ST. TIMOTHY PARISH. Baptism The Sacrament of Baptism is celebrated at scheduled Liturgies.

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1 650 Nichols Street, Norwood, MA Serving Norwood, Walpole, and Westwood ST. TIMOTHY PARISH Liturgical Celebrations Sunday Eucharist: Saturday 4:30pm Sunday 8am; 9:30am; 11am; 5pm (No 5:00 pm Liturgy Memorial Day through Labor Day) Daily Eucharist Mon.-Sat. 9:00am Reconciliation Sat. 3:30-4:00pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Friday 9:30am 3:00pm Reach us by Home Page Parish Fr. Culloty Colleen Campion Bonnie Gleason Kathy MacKenzie Frank Connell Betsy Rivard Joseph Messina Sue Bartlett Reach us by Telephone Parish Office Religious Education Youth Formation Ministry Fax Pastor Rev. John P. Culloty (ext. 25) Senior Priest in Residence Rev. George Emerson (ext. 13) Deacon Joseph Messina Liturgy Director Colleen Campion (ext. 28) Music Director Bonnie Gleason (ext. 11) Religious Education Director Kathryn MacKenzie (gr.k-6) (ext. 27) Youth Formation Ministry Director Frank Connell (gr. 7-12) (ext. 26) Parish Secretary/Religious Education Secretary Kathy Tinson (ext. 32) Parish Nurse Betsy Rivard (ext. 34) Building and Grounds Sue Bartlett Adult Initiation The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is an ongoing process of individual faith development and communal formation. Anyone interested in learning more about what it means to become a Catholic Christian, should contact the parish office. Baptism The Sacrament of Baptism is celebrated at scheduled Liturgies. Parishioners who are expecting a child should contact the office at least two months in advance, or as soon as possible to make arrangements and meet with the Baptismal Preparation Team. Reconciliation Also known as penance or confession, the Sacrament of Penance is regularly available every Saturday at 3:30pm in the church. Individual appointments may also be made with one of the priests. The Sacrament of Penance is celebrated communally during the seasons of Advent and Lent. Marriage Engaged parishioners who are interested in being married at St. Timothy Parish must contact one of the priests at least six months in advance. Call the office regarding Marriage Preparation classes. Sacrament of the Sick Praying for healing in body, mind and soul has always been a part of the Church s ministry to those who are ill. Anyone who is seriously ill or anticipating hospitalization, may celebrate the Sacrament on Saturdays following the 9am Mass, or upon request. Devotion/Prayer Groups Rosary is said Monday through Saturday prior to morning Mass. Guild of St. Timothy The Guild normally meets the first Tuesday of the month, Oct. -May. Rosary begins at 7:30pm (Church); Program at 8pm in the Church Hall. New Jerusalem Charismatic Prayer Group meets on Thursday from 7:30-9pm. All are welcome!

2 ST. TIMOTHY PARISH NORWOOD, WALPOLE, WESTWOOD FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT NOVEMBER 28, 2010 Liturgical Calendar Sunday, November 28 First Sunday of Advent Tuesday, November 30 Feast of Saint Andrew Friday, December 3 Memorial of Saint Francis Xavier Sunday, December 5 Second Sunday of Advent QUESTION OF THE WEEK Breaking Open the Word Suggested text for faith sharing: Today s Gospel Question for Children: What can you do to be ready for God to come into your heart and your life? Question for Youth: The Gospel tells us we don t know when the Son of Man will return. If he were to arrive today, would you be ready for him? What is one thing you can do during Advent to prepare for his coming? Question for Adults: As you prepare to re-welcome Christ into your heart while you prepare for Christmas, what does Isaiah call you to do? What does Isaiah call us as a people to do? Sunday, November 28, 1pm, Pieta Lighting Service, followed by a reception in the church hall Monday, November 29, 11am, Bereavement Support Group Monday, November 29, 7:30pm, Book Group Tuesday, November 30, 9am and 6:30pm, RCL presentation Tuesday, November 30, 7:30pm, RCIA Wednesday, December 1, 9:45am, Exercise program Lector and Altar Server Schedule December 4/5 4:30pm Lectors: Kathy Drummey, Ann Daley 4:30pm Servers: Kelly Fogarty, Jack Lyons, Rachel Tetreault 8:00am Lectors: Jim Markan, Karen Guarin 8:00am Servers: Manny Escobar, Conor O Carroll 9:30am Lectors: Dottie Silk, Sean Richardson 9:30am Servers: Meghan Pagliuca, Colleen and Erin Walsh 11:00am Lectors: Vicki McKeon, Esther Morales 11:00am Servers: Cole Barringer, Carolina Bolivar, Peter Horsfall 5:00pm Lectors: Allison Russo, Lucy McNamara 5:00 Servers: Colleen Berry, Becky Persons, James Santos Lectors New lector workbooks are available in the sacristy. Please be sure to pick up your workbook and fill out a CORI form this weekend. Starting Monday, workbooks will be available in the office during normal office hours. Saturday, November 27 9:00 Lillian Bullard 4:30 Carol Hanf 6th Anniversary Sunday, November 28 8:00 Catherine O Connor 12th Anniversary 9:30 John, Marcella, & Jackie Kelliher Memorial 11:00 Lorenzo Mira Memorial 5:00 Rose Ricci Memorial Monday, November 29 9:00 Margaret Blizard Memorial Thursday, December 2 9:00 Ellen Welch Month s Mind Saturday, December 4 9:00 Catherine & Maurice Joy Memorial 4:30 Helene J. Dorian 1st Anniversary Sunday, December 5 8:00 Bridie Lohan 18th Anniversary 9:30 Mary Welsh Memorial 11:00 Dr. Frank Leo Anniversary 5:00 Monica Silva & Sylvester DaSilva Memorial

3 ST. TIMOTHY PARISH NORWOOD, WALPOLE, WESTWOOD FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT NOVEMBER 28, 2010 Religious Education Grades K 6 Hope and Soap for Bethany House For Christmas, Bethany House, a non-profit charitable organization which provides physical, emotional and spiritual support to prisoners and their loved ones, will be assembling gifts of toiletry products to give to the prisoners at Pondville Correction Center in Norfolk. Sister Kathleen, resident of Bethany House and Chaplain at Pondville, has asked for our help with this project. Her request is simple: to collect bars of soap in their original packaging. If you are able, please bring a new bar of soap in its original packaging to the Parish Religious Ed Office on or before Friday, December 3. Any donations will be greatly appreciated. If you have any questions, please contact Kathy MacKenzie in the Religious Ed Office. Many thanks to all those who donated food or gift certificates for our Thanksgiving baskets. Over 60 baskets were made! Your generosity helped so many less fortunate families have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day! Pine Street Inn On Monday, December 27, we will be serving supper at the Pine Street Inn. Please call Jayne at , if you can help. Thank you to all those who have made generous donations in the past. $500 is sent to the Pine Street Inn each month. Please help to support this ministry. Donations to pay for these meals may be sent to: Campagna, 86 Countryside Ln., Norwood. Please make checks payable to St. Timothy Christian Service Fund. PARISH NURSE NEWS Visits to the Sick and Homebound If you or a family member is unable to come to church due to illness or the aging process, and would like a visitor from the parish to come to your home or nursing home and bring the Eucharist, please call the Parish Nurse Office or speak with Deacon Joe Messina. Blood Pressure Clinic The Health Ministry will hold the monthly blood pressure clinic on Friday, Dec. 3 after the 9am Mass and on Sunday, Dec. 5 after all Masses. Coping With Loss During the Holiday Season A one-evening workshop for those who are grieving will be held on Tuesday, November 30 from 5 to 7pm at the Caritas Hospice, 3 Edgewater Drive, Norwood (2nd floor). Participants will come away with ideas about caring for oneself during times of stress and with new traditions for honoring a loved one as part of holiday gatherings. We serve people of all faiths and there is no fee. Advanced registration is required! Call Deborah Mattia at Boy Scout Christmas Wreath Sale Boy Scout Troop 49 will hold their annual Christmas Wreath Sale after all Masses on Nov 27th and 28th at St. Catherine s & St. Timothy s. Wreaths are $14.00 each and all proceeds go directly to the troop to help defray costs. If you would like a wreath, but will not be in town that weekend, please call Carol Thomas at Your support is greatly appreciated. St. Tim s Book Group The St. Timothy s Book Group will meet on Monday, November 29 from 7:30-9:00 pm to discuss The Things They Carried by Tim O Brien. Books are available for purchase at a discounted price in the church office. Anyone who has read the book is most welcome to attend. We will also be choosing books for our January, February and March meetings, so come with book titles to suggest. Please join us! Advent Penance Service Each year during Advent, St. Timothy s joins with the other parishes of Norwood and Westwood to offer a cluster penance service to its parishioners. This year s Advent Penance Service will take place at St. Timothy s this Wednesday, December 1, with one service at 4pm and another at 7pm. We hope that many of you will be able to attend. St. Timothy s Annual Giving Tree The Giving Tree project has begun and will end on December 12. Choose a name on the lists in our Gathering Space. Place your gift under the tree and put a bow on the tree to represent your gift.

4 November 28, 2010 SAVE THE DATE! It's not too soon to be thinking about our annual Epiphany Celebration! This year's event will be held on Friday, January 7th. We'll be looking for volunteers of all ages. Stay tuned for more news! CALLING ALL ST. TIM'S IRISH STEP DANCERS! We're hoping to add a Celtic element to our annual Epiphany Celebration--please let Bonnie Gleason know if you're an Irish Step Dancer and if you'd like to participate in our Epiphany Celebration on Friday January 7th. I can be reached at music@sttim.net or by phone x11. WOMEN S GUILD NEWS The Guild of St. Timothy invites all women to a meeting on Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at 11:30am. We will gather in the church to pray the rosary and then go downstairs for lunch and a program. Bring your own bag lunch. We will provide coffee and tea. We will be making cards to send to Veterans. Please bring any cards or materials that can be used to decorate the cards. For more information, call Mary at Ultreya Please join us for Ultreya, a faith and joy filled gathering, Tuesday, November 30, :00pm at St. Mary s Church, Avery St., Dedham MA. (We meet in St. Joseph s Chapel at the Parish Center). For more info, please call Daughters of St. Paul We d like to help you focus your Advent and Christmas preparations on the only real meaning of Christmas: God becoming one of us and starting out as we all do: a Baby! Here s two ways you and your family can celebrate: 1) St. Nicholas and Baby Jesus Event: Bring a camera with the kids and take their pictures with St. Nicholas and a life-size Baby Jesus in the manger! Gift giveaways, raffles and home-made chocolates are for sale. DATE: Saturday, December 4. St Nicholas is with us from 10:30 to 4:30. Store hours: 10 to 5. Many gift and Advent ideas for everyone in the family. Location: Pauline Books & Media, 885 Providence Highway/Rte 1 (across from Legacy Place), Dedham, MA. Look for our big, blue awning. No snow date. 2) Enter a drawing to win a $100 gift card for Pauline Books & media. This could help you with your Christmas shopping! Drawing date: December 20

5 Advent and a New Liturgical Year With the beginning of Advent next week, you will note some changes in the Church environment and in our liturgical celebrations: purple is used for vestments; decorations are minimal; the lighting is darker due to the length and darkness of our days; the Gloria is not sung or recited. All of these changes reflect the quiet expectation that we feel as we wait with joy to celebrate Christ s first coming, in history, and as we redirect our lives to await his second coming at the end of time. We light candles on our Advent Wreath to mark the passage of the weeks and of our waiting, as the light builds toward Christmas. Advent wreaths may be used at home to mark this season as well. Advent candles sets are available for parishioners to purchase for home use, and prayer sheets are available to all as you leave Church this week. We encourage you to incorporate these special prayers into your home life during the weeks of Advent. Advent also marks the beginning of a new liturgical year. During the upcoming year, Year A in the cycle of readings, we will hear primarily from the Gospel of Matthew. Matthew is the longest of the four Gospels and emphasizes the role of Jesus Christ as the promised Messiah. The Book of the Gospels, which we carry in procession at each Sunday Mass, depicts vibrant images of the traditional symbols of each of the evangelists. Matthew s symbol is the angel, perhaps associating him with Jesus birth narrative in his Gospel. You will notice that while the Book of the Gospels is carried in to Church during the opening procession, it is not carried out at the end of Mass. This is because, once proclaimed during Mass, the Word of God rests in our hearts, and is carried out of Church by each of us as we take God s Word into the world to live it each week. The Gospel of Matthew ends with the Great Commission, a message which stresses our call to live our faith: Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always until the end of the age. This is the commission of all Christians and serves as the capstone to the Mission Statement of our parish. As we observe this season of Advent, may we each strive to live out this Gospel message more fully in our daily lives.

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