Mass Intentions Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Saturday, September 29 4:00 pm Vic Lessard & Bill Roberts by Dianne Sunday, September 30 7:30 am For the Intentions of John Haggerty by his family & Our Parish Family 9:00 am Anne Croteau by John Richard 10:30 am Kevin Cloonan-Anniv. Remb. by Bill & Mary Buddenhagen 7:00 pm Dan Kenny-1 st Anniv. Remb. by family Monday, October 1 6:45 am Almoza & Jean Baptist by the McCoole Family 9:00 am Wilhelmina Narkiewicz by Ann Welch Tuesday, October 2 6:45 am William Dion by Maureen DeLuca 9:00 am A Special Intention by Bob & Joan Wednesday, October 3 6:45 am Mary Boyden by Ann Pare 9:00 am Grace McDonough by Richard & Marilyn Reniere Thursday, October 4 6:45 am Charlotte Preston-66 th Wedding Anniv. Remb. by family 9:00 am Joan Ouellette by Barbara MacDonald Friday, October 5 6:45 am Paul Baptiste by SVdP 9:00 am Josephine & Walter Smith by family Saturday, October 6 4:00 pm Joseph Quinn & Anita Lamothe by Renee & Peter Casian Sunday, October 7 7:30 am Charlotte Preston-Bday Remb. by family 9:00 am Donna Marie Abely by her family 10:30 am Thomas E. Schultz-3 rd Anniv. Remb. by his family 7:00 pm Cathy Suprenant by Jeannine & Our Parish Family The Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - September 30, 2018 Weekly Collection Sacrificial Offering - September 23rd 2018: OLMM: Envelopes: 179 $ 4,691.39 Loose Collection $ 2,504.00 $ 7,195.39 St. Elizabeth: Envelopes: 37 $ 884.00 Loose Collection $ 1,244.00 $ 2,128.00 Online Giving: $ 1,650.00 Second Collection - Retirement Fund for NH Priests: OLMM: $ 3,548.00 St. Elizabeth: $ 959.00 $ 4,507.00 Total Collections: $15,480.39 Thank you for your generous support to the Parish throughout the year. We also want to remind you that Online Giving is available to you at the Parish Website: www.olmmparish.org There will be no Second Collection for the weekend of September 30th. The Second Collection for the weekend of October 7th will be Capital Improvement. Mass Intentions: St. Elizabeth Saturday, September 29 5:00 pm Lorraine Saba-1 st Anniv. Remb. by her family Sunday, September 30 10:00 am In Memory of Viola Rurak by her son Michael Rurak Saturday, October 6 5:00 pm Benny McKay by Anne Gildea Sunday, October 7 10:00 am Skip Griffin-Anniv. Remb. by his wife Readings for the Week of September 30, 2018 Liturgy of the Hours and/or Christian Prayer Sunday: Nm 11:25-29; Jas 5:1-6; Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 Monday: Jb 1:6-22; Lk 9:46-50 Tuesday: Jb 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23; Mt 18:1-5, 10 Wednesday: Jb 9:1-12, 14-16; Lk 9:57-62 Thursday: Jb 19:21-27; Lk 10:1-12 Friday: Jb 38:1, 12-21, 40:3-5; Lk 10:13-16 Saturday: Jb 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17; Lk 10:17-24 Next Sunday: Gn 2:18-24; Heb 2:9-11; Mk 10:2-16 Thank you for your generosity! Temporary Change for Adoration Beginning Wednesday, September 5th, Adoration hours at OLMM will temporarily be from Wednesday 9:30am until Thursday 12:30am. If you wish to sign up for a weekly hour please contact the OLMM Parish Office at 926-2206. Attention Snowbirds If you are going away for the winter and would like your envelopes from OLMM temporarily discontinued, please call the Parish Office at 926-2206. The only information we need is your name, envelope #, and the dates you will be gone, and we would be happy to cancel your envelopes for the winter. 2
The Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - September 30, 2018 Sunday - September 30, 2018 After 9am Mass Coffee & Donuts - Marian Hall 10:15am Faith Formation Grades K-5 - SHS Classrooms 10:15am EDGE Program - SHS Gym 4:45pm Life Teen - Marian Hall Monday - October 1, 2018 9:30am Marian Movement of Priests Cenacle - OLMM 6:15pm Children s Choir Practice - St. Catherine Laboure Meeting Room Tuesday - October 2, 2018 9:30am Rosary for Priests - OLMM Church 6:00pm Faith Formation Grades 1-5 - SHS Classrooms 6:00pm EDGE Program Marian Hall Wednesday - October 3, 2018 9:30am Adoration - OLMM Church 10:00am Women of Grace - Marian Hall 6:00pm Women of Grace - Marian Hall Thursday - October 4, 2018 9:30am Alanon - St. Catherine Laboure Meeting Room 7:00pm Bible Study - Marian Hall Friday - October 5, 2018 4:00pm First Friday Devotion - OLMM Church Saturday - October 6, 2018 Men of St. Joseph/First Saturday: 6:30am Recitation of the Rosary 7:00am First Saturday Mass followed by Confession-OLMM Church 7:00am Men of St. Joseph Mass/Meeting- OLMM Church/Marian Hall 1:00pm Alanon - St. Catherine Laboure Meeting Room Sunday - October 7, 2018 After 9am Mass Coffee & Donuts - Marian Hall We are in need of lectors and Eucharistic Ministers at OLMM and St. Elizabeth. If you would like to volunteer, please call the Parish Office at 926-2206. There will be a training session scheduled soon. Thank you! The OLMM Sanctuary Candle will burn this month of October for: Agnes M. Magee by her son & family The St. Elizabeth Sanctuary Candle will burn this month of October for: The Guests, Living and Deceased, of Lazarus House Monday, October 1 through Friday, October 5: SHS 6 th Graders will attend Sargent Camp in Hancock, NH. Nature s Classroom offers this environmental education program. It is a solid academic experience with an emphasis on scientific inquiry and critical thinking. The students develop a stronger sense of community, greater confidence in themselves and a better appreciation for others and the earth we share that carries over to the school and parish community. Wednesday, October 3: Worship Wednesday. 7 th Grade students will host this Mass, do the readings, and bring up the gifts, All parents and parishioners are invited to join the students. THE SHS PROMISE Your child will be known, your child will be loved, your child will be offered the best opportunity to achieve his or her highest potential. We look forward to welcoming you! www.shshampton.org 603-926-3254 Installation Ceremony with Vespers for New Monsignors Bishop Libasci announced that His Holiness Pope Francis has elevated two priests of the Diocese of Manchester to Chaplains of His Holiness: Reverend Monsignor Edward J. Kelley and Reverend Monsignor Richard J. Kelley. A special installation ceremony with Vespers will be held on Monday, October 1 st at 7:00pm at St. Joseph Cathedral in Manchester, with Bishop Libasci presiding. Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Parish Is celebrating the success of the Capital Campaign please join us for light refreshments to celebrate as a parish family! Sunday, October 14 th 3:00pm-5:00pm Sacred Heart School Gymnasium 289 Lafayette Rd., Hampton, NH Please RSVP to the Parish Office at 926-2206 We hope to see you there! 3
The Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - September 30, 2018 Faith Formation Class Times There will be no Life Night on Sunday, October 7th in observance of Columbus Day. Our next Life Night will be held on Sunday, October 14th. On Sunday mornings, please drop by Coffee and Donuts after Mass and then come to Faith Formation at 10:15; a new later time We look forward to seeing you there! Invite your friends too! Sunday, September 30th 10:15-11:30am for grades K-5 - SHS Classrooms 10:15-11:30am for grades 6-8 EDGE - SHS Gym 4:45-6:45pm Life Teen Life Night - Marian Hall Tuesday, October 2nd 6:00-7:15pm for grades 1-5 SHS Classrooms 6:00-7:15pm for grades 6-8 EDGE Marian Hall Sunday, October 7th NO CLASSES - COLUMBUS DAY Tuesday, October 9th NO CLASSES - COLUMBUS DAY Red Cross Blood Drive The American Red Cross will be holding a blood drive on Thursday, October 25th from 12pm to 5pm at OLMM. We ll be working together to give back to the community in a truly life changing way, since each donation we collect can save up to three lives. There are many ways you can help, but most importantly we hope you come out to donate! To schedule an appointment, please call 1-800 -REDCROSS or visit redcrossblood.org If you want to join our OLMM parish community you can register at https://goo.gl/5w9gz7 Contemporary Music Group 7 PM Sunday Evening Mass We are looking for singers, ages 13 and up, as well as musicians, especially someone who can play basic percussion/congas/bongos (not a full drum kit) to join our music ministry! We rehearse on Sunday nights at 6pm prior to Mass. Our repertoire ranges from traditional hymns and chants to contemporary, cutting-edge Praiseand-Worship songs from today s top composers. Come, share your talents to enhance the liturgy and inspire our worship in song! Please email Karrie Burnett for more information at Email2karrie@gmail.com Children's Choir News Our parish Children's Choir is looking for kids in grades 3-8 who love to sing! We rehearse on Monday evenings from 6:157:30pm and sing every week at the 9am Mass. The choir directors will be the same as last year, Mrs. Diana de Alvare, SHS music teacher, & Ms. Karrie Burnett, contemporary choir director & accompanist. Please email Mrs. Diana de Alvare at ddealvare@gmail.com for more information if you child is interested. Thanks to all our choir families and our parish family for encouraging the children to praise God and beautify our liturgy with their sung prayer! ADULT PARISH CHOIR The OLMM Adult Parish Choir is looking for new volunteers! Rehearsals are at 9:45am in the St. Catherine Laboure Room in the Marian Hall prior to the Mass as well as immediately after the Mass. If you can carry a tune and want to learn, please come and enjoy singing with us. Being a part of the music ministry provides beauty, joy, comfort, inspiration and musical prayer for the liturgy and various parish celebrations. This is possible due to the generous sharing of your time and talent. For further information please contact Pat Mackensen, Music Director, at 603-926-2823 or via email at pmackensen@olmmparish.org Rosary Coast to Coast Please join us on Sunday Oct. 7th, Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary in praying the Rosary Coast to Coast for our nation. We will gather at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church, 1 Lowell St, Seabrook at 3:45 PM and walk to the beach to pray the rosary. We will be uniting with thousands of other prayer warriors across our country calling upon God through the powerful intercession of Our Lady of the Rosary to heal our country and return it to Holiness! 4
The Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - September 30, 2018 NATIONAL LIFE CHAIN! Sunday October 28th, 2018, 2:00-3:00 p.m. OLMM Parking Lot LIFE CHAIN is a peaceful, prayerful public witness of prolife Americans standing in honor of 56 million lives lost to abortion, praying for our nation, for people in crisis situations and for an end to abortion. Please join the Hampton Knights of Columbus, fellow parishioners, friends, and thousands of others across our nation as we stand in a prayerful and peaceful public witness on behalf of abortion's many victims. We will gather in the OLMM parking lot then stand 25-30 feet apart along Lafayette Road for a prayerful public witness. Please call Doug Sanderson at 603-793-9891 with any questions. 5
The Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - September 30, 2018 St. Andrew Dinners St. Andrew was the first of the Apostles to hear Jesus call to follow him. We would like to invite men in our diocese who are considering a vocation to the priesthood or would simply like some help hearing the Lord s call for their life, to an evening of prayer, conversation with the Vocations Team, and dinner. These evening will take place for different age groups on Fridays from 6-8pm at the Joseph House (279 Cartier Street) in Manchester. Please RSVP to Becky Vinson at rvinson@rcbm.org or 663-0153 if you would like to attend. October 19: Young Men: Age 19-24 November 2: Older Men: Age 25+ February 8: High School: Age 14-18 February 15: Young Men: Age 19-24 February 22: Older Men: Age 25+ Be a part of the worldwide lifesaving efforts of 40 Days for Life! To date, 50 countries and 750,000 individuals just like you, have participated in 40 Days for Life campaigns since 2007 with amazing results: 14,643 lives saved from abortion, 177 abortion workers quit their jobs, 96 abortion facilities closed! OLMM has the task of filling sidewalk prayer vigil hours each Wednesday beginning September 26th through November 4th, between the hours of 7am-7 pm, however, parishioners are encouraged to come out to pray vigil hours any day during the campaign. Learn more and Sign up for vigil hours online at www.40daysforlife.com/greenland or contact Jackie at 603-531-1662 or email at jvmc4life@gmail.com *****Participants must sign a statement of peace. Would that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put His spirit on them. All Catholics share the prophetic ministry of the Lord through baptism. Is He calling you to bear witness to His truth as a priest or in the consecrated life? Call Father Matthew Mason (603) 663-0132, or write: mmason@rcbm.org. Below is just one of the many CD titles available in our Lighthouse Media Collection: A Mind at Peace Are you increasingly frustrated and perplexed in this digital age? Do you yearn for a mind that is more focused and a soul able to put down that IPhone and simply rejoice in the good and the true? It s not hard to do. The saints and the wise can show you how; this book makes their counsel available to you. A balanced approach that, rather than rejecting technology outright, calls for cultivating a character that is equipped to deal with our modern age. The insights of the saints and other wise people from the past can help us in the cultivation of the virtues we need. ***The media kiosk is now located in the Parish Office and has many items available for purchase. *** Intercessions for Life For caregivers of those who are sick or dying: May they find helpful support in family, friends and the parish community; We pray to the Lord. Has Something Changed?? Have you moved, or changed your phone number? Do you now use online giving and would rather not receive envelopes anymore? Be sure to call the Parish Office at 926-2206 to let us know about the changes in your life so we can update our records! Thanks! We kindly ask for a donation of $4.00 per book (or otherwise specified suggested donation), $3.00 per CD, $2.00 per booklet and $0.50 per pamphlet so that we may continue this program. Please make all checks out to OLMM. Won t you reach out and help bring someone home? Highlighting Our Advertisers Did you know that David P. Michel, Financial Advisor, Ameriprise Financial advertises on the back pages of our bulletin? Any business you give him benefits our parish in the publication of our bulletin. We thank all of our advertisers. 6