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Matthew 13 Catholic Collaborative Mary, Holy Mother of God January 1, 2017 Happy New Year 3

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Matthew 13 Catholic Collaborative Mary, Holy Mother of God January 1, 2017 A group of St. Mary s parishioners volunteered at the December 12th Breaking Bread dinner. They helped with the set-up, cooking, serving and clean-up of dinner and making desserts for the guests. A big thank you for doing a terrific job to Matt and Allie Brown, Elizabeth Viano, Louise, Maggie and Taryn O Leary, Kerry and Tommy Pitman, Lana Waite, Mary Garrity, Annie and Declan Hunter, Pat Bigelow, Tricia Kelly, Tom Waitekus, Mimi Connell, Jody Jung, Kathleen Madden, Mike Grant, Janet Nye, Michaela and Natalie Kirby, Linda Viano, Eileen and Mary Hickey and Tom and Marilyn Gregory. The people at the donation center for The Home for Little Wanderers were extremely happy to receive 6 bins full of toys, diapers, and toiletries. The parishioners at St Mary's are extremely generous people! Two huge containers full of toys and gift cards were delivered to The Italian Home for Children in JP. The people working at The Home were very appreciative of St. Mary's generosity! Kaleigh Patricia McLaughlin, Claire Elizabeth Lobsitz, Katherine Anne Chiaccio and Nora Margaret Fortino were baptized at St. Mary s last month. We offer congratulations to their families and welcome them to our community. On the weekend of January 21-22, St. Mary and Blessed Sacrament parishes will hold our Annual Baby Showers for the benefit of Pregnancy Help of the Archdiocese. We are asking that the gifts be brought in unwrapped and placed in the playpen in the sanctuary of St. Mary Church or by the doors at Blessed Sacrament. Suggested gifts include clothes for Newborns, winter outfits for 3-6 months, Baby Wipes, 4 oz. & 8 oz. bottles, Baby Thermometers, Desitin, and Pack n Plays (no formula, please). Cash donations are also accepted and will be put towards the purchase of a stroller-- many moms take public transportation and need a compact stroller. Please make checks payable to the ProLife Office. In most cases, the babies are born to mothers in need and the baby showers held in the parishes provide them with a generous layette. Because of the incredible generosity of our parishioners, we were able to give a donation of toys, gift cards and wrapping paper to Catholic Charities in Brockton and donations to Old Post Road Giving Fund, too! Please pray for John R. Dugan and George Ryan whose funeral masses were at St. Mary Parish last month. 6

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Matthew 13 Catholic Collaborative Mary, Holy Mother of God January 1, 2017 Fr. Chip & Sister Hosea Rupprecht review movies in the Catholic TV theater. Watch for a catholic review on films. Watch Tuesdays at 8:30pm, Wed. 4am, Fri. 4:30pm, Sat. 10:30am & 10:30pm on: Catholictv.com/shows/searchlight. 9

Matthew 13 Catholic Collaborative Mary, Holy Mother of God January 1, 2017 Staff Rev. George Chip Hines Pastor frchip@matt13catholic.org Rev. Joseph O Keefe, SJ Parochial Vicar frjoe@matt13catholic.org Rev. Joseph McDermott Retired Priest in Residence Rev. Garrett Barry Weekend Associate James Spillman School Principal jspillman@blessedsacrament.org Martin Murphy Dir. of Finance mmurphy@matt13catholic.org & Operations Lee Smolinsky Business Manager lsmolinsky@matt13catholic.org Karen Brady Dir. of Faith Formation kbrady@matt13catholic.org Debbie Lafleur Faith Formation Coordinator dlafleur@stmarywalpole.com Tara Hartley Faith Formation Coordinator thartley@matt13catholic.org Margaret Kelly Assistant to the Pastor mkelly@matt13catholic.org Jenniffer Duffey Youth Minister jduffey@matt13catholic.org BLESSED SACRAMENT STAFF Deacon Reynold Spadoni Deacon reyspadoni@gmail.com Dr. Erica Johnson Dir. of Pastoral Music music@blessedsacrament.org Susan Glancy Dir. of Youth Music Mike Lamperti Facilities Manager mlamperti@blessedsacrament.org Janet Neubecker Office Manager jneubecker@blessedsacrament.org ST. MARY STAFF Kerry Pitman Office Manager kpitman@stmarywalpole.com Pat Chitvanni Office Administrator pchitvanni@stmarywalpole.com Tom Whearty Facilities Manager twhearty@stmarywalpole.com Kevin DiLorenzo Dir. of Liturgical Music kdilorenzo@stmarywalpole.com Ray Lane Facilities Staff 10 Mass Times Saturday Vigil: 4:00pm Blessed Sacrament & St. Mary Sunday: 7:30am St. Mary 8:00am Blessed Sacrament 9:00am St. Mary 9:30am Blessed Sacrament 11:00am Blessed Sacrament 11:30am St. Mary Monday 8am St. Mary Tuesday 8am St. Mary Daily Mass: Wednesday 8am St. Mary; 9am Blessed Sacrament Thursday 9am Blessed Sacrament Friday 8am St. Mary, 9am Blessed Sacrament Saturday 9am Blessed Sacrament Confession Times Saturday: 3pm St. Mary & Blessed Sacrament Or by appointment How to find the readings to follow along at Mass at Blessed Sacrament All of the Lectionary Readings and Psalms for Sunday Mass can be found in the green pew books at Blessed Sacrament. We are now in the Season of Advent. The readings for Advent begin on page 858 and we are in Year A. Look for the readings marked for the Sunday of the Year (noted on the top of every bulletin page) and Year A. For example, First Sunday of Advent A, Second Sunday of Advent-A, and so on.

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