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Baptism Parents who want to have a child baptized should contact the parish office to make arrangements for the date and for a program of preparation.
Matrimony A Catholic wishing to be married in one of our churches should contact one of the priests at least 6 months prior to the date of the wedding in order to meet all requirements of preparation.
Ministry to the Sick Please call the office to notify us of any parishion-er wishing to receive Holy Communion or Sacrament of the Sick.
Emergency sick calls 1-800-842-3105
Prayer Line If you know of someone who is sick and in need of prayers please contact Laura Barry at 315-769-2803. She will contact the members of the prayer line to pray for them.
St. Vincent de Paul 128 Main St. Massena, NY 13662 315-769-1200 [email protected] Open M-F 10:00am-3:00pm
Trinity Catholic School [email protected] trinitycatholicschool.net Phone: 315-769-5911
Greater Massena Catholic Parishes [email protected] & [email protected]
Parish Office: (315)769-2469 Fax: (315)769-6973
www.massenacatholics.com www.facebook.com/MassenaCatholicCommunity
July 16, 2017
Parish Offices PO Box 329 212 Main St. Massena, NY 13662
Pastor Rev. Mark Reilly
Parochial Vicars Rev. Tojo Chacko Rev. Michael Jablonski
Deacon Thomas E. Proulx
Business Manager Sylvie Marion
Pastoral Associates Julia LaShomb Sr. Maureen Sweeney SSJ
Director of Faith
Formation Sr. Edward Marie Tesiero, SA
Secretaries Tammy Besio Lisa Furnace
Calvary Cemetery
Manager Sue Farnsworth
RCIC Ann Borsellino
RCIA Julia LaShomb
Music Ministry Paul Bronchetti Joyce Giroux Patricia Ryan
St. Lawrence Church 30 Willard Rd.
St. Mary’s Church 9 Sycamore St.
Church Of the Sacred Heart 212 Main St.
St. Joseph’s Church 22 Bayley Rd.
Mass Schedule Saturday
4:00 PM at Sacred Heart 6:00 PM at St. Lawrence
Sunday 8:00 AM at St. Joseph’s
9:30 AM . at Sacred Heart 11:00 AM at St. Mary’s
Monday 12:05 PM at Sacred Heart
Tuesday 8:15 AM at St. Mary’s
Wednesday 8:15 AM at St. Mary’s
Thursday 8:15 AM at St. Mary’s
Friday 12:05 PM at Sacred Heart
Reconciliation Schedule Saturday
2:45 P.M.-3:15 PM at Sacred Heart 5:15 PM - 5:45 PM at St. Lawrence
Sunday 7:30AM - 8:00 AM at St. Joseph’s
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Thursday
9:00 AM -10:00 AM at St. Mary’s
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After quite some time and anticipation, and after many questions about it, I’m pleased to say that we finally got our handicap accessi-
ble restroom installed and functioning in St. Mary’s Church. Many thanks go to several people who made it happen: Randy Besio, Randy Gray, Terry Mossow, Victor Perry and Rob Rufa for quite a few hours of labor; Bruce Riley for some direct assistance with the plumbing; architect Tim Burley for drafting the design and blueprint; the Knights of Columbus of New York State who, through Catholic Chari-ties in our diocese, funded a grant to help finance the pro-ject in order to make St. Mary’s a more accessible space for people with mobility problems. To everyone who made it happen - thank you many times over! ~Fr. Mark
FAMILY GUGGENHEIM Family Guggenheim welcomes families of all dimensions to come enjoy a special weekend in the beauty of the Adiron-dacks. Expect fun family workshops and activities that will have you working and laughing together. Celebrate Christ’s presence in your lives through liturgy (often outside) and special prayer services. Take time for great outdoor activi-ties like paddle boat rides, beach volleyball, and hiking. You are never too young or too old to enjoy being family at Camp Guggenheim! Schedule: Session 1: August 17 - August 20, 2017 Session 2: August 24 - August 27, 2017 Session 3: October 6 - October 8, 2017 Register online at: www.rcdony.org/familylife.html
Family/Youth Ministry and Trinity Catholic School News
Please pray for the sick… Beatrice Arquiette, Maria Ba-Tran, Marion Bennet, Norma Brewer, Jean Bronchetti, Jazmin Brothers, Fr. John Bucki, SJ, Irene Castell, Ruby Castell, Frank Catanzarite, Jane Charles-ton, Francine Cicco, Donald Coughlin, Pauline Curran, Jodele LaRose Currier, Raymond Cyrus, Keith Daggett, Barney Des-haies, Cheryl Dishaw, Barbara Dougherty, Douglas Dumas, Phyllis Ferro, Michael Gaskins, Beverly Gratton, Margaret Ham-mill, Christian Harvey, Norm Hewlitt, Michaela Hunter, Wayne Kellogg, Margaret Kelly, Bruce Ladison, Gloria & Carina Lamendola, Rosemary LaPierre, John LaRue, Maurice (Mo) Ouimet, Theresa Lashuy, William LaVare, Cecile Legault, Bob Manning, Jeremy Mattison, Linsey McCarthy, Stephanie McKeel, Beverly Michaud, Janet Miller, Mark Monroe, Dorothy Morris, Karen Morrison, John O’Connor, Anthony O’Geen, Mar-garet Poirier, Kenneth Premo, Joe Puente, William Ken Richey, Mary Romeo, James Ryan, David & Marion Schneider, Kathy Joe Schnell, George Sherwood, Marie (Tyo) Taylor, MacKenzie Wagstaff, and those who need our prayers. *If you know of any-one who should be added or come off this list please call the par-ish office.*
Rest in Peace
Garth Euto
Help Needed with St. Mary’s & St. Joseph’s Bingo
There is a need for workers at Bingo, in the concession and on the floor. Bingo is a major source of income for the parish and we need volunteers to make it work efficiently. Please consider helping us by working once a month. Contact the Parish Office for more information.
Summer Office Hours Trinity's office hours for the month of July will be Tuesday-Thursday from 9:00 - 3:00. Regular hours will resume in August.
Baptized in Christ Cian Dean Noel Raia Joan Noel
Children of Shawn & Kourtnie
Daily Mass on Saturdays Starting in August
9:00 am at Sacred Heart
We are adding one regularly scheduled Mass to the week - a “weekday Mass” on Saturday morning (i.e., not the “anticipated Sunday Mass” that is offered on Saturday evening). Beginning in August 5th, a 9:00 am Mass will be offered at Sacred Heart Church and will remain in effect so long as we have three priests available in our parishes.
Massena’s Vacation Bible School Do good! Seek peace and go after it!
July 17-21, 2017 VBS 2017 - Heroes Central will begin Monday, July 17 (9-11:30AM) at the First United Methodist Church (across the street from Sacred Heart Church). There's still time to register online at https://massenacatholics.com. Children entering Kindergarten through grade 6 are invited to join in the fun. We are still accepting donations of plates, napkins, cups, hex nuts, aluminum pie plates, etc. They may be placed in the box in the back of the church. Thank you!
If you have been abused or victimized
by someone representing the Catholic
Church…
Please believe in the possibility for hope and help and healing. We encourage you to come forward and speak out. Eve-ry arch/diocese/eparchy in the United States now has a victim assistance coor-dinator who is available to obtain support for your needs, to help you make a formal complaint of abuse to the arch/diocese/eparchy, and to arrange a personal meeting with the bishop or his representative, if you desire. The victim assis-tance coordinator for your diocese is:
Terrianne Yanulavich, Ph.D, MA, MHT Adult & Youth Counseling Services
of Northern New York 413 Ryan Road
Churubusco, NY 12923 Email: [email protected]
Phone: 518-483-3261 Fax: 518-483-3383
For more information go to: www.rcdony.org/safeenv
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Massena/Louisville Parish News Diocesan & Other Parish News
Nursing Home Volunteers Needed
This ministry is for those called by compassion to be the presence
of Christ to the most vulnerable. Volunteers are needed to assist with
distributing communion at the nursing homes on Sundays. They are also
needed on Wednesdays at the St. Regis Nursing Home and Fridays at the
Highland Nursing Home to assist with Mass. Through the giving of the
Eucharist, attentive listening, sharing prayer, offering reassurance and
being present, ministers will bring the Body of Christ to those who can-
not join us physically in worship. If you can help out or would like more
information please contact Julia LaShomb at the parish office.
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
“…all of us are linked by unseen bonds and together form a universal family...” (Francis 62) We are all interconnected and children of God. If you pull on one thread, the whole web is af-fected. Humans need to change their way of thinking from anthrocentrism (human-centered) to ecocentrism (nature-centered). Being conscious and mindful of our consumerism be-haviors is one way to develop a more ecocentric mind. You can drive less and carpool more, waste less food and compost, and buy local and reduce your carbon footprint. All of these small changes add up. By being more connected with God and nature, we allow ourselves to see the bigger picture.
SPIRITUAL BOOK CLUB
The Massena Catholic Community Book Club meets once a month to discuss various works of fiction and non-fiction that have importance to the Catholic Church and relevance in our daily lives. Copies of the books are often available on Kindle through our parish's Formed.org subscription or through purchase with Amazon or available on our Kiosk in the back of the church. We meet the Third Thursday of the month, 7:00 pm at the parish offices. Please contact the parish office for more information.
BRINGING UP THE GIFTS AT MASS
You are encouraged to bring up the Offertory Gifts in remem-brance of your deceased relative, friend, or loved one when the Mass intention is for one of them. Since Ushers do not always know who in the family will be at the Mass, they would appreciate your letting them know you are present and willing to carry the gifts up.
Bazaar Meeting
There will be a Bazaar meeting held on Monday, July 17th, 6:30 PM, at the St. Mary’s rectory. Anyone interested in helping out this year is encouraged to attend.
SANCTUARY CANDLES? MEMORIAL FUND? The question has been asked, “what are the lectors talking
about when someone is mentioned before Mass, in reference to ‘Sanctuary Candles’ or ‘Memorial Fund’ donations?” Good question! The answer is simple - anyone may make an offering to help the par-ish purchase the sanctuary lamp, which continually burns near the tabernacle, in any of our Churches. Additionally, each parish has Endowment Funds which generate revenue for the parish (in the form of dividends, or “interest”). A “Memorial Fund” donation is a gift you can make in someone’s memory, and we will deposit those gifts to help build the Endowment Fund principal. That is to say, your gift made in this way will “continue giving,” because it will remain in the Endowment Fund earning interest for years to come. Each year we intend to offer Mass for those remembered and honored with Memo-rial Fund gifts. Feel free to call the office or to speak with Father Reilly about these opportunities for remembering friends and loved ones with memorial gifts in the parish.
Our Stewardship of Treasure Sunday, July 2, 2017
Sacred Heart/St. Lawrence St. Mary’s/St. Joseph’s
Total $ 10553.50 Total $ 9585.53 Sunday, July 9, 2017
Sacred Heart/St. Lawrence St. Mary’s/St. Joseph’s
Total $ 10837.00 Total $ 6611.00
Bereavement Support Meeting
Have you suffered a loss due to a miscarriage or death of a loved one due to an accident, suicide, long-term illness or unexpected illness? “Grief is not a process of forgetting. It is a process of learning to cope while we remember.” (Doug Manning in “Hope for the Bereaved”) If you are weighed down by a loss, join us, the Bereave-ment Support Team, at the Sacred Heart Convent meeting room on Tuesday, July 25th, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm.
Christmas in July Winners!
Congratulations to the following for winning our Christmas in July Raffle!
July 1 ($50) - Peggy Judware July 2 ($75) - Thelma Dufresne July 3 ($50) - Tom Geagan July 4 - ($100) - Mary Weegar July 5 - ($50) - Lisa Barry July 6 - ($50) - Anne Duncan July 7 - ($50) - Charlene Spieler
SUMMER RETREAT
Praying with the Psalms of Creation
Summer Retreat: “Praying with the Psalms of Creation” is being
held on August 11-13, 2017in Guggenheim Lodge, Saranac
Lake . Facilitators: Sister Bethany Fitzgerald, SSJ, Adult Faith
Educator, Paul Gibaldi, Adirondack Wilderness Guide
and photographer with Fr. Paul Kelly as celebrant of Liturgy on
Saturday. Suggested Offering: $145 (includes all meals Friday
evening through Sun. afternoon). Theme: Like the Psalmist who
prayed with the mystery and magnificence of God’s presence in
creation, retreatants are invited to discover anew the whispers of
God’s love in the midst of the Adirondack mountains. Like Jesus
who often revealed lessons for living from the natural
world, participants are invited ponder the mysteries of Creation
revealed in the season of summer. To register, call 315-212-
6592 or email [email protected] by August 9.
Free Community Meals
Fellowship Hall, First United Methodist Church 187 Main Street, Massena, NY 13662 Serving from 4:30pm until 6:00pm
Every Thursday of every month. Any questions, call 769-8036
The First Catholic Church in Massena St. Peter’s Church
Massena was recognized as a township in 1802, and when it’s name was put on the map people of many nation-alities came to settle here. There were a few Irish Catholic families who settled near Massena Center and Massena Point, where the Grasse River flows into the St. Lawrence River.
The nearest Catholic Church was in Hogansburg, a distance of 8 or 9 miles. Catholics walked to Hogansburg for Sunday Mass. As the Catholic population grew they decided it was time to build a church close by.
Captain Haskell was a rich man who donated land for a church building on what in now Center St. In 1838, un-der the direction of Father McNulty, St. Peter’s Church was built. It was 24 feet square and seated 20 families. It cost $120.00 and was completed and blessed by Father McNulty in 1840. After 6 years it became too small for the growing congregation and another 24 square feet was added. St. Pe-ter’s was served by a priest from Hogansburg.
The original church building was moved to another loca-tion when the bridge was replaced.
Mass Intentions Saturday, July 15, Vigil: Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00 (SH) - Mertis Perras (ann) by Yvonne Montpetit 6:00 (SL) - Lorraine Doud by Bruce Bombard Sunday, July 16, Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 (SJ) - Francine Pomainville by the Alfred Pomainville Family 9:30 (SH) - Ellie Seguin (ann) by Louie & Mark Seguin & Shari Tyo 11:00 (SM) - For the People of the Parish Monday, July 17, Weekday 12:05 (SH) - Fred Marsh by Carol Monica Tuesday, July 18, Weekday 8:15 (SM) - Rose Toth by the Case & Phillips Families Wednesday, July 19, Weekday 8:15 (SM) - Shirley Palmisano by Sacred Heart League 2:00 (SRNH) - Marie Anne St. Hilaire by Joseph LaForce & Family Thursday, July 20, Weekday 8:15 (SM) - Zigmon Dywan by his Children Friday, July 21, Weekday 12:05 (SH) - Renee Monpetit (ann) by Yvonne Montpetit 2:00 (HNH) - Chuck Reynolds by David & Mona Vroman Saturday, July 22, Vigil: Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00 (SH) - For the People of the Parish 6:00 (SL) - William Holloway Sr. By his Daughter, Patricia Badlam Sunday, July 23, Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 (SJ) - Alfred Pomainville by Alice Pomainville & Family 9:30 (SH) - The Callahan Family 11:00 (SM) - Lou Stoiber (ann) by Ada Stoiber 6:00 Radio Broadcast of 9:30 Mass Courtesy of WMSA
Calendar of Events Sunday, July 16 7:30 - 8:00 am - Confessions (SJC) Monday, July 17 9:00 –11:30 am - Vacation Bible School 6:30 pm - Bazaar Meeting (SMR) Tuesday, July 18 9:00 –11:30 am - Vacation Bible School Wednesday, July 19 9:00 –11:30 am - Vacation Bible School 7:00 pm - Bingo (K of C Hall) Thursday, July 20 9:00 - 10:00am - Adoration (SMC) 9:00 –11:30 am - Vacation Bible School 10:30 am - Comfort & Sorrow Meeting (SHR) 7:00 pm - Bingo (SMH) 7:00 pm - Spiritual Book Club (SHR) Friday, July 21 9:00 –11:30 am - Vacation Bible School Saturday, July 22 9:00-10:30 am - St. Vincent de Paul Food Distribution 2:45 - 3:15pm - Confessions (SHC) 5:15 - 5:45pm - Confessions (SLC) Sunday, July 23 7:30 - 8:00 am - Confessions (SJC)
St. Vincent de Paul Food Distribution July 22nd, 9:00 am-10:30 am
