St. Barbara’s Parish Sunday Bulletin

Sunday, February 12, 2006

MASS INTENTIONS

WE REMEMBER IN A SPECIAL WAY AT MASS THIS WEEKEND

those whose names are inscribed in our Book of Remembrance; members of St. Barbara Benefactor Society; your family members, relatives and friends, and the following deceased: Anthony & Anna Giordano; Karen Johnson Wampler; Jamie Lawton; Henry Belluche; Al Coleman; Herb Fuccione; John McCann.

“TWO NOBLE WOMEN”

a pilgrimage to France sponsored by Boston Catholic Television. Travel to the shrine of the Blessed Mother at Lourdes and the birthplace and home of St. Therese at Lisieux, under the spiritual leadership of Father Robert Reed. In these sacred places, be a part of the taping of the Holy Rosary and special programming for television.
Date – October 8-15, 2006. For a full itinerary packet call BCTV at 617-965-0050.

INCOME TAX STATEMENTS

All envelope users who are interested in obtaining a copy of their 2005 contributions to the Parish may call the rectory office and we will be happy to mail a statement to you. Call 781-933-4130.

ASIA-PACIFIC CULTURAL EVENT

Calling all Asian-Americans in our community. Please come and join us. St. Barbara’s Parish in Woburn is planning to hold an Asia-Pacific Cultural Festival this summer. If you are interested in helping organize the program or would like to share your talents in this cultural show, please contact Louise Sullivan 781-376-1797, or leave a message with the Parish secretary.

FREE TAX HELP

Seniors, 60 and over, may get free tax assistance at the Woburn Senior Center from Monday, Feb. 6th to Tuesday, April 11, 2006. Appointments are required and may be made by calling 781-937-7899.

ALTAR SERVERS

Fr. Carroll invites boys and girls, Grade 4 and up, to join our Altar Servers. Please consider it and call the rectory for further information.

PILGRIMAGE TO MEDJUGORGIE

Father Tom Reilly of St. Michael’s Parish, Bedford will be chaplain for this pilgrimage – April 25 to May 5, 2006. Cost is approximately $1,500. Brochures are available at the rectory office for anyone interested.

GIVING

In considering your gifts of time, talent and treasure, we can ask ourselves several questions to aid in our decision whether to join Parish Ministries at St. Barbara’s. In what ways has the gift of someone’s time and talent aided my life and my family? What are the issues or causes that should be supported? What are my special gifts that might be shared with an individual or a group? How can I be part of the solution instead of part of the problem? How can I make a positive movement toward the gift of time, talent and treasure to my Church or society at large? In what ways can I give back in thanksgiving for the gift of my life?

Source OSV

USING ENVELOPES HELPS YOUR PARISH

If you would like to be included in our collection envelope system, please complete the following coupon, and either drop it into the collection basket, or mail it to the Parish Office.

Yes, I would like to receive envelopes.

NAME:___________________________________________________________

ADDRESS:________________________________________________________

TOWN/ST/ZIP:_____________________________________________________

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

Today we have cancer, AIDS, or sudden heart attack that causes fear and dread in the hearts of people. In Jesus’ day it was leprosy, a disease that rotted the flesh and caused complete disintegration of one’s life. The leper was completely abandoned. He could not enter the synagogue, the temple. He could never see his wife and children, never go home nor do any work. He was the living dead. Jesus is not afraid. He touches the leper and heals him. This may have been the first time in years that the poor leper had anyone touch him, or even come close to him. He is cured. The Lord is not afraid. He is not repulsed by the sight and smell of the leper. He is not afraid of becoming “unclean” as he legally was by touching a leper. He is above all that. He is the Master of love, compassion, mercy and forgiveness. How much God loved the leper and us to send His Son, our Brother. What would He not do to show us the greatness of God’s love for us.

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PARISH SO FAITHFULLY AND WE ARE MOST GRATEFUL TO OUR PARISHIONERS WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS.

SUNDAY PARISH OFFERTORY – Your Stewardship
Weekly Budget Needs:	$8,687.25
02/05/2006 Offering:	$7,467.00
Deference for the Week:	$1,220.25

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CONGRATULATIONS

to Keri Agresti, who was installed as our newest Altar Server at the 11 a.m. Mass last Sunday. May God bless her for her dedication to St. Barbara’s Parish Family.

DEALING WITH DEPRESSION

a Day Program will be held at the Espousal Retreat House, Waltham, on Sunday, Feb. 19th. Presenter will be Dr. Joseph Coyle, Christian Psychologist. For info and registration call 781-209-3120 or e-mail admin@espousal.org.

RECENT BAPTISMS

We are happy to welcome into St. Barbara’s Parish Family three newly baptized babies – one boy and two girls. We congratulate their happy parents and would like to introduce you to:

• MARC STEPHAN CUTONE
• MEGAN ELIZABETH HOLAHAN
• GRACE WILEY SULLIVAN.

THE COST OF KEEPING A PARISH GOING

The sample below shows the cost of running a rural parish, an urban parish and a suburban parish with and without a school in a diocese serving a mid-to-large sized city in the Northeast. The figures and estimates of the cost to operate a parish, including liturgical, administrative, routine maintenance and utilities, rectory expense, insurance, parish programs and subsidy to the school, numbers will vary depending on the diocese and parish.

RURAL PARISH	$200.000
URBAN PARISH	$950,000
SUBURBAN PARISH WITHOUT SCHOOL	$500,000
SUBURBAN PARISH WITH SCHOOL	$800,000
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VOCATIONS

Vocations are everybody’s business – and so we, as a parish, are asked to focus on praying for vocations. More than ever, the Church now needs good and holy priests. Send your prayers to God that many young men answer the challenge to serve in the Priesthood for the Archdiocese of Boston. Pray also for the many good and faithful priests of our Archdiocese who persevere in these troubled days.

WORDS TO LIVE BY

• Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present and future.
• Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.
• Those who love the young best, stay young longer.

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