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ST. DENNIS CATHOLIC CHURCH
ST. DENNIS CATHOLIC CHURCH
                                  153 N. MAIN STREET •! GALENA, MARYLAND 21635

          PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD - MARCH 28, 2021

PARISH CLERGY & STAFF                            EUCHARIST
Rev. James D. Hreha, Pastor                      Saturday Mass: Summer
Rev. Oscar Cosmas Ekwere, Hispanic Ministry

                                                                                    Welcome
                                                 Sunday Mass: 8:00 am
                                                 Sunday (Hispanic Mass): 11:00 am
PARISH OFFICE                                    Mon., Tues. & Wed.: No Mass

                                                                                    to
156 N. Main Street
                                                 Thursday & Friday: 8:30 am
Monday - Friday: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
410-648-5145 / stdennischurch@aol.com
Peg Tillinghast, Parish Secretary                FIRST FRIDAY                       ST. DENNIS CHURCH!
                                                 Eucharisc Adoraon
Elizabeth Tillinghast, Bookkeeper                                                   New Members
                                                 9:30 to 10:30 am
elizabeth.stdennischurch@gmail.com                                                  Register by calling
                                                                                    the Parish Office at
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE                       HISPANIC FIRST FRIDAY              410-648-5145 or online at
154 North Main Street / 410-648-5287             Adoraon: 7:00 pm                  www.stdennischurch.org
Jennifer Hinton, Director of Religious Ed.                                          Current Members
stdennisreled@gmail.com                          HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION            Please call to update your
                                                 To be announced                    phone number, home, or
PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL                                                             email addresses if there
Julie Winkler / jules.cat35@gmail.com            RELIGIOUS EDUCATION                are changes.
                                                 Sunday
FINANCE COUNCIL                                  9:15 to 10:30 am
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Brian Quinn / jbrquinn@hotmail.com
                                                                                    adverse in the bullen?
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Mark Stryker & Barbara McGuirk Millar            7:00 to 7:30 am                    Services at 800-883-4343.

         Phone: 410-648-5145 ---- Email: stdennischurch@aol.com ---- Web: www.stdennischurch.org
Mailing address: P.O. Box 249, Galena, MD 21635 ---- Shipping address: 156 N. Main Street, Galena, MD 21635
ST. DENNIS CATHOLIC CHURCH
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.

      PALM SUNDAY                                  Certainly, this is the embodiment of the new life of the
                                                   Resurrection that we are preparing to celebrate. The litur-
              PASTOR’S PEN                         gies of Holy Week are a gift from our Church that are now
                                                   universally available. What a blessing God has given us
   Dear People of God,                             this year!
                                                           May our observance of Holy Week enable us to
                   I hope and pray that
                                                   experience the power of Easter!
   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.              Please visit our Parish website:
   The term “Holy Week” is a powerful               stdennischurch.org to view bullens, video’s and bullen
   statement. It proclaims to the world             over flow.
   that God is at work. This week uni-              Please consider joining, our E-Giving program by calling
   fies all Christian faiths by the central-        Faith Direct customer service toll-free at 866-507-8757.
   ity of God’s love for His people.                Thank you in advance.
           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.                               Reservaons for Good Friday, April 2   nd

           Accordingly, to truly make this                         and Easter Sunday, April 4th
   week holy, we must depart from the                          Please make reservaons for the
   normalcy of our lives. If we want this                       3PM GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE and
   week to be holy, we must make it ho-                   the 8AM or 9:30AM EASTER SUNDAY MASS
   ly! This year, because of the gift that            on Wednesday, March 31 by calling the parish office
                                                                                 st

   the pandemic has given us in our                            at 410-648-5291 from 11AM-1PM.
                                                    Making a seat reservaon helps us to know the number of
   growth in digital technology, everyone            people who wish to aend and allows us to plan, in ad-
   has the opportunity to participate in                             vance, for safe seang.
   the Triduum Services. Our livestream                         Thank you for your cooperaon.
   will also be “cached” for continuous
   availability.
                                                       Remember to reserve a seat for Mass, call 410-648-5291
                                                    Wednesday from 11am to 1pm. Masks must be worn at all mes.
ST. DENNIS CATHOLIC CHURCH
LIVE STREAMING UPDATE

 HOLY THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2021
 NO MORNING MASS

 GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2021
 No Morning Mass                                .https://www.youtube.com/channel/
 3:00pm Bill Fischer                            UC_Dl3AJWCXaPXy7Fqhkg2yg
 Req. by Lorraine Bailey
 7PM GOOD FRIDAY—HISPANIC                       We will officially begin live streaming of the
                                                Mass on Easter . If you are subscribed to our
 SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2021                          parish YouTube channel, you receive a pop
 8:00 am Novena                                 up noce that the Mass is about to begin . If
 9:30am Novena                                  not subscribed, and we would like all parish-
                                                ioners to be subscribed , then the Mass can
 SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2021
                                                be accessed via our St Dennis website online.
 11:00 am, Hispanic Mass
                                                Please join us as a parishioner in person or
                                                online for Easter .

  ST DENNIS PASTORAL COUNCIL wants
                                                            PLEASE BRING OLD PALMS
you to know that we need YOU to consider
                                                If you have Palms from 2020 please bring them to
joining us to support St Dennis Parish in its
                                                    church and deposit them into the box in the
vital work of planning, supporng and envi-
                                                                     vesbule.
        sioning the future for us ALL.
                                                   Old Palms will be used to make ashes for next
Elecons for Council are held in May of the                Ash Wednesday. Thank you
                  year.
Please contact the Council Execuve Officer,          Where to Place My PRAYER STONE ?
                                                     All parishioners, Councils, commiees,
Julia Winkler, if you are interested in know-     ministry members and especially our youth
ing more and/or want to lend your TIME and           of the parish…are invited to bring their
TALENTS for St Dennis Parish.                      painted Prayer Stones to church at Easter-
         CONTACT - Julia Winkler –                  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 forgoen how you can prepare
                                                  your Prayer Stone, please see the very
                                                  helpful video online at
                                                  hps://youtu.be/-u48H41QgRA
ST. DENNIS CATHOLIC CHURCH
EASTER FLOWERS
                                                                              STEWARDSHIP
                                                                   03/28/21       Capital Improvement

                                                                  Offertory for March 21, 2021

                                                               Offertory $1,475    Hispanic $220.00

Our lovely church has a special beauty at the holy sea-
sons of the Liturgical year. Easterme 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 donaon
to purchase the colorful spring flowers for St Dennis.
Aer Easterme, these flowers will be planted on the
church grounds to beaufy the outdoor campus.
The “Flower” envelopes can be found in the vesbule.
Thank you from your Liturgy Commiee!

                                                                                       RCIA
                                                                  Do your buddies ever wonder about your faith
        PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD                     or why you go to church every weekend? Do
   First Reading: Isaiah 50:4-7                                    you know someone who might be looking for
                                                                     something more in their life ... like maybe
  Isaiah describes the pain and insults of the Servant of
                                                                 God? We are looking for people like you to help
  God. Yet he sounds hopeful when describing God as his
  help, knowing he will not be disgraced.                          us introduce others to Jesus. No experience
                                                                   necessary! If you go to church regularly and
                                                                  have been Bapzed, Confirmed, and received
  Second Reading: Philippians 2:6-11                             First Communion, we invite you to join the RCIA
  Paul exults Christ’s great sacrifice of humbling himself to      team at St. Dennis. People of all ages are wel-
  become human and die on the cross. He explains that               comed and needed. If you want to find out
  this is why we should now realize the importance of hon-                     more, email Mrs. Hinton
  oring both his name and memory.                                  at stdennisreled@gmail.com. "For 'everyone
                                                                      who calls on the name of the Lord will be
  Gospel: Mark 14:1—15:47                                         saved.' But how can they call on him in whom
                                                                  they have not believed? And how can they be-
  Mark describes the events leading up to Christ’s crucifix-
  ion. The Last Supper is described, explaining where the
                                                                         lieve in him of whom they have not
  Eucharist began. Judas betrays Jesus and his suffering at                   heard?" (Romans 10:13-14)
  the hands of the Sanhedrin (Council) is detailed.
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ST. DENNIS CATHOLIC CHURCH
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/
ST. DENNIS CATHOLIC CHURCH
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