Saint Joseph's

Monastery Parish

3801 Old Frederick Rd. at Monastery Avenue Baltimore, Maryland 21229

We are a welcoming parish. Whatever your present status in the Catholic Church, whatever your current family or marital situation, whatever your past or present religious affiliation, whatever your personal history, age, background, race or color, sexual orientation, whatever your self-esteem, you are invited ,welcomed, accepted, loved and respected by the Catholic Community of St. Joseph’s Monastery Parish.

PASTORAL STAFF Rev. Michael A. Murphy, x216 ........................................... Pastor Mrs. Gail Fischer,x226 GFischer@sjmp.org Religious Education

Ms. Rebecca Obniski,x235 info@sjmp.org Director of Music PARISH STAFF Mr. Al McGill x219 AMcgill@sjmp.org Facilities Manager Ms. Lisa Jacobs x214 LJacobs@sjmp.org Parish Secretary OFFICE HOURS Monday - Thursday 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Friday 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM 251 S. Morley Street

Phone-410 -566-0877 Fax-410 -233-4974 E-mail: info@sjmp.org

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (ages 3-12) (9:30 a.m..- 10:40 a.m.)

Sunday School ……………………………...9:30 a.m.. - 10:40 a.m.

RCIA ……………………………………….. 9:35 a.m. – 10:35 a.m. Mrs. Barbara Dawson: 443-844-1068 bid70x7@aol.com Mrs.Mary Homans 410-299-6187 marymargarethomans@gmail.com

SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Pastor to be notified 6 months in advance of plan date.

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Arrangements are made with the Pastor

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PARISH INFORMATION

BULLETIN MASSES For: October 2—10,2021

Saturday, October 2,2021 4:00 p.m. In Loving Memory of Gene Hillman (D) on the 1st Anniversary of Gene’s Death Sunday, October 3,2021 8:30 a.m. For the People of the Parish 11:00 a.m. Rita Moxley (D) Monday, October 4,2021

8:00 a.m. Buddy Ledley (D) Tuesday, October 5,2021 8:00 a.m. No Intentions Wednesday, October 6 ,2021 8:00 a.m. Fallon-Sanderson Families Thursday, October 7,2021 8:00 a.m.. Patrick Chisholm (D) 6th Anniversary of Death Saturday, October 9,2021 4:00 p.m. Ed & Lorraine Gunning In Celebration of their 50th Wedding Anniversary Sunday, October 10,2021 8:00a.m. For the People of the Parish 11:00 a.m. In Loving Memory of Robert C. Jacobs (D) on Robert’s 83rd Birthday

Richard (Cancer) Nadine (Cancer). Tom M.( Spe-cial Intentions) Dick K. (Cancer) Peggy, Bob & Andy Moan (Special Intentions) Mara, Fadi, Yo-sif, Mara & Sally, Hanan ,Shawn , Alton (Special Intentions) . Cecilia W. (Special Intention) Bar-bara’s Neighbor (Cancer) Larry J. (Good Health) Dareen McGloin (Good Health), Joseph Meyer (Good Health) & Family ,Karen Bowen (Fall & Surgery), Herman Williams (Fall) Peggy Day (Fall) Mike G. (Stroke) & Strength for the Family, Marian Erdman (Fall) Chris (Good Health) Pat B. (Good Health) Eugene M. (Covid recovery) Louis (Avon) Owens ( Good Health) Mary Dooley (Liver Condition) ,Chuck McNery (Cancer) Daniel Thom-as (Cancer) , Tom Cornell (Cancer) Pat Bunke & Family (Cancer), Elaine M. (Cancer) , Joe Garbo (Good Health)

PRAYER LIST : Please remember those who are sick, in a nursing or convalescent home, the homebound and their fami-lies and caregivers by including them in our Parish Prayer Chain. Please call the Rectory 410-566-0877 to add them to our list. If anyone needs visitation, please call the Rectory 410-566-0877 with the names of anyone in the hospital, nursing home or assisted living facility or who is homebound.

Bulletin Masses Please call the Rectory office to have your loved ones and friends remembered or honored in a Bulletin Mass. It is a great way to remember and honor your special dates and occasions.

ADORATION We will be having Adoration on Thursday’s from 12-1:00 PM with prayers and Benediction at the end. Please join us! There may be times that we have to cancel due to a funeral

SHREDDING & ELECTRONICS RECYCLING at KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS On Saturday, October 16 from 10 am -12 noon in the Council Parking Lot at 1010 Frederick Road, Catonsville (Next to the Catonsville Public Li-brary). Bring your sensitive documents, corre-spondence, bills, receipts, etc. for safe destruc-tion. Please no newspapers, magazines or oth-er non-sensitive paper. AS always, the service is free, but we will be collecting donations for our charity fund throughout the day. We will also be accepting electronics for recy-cling that day. For more information, call Michael Doetzer 410-242-6130 POPE FRANCIS’S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR

OCTOBER : Missionary Disciples We pray that every baptized person may be en-gaged in evangelization, available to the mission, by being witnesses of a life that has the flavor of the Gospel.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned. ~~St. Francis of Assisi

On Sunday October 17th Saint Joseph’s Monas-tery Parish will celebrate 155 years of service in Southwest Baltimore. All are invited to join us for a special mass at 11 am, especially those who grew up in the parish, attended school or were once members. Help make this a special day by joining us to celebrate!

155th

Anniversary

WELCOME TO SAINT JOSEPH’S MONASTERY PARISH

All Souls Day November 2, 2021 The Office of Cemetery Management of the Archdiocese of Baltimore is providing a final resting place for those who were cremated but not yet buried. Since cremation has become an accepted practice, more families are choosing cremation though choosing not to bury at the time of cremation. The Archdiocese of Balti-more is providing an opportunity to bury the de-ceased in sacred ground at Holy Cross Ceme-tery (Ritchie Highway) for a reduced cost of $350. The urns will be in one vault which is sealed and buried. The grave is marked with the date of burial and the deceased’s name will be recorded in the cemetery’s records so that family and future generations may visit. Those hoping to participate in the November 2 burial, must be registered by October 15, 2021. For more info and details of registration contact Rev. Patrick Carrion * Office of Cemeteries * 410-547-5375 * Pcarrion@archbalt.org

Please join us October 17, 2021 as we celebrate our 155 th Parish Anni-

versary at the 11:00 a.m. Mass. The new bricks that have been ordered will be installed and you will be able to view them in the garden.

BLUE MASS to honor our First Responders OCTOBER 10,2021 11:00 a.m.

UPCOMING PARISH EVENTS

PASSIONIST MASS Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 11:00

He said to them in reply, ”What did Moses com-mand you?” They replied, “Moses permitted a husband to write a bill of divorce and dismiss her.” But Jesus told them, “Because of the hard-ness of your hearts he wrote you this command-ment. But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.” Mk 10: 3-6

For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. So they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, no human must be separate.”Mk 10: 7-9

PROJECT PLASE FUNDRAISING EVENT Project PLASE, (people Lacking Ample Shelter & Employment) our neighbor who works to move Baltimore's homeless citizens from crisis to stabil-ity, cordially invites you to the 2nd annual Blanket Ball at 6:00 PM on October 29,2021. Individual tickets cost $150.00. Project PLASE helps (at least) 1300 each year, with 95% of those permanently housed remaining housed and stable. This unique event is being held at the Maryland Center for History and Culture, 610 Park Avenue. The Center is more than a Museum and Library They provide space for discovery and developing a deeper under-standing of the nation’s history and culture through the lens of Maryland. For the event, COVID-19 precautions are in ef-fect. The Blanket Ball is semi-formal and features free valet parking, an open bar, a buffet, a silent auction, and music by DJ Loose Cannon. The Guest Speaker will be Baltimore Deputy Mayor, Faith Leach. All net proceeds benefit Project PLASE. For Tickets and/or Sponsorship: https://bitly.com/2021BlanketBall . If you are unable to attend, please consider do-nating the price of one or several tickets to Pro-ject PLASE, Inc. to allow a low-income person to attend through your generous scholarship . Project PLASE, Inc. 3601 Old Frederick Rd., Baltimore, MD 21229

“In the Eucharist, Jesus draws close to us: let us not turn away from those around us.” Pope Francis, Corpus Christi, 2020

September 18 & 19,2021

Mass Attendance 288 Envelopes $ 2,581.00 Loose $ 1,003.00 Online Giving $ 1,371.00 2nd Collection/Energy $ 1,946.00 Building & Maintenance $ 20.00 Total Offertory $ 6,951.00 Please consider remembering our Par-ish in your estate planning and Will. Our Cor-porate Title is: Saint Joseph's Passionist Mon-

astery Roman Catholic Congregation, Inc.

Thank you for your continued support. Your generosity ensures that we are able to continue with the expenses of the church. Online giving is always available. You may sign up and give as often as you like. If you would like more information, please call the rectory or go online

at :www.osvhub.com/sjmp/funds Give, Serve

and Pray while you’re away. Online giving helps to sus-tain our parish Download Our Sunday Visitor from the App Store or Google Play

THINGS TO DO TO HONORTHE MONTH OF THE ROSARY IN OCTOBER PRACTICE SPECIAL ACTS OF CHARITY Choose one of the noted feast days in October — for example, Our Lady of the Rosary (October 7), any Saturday (since all Saturdays are devoted to Mary) or the feast of Pope St. John Paul II on October 22 (he was famously devoted to the Ro-sary) — and do a special act of charity for some-one in need. Offer it up to Jesus through Mary’s Immaculate heart. PRAY THE ROSARY EVERY DAY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER OR PRAY A FAMILY ROSARY If you don’t already, why not start saying the Ro-sary every day. Or try saying a family Rosary or even just a decade together. Let each person share an intention they’d like the whole family to pray for. READ A MARIAN CLASSIC Here are some suggestions: The Secret of the Rosary or True Devotion to Mary by St. Louis de Montford; The Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary; The Imitation of Mary by Thomas a Kem-pis; The World’s First Love: Mary, Mother of God by Fulton Sheen. SET YOUR DINING TABLE, MANTEL OR OTH-ER PROMINENT AREA IN YOUR HOME WITH AN OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY ALTAR Get a blue table cloth or runner to evoke Mary, or white to evoke her purity and adorn with a statue or picture of Our Lady and a bouquet of flowers you freshen all month and/or a candle (and there are many safe battery-operated candles these days!) to light at night. Since it is the month of the Rosary, include one prominently in your display.

Gratefully, I come before you, Lord. Thanking you for giving me: Another day to serve you, another day to love you, another day to praise you. Fine-tune this im-perfect instrument, so that I may not be an obsta-cle in your plans. Help me Lord, to surrender to you wholeheartedly without looking back at the shore I left behind. Encourage me to focus on the new horizon. Control my path, Lord. Lead me to that new and unfamiliar land, where anything is possible with you !

EVERYDAY STEWARDSHIP - Therein lies the...rib

“If I were God…” is a dangerous way to start a sen-tence, but how many of us do this? Probably more regularly than we would like to admit. Even if we don’t verbalize the sentiment, we likely think it from time to time. Most of us finish that statement with some genius, original idea for eradicating difficulty and pain from the world. If I were God, I wouldn’t let anyone go hungry. If I were God, all wealth would be equally distributed. If I were God, war wouldn’t exist. I imagine that, when we think thoughts like these, God shakes His head and wonders why we don’t look a little harder at the whole of His creation — because I can promise you, it’s never lacking. When Adam had a need for a companion, God used what was available: Adam’s rib. Everything that He had put into place was already perfect, al-ready complete. Woman was a new creation, but not a new species. Adam searched through all of creation to find the perfect mate, but God had tucked the answer inside of His creation all along. I’m guilty of it as much as anyone else — looking to Heaven with a chip on my shoulder. “Why haven’t you sent me what I need? I’ve been asking over and over again.” But have I even thought to look inside of myself? Where is the rib you are missing today? What are the opportunities God has set before you? What are the needs that He is ready to fulfill, if only you would stop wasting time lamenting all the solutions that don’t fit the bill? — Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS

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