Bulletin for October 5, 2008
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Saturday, October 4 8:30 Msgr. William Mattimore 1st Anniversary by the family Sunday, October 5 7:30 Emil and Dorothy Vaudreuil Patricia Vaudreuil By the family Monday, October 5 8:30 Lucille Layden Months Mind by the family Wednesday, October 8 8:30 Justine By a friend |
Thursday, October 9 8:30 Amelia Sicolo By the family Friday, October 10 8:30 Special Intention Saturday, October 11 4:30 Andrea Secino By the Secino family Sunday, October 12 7:30 Rose and Rocco Zecco y their children and grandchildren |
Congratulations to:
Jonathan Franciose & Allison O’Neill
Jon Erickson & Kathleen O’Rourke
who celebrated the Sacrament of Marriage this weekend at St. Mary’s Church
Liturgical Roles
October 11-12
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Mass |
Servers: |
| 4:30 |
J. Armbruster, O. Maher, P. Mangan, C. McCabe, B. Postale, K. Postale |
| 7:30 |
W. Hayden, P. Magnuson, T. O’Donnell, T. O’Donnell, A. Ruggieri, P. Storer |
| 9:00 |
D. Duquette, C. Jakubiak, C. Kelly, J. McCoy, S. McCoy, S. Nelson |
| 11:00 |
J. Canfield, L. Cox, M. Curran, M.C. Paulina, M. Paulina, N. Sex |
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5:30 |
S. Campos. M. Henry, R. Hevey, K. Looney, A. Morelli, B. North |
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Mass |
Lectors: |
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: |
| 4:30 | R. Lespasio |
J. Aubrey, M/M Bellerose, M/M Coghlin, M. Damico, I. Lespasio, L. McCallaster, M/M Piecz, H. Reynolds |
| 7:30 | C. Ferrante |
M. Gulino, M/M Holland, T. Keegan, F. Nugent |
| 9:00 | S. Lunt |
P. Ahearn, M/M Berkowitz, N. Duquette, G. Joubert, T. Kelly, S. Landry, M. Minnucci, L. Shuba, S. Zybert |
| 11:00 | K. Paulina |
E. Baroni, J. Barry, K. Canfield, J. Fouhy, E. Korpi, J. McDonald, E. Page, M/M Pratt, M/M Sousa |
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5:30 |
G. Morelli |
M. Beaudry, A.M. Blute, M/M Casey, M/M Thompson |
Congetta Latino and Veronica Hilton
Susan's diagnosis is non-life threatening, Mary Ann to receive good news from a biopsy, Margaret who has a serious SI joint injury to find a path to wellness, Linda's biopsy to be benign, two smooth and well-timed sales of homes, CF to accept help for an illness, a successful dental surgery for A. on the 17th, St. Mary's God Squad retreat team, Frances, safe travel for a family, healing of an injury for a woman, P & P to feel satisfaction and gratitude, Francis to understand his memory issues & seek help, a young man to fully accept who he is and make choices to support that, safety for B., new realizations for S. and W., and peace in our community and around the world. Continued prayers for: the Cuthbert Family, Jim, Lynn, Helen and Lou, B., Ben, Mike Jr., Suzanne, B.; and Andrew. Thanksgiving for: increased awareness for a woman and for many answered prayers.
Prayer Line: Tracy at 508.842.2279 or Susan at 508.934.0133 or susanbk@townisp.com
Family Festival Grand Raffle
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Congratulations to the Grand Prize Winners of the 2008 Family Festival Grand Raffle!! Linda Tourville, Jee Chin Lim, Rattan Menzies, Matthew O'Hare, David Ryan and Dan Bretton. These six people decided to split a ticket and now are splitting $20,000! WOW!! Congratulations also to the second prize winners! Sharon and Bob Gallerani. Sharon and Bob won four box seats to the Red Sox – Yankees game last Friday and four premium seats to the Patriots – Steelers. Have fun Sharon and Bob!! |
DEANERY REPRESENTATIVE FOR DIOCESAN PASTORAL COUNCIL
This Fall Bishop McManus will appoint a lay representative from one of the parishes in Deanery VI (parishes in Boylston, Shrewsbury, Northboro, Westboro & Southboro) to serve on the Diocesan Pastoral Council. If you would be interested in serving our Church in this role of leadership and service or would like some more information, please call Fr .Mike for a copy of the by-laws and an application form. Application forms should be returned by October 19th.
BASKETBALL SIGNUPS
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St. Mary's Parish Boys Basketball Program In person registration at the Parish Hall:
For additional information or questions, or to receive a registration form, contact Bill Nash at 508.523.0852 or bnash@brainshark.com |
St. Mary's CYO Boys Basketball Program In person registration at the Parish Hall:
For additional information, contact Sean Weafer at 508.958.6673 or sweafer@townisp.com |
Thank-you for your ongoing support of St. Mary’s Parish
Month of September(weekly average) $14,320
Come help us in the fight against hunger on Sunday, October 19 in the annual CROP WALK. Registration begins at 11:30 am and the 3 mile or 6 mile walk begins at 12:15 pm from the First Congregational Church of Shrewsbury. Lunch will be provided and 25% of the money raised will remain in Shrewsbury for St. Anne’s Food Pantry. For more information call Mary Daly at 508.845.6819.
BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP
St. Mary’s Health Ministry
“The Lord is close to the broken-hearted, saves those whose spirit is crushed.” Psalm 34
Those who are grieving the loss of a loved one are invited to participate in the next Bereavement Support Group on Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 7:00 – 8:30 PM and 11 subsequent sessions scheduled to fit participants’ needs. Meetings will be in the O’Connell Pastoral Center at St. Mary’s Parish.
Walking this journey with you will be Viola Jefferson and Corinne Hetzler, each experienced in bereavement support and personal loss. Each person’s confidentiality will always be respected. Please call the Health Ministry Office at 508.925.7647 to confirm your participation or get more information. Space is limited, so please reserve your place now.
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Sunday, October 5 10:15 Grade 3 CCD – Hall/School Monday, October 6 9:15 Weight Training – Mary’s Room Tuesday, October 7 7:00 Safe Environment Training – Hall Wednesday, October 8 2:30 Children’s School Choir – Church |
Thursday, October 9 9:15 Weight Training – Mary’ Room Friday, October 10 9:00-1:00 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Chapel Saturday, October 11 2:30 Wedding - Church Sunday, October 12 8:00 K of C Tootsie Roll Drive – Church |
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MARY’S FLOWERS The flowers adorning the statue of our Paul Vincent Zolla In honor of his 5th Anniversary |
Adelphi Council #4181
TOOTSIE ROLL DRIVE
The Knights of Columbus will be giving away FREE Tootsie Roll Pops after Masses on Saturday October 11, and Sunday October 12 and gratefully accepting donations on behalf of Special Needs Children in Shrewsbury. Please support this worthwhile charity.
Bible study - Did you ever wonder what the Bible’s book of Revelations is all about? The mystery and symbolism and message has stumped and frightened Christians for ages. To many it is a book of fire and brimstone and to others a wonderful promise of spending eternity with the God of our journey of life and faith. Passionist Father and Bible scholar, John O’Brien will lead us into an exciting study of Revelations on Monday mornings from 9:30-11:30 am in the Pastoral Center. We will continue this Monday, October 6. Come and bring a friend! Sue Landry
CONGRATULATIONS to the families and the children who were baptized during the month of September: Ava Cotton, Kendra Cygielnik, Emma Ellis, Kailey Flynn, Sean Griffin, Owen Guelcher, Zachary Johnson, Emma McNally, Ava O’Rourke, Troy Roberts, Bridget Sullivan, and Keira Ward.
May they grow in the faith that we profess in Christ Jesus.
Baptisms are celebrated on the first and third Sundays of the month at 12:30 pm. Please call the pastoral center to make arrangements for your child’s baptism. Parents who would like to have their first child baptized will be asked to participate in a Baptism Preparation session which are held on the second Monday of the month at 7:00 pm in the pastoral center.
We extend a warm welcome to the following people who joined St. Mary’s parish during the month of September:
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Stephen and Kristen Gasper |
Kara Chandler |
| Megan and Ryan |
Anthony |
| John and Karen Olivier | Jeremy and Sun Welch |
| John Patrick, Ethan & Alexis |
Samantha and Sabrina |
| John and Elizabeth Hamilton | Daniel Fallon & Annette Hils |
| Pedro and Elizabeth DeJesus | Elton and Kerrie Topi |
| Narvicto |
Kelton |
| Joseph and Patricia Flynn | Allan and Kimberly Lipka |
| Gavin and Ryan |
Skylar ad Nikolas |
| Adele McKane | Frank and Elizabeth Traupman |
| Drew, Glen and Kevin |
Kyle |
| Joan Connors | Guy and Emily DeFalco |
| Sabrina |
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| Ryan and Caren Mulcunry | |
| Lucy |
If you are new to St. Mary’s please introduce yourselves to Fr. Mike and Fr. Adam after Mass and call the Pastoral Center during the week so that you can register in the parish.
Knitting Ministry
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The next meeting of our prayer shawl ministry will be on October 18th at 10:30 in the Pastoral Center (rather than the usual second Saturday). We are now in our seventh year of ministry and invite anyone who is interested in what we do to join us then. Questions? Call Marti Page @ 508.835.3470. |
Calling All Altar Servers!
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The St. Mary’s parish family thanks you for your ministry! So many of you have shown yourselves to be reliable and knowledgeable servers. We would like to help you to be even better prepared for this important service to the parish. We invite you to come to an upcoming altar server workshop. You can chose the day that works best for you. Thursday, October 9th, 4:30-6:00 p.m. or Friday, October 10th, 4:30-6:00 p.m. |
Calling Those Who Would Like to Become Servers!
For young men and woman who wish to become altar servers, there will be a separate training workshop, the date of which will be announced in the weeks ahead. Those in 5th grade or older who would like to become an altar server are asked to sign-up for this at Masses this weekend or next. Sign-up sheets are available for this purpose in the sacristy and inside the main entrance of the church.
ADULT CONFIRMATION
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For those who have been baptized and have received the Holy Eucharist but never went on to receive the great Sacrament of Confirmation, there is still time to be part of a program of Confirmation preparation being hosted by Fr. Adam throughout the fall. For more information about this please contact Fr. Adam by calling the pastoral center or by e-mailing him at reida@stmarysparish.org. |
OCTOBER IS RESPECT LIFE MONTH
HOPE AND TRUST IN LIFE
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Today as we celebrate RESPECT LIFE SUNDAY we are reminded that as Catholic Christians we are called to promote a deeper respect for the dignity and sacredness of human life from conception until natural death. In April 2008 during his pastoral visit to the United States, Pope Benedict XVI said, “The Church is called to proclaim the gift of life, to serve life, and to promote a culture of life. This is the message of hope we are called to proclaim and embody in a world where self-centeredness, greed, violence, and cynicism so often seem to choke the fragile growth of grace in people’s hearts.” By letting the love of Jesus Christ permeate our lives and actions in defense of our vulnerable brothers and sisters, we can transform our nation, building a culture where all people can again hope and trust in life! |
The 17th Annual Life Chain will take place on Sunday, Oct. 5, from 2 to 3:30 pm rain or shine at White City Plaza in Shrewsbury. Signs will be available. Provide a public witness to our community that the destruction of human life in the womb by abortion is a terrible evil which kills babies and wounds their mothers. Join us.
Save the Date! Furniture Drive – Sat. Oct. 18 - 9:00 am to noon – On Saturday Oct. 18, St. Mary’s will hold our Annual Furniture Drive to help families leaving shelters or who are struggling economically. Most needed items: beds, mattresses and box springs, dressers and bureaus, kitchen sets, living room furniture, coffee and end tables, lamps, pots and pans, and sets of dishes. Our donations will be distributed free of charge by Donations Clearinghouse.
Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven. Mathew 5:16
Shining Stars
An opportunity for parishioners to recognize other parishioners for their stewardship actions and deeds. Do you want to say ‘thanks’ or acknowledge a parish member for being a good steward by using their time, talent or treasure to serve others? You may recognize an individual, a family, a couple, a teenager or child - all recognitions are anonymous but we ask you to include your name and phone number for any clarifications, if necessary. Click here for a nomination form (after the form is displayed in your web browser, print it out and fill it in).
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