Readings for the Week of July 20, 2008
Sunday: Wis 12:13, 16-19/ Rom 8:26-27/ Mt 13:24-43
Monday: Mi 6:1-4, 6-8/ Mt 12:38-42
Tuesday: Mi 7:14-15, 18-20/ Jn 20:1-2, 11-18
Wednesday: Jer 1:1, 4-10/ Mt 13:1-9
Thursday: Jer 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13/ Mt 13:10-17
Friday: 2 Cor 4:7-15/ Mt 20:20-28
Saturday: Jer 7:1-11/ Mt 13:24-30
Next Sunday: 1 Kgs 3:5, 7-12 /Rom
8:28-30/ Mt 13:44-52
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Weekend Mass Schedule
Saturday Masses
4:00 pm Most Holy
Trinity, St. André, St. Joseph,
St. Margaret
4:30 pm St. Philip
5:30 pm St. Brendan
Sunday Masses
7:00 am St. Joseph
8:00 am Notre Dame
(French), St. Mary
8:30 am St. Luke
9:00 am St. Philip
9:30 am Notre Dame, St.
André, St. Brendan
10:30 am Most Holy
Trinity, St. Luke
11:00 am St. Joseph
Weekday Masses
See the parish
pages inside.
Confessions
Saturday
2:30–3:30 St.
Margaret
3:00
Most Holy Trinity, St. André,
St. Joseph
3:30–4:00 St.
Philip
Or
by appointment
Anointing of
the Sick
By
appointment. Speak to a priest or call the parish office –
Good
Shepherd, 282-3321 –
St. Margaret, 934-2322
St.
Philip, 499-2940
Baptism,
Confirmation & First Holy Communion
For children or adults
Please
call the Good Shepherd Parish Pastoral Office, 282-4812, or St. Margaret’s or
St. Philip’s parish office.
Marriage
Call
Good Shepherd Parish at 282-3321, or St.
Margaret’s or
St.
Philip’s parish office.
JOKES PRIESTS CAN TELL, Vol. 5, Msgr. Arthur Tonne: A woman
tourist in Florida
was admiring an Indian’s necklace. “What
are those things?” she asked, examining it more closely. “Alligator teeth,” replied the Native
American. “Oh,” smiled the woman. “I suppose they have the same value for your
people that
pearls do for us.” “Not quite,” said the Indian. “Anybody can
open an oyster.”
Good Shepherd Parish
Message from Monsignor Mathieu
(edited excerpts from the homily preached on June 28-29 in advance of
the official merger on July 1)
To prepare uniting our six churches into the one Good
Shepherd Parish, I established a single school board to support our two
Catholic schools. Very soon, a single cemetery board will oversee our two
cemeteries. There is now one parish checkbook to pay our bills. As required by
civil and Church law, we have also set aside and protected gifts of money that
had been donated for specific purposes. … I have established a single Pastoral
Council and a single Finance Council as required by Church norms. With the help
of Fr. Kent and Fr. Greg, with the two parish coordinators―Paula Moses
for business affairs and Sister Angela Fortier for pastoral matters―with
our deacons, our two principals, and a very experienced staff, we are prepared
to strengthen the efforts of our Catholic community to proclaim as clearly and
vibrantly as possible the saving message of Jesus Christ. ... We are 14,800
registered members. Despite fewer clergy, we are exploring new ways to organize
our ministries while safeguarding the special role of priests as shepherds,
teachers, and sanctifiers. We are trying to become more efficient by combining
our business and pastoral staffs when it is helpful to do so. We wish to become
expert at using the new technologies available to us. … At the same time, we
continue to need the support of Catholics who participate weekly at any one of
our six churches. Each church needs looking after, liturgical ministers,
catechists, volunteers, and experts of every kind. … In the near future, we
must make decisions forced upon us by the cost of heating oil. Before the
winter months, we must be prepared to have a clear plan about the use of our
buildings for maximum efficiency. … At the same time, we want to give attention
to the many Catholics who do not regularly participate in the life of the
parish. We miss them and we need them to better do the work of the Gospel. … We
also want to find new ways of reaching out to youth and young adults, to encourage
Christian marriages and Church vocations, to cooperate with all people of good
will in the care of those in our community suffering because of poverty or
other reasons. There are large numbers of elderly people in our community. We
want to offer grateful service to those who built this community we love so
much. … In September, we will begin setting goals for our new parish in a more
specific manner. In November, a cluster-wide parish mission will reach out to
the whole community. And we will continue to work to unite both the Lyman and Old Orchard
Beach parishes into the
one Good Shepherd Parish by the year 2010. … Our new parish is composed of
people as different from each other as were the apostles Peter and Paul. But
like them, when push comes to shove, we are all alike in our love for Jesus
Christ. It is this love for our Lord that will permit us to begin to live
together in a new way, willing to give a bit of room for one another’s
weaknesses, eager to benefit from one another’s strengths. … Consider what you
can do personally to help the Church prosper in our community.
Saturday, July 19
4:00 pm St.
Joseph: Guy
Gelinas
4:00 pm St. André: Robert Baillargeon
4:00 pm Most Holy Trinity: Ruth McGovern
4:00 pm St. Margaret
4:30 pm St. Philip
5:30 pm St. Brendan: Helen Gionet
Sunday, July 20
7:00 am St.
Joseph: Robert Binette
8:00 am St. Mary: Frank Nulton
8:00 am Notre Dame (French): Claire Marcotte
8:30 am St. Margaret
9:00 am St. Philip
9:30 am St. André: Estelle Lachance
9:30 am Notre Dame: Jacqueline Chasse
9:30 am St. Brendan: Gertrude Hallczuk
10:30 am Most Holy Trinity: Josephine Wright
10:30 am St. Margaret
11:00 am St.
Joseph:
Theodora Fortier
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Monday, July 21
7:00 am Ste Anne: Marie Anne Fortier (1st
ann.)
9:00 am Most Holy Trinity: Bernice Walker
Tuesday, July 22
7:00 am Ste Anne: Adrien Labonte
9:00 am Most Holy Trinity: Claire Gerardi
Wednesday, July 23
7:00 am Ste Anne: Raymond & Gertrude Tremblay
9:00 am Most Holy Trinity: Philippe Hebert
Thursday, July 24
6:45 am Notre Dame: Mme Eva Spenard Carrier
9:00 am Most Holy Trinity: Lucille Paquet
Friday, July 25
6:45 am Notre Dame: Jeannette Boutin
9:00 am Most Holy Trinity: Claire Gerardi
Saturday, July 26
6:45 am Notre Dame: Andrew Delekto
11:00 am St. Andre:
Memorial Mass for Gerard R. J. Lefebvre
1:00 pm St. Andre: Wedding of Ryan Cleary & Elena
Gouin
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Saturday, July 26
4:00 pm St.
Joseph: Paul Gelinas
4:00 pm St. André: Anna Neault
4:00 pm Most Holy Trinity: Edgar Cote
4:00 pm St. Margaret
4:30 pm St. Philip
5:30 pm St. Brendan: Arthur Lavoie (2nd
ann.)
Sunday, July 27
7:00 am St.
Joseph: Ralph “Charlie” Lachance
8:00 am St. Mary: Aubert Godbout
8:00 am Notre Dame (French): Mr. & Mrs. Paul
Lapointe
8:30 am St. Margaret
9:00 am St. Philip
9:30 am St. André: Gerard Guillereault
9:30 am Notre Dame: Claire Marcotte
9:30 am St. Brendan: Eric Nelson
10:30 am Most Holy Trinity: Edward Kane
10:30 am St. Margaret
11:00 am St.
Joseph: Kathleen Lopez
Worship & Spirituality
August Wedding Banns – Third Call
August 2 – Brock
Houle & Angela Trent
August 2 – Jake
Jeffrey Preble & Jennifer Leigh Berthiaume
August 9 – Mark
Gallagher & Jennifer Magri
August 16 – Robert
Quatrone & Jessica Leblond
August 23 – Russel
Schultz & Kristen Krum
August 30 – Bryan
Carle & Holly Cadorette
August 30 – Peter
Laakman & Lydia
Cote
May They Rest in
Peace: Please pray for those whose funerals were celebrated last week in
Good Shepherd Parish: Sylvia Labonte (born 1938), Maurice Turcotte (born 1923),
Charles Landry (born 1916), Robert Paradis (born 1925), Doris Keen (born 1935),
Raymond “Tim” Lavigne (born 1930), Robert Rocray (born 1937) and Conrad Grenier
(born 1921). May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed through
the mercy of God rest in peace.
How to reach our
Pastoral Office: Sr. Angela Fortier, our Pastoral Coordinator, and the
Faith Formation team of Nancy Labbé, Sue Dick, Karen Laverriere, and Kim
Perrigo, are located at the Good
Shepherd Pastoral
Center, 41 Sullivan St., Biddeford.
They handle all religious education, youth ministry, sacramental preparation,
RCIA/C, requests for sacramental certificates, and other pastoral initiatives. The
main telephone number is 282-4812.
Visitation Program: We
would like to begin by thanking everyone who volunteers their time to visit the
elderly and sick. As we come together as Good Shepherd Parish we are working to
develop practices in how we can best serve our community within both Biddeford and Saco, and soon Lyman and Old Orchard
Beach. Beginning this
August there will be a process implemented for those visiting the sick and
homebound which we, the staff, hope will help best serve you and those who are
in need. It is extremely important that we are aware of the elderly and
homebound who are being visited on a daily/weekly basis, as well as who is
visiting. If you are distributing Holy Communion to anyone in the community we
ask you to continue to meet their needs and help us to identify those requiring
Communion, Anointing of the Sick, and visits. So, on August 2nd
every church within Biddeford and Saco will adopt a new process in which we will provide a
sign-up sheet in the sacristy with information including your name, phone number,
the individual(s) you are visiting, their address, etc. This information is key
for us to gather, and the process is simple. Prior to Mass, you will be asked
to bring your pix into the sacristy and complete the visitation form. Following
Communion you will be asked to come forward to collect your pix with the
elements in them. Please remember that it is important to distribute the
Eucharist to the sick and homebound as quickly as possible after leaving the
church. Your ministry is greatly appreciated as you bring the prayers of the
parish, the scripture of that day, and the Body of Christ. We invite you to
always contact us if you have any questions and/or know anyone who would like
to be visited by calling Deacon Kevin at the Pastoral Office, 282-4812 ext 108.
If you would like to visit or know of anyone who needs Anointing of the Sick,
you may call the number above. Thank you again for all your great work as you
bring the support to those in need.
St. Brendan’s
Celebration: Mark your calendars for July 26 and 27! Msgr. Mathieu will
celebrate St. Brendan’s feast day at both the Saturday and Sunday Masses at the
chapel. The restoration of the chapel will be commemorated with receptions on
the front lawn following both Masses. For more information please contact Ken
Buechs, 282-3954 or kbuechs@earthlink.net.
St. Mary’s and St. Joseph’s Cemeteries: Just a note to let every-one
know that St. Mary’s Cemetery and St.
Joseph’s Cemetery have merged. The new name is Cemeteries
of Good Shepherd Parish. We have a new phone number, 207-282-0747, and
a new address, P.O. Box 391,
Biddeford, ME 04005,
and also a new Board of Directors. If you have any questions regarding this new
merger, please call the phone number above. We will be happy to answer any
questions that you may have.
Thank you, Flora
and Bob Nichols for sharing your magnificent garden flowers (peonies and
lilies) these past weeks to grace our Most Holy Trinity worship space. If
anyone else wishes to donate some seasonal long-stemmed flowers to enhance our
worship environment, please contact Dottie Pribish at 282-4666.
Church Life
Our First Effort! Last
Saturday’s Bake Sale at the Saco
Farmer’s Market was the first Good Shepherd activity since the establish-ment
of our new parish on July 1st and it was a great success on many
fronts! As a fundraiser the Bake Sale brought in $840 for our parish. In
addition, folks from different Biddeford and Saco churches baked for the sale, others worked at the
sale, and others showed their support by purchasing some of the wonderful
sweets we had for sale. All in all a great way to build community within our
new parish. Lastly, with our Good Shepherd banner across the front of our Bake
Table, and with bulletins and Vacation
Bible School
material available for handouts, we were able to share information about our
new parish with those who stopped by. In that way the Bake Sale was one more
small step for evangelization within our community. Great thanks to all who
baked, worked, or bought at our Bake Sale. In particular special thanks to the Parish Life Commission who organized and
led this effort. (Plates, baskets, Tupperware, etc., used to deliver goodies to
the Bake Sale may be picked up in the conference room at Most Holy Trinity Church.)
Available to Borrow: On June 16, Monsignor Mathieu was interviewed on The Issue Hour for Biddeford’s
local access Channel 3. The 50 minute program has been running from time to
time on Biddeford
cable. Monsignor explained in detail some of the challenges our new parish will
face in the months ahead. If you missed it or if you live outside Biddeford, you are welcome
to borrow a copy of one of the DVDs made of the program by contacting the
administrative office at Most Holy Trinity Church (282-3321). Thanks to The Issue Hour for permission to copy
the DVD.
Father Pat Martin Relocating: As of August 1, Fr. Pat will be moving to New York
City while continuing to write and preach parish missions
throughout North America. Many will
miss him in the community. He has been a welcome, friendly presence in the
rectory.
Finance & Administration
Bishop’s Appeal – Sharing Good News, Doing Good Works for
People of Maine:
Many thanks to the 796 households
who have participated in the Bishop’s Appeal. If you have not already done so,
please consider a substantial pledge so that many in our diocese will be served
in the Lord’s name. Pledge envelopes are available at the church doors or by
contacting the Saco office.
Reminder! Now
that we are Good Shepherd Parish, if you write a check for the offertory or to
pay for a Mass intention, etc., please make the check out to Good Shepherd
Parish. Thank you!
Also, all envelope
users will be receiving new “Good Shepherd” envelopes in August for use
beginning in September. Until then please continue to use the remaining
envelopes you have left with your individual church name on them. If you have
any questions regarding envelopes please call Paula Moses at Good Shepherd
Administrative Office, 282-3321.
Good Shepherd Parish
1st Collection $22,781.00 2nd Collection $4,123.50
St.
Brendan Chapel
1st Collection
$2,106.00 2nd
Collection $425.55
We thank you very much for
your continued support.
Faith Formation
Register
Today for Vacation Bible Camp, coming August 11–15th from 9 am
to 11:30 am at Most Holy Trinity in Saco. All
preschoolers and elementary aged youngsters are invited to discover Jesus’
miraculous power through amazing crafts, incredible music, exciting Bible
adventures, outside games, service projects, science fun, and more. Again St.
Margaret Parish and Most Holy Trinity will come together and offer an exciting
week for all cluster children. Be sure to be a part of this year’s “Power Lab.”
Mark your calendars and return registrations forms to MHT, 271 Main Street, Saco, ME 04072.
Additional registration forms may be picked up in MHT’s gathering space or by
calling 282-4812 to have one mailed to you. Cost is $25 per child.
Bible Camp Wish List:
Donated food items for snack time each day include regular size Ritz Crackers,
Vanilla Wafers, Chocolate Pudding Cups, M and Ms, small plates, napkins,
plastic spoons, and handiwipes. Polyfil for our service project; glue; red,
purple, green, and blue permanent markers are also needed. Marked donations may
be left at St. Margaret’s or MHT. If anyone has a plastic wading pool we could
borrow, please call 282-4812. We thank you for your generosity.
An Ice-Cream Power
Lab Vacation Bible Camp Team Meeting will take place Wednesday, July 23,
from 6 to 7 pm at Most Holy Trinity. All youth crew leaders and adults are
urged to attend. Regrets only to sue_mhtchurch@yahoo.com.
Are you a stay at
home Mom or caregiver of a toddler or pre-schooler who would like to pass on
the gift of faith to God’s little ones? To learn more about our Pray &
Play Group please leave a message for Sue at the Faith Formation Office,
282-4812.
Developing Households of Faith
Next Sunday’s Gospel
is Matthew 13: 44–46. “The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a
field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that
he has and buys that field.”
Questions of the Week
listed below and are designed to help your reflection and sharing with your
family prior to coming to Sunday Mass.
Adult Question: What would you be willing to “sell” or do without in
order to achieve your dreams for yourself or your family?
Child Question: What good thing do you want so much that you would
give up something else to get it?
Faith
Formation Programs
“Regarding family-centered
religious education…. Evidence suggests that programs best affect students when
the family is considered part of the religious education team. When faith does
not support home activities, many youth fall prey to a religious skepticism
that grows and festers. The most successful programs involve parents sharing
their faith and receiving nurturance from each other, their children, and the
extended family of faith.”
From Family Centered Church, A New Parish Model by Gerald Foley.
Religious formation
is a lifelong process. The Faith Formation Office is dedicated to guiding,
encouraging, and supporting adults and children in their ongoing spiritual
enrichment. The staff strives to support all parents in their role as the
primary educators of faith for their children. We are here to help you!
One of our goals is to help parents bring practical faith
experiences into everyday life at home.
Parents, we offer you a chance to be involved in the faith development
of your child through your participation in our Faith Formation programs. Our programs
range from pre-K through 5th grade, Jr. High Youth Ministry for 6th
through 8th grade students, and High School Youth Ministry for 9th
through 12th grade students. To receive registration information for
the fall programs, or if you would like to know more about our other programs,
please call Nancy Labbé, Sue Dick, or Karen Laverriere at the Faith Formation
office, 282-4812.
A child must attend a Family Catechesis/Religious Education
program and be present at
Mass for at least the year prior to starting preparation for the reception of
the sacraments. The earliest any child is available to receive the sacraments
would be during the second grade, or after the completion of his or her seventh
year of age.
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church…
“The Latin Church… reserves the admission of Holy Communion to
those who have attained the age of reason…” (CC1244). The Church canonically
interprets “the age of reason” to be the completion of the seventh year of age.
“At the completion of the seventh year of age one is presumed to have the use
of reason” (Can.97).
2008–2009 Catechist
Sign-Up: We are recruiting volunteers to be catechists next fall Lesson
plans, activities, and supplies are provided. All catechists take part in Safe
Environment Training and are provided opportunities to deepen their faith and
learn new methods of catechesis through workshops. If you are interested in
sharing your faith with the children please contact the Religious Education
Office at 282-6392.
Catechesis aims “to put people not only in touch, but in
communion, in intimacy, with Jesus Christ”
The National
Directory for Catechesis
Junior High Youth
Ministry: The Youth Group will continue to serve our community at the Bon
Appétit meal program through the summer. If you are interested in volunteering
some time please call Karen at 282-4812 or e-mail k.laverriere@hotmail.com for more
information or to register.
Attention Eighth Graders: Please consider joining our
High School youth group in the fall.
Lighting the world – one youth at a time!
There’s no summer break from faith!
We’re
open 24/7 at www/cymme.org
Please remember to
pray for the 51 pilgrims from this diocese who will be joining with Bishop
Malone and Msgr. Marc Caron in Australia
July 12–25 to celebrate World Youth Day and share their faith with the Holy
Father and other pilgrims from all over the world. For information and pictures
of our diocese in Australia
check www.portlanddiocese.org or www.frdan.org.
If you
have a child seven years of age or older who has never received any religious
education or has not been Baptized, we would like to welcome them to be part of
our children’s Initiation Process (RCIC). This journey prepares the child and
their family for reception of the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and
First Eucharist. We are now interviewing families and we would love to work
with you. If you have any interest or need to get more information call Nancy
Labbé at 282-4812.
We highly recommend that parents
call us while they are expecting to make plans to prepare for their child’s
Baptism.
We will be offering Baptism Preparation every month, so it is really important that if
you know anyone who is expecting to please have them call us so we can help
them prepare for this wonderful event! We look forward to working with young
parents and it seems a lot easier on the parents to attend the Baptism Prep
Sessions before the little one arrives. Call your Office of Faith Formation for
more information.
St. Margaret
Church
July 19 – July 27, 2008
Sat. 4:00
PM Eva Rousselle / Roland, Anne, & family
Sun. 8:30 AM
Fred & Victoria DuDevoir / Irene DuDevoir &
family
10:30 AM Parishioners
Mon. 7:45 AM Joseph Cote
/ Yati & Jerry
Tues. 7:45 AM June Clark / Her Estate
Wed
7:45 AM Intentions of Bruce
Churchill / Janet
McLaughlin &
children
Thurs. 7:45 AM André
Lessard / Constance Lessard
Fri. 7:45
AM Roger Doane Smith, Jr. / Charles Malia
Sat. 4:00
PM Eva Rousselle / Roland, Anne, & family
Sun. 8:30 AM
St. Margaret’s Memorial Fund Mass
10:30
AM Parishioners
Mass intentions are not announced at Mass.
Liturgical Roles
Eucharistic Ministers, Lectors, & Altar Servers – July 26-27
Time Euch.
Ministers Lectors Altar Servers
4 PM C.
Murphy C. Verreault Q. Anderson
Sr. Olla J.
Oelstrom J. Anderson
A.
Mandeville Z.
Lafrance-A.
J. Roderick
S. Giarolo
8:30 AM B.
DiModica D. Lapointe J. Cianchette
B.
Quinn B. Lapointe
M.
Quinn
B.
Gilman
P.
Belanger
10:30 AM M. Allen J.
Bouchard J. Cyr
F. Campbell N. Bouchard M.
Cleary
R.
Bisson N.
Smith
A.
Guerin
J.
Guerin
A Holy Hour of
Adoration of Our Lord Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament of His Eucharistic Love
will be held in church at 3 PM on Sunday, July 20, and on every third Sunday of
each month. We will be praying for the
new evangelization in our diocese. All
are invited to attend.
Attendance at Mass on July 12-13, 2008
4 PM 423 8:30 AM 508 10:30
AM 447
Total 1,378
Inspirational Quote
for Today—“Life is made up of little things. It is seldom that occasion offers itself for
doing a great deed. True greatness
consists in being great in all little things.
Let us be willing to keep doing a little good rather than waiting to do
a great deal of good all at once.”—Dr. W. S. K. Yeaple
A Scriptural
Reflection on Stewardship--Today’s first reading reminds us that “Those who
are just must be kind.” If our words and
deeds are kind and selfless, we will be like the good seed in the Gospel
parable and gathered as wheat in the Lord’s harvest.
Your Sacrificial
Offering
Offertory
Collection on July 12-13, 2008 $6,910
177 envelopes $3,141
Loose money
3,769
1.child’s envelope 1
Thank you for your
contributions.
Please continue
using your offertory envelopes.
BISHOP’S APPEAL 2008
Sharing Good News,
Doing Good Works for the People of Maine
We sincerely thank the 184 families who have made a gift to
the Bishop’s Appeal. To date, we have
received $49,036 in pledges. We still
need $5,964 to meet our goal of $55,000.
If you have not yet pledged, please consider doing so this weekend. Envelopes are still available in the front
and in the back of the church.
Welcome, Summer
Visitors—The Catholic Community of St. Margaret and St. Luke extends a warm
welcome to all its summer visitors. We
are pleased that you are with us for today’s Mass.
May you enjoy your stay in Old
Orchard Beach!
JULY &
AUGUST MASS SCHEDULE
St.
Margaret Church Saturday at 4 PM
Weekdays
at 7:45 AM
St. Luke’s Chapel Sunday at 8:30 & 10:30 AM
Parish Office Summer
Hours—Our parish office will
close at 12:30 PM on Fridays during July and August. It will be open as usual from 8:30 AM to 3:30
PM Monday through Thursday.
St. Margaret Memorial Fund—Whenever you
wish to request a Mass for someone other than a close relative, we invite you
to make your request in the form of a donation to the St. Margaret Memorial
Fund. You will receive a card to give to
the family of the person you wish to have remembered. The card will state that you have made a
donation to the Memorial Fund. The name
of the person to be remembered, as well as your name as donor, will be
inscribed in our Memorial Book. Then
each month, a Mass will be celebrated in remembrance of all who have been
enrolled in the Memorial Book. Donations
to this fund may be in any amount.
Register for
Religious Education Early—You can register for religious education all
summer by calling 934-4232 or e-mailing stmargaretreledu@maine.rr.com. Thank you for registering early as this helps
us when ordering books and supplies.
Vacation Bible Camp –
“Power Lab”—St. Margaret’s is teaming up once again with Most Holy in Saco for Vacation Bible Camp to be held at Most Holy
Trinity from 9 to 11:30 AM on August 11-15.
The registration fee is only $25 for the entire week. Please call Sue at 282-4812 or Liz at
934-4232 to register. If any youth or
adult would like to volunteer to help at Vacation Bible Camp, please call or
e-mail Liz.
St. Philip Catholic Church
MASS INTENTIONS
9:00 am.
Wednesday, July 23:
Michael
Nadeau by his family
9:00 a.m.
Thursday, July 24:
† Veronica
Morisson by Fr. Brewer
9:00 a.m.
Friday, July 25:
† Fr. James Robichaud by Fr. Brewer
4:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 26:
† Catherine
Miller by family
9:00 a.m.
Sunday, July 27:
† Hermann
Whiten by Richard & Sylvia Neault
THE CHURCH
VIGIL LIGHT will burn before Our
Blessed Lord in the Tabernacle for Hope Chevalier Neault who has been able to go home from the hospital that she can breathe
without supplemental oxygen.
THE CHAPEL VIGIL LIGHT will burn before Our Blessed Lord in the Tabernacle
for those in our parish family who are facing medical procedures and ill
health.
LIFE-LONG LEARNING: From the moment of our first breath and all
the moments thereafter we are in a process of Life-Long Learning, whether it’s
learning that the fist which is initially used for sucking on
becomes―wonder of wonders―
fingers
that can grasp objects for inspection and draw things to ourselves to be
further gnawed on, or the first toddling steps of our faith journey as
Catholics and drawing towards ourselves for inspection the spiritual dimension
of our lives, we are forever unraveling the mystery, gift and graces of our
existence.
One
of the ways our parish offers assistance to parents and grandparents to help
unravel the treasure and traditions of our Catholic faith for our parish
children is in classroom-based faith formation and sacramental preparation
programs. We have a loyal and conscientious team of Catechists who are looking
forward to fostering our children’s relationship with Jesus and His
Church. We invite you to register your
child/grandchild/teen for the new sessions which will begin in September.
Yellow registration forms may be found in the Vestibule. FMI call our PCL Edith Forst at 284-3736, or
request an application via email: eforst.stphilip@verizon.net.
MANY, MANY THANKS go out to the crew of
workers who put in many hours to make the Yard Sale such a GREAT success. Special
thanks go out to everyone who donated their “treasures” to help raise monies
for the Parish. Your Support is appreciated! Thank You.
Gather Us
Cluster Mission
~ Coming in November
Give us to drink the wine of compassion, give us to eat
the bread that is you; Nourish us well, and teach us to fashion lives that are
holy and hearts that are true. - Marty Haugen
PAUL OF TARSUS
On the road to Damascus “Christ
made me his own.”
In
Paul’s apostolate difficulties were not lacking, which he faced with courage
for love of Christ. Paul makes it clear that he would not have been able to
face difficult and at times desperate situations if he did not have a reason of
absolute value, before which nothing could be considered insurmountable. For
Paul, this reason is Jesus Christ of whom he writes: “The love of Christ impels us… .”
ADULT ED Opportunity begins in September: The Acts of the Apostles tell us much about St. Paul, but also a group of Letters that
have come directly from his hand and which, without intermediaries, reveal his
personality and thought. We will use the book Paul, Least of the Apostles: The Story of the Most Unlikely Witness to Christ by Alain Decaux to
learn more about this “apostle by vocation” and “apostle by the will of
God.” First Gathering: Wednesday,
September 17 6:30 pm – Parish Hall Classroom. All are welcome!
RCIA: The
Rite of Christian Initiation of ADULTS – Are you an adult who has been considering or may be interested in
becoming a member of the Catholic faith and not quite sure what to do about it?
Are you an adult who, for one reason or another, has been baptized yet has not celebrated
the Sacraments of Holy Eucharist (Communion) or Confirmation? OR
Do you have a child or grandchild age 7 or older
who has not been baptized? Or has not celebrated the sacraments of
Reconciliation, Holy Eucharist or Confirmation?
RCIA adapted for children is a program where these children come
together and are invited on a spiritual journey in preparation for the reception of these Sacraments. FMI Please call our PCL Edith Forst at
284-3736 or email: eforst.stphilip@verizon.net.
Offertory Report – July 5/6 2008
Saturday 4:30 pm & Sunday 9:00 am………………………………….$2,354.40
Diocesan
Tithe 12.75% of weekly
offertory-$ 300.19
Cluster
Tithe 2.00% of weekly offertory -$ 46.59
Thank You to those who make up their
offertory envelopes
