Bulletin: April 28, 2024

+ Parish Schedule for the Week of April 28, 2024+

J+M+J

Sunday, April 28: [Fifth Sunday of Easter]

  8:00 am + Sophie H. Fritz – Doug & Joanne Brown

10:30 am + Lauren Tela – it. Mom & Dad

Monday, April 29 : [St. Catherine of Siena, Virgin & Doctor of the Church]

  8:00 am + Jeffrey Tela – int. Mom & Dad

Tuesday, April 30: [St. Pius V, Pope][Novena to St. Peregrine & Camillus]

  5:30 pm – For the Conversion of a Sinner – int. Robert Heath

Wednesday, May 1: [St. Joseph the Worker][Novena to St. Jude]

  5:30 pm + Alice Carter – int. Grandchildren, Debra & Paul

Thursday, May 2: [St. Athanasius, Bishop & Doctor of the Church]

  5:30 pm + Jeffrey Tela – int. Mom & Dad

First Friday, May 3: [St. Philip and James, Apostles]

  5:30 pm + Pauline Klepadlo – int. Debbie & Gary

ALL NIGHT VIGIL OF EUCHARISTIC ADORATION FOLLOWING MASS

First Saturday, May 4 

  8:00 am + Sophie Fritz – int. Suki Wong

  4:00 pm + Lauren Tela – int. Mom & Dad

  6:00 pm – Spanish Mass – int. Missa Pro Populo (for our Parish and Parishioners)

Sunday, May 5: [Sixth Sunday of Easter]

  8:00 am + Holy Souls in Purgatory – int. Melissa Wright

10:30 am – Holy Rosary Society

+ Królowo Polski Módl Się za Nami +

THE SANCTUARY LAMP

 will burn this week in loving memory of

  Robert Zamojski 

                             at the request of his sister, Janice Zamojski

WENDESDAY, MAY 1^st is the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker focusing on the dignity of labor through the humility of St. Joseph.  He will be remembered in the Mass at 5:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, MAY 2nd is the Feast of St. Athanasius the Bishop of Alexandria and a great champion of orthodox teaching in the Church. He suffered greatly for his defense of the truth.  He will be remembered at the 5:30 p.m. Mass.

FRIDAY, MAY 3^rd is the Feast of St. Philip and St. James the Apostles.  They will be remembered in the Mass at 5:30 p.m.

St. Philip – The Apostle Philip was one of Christ’s first disciples, called soon after his Master’s baptism in the Jordan. The fourth Gospel gives the following detail: “The next day Jesus was about to leave for Galilee, and He found Philip. And Jesus said to him: Follow Me. Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael, and said to him: We have found Him of whom Moses in the Law and the Prophets wrote, Jesus the Son of Joseph of Nazareth. And Nathanael said to him: Can anything good come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him: Come and see” (John 1:43)

St. James the Less – St. James the Less, a brother of the Apostle Jude, was of Cana of Galilee. He is the author of one of the Catholic Epistles in the New Testament. He was favored by an appearance of the Risen Christ (I Cor. 15:7). After the dispersion of the Apostles he was made Bishop of Jerusalem. He was visited by St. Paul (Gal. 1:19). He spoke after Peter at the meeting of the Apostles (Acts 15:13). When he refused to deny the Divinity of Christ, the Jews cast him down from the terrace of the temple and clubbed him to death. The Breviary contains a very moving description of his death. “When he was ninety-six years old and had governed the Church for thirty years in a most holy manner, the Jews sought to stone him, then took him to the pinnacle of the temple and cast him off headlong. As he lay there half dead, with legs broken by the fall, he lifted his hands toward heaven and prayed to God for the salvation of his enemies, saying: Lord, forgive them for they know not what they do! While the apostle was still praying, a fuller struck his head a mortal blow.” His relics now rest next to those of St. Philip in the church of the Holy Apostles in Rome, and their names are mentioned in the first list in the Canon of the Mass.

MAY 3^rd IS THE FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH: In honor of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, we will have our All-Night Vigil of Eucharistic Adoration beginning after the 5:30 pm Mass and ending with Benediction at 8:00 am.  Please consider signing up for an hour during this vigil.  Sign-up sheets are in the front vestibule.

MAY 4^th IS THE FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH: which we celebrate in honor of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. First Saturday Devotions in honor of Our Lady will take place before the 8:00 am Mass along with the Holy Rosary and the Pro-Life Novena.

THE OUR LADY OF CZESTOCHOWA HOLY ROSARY SOCIETY will gather as a body to process into the 10:30 a.m. Mass next Sunday, May 5^th.   Following the Mass, they will have a meeting with a pot luck dinner in the church undercroft.  Circles 4, 5, and 6 will set up for the lunch.  New members are welcome!

OUR LADY’S HOLY ICON will visit the home of Kathy Eichorn for a week of prayer and petition for the needs of our Parish. We thank you for this holy work of power and 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 at 4:45 p.m

PRAY FOR OUR CLERGY: Please join us in dedicating every day to one of the clergymen 

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Msgr. Yargeau	Deacon DeCarlo	Bishop Byrne	Fr. Lunney	Fr. Campoli	Bishop McDonnell	Fr. Aufiero

Prayer for Priests

O Jesus, Eternal Priest, look down with love upon Thy priests. Fill them with burning zeal for the conversion of sinners. Keep them within the shelter of Thy Sacred Heart. Keep unstained their anointed hands, which daily touch Thy Sacred Body. Keep unsullied their lips purpled with Thy Precious Blood. Keep pure and unearthly their hearts sealed with the sublime marks of Thy Glorious Priesthood. Let Thy holy love protect them from the world’s contagion. Bless

their labors with abundant fruit, and may the souls to whom they minister on earth be one day their joy and consolation in Heaven. Amen.

HELP AND SACRAMENTS AVAILABLE FOR SICK AND HOMEBOUND – If you know of anyone who is sick or homebound in need of the Sacraments or who needs assistance with errands, please notify the rectory at 413-863-4748

THE FOLLOWING MASS INTENTIONS have been sent to various Missionaries.  They will be offered as follows and you may unite your prayers to the foreign Missionaries who offer the Masses

Sunday, April 28:  8:00 am – In Thanksgiving, Richard & Gerri Ahearn – int. Mark

Sunday, April 28: 10:30 am – Health & Blessings for Bob Avery – int. Friend

Monday, April 29:   8:00 am – In thanksgiving, Kathy Eichorn – int. Mark

Tuesday, April 30: 5:30 pm – Special Intention

Wednesday, May 1:  5:30 pm + George & Dorothy Piecuch – int. niece, Carol

Thursday, May 2:  5:30 pm – In Thanksgiving, Carol Kostecki – int. Mark

Friday, May 3:  5:30 pm – In Thanksgiving, John Casey – int. Mark

Saturday, May 4:  4:00 pm – Health & Blessings for Todd Avery – int. Friend

Saturday, May 4:  4:00 pm + Frederick Speckels – int. wife, Helen

PLEASE NOTE:  The above Masses not only assist the souls for whom they are offered, but they also help you and the Missionaries who often times receive very little.

FOR THE GLORY OF GOD, and in memory of Robert Zamojski donations have been made to our Parish Renovation Fund by the following people:

Robert Walker

Peter & Melanie Zschau

Turners Falls Athletic Club

Susan Avery

The Dillon Family

Bóg zapłać!

CEMETERY SPRING CLEAN UP:  Please be sure to gather old flower pots, Christmas wreaths, artificial flowers and other various items/decorations that may be in front of headstones and foot markers. Please try to keep flower pots to one arrangement per headstone.  Weed whackers and mowers may damage artificial flowers, small statues, etc that are left in front of headstones, so please remove them before mowing season begins in May.  

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! The Saint Hyacinth Pierogi Makers will be making crab rangoon pierogi for the Pierogi Pop Up Event which is on Saturday May 18th. We will be gathering on Thursdays and Saturdays 9AM – 12PM to make these pierogi in the church undercroft. No experience is required as we can teach you how to make these delicious dumplings. You do not have to commit to specific dates or time. Whatever time you are able to come in and help we are grateful for your support.

PIEROGI MAKING DATES:   

  MAY 2, 4, 9, 11, 16

FOR THE GLORY OF GOD, and in memory of Theresa Fugere a donation has been made to our Parish Renovation Fund by Constance, Sharon & Kerry.

ALL CHILDREN OF OUR PARISH MAKING their First Communion will make their confession on Saturday, May 11^th at 9:00 a.m.  This will be followed by a rehearsal.  The children will receive their First Holy Communion on Sunday, May 12^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

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.

We are planning our Annual

Giant Tag and Bake Sale

Calling all bargain hunters!  The Annual Giant Tag and Bake Sale sponsored by our Parish Council will take place on Saturday, June 15^th  from 9:00 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine!  Furniture, house wares, appliances, exercise equipment and other treasures will be at rock bottom prices! Please drop off tag sale items at the rectory garage.  PLEASE NO televisions, computers, printers, mattresses, clothing or books.  Please call Shirley Webb at 773-7202 if you have any questions.

The Fifth Sunday of Easter:

Proper of the Mass

Introit (Entrance Chant)

8:00 Mass: The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Solemnities, Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B.

O sing a new song to the Lord, alleluia; for he has worked wonders, alleluia; in the sight of the nations he has shown his deliverance, alleluia, alleluia.

(Cantate Domino, Psalm xcvii (xcviii): 1,2; Graduale Romanum, Roman Missal.)

10:30 Mass: By Flowing Waters: Chant for the Liturgy, Dr. Paul F. Ford.

Sing a new song to the Lord, praise our God from the ends of the earth, alleluia.

(Cantate Domino, Pslam xcvii (xcviii): 1a, 3c; Graduale Simplex.)

Offertory

8:00 & 10:30 Masses: The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Solemnities, Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B.

Shout with joy to God, all the earth; sing a psalm to his name.  Come and hear, all who fear God, and I will tell you what great things the Lord has done for my soul, alleluia.

(Jubilate Deo, omnis terra, Psalm lxv (lxvi): 1, 2, 16; Graduale Romanum.)

Communion

4:00, 8:00 & 10:30 Masses: The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Solemnities, Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B.

I am the true vine and you are the branches, says the Lord.  Whoever remains in me, and I in him, bears fruit in plenty, alleluia.      (Ego sum vitis vera, John xv: 5; Graduale Romanum, Roman Missal.)

10:30 Mass: Graduale Romanum, 1974, St. Peter Abbey, Solesmes.  At the 10:30 Mass, the Communion Antiphon will be sung in Latin, then in English.

Ego sum vitis vera et vos palmites, ui manet in me, et ego in eo, hic fert fructum, alleluia, alleluia.

[Translation, I am the true vine, above.]

(Ego sum vitis vera, John xv: 5; Graduale Romanum, Roman Missal.)

LITURGICAL NOTES:  The Fifth Sunday of Easter is considered a “pure” Sunday of Eastertide, that is, instead of focusing on a specific theme like Good Shepherd Sunday (the Fourth Sunday of Easter), they instead present the Paschal Mystery (the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Christ) in its totality—as such, the Baptismal character of the Easter Season is again brought to the fore, as it was on the Second and Third Sundays of Easter.  This can be easily seen in the Collect, where we pray: Almighty ever-living God, constantly accomplish the Paschal Mystery within us, that those you were pleased to make new in Holy Baptism may, under your protective care, bear much fruit and come to the joys of life eternal.  🙞

A brief note on terminology: In the previous translation of the Sacramentary (Roman Missal), the Collect was called the Opening Prayer, and many still refer to the Collect as such.  However, it should be borne in mind that the Collect does n’t actually open anything.  The true Opening Prayer of the Mass is actually the Entrance Chant, which is why the Church still instructs the priest to recite the Entrance Chant aloud at the beginning of Mass if it is not sung.  If one looks at the structure of the Mass, one will notice that the Collect actually concludes the Introductory Rites of the Mass.  This is also true of the other orations: the Prayer over the Offerings concludes the Offertory Rite, and the Prayer after Communion concludes the Communion Rite.  This may seem insignificant, but it is important to understand our liturgical Rites in order to participate in them fore fruitfully.

Beacon of Faith Campaign Prayer

Heavenly Father,

through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, all things are possible

and without Him we can do nothing.

May we seek Your kingdom above all, knowing that all things

work together for the good of those who love You

and are called according to Your purpose.

Grant us that we, united through Your Son in one faith

and by the strength of the Holy Spirit, may be generous in our support

of the Beacon of Faith Campaign

which seeks to strengthen parish life in the four counties of our diocese.

All this we pray through Jesus Christ, our Lord.  Amen.

Eternal rest grant unto them o Lord,

And Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Them

Waclaw Bialecki 4/28/1953

John A. Cuky 4/28/1977

Helen G. Kaczenski-Butynski 4/28/1997

Theodore W. Jablonski, Sr. 4/28/2016

Joseph Brzozowy 4/29/1925

Chester Kopinto 4/29/2007

Linda Hicks 4/29/2014

Frank Janek 4/30/1959

John Kuczek 4/30/1966

Mildred F. Potosek 4/30/1988

Chester W. Skowron 4/30/1989

Walter E. Kulesa 4/30/2003

Anne O. Niedbala 4/30/2011

Anna Sikora 5/1/1922

Barbara Kuzawuski 5/1/1924

Michael Mirecki 5/1/1981

Elaine A. Krejmas 5/1/1986

Edward J. Dranzek 5/1/1998

Theodore A. Pluta 5/1/1998

Adeline S. Cislo 5/1/2013

Judith Byk 5/1/2020

Mary A. Kruczek 5/2/1997

Marguerite A. Zayac 5/2/2004

Raymond Denkewicz 5/2/2017

Marcella Giguere 5/2/2022

Francius Putala 5/3/1947

Konstacji Korda 5/3/1955

Konstanty Traczewski 5/3/1955

Dorothy LaMountain 5/3/1993

Agnes Temesvari 5/3/2022

Bolesłaus Grygo 5/4/1934

Josephine Kopec 5/4/1975

Adeline B. Schab 5/4/1991

John J. Yez 5/4/2010

Veronica E. Krol 5/4/2014

Richard Provost 5/4/2022

Stanislaw Piszkor 5/5/1958

Frank Rudinski 5/5/1963

Mary E. Tucek 5/5/1990

Rosemarie E. Black 5/5/2010

_____________________________________________________________________

+ Remember to pray for the Holy Souls+

This bulletin is sponsored by the St. Stanislaus Society.

Bulletin: April 21, 2024

+ Parish Schedule for the Week of April 21, 2024+

J+M+J

Sunday, April 21: [Fourth Sunday of Easter]

  8:00 am + Sophie H. Fritz – int. Family

10:30 am + Health & Blessings for Fr. Donald Noiseux – int. Larry & Carol Roux

Monday, April 22

  8:00 am + Rev. Dennis Bombardier – int. Betty Fritz

Tuesday, April 23: [Novena to St. Peregrine & Camillus]

  5:30 pm – For the Conversion of a Sinner – int. Robert Heath

Wednesday, April 24: [Novena to St. Jude]

  5:30 pm + Alice Carter – int. Grandchildren, Debra & Paul

Thursday, April 25

  5:30 pm + Sophie H. Fritz – int. Joe & Barbara Kucenski

Friday, April 26

  5:30 pm + Brendan Collins – int. Doug & Mary Lynne Brown

Saturday, April 27 

  8:00 am – Fr. Bruno & All Living & Deceased Members of St. Joseph Community of the  Discalced Carmelites 

  4:00 pm + Sophie Fritz – int. Ashley & Shirley Webb

  6:00 pm – Spanish Mass – int. Missa Pro Populo (for our Parish and Parishioners)

Sunday, April 28: [Fifth Sunday of Easter]

  8:00 am + Sophie H. Fritz – Doug & Joanne Brown

10:30 am + Lauren Tela – it. Mom & Dad

+ Królowo Polski Módl Się za Nami +

THE SANCTUARY LAMP

 will burn this week in loving memory of

  Francis Zak, Sr.

                                   at the request of his sister, Shirely

OUR LADY’S HOLY ICON will visit the home of Theresa Kolodziej for a week of prayer and petition for the needs of our Parish. We thank you for this holy work of power and 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 at 4:45 p.m

PRAY FOR OUR CLERGY: Please join us in dedicating every day to one of the clergymen 

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Fr. Lisowski	Deacon Culliton	Deacon Patten	Fr. Campoli	Fr. O’Connor	Deacon Leary	Fr. Aufiero

Prayer for Priests

O Jesus, Eternal Priest, look down with love upon Thy priests. Fill them with burning zeal for the conversion of sinners. Keep them within the shelter of Thy Sacred Heart. Keep unstained their anointed hands, which daily touch Thy Sacred Body. Keep unsullied their lips purpled with Thy Precious Blood. Keep pure and unearthly their hearts sealed with the sublime marks of Thy Glorious Priesthood. Let Thy holy love protect them from the world’s contagion. Bless

their labors with abundant fruit, and may the souls to whom they minister on earth be one day their joy and consolation in Heaven. Amen.

HELP AND SACRAMENTS AVAILABLE FOR SICK AND HOMEBOUND – If you know of anyone who is sick or homebound in need of the Sacraments or who needs assistance with errands, please notify the rectory at 413-863-4748

THE FOLLOWING MASS INTENTIONS have been sent to various Missionaries.  They will be offered as follows and you may unite your prayers to the foreign Missionaries who offer the Masses

Sunday, April 21:  8:00 am – Special Intention

Sunday, April 21: 10:30 am – Carol Kostecki – int. Mark

Monday, April 22:   8:00 am – In thanksgiving, John Carey – int. Mark

Tuesday, April 23: 5:30 pm – Conversion, Deliverance & Healing for Emily Garmalo   – int. Mark

Wednesday, April 24:  5:30 pm + 14^th Anniversary, Bea Machado  – int. Joyce & Tina Phillips

Thursday, April 25:  5:30 pm + Jack & Ann Killay – int. the Shaughnessys

Friday, April 26:  5:30 pm – In thanksgiving, Kathy Eichorn – int. Mark

Saturday, April 27:  4:00 pm + Frederick Speckels – int. wife, Helen

Saturday, April 27:  4:00 pm – Birthday Blessings for Carol Krenciky – int. Ciocia Mary

PLEASE NOTE:  The above Masses not only assist the souls for whom they are offered, but they also help you and the Missionaries who often times receive very little.

APRIL IS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH – In commemoration of this observance, Bishop William Byrne will offer a Mass for child abuse survivors on Friday, April 26, 2024 at 10:00 am at St. Michael’s Cathedral, State Street in Springfield.  This special liturgy is open to all survivors of child abuse, as well as for their families and loved ones, and for those who support and advocate for them.  A light reception will follow in the Bishop Marshall Center, adjacent to the Cathedral church.

FOR THE GLORY OF GOD, and in memory of Robert Zamojski donations have been made to our Parish Renovation Fund by the following people:

Jack & Lynn Hanley

Elizabeth Webber

Joe & Barbara Kucenski

John & Jane Mankowsky & Family

Diane Austin & Aaron Nurick

Bóg zapłać!

CEMETERY SPRING CLEAN UP:  Please be sure to gather old flower pots, Christmas wreaths, artificial flowers and other various items/decorations that may be in front of headstones and foot markers. Please try to keep flower pots to one arrangement per headstone.  Weed whackers and mowers may damage artificial flowers, small statues, etc that are left in front of headstones, so please remove them before mowing season begins in May.  

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! The Saint Hyacinth Pierogi Makers will be making crab rangoon pierogi for the Pierogi Pop Up Event which is on Saturday May 18th. We will be gathering on Thursdays and Saturdays 9AM – 12PM to make these pierogi in the church undercroft. No experience is required as we can teach you how to make these delicious dumplings. You do not have to commit to specific dates or time. Whatever time you are able to come in and help we are grateful for your support.

PIEROGI MAKING DATES

APRIL 25

MAY 2, 4, 9, 11, 16

“Entertainment Brings Enrichment”

2024 GMEF Annual Gala

Piano Men: Double Bill –“Billy & Elton!”

On Saturday, April 27, 2024 at 7:00pm, the GMEF is excited to welcome to the TFHS Theater, Piano Men: Double Bill –“Billy & Elton!”.   Anton Doran and The Tampa Bay All Stars will re-create the music of Billy Joel & Elton John with material from all eras of each artist’s career, presenting their biggest hits along with new generations of fan favorites, including: Benny & the Jets, Tiny Dancer, Movin’ Out, You May Be Right, I’m Still Standing, Piano Man and many more.

Advance tickets are $30 – At the Door $35  —  Tickets are available at these locations: Hillside Pizza in Bernardston; Weatherheads Store in Erving; World Eye Bookshop in Greenfield; Bobby’s Hair & Nail, Northfield; Freedom Credit Union, Greenfield Savings Bank, and Scotty’s in Turners Falls; or at the GMEF website – www.thegmef.org.  

Our Galas have made possible over $126,840 in Enrichment Grants.  Our Gala is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy an amazing evening of entertainment and support Student Enrichment! For more information about our Student Enrichment Grants and Our Annual Gala, go to our website – www.thegmef.org

FOR THE GLORY OF GOD, and in memory of Robert Zaikowski a donation has been made to our Parish Renovation Fund by Ms. Susan Hastings & Mr. Michael Hastings.

FOR THE GLORY OF GOD, and in memory of Peter Sak a donation has been made to our Parish Renovation Fund by Patricia Sojka.

Bóg zapłać!

The Fourth Sunday of Easter:

Good Shepherd Sunday

Proper of the Mass

Introit (Entrance Chant)

8:00 Mass: The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Solemnities, Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B.

THE merciful love of the Lord fills the earth, alleluia; by the word of the Lord the heavens were made, alleluia, alleluia.

(Misericordia Domini, Psalm xxxii (xxxiii): 5–6; Graduale Romanum, Roman Missal.)

10:30 Mass: By Flowing Waters: Chant for the Liturgy, Dr. Paul F. Ford.

SING a new song to the Lord, praise our God from the ends of the earth, alleluia.

(Cantate Domino, Pslam xcvii (xcviii): 1a, 3c; Graduale Simplex.)

Offertory

8:00 & 10:30 Masses: The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Solemnities, Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B.

O God, my God, to you do I watch at break of day, and in your name I will lift up my hands, alleluia.

(Deus, Deus meus, ad te, Psalm lxii (lxiii): 2, 5; Graduale Romanum.)

Communion

4:00, 8:00 & 10:30 Masses: The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Solemnities, Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B.

THE Good Shepherd has risen, who laid down his lie for his sheep and willingly died for his flock, alleluia.                                                            (Surrexit Pastor bonus, Ecclesiastical Text; Roman Missal.)

10:30 Mass: Graduale Romanum, 1974, St. Peter Abbey, Solesmes.  At the 10:30 Mass, the Communion Antiphon will be sung in Latin, then in English.

EGO sum pastor bonus, alleluia: et cognosco oves meas, et cognoscunt me meae, alleluia, alleluia.

[Translation, I am the Good Sheperd, alleluia; I know my sheep and my own know me, alleluia, alleluia.]

(Ego sum pastor bonus, John x: 14; Graduale Romanum.)

LITURGICAL NOTES:  The Fourth Sunday of Easter is known as Good Shepherd Sunday: in the Collect we pray that the humble flock may reach where the brave Shepherd has gone before; and in the Gospel, we hear Our Lord speak of Himself as the Good shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep, a theme continued in the Communion Antiphon, which historically has links with the Gospel reading.  Fittingly, this Sunday the Church designates as ‘World Day of Prayer for Vocations’.  Let us pray earnestly that Christ, the Good Shepherd, will send us good and true shepherds to guide His flock, the Church.

As spring and, soon, summer are now upon us, please keep our church in mind as your flower gardens come into bloom or as you pass farm-stands.  We are always happy to accept donations of fresh flowers to decorate our altars and shrines—the Church has always prefered live flowers and greens for altar decorations as a sacrificial offering that, like the beeswax candles, ‘gives its life’ for the Glory of God.  Please call the rectory ahead of time (413-863-4748) so that our sacristans can prepare the right number and kind of vases, etc.  Also, please consider, if you can, making a monetary donation to help off-set the cost of the floral arrangements that the parish purchases for Christmas, Easter, Odpust, etc.: every little helps.  We extend our grateful thanks to all those who give donations of and towards flowers every year: It is very greatly appreciated!  Thank you!

Good Shepherd Sunday

“My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me.”  John 10:27

Jesus offers a clear contrast among shepherds.  This would apply to priests, parents and all of us in our own unique way.  The contrast He offers is between the ones who care deeply for those entrusted to their care, and those who are just going through the motions and are more motivated by selfishness than sacrificial love.

Jesus perfectly manifested sacrificial love as the Divine Shepherd.  He was willing to go all the way for us, His sheep.  He was willing to sacrifice everything.  He did not let suffering, persecution, rejection and the like deter Him from His responsibility of caring for us in a total and complete way.  It should inspire us, console us and encourage us to know how deep His love for us really is.

This love is seen, also, in the unwavering love of a parent, sibling, or dear friend.  When the love one offers us is unwavering, especially in difficult times, this is a great support.  And love offered to another like this forges a deep spiritual bond that is stronger than any hardship we may face.  No matter what “wolf” comes our way, we must know of the unwavering support of the Divine Shepherd.  And when we can see that love made manifest in the unwavering support of others, we are doubly blessed.

But the contrast should not be ignored either.  Jesus gives the example of “a hired man who is not a shepherd” who sees the wolf coming and runs.  It’s important to point out how damaging this man is to the people of God.  When he runs from his responsibility and gives into selfish motivation, he leaves the flock untended and vulnerable to attack.

We should see in this hired man the temptation we all inevitably face in life.  It’s hard to stick with it through the hard times.  It’s hard to be there for those who need us when they need us.  It’s hard to be faithful in all things and to never shy away in the face of the temptation of fear. 

Jesus offers His unwavering love and support to us as our Shepherd, but He also wants us to return this gift to Him by offering this same unwavering commitment to one another. 

Reflect, today, how well you imitate the Good Shepherd.  Where you are lacking, let Him shepherd you so that you may shepherd others.  Run to the Good Shepherd and trust in His perfect love for you.

Lord, I thank You for Your unwavering support of me as my Shepherd.  And I thank You for those who act as Your instruments of this deep love and commitment.  Help me to fulfill my role of shepherding Your people, the people You have placed in my life.  May I never run from the glorious responsibility You have called me to.  Jesus, I trust in You.

Good Shepherd Sunday

Simplex, and is used from after the Octave of Easter until the Ascension of the Lord

Beacon of Faith Campaign Prayer

Heavenly Father,

through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, all things are possible

and without Him we can do nothing.

May we seek Your kingdom above all, knowing that all things

work together for the good of those who love You

and are called according to Your purpose.

Grant us that we, united through Your Son in one faith

and by the strength of the Holy Spirit, may be generous in our support

of the Beacon of Faith Campaign

which seeks to strengthen parish life in the four counties of our diocese.

All this we pray through Jesus Christ, our Lord.  Amen.

Eternal rest grant unto them o Lord,

And Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Them

Agnes Dobosz 4/20/21

Edward Kalapojski 4/21/1932

Ethel Podlenski 4/21/1966

Walter J. Lapinski 4/21/1974

Stephen J. Gulo, Sr. 4/21/1994

Helena A. Herzig 4/21/2001

Henry E. Mleczko 4/21/2012

Sophie Roniejko 4/22/1953

Stanley Drinzek 4/23/1966

Mary. G. Gulo 4/23/1973

Frank Gozeski 4/23/1975

Frances M. Lapinski 4/23/2004

Lucien P. Desbien 4/23/2014

Elizabeth A. Hanley 4/23/2015

Clara Jablonski 4/23/2020

John Tranowski 4/24/1927

Joseph Plodzien 4/24/1971

Barbara L. Cutler 4/24/1995

John J. Gibowicz 4/24/2018

Paul Zukowski 4/25/1945

Stephania Skwarzek 4/25/1984

Thomas P. Sliva 4/25/1987

Mary P. Hoynoski 4/25/1988

Walter P. Kenney 4/25/1994

Agnes A. Golembeski 4/25/2008

Stanislaus Dudzinski 4/26/1933

Francisjki Bergiel 4/26/1954

Paul Jablonski 4/26/1955

Henry F. Dlugon 4/26/1977

Stanley J. Wasileski 4/26/1988

John Sliwa 4/27/1955

Antoinette Pelis 4/27/1989

Veronica J. Kulesa 4/27/1996

Nicholas White 4/27/2019

Waclaw Bialecki 4/28/1953

John A. Cuky 4/28/1977

Helen G. Kaczenski-Butynski 4/28/1997

Theodore W. Jablonski, Sr. 4/28/2016

+ Remember to pray for the Holy Souls+

This bulletin is sponsored by the St. Stanislaus Society.

Bulletin: April 14, 2024

+ Parish Schedule for the Week of April 14, 2024+

J+M+J

Sunday, April 14: [Third Sunday of Easter]

  8:00 am – Health & Blessings for Fr. Charles DiMascola – int. Larry & Carol Roux

10:30 am + Sophie H. Fritz – int. Kathy Eichorn

Monday, April 15

  8:00 am + Charles Gloski – int. Family

Tuesday, April 16: [Novena to St. Peregrine & Camillus]

  5:30 pm – Living & Deceased Members of the Tosto-Wright Families – int. Melissa Wright

Wednesday, April 17: [Novena to St. Jude]

  5:30 pm + Maurice Emond – int. Eichorn Family

Thursday, April 18

  5:30 pm + Thomas Hughes – int. Claire Hughes

Friday, April 19

  5:30 pm + Mary Kopinto – int. Fritz Family

Saturday, April 20 

  8:00 am – Betty Ann Fritz – int. Amber, Mikey, Robbie & Lylah

  4:00 pm + Agnes Golembeski – int. Donald Parda

  6:00 pm – Spanish Mass – int. Missa Pro Populo (for our Parish and Parishioners)

Sunday, April 21: [Fourth Sunday of Easter]

  8:00 am + Sophie H. Fritz – int. Family

10:30 am + Health & Blessings for Fr. Donald Noiseux – int. Larry & Carol Roux

+ Królowo Polski Módl Się za Nami +

THE SANCTUARY LAMP

 will burn this week in loving memory of

  Edward & Beverly Milewski

    at the request of their son, Brian

OUR LADY’S HOLY ICON will visit the home of Carol Gloski for a week of prayer and petition for the needs of our Parish. We thank you for this holy work of power and 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 at 4:45 p.m

PRAY FOR OUR CLERGY: Please join us in dedicating every day to one of the clergymen 

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Vocations, Seminarians& DeaconCandidates	Our Retired Clergy	Clergy who are sick	Deacon Bucci	Bishop McDonnell	Fr. Roux	Fr. O’Mannion

Prayer for Priests

O Jesus, Eternal Priest, look down with love upon Thy priests. Fill them with burning zeal for the conversion of sinners. Keep them within the shelter of Thy Sacred Heart. Keep unstained their anointed hands, which daily touch Thy Sacred Body. Keep unsullied their lips purpled with Thy Precious Blood. Keep pure and unearthly their hearts sealed with the sublime marks of Thy Glorious Priesthood. Let Thy holy love protect them from the world’s contagion. Bles their labors with abundant fruit, and may the souls to whom they minister on earth be one day their joy and consolation in Heaven. Amen.

HELP AND SACRAMENTS AVAILABLE FOR SICK AND HOMEBOUND – If you know of anyone who is sick or homebound in need of the Sacraments or who needs assistance with errands, please notify the rectory at 413-863-4748

THE FOLLOWING MASS INTENTIONS have been sent to various Missionaries.  They will be offered as follows and you may unite your prayers to the foreign Missionaries who offer the Masses

Sunday, April 14:  8:00 am – Grace & Conversion for Michael Lajoie – int. Debbie Herk

Sunday, April 14: 10:30 am – Opalenik Children & Grandchildren – int. Chris & Cindy

Monday, April 15:   8:00 am – Grace & Conversion for Kathy M. Roberts   – int. Debbie Herk

Tuesday, April 16: 5:30 pm + Holy Souls in Purgatory – int. Chris & Cindy Opalenik

Wednesday, April 17:  5:30 pm + Amelia Semkus – int. Family

Thursday, April 18:  7:00 pm – Grace & Conversion for Timothy M. Herk  – int. Debbie Herk

Friday, April 19:  5:30 pm + Frederick Speckels – int. Helen Speckels

Saturday, April 20:  8:00 am – Grace & Conversion for Debbie Herk

Saturday, April 20:  4:00 pm + Holy Souls in Purgatory – int. Debbie Herk

PLEASE NOTE:  The above Masses not only assist the souls for whom they are offered, but they also help you and the Missionaries who often times receive very little.

MEALS TO GO IS ON ITS WAY!  The Holy Rosary Society is sponsoring their “Meals-To-Go” sale after Masses this Saturday, April 13^th and Sunday, April 14^th.  They appreciate your support, so please pick up a meal and enjoy a night off from cooking!

APRIL IS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH – In commemoration of this observance, Bishop William Byrne will offer a Mass for child abuse survivors on Friday, April 26, 2024 at 10:00 am at St. Michael’s Cathedral, State Street in Springfield.  This special liturgy is open to all survivors of child abuse, as well as for their families and loved ones, and for those who support and advocate for them.  A light reception will follow in the Bishop Marshall Center, adjacent to the Cathedral church.

FOR THE GLORY OF GOD, and in memory of Theresa Fugere a donation has been made to our Parish Renovation Fund by Cori Urban and Alice & Chris Lothers.  Bóg zapłać! 

HE WAITS FOR YOU – Please consider spending time with Our Lord in Eucharistic Adoration to make reparation to His Sacred Heart.  We have exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Tuesday – Friday   and from 5:00 – 6:00 pm on Saturdays.  

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! The Saint Hyacinth Pierogi Makers will be making crab rangoon pierogi for the Pierogi Pop Up Event which is on Saturday May 18th. We will be gathering on Thursdays and Saturdays 9AM – 12PM to make these pierogi in the church undercroft. No experience is required as we can teach you how to make these delicious dumplings. You do not have to commit to specific dates or time. Whatever time you are able to come in and help we are grateful for your support.

PIEROGI MAKING DATES:

APRIL 11, 13, 18, 20, 25

MAY 2, 4, 9, 11, 16

“Entertainment Brings Enrichment”

2024 GMEF Annual Gala

Piano Men: Double Bill –“Billy & Elton!”

On Saturday, April 27, 2024 at 7:00pm, the GMEF is excited to welcome to the TFHS Theater, Piano Men: Double Bill –“Billy & Elton!”.   Anton Doran and The Tampa Bay All Stars will re-create the music of Billy Joel & Elton John with material from all eras of each artist’s career, presenting their biggest hits along with new generations of fan favorites, including: Benny & the Jets, Tiny Dancer, Movin’ Out, You May Be Right, I’m Still Standing, Piano Man and many more.

Advance tickets are $30 – At the Door $35  —  Tickets are available at these locations: Hillside Pizza in Bernardston; Weatherheads Store in Erving; World Eye Bookshop in Greenfield; Bobby’s Hair & Nail, Northfield; Freedom Credit Union, Greenfield Savings Bank, and Scotty’s in Turners Falls; or at the GMEF website – www.thegmef.org.  

Our Galas have made possible over $126,840 in Enrichment Grants.  Our Gala is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy an amazing evening of entertainment and support Student Enrichment! For more information about our Student Enrichment Grants and Our Annual Gala, go to our website – www.thegmef.org

SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION – Bishop William Byrne will be at our parish this year to administer the Sacrament of Confirmation on Monday,  May 13, 2024 at 5:30 pm to our Confirmandi.  Per the request of the Bishop, we will be welcoming all the Confirmandi from the Franklin Deanery parishes to participate in our Confirmation Mass this year. Each year a different parish in the Deanery will host the Confirmation Mass.  Join us on May 13th to pray for all those who will be receiving their Confirmation.

The Third Sunday of Easter:

Proper of the Mass

Introit (Entrance Chant)

8:00 Mass: The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Solemnities, Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B.

CRY out with joy to God, all the earth; alleluia; O sing to the glory of his name, alleluia.  O render him glorious praise, alleluia, alleluia, [alleluia].

(Jubilate Deo, Psalm lxv (lxvi): 1, 2, 3; Graduale Romanum, Roman Missal.)

10:30 Mass: By Flowing Waters: Chant for the Liturgy, Dr. Paul F. Ford.

SING a new song to the Lord, praise our God from the ends of the earth, alleluia.

(Cantate Domino, Pslam xcvii (xcviii): 1a, 3c; Graduale Simplex.)

Offertory

8:00 & 10:30 Masses: The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Solemnities, Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B.

PRAISE the Lord, O my soul, all my life I will praise the Lord, I will sing praise to my God as long as I shall live, alleluia.

(Lauda, anima mea, Psalm cxlv: 2; Graduale Romanum.)

Communion

4:00 & 8:00 Masses: The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Solemnities, Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B.

THE Christ had to suffer and on the third day rise from the dead; in his name repentance and remission of sins must be preached to all the nations, alleluia.

(Oportebat Christum pati, Luke xxiv: 46–47; Roman Missal, Year B.)

10:30 Mass: Graduale Romanum, 1974, St. Peter Abbey, Solesmes.  At the 10:30 Mass, the Communion Antiphon will be sung in Latin, then in English.

CANTATE Domino, alleluia: cantate Domino, benedicite nomen ejus: bene nuntiate de die in diem salutare ejus, alleluia, alleluia.  [Translation, Sing unto the Lord, alleluia; sing to the Lord, bless his name; proclaim his salvation day after day, alleluia, alleluia.]

(Cantate Domino, Psalm  xcv (xcvi): 2; Graduale Romanum, Year B.)

10:30 Mass: The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Solemnities, Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B.

THE disciples recognized the Lord Jesus, alleluia, in the breaking of the bread, alleluia.

(Cognoverunt discipuli, Luke xxiv: 35; Roman Missal, Years ABC.)

LITURGICAL NOTES:  This Sunday, the Third Sunday of Easter, the Church gives many options for the Communtion Chant in the Graduale Romanum, Roman Missal, and Graduale Simplex.  The Chant sung at the 4:00 & 8:00 Masses is the Option for Year B (the current Year of the Lectionary) in the Roman Missal: the text is taken from today’s Gospel.  At the 10:30 Mass, the Latin Communion Chant is the Option for Year B from the Graduale Romanum, which is a passage from Psalm 95 (96); while the English Chant is the text from the Roman Missal that is given for all three Years (ABC) of the Lectionary: the text is the conclusion of the Gospel for this Sunday in Year A (Luke xxiv: 13–35), and the beginning of today’s Gospel (Year B: Luke xxiv: 35–48).

The Entrance Chant sung at the 10:30 Mass is the Seasonal Chant from the Graduale Simplex, and is used from after the Octave of Easter until the Ascension of the Lord.

STAY WITH US

Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalene

God has made us for Himself, and we cannot live without Him; we need Him, we hunger and thirst for Him; He is the only One who can satisfy our hearts.  The Easter Liturgy is impregnated with this longing for God, for Him who is from on high; it even makes it the distinctive sign of our participation in the Paschal mystery.  “If you be risen with/Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God; mind the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth.” (Col 3, 1.2.). 

 The more the soul revives itself in the Resurrection of Christ, the more it feels the need of God and of heavenly truths; it detaches itself more and more from earthly things to turn toward those of heaven.

Just as physical hunger is an indication of a living, healthy organism, so spiritual hunger is a sign of a robust spirit, one that is active and continually developing.  The soul which feels no hunger for God, no need to seek Him and to find Him, and which does not vibrate or suffer with anxiety in its search, does not bear within itself the signs of the Resurrection.  It is a dead soul, or at least one which has been weakened and rendered insensible by lukewarmness.  

The Paschal allelulia is a cry of triumph at Christ’s Resurrection, but at the same time, it is an urgent invitation for us to rise also.  Like the sound of reveille, it calls us to the battles of the spirit, and invites us to rouse and renew ourselves, to participate even more profoundly in Christ’s Resurrection.  Who can say, however advanced he may be in the ways of the spirit, that he has wholly attained to his resurrection.

We read in today’s Gospel the very beautiful story of the disciples at Emmaus.  Here we find the earnest supplication: “Stay with us, because it is toward evening, and the day is not far spent.”

Stay with us, Lord! It is the cry of the soul who has found its God and never again wishes to be separated from Him.  Let us too, as the disciples at Emmaus, go in search of the Lord.  Our whole life is a continuous journey toward Him, and we are often sad, even as they were, because we do not succeed in finding Him because, not understanding His mysterious ways, it seems that He has abandoned us.  “We hoped that it was He that should have redeemed Israel… but…”, said the two disciples, frustrated by the death of Jesus, and not perceiving that Jesus, at the very moment when they were about to relinquish all hope, was there close to them, disguised as their fellow traveller.  

We have often shared this experience of Him.  Hidden in the obscurity of faith, God draws near our soul, makes Himself our traveling companion, and still more, lives in us by grace.  It is true that here below He does not reveal Himself in the clarity of the “face to face” vision which is reserved for eternity; we see Him only as “through a glass in a dark manner”, not outside itself, but within itself, living and acting in its heart, cannot fail to direct to Him the cry: “Stay with me!”

Yet this cry is already heard, it is already a permanent reality, because God always dwells with a soul in the state of grace.  God is always with us, even when we do not feel Him, even when we do not notice His presence.  God is there, God remains with us; it is for us to remain with Him.  If at certain moments He permits Himself to be recognized by our soul, He does so just to invite us to dwell with Him in His intimacy.  Let us, therefore, beg Him ardently:  teach us O Lord, to stay with You, to live with You.

LAND OF PEACE RELIGIOUS GOODS SALE TO HELP FAMILIES IN THE HOLY LAND:  Next weekend, April 20 and 21^st we will once again welcome our brothers and sisters representing the Land of Peace mission, a non-profit organization who will speak to us about the Christian situation in the Holy Land and the Holy Land Pilgrimages.  They will be selling Crucifixes, religious art work, and rosaries – all made of olive wood which is native to Israel and Bethlehem.  Since tourism has greatly depleted, Christian families in the holy land, who depend on tourists, have been greatly affected.  The goal of this mission is to help the poor and needy families of Bethlehem and Jerusalem.  Sale of these goods will help them very much and also give you the opportunity to have “something” authentic from the holy land.  Please browse and buy some articles.  It is for a good cause and will help you in your personal devotion.

BEACON OF FAITH CAMPAIGN – Thank you to all the volunteers who helped with our Beacon of Faith Campaign receptions, and thank you to all who attended and have already made generous donations and pledges!  We are well on our way to reaching our goal!  Please note that there will be more information coming at Masses for those who were not able to attend the Receptions.  For those who would like to appropriate part of your donation to a specific purpose (i.e. Vocations, Priest Retirement Fund), please indicate that on your pledge card and also, please remember to also indicate that 50% of your donation will still go to the Parish.  If you have already sent in your pledge and you did not indicate this but would like to, please call the Rectory.  Thank you, again, for your generous support!

CEMETERY NEWS – Spring is here and so we will be, once again, working hard to keep our cemetery looking pristine.  Please be sure to remove any pots with dead arrangements that you place in front of headstones.  Our cemetery will be mowed every other week this Season to help defray rising costs. Spring clean-up will occur later this month and mowing will begin in Mid-May.  

Beacon of Faith Campaign Prayer

Heavenly Father,

through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, all things are possible

and without Him we can do nothing.

May we seek Your kingdom above all, knowing that all things

work together for the good of those who love You

and are called according to Your purpose.

Grant us that we, united through Your Son in one faith

and by the strength of the Holy Spirit, may be generous in our support

of the Beacon of Faith Campaign

which seeks to strengthen parish life in the four counties of our diocese.

All this we pray through Jesus Christ, our Lord.  Amen.

Eternal rest grant unto them o Lord,

And Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Them

Louis Kozlowski 4/14/1973

Mary C. Baron 4/14/1996

Walter A. Gaines 4/14/1998

Stefania Milewski 4/15/1923

Katirina Sokolewski 4/15/1951

Richard C. Patterson 4/15/1997

Marjorie L. Payne 4/15/2014

Jean A. Clarke 4/16/2001

Jessie Potyrala 4/16/2003

Maurice R. Emond 4/16/2013

Joseph S. Bocon 4/17/1974

Thomas Hughes 4/17/2014

Louis E. Parzych 4/17/2019

Margaret Walchowski 4/18/1977

John Watroba 4/18/2021

Anna Kazanowski 4/19/1959

Joseph Skrypek 4/19/1974

Frank J. Bakula, Jr. 4/19/1992

Mark E. Urban 4/19/1993

Mary A. Kopinto 4/19/2016

Mary J. Kelleher 4/20/2000

Blanche Tetreault 4/20/2020

Agnes Dobosz 4/20/21

Edward Kalapojski 4/21/1932

Ethel Podlenski 4/21/1966

Walter J. Lapinski 4/21/1974

Stephen J. Gulo, Sr. 4/21/1994

Helena A. Herzig 4/21/2001

Henry E. Mleczko 4/21/2012

+ Remember to pray for the Holy Souls+

This bulletin is sponsored by the St. Stanislaus Society.

Bulletin: March 31, 2024

+ Parish Schedule for the Week of March 31, 2024+

Easter Sunday, March 31: [THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD]

  8:00 am – Ceremonies at the Empty Tomb & Procession – For the Parish

10:30 am – Benefactors of Our Lady of Czestochowa Church

Monday, April 1: [Monday in the Octave of Easter]

  8:00 am + Sophie H. Fritz – int. Phyllis Dunn

Tuesday, April 2: [Tuesday in the Octave of Easter] [Novena to St. Peregrine & Camillus]

  5:30 pm + Holy Souls in Purgatory – int. Melissa Wright

Wednesday, April 3: [Wednesday in the Octave of Easter] [Novena to St. Jude]

  5:30 pm + John Bush – int. George Bush

Thursday, April 4: [Thursday in the Octave of Easter]

  5:30 pm + Pauline Klepadlo – int. Debbie & Gary

First Friday, April 5: [Friday in the Octave of Easter]

  5:30 pm (TLM) + Leon Piecuch Sr., & Sophie Ortyl Piecuch – int. Grandchildren

All Night Vigil of Eucharistic Adoration

First Saturday, April 6: [Saturday in the Octave of Easter] 

  8:00 am + Michael Milano – int. Monica Scherman

  4:00 pm + Sophie H. Fritz – int. Kopinto Family

  5:00 pm – 6:30 pm – Beacon of Faith Capital Campaign Reception

  6:00 pm – Spanish Mass – int. Missa Pro Populo (for our Parish and Parishioners)

Sunday, April 7: [Second Sunday of Easter/Divine Mercy Sunday]

  8:00 am + Stephen Collins – int. Doug & MaryLynne Brown

10:30 am + Rosanna & Clavaroche Cherenfant – int. Marie Victor

11:30 am – 1:00 pm Beacon of Faith Capital Campaign Reception 

  2:00 pm – Deanery Divine Mercy Celebration (Blessed Trinity Church)

THE SANCTUARY LAMP

will burn this week in loving memory of

  Brent Kostanski

                                  at the request of Elizabeth Larabee

Wesołego Alleluja

Dear Parishioners,

May the blessings of Easter and the joy of Eternal Life be yours!  Because of the Resurrection we have the certainty of Paradise!  May this trust in Jesus always be ours!  Wesołego Alleluja i smacznego jajka!

Una muy bendecida Pascua a todos!

Fr. Seán O’Mannion

FOR THE GLORY OF GOD, a donations for our Easter Flowers have been made in memory of Raymond & Louise Kervian; Lawrence & Helel Pelletier; Lorraine Coyle; and David W. Phillips from Joyce & Tina Phillips; in memory of Leslie & Gertrude Phillips from Tina Phillips; and in memory of Charles & Cecilia Gloski and Sandra Miner from Joyce Phillips.  Bóg wam wielki

OUR LADY’S HOLY ICON will visit the home of Carol Kostecki 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 unite your prayers to the foreign Missionaries who offer the Masses

Sunday, March 31:  8:00 am + Alexander & Blanche Garanin – int. Wanda Kozloski

Sunday, March 31: 10:30 am + Louis & Mary Kozloski – int. Wanda Kozloski

Monday, April 1:   8:00 am + Louis M. Kozloski – int. Wanda Kozloski

Tuesday, April 2: 5:30 pm + Louis A. Kozloski – int. Wanda Kozloski

Wednesday, April 3:  5:30 pm + Frederick Speckels – int. Helen Speckels

Thursday, April 4:  7:00 pm + Stanley Garanin – int. Wanda Kozloski

Friday, April 5:  5:30 pm + Irene Klepadlo – int. Wanda Kozloski

Saturday, April 6:  8:00 am – Opalenik Children & Grandchildren – int. Chris & Cyndi

Saturday, April 6:  4:00 pm + Bernie Kobera – int. Mary Kobera

PLEASE NOTE:  The above Masses not only assist the souls for whom they are offered, but they also help you and the Missionaries who often times receive very little.

DEANERY-WIDE DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY CELEBRATION:  The Franklin County Deanery will sponsor a Divine Mercy Celebration at Blessed Trinity Church in Greenfield today, Sunday, April 7^th at2:00 pm. The service will include Benediction, Chaplet of Divine Mercy and Novena Prayer.  All Catholic churches in Franklin County will be participating in this celebration in which great emphasis is being placed on the Eucharist and devotion to our Lord.  

     “A Plenary Indulgence is granted to all faithful and to each individual faithful under the usual conditions (sacramental confession, Eucharistic communion and prayer in keeping with the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff, with the soul completely removed from attachment to any form of sin), each and every time they participate attentively and piously in a sacred function or a devotional exercise undertaken in honor of the Blessed Sacrament, solemnly exposed and conserved in the tabernacle.”  

OUR LORD TURNS DEFEAT INTO VICTORY!

By Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

The world was wrong, and Christ was right. He who had the power to lay down His life had the power to take it up again. He who willed to be born, willed to die. And He who knew how to die knew also how to be reborn and to give to this poor tiny planet of ours an honor and a glory that flaming suns and jealous planets do not share: the glory of one forsaken grave. 

The great lesson of Easter Day is that a Victor may be judged from a double point of view: that of the world and that of God. From the world’s point of view, Christ failed on Good Friday. From God’s point of view, Christ had won. Those who put Him to death gave Him the very chance He required; those who closed the door of the sepulcher gave Him the very door that He desired to fling open; their seeming triumph led to His greatest victory.

Christmas told the story that Divinity is always where the world least expects to find it, for no one expected to see Divinity wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger. Easter repeats that Divinity is always where the world least expects to find it, for no one in the world expected that a defeated man would be a victor, that the rejected cornerstone would be the head of the building, that the dead would walk, and that He who was ignored in a tomb should be our Resurrection and our Life.

Unroll the scrolls of time, and see how the lesson of that first Easter is repeated as each new Easter tells the story of the great Captain, who found His way out of the grave and revealed that lasting victory must always mean defeat in the eyes of the world. At least a dozen times in her life of twenty centuries, the world in the first flush of its momentary triumph sealed the tomb of the Church, set her watch and left her as a dead, breathless, and defeated thing, only to see her rising from the grave and walking in the victory of her new Easter morn.

In the first few centuries, thousands upon thousands of Christians crimsoned the sands of the Coliseum with their blood in testimony to their Faith. In the eyes of the world, Caesar was victor and the martyrs were defeated. Yet in that very generation, while pagan Rome with her brazen and golden trumpets proclaimed to the four corners of the earth her victory over the defeated Christ — “Where there is Caesar, there is power” — there swept from out of the catacombs and deserted places, like their leader from the grave, the conquering army chanting its song of victory: “Wherever there is Christ, there is life.”

Who today knows the names of Rome’s executioners? But who does not know the names of Rome’s martyrs? Who today recalls with pride the deeds of a Nero or a Diocletian? But who does not venerate the heroism and sanctity of an Agnes or a Cecilia? And so, on Easter Day, I sing, not the song of the victors, but of those who go down to defeat.

In a little city a few hours outside of Paris, a young girl hidden away in the shadow of the cloister was pouring out her prayerful life for Christ and, like her Master, going down to defeat in the eyes of the sinful world. Who does not know of the Little Flower, Thérèse of Lisieux? She who was defeated in the eyes of the world is the victor in the eyes of God, and so on Easter Day I sing, not the song of the victors, but of those who go down to defeat.

Finally, the Easter lesson comes to our own lives. It has been suggested that it is better to go down to defeat in the eyes of the world by accepting the voice of conscience rather than to win the victory of a false public opinion; that it is better to go down to defeat in the sanctity of the marriage bond than to win the passing victory of divorce; that it is better to go down to defeat in the fruit of love than to win the passing victory of a barren union; that it is better to go down to defeat in the love of the Cross than to win the passing victory of a world that crucifies. And now it is suggested in conclusion that it is better to go down to defeat in the eyes of the world by giving to God that which is wholly and totally ours.

God desires our will
If we give God our energy, we give Him back His own gift. If we give Him our talents, our joys, and our possessions, we return to Him that which He placed into our hands, not as owners, but as mere trustees. There is only one thing in the world that we can call our own. There is only one thing we can give to God that is ours as against His, which not even He will take away, and that is our own will, with its power to choose the object of its love.

Hence, the most perfect gift we can give to God is the gift of our will. The giving of that gift to God is the greatest defeat that we can suffer in the eyes of the world, but it is the greatest victory we can win in the eyes of God. In surrendering it, we seem to lose everything, yet defeat is the seed of victory, as the diamond is the child of night. The giving of our will is the recovery of all our will ever sought: the perfect Life, the perfect Truth, and the perfect Love which is God! And so on Easter Day, sing, not the song of the victors, but of those who go down to defeat.

What care we if the road of this life is steep, if the poverty of Bethlehem, the loneliness of Galilee, and the sorrow of the Cross are ours? Fighting under the holy inspiration of One who has conquered the world, why should we shrink from letting the broad stroke of our challenge ring out on the shield of the world’s hypocrisy? Why should we be afraid to draw the sword and let its first stroke be the slaying of our own selfishness?

Marching under the leadership of the Captain of the Five Scars, fortified by His sacraments, strengthened by His infallible truth, divinized by His redemptive love, we need never fear the outcome of the battle of life. We need never doubt the issue of the only struggle that matters. We need never ask whether we will win or lose. Why, we have already won — only the news has not yet leaked out!

www.catholicspiritualdirection.com

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 at 4:45 p.m.

PRAY FOR OUR CLERGY: Please join us in dedicating every day to one of the clergymen 

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Fr. Roux	Bishop McDonnell	Fr. Roach	Deacon Bete	Pope Francis	Clergy in Purgatory	Fr. Campoli

HELP AND SACRAMENTS AVAILABLE FOR SICK AND HOMEBOUND – If you know of anyone who is sick or homebound in need of the Sacraments or who needs assistance with errands, please notify the rectory at 413-863-4748.

STASH BASH at Our Lady of Peace Parish, 90 Seventh Street, Turners Falls, on Saturday, April 20^th from 9:00 – 1:00 in the parish hall in the church hall.  Several vendors will have an assortment of their overstocked “stash” (to make a wide variety of different crafts).  Plenty of parking in the church lot and at the Montague Elks.  For information on vendor space, please contact Liz at 413-221-2670.  To donate your surplus supplies, please contact Sandy at 413-773-9217, or Robin at 413-362-0701.

FOR THE GLORY OF GOD, and in memory of Francis J. Zak, Sr., a donation has been made to our Parish Renovation Fund by his brother, Joz.  Bóg zapłać! 

BAZAAR NEWS! Thank you very much to the many generous parishioners who supported our Easter Bazaar.  Thank you to the St. Hyacinth Pierogi Makers who lovingly hand-made over 3,000 peirogi!  Thank you to those who generously donated ingredients.  Thank you to the bakers, basket makers, and raffle ticket sellers, the crafters and all who helped run the bazaar smoothly.  Thank you to those who came to cook and serve our delicious Polish lunch.  Thank you to all who shopped – bravely venturing out on a wintery and stormy day to help support this important fundraiser!  We raised over $13,000! All your efforts have paid off.  May God bless you!!

Beacon of Faith Campaign Prayer

Heavenly Father,

through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, all things are possible

and without Him we can do nothing.

May we seek Your kingdom above all, knowing that all things

work together for the good of those who love You

and are called according to Your purpose.

Grant us that we, united through Your Son in one faith

and by the strength of the Holy Spirit, may be generous in our support

of the Beacon of Faith Campaign

which seeks to strengthen parish life in the four counties of our diocese.

All this we pray through Jesus Christ, our Lord.  Amen.

Eternal rest grant unto them o Lord

And Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Them

Mary Skworzec 3/31/1946

Joseph Oginski 3/31/1947

Angela Jez  4/1/1932

Anthony Kulosiewic 4/1/1938

Rose Sceposki  4/1/1969

Peter F.Holewa  4/1/1981

Lorraine R. Cislo – 4/1/2000

William D. Petravage 4/1/2001

Joseph Traciewski  4/2/1943

Edward Najda  4/2/1962

Amelia T. Pogoda  4/2/1995

Antoninia Scweckla  4/3/1953

Stanislaw Miciek  4/3/1958

Franciska Brzostowski 4/3/1965

Louis S. Pogoda, Sr. 4/3/2013

Joseph Butor 4/4/1926

Constance Padlewski 4/4/1941

Wladyslaw Skowron 4/4/1956

Mary Guszan 4/4/1963

Alexander Garanin 4/4/1967

Genevieve Pierszalowski 4/4/1994

Blanche E. Thomas 4/4/1999

Natalie Sokoloski 4/4/2020

Rozalia Dobosz 4/5/1958

John P. Dzeima 4/5/1974

Julia Cislo 4/5/1975

Valda M. Bakula 4/5/1987

Helen M. Stewart 4/5/1991

Bernard Ciesunski 4/5/1993

Rose A. Wasileski 4/5/1994

Paul V. Fontes 4/5/2010

Adalbert Sobolewski 4/6/1931

John Kliszka 4/6/1939

Stanislaus Zamojski 4/6/1957

Bolick B. Sokoloski 4/6/1979

Adalbert Bus 4/7/1926

Gerald W. Kropelnicki 4/7/2005

Martha Sodoski 4/7/2020

Charles Waseleski, Jr. 4/7/2016

Martha Sodoski 4/7/2022

+ Remember to pray for the Holy Souls+

This bulletin is sponsored by the St. Stanislaus Society.

Bulletin: March 24, 2024

+ Parish Schedule for the Week of March 24, 2024+

Sunday, March 24: [Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord]  

  8:00 am + Sophie H. Fritz – int. Phyllis Dunn

10:30 am + Walter J. Gochinski, 25^th Aniv. – int. Evelyn, Debra, Paul, Jonathan, Christopher, Page, Anna, Jack, Ike & Kitty

 1:30 pm – Gorzkie Żale

Monday, March 25: [Mass of Mary’s Extravagance]

  8:00 am + Mary Ann Dean – int. Kathy Eichorn

Tuesday, March 26:[Mass of Love’s Last Appeal] [Novena to St. Peregrine & Camillus]

  5:30 pm – Living & Deceased Members of the Zamojski & Hanley Families

Wednesday, March 27: [Mass of the Thirty Pieces of Silver] [Novena to St. Jude]

  5:30 pm + Sophie H. Fritz – int.  Family

Holy Thursday, March 28: [The Last Supper]:

  7:00 pm – Living & Deceased Priests of Our Lady of Czestochowa 

Good Friday, March 29: [The Passion and Death of our Lord]:

  8:00 am – Tenebrae (The church will remain open for private prayer)

  3:00 pm – Stations of the Cross and Veneration of the Relic of the Cross

  4:00 pm – Via Crucis

  7:00 pm – Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified & Holy Communion (church open until 9:00 pm)

Holy Saturday, March 30:[Waiting at the Tomb]:

  8:00 am – Tenebræ (The church will be open all day for private prayer.)

11:00 am, 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm – The blessing of Easter food – Święconka (undercroft)

  8:00 pm – For our Parish and Parishioners

Easter Sunday, April 9: [THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD]

  8:00 am – Ceremonies at the Empty Tomb & Procession – For the Parish

10:30 am – Benefactors of Our Lady of Czestochowa Church

THE SANCTUARY LAMP

 will burn this week in supplication for

The Holy Souls in Purgatory

 at the request of the Shaughnessys

THE LAST LENTEN CHANTING OF GORZKIE ŻALE will take place at 1:30 p.m. this Sunday, March 24^th.  Bilingual booklets are available so that everyone can follow this beautiful service following the loving sacrifice of Jesus in His final days. You are invited to the complimentary lunch before the service.  All are welcome.

PLEASE, PLEASE, VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED! on Palm Sunday (after Gorzkie Żale).  Please come help set up the side altars for Holy Week.

STATIONS OF THE CROSS will be prayed on Good Friday in English at 3:00 pm in Spanish at 4:00 pm.  This devotion follows the path of love Jesus walked to His crucifixion.

PALM SUNDAY IS CELEBRATED AS FLOWER SUNDAY in Polish parishes.  In Polish churches it is the custom to bless pussy willow and Forsythia blossoms (which were forced into bloom during Lent rather than palms which often were impossible to obtain).  A beautiful Polish custom involves the creation of great staffs of flowers, ribbons, pussy willows and greens to use as palms in the Blessing and Procession proclaiming Jesus Christ the King and Messiah.  These “palms” are often eight to ten feet high and create an imposing and solemn picture.

PARENTS OF CATECHISM CLASS STUDENTS please note that there will be no classes on Easter Sunday, March 31^st.  Because Religious Education is so important to the salvation of the souls of our children we only have three days off each year:  Christmas and New Year’s weekends and Easter Sunday.  Eternal life is too important for days off!

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

PRO-LIFE: Bishop Byrne will join 40 Days for Life outside of Planned Parenthood on Watson Ave in Springfield on GOOD FRIDAY AT 10am for our Annual Stations of the Cross and Rosary. Please plan to join us and witness to the sanctity of life!

THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE is sponsoring an Open House for High School Juniors: April 11-14.  Call the Rectory for more information.

THE FOLLOWING MASS INTENTIONS have been sent to various Missionaries.  They will be offered as follows and you may unite your prayers to the foreign Missionaries who offer the Masses

Sunday, March 24:  8:00 am + Sophie Pieuch – int. niece, Carol

Sunday, March 24: 10:30 am – Conversion, Healing & Deliverance for Emily Garmalo  – int. Mark 

Monday, March 25:   8:00 am + Leslie & Gertrude Phillips – int. granddaughter, Tina

Tuesday, March 26: 5:30 pm + Frederick Speckels – int. Helen Speckels

Wednesday, March 27:  5:30 pm + Rose Gloski – int. niece, Carol

Thursday, March 28:  7:00 pm – Graces & Blessings for Sean Driscoll – int. Kate

Friday, March 29:  No Mass

Saturday, March 30:  8:00 pm + Maryann Tremblay – int. Cathy & Al Becklo

PLEASE NOTE:  The above Masses not only assist the souls for whom they are offered, but they also help you and the Missionaries who often times receive very little.

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 at 4:45 p.m.

PRAY FOR OUR CLERGY: Please join us in dedicating every day to one of the clergymen 

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Fr. Pierz	Deacon DeCarlo	Bishop Byrne	Deacon Leary	Our Deanery Priests	Clergy who are sick	Vocations

WHAT DO YOU DO with the palm branch received last year?  Any religious object, once blessed, should be disposed of properly.  This means the palm branch or other object should be buried in the earth or burned in a “clean” fire . . . not a trash fire.  If you have children, this is a good way of teaching them the importance of respecting religious objects.  The new palm branch you will receive this week may be placed on your crucifix at home or over a religious icon or picture.

DIVINE MERCY NOVENA PRAYERS START ON GOOD FRIDAY – From 1931 to 1938 Our Lord revealed the secrets of His great mercy to St. Faustina.  He designated the first Sunday after Easter as the Feast of the Divine Mercy of God. In preparation of this Feast, He asked that a Novena be started on Good Friday, a Novena which asks for prayers each of the nine days for a different group of souls in order to immerse them in the sea of God’s Mercy!  Mass, Confession, Communion are required on Mercy Sunday, the first Sunday after Easter. Our Lord promised to the souls who follow these requests a complete remission of sin and punishment!  Our Lord thus instructed Sister Faustina: “My daughter, speak to the whole world of My Incomprehensible Mercy.  I desire that the Feast be a refuge and a shelter for all souls, especially for poor sinners.  The very depths of My Mercy will be opened on that day.  I will pour out a sea of graces upon those souls that will approach the font of My Mercy.  Those who go to confession and receive Holy Communion on Mercy Sunday, the first Sunday after Easter, will obtain complete remission of sins and punishment.  Let no soul fear to come to Me, even though its sins be as scarlet.  Tell ailing mankind to draw close to My Merciful Heart and I will fill it with peace.  Mankind will not find peace until it turns with confidence to My Mercy.”

INSTITUTION OF THE REAL PRESENCE

Father John A. Hardon, SJ

We reserve our meditation on the Real Presence after reflecting on the Mass and Holy Communion. Yet the Real Presence is logically prior to the Eucharist as Sacrifice and Communion. 

The reason is obvious. Christ must first be really present on earth in the Eucharist, before we can intelligently speak of His offering Himself in the Mass and coming to us in Communion.  Our focus here, as before, is on the institution of the Real Presence. 

What do we mean? We mean that what Christ did at the Last Supper, He now is doing every time that Mass is offered. 

Why? Because on Holy Thursday He ordained the Apostles as priests and thus gave them a share in His own power of transubstantiation. What had been bread and wine becomes the body and blood of Christ. How? By words of consecration. What is the Real Presence? 

The most authoritative teaching: on the Real Presence is the solemn definition of the Council of Trent. The body and blood, together with the soul and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ and, therefore, the whole Christ is truly, really and substantially contained in the sacrament of the most Holy Eucharist. 

What is the Church saying? She is saying that the same identical Jesus who was conceived at Nazareth, born in Bethlehem, crucified on Calvary; who rose from the dead on Easter Sunday and ascended into heaven on Ascension Thursday – this same Jesus, the whole Christ (totus Christus) is now on earth in the Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist. 

Why the Real Presence? It is not hard to see why Christ is now on earth, in the fullness of His humanity and divinity. He promised to be with us all days, even to the end of the world. He wanted us to profess our faith in His Incarnation, our hope in His omnipotence as the Incarnate God, and our love for Him, the Creator who became a man, and who now dwells in our midst, no less truly, although invisibly to our bodily eyes, than He lived visibly among His contemporaries in first century Palestine. 

How to Respond to the Real Presence. We commonly and correctly speak of Eucharistic Adoration. We should, because in the Eucharist is present the whole Christ, the Incarnate Son of God. 

During His visible stay on earth, He received the adoration of those who believed in Him.  What did they believe? They believed that one who looked like a man, spoke and acted like a man, was really the living God. We believe it is the same Jesus Christ now present in the Holy Eucharist. 

What do we see? Only what looks like bread and tastes like wine. 

What do we believe? We believe that this is no longer bread and wine, but Jesus Christ, the man who received His humanity from His Mother Mary, but who is the Second Person of the Trinity who existed from all eternity. Adoration, therefore, is the primary response of our faith to the Real Presence. 

But that is only the foundation. On this worship of adoration, we should build the whole edifice of the spiritual life. 

We should express our love for Him since He is now on earth as the proof of His love for us. 

We should ask Him for what we need, since He promised to give us everything that we ask for in His name.

We should talk with Him, since that is why He is present. He wants us to be present too, by communicating with Him our deepest thoughts and receiving from Him the illuminations and inspirations that only He can confer

We should not hesitate to ask Him to work miracles, now, as He had performed wonders during His visible stay in Palestine. All that it takes is faith on our part: faith in His Incarnation, faith in His Real Presence, and faith in His power to do what is humanly impossible, because He is the Almighty One. 

SUNDAY, MARCH 24^th IS PALM SUNDAY and commemorates Christ’s triumphal entrance into Jerusalem.  For this reason, the Church blesses palms to remind us of the multitude which accompanied Him carrying branches and strewing them in His way, while they chanted: “Hosanna to the Son of David!  Blessed is He Who comes in the name of the Lord!”   The ceremonies for Palm Sunday and the reading of the Passion Gospel of St. Mark will take place on Saturday, March 23^rd at 4:00 p.m. (English) and 6:00 p.m. (Spanish), and Sunday, March 24^th at 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

THE MASS OF ST. MARY’S EXTRAVAGANCE on Monday, March 25^th, at 8:00 a.m. will commemorate the anointing of Jesus by Mary, the sister of Lazarus, as a prelude to the anointing for the burial of Jesus.  Following an old Polish tradition, the congregation will be anointed with aromatic oil, blessed at this Mass, in remembrance of “St. Mary’s Extravagant Act of Love.”

THE MASS OF LOVE’S LAST APPEAL on Tuesday, March 26^th, at 5:30 p.m. is a remembrance of the last appeal of Jesus to Judas and of the betrayal of Judas.

THE MASS OF THE THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER on Wednesday, March 27^th, at 5:30 p.m. will recall the price of betrayal and of the final days of Jesus.

HOLY THURSDAY, MARCH 28^th – THE “MASS OF THE LAST SUPPER” at 7:00 p.m. will commemorate the institution of the Holy Eucharist by Jesus at the Last Supper.  The bells and organ will play for the last time at the Gloria of the Mass and the Eucharist will be transferred in solemn procession to the “Altar of the Holy Prison” recalling the arrest and imprisonment of Jesus.  The Altar of Sacrifice will then be stripped and the tabernacle emptied to underline the grief of the Church.  The church will remain open until 9:00 pm for private adoration before the Blessed Sacrament in the Holy Prison Altar.  The Mass will be bilingual in English and Spanish.  Confessions will be heard before the Mass.

GOOD FRIDAY, MARCH 29^th – The church will be open all day from 8:00 a.m. for private adoration before the Blessed Sacrament in the Holy Prison Altar.

THE OFFICE OF TENEBRAE will be chanted at 8:00 am.  This service, unique to Holy Week, is the combined services of the Office of Readings and Morning Prayer.  The service gets its name, which is Latin for “darkness” or “shadows”, from the custom of extinguishing candles during the chanting of each of the Psalms, reflecting the darkness of the world at the death of Christ.  Interspersed between the Psalms are readings from Scriptures and the Church Fathers.

THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS will be prayed at 3:00 p.m. on Good Friday, following the path of love Jesus walked to His crucifixion.

VIA CRUCIS – (Stations of the Cross in Spanish) will be prayed at 4:00 pm on Good Friday.

THE GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE OF THE LORD’S PASSION, 7:00 P.M. will commemorate the suffering and death of Jesus on the Cross.  The Passion Gospel of St. John will be read followed by the unveiling and veneration of the Cross.  This year all the faithful will Venerate the Cross during the Liturgy and not afterwards.  People should approach the altar rail, genuflect or reverently bow, and return to their seat. The Liturgy of the Pre-sanctified will follow with Holy Communion.  The Holy Eucharist will then be transferred to the “Altar of the Garden Tomb” where it will remain until Easter morning. The church will remain open ALL NIGHT for private prayer before the Altar of the Garden Tomb.  The service will be bilingual.  

HOLY SATURDAY, MARCH 30^th – The church will remain open all day from 8:00 a.m. for private adoration before the Blessed Sacrament at the Altar of the Garden Tomb.

THE OFFICE OF TENEBRAE FOR HOLY SATURDAY will be chanted at 8:00 a.m.  This service is the combined services of the Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for Holy Saturday (please see Tenebrae of Good Friday, above, for more details.

THE TRADITIONAL BLESSING OF EASTER FOOD called the Święconka will take place in the church undercroft on Holy Saturday at 11:00 a.m., 12:00 noon, and 1:00 p.m.  All are welcome and encouraged to bring their Easter baskets with their Easter dinner for the beautiful ceremony of the blessing.  

THE HOLY SATURDAY MASS OF THE NIGHT WATCH – 8:00 P.M. March 30^th, will begin with the blessing of the new fire and the Paschal Candle, the “Remembrance Readings” from the Old and New Testaments, the Blessing of Water, and the Renewal of Baptismal promises.  The evening will end with the celebration of the Liturgy of the Eucharist with the ringing of the Gloria Bells sounding the praise of the Resurrection.  The Mass will be bilingual.

EASTER SUNDAY, MARCH 31^st – The “Resurrection Mass of Dawn” will take place at 8:00 a.m. beginning with the Service at the Empty Tomb followed by the Eucharistic Procession of the Risen Lord around the church.  The first Mass of Easter will follow.

THE 10:30 A.M. MASS OF EASTER DAY will celebrate the Resurrection with the solemn reading of the Gospel of St. John and the enshrinement of the statue of the Resurrected Christ.

Beacon of Faith Campaign Prayer

Heavenly Father,

through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, all things are possible

and without Him we can do nothing.

May we seek Your kingdom above all, knowing that all things

work together for the good of those who love You

and are called according to Your purpose.

Grant us that we, united through Your Son in one faith

and by the strength of the Holy Spirit, may be generous in our support

of the Beacon of Faith Campaign

which seeks to strengthen parish life in the four counties of our diocese.

All this we pray through Jesus Christ, our Lord.  Amen.

Eternal rest grant unto them o Lord,

And Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Them

Zofia M. Bescek 3/24/2004

Francis Gesiny 3/24/1932

Jean E. Simanski 3/24/1973

Joseph W. Zak 3/24/1977

Chester. T, Plodzien 3/24/1992

David A. Moylan 3/24/1998

Walter J. Gochinski 3/24/1999

Andrew J. Seremeth 3/25/1985

Patricia J. Smith 3/25/1988

Rose Gloski 3/25/2018

Andrew Koyzel 3/26/1931

Walerja Traczewska 3/28/1932

Anthony Szott 3/28/1962

Elizabeth Warszawski 3//28/1976

Bronislawa (Blanche) Garanin 3/28/1989

Walter C. Traceski 3/28/1990

Dorothy A. Piecuch 3/28/1992

Dorothy Sazama 3/28/2017

Elizabeth MacEachen 3/28/2021

Anthony Makowski 3/29/1935

Alfons Olchowski 3/29/1942

Alexander Gembicki 3/29/1944

Anna Lazarz 3/29/1969

Genevieve Grader 3/29/1992

Claire M. Zak 3/29/2018

Walter Bialecki 3/29/2018

Ignacy Glinka 3/30/1924

Joseph Brzozowy 3/30/1930

Francis D. Poliatis 3/30/1997

Stacia N. Gaines 3/30/1998

Adam P. Sokolowski 3/30/2012

Mary A. Mleczko 3/30/2019

Mary Skworzec 3/31/1946

Joseph Oginski 3/31/1947

+ Remember to pray for the Holy Souls+

This bulletin is sponsored by the St. Stanislaus Society.

Bulletin: March 17, 2024

+ Parish Schedule for the Week of March 17, 2024+

Sunday, March 17: [Fifth Sunday of Lent]  

  8:00 am + Bishop Christopher Weldon

10:30 am – Living & Deceased Members of the Tosto-Wright Families – Melissa Wright

 1:30 pm – Gorzkie Żale

Monday, March 18:[St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop & Doctor of the Church]

  8:00 am – Graces & Blessings for Maria Victor

Tuesday, March 19:[Solemnity of St. Joseph][Novena to St. Peregrine & St. Camillus] 

  5:30 pm + Frank Provencal – int. Eichorn Family

Wednesday, March 20:[Novena to St. Jude] 

  5:30 pm + Edward Siwicki – int. Family

Thursday, March 21

  5:30 pm + Alice Mulligan – int. Friends

Friday, March 22                        + The Seven Dolors of Our Lady +               

  5:30 pm + Joseph S. DeVito, Jr. – int. Fritz Family

                                 Stations of the Cross in English after Mass 

   7:00 pm – Via Crucis (Spanish Stations of the Cross)        

Saturday, March 23:[St. Turibus of Mogrovejo, Bishop]

  8:00 am – Fr. Bruno & All Living & Deceased Members of the St. Joseph Community of the Discalced Carmelites Secular

  9:00 am – Easter Bazaar

  4:00 pm – Living & Deceased Members of the Parda Family – int. Donald Parda

  6:00 pm – Spanish Mass – int. Missa pro populo (for our Parish and Parishioners)

Sunday, March 24: [Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord]  

  8:00 am + Sophie H. Fritz – int. Phyllis Dunn

10:30 am + Walter J. Gochinski, 25^th Ann. – int. Evelyn, Debra, Paul, Jonathan, Christopher, Page, Anna, Jack, Ike & Kitty

 1:30 pm – Gorzkie Żale

The Sanctuary Lamp

We have current dates available for the Sanctuary Lamp to be lit in memory of someone or for your special intentions.  Envelopes are available in the front vestibule and may be dropped into the collection basket on Sunday, or dropped/mailed to the rectory. The names will be published each week in the bulletin. The suggested donation is $20.     Bóg wam zapła

GORZKIE ŻALE: As is the custom of our Polish parish, we will have the chanting of Gorzkie Żale on Sundays beginning at 1:30 pm.  The complimentary luncheon will be served today after the 10:30 am Mass.  All are invited to join your fellow parishioners in the undercroft for a lovely lunch and friendship.

STATIONS OF THE CROSS will be prayed immediately in English following the 5:30 p.m. Mass and at 7:00 pm in Spanish this Friday, and all the Fridays of Lent.  This devotion follows the path of love Jesus walked to His crucifixion.

OUR LADY’S HOLY ICON will visit the home of Carol Kobera 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 unite your prayers to the foreign Missionaries who offer the Masses

Sunday, March 17:  8:00 am – Deceased Members of the Fleming-Driscoll Families

Sunday, March 17: 10:30 am – Holy Souls in Purgatory – int. Driscolls 

Monday, March 18:   8:00 am + Frederick Speckels – int. Helen Speckels

Tuesday, March 19: 5:30 pm – Thomas and John Driscoll – int. Mom

Wednesday, March 20:  5:30 pm – Kayla and Emily Driscoll – int. Mom 

Thursday, March 21:  5:30 pm — Liam and Brendan Driscoll – int. Mom

Friday, March 23:  5:30 pm – Graces for Adina Kurkamilis – int. Driscolls 

Saturday, March 24:  8:00 am – Health & Blessings for Suzie Cottrill – int. Driscolls

Saturday, March 24: 4:00 pm + Ariela Zalynska – int. Carol

PLEASE NOTE:  The above Masses not only assist the souls for whom they are offered, but they also help you and the Missionaries who often times receive very little.

FIRST CONFESSIONS: Children who are making their First Holy Communion this May are asked to attend and stay after the 8:00 am Mass on Saturday, March 23^rd to make their First Confession.

POLISH EASTER BAZAAR

All our little Easter Bunnies are reminded to get ready for our annual Polish Easter Bazaar which will be held on Saturday, March 23^rd starting at 9:00 a.m.  Please remember to work on those beautiful arts and crafts and tasty culinary delights for which our parish is so famous.

Raffle Tickets for our annual Easter Bazaar are available.  There are five big prizes namely:  First Prize – $100 cash; Second Prize – $50 cash; and Third Prize through Sixth Prize – $25 cash. The drawing will take place at our bazaar on Saturday, March 23^rd.  Your donations of $5.00 for a book of 6 tickets or $1.00 per ticket will greatly help our parish. 

ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO RENT a table at our Easter Bazaar may call Shirley Webb at 773-7202 for information and to reserve a place.

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 at 4:45 p.m.

PRAY FOR OUR CLERGY: Please join us in dedicating every day to one of the clergymen 

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
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BASKET RAFFLE TICKETS ARE ON SALE THIS WEEKEND! 

We hope you will support our parish once again as we bring you another assortment of 7 BEAUTIFUL gift baskets!  Tickets are 1 for $5.00/3 for $10.00 and 8 for $20.00.  The drawing will be at the Easter Bazaar, March 23^rd.  Come check out the display of baskets in the front vestibule.  Thank you for your Support!

The Fifth Sunday of Lent

Proper of the Mass

Introit (Entrance Chant)

8:00 Masses: The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Solemnities, Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B.

Give me justice, O God, and plead my cause against a nation that is faithless.  From the deceitful and cunning rescue me, for you, O God, are my strength.

(Judica me, Deus, Psalm xlii (xliii): 1–2; Graduale Romanum, Roman Missal.)

10:30 Mass: By Flowing Waters: Chant for the Liturgy, Dr. Paul F. Ford

O God, my God, rescue me from the hands of the wicked.

(Deus meus, eripe me, Pslam lxx (lxxi): 19; Psalm lxx (lxxi); Graduale Simplex.)

Responsorial Psalm (After the First Reading)

10:30 Mass: By Flowing Waters: Chant for the Liturgy, Dr. Paul F. Ford.

Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. R/. Lord, listen to my voice. V/. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications! R/. Lord, Listen … V/. If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? R/. Lord, listen … V/. But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered. R/. Lord, listen … V/. I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope. R/. Lord, listen … V/. My soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning. R/. Lord, listen … V/. O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is great power to redeem. R/. Lord, listen … V/. It ishe who will redeem Israel from all its iniquities. R/. Lord, listen …

(De profundis clamavi, Psalm cxxix (cxxx): (2a), 1–8; Graduale Simplex)

Tract (Before the Gospel)

10:30 Mass: Tonus Peregrinus.

Much have they oppressed me from my youth.  Let Israel say: Much have they oppressed me from my youth. V/. Yet they have not prevailed against me; upon my back the plowers plowed. V/. Long did they make their furrows.  But the just Lord has severed the cords of the wicked.

(Seape expungaverunt me, Psalm cxxviii (cxxix): 1–4; Graduale Romanum)

Offertory

8:00 & 10:30 Masses: The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Solemnities, Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B.

I will praise you, O Lord, with an upright heart.  Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and keep your words.  Enliven me according to your word, O Lord.

(Confitebor tibi, Psalm cxxviii (cxxix): 7, 10, 17, 25; Graduale Romanum.)

Communion

4:00, 8:00, & 10:30 Masses: The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Solemnities, Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B.

Amen, amen I say to you: Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains a single grain.  But if it dies, it bears much fruit.

(Amen, amen, dico vobis, John xii: 24; Roman Missal.)

10:30 Mass: Graduale Romanum, 1974, St. Peter Abbey, Solesmes.  At the 10:30 Mass, the Communion Antiphon will be sung in Latin, then in English.

Qui mihi ministrat, me sequatur: et ubi ego sum, illic et minister meus erit.

[Translation, If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there also shall my servant be.]

(Qui mihi ministrat, John xii: 26; Graduale Romanum.)

LITURGICAL NOTES:  This Sunday, the Fifth Sunday of Lent, begins the period of Lent traditionally known as “Passiontide”.  While the first Four Weeks of Lent focus on our own disciplines during Lent (fasting, abstinence, alms-giving, etc.), from this Sunday the Church begins to focus more on two other aspects of Lent, namely the preparation for the Baptismal Rites of the Easter Vigil (blessing of the font, etc.) and for the celebration* of the Passion on Good Friday.

The Roman Missal, Third Edition (2010) permits that the old custom of veiling images and crosses throughout the church during Passiontide may be observed.  We have attempted to do this in a token way in the past, veiling the crosses and a few of the images in the Sanctuary, because of the lack of veils that we have; however, we have decided this year not to observe this custom, feeling that it would be either better to veil all of the images throughout the church (as the Missal instructs) or none—as someone once said: “If you’re going to have a symbol, have a SYMBOL”—only veiling some of the images (statues and pictures of the saints) in the church deprives this symbol of deep mourning and penance of its profound meaning.  We will, however, veil the two Crosses in the church, since these are to veiled for Good Friday, anyway, regardless of whether or not other images are veiled.

The symbolism of the veiling of images during Passiontide is a way in which the Church uses the sense of sight to express to us deep truths.  On the most basic level, like the suppression of flowers and the organ during Lent, the veiling of images helps us to focus less on the decoration of the church and more on the fundamental aspects of the faith: e.g., the Altar of Sacrifice, the texts (sung and spoken) of the Liturgy itself, etc.; it should be noted that when the images in the church are veiled, the Stations of the Cross are not.  On a more spiritual level, it is during the time leading up to his Passion that Christ ‘hid’ his divinity more and more: a ‘drawing away’ and emptying that reached its fullest on Calvary at his death (“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Ps.xxii.), and so the glory of Christ is visually hidden, not just by veiling the Crosses, but by veiling the images of the Saints, the men and women who are themselves reflections of the glory of God.

Regarding this, we have a large number of images in the church: it would be nice if we could veil them all, but doing so would take a lot of work, the first phase of which would be needing to make enough violet veils to cover all of the images that we have.  To that end, if anyone would like to volunteer to: (a) help purchase the violet fabric for the veils; (b) help make them; (c) help put them up for next Lent; please let us know!

HE WAITS FOR YOU

Please consider spending time with Our Lord in Eucharistic Adoration to make reparation to His Sacred Heart.  We have exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Tuesday – Friday   and from 5:00 – 6:00 pm on Saturdays.

THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE in Northfield is sponsoring an Open House for High School Seniors March 21 – 24^th; High School Senior Parents: March 23^rd; High School Juniors: April 11-14.  Call the Rectory for more information.

SUNDAY, MARCH 24^th IS PALM SUNDAY and commemorates Christ’s triumphal entrance into Jerusalem.  For this reason, the Church blesses palms to remind us of the multitude which accompanied Him carrying branches and strewing them in His way, while they chanted: “Hosanna to the Son of David!  Blessed is He Who comes in the name of the Lord!”   The ceremonies for Palm Sunday and the reading of the Passion Gospel of St. Mark will take place on Saturday, March 23^rd at 4:00 p.m. (English) and 6:00 p.m. (Spanish), and Sunday, March 24^th at 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

THE MASS OF ST. MARY’S EXTRAVAGANCE on Monday, March 25^th, at 8:00 a.m. will commemorate the anointing of Jesus by Mary, the sister of Lazarus, as a prelude to the anointing for the burial of Jesus.  Following an old Polish tradition, the congregation will be anointed with aromatic oil, blessed at this Mass, in remembrance of “St. Mary’s Extravagant Act of Love.”

THE MASS OF LOVE’S LAST APPEAL on Tuesday, March 26^th, at 5:30 p.m. is a remembrance of the last appeal of Jesus to Judas and of the betrayal of Judas.

THE MASS OF THE 30 PIECES OF SILVER on Wednesday, March 27^th, at 5:30 p.m. will recall the price of betrayal and of the final days of Jesus.

HOLY THURSDAY, MARCH 28^th – THE “MASS OF THE LAST SUPPER” at 7:00 p.m. will commemorate the institution of the Holy Eucharist by Jesus at the Last Supper.  The bells and organ will play for the last time at the Gloria of the Mass and the Eucharist will be transferred in solemn procession to the “Altar of the Holy Prison” recalling the arrest and imprisonment of Jesus.  The Altar of Sacrifice will then be stripped and the tabernacle emptied to underline the grief of the Church.  The church will remain open until 9:00 pm for private adoration before the Blessed Sacrament in the Holy Prison Altar.  The Mass will be bilingual in English and Spanish.  Confessions will be heard before the Mass.

GOOD FRIDAY, MARCH 29^th – The church will be open all day from 8:00 a.m. for private adoration before the Blessed Sacrament in the Holy Prison Altar.

THE OFFICE OF TENEBRAE will be chanted at 8:00 am.  This service, unique to Holy Week, is the combined services of the Office of Readings and Morning Prayer.  The service gets its name, which is Latin for “darkness” or “shadows”, from the custom of extinguishing candles during the chanting of each of the Psalms, reflecting the darkness of the world at the death of Christ.  Interspersed between the Psalms are readings from Scriptures and the Church Fathers.

THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS will be prayed at 3:00 p.m. on Good Friday, following the path of love Jesus walked to His crucifixion.

VIA CRUCIS – (Stations of the Cross in Spanish) will be prayed at 4:00 pm on Good Friday.

THE GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE OF THE LORD’S PASSION, 7:00 p.m. will commemorate the suffering and death of Jesus on the Cross.  The Passion Gospel of St. John will be read followed by the unveiling and veneration of the Cross.  The Liturgy of the Pre-sanctified will follow with Holy Communion.  The Holy Eucharist will then be transferred to the “Altar of the Garden Tomb” where it will remain until Easter morning. The church will remain open ALL NIGHT for private prayer before the Altar of the Garden Tomb.  The service will be bilingual.  There will be a sign-up sheet in the front vestibule if you would like to sign up for an hour or adoration at the “Altar of the Garden Tomb”.

HOLY SATURDAY, MARCH 30^th – The church will remain open all day from 8:00 a.m. for private adoration before the Blessed Sacrament at the Altar of the Garden Tomb.

THE OFFICE OF TENEBRAE FOR HOLY SATURDAY will be chanted at 8:00 am.  This service is the combined services of the Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for Holy Saturday (please see Tenebrae of Good Friday, above, for more details.

THE TRADITIONAL BLESSING OF EASTER FOOD called the Święconka will take place in the church undercroft on Holy Saturday at 11:00 a.m., 12:00 noon, and 1:00 p.m.  All are welcome and encouraged to bring their Easter baskets with their Easter dinner for the beautiful ceremony of the blessing.  

THE HOLY SATURDAY MASS OF THE NIGHT WATCH – 8:00 p.m. March 30^th, will begin with the blessing of the new fire and the Paschal Candle, the “Remembrance Readings” from the Old and New Testaments, the Blessing of Water, and the Renewal of Baptismal promises.  The evening will end with the celebration of the Liturgy of the Eucharist with the ringing of the Gloria Bells sounding the praise of the Resurrection.  The Mass will be bilingual.

EASTER SUNDAY, MARCH 31^st – The “Resurrection Mass of Dawn” will take place at 8:00 a.m. beginning with the Service at the Empty Tomb followed by the Eucharistic Procession of the Risen Lord around the church.  The first Mass of Easter will follow.

THE 10:30 a.m. MASS OF EASTER DAY will celebrate the Resurrection with the solemn reading of the Gospel of St. John and the enshrinement of the statue of the Resurrected Christ

Beacon of Faith Campaign Prayer

Heavenly Father,

through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, all things are possible

and without Him we can do nothing.

May we seek Your kingdom above all, knowing that all things

work together for the good of those who love You

and are called according to Your purpose.

Grant us that we, united through Your Son in one faith

and by the strength of the Holy Spirit, may be generous in our support

of the Beacon of Faith Campaign

which seeks to strengthen parish life in the four counties of our diocese.

All this we pray through Jesus Christ, our Lord.  Amen.

Eternal rest grant unto them o Lord,

And Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Them

Stanley Rozycki, Sr. 3/10/1998

Stanislaus J. Sojka 3/10/2003

Bernard J. Kobera 3/10/2014

Stanley Cislo 3/10/2022

Beverly Milewski 3/10/2022

Wlodysha Orerzynski 3/11/1936

Frances Szymanski 3/11/1980

Theodore (Jocko) Kortz 3/11/1997

Harvey M. Kellyhouse 3/11/2010

Eunice L. Wysk 3/11/2018

Helen Glazewski 3/11/2020

Peter Bienkunski 3/12/1943

Michael Strysko 3/12/1959

Paul P. Novak 3/12/1974

Aldea M. Dubreuil 3/12/2005

Frank W. Zak 3/12/2012

Patricia E. Yurkunas 3/13/2015

Helen Kawecki 3/13/1926

Edward Szymanski 3/13/1945

Esther O’Hara 1982

Anthony Monkiewicz 3/13/1946

Michael C. Schab 3/13/2009

Peter Dylewski 3/14/1969

Mary Bocon 3/14/1986

Victoria C. Kowalski 3/14/1998

Genevieve P. Pogoda 3/14/2006

Mary Zmuda 3/15/1931

Martin Jarmak 3/15/1934

Caroline Kjolzior 3/15/1940

Katarzina Nicewicz Szczepanska 3/15/1961

Anthony Kopinto 3/15/1971

Janina Krauz 3/15/1973

Felix A. Verrier 3/15/1989

Henry Molongoski 3/15/2000

Edward J. Molongoski 3/15/2004

Michael Gutowski 3/16/1968

Frederick L. Hmieleski 3/16/2002

Creslaus Sokolowski 3/17

John Kowalczyk 3/17/1964

+ Remember to pray for the Holy Souls+

This bulletin is sponsored by the St. Stanislaus Society.