Saint Mary and Saint Helen Collaborative Fr. Christopher J. Hickey, Pastor Fr. Bill Salmon, Retired Priest in Residence August 24, 2014 Sunday Saint Mary 392 Hanover Street Hanover, Massachusetts 02339 Office: (781) 826-4303 www.stmaryshanover.com www.lifeteensmash.com Daily Mass NEW MASS SCHEDULE 7:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Family Liturgy 6:00 p.m. (Lifeteen Mass) 9:00 a.m. Tues., Thurs., Saturday Saturday Vigil Sunday Daily Mass Saint Helen 383 Washington Street Norwell, Massachusetts 02061 Office: (781) 659 2993 www.sthelenchurchnorwell.org NEW MASS SCHEDULE 4:00 p.m. 8:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Mon., Wed., Friday Tuesday Communion Service at 7:15p.m. Healing Mass (Last Tues. of Month) ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Wednesday after the 9:00am Mass until 5:00pm. Followed by Chaplet of Divine Mercy and Rosary. SACRAMENTS Penance: Saturday 3:00-3:45 p.m. at Saint Helen or by appointment. Baptism: St. Mary s-1st Saturday and 3rd Sunday of month; St Helen s-2nd Sunday of month Please contact the Parish Office to make necessary arrangements. Marriage: Couples should contact a priest six months prior to the intended date of marriage COLLABORATIVE PARISH STAFF St. Mary s Parish Secretary: Margie Gallagher - mgallagher@stmaryshanover.com St. Helen s Parish Secretary-Dianne Cronin- office@sthelenchurchnorwell.org Pastoral Associate & Music Director: Ellen McDonough- emcdonough@stmaryshanover.com Youth Minister (LifeTeen): Mike Habeeb- mhabeeb@stmaryshanover.com Asst. Youth Minister (LifeTeen): Tim Habeeb- thabeeb@stmaryshanover.com Collaborative Bookkeeper: Gina Weidenbach- gweidenbach@stmaryshanover.com Administration & Technology: Patty Cockey- pcockey@stmaryshanover.com St. Mary s Director of Maintenance: Mike Callahan- mcallahan@stmaryshanover.com St. Helen s Caretaker: Dave Ware- office@sthelenchurchnorwell.org Collaborative Religious Education St. Mary s Religious Ed. Office -(781) 826-2351 or St. Helen s Religious Ed. Office-(781) 659-7344 St. Mary s Secretary: Ellen Wencek- reled@stmaryshanover.com St. Helen s Secretary: Karen McGunnigal- reled@sthelenchurchnorwell.org Religious Ed. Coordinators: Maura Dowling- mdowling@stmaryshanover.com, Karen Gill- kgill@stmaryshanover.com
ST. MARY ST. HELEN COLLABORATIVE AUGUST 24, 2014 MASS INTENTIONS FOR ST. MARY S Sunday, August 24 7:00am Jennie MacLellan 10:00am For the Parishioners of our Collaborative and for Gus and Martha Neville 6:00pm David Elliot Thursday, August 28 9:00am Chrystine Sullivan Sunday, August 31 10:00am For the Parishioners of our Collaborative Please pray for our parish sick and deceased. WEEKLY COLLECTIONS ST. MARY Offertory: August 17, 2014 $11,178.37 Maintenance Campaign: $2,462.00 BANNS OF MARRIAGE I. John DiTullio ~ Katie Charette UPCOMING BAPTISMS Saturday, September 6th at 11am @ St. Mary s Sunday, Sept. 14th after the 11:30am Mass @ St. Helen s Sunday, September 21st after the 10am Mass @ St. Mary s Please call Margie Gallagher at 781-826-4303 to schedule your child s Baptism at St. Mary s or Dianne Cronin at 659-2993 at St. Helen. HEALING MASS: This month s healing Mass at St. Mary s on Tuesday, August 26 is being celebrated by Fr. Ed Serena. Come feel the healing power of God s Love. For more information please contact, Barbara Tobin at (781) 826-4955 POTS AND PANS DRIVE-MY BROTHER S KEEPER: Eleven college students from our parish LifeTeen recently spent three days at My Brother's Keeper, sleeping on the floor at night and delivering to families in need during the day. Each day began with Mass and ended with reflection on their delivery experiences. The students from our parish who participated have identified pots & pans as one of the greatest needs of the families being served, and they are eager to collect these items for families who reach out to My Brother's Keeper for assistance. From August 24 th to September 7 th please bring any gently used or new Pots & Pans to the collection box in the front of Saint Mary s, or Saint Helen s. Thank you in advance for supporting this effort! For more information about My Brother s Keeper visit http://www.mybrotherskeeper.org PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY: The next meeting is Tuesday, August 26 th at 10am and 7:15pm in the Life House. Knitters are needed to help with this ministry which provides prayer shawls for the sick as well as the newly baptized. If you are unable to attend the meetings, you can knit at home. For more information, please call 826-2351. MASS INTENTIONS FOR ST. HELEN S Sunday, August 24 8:30am For the Parishioners of our Collaborative 11:30am John Sexton Monday, August 25 9:00am Ruthanne Morgan Saturday, August 30 4:00pm Dr. Miroslav Orlowsky 36th Anniversary and Tamara Orlowsky 7th Anniversary and Coleman Connolly Month s Mind Sunday, August 31 11:30am For the Parishioners of our Collaborative Please pray for our parish sick and deceased especially for Steven Harvey and Margery Barry whose funerals were celebrated this past week. WEEKLY COLLECTIONS ST. HELEN Offertory: August 17, 2014 $5,202.02 Your customary generosity is most appreciated. THE MONTHLY MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR COLLECTION will be taken up at all of the Masses this weekend and is a very important ingredient for the financial well-being of our parish. All of the monies remain right here, in the parish, and those monies allow us to meet our ever increasing bills and financial obligations. Your generosity to these monthly collections is truly appreciated. COLLABORATIVE COLLECTIONS: Parishioners should know that when making donations via check to the weekly collections, they simply need to make the check payable to their home parish. Regardless of which Mass you attend within the collaborative, if the check is written to St. Helen s it will go to St. Helen s collection numbers and the same is true of St. Mary s donations. This has been, and will continue to be true, for all parishioners using their Parish envelopes and the online payment system. The Collaborative tracks charitable giving (and can provide year-end tax statements) only for those who use parish collection envelopes and/or online giving but not for cash or loose checks (without parish envelopes). SECOND COLLECTIONS: As of January 2015, all second collections within the Holy Mothers Collaborative will be identical. We will have the same second collection in both parishes on the same week so there is uniformity and clarity for our parishioners SCHOOL ON WHEELS TUTORS NEEDED: Make a difference in the life of a student impacted by homelessness by volunteer tutoring one-two hours a week. Locations are in Brockton, Norwell, Weymouth, Randolph, Stoughton. A two part training will be held at St. Helens on Sept. 8 and 10, 6-8pm. Other sessions also available starting Aug. 14. Contact Robin Gilbert, robin@sowma.org. Call 508-587- 9091 for further info.
TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME AUGUST 24, 2014 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION UPDATES: HAVE YOU REGISTERED??? You can simply go to our website and click on the registration link to fill out your registration on line. For a more direct link, please visit http:// stmaryshanover.com/index.cfm?load=page&page=200 This registration form and online payment applies to all parishioners, no matter your home parish. Remember, please don t let a financial issue stop you from registering, give us a call and we will work it out. DO YOU WANT TO TEACH? We are still in need of teachers, please call and let us know if you are interested. Also let us know which time, grade and location you would like. Teacher Meetings will be the week of September 15. Dates and times TBD LIFETEEN/EDGE NEWS Youth Minister: Mike Habeeb mhabeeb@stmaryshanover.com Assistant Youth Minister: Tim Habeeb thabeeb@stmaryshanover.com www.lifeteensmash.com Week of August 24, 2014 PIZZA AND PRAYER Monday, August 25: Come and join your friends at Life Teen for a night of prayer, worship and fellowship. After praying pizza and soda will be served. 6:00-8:00pm. ALL 9TH-12 GRADERS ARE WELCOME! BOY S RETREAT Life Teen will host a girl s retreat this Wednesday and Thursday in the Life House. We will start at 6pm on Wednesday and conclude at 2pm on Thursday afternoon. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS 1-5 Coordinators: Karen Gill & Maura Dowling Secretaries: Ellen Wencek & Karen McGunnigal reled@stmaryshanover.com 781-826-2351 or reled@sthelenchurchnorwell.org 781-659-7344 Week of August 24, 2014 WHEN DOES EVERYTHING START? Religious Education for grades 1-5 will begin the week of September 29 th, 2014. There will be parent meetings to discuss expectations and curriculum the week prior to classes starting. 9/22 Grade 1 at St. Mary s 4:30pm 9/23 Grade 2 at St. Mary s 3pm or 4:30pm 9/24 & 9/25 Grade 3, 4 &5 4:30pm We will hold the meeting. on 9/24 at St. Helen s and the meeting on 9/25 at St. Mary s. If you have a 3-5 grader you may come whichever day is best for you. The information will be identical. THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Don t cry because it is over, smile because it happened. Dr. Seuss SIBLING RIVALRYBANQUET The Sibling Rivalry closing banquet will be held in the Life House on Saturday, August 30 from 7-10pm. It s a pot-luck dinner, so bring something to share. MIDDLE SCHOOL Middle School Pizza and Prayer/Bonfire The Middle School Bonfire originally scheduled for last week will be combined with middle school pizza and prayer this Friday, August 29 th from 6-8:30. Bring a friend! There are many ways to find out what s going on at Lifeteen: check the bulletin, check us out on Facebook, come to Mass, or on our website: Www.LifeTeenSMASH.com
H M C: Holy Mothers Collaborative St. Mary of the Sacred Heart - Hanover, MA St. Helen, Mother of the Emperor Constantine - Norwell, MA FAITH BASED CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Beginning September 16, 2014 from 6 7:15 PM (Additional gatherings will be November 18, 2014 and January 20, March 17 and May 19, 2015) St. Mary s Parish Center, 392 Hanover St, Hanover, MA 02339 All cancer survivors, male and female, Catholic and non-catholic, are invited to attend. A cancer diagnosis brings many challenges but, through prayer, we can seek the powerful love of Christ, find peace in our minds, and renew our spirits. We will not be discussing medical issues or giving medical advice. Our focus is on prayerful support. The purpose of this group is to have people come together in prayer and fellowship, sharing experiences and offering comfort and support to one another; to make connections and find meaning with others of faith. We will start and end each session with prayer. For more information or to register, please contact Jean Leavitt, facilitator, at (386)295-6402.
Collaborative Religious Education Program- Fall 2014 The collaborative religious education staff of St. Helen s and St. Mary s would like to thank you for your patience as we work out the details for the Fall Collaborative Religious Education program. We are excited about utilizing the staff, space and resources of both parishes to provide religious education for approximately 2000 children. We acknowledge that change can be difficult. Prayerful consideration has gone into the program and schedule we have developed in order to fulfill our collaborative goal of building community while providing consistent, high quality programs. Program Details: All programs are open to both St. Helen s and St. Mary s parishioners. Some classes are only offered at one location due to staff and/or space constraints. Grades 1, 3, 4 and 5 have a home school option for those who prefer it. All Fees are per student, per year except Grade 9 + 10 which carries a one-time combined fee of $150. The maximum fee for any family will not exceed $325 per year (this does not include our summer program.) Sacraments -Grade 2 ( First Communion) and Grade 10 (Confirmation) will be celebrated in your home parish (where your family is registered) Special Education: Mrs. Karen Gill, Coordinator - There is no fee for this program This program is geared towards children who require specialized instruction or a different approach to learning than our weekday program offers. The Special Education program will continue to be offered at St. Mary s on the First Sunday of the month for 1 hour prior to the Family Mass. Grade 1 - Mrs. Maura Dowling, Coordinator (Program fee is $75 per child) Monday from 4:30-5:30 PM at Saint Mary Parish Center or home school program Grade 2- Mrs. Karen Gill, Coordinator (Program fee is $100 per child) Tuesdays from 3:00-4:00 PM -OR- from 4:30-5:30 PM at Saint Mary Parish Center Grade 3, 4, 5 - Mrs. Karen Gill & Mrs. Maura Dowling, coordinators (Program fee is $75 per child) Wednesdays from 4:30-5:30 PM at both Saint Helen s and Saint Mary s Thursdays from 4:30-5:30 PM at Saint Mary s Grade 3-5 also have the Summer Rel. Ed option held at St. Mary s from June 30th to July 11th from 9AM to Noon each day (except July 4th). Summer rates differ from school year program. Grades 6 to 9 (and 10th Grade Confirmation) - will be cooperatively taught by Mr. Mike Habeeb (Youth Minister), Mr. Tim Habeeb (Asst. Youth Minister). Grades 6 & 7- EDGE (Program fee is $75 per child, per year) Wednesday evenings 6-7:30PM at Saint Helen s Sunday afternoons from 4:30 to 5:55PM at St. Mary s followed by LifeTeen Mass at 6PM. (The EDGE students meet 2x s per month and the exact dates will be sent out in the summer.) Grade 8 & 9 ROC as well as 10th Grade Rite of Confirmation (Gr 8 Program fee is $75, Gr 9 + 10 combined fee $150) Sunday afternoons at Saint Mary s from 4:30-5:55 PM prior to the 6PM LifeTeen Mass. If you paid in full for Gr. 9 & 10 last year please just register, no need to pay again, just please note it somewhere on your form. (The ROC students meet 1x per month and the exact dates will be sent out in the summer) Registration is online at www.stmaryshanover.com Religious Ed Page. Should you have any questions or if you would like to volunteer to help our Religious Ed. Program, please contact us at reled@stmaryshanover.com or reled@sthelenchurchnorwell.org. Thank you and may the Holy Spirit continue to guide us in this collaborative effort!
THE GREAT ADVENTURe continues This Fall! Matthew: The King and His Kingdom Monday Morning and Evening Sessions Available Choose a time that works for you! 10-11:30 AM or 6:30-8:00 PM September 8 Matthew 13 Parables of the Kingdom September 15 Matthew 14-15 Instructions to the Twelve September 22 Matthew 16 Jesus Establishes the Church September 29 Matthew 17 The Transfiguration October 6 Matthew l8 Characteristics of the Christian Community October 13 Matthew 19 Marriage: A Demonstration of God's Love THE BIBLE TIMELINE Thursday Morning and Evening Sessions Available Choose a time that works for you! 10-11:30 AM or 6:30-8:00 PM) September 4 Conquest & Judges- Part 2 September 11 Royal Kingdom- Part 1 September 18 Royal Kingdom- Part 2 September 25 Divided Kingdom- Part 1 October 2 Divided Kingdom- Part 2 October 9 Exile October 16 Return Presented by the Holy Mothers Collaborative: Saint Mary and Saint Helen -at- St. Mary of the Sacred Heart-Parish Center 392 Hanover St., Hanover (781) 826-4303 www.stmaryshanover.com Newcomers are welcome! For more information and to register, please call Mary Kuhn at (781) 878-0835.