St.Brigid
Parish
Saturday, July 3, 2010
4:00 PM Mary
and Wilfred Ostiguy and Family
Sunday, July 4, 2010
8:00 AM Holy
Mass
10:30 AM Helen
Romikitis, John Romikitis, Sr.,
John Romikitis, Jr. and
John Romikitis III
6:00 PM Holy Mass
Monday, July 5, 2010
8:00 AM Holy
Mass
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
7:00 AM John
J. and Mary T. O’Connor
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
7:00 AM Bartholomew,
Catherine, Lillian and
William Powers
Thursday, July 8, 2010
7:00AM Deceased
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
Friday, July 9, 2010
7:00 AM Patrick
J. Madden, Anniversary
Saturday, July 10, 2010
4:00 PM Irene
Malone, 31st Anniversary
Sunday, July 11, 2010
8:00 AM Holy
Mass
10:30 AM Frank
H. Bolstad
6:00
PM Lawrence W. Holt, 5th
Anniversary
Please
keep in your prayers all our parishioners who are ill, in a nursing home, or
hospital. If you would like the
parishioners to pray for someone in particular who is ill or away in our armed
services - please call the parish office and we will mention them in this area
of the bulletin.
Please remember in your prayers all our parishioners who are sick, in the hospital or
in a nursing home, especially Karen Read and Clement “Rocky” Kearns.
The Rite of Christian Burial was celebrated this week for Gerard Galvin. Please remember him in your prayers.
Please pray for all those serving in our armed forces at home and abroad especially Marine Lance Corporal Daniel
Conroy.
INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLIDAY
The
Parish Office will be closed on Monday, July 5th for the
Holiday. We will re-open on Tuesday,
July 6 at 9:00am.
CHANGE OF MASS TIME ON MONDAY, JULY 5
Because
of the Holiday, the mass at St. Brigid Church on Monday, July 5th
will be held at 8:00 a.m.
St. Brigid Parish
Support
Weekly Offertory: Our Parish
Support in our Offertory Collection this past weekend was $3,335. Thank you for your
continued support.
St. Brigid Parish Restoration Fund: Please
consider a gift to this most important Fund for our Parish’s Restoration. Memorials in memory of a loved one who has
died are also encouraged and welcomed.
Please
prepare for your child’s Baptism by calling the Parish Office. The next available date for Baptisms will be Sunday, July 11th at 1:00
p.m. in the Upper Church of St. Brigid Parish.
The preparation meeting for the parents will be held on Friday, July 9th at 7:00
p.m. also in the Upper Church at St. Brigid.
MIRAMAR RETREAT CENTER:
THE 7th ANNUAL
SOME ENCHANTED EVENING
The evening will be held on July 31st at 5:00pm at
Miramar Retreat Center, 121 Parks St., Duxbury.
Enjoy a social hour, gourmet dinner, silent and live auctions, and live
entertainment. Bring your family and
friends. Proceeds benefit the Miramar
Capital Fund. Tickets are $100.00 per
person. To make reservations, place an
ad in the Program Book, make a donation, or donate an item for the auction,
call Miramar (781-585-2460). Publication
deadline for ads and donations is July 25th. Tickets are limited; reserve yours before
July 25th.
FLOWER DONATIONS FOR ST. BRIGID ALTAR
Please
remember that you may donate Altar Flowers in memory of your loved ones to
adorn the altar at St. Brigid Church.
Please call the secretary at the Parish Office.
MUSIC WILL
BE SUSPENDED FROM 6PM
MASS DURING
SUMMER
There
will be no music at the 6:00pm Mass for the summer. Music will resume after Labor Day.
TUESDAY NIGHT PARISH BIBLE STUDY
Our
weekly Scripture reflection group at St. Brigid will resume our meetings on
Tuesday, July 6.
WELCOME TO SAINT BRIGID PARISH
A
special warm welcome to Andrew Philip Blanchette, John James Dudley Bulger,
Nolan Christopher Burns, Amara Jolie Ceurvels, Sean Patrick O’Keefe, Isabella
Marie Ryan, Katherine Rose Santos, Selina Margaret Sheppeck, Colton Cole
Wojdag, Ciara Elizabeth Dalessio, Clifford Jack Swain and Anna Doris Noonan, who
by virtue of their Baptism last month were initiated into our Faith
Community. We promise our prayers and
support.
Welcome to Fr. Michael Banks, OFM Cap.
Part-time Priest for our Parishes
We welcome Fr. Michael Banks, a Capuchin Franciscan that will be
assisting in our parishes a couple of days a week beginning next week.
Fr. Michael is the former Provincial of the New York/New England
Province of the Capuchin Friars. He has
been assisting at St. Ann’s Parish in Dorchester this past year. Next year he has offered to share duties
between St. Ann’s and St. Brigid and Gate of Heaven Parishes. He will be with us a few days a week, and one
or two Masses on the weekend. We thank
Fr. Michael for his service and will be able to welcome him the week of July 5th. The following is a message from Fr. Michael:
As the new priest helping
out this year, your pastor, Fr. Casey, has asked me to write a brief
introduction. My name is Fr. Michael
Banks, OFM Cap., a Capuchin Franciscan priest of the New York/New England
Province of St. Mary, stationed at San Lorenzo Friary in Jamaica Plain, the
former convent of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish.
I was born in 1945 and
raised in St. Ann Parish, Dorchester. My
parents, Vincent and Mary (Elwood) both grew up and were married in 1938 at St.
Brigid’s. My father’s parents were
married in Gate of Heaven Church.
I was ordained in 1984 and
have spent my whole priesthood serving in parishes in New York, as well as in
administrative positions in our Province.
San Lorenzo Friary is our house of formation for our students studying
for the priesthood at the Boston College School of Theology & Ministry.
In addition to helping out
at St. Brigid and Gate of Heaven, I assist at St. Ann’s. I consider it a real blessing to have the
opportunity to minister at the parishes that are so important a part of my
family’s history!
Two New Auxiliary Bishops
for Boston
Congratulations to Bishop-Elect Kennedy and Bishop–Elect Uglietto
who were named this week by Pope Benedict to be Auxiliary Bishops for the
Archdiocese of Boston. Fr. Arthur
Kennedy is currently the Rector of St. John’s Seminary in Brighton, and Fr. Peter
Uglietto is currently the Rector of Blessed John XXIII National Seminary in
Weston.
Congratulations to our two new Bishops – and we pledge our prayers
and support.
Happy 4th of July
Weekend!!!
YEARLY MISSIONARY VISIT
SECOND COLLECTION THIS WEEKEND
FOR P.I.M.E.
MISSIONARIES
Will be taken after
communion
Each year, every parish in the Archdiocese of Boston welcomes a
Missionary in order to help support the missionary activity around the
world. This year we welcome this weekend
Fr. Ghezzi form PIME Missionaries.
PIME (the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions) is a
Missionary Institute of priests and brothers who dedicate their lives to the
mission among non-Christians on the five continents. Founded in Italy in 1850, PIME opened its
North America Region Headquarters in Detroit in 1947. Mission awareness is promoted and financial
assistance for missions in developing countries is provided.
Reverend Giancarlo Ghezzi, PME, will be here this weekend to talk
to us about his work as a PIME Missionary.
Please welcome him and be as generous as you can.
There are envelopes at the
doors of the Churches this weekend for the special second collection
that will be taken up after communion today.
SOUTH BOSTON CATHOLIC
ACADEMY
“SCHOOL NEWS”
Faith, Family Spirit & Academic Excellence
We pray that our students, their families, faculty and
parishioners have a safe and restful summer.
South Boston Catholic Academy will be taking ongoing registrations
during the summer. You may call the
school or visit the website at www.sbcatholicacademy.org
to download a registration form.
UNDERSTANDING THE MASS
Gathering as a Community
When
we enter the church building for the celebration of Mass, one of the first
things we encounter is a holy water font.
This water has been blessed by a priest or deacon, just as the water was
blessed at our baptism. When we dip our
finger into the font and bless ourselves with the water and the sign of the
cross, this gesture is meant to remind us of the sacrament of baptism. It was through baptism that we first became
members of the Church, sons and daughters of God, and had our place in a pew –
but not before genuflecting to the Blessed Sacrament! We genuflect by lowering our right knee until
it touches the floor. This is a sign of
reverence for the presence of Christ in the consecrated hosts in the
tabernacle. If the tabernacle is in the
center of the church, we should genuflect in that direction; if it is located
to the side, we should direct our genuflection to the side. In some churches, the tabernacle is not kept
in the main building but in a side chapel.
If that is the case, then instead of genuflecting, we would make a profound
bow toward the altar. We also bow
instead of genuflecting when the tabernacle is empty, as on Holy Thursday or
Good Friday.
Gate of Heaven Parish
Support
Weekly Offertory: Our Parish
Support in our Offertory Collection this past weekend was $4,127. Thank you for your
continued support.
Gate of Heaven Parish Restoration Fund: Please consider a gift to this most important Fund
for our Parish’s Restoration. Memorials
in memory of a loved one who has died are also encouraged and welcomed.
Please
prepare for your child’s Baptism by calling the Parish Office. The next available date for Baptisms will be Sunday, July 18th at 1:00 p.m. in
the Upper Church at Gate of Heaven. The
preparation meeting for the parents will be held on Friday, July 9th at 7:00 p.m. in the Upper Church at St.
Brigid.
FLOWER DONATIONS FOR
GATE OF HEAVEN ALTAR
Please
remember that you may donate Altar Flowers in memory of your loved ones to
adorn the altar at Gate of Heaven Church.
Please call the secretary at the Parish Office.
CONFESSION AT GATE OF HEAVEN CHURCH
Confessions
will be heard every Saturday between 3:30 – 3:50. Please see the priest in the Sacristy.
WELCOME TO GATE OF HEAVEN PARISH
A special warm welcome to Francis John Anderson, David Michael Parsons, Matthew Robert Parsons, Nicholas Atticus Sherburne, Ella Kathryn Cedrone, Vienna Anna Rose Noble, Finian Hayes Barrett, Graeme Coughter Barrett, who by virtue of their Baptism last month were initiated into our Faith Community. We promise our prayers and support.
SAINT BRIGID
AND GATE OF HEAVEN
MARRIAGE
BANNS
I.
Michael Haapaoja
– Christina Marchand
I. Eric
Perschke and Alyson McGonagle
II.
Michael Mulvaney
– Erin Casey
II. James
Deady – Megan O’Toole
III.
John Noble –
Kaitlin McColgan
Saturday Morning Mass
Suspended for Summer
Please note: There are no Saturday morning masses at either Church
during the summer months. Saturday
morning mass will begin again in September.
Thanks for your understanding.
Gate of Heaven Parish
Saturday, July 3, 2010
4:00 PM Arline
and George Cooper
Sunday, July 4, 2010
9:00 AM Jack
Gearin
12:00
PM Ann Marie Conley, 3rd
Anniversary
Monday, July 5, 2010
9:00 AM Hank
and Agnes Frieburger Family
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
9:00AM Robert
J. Burns
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
9:00AM Walsh
Family
Thursday, July 8, 2010
9:00 AM Holy
Mass
Friday, July 9, 2010
9:00 AM Holy
Mass
Saturday, July 10, 2010
4:00 PM Robert
O. Burns, 4th Anniversary
Sunday, July 11, 2010
9:00 AM Benedetta
LoGrasso, Month’s Mind
12Noon Josephine
Kane
Please
keep in your prayers all our parishioners who are ill, in a nursing home, or
hospital. If you would like the
parishioners to pray for someone in particular who is ill or away in our armed
services - please call the parish office and we will mention them in this area
of the bulletin.
The Rite of Christian Burial was celebrated this week for Gerard Galvin. Please remember him in your prayers.
Please
remember in your prayers all our parishioners who are sick, in the hospital
or in a nursing home, especially Karen Read and Clement “Rocky” Kearns.
Please pray for all those serving in our armed forces at home and abroad especially Marine Lance Corporal Daniel Conroy.
The Holy Rosary
Every Tuesday Evening at
6:30PM
at Gate of Heaven Lower
Church.
Join us each Tuesday evening at
6:30PM for the praying of the Rosary. This will take place at Gate of Heaven
Lower Church. All are invited to pray this special devotion to Mary, while her
intercession for the special intentions that each of us has, will be heard.
PARISH OFFICE SUMMER HOURS
The Parish Office has begun summer hours. The Office will be open:
Monday through Wednesday from 9am to 5pm
Thursday and Friday from 9am to 3pm.