Serving the People of Rutland, Oakham and Hubbardston February 11, 2018

Full handicap accessibility by the elevator entrance on the left driveway side of the Church building.

258 Main St. Rutland, Massachusetts - WEBSITE: stpatricksrutland.org

St. Patrick Parish PARISH CENTER: 9 POMMOGUSETT RD.

508-886-4984 FAX 508 886-2897

Rev. James Boland, Administrator

RESIDENCE: 508-886-4309 290 Main St. Rutland

E-MAIL: FrJim@stpatricksrutland.org

Deacon Pierre Gemme:

E-MAIL: pgemme@stpatricksrutland.org

Deacon Brian Stidsen: E-MAIL: bstidsen@aol.com

Mrs. Allison R. Winer, Office Manager Office Hours: 9 –2 Monday-Thursday Closed Friday

E-MAIL: arw@stpatricksrutland.org

Directors of Religious Education:

Christine Mulry, Grades 1-5 508 886-2010

E-MAIL: Chris@stpatricksrutland.org

Jean Urbanowski, Grades 6-11 508 886-2010

E-MAIL: Jean@stpatricksrutland.org

Diocese of Worcester Office of Healing & Prevention Victim Services Coordinator Judith Audette, LICSW 508-726-2880

49 Elm Street Worcester, MA 01609

EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION

Saturday (Vigil) 4:00 p.m. Sunday 8:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m.

WEEKDAY MASS Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 8:00 A.M.

St. Patrick Stewardship Prayer

Gracious God, We thank you for the unique gifts you have given us to foster your kingdom here on earth.

Inspire us to examine our values, always placing you at the center of our lives.

Open our hearts to realize we are blessed and called to share our gifts with others.

Help us to be good stewards of the gifts entrusted to us, to share our time, our talent

and our treasure to connect, serve and impact the world.

AMEN

BAPTISM: Parents are asked to call the Parish Office to arrange for instructions and Baptismal date.

MARRIAGE: Couples planning marriage should contact the Pastor at least one year in advance. Participation in a Marriage Preparation Program is expected.

RECONCILIATION: Saturday at 3:00 p.m. or anytime by appointment.

HOME & HOSPITAL VISITATION: Please notify us if you know of someone who would like to receive Holy Communion, the Sacrament of the Sick, and/or a visit.

NEW PARISHIONERS: Welcome! We hope that you will become an active part of our parish family. Please introduce yourselves after Mass or stop by the Parish Center to register.

PRAYER REQUEST LINE: Call with your requests. 508- 886-2206 Paula Stidsen or PaulaStidsen@gmail.com

508- 886-4724 Jackie O’Brien

Families requesting a Mass are asked to bring up the gifts at the offertory. Please

stop in the sacristy to let us know you are at Mass.

ST. PATRICK’S PARISH RUTLAND, MA

Weekly Schedule

WEEKDAY MASS MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AT 8:00 A.M.

* PERSON IS LIVING

Papal Weekly Tweets

Jesus wants to be found by those

who look for Him. But to look for

Him we have to get up and go out. Sunday February 11

Fr. Jim Kerrigan

Parish Center

9:15 a.m. –10:15 a.m. CCD Class

Cub Scout Meeting

3:00 p.m. Church Basement

Monday February 12

4:00 p.m.– 5:00 p.m. CCD Class

7:00 p.m.– 8:00 p.m. CCD Class

Tuesday February 13

Scripture Study & Faith Sharing

After 8:00 am Mass

4:00 p.m.– 5:00 p.m. CCD Class

Symbolon / Catholicism 101

7:30 p.m. Parish Center

Wednesday February 14

7:00 p.m.– 8:00 p.m. CCD Class

Thursday February 15

Girl Scout Troop 30320

Church Basement 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, February 10 4:00 p.m. Alyce Sweeney Requested by the Family

Sunday, February 11 8:00 a.m.

10:30 a.m. Ernesto & Magdalena Aviles Requested by the Family Second Grade Liturgy of the Eucharist

Monday, February 12 8:00 a.m.

Tuesday, February 13 8:00 a.m. People of St. Patrick

Wednesday, February 14 Ash Wednesday

8:00 a.m. Mass with distribution of Ashes 7:00 p.m. Mass with distribution of Ashes

Saturday, February 17

4:00 p.m. Fr . J ames Kerr igan Requested by the Stidsen Family

Sunday, February 18

8:00 a.m. Susan Orczyk Requested by Paul & Ellen Orczyk

10:30 a.m. Sarah Gonsalves & Pauline Piscitelli Requested by the Totas Family

* From November to April, in the event of

school delays or cancellations due to weather

conditions, Mass will not be held on that day.*

February 4, 2018 Weekly Collection

Higher Utilities $ 90.00 Catholic University $ 25.00 Catholic Home Mission Appeal $ 174.00 Weekly $ 4,002.00 Total Weekly Collection $ 4,291.00

TABERNACLE LAMP

Fr. James Kerrigan

February 11, 2018— February 17, 2018

St. Patrick Parish now provides Online Giving—a convenient and safe way to make a one-time or recurring donation. Getting started is easy—just visit our website, www.stpatricksrutland.org and

click our http://connectnowgiving.parishsoft.com/dl/?

uid=stppob137

SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME FEBRUARY 11 2018

February 8, 2018

Dear friends in Christ,

Since my installation as Bishop of Worcester in 2004, I have witnessed tremendous blessings as a result of our efforts in education, charity and ministry, made possible in great part by the continued successes of the Partners in

Charity Appeal to fund our various agencies and ministries.

The annual Partners in Charity Appeal, like parish weekly offertory envelopes, supports the operational costs associated with the various ministries and maintenance issues of the diocese and its parishes. When you look at the diocesan annual report or your parish financial report, you can see how, typically, all those donations are spent by the end of the year, and sometimes more is spent than was raised due to emergency needs or unforeseen issues.

Unlike an annual appeal or offertory, capital campaigns are conducted to address long-term needs, such as endowing certain ministries or education programs to assure continued funding, or addressing major capital expenditures that could range from building improvements to even debt reduction. These are all necessary in order to be a financially sound organization and for the Catholic Church to be able to focus on its evangelizing mission. Ignoring capital repairs for too long places impossible burdens on a parish or diocesan operational budget. The situation is no different in our homes. An emergency such as an old furnace failing in the middle of winter and causing frozen pipes, or a leaking roof damaging interior contents of a home are often due to constantly postponing taking care of capital needs. Dealing with those needs as “emergencies” places impossible strains on a household’s monthly budget and, in the end, costs a great deal more to resolve.

Last Spring, we began to study the long-term needs of our diocese and the financial challenges our parishes and diocese will be facing in the years ahead. We began to consider a diocesan-wide capital campaign that would benefit the parishes and the pastoral ministries of the Diocese. Our last diocesan capital campaign, Forward in

Faith, was conducted in 1999 and was a great blessing to our diocese for more than a decade. The results and the impact of that campaign 18 years later are posted online at worcesterdiocese.org/forward-in-faith.

Several months ago, I named a committee to help me determine if the time was right for our diocese to conduct a capital campaign. After interviews with various firms and extensive discussions, I chose Guidance in Giving, Inc. to conduct a feasibility study for a capital campaign. They are a Catholic organization involved with stewardship and development for parishes and dioceses throughout the United States and have raised over $5 billion for Catholic organizations over the past 38 years, including Archdioceses of Boston and Hartford, and the Dioceses of Springfield, Providence and Fall River.

Following personal interviews with many pastors in our diocese, and having met with associate pastors, religious and lay people, Guidance in Giving will develop a well-thought out plan with specific recommendations. As part of that effort, we have developed a survey available online and in The Catholic Free Press to give all households in the Diocese of Worcester an opportunity to participate in the process. I invite you to complete the survey which will help us develop a well-informed feasibility study. Please visit worcesterdiocese.org and click on the "Diocesan Planning Study" link. Your input, which will be kept confidential, is vital as we look to ways to support our diocesan parishes and ministries.

Please keep our efforts in your prayers as, together, we seek to assure continued focus on our evangelizing mission in the Diocese of Worcester.

With every prayerful best wish I remain,

Sincerely yours in Christ, Most Reverend Robert J. McManus Bishop of Worcester

February 9, 2018

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

For over 50 years, the Collection for the Church in Latin

America has been a sign of the solidar ity of the

Church in the United States with the Church in Latin

America and the Caribbean. The distance in rural areas

and deteriorated roads make it difficult for some

communities to have Mass regularly. Language barriers

and lack of resources make catechetical materials difficult

to produce. We are called to share our faith with all, and

this collection is a prophetic and bold way to do so.

In Cuba, in the Archdiocese of San Cristobal de la

Habana, the Church is not present in many of the smaller

or rural communities. For many years, there were no

ministers and there was no mission house—not to

mention a church building—to which the people could

turn. The message of the Gospel could not spread,

because there were very few messengers to share it and

few places where people could go to hear it. But with

your support, pastoral agents have received training to

bring the Gospel to these areas and neighborhoods. Your

support has helped bring people to the Church, through

religious education and retreats, and the Church to the

people, through evangelization efforts and the repair of

church buildings. This has given them the hope and the

joy of the Gospel.

The Collection for the Church in Latin America, through

projects like these, empowers the faithful of Latin

America and the Caribbean to deepen their faith and

share it with each other and the world. A significant

portion of this collection is also used to assist in the

ongoing efforts of our own Diocesan Hispanic Ministry,

which serves the large number of Hispanic and Latino

Catholics who are now in the Diocese of Worcester. It is

gratifying to see the life of faith flourishing in these

parish communities as their faith life enriches us all.

I encourage you to respond to the theme to “Share your

Faith” by supporting the special Collection for the Church

in Latin America in our parishes on the weekend of

February 18. Please be assured of my appreciation for

your generous response to this collection.

With every prayerful best wish, I remain,

Sincerely yours in Christ,

Most Reverend Robert J. McManus

Bishop of Worcester

Rutland Food Pantry Distributions

February Saturday, February 24, 2018 9:00—11:00 a.m.

March Thursday, March 8, 2018 6:00— 7:30 p.m.

Saturday , March 24, 2018 9:00—11:00 a.m.

April Thursday, April 12, 2018 6:00—7:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 28, 2018 9:00—11:00 a.m.

Food Pantry Needs

Hot Cereal Canned Chicken & Tuna Hamburger Helper Boxed Rice Boxed Potatoes Canned pasta Macaroni & Cheese Baked Beans Coffee, Tea Low Sugar / Low Salt items Reminder: Please do not leave household items, electronics or

toys at St. Patrick’s. We do not have the space to

store these items or to offer these items. We gladly

accept food and seasonal (WINTER) clothes that you

would like to donate. Please make sure the clothing

is in good condition and that the food HAS NOT

EXPIRED—as we cannot give out anything that has

expired.

Storing the Alleluia

We are “storing” the Alleluia at Mass this weekend. The children of our parish will perform a ceremony to highlight the Church’s custom of not speaking or singing the word “Alleluia” during Lent. It is considered an Easter word and by not using the word for the forty days of Lent, we will come to appreciate just how joyful this acclamation is.

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