St. Barbara’s Parish Sunday Bulletin

Sunday, May 14, 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’s Benefactor Society, your family members, relatives and friends, and the following deceased: Walter Duffy; James E. Paris; Edward Burke.

THE ANNUAL COMMUNICATIONS COLLECTION

will be the second collection to be taken up at all the Masses next weekend.

DAY OF PRAYER & RENEWAL

St. Barbara’s women are invited to come for a lovely day of prayer and renewal at the Franciscan Center, Andover, MA. Date: Saturday, June 24, 2006. Theme: New Life/New Beginnings. The cost of the day which includes breakfast and lunch will be $40.00. If interested, please contact Mary Wright (781-933-6655) or Margaret Wright at (781-935-3236). You may also contact the rectory office at (781-933-4130). Please make checks payable to St. Barbara’s Parish.

BULLETIN BITS

In today’s Gospel, Jesus says that God is glorified when a disciple, grafted in Christ, produces abundantly and bears much fruit. The disciple must then be a good steward of that abundance.

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY

and our heartfelt prayers for the mothers of our parish and God’s blessing on you always for all that you do for your church & families.

YOUNG-AT-HEART

A two-day trip to Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard – June 14-15 – includes a lobster dinner – Cost $198 p.p. Call Nancy Roberts for reservations – 781-933-2999.
Please note: The next meeting of the Young-at-Heart will be held in the church hall on Fri., May 26th at 2:00 pm.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL #77

will be holding our annual Mother’s Day Rose Sale on Sunday, May 14th after all masses. All proceeds from this sale will be distributed to local non-profit groups who promote Life and provide education and aid to mothers and their unborn children. We ask for your help and than you for your continued support. Anyone interested in helping with the sale please call John Graney 1-781-775-1775.

CATHOLIC APPEAL

The 2006 Catholic Appeal is in its second week, and we would like to thank everyone who has already participated in this year’s campaign. If you have yet to send in your pledge, we hope you will. Remember, under the Parish Share component we have a great opportunity to increase parish revenue while still supporting the ministries funded by the Appeal. If we exceed our goal, we will receive 25% of all funds raised above goal for use at our parish. If the Archdiocese exceeds its total goal, 25% of the funds raised over goal will be returned to the parishes that exceeded their goal.

SPECIAL PARISH LITURGICAL EVENTS

PREP GRADE 1 Closing Liturgy

will take place on Sunday, May 14 at the 11:00 a.m. Mass

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION

Saturday, May 20th at 11:00 a.m. and Sunday, May 21st at 2:00 p.m.

ANOINTING OF THE SICK

will take place on Sunday, May 28 after the 9 a.m Mass

BAPTISMS

will take place on Saturday, June 3 at the 4:00 p.m. Mass

WE REMEMBER

A Memorial Liturgy for families who suffered the death of a child and those who suffered a miscarriage, stillbirth or whose baby died in infancy will be held on Friday, May 26th at 7:15 p.m. Immaculate Conception Parish Chapel, Malden,. – at St. Francis Assisi Church in Medford on Sunday, May 21st at 3:00 pm. Please call the Parish if you are planning to attend.

SOMEBODY SAID…

Your mother knows you love her, so you don’t need to tell her… Somebody isn’t a mother.
This isn’t just about being a mother, it’s about appreciating the people in your life while you have them… No matter who that person is.
Nothing in life is more important than your family. Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be put off until “some other time”.

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

In the Scriptures Jesus refers to Himself as bread, shepherd, light and in today’s proclamation He calls Himself the true vine. In a bucolic and agricultural country everyone was familiar with sheep, goats and grapevines. Jesus says without Him we can do nothing - nothing at all. He is not referring just to our spiritual activities but everything we do, our work, our relationships, everything 24 h ours a day, 7 days a week. We bear “much fruit” by remaining in this relationship with Jesus. In order to make a branch bear much fruit Jesus says God prunes it, that is, he cuts away whatever is surplus, or the part of the vine that will not bear fruit. In other words, God allows us to go through things not that we will fail but that we will become stronger, better, more faithful, more obedient, more “like His Son, Jesus.”
The Lord did not have a tailored life, he had to accept the difficult, the monotonous, the disappointing, the tense occasions wherein He was “pruned” to be a more faithful servant. He, too, was tempted. He never sinned but He was tempted because He was human. We don’t take to it lightly when God’s pruning shears are at work, but there is nothing that happens to us, that He does not permit. If we step out of the parameters of His will then we have to bear the consequences of our actions, but when we try to do His will and things happen that are not easy, then we are bearing fruit and, as disciples of the Lord, we are closer to Him.

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
05/07/2006 Offering:	$7,202.50
Difference for the Week:	$1,484.75

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ASIA-PACIFIC CULTURAL FESTIVAL

Everyone is cordially invited to Saint Barbara’s first Asia-Pacific Cultural Festival, to be held on Sunday, June 11, 2006 from 12 noon to 4 p.m. at the Parish hall. This unique event features a Chinese buffet lunch and children’s activities, as well as special cultural shows and exhibits that highlight various countries in Asia and the Pacific Rim.
Tickets are available at the Rectory, 781-933-4130, or you may call Louise Sullivan 781-376-1797. Admission prices are $12 per person for adults and $3 each for children. Those under age 3 are admitted free.

PASTORAL PARISH COUNCIL

voting for new members Is being held at all the Masses this weekend. Ballots will be found in the pews and time will be allotted after Communion for you to select three candidates from the slate of names.

ST. BARBARA’S WOMEN’S SODALITY

annual May get-together will be held on Thurs., May 25th following the 5:30 holyday Mass. Dinner will be served in the Father Anadore hall. Guest speaker for the evening will be Father Robert Murray, a priest of the Archdiocese currently assigned to the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. He is a dynamic young priest who has also worked in Guatemala and Villa El Salvador outside of Lima, Peru. We hope you will plan to come.

ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM

with Father Ned Carroll continues on Monday morning at 10 a.m. in the church hall.

LIFE IN THE SPIRIT WEEKEND

May 19-21, 2006 (Friday evening at 7:30 pm, ending Sunday afternoon at 12 noon). Spiritual Life Center of Marian Community, 154 Summer St., Medway, MA $25 to cover cost of lunch & dinner provided on Saturday. Call the rectory for further details.

CONGRATULATIONS

to the newest members of St. Barbara’s Parish Family who were baptized at Mass last Sunday:

• CHARLES PAUL JAYNE;
• JACK MICHAEL KELLEY;
• CAITLIN LILLIAN SAVILL;
• HAYLEE NICOLE SILVA-REARDEN.

Best wishes to their happy parents.

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