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 Leah Ramsdell 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 (gr.k-6) Kathryn MacKenzie (ext. 27) Youth Formation Ministry (gr.7-10) Leah Ramsdell (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. New Jerusalem Charismatic Prayer Group meets on Thursday from 7:30-9pm. All are welcome!

2 ST. TIMOTHY PARISH NORWOOD, WALPOLE, WESTWOOD SEPTEMBER 25, 2011 THE TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME QUESTION OF THE WEEK Breaking Open the Word Suggested text for faith sharing: Today s Gospel Sunday, September 25, 2pm, Faith & Light Monday, September 26, 4:30pm, Altar Server Training Monday, September 26, 7:30pm, Book Group Tuesday, September 27, 7:30pm, RCIA Wednesday, September 28, 9:45am, Exercise Program Thursday, September 29, Children s choir rehearsal Thursday, September 29, 7:30pm, New Jerusalem Prayer Group Thursday, September 29, 7:30pm, Choir rehearsal Sunday, October 2, 10:30am, Catechetical Brunch Liturgical Calendar Sunday, September 25 Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Tuesday, September 27 Memorial of Saint Vincent de Paul Thursday, September 29 Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael Friday, September 30 Memorial of Saint Jerome Saturday, October 1 Memorial of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus WEDDING BANNS Please pray for our future brides and grooms: Katy Bacevich and Michael Favaloro Lector/Altar Server Schedule October 1/2 4:30 Lector: Patricia Lyons, Bob McHugh 4:30 Server: Grace Burke, Chrissy and Matt MacKenzie 8:00 Lector: Linda Rau, Delores LaDisa 8:00 Server: Manny Escobar, Colleen O Connor 9:30 Lector: Dorothea Silk, Chris Morrison 9:30 Server: Brian Richardson, Colleen and Erin Walsh 11:00 Lector: Dan Burton, Jeannette Chambers 11:00 Server: Carolina Bolivar, David and Emma Salvatore 5:00 Lector: Neil Gomes 5:00 Server: Emma O Connor, John and Mike Petro Financial Statement September 18, 2011 $9, Question for Children: How do you show your love for Jesus by doing what he asks, even when it is difficult for you? Question for Youth: This Gospel reading is about young adulthood. With which one of these sons do you most identify? Share your reasons. Question for Adults: How and when were you like each of the sons in the Gospel? MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, September 24 9:00 John O Hara 1st Anniversary 4:30 Maura Peters Sunday, September 25 8:00 Tom Nee Memorial 9:30 Ruth Hayes Memorial 11:00 Deceased Members of St. Timothy Guild 5:00 Robert Barry 11th Anniversary Monday, September 26 9:00 David Balabanis Month s Mind Tuesday, September 27 9:00 The Lifrieri & Quinlan Families Special Intention Wednesday, September 28 9:00 Mark Fitzpatrick Birthday Memorial Thursday, September 29 9:00 Kathleen Reynolds Anniversary Friday, September 30 9:00 Dominic & Winifred Carfagno Memorial Saturday, October 1 9:00 Elmer Marsh Month s Mind 4:30 Leo Wilson Birthday Memorial Sunday, October 2 8:00 Margaret Simmons 1st Anniversary 9:30 Michael J. Morley Anniversary 11:00 James Webb Anniversary 5:00 James Davock 4th Anniversary Please pray for Ann Adorn, Maria DaSilva, and William Angelson, who were recently buried from our parish.

3 ST. TIMOTHY PARISH NORWOOD, WALPOLE, WESTWOOD SEPTEMBER 25, 2011 THE TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME RELIGIOUS EDUCATION GRADES K-6 St. Timothy Catechetical Sunday Sunday, October 2 All Catechists are invited to celebrate Mass with us at 9:30am on Sunday, October 2. Following Mass, please join us in the Ruocco Center for a catered brunch and discussion of the new Roman Missal changes including information we as Catechists need to know in order to teach our children and inform their parents. Please remember to RSVP. YOUTH FORMATION MINISTRY Grades 7-10 Class Information and Start Dates The first class for students in grade 7 is TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 th from 6:30-8 p.m. The class will kick off with a brief but important parent and student meeting. Any student who is already registered for the 7 th grade class on Sundays will begin on SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16 th from 6:30-8. The first class for students in grade 8 is TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4 th from 6:30-8 p.m. The class will kick off with a brief but important parent and student meeting. Any student in Mr. O Brien and Mrs. Gardella s class will begin on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 th from 6:30-8. The first class for students in grade 9 will be SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16 th from 6:00-7:30. The first class for students in grade 10 will be SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 th from 6-7:30. The class will kick off with a brief but important parent and student meeting. Students in Mr. Vaccarino s Tuesday night class will start on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 th from 7-8:30. Guild News Do You Need a Little Quiet Reflective Time? The Guild of St. Timothy invites you to join them for a peaceful retreat day, Wednesday, October 19, 2011, at Miramar Retreat Center in Duxbury, MA. The theme of the retreat is Contemplating in a New England Fall. The cost of the day is $45 which includes transportation, welcome coffee, lunch and the retreat. We will leave St. Timothy s parking lot at 8am and return around 2pm. Payment must be received by October 8, 2011, by dropping it off in the parish office with your name, or call Mary at All are welcome! MCFL Respect Life Walk Sunday, October 2, 2011 At the Parkman Bandstand Boston Common (near the corner of Tremont & Boylston Streets) 1:30 pm: Registration & Pre-Walk Celebration 2:30 pm: Walk Questions? mcfl@masscitizensforlife.org PARISH NURSE NEWS Bereavement Support Group There will be a new Bereavement Support Group starting soon. For many people, participating in a support group lessens the feelings of isolation that result from a loss and provides comfort, reassurance and healing. If you are interested in attending, please call the Parish Nurse Office for more details and to register , ext. 34. Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Group The next meeting will be held Tuesday, October 11th from 10:00-11:30am in Ruocco Rooms 3/4. This group is open to anyone caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's Disease or a related dementia. Please call the Parish Nurse Office for more information and before attending for the first time. 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. St. Francis House Clothing Drive During this week, St. Tim s will be collecting specific items for St. Francis House. Please donate ONLY from the list below. These guidelines are due to lack of space at St. Francis House. Men s items: baseball hats; belts, sizes 32-40; men s casual long sleeve shirts: S,M,L,XL,2X-5X; Men s jeans, sizes 28-38, all length 32; men s sweatpants, S,M,L,XL,2X; new and gently used sneakers, sizes 9-13; new underwear/briefs: M,L,XL (please no boxers); Fall jackets, all sizes; sweaters: S,M,L,XL,2X-5X. Women s items: new underwear, 5-10 (all white please); new bras, all sizes; jeans: sizes Other: used or new supermarket plastic bags Social Outreach Program Please take a look at the bulletin board outside the parish office for details on the Cradles to Crayons project. The top 10 items most needed are: boys 11/12 clothing; girls toddler tops, baby toys, baby board books, crib sheets, winter coats, new socks/underwear, car seats, strollers, pack n plays. Pine Street Inn On Monday, October 24, 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.

4 The Gloria in the New Roman Missal On the first Sunday of Advent, November 27, 2011, we will begin using the English texts of the new Roman Missal at all Masses. While the overall structure of our Mass remains constant, there are changes that will occur to the words that we pray at Mass. This week we will consider changes in the Gloria, which is prayed or sung at all Sunday Masses (except during Advent and Lent) and on all feast days. As part of the Introductory Rites, the Gloria assists the assembly in preparing our hearts and minds to celebrate the Eucharist fully. It expresses the praise and thanksgiving, the awe and wonder of joining ourselves to God in prayer. In preparing the new translation of the Roman Missal, translators worked with specific translation guidelines issued by the Holy See, which asked translators to remain faithful to the original Latin wherever possible. Many of the changes in the Gloria are illustrations of this translation principle. Some of these changes help to underscore the link between the words we pray at Mass and the Scriptural passages from which our prayers are drawn, while others express theological beliefs more clearly. One of the first differences you will notice occurs in the first line of the Gloria. Where we used to pray Glory to God in the highest and peace to his people on earth, the new translation reads, Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to people of good will. The text alludes to the angels announcement of peace at Christ s birth in the Gospel of Luke (2:14), and the new translation is more closely aligned to that scriptural passage. In the next section of the prayer, we exclaim praise for God. Our current version reads: we worship you, we give you thanks we praise you for your glory In the new version, there are additional expressions of praise, increasing in intensification, culminating with a profession of thanksgiving for God s greatness: We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we give you thanks for your great glory The prayer allows us to express that gratitude in God s goodness in no uncertain terms! The Gloria can either be recited or sung at Mass, but as it is intended as a hymn, it is most often sung. In looking at these examples from the new Gloria, it is clear that the new translations will not fit into the meter and melody of the current options for the sung Gloria. As a result, new settings, or musical scores, are necessary for the Gloria of the new Roman Missal. Most musical settings for our prayers at Mass are composed as a family, so to speak, so that they form a unifying musical structure to our prayers at Mass. Just as the Gloria will need to be re-written, new versions of other sung prayers at Mass, such as the Holy, Holy, the Memorial Acclamation (which in the new Missal is called the Mystery of Faith,) the Doxology, and the Lamb of God will need to be composed. Musicians have been working diligently to create new Mass settings that match the cadence and spirit of the new translations, and some old favorites have been revised. It is true that some of our well loved settings will no longer be used at Mass, and that can cause a sense of loss. However, over the coming months, new settings will be introduced (slowly!) and we will surely come to love them as well. As we approach these changes, we have planned a few informational workshops to help parishioners inform themselves about these changes and hear the new settings that will be sung at St. Timothy s. We invite you to attend one or all three of these session. Please mark your calendars with these dates. Watch for further details in the bulletin. The New Roman Missal: Parish-wide Faith Formation Workshops Session One The Liturgy of the Word Sunday, October :30pm OR Sunday, November 6, 2-3:30pm Session Two The Liturgy of the Eucharist Wednesday, October 26 7:30-9pm OR Wednesday, November 9 7:30-9pm Session Three - Music for the New Roman Missal Come and sing the prayers of the New Roman Missal! Sunday, November :30pm (One offering only)

5 Dear friends It was great to see so many members of our parish family at our parish picnic last week. The weather was perfect and I think that all those who were able to join us had a wonderful time. My thanks to Kathy Tinson for taking the lead in organizing the event again this year and to the many people who helped serve the food; donated different items; and helped to set up and clean up for this event you are terrific. For the last two weeks we have been asking members of the parish to consider giving of their time and talent to help us with our many parish ministries. I m happy to say that we have had a good number of volunteers, and that will be a tremendous help as we continue to try to meet the needs of our parish community. That being said, there is always room for new volunteers. If you intended to volunteer but didn t have the chance to sign up last week, or would like more information, please feel free to contact the office, and we would be delighted to help you find a volunteer niche. Religious education classes have now begun, and we hope all students have signed up and are assigned to classes. It is always a big job to put the classes together and to try to match available class times with student and teacher schedules. Thanks for the hard work of our coordinators and thanks for your patience as we try to get this important aspect of parish life up and running. Also beginning last Tuesday was our RCIA program the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults. These classes are meant for people who are considering joining the Catholic Church or may have been baptized Catholic but did not receive any other Sacraments. I know that September is a busy month, so if this program appeals to you or you know someone who might benefit from this program, it is not too late to sign up. Please contact the office for details. Finally, are you aware that on the first Sunday of Advent Nov. 27 there is a new translation of the words we use at Mass going into effect? Recently, I read a statistic that a huge number of Catholics were unaware of this upcoming change. We are providing inserts in the bulletin to help you get familiar with these changes. Please read these inserts so that we will be better able to adapt to these changes that will be upon us in the very near future. Have a wonderful week. Fr. Culloty Feast Day of Blessed John Paul II: Mass at the Cathedral On October 22, 2011, the Archdiocese will celebrate for the first time the Feast of Blessed Pope John Paul II with a Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross followed by a talk by George Weigel. Cardinal Sean will be the main celebrant and homilist. Mass will be at 10:00 am and the talk, entitled, Blessed John Paul II: A Saint for Our Times will follow at 11:30 am. This Mass also provides the opportunity to recognize the 100's of people who have participated in the Adopt-A-Priest Apostolate coordinated by Serra Vocation Club of Boston and the Vocation Office over the last few years. "Adopters" have agreed to pray each day of the year for the priest assigned to them. All are welcome. For more information call or see Catholic Charities South Annual Fall Fashion Show Thursday, October 13th at 6pm at Blue Hills Country Club. Tickets are $60 pp. Contact Nicki Meade Draves ( , X264) or High School Placement Test Prep Dates October 15, 22, 29, November 5 at Marian High School High School Placement Test November 12, December 10, at Marian High School The 2011 Catholic TV Telethon Please tune in on Friday, September 30, 2011 and Saturday, October 1, 2011 from 9am to 10pm to support the Catholic TV Network. Comcast Ch 268;Verizon Ch 296; Charter Ch 101. Cell Phones for Soldiers Please continue to bring in your old cell phones! The bin is at the entrance of the parish kitchen in the Hall. A Soldiers Prayer If you think you can t, you really must In God and our soldiers, please keep the trust. To keep us safe, day and night, To stand in front and faithfully fight, In the name of freedom and even love, I pray for Grace from the stars above. That soon one day, we can live in peace, When fears subside, world wars will cease. With hope shining from my eyes, I ask for gifts With the bright sunrise. May luck and joy be with all who know That what you reap, is what you sow. A Biblical Walk Through the Mass Join others on Thursday, Oct. 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10, 17 and learn more about the biblical roots of the Mass. Changes with the Roman Missal will be included. Place: Pauline Books & Media, 885 Providence Hwy, Dedham. Call for information.

6 ST. TIMOTHY PARISH NORWOOD, WALPOLE, WESTWOOD SEPTEMBER 25, 2011 THE TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Information page Church name: St. Timothy Parish Bulletin number: Contact information: Kathy Tinson Number of pages: 5 Software: Microsoft Publisher 2007 Adobe standard 9 Microsoft XP Printer number: Samsung 6345 Date of publication: November 29, 2009