Given that we are all God’s children, everyone is welcome at our parishes regardless of status in the Church,

regardless of marital status, regardless of prior religious experience, personal history, background, or orientation. Everyone is invited, accepted,

and respected at both Saint Margaret and Blessed Sacrament Parishes of Saugus.

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FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER - MAY 10, 2020

A MESSAGE FROM FR. TIM

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Many years ago now I remember a Spiritual Director said to me; always remember the voice of the Lord. I know I have told you this story before but every time I hear this Gospel passage it comes to my mind. Once when I was directing a retreat one of my directees told me a story of her first-hand experience of shepherds and their sheep. She told me that she herself did not like the imagery. She did not like be compared to a dumb and dirty animal. At one point in her life she was in Holy Land making a retreat and she told her director of her feeling about the imagery. He asked her to follow him. He took her out into the country and asked her to sit. She asked for what and he said just sit. Eventually she saw, coming from various directions, several shepherds and their sheep. While the shepherds gathered together and talked, the sheep grazed and mingled. When it was time to leave, the shepherds called their sheep and the sheep followed the voice they were familiar with. In the gos-pel we hear Jesus say, “I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me.” In my mind the questions that present themselves to us are; do we believe that God speaks to us, do we know the voice of the shepherd, God, and are we willing to follow Him? In the words of Martha to Jesus in John’s gospel, “I have come to believe.” Last week we heard the two on the road to Emmaus reflect upon their experience with the stranger who turned out to be Jesus. In their reflection they said to one another were not our hearts burning inside as we listened to him break open the scriptures? During this Easter Season and this pandemic I have been looking at the gospels and the different man-ifestations of the Risen Lord to the Apostles and to us. As I said before, hindsight is one of my best teachers. In the Gospel of the two on the Road to Emmaus is it not in hindsight that they recognize what was happening inside of them as they listened to Jesus. So it is in Ignatian Spirituality. St. Ignati-us urges us to pay attention to what is happening inside. Most often what happens is that when one has an encounter with God, an experience of God, or hears the voice of God the individual will expe-rience some type of reaction that they could not possibly have created for themselves. I would like to share three different instances of this with you. Several months after my brother died I went to Eastern Point for a Retreat. Just to give you a picture, the chapel is on the ocean side of the building. As you walk into the chapel you see across the room to a big bow window overlooking the ocean. In the center of the window is the tabernacle. So when you look at the tabernacle the backdrop is grass, sky, and ocean. As I walked into the chapel and looked at the tabernacle with this backdrop this feeling overcame me that I knew God was saying my brother was with him. It was not anything I asked for or consciously looking for; it was pure gift but there was no doubt in my mind where it came from and what it was saying. Another time when I was discerning whether it was time to leave my assignment as a parochial vicar and become a pastor I went to a meeting at another parish. The sister leading the meeting opened the meeting with a song entitled the Galilee Song. When I heard the words to the chorus and the feel-ing of peace they brought about, I knew the Lord was asking me to move. This song has been very instrumental in my life over the years. The words to the chorus are; “So I leave my boats behind, leave them on familiar shore, set my heart upon the deep, follow you again my Lord.” As I mentioned in the column From the Desk of Fr. Tim in praying about the people involved in the acts of vandalism I distinctly heard the words; “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” I recognized that as the voice of God because it was not where I was at or what I was thinking but along with those words came peace. It is in recognizing his voice and accepting what he says, and following his guidance that we experi-ence the peace that he offers.

Fr. Tim

Please pray for... Let us remember in our prayers our beloved dead and also our friends, relatives, and fellow parishioners who have died, let us pray: Patricia Brennick, Gertrude Cox

Let us also pray for our sick. The names will appear in the prayer list as long as you want, but

we must be notified every two weeks to keep this list accurate. Barbara Lewis, Marianne Supino, Gilda Alimonti, Patrick Colbert, Tuan Vu, Tina Swain, Julia Swanson, Barbara Harrison, Brian Gannon, Vanessa Pellegrini, Ethel Benoit, Jeff Carroll, Phil Callahan, Karen DelloRusso, Josilyn Gaudet, Betty D’Eon, Barbara Raw-cliffe, Rose Marino, Joe Marino, Grace Gaffney, Melissa Murphy, Paul Bourque, Lillian Surette, Judith Trem-blay,Carol Fendone, Norma D’Eon Knowlton, Ralph Knowlton, Judith DiBonis, Patricia Fuller, Jeanette Doucette, Robert Doucette, Robyn MacArthur, Cheryl Barends, Virginia Atwood, Vincent Ciampa, Very Rev. Monsignor Kevin J. O’Leary, Evan Bomgren, Charles Bomgren, Ann Marie Mancini, Heather Sullivan, Thomas Rogers, John Leone, Daniel Colanton, Cathy Savage, Francis Manning, Mary Lou Manning, Matthew McManus, Maurilia Tedeschi, Elaine Manzi, Jill O’Brien, Gianna, Teresa, Jenn, William Gregory, Louise DePlacido, Andrea Fonte, Rita Delaney, Sr. Nanci Sheridan, Emily McCarthy, John Kent, Dan, Fr. Tim Kelleher, Fr. Philip Desrosier, Rose Constance, Susan Favazza, Patrick Ventrice, Marcia Trementozzi, Maureen LaVoie, John O’Brien, Cathy Sanders Tom Colbert

Baptism

The sacrament is conferred on the third Sunday of the month at alternating

churches. Contact the Collaborative Office in advance in order that an information packet may be sent to you.

Anointing of the Sick

The sacrament is offered at each church on a monthly basis: Saint Margaret: First Saturday after the 4:00 PM Saturday Vigil Mass: January, March, May, July, September, November.

Blessed Sacrament: First Sunday after the 11:00 AM Mass: February, April, June, August, October, December.

Please avail yourself of this chance to receive the grace of this sacrament, especially if you suffer from chronic illness, or will be undergoing tests, surgery, or other medical procedures.

We ask for your prayers for all of the men and women (and their families) serving in our armed forces, among them our own parishioners, townspeople, and family members.

PRAYER & COLLABORATIVE NEWS

Sanctuary Lamp Bread and Wine Donations

If you would like to donate the Sanctuary Lamp ($25.) and or the Bread and Wine ($45.) in memory of a loved one, please contact the Collaborative Office at 781-233-2497.

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The 2020 Catholic Appeal response from St. Margaret’s and Blessed Sacrament is off to a good start as both parishes are well on their way to their goals.

At Saint Margaret the financial goal is $15,814. of which $12,455. have been pledged and Blessed Sacrament financial goal is $32,259 and $21,265. have been pledged as of 4/29/20. These donations are used to support more than 50 ministries, which serve the needs of all parishes within our Archdiocese, including both parishes of our Saugus Collaborative. If you did not receive a pledge form in the mail, please pick one up at the church or the Collaborative Office. Thank you in advance for your support of this year’s Catholic Appeal.

Calendar BLESSED SACRAMENT SAINT MARGARET

Sacramental Giving

BLESSED SACRAMENT Weekly Collection…….……………… $ 5,584.00 Weekly Collection Budget……. $ 6,580.00 Monthly Collection Budget…… $ 3,000.00 Attendance: 0

SAINT MARGARET Weekly Collection…………………….. $ 3,909.00 Weekly Collection Budget…….. $ 3,100.00 Monthly Collection Budget...…. $ 894.00 Attendance: 0

Monthly Collections: May 10th Monthly Renovation Collection

COLLABORATIVE UPDATES & NEWS

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Operation Troop Support

Operation Troop Support serves our deployed men and women in uniform from across the country. In the month of May, the church will be closed due to an act of vandalism.

Please support our troops in another way

Clergy Benefit Trust Collection In case we did not reach you by phone to let you know, the archdiocese of Boston has given us permission to keep the collection for the Clergy Benefit Trust.

If you prefer the money go to the Clergy Benefit Trust, please contact us at 781-233-2497

From the desk of Fr. Tim

Join us every Sunday at 10:00 AM on the web Until we are allowed to be together again

Once again it was good to be with you Sunday as we celebrated the Fourth Sunday of Easter. I am very grateful to all who make this experience possible. I look forward to the time we will be able to gather to-gether in our churches and celebrate a Eucharist together. I realize that we can become restless and want this to be over but we need to listen to the guidelines being offered and take this one step at a time. Social distancing and wearing masks seem to be part of our im-mediate future. We will be looking at how we can safely celebrate the Eucharist and the Sacraments of Confirmation, Holy Communion, and Matrimony. In addition to these liturgies there will be a number of Me-morial Masses celebrated for those who have died during this time. In the meantime keep us all in your prayer, be safe and stay well.

Blessings

Fr.Tim

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Faith Formation Schedules

Communion and Confirmation groups at both churches are postponed until a date is determined when we are allowed to gather together as a community

RCIA Candidates We are pleased to announce our catechumen candidates for 2020, Emily Curley, Donna Hartigan and Nicholas Sherwood. These candidates will be welcomed into the full communion with the Church on a date to be deter-mined and will receive the sacraments of Confirma-tion and Holy Eucharist.

Please keep them in your prayers.

Catholic Appeal Pew Envelopes Please take a moment and fill out one of the Catholic Appeal envelopes in the pews even if you sent your pledge in. We need to have these envelopes filled out and we will send them in. It is one of the requirements to receive credit when the goal is met.

BLESSED SACRAMENT IS NOW CLOSED

INDEFINITELY DUE TO AN ACT OF VANDALISM

We are live-streaming Mass every Sunday from St. Margaret’s Church

at 10:00 AM

If you go to our web page Sauguscatholics.org you can click on

from there ten minutes before the broadcast on YouTube.

If you have a smart TV, you can watch

the Mass on TV. Go to YouTube Search: sauguscatholics.org

Please check the calendar

and website at Sauguscatholics.org

For more up to date information

Volunteer Needed Do you like to write? How about photography?

We are in need of someone to help with our Publicity and local press relations.

The commitment would be three to fours hours per week, in our office.

Call Linda Riley at 781-233-2497, if you are interested.

May Flag Memorial This month the flag at Blessed Sacrament will be flown in memory of Clarence Egan.

Collaborative Offices will be closed as directed by The Cardinal

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Flower Memorial We are very grateful to those who gave money in memory of a loved one for Easter flowers. Whereas, we were unable to celebrate in the church flowers were not purchased. The money will be used to purchase flowers in the warmer months around the grounds of both churches.

SPRING RAFFLE WINNERS

BLESSED SACRAMENT WINNERS SAINT MARGARET WINNERS

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$ 250.00 Phyllis Scalia-D'Eon $ 250.00 Mary Dunphy O

$ 100.00 Robert & Patricia Bonugli $ 100.00 Gregory Natalucci N

$ 100.00 Jean Blakeley $ 100.00 Trish Johnson G

$ 100.00 Paul Pantano $ 100.00 Tony Gulino R

$ 100.00 Geri Costigan $ 100.00 Joanne & Ralph Genzale A

$ 100.00 Sharon Cacciola $ 100.00 Michele Del Signore T

$ 100.00 Phyllis Scalia-D'Eon $ 100.00 Margie Belliveau U

$ 100.00 Marjorie Greco $ 100.00 Michael Boudreau L

$ 100.00 Bob Brennick $ 100.00 Bob McMahon A

$ 100.00 Carol Fee $ 100.00 Marie Elliott T

$ 100.00 Carol Diamond $ 100.00 Amy Michalski I

$ 100.00 Susan Perry $ 100.00 Zak Rizzo O

$ 100.00 Carmen Amico $ 100.00 Andrew Jannino N

$ 500.00 Daniel Gallagher $ 500.00 Shirley Bogdan S

Don’t Forget the Food Pantry Since our church is closed and you no longer have access to leave your food donations; please consider giving food or a donation to; The Saugus United Food Pantry 50 Essex Street Saugus, Ma. 01906.

PLEASE, DO NOT LEAVE FOOD AT BLESSED SACRAMENT DOOR, ANIMALS GET INTO IT.

Bread and Wine Memorial This week the Bread and Wine at Blessed Sacrament are donated in memory of Angie Nicolo

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Some Straight Talk about Our Finances

First, let us say how grateful we are to everyone who has been so generous in supporting your parishes during this crisis. You are truly amazing, and we cannot express how inspired we are by your support. So we want to let you know that we are trying harder than ever to make every dollar of your money count! Here is what we have done of the steps we have taken in the last few weeks: -We have taken a line of credit from the Archdiocese of Boston to make sure we don't empty our bank ac-counts. Without weekend liturgies, we have no collection monies coming in. We are still responsible to pay the reduced salaries and benefits for our employees, plus heating and electricity costs, telephones, water bills, and routine maintenance of our buildings and grounds. These bills are substantial. Please continue to support your parishes by mailing your Offertory and Monthly Collection envelopes to the Collaborative Office, or come by yourselves and drop them off. If you would find it more convenient to donate online, go to our website at www.sauguscatholics.org and you will find a link for Online Giving. Click there and follow the prompts to contribute to your own parish. Or you can pay through your own bank by setting up ei-ther Blessed Sacrament or St. Margaret's as a payee. However you choose to do it, we appreciate your continuing support. Stay safe, and we all look forward to when we can meet again as a community of faith!

Collaborative Members Only– We are here for you! Both St. Margaret and Blessed Sacrament, Saint Vincent de Paul Society, whose church members are in need of food, at this time, should contact them at 781-233-2497 with your name, address,

telephone number and the number of members in your household.

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- Martin Luther King Jr.

COLLABORATIVE INFORMATION

Rev. Timothy J. Kelleher Pastor frtimk@sauguscatholics.org

Rev. Thomas Corcoran Parochial Vicar frtom@sauguscatholics.org.

Rev. Mr. Francis M. Gaffney Permanent Deacon dcn.frank@sauguscatholics.org

Rev. Mr. Jorge Patino Permanent Deacon dcn.jorge@sauguscatholics.org

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Office: 781-233-1040

BLESSED SACRAMENT CHURCH

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COLLABORATIVE PASTORAL COUNCIL

Linda Riley Collaborative Facilities + Operations Manager & Ministry Manager Linda@sauguscatholics.org

Ben DiScipio Collaborative Music Director music@sauguscatholics.org

Dottie Hensley Blessed Sacrament Parish Secretary dottie@sauguscatholics.org

Carol Nadeau Secretary of Saint Margaret Parish and Collaborative Religious Education Program cnadeau@sauguscatholics.org

Dawn Hunt Collaborative Coordinator of Faith Formation Dawn@sauguscatholics.org

SAUGUS CATHOLICS COLLABORATIVE

Mission Statement We are a Roman Catholic faith community. Through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we worship God the Father by imitating Jesus His son. Strengthened by the Eucharist and the proclamation of the Gospel, we strive to bring all people closer to God by evangelizing through the corporal and spiritual works of mercy and lifelong faith formation.

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