St. John Neumann Church 157 Middleboro Road / P.O. Box 718 East Freetown, MA 02717

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1 St. John Neumann Church 157 Middleboro Road / P.O. Box 718 East Freetown, MA (phone) (Fax) Rev. Gregory A. Mathias, Pastor Rev. Msgr. John J. Smith, (Assistant in Retirement) WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE Sunday: 8:00, 9:30, 11:00A.M. Saturday Vigil: 5:00 P.M. DAILY MASS SCHEDULE Monday Thursday: 7:30 A.M. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday: 4:00 4:30 P.M. or by appointment EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Mary, Mother of All Nations Chapel Weekdays: 8:00 A.M. 9:00 P.M. Mondays (except civil holidays) Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament PARISH OFFFICE / RECTORY YOUTH MINISTRY OFFICE contact@sjnfreetown.org NEUMANN HALL Monday Friday: 8:30 A.M. 4:30 P.M. (Closed holidays) William and Susan Furtado (Sr. Youth Ministry) Mrs. Diane Whelan Parish Secretary JoAnn Violette/Amy Burgess (Jr. Youth Ministry) Dennis and Debra Dube (Young Adult Ministry) OFFICE OF FAITH FORMATION MUSIC MINISTRY NEUMANN HALL Ms. Linda Johnston Director Mr. Philip Pereira Organist Mrs. Suzanne Medeiros Director Dr. Doris Thibault Coordinator for Grades 1 7 MAINTENANCE AND FACILITIES Mrs. Anna Manny Coordinator for Confirmation Raymond Bedard SACRAMENTS AND CHURCH PROGRAMS PARISH ORGANIZATIONS AND MINISTRIES Please go the parish website or contact the office for more complete information. BAPTISM: Celebrated Sunday after 11:00 Mass. Mass on the 1 st and 3 rd Sundays of the month. Baptism Catechesis is required of all parents MARRIAGE: Please contact the pastor at least 8 months prior to the intended date and prior to other plans. MINISTRY TO THE SICK: Please notify us if a homebound or hospitalized family member would like a visit. PRAYER LINE: Call the rectory to include your intention. RCIA: We welcome adults who wish to complete their initiation into the Catholic Church. Please contact the office. WOMEN S GUILD: 1 st Mondays ST. VINCENT de PAUL: 1 st Wednesdays YOUTH MINISTRY: see website for events and times. Junior (Gr. 6 8): Every Tuesday Senior (Gr. 9 12) Every Monday COUPLES CLUB: 2 nd Saturdays ADULT CHOIR: Rehearsal on Thursdays 7:00 P.M. PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY: 1st Saturday Welcome to St. John Neumann Parish. Thank You for joining us in worship today. We hope you will join us on the spiritual journey, in ministry to all God s people. Please contact the parish office. Click on the QRC to connect to the parish website.

2 SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER April 7, 2013 April 6: Vigil: Second Sunday of Easter 5:00PM Leo Lapre - 2nd Ann. by wife Rita & children April 7: Second Sunday of Easter 8:00AM People of the Parish 9:30AM Evan Johnson by mom & Victoria 11:00AM John O Toole by wife & family April 8: The Annunciation of the Lord 7:30AM Michelle Tetrault Messier by Romeo & Lucille Messier April 9: Easter Weekday 7:30AM Dennis Messier by Bob & Diane Larkin April 10: Easter Weekday 7:30AM Timothy M Ashley by Mom & Dad April 11: Saint Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr 7:30AM Jacqueline Mathieu by Bob & Rachel Constant April 13: Vigil: Third Sunday of Easter 5:00PM Claudette & Tom Terpak by a friend April 14: Third Sunday of Easter 8:00AM Georgette Letendre by family 9:30AM Laurent & Yolande Moreau by family 11:00AM Eva Oliveira by family Your Offertory Trust Thank you for your Parish Support through your Offertory Trust. BUDGET: $ GOOD FRIDAY (Holy Land): $ EASTER (Retired/Infirm Priests): $ April 2013 Schedule April 7 - Church April 14 - Library April 21 - Library April 28 - Library Rehearsal for Confirmation will take place on Sunday, April 7th. Candidates are asked to arrive at the Church for rehearsal at 5:30 pm and Sponsors are asked to join them for a rehearsal at 6:30 pm. Adult Faith Formation Meeting There will be an Adult Faith Formation Meeting this Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 7 pm in the Library. On the agenda will be evaluations for the Moral Theology Course and other Lenten programs and new summer planning. New members are always welcome. Contact Karen Howard, klhoward@aol.com or FEAST OF THE DIVINE MERCY Our Lady of Fatima Parish New Bedford Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 3:00 P.M. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Adoration, Recitation of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, and Benediction. Stop in Neumann Hall after the 8:00AM and 9:30AM Mass and enjoy Coffee & Donuts!! Hosted by Troop 333 Looking for high adventure? Crew 333 is looking for male and female young adults over the age of 14. For more information on Crew 333, call Mr. Perry at (508) or cctroop333@gmail.com Spring Cleaning The Barn is waiting for your items for the Lakeside Festival. We collect clean reusable items. You must call first to make sure they are items we can sell and I can put them away. WE CANNOT AC- CEPT Electronics, Electric or fuel powered tools or baby furniture. Call Marlene Johnson at for more information. Note: furniture will be accepted the week of the Lakeside Festival.

3 Lakeside Festival May 24, 25, 26 & 27 It s that time again!!! Please join us in preparation for the 2013 St. John Neumann Lakeside Family Festival Festival QUICK-VIEW 2nd Saturday Work Party April 13th - 8AM 3rd Saturday Work Party April 20th - 8AM Fried Hamburgers Booth Chairs Needed!!! Portuguese Booth Co-Chair Italian Booth Co-Chair Parking Co-Chair Saturday Work Party Checklist: 8:00 AM start (No driving on the field!) Waterproof foot wear and dress warm Work gloves and a hammer Cordless power drill (fully charged) 1/2 inch sockets drivers, 1/2 inch wrench 1/2 inch sockets and hand ratchet Early Bird Sign-up Slip Name: Phone:( ) /( ) Please check off how you can help: Baked Goods Lakeside Derby Silent Auction Lucky Cupcake Basketball/Hockey Malassadas Booth (Youth Gr) Oriental Booth Candy Art Parking Detail Circus Wagon Photo s & Balloons Duck Pond Portuguese Booth Entertainment Tent Raffle Face Painting Ring Toss First Aid Station Roll Up Flea Market Raffle Food tent Sanitation Detail Fried Foods Seafood Charlie Fried Hamburger Soda East Fried Ice Cream Soda West Grilled Hamburgers Speed Ball (Youth Grp) High Striker Tacos & Nachos Italian Booth Tic Tac Toe Java & Juice Hut Turtle Race Just Subs Knock-it-down Saturday Work Parties ELECTRICIAN S NEEDED We are looking for one or more licensed electricians that would be available to help out at the work parties and the weekend of the festival. If you are interested, please call the rectory at or Anna Manny at Silent Auction & Roll-ups Please consider donating a new item to our Silent Auction and/or Roll-Up Booths for the Festival. We could really use your help. Please call the rectory at Which day(s) are you available: Please fill out and place in the festival early bird drop box located in the Narthex. Thank You!!! If you have any questions the personnel committee at festivalpersonnel@gmail.com or call Sue Larsen at

4 Graduation I am staring at an elaborate Pontifical degree hanging on my wall over my cluttered desk: It s my Sacred Theology License issued from the Lateran University in Rome for which I ve been waiting for about six years, and it s satisfying to have it framed, and adorning the wall because it represents a lot of work. However, this diploma comes with a good dose of perspective as compared to the others I ve earned: I learned long ago that having one doesn t make you all-knowing about the field of study: Nor does it necessarily make you good at applying it to real life. In my parent s home I have a Bachelor of Science Diploma hanging on the wall next to an expired Third Mate s License in the U.S. Merchant Marine: I spent four hard years learning how to navigate an oceangoing ship, and I have the paper to prove it: Nevertheless, at this point, I don t think that I could navigate my way out of the bathtub! It is, of course, necessary that the hard work continue after the courses are done, and all the papers and exams are finished, and after the graduation ceremony is all wrapped up. Yes, it is a form of arrival to graduate from school and get a diploma; but we all know that it is more of a departure point too: Much life and growth awaits as one prepares to apply his/her learning to a job or career. But, it won t be long before there is stagnation if there isn t an effort in the service of constant selfimprovement and apprehension of the finer details of the science or art in which one is involved. So far, this is all obvious to the reasonable person. But it also has its application to the life of Faith: In one respect, we are tempted to divorce our faith from what we do for a living: Unconsciously we act as if work, job and career have nothing to do with living our faith. Quite the opposite, we are summoned by faith to integrate what we do, (inasmuch as it is something good and noble), into our lives of faith. The Vatican Council teaches us that One of the gravest errors of our time is the dichotomy between the faith which many profess and the practice of their daily lives... Let Christians follow the example of Christ who worked as a craftsman; let them be proud of the opportunity to carry out their earthly activity in such a way as to integrate human, domestic, professional, scientific and technical enterprises with religious values, under whose supreme direction all things are ordered to the glory of God. (Pastoral Constitution, Church in the Modern World, #43) In another respect, ongoing growth and study is not only important for a career in some science or art: It is essential for the life of faith to continue growing toward the Truth... the truth about God and the truth about being Human: After all, The Lord is the goal of human history, the focal point of the desires of history and civilization, the center of humankind, the joy of all hearts, and the fulfillment of all aspirations. (Pastoral Constitution, Church in the Modern World, #45)

5 Drop In We will see you this Monday April 8 th from 6:30 8:30 at the camp house for regular, relaxing Drop In ( no Eggstravaganza ). PHEW!!! Festival Work Parties It s time to start setting up our Lakeside Family Festival. We need lots of help to make it happen. Every Sat. morning from now until the festival there will be work parties down on the field. They start at 8:00. Come help out and have fun while doing it. Bring a friend, bring 20 friends. For more information about SJN Senior Youth Ministry, contact Bill and Sue Furtado at or e -mail us at SJNYOUTHMINISTRY@AOL.COM All permission slips are available at Drop Ins, online, and outside the Youth Ministry Office in Neumann Hall. Adult Faith Formation Meeting There will be an Adult Faith Formation Meeting this Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 7 pm in the Library. On the agenda will be evaluations for the Moral Theology Course and other Lenten programs and new summer planning. New members are always welcome. Contact Karen Howard, klhoward@aol.com or Springtime Breakfast The Boy Scouts of Troop & Crew 333 are cooking again on Sunday, April 28, 2012 from 9:00 AM to Noon. A yummy breakfast of banana bread French toast, pancakes, bacon, juice and coffee will be served for a Free Will Donation. There will be themed gift baskets and an Easter Egg Hunt. If you are 7 years of age or younger, bring a basket or bag to collect your goodies! A Fun Time for all! CELEBRATION OF LIFE with Scripture and Song - Sunday April 14 at 2 3:30 pm. Gathering for prayer and music to support Pro-Life Boot Camp - Diocese of Fall River and Stonehill College Students Pro-life Activities. For additional information: Stonehill College Campus Ministry ; Pro-Life Apostolate of the Diocese of Fall River or Holy Cross Family Ministries Our First Eagles! St John Neumann's Troop 333 had two Scouts, Daniel and Anthony Perry pass their Eagle Boards of Review. Eagle Scout is the Boy Scouts' highest honor and only 3% of Scouts achieve this rank. Congratulations Daniel and Anthony!! Cathedral Camp Cathedral Camp, owned and operated by the Diocese of Fall River, is a day camp for children between the ages of 4 and 14. This year, the camp will be offering eight one week sessions from June 24 to August 16. The camp is located on Route 18 in East Freetown. Bus transportation is included in the camp fees. For further information, please visit our web site at or please call the camp at or rena@cathedralcamp.net for a registration packet. Car Wash Sponsored by Confirmation I Candidates To Benefit Kids Kickin Cancer Saturday April 27, 2013 (Rain Date Sunday April 28, 2013) 8:00AM 2:00PM Mobil Gas Station (across from Nephews) 4 Chase Road East Freetown MA Donation $5.00 We will be selling Car Wash tickets in the Narthex after all masses on April 20 & 21. If you have any questions or would like tickets, please call or Lisa Johnson. (508) or lisajohnson89dr@yahoo.com Next Drop-In Tuesday. April 9th at the Camp House from 6:30 to 8:00. Junior Youth Group is open to all students in Grades 6, 7 & 8.

6 RESPECT LIFE WALK in Boston Massachusetts Citizens for Life is holding their annual RESPECT LIFE WALK to Aid Mothers and Children on Sunday April 28, 2013.The Greater Fall River MCFL Chapter will continue to sponsor a bus to bring local walkers to Castle Island in Boston (note change in location). The two pickup locations will be at: The former Immaculate Conception Church County St., Fall River, MA and Taunton Galleria Park and Ride Taunton, MA For more information, please call Paulette Martinville@ or Bea A special thank you to the Faith Formation children grades 1-7 in their efforts to collect money for the World Missions. Together we collected $ to help the needy. Thank you to all the children and their families. Annual Festival Ad Anyone wishing to advertise in our Annual Festival Ad Book may do so. This is an excellent opportunity to support your parish as well as gain exposure for your business, acknowledge a milestone birthday or anniversary or just wish the festival success! For more information please contact Gilbert Hernandez, Chairman at beto719@comcast.net. Where are My People? (A parishioner shares her thoughts about the Chapel of Mary) I believe many of us today are living with stress, loss, and pain from events in our lives. Many of us have lost family members, especially children, and my family is one of them. We need to find peace in our souls. A way to find that peace is reaching out to Jesus on any given day in the Chapel of Mary, Mother of All Nations from 8:00AM to 9:00 PM. On Mondays, the Blessed Sacrament is exposed for adoration. Each week, the invitation is in our daily Sunday bulletin, and still the adoration chapel is empty. What a shame. The parishioners of St. John Neumann Church are blessed to have this holy chapel open to all of us. You don t have to sign up for a certain hour to come. Drop by and watch the peace you are going to find. I look for peace after losing my daughter, Lori, and I pray for family members who are struggling with their marriages, children who have become substance abusers, or anyone who has lost their way. We will never know why God gives us pain or disappointment, but we should know in our hearts that He has nothing but Love and Mercy for us all. He is the One Who gets us through our bad times. He is the One, Who gives us strength to go on. People come to adoration to pray, read the booklets, say the rosary, or sit in silence for God to enter their souls. In fact, the tranquility is so relaxing that many doze off. That s okay, because they are spending time with Jesus. Stop in for a visit with Jesus to make a Holy Hour or stay ten minutes. Come and receive the graces that the Holy Spirit has waiting for you. Help us pray together for Pope Francis to unite God s people around the world to return to prayer, Confession, Communion and Mass. Help us pray for our wars and violence to stop. Lets not wait for another disaster to turn us back to God. Alberta Sequeira