HOLY REDEEMER CHURCH

PASTOR Father John M. Sullivan

DEACON

Joseph F. Mador

DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION and ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Mrs. Beth Norcross

BUSINESS MANAGER Howard F. Whelden

RECTORY

57 Highland Avenue Chatham, MA 02633

PARISH OFFICE HOURS

Tuesday - Thursday 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM (By appointment at other times)

(508) 945-0677 - FAX (508) 945-3186 www.holyredeemerchatham.org

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY

Help Line: 508-237-7983

The Church is accessible to the Handicapped. The ELEVATOR is to the left of the Main Entrance.

MASS SCHEDULE Saturday: 4:00 PM

Sunday: 8:00, 10:00 AM

WEEKDAY MASSES Monday - Friday at 8:00 AM

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP NOVENA

Monday following Daily Mass

SACRAMENT OF CONFESSION Saturday: 3:00 - 3:45 PM

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM On Sunday by appointment.

Please call the Rectory to obtain more information.

SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Couples are asked to contact

Father Sullivan at least 12 months prior to the date of their wedding. Couples should speak with Father Sullivan to make sure that the Church

is available before scheduling the date and place for the reception.

HOLY COMMUNION AT HOME Please notify the Rectory of any parishioner who is unable to attend

Mass due to illness, handicap or age. Eucharistic Ministers are available to bring Holy Communion.

NEW PARISHIONERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME

Please see Father Sullivan after Mass to Register with the Parish.

“Living in faith, growing in faith, sharing in faith”

Volunteers who loaded trucks with the items collected for St. Joseph’s House last week. Back row: Joe Mador, Martin and Susan Buoniconti, Marylou Macaluso, Monica Wieting, Jean Zilliox. Front row: Jim Dimarzio, Mary Ann Mason. Missing from picture: Ralph Silvester, Ann Mador.

TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME AUGUST 22, 2021

No Matter who you are No Matter what you do

No Matter where you come from No matter where you are going

No matter how good or how bad things may seem Please know that you are always welcome

at Holy Redeemer

Prayers: Please pray for those who are sick: Christina Boyle, James Nelson, Leila Porter, Marley Marie Smith, Fred Magnusson, Vera Russo, Sawyer Craig, Jack Gerard, Joyce Gallup, Joseph Filardi, Madeline Keogh, Oscar Sprague, William Harahan, Krissy Labbate, Thomas Chestaw, Leonard Gratton, Pam Weiler, Heather Duarte, Helen Duarte, Agnes Chrysogelos, Jean Canavan, Martin Lieber, John & Mary Lynch, Leona Olfano, Maritess Seymour, Kathy Timmins, Don Preskenis, Jean Carley. Please pray for our beloved deceased: Paul Prugno, Rosemary Gaisford, Daniel Marini, Michael Beauchamp.

Our Parish Vision Through a culture of excellence in worship, we are a Christ centered welcoming parish dedicated to life-long faith formation, evangelization, social works of justice and community outreach that strengthen the Catholic Church on the Lower Cape. Through gifts of time, talent and treasure we embrace all people as brothers and sisters.

This Weekend

Saturday 4:00PM Len Japowicz Sunday 8:00AM Mary Hadley 10:00AM In Honor of Leke and Prene Berisha’s 50th Wedding Anniversary

Our Lady of Grace Saturday 4:30PM Adele McLaughlin 7:30AM Alice Auld 9:30AM Rosemary Gaisford

This Week Monday Mario Pascucci Tuesday Edward and Ethel Johnston Wednesday Special Intention Thursday Andrew Morey Friday George Lavoie

Next Week Saturday 4:00PM Ted Vreeland Sunday 8:00AM Officer Eric Talley 10:00AM Kristi E. Mancini

Our Lady of Grace Saturday 4:30PM Paul Prugno 7:30AM Daniel Marini 9:30AM Henry Welch

Tabernacle Lamp: At Holy Redeemer in memory of Daniel Marini. At Our Lady of Grace in memory of Michael Beauchamp.

Living Stewardship Now .Spend no time fault-finding or criticizing other members of the parish. Pray for them and write notes of gratitude for what they do that is good. Copyright © 2010, World Library Publications. All rights reserved.

BC Alumni Club Golf Tournament for St. John Paul II High School The Boston College Alumni Club of Cape Cod will hold its Annual Golf Tournament on Friday, September 10, 2021, at the Kings Way Golf Course in Yarmouthport. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the St. John Paul II High School Scholarship Fund. All golfers are invited to participate. Nongolfers are encouraged to participate by sponsoring a hole. For more information, contact Bob Connor by email at bcclubcapecod@gmail.com

Thank You from Food For the Poor Last weekend Fr. William Sokolowski, representing Food for the Poor, visited Holy Redeemer on behalf of Food for the Poor. Food for the Poor is the largest lay Catholic organization working to help alleviate poverty in Central America and the Caribbean. Fr. Sokolowski would like to thank parishioners for their welcome. He appreciated your thoughtfulness and support for the work of that organization. Our western hemisphere has so many people who face the unrelenting grip of poverty. Our support for the self-help projects conducted by Food for the Poor and other charitable organizations can lift them out of poverty and help them live better lives.

Holy Redeemer Women’s Club Attention all women of Holy Redeemer Parish! Our annual membership drive will be going on the weekend of August 28th and 29th. Applications will be in the back of church. Come and be a part of the fun!!

Knights of Columbus Fr. Michael J. McGivney, our Founder, was Beatified October 31, 2020. Be a part of this new chapter and his legacy by becoming a Knight of Columbus today!

Knights of Columbus Council 7312 is conducting a membership drive. For more information please contact Craig Gabri at cgabri@comcast.net.

AUGUST 22, 2021

From the Pastor Paying it Forward I had a wonderful experience a week ago Friday. I was coming out of the Chatham Village Market. As you might remember, Fr. Sokolowski was my guest last weekend, and I went in to pick up a few items before he came to visit. I was checking out at one register when I heard a slight commotion at the one behind me. It didn’t seem serious. I exited the store and walked across the parking lot to my car. I was settling into the driver’s seat, getting ready to start my car, when a man knocked on the passenger’s side window. I thought it might be a parishioner or someone I knew wanting to say hello. He motioned for me not to drive away as he came around the front of my car. I didn’t recognize the man. He was slender, probably in his seventies, dressed in work clothes with a Chatham Fish and Lobster Company cap on his head. It was evident he wanted to speak to me, so I rolled down the window. He came to the side of the car and said, “Did you witness what went on in there?” Maybe it was his choice of the word “witness,” but I became a little alarmed. I didn’t feel I was party to anything unpleasant. I told the man, no, I didn’t feel I had seen anything out of place. He said, “Well, a young man came to one of the registers with a few items. The clerk rang them up, and when the young guy reached into his back pocket to get his wallet, his face blanched. He told the cashier his wallet was gone. He thought he might have dropped it in the parking lot. Would she wait as he went out to see? At that moment, the woman behind him in the line pushed her credit card into the reader and told him not to worry the purchase was on her.” He said the young man was dumbfounded and thanked her profusely. I quipped to the man, “So, there is a God!” As he walked back in front of my car, his face wore a beaming smile. It was nice to see how happy he was to have witnessed such an act of kindness. It had given obvious pleasure to the man’s day. The woman’s gesture of kindness not only impacted the object of her thoughtfulness, but it had an impact on all those who witnessed it. My day was more pleasant too! I felt gratified that the man was anxious to share the incident with me. I don’t know if he saw I was a priest and thought the story might be something I could use in a homily, spiritual talk, or bulletin article, but I was very impressed he took the time to tell me about it. Like the generous woman, he took the opportunity to pay it forward too. He shared his joy with a total stranger. Goodness has a beautiful ripple effect. When we pass it on, it makes our world a more pleasant place. During the pandemic, we have heard so many stories of incidents of people being unpleasant and hurtful. This summer, some service businesses have reported increasing rude and hostile behavior coming from customers and patrons. It is nice to note an instance of kindness and thoughtfulness. We have to remember the vast majority of people try to be helpful and considerate. As we enter these final weeks of our tourist season, take every opportunity to pay it forward with kindness.

Annual Collection In Full Swing During August and September, Holy Redeemer Parish conducts our Annual Collection. The Annual Collection offers parishioners an opportunity to make an extra donation to help with the works of the parish. Besides our weekly budget collection, it is our parish’s only special fundraiser. As we begin to emerge from the COVID pandemic, the parish needs to respond to our community’s spiritual and material needs. Thanks to the support of parishioners and careful spending, our 2020-2021 Fiscal Year deficit was less than $20,000. We hope a successful Annual Collection will completely erase that shortfall and put the parish on a sound financial footing for the coming year. Registered parishioners received an Annual Collection mailing at the beginning of the month. Extra pledge cards are available in the pews for those who did not receive one. The goal for this year’s Annual Collection is $62,000. Please prayerfully consider the amount of your donation to this year’s Annual Collection. Let’s all help Holy Redeemer Church respond to God’s call to help His Kingdom grow here in Chatham. As of Tuesday, 74 parish households have donated $36,812.50 to the collection.