St. Barbara’s Parish Sunday Bulletin

Sunday, June 10, 2007

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: Bill McLean; Shirley Horrigan; John & Margaret Wright; Paul Sevigny; Barbara Jean Conroy; Walter Sutton; Frank Strazzere; Anthony & Anna Giordano; Mary O’Connor; Tom Mullkerrin; John King; Peter & Rose Polito; Thom Curran; George Ray.

BANNS OF MARRIAGE

• 1st time – Joseph J. Kilbride & Patricia Mae Buckley

BULLETIN BITS

In today’s Gospel, the disciples suggest that Jesus disperse the crowd so that they may individually seek food and lodging. The miracle of the feeding of the five thousand is Jesus’ powerful reminder that when we share our gifts in His name there is always more than enough!

SPECIAL PARISH LITURGICAL EVENTS

ANOINTING OF THE SICK

The Sacrament of the Sick will be administered on Sunday, June 24th, following the 11:00 a.m. Mass.

BAPTISMS

Baptism of infants will take place on Sunday, July 1st, at the 11:00 a.m. Mass.

MARRIAGE AMENDMENT

will again be before the Constitutional Convention of the Massachusetts legislature for Flag Day, June 14, 2007. We have a duty to pass on a strong institution of marriage for the good of future generations. Each of us in the community of faith should exercise our rights as citizens, and urge our legislators to vote to move the Marriage Amendment to the 2008 ballot and allow every citizen’s voice to be heard. Contact your Senator and Representative at 617-722-2000 and ask them to let the people vote. For e-mail addresses go to www.macathconf.org and click on “House” or “Senate” for the legislators’ e-mails.

WORLD APOSTOLATE OF FATIMA

Annual Meeting/Day of Recollection for the World Apostolate of Fatima in the Archdiocese of Boston will be held Saturday, June 16th at Our Lady of Fatima Shrine in Holliston. There will be a Mass at 10:00 a.m. followed by outdoor Rosary procession and lunch. Registration fee is $25. Call Lynn 508-378-7431. This year is the 90th anniversary of the apparition at Fatima.

A GREAT BIG “THANK YOU”

to Maria Carreiro and some of her 6th and 7th grade students for the beautiful knit and crocheted afghans they recently completed in their early morning free period classes and donated to the Linus Project. These “handmade hugs” are greatly appreciated by ill and traumatized children at area hospitals.

IT’S ALL ABOUT GOD’S HEALING LOVE

On Wednesday, June 13th at 7:30 p.m. and every 2nd Wednesday of the month at St. Patrick’s Church in Stoneham. Mass will be celebrated followed by a healing service. All are invited. The life giving presence of Jesus, the physician of soul and body will be present in the Holy Eucharist!

MATIGNON HIGH SUMMER SCHOOL

June 27, 2007 to July 24, 2007
Most major high school courses as well as 7th and 8th grade Math and Reading enrichment courses offered. Please call Joe Carabello 617-876-1212 ext. 15 or visit our web page at www.matignon-hs.org for further information. We are also offering a “Timely Writing” course that will prepare students for the SAT essay test, as well as assist students with essay writing.

FOXWOOD!! LAST CHANCE!!!

Time is running out and so are the number of seats available for our last trip to Foxwood for the summer - Thursday, June 14th, 2007. As usual, bus will leave the parking lot at 9:30 a.m. and return at approximately 8:30 p.m. Upon arrival you will receive $10 towards restaurant or the buffet, plus $15 Keno play. Cost of the trip is $23. Mail or bring your money (cash or check made out to St. Barbara’s) to the rectory along with name(s) and phone numbers. Call Rita at the rectory 933-4130 or Joe 933-5994 if you have any questions! Don’t miss out on a day of FUN and maybe, FORTUNE!! Call now to make your reservation.!

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

Jesus is present in the Eucharist, not in the raw, under the appearance of bread and wine. Through the Holy Spirit the bread becomes His sacramental body and the wine, His sacramental blood. People did not understand this truth, thinking that Jesus was initiating some kind of cannibal rite, so they walked away from Him. He meant what He said. At the last supper He was physically alive and present to the apostles when He handed them the bread and wine telling them the bread was His body and the wine His blood. They did not drink His physical blood, or eat His human flesh. As Jews they were forbidden to drink human blood or eat human flesh. The Eucharist is the real, tangible presence of Jesus, a memorial of His death and resurrection until He returns. We pray in the Eucharistic prayer: “And so, Father, we bring you these gifts. We ask you to make them holy by the power of your Spirit, that they may become the body and blood of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, at whose command we celebrate this Eucharist.”

Sincerely yours in Christ,
FATHER VIN 

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.

YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE PIARIST FATHERS FOR THEIR WORK IN APPALACHIA AMOUNTED TO $5,547 FOR WHICH FATHER TOM CARROLL WAS MOST GRATEFUL.

SUNDAY PARISH OFFERTORY – Your Stewardship
Weekly Budget Needs:	$8,687.25
06/03/2007 Offering:	$6,327.00
Difference for the Week:	$2,360.25

THANK YOU

to all who participated in the recent session of St. Barbara’s Adult Education Program. God Bless – I’ll be back in the Fall.
Fr. Carroll

YOUNG AT HEARTS

The Lobster Bake trip to Portland, Maine, on June 26 will be leaving St. Barbara’s parking lot at 8:00 a.m. and will return about 6:00 p.m. Our 5 day trip to Cape May, New Jersey, is on September 17-21 ($499 per person, double occupancy) has a few spaces left. Also we will be having a trip to Johnson & Wales in Rhode Island, for lunch and a comedy play on October 23rd ($69.00 each); and a Taste of Vermont (Home for the Holidays) for an overnight trip at $199 per person (includes a visit from the jolly man in the red suit bearing gifts for one and all.

THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS AND THE PRO-LIFE COMMITTEE

would like to express their appreciation for all who participated in the Mother’s Day Rose Sale. All of the proceeds are donated to crisis pregnancy centers in our area. THANK YOU!   THANKYOU!    THANK YOU!

SODALITY MYSTERY AFERNOON

Edith Welch is planning a mystery trip on Sunday, September 16. The bus will leave the parking lot at 2 p.m. Will you call the rectory and let us know if this is something you might be interested in doing. If there is enough interest she will proceed with her plans.

CARDINAL O’MALLEY’S PILGRIMAGE

Join Cardinal Sean O’Malley on Pilgrimage to Rome, Constantinople, and St. Petersburg, September 16-26, 2007. Registration Deadline June 27. Join Catholics and Greek Orthodox Christians to experience together the holy sites, a general audience with Pope Benedict XVI, the Churches and Patriarch of Constantinople, the Cathedrals and Palaces of St. Petersburg. $4500 including optional extension to St. Petersburg ($3500 to Rome and Constantinople only). For information e-mail vnicastro@earthlink.net or call Vito Nicastro, PhD at the Archdiocese 617-435-0019.

EUCHARISTIC PROCESSION

in Somerville with Little Sisters of the Poor on Sunday, June 10th, at 1:30 p.m. Procession will begin and end at the Jeanne Jugan Residence, 186 Highland Ave., Somerville. Refreshments will follow in the auditorium.

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