St. Hugh of Grenoble

Catholic Church

Mass Times

SUNDAY Sat. 5 p.m. Vigil 8 a.m.

9:30 a.m. 11 a.m.

DAILY Mon.-Fri. 7:15 a.m. Saturday 9 a.m.

Fed. Holidays 9 a.m.

135 Crescent Road Greenbelt MD, 20770 www.sthughofgrenoble.org

Phone (301) 474-4322, FAX (301) 474-9263 sthughoffice@gmail.com

Clergy

Rev. Walter J. Tappe, Pastor Rev. Richard D. Kramer, Jr., Assisting Priest Mr. Desi Vikor, Deacon Parish Staff Ms. Maggie Gutierrez, Busi-ness Manager Mrs. Mary Wade, Director of the School of Religion Mrs. Jennifer Goltz, Director of Music Gerald Muller, DMA, Princi-pal Organist and Director Emeritus Mr. Hung Le, Plant Manager Parish Office

Office Hours: 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. Monday—Friday School of Religion (CCD)

301-474-4322 shreligioused4@gmail.com Mrs. Mary Wade, Director

St. Joseph Regional School

11011 Montgomery Road Beltsville, MD. 20705 301-937-7154 Mr. Zach Hooker, Principal Holy Hour

First Fridays at 7:00 p.m.

The Sacraments

Reconciliation: Saturday: 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Baptism: 2nd Sunday of the month after the 11 a.m. Mass. Call the rectory to make arrange-ments. Marriage: By arrangement. Con-tact the pastor at least six months before intended date of wedding. Anointing of the Sick: Call the Office when a loved one is seri-ously ill to arrange for the sacra-ment. New Parishioners

See the Greeter after Sunday Mass to register. Departing Parishioners

Please inform the parish office that you’re leaving. Music for this Sunday

Entrance: no. 528 Preparation: no. 530 Ordinary of the Mass: Schubert Holy, holy Communion: no. 538, 518 Marian: no. 1012 Final: no. 522

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

— John 1:5

The Nativity of the Lord December 25, 2016

Your Prayers Requested For those discerning their vocations For those preparing for the sacraments Our young people for First Communion, and Confirma-tion; and those in RCIA. For the sick Please pray for: Elizabeth Pels Nash; Ludvik Matyas; Dave Williams; Tom Moran; Stephen Blizard; Rita Ann Giane-chini; Donald Exner; Paul Beavers; Julia Stratchko; Emma Rose Karch; Reverend Thomas Crowley. For the deceased In your charity, please pray for the souls of our beloved dead. For our troops Please pray for: Adam Weaver, James Hall, Christopher Pfaffman, Anthony (Tj) Hose, Anthony Ladnier, Tony Alves, Karen Mealey, Mark Bailey, Robert Bailey.

To add a name to these lists, please call the rectory.

Masses for the Week of 12/25-12/31 Saturday 5pm Mary Matyas 11pm Nancy Muller Sunday 8am Frances Bates 9:30am Magdalene Fuchs 11am Intention of the Parish Monday 7:15am Anne Chotiner Tuesday 7:15am Living and deceased members of the Hayes, Fletcher, & Creech fami lies Wed. 7:15am Francdes Sayre Haker Thursday 7:15am Int. Christine Bailey Friday 7:15am Int. Tom Langsbury Saturday 9am Mary & Joseph Fitzmaurice 5pm Int. Tony Tringale Sunday 8am Living & Deceased Sodalists 9:30am Intention of the Parish 11am Ann & Allan Chotiner

This Week at a Glance Today 12/25/2016, The Nativity of the Lord † 8am Mass † 9:30am Mass † 11am Mass, Parish Choir Monday 12/26/2016, St. Stephen † 7:15am Mass ♦ Parish Office closed Tuesday 12/27/2016, St. John † 7:15am Mass ♦ Knights of Columbus 7:30pm, Grenoble Hall Wednesday 12/28/2016, The Holy Innocents † 7:15am Mass Thursday 12/29/2016, St. Thomas Becket † 7:15am Mass Friday 12/30/2016, The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph † 7:15am Mass ♦ Movie Night 7:30pm, Grenoble Hall Saturday 12/31/2016, St. Sylvester I † 9am Mass † 3:30pm-4:30pm Confessions † 5pm Vigil Mass

The calendar is also online: www.sthughofgrenoble.org

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 8ab, 16bc, 17; Mt 10:17-22 Tuesday: 1 Jn 1:1-4; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12; Jn 20:1a, 2-8 Wednesday: 1 Jn 1:5 — 2:2; Ps 124:2-5, 7b-8; Mt 2:13-18 Thursday: 1 Jn 2:3-11; Ps 96:1-3, 5b-6; Lk 2:36-40 Friday: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 or Col 3:12-21 [12-17]; Ps 128:1-5; Mt 2:13-15, 19-23 Saturday: 1 Jn 2:18-21; Ps 96:1-2, 11-13; Jn 1:1-18 Sunday: Nm 6:22-27; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Gal 4:4-7; Lk 2:16-21

FROM THE SCHOOL OF RELIGION

We will be closed today and January 1, 2017 for our Christmas and New Year holidays. Classes will resume at 10:45am on January 8th, and we will have our annual Christmas/Epiphany Pageant and Potluck Lunch in the school gym at 11:30am-12:30pm. Please bring a favorite family food and dessert to share. The School of Religion will provide paper goods, utensils, and drinks.

Income Tax Information The parish will be happy to provide an official 2016 state-ment of contributions for all those who need it, but to prevent needless preparation of statements for all parish-ioners, we are asking those who need them to fill in the form below and drop it in the collection. Statements cover all contributions which are identifiable—those made through the envelope system and Faith Direct. State-ments will begin to be processed toward the end of Janu-ary. NAME: ADDRESS: ENVELOPE #:

Christmas Flowers Help make the Church beautiful for the entire Christmas Season by using the Christmas Flower en-velope, available in the back of the Church. Please take one and drop it in the collection basket.

From the Pastor Christmas has arrived! The Advent Season has zoomed by, except for our children, for whom every day before Christmas seemed like an eternity. For most of us, we never seem to have enough time to get ready for Christmas. But, we shouldn’t let this bother us. Advent is essentially about letting go and letting God: letting go of our expectations and letting God fill us with his expectations. The Advent season has been about preparing our hearts, as best we are able, to receive the gift that Jesus is prepared to give us this Christmas: the gift of his Father’s love. “Come to me,” Jesus says, “all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart, and you will find rest. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light” (Matthew 11:28-30). Jesus’ “yoke” is a God-centered life. His “burden” is our trusting God in all things, knowing that he loves and has given us his Son as our savior. The joy of Christmas is not something we can manufacture for ourselves. We do not produce it by saying so many prayers or doing so many good works. We say the prayers and do the good works because only in this way can we receive the joy that Jesus offers us at Christmas and, indeed, every day: the joy of abiding in the Father’s love with a serene conscience. May our loving God fill you with grace and peace at the birth of his Son, and may the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph embrace you with their goodness and joy! Yours in Christ, Father Walter

Dear St. Hugh Parish Families, School Initiatives: Help us reach with our Initiatives! You can donate by clicking the yellow donate button on our school website www.stjosrcs.org. You can also come to the school office to donate, or inquire about a specific initiative. Thank you for all of your support and help making our school a better place everyday! *STEM Initiative* *Drama Initiative* *Playground Initiative* *Window Initiative* *Security Initiative* *Tuition Assistance Initiative* This Week at a Glance: MERRY CHRISTMAS! We will be on Christmas break. We hope that all of you are able to enjoy Christmas and New Years! We will all be praying for blessings, joy, and growth in the com-ing year! Next Week at a Glance: HAPPY NEW YEAR! Classes will resume on Tues-day, and we will attend our usually scheduled school mass. Our stu-dents will have opportunities to share some of their joys from the break from school and our positive expectations for the new year. We will be praying for continued growth in faith, academics, and relationships! Tuition Assistance: Every year our families receive between $50,000 and $75,000 in tuition assistance from the Archdiocese of Washington. We encourage any families that are interested in attending St. Joseph’s RCS for the 2017-2018 school year to visit the school website and apply for tuition assistance. Enrollment: If you would like to schedule a private tour please call the school 301-937-7154, or email secretary@stjosrcs.org. We have space left in some of our classes, and would love to add some new students to our growing family! If you are considering attending St. Joseph’s RCS next year, the application for tuition assistance is now open. Upcoming School Events: Jan. 3 Classes Resume; Jan. 16 Martin Luther King Jr. Day- School Closed; Jan. 21 Paint Night With Mrs. Lafferty- 7pm School’s Website- www.stjosrcs.org; Facebook- stjosephbeltsville; Twitter- @StJosephsRCS; Instagram- @stjosephsrcs Zach Hooker, Principal

Ladies of Charity Coat Drive Between now and Christmas the Ladies of Charity are collecting gently used winter coats, scarves, gloves and hats in Grenoble Hall to be given to those in need through the ʺHouse of the Hillʺ locat-ed at Sacred Heart Church in Bowie, MD.

St. Hughʹs Christmas Bazaar Raffle: Donʹt forget there is still time to turn in your raffle tickets for the St. Hughʹs Christmas Bazaar Raffle drawing which will be held January 1, 2017. These tickets make great gifts. We wish you good luck. If you need more tickets or have any questions, please call Gin-ger Feliciotti at 301-441-1458.

THE GIFT OF GOD’S WORD On this day of gifts and gift-giving, it seems appro-priate that we take a moment to reflect on the great gift of God’s Word. Because it is creative, God’s Word always points to its author, always calls us to respond. Because it is powerful, God’s Word can link the sublime with the ridiculous, the transcend-ent with the immanent, the divine with the human. Because it is graceful, God’s Word establishes a rela-tionship of deep intimacy between us and God. At the heart of God’s Word lies a tantalizing tension between the mysterious and the mundane. In our liturgical celebration, this unresolved tension both reveals the meaning of life for us and calls us to re-spond, to act upon that meaning. Once accepted and opened, the gift of God’s Word is a gift that keeps on giving and keeps on calling us to give in return. It dares us to be like the gift-giver and to become gifts for others, not only at Christmas, but at every moment of life. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

CHURCH NAME: ST. HUGH OF GRENOBLE 135 Crescent Rd. Greenbelt, MD. 20770 BULLETIN NUMBER: 511528 CONTACT PERSON: Jennifer Goltz OR Mary Wade OR Maggie Gutierrez (301) 474-4322 sthughoffice@gmail.com DATE OF PUBLICATION: 12/25/2016 (Sunday’s date) Windows 7 Publisher 2013 NUMBER OF PAGES TRANSMITTED: 6 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: Office hours end at 2pm. Please instruct FedEx that NO SIGNATURE IS REQUIRED if they deliver when we are closed—they may leave it outside the door.