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Rectory: 170 Mechanic Street Leominster, Massachusetts Telephone (978) 537-6541 / 537-6542 / 537-6543 Parish Office Hours are Monday thru Thursday 9 am - 5 pm and Friday 9 am - 4 pm Religious

1 Rectory: 170 Mechanic Street Leominster, Massachusetts Telephone (978) / / Parish Office Hours are Monday thru Thursday 9 am - 5 pm and Friday 9 am - 4 pm Religious Education (C.C.D) Office Telephone (978) Bingo Telephone: (978) August 20, Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Celebration of the Eucharist Saturday Vigil Masses: 4:00 & 6:30 P.M. Sunday Masses: 7:00, 9:45, and 11:15 A.M. Weekday Masses (Monday - Saturday): 6:30 A.M. Holy Day Masses: 4:00 P.M. (Vigil) 6:30 A.M. & 5:30 P.M. Rev. Robert D. Bruso Pastor Rev. Eric K. Asante Associate Pastor Rev. Richard G. Roger Retired Deacon Ronald J. Aubuchon Deacon Robert S. Connor, Jr. Confessions: Wednesdays, 4:30-5:30 P.M. Fridays, 6:00-7:00 P.M. Saturdays, 3:00-4:00 P.M. Baptisms: Please call the rectory in advance to schedule baptismal instruction. Marriages: Couple should contact the rectory at least one year in advance. A marriage preparation program is required. Mr. David M. Lasky Music Director, Organist Mrs. Patricia A. Secino, Religious Education Director and Director of Evangelization and RCIA

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Cecilia Church, Leominster MA August 20, 2017 Saturday August 19 Vigil Masses Mass on pg. 45 4:00 p.m. Beverly Hildreth (anniv.) by the family 6:30 p.m. David Gladding (14th anniv.

) by her husband & children 11:15 a.m. Victorine & Roland Aubuchon & sons, Norman, Joseph & Omer by the family Monday August 21 St. Pius X, Pope Mass on pg. 49 6:30 a.m. Geneva Roy by Marie G.

2 Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Cecilia Church, Leominster MA August 20, 2017 Saturday August 19 Vigil Masses Mass on pg. 45 4:00 p.m. Beverly Hildreth (anniv.) by the family 6:30 p.m. David Gladding (14th anniv.) by his wife & son Sunday August 20 Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Mass on pg. 45 7:00 a.m. Raymond Aubuchon (14th anniv.) by his wife 9:45 a.m. Nancy Jancaitis (1st anniv.) by her husband & children 11:15 a.m. Victorine & Roland Aubuchon & sons, Norman, Joseph & Omer by the family Monday August 21 St. Pius X, Pope Mass on pg. 49 6:30 a.m. Geneva Roy by Marie G. Richard Tuesday August 22 The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mass on pg. 51 6:30 a.m. Joseph & Claire Bergeron by Michelle Metivier Wednesday August 23 St. Rose of Lima, Virgin Mass on pg. 52 6:30 a.m. Pamela T. Petricca by Gena Nutting Thursday August 24 St. Bartholomew, Apostle Mass on pg. 53 6:30 a.m. Lionel & Noella Charpentier by their family Friday August 25 St. Louis; St. Joseph Calasanz, Priest Mass on pg. 55 6:30 a.m. Parishioners of St. Cecilia Parish 6:00-7:00 p.m. Confession Saturday August 26 Weekday Mass on pg. 56 6:30 a.m. Claire (Bolduc) Breault by her brother 3:00-4:00 p.m. Confession Vigil Masses Mass on pg. 57 4:00 p.m. Daniel (22nd anniv.) & Dorothy (3rd anniv.) Hanley by their daughter, Jeanne & family 6:30 p.m. Raymond Blanchette (14th anniv.) by his wife Sunday August 27 Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Mass on pg. 57 7:00 a.m. Lillian D. Fredette (4th anniv.) by Jack & Linda Kinsey 9:45 a.m. Henry & Roger Hebert & Irene Rajotte by Laurette Loiselle 11:15 a.m. Jean Ashey by friends of the family Peace is a precious gift, which must be promoted and protected. Pope Francis 2

3 Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Cecilia Church, Leominster MA August 20, 2017 Dear Friends, A Message From Our Pastor. One of the great contributions of the people of Israel to world history is the concept of ethical monotheism, that is, religion based on a code of moral ethics which worships only one God. In the early years of human history, most people were polytheist, that is, they believed there were many gods and goddesses, for example, the god of the sun, the goddess of the moon, the god of the sea, the goddess of the crops, etc., etc. The people of Israel at first acknowledged the existence of these foreign gods, which is why the prophets warned the people not to worship them. Their God, Yahweh, existed as pure spirit, beyond the shenanigans of the Greek gods on Mount Olympus. Their God had one job and one job only: to look out for the twelve tribes of Israel, settled along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean. If the Israelites were faithful, he would take care of them; if they slipped into paganism, he would punish them. By the time of the prophet Isaiah, who preached from about 740 BC to 701 BC, there was an increasing notion that the God of Israel would also welcome righteous people who were not from Israel. Notice in today s first reading: Foreigners who join themselves to the Lord I will bring to my holy mountain for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples. It was an important, if controversial strain, of Jewish religious thought. Not everyone accepted it. Jesus answer to the Canaanite woman was the expected response. What was unexpected was his response to her persistence. Instead of shooing her away, as the Apostles thought he should, he praised her faith and rewarded it. O woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish. Now Jesus offers a new criterion for being a disciple. It doesn t matter who you come from, it is what you believe. For, as St. Paul writes to the Romans, God has mercy upon all. This concept, which was just beginning to be understood at the time of Jesus, is something that the theologians call God s universal salvific will. In other words, it is God s intent that all people come to know Christ and be saved, without regard to their race or national origin. It s what you believe, not who you were or where you come from. The great American historian Barbara Tuchman wrote an essay around the time of the Bicentennial entitled America as an Idea. Her argument was that no one except the Native American Indians could say they were American by race. Unlike Europe, where there are clearly defined borders between who is German and who is French, in the United States our ethnic origins are from everywhere except the USA. We even say it. I m Irish. I m Italian. I m French Canadian. But we re not. We re Americans. What makes us Americans, even if our ethnicity is from somewhere else? Barbara Tuchman said we are Americans if we live and believe one central idea. All men (and women) are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. When people say certain people aren t Americans or should not be here because of their race or religion or skin color or nation of origin, then they are denying the very core of what it is to be an American. Even more importantly, they are denying what it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ. May God bless you all, Father Bob Bruso 3

Banns of Marriage Week #1 Jenilet Trevino & Tomas Chlebecek Welcome!

4 Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Cecilia Church, Leominster MA August 20, 2017 The Congratulations of the parish community are extended to Timothy Richard & Lindsay Snow who were married recently. Banns of Marriage Week #1 Jenilet Trevino & Tomas Chlebecek Welcome! In a spirit of joyful hope we welcome Rocco Siciliano-Warren into our parish family by baptism as he begins his life of faith here within our parish community. Bingo Workers Needed! You Need To Work Only Once A Month. Workers are needed to help in all areas of the parish Bingo, but especially helping out in the two Bingo kitchens, upstairs and downstairs. Call the rectory if you can help, or see Jim Fernandes or Fr. Bob. Workers are needed also to help verify winning numbers or to sell the Charity Game tickets. Collections Report Last Week s Stewardship: $6, Religious Education Registration Forms Have Been Mailed to every household in the parish with children who should be attending religious education/ccd classes. If you have a child or know of a neighbor entering first grade this fall and did not receive a registration form, please contact the rectory office so we can mail a registration. We ask that those families receiving the forms complete and return them by mailing them to the rectory or by dropping them in the collection basket. If you did not receive this mailing, please contact Mrs. Patricia Secino at the rectory We also ask parents of children that are attending Catholic Schools to please contact Mrs. Secino and advise which school they are attending. This will eliminate unnecessary registration mailings to these homes in the future. Grade 11 Students will soon receive in the mail a letter from Mrs. Secino regarding Confirmation Classes. PLEASE HELP US BY RETURNING YOUR REGISTRATION FORM RIGHT AWAY SO THAT WE CAN PREPARE AND PLAN FOR YOUR CHILD/CHILDREN NOW. Do you ever see people and wonder what their names are? Have you ever heard an announcement regarding a member and wished you could put a face with a name? Are you a new member and wish you had something to help you put names with faces? Help is on the way! We are producing a new pictorial directory! There is no cost to our parish, and each participating family will receive a complimentary 8x10 portrait and directory and have the opportunity to purchase additional portraits to share with family & friends. Visit our website stceciliachurch.net or call the office to sign up. Early sign-ups will get the first choice of times. We look forward to seeing you! 4

5 APPRECIATING THE ART IN ST. CECILIA CHURCH We have walked through the doors of St. Cecilia Church hundreds, maybe thousands, of times, but have we really seen the doors? All of the ten doors are the same but also different. They are the same because they are all images of Jesus Christ, God the Son, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, who assumed human form so that he could be the door through which we enter into the presence of God the Father. They are different because each door is an image of a different aspect of Jesus. All of the images of Christ are surrounded by an almond shaped frame called a mandorla. (Mandorla is the Latin word for almond.) On either side of the mandorla is a smaller image which highlights the message of the central images. At the Mechanic Street entrance, beginning from the left: 1. Jesus with the little children. On either side are a rose and a daisy, symbols of beauty and youth. 2. Jesus the judge, seated on a throne. On the left the scales of justice hang from the Cho-Rho symbol for Christ from the Greek alphabet. On the right is the sun of justice with IHS (In Hoc Signo In This Sign) inscribed in the middle. It recalls the dream of Constantine to replace the Roman eagles with the initials IHS before going into battle, placing himself and his army under the protection of Christ. 3. Jesus the teacher, with the Ten Commandments in his hands, surrounded by the symbols of the four Gospels, winged creatures standing in for the four evangelists a man (Matthew), a lion (Mark), an ox (Luke), and an eagle (John), taken from the Book of Revelation. 4. Jesus the priest (note he is wearing a priest s stole). On one side is a chalice with three crosses to symbolize Calvary and on the other side wheat and grapes. Above the doors in the center is the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Triumph done in poured concrete, carrying an orb and a scepter in the center. Over the left side door is the coat of arms of Pope Pius XI, the Holy Father in 1933, the year the church was dedicated, and over the right hand door is the coat of arms of Bishop Thomas Mary O Leary, Bishop of Springfield in (The Worcester diocese wasn t created until 1950). On the Third Street side, at the entrance: 1. Jesus as the Transubstantiated Eucharist. It is Jesus we receive at Holy Communion, the reality, not just a symbol. On one side is a butterfly, which has been transformed from a caterpillar and the other side a phoenix, a mythological bird which rises from the ashes and cannot die. 2. Jesus the Good Shepherd, with a lamb in his arms and the shepherd s staff over his shoulder. On one side a fish ( I will make you fishers of men, Jesus told the Apostles), on the other side the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei). The image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Triumph is above the doors. Over the altar servers sacristy door 1. Christ the Universal King. On either side the Alpha and the Omega, the first and last letters of Greek alphabet, symbolizing that Jesus is the beginning and the end. On the rectory side: 1. Jesus the Carpenter, with the tools of his labor on either side. 2. Resurrected Christ, with the seals of the scroll from the Book of Revelation opened on one side and the sun of Christ of the other. Above these doors is the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Triumph. Over the priests sacristy door: 1. Christ crucified. On one side is the crown of thorns with the three nails, and the other side the chalice of the Precious Blood.

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6 Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Cecilia Church, Leominster MA August 20, 2017 Discerning A Vocation? Interested In The Diocesan Priesthood As A Vocation? Serving the Spiritual Needs of Grieving Parents Losing a child under any circumstance is horrific. Focusing on the spirituality of the grieving process can help tremendously. A ministry for parents whose children of any age have died by any cause. Please join us. All are welcome. Emmaus Ministry for Grieving Parents At Saint Patrick Parish One-Day Spiritual Retreat September 23, :30am-8:00pm For more information or to register, Call Patrice at Saint Patrick at (781) Or call Diane, Mother of Paul, at (617) or see For more inquiries and applications please contact Father James Mazzone, Holy Name of Jesus House of Studies, 51 Illinois St., Worcester MA 01610, or jmazzone@charter.net. St. Cecilia s Bingo Friday Evenings at 6:30 PM Two Winner-take-all games 20 $10 Door Prizes Doors Open at 4 PM- Come Try Your Luck! Air Conditioned 2 Progressive Games Women of Faith - Morning of Prayer Finding Balance in a Busy Life: Looking at the Figures of Martha & Mary will be offered on Saturday, Aug. 26 from 9:30 am 1 pm at St. Anne s Convent, 720 Boston Post Road East, Marlborough. Presenter is Marina McCoy, Ph.D. is a philosophy professor, spirituality writer, and prison volunteer. It will begin with coffee and followed by a brief presentation, prayer, personal reflection, and discussion. A registration fee of $10.00 is paid at the door. Pre-registration is required by August 17. To pre-register, please womenoffaithssa@gmail.com or phone Ann Williams at or Sr. Yvette Bellerose at For more information about Women of Faith, please visit our website at WomenOfFaithSSA.org. St. Andrew Bobola Parish Festival on Friday, Aug. 25 from 4:30 10 pm and on Saturday, Aug. 26 from 11 am 10 pm It will take place on the Church Grounds, 54 West Main St., Dudley. Take a chance on a Grand Prize Raffle and enjoy American and Polish Food. Also includes raffles for Gift Baskets, a Quilt, 50/50, a Flea Market, and Kid s games. On Friday enjoy Maestro s Men from 6 10 p.m. On Saturday, there is a Chicken BBQ (advance tix*only)~ 12:30 2 p.m., an Outdoor Polka Mass at 4 p.m. and the Eddie Foreman Orchestra from 6 10 p.m. You can purchase Chicken BBQ tickets at the Church Rectory,

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August 19, Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Rectory: 170 Mechanic Street Leominster, Massachusetts Telephone (978) 537-6541 / 537-6542 / 537-6543 Parish Website: stceciliachurch.net / Like St Cecilia s Church on Facebook Parish Office Hours are