St. Mary,Pylesville

Roman catholic church

Pylesville, MD

Prevention and Recovery Ministry We have obtained another donation of the Deterra drug deactivation bags from Harford County's Office of Drug Control Policy. We will place several of the bags and a box of the DisposeRx units in the back of church. Please take some whenever you need them. Remember that both of these units can be used to safely dispose of prescription and over-the-counter medications. And we recently found out that these units can also be used to safely dispose of pet medications. For more information, take a look at deterrasystem.com and disposerx.com

Our dear friend and parishioner, Charles Guerriero, passed away on October 10, 2021. Viewing in the Church from 9-10 a.m. followed by a Mass will be celebrated at St. Mary’s, Pylesville on Wednesday, October 13th at 10:00 a.m.

Thanks to all of our parishioners who took the drug deactivation units that we handed out this past weekend. We gave out all 74 of the Deterra bags that we had and several dozen of the DisposeRx units. A box of the DisposeRx units has been placed in the back of church. Please take some whenever you need them. We're going to try to get more of the Deterra bags from Harford County's Office of Drug Control Policy. We plan to also make them available in the back of church. Remember that both of these units can be used with prescription and over-the-counter medications. Please take a look at deterrasystem.com and disposerx.com for more information. If you have any questions, please contact Bob at crhoopert@zoominternet.net.

Thanks again to everyone who took pans and returned the frozen casseroles for our September and October deliveries to ODB. We were able to deliver our assigned number of casseroles for both months. Our next distribution of casserole pans will be held on November 6th-7th. If you have any questions, please contact Bob at crhoopert@zoominternet.net.

For our upcoming Thanksgiving and Christmas Holiday Food Projects, we are planning to return to our traditional process of using the Parish hall for sorting and distributing the groceries and Christmas gifts. To do this successfully, we must have volunteers who have completed either the Virtus training (ages 18 and older) or the Worthy of the Call training (ages 14-17). For Thanksgiving, we'll sort on November 19th (7:00pm) and distribute on November 20th (9:00am). For Christmas, we'll sort on December 17th (7:00pm) and distribute on December 18th (9:00am). If you are willing to help, please submit your name(s) to Bob at crhoopert@zoominternet.net as quickly as possible. Your name(s) will be sent to Barbara Sadler and she will contact you if training is necessary. Please do not wait until the last minute. It can take up to 2 or 3 weeks for all training and forms to be completed and approved. Also, we cannot allow walk-ins. If you have any questions, please contact Barbara at bsadler@stmaryspylesville.org or Bob.