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The Catholic Community of Somerset and Swansea
St. Patrick + St. Louis de France + St. Thomas More
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
16 August 2020
The Catholic Community of Somerset & Swansea St. Patrick + St. Louis de France + St. Thomas More
Rev. David A. Costa, Pastor
Rev. Deacon Robert Craig, Parish Deacon Sister Kathleen Corrigan, S.U.S.C., Pastoral Assistant
Rev. Kenneth Sicard, O.P., Rev. Gabriel Pivarnik, O.P., Rev. James Quigley, O.P,Rev. James Butler
Weekend Assistants
Parish Office
386 Luther Avenue Somerset, Massachusetts 02726
Phone: (508) 673-7831 Fax: (508) 567– 5177
E-mail:[email protected]
Website: stmsomerset.org OR stlouisdefrance.net
Facebook: The Catholic Community of Somerset & Swansea
Office Hours
Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Faith Formation
Phone: (508) 679-1236 E-mail:
Parish Staff
Mrs. Wendy Thibault, Admin. Assistant Ms. Virginia Wade, Office Assistant
Faith Formation
Mr. Michael Fitzpatrick Mrs. Anne Cabral
Music Directors
Heidi Dion, E.J. Viveiros, Frank Wilhelm
Parish Facilities
Bill Mathieu, Tony Silvia, Eduardo Vieira
Mass Schedule
Due to the current Covid-19 restrictions,weekend Mass is celebrated only at
Saint Thomas More Church.
Saturday Vigil Mass 4:00 p.m.
Sunday Morning Masses 7:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m.
As we need an attendance count, weekly reserva-tions are required. To make a reservation either call:
(508) 673-3022 Wed-Fri, 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
- or - Reserve Online via our websites or our Facebook
page Wed-Fri
Daily Mass Monday-Thursday 8:00 a.m.
Sacrament of Reconciliation With the current Covid-19 restrictions, the Sacrament of Reconciliation (confessions) is celebrated only at Saint Thomas More Church.
Saturday afternoon 3:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 15/16
4:00 PM Mr & Mrs Antone Rodrick By Family Special Intention for Elizabeth Raymond By Family 7:00 AM The People of the Parish 9:00AM Beatrice Fontaine By Donna Sullivan Luis M. Ramos By Family Teofilo Ramos By Family Maria Reis Birthday Remembrance 11:00AM Lorraine Gagne By Paul Lavoie Monday, August 17, 2020 St. Joan of the Cross 8:00 AM Roger Depin 3rd Anniversary By Family Tuesday, August 18, 2020 St. Louis of Toulouse 8:00 AM Peter F. Boardman 33rd Anniversary Wednesday, August 19, 2020 St. John Eudes 8:00 AM Rosmarie McCurdy Birthday Remembrance Thursday, August 20, 2020 St. Bernard of Clairvaux 8:00 AM Frank McCurdy Dr. Hoo Chun
Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 22/23 4:00 PM Maria Helena De Sousa 40th Anniversary Margaret & Alan Bouchard By Family 7:00 AM The People of the Parish 9:00AM Lucille Souza By St. Patrick Women’s Guild Jose & Isabel Faria By Family 11:00AM Maureen Cadieux 1st Anniversary Jane, Bob and Tom Kelliher ____________________________________________ Please remember in your prayers, the following parish-ioners who have died this past week Marion Venafra Natalia Couto We also pray for comfort and consolation for their families.
Weekly Parish Offering
August 8 & 9, 2020
Saint Patrick Parish
Budget $ 1,614.00 Parish Assessment $ 77.00 Energy/Maintenance $ 285.00
Saint Louis de France
Budget $ 2,427.00 Monthly IME $ 645.00 Peter’s Pence $ 88.00
Saint Thomas More
Budget $ 2,455.00 Renovation Fund $ 410.00 Peter’s Pence $ 88.00 Donation for Flower $ 300.00 Many thanks for your continued support and generosity! For the ease of our parishioners, you may make donations to either of our parishes through our online giving portal found on our three parish websites.
Saint Patrick : stpatricksomerset.org Saint Louis de France : stlouisdefrance.net
Saint Thomas More : stmsomerset.org
Kindly take a moment to pray for the inten-tions, the welfare, the healing and salvation of... Sarah Cottrell, Elizabeth Raymond, Carole Ber-nardo, Luke Colaianni, Kenneth White, Eleanor Buckley, Luis Silva, Carol Evans, Mar-lene Finley, Arlene Silvia, Allison Bernier, Rev. James Butler, Margaret Leite Duddy, Bill Walker, Michelle Rezendes, Beth Mulligan, Edward Fer-nandes, Nancy Brule, Marcelo Lazaro, Nancy No-vacek, Robert Travers, Bill Cordeiro, Rita Smith, Bill Courville, Louise Gauthier, Diane Wurster, Robert Pontes Jr., Linda McHugh, Christopher (Corkey) Curtis, Peter Cardosi, Roland and Ei-leen Thibault, Edward Thibault, Beth Miranda, Michael Chellel, Celeste Silvia, Tim Wilding and Cheryl Thrasher.
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Scripture Insights
The promises of God are for everyone. That may seem obvious to many of us, but it was an in-sight the early Christians had to struggle with. Even during Jesus’ ministry, the disciples were not ready to believe that God’s Chosen One, the Messiah, had come to EVERYONE to invite them into God’s Kingdom. When a foreign woman reached out to Jesus for help, Jesus tested the bystanders by quoting a fa-miliar proverb: “It is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs.” But then when Jesus healed the woman’s daughter anyway, he not only surprised a lot of self-righteous people, he began something that would eventually blossom into a worldwide mission to the Gen-tiles. In the Church that Jesus founded, being a child of God is no longer dependent on being born into a particular group of people. It is available to everyone, as God said through the prophet Isaiah: “My house shall be called a house of prayer for ALL people.” Therefore, a major part of Jesus’ ministry was to break down the cultural barriers that divided people and encourage a new way of looking at people, especially those who were outcasts in that society. Jesus talked to foreigners, ate with tax collectors, forgave sinners, and even touched lepers! For him, holiness is not in the exterior things, but in the person’s heart, and the Kingdom of Heaven is open to all who will turn their hearts toward it. As Christians, followers of this same Jesus, we are really brothers and sisters by choice, not by chance. But this also means we have to resist the temptation to look at anyone as an “outsider.” _____________________________________________________________________________
The 2020 Catholic Appeal
Many thanks to all who have given to this year’s annual Catholic Appeal. Word is that the books for the 2020 Appeal will close early next week, so there is still time to get your donation to the Catholic Foundation Office of the Diocese. As of this past Tuesday, our parish totals were: Saint Patrick $20, 352. 167 donors Saint Louis de France $29, 701. 251 donors Saint Thomas More $26, 170. 182 donors An amazing $76, 223.00 from the good people of Somerset and Swansea has been donated. May God bless your generosity and concern!
The Catholic Foundation Office 420 Highland Avenue
Fall River, Massachusetts 02720
Sacrament of Confirmation
This week, two more groups of young people will celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation. Our prayerful best wishes are extended to these young men and women as they celebrate the Sacra-ment and begin to live their full initiation in our Catholic Faith.
Saturday, August 15
Maggie Corcoran, Laney Martin, Kayden O’Connell, Bridgette Per-ry, Claire Romano, Mia Russ, Abby Shea, Jake Silveira, Robert Soa-res, Ava Rose Souza, Drew Souza, Ava Tavares, Spencer Tavares, Benjamin Taylor, Cole Travers, Jayden Travers, Aiden Valcourt, Jason Vasconcellos, Michael Vasconcellos.
Wednesday, August 19
Nicole Ledwidge, Cody Neto, Caroline Puccini, Sophia Puccini, Jack Schoonover, Sophia Schoonover
_____________________________________________________________________________
Covid 19 Precautions
We are most grateful to all who have been so patient and cooperative with the guidelines and re-strictions currently in place dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic. As of this writing, there has been no communication from the Bishop’s Office regarding increasing capacity or lifting any of the guidelines that are now in place. And so, we ask that you please continue to help us all by fol-lowing these rules: + Face masks must be worn in the church building at all times. + Practice social distancing as we enter, during the Communion procession, and as we exit the church. + Holy Communion must be received in the hand. Please wear your mask as you receive, step aside after you receive, pull down your mask, and consume the Host. + “Reservations” for weekend Masses must be made for safe capacity and tracing measures. You may do this by calling the parish office, Wednesday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at this number: 508-673-3022. You may also sign-up online by visiting our parish webpages or our Facebook page.
Your help and cooperation are very much appreciated!
Venerable Michael J. McGivney Looking for a saint in these Covid-19 troubled times? Look no further than Venerable Fr. Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, and a New England native, born in Connecticut in 1852, and who served as a parish priest in the Archdiocese of Hartford. McGivney is to be beatified this Fall in Hart-ford. The coronavirus pandemic has turned our lives upside down and taken away some securities upon which our society was based. In these difficult times, many are looking for help to make sense of it all. The time-honored Catholic tradition of invoking men and women of proven holiness to intercede with God for us offers one path toward peace and a deeper faith in God. With that in mind, perhaps Venerable Father Michael McGivney is a good option. The American priest died from pneumonia in 1890 during what some in the sci-entific community now say was likely a coronavirus pandemic. Some 1 million people died in that outbreak. Pope Francis recently recognized a miracle attributed to Fr. McGivney, clearing the way for his beatification. Fr. McGivney founded the Knights of Columbus, a fraternal service organization of Catholic laymen. In an interview with Vatican News, Supreme Knight Carl Anderson said the recognition of the miracle comes at a propitious time for the Church. Fr. McGivney “suffered and died like so many Americans and other peo-ple around the world,” he said. “So, when we say now ‘Fr. McGivney, pray for us’, we are going to have somebody who has been there and been through this suffering. I think his prayers will be very personal.” Mr. Anderson said Fr. McGivney’s upcoming beatification “confirms what we thought about his saintly life and his inspiration for millions of men for more than a century.” From humble beginnings in 1882 in a parish in New Haven, Connecticut, the Knights of Columbus now count over 16,000 councils in countries through-out the world. Knights from the United States, the Philippines, Mexico, Canada, France, Poland, Ukraine, and Korea can look to their organization’s founder with confidence in his saintly example. “Almost every day we have a deepening of our understanding of what it means to live a life of unity and fraternity, and we added the principle of patriotism, which was important to Fr. McGivney,” said Mr. Anderson. Citing Pope Francis’ frequent call for a more “fraternal” society, the Supreme Knight said the soon-to-be Blessed had a similar approach to charity. “It’s not just about writing a bigger check or putting a few more dollars or euro in the collection plate,” he said. “It’s about looking at your neighbor as a brother or a sister, and when they are in difficulty, to help them out.” Throughout history, great religious orders have arisen to meet a need within the Church. “What about the Catholic layman?” wondered Mr. Anderson. “What about the man who can’t take a vow of poverty because he is married, has a family, and has to work in the world and support his family?” Fr. Michael McGivney, he said, offers the Catholic layman a fraternal community where he “can meet other men who consider them-selves to be brothers, who will help each other, who are concerned for each other, and can also have a certain spiritual life together.” Supreme Knight Carl Anderson said this is the key to the success of the Knights of Columbus.
Article written by Devin Watkins Published by the Vatican News Service: Copyright 2017-2020 Dicasterium pro Communicatione – All
rights reserved.
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