+ Parish Schedule for the Week of May 28, 2017 +

 

Sunday, May 28 [Seventh Sunday of Easter]:

  8:00 am – Grace and Blessings for Michael William Ahearn – int. Geraldine and Dick

Ahearn

10:30 am + Bridget Kaulbach and Family – int. Filipi Family – Confirmation

Monday, May 29:     Memorial Day Mass at Cemetery

   9:00 am + Veterans and deceased members of the Parish

Tuesday, May 30: 

   5:30 pm – For the members of St. Michael’s School – int. Mazzer Family

Wed., May 31 [St. Jude Novena /The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary]:

   5:30 pm – Health and Blessings for Kerry Sullivan and Family – int. Filipi Family

Thursday, June 1 [St. Justin]:

   5:30 pm – Health & Blessings for Elaine Bean – int. Mazzer Family

First Friday, June 2 [Sts. Marcellinus and Peter / Bl. Sadok and 49 Companions]:

  5:30 pm – Grace and Blessings for Travis Veltrie – int. Larry & Carol Roux

Recitation of the Litany to the Sacred Heart of Jesus will follow Mass

First Saturday, June 3 [St. Charles Lwanga and Companions]:

The Holy Rosary will be recited before Mass, Exposition of the

Blessed Sacrament, Litany of Loreto and Benediction following Mass

   8:00 am – Health and Blessings for Fr. Charles Jan Di Mascola – int. Betty Fritz

   4:00 pm + John Provost – int. Joyce Phillips

    6:00 pm (Spanish) – For our Parish and Parishioners

Sunday, June 4 [Pentecost Sunday]:

   8:00 am – Grace and Blessings for Becky Allen – int. Filipi Family

 10:30 am – Health and Blessings for Bob & Bethany Thies – int. Mazzer Family

 

+ Królowo Polski Módl Się za Nami +

Congratulations to all those who have received the

Sacrament of Confirmation

 

              

                     Peter Francis Dowdy         Samantha Mae Kolodziej

                        John Paul Driscoll             Catherine Grace Mazzer

                         Isaac James Filipi           Justin James Roux

                       Timothy Francis Hart                                                   

                                     

 

THE ANNUAL MASS FOR VETERANS and the departed of the parish will take place at our Cemetery at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, Memorial Day, May 29^th.  All are invited to honor the veterans and our departed friends and relatives.  Everyone is encouraged to bring lawn chairs.  In the event of inclement weather the Mass will be held in the church.

 

WEDNESDAY, MAY 31^st is the Feast of the Visitation of Our Lady focusing on the charity of Mary and the recognition by St. Elizabeth and St. John the Baptist of Mary as the Mother of God.

 

THE NOVENA TO ST. JUDE is celebrated every Wednesday at the 5:30 p.m. Mass and all are welcome to attend.

 

THURSDAY, JUNE 1^st is the Feast of St. Justin the Martyr.  St. Justin was a layman and a philosopher who gives us one of the earliest descriptions of the Mass following Apostolic times.  St. Justin is the patron of philosophers and will be remembered at the 5:30 p.m. Mass.

 

FRIDAY, JUNE 2^nd IS THE FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH in honor of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.  The Mass will be offered at 5:30 p.m. followed by the Litany to the Sacred Heart.  Confessions will take place before the Mass.

 

THE  WEEKLY PRO-LIFE NOVENA, praying for an end to the violence of abortion in our nation and in reparation for the lack of love that makes such disrespect for life possible, will be offered on Saturday, June 3^rd before the 8:00 a.m. Mass.

FRIDAY, JUNE 2^nd is the Feast of the Martyrs Marcellinus and Peter, early Christian Priests who were beheaded for their Faith, and who were known for their apostolic zeal, charity and courage to the very last. They will be remembered in the Mass at 5:30 p.m. 

 

SATURDAY, JUNE 3^rd IS THE FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH which we celebrate in honor of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.  Confessions will begin at 7:30 a.m.  Mass in honor of Our Lady will take place at 8:00 a.m.  The Holy Rosary will be prayed prior to the Mass.  Following the Mass will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Litany of Loreto and Benediction.

 

SATURDAY, JUNE 3^rd is the Feast of St. Charles Lwanga and twenty-one companions.  They are the proto-martyrs of Black Africa and suffered untold tortures for their Faith and chastity.  St. Charles is the Patron Saint of African Catholic Youth Action.  St. Charles Lwanga and his companions will be remembered in the Mass at 8:00 a.m.

 

FATHERS DAY CARDS for our annual Novena of Masses for our living and departed fathers are available in the front vestibule.  The novena of Masses will begin on Saturday, June 17^th and continue through the week.  Be sure to return the enrollment envelope before Fathers Day by placing them in the offering box in the front vestibule.

 

FATHER’S DAY CARNATIONS – On Fathers’ Day weekend, June 17^th & 18^th, carnations will be available at the doors of the church.  Donations will be $2.00 per carnation.  All proceeds to go toward defraying church expenses.

 

GIANT PARISH TAG SALE – It is time to clean out your attics and cellars and prepare for our annual giant tag sale which will take place this year on Saturday, June 24^th from 9:00 – 1:00 on the church grounds.  Please drop off tag sale items at the rectory garage.  If you have large pieces of furniture and need help, call the rectory.  PLEASE NO televisions, computers, printers, mattresses, clothing or books.  Please call Shirley Webb at 773-7202 if you have any questions.

 

PLEASE MARK YOUR 2017 CALENDARS!!! We are doing four Community Meals in 2017: Wednesday, June 7; Wednesday, September 13 and Wednesday December 6. As you can see, the first one is coming up quickly!   We are responsible for the main meal, breads, beverages and dessert and a small group of volunteers to help serve the meal, which takes place at the Second Congregational Church in Greenfield. There will be a sign-up sheet in the front vestibule with aluminum pans for your convenience for our dinner on June 6^th.   Please contact Cathy Becklo at 413-863-2267 or at acbecklo@comcast.net if you would like more information or have any questions. Thank you for all the wonderful effort that keeps this program running so beautifully!

The Visitation
And Mary rising up in those days went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda. [Lk. 1:39]

 

     How lyrical that is, the opening sentence of St. Luke’s description of the Visitation.  We can feel the rush of warmth and kindness, the sudden urgency of love that sent that girl hurrying over the hills. “Those days” in which she rose on that impulse were the days in which Christ was being formed in her, the impulse was his impulse.

     Many women, if they were expecting a child, would refuse to hurry over the hills on a visit of pure kindness. They would say they had a duty to themselves and to their unborn child which came before anything or anyone else.

     The Mother of God considered no such thing. Elizabeth was going to have a child, too, and although Mary’s own child was God, she could not forget Elizabeth’s need—almost incredible to us, but characteristic of her.

     She greeted her cousin Elizabeth, and at the sound of her voice, John quickened in his mother’s womb and leapt for joy.

     I am come, said Christ, that they may have life and may have it more abundantly. [Jn. 10, 10] Even before He was born His presence gave life.

     With what piercing shoots of joy does this story of Christ unfold!  First the conception of a child in a child’s heart, and then this first salutation, an infant leaping for joy in his mother’s womb, knowing the hidden Christ and leaping into life.

     How did Elizabeth herself know what had happened to Our Lady? What made her realize that this little cousin who was so familiar to her was the mother of her God?

     She knew it by the child within herself, by the quickening into life which was a leap of joy.

     If we practice this contemplation taught and shown to us by Our Lady, we will find that our experience is like hers.

     If Christ is growing in us, if we are at peace, recollected, because we know that however insignificant our life seems to be, from it He is forming Himself; if we go with eager wills, “in haste,” to wherever our circumstances compel us, because we believe that He desires to be in that place, we shall find that we are driven more and more to act on the impulse of His love.

     And the answer we shall get from others to those impulses will be an awakening into life, or the leap into joy of the already wakened life within them. 

Excerpted from The Reed of God, Caryll Houselander

OUR LADY’S HOLY ICON will visit the home of Joan Richotte for a week of prayer and petition for the needs of our Parish.  We thank you for this holy work of love.

 

PILGRIMAGE TO PENNSYLVANIA SHRINES AND SITES:  Sept. 18-21, 2017, 4 days / 3 nights at $550.00 per person, double occupancy. Also, limited availability at $750.00 per person, single occupancy. Visiting the National Shrines of The Divine Mercy (Stockbridge, Mass.), Our Lady Of Częstochowa (Doylestown), Saint Katharine Drexel (Bensalem) and St. John Neumann (Philadelphia). Other events include – attend the Biblical based show, Jonah, at the Sight and Sound Millennium Theater (Lancaster), tours of Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square), Liberty Bell Center and Independence Hall, and dinner at City Tavern (Philadelphia).  Cost includes: Coach with pickup/drop-off at two locations including the Thomas Charters, LLC’s parking lot at the Dillant-Hopkins Airport, 80 Airport Road, Keene, N.H. 03431, where pilgrim travelers may park their cars for free, and the Ingleside Mall, 50 Holyoke Street, Holyoke, Ma. 01040, near south side entrance to Sears. There is no overnight parking at the mall and so you must arrange a ride for personnel drop-off on Monday and pickup on Thursday.  Also, included are three breakfasts, two lunches and three dinners, accommodations with private facilities, tickets for shrines, gardens, theater and museums; taxes and gratuity.  Trip Spiritual Director: Fr. Charles Di Mascola – retired Pastor, Our Lady of Częstochowa Church, Turners Falls, Mass.  For itinerary and registration forms visit www.scribd.com/document/346336831. For more information contact:  Mark Zuchowski: 603-499-8775 / markzuchowski@hotmail.com  or Susan Zimmerman: 603-352-2748 / sue7mar@gmail.com.

 

Canadian Shrines Pilgrimage – Please join us on our 81^st pilgrimage to the Canadian Shrines: St. Anne de Beaupré, Our Lady of the Cape and St. Joseph from July 22 to July 26, 5 days, 4 nights / 7 meals / travel by deluxe motor coach / $650 pp/dbl occ. (pick up locations: West Haven, Cromwell, Enfield, CT and Greenfield, MA).  Visit website: www.quebecshrinespilgrimage.com.  Spiritual Directors:  Fr. Frank Rouleau and Fr. Dennis P. Connell / Contact: Roger Papp 860-399-8137 or rjpapp@comcast.net.

Fifteenth Annual Diocesan Wide Eucharistic Rosary Procession

To Honor the 100th Anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima

Sunday, June 11^th, 1-4 p.m. (rain or shine), at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish Church on 99 King St., Northampton, MA, beginning with Confessions and Guest Speaker, Fr. Anthony Gramlich MIC, Rector of The Shrine of The Divine Mercy, in Stockbridge, Mass., who will speak on the message of Our Lady of Fatima and its significance for the times that we are living in, followed by a Rosary Procession through downtown Northampton, which will return back to the church for the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, Adoration and Benediction of The Blessed Sacrament, with a reception to follow. For more information call George or Brenda at: 413-221-4372, or visit our website at: http://www.eucharisticprocessionnorthampton.com. Like us on Facebook

 

Invitation to Ordination – With praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield requests the honor of your presence at the Ordination of Rev. Mr. Barrent Pease to the Order of Priest by His Excellency The Most Reverend Mitchell T. Rozanski on Saturday, June 10, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in Springfield.  A light reception will immediately follow the Ordination Mass in the Bishop Marshall Center.

 

THE FOLLOWING MASS INTENTIONS have been sent to various Missionaries.  They will be offered as follows and you may attend the Masses here in our church as the Missionaries offer the Masses in their churches:

 

Sunday, May 28: 8:00 + Barbara Killian – int. Shaughnessy Family

                                10:30 + Joseph & Anna Galvis – int. Family

Monday, May 29: + Marie Poirier (6^th Anniversary) – int. Nina Johnson

Tuesday, May 30: + Mary R. Di Mascola – int. Son

Wednesday, May 31: + Robert Goyette – int. Shaughnessy Family

Thursday, June 1: – Blessings for Katie Kobera on her Birthday – int. Mary Kobera

Friday, June 2: – Grace and Blessings for Isaac Filipi – int. Betty Fritz

Sat., June 3: 8:00 –Health and Blessings for Monica Scherman–int. Holy Rosary Society

                      4:00 – Grace and Blessings for Isaac Filipi – int. Betty Fritz

 

PLEASE NOTE:  The above Masses not only assist the souls for whom they are offered, but they also help the Missionaries who often times receive very little help.  It also helps the people where the Masses are offered.  Bóg wam zapłać!

 

Children’s Hour of Adoration – The guided children’s hour of adoration is held on the first Thursday of every month at the Adoration Chapel in Greenfield at 4:00 p.m. Join us on June 1^st.  For more information, call Virginia Christi at 624-3467.

Pilgrimage to Italy – A pilgrimage to Italy will leave from Boston on October 15, 2017 returning October 26.  Spiritual Directors are Msgr. Ronald Yargeau and Fr.  Timothy Campoli who will offer daily Mass. The cost is $4,499 which includes airfare, wonderful hotels for 10 nights, two meals a day, admission fees and tour guides.  A bus to Boston may be rented if there is enough interest. Please spread the word and contact Helen Shea Murphy at 413-773-8890 or HelenSheaMurphy@verizon.net with questions and to receive a flyer.

 

Pilgrimage to the Holy Land – Pilgrimage to the Holy Land with Msgr. Mike Shershanovich from St. Joseph’s, Pittsfield and Fr. Brian McGrath from St. Mary’s, Lee from Jan. 23-31, 2018.  For more information, call Msgr. Mike at 413-445-5789.

 

Two Pilgrimages to World Meeting of Families – The World Meeting of Families will be held in Dublin, Ireland from August 21-26, 2018.  Two great pilgrimages (8 or 12 day) are planned which include daily Mass and visits to numerous shrines (Knock, St. Peter, Nat’l. Shrine to St. Oliver Plunkett, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, St. Valentine, Venerable Matt Talbot, Tomb of Venerable John Sullivan, depending on which pilgrimage you choose) and many places of interest.  For more information contact Grand View Tours at (610-361-7979), visit www.catholicsindublin.com, or contact Fr. Jonathan Reardon at Holy Family Parish in So. Deerfield (665-3254).

 

DID YOU KNOW . . . The Katyn Massacre records the murder of some 22,000 of Poland’s finest soldiers, academics, professionals and business owners who were buried in the Katyn Forest in what is today Russia in the 1940’s by the Soviet Secret Police.

 

Eternal Rest Grant Unto Them O Lord,

And Let Your Perpetual Light Shine Upon Them.

 

Jacob Pawlarzek 5/28/1937

Frand Zebert 5/28/1984

Arthur E. Petrin 5/28/1991

Joseph H. Lapinski 5/28/2003

Stephany Putala 5/29/1937

Joseph Zadroga 5/29/1952

Victoria Golec 5/29/1980

Anna B. Okula 5/29/1981

Phyllis J. Hannon 5/30/1996

Paul Cygan 5/31/1952

Myron M. Strysko 5/31/1989

Frank M. Osciak 5/31/2009

Janet Whellehan Sivik 5/31/2015

Josephine Koscinski 6/1/1980

John M. Dunican 6/1/2013

Aniela Mlecko 6/2/1965

Rosalie Kabaniec 6/3/1936

Josepha Siwicki  6/3/1947

Sofja Czuj 6/3/1964

George A. Plaza 6/3/1992

 Remember the Holy Souls in Your Prayers

 

PRAY FOR VOCATIONS to the Priesthood from our Parish and for our Parish so that we might always have a Priest here to celebrate the Mass and administer the Holy Sacraments!  Please join in the Divine Mercy Chaplet to pray for vocations to the priesthood every Friday beginning at 4:45 p.m.

 

 

Our parish has a Prayer Line under the patronage of the Sacred Heart of Jesus which is available for anyone.  To utilize the Prayer Line simply call 413-259-7571 or e-mail nan6539@gmail.com to leave a message with your intention and over 25 intercessors will pray for your intention daily.

 

 

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Alternatives Pregnancy Center – Pregnancy Tests, Counseling, Support Services, and Post Abortion Support, All Services Free and Confidential, 466 Main Street, P.O. Box 344, Greenfield, MA  01302-0344 — (413) 774-6010

 

 

FOR THE GLORY OF GOD and in memory of Joseph Klepadlo a donation was made to our Parish Renovation Fund from James and Jean Koldis.  Bóg zapłać!

 

 

CHURCH CHOIRS:  The St. Cecilia Choir, which sings at the Sunday 10:30 Mass and other special services, is always seeking additional singers of any experience.  We rehearse every Sunday in the choir loft following the 10:30 Mass, from 11:30 – 12:30.  For information, please see Henry Gaida or e-mail hgaida@gmail.com. The Saint Gregory Choir is accepting new members with any level of experience, adults and youths. One need only have a desire to sing in the Mass. We sing sacred chant and 16^th century sacred polyphony. We meet to rehearse in the choir loft every Friday evening right after Mass or devotions. We sing at the 8:00 Sunday morning Mass.  For more information, call Robert Heath at 772-8738. 

 

PLEASE NOTE that every day of the month is set aside to pray for a specific priest or deacon of Franklin County.  Please join in dedicating every day to one of the clergymen designated in our calendar.  The intentions for this week are:

       SUNDAY                       MONDAY               TUESDAY               WEDNESDAY

Our Seminarians          Deacon Ratte’           Fr. Naranjo              Fr. Lisowski

                        HURSDAY                       FRIDAY                     SATURDAY

               Bishop McDonnell               Fr. Naranjo               Fr. DiMascola

 

+ Parish Schedule for the Week of May 21, 2017 +

Sunday, May 21 [Sixth Sunday of Easter]:

    8:00 am – Health and Blessings for Daniel Pelc – int. Pelc Family

  10:30 am – Living and departed members of the St. Stanislaus Society

Monday, May 22 [St. Rita of Cascia]:

  8:00 am – Health and Blessings for Nancy Faller – int. Mazzer Family

Tuesday, May 23:

   5:30 pm – Paul Jemberg and Family – int. Filipi Family

Wednesday, May 24 [St. Jude Novena]:

* 5:30 pm – For the Church in China – int. Cardinal Kung Foundation

Thursday, May 25 [The Ascension of the Lord]:  *Holy Day of Obligation*

* 8:00 am + Henry A. Kazanowski – int. sister, Connie and son, Andy

* 5:30 pm – Grace and Blessings for Paton Roux – int. Larry and Carol Roux

Friday, May 26 [St. Philip Neri / St. Maria Ursula Ledochowska]:           

   5:30 pm – Health and Blessings for Joseph Milano – int. Mazzer Family

Saturday, May 27 [St. Augustine of Canterbury]: 

   8:00 am + Fr. Bruno Cocuzzi and all living and deceased members of the St. Joseph

Chapter of the Discalced Carmelite Secular Order

   4:00 pm + Louise M. Kervian (37^th Anniversary) – int. Joyce & Tina Phillips

   6:00 pm (Spanish) – For our Parish and Parishioners

Sunday, May 28 [Seventh Sunday of Easter]:

  8:00 am – Grace and Blessings for Michael William Ahearn – int. Geraldine and Dick

Ahearn

10:30 am + Bridget Kaulbach and Family – int. Filipi Family – Confirmation

+ Królowo Polski Módl Się za Nami +

THE ST. STANISLAUS SOCIETY will celebrate their Patron Saint’s Day at the 10:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, May 21^st.

THE WEEKLY ST. JUDE NOVENA, the patron of the hopeless and cases despaired of, will be offered at the 5:30 p.m. Mass on Wednesday, May 24^th.  All are welcome.

THE GENTLEMEN OF ST. JOSEPH will meet on Wednesday, May 24^th at 6:00 p.m. for a Holy Hour with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament followed by a meeting in the undercroft.  The Gentlemen of St. Joseph are a group of men dedicated to answering the call of Mary to lead families to her son, Jesus.  All men are welcome.  Supper is served!

ALL ARE INVITED to the Gentlemen of St. Joseph Holy Hour following the 5:30 p.m. Mass on Wednesday, May 24^th at which time the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed.  The Holy Hour will conclude with Benediction at 7:00 p.m.

 

THURSDAY, MAY 25^th is the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord and a Holy Day of Obligation.  Masses will take place on Wednesday, May 24^th at 5:30 p.m. and Thursday, May 25^th at 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

 

FRIDAY, MAY 26^th is the Feast of St. Philip Neri who was noted for his joyful and simple spirit.  He stressed constantly that joy and holiness are one and the same.  He is the patron saint of Rome.  He will be remembered in the Mass at 5:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 27^th is the Feast of St. Augustine of Canterbury, a Roman monk who was sent to England to convert that nation.  He established the See of Canterbury and is called the Apostle of England.  He will be remembered in the Mass at 8:00 a.m.

Last day for Catechism classes – Sunday, May 21^st

Parents are encouraged to continue a program of prayer and Sacraments

with their children.  It’s a matter of eternal life or eternal death.

 

THE  WEEKLY PRO-LIFE NOVENA, praying for an end to the violence of abortion in our nation and in reparation for the lack of love that makes such disrespect for life possible, will be offered on Saturday, May 27^th before the 8:00 a.m. Mass.

MOTHER’S DAY CARDS for our annual Mother’s Day Novena of Masses are presently available in the front vestibule.  The Novena will continue for nine days of Masses for all Mothers living and departed.

THE HOLY SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION will be administered by Rev. Msgr. Ronald Yargeau on Sunday, May 28^th at 10:30 a.m. Mass.  All Confirmation students and their sponsors are to meet in the undercroft no later than 10:00 a.m.  All parishioners are welcome to attend!

CONFIRMATION SCHEDULE:  Rehearsal and Confession will take place on Saturday, May 27^th at 9:00 a.m.  All who are to be confirmed and all sponsors must be present.  This is the only rehearsal and it is important that all be present.  Confessions will follow rehearsal.  Confirmation will take place on Sunday, May 28^th at 10:30 a.m. All those to be confirmed and their sponsors will gather in the church undercroft by 10:00 a.m.  The Holy Rosary Society will host a reception for all the Confirmed, their family and friends immediately following the services.  All societies, Altar Boys and Girls’ Club will also gather by 10:00 a.m. for the procession and Confirmation Mass and to support and pray for all of our Confirmed as they receive this Sacrament.

ALL SOCIETIES ARE REMINDED to join the procession with their banners to escort the Confirmation students and Monsignor to the church.  Please meet in the undercroft at 10:00 a.m.

The students who will make their Confirmation are:  Peter Francis Dowdy, John Paul Driscoll, Isaac James Filipi, Timothy Francis Hart, Samantha Mae Kolodziej, Catherine Grace Mazzer and Justin James Roux.

THE THIRD ORDER OF MOUNT CARMEL will meet on Saturday, May 27^th following the 8:00 a.m. Mass.  All interested are welcome to attend.

GIANT PARISH TAG SALE – It is time to clean out your attics and cellars and prepare for our annual giant tag sale which will take place this year on Saturday, June 24^th from 9:00 – 1:00 on the church grounds.  Please drop off tag sale items at the rectory garage.  If you have large pieces of furniture and need help, call the rectory.  PLEASE NO televisions, computers, printers, mattresses, clothing or books.  Please call Shirley Webb at 773-7202 if you have any questions.

 

THE ANNUAL MASS FOR VETERANS and the departed of the parish will take place at our Cemetery at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, Memorial Day, May 29^th.  All are invited to honor the veterans and our departed friends and relatives.  Everyone is encouraged to bring lawn chairs.  In the event of inclement weather the Mass will be held in the church.

 

OUR LADY’S HOLY ICON will visit the home of Laura Kelleher for a week of prayer and petition for the needs of our Parish.  We thank you for this holy work of power and love.

THE FOLLOWING MASS INTENTIONS have been sent to various Missionaries.  They will be offered as follows and you may attend the Masses here in our church as the Missionaries offer the Masses in their churches:

Sunday, May 21: 8:00 + Joseph Klepadlo – int. Valerie & Emilee Felton

                                10:30 + Chet Galvis – int. Connie

Monday, May 22: + Mary R. Di Mascola – int. Son

Tuesday, May 23: + Holy Souls in Purgatory – int. Nina Johnson

Wednesday, May 24: + Mary Garmalo – int. Dorothy Kosewicz

Thursday, May 25: + Bernard Johnson – int. wife, Nina Johnson

Friday, May 26: + Paul Whitman – int. Dorothy Kosewicz

Saturday, May 27: 8:00 + Gedeon LaMontagne (45^th Anniversary) – int. granddaughter,

                                                Nina Johnson

                                 4:00 + Anthony Adamski – int. Helen

 

PLEASE NOTE:  The above Masses not only assist the souls for whom they are offered, but they also help the Missionaries who often times receive very little help.  It also helps the people where the Masses are offered.  Bóg wam zapłać!

PLEASE MARK YOUR 2017 CALENDARS!!! We are doing four Community Meals in 2017: Wednesday, June 7; Wednesday, September 13 and Wednesday December 6. As you can see, the first one is coming up quickly!   We are responsible for the main meal, breads, beverages and dessert and a small group of volunteers to help serve the meal, which takes place at the Second Congregational Church in Greenfield. There will be a sign-up sheet in the front vestibule with aluminum pans for your convenience for our dinner on June 6^th.   Please contact Cathy Becklo at 413-863-2267 or at acbecklo@comcast.net if you would like more information or have any questions. Thank you for all the wonderful effort that keeps this program running so beautifully!

Spring Sock-A-Thon – Many charitable organizations in town receive donations of clothing for the needy, but the item they need the most and receive the least is socks.  Be a good “sole” and donate a pair of new socks to keep the feet of those less fortunate warm and dry!  There will be boxes available in the church on the weekend of May 20-21 for your donations.  Thank you!

DID YOU KNOW… In addition to birthdays, Poles celebrate their name day or “imieniny”, which is the day commemorating the saint they are named after.  The names associated with each day is listed in all calendars in Poland.  Just like birthdays, there are parties with food, drinks, presents and the singing of the traditional birthday song, “sto lat”.  And if you want to wish someone on their name day, just say, “Wszystkiego najlepszego z okazji imienin!”

Fifteenth Annual Diocesan Wide Eucharistic Rosary Procession

To Honor the 100th Anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima

Sunday, June 11^th, 1-4 p.m. (rain or shine), at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish Church on 99 King St., Northampton, MA, beginning with Confessions and Guest Speaker, Fr. Anthony Gramlich MIC, Rector of The Shrine of The Divine Mercy, in Stockbridge, Mass., who will speak on the message of Our Lady of Fatima and its significance for the times that we are living in, followed by a Rosary Procession through downtown Northampton, which will return back to the church for the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, Adoration and Benediction of The Blessed Sacrament, with a reception to follow. For more information call George or Brenda at: 413- 221-4372, or visit our website at: http://www.eucharisticprocessionnorthampton.com. Like us on Facebook

PILGRIMAGE TO PENNSYLVANIA SHRINES AND SITES:  Sept. 18-21, 2017, 4 days / 3 nights at $550.00 per person, double occupancy. Also, limited availability at $750.00 per person, single occupancy. Visiting the National Shrines of The Divine Mercy (Stockbridge, Mass.), Our Lady Of Częstochowa (Doylestown), Saint Katharine Drexel (Bensalem) and St. John Neumann (Philadelphia). Other events include – attend the Biblical based show, Jonah, at the Sight and Sound Millennium Theater (Lancaster), tours of Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square), Liberty Bell Center and Independence Hall, and dinner at City Tavern (Philadelphia).  Cost includes: Coach with pickup/drop-off at two locations including the Thomas Charters, LLC’s parking lot at the Dillant-Hopkins Airport, 80 Airport Road, Keene, N.H. 03431, where pilgrim travelers may park their cars for free, and the Ingleside Mall, 50 Holyoke Street, Holyoke, Ma. 01040, near south side entrance to Sears. There is no overnight parking at the mall and so you must arrange a ride for personnel drop-off on Monday and pickup on Thursday.  Also, included are three breakfasts, two lunches and three dinners, accommodations with private facilities, tickets for shrines, gardens, theater and museums; taxes and gratuity.  Trip Spiritual Director: Fr. Charles Di Mascola – retired Pastor, Our Lady of Częstochowa Church, Turners Falls, Mass.  For itinerary and registration forms visit http://www.scribd.com/document/346336831. For more information contact:  Mark Zuchowski: 603-499-8775 / markzuchowski@hotmail.com  or Susan Zimmerman: 603-352-2748 / sue7mar@gmail.com.

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Prayer of His Holiness Benedict XVI to Our Lady of Sheshan on the Occasion of the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China

(24 May 2008)

 

     Virgin Most Holy, Mother of the Incarnate Word and our Mother, venerated in the Shrine of Sheshan under the title “Help of Christians”, the entire Church in China looks to you with devout affection.  We come before you today to implore your protection.  Look upon the People of God and, with a mother’s care, guide them along the paths of truth and love, so that they may always be a leaven of harmonious coexistence among all citizens.

     When you obediently said “yes” in the house of Nazareth, you allowed God’s eternal Son to take flesh in your virginal womb and thus to begin in history the work of our redemption.  You willingly and generously cooperated in that work, allowing the sword of pain to pierce your soul, until the supreme hour of the Cross, when you kept watch on Calvary, standing beside your Son, who died that we might live.

     From that moment, you became, in a new way, the Mother of all those who receive your Son Jesus in faith and choose to follow in his footsteps by taking up his Cross.  Mother of hope, in the darkness of Holy Saturday you journeyed with unfailing trust towards the dawn of Easter.  Grant that your children may discern at all times, even those that are darkest, the signs of God’s loving presence.

     Our Lady of Sheshan, sustain all those in China, who, amid their daily trials, continue to believe, to hope, to love.  May they never be afraid to speak of Jesus to the world, and of the world to Jesus.  In the statue overlooking the Shrine you lift your Son on high, offering him to the world with open arms in a gesture of love.  Help Catholics always to be credible witnesses to this love, ever clinging to the rock of Peter on which the Church is built.  Mother of China and all Asia, pray for us, now and forever. Amen!

     “Dear Pastors and all the faithful, the date of 24 May could in the future become an occasion for the Catholics of the whole world to be united in prayer with the Church which is in China.  This day is dedicated to the liturgical memorial of Our Lady, Help of Christians, who is venerated with great devotion at the Marian Shrine of Sheshan in Shanghai.  I would like that date to be kept by you as a day of prayer for the Church in China.  I encourage you to celebrate it by renewing your communion of faith in Jesus our Lord and of faithfulness to the Pope, and by praying that the unity among you may become ever deeper and more visible.” – His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI in May 2007

Canadian Shrines Pilgrimage – Please join us on our 81^st pilgrimage to the Canadian Shrines: St. Anne de Beaupré, Our Lady of the Cape and St. Joseph from July 22 to July 26, 5 days, 4 nights / 7 meals / travel by deluxe motor coach / $650 pp/dbl occ. (pick up locations: West Haven, Cromwell, Enfield, CT and Greenfield, MA).  Visit website: http://www.quebecshrinespilgrimage.com.  Spiritual Directors:  Fr. Frank Rouleau and Fr. Dennis P. Connell / Contact: Roger Papp 860-399-8137 or rjpapp@comcast.net.

Two Pilgrimages to World Meeting of Families – The World Meeting of Families will be held in Dublin, Ireland from August 21-26, 2018.  Two great pilgrimages (8 or 12 day) are planned which include daily Mass and visits to numerous shrines (Knock, St. Peter, Nat’l. Shrine to St. Oliver Plunkett, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, St. Valentine, Venerable Matt Talbot, Tomb of Venerable John Sullivan, depending on which pilgrimage you choose) and many places of interest.  For more information contact Grand View Tours at (610-361-7979), visit http://www.catholicsindublin.com, or contact Fr. Jonathan Reardon at Holy Family Parish in So. Deerfield (665-3254).

K of C Fourth Annual Charity Golf Tournament – The Greenfield Knights of Columbus, Council #133, are looking for golfers and sponsors for their fourth annual charity golf tournament to be held on Friday, May 26^th at Crumpin-Fox golf course in Bernardston.  Crumpin-Fox was recently voted by Golf Advisor as one of the top 50 courses in the country!  The event will be an 18-hole, 4-person scramble with tee advantages for senior golfers.  The entry fee of $110 includes green fees, carts, lunch and dinner.  Two raffles and a silent auction will be held and include:  $1,000 cash, Cleary Jewelry, four Red Sox tickets, 3-day Cape Cod vacation, Crumpin-Fox golf certificates, sports memorabilia, a Broadway show package and much, much more.  Pioneer Volvo is sponsoring a “Hole-in-One” contest for a chance to win a new car.  The proceeds from the event will be used to fund a number of worthy causes in Greenfield and Franklin County.  For more information, call Jason Semaski (413) 626-3378, Bob Wanczyk (413) 774-2465, or Lou Grader (413) 774-2848.

The “Teresians” have NO commitment.  We will notify everyone on the ministry list (via email) when someone is sick and in need of prayer or a visit OR dying and in need of prayer or a visit OR died and the funeral details.  It will be up to each individual/family to decide how they can minister.  No one is expected to respond to each need. If any parishioner knows of someone in need, please email Joy Pelc (rjpelc@comcast.net) and Nancy Faller (nafaller@aol.com), so we can get the word out.  Father will be in charge of letting us know about funerals. Thank you for your help! Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Pray for us. Dear Lord, the Great Healer, I kneel before You.  Since every perfect gift must come from You. I pray, give kindness and meekness to my heart, clear vision to my mind, and skill to my hands.  (Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta)

Eternal Rest Grant Unto Them O Lord,

And Let Your Perpetual Light Shine Upon Them.

 

 

Frank M. Olchowski 5/21/1959

Paul Drazek 5/21/1964

Martin S. Kopek 5/21/1973

Viola J. Dziekonski 5/21/2008

William Russell Van 5/21/2015

Gerald W. Tetreault 5/21/2016

Joseph Brozo 5/22/1977

Mildred Margola 5/22/2010

Francis Szcjepanski 5/23/1949

Mary Ostrowski 5/23/1969

Donald Denkiewicz 5/23/1977

Dominick F. Ostroski 5/23/1992

Carroll V. Mileski 5/24/2012

Mikolaj Seredejko 5/25/1956

Sophie C. Ostroski 5/25/2005

Mary Zak 5/26/1938

John Hilro 5/26/1942

Anna Stewart 5/26/1973

Frederick Kallins 5/26/1992

Genowefa Chenelewski 5/27/1929

Andrew Grunkowski 5/27/1942

Sebastian Ptak 5/27/19947

Mary C. Ptak 5/27/1990

Remember the Holy Souls in Your Prayers

PRAY FOR VOCATIONS to the Priesthood from our Parish and for our Parish so that we might always have a Priest here to celebrate the Mass and administer the Holy Sacraments!  Please join in the Divine Mercy Chaplet to pray for vocations to the priesthood every Friday beginning at 4:45 p.m.

Our parish has a Prayer Line under the patronage of the Sacred Heart of Jesus which is available for anyone.  To utilize the Prayer Line simply call 413-259-7571 or e-mail nan6539@gmail.com to leave a message with your intention and over 25 intercessors will pray for your intention daily.

Alternatives Pregnancy Center – Pregnancy Tests, Counseling, Support Services, and Post Abortion Support, All Services Free and Confidential, 466 Main Street, P.O. Box 344, Greenfield, MA  01302-0344 — (413) 774-6010

PLEASE NOTE that every day of the month is set aside to pray for a specific priest or deacon of Franklin County.  Please join in dedicating every day to one of the clergymen designated in our calendar.  The intentions for this week are:

 

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Fr. Aksamit	Deacons Nolan and DeCarlo	Deacons Tudryn and Bete	Fr. Bermudez Fr. Roach	Deacon Culliton	Fr. Roux	Fr. Campoli

 

 

JMJ

+ Parish Schedule for the Week of May 14, 2017 +

 

Sunday, May 14 [Fifth Sunday of Easter]:     Mother’s Day

    8:00 am – Mother’s Day Novena II

  10:30 am –  Mother’s Day Novena III – First Communion

Monday, May 15 [St. Isidore]:

    8:00 am – Mother’s Day Novena IV

Tuesday, May 16 [St. Andrew Bobola]:

    5:30 pm – Mother’s Day Novena V

Wednesday, May 17 [St. Jude Novena]:

    5:30 pm – Mother’s Day Novena VI

Thursday, May 18 [Pope St. John I / Bl. Stanislaus Papczynski]:

    5:30 pm – Mother’s Day Novena VII

Friday, May 19:

    5:30 pm – Mother’s Day Novena VIII

Saturday, May 20 [St. Bernardine of Siena]:

    8:00 am – Mother’s Day Novena IX

    4:00 pm + Raymond F. Kervian – int. Joyce & Tina Phillips

   6:00 pm (Spanish) – For our Parish and Parishioners

Sunday, May 21 [Sixth Sunday of Easter]:

    8:00 am – Health and Blessings for Daniel Pelc – int. Pelc Family

  10:30 am – Living and departed members of the St. Stanislaus Society

 

+ Królowo Polski Módl Się za Nami +

A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED, “What are the official guidelines for Catholics and non-Catholics receiving Holy Communion?”  Below are the guidelines given by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops of the United States of America:

 

For Catholics:  Catholics fully participate in the celebration of the Eucharist when they receive Holy Communion in fulfillment of Christ’s command to eat His Body and drink His Blood.  In order to be disposed properly to receive Communion, communicants should not be conscious of grave sin, have fasted for one hour, and seek to live in charity and love with their neighbors.  Persons conscious of grave sin must first be reconciled with God and the Church through the Sacrament of Confession.  A frequent reception of the Sacrament of Confession is encouraged for all.

 

For Other Christians:   We welcome to this celebration of the Holy Eucharist those Christians who are not fully united with us in Faith as Roman Catholics and we invite you to pray with us.  However, it is a consequence of the sad divisions in Christianity that we cannot extend to them a general invitation to receive Holy Communion.  Roman Catholics, accepting Holy Scripture, believe that the Eucharist is, in fact, the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ and signifies a oneness in faith, life and worship.  Reception of the Eucharist by Christians not fully united with us would imply a oneness and a belief which does not yet exist, and for which we must all pray.

 

For Those Not Receiving Communion:  Those not receiving Sacramental Communion are encouraged to express in their hearts a prayerful desire for unity with the Lord Jesus and with one another.  (This is called a “Spiritual Communion.)

 

For Non-Christians:  We also welcome to this celebration those who do not share our faith in Jesus.  While we cannot extend to them an invitation to receive Communion, we do invite them to be united with us in prayer.

 

National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, D.C.

 

“Whosoever shall eat this Bread, or drink the Chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the Body and of the Blood of the Lord.  But let a man prove himself; and so let him eat of that Bread, and drink of the Chalice.  For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the Body of the Lord.”

(1 Corinthians 11:27-29)

To Our Children Making Their

First Holy Communion

                                                           

                                     Natalia Maria Teresa Blanchard                  Liam Edward Pio Hart

                                            Veronica Anne Cottrill                          Florian Tomasz Jaracz

                                             Austin Chad Drowski                        Michael James Korpiewski

                                             Bryce Adam Drowski                        John Alex Ramirez Martin

                                          Joshua Athanasius Filipi                          Vivienne Grace Soucy

                                             Lorelai Reese Galway                             Ella Marie Tidlund

                                           Mary Katherine Gilbert

           

   Be joyful as our Blessed Lord Jesus enters your hearts and souls today!  Pledge your love and loyalty as you kneel to Him, and pray for your families and your parish… pray for all the good things we each need!  You will know a happiness greater than earthly things can provide!  The constant joy and heart’s content that only His loving presence brings!

God bless you all!!

HERE IS A SIMPLE little explanation for all our non-Catholic friends who may wonder what to do at Communion time.  Please note that Catholics believe that the host is the actual and living Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, and that the one receiving Holy Communion in a Roman Catholic Church believes everything the Catholic Church teaches – and that is why – for a non-Catholic to receive Holy Communion in a Catholic Church, would seriously compromise their personal faith.  So – at Holy Communion – while non Catholics, of course, would not receive Holy Communion, they may, if they wish, come forward for a blessing by approaching the priest, bowing their heads and crossing their hands over their heart.

 

ON THE OCCASION OF HIS FIRST COMMUNION Bl. Margaret Bosco told her son, St. John Bosco, “…This has been a great day for you.  I know that God has truly taken possession of your heart.  Now promise Him that you will do all you can to stay this way to the end of your life.  From now on go to Holy Communion often but beware of sacrilegious Communion.  Be always obedient; go readily to your catechism class and to sermons but, above all, shun as a plague anyone who uses bad language.”  He later said that he remembered these words of his holy mother and tried to follow her advice.

MONDAY, MAY 15^th is the Feast of St. Isidore the Farmer whose wife, Maria de la Cabeza, is also a saint.  St. Isidore was known for his hard work, his charity and his intense prayer life.  Miracles surrounded him in life and in death.  He is the patron saint of farmers and rural communities.  He will be remembered in the Mass at 8:00 a.m.  His relic will be venerated following the Mass.  We have a statue of St. Isidore in the back of the church which shows him engrossed in prayer with a plow at his feet.

 

MAY 16^th IS THE FEAST of the Great Polish Jesuit-Martyr St. Andrew Bobola.  St. Andrew was born of an aristocratic Polish family in 1591 and became a Jesuit in 1609.  St. Andrew was a great preacher and missionary who spent more than 20 years traveling the countryside bringing whole villages of separated Christians and lax Catholics back to the Faith.

     Because of his holy success, St. Andrew was hated by the enemies of the Church who plotted to kill him.  In 1657 he was captured by the Cossacks and tortured without mercy.  He was beaten, slashed by a sword and his hands cut off.  Then he was skinned alive, scorched and mutilated by having his nose, lips and tongue cut off.  In spite of the cruel punishment, St. Andrew heroically held to the Catholic Faith.  At last his head was cut off and his body cast on a dung heap.  When the body of St. Andrew was medically examined almost 100 years later it was found to be inexplicably incorrupt.

 

THE WEEKLY NOVENA TO ST. JUDE, the saint of the impossible, takes place on Wednesday, May 17^th at the 5:30 p.m. Mass.

 

THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS will hold their monthly meeting this week, Wednesday, May 17^th, at 6:30 p.m. in the church undercroft.  All members are asked to attend.

 

THURSDAY, MAY 18^th is the Feast of Pope St. John I who died a martyr’s death defending the true Faith of Jesus Christ.  He will be remembered in the Mass at 8:00 a.m.

 

MAY 18^th is the birthday of Pope St. John Paul II.  Ask our friend in Heaven to pray for us, for our parish and for our families.

 

SATURDAY, MAY 20^th is the Feast of St. Bernardine of Siena who was a famous reformer and eloquent preacher who traveled throughout Italy encouraging devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus.  He was known for his use of the monogram, IHS (Iesus Hominum Salvator).  He is the patron saint of advertising and advertisers and is invoked against hoarseness.  He will be remembered in the Mass at 8:00 a.m.

 

MOTHER’S DAY CARDS for our annual Mother’s Day Novena of Masses are presently available in the front vestibule.  The Novena will continue for nine days of Masses for all Mothers living and departed.

 

Last day for Catechism classes – Sunday, May 21^st

Parents are encouraged to continue a program of prayer and Sacraments

with their children.  It’s a matter of eternal life or eternal death.

 

THE PRO-LIFE NOVENA, praying for an end to the violence of abortion in our nation, takes place every Saturday before the 8:00 a.m. Mass.

 

THE ST. STANISLAUS SOCIETY will celebrate their Patron Saint’s Day at the 10:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, May 21^st.

 

PLEASE MARK YOUR 2017 CALENDARS!!! We are doing four Community Meals in 2017: Wednesday, June 7; Wednesday, September 13 and Wednesday December 6. As you can see, the first one is coming up quickly!   We are responsible for the main meal, breads, beverages and dessert and a small group of volunteers to help serve the meal, which takes place at the Second Congregational Church in Greenfield. There will be a sign-up sheet in the front vestibule with aluminum pans for your convenience for our dinner on June 7^th.   Please contact Cathy Becklo at 413-863-2267 or at acbecklo@comcast.net if you would like more information or have any questions. Thank you for all the wonderful effort that keeps this program running so beautifully!

 

Spring Sock-A-Thon – Many charitable organizations in town receive donations of clothing for the needy, but the item they need the most and receive the least is socks.  Be a good “sole” and donate a pair of new socks to keep the feet of those less fortunate warm and dry!  There will be boxes available in the church on the weekend of May 20-21 for your donations.  Thank you!

 

Two Pilgrimages to World Meeting of Families – The World Meeting of Families will be held in Dublin, Ireland from August 21-26, 2018.  Two great pilgrimages (8 or 12 day) are planned which include daily Mass and visits to numerous shrines (Knock, St. Peter, Nat’l. Shrine to St. Oliver Plunkett, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, St. Valentine, Venerable Matt Talbot, Tomb of Venerable John Sullivan, depending on which pilgrimage you choose) and many places of interest.  For more information contact Grand View Tours at (610-361-7979), visit http://www.catholicsindublin.com, or contact Fr. Jonathan Reardon at Holy Family Parish in So. Deerfield (665-3254).

The Story of Fatima

Spring 1916 – May 13, 1917

 

     The following account of the Story of Fatima is based on the booklet, “Lucia Speaks – The Message of Fatima,” – a condensed version of Sister Lucia’s Memoirs – published by The World Apostolate of Fatima-USA.

     During World War I, Pope Benedict XV made repeated but forlorn pleas for peace, and finally in May 1917, made a direct appeal to the Blessed Mother to intercede for peace in the world.  Just over a week later, Our Lady began to appear at Fatima, Portugal to three shepherd children, Lucia dos Santos, age 10, and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto (siblings), ages eight and seven.  At the time, Fatima was a small village about 70 miles north of Lisbon.

The Angel of Portugal

     However, it was in the spring of the previous year, 1916, that the children had their first supernatural encounter as a means of preparing them for their meetings with the Queen of Heaven.  As they were looking after the sheep one day they saw a dazzlingly beautiful young man, seemingly made of light, who told them he was the Angel of Peace.  He invited them to pray with him.

     Later on in the summer, the Angel again appeared to the children and encouraged them to pray and make sacrifices as a way of drawing down peace on their country.

     In the autumn the children again saw the Angel as they were looking after the sheep.  He appeared before them holding a chalice in his hands, above which was suspended a host from which drops of blood were falling into the chalice. The Angel left the chalice suspended in the air and prostrated himself before it in prayer.

     He then gave the host to Lucia to eat, and let Francisco and Jacinta drink from the chalice while saying: “Take and drink the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, horribly outraged by ungrateful men.  Repair their crimes and console your God.”  Then he prostrated himself again in prayer before disappearing.  The children did not tell anyone about these visits of the Angel, feeling an interior necessity to keep quiet about these events.

 

May 13, 1917

     On May 13, 1917 the three children took their flocks out to pasture in the small area known as the Cova da Iria.  After lunch and the rosary they suddenly saw a bright flash of something like lightning, followed quickly by another flash in the clear blue sky.

     They looked up to see, in Lucia’s words, “a lady, clothed in white, brighter than the sun, radiating a light more clear and intense than a crystal cup filled with sparkling water lit by burning sunlight.”  The children stood there amazed, bathed in the light that surrounded the apparition as the Lady smiled and said: “Do not be afraid, I will not harm you.”  Lucia, as the oldest, asked her where she came from.

     The Lady pointed to the sky and said: “I come from heaven.”  Lucia then asked her what she wanted.  “I have come to ask you to come here for six months on the 13^th day of the month at this same hour.  Later I shall say who I am and what I desire.  And I shall return here yet a seventh time.”

     Lucia then asked if they would go to heaven and was told yes, she and Jacinta would go to heaven, but Francisco would need to say many rosaries first.  The Lady then said: “Are you willing to offer yourselves to God and bear all the sufferings He wills to send you as an act of reparation for the conversion of sinners?”  Lucia, as spokesman for all three, readily agreed.  “Then you are going to have much to suffer, but the grace of God will be your comfort.”

     Lucia recounted that at the same moment as she said these words the Lady opened her hands and streamed a “light” on the children which allowed them to see themselves in God.  The Lady finished with a request: “Say the Rosary every day to bring peace to the world and the end of the war.”  With that she began to rise into the air, moving towards the east until she disappeared.

     The children got together and tried to think of ways they could make sacrifices as the Lady had asked, resolving to go without lunch and to pray the full rosary.  Francisco and Jacinta received more support from their parents than Lucia, but the attitudes of the local inhabitants ranged from skepticism to utter contempt, and the children thereby suffered many insults.  They would have much to suffer, just as the Lady had told them.

Monastic Experience Weekend – St. Mary’s Monastery, a contemplative monastery of Benedictine monks set in a forested area in Petersham, Mass., is offering a Monastic Experience Weekend for young Catholic men aged 18-40 from June 2-4, 2017.  Men will participate in the monks’ daily balance of prayer, work and study, and will have the opportunity to speak with those who have been called to this vocation.  Contact: Fr. Gregory at 978-724-3350 or monks@stmarysmonastery.org.  ww.stmarysmonastery.org.

Fifteenth Annual Diocesan Wide Eucharistic Rosary Procession

To Honor the 100th Anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima

Sunday, June 11^th, 1-4 p.m. (rain or shine), at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish Church on 99 King St., Northampton, MA, beginning with Confessions and Guest Speaker, Fr. Anthony Gramlich MIC, Rector of The Shrine of The Divine Mercy, in Stockbridge, Mass., who will speak on the message of Our Lady of Fatima and its significance for the times that we are living in, followed by a Rosary Procession through downtown Northampton, which will return back to the church for the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, Adoration and Benediction of The Blessed Sacrament, with a reception to follow. For more information call George or Brenda at: 413- 221-4372, or visit our website at: http://www.eucharisticprocessionnorthampton.com. Like us on Facebook

 

K of C Fourth Annual Charity Golf Tournament – The Greenfield Knights of Columbus, Council #133, are looking for golfers and sponsors for their fourth annual charity golf tournament to be held on Friday, May 26^th at Crumpin-Fox golf course in Bernardston.  Crumpin-Fox was recently voted by Golf Advisor as one of the top 50 courses in the country!  The event will be an 18-hole, 4-person scramble with tee advantages for senior golfers.  The entry fee of $110 includes green fees, carts, lunch and dinner.  Two raffles and a silent auction will be held and include:  $1,000 cash, Cleary Jewelry, four Red Sox tickets, 3-day Cape Cod vacation, Crumpin-Fox golf certificates, sports memorabilia, a Broadway show package and much, much more.  Pioneer Volvo is sponsoring a “Hole-in-One” contest for a chance to win a new car.  The proceeds from the event will be used to fund a number of worthy causes in Greenfield and Franklin County.  For more information, call Jason Semaski (413) 626-3378, Bob Wanczyk (413) 774-2465, or Lou Grader (413) 774-2848.

 

Two Pilgrimages to World Meeting of Families – The World Meeting of Families will be held in Dublin, Ireland from August 21-26, 2018.  Two great pilgrimages (8 or 12 day) are planned which include daily Mass and visits to numerous shrines (Knock, St. Peter, Nat’l. Shrine to St. Oliver Plunkett, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, St. Valentine, Venerable Matt Talbot, Tomb of Venerable John Sullivan, depending on which pilgrimage you choose) and many places of interest.  For more information contact Grand View Tours at (610-361-7979), visit http://www.catholicsindublin.com, or contact Fr. Jonathan Reardon at Holy Family Parish in So. Deerfield (665-3254).

 

Alternatives Pregnancy Center – Pregnancy Tests, Counseling, Support Services, and Post Abortion Support, All Services Free and Confidential, 466 Main Street, P.O. Box 344, Greenfield, MA  01302-0344 — (413) 774-6010.

THE FOLLOWING MASS INTENTIONS have been sent to various Missionaries.  They will be offered as follows and you may attend the Masses here in our church as the Missionaries offer the Masses in their churches:

 

Sunday, May 14: 8:00 – All members of the Seago Family – int. Garmalo Family

                                10:30 + Mary R. Di Mascola – int. Son

Monday, May 15: – All members of the Seago Family – int. Garmalo Family

Tuesday, May 16: – All members of the Seago Family – int. Garmalo Family

Wed., May 17: – Prayers and healing for the Seago Family – int. the Shaughnessys

Thursday, May 18: + Evelyn Kalinowski – int. Jadz

Friday, May 19: – All members of the Seago Family – int. Garmalo Family

Saturday, May 20: 8:00 – All members of the Seago Family – int. Garmalo Family

                                 4:00 + Jack Furtado – int. Joyce and Tina

 

PLEASE NOTE:  The above Masses not only assist the souls for whom they are offered, but they also help the Missionaries who often times receive very little help.  It also helps the people where the Masses are offered.  Bóg wam zapłać!

 

PILGRIMAGE TO PENNSYLVANIA SHRINES AND SITES:  Sept. 18-21, 2017, 4 days / 3 nights at $550.00 per person, double occupancy. Also, limited availability at $750.00 per person, single occupancy. Visiting the National Shrines of The Divine Mercy (Stockbridge, Mass.), Our Lady Of Częstochowa (Doylestown), Saint Katharine Drexel (Bensalem) and St. John Neumann (Philadelphia). Other events include – attend the Biblical based show, Jonah, at the Sight and Sound Millennium Theater (Lancaster), tours of Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square), Liberty Bell Center and Independence Hall, and dinner at City Tavern (Philadelphia).  Cost includes: Coach with pickup/drop-off at two locations including the Thomas Charters, LLC’s parking lot at the Dillant-Hopkins Airport, 80 Airport Road, Keene, N.H. 03431, where pilgrim travelers may park their cars for free, and the Ingleside Mall, 50 Holyoke Street, Holyoke, Ma. 01040, near south side entrance to Sears. There is no overnight parking at the mall and so you must arrange a ride for personnel drop-off on Monday and pickup on Thursday.  Also, included are three breakfasts, two lunches and three dinners, accommodations with private facilities, tickets for shrines, gardens, theater and museums; taxes and gratuity.  Trip Spiritual Director: Fr. Charles Di Mascola – retired Pastor, Our Lady of Częstochowa Church, Turners Falls, Mass.  For itinerary and registration forms visit http://www.scribd.com/document/346336831. For more information contact:  Mark Zuchowski: 603-499-8775 / markzuchowski@hotmail.com  or Susan Zimmerman: 603-352-2748 / sue7mar@gmail.com.

Eternal Rest Grant Unto Them O Lord,

And Let Your Perpetual Light Shine Upon Them.

 

Eugene M. Maleski 5/14/1975

Ann Krejmas 5/14/1980

Wiktoria Koscinski 5/14/1961

Anthony Mieczkowski 5/15/1953

Wallace Kajduk 05/15/1965

Gladys P. Clark 5/15/2004

Stanley J. Wisnieski 5/15/2008

Catherine Schab 5/16/2000

Anna Lak 5/16/2005

John J. Duda, III 5/17/1998

Blanche Seremeth 5/17/2001

James Tucker 5/17/2001

Catherine Ptak 5/18/1942

John Pietraszek 5/18/1954

Walter Dobosz 5/18/1997

Alexander Rustallis 5/19/1954

Anna Warasz 5/19/1956

Germaine Buckmaster 5/19/1983

Anna M. Podmore 5/19/2007

Antonina Karp 5/20/1940

Francis Brzozowy 5/20/1951

John Dlugosz 5/20/1963

Remember the Holy Souls in Your Prayers

 

OUR LADY’S HOLY ICON will visit the home of Carol Roux for a week of prayer and petition for the needs of our Parish.  We thank you for this holy work of power and love.

 

 

DID YOU KNOW. . . Covering one third of Poland, its geothermal waters resources are ranked among the richest in Europe.  Equivalent to some 3.5 billion tons of oil, it is sufficient for heating the houses of about 30 million people. / The first oil refinery in the world was built in 1856 by Polish pharmacist and petroleum industry pioneer Jan Józef Ignacy Łukasiewicz.

 

 

Our parish has a Prayer Line under the patronage of the Sacred Heart of Jesus which is available for anyone.  To utilize the Prayer Line simply call 413-259-7571 or e-mail nan6539@gmail.com to leave a message with your intention and over 25 intercessors will pray for your intention daily.

 

 

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PLEASE NOTE that every day of the month is set aside to pray for a specific priest or deacon of Franklin County.  Please join in dedicating every day to one of the clergymen designated in our calendar.  The intentions for this week are:

 

 

 

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Deacon Bete	Bishop McDonnell	Fr. DiMascola	Fr. Lisowski	Clergy in Purgatory	Bishop Rozanski	Deacons being ordained today

 

 

 

Mass. Citizens for Life Mother’s Day Dinner – Pioneer Valley Mass. Citizens for Life’s 43rd Annual Mother’s Day Dinner will be Thursday, May 11, 2017 at Chez Josef in Agawam. The event will start with a social hour at 5:45 p.m. followed by dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets are $50. The speaker will be Dr. Joel Brind, professor of human biology and endocrinology at Baruch College, who will speak on “The Correlation between Abortion and Break Cancer”. To purchase tickets, please call the Pioneer Valley office at 413-583-5034. Proceeds of the dinner fund the Ludlow office.

 

JMJ

+ Parish Schedule for the Week of May 7, 2017 +

 

Sunday, May 7 [Fourth Sunday of Easter]:

   8:00 am – Brendan Enwright and Family – int. Filipi Family

 10:30 am – Living and departed members of the Holy Rosary Society

Monday, May 8:

  8:00 am – Grace and Blessings for Jill Rose-Fish – int. OLC C.C.D. Program

Tuesday, May 9:

  5:30 pm – Grace and Blessings for Jesse Nelson – int. Larry & Carol Roux

Wednesday, May 10 [St. Jude Novena / St. Damien de Veuster]:

  5:30 pm + Bernie Kobera – int. Family

Thursday, May 11 [Bl. Ladislaus of Gielniow]:

5:30 pm + Parda Family – int. Donald K. Parda

First Friday, May 12 [Sts. Nereus and Achilleus / St. Pancras]:

   5:30 pm + Casimer J. Sojka – int. John and Ted Sojka Families

Saturday, May 13 [Our Lady of Fatima]:

   8:00 am – Grace and Blessings for Fr. Charles Jan Di Mascola – int. Betty Fritz

   4:00 pm – Mother’s Day Novena I

   6:00 pm (Spanish) – For our Parish and Parishioners

Sunday, May 14 [Fifth Sunday of Easter]:     Mother’s Day

    8:00 am – Mother’s Day Novena II

  10:30 am –  Mother’s Day Novena III – First Communion

 

+ Królowo Polski Módl Się za Nami +

THE HOLY ROSARY SOCIETY will gather as a body for the 10:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, May 7^th.  Following the Mass they will have a meeting with a pot luck dinner in the church undercroft.  At 2:00 p.m. they will gather again in the church for May devotions with the Rosary and Benediction.

 

LADIES OF OUR PARISH interested in joining the Sisterhood of the Holy Rosary Society are invited to our next meeting on Sunday, May 7^th in the morning following the 10:30 Mass in the church undercroft.  The Holy Rosary Society meets four times a year and is involved in charitable and spiritual activities throughout the year.  There are also many spiritual benefits to membership.

 

THE MAY CROWNING of the Blessed Virgin Mary will take place at the 10:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, May 7^th. 

 

MAY DEVOTIONS in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary will take place Sunday, May 7^th at 2:00 p.m.  Benediction and the Holy Rosary will be included.

 

MOTHER’S DAY ROSES FOR LIFE – On Mothers’ Day weekend, May 13^th and 14^th, roses will be available at the doors of the church to benefit the Pro-Life cause in Franklin County.  Donations will be $3.00 per rose / $30 per dozen.  All proceeds to benefit pro-life events throughout the year.

 

MOTHER’S DAY CARDS for our annual Mother’s Day Novena of Masses which will begin on Saturday, May 13^th are presently available in the front vestibule.  The Novena will continue for nine days of Masses for all Mothers living and departed.

 

MAY 10^th IS THE FEAST of Our Lady of Grace, the patroness of Warsaw.  A miraculous icon of Our Lady of Grace is venerated in the Jesuit Church in the Old Town of Warsaw.

 

THE ST. JUDE NOVENA is offered every Wednesday at the 5:30 p.m. Mass and all are welcome to come and ask for the help of this saint who is the patron of hopeless cases.

 

THE PARISH COUNCIL will meet on Wednesday, May 10^th at 6:30 p.m. in the church undercroft.  The tag sale will be discussed.

 

FREE MINISTRY TO TRAVELING CATHOLICS.  For nationwide Mass Times and locations: call 1-800-Mass-Times (1-800-627-78460 or http://www.Masstimes.org.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10^th is the Feast of St. Damien Joseph of Molokai.  St. Damien was born in Belgium in 1840 and became a member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts.  He volunteered to join the missions in Hawaii and in 1873 he volunteered to self-exile among the lepers on the island of Molokai.  The only priest on the island he did everything from building coffins for the dead and houses for the living.  Going from leper to leper he washed and bandaged each one.  His medical skills were matched only by his fervent charity and his view of the lepers as individuals worthy of respect, kindness and courtesy.  As children of God given a unique and devastating cross to bear in the midst of tropical splendor, these islanders received Bd. Damien’s total commitment.  In 1876 he himself was stricken with leprosy.  In 1889 he died of the disease.  Pope John Paul II beatified Bd. Damien in 1995 calling him “A Servant of Humanity” and he was canonized October 11, 2009.  He will be remembered in the Mass at 5:30 p.m.

 

MAY 11^th IS THE FEAST of Bd. Ladislaus (Władysław) of Gielniów.  Bd. Ladislaus was born in 1440 and was well educated before becoming a Franciscan monk.  He was a great preacher and missionary.  He always warned his priests and brothers that the example of personal holiness must always come before the preaching of the Gospel.

            Bd. Ladislaus is also responsible for the composition of many favorite Polish hymns.  His prayers are believed to have saved Poland from a great army of invading Turks and Tartars.  Ladislaus called upon the panic-stricken population to pray and to put their trust in God, who alone could deliver them.  Suddenly a flood and freezing blizzard struck the invaders who were easily defeated.

            On Good Friday, in 1505, as he was preaching to an immense congregation, he was miraculously lifted into the air and seemed to be mystically crucified.  When he slowly sank to the ground he was so weak that he had to be carried to the monastery infirmary where he died a month later.

 

FRIDAY, MAY 12^th is the Feast of Sts. Nereus and Achilleus who were Roman soldiers until their conversion to Christianity.  As Christians they refused to take part in the brutality of the Roman army.  They were martyred for their Faith.  They will be remembered in the Mass at 5:30 p.m.

 

FRIDAY, MAY 12^th is also the Feast of St. Pancras who was of noble birth.  He was baptized at the age of 14 and proceeded to give all his possessions to the poor.  This drew the attention of the authorities to him and ultimately to the fact that he was a Christian.  When he refused to denounce his Christianity, he was decapitated.  He will also be remembered in the Mass at 5:30 p.m.

 

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SATURDAY, MAY 13^th is the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima.  Our Lady appeared at Fatima, Portugal to three shepherd children in 1917.  The message of Fatima includes a call to conversion of heart, prayer – especially the Rosary, and repentance from sin.  The great miracle of the sun witnessed by thousands of people was Heaven’s testimony to the truth of these visions.  Our Lady of Fatima will be remembered in the Mass at 8:00 a.m.

 

Last day for Catechism classes – Sunday, May 21^st

Parents are encouraged to continue a program of prayer and Sacraments

with their children.  It’s a matter of eternal life or eternal death.

 

PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!! We are doing three more Community Meals in 2017: Wednesday, June 7; Wednesday, September 13 and Wednesday December 6. As you can see, the next one is coming up quickly!   We are responsible for the main meal, breads, beverages and dessert and a small group of volunteers to help serve the meal, which takes place at the Second Congregational Church in Greenfield. There will be a sign-up sheet in the front vestibule with aluminum pans for your convenience for our dinner on June 7^th.   Please contact Cathy Becklo at 413-863-2267 or at acbecklo@comcast.net if you would like more information or have any questions. Thank you for all the wonderful effort that keeps this program running so beautifully!

 

THE WEEKLY PRO-LIFE NOVENA takes place on Saturday before the 8:00 a.m. Mass begging God for an end to the massacre of the innocents, the violence to women, and protection of the handicapped, the aged and all those who are threatened by the so called choice mentality of our culture.

 

Real to Reel – Due to NBC sports programming in May, the weekly diocesan newsmagazine “Real to Reel” will air on a special day and time, Sunday, May 7 at 6:30 a.m. that week only.​ “Real to Reel” will then be off for two Saturdays and resume at its regular time of 7 p.m. on Saturday May 27 on 22News WWLP. For those who also get Catholic TV, “Real to Reel” will air at its regular times on that network, seen on Cable Channel 268 on Sunday at 8 p.m., Thursday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 2:30 a.m.  ​You can also always stay informed on the latest Church happenings by logging onto http://www.IObserve.org.​

 

Spring Sock-A-Thon – Many charitable organizations in town receive donations of clothing for the needy, but the item they need the most and receive the least is socks.  Be a good “sole” and donate a pair of new socks to keep the feet of those less fortunate warm and dry!  There will be boxes available in the church on the weekend of May 20-21 for your donations.  Thank you!

Fifteenth Annual Diocesan Wide Eucharistic Rosary Procession

To Honor the 100th Anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima

Sunday, June 11^th, 1-4 p.m. (rain or shine), at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish Church on 99 King St., Northampton, MA, beginning with Confessions and Guest Speaker, Fr. Anthony Gramlich MIC, Rector of The Shrine of The Divine Mercy, in Stockbridge, Mass., who will speak on the message of Our Lady of Fatima and its significance for the times that we are living in, followed by a Rosary Procession through downtown Northampton, which will return back to the church for the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, Adoration and Benediction of The Blessed Sacrament, with a reception to follow. For more information call George or Brenda at: 413- 221-4372, or visit our website at: http://www.eucharisticprocessionnorthampton.com. Like us on Facebook

 

The “Teresians” – We know you have been reading about our new ministry the “Teresians”.  As we have said there is NO commitment.  We will notify everyone on the ministry list (via email) when someone is sick and in need of prayer or a visit OR dying and in need of prayer or a visit OR died and the funeral details.  It will be up to each individual/family to decide how they can minister.  No one is expected to respond to each need. If any parishioner knows of someone in need, please email Joy Pelc (rjpelc@comcast.net) and Nancy Faller (nafaller@aol.com), so we can get the word out.  Father will be in charge of letting us know about funerals. Thank you for your help! Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Pray for us. Dear Lord, the Great Healer, I kneel before You.  Since every perfect gift must come from You. I pray, give kindness and meekness to my heart, clear vision to my mind, and skill to my hands.  (Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta)

 

K of C Fourth Annual Charity Golf Tournament – The Greenfield Knights of Columbus, Council #133, are looking for golfers and sponsors for their fourth annual charity golf tournament to be held on Friday, May 26^th at Crumpin-Fox golf course in Bernardston.  Crumpin-Fox was recently voted by Golf Advisor as one of the top 50 courses in the country!  The event will be an 18-hole, 4-person scramble with tee advantages for senior golfers.  The entry fee of $110 includes green fees, carts, lunch and dinner.  Two raffles and a silent auction will be held and include:  $1,000 cash, Cleary Jewelry, four Red Sox tickets, 3-day Cape Cod vacation, Crumpin-Fox golf certificates, sports memorabilia, a Broadway show package and much, much more.  Pioneer Volvo is sponsoring a “Hole-in-One” contest for a chance to win a new car.  The proceeds from the event will be used to fund a number of worthy causes in Greenfield and Franklin County.  For more information, call Jason Semaski (413) 626-3378, Bob Wanczyk (413) 774-2465, or Lou Grader (413) 774-2848.

Pope to Canonize Fatima Seers May 13;

October Date for Other Saints

By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service

 

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis will declare the sainthood of Blessed Jacinta Marto and Blessed Francisco Marto, two of the shepherd children who saw Mary in Fatima, Portugal, during his visit to the site of the apparitions May 13.

     The date was announced April 20 during an “ordinary public consistory,” a meeting of the pope, cardinals and promoters of sainthood causes that formally ends the sainthood process.

     Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes, addressing the assembly noted that of the future saints considered at the consistory, five were children or young teenagers.

     “In our time, where young people often become objects of exploitation and commerce, these young people excel as witnesses of truth and freedom, messengers of peace (and) of a new humanity reconciled in love,” the cardinal said.

     At the same consistory, the pope set October 15 as the date for the canonizations of two priests and two groups of martyrs, including Blessed Cristobal, Blessed Antonio and Blessed Juan — also known as the “Child Martyrs of Tlaxcala” — who were among the first native converts in Mexico. They were killed between 1527 and 1529 for refusing to renounce the faith and return to their people’s ancient traditions.

     Pope Francis will preside over the canonization ceremony of the Fatima visionaries during his visit to Fatima May 12-13.

     The pilgrimage will mark the 100^th anniversary of the Marian apparitions, which began May 13, 1917, when 9-year-old Francisco and 7-year-old Jacinta, along with their cousin Lucia dos Santos, reported seeing the Virgin Mary. The apparitions continued once a month until October 13, 1917, and later were declared worthy of belief by the Catholic Church.

     A year after the apparitions, both of the Marto children became ill during an influenza epidemic that plagued Europe. Francisco died April 4, 1919, at the age of 10, while Jacinta succumbed to her illness February 20, 1920, at the age of 9.

     Francisco and Jacinta’s cause for canonization was stalled for decades due to a debate on whether non-martyred children have the capacity to understand heroic virtues at a young age. However, in 1979, St. John Paul II allowed their cause to proceed; he declared them venerable in 1989 and beatified them in 2000.

     The children’s cousin entered the Carmelites. Sister Lucia died in 2005 at the age of 97. The diocesan phase of her sainthood cause concluded in February and now is under study at the Vatican.

     The other canonizations set to take place October 15 include:

     — The “Martyrs of Natal,” Brazil, including: Blessed Andre de Soveral, a Jesuit priest; Blessed Ambrosio Francisco Ferro, a diocesan priest; Blessed Mateus Moreira, a layman; and 27 others. They were killed in 1645 in a wave of anti-Catholic persecution carried out by Dutch Calvinists.

     — Blessed Faustino Miguez, a Spanish priest and a member of the Piarist Fathers born in 1831. He started an advanced school for girls at a time when such education was limited almost exclusively to boys.

     While he taught a variety of subjects and wrote numerous textbooks, he also honed an interest in botany, which led him to find a cure for a professor so ill that he was thought to be beyond hope. People then came to him from all parts of the country seeking relief from their sicknesses.

     — Blessed Angelo da Acri, an Italian Capuchin priest who was born Luca Antonio Falcone. A famed preacher, he was known for his defense of the poor. He died in 1739 and was beatified by Pope Leo XII in 1825.

FOR THE GLORY OF GOD the following have made donations to our Parish Renovation Fund:  In memory of Stanley Bak from Cheryl Steiner / In memory of Paul Deskavich from Cheryl Steiner / In memory of Joseph Klepadlo from Helen Christian.  Bóg zapłać!

 

ALL CHILDREN OF OUR PARISH MAKING their First Communion will make their confession on Saturday, May 13^th at 9:00 a.m.  This will be followed by a rehearsal and a party.  The children will receive their First Holy Communion on Sunday, May 14^th at the 10:30 a.m. Mass.   Pray for our children who for the first time will receive Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament into their hearts to be their Lord and Savior now and forever their friend and companion through life and eternity. 

 

Our parish has a Prayer Line under the patronage of the Sacred Heart of Jesus which is available for anyone.  To utilize the Prayer Line simply call 413-259-7571 or e-mail nan6539@gmail.com to leave a message with your intention and over 25 intercessors will pray for your intention daily.

THE FOLLOWING MASS INTENTIONS have been sent to various Missionaries.  They will be offered as follows and you may attend the Masses here in our church as the Missionaries offer the Masses in their churches:

 

Sunday, May 7: 8:00 + Mary R. Di Mascola – int. Son

                             10:30 – All members of the Seago Family – int. Garmalo Family

Monday, May 8: – Living and departed members of the Seago Family – int. Betty Fritz

Tuesday, May 9: – All members of the Seago Family – int. Garmalo Family

Wed., May 10: – All members of the Seago Family – int. Garmalo Family

Thursday, May 11: + Lucinda Seago and Family – int. Nina Johnson

Friday, May 12: – All members of the Seago Family – int. Garmalo Family

Saturday, May 13: 8:00 – All members of the Seago Family – int. Garmalo Family

                               4:00 + Edith F. Winters – int. the Shaughnessys

 

PLEASE NOTE:  The above Masses not only assist the souls for whom they are offered, but they also help the Missionaries who often times receive very little help.  It also helps the people where the Masses are offered.  Bóg wam zapłać!

 

DID YOU KNOW . . . The first surviving Polish recipes cookbook dates back to 1682 with dishes influenced by strong Lithuanian and Tartar-Turkish influences and German culinary traditions.

–          Traditionally, the main meal of three courses is eaten around 2:00 p.m., starting with a soup, a main course of meat and a dessert.

 

 

Two Pilgrimages to World Meeting of Families – The World Meeting of Families will be held in Dublin, Ireland from August 21-26, 2018.  Two great pilgrimages (8 or 12 day) are planned which include daily Mass and visits to numerous shrines (Knock, St. Peter, Nat’l. Shrine to St. Oliver Plunkett, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, St. Valentine, Venerable Matt Talbot, Tomb of Venerable John Sullivan, depending on which pilgrimage you choose) and many places of interest.  For more information contact Grand View Tours at (610-361-7979), visit http://www.catholicsindublin.com, or contact Fr. Jonathan Reardon at Holy Family Parish in So. Deerfield (665-3254).

Eternal Rest Grant Unto Them O Lord,

And Let Your Perpetual Light Shine Upon Them.

 

Joan B. Gardner 5/7/1992

Blanche C. Potosek 5/7/2002

Herman J. Letourneau, Jr. 5/7/2003

Brenda V. Fleury 5/7/2008

Edmund Wasileski 5/8/1967

Edna K. Gulo 5/8/1991

Stanislaw Prochowicz 5/9/1956

Joseph J. Meciek 5/9/1970

Stanley J. Tuvek 5/9/1988

Kyoung-Shik Chung 5/9/1983

Ignaz Cyhowski 5/10/1976

Valentine Sojka 5/10/1995

Anna P. Zak 5/10/1996

Mary Byk 5/11/1959

Julia C. Stevens 5/11/2008

Stephen Kulch 5/12/1970

Frank J. Wojtkowski 5/12/1994

Julia Muszynski 5/13/1937

Guilitta Petetti 5/13/1991

Casimir F. Sojka 5/13/2003

Thomas J. Dombroski 5/13/2004

 

 

Remember the Holy Souls in Your Prayers

 

 

World War I: Beyond the Front Lines – World War I, fought from 1914-1918, was the modern world’s first international conflict. Approximately 11 million soldiers were killed, and the war’s toll including civilian casualties exceeded 20 million. By Armistice Day, Nov. 11, 1918, more than 116,000 Americans died as a result of the war. Of these, more than 1,600 were Knights of Columbus. Both the first and last American military officers to die during the war were K of C members. The Knights of Columbus Museum in New Haven, Conn. commemorates the 100th anniversary of the United States’ participation in the war with an exhibition, World War I: Beyond the Front Lines (Apr. 6, 2017 – Dec. 30, 2018). The exhibition provides an historical retrospective of the war and includes interactives, images and artifacts from the Knights of Columbus Museum collection, Supreme Council archives and borrowed materials from private lenders and organizations. A series of WWI-related lectures and presentations will be offered throughout the course of the exhibition. For more information, visit http://www.kofcmuseum.org.

 

 

 

Defending Life – Learn the Church’s teaching about the right to life, and find out what you can do to defend it.  Watch new episodes of “Defending Life” airing on EWTN at 2:30 a.m. on Wednesdays and 11:00 p.m. on Thursdays.  Listen on EWTN Radio Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. and Sundays at 5 a.m. and 1 p.m.  You can also stream EWTN online by going to EWTN.com and then clicking on the “television” tab.  For show topics for each week visit DefendingLife.TV.

 

 

 

OUR LADY’S HOLY ICON will visit the home of Mary LaCroix for a week of prayer and petition for the needs of our Parish.  We thank you for this holy work of love.

 

PRAY FOR VOCATIONS to the Priesthood from our Parish and for our Parish so that we might always have a Priest here to celebrate the Mass and administer the Holy Sacraments!  Please join in the Divine Mercy Chaplet to pray for vocations to the priesthood every Friday beginning at 4:45 p.m.

 

 

 

Alternatives Pregnancy Center – Pregnancy Tests, Counseling, Support Services, and Post Abortion Support, All Services Free and Confidential, 466 Main Street, P.O. Box 344, Greenfield, MA  01302-0344 — (413) 774-6010

 

 

 

Holy Hour for the Sick and Dying – A Holy Hour is being observed each Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m. in the Adoration Chapel at Blessed Sacrament Church in Greenfield. Included are the singing of hymns, recitation of the Rosary, and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy for the Sick and the Dying.  The hour concludes with Benediction.  If you know of someone who is ailing and in need of special graces and prayer, please be encouraged to come and spend an hour for his/her intention.  All are welcome.

 

 

 

CHURCH CHOIRS:  The St. Cecilia Choir, which sings at the Sunday 10:30 Mass and other special services, is always seeking additional singers of any experience.  We rehearse every Sunday in the choir loft following the 10:30 Mass, from 11:30 – 12:30.  For information, please see Henry Gaida or e-mail hgaida@gmail.com. The Saint Gregory Choir is accepting new members with any level of experience, adults and youths. One need only have a desire to sing in the Mass. We sing sacred chant and 16^th century sacred polyphony. We meet to rehearse in the choir loft every Friday evening right after Mass or devotions. We sing at the 8:00 Sunday morning Mass.  For more information, call Robert Heath at 772-8738. 

 

 

Monastic Experience Weekend – St. Mary’s Monastery, a contemplative monastery of Benedictine monks set in a forested area in Petersham, Mass., is offering a Monastic Experience Weekend for young Catholic men aged 18-40 from June 2-4, 2017.  Men will participate in the monks’ daily balance of prayer, work and study, and will have the opportunity to speak with those who have been called to this vocation.  Contact: Fr. Gregory at 978-724-3350 or monks@stmarysmonastery.org.  ww.stmarysmonastery.org.

 

 

 

PLEASE NOTE that every day of the month is set aside to pray for a specific priest or deacon of Franklin County.  Please join in dedicating every day to one of the clergymen designated in our calendar.  The intentions for this week are:

 

 

 

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Fr. Naranjo	Fr. Bombardier	Deacon Leary	Fr. Reardon	Fr. Cullen	Pope Francis	Fr. O’Mannion