DECEMBER 9/SECOND WEEK OF ADVENT ST. ELIZABETH SETON CATHOLIC CHURCH Parish Staff Rev. Msgr. John P. Quinn Pastor (ext. 113) Msgr. Donald J. Gilbert Weekend Associate Sr. Rosemary Crowley Pastoral Associate (ext. 125) Paula O Grady Office Manager (ext. 123) Jacklynn LaRose Bookkeeper (ext. 119) Bernadette Berry Receptionist (ext. 110) Faith Formation Staff Gertrude Hammond Director Grades 1-6 Christine Saltzman Family Faith Director (ext. 112) Carrie Soucy Director of Comprehensive Youth Ministry (ext. 124) Alex Sullivan Youth Ministry Apprentice (ext. 117). Music Ministry Staff Justin McCarthy Music Director (488-5505) Kathy Roberts Choir Director Organists Gerald Leblond (880-8474) Justin McCarthy (488-5505) Mark Lajoie 9am Contemporary Choir (206-5966) St. Elizabeth Seton Parish is a loving, welcoming community of worshippers in the Catholic tradition. Our mission is to share the Good News of Christ through the celebration of sacraments, liturgy, and unconditional service to all. We welcome all visitors to our Parish. We hope that you will experience our love for God and neighbor. If you are new to our community, we are grateful to the Lord for your presence. 190 Meetinghouse Road Bedford, NH 03110-6027 Phone: (603) 669-7444 Fax: (603) 644-5371 E-Mail: sesparish@comcast.net
SAINT ELIZABETH SETON PARISH We Remember Saturday, December 8 9:00 am Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lafleur 4:30 pm Dorothy & Winston Sampson Donald Waldo Sunday, December 9 7:30 am Jaime Fernandes 11th Anniversary 9:00 am Lucille DiMartino 10:30 am Larry Sott 12:00 pm John Corrigan Jeanne Sutton Monday, December 10 7:30 am Thomas DiFonzo Henry Pimentel Tuesday, December 11 NO MASS Wednesday, December 12 5:30 pm Intentions of Elizabeth Jefferson Thursday, December 13 7:30 am Joseph Gebhardt Friday, December 14 7:30 am Ann Wernersbach Patrick Mowbray Saturday, December 15 4:30 pm Karen Mousseau Diana Howe Sunday, December 16 7:30 am Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Patton David Messier 9:00 am Stella & Sandra Suslowicz 10:30 am Larry Sott 12:00 pm Mr. & Mrs. Adrien Turmel Richard Turmel Robert Daly Henry Lynch Who entered new and eternal life in Christ. Our parish condolences are extended to their families. Grant to all our dearly departed eternal rest, O Lord, and may your light shine on them forever. Amen. Prayer Shawls made by our Prayer Shawl Ministry are available in the Parish Office. We are open Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm. Retirement Fund for Religious Help religious communities. Your generous contribution helps us to care for our retired sisters and enables our younger sisters to continue in active ministry, writes a religious sister. Your gift to today s collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious helps provide medications, nursing care, and more for thousands of senior sisters, brothers, and religious order priests. It also helps ensure younger members can continue the good works of their elders. Offertory Collection Christmas Flower envelopes in memory of loved ones can be placed in the regular collection at any time. 1 Weekend of December 1-2, 2018 Envelopes (690) $15,787.10 Loose $ 3,179.85 Grand Total $18,966.95 Debt Reduction collection Dec. 2018 $4,145.00 Weekend of December 3-4, 2017 $21,430.85 Debt Reduction collection Dec. 2017 $ 4,781.00
This is the last weekend The Knights of Columbus will conduct their Keep Christ in Christmas religious Christmas cards campaign. The beautiful cards and religious messages will instill the true meaning of Christmas, the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. The cards will be available this weekend in the Church Hall after all Masses. The proceeds from the Keep Christ in Christmas campaign will be used to provide support to one of our Diocesan Seminarians. Questions: Please call Dave at 487-5037. PARISH NURSE PROGRAMS Sponsored by CMC Tuesday, December 11, 2018 Fit Forever Chair Exercise Program At 9 am in Room 10 of the Parish Activity Center. This program is a free workout at 3 different levels for men & women 55 and older. PLEASE NOTE: IF SCHOOL IS DELAYED OR CANCELLED THERE WILL BE NO PARISH NURSE PROGRAMS BEDFORD UPCOMING EVENTS CONFESSIONS Saturday, December 15 th 12:00 4:00 P.M. Masses for weekend of December 22 nd - 23 rd Saturday, December 22 nd 4:30 p.m. Sunday, December 23 rd 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 a.m. and 12 Noon Christmas Eve Monday, December 24 th 4:30 P.M. (both in the Church and in the Parish Activity Center) 7:00 P.M. and Midnight Christmas Day Tuesday, December 25 th 9:00 A.M., 10:30 A.M. and 12:00 Noon St. Elizabeth Seton Parish Family Monarchs Faith & Family Hockey Saturday---January 26, 2019 @ 6:00pm MONARCHS vs MAINE MARINERS Game Night @ SNHU Arena Tickets ----$16.00 (Adults) & $12.00 (Children) Purchase your tickets directly with the Monarchs by keying into your browser at the following link: www.monarchsgroups.com/ StElizabethSetonCatholicChurch Any ticket issues you may contact Monarch Rep. Chris Dillion @ 603-626-7825 ext.6115 The Monarchs have established a section of seats for St. Elizabeth Seton Parish. High Five for the kids and other activities will be happening at this special evening. 2 Masses for the weekend of December 29 th 30 th Saturday, December 29 th 4:30 p.m. Sunday, December 30 th 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 a.m. and 12 noon Save the Date! Friday, February 8, 2019 At 7:30 pm At the Palace Theater Irish tenor, Ronan Tynan, gives a stirring performance, he is considered the best Irish tenor alive. If interested, call Don or Judy Huard at 622-0836 for tickets ($39.50 per person)
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT Faith Formation Classes Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday December 9 Family Faith Formation 9 am EDGE - Gr s 7 & 8 1-2:30 pm December 10 December 11 December 12 December 16 LifeTeen 1-2:30 pm December 17 December 18 December 19 Attention all 7th and 8th Graders! Join us this Sunday, December 9, 2018 for an AWESOME Edge event! We ll start right after the noon Mass in the church hall sorting the Giving Tree Gifts. After that we ll move to the activity center to continue our discussion of how the Holy Spirit works in and through us! St. Elizabeth Seton is registered on AmazonSmile! For your next virtual shopping trip use this: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/02-0308573 For eligible purchases at AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to our Youth Ministry programs St. Elizabeth Seton! Christmas Vacation St. Andrew Dinner St. Andrew was the first of the Apostles to hear Jesus call to follow him. We would like to invite college students who are home for vacation and other 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. This dinner will be held at St. Patrick Parish in Pelham on Friday January 4 from 6-8pm. Please RSVP to Becky Vinson at rvinson@rcbm.org or 663-0153 if you would like to attend. St. Martha s Guild December 9, 2018 - Team II Check out our webpage at www.stelizabethsetonchurch.org 3
DECEMBER 9, 2018 Congratulations to the Confirmation Class of 2018 God s Blessings and our congratulations to the following students who received the Sacrament of Confirmation by Bishop Christian last Sunday. We pray that the Holy Spirit fill their lives with many graces and gifts. Catherine Ahnen Olivia Archard Emma Anderson Vincenzo Barbuto Nicholas Bayer Jacob Beaudin Jacob Beaumont Andrew Becker Lexi Belanger Chamberlaine Bell Benjamin Bernard Cameron Berry Arden Bilc Alexander Bleakley Matthew Bostrup Angelika Bouley Christina Braga Juliana Braga Marina Braga Nicolette Bruno Laura Callahan Sean Camerion Joseph Cariello Olivia Cava Jocelyn Chapdelaine Victoria Chartier Declan Clougherty Meaghan Clougherty Hannah Collins Aiden Comeau Samuel Como Joseph Conaton Matthew Cosio Thomas Crowley Norah Cummings William Curran Justin D Amato Katherine Davis Joseph Delacey Nathan Dery Alexis Dimond Kaitlyn Dinndorf Sierra Dinndorf Meghan Dolley Amelia Edwards William Enners Ella Erwin Alexander Estano Ryan Etzo Peter Falvey Meghan Farnum Matthew Ferrucci Nicole Fessenden Cameron Fillion Gabriel Fitzgerald Matthew Flanagan Nicholas Flores Elizabeth Flynn Nicholas Fontaine Nicole Francis Bianca Gallo Daniel Gagne Christopher Gangwer Jaden Gangwer Lauren Gibson Savannah Goshdigian Teagan Graham Payton Grenier Megan Grenon Hannah Guillmette Madison Gunning Matthew Hall Marie Hamill Aidan Healy Ethan Healy Connor Hoang Michael Hoang Carolan Jamen Emma Jedow Nathan Jedow Ryan Juliano Matthew Kafejelis Jack Kasyjanski Isabella King Christopher Ladue, Jr. Kyle Lavigne Jonathan Lawton Lauren Lepage Jordan Leveille Katherine Lipari Shea Lucontoni Alexander Luders Maya Mahoney Dylan MacLeod Maddison MacLeod Damian Martineau Julia McCahill Ryan McCarthy Andrew McGee Colleen McGee Michael McSherry Sean McSherry Nicholas Merchant Hannah Mikol Allison Morgan McKenzie Muir Conor Mullin Diego Munoz Oscar Munoz Ella Natale Lillian Nelson Madelyn Nelson Conor O Connell Cameron O Regan Deven Ouellette William Pagliarulo Shane Passaro Emma Pate Lindsey Pelletier Audrey Powers Mia Purcell Timothy Purcell Richard Ravenelle, III Jamison Reilly Ryan Reisner Jessica Rioux Camden Roberts Abigail Rocco Roisin Russell Owen Schappler Haley Schmitt Owen Scott Emily Seiler Michael Shottes John Smithson Tyler Spires Elizabeth Stalker Declan Steele Finneran Steele Alison Steines Elle Stevenson Cullen Steward Dylan Steward Grace Steward Jerome Syversen Meghan Thornton Olivia Toolin Elizabeth Tynan Samuel Tynan Timothy Vadney, Jr. Zachary Verow Grace Walton Lilian Wade Amanda Weddleton Brody Wenzel Alexander Winslow Kylie Wright Isabella Zaens Lauren Zebra Lauren Zervos Andrew Zimmerman Our gratitude and appreciation go the Confirmation Catechists who gave so freely of their time to assist these young men and women on their journey. 4
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT 2018 Vocation Christmas Program December 27, 2018 Evening Prayer 5:00pm Vocation Dinner with Bishop Peter Libasci and our Seminarians Dinner 5:30pm Stuffed Roast Pork Dinner St. Joseph Cathedral Hall $20.00 Per Person -- $50.00 per Family Presentation of Gifts By New Hampshire Knights of Columbus Contact Ed McCann, PSD for Reservations Emccann777@comcast.net 603-424-7185 Checks to be made out to NH Knights of Columbus Parish Activities Basketball Program...Jay Brewster (488-1333) Parish Nurse Program..Diana Niemann (668-8490) Knights of Columbus.Michael Pitaro (714-4100) Women s Guild..Cathy Lodico (714-9054).Bobbie White (471-9095) Seton Club....Bill Toolin (472-5428) Cub Scouts..Dan Jobin (644-0159) Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Every Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m Coffee, Pastries and Juice (Sept June) Available in the Church Hall after the 7:30, 9:00 and 10:30 a.m. Masses. All are welcome. Readings for the week of December 9, 2018 Sunday: Bar 5:1-9/Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 [3]/Phil 1:4-6, 8-11/Lk 3:1-6 Monday: Is 35:1-10/Ps 85:9ab and 10, 11-12, 13-14 [Is 35:4f]/Lk 5:17-26 Tuesday: Is 40:1-11/Ps 96:1-2, 3 and 10ac, 11-12, 13 [Is 40:10ab]/Mt 18:12-14 Wednesday: Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab/Jdt 13:18bcde, 19 [15:9d]/Lk 1:26-38 or Lk 1:39-47 Thursday: Is 41:13-20/Ps 145:1 and 9, 10-11, 12-13ab [8]/ Mt 11:11-15 Friday: Is 48:17-19/Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 [Jn 8:12]/Mt 11:16-19 Saturday: Sir 48:1-4, 9-11/Ps 80:2ac and 3b, 15-16, 18-19 [4]/Mt 17:9a, 10-13 Next Sunday: Zep 3:14-18a/Is 12:2-3, 4, 5-6 [6]/Phil 4:4-7/Lk 3:10-18 Liturgical Publications Inc. Mass Schedule Monday, Thursday, Friday 7:30 am Wednesday 5:30 pm Saturday Vigil 4:30 pm Sunday 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 am & 12 pm Holy Days 7:30 am, 12:10 & 7 pm Adoration Wednesday 6-7 pm Thursday 8:00 am - 9:00 am Fix-It Team The goal of the Fix-It Team is to keep the home environment a safe and healthy place. If someone is in need of assistance, contact the Parish Office. Prayer Line Please call Rosemary at 623-3925 or Lorraine at 472-3020 with.special prayer needs. Sacrament of Reconciliation Sacrament of Baptism Second and last Sunday of every month at 1:30 pm. Call the Parish Office at 669-7444 to schedule Sacrament of Matrimony 5
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