St. John Neumann Church 157 Middleboro Road / P.O. Box 718 East Freetown, MA 02717

www.sjnfreetown.org 508-763-2240 (phone) 508-763-3040 (Fax)

Rev. Gregory A. Mathias, Pastor Rev. Msgr. John J. Smith, (Assistant in Retirement)

WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE

Sunday: 8:00, 9:30, 11:00A.M.

Saturday Vigil: 5:00 P.M.

DAILY MASS SCHEDULE

Monday – Thursday: 7:30 A.M.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday: 4:00 – 4:30 P.M.

or by appointment

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

Mary, Mother of All Nations Chapel

Weekdays: 8:00 A.M. – 9:00 P.M.

Mondays (except civil holidays)

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

PARISH OFFFICE / RECTORY 508-763-2240 YOUTH MINISTRY OFFICE

contact@sjnfreetown.org NEUMANN HALL

Monday – Friday: 8:30 A.M. – 4:30 P.M. (Closed holidays) William and Susan Furtado (Sr. Youth Ministry)

Mrs. Diane Whelan Parish Secretary JoAnn Violette/Amy Burgess (Jr. Youth Ministry)

Dennis and Debra Dube (Young Adult Ministry)

OFFICE OF FAITH FORMATION 508-763-8122 MUSIC MINISTRY NEUMANN HALL Ms. Linda Johnston Director

Mr. Philip Pereira Organist

Mrs. Suzanne Medeiros Director

Dr. Doris Thibault Coordinator for Grades 1 – 7 MAINTENANCE AND FACILITIES

Mrs. Anna Manny Coordinator for Confirmation Raymond Bedard

SACRAMENTS AND CHURCH PROGRAMS PARISH ORGANIZATIONS AND MINISTRIES

Please go the parish website www.sjnfreetown.org or contact the office for more complete information.

BAPTISM: Celebrated Sunday after 11:00 Mass. WOMEN’S GUILD: 1st Mondays

Mass on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month. Baptism ST. VINCENT de PAUL: 1st Wednesdays

Catechesis is required of all parents YOUTH MINISTRY: see website for events and times.

MARRIAGE: Please contact the pastor at least 8 months Junior (Gr. 6 – 8): Every Tuesday

prior to the intended date and prior to other plans. Senior (Gr. 9 – 12) Every Monday

MINISTRY TO THE SICK: Please notify us if a homebound COUPLES’ CLUB: 2nd Saturdays

or hospitalized family member would like a visit. ADULT CHOIR: Rehearsal on Thursdays 7:00 P.M.

PRAYER LINE: Call the rectory to include your intention. PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY: 1st Saturday

RCIA: We welcome adults who wish to complete their initiation TROOP 333: Every Saturday

into the Catholic Church. Please contact the office.

Welcome to St. John Neumann Parish. Thank You for joining us in worship today. We hope you will join us on

the spiritual journey, in ministry to all God’s people. Please contact the parish office.

Click on the QRC to connect to the parish website.

13th Sunday in Ordinary Time

June 30, 2013

June 29: Vigil: 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time

5:00PM – Antonio & Henrietta Champagne by family

June 30: 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00AM – Joanne Bouchard by husband & Brian

9:30AM – James J. Breen by wife, Lillian

11:00AM – Stuart & Bettie Silliker &

Marjorie Lambton by family

July 1: Weekday, Blessed Junipero Serra, Priest

7:30AM – Timothy M. Ashley by mom & dad

July 2: Weekday

7:30AM – Jacqueline Mathieu

by Charlie & Marlene Johnson

July 3: Saint Thomas, Apostle

7:30AM – Gil Champagne

by Steven & Diane Charron

July 4: Weekday

7:30AM – Romeo Carrier

by Marjorie & Walter Carrier

July 6: Vigil: 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time

5:00PM – Michael Bonville by Jean, Lynn & Amy

July 7: 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00AM – Roland Dupont—2nd Ann.

by Armand & family

9:30AM – Romeo Carrier

by Marjorie & Walter Carrier

11:00AM – People of the Parish

Catholic Charities Appeal

“The Church is God’s family in the world. In this

family no one ought to go without the necessities

of life” (Pope Benedict XVI)

Our parish has contributed a total of $ 52,015.00

to the Catholic Charities Appeal this year. Your

support of the Catholic Charities is greatly appre-

ciated and is an affirmation of the programs that

concretely express the belief in the inherent val-

ue of every human life and the dignity of every

individual.

Stop in Neumann Hall after the 8:00AM and 9:30AM

Mass and enjoy Coffee & Donuts!!

THIS WILL BE THE LAST WEEKEND FOR

COFFEE/DONUTS AFTER MASS UNTIL

SEPTEMBER.

Your Offertory Trust Thank you for your Parish Support through your

Offertory Trust.

BUDGET: $ 4573.00

LATIN AMERICA: $ 1452.00

Second Collection: At all Masses this weekend

June 29-30 is for the missionary work in Cebu.

Consider the Catholic Faith

We believe that Jesus Christ established One, Holy,

Catholic, and Apostolic Church in order to guide us to

his Kingdom and the true fulfillment of our human

lives.

You are invited to learn more about our faith and the

possibilities of initiation. Please call the rectory at

508-763-2240 for more information.

Missionary Cooperative

Fr. James Doran from the Oblates of the Virgin Mary

will be at our parish this weekend June 29-30th for

the Annual Missionary Cooperative. He will be

sharing with us the work that is being done in Cebu,

Philippines by the Oblate Priests. Cebu is an island

in the middle part of the Philippines and belongs to

the island group called Visayas.

St James-St John School, 180 Orchard St

New Bedford is now accepting registrations for

the 2013-2014 school year for grades Preschool

through Grade 8.

Please contact the principal Cristina Raposo at

principal@sjsjschool.com or visit our website

www.sjsjschool.com or call 508-996-0534.

Parish Prayer Line – We have a Prayer line in our parish. If you are interested in sharing your faith through prayer for the sick of our parish and for other intentions please call Rachel Constant 508-995-4269. Thank You!! Cathedral Camp

Cathedral Camp, owned and oper-

ated by the Diocese of Fall River,

is a day camp for children between

the ages of 4 and 14. This year,

the camp will be offering seven one week sessions

from July 1 to August 16. Bus transportation is includ-

ed in the camp fees.

For further information, please visit our web site at

www.cathedralcamp.net or please call the camp at

508-763-8874 .

End of School Year ---- The end of this school year is coming to an end. Have fun and enjoy your time off with friends and family. Stay in touch with old friends and we hope you meet some good new friends through your jobs or summer adventures. Stay safe and use your heads. Watch the bulletin and check your e-mails through the summer for future events. You can reach us at the contacts below. For more information about SJN Senior Youth Minis-try, contact Bill and Sue Furtado at 508-763-4359 or e-mail us at SJNYOUTHMINISTRY@AOL.COM All permission slips are available at Drop Ins, online, and outside the Youth Ministry Office in Neumann Hall

Attn: All Groups/Organizations

We recently had an insurance inspection at the prop-

erty. The inspector noted that the kitchen cabinets in

Neumann Hall have a lot of clutter especially above

the kitchen cabinets.

We are asking all groups to go to the hall and clean

out their cabinets from the clutter and to dispose of

anything that has expired dates. Thank you for your

cooperation.

First Communion DVD’s

First Communion DVD’s are in. Please call

the Faith Formation office at 508-763-8122

to make arrangements to pick them up.

Camp Angel Wings

Southcoast VNA’s Camp Angel Wings is a FREE bereave-

ment camp for children and teens grieving the loss of a

loved one. It will take place the weekend of July 13 and

14, 2013 from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm.

The camp provides opportunities for kids and teens to ex-

plore their many feelings about grief in a therapeutic way

and helps them be compassionate towards others. For more

information, please call Lindsay Coe @ 508-973-3219 or

visit our website at www.southcoast.org/vna/camp.html.

The Holy Rosary Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan's

of Taunton are pleased to announce a featured

speaker at our July meeting.

Sr. Eleanor McNally, SUSC will speak on the topic of

Human Trafficking on Sunday July 14th at 2:30 pm at

Holy Rosary Parish Center, 80 Bay St., Taunton. All

are welcome. Light refreshments will be served. Any

questions please call Carol Spoor, Ofs at 508-644-

2645.

The Learning Leadership Academy (LLA) teaches students in

grades 1 thru 8 how to communicate, cooperate, collaborate,

have compassion and courage, solving conflicts and building

commitments with peers. This year the LLA will be hosted by

Saint Francis Xavier School the week of July 8-12. For more

information please contact Dr. Maribeth Manley at

PizzMM@aol.com

CATHOLIC BURIAL

More and more people are considering or, indeed,

have turned to cremation as an affordable, practical

and efficient way to deal with the burial of loved ones.

However, this alternative is not without its problems in

the consciousness of many Catholics. Many have some

vague awareness of the Church’s disapproval of this

practice for some equally vague reason.

Without giving an exhaustive explanation of every di-

mension of this issue, I think it might be helpful for me

to outline some of the basics as follows:

1. Through her funeral rituals, the Church does

express a preference for “full body” funeral

rites, and burial. Why? Because she be-

lieves that the human body is to be an ob-

ject of reverence since it is a “temple of the

Holy Spirit,” (1 Cor. 6:19). And, it is in our

bodies that we are to rise from our graves

on “the last day.”

2. It is true that, in the past, the Church prohib-

ited her members from cremation. Accord-

ing to an online article from American Cath-

olic, “from early Christian days cremation

was viewed as a pagan practice and a denial

of the doctrine of the Resurrection. That's

why cremation was expressly forbidden by

the Catholic Church until recent years.”

Slightly more recent history also saw the

rise of the Masonic movement in Europe

which encompassed a belief system which

encouraged cremation explicitly as a denial

of the immortality of the body. Hence, in

the middle of the 19th century, church law

was crafted to expressly forbid the practice

to Catholics.

3. Now, however ---since 1963 in fact---the

church has lifted the outright prohibition

against cremation. Initially, this choice re-

quired one to settle for a memorial Mass

instead of a funeral Mass for the deceased.

However, since 1997, the ritual of the

Church was updated to allow for funerals

with the presence of the cremated remains

of the deceased. Mind you, this is still not

the preferred way, but it is allowed.

4. As for burial . . . The Church still requires a

level of reverence and respect for the re-

mains of the deceased whether in the form

of a body, or ashes. The scattering of ashes

to the wind or in the ocean is not regarded

by the Church as appropriate since it carries

connotations other than that of the Resur-

rection of the Body, which is central to our

faith. Whether consciously intended or

not, the scattering of ashes suggests the ir-

relevance of the body to eternal life and/or

the final disposition of the body as some

form of earth-bound reality, (part of the

ocean, earth, plants, or other).

A Day With Mary

Saturday, July 6, 2013, A day of instruction, devotion

& intercession based on the message given at Fatima

in 1917.

Immaculate Conception Church

136 Earle St.

New Bedford, MA

7:30 am—3:15 pm

Pro-Life Boot Camp

The Pro-Life Apostolate of the Diocese of Fall River is

pleased to announce that the third annual Pro-Life Boot

Camp for young adults entering high school through sen-

ior year will be held on the campus of Stonehill College in

Easton, MA on the weekend of July 19-21, 2013. For

more information and registration forms, please contact

the Pro-Life Apostolate at 508-675-1311 or

pla@plrachel.com.