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St. Patrick Parish 1 Cross St., Whitinsville,
MA 01588
September 30, 2018
The kids who helped over the summer volun-teered for 10 days painting the ceiling tiles,
hauling old tiles to the dumpster, vacuuming the tile grids, installing new tiles, and paint-ing. The also held the car wash to raise the funds and they helped serve at the Billy Joel
spaghetti dinner.
They are: Ryan Pohlman, Eva Pohlman, Sam Chrabaszcz, Elise Croteau, Bell
Croteau, Cora Gauthier, Joe Gauthier, Jacob Hashey , Lizzy Connolly, Ethan Connolly, Trevor Moorey, Asa Flannery, Michael
Wilkes, Robbie Pingeton, Justine Michaud, Emma Holtz, Ruby Holtz, Sophie Salatiello, John Mignault, Danielle Chrabaszcz,
ShyAnne Baillargeon, Jonathan Whittaker-Smith, Liam Simoneau, Matt Wildman, Grace Robinson, Skylar Chase, Nate Deiana, Christian
Verla, Stephanie Massey, Sam Billmyer, Hailey Billmyer, Emily Billmyer, Emma Paulhus, Jakob Pohlman, Drew Gauthier
GO INTO THE PARISH CENTER TO SEE THEIR BEAUTIFUL WORK!
September 30, 2018 Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Welcome Welcome Welcome
Weekend of September 29/30
Sat., 4:30 PM + Ann Frankel (12th Anniv.)
- by her Son & Family
Sun., 8:00 AM + Raymond & Geraldine Armstrong
- by Mary & John Armstrong
Sun., 10:00 AM + Jacob Johnson
- by the Mombourquette Family
Sun., 5:00 PM + Parishioners of St. Patrick Parish
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October 1-5
Monday + Dennis Armstrong
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Tuesday + Parishioners of St. Patrick Parish
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Wednesday + Rachel Bourdon
- by Doris & Mary Bouvier
Thursday - No Mass
Friday - No Mass
Weekend of October 6/7
Sat., 4:30 PM + Ruth Melia
- by Donald Menard & Family
Sun., 8:00 AM + Robert Alix
- by the Richardson Family
Sun., 10:00 AM + Paul D’Alfonso & Norman Violette
- by their Family
Sun., 5:00 PM + Joe Ferreira
- by his Wife, Mary
Members of the family requesting the Mass are asked to bring the gifts of bread and wine to the altar. Please make
yourselves known to the lector and sit near the gifts.
The Mass book is open for the months of October-December. If you would like to book a mass in memory of a loved one please call the
rectory at 508-234-5656.
SACRAMENT of RECONCILIATION: Confessions are offered every Saturday from 3:30 - 4:00 PM in the Church or by calling the Parish Office for an appointment.
MASS SCHEDULE: Saturday: 4:30 PM; Sunday 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 5:00 PM ; Monday-Wednesday 8:30 AM
St. PATRICK PARISH: ‘A Faith Community since 1870’ - Rectory Phone: 508-234-5656
Mrs. Jackie Trottier:
Operations Manager [email protected]
Mrs. Shelly Mombourquette:
Administrative Assistant [email protected]
Mr. Jack Jackson:
Cemetery Superintendent: [email protected]
Rev. Tomasz Borkowski:
Pastor [email protected]
Deacon Patrick Stewart: Deacon [email protected]
Deacon Chris Finan:
Deacon [email protected]
Parish Staff
Mr. Christopher Bilodeau:
Music Director Worship Leader for Sunday,5:00 PM Mass [email protected]
Mrs. Aileen Lemoine:
Pastoral Associate to Youth Ministry & Interim Coordinator of Children’s Ministries. [email protected]
Ms. Jeanne LeBlanc:
Staff Support [email protected]
Mrs. Mary Contino:
Wedding Coordinator [email protected]
Mrs. Marylin Arrigan:
Staff Support, Bulletin [email protected]
-Volunteer Support Staff -
For Minister Schedule e-mail:
September 30, 2018 Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Welcome Welcome Welcome
Find us on Facebook at St Patricks Parish Whitinsville
LIFE IN THE PARISH
Summer Office Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Rectory Phone: 508-234-5656 Rectory Fax: 508-234-6845 Religious Ed. Phone: 508-234-3511 Parish Website: www.mystpatricks.com
FAITH FORMATION
stpatsville @stpatricks20 st.patricksparish
St Patricks Parish Whitinsville Follow us on Social Media!
RCIA The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults teaches the history, traditions and Sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church. Non-Catholics or Catholic Adults seeking information about full initiation into the Catholic Church, through Baptism, Eucharist or Confirmation, should contact Deacon Chris Finan at (508) 234-5656.
Prayer Shawl Ministry As a parishioner of St. Patrick’s, you can request a Prayer Shawl for someone whom you feel needs comfort by calling or e-mailing Tina Pilibosian at
508-887-0497 or [email protected] or call Shelly or Jackie at the rectory at 508-234-5656
Music Ministry
Cantor Rehearsal: First and Third Tuesdays 7:00-8:30 PM Contemporary Music Ensemble Rehearsals: Second & Fourth Tuesday 7:00-9:00 PM
New Members are Always Welcome in any Music Ministry.
Are You New to St. Patrick Parish? Become a member by going to mystpatricks.com to register on-line. Do you have students to register for Religious Education? Go to the Reli-gious Education tab and register on-line, or by the office.
OUR LADY OF THE VALLEY REGIONAL SCHOOL
71 Mendon Street, Uxbridge, MA 01569 508-278-5851
www.ourladyofthevalleyregional.com
Sacrament of Matrimony: Couples should contact a Parish Priest as soon as they decide to marry and before any other arrangements are made. The Diocesan policy requires a minimum one-year period of preparation.
Sacrament of the Sick & Homebound Visits Please inform us when a family member is admitted to the hospital. Communion visits to the aged, sick, convalescing and homebound are a major concern to us. Please call the Rectory at 508-234-5656 to ar-range these ministerial visits.
Adoration Continues: Every Wednesday 3:00-7:00 PM in the Chapel
Do you have a 1/2 hour or hour to spend before the Blessed Sacrament? Stop in, and say a prayer. You will be glad you did.
Sacrament of Baptism: For information concerning our Parent and Godparent Preparation Program, please contact the Parish Office approximately three to six months before the child is born.
Sacrament of Reconciliation: Confessions are offered every Saturday from 3:30 - 4:00 PM in the Church or by calling the Parish Office for an appointment.
Weekly Prayer Group & Bible Study: Wednesday 7:00-8:00 PM in the Chapel
All Are Welcome!
The Chapel is available for families to use during Masses on the weekend. Mass is streamed in and there is plenty of room for our younger parishioners to roam around.
Upcoming Second Collections:
Sept. 30: Annual Catholic School Collection
Upcoming Meetings/Events:
Sept. 30: Faith Formation begins Pre-5, 9& 10 Grade 11 Prayer Partners, 8:45 AM Oct. 1: Faith Formation Classes Grades 6-8 Oct. 2: Cantor Rehearsal, 7 PM, Church Oct. 4: Blessing of the Pets Oct. 13: Irish Night at St. Patrick’s 5:30-8:00 PM
Upcoming Baptism:
Sept. 30: Ryan Richard Curtin, 11:30 AM, Church
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION SCHEDULE Pre school-Grade 1 Sunday 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Grades 2-5: Sun. 8:45 AM including attending the 10AM Mass
Children are to attend the 10:00 am Mass with their parents/guardians and take part in the Children’s Liturgy of the Word.
Grades 6, 7 & 8 Monday –6:45 PM - 8:00 PM High School: Sunday 5:00-7:30 PM Formal High School Classes will take place September-March at varied dates. Session begins with the 5:00 PM Mass followed by High School Programming in the center until 7:30 PM.
We have a 5:00 PM Mass Sunday evenings
Come and Try it.
September 30, 2018 Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Welcome Welcome Welcome Reflections:
We are starting TWO NEW EMAIL/CONTACT PROGRAMS SOON- “Ministry Scheduling Pro” and “Flock Notes.” If you have
not been receiving emails from St. Patrick’s or have changed your email address, please contact the office or Shelly so we
can update your information. Thank you!
Dear Friends,
With the end of September we are back into the swing of things here at St. Patrick’s. Summer time
was a busy time for us as well with preparing for the start of our Faith Formation programs and
many administrative projects that our staff was working on. All those things are done behind the
scenes and are often unnoticed but essential to our ministry here at St. Patrick’s. I would like to thank Deacon
Patrick and Deacon Chris, Shelly, Jackie, Jack, Aileen, Chris our music director, as well as our staff volunteers
Mary, Lisa, Carol, and Marylin for their amazing work and dedication to our parish.
The one new thing that we initiated this summer was our Mission Trip to Haiti. It was a great success and a life
changing experience for all who have participated. Big thanks to Kate Salmon Robinson for coordinating and
leading this effort. You will hear more about it in a near future.
Last weekend we also held our Family Fest Fall Festival. It was so good to see our community together having
so much fun. I would like to thank everyone who made it such a wonderful success under the leadership of
Deacon Patrick. More about it in the next week’s bulletin, including pictures.
This weekend we are also starting classes for our Faith Formation students. Please, keep our students, teachers,
and families in your prayers. The mission of our Faith Formation program is to “grow the next generation of
disciples who love God and one another.” This effort is an effort of the entire parish community as we all try
to support one another through prayer, teaching, and leading one another close to Christ. We do have
wonderful kids and young people in our parish who need our support and prayers.
Lastly, this weekend the diocese is holding an annual collection for Catholic Schools. As a parish, we are
blessed with being closely associated with Our Lady of the Valley Regional School in Uxbridge. This
weekend the students from the OLV school will be speaking and I wish to thank all the members of our parish
for the support you have shown to OLV.
May God continue to bless all of us here at St. Patrick’s,
Fr. Tomasz
Irish Night at St. Patrick’s
October 13th 5:30-8:00 PM in Parish Center
Irish Stew, Bread, Soda or Coffee and Dessert $15:00 in advance $20:00 day of
Traditional Irish Music preformed by our own Chris Bilodeau and Katrina Ireland Bilodeau as well as
Deacon Chris. There may even be an appearance of our Pastor.
Beer and Wine will be available at an additional cost.
Proceeds to benefit St. Patrick’s Youth Ministry
September 30, 2018 Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Welcome Welcome Welcome
Parish Giving:
Budgeted Average Weekly: $8,500.00
Actual w/e: 9/24/2018: $6,743.00
All Souls Day Memorial Service
If you have lost a loved one
during this past year and
would like them remembered
in our All Souls Day Memorial Service on
November 7th, please email Jackie at:
[email protected] or call the office
at: 508-234-5656
Knights of Columbus Mumford Council #365
If you are not a member of the Knights of Columbus and would like to join us,
please contact Grand Knight Robert Renaud at 508-278-3257.
Coming Up on Oct. 20th
at 8:30 AM:
Blackstone Valley Crop Walk to
support our local food pantry and
world hunger. See Carolyn Lavallee for
registering and donating. Watch for
more details.
Blessing of the Pets
October 4th, 5PM
Parishioners are invited
to bring their pets (or
pictures of pets) to grass area near
entrance to Parish center.
Holy Name Central Catholic Junior/Senior High School Open House – October 28th from 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Experience all that Holy Name has to offer including the new Joseph P. Burke Center for the Performing Arts and the brand new Joseph Tham Pham Life Sciences Biotech Learning Cen-ter (designed and implemented through our partnership with WPI) and much, much more!
A transformative Catholic school experience where all student know that they are: Loved at Home. Loved at School.
Loved by God www.holyname.net 508-753-6371 #faithinthefuture
Laudato Si : On Our Common Home
Last weekend, about 150 attended the Worces-ter Catholic Environmental Stewardship Confer-ence. Some of what we learned:
--Why Laudato Si might be considered as a social encyclical letter, since the cry of the earth goes hand in hand with the cry of the poor. - How Holy Cross is doing as they move toward their carbon neutral by 2040 goal, along with general considerations for all of us, such as: What to do? How important is it? How much are we willing to spend? and what are we willing to give up? - How Massachusetts is doing - preparations and responses, consid-erations for the most vulnerable places and the poorest of citizens. and more. A more detailed summary will be coming in another bulletin. Upcoming Opportunities: -Next session of Season of Creation in Art & Music wit Deacon Chris - Thursday Oct 4, 2018- St Francis Day - Climate Change Action at Elm Park at the corner of Highland and Park Ave, Worcester: Join religious and secular activists to call for Carbon Tax, Divestment from Fossil Fuels, and Personal Movement to a Carbon-Freed Lifestyle --for more information, contact Scott Schaeffer-Duffy at the Saints Francis and Therese Catholic Worker [email protected] -Saturday Oct 6 - 10 AM to 4 PM: Francis Day - at Agape Community, Hardwick MA (36th Anniversary)Confronting Systemic Racism: Voices for Racial Justicefor information: [email protected] tel 413-967-9369
NATURE RETREAT on October 6th
Inspired by Pope Francis’ Laudato Si, join us Saturday, Oct. 6th from 10:00 - 3:00 pm at Mt. Alvernia Convent (790 Cen-tre Street, Newton, MA 02158) as we celebrate the Season of Creation through a meditative listening to the voice of God in Creation. This retreat will include prayer, guided contempla-tive practices, walking outdoors in nature, and reflection on each of the four elements: earth, air, fire, and water. Spon-sored by the Global Catholic Climate Movement and Mission-ary Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception this re-treat is free (donations welcomed). Register online at bit.ly/oct6retreat or by emailing: [email protected] (Email Jennifer for further details.)
September 30, 2018 Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Welcome Welcome Welcome
Prayer for Those in the Service
Almighty God, we stand before you asking for your divine mercy and protection. Embrace with your invincible armor our loved ones in all branches of the service. Give them courage and strength against all enemies both spiritual and physical and hasten their safe journey back to their homes and families. Amen
Please remember the following service personnel in your Prayers as they serve and protect our country: Pvt. Tyler Finnigan, US Army, Ft. Devens, MA L.Cpl. Aaron Marshall, Okinawa, Eric Hoyt, Machinist 1st Class,
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. Army, L.Cpl. Troy Monteville, Stateside, Ensign Robert Baker, USCG Cutter Dependable, Capt. Jason Jordan, US Army, So. Korea,
Michael DeFazio Deployed, Nicole DeFazio Deployed USS Monterey CG61.
NAC Food Pantry (508-234-4599) pen Tues.10:00 AM - Noon & Thurs. 1-3 PM Please remember those that are less fortunate. The NAC Food Pantry helps local area families, and will accept any nonperishable food in date. If you would like to donate please drop items off in the boxes at the entrance of the Church or drop a donation in the basket marked for the NAC Food Pantry.
Yes we are still going strong, to date we have served over 30,000 meals since we began in February of 2014. We wish to thank all of you that have made monitory gifts as well as those that share their gifts of time and talent. It is through the dedication of our 9 teams our Bread Ministry and our Community Garden that we continue to serve our local community. We have given over 402 pounds of Organic Vegetables to our guests. As you can see Ray and his garden team have worked really hard again this year. Those we serve are grateful for all we do for them. As we start the fall we are looking for help to round out our teams. Please consider joining us as we serve. Maybe you have a group of friends that would like to get together once every 9 or 10 weeks. We would gladly add another team. Feel free to e-mail [email protected] or call at 508-234-5656.
Jube’s Family Restaurant First Thursday of the Month
Present this coupon for any meal on the first Thursday of every month and
Jube’s Family Restaurant will donate 10% of your check to the John 21 Community Breakfast.
Notre Dame Academy’s Open House for prospective students will be held on Sunday, October 21st from 2-4 PM. Students currently in grades 5-8 are encouraged to attend. Pre-registration is encouraged for the Open House . If you are interested in attending NDA’s Open House or spending an academic day at NDA, please contact their Office of Admissions at 508-757-6200, Ext. 229 or email [email protected]. NDA is the only Catholic private and independent college preparatory school for young girls in grades 7-12 in Central Massachusetts. Please visit their website www.nda-worc.org to learn more about the NDA experience.
Our Lady of the Valley Regional School
36th ANNUAL HOLIDAY FAIR
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17th // 9AM TO 3PM
75 MENDON STREET, UXBRIDGE, MA
BAKED GOODS • WREATHS SILENT AUCTIONS RAFFLES • FOOD & DRINK HANDMADE CRAFTS KID’S RAFFLES & CRAFTS
TAKE A PICTURE WITH... SANTA!!! (BRING
YOUR OWN CAMERA FOR A SNAPSHOT)
Looking for volunteers ready to cele-brate the Christmas season!
Anyone interested in joining the liturgy formation Christmas committee, please contact Ray Kane at 508-341-2240 or at [email protected].
