st. dennis catholic church
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ST. DENNIS CATHOLIC CHURCH 1 5 3 N . MA IN S T R EE T • ! G A L E N A , M A R Y L A N D 2 1 6 3 5
PARISH CLERGY & STAFF Rev. James D. Hreha, Pastor Rev. Oscar Cosmas Ekwere, Hispanic Ministry
PARISH OFFICE 156 N. Main Street Monday - Friday: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm 410-648-5145 / [email protected]
Peg Tillinghast, Parish Secretary
Elizabeth Tillinghast, Bookkeeper [email protected]
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE 154 North Main Street / 410-648-5287
Jennifer Hinton, Director of Religious Ed. [email protected]
PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL Julie Winkler / [email protected]
FINANCE COUNCIL Brian Quinn / [email protected]
TRUSTEES Mark Stryker & Barbara McGuirk Millar
EUCHARIST Saturday Mass: Summer Sunday Mass: 8:00 am Sunday (Hispanic Mass): 11:00 am Mon., Tues. & Wed.: No Mass Thursday & Friday: 8:30 am
FIRST FRIDAY Eucharis�c Adora�on 9:30 to 10:30 am
HISPANIC FIRST FRIDAY Adora�on: 7:00 pm
HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION To be announced
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Sunday 9:15 to 10:30 am
RECONCILIATION Sunday 7:00 to 7:30 am
Phone: 410-648-5145 ---- Email: [email protected] ---- Web: www.stdennischurch.org Mailing address: P.O. Box 249, Galena, MD 21635 ---- Shipping address: 156 N. Main Street, Galena, MD 21635
Welcome to ST. DENNIS CHURCH!
New Members Register by calling the Parish Office at 410-648-5145 or online at www.stdennischurch.org
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PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD - MARCH 28, 2021
PALM SUNDAY• MARCH 28, 2021
The office continues to work remotely. If you have any questions or have a sacramental emergency, please call 410-920-2510 if no answer leave a message and I will return your call as soon as possible. All meetings and gatherings are postponed.
Remember to reserve a seat for Mass, call 410-648-5291 Wednesday from 11am to 1pm. Masks must be worn at all �mes.
PASTOR’S PEN
Dear People of God,
I hope and pray that all is well with you and your loved ones as we enter the celebration of the Paschal Mystery!
These days are called by a name that no others are designated. The term “Holy Week” is a powerful statement. It proclaims to the world that God is at work. This week uni-fies all Christian faiths by the central-ity of God’s love for His people.
Yet, this proclamation requires our embracing the celebration. Palm Sunday is a perfect example of how we accept this call. At Church we bless palms and have provided several safe options for our community to re-ceive them. None the less, folks must leave the normalcy of their homes to participate in the tradition.
Accordingly, to truly make this week holy, we must depart from the normalcy of our lives. If we want this week to be holy, we must make it ho-ly! This year, because of the gift that the pandemic has given us in our growth in digital technology, everyone has the opportunity to participate in the Triduum Services. Our livestream will also be “cached” for continuous availability.
PALM SUNDAY Certainly, this is the embodiment of the new life of the Resurrection that we are preparing to celebrate. The litur-gies of Holy Week are a gift from our Church that are now universally available. What a blessing God has given us this year!
May our observance of Holy Week enable us to experience the power of Easter!
Reserva�ons for Good Friday, April 2nd
and Easter Sunday, April 4th
Please make reserva�ons for the 3PM GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE and
the 8AM or 9:30AM EASTER SUNDAY MASS on Wednesday, March 31st by calling the parish office
at 410-648-5291 from 11AM-1PM. Making a seat reserva�on helps us to know the number of
people who wish to a�end and allows us to plan, in ad-vance, for safe sea�ng.
Thank you for your coopera�on.
Please visit our Parish website: stdennischurch.org to view bulle�ns, video’s and bulle�n over flow.
Please consider joining, our E-Giving program by calling Faith Direct customer service toll-free at 866-507-8757. Thank you in advance.
LIVE STREAMING UPDATE
PLEASE BRING OLD PALMS If you have Palms from 2020 please bring them to
church and deposit them into the box in the ves�bule.
Old Palms will be used to make ashes for next Ash Wednesday. Thank you
HOLY THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2021 NO MORNING MASS
GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2021 No Morning Mass 3:00pm Bill Fischer Req. by Lorraine Bailey 7PM GOOD FRIDAY—HISPANIC SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2021 8:00 am Novena 9:30am Novena SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2021 11:00 am, Hispanic Mass
ST DENNIS PASTORAL COUNCIL wants you to know that we need YOU to consider joining us to support St Dennis Parish in its vital work of planning, suppor�ng and envi-
sioning the future for us ALL.
Elec�ons for Council are held in May of the year.
Please contact the Council Execu�ve Officer,
Julia Winkler, if you are interested in know-ing more and/or want to lend your TIME and TALENTS for St Dennis Parish.
CONTACT - Julia Winkler –
.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_Dl3AJWCXaPXy7Fqhkg2yg We will officially begin live streaming of the Mass on Easter . If you are subscribed to our parish YouTube channel, you receive a pop up no�ce that the Mass is about to begin . If not subscribed, and we would like all parish-ioners to be subscribed , then the Mass can be accessed via our St Dennis website online. Please join us as a parishioner in person or online for Easter .
Where to Place My PRAYER STONE ? All parishioners, Councils, commi�ees,
ministry members and especially our youth of the parish…are invited to bring their
painted Prayer Stones to church at Easter-�me….Easter Sunday through Pentecost.
There will be baskets outside at the church entry doors in which to place your stone before Mass. If you wish to drop off your stone during the week, you may place it in
a basket that will be on the church front porch.
If you have forgo�en how you can prepare your Prayer Stone, please see the very helpful video online at h�ps://youtu.be/-u48H41QgRA
EASTER FLOWERS
Our lovely church has a special beauty at the holy sea-sons of the Liturgical year. Easter�me is coming soon and your help is needed to provide for the flower envi-ronment in our church. Please take a “Flower” envelope and make a dona�on to purchase the colorful spring flowers for St Dennis. A�er Easter�me, these flowers will be planted on the church grounds to beau�fy the outdoor campus. The “Flower” envelopes can be found in the ves�bule. Thank you from your Liturgy Commi�ee!
RCIA Do your buddies ever wonder about your faith or why you go to church every weekend? Do you know someone who might be looking for
something more in their life ... like maybe God? We are looking for people like you to help
us introduce others to Jesus. No experience necessary! If you go to church regularly and
have been Bap�zed, Confirmed, and received First Communion, we invite you to join the RCIA team at St. Dennis. People of all ages are wel-
comed and needed. If you want to find out more, email Mrs. Hinton
at [email protected]. "For 'everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be
saved.' But how can they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how can they be-
lieve in him of whom they have not heard?" (Romans 10:13-14)
STEWARDSHIP
03/28/21 Capital Improvement
Offertory for March 21, 2021
Offertory $1,475 Hispanic $220.00
PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD
First Reading: Isaiah 50:4-7
Isaiah describes the pain and insults of the Servant of God. Yet he sounds hopeful when describing God as his help, knowing he will not be disgraced.
Second Reading: Philippians 2:6-11
Paul exults Christ’s great sacrifice of humbling himself to become human and die on the cross. He explains that this is why we should now realize the importance of hon-oring both his name and memory.
Gospel: Mark 14:1—15:47
Mark describes the events leading up to Christ’s crucifix-ion. The Last Supper is described, explaining where the Eucharist began. Judas betrays Jesus and his suffering at the hands of the Sanhedrin (Council) is detailed.
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Triduum – The most important days of the liturgical year. During these days we celebrate the passion and resurrec-tion of Jesus. The Triduum begins with the evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday. Its high point is
the Easter Vigil. The Triduum ends with evening paryer on Easter Sunday.
Holy Thursday, April 1
Mass of the Lord’s Supper St. Polycarp Church, 7:00 pm
Good Friday, April 2 Liturgy of the Passion & Death of Our Lord St. Dennis, 3:00 pm Hispanic Stations of the Cross St. Dennis, 7:00 pm
Holy Saturday, April 3
The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night St. Polycarp, 7:30 pm
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord, April 4
Mass St. Polycarp Church, 8 am & 10 am
Mass St. Dennis, 8 am & 9:30 am, & 11 am (Spanish)
RESERVATIONS: St. Polycarp: Reservations for Holy Thursday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday Masses will be accepted by phone on Wednesday, March 24th from 9am – 2pm. Online reservations will be accepted March 24th beginning at 12:01 am to March 31st at 12:00pm, noon or until capacity is reached. Holy Thursday Mass - https://membership.faithdirect.net/events/details/6482 Easter Vigil - https://membership.faithdirect.net/events/details/6483 Easter Sunday Mass, 8 am - https://membership.faithdirect.net/events/details/6484 Easter Sunday Mass, 10am https://membership.faithdirect.net/events/details/6485 St. Dennis: Reservations for Good Friday and the Easter Sunday Masses can be made by calling the Parish Office at St. Dennis on Wednesday, March 31st from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm. 410-648-5291. LIVE-STREAMING: St. Polycarp: https://www.youtube.com/c/StPolycarpSmyrnaDE
St. Dennis: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_Dl3AJWCXaPXy7Fqhkg2yg
For more information, visit www.saintpolycarp.org or www.stdennischurch.org/
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