Saints Peter and Paul Church
Cumberland, Maryland

Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.

The Germanic Gothic style altar, with the Sacred Heart of Jesus flanked by Saints Peter and Paul,  dominates the Church

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SS. Peter & Paul Church

125 Fayette Street
Cumberland, MD 21502

Parish Office: 301-777-3131
Fax: 301-759-3568
E-Mail: PPaul@archbalt.org
URL: www.ss-peterandpaul.net

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Parish Staff

Fr. James Kurtz, OFM Cap, Pastor
Fr. Bernard Finerty, OFM Cap, Associate
Mary Ann Peer, CRE
Michele McGuire, Youth Minister
Frank Fleckenstein, Organist
Robert Fair, Pastoral Council President

Baptism

Third Sunday of the Month
Parents are required to attend a Baptism instruction class. To register, please call the Parish Office.

Marriage

Please contact priest at least six months prior to setting a wedding date. Pre-Marriage instructions are required by the archdiocese prior to marriage. To register, please call Catholic Education Ministries at 301-777-9082.

   Liturgical Schedule

Sunday Masses
Saturday 4:30 PM
Sunday 9:00 AM, 11:45 AM
Weekday Masses
Monday - Friday 7:30 AM
Saturday - 8:30 AM
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturday 3:00 - 4:00 PM and by appointment

Pastoral Care of the Sick

Please notify the Parish Office when a parishioner is in the hospital, a nursing home, or confined to home and wishes to receive a visit or any of the sacraments.

Parish Outreach

St Anthony Place: Food and emergency help.
Parish Center  301-759-4617
Hours: Mon, Wed, Fri - 10:00 AM to Noon
               Tues, Thurs - 1:00 to 3:00 PM

Gift Shop: Religious articles
Parish Center   301-777-5261
Hours: Wed & Sat 9:30 AM - 2:00 PM

"A Mass said by Padre Pio is as effective as a missionary journey," said Pope Paul VI, because of Padre's great love for Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament.

Padre Pio himself said, "It would be easier for the world to exist without the sun than without the Holy Mass," and "At times during the Mass I am consumed by the fire of Divine Love. My face seems to burn."

Special Devotions

Rosary: Monday - Friday 6:50 AM Saturday 8:10 AM and 4:10 PM

Liturgy of the Hours: Monday - Friday 7:10 AM Saturday 7:50 AM

Eucharistic Adoration

Monday 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Tuesday 9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon

In the Adoration Chapel located in the Parish Center.

Plenary indulgences for Year of the Eucharist

Vatican, Jan. 14 (CWNews.com) - Pope John Paul II  has granted a plenary indulgence for Catholics who participate in veneration of the Blessed Sacrament during the Year of the Eucharist. He has also granted a plenary indulgence to those who recite Vespers and Night Prayers before the tabernacle.

These indulgences were announced by the Vatican on January 14. The formal decree granting the indulgences was dated December 25-- Christmas Day-- and issued by the Apostolic Penitentiary. Cardinal James Francis Stafford, the penitentiary major, announced that the decree was approved by Pope John Paul II on December 17.

A plenary indulgence is the remission of all temporal punishment due to sin. The indulgences are subject to the usual conditions:

that the individual seeking the indulgence must make a full sacramental Confession,

be free from all attachment to sin,

receive the Eucharist, and

pray for the intentions of the Holy Father.

The decree notes that the faithful may obtain the indulgence "each and every time they participate attentively and piously in a sacred function or a devotional exercise undertaken in honor of the Blessed Sacrament, solemnly exposed and conserved in the tabernacle." Similarly clerics, religious, and others who pray the Liturgy of the Hours can obtain the indulgence "each and every time they recite-- at the end of the day, in company or in private-- Vespers and Night Prayers before the Lord present in the tabernacle."

For those who "through illness or other just cause" cannot visit a church to venerate the Eucharist, the decree allows a plenary indulgence if they "make the visit spiritually and with the heart's desire,… and recite the Our Father and the Creed, adding a pious invocation to Jesus in the Sacrament."

The Apostolic Penitentiary instructs all pastors to inform Catholics about these indulgences "in the most convenient manner," and asks priest to be prepared to hear confessions and lead services of veneration in order to help the faithful receive the indulgences.

The decree also reiterates the Pope's instruction for local churches to make their own special plans for veneration of the Blessed Sacrament during the Year of the Eucharist.

In Memoriam - Pope John Paul the Great
(18 May 1920 - 2 April 2005)

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