September 17, 2017 Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time *********************************************** Parish Central Office: 145 Pritham Ave., P.O. Box 457, Greenville, ME 04441-0457 (207) 695-2262 Like us on Facebook to keep up with parish events, and other information regarding our Catholic Faith! Check out our website at http://www.portlanddiocese.org/holy-family. 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 Pastor - Rev. Aaron Damboise Father Aaron is at St. Anthony Sunday, Monday & Tuesday at Holy Family Thursday, Friday & Saturday. He is also available evenings by appointment. Father may be reached by telephone at 207-485-1921 or email at aaron.damboise@portlanddiocese.org. Please feel free to stop by and visit Father anytime. Deacon Deacon John Guerin You can reach Deacon John by telephone at 695-3895 or 294-2294 Administrative Assistant - Bette DiAngelo You can reach Bette at 695-2262 or via email: bette.diangelo@portlanddiocese.org Bookkeeper - Lorraine Auclair You can reach Lorraine at 695-2262 or via email: lorraine.auclair@portlanddiocese.org Holy Family Parish Office Hours: Monday, Thursday & Friday: 9:00am-12:00noon. Monday and Tuesday: 6:00pm-8:00pm Saturday: 10:00am-2:00pm St. Anthony Parish Office Hours: Monday: 9:00am-12:00noon 1:30 4:00pm Tuesday: 9:00am-12:00noon Reminder : Sunday Masses will be celebrated at Holy Family at 7am & St. Joseph at 9am through the month of September Holy Family Parish - Saturday Mass at 4:00pm Sunday Mass at 7:00am Weekend Masses celebrated at the Union Church - 2 Moosehead Lake Road, Greenville Confession: Sat. at 3:00pm, Sunday 6:30-6:45am or by appointment St. Joseph Mission - Sunday Mass at 9:00am 4140 Rockwood Rd., Rockwood St. Faustina Church of St. Anthony Parish -Sunday Mass at 11:00am 370 Main Street, Jackman Confession: Sunday at 10:30-10:45am or by appointment JOY IN ACTION September weekly suggestions for the faithful to consider The Joy of Grandparents September 17: Visit an elderly neighbor or a loved one in a nursing home. September 24: If your schedule permits, consider volunteering for Catholic Charities SEARCH program or another program which serves the elderly by helping with grocery shopping, rides, etc. Often, only a few hours a week is needed. If you can t make a regular commitment, help your parents, grandparents, or a neighbor with a task or chore, such as raking leaves.
Holy Family Parish: Mass Schedule: Saturday, September 16th - 4:00pm at the Union Church Bob Weingart by The Weingart Family Sunday, September 17th - 7:00am at the Union Church Sunday, September 17th - 9:00am at St. Joseph Church Norma - Morton Whitten by The Somers Family Thursday,September 21st-7:30am in the Rectory Chapel Bill Kuhn by John and Beth McHugh Friday, September 22nd - 7:30am in the Rectory Chapel Paul Gagne by Daughter and Sons Saturday, September 23rd - 4:00pm at the Union Church Stephen Richards by Family Sunday, September 24th - 7:00am at the Union Church Cecile Gagne by Daughter and Sons Sunday, September 17th - 9:00am at St. Joseph Church The Lessard Family by Maurice and Theresa Holy Hour of Adoration with Evening Prayer and Devotions to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on Fridays from 5-6pm in the Rectory Chapel Holy Family Ladies Guild-1st & 3rd Mondays each month at 1 pm in the Rectory: At each meeting the rosary is said for the conversion of our country, for our church, and for those on our parish prayer list. Knights of Columbus Greenville Council 2368 Monthly meetings are held the first Wednesday of the month at 6:00pm in the Holy Family Rectory. Tootsie Roll Fund drive is here to help people with disabilities. If you would like to have a meeting in the Rectory, please make sure to contact the Parish Office at 695-2262 to get your event on the Master Calendar. During the construction of our new church, please park on the church side of Pritham Ave., across the street at the school or on the gravel close to the Rectory. Please don t park on the awn and do not enter the safety hardhat zone. Thanks so much! Please remember to pray for Holy Family Church: Heavenly Father, author and inspirer of all things holy, hear our prayers for our new Church. Send forth Your Spirit that we may humbly be guided by your Divine Will. Touch our hearts with true generosity to raise up a house of God for the inspiration and renewal of all your faithful. We ask this in Jesus Name. Amen. Mass Schedule: St. Anthony Parish: Sunday,September 17th- 11:00am at St. Faustina Church Rose-Ida Genesse by Yvette Costello Monday, September 18th-7:00am at St. Faustina Church Intentions of Catholic Extension Donors Tuesday,September 19th 7:00am at St. Faustina Church John Steele by Francis Steele Sunday,September 24th- 11:00am at St. Faustina Church Eucharistic Adoration: Monday 4-5pm Morning Prayer Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: 8:30am in the Church St. Faustina Ladies Prayer Group- Wednesdays at 8:30am: We meet 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. 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. The Rene Morin Senior Luncheon will be held the 3rd Wednesday each month at 11:30am in St Faustina Church Hall The Gifting of the Holy Spirit Saturday, October 7th at the Ski-Hy Conference and Renewal Center, 32 Sky-Hy Drive, Topsham, ME. This conference will be a hands on experience to receive inspiration, prayer and practice with the gifts of the Holy Spirit. 7:30-8:30am is registration and from 8:30am-2:30pm there will be worship, talks by Deacon Al Burleigh, a prayer workshop, discussion time and lunch. At 2:30pm there will be a healing service led by Father Richard Rice ad Deacon Al Burleigh. Mass will follow the healing service. Cost is $10 for lunch. To register, just provide your name, address, phone, meal preference and any special needs to jeffreylapierre@myfairpoint.net or call or text 207-446-8153. Sponsored by Diocese of Portland, Office of Charismatic Renewal. Bulletin deadline: Please have information to the Parish office by Friday at 10am to be included in the following week.
Parish Total St. Anthony $5,680 Holy Family $9,056 Congratulations to Father Aaron Damboise and the people of St. Anthony and Holy Family for exceeding their Catholic Appeal goal! Gift Count 2017 Goal % of Goal Average Gift Participation Rate 2016 Total $5,260 108% $203 13% $5,060 $8,805 103% $226 23% $8,905 Mass Intentions are 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. Do we have a Cluster 20 Registration Form on file for you and your family? The forms are available at Holy Family or St. Anthony. You may return completed forms to the Parish Office or in the Offertory. Holy Family Parish Building Fund Consider remembering a loved one or friend or honoring someone for a birthday or anniversary in a special way. Donations can be put in the collection or mailed to Holy Family Building Fund P.O. Box 457, Greenville, ME 04441 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. Sacraments of Vocation Marriage - Contact Fr. Aaron at least one year prior to intended date of wedding. Holy Orders - September 17, 2017 None of us lives for oneself, and no one dies for oneself. How is God calling you to live for others? Could it be as a priest, sister or brother? Call Father Seamus Griesbach at (207) 773-6471 or write: seamus.griesbach@portlanddiocese.org. FMI about consecrated life contact: Sr. Rita Mae Bissonnette at (207) 773-6471 RitaMae.Bissonnette@portlanddiocese.org Weekly Offertory Collection Holy Family St. Joseph St. Anthony September 9 and 10 $ 809.00 $ 272.00 $ 1,077.00 Catholic University $ 233.00 $ 201.60 $ 184.00 Building Fund $ 5,575.00 - - Holy Family Church Building Fund has raised $1,768,959.85 in cash and pledges. 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 September 17: Rev. Robert Vaillancourt & Rev. Richard Rice September 18: Rev. Mark Nolette & Rev. Edward Clifford September 19: Rev. Reginald Brissette & Rev. Ramundas Bukaskas OFM September 20: Rev. Thomas Lee & Rev. Emile Dube September 21: Rev. Richard Senghas & Rev. John Bacevicius OFM September 22: Rev. Armand Neault & Rev. Dominic Savio HGN September 23: Rev. Andrew Bisson OFM & Msgr. Joseph Goudreau Sanctuary Candles for September 17 to September 23 Holy Family Church: George Plourde by Jeannine Plourde St. Faustina Church: 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. WE VE BEEN CHALLENGED!! Catholic Extension, founded in 1905, raises money to build churches and the Church in America s poorest places. This year Holy Family applied for and received a $50,000 Challenge Grant for our new Church. Only one in five applications received funding. To qualify we need to raise $150,000 in new cash gifts before December 31, 2017. If you have already given, would you consider another donation to help us meet this challenge? If you have not contributed yet, this is the time to make your dollar donation really count. Pledge cards are available on the table by the Holy Water Font at the Church entrance.
Please plan to join us for these Upcoming Events at Holy Family: Saturday, September 16th-Bean Supper Sunday, October 1st -Holy Family Golf Tournament Saturday, November 25th - Craft Fair and Food Holy Family Parish Golf Tournament at Brambletye Links Sunday, October 1, 2017 Registration 9:15am Shot-gun start 10am Registration fee of $100/person (Registration due by September 23rd) We welcome hole sponsors and donations with all proceeds to benefit Holy Family Building Fund. For more information, call Hugh McEachern at 717-9452, John and Barbara Crossman at 695-2204 or Joe DiAngelo at 280-3300 Harvest Ball in Portland on October 20 Join Catholics from around the Diocese of Portland for an evening of dining, dancing, and celebrating! The 11th annual Harvest Ball, hosted by Bishop Robert P. Deeley will be held Friday, October 20, at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland. Proceeds from the ball support Harvest, the official magazine of the diocese, which is sent to more than 40,000 Maine households. In addition to a social hour and dinner, the ball also includes a silent auction and the music of the Carmine Terracciano Band. Tickets are $55 per person and $50 per person for groups of 8 or more. Attendees will have a dinner choice of filet mignon, pumpkin seed crusted haddock, or a Napoleon risotto tower. To register, visit www.portlanddiocese.org/ harvestball or call (207) 773-6471. Thanks for your support! Adoration, Community, Theology, Service Women s Retreat - first received, first registered basis.
Another school year and another year of Faith Formation is upon us. St. Anthony will have classes Sunday mornings from 9:30-10:30am, please call Connie to register at 668-2018. We are in need of a 3rd grade teacher if you are interested, call Connie for more information. Holy Family classes for students in K through 8th will be starting this fall, please call to register. Holy Family Middle/High School Group will continue to meet on Sunday evenings in the Rectory from 6-7:30PM. If you are registered from last year, we are assuming you will be continuing this season also. Please do join us for our first session lead by Bette DiAngelo for Parents and students on Sunday, September 17, 2017 at 6:00PM. Please call the office to register new students. Join us and over 12,000 churches across the United States that are participating in the 2017 campaign of America needs Fatima. Charlie Baker will be leading a Public Rosary in front of the construction of the new Holy Family Church, across from the Greenville High School at noon on Saturday October 14, 2017 as part of the International event to celebrate the anniversary of the miracle of the sun that took place in Fatima on October 13, 1917. For more information call: Charlie Baker 717-7372. Kindly remember in prayer : Diane Gilboe, Louise Lacasse, Mark Mullins, O Dell Merchant, Terry Currin, Dr. David Frasz, Stella Goetz, Brenda Ward, Owen Lebel,Donald Shea, Bonnie D Arcangelo, Isabelle Haggan, Koel Talpey, Margie Falardeau, Dot Harmon, Kathy Begin, Carmen Jennison, Gerard Falardeau, Jennifer Matlack-Bolin, Tibbetts Family, Dottie Gagne, Doug Worster, Ramona Varney, Huguette Morin, Keith & Frances Davis, Sean Melvidas, Christine Havenaar, Jeannine Pinette, Linley Brown, Jr., Rosemarie Paradise, Rena Parent, Jim & Sue Johnston, Theresa Breau, Dorothy Ragan, Richard Falardeau, Christine Fox Frauenheim, France Larochelle McAllister, Jeannette Morrill, Linda Kronholm, Rita Lampinen, Lauren Trigge and Arthur Giroux. Readings for the Week of September 17, 2017 Sunday: Sirach 27:30--28:7/Psalms 103:1-4, 9-12/ Romans 14:7-9/Matthew 18:21-35 Monday: 1 Timothy 2:1-8/Psalms 28:2, 7-9/ Luke 7:1-10 Tuesday: 1 Timothy 3:1-13/Psalms 101:1b-3ab, 5-6/ Luke 7:11-17 Wednesday: 1 Timothy 3:14-16/Psalms 111:1-6/ Luke 7:31-35 Thursday: Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13/Psalms 19:2-5/ Matthew 9:9-13 Friday: 1 Timothy 6:2c-12/Psalms 49:6-10, 17-20/Luke 8:1-3 Saturday: 1 Timothy 6:13-16/Psalms 100:1b-5/Luke 8:4-15