Immaculate Heart of Mary and Our Lady of the Holy Rosary August 12, 2018 Father Daniel J. Jordan, Pastor (802) 878-4513 ihmchurch@comcast.net Immaculate Heart of Mary 7415 Williston Road P.O. Box 1047 Williston, Vermont 05495 Rectory: (802) 878-4513 Parish Hall: (802) 878-2756 Email Address: ihmchurch@comcast.net Website: ihm-williston.org Office Administrator: Joann Frymire Directors of Religious Education Laura Kalagher Parish Council Coordinator Carl Maklad Marriage: Six months preparation required. Do not set a date prior to meeting with the pastor. Pre-Cana required in the Diocese of Burlington. Baptism: By appointment. Call the rectory to make arrangements. Mass Schedule Lord's Day Masses: Saturday, 5:30 PM Sunday, 10:30 AM Weekday Masses: Mon, 8:00 AM &Wed, 7:00 PM Reconciliation: Wednesday, 6:00-6:45 PM Eucharistic Adoration: Wednesday, 8:00-10:00 PM Our Lady of the Holy Rosary 64 West Main Street P.O. Box 243 Richmond, Vermont 05477 Rectory: (802) 434-2521 Email Address: olhr@gmavt.net Website: olhr-richmond.org Office Administrator: Hope Kennedy Director of Religious Education Jill Danilich Parish Council Coordinator Chris Braves Supervisor of Cemeteries Doug St. Amour Grand Knight - KofC Council #4684: William Rensch Rosary Council #4684, meets the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30PM Mass Schedule Lord's Day Masses: Saturday, 4:00 PM Sunday, 8:30 AM Weekday Masses: Thurs. & Fri., 8:30 AM Reconciliation: Sat, 3:15-3:45 PM & Thurs., 6-7PM Eucharistic Adoration: Thursday, 6:00-8:00 PM The Rosary is recited 20 minutes before all Masses at both churches. OFFICE HOURS FOR PARISH OFFICES FOR IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY Monday: 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM Wednesday: 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM Thursday: 8:30AM to 12:00 PM FOR OUR LADY OF THE HOLY ROSARY Tuesday 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Thursday 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Friday 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM
IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY August 12, 2018 Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time The offering for August 4/5: $2066 Church Improvements: $616 In order to meet our expenses, we need to collect at least $2500 in our weekly offering! Please remember us when you are away or attending Mass at a different parish. Thank you for continued financial support. God Bless You! Greeting Card/Correspondence Ministry Did you know that IHM has a ministry to send cards and notes to persons who need comfort, sympathy, a smile, get well wishes, congratulations, or just a hello or thinking of you? For this ministry to be successful, we need all parishioners to let us know when someone would appreciate a card. Email pamk@together.net or call 879-0870. TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Careful readers of the "Treasures" will have noticed that the two columns about the oldest monastic communities in the United States refer to the colonial states. The Louisiana Purchase gained a great treasure for our nation, the Ursuline monastery of New Orleans. Among the greatest pioneers of that city were nuns who came from France on a perilous voyage in 1727, pestered by pirates and tossed by fearsome storms. These were genteel, well -educated Ursulines, yet their first task was to roll up their sleeves and open a hospital to care for the pestilence-ridden colony. Next, they opened a school for girls and launched a plan to educate the women being shipped over from France to marry settlers. In this way, they had enormous influence in molding patterns of family and domestic life. At Christmastime in 1814, the threat of a British assault on the city was growing. On the terrifying night of January 7, 1815, the women of New Orleans gathered in the monastery chapel to pray that the city be spared from destruction in battle. The mother superior made a vow to have a Mass of Thanksgiving on that date every year should the Americans win. That night, Our Lady of Prompt Succor, to whom the nuns had great devotion, became the protector and patron of this great city. The convent in the French Quarter is the oldest standing building in the Mississippi valley, and the only surviving building of the French colonial period. The nuns relocated in 1824, but their old monastery is preserved as a museum and archives for the Archdiocese of New Orleans. The school the nuns began, Ursuline Academy, is the oldest continuously operating Catholic school, and school for women, in the United States. HELP YOUR FAITH GROW Our CD collection has some new titles. Check them out-we ask for a $3 donation. Our Lady of Fatima The Truth to Inspire Series offers captivating dramatizations for children of the lives of saints and well-known Marian apparitions in order to teach them more about the Catholic Faith. In this presentation hear --Rev. James Field, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co. how the three shepherd children, Lucia, Jacinta, and Francisco, were graced with visits from Our Lady of Fatima. Page 2
WE ARE ONE BODY IN CHRIST the sick HOLY ROSARY Saturday, 8-11, 3:15-3:45 Confessions 4:00 PM Mass For the intentions of the Holy Rosary Parishioners Sunday, 8-12, 8:30 AM Mass Mark O Brien RIP by Aimee Motta Thursday, 8-16, 8:30 AM Mass Confessions: 6:00PM - 7:00PM; Adoration: 6:00PM - 7:00 PM; Benediction 8:00 PM Howard Buxton RIP by his family Friday, 8-17, 8:30 AM Mass Christopher Lang RIP by Jeanne Atkinson Saturday, 8-18, 3:15-3:45 Confessions 4:00 PM Mass Thomas A. O Neil RIP by his family Sunday, 8-19, 8:30 AM Mass For the intentions of the Holy Rosary Parishioners IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY Saturday, 8-11, 5:30 PM Mass For the intentions of the IHM Parishioners Sunday, 8-12, 10:30 AM Mass Nola Cadieux RIP by Ed & LuAnn Koch Monday, 8-13, 8:00 AM Mass Roger & Jane St. Hilaire RP by Art & Nellie Germaine Wednesday, 8-15, ASSUMPTION Confessions: 6:00PM 6:45 PM; 7:00 PM Mass 7:45 PM Adoration & Benediction at 10:00 PM Peggy Frymire RIP by Larry & Nancy Wissel Saturday, 8-18, 5:30 PM Mass Peggy Frymire RIP by Tom & Irene Butland Sunday, 8-19, 10:30 AM Mass For the intentions of the IHM Parishioners including roger St. Hilaire RIP by a friend If you would like to have a Mass said for a special intention contact either rectory to schedule this. This is a wonderful way to remember your beloved dead. COMMUNION AT HOME If you or someone you know would like to receive Communion at home please call either IHM at 878-4513 or Holy Rosary at 434-2521. James Bissonnette Frank Bridgeman Brian Doherty Julian Haftarczuk Brian Hard Christian Hegarty Gail Lavallee Mary Jane Purczynski Father Donald J. Ravey Storm Rushford Bob Thomas Matthew Yakubik Betty Bouchard Liz Cressinger Margaret Guthrie Janet Hale Callie Hayes Terrie Kneen Bill Petty Grace Robinson Sara Stuhlsatz Marilyn Whitney Those serving in the Military Throughout the world Joe & Reese Rose Daniel Kalagher Andrew Danilich Devon Duquette Erik Karstensen Adam Truso Please let us know of any family members serving in the military, no matter where they are stationed, so we can pray for them. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Ez 1:2-5, 24-28c; Ps 148:1-2, 11-14; Mt 17:22-27 Tuesday: Ez 2:8 -- 3:4; Ps 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131; Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 Wednesday: Vigil: 1 Chr 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2; Ps 132:6-7, 9-10, 13-14; 1 Cor 15:54b-57; Lk 11:27-28 Day: Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab; Ps 45:10-12, 16; 1 Cor 15:20-27; Lk 1:39-56 Thursday: Ez 12:1-12; Ps 78:56-59, 61-62: Mt 18:21 -- 19:1 Friday: Ez 16:1-15, 60, 63 or 16:59-63; Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Mt 19:3-12 Saturday: Ez 18:1-10, 13b, 30-32; Ps 51:12-15, 18-19; Mt 19:13-15 Sunday: Prv 9:1-6; Ps 34:2-7; Eph 5:15-20; Jn 6:51-58 Page 3
AUGUST SEPTEMBER 9 Parish picnic at IHM after 10:30 AM Mass ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED MOTHER This feast day is Wednesday the 15th. It is a Holy day of Obligation. Masses will be at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary at 8:30 AM and at IHM at 7:00 PM. 2018 ANNUAL BISHOP S APPEAL UPDATE Funds from the Bishop s Annual Appeal are used to directly support our parish family in a variety of ways. For this reason, each and every one of us should feel inspired to give. To date: IHM $39608, 104.72% and Holy Rosary $20206, 96.17% of our annual pledge goal. Let us work together to honor our past, enliven our present and ensure the future of our Catholic community. Please help us sustain programs and ministries by contributing to the 2018 Annual Appeal. If you have been unable to respond to the Appeal, Father (Monsignor) will reach out to you soon to ask you to consider a donation. Dr. Scott Hahn is coming to New England and we want to invite your community! On Saturday, September 15th Dr. Scott Hahn will be speaking at St. Mary s Lynn, MA from 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM. It is going to be a wonderful day, and we want you to know about it. It may seem far away, but Scott Hahn rarely comes to New England, and people will travel far to hear him speak. Dr. Hahn is an engaging Catholic speaker and founder of the St. Paul Center (www.stpaulcenter.com). $25per person To get your tickets please: Call St. Mary s Lynn (781) 598-4907 or Email Chris Carmody ccarmody@lynncatholic.org PARISH PICNIC FOR IHM & HOLY ROSARY Sunday, September 9th at 11:30 AM rain or shine, in IHM Parish Hall Burgers, Dogs, Chips, and Drinks Provided Bring your favorite lawn chair if the weather is nice. Please bring: -last name starting with A-M: dessert -last name starting with N-Z: salad or side dish If you have any questions contact either Parish Council Coordinator: IHM-Carl Maklad-carlmaklad@gmail.com 878-4460 OLHR-Chris Braves-cdbrav@comcast.net 434-3448 Chittenden County Right to Life will meet on Tuesday, August 14 th in St. John Vianney Parish Hall, 160 Hinesburg Road in South Burlington, from 7:15 PM 8:15 PM. New volunteers and input are welcome as we work toward the protection of human beings in the womb and other vulnerable people including the elderly, disabled, and terminally ill. Look for our booth at the Champlain Valley Fair and support our annual dinner and silent auction on September 29th. Contact chitrighttolife@gmail.com for more information. Dear parishioners of Holy Rosary and IHM, Thank you for your kind reception of me as well as the mission work of Food for the Poor. As you know, each of us is generously blessed and, for that reason, we need to thank God for those blessings. This realization of our blessings, all from God, moves us to respond to the needs of the truly poor, those who dramatically lack basic necessities. As such, this is the true spiritual foundation for our compassionate reaching out to those in true need. Our Lady of the Holy Rosary and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the patroness of both parishes, represent the wonderful Mother of Jesus, who is our Savior and Lord, even to those in seemingly hopeless situations. Since the poor, whom Food for the Poor serves, finds themselves in desperate situations, would it not be appropriate for you to be the hands and heart of Our Immaculate Lady to reach out to those in impossible living conditions? It is our outreach to young and old in the lowest level of living conditions which offers hope to them. In this, we become one with our Lady and Her Son. May God, through Our Lady s help, continue to bless you, your pastor and your parish family. Fr. Bill Sokolowski, frbillandffp@gmail.com Page 4
The offering for August 4/5: $1670 Church Improvements: $602 OUR LADY OF THE HOLY ROSARY In order to meet our expenses, we need to collect at least $1885 in our weekly offering! Please remember us when you are away or attending Mass at a different parish. Thank you for continued financial support. God Bless You! TV MASS If you are interested in the Mass on TV it is aired on Sunday s at 6:00 AM on WCAX, Channel 3. Richmond Area - MMCTV Channel 15 Sunday - 11:00 AM & 4:00 PM. YOUR HELP IS NEEDED AGAIN! Rides to 4:00 PM Holy Rosary Mass needed on Saturdays for a couple residing at Sterling House in Richmond. Please call Hope in the Parish Office (434-2521) for details. RICE CLASS OF 1968 REUNION INFORMATION As part of their 50th reunion weekend, members of the Rice Memorial High School Class of 1968 are honoring their deceased classmates with a memorial Mass. The Mass will be at Christ the King in Burlington on Saturday, August 11 at 4:30pm with 1968 alumni, Father Jerome Mercure and Father William Giroux con-celebrating. The Class of 1968 extends a special invitation to the family and friends of deceased classmates, as well as fellow Rice-Cathedral alumni, to attend this Mass. Contact Peggy Mahoney Sharpe '68 at ckmj@comcast.net or 802-425-2402 for further details re: the Mass and/or Reunion weekend festivities. YEAR END FINANCIALS The Holy Rosary year-end financial report will be available at the entrances to the church beginning the week-end of August 18 and August 19. If you would like a more detailed report, please contact the office. OUR LADY OF THE HOLY ROSARY MISSION STATEMENT We Welcome. Pray Reconcile, Participate in the Eucharist, Transform, and Evangelize Holy Rosary Parish joyfully welcomes all people of good will. We participate with open hearts, celebrating the life and resurrection of Jesus Christ with His presence in the Holy Eucharist, Reconciliation, Adoration, and the Sacraments. We rely on the grace and mercy of God through the gifts of Holy Spirit. Through the tenets of our Catholic faith we reconcile, transform, evangelize, educate, and serve our community. With Mary, St. Joseph, and the communion of the Saints we will pursue salvation by prayer, fasting, almsgiving and the recitation of the Holy Rosary through Christ our Lord. STRENGTHENED BY THE BREAD OF LIFE Today we resume the "Bread of Life" discourse from John's Gospel that began two weeks ago. He makes reference to the Jews' ancestors who ate manna in the desert. These days we would think primarily of Israel wandering in the desert, but faithful Jews would also have known the story of Elijah that we hear today. Strengthened by food and drink in the desert, the angel of the Lord sends him on his forty-day and forty-night journey (the biblical number for a preparation time). Like the food given to Elijah in the desert, Jesus tells his listeners that he is bread for the life of the world. It is very important that we not stop listening to Jesus after his promise of eternal life--a marvelous promise, but this "reward" is not the only reason we feast on the Bread of Life. We also come to the table to be made strong for the journey of mission, that the whole world might have life in the fullness of Christ. We are compelled, if we have eaten of the bread of life, to go forth in service to all. Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. Page 5
355600 Immaculate Heart of Mary/Our Lady of the Holy Rosary 7415 Williston Road Williston, VT 05495-1047 802-318-2422 ihmchurch@comcast.net Contact: Joann Frymire Software Using: Win XP Publisher 2007 Adobe 7.0 Date of Publication: 08/12/2018 Number of Pages Transmitted: 6 Bulletin Transmission Time: Wed 10:00 AM Special Instructions: Page 6