Immaculate Conception Church 98 Summer Street Saturday Mass Schedule 4:00 PM Sunday 8:30 AM 10:30 AM 4:30 PM 2:00 PM (in Spanish) Monday Saturday 8:00 AM Confessions Monday Saturday 8:30 AM (after daily Mass) Saturday 3:00 PM and Sunday 3:45 PM Eucharistic Adoration Monday through Saturday 7:00 7:55 AM Every Thursday from 8:30 AM until 12:00 PM Fr. Gary Belliveau Fr. David Affleck Lisa Boucher Marilyn Chavez Ed Dugan Kate Gordon Carol Jacques-Dow Mary Kay Linscott Brittany Molda Colleen O Leary Brenda Stinson David Stoltz Parish Staff Pastor frgary.ccnh@gmail.com Assisting Priest Music Director Administrative Director Administrative Assistant/Facilities Business Manager Pastoral Minister Administrative Assistant/Bulletin High School Youth Minister Middle School Youth Minister Faith Formation Director Facilities Corpus Christi Parish The united Catholic Community worshipping in Portsmouth, NH Welcome! If you are new to our community, we hope you have felt welcome! If you are a visitor, we re glad you joined us! If you re considering parish membership, please introduce yourself to Fr. Gary after Mass. Parish Office: 845 Woodbury Ave Portsmouth, NH 03801 603-436-4555 Fax: 603-433-4401 www.corpuschristinh.org parishmail.ccnh@gmail.com Staff email addresses may be found on our parish website. Calvary/St. Mary Cemetery Kate Gordon, Cemetery Manager 603-436-9239 St. Patrick Academy 315 Banfield Road 603-436-0739 Vianney House 98 Summer Street Residence for our pastor and seminarians: Joe Moynahan Dan Simard Parish Mission Statement Rooted in the Word, nourished by the Eucharist, and strengthened by the sacraments, Corpus Christi Parish is a vibrant, welcoming Catholic community of many parts united in the one Body of Christ. Seeking to reflect the unconditional love and embrace of Christ, we strive to live out our baptismal call as disciples and enthusiastic witnesses to our faith.
The Pastor s Musings The Week at a Glance Dear Family in the Lord, This Sunday s gospel (Mark 5:21-43) shows us the prompt response of Jesus to the expression of a need for healing. We encounter Jairus, in desperation, reaching out to Jesus on behalf of his little girl who is close to death. The news on the way that she died, and going any further would be useless, is met with Jesus call to have faith, and upon arrival, she is restored to health. The heart of Jesus could never resist a hand outstretched in need or an appeal made in faith. Healing was at the center of His public ministry. We can t lose sight however, that even though physical healings were marvelous and wonderful to behold, the greatest healing came when He encountered those who were sick, or dead, in sin. He takes the initiative. He is swift to respond, and the healing is total when Jesus is asked for mercy - the greatest remedy. His mercy in our lives can be preventative medicine, giving us the grace to avoid occasions of sin and draw on virtue that strengthens. It can be the medicine that keeps our less serious sin from growing beyond remedy. And, in addition to being the clinic, the confessional can be the ICU to which we bring those serious sins that deal death to our souls. There are many who feel their sin is greater than God s mercy. They think that freedom from guilt will come from just forgetting about it. But, that never works. Something triggers, and all floods in! Others fear what Father will say, and yet, I can tell you the greatest thing Father can say conveys what Jesus alone can do to bring total healing - I absolve you from your sins Then there are those who think it s too late. They think like those who stopped Jesus on the way and said Don't bother, she s dead. It s only too late once we have breathed our last. Our choice, our outreached hand, our asking - are all it takes for mercy to flood in and baptismal innocence to be restored. Let s spread this good news! Let s look for opportunities to embrace, and lead others to embrace, this Jesus who heals, whose greatest attribute is mercy! With you on the Journey, Monday, July 2 Tuesday, July 3 Televised Parish Mass 7 PM, Channel 98 Wednesday, July 4 Independence Day Parish Office closed Prayer Cenacle 2:00 PM (C) Thursday, July 5 Exposition/Adoration 8:30AM-Noon (C) Televised Parish Mass 7 PM, Channel 98 Friday, July 6 Italian Class 7:00 PM (SO) Saturday, July 7 Baptism 10:00 AM (C) Baptism 11:00 AM (C) Rosary 3:30 PM (C) Sunday, July 8 Televised Parish Mass 10 AM, Channel 98 Choir Practice Spanish Mass 1:00 PM (CLL) Rosary 1:30 PM (C) Spanish Mass 2:00 PM (C) KEY: At 98 Summer Street: C = Church CLL = Lower Level of Church VH = Vianney House (rectory next to Church) At 845 Woodbury Ave: PC = Parish Center (lower level of former church) PO = Parish Office (former rectory) YC = Youth Center (lower level of office) On Austin Street: SO = SHARE Office (lower level Vianney House) Sanctuary Lamp & Votives The sanctuary lamp will burn this week for the intentions of the Raeside and Wilton Families. The votives at the Mary altar will burn for John Barucci and family, as requested by Jim and Roxanne Raeside Wilton. At the St. Joseph altar, the votives will burn in memory of Helen Hyland.
Week of July 1, 2018 13th Sunday of Ordinary Time Monday JUL 2 Feria (weekday) 8:00AM Harry Bouffard (1st anniversary), by his Family Tuesday JUL 3 St. Thomas 8:00AM Sr. Bernadette, by the Maloney Family Wednesday JUL 4 Feria 8:00AM Frank Sacramone, by Arthur Sacramone Thursday JUL 5 St. Anthony Zaccaria 8:00AM Rosalie Wallace, by the Maloney Family Friday JUL 6 St. Maria Goretti 8:00AM Kathleen M Morrissey, by her Family Saturday JUL 7 Feria 8:00AM David Winter, by Mrs. Raymond Winter Vigil 4:00PM Intentions for Holy Mass 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time Dorothy Vinciguerra (7th anniversary), by her Husband & Family Sunday JUL 8 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time 8:30AM Paul Paulson (14th anniversary), by his brother John 10:30AM Ciara Brill, by the Esterline & Mullikin Families 2:00PM in Spanish Celebrant s Intention 4:30PM Pro Populo (For our Parish Family) To schedule Mass intentions, or for sacramental records, please see Marilyn Chavez at the parish office, 845 Woodbury Avenue, or call 436-0344. Our reflection of God s generosity to us! Weekend of June 23/24, 2018 Envelopes/EFT $ 11,735.00 Loose $ 2,375.23 Total $ 14,110.23 Last weekend 235 envelope/45 Online Giving users contributed 83 % of our income. Poor Box Donations $ 640.54 There will be no Fellowship after the 8:30 AM Mass this weekend. Coffee & Donuts will resume next week! Each Fall we begin a series of no obligation Come & See Inquiry sessions as part of our RCIA process. These are for adults who were never brought up in any faith, never baptized or baptized in another Christian faith, or maybe baptized Catholic but not brought up in the faith, maybe never having received First Communion and/or Confirmation. Some folks who come are invited by family or friends. Some have been coming to Mass here with their spouse and family for a while, but are not Catholic. If you, or someone you know, might want to explore the Catholic faith you/ they would be most welcome! Over the summer we invite folks who would like a bit more info on this process to reach out to us so we can set up a time to meet individually and informally. You email Fr. Gary at frgary.ccnh@gmail.com or Brenda, our RCIA director, at faithformdir.ccnh@gmail.com, or call 603-436-4555 to set up time to meet for information without any obligation. 20/20 WINNER$ Big Drawing Winners ~ Week 20 $ 500 # 140 Bob Marple $ 300 # 177 Patricia Bussiere $ 100 # 123 Tammie Carney $ 100 # 135 Denise Martel $ 50 # 198 Mary Andrews $ 50 # 16 Phil Armitage New 20/20 Series! Didn t see your name listed above? The next 20/20 Raffle series will begin in September. Tickets cost $20 each and are good for 20 weeks. Each Sunday for 19 weeks, we draw two numbers to win $25 each. On the 20th week is the final drawing, with prizes of $500, $300, two at $100, and two at $50. Tickets for the next 20/20 series will be available after Masses in coming weekends or during the week at the parish office, 436-4555.
Parish News First Friday Litany of the Sacred Heart will be prayed, as we seek to make reparation to the Heart of Jesus, following Holy Mass at 8:00 AM this Friday. First Saturday Communal Rosary follows the Holy Mass at 8:00 AM Mass on Saturday as we ask our Lady to hold us in her Immaculate Heart and join her prayers to ours for all our needs. Summer Adoration Hours The Blessed Sacrament is exposed daily, Monday through Saturday, from 7:00 to 7:55 AM. In addition, on Thursday, exposition is extended after Mass for adoration until 12:00 Noon. We will resume afternoon hours after Labor Day. Want To Be An Altar Server? We are blest with an outstanding crew of altar servers! Want to be part of this service of Jesus, His priest, and our community at worship? Any boy or girl who will be entering 4th grade or higher this Fall is invited! Simply call in the name, parent contact email, and phone number to Mary Kay in our office. You will be contacted by John St. Pierre, the Director of our Servers, to set up training time. At that time he will ask for Mass time of preference, etc. As things slow up a bit, the summer is a great time to be trained. John does each training personally, working out dates and times that work best for each potential server and the family. Encourage your kids, folks! It s a great way to enter into the Mass more fully and understand it more profoundly. John teaches the why, not just the what! Church Open for You! It s great to see more and more people discovering the great gift of our open church and the benefit of some quiet one on One time with the Lord before His Real Presence within the tabernacle of our church. So many, of all ages, have been sharing the effects of time spent with Him, listening, being inspired by the beauty of the sacred place, and finding the rest of the day enriched by those minutes spent with Him. The center door opens at 7AM every day and doesn t close until 8PM. Discover the gift! Bring the kids! It s so heartwarming to see parents teaching from the windows, images of saints, praying with children, then kindling a votive candle in one of the shrines to have the prayer intention linger in the presence of the Lord! Remember... we form the stories our kids will tell about what it was like to grow up Catholic! No teacher, no class, no preacher, nothing can replace mom and dad, first and best teachers of their children, mostly by living example, of the ways of faith! Help our teens encounter the love of God revealed in Christ. BUY STOCK Become a Steubenville East SHAREHOLD- ER DIVIDENDS guaranteed! The weekend of July 13 15, 12 teens and 3 adults from Corpus Christi Parish will travel to Lowell, MA for the Steubenville East Youth Conference. This is a dynamic, Eucharistcentered retreat for teens in grades 9-12. Our teens will join with thousands of others who will journey to encounter Christ in community and the Sacraments, grow closer to Him through prayer, and be encouraged to live as His disciples. We ask that you would prayerfully consider supporting our teens in this wonderful opportunity for spiritual growth. By buying stock in our teens, you become a Shareholder. The Dividend for your donation will be beyond estimation! Estimated Expenses for Steubenville $300 per teen Our teens pay $235 to attend the conference. We need your help to offset the travel expenses, cover chaperone conference fees, provide group t-shirts, and assist families who cannot currently afford the Steubenville fees. Current Share Price: $25 Name: Email: Home Address: Stock Options: Please choose one: SPONSOR 12 Shares = $300 (sponsors one teen) 6 Shares = $150 (½ the cost of a teen) Sponsors get a free T-Shirt! Size (Youth S adult 4XL) CONTRIBUTOR Specify your donation amount: Shares x $25/share = $ BUY 2 Shares ($50) and get a free T-Shirt Size (Youth S adult 4XL) PRAYER WARRIOR My support will be to pray for the teens before, during, and after the conferences. Shareholders Reception: To thank you for buying stock in our teens, we would like to invite you to a special Shareholder s Reception on Sunday, July 22nd, 9:30-10:30 AM. We will have coffee & donuts and you ll get to see pictures and hear the teens share about their retreat experience. Yes, I will attend the Shareholder s Reception. Number of persons to attend: No, sorry I cannot attend Ways to Donate: Make checks payable to: Corpus Christi Parish Drop your donation into the collection basket with Steubenville East in the memo line. Drop your donation off at the parish office or mail to Brittany Molda, Corpus Christi Parish: 845 Woodbury Ave. Portsmouth, NH 03801 Questions? Contact Brittany Molda (Youth Minister) at 603-418-4290 or youthmin.ccnh@gmail.com
FOURTH OF JULY As we celebrate the birth of our nation this week, let s be united in our prayer for all that needs healing, all that needs to be rediscovered. Let s lift up all in the military and elected officials. May we realize that with freedom comes responsibility, with choice accountability, and, ultimately at the foundation our trust in God, seeing ourselves as citizens here, but never losing sight that we truly are citizens of a kingdom not of this world. We have many reasons to be thankful on this Fourth of July, but we also come to this day with deep concerns for the many ills that so many suffer in our nation! Why not start the day this Wednesday by joining with your community in prayer? We offer adoration opportunity from 7:00 to 7:55 AM, and then Holy Mass at 8:00 AM. Traveling Vocation Icon This week, John & Doreen Andriola will receive the Icon of Jesus Knocking at the Door into their home and intercede in a special way for Joe, Dan, and all in formation, for those discerning, and for many vocations to rise up from our community. Support Our Advertisers! Please take the time to look through those ads that fill the last two pages of our bulletin. There are some wonderful services and top-notch businesses represented there, and their generosity pays for the publication of our weekly bulletin and gives us added revenue each year which is used to fund our various other printing and publication needs. We are most grateful to them! When you need and use their services, please be sure to tell them you saw their ad here! If you have a services/business and would like to join our advertisers, please contact Jim Bochiechio at 800-477-4574, X6389 or jbochiechio@4lpi.com.
Seminarian Joe s birthday will be coming up Wednesday, July 11th. Please keep him in your prayers in a special way that day. Happy Birthday Joe! If you d like to send him a card or note, you can mail it to him at his summer assignment: Joe Moynahan c/o St. Patrick Parish 12 Main St Pelham, NH 03076-3724 CONGRATULATIONS MONSIGNOR KELLEY! As announced last Sunday, at the request of our Bishop, Father Edward Kelley, who served as pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish here up until the merger in 2006, has been named a chaplain to His Holiness Pope Francis, with the honorific title of Monsignor. The Holy Father has said this title may be bestowed upon diocesan priests who are aged 65 or over, if in the opinion of their bishop, they have rendered noteworthy service to the people of God. In addition to his early years of ministry in the Archdiocese of Boston,and in later years, here in the Diocese of Manchester, Msgr. Kelley served close to half of his 52 years of priesthood in various places throughout the world as a Navy chaplain, and held various leadership positions among chaplains. As we congratulate him, we wish him many more healthy and happy years in his retirement as he continues to fill in according to need in various parishes throughout the Diocese. In addition, it was announced that Fr. Kelley s brother, Fr. Richard Kelley, who just retired last Sunday and plans to follow in his brother's footsteps, staying active in assisting as needed in his retirement, was also named Monsignor. He is an exemplary priest in many ways and we certainly congratulate him and wish him a healthy and happy retirement as well! Hey Guys aged 14 to 18, You re Invited! August 6 10, 2018 Northeast Catholic College in Warner, NH Cost: $50 (financial aid available) liveinblackandwhite.com Our Diocese will be sponsoring a week of fun, diverse activities such as hiking, swimming, canoeing, sports, and games, along with opportunity for prayer, reflection, and building relationship with others guys of faith your age. This opportunity is for guys who would like to enjoy a great week of summer activity and gain some insights on how to discern (figure out) what God might be calling you to in life this is NOT JUST for guys open to priestly vocations, but, rather, for any guys wanting to pull God into the mix as they try to figure out college, career, and what they may have ahead of them in life. The week is called QUO VADIS days taken from the Latin for the question Where are you going? See the flyers at the church entrances for more information and registration, or visit qvdays.org. FMI, contact Fr. Matt Mason at mmason@rcbm.org or 603-663-0196, or just see Fr. Gary with any questions. Donation for the week is just $50.00 with all meals, lodging, and activities included! (If unable to pay, no problem, we ll cover it. Just see Fr. G.) Consider it guys, and don t wait too long to sign up!