The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist June 24, 2018 CHURCH & PARISH OFFICES 12 Main St. Pelham, NH 03076 603-635-3525 (office) 603-635-3919 (fax number) Website: www.stpatricks-pelham.com Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30-4:00 Pastor Rev. Volney J. DeRosia - Ext. 15 Email: fathervon@comcast.net MASS SCHEDULE Saturday 4PM Sunday 8AM, 10:30AM, 6PM WEEKDAYS MASS SCHEDULE Monday through Thursday 8am Friday No Mass First Friday and First Saturday 8am HOLY DAY MASS SCHEDULE Holy Day 8am, 10am & 7pm Deacon Deacon John Ross Email: ualdrmflt@comcast.net Wednesday ADORATION 8:30-9:30am 2:00-8:00pm Faith Life Director Adam Castor 603-635-1447 Ext. 14 Email: faithlifeformation@comcast.net Business Manager Therese Soucy - Ext. 11 Email: therese42852@comcast.net Secretary Kathleen Jean - Ext. 10 Email: kathy7421@comcast.net Music Ministry Gary Williams 603-635-7669 Email: garywendy6@comcast.net Jeanne Dyjak 978-394-8894 Email: jeanneld34@gmail.com FORMED To help you grow in your faith go to www.formed.org to register, go to pelham.formed.org Help Souls on their way to Heaven When Fr. Von gets called to anoint people who are dying, he calls on a group of people to pray a Divine Mercy Chaplet for them. If you would like to join this ministry or want more information, contact Fr. Von at (603)-635-3525 or fathervon@comcast.net. 1 FIRST FRIDAY ROSARY The Knights and the Women s Guild invite everyone to First Friday Rosary at 6pm in the chapel. The Rosary is followed by the Divine Mercy Chaplet at 6:45 PM. Saturday RECONCILIATION 3pm to 3:30pm or by appointment ANOINTING OF THE SICK & COMMUNION TO THE SICK & HOMEBOUND Please contact the Parish Office for arrangements BAPTISM Please contact the Parish Office to schedule a baptism. Parents are required to meet with the pastor and participate in a baptismal catechetical session prior to the celebration of the sacrament. MARRIAGE Arrangements with the parish must be made at least nine months prior to the wedding. Fulfillment of a Diocesan, pre-marriage program is required. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Care to join the Knights of Columbus? Please contact Erick Wright at 603-635-8772 or eqwright@comcast.net. More information online: www.kofcpelhamnh.org
MASS INTENTIONS Saturday June 23 4pm Emmett L. Beane Jr., Birthday Remembrance, requested by his wife Jane Sunday June 24 8am Rev. John Sledziona requested by Donna Smith Andrew Genereux, 25 th Anniversary, requested by his daughters Andrea & Georgette 10:30am James Buscema & Patricia Cormier, Birthday Remembrance, requested by their family 6pm Intentions of all our Parishioners Monday June 25 8am George & Theresa Muldoon requested by Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Clark John Dallaire requested by his family Tuesday June 26 8am Armand Berard requested by Pat Fitzgerald Wednesday June 27 8am Mrs. Rose LaPierre requested by Janet & Spencer Hertje Thursday June 28 8am Louise Bousquet, Birthday Remembrance, requested by her daughter Patty Kennedy Friday June 29 8am No Mass Saturday June 30 4pm Matthew L. & Matthew J. Janos requested by Joan Janos Sunday July 1 8am Intentions of all our Parishioners 10:30am Jerry Brady, 11 th Anniversary, requested by Stephen & Lori Ann Nelson Pauline Smolko, 2 nd Anniversary, requested by Joe & Linda Smolko & family 6pm Michael, Victoria & Anthony Sarno requested by Carmine & Annette Sarno 2 PARISH COLLECTIONS In order for the parish to meet its regular expenses, our offertory and other designated parish collections must bring in $8,700 per week. Parish Collections for the week of 6/17/18 Offertory Envelopes $5,450 Offertory Electronic Giving $1,851 Total Offertory $7,301 Faith Life $1,550 Total Collected $8,851 Thank you for your faithful & generous support ~Fr. Von~ SECOND ENVELOPES FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEKS July 1 Works of the Holy Father This collection enables the Holy Father to respond with emergency financial assistance to requests to aid the most needy throughout the world those who suffer as a result of war, oppression, and natural disasters. July 8 Capital Improvements This collection helps with projects around the parish. July 15 Parish to Parish Support Fund This collection provided grants to parishes in NH experiencing financial difficulties. Your contributions toward the support of the parish and its ministries are greatly appreciated. This week the Altar Flowers are in memory of Francis Fitzgerald, 5 th Anniversary, by his wife Teresa & family
Sunday, June 24 Baptism, 12:00 PM, in the church Monday, June 25 Movie Night, 7:00 PM, in the youth room at the school Tuesday, June 26 Food Pantry, 6:30-7:30 PM Wednesday, June 27 Men s Morning Group, 6:00-7:00 AM, in the chapel Adoration, 8:30-9:30 AM and 2:00-8:00 PM Food Pantry, 1:00-3:00 PM Thursday, June 28 AA, 7:00 PM, in the K of C Hall Praise Band, 7:30 PM, in the church Acts of Mercy How many Spiritual Instruct the uninformed Counsel the doubtful Admonish sinners Comfort the sorrowful Bear wrongs patiently Forgive offenses Pray for the living and the dead How many Corporal Feed the hungry Clothe the naked Give drink to the thirsty Shelter the homeless Comfort the imprisoned Visit the sick Bury the Dead QUO VADIS DAYS Monday, Aug 6 th, 5 PM Friday, Aug 10 th, 1 PM Northeast Catholic College 511 Kearsarge Mountain Road Warner, NH If you are a young man age 14-18, you are invited to attend the annual Quo Vadis Days camp to spend time with other young men your age looking at the Lord s call in your life. Quo Vadis Days is led by priests and seminarians of the diocese and includes a full schedule: sports, games, hiking, swimming, daily Mass, prayer, and opportunities to grow in friendship with the Lord and with each other. For more information and to register, please visit: liveinblackandwhite.com or contact the vocations Director, Fr. Matthew Mason, at 603-663-0196 or mmason@rcbm.org Come join in and have some fun! Monday Night at the Movies bring along a friend! Movies will be shown in the School Youth Room from 7:00-9:00 PM. I will provide water and popcorn for snacking. June 25 th Convinced July 23 rd Heaven is for Real August 6 th Babette s Feast What better way to experience the Christian themes in some of our well known movies Looking forward to sharing Monday nights with other minded Christians. For more information, please contact Roberta Wilson at roberta.wil@comcast.net ST PATRICK APP!!! If you have not yet sign up for our parish app, here is the link for you to sign up: http://myapp.parishapps.com/st%20patrick%2 0Pelham%20NH The app will help you quickly find Mass Times, Parish Staff Directory, Events Calendar, and much more. We are also on Facebook! 3
FROM THE SEMINARIAN Today it is too often forgotten that the fully lived Chrisitan life i.e., the sacramental life ennobles our actions and virtuous habits such that they are supernatural (are divinizing: they make us like God) and therefore perfective of our character, a perfection that participates in the uncreated perfection of God. This is evidenced by the occurance of when we witness our faith to others, we sometimes encounter the statement that is to the effect of: I don t have to do church, I m a good enough person ; or, Why church? I m not a bad person. The primary position is that one can get to Heaven on one s own without the help that God has instituted. Such a view is absurd. It would be infinitely less absurd to say that a mole could teach itself to paint such that it would rival any fresco of Michelangelo; or, even better, that a rock can teach itself metaphysics. This is the heresy of Pelagianism. It also sadly shows a lack of understanding of Heaven, what Christianity is, what man is, and grace. In other words, it makes Christianity out to be a mere philanthropic institution at best. It ignores the reality of the state of original sin, which is exemplified by concupiscence: the inclination to sin. It also undermines the missions of the Son and the Holy Spirit as well as the whole order of grace by which we are divinized and prepared for Heaven. Heaven is misunderstood as something that is earned and not freely offered, much less as a union with God- which requires divine assistance and a proper disposition on our part. Having said that the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that those to whom the Gospel of Jesus has not yet reached, through no fault of their own (willful ignorance not included) are not excluded from salvation (I would refer you to paragraphs numbers 1257-1261 and 839-848 for more specifics). From those paragraphs, one can draw a couple of some principles that help to explain how there can be hope of salvation for such people. First, that one sincerely seeks God and being moved by His grace, strives by their deeds to do God s will as it is known to them through the dictates of conscience (which of course could not be in opposition or contradiction to anything the Church teaches regarding faith or morals because of Her origin and the promise of Divine assistance). In other words, following ones conscience entails more than just avoiding evil actions or thoughts. One also has to desire and habitually do things which are objectively good and virtuous. Implied in this is the recognition of objective good and objective evil and that one is moved by grace which is divine help freely given by God and cooperated with by the decisions of the person. Second, there should be an acceptance of Divine Providence, which is the foreordained plan of God. Accepting it would mean submitting one s life to it knowing God is ultimately in charge. This is important because the whole point of the divine plan is the Incarnation of Jesus. So it could be argued that acceptance of Providence is also, even if implicitly, acceptance of God s plan of Salvation. Third, and just as important, is the adoration and worship of the One true God. God not meaning some pagan demi-god, but rather the God from whom everything that exists is from and by whom everything is sustained in existence. Some might ask then whether an unbeliever could know that there is a God. The answer is yes! Every human person has the capacity, by the use of their reason, to know that there is a God. But human reason alone can go no deeper than that. Faith and Divine revelation tell us Who God is (i.e., Trinity, Incarnation). In any case, the point of the matter is that these principles must all be present for there to be hope of salvation for the invincibly ignorant (by the way, this does not bypass Purgatory). Further, this is a possibility only because of Jesus death and resurrection, and His Apostolic Church. If then people who are invincibly ignorant of Christ and His Gospel may be saved, why does the Christian need to risk so much to evangelize? Well, ignoring Jesus mandate, which is an act charity: to leave one s neighbors in the dark regarding salvation, or to make them aware of the sure and certain means that have been established by the God who is Love? Remembering that charity desires the good of the other: what is more good than Heaven? Further, if we are having such a conversation with someone they are not invincibly ignorant, and we are not to leave them in the dark. But thinking that we can bring them to the light of Christ by persuasive argument alone is wrong in that too much confidence is placed in the power of reason alone. Even though we use our intellect to evaluate the reasonableness of making the act of faith, the assent of faith is never the end product of an act of reason. What is most convincing is the living encounter with a person of an intense faith whose intimacy and love of God overflows into charity and full attentiveness to others; a person who has given up everything for God. In other words, an authentically heroic Christian who gives a reason for their hope! 4
Attention: Gardeners when planting this year please plant a row for the Food Pantry. We love fresh produce! Thank you! We will be joined by guest speaker JANNA ANDRUS ANNUAL MOTHERS RETREAT All Mothers are welcome to join us on AJuly 28 th, from 9:00 AM 1:00 PM. We will meet in the St. Therese Youth Room located at St. Patrick s School. Food and Drinks will be provided. A love offering will be taken to help cover the cost of the food. Please register by emailing Adam Castor at faithlifeformation@comcast.net SAVE THE DATE!!! Annual Fathers Retreat will be on Saturday, August 18 th, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Keep a lookout for more information as we get closer to this event. ADORATION FOR VOCATIONS WITH ST. JOHN PAUL II On Wednesday, July 11 th the National Vocation Monstrance, which was blessed by St. John Paul II in 2004, will be at St. Patrick Parish. Please join our normal Adoration times (8:30-9:30 AM and 2:00-8:00 PM) and pray for a greater outpouring of Vocations. Would you be interested in helping out at our Community Dinners? We are looking for people to help by being Servers, Baking Desserts, Set-up and Clean-up. If interested, please call the parish office at 603-635-3525. FATHER S DAY In Memory of Requested by William Red Gibson Kathleen Blanchette Ed Gleason Jeannie Pappathan George Picard Sr. Paul Picard Armand Groulx Dennis & Irene Groulx July 9-13, 2018 9:00 AM 12:00 PM Registration Cost: $45.00 Congratulations to Mia Wilkins the winner of our stuffed VBS Mascot MOE. There is still time to If anyone would like to sign-up to sponsor the register. Don t miss out on the best camp of the Altar Flowers for 2018-2019, please contact the summer! parish office at 603-635-3525. 5