September 10, 2017 ************** Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

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1 September 10, 2017 ************** Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Parish Central Office: 145 Pritham Ave., P.O. Box 457, Greenville, ME * (207) Like us on Facebook to keep up with parish events, and other information regarding our Catholic Faith! Check out our website at Spread the word to your family and friends! Holy Family Parish St. Faustina Church of St. Anthony Parish Pastor - Rev. Aaron Damboise Father Aaron is at St. Anthony Sunday, Monday & Tuesday at Holy Family Thursday, Friday & Saturday. He is also available evenings by appointment. Father may be reached by telephone at or at aaron.damboise@portlanddiocese.org. Please feel free to stop by and visit Father anytime. Deacon Deacon John Guerin You can reach Deacon John by telephone at or Administrative Assistant - Bette DiAngelo You can reach Bette at or via bette.diangelo@portlanddiocese.org Bookkeeper - Lorraine Auclair You can reach Lorraine at or via lorraine.auclair@portlanddiocese.org Holy Family Parish Office Hours: Monday, Thursday & Friday: 9:00am-12:00noon. Monday and Tuesday: 6:00pm-8:00pm Saturday: 10:00am-2:00pm St. Anthony Parish Office Hours: Monday: 9:00am-12:00noon 1:30 4:00pm Tuesday: 9:00am-12:00noon Holy Family Parish - Saturday Mass at 4:00pm Sunday Mass at 7:00am Weekend Masses celebrated at the Union Church - 2 Moosehead Lake Road, Greenville Confession: Sat. at 3:00pm, Sunday 6:30-6:45am or by appointment St. Joseph Mission - Sunday Mass at 9:00am 4140 Rockwood Rd., Rockwood St. Faustina Church of St. Anthony Parish -Sunday Mass at 11:00am 370 Main Street, Jackman Confession: Sunday at 10:30-10:45am or by appointment

2 Holy Family Parish: Mass Schedule: Saturday, September 9th - 4:00pm at the Union Church Lionel Breau by Suzanne Maheux Sunday, September 10th - 7:00am at the Union Church Carroll Smith by Fonda Sunday, September 10th - 9:00am at St. Joseph Church Thursday,September 14th-7:30am in the Rectory Chapel Cecile Gagne by Daughter and Sons Friday, September 15th - 7:30am in the Rectory Chapel Diane Gagne by Sister and Brothers Saturday, September 16th - 4:00pm at the Union Church Bob Weingart by The Weingart Family Sunday, September 17th - 7:00am at the Union Church Sunday, September 17th - 9:00am at St. Joseph Church Norma - Morton Whitten by The Somers Family Holy Hour of Adoration with Evening Prayer and Devotions to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on Fridays from 5-6pm in the Rectory Chapel Holy Family Ladies Guild-1st & 3rd Mondays each month at 1 pm in the Rectory: At each meeting the rosary is said for the conversion of our country, for our church, and for those on our parish prayer list. Knights of Columbus Greenville Council 2368 Monthly meetings are held the first Wednesday of the month at 6:00pm in the Holy Family Rectory. Tootsie Roll Fund drive is here to help people with disabilities. If you would like to have a meeting in the Rectory, please make sure to contact the Parish Office at to get your event on the Master Calendar. During the construction of our new church, please park on the church side of Pritham Ave., across the street at the school or on the gravel close to the Rectory. Please don t park on the awn and do not enter the safety hardhat zone. Thanks so much! Please remember to pray for Holy Family Church: Heavenly Father, author and inspirer of all things holy, hear our prayers for our new Church. Send forth Your Spirit that we may humbly be guided by your Divine Will. Touch our hearts with true generosity to raise up a house of God for the inspiration and renewal of all your faithful. We ask this in Jesus Name. Amen. Mass Schedule: St. Anthony Parish: Sunday,September 10th- 11:00am at St. Faustina Church Steve Plante by Family Monday, September 11th-7:00am at St. Faustina Church Intentions of Catholic Extension Donors Tuesday, September 12th No Daily Mass Sunday,September 17th- 11:00am at St. Faustina Church Rose-Ida Genesse by Yvette Costello Eucharistic Adoration: Monday 4-5pm Morning Prayer Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: 8:30am in the Church St. Faustina Ladies Prayer Group- Wednesdays at 8:30am: We meet to pray the Miraculous Medal Novena, the Liturgy of the Hours and the Rosary, Stations of the Cross or a Chaplet. We offer the prayers for family, friends or anyone who is in need of prayer. Please let us know if there is a special person that you would like us to add to our prayer basket. All ladies of the parish are welcome to join us even if you can't come every week. Knights of Columbus Jackman Council 2392 Monthly meetings are held the first Monday of the month at 6:30pm in the St Faustina Church Hall. The Rene Morin Senior Luncheon will be held the 3rd Wednesday each month at 11:30am in St Faustina Church Hall and the doors will open at 11am. Please join us. The Gifting of the Holy Spirit Saturday, October 7th at the Ski-Hy Conference and Renewal Center, 32 Sky-Hy Drive, Topsham, ME. This conference will be a hands on experience to receive inspiration, prayer and practice with the gifts of the Holy Spirit. 7:30-8:30am is registration and from 8:30am-2:30pm there will be worship, talks by Deacon Al Burleigh, a prayer workshop, discussion time and lunch. At 2:30pm there will be a healing service led by Father Richard Rice ad Deacon Al Burleigh. Mass will follow the healing service. Cost is $10 for lunch. To register, just provide your name, address, phone, meal preference and any special needs to jeffreylapierre@myfairpoint.net or call or text Sponsored by Diocese of Portland, Office of Charismatic Renewal. Bulletin deadline: Please have information to the Parish office by Friday at 10am to be included in the following week.

3 Weekly Offertory Collection Holy Family St. Joseph St. Anthony September 2 and 3 $ 1, $ $ 1, Hurricane Harvey $ 1, $ $ Building Fund $ 10, St. Anthony Parish collected a total of $ in August for the Mortgage Reduction Project which will be applied to the September 2017 mortgage payment. Thank you for your continued, faithful support! Mass Intentions are a wonderful way to remember a loved one. To schedule, use a Mass Intention envelope and please make $10.00 check payable to the parish, in the memo line indicate whom the Mass Intention is being offered for. Please include your name and phone number so if we need to contact you we can. Pending availability, Masses will be offered either on a weekday or a weekend celebration. Holy Family Parish Building Fund Consider remembering a loved one or friend or honoring someone for a birthday or anniversary in a special way. Donations can be put in the collection or mailed to Holy Family Building Fund P.O. Box 457, Greenville, ME Sacraments of Initiation and Healing Baptism Call the office at least 6 months in advance of the birth of your first child. Confirmation Call the parish office for more information. Eucharist See Mass schedule. For a homebound or sick call, please contact the office or Fr. Aaron. Reconciliation - Saturday from 3:00-3:45pm at Holy Family ; Sunday from 10:15-10:45 at St. Faustina and anytime by appointment call Fr. Aaron at Anointing of the Sick - If you or a loved one would like a visit, call Fr. Aaron at Sacraments of Vocation Marriage - Contact Fr. Aaron at least one year prior to intended date of wedding. Holy Orders - September 10, 2017 Where two or three are gathered in My name The community who gathers in Christ needs leadership. Might He be inviting you to consider a vocation to the consecrated life or priesthood? Call Father Seamus Griesbach at (207) or write: seamus.griesbach@portlanddiocese.org. FMI about consecrated life contact: Sr. Rita Mae Bissonnette at (207) RitaMae.Bissonnette@portlanddiocese.org Holy Family Church Building Fund has raised $1,763, in cash and pledges. Please continue to support Beginning a New Century of Faith and to pray for Holy Family Church. If you and your family would like to learn more about this project and how you can help, please call the office at for more information. Thank you for your support! Weekly Prayer For Priests September 10: Bishop Robert P. Deeley, JCD September 11: Rev. Steven Cartwright & Rev. Patrick Agbodi SMA September 12: Rev. Michael Seavey & Rev. Peter Kaseta OFMCap September 13: Rev. James Plourde & Rev. Aurelijus Gricius OFM September 14: Our Holy Father September 15: Msgr. Andrew Dubois V.Rev. Richard Malo September 16: Rev. Richard Bertrand SJ Sanctuary Candles for September 10 to September 16 Holy Family Church: Owen Lebel by Suzanne Maheux and Family St. Faustina Church: Candles are $7.00 per week and will burn near our church tabernacle for one week. Candles may be offered for one s personal intentions, or in memory of a loved one or friend. FMI, call Bette at The Presence Radio Network Week of Sunday, September 10, 2017 Call Me Catholic w/ Peggy Normandin Saturday at 1 pm Broadcasting from the Tower of Hope on the beautiful Christ Cathedral Campus, in Orange County, CA, Call Me Catholic hosted by Peggy Normandin, is a light and lively conversation about the blessings and challenges of embracing a Catholic identity in the modern world. This live one-hour show is heard Saturdays at 1pm. The Presence Radio is your listener-supported Catholic radio FM in Greater Portland, 90.3 FM in Greater Bangor, 89.7 FM Mid- Coast, 89.5 FM Augusta, 97.5 Fort Kent, 1390AM Northern Maine,105.7 FM in Springvale & Sanford Listen online Download the free Presence Radio smartphone app or dial and listen on your cell phone or T-Mobile users dial WE VE BEEN CHALLENGED!! Catholic Extension, founded in 1905, raises money to build churches and the Church in America s poorest places. This year Holy Family applied for and received a $50,000 Challenge Grant for our new Church. Only one in five applications received funding. To qualify we need to raise $150,000 in new cash gifts before December 31, If you have already given, would you consider another donation to help us meet this challenge? If you have not contributed yet, this is the time to make your dollar donation really count. Pledge cards are available on the table by the Holy Water Font at the Church entrance.

4 Please plan to join us for these Upcoming Events at Holy Family: Saturday, September 16th-Bean Supper Sunday, October 1st -Holy Family Golf Tournament Saturday, October 7th Columbus Dinner Sunday, October 8th Knights of Columbus Breakfast Saturday, November 11th Hunter s Breakfast Saturday, November 25th - Craft Fair and Food Holy Family Parish Golf Tournament at Brambletye Links Sunday, October 1, 2017 Registration 9:15am Shot-gun start 10am Registration fee of $100/person (Registration due by September 23rd) We welcome hole sponsors and donations with all proceeds to benefit Holy Family Building Fund. For more information, call Hugh McEachern at , John and Barbara Crossman at or Joe DiAngelo at Date: Saturday, September 16th Time: 5-6:30 PM Place: American Legion Pritham Avenue, Greenville Dinner includes beans, hotdogs, coleslaw, biscuits and dessert Adults: $10.00 * 12 & under: $5.00 Proceeds to benefit the Holy Family Building Fund If you would like to volunteer to help or make a donation, please call Judy at or Angie at Thank you for your support!

5 Another school year and another year of Faith Formation is upon us. St. Anthony will start classes on September 10th from 9:30-10:30am, please call Connie to register at We are in need of a 3rd grade teacher if you are interested, call Connie for more information. Holy Family classes for students in K through 8th will be starting this fall, please call to register. Holy Family Middle/High School Group will continue to meet on Sunday evenings in the Rectory from 6-7:30PM. If you are registered from last year, we are assuming you will be continuing this season also. Please do join us for our first session lead by Bette DiAngelo for Parents and students on Sunday, September 17, 2017 at 6:00PM. Please call the office to register new students. Join us and over 12,000 churches across the United States that are participating in the 2017 campaign of America needs Fatima. Charlie Baker will be leading a Public Rosary in front of the construction of the new Holy Family Church, across from the Greenville High School at noon on Saturday October 14, 2017 as part of the International event to celebrate the anniversary of the miracle of the sun that took place in Fatima on October 13, For more information call: Charlie Baker Kindly remember in prayer : Diane Gilboe, Louise Lacasse, Mark Mullins, O Dell Merchant, Terry Currin, Dr. David Frasz, Stella Goetz, Brenda Ward, Owen Lebel,Donald Shea, Bonnie D Arcangelo, Isabelle Haggan, Koel Talpey, Margie Falardeau, Dot Harmon, Kathy Begin, Carmen Jennison, Gerard Falardeau, Jennifer Matlack-Bolin, Tibbetts Family, Dottie Gagne, Doug Worster, Ramona Varney, Huguette Morin, Keith & Frances Davis, Sean Melvidas, Christine Havenaar, Jeannine Pinette, Linley Brown, Jr., Rosemarie Paradise, Rena Parent, Jim & Sue Johnston, Theresa Breau, Dorothy Ragan, Richard Falardeau, Christine Fox Frauenheim, France Larochelle McAllister, Jeannette Morrill, Linda Kronholm, Rita Lampinen, Lauren Trigge and Arthur Giroux. Readings for the Week of September 10, 2017 Sunday: Ezekiel 33:7-9/Psalms 95:1-2, 6-9/ Romans 13:8-10/Matthew 18:15-20 Monday: Colossians 1:24--2:3/Psalms 62:6-7, 9/Luke 6:6-11 Tuesday: Colossians 2:6-15/Psalms 145:1b-2, 8-11/ Luke 6:12-19 Wednesday: Colossians 3:1-11/Psalms 145:2-3, 10-13ab/ Luke 6:20-26 Thursday: Numbers 21:4b-9/Psalms 78:1bc-2, 34-38/ Philemon 2:6-11/John 3:13-17 Friday: 1 Timothy 1:1-2, 12-14/Psalms 16:1b-2a, 5, 7-8, 11/ John 19:25-27 Saturday: 1 Timothy 1:15-17/Psalms 113:1b-5a, 6-7/ Luke 6:43-49