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| FROM THE PASTOR I want to invite all parishioners to join us this
week for our PARISH LENTEN MISSION that begins
this Sunday evening and continues each night through Wednesday.
This special opportunity of grace is being co-sponsored by the
Evangelization and Spiritual Development Committees of the parish.
The theme of this year is “The Call to Discipleship” and we will
focus our attention on the demands that Christian discipleship
makes on our lives. We will begin our mission with a special presentation
of the RESURRECTION CANTATA that will be performed
on Sunday evening, March 25th at 7:00 PM in the Church.
We are so fortunate to have the St. Patrick Players of Watertown
offer this beautiful and moving rendition of the Resurrection
as seen through the eyes of St. Peter. This awesome production
has been performed all over the world and it evokes a true sense
of what the Lord Jesus endured for us by His death and resurrection
and the effect that this event had on St. Peter. The performance
is open to people of all ages and I hope that you will take advantage
of this opportunity to renew your appreciation of our privilege
to be Disciples of Christ. We have invited the REVEREND VINCENT E. DAILY, a Spiritual Director at St. John’s Seminary, to conduct the next three nights of prayer as we examine the many challenges that are present as we attempt to follow Christ. Fr. Daily has recently completed his dissertation and was awarded his degree as a Doctor of Sacred Theology. His topic for his dissertation was Dorothy Day who was the founder of the Catholic Worker Movement in the United States. Obviously, she took the call to discipleship to heart and evidenced by her own life what it meant to follow Christ in the midst of the world. On Monday night, we will celebrate BENEDICTION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT at 7:30 PM. Tuesday evening, we will reflect upon our own failures to respond to the Lord’s call as faithfully as we would perhaps have liked and to ask for His forgiveness. We have invited many priests to help us as we celebrate the SACRAMENT OF PENANCE through individual confession. Finally, on Wednesday night, the Lenten mission will culminate in the celebration of the Central Act of our lives as Disciples. We will celebrate the Source and Summit of our lives as Catholics, the MASS, at 7:30 PM in the Church. I hope that you will make every effort to participate in these nights as a way of strengthening your baptismal commitment to follow Christ.
Mass Intentions This Week
PLEASE PRAY FOR Fr. Frank Manning, Dorothy Fitzgerald, Fran Quaranto, Patty Adams, Gary Soares, Francis Burke, Patrick Burke, Philip Allen, Felicia Quesada, Charlene Lombardi, Patricia Finnegan, Rita Marso, Harold Davis, Lucille Belmore, Ralph Vaccari, Richard Guerin, Maryann Webster, Helen MacDonald, Julie Branton, Catherine MacLellan, Jim Campbell, Wilma Verge, Ricky Webster, Eileen Dennis, Elaine Ruda, Ulysse Richard, Dave Markow, Marie Smith, Joel Dennis, Nancy Brodeur, Thomas Kean, Diane Doyle, Stephen W. Humphrey, Jr., Muriel Cosentino, James Phillips, James Atherton, Barbara DiVaio, Barbara Waite, Mike Fitzgerald and all the sick of the parish. SANCTUARY LAMPS for the week of March 25 will burn in prayer for Special Intentions. If you would like a LAMP in our Church or Adoration Chapel burning for one week, in memory of a loved one or for a special intention, please call the rectory (508) 653-1093. PARISH SUPPORT
Second Collection Our St. Patrick Parish family donated $3,056.00 to the special collection for Catholic Relief Services last weekend. Thank you for your generosity! Stewardship More than that, I even consider everything as a loss because of the supreme good of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have accepted the loss of all things and I consider them so much rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having any righteousness of my own based on the law but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God, depending on faith to know him and the power of his resurrection and (the) sharing of his sufferings by being conformed to his death, if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead. (Philippians 3: 8-11) In today’s second reading, St. Paul says, “For his sake I have forfeited everything; I have accounted all else rubbish so that Christ may be my wealth.” Does my stewardship suggest that I could say the same? Prayer for Vocations O God Almighty, we thank you for calling each of us into deeper
life through Jesus. We thank you for the love we are called to
bear one another and for the power you give us to love with your
Spirit of love. Teach us to respect the many ways your Spirit
is manifested and the many gifts needed to bring Christ’s life
in us to its fullness. Never let us forget that the greatest among
us is the one who serves with joy and humility, using your gifts
for the common good. We ask this in the name of your son through
the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen. SPECIAL SECOND COLLECTION There will be a SPECIAL SECOND COLLECTION taken up at all of the Masses NEXT weekend for EASTER FLOWERS. We have decided to decorate the Church in memory of all of our deceased loved ones. If you wish to make a financial contribution towards this, please write the name of the deceased loved one on the outside of the envelopes that will be in the pews and place your offering in next week’s second collection. In the event that finances are somewhat problematic for you, please feel free to simply write the name of anyone that you would like remembered on the outside of the envelope and simply place it in the basket. We are happy to remember everyone in our prayers at the Altar during this holy season.
St. Martin de Porres Meeting today, Sunday, March 25th in the Lower Church Hall. All are welcome! Members of St. Martin de Porres Chapter at St. Patrick Church will meet today at 1:30PM in the Lower Church Hall for their monthly meeting. Please join us! The featured talk will be on the "Defense of Pope Pius XII" during WWII. Light refreshments will be served. Divine Office will follow the meeting and will be in the Lower Chapel. For inquiries, please call Peg Branagan at 508-653-2347. Rest in Peace Let us pray for those who have died, especially Walter T. Burke May he and all of
Vacation Bible School ALERT! SUMMER WILL BE HERE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT!!!!! LADIES……Make W.I.N.G.S. Our Spring Session continues with Wednesdays through April 11 March 28, 2007 April 4, 2007 April 11, 2007 Call Kelly for Registration information @ 508-655-4410
St. Bridget School Charity Golf Tournament The 10th Annual St. Bridget School Charity Golf Tournament will be held Monday, May 14 at Wedgewood Pines Country Club in Stow, MA. Golfers of all abilities are invited to participate in this four-person scramble. The registration fee of $150 per golfer includes Continental Breakfast, 18 holes of golf with riding cart, lunch, several contests during the round, and a silent auction with hors d’oeuvres after golf. For more information or to register, please visitwww.saintbridgetschool.info/golftourreg.htm. Not a golfer but still interested in supporting Saint Bridget’s School? Individual and corporate sponsors are welcome. Sponsorships ranging from $25-$250 are available. Additionally, we also welcome in-kind gifts or products or services which could be distributed to the golfers or made available for auction during the silent auction. Visit our website for additional details on this tax deductible opportunity to support the school. Saint Patrick Parish Daily Mass Schedule Stations of the Cross Wednesday evenings at 6:45 p.m.
Today, Sunday, March 25 Parish Lenten Mission Holy Triduum Thursday. April 5 – Holy Thursday Parish Activities Please check out our St. Patrick Parish activities online. Here is a sample of the calendar view. Safety for All In an effort to make sure our building is a secure place for all during the celebration of Mass, parents please accompany your children when they need to use the rest room. In this way we will all be assured that our youngsters are safe at all times. |
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