SAINT MARGARET MARY PARISH

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1 SINT MRGRET MRY RISH 845 HIGH STREET,.O. BOX 386 WESTWOOD, M OFFICE FX info@saintmmparish.org FIFTH SUNDY OF ESTER Rev. Stephen J. Linehan - Ext. 103 D E Rev. Mr. Joseph E. Holderried D F F F C Y Karlene Duffy - Ext. 101 R D E Denise Ra ery - Ext. 102 / Mark Nemeskal - Ext. 111 Brian Cullen - Ext. 107 Jacqueline Kerr - Ext. 100 O -F M H 900 M M M Saturday Sunday S 430 M 1000 M & 600 M Weekdays 900 M Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday C Saturday M B Second Sunday of the month at 1200 M. Contact the office. C S Contact the office for a visit to the homebound/sick. M lease contact us at least six months in advance. RIL 29, 2018

2 OFFERTORY MRCH OFFERTORY - Thank you! Offertory for Month of March $ 28,360 Budgeted Offertory for March $ 27,400 Surplus/(Shortfall) $960 RECENT SECOND COLLECTIONS Good Friday - Holy Land $1,230 Easter Clergy Benefit $ 10,794 Thank you for your generosity! The St. Margaret Mary arish 2018 Catholic ppeal campaign is off to a wonderful start! With $61,740 already pledged, we are at 69% of our goal. The early outpouring of support from so many helps sustain the important ministries that make St. Margaret Mary a vibrant place of worship. If you have yet to give, please pick up a pledge form at the back of the church or visit bostoncatholicappeal.org. Thank you for your prayers and support. TTENTION RISH VOLUNTEERS!! CORI Forms need to be filled out by all volunteers. Drivers license is required to complete the CORI form. If you are a volunteer and have not yet filled out a CORI form, please stop by the arish Office. UCOMING EXTRORDINRY EXENSES atrons welcomed! New Landscaping - pproximately $30,000

3 THE STOR S GE Dear arishioners and Friends, It seems like Good ope St. John the XXIII is following me around lately! My recent appointment and his words on the wall of my kitchen. That does not seem like a bad thing though! He was one of those ordinary men in the life of the Church who gave extraordinary service and witness. In 1962 in an address to a group of Church leaders working on voca ons he outlined the essen al tasks of the priest. They include principally to offer the Mass with dignity, to celebrate the Sacraments for the people, to announce the Word of God, to a end the sick and dying and to teach those ignorant of the Faith. The kitchen reference above refers to an inscrip on of his thoughts on priesthood on the wall of the kitchen in the rectory. It serves as a great reminder - each day - of what my job is... Each school day, a number of students from the Thurston School cross our parking lot to cut through the cemetery and the woods that lead to Har ord Street. While I have never seen or traveled the path, and I m sure as you too surely are, we all like to find the easiest/shortest route to wherever What happens when we travel a path where there has been no path before? We begin to create a path; the grass and weeds and whatever fall, they lay down and with repeated trodding, a path begins to form. It winds it way to where we would go... What was first a real adventure finding and crea ng a path, eventually becomes rou ne... nd so it goes with life. Learning the way... the pathway... whatever way... always takes me and effort and some mes adventure and struggle. t the end of the day, there is only so much me... and only so much energy... It remains for us to use that me and energy well. You know so very well that there are mes when me and energy seem to be sucked up and blown away. Studies have been done on how me can be wasted... energy can be drained... and so much of life can be just wasted away! s I prepare to detach from my present assignment, much as I have learned from so many previous assignments as priest and chaplain, I look back to where I have been and where I am heading. There have been so many blessings along the way, the path Good ope St. John XXIII has served me well I have always worked to say Mass well. I have tried not to rush nor linger too long over any part of the Liturgy... I may have not gone as fast as some people liked but that was their issue Equally with the other Sacraments, principally Bap sms, Marriages, as well as Confessions and noin ngs of the Sick. I always tried to study and learn more about these sacraments, and pray them as I led those gathered... Similarly with announcing the Word of the Lord. s you well know, I have sought to share with you more of the background and context of the readings, so that you might be led more deeply into the mystery of the presence of God in his Word. In many ways as you might know I have also sought to be a en ve and mindful to the pastoral care of the sick and dying. I have reached out to those who are on the fringes especially as they have grown older, fragile and weaker. So o en in our culture people withdraw from the group when they become ill or troubled I am very grateful for those who have welcomed me into their homes and their lives as they have grown vulnerable... others have held off for so many other reasons o en out of some sort of fear. The priestly ministry entrusted to me has included this reaching out to those who are sick and suffering. What a blessing it has been! I have sought also to share with those who do not know the faith... Teaching is not just for the young it s for all ages It becomes an even more interes ng process as teacher and student grow. I am both teacher and student, for sure! So many seem to eschew - avoid - the prac ce of the faith and learning about the faith... too many want to stand back and stay away from it all I am saddened by that. Witnessing to the faith, understanding the faith and prac cing the faith and even teaching the faith are like the path cu ng through the cemetery The more that path is traveled, the more it becomes known and familiar. The less it s traveled the less it s known It is not just on the ground it also in the body, brain and mind We can walk the path of learning the good. We can also walk a path of learning the not so good. Thank God we have teachers along the way that guide us to the good. I think I have run out of space! Just want to encourage parents and young folks and all not to give up It s much like last week s le er. God bless you and stay strong! Fr. Linehan

4 28-29 F S E 2018 CYO BSKETBLL WRDS NIGHT SINTS MRTH & MRY DINNER St. Mary arish, Brookline May 7th 600 M M The Vocation Office and the Delegate for Religious invite ll High School ge Young Women Invited Evening of prayer, food, and conversation Casual discussion following Evening rayer and dinner including (parents, youth ministers, priests and chaperones) Each young woman will have the chance to meet Cardinal Sean For more information Sunday, pril 29th 700 M Lower Church Most Valuable layer, Unsung Hero & Coach s wards will be presented to players from each team. Every player from each of the St. Margaret Mary s teams will receive a gift from the program in recognition of their participation this season. ll players, families and friends of the program are invited. dmission is free and refreshments will be served. VocationsBoston.org Fr. Dan Hennessey dehennessey@rcab.org or FREWELL RECETION IN HONOR OF Rev. Stephen J. Linehan Sunday, May 20th 1100 M M Westwood Senior Center s you've likely heard by now, our astor, Father Linehan, has been appointed to join the faculty at ope Saint John XXIII Seminary in Weston effective June 1st! While we're excited for this new ministry and opportunity for Father (as well as the seminarians to whom he'll provide great counsel!), we the Saint Margaret Mary arish family will miss his ministry and presence at our parish and in our community. ll are welcome to attend. Worldwide Marriage Encounter Jesus is the good shepherd and laid down his life for us that we may have new life. Give your marriage new life by attending a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. Warner, NH May 19th & 20th Medway, M June 9th & 10 For more information, call Stephen & Michelle O'Leary at or visit them at https//wwmema.org/. Norfolk County Catholics (NCC) ll young adults in their 20s and 30s are welcome to a end the May mee ng. St. Mary arish of Walpole (arish Hall) Thursday, May 3rd 700 M The theme of the mee ng is rayer Life as a Young dult. lease register online for FREE at norfolk-county-catholics.eventbrite.com For more informa on, please visit

5 28-29 F S E FIRST FRIDY May 4th Friday, May 4th is the first Friday of the month. On the first Friday of each month, the Blessed Sacrament is solemnly exposed on our altar following the 900 M Mass. This is a wonderful opportunity to meditate and pray quietly in the presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. 26 th nnual ope St. John XXIII National Seminary Golf Tournament Monday, May 21st The Weston Golf Club This premier charity event is held to benefit the educational program for the seminarians. Tuition covers only half the cost of educating a seminarian and the proceeds from this tournament will help bridge the gap and keep the cost of educating them affordable. $250 layer Entry Fee includes 18 Holes of Golf with cart Lunch at the Club Door rizes Social hour, silent auction & dinner at the Seminary for each golfer and a guest To register, call Kate Folan at or visit tournament In just a few weeks, Dr. llen Hunt will present assion & urpose for Marriage and Find Your Greatness in your area. Don t miss this life-changing opportunity to see yourself, your faith and your relationships in a whole new way. assion and urpose for Marriage May 5, M 130 M St. nne - St. Catherine Collaborative Westford, Massachusetts Find Your Greatness May 6, M 600 M Holy Family arish Duxbury, Massachusetts Women s Weekend Retreat Retreat with a Special erson Miramar Retreat Center Duxbury, M May 4th 600 M - May 6th 100 M Invite your mother, daughter, sister, friend or any other special woman to spend quality time together. Deepen the bonds with someone who matters much to you. For more details, visit or contact eggy atenaude at or timeoutretreats@comcast.net.

6 28-29 Dear Friends in Christ, s we continue our walk through the cts of the postles, we ve come to the arrival of Saint aul onto the scene. In all of Scripture and the lives of the Saints, aul stands out as one of the most fascinating stories. fervent persecutor of the early Christians, aul s motivation for doing so was his sincere zeal for his Jewish faith. His encounter with the risen Jesus on a trip to continue those persecutions must ve really been difficult for aul. Jesus command to aul to believe and spread the faith presented an awful lot of obstacles. s we hear today, even the postles didn t trust or embrace aul s ministry for fear that he was only doing so as a spy. Even when aul was later accepted as the real deal, he then faced the persecutions that the rest of the early Christians did, and of course, along with the postles, died a martyr for his faith in Christ. What stands out to me from the first reading is the theme that is mirrored in all of todays subsequent readings. The Church was at peace. It was being built up and walked in the fear of the Lord and with the consolation of the Holy Spirit it grew in numbers. (We often think of fear as being a negative trait to have, but fear of the Lord isn t to be thought of in the same way. Chances are that if God Himself appeared to you right now, you d indeed be afraid, but it would be because of your total love and reverence for Him.) It s the unity of the faithful as the Body of Christ that leads to the Church being at peace and being fruitful in spreading the Good News of the Gospel. The world, and even the Church, can seem to be anything but united these days. nd if left to our own devices, such unity would be impossible. God didn t create us, redeem us and then leave us alone He s with us always, even to the end of the Earth! It s His presence and our acceptance of His invitation to eternal life with Him that unites us. When each of us were Baptized, we were made a part of Christ s body. The same Holy Spirit that gave consolation to the early Christians is always at work in the world, in our hearts. nd to the extent that we remain united to the Lord Jesus, especially by faithful and frequent reception of the Sacraments, particularly Reconciliation and the Eucharist, as a vine is connected to a branch, we bear fruits of unity, love and peace, and spread God s Kingdom all over the world. Yours in the Lord s Service, Brian Cullen F S E Monday Night Rosary Monday evenings at 810 M You need not know how to pray the Rosary. Rosary beads and prayer guides provided. LL RE WELCOME! Montrose School Spring Open House 29 North Street, Medfield (508) Thursday, May 10th 630 M M Learn more about our nationally recognized program with lifelong results Hear from students, faculty, alumnae & coaches about athletics, academics, student life and tuition assistance Leadership with service Faith with reason Inspired by the teachings of the Catholic Church Independent day school for girls grade RISH STFF E-MIL DDRESSES Father Linehan s.linehan@saintmmparish.org Brian Cullen b.cullen@saintmmparish.org Max Collins m.collins@saintmmparish.org Karlene Duffy k.duffy@saintmmparish.org Jacqueline Kerr j.kerr@saintmmparish.org Mark Nemeskal nemeskal@verizon.net Denise Raftery d.raftery@saintmmparish.org

7 28-29 Liturgies for the Week pr. 28 Saturday 430 M Louis & Doris Qualtieri pr. 29 Sunday 1000 M Mass 600 M Mass pr. 30 Monday 900 M Terry McCoy May 1 Tuesday 900 M Catherine S. Kerr May 3 Thursday 900 M John Greenwood May 4 Friday 900 M Sullivan Family May 5 Saturday 430 M Charles & Lena Dengelis Doris Marceau May 6 Sunday 1000 M Nora Curtin 600 M Mass Saturday, May 5th riest Lector Eucharistic Ministers rincipals Ministers Schedule May 5th & 6th 430 M Fr. Linehan Sheila O Neill Fred Connolly, Bill Reissfelder & Dick Toland Special ** EM Needed ** Trish MacDonald & Nancy Meagher ltar Servers ** 3 ltar Servers Needed ** Sunday, May 6th riest Lector Eucharistic Ministers rincipals ltar Servers F S O E 1000 M Fr. Linehan Marney Barrett Mike Curtin, Gail Ronan & Carole Winslow am dams & John Barrett Conor Curtin & Olivia Homiller ** 1 ltar Server Needed ** Sunday, May 6th riest Lector Eucharistic Ministers rincipals ltar Servers 600 M Fr. MacDonald Maureen Bleday Chip Sterling ** 2 EMs Needed ** Rory Laughna ** EM Needed ** Timmy Sterling ** 2 ltar Servers Needed ** lease pray for ll the deceased of our parish, including Joseph B. Lyons whose funeral Mass we celebrated this week, as well as all of our sick and those who have asked for our prayers. THIS WEEKEND BBY SHOWER We will be collecting clothing, supplies as well as monetary donations (Checks made payable to Fund for the Unborn for those seeking assistance from the regnancy Help Organization. lease see a volunteer at one of the entrances and thank you for your kindness and generosity! Celebrating Women Wednesday, May 9th 1000 M M Sacred Hearts Retreat Center Wareham, M Spirituality for Everyday Living mini-retreat led by eggy atenaude of Taking Time Out Coffee at 930 Cost is $25.00 re-registration required Contact eggy atenaude at or timeoutretreats@comcast.net. For more information, visit