St. Hugh of Grenoble Catholic Church 135 Crescent Road Greenbelt ...

St. Hugh of Grenoble Catholic Church
135 Crescent Road Greenbelt, MD 20770
Website: www.sthughs.com
PARISH STAFF
Rev. Walter J. Tappe, Pastor
Rev. R. Scott Hurd, Pastoral Associate
Mrs. Lucy Fuentes, Bookkeeper
Mrs. Giuliana Ravina, Parish Secretary
Mrs. Tiffani M. James, School Principal
Mrs. Nanette Cepko, School Secretary
Mrs. Ginger Feliciotti, School Receptionist
Mrs. Katherine Kramer, Religious Education
Mrs. Jennifer Goltz, Director of Music
Dr. Gerald Muller, Principal Organist
Mr. Hung Le, Plant Manager
PARISH OFFICE
135 Crescent Road
301-474-4322, Fax: 301-474-9263
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
PARISH SCHOOL
145 Crescent Road
301-474-4071, Fax: 301-474-3950
Office Hours: 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
SCHOOL OF RELIGION (CCD)
301-474-0239
SUNDAY MASSES
Saturday Evening Vigil: 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 8:00 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m.
DAILY MASSES
Monday-Friday: 7:15 a.m.; Saturday: 9:00 a.m.
HOLY HOUR
First Fridays at 7:00 p.m.
SACRAMENT OF PENANCE
Saturday: 3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
The second Sunday of every month after the 11:00 a.m.
Mass. Call the rectory to make arrangements.
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE
By arrangement. Contact the pastor at least six months
before intended date of wedding.
NEW PARISHIONERS
Welcome! Please call or register at the parish office.

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Second Sunday of Lent
March 8, 2009
If God is for us, who can be
against us?
— Romans 8:31b
In a recent homily, Pope Benedict XVI recommended
that as the faithful once again undertake the
discipline of Lent they recall the teaching of his
predecessor, Pope Paul VI, which is contained in the
Apostolic Constitution, Paenitemini.
This short work, issued in February of 1966 right after
the conclusion of the Second Vatican Council,
contains a short summary of the meaning of
penitence as taught by Scripture and Tradition. It is
printed below for your convenience.
[Note: The portion of the Constitution that was
addressed to bishops concerning matters of Church
legislation has been omitted. Key points have been
bolded and italicized.]
During the council, in fact, the Church, in an effort to
arrive at a more profound meditation on the mystery
of itself, examined its own nature in all its dimensions
and scrutinized its human and divine, visible and
invisible, temporal and eternal elements. By first of all
examining more thoroughly the link which binds it to
Christ and His salvific action, it has underlined more
clearly how all its members are called upon to
participate in the work of Christ and therefore to
participate also in His expiation.
In addition, it has gained a clearer awareness that,
while it is by divine vocation holy and without blemish
(Ephesians 5:27), it is defective in its members
and in continuous need of conversion and
renewal, a renewal which must be implemented not
only interiorly and individually but also externally and
socially.
Lastly, the Church has considered more attentively
its role in the earthly city, that is to say, its mission of
showing man the right way to use earthly goods and
to collaborate in the "consecration of the world." But
at the same time it has considered more attentively
its task of prompting its sons to that salutary
abstinence which will forearm them against the
danger of allowing themselves to be delayed by the
things of this world in their pilgrimage toward their
home in heaven (1 Corinthians 7:31; Romans 12:2).
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APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTION
PAENITEMINI
OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF
PAUL VI
ON FAST AND ABSTINENCE
For these reasons we should like today to repeat to
our sons the words spoken by Peter in his first
speech after Pentecost: "Repent...then for the
forgiveness of your sins"(Acts 2:38). And at the same
time we want to repeat once more to all the nations
of the earth the invitation of Paul to the Gentiles of
Lystra: "Turn...to the living God"(Acts 14:14).
"Be converted and believe in the Gospel"—Mark 1:15
It seems to us that we must repeat these words of
the Lord today at a moment when—with the closing
of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council—the
Church continues along its path with more vigorous
steps. Among the grave and urgent problems which
in fact summon our pastoral concern, it seems to us
that not the least is to remind our sons—and all
religious men of our times—of the significance and
importance of the divine precept of penitence. We
are prompted to this by the fuller and more profound
vision of the Church and its relationship with the
world given us recently by the supreme ecumenical
assembly.
The Church—which during the council examined with
greater attention its relations not only with the
separated brethren but also with non-Christian
religions—has noted with joy that almost everywhere
and at all times penitence has held a place of great
importance, since it is closely linked with the intimate
sense of religion which pervades the life of most
ancient peoples as well as with the more advanced
expressions of the great religions connected with the
progress of culture.
In the Old Testament the religious sense of penitence
is revealed with even greater richness. Even though
man generally has recourse to it in the aftermath of
sin to placate the wrath of God (1 Samuel 7:6; 1
Kings 21:20-21,27; Jeremiah 3:3,7,9), or on the
occasion of grave calamities (1 Samuel 31:13; 2

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Samuel 1:12; 3:35; Baruch 1:2,5); Judith 2:25-26), or
when special dangers are imminent (Judith 4:8;
Esther 3:15; Psalm 34:13; 2 Chronicles 20:3), or in
any case to obtain benefits from the Lord 1 Samuel
14:24; 2 Samuel 12:16), we can nevertheless
establish that external penitential practices are
accompanied by an inner attitude of
"conversion," that is to say of condemnation of
and detachment from sin and of striving toward
God (1 Samuel 7:3; Jeremiah 36:6-7; Zechariah 8:9,
21). One goes without food or gives away his
property (fasting is generally accompanied not only
by prayer but also by alms: see Isaiah 58:6-7; Tobit
12:8-9) even after sins have been forgiven and
independently of a request for graces. One fasts or
applies physical discipline to "chastise one's own
soul" (Leviticus 16:31), to "humble oneself in the sight
of his own God" (Daniel 10:12), to "turn one's face
toward the Lord," (Daniel 9:3), to "dispose oneself to
prayer"(Daniel 9:3), to "understand" more intimately
the things which are divine (Daniel 10:12), or to
prepare oneself for the encounter with God (Exodus
34:28).
Penance therefore—already in the Old Testament—
is a religious, personal act which has as its aim love
and surrender to God: fasting for the sake of God,
not for one's own self (Zechariah 7:5). Such it must
remain also in the various penitential rites sanctioned
by law. When this is not verified, the Lord is
displeased with His people: "Today you have not
fasted in a way which will make your voice heard on
high...Rend your heart and not your garments, and
return to the Lord your God” (Isaiah 58:4; Joel 2:13).
The social aspect of penitence is not lacking in the
Old Testament. In fact, the penitential liturgies of the
Old Covenant are not only a collective awareness of
sin but constitute in reality a condition for belonging
to the people of God (See Leviticus 23:29).
We can further establish that penitence was
represented even before Christ as a means and a
sign of perfection and sanctity. Judith, Daniel, the
prophetess Anna and many other elect souls served
God day and night with fasting and prayers, and with
joy and cheerfulness (Judith 8:6; Daniel 10:3; Luke
2:37; Sirach 31:12, 17-19, 37:32-34).
Finally, we find among the just ones of the Old
Testament those who offered themselves to satisfy
with their own personal penitence for the sins of the
community. This is what Moses did in the 40 days
when he fasted to placate the Lord for the guilt of his
unfaithful people (Deuteronomy 9:9; Exodus 24:18).
This above all is how the character of the Servant of
the Lord is presented, "who took on our infirmities"
and in whom "the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of
us all" (Isaiah 53:4-11).
All this, however, was but a foreshadowing of things
to come (Hebrews 10:1). Penitence—required by
the inner life, confirmed by the religious
experience of mankind and the object of
particular precept of divine revelation-assumes
"in Christ and the Church" new dimensions
infinitely broader and more profound.
Christ, who always practiced in His life what He
preached, before beginning His ministry spent 40
days and 40 nights in prayer and fasting, and began
His public mission with the joyful message: "The
kingdom of God is at hand." To this He added the
command: "Repent and believe in the Gospel" (Mark
1:15). These words constitute, in a way, a
compendium of the whole Christian life.
The kingdom of God announced by Christ can be
entered only by a "change of heart" ("metanoia")
that is to say through that intimate and total
change and renewal of the entire man—of all his
opinions, judgments and decisions—which takes
place in him in the light of the sanctity and
charity of God, the sanctity and charity which
were manifested to us in the Son and
communicated fully.(34)
The invitation of the Son to "metanoia" becomes all
the more inescapable inasmuch as He not only
preaches it but Himself offers an example. Christ, in
fact, is the supreme model for those doing penance.
He willed to suffer punishment for sins which were
not His but those of others (Hebrews 1:2; Colossians
1:19 passim; Ephesians 1:23 passim).
In the presence of Christ man is illumined with a new
light and consequently recognizes the holiness of
God and the gravity of sin (Luke 5:8, 7:36-50).
Through the word of Christ a message is transmitted
to him which invites him to conversion and grants
forgiveness of sins. These gifts he fully attains in
baptism. This sacrament, in fact, configures him to
the passion, death and resurrection of the Lord
(Romans 6:3-11; Colossians 2:11-15, 5:1-4), and
places the whole future of the life of the baptized
under the seal of this mystery.
Therefore, following the Master, every Christian
must renounce himself, take up his own cross
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transformed into the image of Christ's death, he
is made capable of meditating on the glory of the
resurrection (See Philippians 3:10-11; Romans
8:17). Furthermore, following the Master, he can no
longer live for himself (see Romans 6:10, 14:8; 2
Corinthians 5:15; Philippians 1:21, but must live for
Him who loves him and gave Himself for him
(Galatians 2:20). He will also have to live for his
brethren, completing "in his flesh that which is lacking
in the sufferings of Christ...for in the benefit of his
body, which is the church. (Colossians 1:24)."
In addition, since the Church is closely linked to
Christ, the penitence of the individual Christian also
has an intimate relationship of its own with the whole
ecclesial community. In fact, not only does he receive
in the bosom of the Church through baptism the
fundamental gift of "metanoia," but this gift is restored
and reinvigorated through the sacrament of penance
in those members of the Body of Christ who have
fallen into sin. "Those who approach the sacrament
of penance receive from the mercy of God
forgiveness for offenses committed against Him and
at the same time become reconciled with the Church
on which they have inflicted a wound by sinning, and
the Church cooperates in their conversion with
charity, example and prayer" (Vatican II, Constitution
on the Church, no. 11). And in the Church, finally,
the little acts of penitence imposed each time in the
sacrament become a form of participation in a special
way in the infinite expiation of Christ to join to the
sacramental satisfaction itself every other action he
performs, his every suffering and sorrow.
Thus the task of bearing in his body and soul the
death of the Lord (2 Corinthians 4:10) affects the
whole life of the baptized person at every instant
and in every aspect.
The preeminently interior and religious character of
penitence and the new wondrous aspects which it
assumes "in Christ and in the Church" neither
excludes nor lessens in any way the external practice
of this virtue, but on the contrary reaffirms its
necessity with particular urgency and prompts the
Church—always attentive to the signs of the times—
to seek, beyond fast and abstinence, new
expressions more suitable for the realization,
according to the character of various epochs, of the
precise goal of penitence.
True penitence, however, cannot ever prescind
from physical asceticism as well. Our whole being
in fact, body and soul, (indeed the whole of nature,
even animals without reason, as Holy Scripture often
points out) must participate actively in this religious
act whereby the creature recognizes divine holiness
and majesty. The necessity of the mortification of the
flesh also stands clearly revealed if we consider the
fragility of our nature, in which, since Adam's sin,
flesh and spirit have contrasting desires (Galatians
5:16-17; Romans 7:23). This exercise of bodily
mortification—far removed from any form of
stoicism—does not imply a condemnation of the flesh
which sons of God deign to assume. On the contrary,
mortification aims at the liberation of man, who
often finds himself, because of concupiscence,
almost chained (see Romans 7:23) by his own
senses. Through corporal fasting man regains
strength and the wound inflicted on the dignity of
our nature by intemperance is cured by the
medicine of a salutary abstinence.
Nevertheless, in the New Testament and in the
history of the Church—although the duty of doing
penance is motivated above all by participation in the
sufferings of Christ—the necessity of an asceticism
which chastises the body and brings it into subjection
is affirmed with special insistence by the example of
Christ Himself.
Against the real and ever recurring danger of
formalism and pharisaism the Divine Master in
the New Covenant openly condemned—and so
have the Apostles, Fathers and supreme
pontiffs—any form of penitence which is purely
external. The intimate relationship which exists in
penitence between the external act, inner conversion,
prayer and works of charity is affirmed and widely
developed in the liturgical texts and authors of every
era.
Therefore the Church—while it reaffirms the primacy
of the religious and supernatural values of penitence
(values extremely suitable for restoring to the world
today a sense of the presence of God and of His
sovereignty over man and a sense of Christ and His
salvation)—invites everyone to accompany the inner
conversion of the spirit with the voluntary exercise of
external acts of penitence:
A — It insists first of all that the virtue of penitence be
exercised in persevering faithfulness to the duties of
one's state in life, in the acceptance of the difficulties
arising from one's work and from human coexistence,
in a patient bearing of the trials of earthly life and of
the utter insecurity which pervades it.
B — Those members of the Church who are stricken
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who are persecuted for the love of justice, are invited
to unite their sorrows to the suffering of Christ in such
a way that they not only satisfy more thoroughly the
precept of penitence but also obtain for the brethren
a life of grace and for themselves that beatitude
which is promised in the Gospel to those who suffer.
C — The precept of penitence must be satisfied in a
more perfect way by priests, who are more closely
linked to Christ through sacred character, as well as
by those who in order to follow more closely the
abnegation of the lord and to find an easier and more
efficacious path to the perfection of charity practice
the evangelical counsels.
The Church, however, invites all Christians without
distinction to respond to the divine precept of
penitence by some voluntary act, apart from the
renunciation imposed by the burdens of everyday life.
Given at Rome, at St. Peter's, February 17, 1966, the
third year of our pontificate.
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Have a great week!
Father Tappe
Parish News
Confessions During Lent
Wednesday, March 11 th from 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 18 th from 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Monday, March 23 rd from 8:00-8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 24 th from 8:00-8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 25 th from 8:00-8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 8 th from 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Stations are held every Friday evenings at 7:00 p.m.
until April 3. The Friday evening Stations are followed
by a Poor Man’s Supper in Grenoble Hall sponsored
by the Knights of Columbus, to which all are invited.
Stations are also held for the school on March 12,
March 18 and April 2 at 2:00 p.m. in the church.
Parishioners are welcome to join the school children
in praying the stations.
Spring Cleaning Time !!!
Wondering what to do with all those knick knacks and
household items that you don’t need any more? The
St. Hugh’s Sodality has your answer. Donate your
unneeded items to our White Elephant Sale! Don’t
delay, get started with your spring cleaning today.
Items may be dropped off at Grenoble Hall from 9:00
a.m. – 1:00 p.m. on SATURDAY, March 14 th . Pick
up of items can be arranged in advance by calling
301-821-5967. Sorry, but we will not be accepting
clothing.
Come One, Come All !!!
…see what’s happening in Grenoble Hall on
Sunday March 15, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Allow yourself a treat! Come to the Sodality’s White
Elephant Sale, Bake Sale and Coffee Social.
Enjoy the best baked goods, complimentary donuts &
coffee, and a wee bit o’ fellowship. We will have lots
of items looking for new homes--and at great prices
too! You can also learn more about our Sodality and
how to can become a part of a truly wonderful
Ministry. Do come and enjoy!!
Spirit Nite
Come to Franklin’s in Hyattsville March 24, 2009
from 5 - 9pm. Help support St. Hugh's School and
enjoy good company, great food and atmosphere,
spend some money in the store and the school will
also earn money.
CYO News
CYO Basketball: The 5/6 grade girls made it to the
JV Tournament Finals. Although the girls played
tough, ultimately St. Jerome’s came out the
tournament champions with Holy Redeemer/St.
Hugh’s taking second place. The Holy Redeemer/St.
Hugh’s JV girls had an undefeated regular season
and should be very proud. Congratulations to: Julia
Pedersoli, Lexi Donovan, Cameron Spruill, and
Monica Venzke.
CYO Track & Field: Practice times are
Tuesdays/Thursdays, from 5:30-6:45 pm. Contact:
Head Coach Karen Spruill at 202-262-7605 or
karenmspruill@yahoo.com.
If you need information about CYO or are
interesting in volunteering, please contact Terri
Weber at (301)262-2544 or terweb95@verizon.net.

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Save the Date Friday, April
24th, 2009
The Gabriel Network's 3 rd Annual Gala, an evening of
fun & fellowship with food, silent auction, live music &
dancing will be held on April 24th, 2009.
The event will be held in The Great Room at Historic
Savage Mill. Mark your calendars and make plans
now to attend our most exciting Gala yet! This year
the Gala is being held on a Friday evening and
tickets are only $45.00! More details to come...stay
tuned!
Confirmation of Adults
Archbishop Wuerl will be administering the
Sacrament of Confirmation at the Cathedral of St.
Matthew the Apostle on Pentecost Sunday, May 31,
to adult Catholics 18 years old and older. To register
to receive the sacrament please call the rectory no
later than Friday, April 3 so that arrangements may
be made for appropriate catechesis.
There are envelopes in the rear of the Church for
parishioners wishing to make a donation for Easter
flowers. Donations may be made in memory of a
loved one or for some special intention.
Income Tax Information
The parish will be happy to provide an official 2008
statement of contributions for all those who need it,
but to prevent needless preparation of statements for
all parishioners, 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 (made through the envelope system).
Name
__________________________________________
Address
__________________________________________
Envelope #
__________________________________________
Pray for the Sick
Please pray especially for Ray Turek, John Solari,
Miles Davis, Dianne Morao, Megan Clarke, Julie
Marable, Thomas Escalante and Catherine Sillers.
To add a name to the sick list, please call the rectory.
Names remain on the list for a month.
Pray for our Troops
Please pray especially for Michael Smith, James
Hall, Christopher Pfaffman, Jake Gigliotti, Erin
Barcus, Matthew Dwyer, Anthony (Tj) Hose, Anthony
Ladnier and Steven P. Stratchko Jr. To add a name
to the list or to remove a name, please call the
rectory.
From the Principal’s Office
Giant, Safeway and Target
Remember to select St. Hugh as your school of
choice at Giant, Safeway, and Target. Our Giant
code is 00558. This is a quick and easy way to raise
funds for our school! Register today!
Box Tops for Education
Our school is still collecting “Box Tops for Education.”
These labels are on many food items. We only
accept Box Tops for Education labels. We do not
accept Betty Crocker points or Campbell’s Soup
labels. You can drop your box tops in the box set up
in the back near the school bulletin board. Thank
you!
From the Director of Religious
Education
Prayer for the Second Week of
Lent
This prayer is designed to be said within the family
before a Crucifix during the second week of Lent.
Mother or a child:
From the words of St. Paul (Hebrews 12:14).
Dearly beloved, let us, having such a cloud of
witnesses over us, put away every encumbrance and
sin entangling us, and run with patience to the fight
set before us; looking towards the author and finisher
of faith, Jesus, who for the joy set before him,
endured a cross, despising shame, and sit at the
right hand of the throne of God. Consider him...that
you may not grow weary and lose heart. For you

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have not yet resisted unto blood in the struggle with
sin.
Father: We ought to glory in the Cross of our Lord
Jesus Christ...
Family: in whom is our salvation, life and
resurrection.
Father: Let us pray. Grant us, O God, that through
the spiritual renewal of Lent, we may grow in our
understanding of the mystery of Christ. This we ask
of you through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son.
Family: Amen. Favor this dwelling, Lord, with your
presence. Far from it repulse all the wiles of Satan.
Your holy angels — let them live here, to keep us in
peace. And may your blessing remain always upon
us. This we ask of you through our Lord Jesus Christ,
your Son.
and gain a plenary indulgence. Materials online at
www.adw.org. Click on “Year of St. Paul 2009.”
New Parishioners
We ask that everyone in the parish be properly
registered. Registering and using offertory envelopes
enables us to maintain current records of those who
are actively attending and supporting the church.
This information is required in order to have children
baptized, to be married in the parish, to receive
letters of testimony so that you can stand as a
sponsor for Baptism or Confirmation and to receive
parish mailings. If you are not registered, please see
a greeter after Mass to begin the registration
process. Thanks.
Father: Let us bless the Lord.
Family: Thanks be to God.
Father: May the almighty and merciful Lord, Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit, bless and keep us.
Family: Amen.
Prayer Source: Holy Lent by Eileen O'Callaghan, The Liturgical Press,
Collegeville, Minnesota, 1975
Around the Diocese
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: Lv 19:1-2, 11-18; Mt 25:31-46
Tuesday: Is 55:10-11; Mt 6:7-15
Wednesday: Jon 3:1-10; Lk 11:29-32
Thursday: Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25; Mt 7:7-12
Friday: Ez 18:21-28; Mt 5:20-26
Saturday: Dt 26:16-19; Mt 5:43-48
Sunday: Gn 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18; Ps 116;
Rom 8:31b-34; Mk 9:2-10
Archdiocese Sodality Ladies
Lenten Retreat
All ladies are invited to attend the Archdiocese of
Washington Sodality Union Annual Lenten Retreat
March 13-15, 2009 at the Washington Retreat
House at 4000 Harewood Road, NE , Washington ,
DC 20017. For more information, please contact
Sr. Mary Harper @202-529-1111.
Celebrate the Year of St. Paul
Pope Benedict XVI has named this the Year of St.
Paul to commemorate the 2,000 th anniversary of this
early evangelizer. Learn more about this early saint
or visit one of our archdiocesan pilgrimage churches
Week of Mar. 9 – Mar. 15
Monday 7:15 a.m. Karl & Timothy Lowe
Tuesday 7:15 a.m. Michael Joyce
Wednesday 7:15 a.m. Carl Gustafson
Thursday 7:15 a.m. Walter & Thelma Anne
Singleton
Friday 7:15 a.m. Gilbert Gafne
Saturday 9:00 a.m. George Stratchko Sr.
5:00 p.m. Francis Hadro
Sunday 8:00 a.m. Claudette T. Randolph
9:30 a.m. Intention of Parish
11:00 a.m. Michael B. Kelly