PARISH STAFF:

Administrator: Reverend Joseph D. Santos, Jr.

African Cath. Com. Chaplain: Rev. Lazarus Onuh

Parish Trustees: Mr. Mark Berardo and Mrs. Nkolika Onye

Religious Education Directress: Miss Tabitha Aldrich

Music Ministry:

Gospel Choir Coordinator: Ms. Joyce Braboy

African Choir Coordinator: Mr. Ignatius Ahamiojie

Schola Cantorum Coordinator: Mrs. Jennifer Galipeau

Parish Office:

Receptionist: Mrs. Anne Marcaccio

Bulletin Secretary: Mrs. Joanna Fernandez

Financial Admin.: Mrs. Christine Daneault

Bookkeeper: Ms. Brandy O’Donnell

Building & Grounds: Mr. Stephen Garrepy

Holy Hour: All Sundays of Lent Stations of the Cross with

Benediction. All Sundays of May Marian Devotions with

Benediction. For other celebrations please see the timetable inside

the bulletin. Holy Hour is at 5:00 PM.

Saint Vincent de Paul: Please call for assistance: 305-0165

Bulletin Deadline: Sunday at noon.

WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE:

Saturday Vigil: 4:00 PM

Sunday Masses: 7:30 AM (Latin Extraordinary Form)

9:00 AM

11:00 AM (Sung Latin Extraordinary Form)

12:30 PM (African Catholic Community)

Daily Mass: Monday - Friday 7:30 AM

Saturday 8:00 AM (Latin)

Sacrament of Baptism: Please call the Rectory for scheduling and Pre-Baptismal Preparation.

Sacrament of Penance: Wednesday evenings 4:30 to 5:30 PM. Saturday afternoon 3:00-3:45 P.M, last Sunday of the month from 10:00—11:00 AM or by appointment.

Sacrament of the Sick: Please notify us of all parishioners in the hospital, or needing Anointing of the Sick.

Sacrament of Marriage: Please contact the rectory at least 6 months in advance.

Holy Orders: Any man inter ested in Pr iesthood or the Diaconate may speak to Fr. Santos or contact the seminary (401)831-8001 or check their web site: www.catholicpriest.com).

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Every Wednesday in the Lady Chapel: Exposition at 8:00 AM (after Mass), confessions from 4:30 to 5:15 PM, Benediction and Reposition at 5:15 PM 1st Friday nocturnal Adoration begins with Mass and Exposition at 8:00 PM and concludes Saturday morning at 8:00 AM with Benediction and Mass.

Intercessory Prayer Network: Mrs. Rosemary Gomes 401-861-0620 or email to rnr518@yahoo.com.

RECTORY: 99 Camp Street, Providence RI 02906 phone: (401) 272-4515 fax: (401) 272-4616 e-mail: theholyname@cox.net website: http://holynameprovidence.org

Jesus said: “I came into this world for

judgment, so that those who do not

see might see, and those who do see

might become blind.”

HOLY NAME OF JESUS CHURCH PROVIDENCE, RI

FORTH SUNDAY OF LENT

Saturday, March 21st

8:00AM Tri-City Refrigeration (Int. of), req. by A. Jensen 4:00 PM Mary M. Cummings (28th Anniv.), req. by Mary Ellen & Mary Kate Danby

Sunday, March 22nd 7:30 AM Lee Lewis (Mem.), req. by Joanne Richmond 9:00 AM 2nd B’Day Ints Zay’La Fernandez r eq. by CJ , Justice, Mom and Nana 11:00AM Marie Kunlo (Mem.), req. by L. Yaurus 12:30PM Int. of Meghan Hackett & Fam. req. A. Caughron

Mon., March 23rd—St. Turibius of Mogrovejo 7:30 AM Holy Name Parishioners

Tues., March 24th—St. Oscar Romero 7:30 AM For the health of John Pasqual III

Wed., March 25th—Annunciation of the Lord 7:30 AM Antonio Cesario Lopes (Mem) req. by his wife

Thurs., March 26th 7:30 AM For the health of Susan Marine

Friday, March 27th 7:30 AM For the health of Gloria Pasqual

Saturday, March 28th 8:00AM For relief from the Corona19 virus and all illnesses 4:00 PM Felix Maria (3 month Mem) req by his daughter Tatiana Freitas

Sunday, March 29th 7:30 AM For all living and deceased priests of the Fraternity of St. Peter req. By Joann Richmond 9:00 AM Theresa Christi (2nd Anniv. Mem) req. by the family 11:00AM For all the sick of the Parish 12:30PM For all families of the Parish

Wednesday Eucharistic Adoration Adoration begins with Mass at 7:30 AM,

Divine Mercy Chaplet prayed at 3:00 PM. Confessions heard 4:30 until 5:15 PM

Benediction of the Blessed Sac. at 5:15PM. Adorers needed from 8-9 AM and 1-5 PM.

Check with Joanna Fernandez at 401-331-6353

March is dedicated to St. Joseph

If you would like one of the Shrines of the Our Lady of Fatima at your home call Joanna also.

Parish Center: Our Dream I am glad to see that there is already some discus-sion going on—even among the Catechism children! - about our future parish hall. Please remember that we already have in writing from the Fiscal Office of the Diocese the necessary permission to move ahead with this. The esti-mates for the asbestos abatement are in and the project is to be drawn up this week. Some donors are coming forward of their own accord to see how they can participate in the pro-ject. Other basic and necessary estimates will be obtained for the project. Those who met some time ago will be called for a meeting next week. I am convinced that the creation of this hall will aid us greatly in parish growth and the stabilization of existing members. I do not know if now is the right time—I believe that it is the necessary time. Please direct any questions concerning the plans to Fr. Joseph.

Ways to help Holy Name: Don’t forget we have “On Line Giving” through the Par-ish website! Amazon Smile—Make Holy Name your charity with Amazon Smile and it costs you nothing! Contribute towards a specific project in the Church or Rectory: Parish Center Altar Floor in the Church Future repair of the Church Organ Future repair of the Stained Glass Windows

Lenten Confessions 2020 The scheduled Lenten Confessions at the vari-ous Parishes have been postponed until fur-ther notice. Anyone wishing to go to Con-fession during the Corona19 shut-down should please call the Rectory.

“The man called

Jesus made clay and

anointed my eyes

and told me:

‘Go to Siloam and

wash.’ So I went

there and washed and

was able to see.”

Christopher John Forit, Army Matthew Belcastro, USMC Justin Thomson, USN (Nuc. Div.) Darren Glaser, USN Kathleen Myile Baker, USAF Elijah Reynolds, Army Justin Freeman, Navy Lt. Ulysses Zamora, USN M. Sgt. William Lemieux,USMC Lt. Richard Coillot, USN Patrick J. Ruisi, R.I. Nat. G Maj. Sharon Harmon, Army Alex Brant, Army Billy Pollard, Army 2ndLieut.Daniel Atkinson, USAF Alec Coggins, USMC Dylan Sullivan, USMC SpS Andrew Hewitt, USN Sean Bedingfield, Army Ty Lewis, Army Jack Collins, Army Res. Michael Donahue, USMC Michael Gonsalves, Army Peter Janotta, USN Major Pettaway USMC 1st Lt. Jeffrey S. Lopardo, Army Israel Hector, USAF Ben Powers, Army Josh Parker, USMC Jeremy Darrahan, Army Jason Darrahan, Army Peter Blanchette Aaron Stone, USMC Brooklyn Alves, Army

To add or remove names call the rectory (401)272-4515

FORTH SUNDAY OF LENT MARCH 22, 2020 Calendar

March Sunday the 22nd - Sunday the 29th Saturday the 4th: Youth Lenten Retreat 10:30 AM – 2:30 PM

Sunday the 5th - Palm Sunday, Beginning of Holy Week

Wednesday the 8th - Spy Wednesday Thursday the 9th - Holy Thursday Friday the 10th - Good Friday

Saturday the 11th - Holy Saturday, Church decorating

for Easter starts at 11:00 AM: All Youth Groups get Community Service(??????)

Sunday the 12th - Easter Sunday - Easter Egg hunt for

all the children at 10:30 AM (between the 9:00 AM and the 11:00 AM) and after the 12:30 PM Mass.

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Today is the forth Sunday of Lent. In the Gospel today, the disciples inquire of the Saviour asking on whose account this

man was born blind… was it because the man himself sinned or because his parents sinned? The Savior responds saying: “Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made mani-

fest in him. I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” The Savior was then moved to compassion towards the man and, as we hear in the Gospel, he made clay from the dirt of the ground and anointed the blind man’s eyes saying to him: “…Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” After the man returned from washing in the pool, he recovered his sight, much to the amazement of all who knew him.

The Gospel then recounts how this man, blind from birth, was questioned by the Pharisees concerning the recovery of his sight. The Pharisees said: “How were thine eyes opened?” The blind man recounted the details of his healing to the Pharisees who sought to convince the man who had recovered his sight that Jesus was a sinner saying: “Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.” The man formerly blind answers very wisely saying: “Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.” The man continues saying: “Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a wor-shipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.”

The Gospel concludes with the man being cast out by the Pharisees only to be found by Jesus who says to him: “…Dost thou believe on the Son of God? He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.” Thus, the Gospel concludes not only with the man blind from birth receiving his physical sight, but also receiving his spiritual sight as well, as evidenced by his saying, “Lord, I believe.” In many ways, the account of this Gospel resembles that of the other blind man healed in the Gospel known as the Blind Man on the road to Bartimeus who attracted the Lord’s attention by calling out continually as the Lord passed by saying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.” As we know from the Gospel, those who stood around this man attempted to quiet him down but he called out all the more saying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.” Jesus, again being moved to compassion, ap-proached the blind man and asked him: “What wilt thou that I should do unto thee?” The blind man answered: “Lord, that I may receive my sight.”

In reality, all men are born blind, like the man in today’s Gospel, though this “blindness” is a spiritual blindness rather than a physical one. Each of us finds himself unable to see clearly as a result of the fall of our first parents Adam and Eve… the Fall resulted in a distortion in the powers of man resulting in our spiritual will being made subject to our minds and bodies. In this way, today’s Gospel truly relates to each of us, regardless of the quality of our vision… This is very well expressed in the troparion for the Sunday of the Blind Man in which we hear the following: “Blinded in the eyes of my soul, I draw nigh unto Thee, O Christ, like the man blind from his birth, and in repentance I cry to Thee: Thou art the exceeding radiant Light of those in darkness.”

Before Holy Illumination in Baptism, each of us was in darkness, unable to see our passions, unable to appreciate the extent of our falleness. In the Holy Mysteries of the Church, however, we have all been granted the gift of spiritual sight. Just as in the ex-ample from today’s Gospel, where the Savior used clay to heal the eyes of the man blind from birth, the Savior has ordained the use of apparently ordinary material things to accomplish our healing within the Church: the waters of baptism, the sacred oil in Chrismation and, of course, the Bread and Wine that are transformed into the Sacred Body and Blood of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ. We must ask ourselves, though… is it enough to simply receive this healing? Is it enough to receive our sight from the Savior and then resume our passionate lives? Is it sufficient to be baptized, to become Orthodox and then continue to live as we lived before we were joined to the Holy Church?

No, we must truly bring forth the firstfruits of repentance to our Savior, lest the second fall be greater than the first as the Savior describes elsewhere in the Gospel. We must learn the lesson from the other blind man on the road to Bartimeus and continually call out to our Savior from the depths of our souls saying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me! Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” If we do this, and continually wash ourselves from our sins in Holy Confession, the Savior will continually bestow his grace upon us, he will grant us the gift of His Most Holy Spirit and our spiritual blindness will be healed. Amen.

Holy Land Collection

I beg you to support the Pontifical Good Friday Collec-tion, for the aid of Christians in the Holy Land. Your support helps the Church min-ister in Parishes, pro-

vide Catholic Schools and offer Religious Education. The collection also helps to maintain the Sacred Shrines. The wars, unrest and instability have been especially hard on the Christians. In these times of crisis, this collec-tion provides humanitarian aid to refugees. By contributing you become an instrument of peace and join with Catholics around the world in solidarity with the Church in the Holy Land. For more information please visit: www.myfranciscan.org/good-Friday

Worldwide Marriage Encounter "I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and be-lieves in me will never die." Do you believe that Jesus is the Lord of your marriage? Bring God into your marriage by attending a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. The next Weekends are Apr 18-19, 2020 in BREWSTER, MA and Jun 6-7, 2020 in Medway, MA. For more information, call Stephen & Michelle O'Leary at 800-710-9963 or visit them at https://wwmema.org/.

Corona Virus ALERT; Due to the Coro-

navirus outbreak, Lifespan is implementing temporary visitation guidelines for clergy and visitors. The hospitals of concern are Rhode Is-land, Hasbro, Miriam, and Newport Hospitals.

A community priest can visit a patient who is near “End of Life” only. In order to do so, the priest will be asked to give the name of the patient he is visiting along with being screened by the nurse. Nurses will be stationed at all entrances of the hospital from 5:00am to 8:00pm. Once cleared, you will receive a sticker to gain entrance into the hospital. Upon arrival on the floor, a confirma-tion will need to be made that the patient is end of life with the medical and/or nursing personnel assigned to the patient.

Keep in mind that there is a priest on duty at RI Hos-pital 24/7 to cover for end of life emergencies. If there is a need, you can page the priest through the Call Center at 401-444-5108. All Extraordinary Eucharistic Minister Programs have been temporally suspended. Sincerely yours in Christ, Coordinator - Pastoral Care for Healthcare Facilities

Budget off. last weekend was $1,583.00

Thank you for your dedication to the parish.

Collection totals for the Month of February 2020

This Months Fiscal Collection Year to Date July—Feb. Budget Goal $13,536 $115,056 Coll. Received 10,130 99,724 Over (Under) Goal (3,406) (15,332)

Readings for the Week of March 22, 2020

Sun: 1Sm 16:1, 6-7, 10-13/Ps 23:1-6/Eph 5:8-14/Jn 9:1-41 Mon: Is 65:17-21/Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13/Jn 4:43-54 Tues: Ezl 47:1-9, 12/Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9/Jn 5:1-3, 5-16 Wed: Is 7:10-14/Ps 40:7-11/Hb 10:4-10/Lk 1:26-38 Thurs: Ex 32:7-14/Ps 106:19-23/Jn 5:31-47 Fri: Wis 2:1, 12-22/Ps 34:17-21, 23/Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 Sat: Jr 11:18-20/Ps 7:2-3, 9-12/Jn 7:40-53 N’t Sun:Ezl 37:12-14/Ps 130:1-8/Rn 8:8-11/Jn 11:1-45

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Catechism Reminders!!! No Catechism or Confirmation classes until further notice. It is strongly recommended that those in catechism make good use of their time by watching at least one Catholic Religious movie each week. Please make use of the parish FORMED sub-scription. All movies, shows and lectures are free.

Amazon Tribal Leader Decries Liberation Theology, Pan-Amazon Synod

Speaking at the October5th 2019 “Amazon: the Stakes” conference in Rome hosted by the Plinio Correa de Oliveira Institute, Jonas Marcolino Macuxi, chief of the Macuxi tribe in Brazil, stated that “I see liberation Theology as a doctrine that does not liberate people from sin, from steal-ing, from lying, but liberating them from technology and other things that can promote their lives and take them away from barbarism.” Marcolino, who was illiterate for the first eight-een years of his life before becoming a lawyer and mathemati-cian, revealed that missionary workers teaching liberation the-ology have “dismantled” the work of the first missionaries and in their place, “preached conflict” and prevented development in the region. As a result, indigenous people who participated in the Pachamama adoration ceremony in the Vatican Gardens a day earlier were “completely dominated by liberation theol-ogy people who wanted to take advantage of them.” - More than 100 distinguished Catholic clergy and lay scholars from across the world have signed a petition to pro-test "Pope Francis' sacrilegious acts" at last month's Amazon Synod. The declaration condemns the "sacrilegious and su-perstitious acts" of the "successor of St. Peter in connection with the recent Amazon Synod held in Rome." "With immense sorrow and deep love for the Chair of Peter, we beg Almighty God to spare the guilty members of His Church on earth the punishment that they deserve for these terrible sins," the signatories declare. "We respectfully ask Pope Francis to repent publicly and unambiguously of these objectively grave sins and of all the public offences that he has committed against God and the true religion, and to make reparation for these offences," they continue.