MASS SCHEDULE

Weekdays:

Monday - Friday: 7am

Saturday: 9 am

Sunday

Saturday, 5pm

Sunday, 10am

The Sunday 10am Mass is

celebrated with people in

attendance, as well as on

Facebook.

Confessions Saturday at 4pm or by

appointment

Parish Office Hours Monday—Thursday: 9am-1pm

Friday: Closed

Parish Contact Information P: (401)751-0196

F: (401)273-2753

Web: stsebastianri.org

How could we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land? If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand be forgotten!

Psalm 137:4-5

March 14, 2021

Weekly Bulletin

Fourth Sunday of Lent

The Church of Saint Sebastian 67 Cole Ave., Providence, RI 02906

(401)751-0196 stsebastianri.org

PARISH DIRECTORY and INFORMATION

Directory

Reverend Father Jordan Kelly, O.P.

Pastor

401-500-2462

pastor@stsebastianri.org

Robert Short

Pastoral Associate for Formation and

Evangelization

(401)751-0196 ext. 14

ssricgs@gmail.com

Michael Sullivan

Maintenance

Megan Morrow

Cantor

Kathy Harrington

Parish Accountant

finance@stsebastianri@org

Susanna Carlino

Financial Administrator

Michael White

Worship Editor

Sarah M. Heaton

Bulletin and Graphic Design Editor

Parish Trustees

Charles Rogers

Catherine Taylor

Parish Finance Council

James Daly

Ann Carnevale

Elisa Vele-Tabaddor

Douglas Nani

Parish Council

Sarah Garcia-Mata

Mary Hill

Jamie Hill

Janice Opalenski

Toni Dumville

Parish Auditors

Ellen Boyle

Jennifer Pizzuti

WELCOME to the CHURCH of SAINT SEBASTIAN

To Worship; To Serve; To Learn

Inspired by the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and filled with love for our brothers and sisters,

The people of Saint Sebastian gather regularly,

To Worship God, the source and end of our lives through prayerful beauty;

To Serve our brothers and sisters, especially the poor and the marginalized,

To learn by Prayer, Faith Formation, and Evangelization we strive to become disciples who proclaim

Faith, Hope, and Love. 20 January 2021

Parish Registration

Registration is the official way we join a parish community, please stop in the

Parish Office or register online to become a registered parishioner. To be considered

an active registered member of the parish, members are asked to give of their time,

talent and treasure.

Sacrament of Baptism

Congratulations on the birth of your child! Once you have called the rectory to plan

for the baptism of your child, Fr. Jordan will contact you to set up a special

appointment for Preparation classes.

Sacrament of Matrimony

Congratulations on your engagement and decision to enter into a Catholic marriage! Saint Sebastian Parish will help you in your preparation to ensure that

you make this serious and sacred step in your life a holy and happy one.

The day and time of your wedding must be arranged in person by the prospective

bride and groom themselves as soon as they feel called to marry. No arrangement can be made by phone or parents. All arrangements should be made nine months

prior to the wedding date and done prior to scheduling the reception.

The first meeting with the Pastor may be scheduled by calling the Parish Office at

(401) 751-0196. Spiritual preparation is a key part of this special time. Frequent participation in the sacraments during this time is important, particularly weekly

Mass attendance. It is also strongly recommended that you bring yourselves to the

Sacrament of Reconciliation during this time of preparation. Religious Education

By their word and their example, parents are the first and principal teachers of their

children concerning our Catholic Faith. To learn about how Saint Sebastian assists parents in their vocation please contact Mr. Bob Short at ssricgs@gmail.com

Patricia Recupero

Karin Schrott

Gerry Codola

Catherine Denning

Robert Lough

From F R . J O R DA N , O P. MY DEAR ONES,

May the Grace of Our Lord remain always with us!

Have you ever wondered how Operation Rice Bowl

began? This is a very interesting sketch of it’s

beginning.

RICE BOWL MAKES FAMILY TABLE AN ‘ALTAR’ OF

SERVICE, SAYS FOUNDER

From its earliest days, the outreach was an

ecumenical one, born of hearing “tremendous

reports of suffering from Africa, especially sub-

Saharan Africa” during the early 1970s, said Msgr.

Coll.

“It wasn’t just a question of hunger,” he said. “It

was a question of starving to death.”

The horrors of the recent Vietnam War had also left

parishioners “wanting to do something, rather than

bomb something,” he added. “It was a moment in

time, divinely inspired.”

In response, Msgr. Coll organized a meeting with

area faith leaders and presented his Rice Bowl idea,

which quickly took root.

“We had the whole city of Allentown involved,

about 13 Protestant churches and one Jewish

congregation, and then about 10 Catholic parishes,”

he said.

Word spread beyond the Allentown Diocese, which

had been partitioned from the Philadelphia

Archdiocese only a decade prior in 1961, thereby

incardinating Msgr. Coll – a graduate of St. Cyril of

Alexandria School in Lansdowne – into the new

territory. He soon received an inquiry from then

Msgr. (and later Cardinal) John P. Foley, editor of

the Catholic Standard and Times (the print

predecessor of CatholicPhilly.com).

“While our little group was designing this project in

the basement of the world, the Archdiocese of

Philadelphia was planning its Eucharistic

Congress,” said Msgr. Coll. “So Jack called me and

said, ‘What’s going on?’”

Msgr. Foley was prompted by more than his award-

winning journalistic sense: he was also a member of

the board of governors for the 1976 congress, and

the theme for international gathering (the 41st of its

kind) was “The Eucharist and the Hungers of the

Human Family.”

With the blessing of Pope Paul VI, the congress

sought to examine both physical and spiritual

hungers – and Msgr. Foley believed the Rice Bowl

initiative “would dovetail perfectly” with such an

undertaking, said Msgr. Coll.

Meetings with Philadelphia Cardinal John Krol and

CRS soon followed, and by 1976, at least 118 U.S.

dioceses had raised more than $5.1 million thanks to

Msgr. Coll’s basic concept.

The little bowl also took Msgr. Coll to some of the

very places his outreach had been launched to help.

Through his new work with CRS, he traveled to

Ethiopia, Yemen, Lebanon and Poland, while

meeting St. Teresa of Calcutta and bringing relief

supplies to several of her Beirut-based Missionaries

of Charity sisters, whom he found sheltering “in a

bombed-out building” during Lebanon’s long-

running civil war.

Ministering firsthand to victims of hunger and

violence only confirmed what had been in his heart

from Rice Bowl’s beginnings, he said.

In fact, the name “Operation Rice Bowl” was itself

chosen in part for its abbreviation as “O.R.B.,”

evoking the Latin word orb, or “world,” said Msgr.

Coll, noting that caring for others is central to the

Gospel message.

“You do not find love — but love first, and then you

will find love,” he said. “That’s one of the themes of

Rice Bowl. Who is thy brother?”

Please pray for me as I do for you!

O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who

have recourse to Thee!

In the Lord,

Article by Gina Christian

on February 16, 2021 in the

Catholic Philly.

MASS Intentions

Masses are celebrated as follows:

Monday – Friday: 7am; Saturday: 9am

Confessions: 4pm

Sunday Vigil Mass: 5pm

Sunday Mass: 10am

The Sunday 10am Mass via the

Parish Facebook Page

The Church is open daily from 6:30am – 5:30pm

Come, rest, and pray!

SATURDAY, MARCH 13 – 9am in Church

Lenten Weekday

9am: + Edward Dukehart

The Fourth Sunday of Lent

4pm: Confessions

5pm: Anticipated Mass of the Fourth Sunday of Lent

+Monsignor Arthur Valenzano

Pro Populo

SUNDAY, MARCH 14 – 10am in Church

The Third Sunday of Lent

+ Angela Margiotta

MONDAY, MARCH 15 – 7am in Church

Lenten Weekday

+ George F. Johnson, Jr. - bequest

TUESDAY, MARCH 16– 7am in Church

Lenten Weekday

For the Intentions of those preparing for marriage

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17 – 7am in Church

Commemoration of Saint Patrick/Lenten Weekday

+ Very Reverend Urban W. Voll, O.P.

THURSDAY, MARCH 18 – 7am in Church

Commemoration of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop

and Doctor of the Church/Lenten Weekday

+Faye Baxley – Maxwell

The Solemnity of Saint Joseph begins at 5pm

7 – 8pm: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament,

Rosary, and Benediction

FRIDAY, MARCH 19– 7am in Church

The Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed

Virgin Mary

For the needs of and in thanksgiving for the blessings

received through Saint Joseph upon the Dominican

Province of Saint Joseph

6pm: Solemn Mass in Honor of Saint Joseph

Reservations are necessary for this Mass.

In thanksgiving for the blessings received through

the intercession of Saint Joseph

Fr. Jordan Kelly, O.P., celebrant

Reverend Monsignor Carlo F. Montecalvo,

homilist

7pm: Saint Joseph Table Celebration “Under the

Stars”

SATURDAY, MARCH 20 – 9am in Church

Lenten Weekday

9am: For the families of those preparing for First

Penance, First Communion, and Confirmation

The Fifth Sunday of Lent

4pm: Confessions

5pm: Anticipated Mass of the Fifth Sunday of Lent

+Thomas Fitzgerald

Pro Populo

SUNDAY, MARCH 21 – 10am in Church

The Fifth Sunday of Lent

For the Intentions of Kathleen Anne Kelly on her birthday

PARISH Prayer Requests

If you would like someone included in the Prayers for

the Sick, please call the office at 401.751.0196.

LET US PRAY FOR ALL WHO ARE ILL:

Marilyn Ardente, Amy Kluesner and her baby,

Lynette Kelly, all with Breast Cancer, all those who

are dying because of the Virus; Judy Keeley, Dr.

Vincent A. Armenio, Sisters Mary Paul and Mary

Gemma, Kathy McGinty – Radocaj, Michael Cooke,

Ken Glidden, and all those for whom we have

promised to pray: let us pray to the Lord.

LET US PRAY FOR OUR BELOVED DEAD:

Katherine Hill, all the deceased members of our

parish and families; those who have no one to pray

for them; all COVID victims : let us pray to the Lord.

GRATEFUL FOR GOD’S PROVIDENCE: SHARING

THE VISION, MEETING THE CHALLENGE

You might ask, “Why should I contribute to Grateful

for God’s Providence: Sharing the Vision, Meeting

the Challenge?” The answer: Your gift assures the

presence of our Parish for years to come, and the

financial well being of Saint Sebastian’s.

CATHOLIC CHARITIES APPEAL

Technically in its “silent phase”, the Catholic

Charities Appeal 2021 is well under way. I know that

you have received letters from me and also the

Bishop. Thank you for your generosity.

See our Parish Facebook Page for Fr. Jordan’s

reflections on Pope Francis’ Apostolic Letter about

Saint Joseph: With a Father’s Heart.

A FAMILY PRAYER FOR SAINT JOSEPH

Consider saying this prayer each evening before

saying Grace before Meals.

Hail, Guardian of the Redeemer,

Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

To you God entrusted His only Son;

In you Mary placed her trust;

With you Christ became man.

Blessed Joseph, to us too,

Show yourself a father

And guide us in the path of life!

Obtain for us grace, mercy and courage,

And defend us from every evil. Amen

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