The Third Sunday of Easter - April 15, 2018

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2 Mass Intentions Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Saturday, April 14 4:00 pm Donna Marie Abely by her family Sunday, April 15 7:30 am Our Parish Family 9:00 am Tammy Lynn Ciolfi-Bday Remb. by her family 10:30 am Walter & Veronica Wysocki & Hilda & Clarence DesRoches, parents of Bob & Lorraine 7:00 pm Joao Cesar by his wife Monday, April 16 6:45 am Dr. Raymond Alie by the Lobdell, Hurley & Zappala Families 9:00 am Charles Perkins-Bday Remb. by his family Tuesday, April 17 6:45 am Jean, beloved sister of Judy Surrette by Mark & Peggy 9:00 am Joan Beth & Peter D. Fuller by their loved one Wednesday, April 18 6:45 am Glenna Brown by Mark & Peggy Chidester 9:00 am Mark Testa-14 th Anniv. Remb. by family Thursday, April 19 6:45 am Roland Pelletier-Bday Remb. by his daughter Elaine 9:00 am Edward D. Dinan by his wife Mary & Family Friday, April 20 6:45 am Nathalie Sheldon by the Kean Family 9:00 am David MacDonald by his family Saturday, April 21 4:00 pm Irene Sheehan-Bday Remb. & Grandson Dylan Britton-Bday Remb. by Joyce & Family Sunday, April 22 7:30 am Our Parish Family 9:00 am Louise Drolet by Art & Mary Vodicka & Family 10:30 am Timothy McGillicuddy by his family 7:00 pm Thomas L. Walsh, Sr. by Sam & Sue Sclafani The Third Sunday of Easter - April 15, 2018 Weekly Collection Holy Land Collection - March 30th 2018: Envelopes: 53 $ Loose collection: $ $ 1, Sacrificial Offering - April 1st 2018: OLMM: Envelopes: 189 $ 5, Loose Collection $ 6, $ 11, St. Elizabeth: Envelopes: 45 $ 1, Loose Collection $ 1, $ 3, Online Giving: $ 4, Second Collection - Easter: OLMM: $ 8, St. Elizabeth: $ 2, $ 11, Total Collections: $31, Sacrificial Offering - April 8th 2018: OLMM: Envelopes: 223 $ 5, Loose Collection $ 2, $ 8, St. Elizabeth: Envelopes: 56 $ 1, Loose Collection $ 1, $ 2, Online Giving: $ 1, Second Collection - Fuel & Heat: Mass Intentions: St. Elizabeth Saturday, April 14 5:00 pm Jim MacDonald by the Dunbar Family Sunday, April 15 10:00 am Shirley Policano by Jack, Maxine, & Ron Leary Saturday, April 21 5:00 pm Donna McKinnon-2 nd Anniv. Remb. by her husband Sunday, April 22 10:00 am Readings for the Week of April 15, 2018 Liturgy of the Hours and/or Christian Prayer Sunday: Acts 3:13-15, 17-19; 1 Jn 2:1-5a; Lk 24:35-48 Monday: Acts 6:8-15; Jn 6:22-29 Tuesday: Acts 7:51-8:1a; Jn 6:30-35 Wednesday: Acts 8:1b-8; Jn 6:35-40 Thursday: Acts 8:26-40; Jn 6:44-51 Friday: Acts 9:1-20; Jn 6:52-59 Saturday: Acts 9:31-42; Jn 6:60-69 Next Sunday: Acts 4:8-12; 1 Jn 3:1-2; Jn 10:11-18 OLMM: $ 1, St. Elizabeth: $ $ 2, Special Collection - Missionary Cooperation Plan: OLMM: $ 10, St. Elizabeth: $ $ 11, Total Collections: $26, Thank you for your generous support to the Parish throughout the year. We also want to remind you that Online Giving is available to you at the Parish Website: There will be no Second Collection for the weekend of April 15th. The Second Collection for the weekend of April 22nd will be for Capital Improvement. 2 Thank you for your generosity!

3 The Third Sunday of Easter - April 15, 2018 Sunday - April 15, :00am Faith Formation Grades K-5 - SHS Classrooms 10:00am EDGE Program - SHS Gym 4:45pm Life Teen - Marian Hall Monday - April 16, :30am Marian Movement of Priests Cenacle - OLMM 12:30pm Our Lady s Sodality - St. Catherin Laboure Meeting Room 6:15pm Children s Choir Practice - St. Catherine Laboure Meeting Room 7:00pm RCIA - St. John Bosco Room Tuesday - April 17, :30am Rosary for Priests - OLMM Church 6:00pm Faith Formation Grades SHS Classrooms 6:00pm EDGE Program Marian Hall Wednesday - April 18, :30am Adoration - OLMM Church 7:00pm Knights of Columbus 1st Degree Meeting - St. John Bosco Room Thursday - April 19, :00pm Bible Study - St. Catherine Laboure Meeting Room Saturday - April 21, :30am SVDP General Meeting - Marian Hall 1:00pm Alanon - St. Catherine Laboure Meeting Room Enjoy a fun evening out while benefiting Sacred Heart School! From April 15 th through the 18 th, SHS is the designated Charity for Ocean Gaming located at 81 Ocean Blvd., at Hampton Beach. Games start daily at 12pm. The restaurant is open and offers Happy Hour daily from 4pm to 7 pm School Year Exploring educational opportunities for your child? Sacred Heart School is accepting applications for the school year. Please call to arrange a visit to learn more about SHS and all that is offered. --- THE SHS PROMISE --- Your child will be known, your child will be loved, your child will be offered the best opportunities to achieve his or her highest potential. We look forward to welcoming you! Save the date: OLMM Parish Mission Have you ever gone away on a retreat? Many have and they usually rave about how relaxed and peaceful they felt when it was over. Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Parish will be offering a retreat experience of our own that will take place at OLMM Church from Monday, May 7 th to Wednesday, May 9th from 7-8pm. It will be led by Fr. Kevin MacDonald, C.Ss.R., a Redemptorist missionary ordained in Prior to entering the seminary, Fr. Kevin attended Boston College, and after graduation played 7 years of professional baseball with the Pittsburg Pirates organization. This retreat, more commonly called a Parish Mission, will be centered upon God's mercy. We need to give our stressful lives a break. The bills will still be there when we return home. Our worries can be picked up at the door on the way out, if we so choose. But, hopefully, these evenings will help us to surrender a lot of our worries and concerns into the capable hands of God. Is this retreat for the spiritually mature? Absolutely. Is it for harried parents and teens? Definitely. Is it for the newly retired and those who are searching for employment? Yes and yes. You get the drift? This retreat is for everyone who believes that God has something important to communicate with us. We will hopefully begin to develop habits of listening that will strengthen our relationship with God and others in the future. The parish will also be offering a special Mission Mass on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday mornings at 9am as well as a closing Mass for the retreat on Wednesday evening. Confessions will be available during the week, especially on Tuesday evening when extra confessors will be present. Be sure to spread the word. Reach out to people who are struggling. This retreat experience is for everyone and they need not be Catholic to enjoy it. God wants to work a miracle in our lives. All we need to do is show up. 3

4 The Third Sunday of Easter - April 15, 2018 Faith Formation Class Times Dear Second Grade Families, Please mark your calendars with these dates and times Sunday, April 15th - LAST CLASS 10:00-11:15am for grades K-5 - SHS Classrooms 10:00-11:15am for grades 6-8 EDGE - SHS Gym 4:45-6:45pm Life Teen Life Night - Marian Hall Tuesday, April 17th - LAST CLASS 6:00-7:15pm for grades SHS Classrooms 6:00-7:15pm for grades 6-8 EDGE - Marian Hall 1st Eucharist Practices: BOTH ARE REQUIRED Drop off-marian Church Hall, pick up-olmm Church: If you want to join our OLMM parish community you can register at Tuesday, May 8th and Thursday, May 10th 3:30-5:00pm for ALL 2nd grade students On Thursday, May 10th, a parent/guardian is asked to come to the church at 5pm to share in a blessing with your child. Sacrament of First Eucharist First Communion Photos Saturday, May 12th for ALL 2nd grade students at 10am I look forward to sharing this journey of faith with your families, If you would like to book your formal First Communion photographs early, please call Chura's Photography in Hampton Falls at for an appointment. Sherry Welcome Teens!! Steubenville East Youth Conference Life Teen is a great way to build positive Christ-based relationships, have a better understanding of our Catholic faith, and to experience the unconditional love of Christ. July UMass Lowell Steubenville East is open to all high school aged teenagers (graduating 8th graders through graduating seniors). If you are interested in attending, please register soon seats are limited. For more information or to register, please visit goo.gl/gf3hgy. Contact Chris Fortin, Youth Minister, at the Parish Office at (603) or cfortin@olmmparish.org. Please join us for our LAST Life Night on Sunday, April 15th from 4:45pm to 6:45pm. All high school students are invited! If you have any questions, please contact Chris Fortin. We look forward to seeing you (and maybe a couple of your friends!!) at our next Life Night. God sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him. ~1 John 4:9 4

5 The Third Sunday of Easter - April 15, 2018 Paschal Candle Memorials In Memory of David L. Hopkins, Sr. In Memory of Robert E. Drake and Violette J. Drake from their family In Memory of Anne Nelson In Memory of Margie & Charlie Zappala In Memory of Raymond Alie by Sheila In Memory of Martha McDermott by Sheila In Remembrance of all deceased members of the Rikeman, Adams, Ciccarelli & Gostanian Families In Memory of Mildred Fernandez In Memory of the McMonigle Family In Memory of the Brown Family In Memory of the Janvrin Family In Memory of Arline Felch In Memory of JoyceLee McAteer In Memory of David Cady In Memory of the Greaney Family In Memory of Grace Dehetre In Memory of Marie Stefan In Memory of Richard Sicard In Memory of Bernard Bush At our Easter Vigil, we welcomed into the Catholic Church, four candidates; Kristofer Gillette, Monica Muldoon, Courtney Streeter and Jay Wolterbeek. Surrounded by family, friends and our parish community, they were confirmed by Fr. Gary and received their first Eucharist; a joyous celebration of life- long faith formation for all! Transformed, strengthened and sent forth by the sacraments of Confirmation and Eucharist, our newlyreceived Catholics enter into mystagogy; which is a lifelong journey of growing closer to God and deepening their understanding and practice of the faith. They now enter into full participation in the Mass; no longer dismissed after the Liturgy of the Word; they are called to grow more deeply in their understanding of the paschal mystery and make it part of their lives. Mystagogy is a process of growing into the faith by praying, learning and practicing with believers; discerning how to use their gifts to strengthen the Body of Christ. Please continue to keep Kris, Monica, Courtney, Jay and their families in your prayers. Our Lady's Sodality will be holding their next meeting on Monday, April 16th at 12:30pm in the St. Catherine Laboure Room. SVDP will have their next General Meeting on Saturday, April 21st in the Marian Hall at 10:30am. ATTENTION PARISHIONERS: WE ARE ALWAYS IN NEED OF VOLUNTEERS TO BRING THE COMMUNION GIFTS TO THE ALTAR AT EACH MASS. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE SPEAK TO ONE OF THE USHERS BEFORE MASS. THANK YOU. 5

6 Ushers Needed OLMM Parish is looking for Usher volunteers for the 9am Mass on Sunday mornings. Ushers are responsible for supervising the collections of donations by parishioners. An additional responsibility is to find individuals to bring the gifts to the altar after the collection each Sunday. Ushers can be male or female, must be registered in our OLMM Parish, and be at least 16 years of age (if an adult is present). Please contact Leo Filteau at if you are interested in adding your name to this Parish Ministry roster. Spiritual Direction available for women of the parish. Do you have the desire to grow in your relationship and intimacy with God and to learn how to pay attention to God s personal communication with you? Does growing in prayer stir your heart? If this interests you, please contact Nancjio Wolter at nancijow@gmail.com who is a certified Spiritual Director to discuss the process of Spiritual Direction and how it may help you realize these desires. The Third Sunday of Easter - April 15, 2018 Below are just a couple of the CD titles available in our Lighthouse Media Collection: The Forgotten Virtue: Pathway to Holiness God opposes the proud but bestows favor on the humble. (1 Peter 5:5) In this revealing talk, Fr. Casey shares how wisdom and blessings come through a healthy cultivation of the virtue of humility, and he equips us to be vigilant in avoiding that often subtle temptation and danger to the soul, which is pride. He shows how humility allows us to see things, and ourselves, as they truly are, and how pride makes us prone to serious mistakes, both in our spiritual and practical lives. At the end of this presentation is a bonus segment from Confession by Fr. Larry Richards. Praying the Rosary Like Never Before Dr. Edward Sri is a nationally sought Catholic speaker who appears regularly on EWTN, and is a founding leader of FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students). In this discussion of his book "The New Rosary in Scripture: Biblical Insights on Praying the Twenty Mysteries" (Servant Books), Dr. Sri shares John Paul II's practical strategies for praying the Rosary better, so that you can encounter Jesus more deeply in prayer. We kindly ask for a donation of $4.00 per book (or otherwise specified suggested donation), $3.00 per CD, $2.00 per booklet and $0.50 per pamphlet so that we may continue this program. Please make all checks out to OLMM. Won t you reach out and help bring someone home? 6 SAVE THE DATE Knights of Colmbus #5093 are hosting their 2nd Annual Back to the 50s Sock Hop on Saturday, May 5th from 6-10pm. Admission: $10/person All proceeds go to Knights of Columbus Charities. Please join us for music, food, contests, and of course.dancing! Please contact Grand Knight Jim at for more details. 300 Club Tickets Tickets for 2018 are available for $25! Monthly drawings: January-November: $100 and two $25 December prizes: Grand Prize of $1000, 2nd Prize $500, 3rd Prize $250, 4th Prize $100, 5th Prize $50. To Purchase tickets: *Available at the OLMM Parish Office or contact Mike McMahon at mmcmahon68@gmail.com or Has Something Changed?? Have you moved, or changed your phone number? Do you now use online giving and would rather not receive envelopes anymore? Be sure to call the Parish Office at to let us know about the changes in your life so we can update our records! Thanks! Highlighting Our Advertisers Did you know that Knowles Tree Service, Inc advertises on the back pages of our bulletin? Any business you give them benefits our parish in the publication of our bulletin. We thank all of our advertisers.