Our Lady of Sorrows Parish Sharon, MA March 12, 2017 Mass Schedule: Saturdays: 4:30 PM Sundays: 7:30 AM, 8:45 AM & 11 AM Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Saturdays: 9:00 AM Rectory Office Hours: Sundays: Noon to 3:30 PM Mondays - Thursdays: 9 AM to Noon & 1 PM to 4:30 PM Closed Fridays and Saturdays To Contact Us: Rectory: 781-784-2265 Web: www.olossharon.org Parish Email: ljacobs@olossharon.org
Let Us Join Together in a Lenten Community Dinner March 18, 2017 after the 4:30 Mass In O Connell Hall There are the many ways to participate: Before 4:30 p.m. Mass: Prepare the Kenyan meal, Mukimo 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm OLOS Parish provides ingredients. Participate in fun set-up activities: Children welcome! 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm After Mass: 5:30 pm -6:30 pm Enjoy a community meal. Learn about Kenya and the role of CRS* there from Kathleen Crawford. Hear about the impact that your Rice Bowl donation can make. Sign up at olossharon.org/lent-1 or contact the Parish Office at 781-784- 2265 Lent is a time for prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Sharing a simple meal with your faith community is a way to take part in all three practices. * CRS is Catholic Relief Services Second Sunday of Lent
Sharon, MA Today s Readings are on : 1019 Scripture for the week of March 12, 2017 Sunday, March 12th Gn 12:1-4a/ 2 Tm 1:8b-10/ Mt 17:1-9 Monday, March 13th Dn 9:4b-10/ Lk 6:36-38 Tuesday, March 14th Is 1:10, 16-20/ Mt 23:1-12 Wednesday, March 15th Jer 18:18-20/ Mt 20:17-28 Thursday, March 16th Jer 17:5-10/ Lk 16:19-31 Friday, March 17th Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a/ Mt 21:33-43, 45-46 Saturday, March 18th Mi 7:14-15, 18-20/ Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 Sunday, March 19th Ex 17:3-7/ Rom 5:1-2,5-8/ Jn 4:5-42 Mass Intentions: March 11th at 9 AM: Calvin Alden March 15th at 9 AM: Vincenza D. Herrick Pray Intentions Prayers for the Deceased Kathleen Kanneigizer, Betty Clarkin, Neil Cronin, Carlos Sandoval, Lucille Blain Salhany, Lorraine Thomas, Nina D Arco, Yvonne Bollenbach, Vincent McCann, Mary Czitron, Lawrence Russell, Lawrence Sullivan, Mary Meers, Michael Minerva, Alice Lewis, Paul Sullivan, Margaret Nelson, Joanne Ioanilli, Lilly Moronha, Kay Rochefort, Mary Ellen Bonfiglio, John Collins, Dorothy & Judson Parker, Robert Parilla, Sr., Robert Parilla, Jr., Dorothy Morganelli, Ann Marie McGrath, Steve Van Pelt, Kathy DeVoe, Maureen Erickson, Florence Cittadino Prayers for the Sick Anthony Venti Gert & Francis DiLoreto, Wayne & Judy Satterley, Donna Prado, Sarah Andrews, Gail Callis, Ricardo & Raquel Balarezo, Helen Drake, Kevin Jones, Peg Hulit, William Trainer, Judy Grenier, Michele Hadayia, Raylene Hadayia, Alessia Marsiglia, Julie Robbins, Patricia Martell, Anaele Amaechi, Mary Elizabeth Dowdell, Dick Diforio, Joseph Santos, Claire Gervais, Pete & Grace McFarland, Elizabeth Ann Hugson, Maria Leticia Nova, Anna Hughes, Stephen DeCesare, Jim & Mary Fitzgerald, Atticus Venti, Anita DelGallo, Bob DelGallo, Tony, Ann & Theresa Pizzoferrato, Mary Hollenbeck, Vincent & Jo Chiodo, Bob Laurie, Mary Ann Boulet, Marc Filipkowski, Judy Manuel March 12, 2017 Music Our Lady of Sorrows Parish Mass Parts: Kyrie: #169, Gospel Acclamation:#343, Santus:#179, The Mystery of Faith: #180A, Amen:#183, Agnus Dei:#313B Gathering: #878 ~ Transform Us Responsorial Psalm: 33 Lord, Let Your Mercy Be On Us, As We Place Our Trust In You Offertory: #486 ~ Deep Within Communion: #963~ Softly And Tenderly Jesus Is Calling Sending: #644 ~ There s A Wideness In God s Mercy Weekly Collection March 5th, 2016 The average cost to run the parish is $9,800 per week. Our expectation is that 70% or $7,100 will come from the weekly offertory. Parishioners contributed $7,687 for the week ending March 5th. Catholic Appeal This week, Catholics across the Archdiocese are invited to pledge their support to the annual Catholic Appeal. If you were able to make your pledge at Mass, please take a pledge form from the back of the church or pledge online at bostoncatholicappeal.org. Thank you for your prayers for a successful Catholic Appeal. Additional Hymnals Needed Our church needs to purchase 20 hymnals for people standing at the rear of the church. The hymnal costs app. $25 per book. Purchasers can have the service book named in honor or in memory of a loved one. If you want to sponsor the purchase, please contact Brandt Henderson, the chair of the Liturgy Commission, brandth@comcast.net (or Daesik Cha, the music director, dcha@olossharon.org). Dear Our Lady of Sorrows Parishioners, Thank you for the very generous donation of toothbrushes and toothpaste to the Ilse Marks Food Pantry. This wonderful contribution is a terrific bonus to be able to share with our clients. These are expensive items that are essential. We love having these to distribute to our neighbors in need. As always we are very appreciative of your continued support and backing. Thank you again for always thinking if us. Sincerely, Suzanne Blacker, Ilse Marks Food Pantry
What s Happening at OLOS Lenten Reconciliation Service The Church encourages all Catholics to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation each Lent. Join us for a Reconciliation Service on Sunday, March 26th at 7:30 p.m. We will pray together and then several priests will be available for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. If you have never celebrated the sacrament, this is always a good time to do so. Bagged Lunches Brigade Sunday, April 2nd 11:00 am - 12:30 p.m We re preparing bagged lunches and need your donations and your help! Mainspring House, a homeless shelter in Boston, depends on bagged lunches to serve to hungry men, women and children who are unable to make it to specific meal times at The Table, the soup kitchen within the shelter. Please consider donating food items for the lunches (due on Saturday, April 1) or your time. Volunteers will pack bagged lunches in the Bullock Center and deliver them to Mainspring House. This service opportunity is open to children as well as teens and adults. To sign up to donate (and to view a list of what is needed) or to volunteer, see the Bagged Lunches Brigade notice on the homepage of the parish website. Questions? Contact Teresa Coda. Faith Night at the Bruins : Deadline March 19th All families are invited to join the Providence Bruins for their annual Faith Night game and concert at the Providence Dunkin Donuts Center on Friday, April 7th at 7:05 p.m. Tickets are $20 per person and include a free Providence-Bruins hat, popcorn and drink for all kids in the group. All tickets purchased through OLOS will be seated together; to purchase tickets for you and your family (and friends!) complete an order form (can be found on parish website) and return to the Parish Rectory with a check payable to Our Lady of Sorrows by March 19th. For more information, contact Teresa Coda. Middle School Youth Night- Spring into Action! April 7, 2017 from 7:30 PM to 10 PM in O Connell Hall All youth currently enrolled in Middle School are invited to attend our next Youth Night on Friday, April 7, 2017. Join us for a rousing game of foosball, team up for some competitive ping-pong or take in a movie all while feasting on an array of tasty snacks! New this month: earn one (1) prize ticket for every friend you bring with you and introduce to our Youth Night festivities--and at the end of the night, pick a prize from the Prize Bin! Bring 3 or more friends and you can pick from the Special Prize Bin! Additional activities and crafts will be offered throughout the night. Two Giving Tree Activities with Christian Services Commission: Easter Baskets Needed for Homeless Shelter Looking for a fun service project to do with your family? The Christian Services Commission is looking for your help again this year with the Easter Basket Project. We are in need of people willing to make Easter baskets for the children living at Evelyn House, a homeless shelter in Stoughton. If you would like to help, please choose an Easter egg from the Giving Tree in the alcove, the weekend of March 25-26, and put together an Easter basket appropriate for the age and sex indicated on the egg. Some suggestions for the baskets would be candy, a toy, socks, a book, a coloring book, or art supplies. Please leave the baskets under the tree in the alcove by April 9th, at the latest, so that we may get them over to Evelyn House before Easter. If you have any questions, please call Mary Ann LaHive 781-784-1394 or email at malahive@verizon.net. Easter Plants for Homebound and Recuperating Parishioners Our homebound and recuperating parishioners enjoyed the festive plants you provided at Christmas. We would like to remember them again with Spring holiday plants. There will be tags on the Giving Tree to buy a plant. Most homebound live in small places and cannot lift a heavy items so please keep the plant size small. Please also include an Easter Card with the plant signed from your Friends at Our Lady of Sorrows Parish. If you know of a parishioner who would enjoy being remembered, please contact Lynn Jacobs at the rectory with the name and address ljacobs@olossharon.org. If you are interested in bringing a plant to one of our parishioners, please contact Kate Mason at masonctm50@verizon.net. Please check www.olossharon.org for a complete calendar of events at OLOS Second Sunday of Lent
Sharon, MA Our Lady of Sorrows Parish From Senior Deacon Mike: The Second Sunday in Lent In the Gospel, the Transfiguration, we hear the voice from heaven This is my beloved son, with whom I am well pleased. Listen to him. Recall that this is an echo from the narrative at the Jordan River during which Jesus was baptized. Let us listen today to the Word of God in its proclamation. Service at Conway House and The Table Thank you to all the volunteers who prepared and served meals at Conway House and The Table this past weekend, as well as to all the OLOS parishioners who have donated pasta, sauce and other food items for the dinners over the past few months. A special thank you to Tanya Bollenbach for leading the trip to The Table, Tanya Lewis for leading the trip to Conway House, and Melissa Nicotera for donating supplies and leading a crafting project for moms and kids at Conway House. Worldwide Marriage Encounter "Rise, and do not be afraid." Let us comfort our spouses and ourselves by celebrating the love of God in our marriages by attending a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. The next WWME Weekends are Mar 17-19, 2017 in South Kingstown, RI and Apr 22-23, 2017 in Brewster, MA. For more information, call Stephen & Michelle O'Leary at 800-710-9963 or visit us at www.wwmema.org. Welcome to Our Lady of Sorrows Parish. We encourage all our parishioners who worship with us to register. Our registry is a vital source of connection we use to communicate and build community. Please call the rectory, 781-784-2265, or return this form to the rectory via the collection basket, mail, or in person. Thank you. Name: Email: Street Address: Town: Zip: Phone: Date of Birth : March 12, 2017
O UR LADY OF SORROWS P ARISH 59 Cottage St, Sharon MA 02067 Heavenly Father, you gather us together in our faith journey. Trusting in you, we join one another as a community. A community of faith on a journey, a journey to grow ever deeper in our faith. In our love, in our Desire to long for you. Along the way, remind us of your Love, of your sacrifice for us, of your ever mindful presence. Let us never lose hope along the way. Help us to be strong. Strong in Faith, strong in Love, strong in our Desire to be ever mindful of your presence. For it is in your strength and Love and the Graces you bestow upon us, that we can go out and share in your Love and Faith with all those in our community. It is in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord who lives and reins with you and the Holy Spirit one God ever and ever. Liturgy Schedule Saturday ~ 4:30 PM,Sunday ~ 7:30, 8:45 & 11 AM Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday 9:00 AM Holy Days as announced. Sacraments We welcome those seeking the sacraments of the Church. The Sacrament of Reconciliation is offered Saturday from 3:45 PM to 4:15 PM or by calling the rectory for an appointment. For information on celebrating the other sacraments, please contact the rectory. Eucharistic Adoration Monday ~ 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM The Rosary Friday ~ 10:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday at 10am in O Connell Hall. All are Welcome! Connecting If you are housebound and would like to receive the Eucharist, if you are in need of prayer or if you need assistance from our community, please call the rectory or send us an email. We want to hear from you. Contact Us: We welcome your ideas and involvement. Please contact us. We also invite you to visit and contribute to our prayer book in the rear of the church. Rectory: 781-784-2265 Web: www.olossharon.org Email: ljacobs@olossharon.org Follow us on Twitter @OLOSParish Our Vision We welcome all to our community as we celebrate and explore our Catholic faith. We embrace the unique religious composition of Sharon. We proclaim the Risen Lord who gathers us as a community. We pursue open dialogue as we follow the teachings of Jesus Christ through lifelong learning and faith formation. We practice and promote social justice that affirms the Dignity of every human being. We call upon the grace and talents of all parishioners to strengthen our living church. Please visit our full Vision Statement at our website. Staff: Rev. Vincent P. Doolan, Administrator padre@olossharon.org. Deacon Frank Tremblay ftremblay@olossharon.org Senior Deacon Michael Iwanowicz deacon99@aol.com Lynn Jacobs, Business Office Manager ljacobs@olossharon.org. Teresa Coda, Director of Faith Formation tcoda@olossharon.org. Anne Marie Dion, Coordinator of Faith Formation adion@olossharon.org Daesik Cha, Music Director dcha@olossharon.org Monica O Brien, Volunteer & Event Coordinator mobrien@olossharon.org. Claire Ramsbottom, Staff Associate cramsbottom@olossharon.org. Jim Mulrooney, Maintenance Coordinator jmulrooney@olossharon.org Weekend Associates Rev. Francis X. Clooney, S.J. Rev. Kevin Spicer, C.S.C. Parish Pastoral Council: John Glancy Parish Finance Council: Jim Spoto Second Sunday of Lent