Of New Bedford North

St. Joseph-St. Therese—St. Mary—Our Lady of Fatima

“PARTNERING IN MISSION”

The Churches are Handicap accessible.

Weekend Masses

5:00 p.m.—Our Lady of Fatima

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturday 3-3:45 PM St. Joseph-St. Therese

4:15-4:45PM Our Lady of Fatima

Sunday 6:15-6:45 PM St. Mary

Adoration & Benediction

1st Wednesday of the Month 8:30AM-1PM at

Our Lady of Fatima

Prayer Group

7PM Tuesdays at Our Lady of Fatima

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE & MAILING ADDRESS St. Mary’s

106 Illinois Street, New Bedford, MA 02745 Telephone 508-995-3593

Fax 508-995-2453 Email stmarysnb@stmarysnb.com

St. Joseph-St. Therese

51 Duncan Street New Bedford, MA 02745

508-995-5235 stjossttherese@aol.com

Our Lady of Fatima

4256 Acushnet Avenue New Bedford, MA. 02745

508-995-7351

www.ccnbn.org

NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Congratulations on the birth of your child! The church celebrates with you and is ready to prepare you if this is your FIRST child being baptized at our Parish. A welcoming instruction for parents and god-parents is required. Please call the Parish office to schedule this sacrament.

INITIATION OF ADULTS: Adults expressing an interest in becoming Catholic are invited to search through our RCIA formation process. For more information, please call the Parish Office.

FAITH FORMATION: Grades 1-9. First Eucharist is a two year program, grades 1 and 2. Confirmation is a two year program, grades 8 & 9.

SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE: Congratulations on your engagement! Please speak to Fr. Dan at least one year in advance of the intended date to allow adequate time for Parish and Diocesan Marriage preparation.

FOR OUR HOME-BOUND: Contact the Parish Office to receive Holy Communion at home if you are confined. THE SACRAMENT OF THE SICK: May be received after any weekday Mass or by appointment.

REMEMBRANCE BOOK

Is located near the tabernacle of St. Mary’s Church. This prayer book has been compiled to provide people with the opportunity to entrust their loved ones to God’s all embracing love.

ST MARY’S

14-day Memorial Candles:

In Memory of Lazaro Rosa by wife, Maria

In Memory of Priests who served at St.

Mary’s

Icon Candle:

In Memory of Joseph Louro by Leroy & Rita

Hosts for August:

In Memory of Roger Fernandes by wife, Pauline

Prayer to St. Thérèse,

the Little Flower

O Glorious St. Thérèse, whom Almighty

God has raised up to aid and inspire the

human family, I implore your miraculous

intercession. I fervently beseech you to

answer my petition…(here state your

request)...and to carry out your promises of

spending Heaven doing good upon earth.

Little Flower of Jesus, give me your

childlike faith, to see the face of God in all

people and experiences of my life, and to

love God with full confidence. Help me to

always believe, as you did, in God’s great

love for me, so that I might imitate your

“little way” each day. Amen.

Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 1 Peter 4:10

CHURCH FIRST SECOND ONLINE

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SMNB

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Parish Financials

THANK YOU to all who share their talent, time, presence, and support with our Parishes

Thank you for your faithful Stewardship of our

Parishes.

August 3/4 2019

Anyone wishing to dedicate candles or hosts in memory of a loved one, please call the Parish offices for more information.

8/4 8/11 8/18 8/25

4:00PM TBA

7:30AM TBA

9:00AM TBA

10:30AM TBA

7:00PM TBA

MASS ATTENDANCE

ST JOSEPH-ST THERESE

MEMORIALS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST:

The Hosts are offered in memory of Oscar Freitas

at the request of his family.

The Sanctuary Lamp is offered for the greater

glory of God and in memory of John Santos, at the

request of his wife, Theresa & sons, Paul & Lenny.

OUR LADY OF FATIMA

Sanctuary Candle in memory of Anibal Tavares

Our Lady of Fatima is for the Intentions of the

Prayer Line

Due to staff vacations, the bulletin was submitted before the weekend count. Parish Financials and Mass Attendance will be updated in next weekend's bulletin. Thank you for your understanding.

Catholic Charities Appeal—St. Mary’s final total

$43,589. which represents a 12% increase from

last year. THANK YOU!

Your prayers are requested for the repose of the souls in this week’s Mass intention; for Janet

Magnant whose funeral Mass was celebrated here; for the souls in Purgatory; and for the de-

ceased of our parish.

Weekend Mass Intentions Sunday Aug 11 10:30 AM Community Mass: Joseph & Helen Gonet, Eugene & Wanda Mogilnicki, Lazaro Rosa, David Silva, Georgiana & Napoleon Ouellette, Kathleen Hughes, Danny Nadeau 7:00 PM Francisco Medeiros by daughter Weekday Mass Intentions Monday Aug 12 8:00 AM Robert Wilkinson & family by wife, Maria Thursday Aug 15 Holy Day12:00 PM Irene Isherwood by St. Mary’s Women’s Guild Friday Aug 16 8:00 AM Taggio & Colangelo families by Angelo Colangelo

Next Weekend Sunday Aug 18 10:30 AM Community Mass: Grace, Tony & Peter Colangelo, John & Benevida Teixeira, Joao Gaspar, Manuel Medeiros 7:00 PM David Constantine by Charles Bourgault

August 11, 2019

Your prayers are requested for the repose of the souls in this week’s Mass intention; for the

souls in Purgatory; and for the deceased of our parish.

Weekend Mass Intentions Saturday Aug 10 4:00 PM Kenneth Cotta by sister, Pat, Lafrance Sunday Aug 11 7:30 AM Parish Family, Roland R. Vigeant by family (3rd Anniversary) Shirley Smith by husband Weekday Mass Intentions Tuesday Aug 13 8:00 AM Maria & Jose Freitas by family Thursday Aug 15 Holy Day7:00 PM Family & Friends by Lucille Allain Next Weekend Saturday Aug 17 4:00 PM Catherine Desjardins by Lucille Allain, Anthony Giunta by family Sunday Aug 18 7:30 AM Parish Family, Clara Zambrano

Mass Intentions: St. Mary’s

Mass Intentions: St. Joseph-St. Therese

Mass Intentions: Our Lady of Fatima Your prayers are requested for the repose of the souls in this week’s Mass intention; for

the souls in Purgatory; and for the deceased of our parish.

Weekend Mass Intentions Saturday Aug 10 5:00 PM For Parishioners Sunday Aug 11 9:00 AM Eileen Ferreira, Domingos & Maria Alves & family, Bradford J. Simmons Weekday Mass Intentions Wednesday Aug 14 8:00 AM John & Maria Teixeira, Anibal Tavares, Conceicao Cabral, Maria, Tony & Diane Perreira Thursday Aug 15 Holy Day 8:00 AM Souls in Purgatory, For Parishioners Next Weekend Saturday Aug 17 5:00 PM For Parishioners Sunday Aug 18 9:00 AM M/M Manuel Resendes, M/M Jose Cordeiro, Sean McNamee Gannon

Youth and Youth Education

HOW DOES A PERSON BECOME CATHOLIC

“I have called you by name" Isaiah 43:1 “What is a holy moment? It is a moment when you do exactly what you sense God is calling you to do. (Matthew Kelly) Is this the moment that you know God is calling you to become fully initiated in the Catholic Faith. Are you ready to make yourself completely available to God at this moment? Take some time this week to seek information regarding the RCIA Program offered through the Catholic Community of New Bedford North by calling the office at 508-995-3593.

Faith Formation Registration for the Faith Formation Pro-gram for Catholic Community of New Bed-ford North will take place according to the following schedule: St. Joseph/St. Therese -- August 17th and 24th after the 4PM Mass

St. Joseph/St. Therese -- August 18th and 25th after the 7:30 AM Mass Our Lady of Fatima – Aug. 24th and Aug. 31st after the 5:00 PM Mass Our Lady of Fatima – Aug. 31st and Sept. 1st after the 9:00 PM Mass St. Mary’s – September 8th and 15th after the 10:30 AM and 7:00 PM Masses You may register your children at any of the parishes that make up the Catholic Community of New Bedford North, whichever is most convenient for you according to the above schedule

Registration Fee Schedule Grades 1,3,4,5,6,7- $35.00 per child / $50.00 per family

Sacramental Years Grade 2 – First Penance/First Communion - $50.00 ($25

for Catholic School Students) Grades 8 and 9 – Confirmation I and II - $70.00 ($35 for

Catholic School Students) Checks may be made payable to St. Mary’s Faith For-

mation

If you have any questions or concerns regarding

registration for our new Faith Formation Program

please feel free to contact Mr. B at pastoralassoci-

ate@ccnbn.org or by calling the office at 508-995-

3593

The St. Mary’s Youth Group is organizing a summer day trip for youth and families on Saturday August 31, 2019. The youth group will be visiting

Canobie Lake Park in Salem N.H. We will depart at 8:30am from St. Mary’s Church and return at approx. 8:00pm that same night. Tickets are $42 per person; we have limited seating availa-ble on a shuttle bus. For questions or to reserve a spot, please contact Rick Rezendes (508) 817-0519

VOCATION CHALICE Will YOU promote vocations by host-ing the Parish “Vocations Chal-ice” in your home? If you are in-terested in hosting and praying for vocations for one week, please sign up by calling 508-995-3593 or email Fr. Dan at

pastor@ccnbn.org. The chalice case will be presented at Mass after Communion.

Interested in Scouting?

Call St. Joseph-St. Therese

Parish Office

The Franciscan Friars invite you to join them in welcoming St. Anthony of Padua to Saint Anthony’s Church, Barstow

Street, Mattapoisett. Holy Mass at 8 AM, Veneration after Mass until 1:30 PM. St. Anthony will be visiting in the form of

two precious and first-class relics from the Pontifical Basilica in Padua, Italy. The relics will be accompanied by Father

Alessandro Ratti, one of the OFM Conventual Franciscan Friars who minister in the Basilica where the Saint is buried.

Prayer petitions with holy cards will be distributed by Friar Alessandro to allow parishioners to write their personal

prayer petition to the saint. The writing of your intentions is a worldwide tradition when venerating a relic of a saint.

Father Alessandro will bring the petitions back to the Basilica in Padua and place them at the tomb of St. Anthony. The

tour officially ends back at the Tomb of St. Anthony where the Friars will gather to pray for our intentions and petitions.

To learn more about St. Anthony of Padua, please visit: www.saintanthonyofpadua or call Tom Muscatello, North

America Representative, at 914.263.8841. The relic of St. Anthony will also be visiting St. Anthony of Padua Church

in New Bedford on August 29. Please call 508-993-1691 for more information.

St. Mary’s Holiday Fair November 2nd and 3rd

CRAFTERS WANTED:

For more information please call the parish

office at 508-995-3593.

Catholic Community of New Bedford North

Day St. Joseph-St. Therese St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima

Monday

August 12

Mass

8:00AM

Tuesday

August 13

Mass

8:00AM

Volleyball

7:00PM All Saints School

Gym

Rosary and Chaplet of

Divine Mercy

7:00 p.m.

Wednesday

August 14

SVdP Meeting

6:45PM

Mass

8:00AM

Thursday

August 15

Feast of the Assumption

Mass

7:00PM

Mass

12:00PM

Mass

8:00AM

Friday

August 16

Mass

8:00AM

Saturday

August 17

Mass

4:00PM

Confession

4:15

Mass

5:00PM

A Monthly presider schedule is available for viewing or download at ccnbn.org

St. Vincent de Paul meeting will be Wednesday, August 14th, at 6:45 PM.

August 15th is a holy day of obligation – We celebrate the Assumption of our Blessed Mother into heaven. Our Mass schedule for the holy day will be Thursday, August 15th at Our Lady of Fatima—8:00 A.M., St. Mary’s—12 Noon and St. Joseph—St. Therese—7:00 P.M. Please plan to attend.

Have you suffered a reduction in income? Are you having difficulties making your mortgage or rental payments on time? Facing foreclosure? Need help budgeting”? Are you a first time home buyer? Catholic Social Services -Diocese of Fall River is

offering financial capability workshops and one-on-

one counseling to all, including homeowners and

renters facing financial difficulties. The counseling

is confidential and free of charge. Contact CSS in

New Bedford at 508-997-7337.

Take Control. Become financially empowered.

If you notice some of your

fellow parishioners are

not putting their

env e l op es i n t he

collection basket it could

be that they are using ONLINE GIVING. The

ONLINE GIVING setup is located on our

parish website. This is a very simple and easy

way to keep track of your donations.

PLEASE PRAY FOR all of our parishioners who may be ill and for all of our family members or friends who are ill.

“SERVICE IS THE PRICE WE

PAY FOR BEARING THE

NAME CHRISTIAN”

PASTORAL STAFF

Very Rev. Daniel W. Lacroix, V.F. Co-Pastor & Moderator Pastor@ccnbn.org Rev. John A. Raposo Co-Pastor Rev. Deacon Tony Pimentel Permanent Deacon Mr. David Beaulieu Pastoral Associate

pastoralassociate@ccnbn.org

Mrs. Peggy Lenihan Finance & Operations peggylenihan@stmarysnb.com Mrs. Linda Marie Del Val Bookkeeper Mrs. Lou Bernardo Secretary Mrs. Lucy A. Pinto Secretary

Ms. Cherie Jupin Coordinator of Faith Formation Grades 1-4 508-264-4820 Ms. Sue Pacheco Coordinator of Faith Formation Grades 5-7 Mr. Thomas Leman Stewardship Coordinator Mrs. Barbara Bonville Director of Adult Enrichment bbonville@stmarysnb.com Mrs. Suzanne Beaulieu RCIA Coordinator suebee912@aol.com Mrs. Patricia Ferreira Music Director pferreira@ascs.dfrcs.org Patrick and Denise Gannon OLF Music Director

Mr. Tobey Burke Facilities Manager Tobeyb.smnb.fm@gmail.com Mr. Martin Flinn Groundskeeper

Safe, Nurturing, Technology Rich, Catholic Environment

Solid Curriculum - Focus on 21st Century Skills & Gospel Values - Strong Parent-School

Communication ~ Affordable & Accessible

Extended Care available 6:30AM—5:30PM Full Day Preschool for 3 & 4 year olds

Come & see the opportunities available for your child to grow & succeed in an active, faith-filled community of

learners!

Contact Principal Sue Massoud at smassoud@ascs.dfrcs.org or

508-995-3696 for more information or to schedule a tour. www.ascsnb.org

We invite you to visit All Saints Catholic School and experience our intimate environment where stu-

dents feel safe, welcomed and loved — and form friendships that last a lifetime.

All Saints Ca†holic School

Preschool—Grade 8

LOW GLUTEN FREE HOSTS Are available upon request for those with celiac

disease. Please see the priest 10 minutes prior to

Mass.

Thinking about pre-school for your child? All Saints Catholic School has separate pre-school programs for 3 and 4 year olds! Safe, affordable, faith-filled play based learning and social development - available three, four or five days per week. Together with ASCS Summer Program, we provide quality education and child care nearly year round for children age 3 through Grade 8! Limited seats available in grades 1 - 8. If you or someone you know is interested in excellent educational opportunity in a faith based environment, please contact Sue Massoud at 508-995-3696 or email smassoud@ascs.dfrcs.org for more information.

Women’s A.A.

Women’s Closed Meeting Alcoholics Anonymous:

St . Joseph-St. Therese on Saturdays in the parish hall from

9:00-10:15AM

STEWARDSHIP THOUGHT Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Today’s Gospel urges us to give generously,

and thus build up treasure in heaven.

For “wherever your treasure lies, there your heart will be.” See Luke 12:34 (Our Sunday

Visitor, ibid., page 30).

If you are alienated or upset, we welcome you lovingly.

If you are in need of forgiveness, Jesus forgives and loves you unconditionally, and so do we.

If you have been hurt by the church, we are truly sorry.

If you are angry, Jesus offers you peace.

If life is becomes burdensome, we are happy to support you.

We are happy you are here and want you to stay.

Come visit us each week and worship God with us!

IMPORTANT NOTICE *** With the new Mass schedule taking shape as

of June 30, Canon Law states that Masses may

be moved to a different church or time in the

formation of a collaborative. Any party making

an intention to a particular parish must be in-

formed of this and give their consent. In the

event they do not want the Mass to be moved,

the paid stipend will be refunded.

Please call the parish offices if you have sched-

uled a Mass after June 30 and do not want it

moved to a different Mass time or church.

All are welcomed to join us at Our

Lady of Fatima for Rosary and

Chaplet of Divine Mercy every

Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. There is so much

to pray for.

Bulletin Advertisements can be purchased for a

business, family, or a sponsor ad can be purchased

supporting community service organizations like

emergency pregnancy counseling or the battered

women’s shelter, etc. If you are interested or would

like more information, please call Tom, Liturgical

Publications (LPi), at 216-325-6825 x6285.