St. Barbara’s Parish Sunday Bulletin

Sunday, June 18, 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: Tess Ricciardi, Maria & Guiseppe Amoroso Jeanne & Gerard Emmons, Florence Breider, Ken Sutherland, Paul Beeman, Joseph McDermott, Arthur Mulvihill, Agnes Undzio, Renaud Rossignol, William Casey, Jerome, Salvatore, Vincent & Frank Cagnina, Guy L. Paris, Daniel Hurley, Walter & John Fitzgerald, James O’Doherty, John Gaffney, Paul Gallagher, John O’Neil, Charles Tucelli, Sr., Samuel Cavallaro, Frank Hanlon, Edwin Travers, Allen Swanson, Robert Cross, Walter Silva, Fred Andrew, John Brosnahan, Dominic Cogliano, John O’Connor, John McCann, John “Skip” Covino, Salvatore Angelo, Edward J. Carroll, Vincent Mellone, Sr., Jack Walsh, William Sullivan, Sr.

BANNS OF MARRIAGE

• 1st time – Tara Winstanley & Sean Kearney
• 2nd time – Maureen O’Neil & Scott Hasz

YOUNG-AT-HEART

Gavin’s Golden Hill Resort, in the Catskills, including a side trip to West Point and Hyde Park, Tuesday, Sept. 26th – Friday, Sept. 29th. Cost $369 p.p. Flyers at the Rectory. All motorcoach transportation included. Call Nancy Roberts for reser-vations.

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.

BULLETIN BITS

Like the sower, I scatter as seed my gifts of time, talent, and resources; and I trust that, by God’s grace and in God’s time, these small gifts of myself may grow and flourish and help to bring about the Kingdom of God.

ASIA-PACIFIC RIM CULTURAL EVENT

Last Sunday’s Cultural Event was an enormous success. It was quite different from other events our parish has hosted in the past. This event brought together many people from diverse backgrounds for an afternoon of camaraderie, entertainment, and excellent food.

The event’s committee worked tirelessly to present a varied program, beginning with a Japanese Drum Performance, Chinese Sword Dance, the Dance Philippine Performing Arts Company, the Art of Origami demonstration, and a demonstration of a Korean Tea Ceremony. Our own Saint Barbara’s Asia-Pacific Children’s Group entertained the audience with songs sung in English, Mandarin (Chinese) and Tagalog (Philippine).

Thank you to everyone who attended the program and made the event so memorable. My thanks, also, to the Committee members – Imelda Joson, Joy Murphy , Joe & Connie Sallese, John and Barbara Scalley, and Louise Sullivan.

Father Vin

OUR LADY OF NAZARETH ACADEMY SUMMER VOLLEY BALL CAMP

will take place this summer from July 31 to August 4 at the Academy Gym, 14 Winship Drive, Wakefield. The first session will be from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for the Beginner Basics and the second session from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. for Advanced Beginners. The price is $75 for each session or $120 for both sessions and includes a tee shirt and water bottle. The camp is staffed by OLN alumnae, varsity players and collegiate players. For further information call Jackie Lawrence at 339-368-1209 or Vanessa Bowen at 781-435-1475.

SPECIAL NEEDS EVENT

The Verizon Telecom Pioneers are preparing for their Special Needs event that will be held on Sunday, July 23, at Triangle, 420 Pearl Street, Malden, starting at 11 a.m., RAIN OR SHINE.

If you would like to volunteer at this event, please contact Caroline Cook at 781-322-2165.

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

At the original Passover, the one-year old male lamb or goat was slaughtered and its blood was sprinkled on the doorposts and lintels of the homes of the Israelites in Egypt. It was a thanksgiving meal as the Israelites thanked God for delivering them that night from the enslavement of the Egyptians. Jesus gathered with His twelve friends at the Passover the night before He died. At this supper He took the unleavened bread and the cup of wine and gave it to them, this time telling them that the bread is His body and wine His blood. Jesus told His friends “to do this” in memory of His Passover, his sacrifice on the cross and His resurrection. The sacrament is something real and tangible that we receive until He returns. We give thanks (Eucharist) to God in Christ. The memorial meal, the Mass, which unites us in Christ is the source and expression of who we are as Christ’s friends: the Body of Christ. In other words, the celebration of the Eucharist is when the Body of Christ partakes of what it is, the Body of Christ.

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
06/11/2006 Offering:	$6,405.50
Difference for the Week:	$2,281.75

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SPECIAL PARISH LITURGICAL EVENTS

ANOINTING OF THE SICK

The Sacrament of the Sick will be administered, Sunday, June 25t,h, at the 11 a.m. Mass. We invite all who are chronically ill, having treatments or will be having surgery this month to come to receive this Sacrament, a source of strength, healing and grace. It would be helpful if you tell the priest before Mass.

BAPTISMS

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

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY

Father Vin, Father Bill and Father Ned and staff of St. Barbara’s wish all the fathers, brothers, grandfathers and uncles a very Happy Father’s Day.

A FATHER’S PRAYER

I am alive, Lord, and I am grateful!
For the strength of my family, their every-morning-fresh-again-newness.
I thank You for the strong legs of my running children; for the probing minds of my children in high school and college.
For the “all the world” my wife is to me---how can I thank You enough?
You, Lord, are life and all besides. Be everything to me and my family: so that we can, like You, be alive for all Who come to us looking for meaning and hope and help. Amen

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

will be commissioned this Sunday during the 11 a.m. Mass. – St. Barbara’s welcomes you to this most important ministry.

ST. BRIGID’S IN NEED OF RELIGIOUS ED SEC’Y

Secretary for a Religious Ed Program is one of the most important elements of this program. You will use Microsoft Word and parish software recommended by the Archdiocese. You will maintain data base for Grades 1 thru Confirmation, filing, mailings, telephone, ordering supplies, copying materials and the ability to handle a variety of other activities. The position is shared with another secretary. Flexibility in schedule is very important as the program has a time frame from Sunday thru Friday, daytime and some evenings. If interested contact Fr. Colletti or Claire Martin at 781-862-0335 or e-mail shepherd@sacredheartlex.org.

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