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Your
gifts to God and Parish
January 17
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Parish
Offertory
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$ 5,258.00
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Stipends
(Mass Intentions)
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$ 40.00
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Seminary
Collection
|
$ 1.391.00
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Hall
Rental
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$ 150.00
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Building Debt Phase I
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Building
Debt Phase I (12/21/2010)
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$ 1,039,731.69
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$ 3,731.69
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4.75%
Interest Payment (1/20/2009)
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$ 4,115.60
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Updated
Building Debt Phase I (1/21/2010)
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$ 1,036,000.00
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Building Debt Phase II
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Building
Debt Phase II (12/21/2009)
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$ 51,704.38
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Principal
Payment Phase II (1/20/2010)
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$ 1,704.38
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4.75%
Interest Payment Phase II (1/20/2010)
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$ 204.66
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Updated
Building Debt Phase II (1/20/2010)
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$ 50,000.00
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Generator Loan
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Building
Debt - Generator Loan (12/21/2009)
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$ 28,000.00
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Principal
Payment (1/20/2010)
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$ 2,000.00
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4.75%
Interest Payment (1/20/2010)
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$ 110.83
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Updated
Generator Loan Debt (1/20/2010)
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$ 26,000.00
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Total
Building Debt (12/21/2009)
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$ 1,119,436.57
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Total
Building Debt (1/20/2010)
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$ 1,112,000.00
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Total
Debt Reduction received this month
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$ 2,571.00
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Debt
Reduction received this week
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$ 240.00
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Pledges/Donations/Bricks/Property Sales
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Pledged
Amount Outstanding
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$ 225,785.65
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Amount
received this month
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$ 9,294.90
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Amount
received this week
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$ 2,914.18
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Monthly Financial Report
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December 2009
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Checkbook Balance –
11/30/2009
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$ 29,494.53
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Parish Income
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$ 49,797.02
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Parish Expense
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$ 39,302.88
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Difference
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$ 10,494.14
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Checkbook Balance -
12/31/2010
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$ 39,988.67
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Thank
You
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What is a sister? A sister lives in a religious community that
follows a constantly renewed tradition, patterned on the life and teaching of
the founder of the community. The work
she generally does will depend upon the ministries of that community as
influenced by the needs of the Church and its people. For example:
teaching, social work, administration, nursing, peace and justice
ministry are a few common ministries for sisters. Does the lifestyle of a Sister sound
attractive to you? Contact the Diocesan
Vocations Office at 669-3100 for more information.
We have 6 prayer shawls
available. If you know anyone who would
be comforted by a blessed shawl and the prayers that accompany it, please
contact Jeannine Aucoin or the parish office.
In addition to knitted and crocheted shawls, we will also accept quilted
shawls. For information on the Prayer
Shawl Ministry please look on the Women's Ministries bulletin board.
Important Dates
Day
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Date
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Time
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Place
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Meeting/Other
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Sunday
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Jan. 24
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2:30 p.m.
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Church
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Divine Mercy
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Thursday
|
Jan.
28
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7:00
p.m.
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Room
2
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Finance
Committee
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Wednesday
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Feb. 03
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7:00 p.m.
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Room 2
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Women’s Ministries
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Thursday
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Feb.
04
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3:00
p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
|
Parish
Hall
|
Olin
Mills Photography
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Friday
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Feb. 05
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3:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
|
Parish Hall
|
Olin Mills Photography
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Friday
|
Feb.
05
|
7:00
p.m.
|
T.B.D.
|
Respect
Life
Speaker, Juan Menendez
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Saturday
|
Feb. 06
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10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
|
Parish Hall
|
Olin Mills Photography
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Sunday
|
Feb.
07
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|
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Wednesday
|
Feb. 17
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Ash Wednesday — See Pastor’s Notes below
For Mass and Liturgy of the Word Schedule
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Sunday
|
Feb.
21
|
2:30
p.m.
|
Church
|
Divine
Mercy
|
Wednesday
|
Mar. 03
|
7:00 p.m.
|
Room 2
|
Women’s Ministries
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Friday
|
Mar.
05
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3:00
p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
|
Parish
Hall
|
Olin
Mills Photography
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Saturday
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Mar. 06
|
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
|
Parish Hall
|
Olin Mills Photography
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Sunday
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Mar.
07
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1:30
p.m.
|
IHM
– Concord
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Deanery
Penance Service
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Mass Intentions
January 23- 31, 2010
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Day
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Date
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Time
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Celebrant
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Intention
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Saturday
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Jan. 23
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4:00 p.m.
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Fr. Paul
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† Joyce Flinn, Oliviera family
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Sunday
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Jan. 24
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7:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
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Fr. Mark
Fr. Paul
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† Ann Marie Brown, By Pat Robillard and family
† William Labreque, by the Myers family
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Monday
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Jan. 25
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No Mass Today, Fr. Mark’s Day Off
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Tuesday
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Jan. 26
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See St. Mary Parish Schedule Below
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Wednesday
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Jan. 27
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8:30 a.m.
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Fr. Mark
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† Erik D. Lain, by Paul Leary
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Thursday
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Jan. 28
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See St. Mary Parish Schedule Below
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Friday
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Jan. 29
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8:30 a.m.
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Fr. Mark
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† Ann Marie Brown, by Rosemary Hassler
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Saturday
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Jan. 30
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4:00 p.m.
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Fr. Mark
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAN RILEY, by Tom Riley
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Sunday
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Jan. 31
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7:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
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Fr. Mark
Fr. Mark
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† Joe Desmond, by the Dufault family
† Ernest Coste, by Ruth Coste
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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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Once again it is time to spiritually adopt
children conceived to be born in October.
Please fill out the form below and place the completed form in the
collection basket. These names will be
placed at the feet of Mary during February.
Please fihll out a form, and then pray this simple prayer daily.
“Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I
love you very much. I beg you to save
the life of the unborn baby that I have Spiritually Adopted who is in danger of
abortion.”
SPIRITUAL ADOPTION
DATE __________________
I, __________________ pledge to spiritually
adopt my unborn brother/sister in Christ today.
I pledge to intercede on his/her behalf to be spared from abortion by
praying the ten-second prayer by Bishop Fulton Sheen; I spiritually name
him/her
_____________________.
Homeless Shelter
needs donations
During the winter months,
there is a homeless shelter in Concord for people who need shelter. They are asking for donations of sample sized
soaps, shampoo, disposable razors, warm socks, gloves, deodorant, tooth paste,
tooth brushes, etc. If you can make a
donation, please leave items in the box located in the Narthex. Thank you.
We have been blessed this
year with less snow than usual, so many people can get out and walk, as the
sidewalks are clear. Take a garbage bag
and a pair of gloves with you on your walk to pick up loose trash on the side
of the road. It is a simple way to make
your corner of the world more eco-friendly.
Respect Life Speaker
Juan Melendez
Friday, February 5
at 7:00 p.m.
St. Theresa Photo
Directory
St. Theresa Parish is putting
together a new family photo directory. Please consider bringing your families
in for photos. Sign-up sheets are in the Narthex for February. This is not a
fund-raiser; this is simply an effort to strengthen our community. Frequently, we know parishioners by sight,
but don't know their names or we see names in the bulletin and don't know who
they are. Many times people call the
office wanting addresses to send sympathy cards, or personal notes to
parishioners and because of privacy laws, we are unable to provide them. This directory will make it possible for
people to communicate as part of the larger community. This is our opportunity
to put names to faces. There will be
many opportunities on weekends and evenings to have photos taken, so please
schedule an appointment at the sign-in table in the Narthex.
Villa Augustina Open
House
Wednesday, February
3 at 6:30 p.m.
Villa Augustina School has been providing excellence
in Catholic education since 1918. The school
is an NEASC accredited, independent Catholic school open to families of all
faiths with children in pre-school (3 year olds) through eighth grade. Our mission is to be a community embracing
Christian values, academic excellence and loving service consistent with the
Catholic Church and the charism of St. Claudine Thevenet. The Villa strives to offer enrichment to its
students from small class sizes, a challenging junior high curriculum, to
special topic courses and affordable before and after care. The Villa is a destination that provides a
foundation for a lifetime! For more
information please call 497-2361 to set up a private tour or check us out
online by visiting www.villaaugustina.org.
St. Theresa
Parish Prayer Chain
Please
keep the following loved ones in your prayers:
LisaMarie
Campaiola, Jim Carr, John Coyman, Jacqueline Desai, Lisa DeLeon, Fred Finnerty,
Patricia Fisher, Lillian Fortier, Dan Hamilton, Kate Hamilton, Michael Harris,
Wendy Hayden Koch, Joseph Huppe, John Kelly, Bob Koch, Keith Korbet, Virginia
Lembrée, Katherine Luetters, Wanda Mix, Sarah Moody, Peter Paul, Rachel Paul,
Shawna Poisson, Dorothy Riley, Olive Sexton, Robin Sexton, Theodore Sexton, Pat
Sullivan, EllenNora Toombs, Gloria Volpe, Jacob Winn
Wednesday February 17
(Not a Holy Day of
Obligation)
7:00 a.m. Mass at St.
Theresa
9:00 a.m. Liturgy of the
Word at St. Theresa
Noon - Mass at St. Mary
5:00 p.m. Liturgy of the
Word at St. Theresa
7:00 p.m. Mass at St.
Theresa
Please consider returning
last year's palms to the baskets in the church.
Every year, Fr. Mark burns the previous years palms to make ashes for
Ash Wednesday. Since they are blessed, they
need to be burned and cannot be thrown away.
Baskets will be in each church until Early February.
It’s time for Mardi
Gras!! Won’t you join us?
February 6, 2010 6:00 p.m.
at CR Sparks in Bedford
New
Hampshire Catholic Charities’ Mardi Gras Benefit raises urgently needed funds
to assist families and individuals in an emergency. Mardi Gras is a great party – that helps our
neighbors in a time of crisis.
Reserve your tickets for a
fabulous New Orleans style dinner, dancing, games and silent auction. Tickets are $85 per person or $850 for a
table. Call 603-669-3030 and ask for
Judy.
Stations of the
Cross During Lent
Each parish will offer Stations of the Cross during
Lent.
St. Theresa
Fridays at 7:00 p.m. with the following exception:
Friday, March 19th at 7:30 the Franciscan Players will
present the Sorrowful Mysteries.
St. Mary
Tuesday Mornings following Mass
Friday Evenings at 7:00 p.m.
If you use contribution
envelopes for donations, the church can provide you with a statement of your
donations for tax purposes. Please
contact the parish office to have this statement mailed during January. If you do not use contribution envelopes, we
cannot issue a tax statement. If you
would like to start using envelopes, please contact the parish office.
At the beginning of January,
we removed names from the prayer chain for both parishes. This is in an effort to keep the prayer chain
current. If you would like to add the
name of a loved one, please contact the parish office. Due to privacy laws, we cannot add names
without permission from the person to be added, or a family member. Some people would rather not see their name
on the prayer chain, this is why we request permission from a family member. We will print first and last names on the
prayer chain; on the previous prayer chain initials were used and this caused a
great deal of confusion, so please be prepared with the full name when you call
the office.
Catholic Relief
Services Collection
to Benefit Haiti
For the next several weeks
there will be collection baskets in the back of each parish for donations to
Catholic Relief Services and the work they are doing in Haiti. This money is sent directly to Catholic
Relief Services. All monies will be
collected and deposited at the end of the month.
If you would like to make a donation with a check,
please make the check payable to:
St. Theresa Parish or St. Mary Parish
or
Catholic Relief Services
Thank you
for your generous support.
The Capital Campaign Improvements are moving right along. The flooring project in the parish hall has
been a little more extensive than previously thought. The weak spots on the floor were to be
replaced, however, the entire floor, including the kitchen and bathroom, were
found to have significant rot. The
entire floor needed to be replaced. Our
Social Committee selected the color of the flooring and new tables and chairs
have been purchased. Be sure to check
out the quality hard work that Eaton's Flooring has put into this project.
So far - we have been able to repair and enamel the church roof, clean
and disinfect the heating and air conditioning ducts, replace the church
furnace, install a new sound system and install a new fire detection and alarm
system. Eventually the church will be re-carpeted. The color of the carpeting will be determined
by the parishioners.
Please know that all of this work has been accomplished by your generosity
and dedication to St. Mary Parish and the Capital Campaign Fund. If you haven't already pledged or given,
please consider making a pledge or one-time gift to the parish for Capital
Improvements. Please contact the parish
office or see the yellow pledge forms at the back of the church for more
information about making a pledge or one time gift.
The items most needed at the
Food Pantry are canned protein items.
This group includes canned meats, nuts, peanut butter, beans etc.
Parish Council Meeting
Tuesday, January 26 at 6:30 p.m. St. Mary Rectory
Coffee & Donuts After 9:00 a.m. Mass
February 7 Parish Hall
Finance Committee Meeting
Thursday, February 11 at 6:30 p.m. St. Mary Rectory
Mardi Gras Potluck Supper
Saturday, February 13 at 5:30 p.m. Parish Hall
Lenten Soup and
Bread Suppers
If you would like to help
plan and prepare Soup and Bread suppers for Sunday evenings during Lent, please
contact Celia Decowski at 290-0499.
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Your
gifts to God and Parish
January 17
|
|
|
Parish
Offertory
|
$ 2,069.00
|
|
|
Solemnity
of Mary
|
$ 10.00
|
|
|
Stole
Fee (Sacramental Offering)
|
$ 25.00
|
|
|
Stipend
(Mass Intention)
|
$ 10.00
|
|
|
Christmas
Collection (additional)
|
$ 100.00
|
|
|
Seminary
Collection
|
$ 346.00
|
|
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Monthly Financial Report
|
|
|
December 2009
|
|
|
Checkbook Balance –
11/30/2009
|
$ 21,259.12
|
|
Parish Income
|
$ 12,232.51
|
|
Parish Expense
|
$ 11,963.13
|
|
Difference
|
$ 269.38
|
|
Checkbook Balance -
12/31/2009
|
$ 21,528.50
|
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|
Capital
Campaign Update
January 17
|
|
|
Total
Amount Pledged
|
$ 204,026.00
|
|
|
Total Amount Received
|
$ 85,745.77
|
|
|
% of Parish pledging 82 Pledges Received
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47%
|
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Thank
you.
Mass Intentions
January 24 - January
31, 2010
|
Day
|
Date
|
Time
|
Celebrant
|
Intention
|
|
Saturday
|
Jan. 23
|
See St. Theresa Parish Schedule Above
|
|
Sunday
|
Jan. 24
|
9:00 a.m.
4:00 p.m.
|
Fr. Mark
Fr. Mark
|
† Jean Murphy, by Hall Murphy and family
Mass for Vocations
|
|
Monday
|
Jan. 25
|
No Mass Today. Fr. Mark’s Day Off
|
|
Tuesday
|
Jan. 26
|
8:30 a.m.
|
Fr. Mark
|
Mass for Vocations
|
|
Wednesday
|
Jan. 27
|
See St. Theresa Parish Schedule Above
|
|
Thursday
|
Jan. 28
|
8:30 a.m.
|
Fr. Mark
|
Mass for Vocations
|
|
Friday
|
Jan. 29
|
See St. Theresa Parish Schedule Above
|
|
Saturday
|
Jan. 30
|
See St. Theresa Parish Schedule Above
|
|
Sunday
|
Jan. 31
|
9:00 a.m.
4:00 p.m.
|
Fr. Paul
Fr. Paul
|
† Frederick Rossi, by John Ferranti
Mass for Vocations
|
|
|
|
|
|
† Mass intention for the deceased
|
|
|
|
|
|
☼ Mass for a special intention of the living
|
St. Mary Parish Prayer Chain Please keep these people in your prayers
Dr. Bob Baclov, Andrew
Bodnar, Carolyn Burton, Elsie Casella, Ann Chenowsky, Matthew Filardi, Julie
Kirshneur, Seth Kirshneur, Margaret Kilothros, Rosalie Mogavero, Yola Morello,
Baby Perrin, Adam Polsinelli, Barry Proctor