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CHARLTON, MA 10 H. Putnam Ext. P.O. Box 338 Charlton City, MA 01508 Pastor Reverend Bob Grattaroti Associate Pastor Reverend Charles Omolo Permanent Deacons Bill Shea Steve Miller Sacrament of Reconciliation by appointment. Sacrament of Baptism Baptismal preparation is required. Preparation sessions are cancelled until further notice. Sacrament of Marriage Arrangements for a wedding begin a year prior to the date. Call Parish Office at 508-248-7862 for arrangements. Eucharistic Adoration Perpetual Adoration takes place from the second story window to the right of the portico until further notice. Rosary Suspended for the time being. Parish Office: 508-248-7862 Fax: 508-248-5832 Email: [email protected] Website: stjosephscharlton.com Divine Mercy Sunday CURRENT MASS SCHEDULE Saturday 4:30 pm Sunday 10:00 am Tuesday & Thursday 8:30 am 14 JUNE 2020
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CHARLTON, MA10 H. Putnam Ext.
P.O. Box 338 Charlton City, MA 01508
Pastor Reverend Bob Grattaroti
Associate Pastor Reverend Charles Omolo
Permanent Deacons Bill Shea
Steve Miller
Sacrament of Reconciliation by appointment.
Sacrament of Baptism Baptismal preparation is required. Preparation sessions are cancelled
until further notice.
Sacrament of Marriage Arrangements for a wedding begin a year prior to the date.
Call Parish Office at 508-248-7862 for arrangements.
Eucharistic Adoration Perpetual Adoration takes place from the second story window to
the right of the portico until further notice.
Rosary Suspended for the time being.
Parish Office: 508-248-7862 Fax: 508-248-5832
Email: [email protected] Website: stjosephscharlton.com
Divine Mercy Sunday
CURRENT MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday 4:30 pm Sunday 10:00 am
Tuesday & Thursday 8:30 am
14 JUNE 2020
NOTICE: OUR OFFICES REMAIN CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC.
PLEASE NOTE: WHILE ON THE
PARISH PROPERTY AND
OUTSIDE OF YOUR VEHICLE, A
MASK MUST BE WORN.
Saturday, June 13
4:30 pm Lorraine Bedard by Ed & Marge Jalbert
Sunday, June 14
10:00 am Donald and Rosemarie Gregoire by Linda Devine
Tuesday, June 9
8:30 am Roger Goudreau by his daughter Christine
Thursday, June 11
8:30 am Joseph Yvon Proulx by his Wife & Daughter
Saturday, June 20
4:30 pm Elaine McShane by Mr. & Mrs. Michael O’Leary
Sunday, June 21
10:00 am Roland Courtemanche by the Family
Rest in Peace CONNIE SYMCZAK. May she rest in the
arms of the Lord and may her family find comfort in their faith.
St. Joseph Council 11379 Charlton
Officers For the 2020 – 2021
Chaplain: Rev. Robert A. Grattaroti Grand Knight: Dennis C. Lataille
Deputy Grand Knight: Carl G. Kasierski Chancellor: Deepthi Arthanayake
Recorder: Open Treasurer: Robert W. Thompson Jr
Advocate: William Beaudry Warden: Ernest H. Lavalle Inside Guard: Will Bond
Outside Guard: Brian E. Amedy One Year Trustee: Edward Ciesluk Jr Two Year Trustee: Kyle C. Haggerty
Three Year Trustee: Allan R. Turmelle Appointed Officers
Financial Secretary: Edward T. Covill Lecturer: Mark F. Kackley
Saturday, June 20th at the 4:30 pm Mass
the Sacraments of Initiation (Baptism and
Confirmation) will be celebrated for those
adults who join us in our faith through
RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults).
Congratulations to our teens who are
receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation
this Thursday, June 18th. Due to the
pandemic, this year the Bishop has
granted Pastors the authority to
celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation.
Please keep them in your prayers.
continues outside at the Church 24/7 for the foreseeable future.
The Monstrance is visible in the 2nd floor window to the right of the front doors. You are able to
park and pray from your vehicle.
Also, join us for the Divine Mercy Chaplet in song. Meet in front of the Blessed Sacrament….sit in your vehicle, crack the window and sing along. Weather
permitting. Schedule is as follows; Mondays 3:00 pm, Tuesdays 7:00 pm, Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at
7:00 am and Fridays at 3:00 pm.
APOLOGIES for the glitch last weekend when the 89.5 fm
radio station was not working for the first half of the Mass. It
has been corrected. Our deepest thanks to our marvelous technician Kyle Sullivan
and his son, Noah for the many hours they have put in and for their expertise in
making all of the transmissions available. Please note the east end gallery upstairs is now the media center and will not longer be able to accommodate folks for any over flow. Video and sound equipment is there for transmitting our liturgies. Thank you.
2nd ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
RESCHEDULED due to Covid to Saturday September 12th
7:30 am Shot Gun Start
Heritage Country Club
for worship inside the church:
• Church capacity is limited to 275 parishioners. Once that number is exceeded you can return to your vehicle and listen on 89.5FM.
• A mask/face covering, must be worn at all times. • Keep a 6’ social distance from others at all
times unless members of the same family. • Sit only in pews marked as open. • Adhere to all Off Limit/Restricted Areas. • Limit your use of the rest room if possible.
Formed.org and sign by using only your email address. It’s a free subscription from St. Joseph
Church. Code is asked is Code 7526f6
Although the Eucharist appears to be simple bread and wine, it is actually the "source and summit" of the
Christian life. The Mystery of the Eucharist explores the truth and beauty of Christ's real presence in the
Eucharist, from its origins in Sacred Scripture, to its profound role in the life of the Church and her members.
It is the crescendo of the entire story of salvation.
CONGRATULATIONS! The film Joseph,
produced, directed and acted by our
parishioners has won first place for Best Short
Film at the International Christian Film and
Music Festival which is affiliated with the
Cannes Film Festival. See the complete list of
winners at www.internationalcff.org
June 22-29-We focus on the importance of preserving the
essential right of religious freedom, both now and in the
future, for Catholics and all people of faith. Information can be found at
www.worcesterdiocese.org/religiousfreedomweek.
REFUND OFFERED for any who paid cash
($12.00) for the cancelled April performance of the
Living Art of Christ. Checks have been returned to those who paid by check. Please call the parish
office at 508-248-7862. This offer is good until June 30th.
Unclaimed refunds will go into the church fund.
Mary Martha Guild 20 Week Raffle
Week 16 & 17 will be reported next week.
Our next book club selection is: The Love That Keeps Us Sane:
Living the Little Way of St. Therese of Lisieux by Marc Foley, O.C.D. The discussion will take place Thursday June 25th at 7:00 pm.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
SCHOLARSHIP HAVE BEEN
AWARDED: the Stephen McKenna
scholarships is awarded to Matthew
R. Labonte, a senior at St. Peter-
Marian HS who will attend Assumption University in
the fall. Recipient of the Father Bob Grattaroti
scholarship is Elizabeth R. Stone a senior at Shepherd
Hill HS who will attend Worcester State University
this fall. Our best wishes to them both. Our thanks to
the Knights of Columbus for making these available.
CORPUS CHRISTI-the Feast of the Body and Blood of the Lord celebrates the reality of the presence of the Lord Jesus in the Eucharist. Jesus makes the promise to give us the Eucharist as recorded in the
Gospel of St. John, chapter 6. He tells us that He is the Bread of Life and that this bread is really his body given for us. In the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke we read of how this will happen, when he takes
bread and wine at the Last Supper and gives it to His disciples to eat and drink. And in the Gospel of Luke, we read of the celebration of this awesome mystery of love as he takes bread and blesses it and
gives it to the disciples on the road to Emmaus. It is at this moment that they recognize Him. Over a thousand years of our history as a church we have shared in the Eucharist on a
regular basis. The gospels like the Father’s of the Church give clear evidence of the Lord's physical presence in the bread and wine.
We have been deprived of the blessing to receive Communion these past several months due to Covid-19 and the restrictions given to us to limit the size of gatherings. This weekend as we celebrate the
solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ it is an appropriate time to renew our reverence in all of our gestures as we receive Communion. We assemble in a procession to approach the altar and bow our
heads in reverence as we come up to receive the Lord. Historically the procedure for Holy Communion was to receive it in the hand by making "your left hand a throne for the right one, which is to receive the King.
With your hand hollowed out receive the Body of Christ and answer Amen." -St. Cyril in 348 AD. Then consume it and return to your seat. St, John of Damascus observed: "Making the figure of the cross with
our hands, we receive the Body of Christ crucified" and risen. And then it is immediately consumed. Because of this pandemic the church encourages us to receive in the hand as a more sanitary method.
Reception on the tongue was a much later custom, arising, some say, because of some abuses in the late Middle Ages. While it is still permitted, it is not as sanitary. Instructions have been given that when
a priest, deacon or Communion Minister does give Communion on the tongue they are to stop, if the tongue has been touched or the hands of the minister have been breathed on, to sanitize their hands. It
is important to note that we are temples of God and our entire body is sacred, hands as well as tongue. At the renewal fostered as a result of the Second Vatican Council, the church restored the custom that was in use for over a thousand years to receive once again the Lord in the hand. In terms of reverence, it is
an interior disposition and one method cannot be said to be better or "holier" than another. We must also recall that we become living
tabernacles as we receive the Lord and as we return to our place in the church we may sit or kneel in reverence.
May we renew our gratitude to the Lord for this astounding gift of His love, in giving us Himself in His own Body and Blood so that we may become like Him. As the Sequence prayer for today Mass says:: "Lo the
angel's food is given to the pilgrim who has striven; see the children's bread from heaven, which on dogs may not be spent."
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PARISH OFFERINGS for the weekend of June 7th were $15,019.00 and $1,192.00 for the Building Fund. We salute our people who are so charitably responding
with remarkable generosity to the needs of the Parish.
A note from Fr. Donato; Thank you for your recent note in the bulletin supporting Partners in Charity and your reminder to your
parishioners that this assists in funding my office. As you know, the Office for Vocations provides resources to young men and women who are pondering whether God might be calling them to follow Him as a priest or a
sister. Men who answer God's call and enter the seminary to see if God is truly calling them to be a
priest are in formation full time and cannot hold a job at the same time, so the Church must assist with the
basic living expenses. They aren't poor, but it is quite simple. Please thank your parishioners for their generosity in helping form the next generation of priests, and send my greetings to everyone. The
people of the parish remain in my daily prayers. I love you all and miss you.
Our NEW ORGAN is expected to arrive in late summer. The Allen Organ Company was asked to stop
their organ manufacturing and construct ventilators instead. We recently learned that they will resume
manufacturing organs. The current organ is on loan from the company. We are so grateful to our
electrician Rick Banach and his son, Michael who so generously provided their time and talents to install the needed wiring. Thank you and God Bless. you.
Let us stay in touch with you through texts and/or emails. Text the word CHARLTON to 84576 or visit app.flocknote.com/stjosephscharlton
Scripture readings for the week of June 14
S. Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a/Ps 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20 [12]/1 Cor 10:16-17/Jn 6:51-58 M: 1 Kgs 21:1-16/Ps 5:2-3ab, 4b-6a, 6b-7 [2b]/Mt 5:38-42 T: 1 Kgs 21:17-29/Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 11 and 16 [cf. 3a]/Mt 5:43-48 W: 2 Kgs 2:1, 6-14/Ps 31:20, 21, 24 [25]/Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Th: Sir 48:1-14/Ps 97:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7/Mt 6:7-15 F: Dt 7:6-11/Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 10 [cf. 17]/1 Jn 4:7-16/Mt 11:25-30 S: 2 Chr 24:17-25/Ps 1 Sm 2:1, 4-5, 6-7, 8abcd [cf. 1]/Lk 2:41-51 Next Sunday: Jer 20:10-13/Ps 69:8-10, 14, 17, 33-35/Rom 5:12-15/Mt 10:26-33
WELCOME to
St. Joseph Parish, we are glad you are here. If you are new to the Parish please
contact Sr. Agnes at 508-248-7862
to register.
Thank you so much for your gifts to Partners in Charity. We are so grateful to all who have shared to date. So far
we have received 143 gifts and pledges totaling $50,385.00 towards
our goal of $77,500.00 If you have not made a gift yet, please consider doing so as your means allow. Last year we received 246 gifts. Again last year we were
not experiencing a pandemic, and circumstances may have changed. We ask that if you can, please do you
best. Thank you and God Bless!
PRAYER BEFORE MASS: O God, who
in this wonderful Sacrament have left us a
memorial of your Passion, grant us, we
pray, so to revere the sacred mysteries of
your Body and Blood that we may always
experience in ourselves the fruits of your
redemption. Who live and
reign with God the Father
in the unity of the Holy
Spirit, on God, for ever and
ever. –AMEN
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Allworth Realty 508-434-5871
Aucoin-Ryan Realty (Brenda Ryan) 508-765-9155
Bair Insurance Agency (Edward Bair) 508-248-4204
Bellanger-Bullard Funeral Home 508-764-3968
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Coonan Insurance Agency (P) 508-987-7122
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Daniel T. Morrill Funeral Home 508-764-7922
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RPM Heating & Air 508-248-4474
Sansoucy Funeral Home 508-764-2567
Senior Link America 877-801-7772
(P) denotes St. Joseph Parishioners
FOOD PANTRY
2nd & 4th Wednesdays 9:00-11:00 am.
Food donations are gladly accepted.
508-248-7862
NEXT STEP BEREAVEMENT For parents who have lost a child. 4th Tuesday of the month, Medical
Office Bldg. Harrington Hosp. Rm 4. Sue Brunell 508-344-1564.
HOMELESS SHELTER ST. LUKE’S stlukesguesthouse.wordpress.com
MARY MARTHA GUILD Dedicated women serving the needs
of the church community. We are always seeking new members.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS meet the 1st Wednesday of the month
in the Knight's Room at 7:00 pm
SECULAR FRANCISCANS 3rd Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm
www.stjosephscharlton.com/order-Franciscan-seculars
RCIA & RCIC Rite of Christian Initiation for
Adults or Children. Interested in becoming Catholic? Contact Ted or Patty Covill at [email protected].
MARIAN PRAYER CENACLE Divine Mercy Chaplet and Benediction of the Blessed
Sacrament Mondays at 7:00 pm
DIVORCE SUPPORT MINISTRY the 2nd and 4th Monday each month
7:00-9:00 pm in the K of C Room.
PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY Contact Ellen Thibodeau at
774-696-7544 if one is needed.
CANCER SUPPORT St. Vincent Cancer & Wellness,
Worcester. 1st Thursday with Mass at 11:30 am. 508-363-6246.
CALIX SOCIETY Catholic Support for those fighting
Addictions-3rd Saturday of the month. 9:30-10:30 am 2nd floor of Emmaus
Center, Webster. 508-887-2225
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION First Lights (gr. k-5)
Sr. Agnes Patricia [email protected]
EDGE Youth Ministry (gr. 6-8) Sandra Buron
LifeTEEN Ministry (gr. 9-12) Deacon Bill Shea
Adult Faith Formation (AFF) Susan Montville
YOUTH MINISTRY Sarah Stone
GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN
Sharing experiences caring & learning about resources.
Dianne 508-764-4553
24 HOUR PRAYER LINE 508-434-0106 or
PARISH MISSION STATEMENT -We are a Community of Faith, called by Jesus Christ to become His hands, His feet, His heart, reaching out in love to each other, our families, our neighbors, our nation and the world.
