St. Barbara’s Parish Sunday Bulletin

Sunday, June 11, 2006

MASS INTENTIONS

WE REMEMBER AT MASS IN A SPECIAL WAY THIS WEEKEND:

all our deceased loved ones, those whose names are inscribed in our Book of Remembrance, Members of St. Barbara’s Benefactor Society, and the following deceased: Anthony & Anna Giordano; George Ray; Judson, Paul & Helen Aiken; Mary O’Connor; Tom Mulkerrin; Freda & Otto Albus; Janet Campbell; Thom Curran; William James; John King; Peter & Rose Polito; John & Patricia Covino, Walter Sutton.

BULLETIN BITS

Adam & Eve were banished from the Garden because of their disobedience. But Jesus says in today’s Gospel that when we are obedient to God’s will – when we use our gifts to serve one another – we are part of His family. “Whoever does the will of God is brother and sister and mother to me.” This is the gift and fruit of Baptism. (See Mark 3:35)

TRAINING SESSION

for new Eucharistic Ministers will be held on Monday evening, June 12th at 7:30 P.M.

SPECIAL PARISH LITURGICAL EVENTS

ANOINTING OF THE SICK

will take place on Sunday, June 25 after the 11:00 a.m. Mass

BAPTISMS

will take place on Sunday, July 2 at the 4:00 p.m. Mass

YOUNG-AT-HEART

Gavin’s Golden Hill Resort, Fall Foliage, West Point & Hyde Park Adventure – Tuesday, Sept. 26-Friday, Sept. 29th. – Cost $369 per person. – Please call Nancy for reservations @ 781-933-2999. – Flyers at the rectory. – All motorcoach transportation included.

The Cape Cod Trip is June 14-15. – The bus will leave the parking lot at 6 a.m.

LATEST CATHOLIC APPEAL UPDATE

2006 Parish Target	$65,300
Raised to Date	$18,970
% Goal	29.05%
Donor Target	278
Donors	95

Thank you to all parishioners who have supported the Catholic Appeal. Under the new Parish Share system, our parish will receive 24 percent of all funds we raise above our goal. So, if you have not already given, please consider a gift to the Appeal today and help us meet our goal.

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.
Countries represented in this event include: India, Republic of Korea, Japan, Republic of the Philippines, Peoples Republic of China, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam.

HELP!! HELP!!

Grade 9 PREP is badly in need of a teacher for next year’s Program. Classes meet on Tues. evenings from 7:30-8:30 p.m. Please call Ann Cronin if you can help – 781-933-9334.

USHERS

Ushers are needed at all Masses. If interested, please leave your name with an usher or call the rectory.

ST. PATRICK’S PARISH, STONEHAM

On Friday, June 16th, there will be the conclusion of the St. Anthony Devotion beginning with the 5:30 p.m. Mass in the upstairs church which will then proceed across to Our Lady of Providence Hall for the St. Anthony Festa following the Mass. There will be games, music, fried dough, pizza, hamburgers, hotdogs, sausages, peppers-onions, and concessions.

MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER

An experience for building communication, creating intimacy, self esteem and enriching the values of marriage, family and faith. This program is for couples who believe they have a good marriage but desire a deeper understanding, a richer communication, a better quality, and more spirituality in their marriage. The upcoming dates: Weekend of August 18th and the weekend of September 15th.
For further information and details contact 1-800-367-0343 or www.mene.org.

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

“In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” We begin every prayer and good work with those words and the sign of the cross. God, we say, is a Trinity, three persons with the same Divine life, each one a distinct person. What that really tells us is that God is a community of persons. Three are three – Father, a Son, and a Spirit. They share the same life, the same divinity, the same love. And they have adopted us into their family. Thus, we are all brothers and sisters. Now, if we are members of the “God” family, do we not betray that when we do not love one another? We had better learn to get along with one another here in this life, because we just may be together for eternity.

We are happy to let you know that the church roof has been reshingled at a cost of $58,000 and the chimney repaired at a cost of $9,300. We are refurbishing the organ at a cost of $44,000. Where did the money come from??? From your contributions to the Promise for Tomorrow Campaign. The balance remaining in this account is now $2,500.

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
06/04/2006 Offering:	$6,383.00
Difference for the Week:	$2,304.25

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PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL MEETING

On Sunday, June 5, we had a Parish Pastoral Council Meeting and we welcomed the new members whom you elected a few weeks ago, Maureen and Jim McGurl, Rita Hennessey and Joe Sallese. The Parish Council members are my advisory board who help me in making decisions for the parish. The Financial Council advises me on the way the offertory income is put to best use for the expenses of church and rectory. As you notice in today’s bulletin we had to refurbish the roof of the church and now we are advised to update the organ which is in need of repair. We were able to do all these repairs because of your generosity to the Promise for Tomorrow Campaign. If that were not available we would have needed special collections. So you see how important your contributions have been. Our only source of income is the offertory collection which enables us to fund the daily expenses of operation. We truly appreciate your generosity because we are well aware of how expensive it is to run your own household. As you know a dollar today does not go very far, so we are grateful to you for what you do for your parish.

Fr. Vin

LECTOR TRAINING

St. Barbara’s welcomes all new lector candidates to a training series to be held in the Fr. Anadore Hall on June 13, 20, and 27, 2006. Topics will include the lector ministry after Vatican II, the source of the readings, and vocal techniques. Each two-hour session will start at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday evenings. Completion of a training series is a prerequisite to becoming a lector at St. Barbara’s.

TINY SOULS

God just loves hearing from them!

Dear GOD:
Instead of letting people die and having to make new ones, why don’t you just keep the ones you have? - Amy

Dear GOD:
I think about YOU sometimes even when I’m not praying. - Elliott

Dear GOD:
I didn’t think orange went with purple until I saw the sunset You made on Tuesday. That was cool. - Eugene

Dear GOD:
The bad people laughed at Noah. “You made an ark on dry land, you fool.” But He was smart. He stuck with You. That’s what I would do. – Eddie.

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