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Ascension Sunday
May 12, 2024
"God mounts his throne to shouts of joy: a blare of trumpets for the Lord." (Ps 47)
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In this edition:
Happy Mothers' Day!
Staff transitions
Opening for Communications Director
Online Catholic Home Solar Workshop
Recital by French Organist
June Holy Hour for Priest Ordinandi
July Weekend Retreat along the Potomac
& more
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Masses
Saturday, May 11 at 5:30pm (Vigil)
Sunday, May 12 at 7am, 9am, 11am,
1pm (en español) & 5:30pm
Online Offertory: PayPal | Faith Direct
See Livestreams webpage for links.
Enjoy a blessing of mothers at all Masses!
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Let us pray:
—for the sick, especially Catherine Parello, Luis Miguel Silva, Etelvina Martinez, Dan Evans, Maria da Silva, Paul Fry, Francisca Granados Flores, Soila Manchame, Margaret Judy, Sofía Valero, Dorianne Alvarado, Donald Klawiter, Simona, Halina Mielnik, Camilia Juber Carmona, John Guerriero, Elsa Henderson, Yvette Romero, Enmanuel Del Valle, Patricia Castro, Michael Harrill, Eileen Elvin, Geralda Masi, Katie Roland, Peter Tan, Mary & Carl Milewski, Therese Fergo, Maria Gianino, Yolanda Mendez Acevedo, Anne Rader, Robyn Nishimi, Paul Gruber, Sick of Mufide Rende Family, and Blanca Rose Juarez.
To add a name to the prayer list of the sick or recently deceased, email Msgr. Jameson. If asking for prayers for a person who is sick, please first get their permission.
Special Collection this Weekend
The centennial celebration of the First Mass at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is commemorated with a special collection at all Masses. You also may contribute online at adw.org/Shrine100.
This Sunday's Meetups —
Looking ahead to next Sunday, Always God's Children holds a final meeting before summer break, in the West Conference Room on Sunday, May 19 at 3:30pm. READ MORE ABOUT AGC
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Sunday Night with C†YA
Join us Sunday nights at 6:30pm, following the 5:30pm Mass, in the North Conference Room. Meet other Catholics, talk about the faith, and build friendships!
Tuesday Happy Hour
Come for a C†YA Happy Hour at 6:30pm on Tuesday, May 14, and every other Tuesday through the summer, at Aslin Beer Company on 14th Street on Logan Circle.
Upon this Rock
On May 20 we honor the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church. Check out the special event featured on the Young Adults webpage — Upon this Rock, Celebrating Mary, Mother of the Church, with our own priests of the Archdiocese of Washington headlining at Pearl Street Warehouse in SW DC on May 20 at 7pm. See the Facebook event and buy tickets online.
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People on the Move
Changes in our pastoral and administrative staff are coming in late June! Fr. John Benson, our Parochial Vicar, who helped to lead us all, body and soul, through the pandemic and beyond, will move on to a new assignment within the Archdiocese of Washington. Maureen Hurley, who has led our parish communications and otherwise served Msgr. Jameson as Assistant to the Rector for many years, also leaves the staff to enjoy her family full-time. (See the position opening for a Communications Director.) Look for farewell notes and save the date for Fr. John's farewell celebration on June 23 after the 1pm Mass - his last Sunday Mass as Parochial Vicar.
Personas en movimiento
¡Los cambios en nuestro personal pastoral y administrativo llegarán a finales de junio! El P. John Benson, nuestro Vicario Parroquial, quien ayudó a guiarnos a todos, en cuerpo y alma, a través de la pandemia y más allá, pasará a una nueva asignación dentro de la Arquidiócesis de Washington. Maureen Hurley, quien ha dirigido las comunicaciones de nuestra parroquia y ha servido a Mons. Jameson como Asistente del Rector durante muchos años, también deja el personal para disfrutar de su familia a tiempo completo. (Véase la vacante para un Director de Comunicaciones). Busque las notas de despedida y reserve la fecha para la celebración de despedida del P. John el 23 de junio después de la Misa de la 1pm, su última Misa dominical como Vicario Parroquial.
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Misa de la Solemnidad de la Ascensión del Señor en español
12 de mayo a la 1pm
Vea nuestra página web de transmisiones en vivo para obtener enlaces.
Colecta especial
En las misas del 11 y 12 de mayo, habrá una colecta especial para conmemorar la celebración del centenario de la Primera Misa en la Basílica del Santuario Nacional de la Inmaculada Concepción. También puede contribuir en línea en adw.org/Shrine100.
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Eventos
- Grupo de Oración en español - martes 14 de mayo, Rosario a las 7pm y conferencia con P. Juan Noboa, salón de conferencias del norte; Tema: La Liturgia
- Clase de Bautismo en español - domingo 19 de mayo a las 9am, salón de conferencias del este; para inscribirse, envíe un email a Fatima Aybar
- Misa de Corpus Christi en español con Primera Comunión y Procesión de Corpus Christi después de la Misa - domingo 2 de junio a la 1pm
- Santo Rosario por teléfono en español - todos los días a las 3pm (347-378-0694, PIN 283 201 937#)
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Peregrinación Eucarística Nacional
Le invitamos a registrarse en línea antes del 1 de junio para participar en la próxima Peregrinación Eucarística Nacional, que viajará a través de la Arquidiócesis de Washington durante el período del 7 al 9 de junio, con una Misa pública y Procesión en DC el sábado 8 de junio.
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Ordenación y Primera Misa
El diácono Isaac Sagastume, quien ha ejercido su ministerio aquí en la Catedral desde el otoño pasado, será ordenado sacerdote por el cardenal Gregory, junto con otros 15 diáconos de la Arquidiócesis de Washington, el sábado 15 de junio en el Santuario Nacional de la Inmaculada Concepción. El domingo 16 de junio, todos son bienvenidos mientras el P. Isaac celebra su Primera Misa de Acción de Gracias en San Mateo, una Misa bilingüe a las 11am seguida de una recepción. Oremos en acción de gracias por el diácono Isaac y por sus intenciones, mientras se prepara para la ordenación.
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May Book Club Selection
Join the Cathedral Book Club on Thursday, May 23 in the West Conference Room, 7 - 8pm, to discuss "Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America," by Heather Cox Richardson. Filmmaker Ken Burns commends the "cogent, challenging, thoughtful, riveting, and beautiful narrative.” Fr. Jack Hurley leads the discussion.
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Weekend Retreat at Loyola Retreat House
Register now
Join us July 26 – July 28 for "Light of Christ," a weekend retreat for St. Matthew's parishioners and friends at Loyola Retreat House in Faulkner, MD.
FIND MORE INFO / REGISTER ONLINE
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Christian Meditation
Drop in for a meditation session with instruction and practice, offered by L.J. Milone twice a week on Zoom (Sunday afternoons at 1:30pm and Wednesday evenings at 8pm), and in-person in the St. Francis Chapel (Mondays & Wednesdays at 12:45pm).
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National Eucharistic Revival
This year, the U.S. bishops are sponsoring a National Eucharistic Revival. The aim is to kindle love for the Risen Jesus in the Eucharist and revitalize the Catholic people’s participation in Sunday Mass. To this end, we present brief weekly meditations on the Eucharist until the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, June 2, 2024.
From the writings of Ilia Delio
Ilia Delio, Making All Things New: Catholicity, Cosmology, Consciousness 2
The eyes of the baptized are called to see Christ as the innermost center of the universe and to sacramentalize this reality through the celebration of the Eucharist. Jesus left us a memorial of his life by sharing his body and blood in a way that we would “re-member” or be “membered to” his life, creating and widening the fields of love, mercy, and compassion: “Do this in memory of me” (Lk 22:19). Jesus’s “Do this in memory of me” are words of entanglement, saying that my life affects your life, and your life affects my life—we are mutually and reciprocally related. By celebrating the sacrament of the Eucharist we are not simply saying thank you to God, as if saying, “how nice of you to remember me.” Eucharist means being an active participant in the cosmic body of Christ, a body evolving unto fullness, the cosmic Person, through the rise of consciousness and unity in love.
Jesus’s memorial is an invitation to be “membered to” the life of God in and through the concrete realities of this world, to suffer through the “no’s” and rejections of human relationships into the “yes” of God’s love. It calls us to a new level of consciousness and to new levels of relatedness by which energy fields of mercy, compassion, peacemaking, forgiveness, and charity are formed in and through us. The concept of morphogenetic fields is helpful to appreciate the eucharistic life as a field of energized patterns drenched with divinity. Biologist Rupert Sheldrake postulated that repetitive behavior creates informational fields that can influence similar behavior in an unrelated area. These morphogenetic fields are formative fields that carry information and are available throughout time and space without any loss of intensity after they have been created. According to Sheldrake, these fields of habitual patterns link all people. The more people have a habit or pattern—whether of knowledge, perception, or behavior—the stronger it is in the field and the more easily it replicates in a new person (or entity). As more and more people learn or do something, it becomes easier for others to learn or do it. A eucharistic community is a morphogenetic field of gospel values; that is, the community itself has a pattern of relatedness that reflects the life of Jesus. As new members engage in the community, the pattern widens and the bonds deepen so that a field of resonance strengthens, making it possible for others outside the community to tap into these gospel values. When the sacramental life of baptism and Eucharist is reduced to duties and obligations, we are in the Newtonian world of lifeless, inert matter in which the sacramental life is nothing more than dutiful obligations.
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National Eucharistic Pilgrimage
You are invited to register online by June 1 to participate in the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, which will travel through the Archdiocese of Washington June 7 – 9, with a public Mass and Procession in DC on Saturday, June 8.
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Ordination Anniversaries
Msgr. Jameson marks 56 years as a priest on Saturday, May 18 as he celebrates the Saturday 12:10pm Mass. Let's pray for all our rectory priests as they approach their priestly ordination anniversaries:
Msgr. Jameson - May 18, 1968 (56th)
Fr. Hurley - May 29, 1982 (42nd)
Fr. Benson - June 18, 2019 (5th)
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Ordination and First Mass
Deacon Isaac Sagastume, who has ministered here at the Cathedral since last fall, will be ordained a priest by Cardinal Gregory, along with 15 other deacons of the Archdiocese of Washington, on Saturday, June 15 at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. On Sunday, June 16, all are welcome as Fr. Isaac celebrates his First Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Matthew's - a bilingual Mass at 11am followed by a reception. Let's pray in thanksgiving for Deacon Isaac and his intentions as he prepares for ordination.
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June Holy Hour for ADW Ordinandi
Save the date for a Eucharistic Holy in the Cathedral on Monday, June 10 (6 - 7pm) to pray for the 16 men (including Deacon Isaac!) to be ordained this year as priests for the Archdiocese of Washington.
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Earth Day Lessons and Carols
If you missed it, check out the video of this year's Earth Day Lessons and Carols (click on the image), and visit our look-back webpage with links to Catholic Standard's photo gallery and article with interview of Tom Stehle, and reaction from the pews. Thanks to all who participated and attended!
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Celebration of the Word
Join us Wednesday evenings (next gathering, May 15) at 7:30pm in the East Conference Room for a simple liturgy: readings, a homily, and prayers.
Easter Mission
This year's Easter Mission with Fr. John moves indoors, to Thursday evenings (through June 6) at 7pm in the North Conference Room. Drop by on May 16!
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May Recital by French Organist
St. Matthew's welcomes David Hirst, Organist of Notre-Dame Collegiate Church, Mantes-la-Jolie (Paris), France for a 40-minute recital on Wednesday, May 29. Join us in the cool of the Cathedral at 12:40pm for his performance of Symphony No. 5 in F minor for organ, Op. 42 No. 1 by Charles-Marie Widor.
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Liturgies & Events Calendar
Check out upcoming events on our website calendar or view the event listing.
Memorial Day at Catholic Cemeteries
Outdoor Masses will be held on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27 at 10am at Gate of Heaven Cemetery (3801 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD) and at Mt. Olivet Cemetery (1300 Bladensburg Rd., NE., Washington, DC).
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