St. Roch Parish€¦ · Or join by phone call 1-408-418-9388 - Access code: 623 057 852 2020...
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St. Roch Parish Sister Parish — St. Anne of Chardonnieres, Haiti
Transcript of St. Roch Parish€¦ · Or join by phone call 1-408-418-9388 - Access code: 623 057 852 2020...
St Roch Parish
Sister Parish mdash St Anne of Chardonnieres Haiti
2
The Church of Saint Roch Oxford MA PENTECOST SUNDAY May 31 2020
SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Sunday May 31mdashMonday June 1mdashActs 112-14 Jn 1925-34 Tuesday June 2mdash2 Pt 312-15a 17-18 Mk 1213-17 Wednesday June 3mdash2 Tm 11-3 6-12 Mk 1218-27 Thursday June 4mdash2 Tm 28-15 Mk 1228-34 Friday June 5mdash2 Tm 310-17 Mk 1235-37 Saturday June 6mdash2 Tm 41-8 Mk 1238-44 Sunday June 7mdash
PARISH DIRECTORY
334 Main St Oxford MA 01540 Rectory Office helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip(508) 987-8987 Fax helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip (508) 987-8938 Religious Education Officehelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip(508) 987-2382
Pastor Rev Michael J Roy Deacon Rev Mr Paul Connolly Director of Religious Education Mrs Terry Ann Renaud Administrative Assistant (M-TH 9-4) Mrs Teri Rawson Email strochrectorygmailcom Director of Music Ms Anna Pizzolato St Vincent de Paul SocietyhelliphelliphelliphellipArlene (508) 987-2813
Cemetery helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipContact rectory at (508) 987-8987
Mass Schedule
Sat 400 PM Sun 830 amp 1100 AM
The 1100 Mass will also be LIVE-Streamed on the parish website
Office Hours
During this time please make every effort to com-municate with the staff by phone or email Thank you for your cooperation
WEBSITE strochoxfordcom
EMAILS Teri RawsonmdashRectory Office strochrectorygmailcom Terry RenaudmdashRel Ed Office strochoxfordgmailcom
ST ROCH NOVENA
Let us all continue to recite the Novena to St Roch the patron saint of those afflicted with infectious diseases daily at home with the following prayers ~
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit Amen
Our Father Hail Mary Glory be
Litany in Honor of St Roch
God our Father Creator of Heaven and EarthHave mercy on us
Jesus Christ Lord and Saviorhellip Have mercy on us
Most Holy Spirit of Godhellip Have mercy on us
Holy Mary Mother of Godhellip Pray for us
Holy Mary Mother of the Churchhellip Pray for us
Holy Mary and all the Saintshellip Pray for us
Holy Mary Queen of Heavenhellip Pray for us
Holy Mary Patroness of those in dangerhellip Pray for us
Holy Mary Protectress of our seas and landhellip Pray for us
Holy Mary Comfort of the dying and sorrowinghellip Pray for us
St Roch devoted servant of Godhellip Pray for us
St Roch Patron of those afflicted with
infectious diseaseshellip Pray for us
St Roch Patron of the poor and hungryhellip Pray for us
St Roch our brother in Christhellip Pray for us
St Roch Healer and caregiverhellip Pray for us
St Roch our brother in suffering and illnesshellip Pray for us
St Roch our advocate in time of pain and
human miseryhellip Pray for us
St Roch Patron of the addictedhellip Pray for us
St Roch Patron of the terminally illhellip Pray for us
St Roch Patron of those in jails and prisonshellip Pray for us
St Roch Intercessor for the homelesshellip Pray for us
St Roch Patron of the afflictedhellip Pray for us
St Roch Patron of our parish communityhellip Pray for us
St Roch faithful witness to the healing
power of Godhellip Pray for us
Lord God make me an instrument of your healing when I am weak and in pain help me to rest when I am anxious help me to wait when I am fearful help me to trust when I am lonely help me to love when I place you apart from me help me to know you are near Healing God grant me not so much to demand every thing from myself as to let others help me nor to expect others to cure me as to do my own part toward getting better Grant me not so much to seek escape as to face my self and learn the depths of your love For it is in being uncertain and not in control that we find true faith in knowing the limits of mind and body that we find wholeness of spirit and in passing through death that we find life that lasts forever We ask this through the intercession of our patron St Roch and your Son Jesus Christ Our Lord Amen
A Prayer in Time of Pandemic
O God whose Only Begotten Son bore the weight of human suf-fering for our salvation hear the prayers of your Church for our sick brothers and sisters and deliver us from this time of trial Open our ears and our hearts to the voice of your Son
Be not afraid for I am with you always
Bless all doctors and nurses researchers and public servants give us the wisdom to do what is right and the faith to endure this hour that we might gather once again to praise your name in the heart of your Church delivered from all distress and confident in your mercy
Through Christ our Lord Amen
3
The Church of Saint Roch Oxford MA PENTECOST SUNDAY May 31 2020
Mass Intentions for the week
Saturday May 30 400 pm Clarence Caplette (6th Anniversary) by wife Madeleine
Sunday May 31 830 am Jeannette Allard by Mr amp Mrs Francis Malkowski
1100 am Sister Catherine Marie Walsh by Fr Roy
Monday June 1 830 am Cheryl Malesky by Maryann Hamilton
Tuesday June 2 600 pm Leo Cote
Wednesday June 3 830 am Richard Rushford by the family
Thursday June 4 600 pm William Dunn
Friday June 5 830 am The People of St Roch
Saturday June 6 400 pm William T Stevens (11th Anniversary) by the family
Sunday June 7 830 am Joyce Sentence by the Jalbert Family
1100 am Luis Gonzalez
LETrsquoS CONTINUE TO PRAY TOGETHER
The Sunday Mass at 11 AM with Fr Roy will continue to be LIVE Streamed
Go to our website strochoxfordcom and follow the prompts
In Addition to Sunday Masses Father Roy will be hosting a Prayer amp Reflection time Tuesday through Friday at 7 PM
To connect follow this link
httpsmeetingsamer12webexcommeetstolzpar Register amp join meeting then Choose option a] call in b] have Webex call you
c] use the device you are using You may be required to download the program the first time you are using Webex
with this in mind please try to join early Fr Roy opens 645 AM - Prayer sessions begin at 7 PM
Or join by phone call 1-408-418-9388 - Access code 623 057 852
2020 Partners in Charity Appeal
The 2020 Partners in Charity Appeal is currently under way Every member of St Roch is called upon to support the work of our Lord Jesus made possible
through this very important annual appeal We are confi-dent that with Godrsquos help and yours we will rise to it
Our parish goal is $42800 To date we have received $32765 in 111 gifts That brings us to 77 of reaching our goal
If you have already made a gift to the 2020 appeal we thank you
If you have not received a pledgedonation card in the mail please call 508-987-8987 and one can be mailed to you or you can pick one up in the church You may also
enter your gift online through the Diocesan website wwworcesterdioceseorg
Please do NOT enter these pledges through the parish
May 23 amp 24
Offertory Envelopes 513000 Online Giving 129500 Other sources of income 114800 Total 757300 Weekly Goal 526700 Result + 230600
Thank You
Online Giving Available on our website
wwwstrochoxfordcom
Donations may be made through this easy online meth-od for one-time or recurring payments or by mail
Second collection donations may also be made online
We truly appreciate your continued support of our parish especially during this difficult time as we need
to continue to pay insurance payroll utilities and other important expenses Thank you
Your Sacrificial Offering
4
The Church of Saint Roch Oxford MA PENTECOST SUNDAY May 31 2020
My Dear Parishioners
I could not have been more pleased with the way we opened our church for public worship this past weekend I am truly blessed to carry on my ministry here with such a dedicated staff Doug Cadarette has been diligent in sanitizing the church and designating the seating so that we can safely socially distant Terry Renaud and Teri Rawson were throughout front and center taking care of the multitude of details required for instance printing the personal participation pamphlets (PPP) setting up the downstairs hall and providing for the Mass being televised there All in case we needed it for the over flow We are in good shape here at St Rochrsquos
We are also slowly creating the ldquonew normalrdquo We would be fooling ourselves considering all that we have been through that our way of life after Covid-19 would be identical to life before this pandemic What are the choices that we will have to make What have we become aware of in our lives that perhaps before we took for granted Or perhaps be-cause of the pace of life we never gave much thought to before
In talking to people and of course the number of people Irsquove had a chance to share conversation with has been limited talk about a deeper awareness of their relationships with family friends parishioners and neighbors but also significantly their relationship with God There is I feel a new awareness of our radical dependence on God ldquoFor it is in being uncertain and not in control that we find true faithrdquo If we have true faith then we simply want to do the will of God It is simple and there is beauty and genius in simplicity but simple and easy are not the same
This Sunday we celebrate Pentecost the powerful outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Mary and the Apostles It was after the coming of the Holy Spirit that they understood clearly what direction their lives needed to take With the help of the indwelling Spirit they were able to make the right decisions I know that many have developed a deeper prayer life during the quarantine This gives us the ability to hear God speaking to me personally and become aware of His will for me and how he sets the new goals for my life a singleness of purpose
This singleness of purpose will help save you from wasting your life in shallow and superficial activity that means almost nothing to anyone When you have singleness of purpose everything else is embraced or discarded according to whether or not it moves you in the direction of your goal If you have this singleness of purpose decision making becomes much easier We can ask ourselves ldquoWhat is Godrsquos will for this momentrdquo
I suggest as we go about creating the new normal we make use of scripture One of my favorite passages from the Bible affirms my belief that the will of God is not as much of a mystery as we make it out to be It comes from the book of Micah ldquoYou have been told what is good and what Yahweh wants of you Only this that you live justly love tenderly and walk humbly with your Godrdquo (Micah 68)
Could this passage and the Holy Spirit be our guide in creating he ldquonew normalrdquo
Let us continue to pray for and love one another
Fr Roy
5
The Church of Saint Roch Oxford MA PENTECOST SUNDAY May 31 2020
PENTECOST SUNDAY
Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Come Holy Spirit fill the hearts of your faithful
And kindle in them the fire of your love
Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created
And you will renew the face of the earth
Lord
by the light of the Holy Spirit
you have taught the hearts of your faithful
In the same Spirit
help us to relish what is right
and always rejoice in your consolation
We ask this through Christ our Lord
Amen
Holy Spirit Memory
The Holy Spirit reminds us he reminds us of all that Jesus said He is the living memory of the Church and when he reminds us he helps us understand the words of the Lord
This remembrance in the Spirit and by virtue of the Spirit is an essential aspect of Christrsquos presence within us and within his Church The Spirit of truth and charity reminds us of all that Christ said and helps us enter ever more fully into the meaning of his words We all have this experience one moment in any situation there is an idea and then another connects with a passage from Scripture It is the Spirit who leads us to take this path the path of the living memory of the Church And he asks us for a response the more generous our re-sponse the more Jesusrsquo words become life within us becoming attitudes choices actions testimony In essence the Spirit reminds us of the commandment of love and calls us to live it
A Christian without memory is not a true Christian but only halfway there a man or woman a prisoner of the moment who doesnrsquot know how to treasure his or her history doesnrsquot know how to read it and live it as salvation history With the help of the Holy Spirit however we are able to interpret interior inspirations and life events in light of Jesusrsquo words And thus within us grows the knowledge of memory knowledge of the heart which is a gift of the Spirit May the Holy Spirit rekindle the Christian memory within all of us And there that day with the apostles was Our Lady of Memory who from the beginning meditated on all those things in her heart Mary our Mother was there May she help us on this path of memory mdashExcerpted from Walking with Jesus A Way Forward for the Church by Pope Francis
6
The Church of Saint Roch Oxford MA PENTECOST SUNDAY May 31 2020
We want to add you to our St Roch Flocknote family To help us communicate better at less cost Please send me your e-mail address so we will be able to keep you informed about the news and what is coming up in our parish You can decide which groups you wish to be notified about like ministries religious education andor special events Send me an e-mail at my e-mail with your name at strochoxfordgmailcom to Terry Ann Renaud questions call 508-987-2382
334 CLUB NEWS
The next club will begin the end of May and conclude in October followed by our annual dinner Letters for the next club have been mailed
As always we are LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS
This Club is open to everyone (over 21 years of age) We welcome new parishioners and friends outside the Parish to join us
Herersquos how it works
$2500 dues pays for twenty weeks giving you four chances to win $2500 each week for 20 weeks (thatrsquos 80 chances) plus Grand Prizes awarded at the end of the club
There are 2 clubs that run during the course of a year The fall club is followed by a dinner in our parish hall - free to members
The funds collected over and beyond the prizes are used to help supplement our ordinary income to support our parish
Forms for New Members are available at the entrances in the church or one can be mailed to you by calling 508-987-8987 We are hoping you will join us
Please call 508-987-2382
for updates on all Faith Formation Sessions
until further notice
Kathy Perry Owen Benway Al Sinkis Andrew Rivers Raymond Joseph Craig Ladd
Ruth Andrzejczyk Chloe Barbara Jones Roseanne Ferlito John Barton Carol Violette John amp Bev Makowski Dale Mahota Liz Iandolli Stephen Rice Maddy Desrosier Phyllis Day John Hickman Timothy Bowes Anita Prunier Roger St George Ed Carpenter James Sumerlin Bob St George Julie Guertin Francis DeSimone Robert amp Beverly Burns Judy Rodier Dawn Hoeg Sean Bushey Richard Fleming Olga Brault Noelle Silverstein Edward Wissell Eric Lambert James Quaiel Yvonne Mathurin Deborah Mancini Susan Gallant Doris Prouty Maureen Germain Dave Boucher Daniel Ivascyn Barbara Quaiel Pamela Rossley Fr Gerard Walsh Gary Cowperthwaite Kathleen Kathy Bishop Nicole Ryan Kathy B Anne Englehard Maurice Erwin and Tony Mazzone
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Confessions resume in the church
on Saturdays at 3 pm
Enjoy a Free Subscription to an in-credible online gateway of the best Catholic content all in one placemdashbooks videos movies audios etc
Itrsquos EASY and FREE to Register
A Gift of St Roch Parish to You
1 Go to formedorgsignup 2 Select St Roch Parish by entering name city andor zip code 3 Register with your name and email address 4 Check that email account for a link to begin using FORMED
Thatrsquos it Now sit back enjoy and enrich your life with an incredi-ble array of resources focused on our rich Catholic faith
YOUR FESTIVAL DONATIONS ACCEPTED NOW
In hopeful anticipation of holding our Annual Festival on August 15 amp 16 we have opened the garage behind the rectory for your donations for the garage sale and flea market Also boxed books are also accepted at this time PLEASE NO Tires Clothing Electronics or TVrsquos Encyclopedias or Magazines Mattresses Furniture Snow Blowers or Lawn Mowers Please do not leave items outside of garage Thank you
334 CLUB WINNERS mdash Week 1
420 Robert Peterson 450 Debra Ceminski 468 Lisa Czechowski 154 Mary Ellen Hashey
CONGRATULATIONS
2
The Church of Saint Roch Oxford MA PENTECOST SUNDAY May 31 2020
SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Sunday May 31mdashMonday June 1mdashActs 112-14 Jn 1925-34 Tuesday June 2mdash2 Pt 312-15a 17-18 Mk 1213-17 Wednesday June 3mdash2 Tm 11-3 6-12 Mk 1218-27 Thursday June 4mdash2 Tm 28-15 Mk 1228-34 Friday June 5mdash2 Tm 310-17 Mk 1235-37 Saturday June 6mdash2 Tm 41-8 Mk 1238-44 Sunday June 7mdash
PARISH DIRECTORY
334 Main St Oxford MA 01540 Rectory Office helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip(508) 987-8987 Fax helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip (508) 987-8938 Religious Education Officehelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip(508) 987-2382
Pastor Rev Michael J Roy Deacon Rev Mr Paul Connolly Director of Religious Education Mrs Terry Ann Renaud Administrative Assistant (M-TH 9-4) Mrs Teri Rawson Email strochrectorygmailcom Director of Music Ms Anna Pizzolato St Vincent de Paul SocietyhelliphelliphelliphellipArlene (508) 987-2813
Cemetery helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipContact rectory at (508) 987-8987
Mass Schedule
Sat 400 PM Sun 830 amp 1100 AM
The 1100 Mass will also be LIVE-Streamed on the parish website
Office Hours
During this time please make every effort to com-municate with the staff by phone or email Thank you for your cooperation
WEBSITE strochoxfordcom
EMAILS Teri RawsonmdashRectory Office strochrectorygmailcom Terry RenaudmdashRel Ed Office strochoxfordgmailcom
ST ROCH NOVENA
Let us all continue to recite the Novena to St Roch the patron saint of those afflicted with infectious diseases daily at home with the following prayers ~
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit Amen
Our Father Hail Mary Glory be
Litany in Honor of St Roch
God our Father Creator of Heaven and EarthHave mercy on us
Jesus Christ Lord and Saviorhellip Have mercy on us
Most Holy Spirit of Godhellip Have mercy on us
Holy Mary Mother of Godhellip Pray for us
Holy Mary Mother of the Churchhellip Pray for us
Holy Mary and all the Saintshellip Pray for us
Holy Mary Queen of Heavenhellip Pray for us
Holy Mary Patroness of those in dangerhellip Pray for us
Holy Mary Protectress of our seas and landhellip Pray for us
Holy Mary Comfort of the dying and sorrowinghellip Pray for us
St Roch devoted servant of Godhellip Pray for us
St Roch Patron of those afflicted with
infectious diseaseshellip Pray for us
St Roch Patron of the poor and hungryhellip Pray for us
St Roch our brother in Christhellip Pray for us
St Roch Healer and caregiverhellip Pray for us
St Roch our brother in suffering and illnesshellip Pray for us
St Roch our advocate in time of pain and
human miseryhellip Pray for us
St Roch Patron of the addictedhellip Pray for us
St Roch Patron of the terminally illhellip Pray for us
St Roch Patron of those in jails and prisonshellip Pray for us
St Roch Intercessor for the homelesshellip Pray for us
St Roch Patron of the afflictedhellip Pray for us
St Roch Patron of our parish communityhellip Pray for us
St Roch faithful witness to the healing
power of Godhellip Pray for us
Lord God make me an instrument of your healing when I am weak and in pain help me to rest when I am anxious help me to wait when I am fearful help me to trust when I am lonely help me to love when I place you apart from me help me to know you are near Healing God grant me not so much to demand every thing from myself as to let others help me nor to expect others to cure me as to do my own part toward getting better Grant me not so much to seek escape as to face my self and learn the depths of your love For it is in being uncertain and not in control that we find true faith in knowing the limits of mind and body that we find wholeness of spirit and in passing through death that we find life that lasts forever We ask this through the intercession of our patron St Roch and your Son Jesus Christ Our Lord Amen
A Prayer in Time of Pandemic
O God whose Only Begotten Son bore the weight of human suf-fering for our salvation hear the prayers of your Church for our sick brothers and sisters and deliver us from this time of trial Open our ears and our hearts to the voice of your Son
Be not afraid for I am with you always
Bless all doctors and nurses researchers and public servants give us the wisdom to do what is right and the faith to endure this hour that we might gather once again to praise your name in the heart of your Church delivered from all distress and confident in your mercy
Through Christ our Lord Amen
3
The Church of Saint Roch Oxford MA PENTECOST SUNDAY May 31 2020
Mass Intentions for the week
Saturday May 30 400 pm Clarence Caplette (6th Anniversary) by wife Madeleine
Sunday May 31 830 am Jeannette Allard by Mr amp Mrs Francis Malkowski
1100 am Sister Catherine Marie Walsh by Fr Roy
Monday June 1 830 am Cheryl Malesky by Maryann Hamilton
Tuesday June 2 600 pm Leo Cote
Wednesday June 3 830 am Richard Rushford by the family
Thursday June 4 600 pm William Dunn
Friday June 5 830 am The People of St Roch
Saturday June 6 400 pm William T Stevens (11th Anniversary) by the family
Sunday June 7 830 am Joyce Sentence by the Jalbert Family
1100 am Luis Gonzalez
LETrsquoS CONTINUE TO PRAY TOGETHER
The Sunday Mass at 11 AM with Fr Roy will continue to be LIVE Streamed
Go to our website strochoxfordcom and follow the prompts
In Addition to Sunday Masses Father Roy will be hosting a Prayer amp Reflection time Tuesday through Friday at 7 PM
To connect follow this link
httpsmeetingsamer12webexcommeetstolzpar Register amp join meeting then Choose option a] call in b] have Webex call you
c] use the device you are using You may be required to download the program the first time you are using Webex
with this in mind please try to join early Fr Roy opens 645 AM - Prayer sessions begin at 7 PM
Or join by phone call 1-408-418-9388 - Access code 623 057 852
2020 Partners in Charity Appeal
The 2020 Partners in Charity Appeal is currently under way Every member of St Roch is called upon to support the work of our Lord Jesus made possible
through this very important annual appeal We are confi-dent that with Godrsquos help and yours we will rise to it
Our parish goal is $42800 To date we have received $32765 in 111 gifts That brings us to 77 of reaching our goal
If you have already made a gift to the 2020 appeal we thank you
If you have not received a pledgedonation card in the mail please call 508-987-8987 and one can be mailed to you or you can pick one up in the church You may also
enter your gift online through the Diocesan website wwworcesterdioceseorg
Please do NOT enter these pledges through the parish
May 23 amp 24
Offertory Envelopes 513000 Online Giving 129500 Other sources of income 114800 Total 757300 Weekly Goal 526700 Result + 230600
Thank You
Online Giving Available on our website
wwwstrochoxfordcom
Donations may be made through this easy online meth-od for one-time or recurring payments or by mail
Second collection donations may also be made online
We truly appreciate your continued support of our parish especially during this difficult time as we need
to continue to pay insurance payroll utilities and other important expenses Thank you
Your Sacrificial Offering
4
The Church of Saint Roch Oxford MA PENTECOST SUNDAY May 31 2020
My Dear Parishioners
I could not have been more pleased with the way we opened our church for public worship this past weekend I am truly blessed to carry on my ministry here with such a dedicated staff Doug Cadarette has been diligent in sanitizing the church and designating the seating so that we can safely socially distant Terry Renaud and Teri Rawson were throughout front and center taking care of the multitude of details required for instance printing the personal participation pamphlets (PPP) setting up the downstairs hall and providing for the Mass being televised there All in case we needed it for the over flow We are in good shape here at St Rochrsquos
We are also slowly creating the ldquonew normalrdquo We would be fooling ourselves considering all that we have been through that our way of life after Covid-19 would be identical to life before this pandemic What are the choices that we will have to make What have we become aware of in our lives that perhaps before we took for granted Or perhaps be-cause of the pace of life we never gave much thought to before
In talking to people and of course the number of people Irsquove had a chance to share conversation with has been limited talk about a deeper awareness of their relationships with family friends parishioners and neighbors but also significantly their relationship with God There is I feel a new awareness of our radical dependence on God ldquoFor it is in being uncertain and not in control that we find true faithrdquo If we have true faith then we simply want to do the will of God It is simple and there is beauty and genius in simplicity but simple and easy are not the same
This Sunday we celebrate Pentecost the powerful outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Mary and the Apostles It was after the coming of the Holy Spirit that they understood clearly what direction their lives needed to take With the help of the indwelling Spirit they were able to make the right decisions I know that many have developed a deeper prayer life during the quarantine This gives us the ability to hear God speaking to me personally and become aware of His will for me and how he sets the new goals for my life a singleness of purpose
This singleness of purpose will help save you from wasting your life in shallow and superficial activity that means almost nothing to anyone When you have singleness of purpose everything else is embraced or discarded according to whether or not it moves you in the direction of your goal If you have this singleness of purpose decision making becomes much easier We can ask ourselves ldquoWhat is Godrsquos will for this momentrdquo
I suggest as we go about creating the new normal we make use of scripture One of my favorite passages from the Bible affirms my belief that the will of God is not as much of a mystery as we make it out to be It comes from the book of Micah ldquoYou have been told what is good and what Yahweh wants of you Only this that you live justly love tenderly and walk humbly with your Godrdquo (Micah 68)
Could this passage and the Holy Spirit be our guide in creating he ldquonew normalrdquo
Let us continue to pray for and love one another
Fr Roy
5
The Church of Saint Roch Oxford MA PENTECOST SUNDAY May 31 2020
PENTECOST SUNDAY
Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Come Holy Spirit fill the hearts of your faithful
And kindle in them the fire of your love
Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created
And you will renew the face of the earth
Lord
by the light of the Holy Spirit
you have taught the hearts of your faithful
In the same Spirit
help us to relish what is right
and always rejoice in your consolation
We ask this through Christ our Lord
Amen
Holy Spirit Memory
The Holy Spirit reminds us he reminds us of all that Jesus said He is the living memory of the Church and when he reminds us he helps us understand the words of the Lord
This remembrance in the Spirit and by virtue of the Spirit is an essential aspect of Christrsquos presence within us and within his Church The Spirit of truth and charity reminds us of all that Christ said and helps us enter ever more fully into the meaning of his words We all have this experience one moment in any situation there is an idea and then another connects with a passage from Scripture It is the Spirit who leads us to take this path the path of the living memory of the Church And he asks us for a response the more generous our re-sponse the more Jesusrsquo words become life within us becoming attitudes choices actions testimony In essence the Spirit reminds us of the commandment of love and calls us to live it
A Christian without memory is not a true Christian but only halfway there a man or woman a prisoner of the moment who doesnrsquot know how to treasure his or her history doesnrsquot know how to read it and live it as salvation history With the help of the Holy Spirit however we are able to interpret interior inspirations and life events in light of Jesusrsquo words And thus within us grows the knowledge of memory knowledge of the heart which is a gift of the Spirit May the Holy Spirit rekindle the Christian memory within all of us And there that day with the apostles was Our Lady of Memory who from the beginning meditated on all those things in her heart Mary our Mother was there May she help us on this path of memory mdashExcerpted from Walking with Jesus A Way Forward for the Church by Pope Francis
6
The Church of Saint Roch Oxford MA PENTECOST SUNDAY May 31 2020
We want to add you to our St Roch Flocknote family To help us communicate better at less cost Please send me your e-mail address so we will be able to keep you informed about the news and what is coming up in our parish You can decide which groups you wish to be notified about like ministries religious education andor special events Send me an e-mail at my e-mail with your name at strochoxfordgmailcom to Terry Ann Renaud questions call 508-987-2382
334 CLUB NEWS
The next club will begin the end of May and conclude in October followed by our annual dinner Letters for the next club have been mailed
As always we are LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS
This Club is open to everyone (over 21 years of age) We welcome new parishioners and friends outside the Parish to join us
Herersquos how it works
$2500 dues pays for twenty weeks giving you four chances to win $2500 each week for 20 weeks (thatrsquos 80 chances) plus Grand Prizes awarded at the end of the club
There are 2 clubs that run during the course of a year The fall club is followed by a dinner in our parish hall - free to members
The funds collected over and beyond the prizes are used to help supplement our ordinary income to support our parish
Forms for New Members are available at the entrances in the church or one can be mailed to you by calling 508-987-8987 We are hoping you will join us
Please call 508-987-2382
for updates on all Faith Formation Sessions
until further notice
Kathy Perry Owen Benway Al Sinkis Andrew Rivers Raymond Joseph Craig Ladd
Ruth Andrzejczyk Chloe Barbara Jones Roseanne Ferlito John Barton Carol Violette John amp Bev Makowski Dale Mahota Liz Iandolli Stephen Rice Maddy Desrosier Phyllis Day John Hickman Timothy Bowes Anita Prunier Roger St George Ed Carpenter James Sumerlin Bob St George Julie Guertin Francis DeSimone Robert amp Beverly Burns Judy Rodier Dawn Hoeg Sean Bushey Richard Fleming Olga Brault Noelle Silverstein Edward Wissell Eric Lambert James Quaiel Yvonne Mathurin Deborah Mancini Susan Gallant Doris Prouty Maureen Germain Dave Boucher Daniel Ivascyn Barbara Quaiel Pamela Rossley Fr Gerard Walsh Gary Cowperthwaite Kathleen Kathy Bishop Nicole Ryan Kathy B Anne Englehard Maurice Erwin and Tony Mazzone
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Confessions resume in the church
on Saturdays at 3 pm
Enjoy a Free Subscription to an in-credible online gateway of the best Catholic content all in one placemdashbooks videos movies audios etc
Itrsquos EASY and FREE to Register
A Gift of St Roch Parish to You
1 Go to formedorgsignup 2 Select St Roch Parish by entering name city andor zip code 3 Register with your name and email address 4 Check that email account for a link to begin using FORMED
Thatrsquos it Now sit back enjoy and enrich your life with an incredi-ble array of resources focused on our rich Catholic faith
YOUR FESTIVAL DONATIONS ACCEPTED NOW
In hopeful anticipation of holding our Annual Festival on August 15 amp 16 we have opened the garage behind the rectory for your donations for the garage sale and flea market Also boxed books are also accepted at this time PLEASE NO Tires Clothing Electronics or TVrsquos Encyclopedias or Magazines Mattresses Furniture Snow Blowers or Lawn Mowers Please do not leave items outside of garage Thank you
334 CLUB WINNERS mdash Week 1
420 Robert Peterson 450 Debra Ceminski 468 Lisa Czechowski 154 Mary Ellen Hashey
CONGRATULATIONS
3
The Church of Saint Roch Oxford MA PENTECOST SUNDAY May 31 2020
Mass Intentions for the week
Saturday May 30 400 pm Clarence Caplette (6th Anniversary) by wife Madeleine
Sunday May 31 830 am Jeannette Allard by Mr amp Mrs Francis Malkowski
1100 am Sister Catherine Marie Walsh by Fr Roy
Monday June 1 830 am Cheryl Malesky by Maryann Hamilton
Tuesday June 2 600 pm Leo Cote
Wednesday June 3 830 am Richard Rushford by the family
Thursday June 4 600 pm William Dunn
Friday June 5 830 am The People of St Roch
Saturday June 6 400 pm William T Stevens (11th Anniversary) by the family
Sunday June 7 830 am Joyce Sentence by the Jalbert Family
1100 am Luis Gonzalez
LETrsquoS CONTINUE TO PRAY TOGETHER
The Sunday Mass at 11 AM with Fr Roy will continue to be LIVE Streamed
Go to our website strochoxfordcom and follow the prompts
In Addition to Sunday Masses Father Roy will be hosting a Prayer amp Reflection time Tuesday through Friday at 7 PM
To connect follow this link
httpsmeetingsamer12webexcommeetstolzpar Register amp join meeting then Choose option a] call in b] have Webex call you
c] use the device you are using You may be required to download the program the first time you are using Webex
with this in mind please try to join early Fr Roy opens 645 AM - Prayer sessions begin at 7 PM
Or join by phone call 1-408-418-9388 - Access code 623 057 852
2020 Partners in Charity Appeal
The 2020 Partners in Charity Appeal is currently under way Every member of St Roch is called upon to support the work of our Lord Jesus made possible
through this very important annual appeal We are confi-dent that with Godrsquos help and yours we will rise to it
Our parish goal is $42800 To date we have received $32765 in 111 gifts That brings us to 77 of reaching our goal
If you have already made a gift to the 2020 appeal we thank you
If you have not received a pledgedonation card in the mail please call 508-987-8987 and one can be mailed to you or you can pick one up in the church You may also
enter your gift online through the Diocesan website wwworcesterdioceseorg
Please do NOT enter these pledges through the parish
May 23 amp 24
Offertory Envelopes 513000 Online Giving 129500 Other sources of income 114800 Total 757300 Weekly Goal 526700 Result + 230600
Thank You
Online Giving Available on our website
wwwstrochoxfordcom
Donations may be made through this easy online meth-od for one-time or recurring payments or by mail
Second collection donations may also be made online
We truly appreciate your continued support of our parish especially during this difficult time as we need
to continue to pay insurance payroll utilities and other important expenses Thank you
Your Sacrificial Offering
4
The Church of Saint Roch Oxford MA PENTECOST SUNDAY May 31 2020
My Dear Parishioners
I could not have been more pleased with the way we opened our church for public worship this past weekend I am truly blessed to carry on my ministry here with such a dedicated staff Doug Cadarette has been diligent in sanitizing the church and designating the seating so that we can safely socially distant Terry Renaud and Teri Rawson were throughout front and center taking care of the multitude of details required for instance printing the personal participation pamphlets (PPP) setting up the downstairs hall and providing for the Mass being televised there All in case we needed it for the over flow We are in good shape here at St Rochrsquos
We are also slowly creating the ldquonew normalrdquo We would be fooling ourselves considering all that we have been through that our way of life after Covid-19 would be identical to life before this pandemic What are the choices that we will have to make What have we become aware of in our lives that perhaps before we took for granted Or perhaps be-cause of the pace of life we never gave much thought to before
In talking to people and of course the number of people Irsquove had a chance to share conversation with has been limited talk about a deeper awareness of their relationships with family friends parishioners and neighbors but also significantly their relationship with God There is I feel a new awareness of our radical dependence on God ldquoFor it is in being uncertain and not in control that we find true faithrdquo If we have true faith then we simply want to do the will of God It is simple and there is beauty and genius in simplicity but simple and easy are not the same
This Sunday we celebrate Pentecost the powerful outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Mary and the Apostles It was after the coming of the Holy Spirit that they understood clearly what direction their lives needed to take With the help of the indwelling Spirit they were able to make the right decisions I know that many have developed a deeper prayer life during the quarantine This gives us the ability to hear God speaking to me personally and become aware of His will for me and how he sets the new goals for my life a singleness of purpose
This singleness of purpose will help save you from wasting your life in shallow and superficial activity that means almost nothing to anyone When you have singleness of purpose everything else is embraced or discarded according to whether or not it moves you in the direction of your goal If you have this singleness of purpose decision making becomes much easier We can ask ourselves ldquoWhat is Godrsquos will for this momentrdquo
I suggest as we go about creating the new normal we make use of scripture One of my favorite passages from the Bible affirms my belief that the will of God is not as much of a mystery as we make it out to be It comes from the book of Micah ldquoYou have been told what is good and what Yahweh wants of you Only this that you live justly love tenderly and walk humbly with your Godrdquo (Micah 68)
Could this passage and the Holy Spirit be our guide in creating he ldquonew normalrdquo
Let us continue to pray for and love one another
Fr Roy
5
The Church of Saint Roch Oxford MA PENTECOST SUNDAY May 31 2020
PENTECOST SUNDAY
Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Come Holy Spirit fill the hearts of your faithful
And kindle in them the fire of your love
Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created
And you will renew the face of the earth
Lord
by the light of the Holy Spirit
you have taught the hearts of your faithful
In the same Spirit
help us to relish what is right
and always rejoice in your consolation
We ask this through Christ our Lord
Amen
Holy Spirit Memory
The Holy Spirit reminds us he reminds us of all that Jesus said He is the living memory of the Church and when he reminds us he helps us understand the words of the Lord
This remembrance in the Spirit and by virtue of the Spirit is an essential aspect of Christrsquos presence within us and within his Church The Spirit of truth and charity reminds us of all that Christ said and helps us enter ever more fully into the meaning of his words We all have this experience one moment in any situation there is an idea and then another connects with a passage from Scripture It is the Spirit who leads us to take this path the path of the living memory of the Church And he asks us for a response the more generous our re-sponse the more Jesusrsquo words become life within us becoming attitudes choices actions testimony In essence the Spirit reminds us of the commandment of love and calls us to live it
A Christian without memory is not a true Christian but only halfway there a man or woman a prisoner of the moment who doesnrsquot know how to treasure his or her history doesnrsquot know how to read it and live it as salvation history With the help of the Holy Spirit however we are able to interpret interior inspirations and life events in light of Jesusrsquo words And thus within us grows the knowledge of memory knowledge of the heart which is a gift of the Spirit May the Holy Spirit rekindle the Christian memory within all of us And there that day with the apostles was Our Lady of Memory who from the beginning meditated on all those things in her heart Mary our Mother was there May she help us on this path of memory mdashExcerpted from Walking with Jesus A Way Forward for the Church by Pope Francis
6
The Church of Saint Roch Oxford MA PENTECOST SUNDAY May 31 2020
We want to add you to our St Roch Flocknote family To help us communicate better at less cost Please send me your e-mail address so we will be able to keep you informed about the news and what is coming up in our parish You can decide which groups you wish to be notified about like ministries religious education andor special events Send me an e-mail at my e-mail with your name at strochoxfordgmailcom to Terry Ann Renaud questions call 508-987-2382
334 CLUB NEWS
The next club will begin the end of May and conclude in October followed by our annual dinner Letters for the next club have been mailed
As always we are LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS
This Club is open to everyone (over 21 years of age) We welcome new parishioners and friends outside the Parish to join us
Herersquos how it works
$2500 dues pays for twenty weeks giving you four chances to win $2500 each week for 20 weeks (thatrsquos 80 chances) plus Grand Prizes awarded at the end of the club
There are 2 clubs that run during the course of a year The fall club is followed by a dinner in our parish hall - free to members
The funds collected over and beyond the prizes are used to help supplement our ordinary income to support our parish
Forms for New Members are available at the entrances in the church or one can be mailed to you by calling 508-987-8987 We are hoping you will join us
Please call 508-987-2382
for updates on all Faith Formation Sessions
until further notice
Kathy Perry Owen Benway Al Sinkis Andrew Rivers Raymond Joseph Craig Ladd
Ruth Andrzejczyk Chloe Barbara Jones Roseanne Ferlito John Barton Carol Violette John amp Bev Makowski Dale Mahota Liz Iandolli Stephen Rice Maddy Desrosier Phyllis Day John Hickman Timothy Bowes Anita Prunier Roger St George Ed Carpenter James Sumerlin Bob St George Julie Guertin Francis DeSimone Robert amp Beverly Burns Judy Rodier Dawn Hoeg Sean Bushey Richard Fleming Olga Brault Noelle Silverstein Edward Wissell Eric Lambert James Quaiel Yvonne Mathurin Deborah Mancini Susan Gallant Doris Prouty Maureen Germain Dave Boucher Daniel Ivascyn Barbara Quaiel Pamela Rossley Fr Gerard Walsh Gary Cowperthwaite Kathleen Kathy Bishop Nicole Ryan Kathy B Anne Englehard Maurice Erwin and Tony Mazzone
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Confessions resume in the church
on Saturdays at 3 pm
Enjoy a Free Subscription to an in-credible online gateway of the best Catholic content all in one placemdashbooks videos movies audios etc
Itrsquos EASY and FREE to Register
A Gift of St Roch Parish to You
1 Go to formedorgsignup 2 Select St Roch Parish by entering name city andor zip code 3 Register with your name and email address 4 Check that email account for a link to begin using FORMED
Thatrsquos it Now sit back enjoy and enrich your life with an incredi-ble array of resources focused on our rich Catholic faith
YOUR FESTIVAL DONATIONS ACCEPTED NOW
In hopeful anticipation of holding our Annual Festival on August 15 amp 16 we have opened the garage behind the rectory for your donations for the garage sale and flea market Also boxed books are also accepted at this time PLEASE NO Tires Clothing Electronics or TVrsquos Encyclopedias or Magazines Mattresses Furniture Snow Blowers or Lawn Mowers Please do not leave items outside of garage Thank you
334 CLUB WINNERS mdash Week 1
420 Robert Peterson 450 Debra Ceminski 468 Lisa Czechowski 154 Mary Ellen Hashey
CONGRATULATIONS
4
The Church of Saint Roch Oxford MA PENTECOST SUNDAY May 31 2020
My Dear Parishioners
I could not have been more pleased with the way we opened our church for public worship this past weekend I am truly blessed to carry on my ministry here with such a dedicated staff Doug Cadarette has been diligent in sanitizing the church and designating the seating so that we can safely socially distant Terry Renaud and Teri Rawson were throughout front and center taking care of the multitude of details required for instance printing the personal participation pamphlets (PPP) setting up the downstairs hall and providing for the Mass being televised there All in case we needed it for the over flow We are in good shape here at St Rochrsquos
We are also slowly creating the ldquonew normalrdquo We would be fooling ourselves considering all that we have been through that our way of life after Covid-19 would be identical to life before this pandemic What are the choices that we will have to make What have we become aware of in our lives that perhaps before we took for granted Or perhaps be-cause of the pace of life we never gave much thought to before
In talking to people and of course the number of people Irsquove had a chance to share conversation with has been limited talk about a deeper awareness of their relationships with family friends parishioners and neighbors but also significantly their relationship with God There is I feel a new awareness of our radical dependence on God ldquoFor it is in being uncertain and not in control that we find true faithrdquo If we have true faith then we simply want to do the will of God It is simple and there is beauty and genius in simplicity but simple and easy are not the same
This Sunday we celebrate Pentecost the powerful outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Mary and the Apostles It was after the coming of the Holy Spirit that they understood clearly what direction their lives needed to take With the help of the indwelling Spirit they were able to make the right decisions I know that many have developed a deeper prayer life during the quarantine This gives us the ability to hear God speaking to me personally and become aware of His will for me and how he sets the new goals for my life a singleness of purpose
This singleness of purpose will help save you from wasting your life in shallow and superficial activity that means almost nothing to anyone When you have singleness of purpose everything else is embraced or discarded according to whether or not it moves you in the direction of your goal If you have this singleness of purpose decision making becomes much easier We can ask ourselves ldquoWhat is Godrsquos will for this momentrdquo
I suggest as we go about creating the new normal we make use of scripture One of my favorite passages from the Bible affirms my belief that the will of God is not as much of a mystery as we make it out to be It comes from the book of Micah ldquoYou have been told what is good and what Yahweh wants of you Only this that you live justly love tenderly and walk humbly with your Godrdquo (Micah 68)
Could this passage and the Holy Spirit be our guide in creating he ldquonew normalrdquo
Let us continue to pray for and love one another
Fr Roy
5
The Church of Saint Roch Oxford MA PENTECOST SUNDAY May 31 2020
PENTECOST SUNDAY
Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Come Holy Spirit fill the hearts of your faithful
And kindle in them the fire of your love
Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created
And you will renew the face of the earth
Lord
by the light of the Holy Spirit
you have taught the hearts of your faithful
In the same Spirit
help us to relish what is right
and always rejoice in your consolation
We ask this through Christ our Lord
Amen
Holy Spirit Memory
The Holy Spirit reminds us he reminds us of all that Jesus said He is the living memory of the Church and when he reminds us he helps us understand the words of the Lord
This remembrance in the Spirit and by virtue of the Spirit is an essential aspect of Christrsquos presence within us and within his Church The Spirit of truth and charity reminds us of all that Christ said and helps us enter ever more fully into the meaning of his words We all have this experience one moment in any situation there is an idea and then another connects with a passage from Scripture It is the Spirit who leads us to take this path the path of the living memory of the Church And he asks us for a response the more generous our re-sponse the more Jesusrsquo words become life within us becoming attitudes choices actions testimony In essence the Spirit reminds us of the commandment of love and calls us to live it
A Christian without memory is not a true Christian but only halfway there a man or woman a prisoner of the moment who doesnrsquot know how to treasure his or her history doesnrsquot know how to read it and live it as salvation history With the help of the Holy Spirit however we are able to interpret interior inspirations and life events in light of Jesusrsquo words And thus within us grows the knowledge of memory knowledge of the heart which is a gift of the Spirit May the Holy Spirit rekindle the Christian memory within all of us And there that day with the apostles was Our Lady of Memory who from the beginning meditated on all those things in her heart Mary our Mother was there May she help us on this path of memory mdashExcerpted from Walking with Jesus A Way Forward for the Church by Pope Francis
6
The Church of Saint Roch Oxford MA PENTECOST SUNDAY May 31 2020
We want to add you to our St Roch Flocknote family To help us communicate better at less cost Please send me your e-mail address so we will be able to keep you informed about the news and what is coming up in our parish You can decide which groups you wish to be notified about like ministries religious education andor special events Send me an e-mail at my e-mail with your name at strochoxfordgmailcom to Terry Ann Renaud questions call 508-987-2382
334 CLUB NEWS
The next club will begin the end of May and conclude in October followed by our annual dinner Letters for the next club have been mailed
As always we are LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS
This Club is open to everyone (over 21 years of age) We welcome new parishioners and friends outside the Parish to join us
Herersquos how it works
$2500 dues pays for twenty weeks giving you four chances to win $2500 each week for 20 weeks (thatrsquos 80 chances) plus Grand Prizes awarded at the end of the club
There are 2 clubs that run during the course of a year The fall club is followed by a dinner in our parish hall - free to members
The funds collected over and beyond the prizes are used to help supplement our ordinary income to support our parish
Forms for New Members are available at the entrances in the church or one can be mailed to you by calling 508-987-8987 We are hoping you will join us
Please call 508-987-2382
for updates on all Faith Formation Sessions
until further notice
Kathy Perry Owen Benway Al Sinkis Andrew Rivers Raymond Joseph Craig Ladd
Ruth Andrzejczyk Chloe Barbara Jones Roseanne Ferlito John Barton Carol Violette John amp Bev Makowski Dale Mahota Liz Iandolli Stephen Rice Maddy Desrosier Phyllis Day John Hickman Timothy Bowes Anita Prunier Roger St George Ed Carpenter James Sumerlin Bob St George Julie Guertin Francis DeSimone Robert amp Beverly Burns Judy Rodier Dawn Hoeg Sean Bushey Richard Fleming Olga Brault Noelle Silverstein Edward Wissell Eric Lambert James Quaiel Yvonne Mathurin Deborah Mancini Susan Gallant Doris Prouty Maureen Germain Dave Boucher Daniel Ivascyn Barbara Quaiel Pamela Rossley Fr Gerard Walsh Gary Cowperthwaite Kathleen Kathy Bishop Nicole Ryan Kathy B Anne Englehard Maurice Erwin and Tony Mazzone
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Confessions resume in the church
on Saturdays at 3 pm
Enjoy a Free Subscription to an in-credible online gateway of the best Catholic content all in one placemdashbooks videos movies audios etc
Itrsquos EASY and FREE to Register
A Gift of St Roch Parish to You
1 Go to formedorgsignup 2 Select St Roch Parish by entering name city andor zip code 3 Register with your name and email address 4 Check that email account for a link to begin using FORMED
Thatrsquos it Now sit back enjoy and enrich your life with an incredi-ble array of resources focused on our rich Catholic faith
YOUR FESTIVAL DONATIONS ACCEPTED NOW
In hopeful anticipation of holding our Annual Festival on August 15 amp 16 we have opened the garage behind the rectory for your donations for the garage sale and flea market Also boxed books are also accepted at this time PLEASE NO Tires Clothing Electronics or TVrsquos Encyclopedias or Magazines Mattresses Furniture Snow Blowers or Lawn Mowers Please do not leave items outside of garage Thank you
334 CLUB WINNERS mdash Week 1
420 Robert Peterson 450 Debra Ceminski 468 Lisa Czechowski 154 Mary Ellen Hashey
CONGRATULATIONS
5
The Church of Saint Roch Oxford MA PENTECOST SUNDAY May 31 2020
PENTECOST SUNDAY
Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Come Holy Spirit fill the hearts of your faithful
And kindle in them the fire of your love
Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created
And you will renew the face of the earth
Lord
by the light of the Holy Spirit
you have taught the hearts of your faithful
In the same Spirit
help us to relish what is right
and always rejoice in your consolation
We ask this through Christ our Lord
Amen
Holy Spirit Memory
The Holy Spirit reminds us he reminds us of all that Jesus said He is the living memory of the Church and when he reminds us he helps us understand the words of the Lord
This remembrance in the Spirit and by virtue of the Spirit is an essential aspect of Christrsquos presence within us and within his Church The Spirit of truth and charity reminds us of all that Christ said and helps us enter ever more fully into the meaning of his words We all have this experience one moment in any situation there is an idea and then another connects with a passage from Scripture It is the Spirit who leads us to take this path the path of the living memory of the Church And he asks us for a response the more generous our re-sponse the more Jesusrsquo words become life within us becoming attitudes choices actions testimony In essence the Spirit reminds us of the commandment of love and calls us to live it
A Christian without memory is not a true Christian but only halfway there a man or woman a prisoner of the moment who doesnrsquot know how to treasure his or her history doesnrsquot know how to read it and live it as salvation history With the help of the Holy Spirit however we are able to interpret interior inspirations and life events in light of Jesusrsquo words And thus within us grows the knowledge of memory knowledge of the heart which is a gift of the Spirit May the Holy Spirit rekindle the Christian memory within all of us And there that day with the apostles was Our Lady of Memory who from the beginning meditated on all those things in her heart Mary our Mother was there May she help us on this path of memory mdashExcerpted from Walking with Jesus A Way Forward for the Church by Pope Francis
6
The Church of Saint Roch Oxford MA PENTECOST SUNDAY May 31 2020
We want to add you to our St Roch Flocknote family To help us communicate better at less cost Please send me your e-mail address so we will be able to keep you informed about the news and what is coming up in our parish You can decide which groups you wish to be notified about like ministries religious education andor special events Send me an e-mail at my e-mail with your name at strochoxfordgmailcom to Terry Ann Renaud questions call 508-987-2382
334 CLUB NEWS
The next club will begin the end of May and conclude in October followed by our annual dinner Letters for the next club have been mailed
As always we are LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS
This Club is open to everyone (over 21 years of age) We welcome new parishioners and friends outside the Parish to join us
Herersquos how it works
$2500 dues pays for twenty weeks giving you four chances to win $2500 each week for 20 weeks (thatrsquos 80 chances) plus Grand Prizes awarded at the end of the club
There are 2 clubs that run during the course of a year The fall club is followed by a dinner in our parish hall - free to members
The funds collected over and beyond the prizes are used to help supplement our ordinary income to support our parish
Forms for New Members are available at the entrances in the church or one can be mailed to you by calling 508-987-8987 We are hoping you will join us
Please call 508-987-2382
for updates on all Faith Formation Sessions
until further notice
Kathy Perry Owen Benway Al Sinkis Andrew Rivers Raymond Joseph Craig Ladd
Ruth Andrzejczyk Chloe Barbara Jones Roseanne Ferlito John Barton Carol Violette John amp Bev Makowski Dale Mahota Liz Iandolli Stephen Rice Maddy Desrosier Phyllis Day John Hickman Timothy Bowes Anita Prunier Roger St George Ed Carpenter James Sumerlin Bob St George Julie Guertin Francis DeSimone Robert amp Beverly Burns Judy Rodier Dawn Hoeg Sean Bushey Richard Fleming Olga Brault Noelle Silverstein Edward Wissell Eric Lambert James Quaiel Yvonne Mathurin Deborah Mancini Susan Gallant Doris Prouty Maureen Germain Dave Boucher Daniel Ivascyn Barbara Quaiel Pamela Rossley Fr Gerard Walsh Gary Cowperthwaite Kathleen Kathy Bishop Nicole Ryan Kathy B Anne Englehard Maurice Erwin and Tony Mazzone
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Confessions resume in the church
on Saturdays at 3 pm
Enjoy a Free Subscription to an in-credible online gateway of the best Catholic content all in one placemdashbooks videos movies audios etc
Itrsquos EASY and FREE to Register
A Gift of St Roch Parish to You
1 Go to formedorgsignup 2 Select St Roch Parish by entering name city andor zip code 3 Register with your name and email address 4 Check that email account for a link to begin using FORMED
Thatrsquos it Now sit back enjoy and enrich your life with an incredi-ble array of resources focused on our rich Catholic faith
YOUR FESTIVAL DONATIONS ACCEPTED NOW
In hopeful anticipation of holding our Annual Festival on August 15 amp 16 we have opened the garage behind the rectory for your donations for the garage sale and flea market Also boxed books are also accepted at this time PLEASE NO Tires Clothing Electronics or TVrsquos Encyclopedias or Magazines Mattresses Furniture Snow Blowers or Lawn Mowers Please do not leave items outside of garage Thank you
334 CLUB WINNERS mdash Week 1
420 Robert Peterson 450 Debra Ceminski 468 Lisa Czechowski 154 Mary Ellen Hashey
CONGRATULATIONS
6
The Church of Saint Roch Oxford MA PENTECOST SUNDAY May 31 2020
We want to add you to our St Roch Flocknote family To help us communicate better at less cost Please send me your e-mail address so we will be able to keep you informed about the news and what is coming up in our parish You can decide which groups you wish to be notified about like ministries religious education andor special events Send me an e-mail at my e-mail with your name at strochoxfordgmailcom to Terry Ann Renaud questions call 508-987-2382
334 CLUB NEWS
The next club will begin the end of May and conclude in October followed by our annual dinner Letters for the next club have been mailed
As always we are LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS
This Club is open to everyone (over 21 years of age) We welcome new parishioners and friends outside the Parish to join us
Herersquos how it works
$2500 dues pays for twenty weeks giving you four chances to win $2500 each week for 20 weeks (thatrsquos 80 chances) plus Grand Prizes awarded at the end of the club
There are 2 clubs that run during the course of a year The fall club is followed by a dinner in our parish hall - free to members
The funds collected over and beyond the prizes are used to help supplement our ordinary income to support our parish
Forms for New Members are available at the entrances in the church or one can be mailed to you by calling 508-987-8987 We are hoping you will join us
Please call 508-987-2382
for updates on all Faith Formation Sessions
until further notice
Kathy Perry Owen Benway Al Sinkis Andrew Rivers Raymond Joseph Craig Ladd
Ruth Andrzejczyk Chloe Barbara Jones Roseanne Ferlito John Barton Carol Violette John amp Bev Makowski Dale Mahota Liz Iandolli Stephen Rice Maddy Desrosier Phyllis Day John Hickman Timothy Bowes Anita Prunier Roger St George Ed Carpenter James Sumerlin Bob St George Julie Guertin Francis DeSimone Robert amp Beverly Burns Judy Rodier Dawn Hoeg Sean Bushey Richard Fleming Olga Brault Noelle Silverstein Edward Wissell Eric Lambert James Quaiel Yvonne Mathurin Deborah Mancini Susan Gallant Doris Prouty Maureen Germain Dave Boucher Daniel Ivascyn Barbara Quaiel Pamela Rossley Fr Gerard Walsh Gary Cowperthwaite Kathleen Kathy Bishop Nicole Ryan Kathy B Anne Englehard Maurice Erwin and Tony Mazzone
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Confessions resume in the church
on Saturdays at 3 pm
Enjoy a Free Subscription to an in-credible online gateway of the best Catholic content all in one placemdashbooks videos movies audios etc
Itrsquos EASY and FREE to Register
A Gift of St Roch Parish to You
1 Go to formedorgsignup 2 Select St Roch Parish by entering name city andor zip code 3 Register with your name and email address 4 Check that email account for a link to begin using FORMED
Thatrsquos it Now sit back enjoy and enrich your life with an incredi-ble array of resources focused on our rich Catholic faith
YOUR FESTIVAL DONATIONS ACCEPTED NOW
In hopeful anticipation of holding our Annual Festival on August 15 amp 16 we have opened the garage behind the rectory for your donations for the garage sale and flea market Also boxed books are also accepted at this time PLEASE NO Tires Clothing Electronics or TVrsquos Encyclopedias or Magazines Mattresses Furniture Snow Blowers or Lawn Mowers Please do not leave items outside of garage Thank you
334 CLUB WINNERS mdash Week 1
420 Robert Peterson 450 Debra Ceminski 468 Lisa Czechowski 154 Mary Ellen Hashey
CONGRATULATIONS
