Vigil for The Church and for Those Fallen Away St. Ignatius of Loyola Parish, Holy Trinity Church 404 High Street Somersworth, NH

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1 And So It Begins... I Am Going to the Parish Picnic, Are You? As one community of faith we hold Vigil before the Lord, praying for our Church, and for our brothers and sisters who have fallen away.

2 P 2 CONTACTS Parish Office: Fax: holytrinity.stmary@comcast.net.r.stmartin@comcast.net Website... Cemetery Office: Rectory, 130 Maple St.: Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) Janet Jacobson Religious Education St. Ignatius Janet Jacobson, Director: Religious Education St. Mary Laurie Lambert: Pastor: Rev. Andrew K. Nelson.. anelson@rcbm.org Deacon David Divins Please see Mass intentions inside bulletin Baptisms take place at the weekend Masses. Please call the office to make arrangements for Baptism and Baptismal preparation. Diocesan policy states that arrangements be made at least six months prior to the date of marriage. Please notify us if a parishioner is seriously ill and would like to receive the Sacrament of the Sick. If you are homebound and would like to receive the Eucharist, please call the office HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY!!! Lucille (Deschenes) Cater Born September 23, SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME _ Weekly Parish Calendar September 23 September 30 Sunday, September 23 Mass 7:00 AM Holy Trinity Mass 9:00 AM St. Martin Mass 11:00 AM St. Mary Mass 3:00 PMHoly Trinity Wedding MassWilkins & Dignan Sunday Choir 6:30 PM St. Martin Monday, September 24 Mass 9:00 AM Holy Trinity Tuesday, September 25 NO 9:00 AM Mass Adult Choir4:30PM St. Martin Mass 6:30 PMHoly Trinity VIGIL FOR THE CHURCH & THE FALLEN AWAY Wednesday, September 26 VIGIL FOR THE CHURCH & THE FALLEN AWAY Thursday, September 27 VIGIL FOR THE CHURCH & THE FALLEN AWAY Mass 6:30 PMHoly Trinity Friday, September 28 6:00 PM Adoration St. Martin Saturday, September 29 Confessions 2:30 to 3:30 St. Martin Mass 4:00 PM St. Martin Sunday, September 30 Mass 7:00 AM Holy Trinity Mass 9:00 AM St. Martin Mass 11:00 AM St. Mary Sunday Choir 6:30 PM St. Martin Parish Office will close at 4:00 PM on Tuesday and will remained closed on Wednesday and Thursday there will be no Parish activities during the Vigil! ROSARY FROM COAST TO COAST Join us on Seabrook Beach on Sunday Oct. 7 at 4:00 pmto participate in a coast to coast recitation of the Rosary for our Holy Mother s intentions. Affiliated with the World FatimaApostolate, this event will be time coordinated from west toeast coasts so that all are in prayer at the same time. For more information about this powerful event, contact Vilma Zuliana at

3 P 4 25 SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME St. Ignatius of Loyola Parish Fifth Annual Spirit of Christmas Fair Friday, November 9, 107 Saturday, November 10, 93 Granny s Treasure s Donation drop offs will begin again Thursday, Oct. 4. Please check your Fall giveaway items for clean, slightly used pieces in good condition ready for the Fair. Bring your donations to the Holy Trinity Church Hall (back entrance) Thursdays from 6 to 7 p.m. For special arrangements, call Laurene and Bill Wenners at Jewelry Donation bins are at the main entrances of Holy Trinity and St. Martin churches. Please check your collections for attractive, usable jewelry that will catch our shoppers eyes. Are You Interested in the Catholic Faith? We invite you to learn what the Church teaches and be introduced to some of our parish members. Saint Ignatius and Saint Mary s parish will soon begin a new journey in faith to share the richness of the Catholic Church and our parish family. These sessions also are opportunities for you, and others that you may wish to invite, to ask those difficult questions you may have about the Church. These gatherings are for inquirers and are open to people who are unbaptized, as well as those who are baptized Christians from Protestant or Evangelical backgrounds. We will have an Inquiry night on Tuesday, October 2, 2018, 7:00pm at St. Martin. Please give Janet a call if you have questions or would like further information at SUNSET CANDLELIGHT ROSARY FRIDAYS IN OCTOBER October is the month of the Rosary. Join us on Friday evenings at 6:00 pm in the Rosary Garden at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Church, Rochester, to pray the Rosary for Our Blessed Mother s intentions and also to ask for her help and intercession for all those who struggle with the devastating effects of opioid, alcohol, and other addictions. For more information, contact Becky Bacon, Holy Rosary Parish, Parish Support St. Ignatius of Loyola Parish September 15 & 16, 2018 Sunday Offertory Envelopes $ 6, Loose Cash Offertory $ 1, Online Giving $ 1, Total Offering $ 9, Other Collections and Donations $ St. Mary Parish September 16, 2018 Sunday Offertory Envelopes $ Loose Cash Offertory $ Online Giving $ Total Offertory $ 1, Other Collections and Donations $ Thank you for your generosity in support of our Parishes Parking Lot Tailgate Party 2 Weeks until the Greatest Tailgate Party in the City of Somersworth EVER!!! We are looking for 2030 tailgate hosts (also known as the people who make the food and setup a table and share it). If you are interested in being one of our tailgaters there are pamphlets at the entrances of the churches with helpful information about tailgating. Pick one up and sign up as host! If you don t want to be a hostdon t worry, all you need to do is to show upwe want you to come, roam around from table to table, try the different foods, socialize and just have a great time! It s going to be a great time! We hope you ll join us and partake in the excitement by celebrating our successful fund raising campaign! We did it together let celebrate together! St. IgnatiusFamily Faith Formation starts September 30th! The first session is a Family Session on The Sacraments.

4 P 3 This week as a parish community, we will enter into Vigil together for what I truly believe will be one of the most important things we can do as a faith community, and as brothers and sisters in Christ. We will pray for our Church, all those who have fallen away from the Church, most especially for our families and for all those dear to us. Like the holy men and women of scripture who sought out the Lord and begged Him to heal those they loved, we will pray before Jesus Christ in the Eucharist, and ask Him, to heal and bring back those who are away, and to bring hope to the hearts of all those who eagerly await the return of those they love. The power of prayer is real and the importance of this moment must not be lost. We are shutting down the entire parish during the Vigil because quite frankly, our Church, and the souls of those you love and all those who are away from the Church are far more important to this parish and to your pastor then bulletins, meetings, paying bills, and the day to day workings of parish life. If we had a natural disaster, I would not hesitate to shut down the parish to go out and rescue those in crisis and in need. On a spiritual level, the disaster and consequences faced by the Church, and by many in our families and community is every bit as real and our need for action is every bit as necessary. Thankfully, God s grace can transform all things and move even the very hearts that are farthest from Him. So, like the holy men and women of scriptures, who brought their loved ones before the Lord, we will do the same in Faith and with hope. What you need to know: The opening Vigil Mass will be Tuesday at 6:30pm at Holy Trinity. Be there! We will make sure you have a place to park and to sit, not to worry. The Mass will be beautiful and our prayers will be directed for the Church, and all those fallen away, especially those in our families. Our wonderful musicians have been working hard to make sure the music for the night will compliment the depths of our prayers with richness and beauty. At the conclusion of the Mass, and when the Blessed Sacrament is placed in the Monstrance on the Altar, we will begin a most important and beautiful part of our prayer. The congregation will be invited forward to light candles for the Church and for family members and loved ones who are away. As we process forward and light candles for sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, friends and strangers, the candles will be placed in the Sanctuary before the Lord. As we pray together and as the choir gently sings, hundreds of lights, and S / R and souls will be placed before the Lord with one prayer being offered, to bring back those who have fallen away and bring them back into the arms of God s love, mercy, and to His Church. This year we will also be adding special Gold candles to light in thanksgiving for those who have come back, and as a reminder to have hope. Is there a cost to light the candles? The candles cost the parish $3 each. We have ordered over 1,500 candles so that everyone can light the candles they wish. The collection during the Mass will be used to cover the cost of the candles and the Vigil. I would ask if you are able that you cover the cost of the candles you light and offer a little extra to help cover other costs associated with vigil and to ensure that everyone who wishes can light candles regardless of their financial means. The Vigil for the Church and the Fallen Away is an offering of our parish, and we will not financially profit from it in anyway. After we have covered expenses, 100% of extra monies raised will be given to support the missions and those in need. I am grateful in advance for the generosity of our community. Following the opening Mass on Tuesday evening the Church will be open and prayers will be offered for 48 hours continually until we close the Vigil with a 6:30pm Mass on Thursday evening. During those 48 hours you are invited to stop by the Church and pray. Stop in before work, after work, in the middle of the day, whenever and however often you wish. Prayers will be offered continually for the entire time, the doors will remain unlocked each day from 5:00am 11:00pm. (Between the hours of 11:00pm and 5:00am the vigil will continue but the doors of the church will be locked for the safety of those inside. If you wish to visit the Church during the overnight hours please contact me to make arrangements.) The Vigil is meant to be a time in which members of the parish come and go often, praying at all different hours of day and night. During the Vigil there will also be prayers such as the Morning Prayer, the Rosary, Confessions, and the Divine Mercy Chaplet that will be offered, see the schedule in the bulletin for more information. The important thing is that throughout the vigil we come and pray! It does not matter the day nor the hour, the Lord will be there, our parish will be there, and the candles for each of our loved ones will be burning brightly. On Thursday evening we will gather again to close the Vigil with Mass. Please do come and be part of this important Vigil for the Church and for the Fallen Away. There is no greater love than to lay down one s life for a friend. This week let us all lay down and surrender our time, our schedules, and lift up those who are away so that we might be together in God s love for eternity. Fr. Andrew

5 P 3 S / R 6:30pm 7:30pm 11:00pm 5:00am 7:00am 8:00am 9:00am 10:00am 12:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 5:00pm 6:30pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 11:00pm 5:00am 7:00am 9:00am 10:00am 12:00pm 3:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 6:30pm Vigil for The Church and for Those Fallen Away St. Ignatius of Loyola Parish, Holy Trinity Church 404 High Street Somersworth, NH Tuesday, September 25 th Opening Mass & Lighting of Individual Candles for the Fallen Away Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Doors Closed for the Evening (Adoration continues thru the night for those scheduled) Wednesday, September 26 th Doors Reopen Rosary Confessions Morning Prayer Quiet Music Rosary in French Confessions Divine Mercy Chaplet (Sung), (Followed by Quiet Music) Evening Prayer Quiet Music Eucharistic Piano Hymns Rosary in Indonesian Confessions Night Prayer Doors Close for the Evening (Adoration continues thru the night for those scheduled) Thursday, September 27 th Doors Reopen Rosary Morning Prayer Eucharistic Hymns/Piano Rosary Divine Mercy Chaplet (Sung), (Followed by Quiet Music) Evening Prayer Benediction Closing Mass + Blessing

6 P 6 25 SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Mass Intentions Monday, September 24 9:00 AM MassHoly Trinity Janine Gilbert & Kenneth Tibbetts by Rolly Tibbetts, Ken s Wife & family The Marquis Family. by the family Tuesday, September 25 9:00 AM Mass Holy Trinity Intentions of all Parishioners 6:30 PM Mass Vigil for the Church & Fallen Away Wednesday, September 26 Vigil for the Church & Fallen Away Thursday, September 27 Vigil for the Church & Fallen Away 6:30 PM MassHoly Trinity Friday, September 28 6:00 PM Adoration St. Martin Saturday, September 29 2:30 PM Confessions 4:00 PM Mass St. Martin Norman Perron by Michelle Jutras Mary Ann Obyc by Helen Pokrzywa Florence Theberge by her family Sunday, September 30 7:00 AM Mass Holy Trinity Intention of All Parishioners 9:00 AM MassSt. Martin Roland Routhier (9th Ann) by his children Shirley Warren by Richard McHugh 11:00 AM St. Mary Alice Farrell Wendt by her family The first session for Walking With Purpose Opening Your Heart will be Wednesday, October 3rd. We are in need of a Hospitality Coordinatorone or two ladies to help with purchasing snacks, settingup drinks and snacks before the weekly session at 7pm, and then cleaning up when the session ends at 8:30pm. The Hospitality Coordinator is integral to setting a warm and welcoming tone for each session; please consider helping out! Contact susan_elizabeth_tierney@yahoo.com or Janet Jacobson janetjacobson@comcast.net for more information. ANNUAL HOLIDAY FAIR To benefit ST. MARY S It s that time of year again. The Ladies of St. Anne s are beginning preparations for the Annual Holiday Fair, to benefit St. Mary s Church, Saturday November 17th at the American Legion Hall, Rollinsford. Now is the time to stock up on berries and fruits that are in season. We needs lots of homemade jams, jellies, fruit pies, pickles, relishes, etc. While you are doing your canning please make a little extra for the Fair s Country Store. If you want to make extra fruit pies and don t have enough freezer space give Gail a call. Baskets are in the back of the Church for non perishable items for the food baskets and booze basket. Watch for sales on soda and pick up a 12 pack or two, we go through many cases on Fair day. Items for the Penny Table and Silent Auttion may be left in the back of the Church. Please help yourself to the cut outs on the board if you are not sure what is needed. White Elephant itemscall June or Gail to set up a time to meet at the garage. Boxes of chocolatelooking for boxes of chocolate or large candy bars for the chocolate man wheel. If anyone is good at soliciting businesses for donations and would like to give it a try, Gail has a long list of places to contact. Call Gail at Worldwide Marriage Encounter The fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for those who cultivate peace. Find peace in your marriage by attending a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. The next Weekends are Dec 79, 2018 in Duxbury, MA and Jan 1820, 2019 in South Kingstown, RI. For more information, call Stephen & Michelle O'Leary at or visit them at St. Ignatius Singing Saints Children s Choir Grades 18 There will be a parent meeting on Tuesday, October 2, 2018 from 6:00 6:30pm at St. Martin. The first rehearsal will be Tuesday, October 9, 2018 If you have any questions, please call the office at

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