Saint Patrick Parish 1 Cross Street, Whitinsville, MA May 7, First Eucharist

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1 Saint Patrick Parish 1 Cross Street, Whitinsville, MA First Eucharist April 30, 2017 Samuel John Arrigan Taylor Joyce Austin Daniel Carter Bates Emily Grace Billmyer Connor Meade Brennan Reese Elizabeth Carmody Liliana Laura Carpenter Tyler Nicholas Carvalho Aberlin Cwiakala Avery Elizabeth DeMoura Connor Patrick Downing Quinn Daniel Driscoll Timothy Ferri Patrick Christopher Finan Daniel Timothy Holtz Thomas Joseph Kenney Bridget Lynne LaRue Mason Danny Mawn Olivia Medina Collin James O Rourke Michael Potter Congratulations to the Class of 2017! Bryce Rogozenski Meah Amelia Ryan Mia Saksa Brooke Shumate Evan Vincent St. George Olivia Elizabeth Stanick Parker Joseph Stanick Cassandra Sullivan Kaylee Meghan Vakoc Kayla Marie Whitney

2 St. Patrick Parish: A Faith Community since Rectory Phone: MASS SCHEDULE: Saturday: 4:30 PM; Sunday 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 5:00 PM ; Monday-Wednesday 8:30 AM Parish Staff Rev. Tomasz Borkowski: Pastor FrTomasz@mystpatricks.com Deacon Patrick Stewart: Deacon DeaconPat@mystpatricks.com Deacon Chris Finan: Deacon DeaconChris@mystpatricks.com Mrs. Christina Pichette: Pastoral Associate to Youth Ministry Christina@mystpatricks.com Mrs. Maryanne Swartz: Coordinator of Children s Ministries Maryanne@mystpatricks.com Mr. Kiel Krommer: Music Director Kiel@mystpatricks.com Mr. Christopher Bilodeau: Worship Leader for Sunday, 5:00 PM Mass Mrs. Jackie Trottier: Operations Manager Jackie@mystpatricks.com Mrs. Shelly Mombourquette: Administrative Assistant Shelly@mystpatricks.com Mr. Jack Jackson: Cemetery Superintendent: Jack@mystpatricks.com Mrs. Mary Contino: Wedding Coordinator Maryc@mystpatricks.com Ms. Jeanne LeBlanc: Ministry Scheduler Jleblanc@mystpatricks.com Mrs. Marylin Arrigan: Staff Support, Bulletin Marylin@mystpatricks.com Sacrament of Reconciliation: Confessions are offered every Saturday from 3:30-4:00 PM in the Church or by calling the Parish Office for an appointment. Members of the family requesting the Mass are asked to bring the gifts of bread and wine to the altar. Please make yourselves known to the lector and sit near the gifts. Sat., 4:30 PM Sun., 8:00 AM Weekend of May 6/7: + Michael Feen (15th Anniv.) - by his Family + Mariellen Courville (2nd Anniv.) - by her Family Sun., 10:00 AM + Students & Teachers of Our Faith Sun., 5:00 PM Monday + - Formation Classes + Harold Farnsworth - by Sheila & Paul Basse 8:30 AM Daily Mass Intentions May 8-12: Tuesday + John & Dorothy Harris & Dorothy Prescott - by their Family Wednesday + Richard Laba - by his Wife Thursday - No Mass Friday - No Mass Sat., 4:30 PM + Sun., 8:00 AM Weekend of May 13/14: - + Rene J. Roy - by Dick & Aline Desjardin Sun., 10:00 AM + Christine Mernard - by Don Mernard & Family Sun., 5:00 PM + - The Mass book is open for the months of April-June. If you would like to book a mass in memory of a loved one please call the rectory at

3 FAITH FORMATION RELIGIOUS EDUCATION SCHEDULE Pre school Sunday 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Kindergarten Sunday 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM First Grade Sunday 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Grades 2 & 3 Sunday 11:05 AM - 12:05 PM Grades 4 & 5 Sunday 8:50 AM - 9:50 AM Children are to attend the 10:00 am Mass and take part in the Children s Liturgy of the Word. Grades 6, 7 & 8 Monday 6:45 PM - 8:00 PM Formal High School Classes will take place September-February at varied dates. Special Sessions take place throughout the year check the weekly schedule for times. Middle School: Monday 6:45-8:00 PM High School: Sunday 5:00-7:30 PM Upcoming Faith Formation May 7: Crowning of Mary, 10:00 AM, Church End of Year Gathering After Mass, Pre - Gr. 8, 11:00 AM -Noon, Center May 7: 5:00 PM Mass Encounter May 10: Confirmation Rehearsal, 5:30-7 PM & 7-8 PM May 11: CONFIRMATION, 7:00 PM, Church May 21: Graduating Seniors Mass at the 5 PM Mass Adoration Continues: Every Wednesday 3:00-9:00 PM in the Church Do you have a 1/2 hour or hour to spend before the Blessed Sacrament? Stop in, and say a prayer. You will be glad you did. OUR LADY OF THE VALLEY REGIONAL SCHOOL 71 Mendon Street, Uxbridge, MA Sacrament of Baptism: For information concerning our Parent and Godparent Preparation Program, please contact the Parish Office approximately three to six months before the child is born. Sacrament of Reconciliation: Confessions are offered every Saturday from 3:30-4:00 PM in the Church or by calling the Parish Office for an appointment. Sacrament of Matrimony: Couples should contact a Parish Priest as soon as they decide to marry and before any other arrangements are made. The Diocesan policy requires a minimum one-year period of preparation. Sacrament of the Sick & Homebound Visits Please inform us when a family member is admitted to the hospital. Communion visits to the aged, sick, convalescing and homebound are a major concern to us. Please call the Rectory at to arrange these ministerial visits. LIFE IN THE PARISH Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Rectory Phone: Rectory Fax: Religious Ed. Phone: Parish Website: Find us on Facebook at St Patricks Parish Whitinsville Follow us on Social Media! St Patricks Parish Whitinsville st.patricksparish Are you new to St. Patrick Parish? Become a member by going to mystpatricks.com to register on-line. Do you have students to register for Religious Education? Go to the Religious Education tab and register on-line, or by the office. Weekly Prayer Group & Bible Study: Wednesday 7:00-8:00 PM (Chapel) All Are! Upcoming Second Collections: May 7: John 21 May 21: Utilities May 25: Ascension Upcoming Meetings/Events: May 7: Crowning of Mary, 10:00 AM, Church May 13: Prayer Shawl Ministry, 9:30-11:30 AM, Center May 17: St. Patrick serves Peace of Bread Upcoming Baptism: May 7: Sophia Marie Yacino, 11:30 AM, Church RCIA The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults teaches the history, traditions and Sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church. Non- Catholics or Catholic Adults seeking information about full initiation into the Catholic Church, through Baptism, Eucharist or Confirmation, should contact Deacon Chris Finan at (508) Music Ministry Cantor Rehearsal: First and Third Tuesdays 7:00-8:30 PM Contemporary Music Ensemble Rehearsals: Second & Fourth Tuesday 7:00-9:00 PM New Members are Always in any Music Ministry. Prayer Shawl Ministry As a parishioner of St. Patrick s, you can request a Prayer Shawl for someone whom you feel needs comfort by calling or ing Lucille at or blharper@verizon.net or call Shelly or Jackie at the rectory at

4 Reflections: YNIA EXPERIENCE I wanted to share a little bit of our YNIA preparation for this year s mission trip to Tucson. Last Friday we began the 24-HR Food Famine. It started at 8 am and we were all challenged to go without food throughout the day. Of course the youth were at school so you can imagine the kind of struggle it was with all the activities and everyone they were with snacking and eating lunch; sports and other activities kept a real challenge for the students. But we all stayed faithful to our fast. At 4:30 PM we left the parish parking lot for St Anthony s Church in North Providence, to gather together to share what the day so far had been like without food. By then you could tell the young peoples energy level was beginning to drain. After some ice breakers and just transitioning from our busy days, we begin to focus on some serious matters of safe environment, effects of hunger on our bodies and what hunger feels like right now, and how the place we will be serving is a different place economically and socially. We followed that up with some Ray Games. Ray Kane, one of our adult chaperones, led the group in a challenging exercise, which further explored the differences in the have and have nots in our society and how it feels to be one or the other. After a good discussion on that and about how everyone was feeling hunger wise, we began to wind down and prepare for sleep with lights out at 11. Up and out of our sacks by 8 we then had a little surprise for our youth. They were expecting breakfast; but first, after preparing them with a little talk about how around the world there are refugees who are displaced, sleeping on the ground and rising to walk to God knows where in hopes of finding their next meal, we had them pack up there stuff and walk several blocks to Christina s house where they were served a hot breakfast and our 24 hour food famine ended. I have fasted several times before, but to do so with such a great group of youth who are anxious to serve was a terrific experience for me and I am sure for the rest of our YNIA adult chaperones. Keep us all in your prayers as we continue to prepare for Tucson in June. Peace, Deacon Patrick Crowning of Mary Please join our Faith Formation students on May 7th for the Crowning of Mary Procession at the end of the 10 AM Mass. We invite all faith Formation families to attend this Mass since this is the last class of the year for all Faith Formation classes up to the 8th Grade. Immediately following the mass there will be light refreshments served in the parish center and the Grand Prize winner will be drawn for the Question of the Week raffle.

5 STEWARDSHIP/MINISTRIES St. Patrick Parish has a thriving Stewardship/Ministry Program. Check out our website to see all the great opportunities to get involved in our parish and community! Help is Needed Save the Date: May 21st from 1:15-4:00 PM. This month we are adding 2 more sites. One will be our John 21 community garden and the other will be painting Catholic Charites porch. We will also have all our usual sites of Alternatives, Whitinsville Retirement Society, Beaumont/Whitney Place and St. Camillus. Please consider joining us as we help our local community. You may sign up on line at Mystpatricks.com or Shelly@mystpatricks.com. Baby Shower The Knights of Columbus will be sponsoring a Baby Shower on the weekend of May (Mother s Day Weekend). Donations to help the mothers and their babies at Problem Pregnancy in Worcester will be collected in the port-acribs set up in the church. A flier will be provided in the bulletin the weekend of May 6-7 with a list of items that are needed. There is no need to wrap any donations. Please consider helping the Knights in this worthy cause. Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, Mumford Council #365 - Serving our Community since The Young Neighbors In Action 2017 and Anne Haas will be collecting bottles and cans to help defray the cost of the service trip this summer. Please drop off your clean cans and bottles in the Parish Center. If you would like someone to pick them up call Anne at Thank you for supporting our YNIA Team of 30 students and 6 adults as they prepare for their service Trip in June to Tucson Arizona Help Needed The Bereavement Committee is in need of bakers for funerals. If we get many people to bake, you will only be asked to bake a few times each year. We, on the Bereavement Committee and the families of those who lost their Loved ones will be very appreciative. If you are interested in helping please call Mary Bilodeau at Feed The Hungry UniBank will match your donation to John 21 dollar for dollar up to $5,000 From April 28-May 14 th (Mother s Day). Please go to mystpatricks.com and click on the Support Us button and follow the quick give link or write a check put John 21 in the memo and mail to St. Patrick Church, PO Box 60, Whitinsville, MA St. Patrick s John 21 Community Breakfast ministry provides a free, nutritious breakfast every Saturday morning in the spirit of community fellowship and hospitality. The cost is about $2.40 per meal and we serve an average of 160 meals a week. Please consider making a donation today. For more information please contact Shelly@mystpatricks.com or call

6 Prayer for Those in the Service Almighty God, we stand before you asking for your divine mercy and protection. Embrace with Your invincible armor our loved ones in all branches of the service. Give them courage and strength against all enemies both spiritual and physical and hasten their safe journey back to their homes and families. Amen Please remember the following service personnel in your Prayers as they serve and protect our country: Pvt. Tyler Finnigan, US Army, Ft. Devens, MA L.Cpl. Aaron Marshall, Okinawa, Eric Hoyt, Machinist 1st Class, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. Army, L.Cpl. Troy Monteville, Stateside, LTJG David Mobed, US Navy, USS Mason Congratulations, Graduates! On May 21th at the 5:00 p.m. Mass we will have our Solemn Graduation Mass for the Seniors who are graduating this year from high school from St. Patrick s parish. Each graduate will be acknowledged and congratulated during Mass. Following the Mass there will be light refreshments in the Parish Center for the seniors and their families. If you have a graduating high school senior in your family please RSVP to Christina at or at christina@mystpatricks.com by Monday, May 8th. Please inform us as to how many in your family will attend this event and what school you will be graduating from. Please also inform us if you are unable to attend so that we can plan accordingly. NAC Food Pantry: Open Tuesdays 10:00 AM-12:00 PM & Thursdays 1:00-3:00 PM, Please remember those that are less fortunate. The NAC Food Pantry helps local area families, and will accept any nonperishable food in date. If you would like to donate please drop items off in the boxes at the entrance of the Church or drop a donation in the basket marked for the NAC Food Pantry. Workers Needed Our homecare program is looking for aides to care for elders and the disabled in surrounding towns. Aides provide light housekeeping, laundry and shopping. This program provides paid training, mileage reimbursements and a schedule to meet your needs. If interested, please call: Important Plea from the Diocese of Worcester, Office of the Bishop: At the Bishops Conference meeting in November 2015, the bishops voted overwhelmingly to support a request by Cardinal Wuerl for a one-time collection for completion of the mosaics in the main dome of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC. The last time a national collection was taken for the shrine occurred in 1953 in order to build the upper church. This collection is being held during the month of May, Rather than having a second collection at all the churches, the Diocese will have an online donation page on the diocesan website in order to give to this needed request. The National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington has served and continues to serve the American Catholic faithful through tremendous pastoral outreach. Raising the funds to complete this project which began nearly 100 years ago will make the shrine even more inspiring to visiting faithful in its role as a living sign of the continued faith of Catholic in the United States. Please help support the completion of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington whose beauty inspires us all! Most Reverend Robert J. McManus, Bishop of Worcester