes in each grade level. Complete information involving rules, regulations, and entry forms will be available in mid-September. Watch for more details in the bulletin, and on the boards in the vestibule and Parish Hall.

BANNER OF THE BLESSED MOTHER: St. Mary’s has a new parish project on the horizon. We are creating a banner version of the image of the Blessed Mother on the stained glass window next to the altar. Everyone is invited to participate in the banner project either by donating fabric or helping in the construction. We need material plus volunteers who are experienced with sewing, appliqué, embroidery, or quilting. We can use solids or simple prints in different values of colors, especially in blue, rose, pink, cream, green, yellow, and gold. Sizes may be small scraps or up to one yard maximum per fabric. Please drop your donations in the container next to the Library in the box marked: FABRIC FOR ST. MARY’S BANNER. If you would like to help with constructing the banner please come to our meeting on Aug. 23rd at 10 a.m. in the Parish Hall.

New Medicare Cards Medicare is in the process of issuing new Medicare cards that do not include social security numbers, gender or signature. They will have a new Medicare number unique to each recipient, reducing identity theft and fraud. People new to Medicare will be the first to receive the new cards. Current recipients with the old cards will begin receiving new cards soon. Pennsylvania and Maryland cards were to be mailed between April and June 2018, but are being delayed a month for Medicare to step up anti-fraud initiatives. Beware of scammers! There have been reports of scammers requesting money to buy the new card or asking for social security numbers. Medicare will not call to ask for any information or money to receive the new numbers. You need to do nothing, there is no charge. New cards will come automatically as long as the social security administration has a correct address. For more information, go to medicare.gov/newcard/ or call 1-800MEDICARE. Change your address at ssa.gov/my account or call 800-772-1213.

Gift Basket Donations for Golf Tournament This year the Knights of Columbus is trying some different things for our annual golf tournament, which will be held June 22, 2018 at Tanglewood Manor Golf Club. One of those things is to raffle off sports themed baskets. We are asking if any family or group of people would like to get together and chose your favorite sports team and create a basket for the golf tournament. This can include tickets to the game, clothing, memorabilia, etc. Please contact John McCarty at 443-928-2107 or 1096cop1@comcast.net if interested. We need your help to make this a success.

Mass/Communion services during the week varies, please consult the weekly bulletin for that information.

Are you looking to learn more about your faith? Check out these websites. Click on the title to go to the link.

The Contemporary Music group is always looking for new members. We are especially looking for piano and guitar players as well as singers. If you think you might be interested you can call Kay Wolff at 410-322-1370 or come up to the choir loft after 11:15 Mass.

Please go to the youth page to download and read the Winter Newsletter. There are lots of exciting things going on. Look on the right side of the page under documents

Any one interested in joining a team of parishioners that would like to help bring the Holy Eucharist to those in need such as the Sick, Home Bound, and Hospitalized. Please contact John McCarty at 1096cop1@comcast.net