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MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday Vigil 4:30 PM
Sunday 7:30 & 10:30 AM
Monday-Wednesday 8:00 AM
Pastor:
Rev. Edward J. Hanlon [email protected]
Religious Education:
Carole LeBlanc [email protected]
Director of Music:
Patricia Saviet
Parish Secretary:
Celeste Allain [email protected]
Parish office hours: 8:30am-2:00pm M-F
89 Main Street
South Grafton, MA 01560
SACRAMENT OF PENANCE
Saturday 4:00 PM
Call rectory for appointment
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
Baptism is celebrated on the Third Sunday of the month at
12:00 PM. Call the rectory to make arrangements.
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE
Couples planning for marriage should contact the rectory
one year prior to the wedding date.
CARE FOR THE SICK
Please contact the rectory if you know of anyone who is
hospitalized or confined to home because of age or illness.
WELCOME NEW PARISHIONERS
Please introduce yourselves after Mass. We want to know
and serve you. We hope you become active members of
our parish community.
We are a Stewardship Parish
TIME ◆ TALENT ◆ TREASURE
508 839-5354 • FAX 508 839-5430 • Religious Education Office 508 839-6800 • Web: stjamesgrafton.com
Saint James Parish
SAINT JAMES CHURCH SOUTH GRAFTON
Saturday, August 24
4:30 PM Dominic Vinh Vu by Tina Ponce
Kayleigh Elin Patricia Rockwood by Al Lapan
Sunday, August 25
7:30 AM Parishioners of Saint James
10:30 AM 25th Anniversary, Georgette M. Agin
By Phyllis Agin
Monday, August 26
NO MASS
Tuesday, August 27
NO MASS
Wednesday, August 28
NO MASS
Next Saturday, August 31
4:30 PM John Nhan La by the Pham family
Charles P. Mercik by Chuck Mercik
Next Sunday, September 1
7:30 AM Fletcher & Lillian Olson
By Skip Michniewicz
10:30 AM Helen Ratkiewicz
By Bertha Ratkiewicz McMahon
August 17 & 18 $4,547.00
Higher Utilities $97.00
Church in Central/Eastern Europe $89.00
Holy Day $474.00
THANK YOU!
WELCOME
TO THE PARISH FAMILY
OF SAINT JAMES
Elsie Rae Weiner
Samuel James Newbury
GOAL: $40,000.
GIFTS/PLEDGES $27,135.
BALANCE FOR GOAL $12,865.
ALTAR SERVERS NEEDED!
We are in need of altar servers for the 4:30 and 7:30
masses. Those who previously served have graduated and
are no longer on the schedule. Please help if you can.
SAINT JAMES HARVEST FAIR
NEEDS YOUR HELP!!!
SILENT AUCTION: The Silent Auction table is
now accepting donations--any new items or crafts that can
be bid on, monetary donations or gift certificates may be
sent or brought directly to the rectory.
BUY-A-BASKET needs all kinds of items to go with
their basket themes. Tags are now at both church
entrances and if you could buy one or two things from
the list, it would be greatly appreciated. Boxes are
located in the main vestibule for your donations.
CRAFT TABLE is looking for any type of craft you’d
like to donate. Some ideas are holiday decorations and
ornaments, knitted and crocheted items, household
decorations, or anything else you “craft”. Please put your
name and suggested selling price on your donated items.
WHITE ELEPHANT TABLE We are now
accepting items for the White Elephant Table. No clothes or
shoes, no exercise equipment, computers or TV’s, please.
Small furniture items are okay. Please bring your items to
the garage. Thank you!
STEWARDSHIP NOTE FOR THE
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time “For behold, some are last who will be first and some are
first who will be last.” (Luke 13:30) Our standards in
society are different from God’s standards. We often rank
people by what they have, how powerful they are, or how
successful they are. Jesus reminds us that God will not
judge us by the same earthly standards. When God asks
you, “what have you done with the gifts I have given you?”
How will you respond?
THE TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME AUGUST 25, 2019
MUSTARD SEED Our parish will be serving the monthly
meal at the Mustard Seed this Monday,
August 26th. Parishioners who would
like to help serve the meal are asked to
meet at the rectory at 5 PM. Those who
were contacted for baked goods are
asked to drop them off at the parish
center by Monday before 5:00. Thanks!
CONFIRMATION NEWS
The Confirmation Retreat will be held on Saturday,
Sept 7, at St James Church. Check in will be at 10:15, we
will start at 10:30 and will end with Mass at 4:30. Mass is
part of the retreat and you are expected to attend. Please
bring a lunch and if parent could provide snacks/drinks for
the day that would be greatly appreciated.
Help Needed! If anyone is interested in helping out with our Religious
Ed program, we need help on Monday afternoons and
evenings. Please email Carole LeBlanc at
[email protected] if you have a few hours a week to
share with our young parishioners. Thank you in advance!
1st & 2nd Grade Religious Education
We have extremely low registration in grades 1 and 2.
With that said, Fr Hanlon has agreed that we can’t hold
classes that small because we need a steady number to
ensure that the teachers are never alone with only 1 student
which is not allowed by the Diocese. We have sent out
registration forms to EVERY family. We will hold a
1st Eucharist Celebration in May for those students who
would like to receive at St James.
This was not an easy call by any means, but we simply
don’t have any other choice. Please know that classes will
be offered for you at St Mary Parish; 0those who have
registered will be notified of class.
If you still need to register your 1st or 2nd grader, please
contact Carole or mail in the registration form that was
mailed to you.
PARISH POSITION
AVAILABLE
IMMEDIATELY With the recent retirement of Mike
Trilligan, Saint James Parish is in need
of a part-time custodian. The position
would require approximately 15 hours
weekly. Duties would include, but are not limited to:
weekly cleaning of main church and lower classrooms,
trash and recycling, cleaning of parish center; main floor,
bathrooms and lower classrooms, set-up for special
activities in the hall, mowing, edging and trimming of
properties, and routine and emergency maintenance/repairs.
Please contact Father Hanlon or Celeste in the parish office
for further information. Thank you!
Father John Henault will be returning to his mission in
Haiti this coming Wednesday and we want to send him
with all our good wishes and prayers.
During his stay with us, a special collection was taken
up and he wished to share the results with us.
CASH: $1,196.00
CHECKS: $16,545.00
TOTAL: $17,741.00
Part of this total was a generous matching donation from
the Benedict Council Knights of Columbus for $2,000.00
which was initiated by Andy Kjellberg. Thank you, Andy!
Father Henault intends to use $10,000. to fund his solar
projects. He will also be able to fund 4 mobile clinics at
$1,800. each for a total of $7,200. Lastly, with the
remaining money he can purchase medicines to supplement
what he receives from the World Health Organizations.
Each patient (there are 26 patients with leprosy at this time)
requires $20 USD/monthly for treatment, so this will help
many of them. Again, Fr. John extends his thanks to all.
CHANGE IN MASS SCHEDULE
FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 25TH
Fr. Hanlon will be away and the 8:00 am weekday
masses will not be celebrated this week.
Here are some possible nearby alternatives:
St. Mary, North Grafton
Mon.-Thurs. at 8:00 AM
Assumption Church, Millbury
Mon. and Thurs. at 9:00 AM
Tues. and Wed. at 7:00 AM
St. Patrick, Whitinsville
Mon.-Wed. at 8:30 AM
St. Peter, Northbridge Mon.-Thurs. at 8:00 AM
St. Gabriel, Upton Mon.-Fri. at 8:30 AM