St. Peter Chanel Parish Paroisse de Saint-Pierre-Chanel St. Bruno - St. Remi Church Van Buren, ME April 8, 2018 St. Joseph Church Hamlin, ME WEEKLY READINGS AND OBSERVANCES - DAILY MASS AND PRAYER Readings for the Week of April 1, 2018 Sunday: Easter Sunday Acts 10:34a, 37-43/Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 [24]/Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8/Jn 20:1-9 or Mk 16:1-7or Lk 24:13-35 Monday: Acts 2:14, 22-33/Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 [1]/Mt 28:8-15 Tuesday: Acts 2:36-41/Ps 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 [5b]/Jn 20:11-18 Wednesday: Acts 3:1-10/Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9 [3b]/Lk 24:13-35 Thursday: Acts 3:11-26/Ps 8:2, 5, 6-7, 8-9 [2ab]/Lk 24:35-48 Friday: Acts 4:1-12/Ps 118:1-2, 4, 22-24, 25-27 [22]/Jn 21:1-14 Saturday: Acts 4:13-21/Ps 118:1, 14-15, 16-18, 19-21 [21a]/Mk 16:9-15 Next Sunday: Second Sunday of Easter / Divine Mercy Sunday Acts 4:32-35/Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24 [1]/1 Jn 5:1-6/Jn 20:19-31 Parish Office: Phone: 868 2718 Address: 174 Main St., Van Buren, ME 04785 E mail: StPeterChanelParish@portlanddiocese.org Pastoral Staff: Pastor Fr. James Plourde Phone: 728 7531 Email: james.plourde@portlanddiocese.org Parochial Vicars: Fr. Antony Alexander Maria Doss, HGN Email: antony.mariadoss@portlanddiocese.org Fr. Selvaraj Kasi, HGN Email: selvaraj.kasi@portlanddiocese.org Deacon: Rev. Mr. Rodney Deschaine Phone: 868 2718 Email: Rodney.Deschaine@portlanddiocese.org BAPTISMS: Please contact a Parish Priest one month prior to baptism and register with the office. MARRIAGES: Please contact a Parish Priest six months prior to the wedding date and register with the office FUNERALS: Please contact the Parish Office.
St. Peter Chanel Parish Mass/Reconciliation/Adoration/Rosary/Word & Communion Times St. Bruno St. Remi Church/Van Buren, St. Joseph Church/Hamlin & Borderview Nursing Home St. B/R - Saturday, April 7, 2018 4:00PM - Antoine Levesque (1st Anniversary 4/8) by his wife, Irene St. Joseph - Sunday, April 8, 2018 8:00 AM - Wayne Martin by Ray & Judy Marquis St. B/R - Sunday, April 8, 2018 9:15 AM - Peter Carbonneau by Mike & Greg St. B/R - Monday, April 9, 2018 5:30-6:00PM - Reciting of the Rosary 6:00 PM - Antoine Levesque by his wife Irene & Family St. B/R - Tuesday, April 10, 2018 1:00 PM Reciting of the Rosary / Word & Communion St. B/R - Wednesday, April 11, 2018 6:00 PM - Leo Lavoie by John & Noreen Pelletier 6:30-7:00PM - Eucharistic Adoration & Reconciliation St. B/R - Thursday, April 12, 2018 1:00 PM Reciting of the Rosary / Word & Communion St. B/R - Friday April 13, 2018 Borderview Manor 10:00 AM - James Vaillancourt (3rd Anniv. 4/13) by Fernande & Family St. B/R - Saturday, April 14, 2018 4:00PM - Memorial Mass by Family & Friends St. Joseph - Sunday, April 15, 2018 8:00 AM - Simon Cyr by Rudy, Dinah & Family St. B/R - Sunday, April 15, 2018 9:15 AM - Kim Beaulieu by Mom & Dad & Family ST. BRUNO-ST. REMI CHURCH SPONSORS BREAD & WINE SPONSOR / IN LOVING MEMORY OF: Antoine Levesque by John & Noreen SANCTUARY LAMP SPONSOR / IN LOVING MEMORY OF: Alan Martin (11th Anniversary 4/9) by Mom & Dad WANTED: Bread & Wine / Sanctuary Lamp Sponsors : There are currently available dates for the 2018 year for Bread & Wine and Sanctuary Lamp sponsors. Worship & Spirituality Divine Mercy Novena March 30th, Good Friday through Saturday, April 7th the Divine Mercy Chaplet and Novena will be recited at Our Lady of the Valley at St. Agatha at 3:00pm each day. Divine Mercy Sunday April 8th Day of Mercy Program Our Lady of the Valley at St. Agatha Church for the Tri-Parish Communities of Notre Dame du Mont Carmel & St. Peter Chanel. 2:30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 3:00pm: Divine Mercy Chaplet (Sung) 3:30pm: Benediction 2:30pm to 3:30pm: Sacrament of Reconciliation Lite refreshments will be served after service! Congratulations & Prayers: Congratulations to the 11 children from our parish who were Confirmed and received their First Holy Communion April 7th at St. Thomas Aquinas Church. Let us welcome them to our celebration of the Eucharist and continue to pray for them and their families. Vacation: Fr. Jim will be away on vacation April 24th to May 5th. There will be no Masses on Mondays or at Borderview during this time. Youth Ministry & Junior Youth Ministry News Youth Ministry Meetings in the Parish Hall: April 8 - Meeting (11:30) 13-15 Convention 22 - Meeting (11:30) Junior Youth Ministry Meetings 5-6pm in the Parish Hall April 10 - Meeting 24 - Meeting Parish Life Women s A.C.T.S.: You are invited to join us for a spiritual uplifting weekend. Set aside some time for God and yourself. Get away from your usual busy schedule by joining others like yourself, wise enough to seek HIS answers to life, family and eternity. ACTS is an acronym for Adoration, Community, Theology and Service. This weekend is an opportunity to strengthen your faith, renew yourself spiritually, and establish friendships that will last a lifetime. All Women are encouraged to attend. There will be a Women s ACTS April 12-15, 2018. The Cost $100 and includes lodging, food, beverage and all activities. Financial aid is available & should not deter you from attending. To make arrangements and FMI Call Judy to Register at 728-7531. Applications are available at the SPC Parish Office. Rachel s Vineyard Retreat on April 27 29 It is normal to grieve a pregnancy loss, including the loss of a child by abortion, and it is okay not to feel okay about an abortion. Come to a Rachel s Vineyard Retreat on April 27-29 whether you are the mother, father, or relative of the baby. You ll have a private room for two nights and join a handful of others who also want to move beyond the pain. Come experience, through Scripture, God s profound mercy. Preregistration is needed. For general information, visit www.portlanddiocese.org/projectrachel and www.rachelsvineyard.org. To discuss registration or FMI, contact Annette Rioux at amrioux33@gmail.com or (207) 774-2420, or contact Judy Shaw at jude23@outlook.com.
Parish Life AMORIS LAETITIA "Desires, feelings, emo ons, what the ancients called the passions, all have an important place in married life." N. 143 The Second Va can Council Teaches that this conjugal love embraces the good of the whole person; it can enrich the sen ments of the spirit and their physical expression with a unique dignity and ennoble then as the special features and manifesta on of the friendship proper to marriage. For this reason, love lacking either pleasure or passion is insufficient to symbolize the union of the human heart with God: All the mys cs have affirmed that supernatural love, and heavenly love find the symbols which they seek in marital love, rather than in friendship, filial devo on or devo on to a cause. And the reason is to be found preciously in its totality. (n. 142) April 8: As we celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday, find a charitable activity to do together as a couple or a family. NO ONE DIES ALONE (NODA) Members of St. Peter Chanel Parish are trying to form a group to serve the dying. This service would provide support to the residents of the Borderview Nursing home who do not have family to stay with them during the final days of life. If you are interested in participating in this service please contact Rachel Levesque at 868-3048. Leave a message after the 4th ring if no one is home. Maine Catholic Women s Conference on May 5 The Maine Catholic Women s Conference will be held at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland on Saturday, May 5, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The conference will feature dynamic speakers, the "His Own" music ministry, Mass, adoration, and vendors. This year's keynote speaker is Sister Miriam James Heidland, SOLT, who has traveled throughout the world inviting others to deepen their relationship with God. Once a successful college athlete attracted to a partying lifestyle, Sister Miriam James says she wasn't truly happy until she found God. The conference will also feature a talk by Colleen Stratton, a victim-survivor of human trafficking and a member of the outreach team for Eye Heart World, a nonprofit dedicated to combatting human trafficking. The cost of the conference is $55 for those who register by April 6 and $60 afterwards. Continental breakfast and lunch are included. Registration is now open! For more information about the conference you can call (207) 321-7898 or follow the conference on Twitter (@mainecwc). Community Events Daughters Of Isabella Card Party: Will be held at the Community Center on April 8, 2017, from 1 to 5 pm, doors open at 12:30, come enjoy an afternoon of fun. ST. BRUNO-ST. REMI / VAN BUREN MEMORIAL MASS INTENTIONS APRIL 14, 2018 Yvette Michaud by Pat & Family Muriel Ouellette by Cora Sirois Gerald Lapierre by Raymond & Norma Cyr Jacqueline Dumond by Jim & Lita Madore Kim Beaulieu by Don & Verna Gagnon Gilberte Thibodeau by Karen & Raphael Parent Cecile Doucette by Harvey & Arlene Beaulieu Lilly Perreault by Rudy & Althea Cyr Msgr. Joseph Arsenault by Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Cote Verna Ouellette by the Beaulieu Family Dell Ouellette by Ricky & Lynn Dumond Phyllis Lajoie by Wayne & Denise Martin Rolande Laplante by Jackie Cyr Therese Ouellette by Rudy & Nancy Ouellette Therese Smith by a Friend Donald Fournier by wife, Lauretta & Family Normand Lajoie by Doris St. Amand & Gerald Parent Peter B. Martin by John & Mona Rossignol Doris Laplante by Clem, Jeanne & Family Kim Pelletier by Henrietta Gagnon John Roy by St. Bruno-St. Remi Choir Jeannette Cyr by Marie Beaulieu Joan Dumond by Ray & Judy Marquis Claude Tardif by Percy Tardif & Family Gilbert Violette by Albert, Alice & Family Finance & Administration St. Peter Chanel Parish Financial Updates Offertory: July 1, 2017 to March 25, 2018 Budget: $97,500 Actual: $104,758 Over Anticipated: $7,258 Amt. Given $ 3,437 Wkly. Goal $2,525 Average Collection: This yr. $ 2,686 Last yr. $ 2,624 2018 Second/Diocesan Collections March 17/18, Utility (Envelope Users Note Date Change)** March 30, Good Friday / Church in the Holy Land April 1, Easter Sunday 75% Clergy Health Pension Plans - 25% Diocesan Emergency needs April 28/29, Catholic Home Missions Appeal May 10, (Thursday) Ascension of the Lord May 19/20, Catholic Appeal - Commitment Weekend June 2/3, Seminarians & Ecclesiastical Students June 16/17, Catholic Communications Campaign August 4/5, Peter s Pence - Collection for the Holy Father August 15, (Wednesday) Assumption of Mary offering August 25/26, Catholic Appeal - Second Commitment Wkend September 1/2, Utility Collection
KID S O R N E R **B M **: This is a reminder that there are bulletin memorials, available. The cost of each memorial: Monthly: $20.00; Quarterly (3mos.): $50.00; Six Months: $100.00; One Year: $200.00. The purpose of these memorials is to honor family members and friends, while helping to offset parish expenses. BULLETIN MEMORIALS IN LOVING MEMORY OF: Cyr & Martin Families by Jackie & Family Tardif & Parent Families by Ron & June & Famly Antoine Levesque by John & Noreen Pelletier Ernest, Tina & Jim Marquis by Rita, Marge & Family Deceased Members of the Class of 1956 by their Classmates Blessed Virgin Mary For a favor obtained by a Parishioner Deceased Members of Columbiettes by the Columbiettes Available James P. Doucette by Phyllis & Family Available Albertine & Arsene Durette by Alphy, Jackie & Cindy Janet Michaud & Joan King by Lorance Chamberland Deceased Members of the Chamberland Family by Lorance Chamberland John R. Cyr 10th Anniversary by Patricia & Family Marquis & Cyr Families by Ray & Judy Marquis
Check out our Cluster website: www.sjvcatholics.org PARISH MINISTRIES AND SERVICES PARISH OFFICE HOURS: Monday - Thursday 10:30-12:30 & 1-3 As always, you are encouraged to call prior to coming to assure assistant is not out or running errands. ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Joyce Gagnon 868-2718 Email: Joyce.Gagnon@portlanddiocese.org HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH MINISTRY COORDINATOR: Joyanna Deschaine 217-9415 JUNIOR YOUTH MINISTRY COORDINATOR: Patricia Charette 895-3489 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE: Vanda Madore & Lorraine Lajoie 868-2718 DIRECTORS OF MUSIC: Choir Kathleen Beaulieu 868-4197 Children s Choir Sr. Yvette Plante 868-5266 St. Joseph Lisa Parent 868-2740 ORGANIST: Leo James Duplessis 868-3464 PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE THRIFT SHOP: Manager Alma Rossignol 868-9000 PRAYER LINE CONTACTS: Rochelle Laplante 868-5178 ST. BRUNO-ST. REMI FOOD PANTRY: Nancy 868-5324 Dan 868-5707 ST. JOSEPH FOOD PANTRY: Gisele Labreck 325-4592