July 24, 2016 Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Parish Central Office: 145 Pritham Ave., P.O. Box 457, Greenville, ME 04441-0457 (207) 695-2262 Pastor - Rev. Aaron Damboise - Cell - (207) 485-1921 Aaron.Damboise@portlanddiocese.org Deacon Deacon John Guerin - Cell-(207) 294-2294 Admin. Assistant - Bette DiAngelo - bette.diangelo@portlanddiocese.org Bookkeeper - Lorraine Auclair - lorraine.auclair@portlanddiocese.org Weekend Mass Schedule: Holy Family Church - Greenville - 4:00pm Saturday and 7:00am Sunday St. Joseph Church - Rockwood - 9:00am on Sunday St. Faustina Church - Jackman - 11:00am on Sunday Each of our parishes have Facebook Pages - Like us on Facebook to keep up with parish events, and other information regarding our Catholic Faith! Spread the word to your family and friends! Holy Family Parish www.facebook.com/holyfamilycatholicchurchgreenvilleme St. Faustina Church of St. Anthony Parish www.facebook.com/stfaustinacatholicchurchjackmanme St. Faustina Church of St. Anthony Parish 370 Main St. - Jackman Sunday Mass at 11:00am Confession Sunday at 10:15-10:45am or by appointment Sacraments of Initiation and Healing Baptism Call the office at least 6 months in advance of the birth of your first child. Confirmation Call the parish office for more information. Eucharist See Mass schedule. For a homebound or sick call, please contact the office or Fr. Aaron. Reconciliation - Saturday from 3:00-3:45pm at Holy Family ; Sunday from 10:15-10:45 at St. Faustina and anytime by appointment call Fr. Aaron at 485-1921 Anointing of the Sick - If you or a loved one would like a visit, call Fr. Aaron at 485-1921. Holy Family Parish 145 Pritham Ave. - Greenville Saturday Mass at 4pm - Sunday Mass at 7:00am Confession Sat. at 3:00pm or by appointment Sacraments of Vocation Marriage - Contact Fr. Aaron at least one year prior to intended date of wedding. Holy Orders - July 24, 2016 Ask and you shall receive: seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you. Believe and act on Jesus promise. Pray for wisdom to discern God s will. (Luke 11: 1-13) If you think God is calling you, call Father Seamus Griesbach at (207) 773-6471, email: vocations@portlanddiocese.org or like us on facebook: VocationsME. FMI about consecrated life contact: Sr. Rita Mae Bissonnette at (207) 773-6471 RitaMae.Bissonnette@portlanddiocese.org St. Joseph Mission 4140 Rockwood Rd. - Rockwood Sunday Mass at 9:00am
Parish Office hours: Monday, Thursday & Friday from 9:00am-12:00noon. You can reach Bette at 695-2262 or via email: bette.diangelo@portlanddiocese.org Monday and Tuesday from 6:00pm-8:00pm and Saturday from 10:00am-2:00pm You can reach Lorraine at 695-2262 or via email: lorraine.auclair@portlanddiocese.org Father Dominic Tumusiime is available to Parishioners as needed while Father Aaron is away. You can reach Father Dominic at 971-272-7001 or via email: kakihumaa@gmail.com Deacon John Guerin is also available for consultation by appointment. You can reach Deacon John by telephone at 695-3895 or 294-2294 Many hands ~makes light work! Please consider helping in some way with one of these upcoming fundraising efforts. Holy Family Raffles: Tickets will be available in the office. Lady's Dinner Ring Italian Dinner Basket Quilted Handbag Holy Family Silent Auction-bidding will be ongoing through the summer before and after the weekend Masses. Lots of wonderful items so bid high and bid often! St. Joseph s Annual Fair-Thursday, July 28th from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Rockwood Community Center There will be a Food Table, Raffles, Books, White Elephant Table and New Items. Sandwiches, Coffee and Donuts Donations are welcome! Those returnable beverage bottles and cans can be converted to cash for our Building Campaign. Either redeem them at the redemption center on Foss Street and tell them it is for Holy Family Church or bring them to Mass and leave them in the containers we have provided. Each one brings us closer to our goal and is greatly appreciated. Holy Family Annual Turkey Supper Saturday, July 23rd from 5 to 6:30pm in the Church Hall. Please join us! Fr. Aaron Damboise welcomes cards and letters at the following address: Fr. Aaron Damboise c/o St. John Vianney Center 151 Woodbine Road Downingtown, PA 19335 Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend in Lewiston on December 2-4. Devoting 44 hours focused on just the two of you can rekindle the tenderness and excitement of your dating days again. There is a $50 non-refundable application fee and an opportunity to make a freewill donation during the weekend. FMI or to apply, visit www.wwmemaine.org or contact Bill & Coco Watkin at 668-4885. Holy Family in Greenville: 4:00 pm Saturday 7:00 am Sunday St. Joseph in Rockwood: 9:00 am Sunday St. Faustina in Jackman: 11:00 am Sunday Each Parish Has a Memorial Building Fund Consider remembering a loved one or friend, honor someone for a birthday or anniversary. Drop donation in the collection or mail to: Holy Family Building Fund or St. Faustina Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 457, Greenville, ME 04441. Thank you for your support! Please be sure we have a current Cluster 20 Registration Form on file for you and your family. The forms are available at Holy Family or St. Anthony and you may return completed forms to the Parish Office or in the Offertory. Thank you.
Weekly Offertory Collection Holy Family St. Joseph St. Anthony July 9 and 10 $ 855.00 $ 266.00 $ 537.00 Sanctuary Candles for July 24 to July 30 Holy Family Church - All Parishioners St. Faustina Church - All Parishioners Candles are $7.00 per week and will burn near our church tabernacle for one week. Candles may be offered for one s personal intentions, or in memory of a loved one or friend. FMI, call Bette at 695-2262. Readings for the Week of July 24, 2016 Sunday: Genesis 18:20-32/Psalms 138:1-3, 6-8/ Colossians 2:12-14/Lk 11:1-13 Monday: 2 Corinthians 4:7-15/Psalms 126:1-6/ Matthew 20:20-28 Tuesday: Jeremiah 14:17-22/Psalms 79:8-11, 13/ Matthew 13:36-43 Wednesday: Jeremiah 15:10, 16-21/ Psalms 59:2-4, 10-11, 17-18/Matthew 13:44-46 Thursday: Jeremiah 18:1-6/Psalms 146:1-6/ Matthew 13:47-53 Friday: Jeremiah 26:1-9/Psalms 69:5, 8-10, 14/ John 11:19-27 Saturday: Jeremiah 26:11-16, 24/ Psalms 69:15-16, 30-31, 33-34/Matthew 14:1-12 Each Parish could use some Mass Intentions. What a wonderful way to remember a loved one. To schedule, use a Mass Intention envelope and please make $10.00 check payable to the parish, in the memo line indicate whom the Mass Intention is being offered for. Please include your name and phone number so if we need to contact you we can. Pending availability, Masses will be offered either on a weekday or a weekend celebration. Holy Family Church Building Fund has raised $684,893. Please continue to support Beginning a New Century of Faith and to pray for Holy Family Church. If you and your family would like to learn more about this project and how you can help, please call the office at 695-2262 for more information. Thank you for your support! Weekly Prayer For Priests July 24: Rev. Robert Regan SJ & Rev. Joel Cyr July 25: All Priests July 26: Rev. Clement Thibodeau & Rev. Gregory Dube July 27: Rev. Reginald Brissette & Rev. George Collins SJ July 28: Rev. Scott Mower & Rev. John Gallagher July 29: Rev. Frank Murray & Rev. Bertrand Poussard July 30: Msgr. Raymond Begin & Rev. Philip M. Tracy Kindly remember in prayer : Fr. Aaron Damboise, Isabelle Haggan, Tommy DeLambo, Koel Talpey, Margie Falardeau, Dot Harmon, Kathy Begin, Alberie Caron, Carmen Jennison, Gerard Falardeau, Jennifer Matlack-Bolin, Tibbetts Family, Dottie Gagne, Bernice Mullins, Doug Worster, Ramona Varney, Cathy Mullins, Gene Paquet, Huguette Morin, Keith & Frances Davis, Sean Melvidas, Christine Havenaar, Jeannine Pinette, Crystal Levesque, Linley Brown, Jr., Rosemarie Paradise, Rena Parent, Jim & Sue Johnston, Omer Servant, Lionel and Theresa Breau, Dorothy Ragan; Richard Falardeau; Christine Fox Frauenheim; France Larochelle McAllister; Jeannette Morrill; Linda Kronholm; Rita Lampinen; Lauren Trigge; Gemma Tanguay; Arthur Giroux; Louise Mason; Bill and Lucy Fay and Alice DeWyze. Mass Schedule for the week of July 23rd to July 31st DAY DATE TIME PLACE MASS INTENTION SAT. July 23 4:00pm Holy Family Church Ed Zimmerman by Ted & Dorothy Martka SUN. July 24 7:00am Holy Family Church All Parishioners SUN. July 24 9:00am St. Joseph s Church Francis Tomer by Elizabeth Foote SUN. July 24 11:00am St. Faustina Church George and Marie Bartley by Ray and Lorraine Levesque MON. July 25 NO MASS NO MASS TUES. July 25 NO MASS NO MASS WED. July 27 NO MASS NO MASS THURS. July 28 NO MASS NO MASS FRI. July 29 NO MASS NO MASS SAT. July 30 4:00pm Holy Family Church Ovila Maheux by Suzanne and Family SUN. July 31 7:00am Holy Family Church Joseph Leon Graham by John and Angie Graham SUN. July 31 9:00am St. Joseph s Church All Parishioners SUN. July 31 11:00am St. Faustina Church Nancy Smith by Ed and John Morency
1st & 3rd Mondays of each month at 1 pm in the Rectory - Holy Family Ladies Guild- At each meeting the rosary is said for the conversion of our country, for our church, and for those on our parish prayer list. Tuesdays at 1:00 PM - St. Faustina Ladies Prayer Groupmeets to pray the Miraculous Medal Novena, the Liturgy of the Hours and the Rosary, Stations of the Cross or a Chaplet. We offer the prayers for family, friends or anyone who is in need of prayer. Please let us know if there is a special person that you would like us to add to our prayer basket. All ladies of the parish are welcome to join us even if you can't come every week. 106.7FM Greater Portland, 105.7FM Springvale, 97.5FM Fort Kent, 90.3FM in Greater Bangor, 89.7FM Mid-Coast,89.7FM Greater Augusta, 1390AM Northern. Maine Listen online at www.presenceradio.org on smartphones by downloading the Presence Radio app, or dial 605-475-8037 and listen on any cell phone or landline with unlimited minutes. Knights of Columbus Jackman Council 2392 Monthly meetings are held the first Monday of the month at 6:30pm in the St Faustina Church Hall. We will host a Rene Morin Senior Luncheon the 3rd Wednesday each month at 11:30am in St Faustina Church Hall and the doors will open at 11am. Calling all Altar Servers in the Diocese of Portland! Bring your families and join us for the first annual Altar Server Festival! Sunday, August 21st at St. Mary's in Augusta, ME. Festival Events: 2:00pm: Mass with Bishop Deeley with vested servers sitting together in choir. 3:15pm: Server Games! A fun competition where servers from parishes compete in various games that test their server prowess, including: server jeopardy, sanctuary hop scotch, vesting drill, candle lighting relay, and the reverent ring. 4:30pm: Family B.B.Q. dinner including hot dogs, hamburgers, veggie burgers, and other fixings. Who is invited: All altar servers of the Diocese of Portland with their parents or legal guardians and siblings. THIS IS A FAMILY EVENT. FOR SAFETY AND EMER- GENCY REASONS, A PARENT OR GUARDIAN MUST BE PRESENT ON CAMPUS TO WATCH OVER THEIR CHILD/CHILDREN FOR THE DURATION OF THIS EVENT. CHILDREN MAY NOT BE TRANSPORTED OR SUPERVISED BY OTHER PARENTS OR ADULTS OR DROPPED OFF AT THIS EVENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING. Cost: Please bring $10 cash per family as a donation to help cover the cost of dinner.
WORKS OF MERCY Weekly suggestions for the faithful to consider: July 24: Visit a loved one in a nursing home or stop by an elderly relative or neighbor s home. Consider inviting the person out for an ice cream cone. If you are unable to travel, call or send a card. Registration Open for 2016 Harvest Ball 10th Annual Harvest Ball will be held on Friday, October 14, beginning at 6pm at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland. A fundraiser for Harvest, the official magazine published by the Diocese of Portland. The ball is hosted by Bishop Robert P. Deeley. To register, visit portlanddiocese.weshareonline.org/ ws/opportunities/2016harvestball or call (207) 773-6471. Please remember Holy Family Church in your will. We have a printed wills and bequest brochure, Leave a Lasting Legacy of Love, that is available in the brochure rack. It also includes a simple way to amend your current will through a codicil. The pamphlet offers many suggestions on how to include Holy Family Church while also taking care of your family and other charitable interests. Please pick up a copy.