St.
Theresa Parish
Week Beginning Saturday, May 07, 2011
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Your gifts to God and Parish
May 1
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Parish
Offertory
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$ 4,445.00
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Easter
Offering
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$ 131.00
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Stipends
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$ 50.00
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Mother's
Day Spiritual Bouquet
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$ 40.00
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Holy
Land Offering
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$ 25.00
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Catholic
Relief Services
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$ 25.00
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Building Debt Phase I
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Building
Debt Phase I (3/8/2011)
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$ 985,000.00
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$ 3,800.00
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4.5%
Interest Payment (4/12/2011)
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$ 3,693.75
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Updated
Building Debt Phase I (4/12/2011)
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$ 981,200.00
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Building Debt Phase II
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Building
Debt Phase II (3/8/2011)
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$ 29,000.00
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Principal
Payment Phase II (4/12/2011)
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$ 1,500.00
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4.5%
Interest Payment Phase II (4/12/2011)
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$ 108.75
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Updated
Building Debt Phase II (4/12/2011)
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$ 27,500.00
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Total Building Debt (3/8/11/2011)
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$ 1,014,000.00
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Total Building Debt (4/12/2011)
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$ 1,008,700.00
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Pledges/Donations/Bricks
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Total
Debt Reduction received this month
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$ 3,342.38
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Debt
Reduction received this week
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$ 3,342.38
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Pledged
Amount Outstanding
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$ 61,371.96
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Pledged
amount received this month
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$ 303.33
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Pledged
amount received this week
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$ 303.33
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Building
Fund Checkbook Balance 5/3/11
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$ 29,173.28
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Includes most current deposit
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Thank you
for your continued support!
Thank you to everyone who
regularly contributes to debt reduction to offset the cost of our mortgage. Since paying off the generator loan our
monthly mortgage payment has gone down and is currently
$ 8,926.02. In April we collected $ 4,847.34.
St. Theresa Parish Prayer Chain
Please keep the following
loved ones in your prayers:
Mary
Bellino, Joshua Beaumont, Chris Bianchetti, Gerry Black, Roland Bourassa,
Clarence Brown, LisaMarie Campaiola, Jim Carr, Pamela Carruthers, Linda Connor,
Maryze Conway, Karol DePerry, Jacqueline Desai, Lisa DeLeon, Pete Dooley, Judy
Ellis, Kristin Fedorchak, Fred Finnerty, Lori Fisher, David Forrest, Peggy
Foss, Lillian Fortier, Dan Hamilton, Michael Harris, Wendy Hayden Koch, Joseph
Huppe, Roseanne LaPointe, Bob Koch, Keith Korbet, Virginia Lembrée, Katherine
Luetters, SSG Andrew McEvoy, Wanda Mix, Caleb Mikial Mueller, Frank Mrozek,
Peter Paul, Steve Pellicano, Shawna Poisson, Sgt Scott F. Powers, Dorothy
Riley, Betty Ripberger, Andrew Screck, Mary Strauss, Pat Sullivan, Robin
Theodore, EllenNora Toombs and Jacob Winn.
Thank you to Dick & Linda Mueller. They have
volunteered to pray for Vocations every day this week. Sign up in the Narthex
if you would like to take the vocations chalice home for a week of dedicated
prayer.
Important
Dates
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Day
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Date
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Time
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Location
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Meeting/Other
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Wednesday
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May 11
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7:00 p.m.
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Room 1
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Environmental Stewardship Committee
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Saturday
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May 14
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9:00 a.m.
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Parish Hall
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Women’s Ministries Yard Sale
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Sunday
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May 15
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2:00 p.m.
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Church
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First Holy Eucharist — 2nd
Grade
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Saturday
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Jun. 11
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8:45 a.m.
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Church
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Half Day Women’s Retreat
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Sunday
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Jun. 12
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2:30 p.m.
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Church
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Sacrament of Confirmation
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Monday
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Jun. 13
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7:00 p.m.
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Room 1
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Finance Committee Meeting
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Sunday
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Jun. 19
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12:00 p.m.
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Lake Massasecum
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Parish Picnic
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Saturday –
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Jun. 25 –
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Eucharistic Miracles Poster Display
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Saturday
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Jul. 02
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Mass Intentions
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Day
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Date
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Time
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Celebrant
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Intentions
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Saturday
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May
07
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4:00
p.m.
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Fr.
Thom
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—
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Sunday
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May
08
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8:00
a.m.
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Fr.
Thom
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†
Richard Plummer, by Pat Robillard
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11:00
a.m.
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Fr.
Thom
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†
Albert Lefebvre, by the Bellino Family
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Monday
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May
09
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8:30
a.m.
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Fr.
Thom
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☼
For Priests, Deacons and Seminarians of
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Our
Diocese, by a Parishioner
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Tuesday
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May
10
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See
St. Mary Parish Mass Intentions Below
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Wednesday
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May
11
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8:30
a.m.
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Fr.
Thom
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☼
Eileen Murray, by the Women’s Bible Group
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Thursday
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May
12
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See
St. Mary Parish Mass Intentions Below
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Friday
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May
13
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No
Mass Today
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Saturday
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May
14
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4:00
p.m.
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Fr.
Paul
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†
Anne Levins, by Fred and Pat Moreland
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8:00
a.m.
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Fr.
Thom
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†
Ted Sink, Sr., by Paul McAuliffe
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Sunday
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May
15
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11:00
a.m.
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Fr.
Paul
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Lucas Theophilus Bellino and Family,
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By
the Bellino Family
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†
Mass Intention for the Deceased
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☼
Mass for a Special Intention of the Living
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Coffee and Donuts
This Sunday May 8th
9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
5 Week Bible Study for Women
Romans-Amazing Grace, by Kevin Perrotta
Thursday evenings at 7pm in parish library
5/12, 5/19, 5/26, 6/2, 6/9
Signup sheet and study guides in narthex
Complete lesson #1 for first class
$8 due at class
The Saint Michael the
Archangel Organization is sponsoring 1,000,000 rosaries for life. Please sign
up in the narthex to pray rosaries for the end of abortion. The event will take
place from 5/6-5/8 and the Respect Life Committee will register for the entire
parish. People from around the world will be praying, so please get involved
and sign up to pray rosaries for the end of abortion. The sign-up sheets are in the Narthex.
Mystagogia
May
22 at 6:30 p.m.
St. Theresa Parish
Hall
All former R.C.I.A.
candidates and their families are invited to a Mystagogia Pot Luck Supper on
May 22 at 6:30 p.m.
Mystagogia is ongoing
catechesis for Rite of Christian Initiation participants. This is a good way to ask questions that have
come up since receiving your sacraments and continuing your education in the
Catholic faith.
College of St. Mary
Magdalen Summer Program
The
Collegiate Summer Program Early Bird deadline is fast approaching! Register and pay in full by May 9, 2011
and only pay $550!
Come and spend two weeks at the College of
Saint Mary Magdalen (www.magdalen.edu) in scenic New Hampshire.
Join high school students from across the United
States for the experience of a lifetime!
The 2011 Summer Youth Program
dates are :
Session I June 26th - July 9th
Session II
July 17th - 30th
Session III
August 7th - 20th
For additional details about the Collegiate Summer
Program or to download a registration form, please visit www.magdalen.edu.
Benefit Spaghetti
Dinner and Penny Sale
July 30, 2011
$8 per person
$25 per family
Children under 3 eat
free!
Claire Aucoin and the Aucoin
family hold a yearly Mission Sale to benefit Claire's Mission work in Cartago,
Columbia, South America. This year they
will host a Penny Sale and Spaghetti Dinner to benefit the Mission. Tickets are available in the parish office.
Gardening Committee
Needs Help
The gardening committee is
looking for someone with a small tractor who would be willing to help spread
mulch at St. Theresa in Henniker. If you
have a small tractor and would like to help, please contact the parish office.
Youth Ministries
Sunday, May 22nd 6:30 p.m.
Life after Confirmation
As our Confirmation class
prepares for the Sacrament of Confirmation on June 12, Youth Ministries will
discuss how teens can stay involved in parish life as young adults.
Questions about Fr.
Mark's Photo
Some people have noticed that
Fr. Mark's photo is no longer hanging in the Narthex. When he hung that photo, Fr. Mark's intention
was to show the current pastor. At that
time, he did not know that he was being transferred or that the Narthex would
be dedicated to him. When he learned
about the Narthex, he accepted the dedication with the request that his photo
not remain after he was gone. He wanted
to have the current pastor represented on the wall. He has visited several times, and has asked that
his photo be removed. We are having a
photo of Fr. Thom framed to be placed on the wall, to represent the current
pastor, as was the original intention.
With respect to Fr. Mark's wishes, his photo has been removed.
And
it happened that, while [Jesus] was with them at table, he took bread, said the
blessing, broke it, and gave it to them. With that their eyes were opened and
they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight. - Lk 24:30-31
These past weeks as our weather has changed from Winter to
Spring, I have been watching the birds.
First I noticed how many birds were out and about again. I also started hearing their songs (earlier
and earlier in the day!) and I was reminded of all the activities that birds
undertake in the Spring. Birds from tiny
finches to grand turkeys all set out to find a place to nest. They behave as if they haven't just spent
four months struggling minute by minute to stay alive. They search for just the right spot to lay their
eggs, hatch their chicks, and raise their young. I have been so inspired thinking about all of
this and thinking that what good mothers they are. Of course, most scientists will say that they
aren't thinking about any of this; that they are just acting on instinct.
We, of course, have our own instincts that urge us toward some
of these same activities. We don't build literal nests, but we all recognize
the phrase "empty nester" as one whose children have "flown the
coop". Anyway, we all have some
instinct to care for our young. However,
we are much more complex creatures than birds.
We do a lot of thinking about what happens in our lives, and we make
decisions based on those thoughts. Our
mothers do not just follow their instincts.
They react to what has happened in their lives. They copy what they have seen, and at the
same time learn, and create new behaviors.
This I think is even more amazing than what the birds do.
On this Mother's Day weekend I think it is important for us
to reflect about the lives of our own mothers.
They have been through harsh Winters of their own and survived. They have decided to bring us into the
world. They have cared for us, or given
us into the care of others who they hoped would be able to care for us. They have passed on to us wonderful
strengths, and have tried to shield us from the harshness they have known. Not every one of our mothers has done this
perfectly, but most of them have done this as best they could. And, I should say, those who are mothers of
small children now, we need to honor your efforts as well. It has probably
never been easy to be a mother, and it may never be. Mothers who have embraced
this challenge are truly an inspiration for us all. So, this weekend we say "thanks' to all
who have mothered us, and we ask for God to bless them with the strength they
need to continue on.
God Bless!
Fr. Thom
Confirmation Mass
Sunday, June 12 at
2:30 p.m.
with Bishop
Christian
If you brought food
into the classrooms at St. Mary or St. Theresa during the school year, please
remove the food as soon as possible. We
have had a problem with animals getting into the building because they are
attracted to the leftover food.
Thank You.
We have had requests that we
ask people to limit the scents they wear in church. Some people are sensitive to perfumes and other
scents to the point that they can become ill if sitting in close proximity to
someone wearing perfume or another scented product. Especially at St. Mary,
where space is limited, it can be difficult for some people to stay through
Mass if they are bothered by perfumes or other scents. Thank you for your consideration for others.
Mass
Schedule
Starts
May 28 & 29
Saturday 4:00 p.m. Sunday 8 & 10 a.m.
Sunday 8 & 10 a.m.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
First Thursday of each month from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Scripture and Faith Sharing
Monday Mornings at 10:00 a.m.
Meets the 2nd Wednesday of the Month at 7:00 p.m.
Outreach Meeting
Last Monday of the Month at 1:00 p.m.
Pastoral Council - May 9th 6:30 p.m.
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Your gifts to God and Parish
May 1, 2011
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Parish Offertory
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$ 2,463.76
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Holy Land Offering
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$ 60.00
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Easter Flowers
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$ 20.00
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Hall Rent
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$ 100.00
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Catholic Relief Services
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$ 100.00
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Thank you
for your continued support!
Thank you to everyone who has
consistently supported the St. Mary Capital Campaign. We have collected bids to
have the parking lot resurfaced and are in the process of arranging to have the
work done.
If you would like to contribute to the St. Mary
Capital Campaign, please contact the office to establish a pledge, or just make
donations by writing Capital Campaign in the memo line of your check.
St. Mary Parish Prayer Chain
Please keep the following loved ones in your prayers:
Matt Aversa, Dr. Bob Baclov,
Vera Barone, Andrew Bodnar, Scott Boissoneau, Carolyn Burton, Elsie Casella,
Ann Chenowsky, Tony DeFusco, Arlene DiCorcia, Matthew Filardi, Jean Fortier,
Charlie Fields, Brian Gebo, Linda
Gunnette, Julie Kirshneur, Seth Kirshneur, Margaret Kilothros, Denise LaTouche,
Georgette Lawrence, Ryan Leonard, Robyn Lepera, Madison Lloyd, Eileene Main,
Marziano family, John Max, Rosalie Mogavero, Yola Morello, Hall Murphy, Regina
Paquette, Betty Peek, Adam Polsinelli, Sgt. Scott F. Powers, Barry Proctor, Amy
Proctor, Lauren Proctor, Christine Sardinskas, Lou Shaw, Joyce Vaclov and Theresa
Zeludancz.
Mass Intentions
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Day
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Date
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Time
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Celebrant
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Intentions
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Saturday
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May
07
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See
St. Theresa Parish Mass Intentions Above
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Sunday
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May
08
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9:30
a.m.
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Fr.
Paul
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†
Jean Murphy, by Hall Murphy and Family
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4:00
p.m.
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Fr.
Paul
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†
Mary and Marie Lima, by the Poutré Family
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Monday
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May
09
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See
St. Theresa Parish Mass Intentions Above
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Tuesday
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May
10
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8:30
a.m.
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Fr.
Thom
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—
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Wednesday
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May
11
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See
St. Theresa Parish Mass Intentions Above
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Thursday
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May
12
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8:30
a.m.
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Fr.
Thom
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—
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Friday
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May
13
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No
Mass Today
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Saturday
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May
14
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See
St. Theresa Parish Mass Intentions Above
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Sunday
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May
15
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9:30
a.m.
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Fr.
Thom
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†
Joseph Chaves, Angelina and Angelo Chaves
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By
the Gruhler Family
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4:00
p.m.
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Fr.
Thom
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—
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†
Mass Intention for the Deceased
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☼
Mass for a Special Intention of the Living
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In the entrance of the
church, you will see a collection basket for baby gifts. There are several families in need in
Hillsboro and we are collecting baby gifts and necessities for these
families. Last year we had a wonderful
collection that was divided between three local mothers. This year we would like to help more local
families in need. Watch the bulletin for
information about the upcoming baby shower!
The Hillsboro Food Pantry is
always in need of donations of a variety of foods. The greatest need at this
time is protein foods. This group
includes peanut or other nut butters, beans, nuts, canned meats, boxed meals or
other prepared meals.
The food pantry is always in
need of non-perishable foods of every kind.
If you have any non-perishable food items or paper products that you'd
like to donate, please bring them to the church.
Every Friday a local church
is being asked to donate 20- 25 bags of groceries to the teen center in
Hillsboro to provide meals for teens that visit the center during the
week. St. Mary makes the bags once a
month. We will post a list of needed
foods for anyone who would like to donate food or money. If you would like to participate, please
contact the parish office or Celia at 290-0499 or 478-1635.
Would you like to
tour the Holy Land and Jordan?
Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict
12 Day Tour to the Holy Land and Jordan
November 28-December 9, 2011
For info please e-mail: farhorizons@ewtnj.com