Saint Mary Parish 211 North Main St. Randolph, MA 02368

Saint Mary Parish
211 North Main St.
Randolph, MA 02368
Established 1850
Randolph, Massachusetts
MASS SCHEDULE
Sunday Masses
Saturday Vigil
Sunday
ADMINISTRATOR
Rev. John J. Ronaghan
Email: [email protected]
WEEKEND ASSISTANT
Rev. Pinto Paul, C.S.C.
Email: [email protected]
SENIOR DEACON
4:00pm
8:00, 10:00, 11:30am
Weekday Masses
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
Celebrated at St. Mary Parish
9:00am
Holy Day Masses
As announced
Accommodations for the Handicapped
Parish Website: stmaryrandolph.org
Cemetery Website: saintmarycemetery.org
Deacon James H. Eames
DRE/PASTORAL ASSOCIATE
Mrs. Patricia J. O’Connor
Email: [email protected]
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ASSISTANT
Mrs. Julie Pantazelos
Email: [email protected]
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
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SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
Please call the Parish Office for information.
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Mrs. Judith A. Concannon
Email: [email protected]
Saturday 3:00pm – 3:45pm in the Chapel, or by
request.
Mr. Robert S. O’Connor
Email: [email protected]
Preparation should be made with a priest at least
six months in advance.
CEMETERY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR OF MUSIC MINISTRIES
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE
SACRAMENT OF THE SICK
Mrs. Felicia Kopelman-Hayes
BUSINESS MANAGER
Mr. Joseph Sheehan
Email: [email protected]
TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Pastoral Center: 22 Seton Way - 781-963-4141
Rel. Ed Center: 30 Seton Way -781-961-5009
Cemetery Office: 245 North St. - 781-961-9323
FAX NUMBERS
Pastoral Center: 781-963-0884
Rel. Ed Center: 781-961-5055
Cemetery Office: 781-963-0884
If you would like to receive the Sacrament of the
Sick prior to hospital admission or for any other
reason, please contact one of the priests or call the
Pastoral Center.
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
First Saturday following 9:00am Mass until
11:00am.
HAITIAN CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP
PASTORAL CENTER OFFICE HOURS:
Monday—Friday: 9am to 4pm
Guerisons, Graces, Benedictions!!!
Venez nous joindre chaque jeudi soir a 7:00pm a la
priere charismatique pour chanter et louer Dieu!
Healing, Blessings!!!
Come to join us every Thursday night at 7:00pm at
the charismatic prayer in French and in Creole to
sing and praise the Lord!
PARISH MISSION STATEMENT
We are a vibrant faith community committed to living out the gospel of Jesus Christ in the Roman Catholic tradition. As a Eucharistic people, we seek to deepen our personal union with Jesus Christ through the ministries of
Word, Worship, Community, and Service. Guided by the Holy Spirit, we devote ourselves to the Catechetical Ministry of Youth and Young Adults and to ongoing Adult Faith Formation. We seek to continue the mission of the
Church by extending hospitality and outreach to all the People of God.
ST. MARY
RANDOLPH, MA
COLLABORATIVE
LITURGICAL SCHEDULE
St. Mary Parish
Saturday Vigil: 4:00pm
Sunday Masses: 8:00am, 10:00am, 11:30am
THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
MEMORIAL MASSES FOR THE WEEK
Saturday, November 15, 2014
4:00pm Louise Fitzgerald
Sunday, November 16, 2014
10:00am Carol Call & Francis McIntosh
11:30am Rosario Monteforte
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
9:00am Theresna Cilencieux
Saturday, November 22, 2014
9:00am Nour ElFar
4:00pm Peter Gaynor
Sunday, November 23, 2014
8:00am Vivencio Sampuang
10:00am Edgar Fowler, Jr.
11:30am Audrey & Leo Fahey
WEEKLY OFFERTORY
OFFERTORY
Loose Money $1773.00
Envelopes
$3241.00
TOTAL
$5014.00
MONTHLY ENERGY COLLECTION
Loose Money $ 869.00
Envelopes
$1490.00
TOTAL
$2359.00
GRAND ANNUAL TO DATE: $24,021.00
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL - $119.00
Please remember St. Mary Parish in your will!
SECOND COLLECTIONS-NOVEMBER
11/15/14
Mission Cooperative Appeal
11/23/14
Retired Religious Sisters
REMINDER TO
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS & LECTORS
We remind the Eucharistic Ministers and Lectors
to please check your name in the Sign-In-Book located in
the Chapel on your assigned weekend Mass.
We will be using that list to update our Ministries and if you have not signed in we assume that you no
longer wish to continue your ministry. Thank you.
Daily Mass
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday—9:00am
St. Bernadette Parish
Saturday Vigil: 4:00pm
Sunday Masses: 7:30am
9:00am—Vietnamese
11:00am
Daily Mass
Monday, Wednesday, Friday—9:00am
PRAY FOR THOSE
IN THE ARMED FORCES
We wish to remember in our prayers those brave
men and women who are presently serving our country
here and overseas.
Jeremy Lucier, Kevin Ryan, Ryan Dornan, Paul Ellis,
Kirsty Penticost, William Williams, Christopher Jackson,
Ryan O’Keefe, Keith Littig, Timothy Walsh, Thomas
Cheney, Elliot Trippel, Richard Pert, Drake Barry, Tom
Ram and Colin Reilly.
Please call the office if you would like someone
added to this prayer list and also please inform us of their
safe return. Thank you!
WINTERFEST
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6
2-4:30PM
NORTH MAIN STREET AT
CRAWFORD SQUARE
Winterfest is a celebration of community and local
businesses that kicks off the holiday season. Jointly
hosted by the Randolph Chamber of Commerce and
Town of Randolph, the event features an afternoon of
performances, exhibits, activities, food and craft vendors
and civic organizations ending with a sing-along and tree
lighting.
With North Main Street closed to traffic and a captive
audience of residents and visitors enjoying the afternoon,
Winterfest provides an opportunity to showcase your
organization’s products and services. Applications for
vendor space can be found at www.townofrandolph.com
THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
NOTES FROM PATTY O’CONNOR
PASTORAL ASSOCIATE/DRE
The most treasured part of my ministry here at St.
Mary’s has been the life lessons I have learned along the
way. I would like to share with you a reflection I wrote
back a few years ago that explains one of my most humble moments. It clearly defines that old adage, “do not
judge a book by its cover”. It also gives you a glimpse
into why I LOVE teenagers. The names and faces in this
reflection are long forgotten but the lesson is not.
Every once in a while, we host what we call LARGE
group for our high school Religious Education classes.
In this setting we choose and present a catechetical
theme consistent with the curriculum. The students are
grouped at round tables according to their Religious Education class with their catechist as a guide and two peer
leaders to facilitate discussion. We use witness, video,
games, ice-breakers, anything we can to emphasize the
theme.
On this particular evening, one table is missing their catechist, and both peer leaders, and so I jump in to pinch
hit. The theme is social justice and two peer leaders are
sharing some interesting stories with the large group
from the podium. One tenth grader at my table sits
slumped forward in his black hooded sweatshirt with the
hood pulled over his head to hide his eyes. I can visualize him as I am writing this. I gently ask him to get himself together and pay attention. Several more times I
give him a raised eyebrow and I can begin to feel my
blood boiling. The next time I speak to him I am not
gentle at all, and I’m ready to move his butt in a straight
line to the office. Having worked with teenagers for a
long time, I have developed the habit of choosing my
battles, taking a deep breath, and counting to ten or 50 or
100 if need be to keep my cool. So I let a few minutes
go by.
A wise person once told me that the best way to discipline is to start by asking questions. When I cool down,
I start pumping questions and naturally I’m getting one
word answers. “Were you up late last night?” “Yeah.”
“Are you all right?” “Yeah”. “Are you listening?”
“Yeah”. (Time for more pointed questions.) “What time
did you get to bed?” “3 a.m.”. “Do you think that’s a
good way to go to school with so little sleep?”. “No”.
“Were you home?” “No.” “Where were you?”
“Boston.” “Who with?” “My aunt.” “Til 3 a.m.?”
“Yes”. ( I couldn’t take it any longer, I had to ask)
“What in God’s name were you doing til 3 a.m. in the
City of Boston and do you think that’s a safe thing to
do?”
NOVEMBER 16, 2014
The answer to this question is a lesson I’ll never forget.
It seems that every year God has a lesson for me to learn
no matter how many years I am in this ministry. My
very huffy, judgmental, outraged self sat there looking
into the eyes of a teenager who answered my question
this way: “Counting the homeless people with the
Mayor’s group.”
If you think that response ended my judging this young
man, you are wrong. I shot back with, “Social justice is
our topic tonight, and you should be listening!” His
response was, “I know!” It was not just the words that
took my breath away, but the look of Christ in his eyes.
He knew exactly what was going on, his heart was
burning with what he was hearing, but I don’t think he
was confident in putting it out there with his peers.
The rest of the teens at the table caught this last exchange
between us, saw the look on his face, and started to ask
questions. I was not needed for the rest of the night at
that table. Social justice was the theme, but the young
man had taken over the leadership role.
My lesson? Teenagers use attitudes to cover up their
insecurities. Some use their attitudes to cover up their
spirituality because spirituality is not necessarily “cool”.
He, who has eyes to see, must. Sometimes seeing is not
easy. This teenager could see, but I was blind.
Patty O’Connor
Pastoral Associate/DRE
CHEVERUS AWARD
I am very pleased to announce that Hung Nguyen from
our parish has been nominated to receive the Bishop
Cheverus Medal of the Archdiocese of Boston on
Sunday, November 23, 2014 at 3:00pm at a Solemn
Vespers Service of Evening Prayer at the Cathedral of
the Holy Cross, 1400 Washington Street, Boston. This
award is given in grateful appreciation for the “unsung
heroes” of our Archdiocese. All are invited to attend.
Fr. Ronaghan
NEW ALTAR SERVER TRAINING
The Training Sessions for our new Altar Servers is
scheduled for Thursday, December 4th, 11th and 18th
from 4-5:30pm in St. Mary’s Church. The training will
be overseen by Fr. Ronaghan and Kathy Johnston.
WELCOME
We are pleased to have you with us. If you are a new
parishioner and haven’t registered in the parish, please
fill out the form below indicating husband, wife, son,
daughter and drop it in the collection basket or mail it to
the Parish Pastoral Center, 22 Seton Way, Randolph, MA
02368.
Last Name:___________________________________
First Name:__________________________________
Mailing Name:_______________________________
Address:______________________________________
Tel. No.______________________________________
THANKSGIVING DAY MASS
On Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, November 27th at
9am we invite you to join us for a Thanksgiving Mass.
It is a wonderful way to begin Thanksgiving Day. All
are welcome.
Also, the Staff here at St. Mary’s wish all of our Parish
Families a wonderful Thanksgiving Day and remind you
that the Parish Office will be closed the day after
Thanksgiving.
ST. MARY’S DISCUSSION GROUP
The weeks seem to fly by. It’s that time of the month
again for the St. Mary’s Discussion Group to meet. All
adults are welcome to join us. The next meeting is
scheduled for Thursday, November 20th at 7pm in the
Church Hall.
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BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENT
A Mass and Healing Service will be held at The Church
of the Blessed Sacrament, 10 Diamond Street, Walpole,
MA 02081 on Sunday, November 23rd at 2:00pm with
Fr. Joseph P McDermott.
All those who have physical illnesses, as well as those
burdened, or suffering emotionally, mentally, spiritually,
psychologically, or financially are cordially invited to
come and pray with us. You may pray for your own
needs or the needs of others.
If you would like a list of all the healing services, usually
being held on the last Sunday of the month, please call
508-668-4700 and the Healing Service Calendar will be
mailed to you.
ST. MARY’S SENIORS NEWS
“THIRTEEN THINGS ABOUT ED CARPOLOTTI”
was a fun afternoon. We learned how his widow managed to survive with the help of an unknown benefactor,
as Virginia (Mrs. Carpolotti) walked us through many of
his misadventures and how she survived them was very
entertaining. We look forward to the return of the
Delvena Company Players. Will keep you posted on
their return visit.
The door prize winner was Frank Donovan. The raffle
prize winners were Emmanuel Agen, Betty Lucier and
Jane Richardson.
We will keep you posted on our next meeting and who
the entertainment will be.
A Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
DID YOU KNOW!!
Did you know that the St. Mary’s bulletin is
printed at no cost to our parish each week? Not only
that, our parish receives a part of the advertising commission. So please frequent the fine establishments that
advertise in our bulletin and when you do please make
sure to mention you saw their ad in our bulletin.
If you are a business owner, consider advertising
in the bulletin. It’s an easy way to reach thousands of
area families with information about your business. For
more information on how to advertise in our bulletin, call
Sylwia Kohut at 508-713-3692.