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Rectory: 170 Mechanic Street Leominster, Massachusetts Telephone (978) 537-6541 / 537-6542 / 537-6543

Parish Office Hours are Monday thru Thursday 9 am - 4 pm and Friday 9 am - 3 pm Religious Education (C.C.D) Office Telephone (978)835-6979

Bingo Telephone: (978)835-6973

May 3, 2015 - Fifth Sunday of Easter

Celebration of the Eucharist

Saturday Vigil Masses: 4:00 & 6:30 P.M. Sunday Masses: 7:00, 9:45, and 11:15 A.M. Weekday Masses (Monday - Saturday): 6:30 A.M. Holy Day Masses: 4:00 P.M. (Vigil) 6:30 A.M. & 6:30 P.M.

Rev. Robert D. Bruso Pastor

Rev. Richard G. Roger

Rev. Thomas G. Landry Assisting Priests

Deacon Ronald J. Aubuchon

Confessions: Saturdays, 3:00 P.M.

Baptisms: Please call the rectory in advance to

schedule baptismal instruction.

Marriages: Couple should contact the rectory at

least one year in advance. A marriage preparation program is required.

Mr. David M. Lasky Music Director, Organist

Mrs. Patricia A. Secino,

Religious Education Director

Dr. Richard and Patricia Secino, Directors of Evangelization and RCIA

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Fifth Sunday of Easter St. Cecilia’s Church, Leominster MA May 3, 2015

Saturday May 2 Vigil Masses Mass on pg. 45 4:00 p.m. Parishioners of St. Cecilia’s Parish 6:30 p.m. Jeannette Roberts (1st anniv.) by her family

Sunday May 3 Fifth Sunday of Easter Mass on pg. 45 7:00 a.m. Lillian G. Bernard by Tom Allain 9:45 a.m. Alina Goguen (15th anniv.) by her children 11:15 a.m. Emile Gould (36th anniv.) by Gerald C. McDonald & family

Monday May 4 Easter Weekday Mass on pg. 49 6:30 a.m. Aurea B. Landry by last will

Tuesday May 5 Easter Weekday Mass on pg. 51 6:30 a.m. Yvon Richard (1st anniv.) by Francois & Emery Richard

Wednesday May 6 Easter Weekday Mass on pg. 52 6:30 a.m. Aimee Paul & Bernadette Desorcy by last will

Thursday May 7 Easter Weekday Mass on pg. 54 6:30 a.m. Michael Cormier (8th anniv.) by Richard & Carol Cormier

Friday May 8 Easter Weekday Mass on pg. 55 6:30 a.m. Irene M. Basque by last will

Saturday May 9 Easter Weekday Mass on pg. 57 6:30 a.m. Odilla Arsenault by Dolphe Chevarie Vigil Masses Mass on pg. 59 4:00 p.m. Henry & Amanda Houle (anniv.) by the family 6:30 p.m. George & Janice Chapman by the family

Sunday May 10 Sixth Sunday of Easter Mass on pg. 59 7:00 a.m. Fidele Richard by Mr. & Mrs. Camille Chevarie 9:45 a.m. John Gaudet (anniv.) by mother, brother & sisters 11:15 a.m. Gerard Martin (41st anniv.) by the family

Eucharistic Ministers

Any Eucharistic Ministers who are already trained

are asked to consider expanding their ministry.

We need more and more Ministers to bring

Communion once a week to homebound

parishioners. If anyone has about half an hour per week to expand their ministry,

please contact Fr. Bob.

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A Message From Our Pastor.

Dear Friends,

This weekend we celebrate First Eucharist for the children of the parish. It is a joyful day for the children, for their families and for all of the parish. But the joy of the day has to be transmitted into a commitment on the part of the parents to continue the faith formation of the children, and that happens through regular attendance at Mass as well as religious education class. The Parish Council voted unanimously at our first meeting on April 7 to connect religious education and Mass for our parish’s young families.

The first week after Labor Day this year, religious education classes from grade 1 through 6 will be held on Sunday morning at 10, followed by the 11:15 Mass. This leaves all day Saturday free for family activities, sports, or maybe just staying in your pajamas and watching cartoons.

Music is a vital part of the liturgy and we are looking for guitarists and a keyboard player to present lively music that young people can sing. We will be buying a children’s hymnal to use as well. Of course, our magnificent Casavant organ will be featured at the Masses at 4, 6:30 and 9:45.

We have always depended on our young people as altar servers, but we would like to get more children involved especially at this Mass, as lectors, singers, bringing up the Offertory gifts, etc., and the homily will be geared toward the children. Of course children are welcome at any Mass, but we think by making this Mass “family-friendly,” more families will be comfortable to worship together, not worrying if the baby fusses or the three year old decides to climb on the pew.

In the meantime, let us pray for the children in our First Communion class, for their parents, and for everyone in our beautiful family of faith, St. Cecilia Parish.

God bless you all,

Father Bob Bruso

Merci a Madame la Poutiniere (Ginette LeBlanc)

and all those who worked on poutines, fricot and râpée for sale in

April. Their generous work made $ 3,647.30 for the parish and

kept a lot of fans of Acadian food very happy!

In alphabetical order: Gerry Aubuchon, Paul Aubuchon, Ed Barry,

Pauline Barry, Deanne Bellefeuille-Besnia, Dave Besnia, Geraldine

Bourque, Jean-Camille Bourque, Jeannine Brideau, Perry Comeau, Lisa Devin, Steven Doucet,

Corrine Ferozco, Germaine Gagnon, Norman Gagnon, Jeanne Gallagher, Judy Gariepy, Steve

Gariepy, Francine Gaudet, Anne Marie Goguen, Roger Goguen, Claudette Guillmette,

Albertine Henrie, J. D. LeBlanc, Louise LeBlanc, Ronald LeBlanc, Stephen

LeBlanc, Gloria Lefebvre, Denis Leger, Janet Leger, Leandre Maillet,

Jeannette Marcoux, Gerry McDonald, Paul Melanson, Jeannette Nowlan,

Adrienne Renaud, Dina Richard, Francois Richard, Marianne Richard,

Marie-Germaine Richard, Barbara Roberge, Claire Robichaud, Jeannette

Roy, Eddie Sargent, William Sinauski, Paul Viau and Pauline Viau

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Last Week’s Stewardship Collection was $ 6,957. The Monthly Collection Totaled $ 1,385. The Catholic Relief Overseas Collection Totaled $ 2,087. Thank You Very Much!!

Fifth Sunday of Easter “Children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth.” (1 JOHN 3:18) Do you “walk the talk?” Does your action reflect what you say? If not, spend time every day in prayer, give some of your talent to help one of your parish’s ministries and give some of your money to support the work of the Church.

Welcome! In a spirit of joyful hope we welcome

Xander James Pilgrim and Vivian Isla Tudor

into our parish family by baptism as they begin their life of faith here within our parish community.

Annual Pro-Life Rose Drive

On Mother’s Day Weekend May 9th and 10th, Saint Cecilia’s parish will participate in the annual Mass Citizens for Life Rose Drive to honor all mothers and in support of Pro-Life Causes. One of the beneficiaries this year is Problem Pregnancy of Worcester which has saved thousands of lives in its 33 year history! Parishioners are asked to make a donation for

flowers which they take home or place in the church at the statue of Our Lady. Thank you! If you can assist selling flowers after Mass on this weekend, please call Marcie Allain at 978-840-8512.

The Congratulations of the parish community are extended to

Timothy Becker & Kaitlin McKinley who were married recently.

The Sympathies of the parish community are extended to the family and friends of

Theresa M. Collette, Robert T. Boucher and Angelina M. Kolb

whose Funeral Services were held recently. Please remember them in your prayers.

The Ladies Of St. Anne will hold their Annual Breakfast Gathering on Sunday, May 17 at Sean Patrick’s Restaurant. Cut off date is May 11. For reservations call AnneMarie Bernard at 978-534-3659.

$10,000 Raffle - The 11th Annual Spring Give-Away Raffle is now underway at St. Denis Parish in Ashburnham. Prizes are 1st-$10,000,

2nd-$1,000, 3rd-4th-$500, 5th-8th-$250. Drawing Date is Saturday, May 23.

Tickets are $100 each and includes “dinner for two” catered by Sean Patrick’s Restaurant on the night of the drawing. If you would like to

buy a ticket call the Rectory at 978-827-5806. Good Luck to All!

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The Montachusett Chorale will perform its Spring Pops Concert this Sunday, May 3rd at 2 PM in the Tata Auditorium at Leominster City Hall, 25 West St. The concert will celebrate Leominster’s 100th birthday as a city and benefit the Mayor Mazzarella’s Heating Fund.

Admission is free. A free will donation will be taken.

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St. Cecilia’s Parish Electronic Recycling Day

Saturday, May 9 from 9 AM - 2 PM

Accepting all electronics to include monitors, computers, computer games, stereo equipment, copy and fax machines, printers, micro-

waves, dehumidifiers, TV's, any item that has a plug. We are also accepting any appliances, such as AC's, washers, dryers, stoves, refrigerators as well as lawn mowers, snow blowers

with the gas removed, exercise equipment and grills.

The recycle event will have low fees of $5 each computer, $10 any monitor or small TV less than 19", $15 each TV between 19" and 26" and $20 each TV over 26" wide and

wood console TV's, projection TV's $25 each TV 32" and over $30. Any appliance are $10 each, large refrigerators $25.

Any cell phones, bikes, car and truck batteries are free. Zero landfill.

Please bring any unwanted bikes new or old any condition to parking lot to be reused again.

Any question [email protected]

Saint Vincent de Paul Society donation boxes are located on the radiators in the right and left transepts and also in the rear vestibule of our church. Contributions are welcome to help local needy families with food.

If you are aware of any families that are in need of assistance, please call the St. Vincent de Paul Society at 978-549-9982.

Steve Wronker’s Funny Business Show

Comedy Hypnotist Show!

Family Friendly! Fun for All!!

Where: Stratos G. Dukakis Performing Arts Center, Monty Tech When: 7 PM, Saturday May 16, 2015 Tickets: $15 Adults, $5 children (18 & under)

To benefit the St. Bernard’s Elementary Technology Center and Playground Funds.

For Tickets call school at 978-342-1948

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St. Francois-Xavier de Montmorency Laval

Francois de Montmorency-Laval was born to the French nobility in 1623, the third son in a large family. He studied with the Jesuits at College LaFleche and then began studying for the priesthood at the College de Clermont in Paris. His two older brothers, both army officers, were killed in battle and both his mother and his bishop urged him to leave the seminary to inherit the family’s titles and estates. After some legal negotiating, he resigned everything in favor of the next oldest brother and

he returned to his studies. He was ordained when he was 24 and was named archdeacon of the diocese of Evreux. An archdeacon’s job was to visit parishes and report back to the bishop.

As an aristocrat, his priestly life could have been very comfortable, but his model of priesthood was his patron saint, Francis Xavier, and he wanted to be a missionary. Originally he planned to go to Tonkin (North Vietnam), but he was not given permission to go there. He spent some time at a retreat house, asking God to direct him. In 1658, he was named Vicar Apostolic of New France, arriving in Port Royal, Acadia (now Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia) in May 1659 and later that summer he arrived in Quebec, which was to be his headquarters. A vicar apostolic has the author-ity of a bishop without being a bishop in an area too remote for a bishop to visit. That clearly was his ministry. He was responsible for all churches and missions from Acadia to Michigan.

The next 30 years, he ministered tirelessly, in canoes, on horseback, by foot, founding parishes, organizing his clergy, fighting the exploitation of the Indians, and fighting with the government over selling alcohol to the Indians, which was very profitable for the traders. He went to France and got authorization from Louis XIV not only to ban the sale of alcohol to the Indians but to appoint the next governor general of New France.

In 1662, he founded the first seminary in North America, his first seminarians being eight French boys and six Hurons. He imported Sulpician priests from France to be the faculty, because he believed the church in Canada could only survive with a well-educated and committed clergy who were habitants, natives of New France who knew the hardships of ministry to farm villages scattered miles apart. He used all of his personal fortune to build the seminary and the Cathedral of Notre Dame, dedicated in 1679 and still in use, the mother church of the United States and Canada.

When he was 75, he realized he no longer had the stamina to travel throughout his vast diocese, so he voluntary resigned, but did not retire to the comfort of France. Instead he moved into the semi-nary to serve as confessor and spiritual director to the seminarians.

Laval University and the city of Laval were both named for him, as was the Montmorency Falls. He was canonized by Pope Francis in 2014.

Do my retirement plans include a willingness to be of service?

St. Francois-Xavier de Montmorency Laval’s feast day is WEDNESDAY, MAY 6.

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