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Contact Information / Contactar Parish offices are located at 17 Winter Street, Milford

Office Hours are Monday through Friday - 8:00 AM-2:00 PM Horario de segunda, quinta e sexta-feira / Oficina: lunes, jueves y viernes

Parish Office 508-473-2000 Religious Education Office 508-478-7440 Secretaria que fala Portugues ext 215 508-473-2000 Secretaria que habla español ext 215 508-473-2000 Society of Saint Vincent de Paul ext 214 508-473-2000 Safe Environment Coordinator 508-473-2000 Diocesan Office of Safety & Prevention 508-929-4363 Office FAX 508-473-6907

We have Worship & Sacraments / Alabanza All liturgies are celebrated in the main church unless noted otherwise

Saturday: 4:00 pm (English) 7:00 pm (Missa Brasileira) Sunday: 7:30 am (English) 9:00 am (em Portugues) 10:30 am (English) 12:00 pm (en español) 6:00 pm (English) Daily Mass: Monday-Friday 9:00 AM Lunes: 6:00 pm: Misa en español (Iglesia por abajo) Quartas e sextas-feiras: 6:30 pm (em Portugues) (Igreja de baixo)

We have gluten free hosts; please see a priest or deacon before Mass.

Confessions: Sexta-feira: 6:00 pm (Portuguese/Brazilian) (Igreja de baixo) Saturday : 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm (Lower Church) or by appointment

Christian Initiation: (Baptisms): in English: contact Parish Office for class & monthly schedule Em Português: 3er Domingo do mês as 11:30am en español: 2do domingo durante la misa de 12:00 pm For children over 5 and adults: The Rite of Christian Initiation (RCIA) is a process to meet individual circumstances, please contact the office at your earliest convenience.

Ministry to the Sick: Ministers are available to visit any one confined to their home on a regular basis. Please notify our office. Communion is brought on a regular basis to Milford Regional Medical Center, please call the office to be anointed.

Marriage: Couples planning to celebrate the Sacrament of Marriage are asked to contact the Parish preferably at least one year before the proposed date.

Holy Orders & Religious Life: If you or someone you know is interested in dedicating his or her life to Christ and the Church as a priest, deacon or vowed religious, please contact one of the priests, or the diocesan Director of Vocations at 508-340-5788 or at www.worcestervocations.com.

Second Sunday of Advent

December 9, 2018

Segundo Domingo do Advento

9 de Dezembro de 2018

segundo domingo de Adviento

9 de diciembre de 2018

Devotions / Devocões / Devociones Miraculous Medal Novena every Monday after 9 AM Mass

Holy Hour (English & español) every Thursday / cada jueves at 7 PM Hora Santa (em Portugues) todas as quintas feiras as 8 PM

Saint Joseph Chaplet every 1st Wednesday after 9 AM Mass

Parish Staff / Equipo Pastoral Rev. Peter Joyce, Pastor/Párroco (pjoyce.smamilford@gmail.com) Rev. Mateus Souza, Associate Pastor/Vicario (fr.mateussouza@gmail.com) Rev. Mr. David F. Vaillancourt, Sr., Deacon/Diacono (deacondave.smamilford@gmail.com) Mr. Julio Bonilla Jiménez, Seminarian Intern/Seminarista Ms. Kathy Moran , M.Ed. Youth Ministry Director/Directora de Min. Juvenil (kathymoran328@gmail.com) Mrs. Cathy Gosselin, Secretary (secretary@stmarymilford.org) Mrs. Renata DeOliveira, Secretaria por Portugues/Brasileira, Hispana ) Mrs. Louisa Savaria, Youth Ministry Administrative Assistant (louisasavaria.stmarys@gmail.com) Mrs. Brenda Wagner, Bookkeeper/Contable Mr. Jonathan Capece, Director of Music (jcapece.stmary@gmail.com)

Offices at 17 Winter Street Milford, Massachusetts 01757

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Saturday, December 8, 2018 Immaculate Conception

9:00 am… Parishioners of St. Mary’s

4:00 pm..+ George Pyne, (Family)

+ Robert & Janice Kennelly, (Family)

7:00 pm… Missa Brasileira

Sunday, December 9, 2018

7:30 am… + Parishioners of St. Mary’s

9:00 am….. Missa em Portugues

10:30 am…+ Melville MacCormack, (Family)

12:00 pm… Misa en español

6:00 pm…. + Parishioners of St. Mary’s

Monday, December 10, 2018

9:00 am….+ Domingos Roxo & Family, (Family)

+ Amaro DaFonte & Family, (Family)

+ Rosa daGraca & Domingos DaCosta, (Children)

6:00 pm… Misa en español

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

9:00 am….+Joao & Julia Gomes & Family, (Family)

+Ana & Melinda Fraga, (Rosa Fraga)

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Our Lady of Guadalupe

5:30 am… Las Mañanitas & Rosary

7:00 am... +Parishioners of St. Mary’s

6:30 pm... Missa em Portugues

6:30 pm… Misa Guadalupana (upper church)

Thursday, December 13, 2018

9:00 am…+ Jose & Sara Batista, (Rosa Fraga)

+ Holy Souls in Purgatory, (Helpers of the Holy Souls)

Friday, December 14, 2018

9:00 am…+ Anthony Byron, (Family)

6:30 pm... Missa em Portugues

Saturday, December 15, 2018

4:00 pm…+ John & Dorothy DePaolo, (Family)

+ Stephen & Caroline DePaolo, (Family)

+ Albert & Katherine Kellett, (Family)

7:00 pm… Missa Brasileira

Sunday, December 16, 2018

7:30 am… + Joseph Mullen, (Family)

+ Paul & Margaret Wupperfield, (Paula O’Hare)

+Yvette Berry Frend, 1 year Anniv., (Family)

10:30 am.. + Parishioners of St. Mary’s

12:00 pm…+Agustin Castro, Transito Tacuri,

Francisco Castro, (Family

Al Honor Del Divino Nino (Maria Minchala & Manuel Loja)

6:00 pm…. + Joelle Shaver 2nd Anniv. (Family)

+ Cynthia Small, (The Beyers)

Stewardship

On November 27th, Deacon Richard Dalu-

ga was called home by our Lord. Ordained

by Bishop Daniel Reilly on April 22, 1995,

Deacon Daluga served here at Saint Mary

of the Assumption Parish for nine years

until 2004 when he and his family moved to

Henderson, NV, where he was active in the

Saint Thomas More Catholic Community

there.

Deacon Daluga’s ministry here is remembered with great affec-

tion for his friendly and warm manner and his engaging presence

in our community for so many years. His move to Nevada was a

great loss, and his death is a loss for his family and the Church.

His death reminds us that the gift of a true steward is immeasura-

ble and lives on long after our presence has faded. Though it has

been almost fifteen years since Deacon Daluga left our parish, he

is still remembered and admired for the faith that he and his wife

Patricia lived here among us. The gift of one’s time, talent and

treasure is a gift not simply to people of faith, but a gift back to

God from whom all these good gifts originate.

The death of our brother reminds us of the importance to be stew-

ards in this life. The sharing of our gifts from God is an opportuni-

ty that changes not only the lives we touch but our own lives as

well. Deacon Daluga was a faithful steward in so many ways. A

graduate of West Point, and later returning to be an instructor

there, Deacon Daluga spent a large part of his life in a career in the

military, serving our country in combat and in peace for which he

was recognized and honored by our country.

His funeral will take place in Henderson, NV next Saturday, De-

cember 15th. May he rest in peace. Well done good and faithful serv-

ant, enter to the rest prepared from the foundation of the world.

Requiescat en Pacem In your kindness, please remember the following deceased

parishioners and family and friends of parishioners who have

recently died,

Sean Casey Enos-Robertson, Mary Elizabeth McKinnon

Deacon Richard Daluga (formerly assigned to our parish) and

Joaquina Antunes

May their souls, and the souls of all the faithfully departed,

through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

Stewardship Report for December 2, 2018

Weekly Offering (collected at Mass December 2nd) $12,089.00

Automated Stewardship December 2, 2018 $671.00

Net Weekly Offering $12,760.00

Designated Receipts

The following donations are earmarked for special

projects not available to pay operating expenses

Parish Capital Improvement $403.00

Cemetery Beautification $119.00

Second Collection $963.41

SVDP $500.00

Total Designated Receipts $1,985.41

Christmas Flowers $697.00

Other Income ($161.00 for Advent Candles) $383.00

(Candles, Donations, Utilities)

All Sources Income $15,825.41

Total Designated Receipts $1,985.41

Income Prior to Tithe $13,840.00

5% Tithe to be Dispersed Quarterly -$638.00

Total Available for Operating Expenses $13,202.00

There are currently close to 100 families enrolled in Auto Stewardship!

To one & all "Thank you" for your continued stewardship of treasure

You’re Invited! Saturday, December 15, 2018 at 10 AM

Cathedral of Saint Paul, Worcester Ordination to the Diaconate of

Thiago da Silva Deacon Thiago will serve and preach here

at Saint Mary of the Assumption Parish Saturday, December 15th at

The 4 PM Mass in English and The 7 PM Brazilian Mass

A parish reception in the large hall f for Deacon Thiago will follow the Brazilian Mass.

All are welcome to attend.

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Second Sunday in Advent December 9, 2018

1st Reading Old Testament : Baruch 5:1-9 (6C) 2nd Reading New Testament: Philippians 1:4--6, 8-11 Gospel: Luke 3:1-6

Our meditation: “And this is my prayer: that your love may in-crease ever more and more in knowledge and every kind of perception, to discern what is of value…” PHILIPPIANS 1:9-10 Our response: Glittery holiday ads can blind us to our steward-ship values and distort our needs and wants. It is important that during this season of endless buying we remember that each of us also has the need to give back to God and to those that are in need.

.Tell Me, “Why … ?” Why is the image of Guadalupe so special? During the 20th century, extensive scientific studies

were performed on the image of the tilma of Saint Juan

Diego to determine its origin. The tilma is made of plant

fiber, much like paper, though of a stronger consistency

and was used by the native Aztecs of Mexico as an outer

coat. The tilma of Juan Diego was made from two piec-

es joined down the middle with an obvious seam. The

first remarkable reality of the tilma is that though now

nearly 500 years old, it is preserved in the original condi-

tion when the image appeared in 1531. If paper were

487 years old; one would not expect it to be in its origi-

nal condition. In the early 20th century, a Mexican revo-

lutionary detonated a bomb beneath the image that man-

gled a silver candelabra while the image was untouched.

The second starting reality of the image is the coloring.

It is not paint, it is not chalk; no one really knows the

materials that the image is produced from. And then

there is the message in the image. While there is a seam

that runs down the exact middle of the tilma and the im-

age is perfectly centered, the head of Our Lady is slightly

bowed so that her face is untouched by the seam.

The image of Our Lady is a gospel in itself. She is

pregnant, the cincture at her waist indicating that she is

pregnant with a divine child. Standing in front of the sun

and on the moon, she indicates that she is greater than

the gods the Aztecs worship, but that she is not God

since her head is bowed and her hands are folded in

prayer. Her mantle is covered with the stars of the sky.

A scientist discovered only fifty years ago that they are

not random, but in the pattern of the constellations over

Mexico in December, with the particular distinction that

they are arranged as if one were on the other side of the

stars and looking down to, not looking up from the earth.

Lastly, a microscopic investigation of the tilma in the

1960s revealed that in the retinas of the eyes of the im-

age, there is a reflection, what appears to be 3 figures

kneeling before the image. This fits the description of

the saint that when he opened his tilma for the roses giv-

en by the beautiful lady, Bishop Zumárraga and his two

aides knelt immediately. This would seem to indicate if

we wanted a photograph of Our Lady, we would find it

in the image of Guadalupe from December 12th in 1531.

That is one reason this image and feast is so special.

Winter Weather Reminder: Please Note

When school has been cancelled due to inclement weather, daily Mass will NOT be celebrated! If school should be delayed due to inclement weather, Mass will be celebrated in the Parish Center Chapel at 9 am. This allows our workers to concentrate on the parking areas and the entrance to the center rather than on all the entrances to the Church.

We’re Looking to Organize a Christmas Festival Choir

Anyone (ages 17 and up) who is interested is invited to be part of a special Christmas Festival Choir that will lead our music ministry at the Midnight Mass. All are welcome to join... no experience necessary... only the desire to sing praise to God! Rehearsals will be scheduled according to

the availability of choir members. Please contact Jonathan Capece at

jcapece.stmary@gmail.com.

Wreaths Across America

Valencia Council 80 would like to thank everyone who contributed to their drive for “Wreaths Across America”. Thanks to your heartwarming and generous sup-port, the Council is able to contribute more than 100 wreaths to be placed on veteran’s graves at the Bourne and Agawam National Cemeteries during the 2018 National Remembrance Ceremony to be held on December 15, 2018.

K of C Raffle Calendar Sale

Members of Valencia Council 80 are conducting their January 2019 Raffle Cal-endar Sale. This sale helps support the Knights charitable efforts in the parish and community. The Calendars feature awards of $500.00 on New Year’s Day and on the Feast of the Epiphany. $100.00 will be awarded on all other days through the month of January 2019. What’s more, each winning number is re-entered so that you can win again. If you have received your Calendars by mail, your return ticket and donation may be placed in the collection basket at Mass or mailed in the return envelope. Additional raffle calendars will be available after all the Masses and in the Parish office through the last day of December.

A Message from Father Peter Dear Parishioners,

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A Message from Father Peter Dear Parishioners,

This week our Church marks the anniversary of the apparitions of Our

Lady to a young native prince on the hill of Tepeyac outside of the present

day Mexico City. This prince was a convert to Catholicism who was very

devout and attended daily Mass. On December 9th, as he made his way to

church, he heard beautiful music as he crossed Tepeyac and went to

investigate. It was there he saw for the first time, ‘the beautiful lady.’ She

called Juan Diego by his name and asked him to go to the local bishop and

instruct him to build a shrine to her on that very site. After Mass, he did as

she had asked, but the bishop was a busy man and not interested in the

requests of a native convert. He waited all day and when ushered into the

bishop’s presence was dismissed out of hand. The next day, the same

events occurred, only this time the bishop asked Juan Diego to bring him a

sign that this request was truly heaven sent and legitimate. As he left, the

bishop sent his aides to follow Juan Diego to find out what he was up to.

However, they lost track of him and reported to the bishop that he had

eluded them. Disappointed and angry, he felt he was done with this local

troublemaker, and perhaps hoped that asking for sign, it would be last he

would be bothered by this princely Juan Diego.

On December 11th, Juan Diego’s uncle took sick and he stayed home to

care for him. Early on the 12th, his uncle asked him to get the priest to

come and celebrate the sacraments for he felt that he was dying. With an

urgency to bring a priest to his uncle and not wanting to be delayed in this

task coupled with the disappointment he felt in asking for a sign, Juan

Diego took a different route over the hill of Tepeyac. Nevertheless, the

beautiful lady was there, waiting for him in the middle of his path. She

questioned if he was trying to avoid her, and he admitted that he was and

gave her his reasons. She reassured him that his uncle would be fine, and

that she had every confidence in him, that she had chosen wisely and

carefully and he was her desired ambassador. For the bishop’s sign she

instructed him to go over and pick the roses growing there to bring them

back for her to arrange in his tilma. As she did, she instructed him to show

the roses to no one but the bishop. He repeated her request and confident

in her assurances, made his way to the bishop’s office. Detained all day

again, he refused to show the roses to anyone but Bishop Zumárraga. At

the end of the day when he opened his tilma, the flowers fell to the floor

and there on his tilma was the image of the beautiful lady we know today

as Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Once the native people saw the image, they came in the thousands to be

baptized. Until then, the Spaniards had considered the natives inferior and

unworthy of the gospel and sacraments. They renounced their pagan

beliefs and became devout Catholics to the sacraments. The image is a

visual catechism to the Aztecs and a reminder to us of the value of every

human being. For, Our Lady appears pregnant with our Savior, a hard truth

to challenge their pagan practice to sacrifice infants to their gods. This

practice seems barbaric and primitive unless we recognize that this image

reminds us in our own time of the sacredness of every life, challenging us

when the unborn are sacrificed to the altars of individualism, sexual

permissiveness and convenience. The image challenges an understanding

of native and foreigner when we realize that Our Lady appeared to this

native prince as her humble and obedient messenger because her ordained

ministers in the Church were failing to preach and baptize the local people

stubbornly steeped in their prejudice and superiority as Europeans.

Almost 500 years later, we are still in need of this heavenly visitor to call

us beyond the narrow-minded realities of this world to the truth that every

life is sacred and that every person has a place in the Kingdom of God.

Pope Saint John Paul II named Our Lady of Guadalupe as patroness of the

Americas. Join our Latina community this Wednesday, early or late, to

celebrate this special feast!

2018 LITURGICAL MASS SCHEDULE for the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS at

SAINT MARY OF THE ASSUMPTION

CHRISTMAS EVE MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2018

(There is NO 9:00 am Mass) All Masses take place in the Main Upper Church

4:00 pm Mass (English with children’s pageant)

5:30 pm Mass (English) 7:00 pm Mass (Brazilian Portuguese)

12:00 pm Solemn Mass at Midnight (English)

CHRISTMAS DAY TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2018

All Masses take place in the Main Upper Church

9:00 am Mass at Dawn (Portuguese) 10:30 am Mass (English)

12:00 pm Mass del Divino Niño (Spanish)

Feast of the Holy Family Saturday, December 29th & Sunday, December 30th

Regular Saturday and Sunday Mass schedule

SOLEMNITY OF MARY MOTHER OF GOD New Year’s Eve

MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2018 9:00 am Mass (this is the regular Mass of the day in the lower church)

4:00 pm Mass (English)

All Masses take place in the Main Upper Church

New Year’s Day TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 2019

All Masses take place in the Main Upper Church

9:00 am (Portuguese) 10:30 am Mass (English) 5:00 pm Mass (Spanish)

Procession for Our Lady of the Cloud begins at 4:30 pm

ST. MARY’S FOOD WITH FRIENDS

invites all those who wish to have

a delicious meal with friendly peo-

ple to join us at our table.

We gather on Thursdays from

11:30—12:30 for lunch and the second Tuesday of

each month from 5-6:30pm for dinner (December 11th)

in our small hall at 17 Winter Street.

Christmas Brunch

St. Vincent DePaul wishes to thank

all who supported their bake sale on

Nov. 17th and 18th. The total amount

that was raised was $1,079.00

Our parishioners are the best!

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Religious Education

MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH GROUP GRADES 6, 7, & 8:

NEXT MEETING IS ON MONDAY, IN THE ST. MARY’ S PARISH CENTER

CHRISTMAS CAROLING MONDAY DECEMBER 10TH 6:30PM –7:30 PM AT BIRMINGHAM COURT

YNIA GRADES 9-12: SUNDAY MEETINGS

WE CONTINUE TO MEET IN THE PARISH CENTER ON SUNDAYS AFTER THE 6:00PM MASS

The first deadline for sign-ups has passed (we have 9 teens & 3

chaperones already committed), but there may be room for those interested in being part of our mission trip.

Save July 14 to 19, 2019, get a $50 deposit to the office this week and join us in Chicago!

Youth Ministry Tuesday Evenings:

St. Mary's Children’s Choir

Schedule

Sunday morning rehearsal meets at 8:30 - 9:10am in the Parish Center Music Room. Following the second scheduled rehearsal of each month the choir will also sing that same day at the 10:30 Mass. December 24th Christmas Eve Pageant Mass at 4 PM January 6th and 13th February 3rd and 10th March 10th and 17th March 31st and April 7th

Books to Enjoy During Advent

Advent and Christmas Wisdom is indeed an easy-to-use, daily program to celebrate the momentous arrival of the Christ Child and the joyous news of our salvation. It is also an ideal book for the individual seeking active participation in the season and a renewal of faith for the start of the liturgi-cal year.

God s in the Manger

"There are only two places

where the powerful and great in this world lose their cour-age, tremble in the depths of their souls, and become truly afraid. These are the manger and the cross of Jesus

Christ."

"No priest, no theologian stood at the cradle of Bethle-hem. And yet, all Christian theology finds its beginnings in the miracle of miracles, that God became hu-man."

Most Christians agree that Christmas is all about Jesus, yet most of us spend little time preparing our hearts to celebrate Him. Why is this? Partly because we don’t know how.

In Unwrapping the Names of Jesus, Asheritah Ciuciu leads readers through the

four weeks of Advent (Hope, Preparation, Joy, and Love).

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Religious Education

Confirmandi 2018

Nicolas "Lazarus" Annantuonio

Meghan "Francis" Bangert

Trevor "Peter" Brooks

Audrey "Elizabeth" Buckenmaier

Ava "Lucy" Buckenmaier

Colleen "Endelienta" Buckley

Julia "Angela" Cacciola

Johnny "Jose" Caguana

Steven "Francis" Callahan

Mariana "Mary" Carmo

Madison "Margaret" Carneiro

Natalie "Gianna" Casilli

Bernardino "Maurice" Coelho

Kayo "Mary" Coutinho

Kiara “Kiara” Coutinho

Monica "Rose" Crevier

Adrianna "Antonia" Crisafulli

Colby "Matthew" Cristino

Julio "Miguel" DaSilva

Marcelo "Maria" DosSantos

Elise "Irene" Fauerbach

Alexander "Alexander" Ferreira

Carly "Rose" Ferreira

Jocelyn “Jocelyn” Guaman

Manuel "Jose" Guaman

Ashley "Ashley" Goncalves

Emily "Marie" Janell

Michael "Luke" Keefe

Abby "Mary" Kelly

Matthew "Joseph" Kelly

Emma "Eleanor" Kingkade

Omar Felipe "Raphael" Lema

Ethan "Christopher" Lonergan

Ian "John" Louback

Samuel "Ignatius" Louback

Rudoloph "Bernard" Lucier

Catherine "Peregrine" Madden

Jake "Anthony" Mandile

Emmanuel "Francis" Martinez

Jillian "Ann" Michelson

Caroline "Veronica" Middlecoat

Abigail "Anne" Murphy

Megan "Vardan" Najarian

Kacie "Patrick" Najarian

Daniel "Justin" Nilan

Matthew "John" Nogueira

Ashby "Francis" Norris

Jose "Joseph" Nugra Alulema

Juan "Narcissus" Nugra Alulema

Kevin "Anthony" O'Connor

Nathaniel "Mary" Ortiz

Lauren "Jane Frances" Pearl

Aysha "Teresa" Penha

Isabella "Anthony" Peniche

Our Catholic Life

Did You Know? Learn to “Stop” Inappropriate Activity Before It Happens Child safety tip: Teach your child to respect the word “stop!”

Teach your preschooler that “stop” means “stop,” and that your

child has the right to stop people from touching his or her body.

Obviously, exceptions will have to be made for doctors and par-

ents, but even parents must listen when a child doesn’t want to

be tickled or hugged anymore. Reinforcing this excellent lesson

gives your child the power to recognize—and to stop—“bad

touching” by others if it should happen. For particular help, you

may call: Worcester Diocese, Office for Healing and Prevention

at (508) 929-4363 Source: “Know the Rules . . . After-School

Safety Tips for Children Who Are Home Alone,”

www.kidsafe.com.

If you are aware of an incident of sexual misconduct and the sus-pected offender is a priest, deacon, candidate, seminarian, reli-gious, lay minister, employee or volunteer, you are encouraged to report the matter to the Diocese of Worcester. The report can be made by phone, contact Judith Audette at the Office of Healing and Prevention, (508-929-4363) or in writing, and sent to the Of-fice for Healing and Prevention, 49 Elm St., Worcester, MA. 01609.

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PRAYERS, POTATOES & PUBS A Journey to the Heart & Soul of Ireland

13 days: September 30 to October 12, 2019 Spiritual Director: Fr. Peter Joyce

Visit to include:

Dublin

Boyne Valley: Newgrange

Downpatrick, burial site of St

Patrick

Belfast: Giant’s Causeway, Peace

Wall of Murals, the Titanic Museum

Galway & Knock Shrine

Cliffs of Moher

Dingle Peninsula

Blarney Castle Pricing & Registration available after December 12, 2018

Catholic School Survey If you didn’t return a survey and are interested in a Catholic

School in Milford, there is still an opportunity to respond. We

need your input.

Please complete a survey on line using survey monkey at:

English: http://bit.ly/school2019 Spanish: http://bit.ly/colegio2019

Portuguese: http://bit.ly/escola2019

Christmas Festival of Lights at Fatima Shrine The 2018 Christmas Festival of Lights at Fatima Shrine, 101 Summer Street in Holliston, begins December 2nd and runs to December 27th. This Annual Festival of Lights transforms the Fatima Shrine into a wonderland of lights and music. Many have made it a family tradi-tion. There will be a Christmas Concert offered by St. Cecilia’s Choir of Ashland on Sunday December 9th at 3:00pm followed by the procession of the Christ Child to the manger. All are welcome

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Feast of

Our Lady of Guadalupe

Wednesday, December 12th 5:30 AM Las Mañanitas

(song to Our Lady traditional to this day)

5:40 AM The rosary

6:00 AM Refreshments

6:30 PM Mass Please join with our Spanish speaking community to

honor this most unique apparition of Our Lady in the

history of the Church. Her appearance is about rac-

ism, welcoming the foreigner, the murder of children in the womb, and

the evangelization of our continent.

Our country and continent needs her intercession more than ever.

CATHOLIC RETREAT FOR MEN Betania II—Medway, MA

Saturday, December 15th

from 10 AM to 5 PM Rev. Edward A Murphy, Retreat Director

Topic: “You Are That Man” Guest Speakers:

Rev. Mr. Brian Kean &

Mr. Joseph Sollecito

Confessions available

Cost: $40 per person (includes hot lunch)

To register www.betania2.org or 508-533-5377

Walk ins welcomed

Comunidade Portuguesa e Brasileira

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SCHEDULE MISSA PORTUGUESA

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• Quarta-feira: 1pm

• Quinta-feira: 11:30am

• Domingo: 9am e 7pm

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SCHEDULE LITURGIA MISSA PORTUGUESA

Domingo, 16 de Dezembro 2018

Comentarista e Preces: Antônio Costa

Primeira Leitura: Ana Guerreiro

Salmo: Coral

Segunda Leitura: Manuela Cerqueira

Sagrada Família e Ofertas: Ana Carvalho

Ministros: Joao Gonçalves, Lurdes Gonçalves,

Susana DaSilva, Cândida Alves

Pesquisa sobre Escola Católica

Se você ainda não retornou sua pesquisa e esta interessado em ter

uma escola católica em Milford, ainda da tempo de responder.

Precisamos de saber sua opinião.

Por favor, preencha a pesquisa online através dos sites:

Inglês: http://bit.ly/school2019 Espanhol: http://bit.ly/colegio2019 Português: http://bit.ly/escola2019

“Tudo o que você fizer para um desses meus irmãos, você

fara por mim.” Mateus 25:40

O St. Mary's Food with Friends convida todos aqueles que esperam por uma deliciosa refeição com pessoas amigáveis para se juntar a nós em nossa mesa. Reunimo-nos todas as quintas-feiras, das 11:30am às 12:30pm e na segunda terça-feira de cada mês, das 5:00pm às 7:00pm , no salão pequeno de nossa Igreja. Próximo dia será 11 de Dezembro.

É nosso prazer responder ao chamado

de Deus servindo a você!

St. Vincent DePaul deseja agradecer a todos que

apoiaram a O Bake Sale nos dias 17 e 18 de

Novembro. O valor total arrecadado

foi de $ 1.079,00

Obrigado a todos por sua generosidade!

Que Deus os abençoe!

Festival das Luzes de Natal

no Santuário de Fatima

O Festival de Luzes de Natal de 2018,

no Santuário de Fátima, 101 Summer

Street, em Holliston, começa no dia 2 de Dezembro e vai até

27 de Dezembro. Este Festival Anual transforma o Santuário

de Fátima num paraíso de luzes e música. Muitos fizeram

disso uma tradição familiar. Haverá um Concerto de Natal

oferecido pelo Coro de Ashland de Santa Cecília no Domingo,

9 de Dezembro, às 3:00pm, seguido da procissão do Menino

Jesus para a manjedoura. São todos bem-vindos

Ordenação ao Diaconato de Thiago da Silva

Sábado, 15 de Dezembro de 2018 às 10:00am

Na Catedral de Saint Paul, em Worcester.

O diácono Thiago servirá e pregará aqui na Paróquia de Santa Maria da Assunção no Sábado, 15 de Dezembro na missa das 7 :00pm em português. Uma recepção seguirá apos a missa. Todos são bem vindos a participar!

Se você mudou de endereço ou número de telefone, por favor ligue para o escritório paroquial 508-473-2000 com as novas informações, para que possamos atualizar nossos registros.

Um ônibus estará saindo de nossa

paroquia para a Ordenação de

Diácono do Thiago da Silva, no dia

15 de Dezembro na Catedral

St. Paul em Worcester. Interessados

entrem em contato com o escritório

paroquial 508-473-2000, e deixem

seu nome.

The Latino Health Insurance Program

É um programa que ajuda pessoas a ter acesso a seguro medico

e de alimentação aqui em Massachusetts. Interessados podem

entrar em contato com os escritórios que são dois em nossa

região:

* Escritório de Milford - 89 Main St,

Terceiro Andar, Milford-MA

Telefone: 508-422-9996

* Escritório de Framingham - 88 Waverly St,

Primerio Andar

Telefone: 508-875-1237

Comunidade Portuguesa e Brasileira Comunidad Hispana

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Calendario Mensual de Actividades

Misa dominical Domingos 12:00 pm Iglesia principal

Misa semanal Lunes 6:00 pm Capilla en centro

Confesiones Sábados 3-3:30 pm Iglesia abajo

Hora Santa Jueves 7:00 pm Iglesia abajo

Bautismos 2do Domingo 12:00 pm Iglesia principal

Charlas de bautismo 1ro martes 7:00 pm Centro

Practica del Coro Cada martes 6:00 pm Centro

Juan XXIII 2do y 4to lunes 7:00 pm Centro

Catecismo Domingos 10:15-11:45 am Centro

RICA Mensualmente Calendario Centro

Estudia de Biblia Miércoles 7:00 PM Capilla en centro

Grupo Pastoral 1er lunes 7:00 PM Centro

Limpieza Miércoles 1:00 pm Centro

SACRAMENTOS BAUTISMOS:

PARA NIÑOS: Los padres y padrinos de niños menores de 4 años

de edad necesitan participar en una charla de orientación de sus

responsabilidades a pedir un bautismo. Por favor llamar a la ofi-

cina para confirmar la fecha. Niños de 4 a 8 años de edad necesi-

tan una charla especial para entender su experiencia de ser bauti-

zado.

JOVENES Y ADULTOS: La preparación es a través del proceso del

Rito de Iniciación Cristiana de adultos (RICA). Cada situación es

distinta, favor de llamar a la oficina.

MINISTERIO A LOS ENFERMOS:

EN CASA: Hay ministros disponible para visitar nuestros parro-

quianos en sus hogares. Favor de llamar a la oficina.

EN HOSPITAL: Hay ministros que llevan la comunión a nuestro

hospital local de Milford durante la semana.

UNCIÓN: Favor de llamar a la oficina o hablar con el sacerdote

para arreglar un tiempo para recibir el sacramento.

MATRIMONIOS

Las parejas que planifiquen celebrar el sacramento del matrimo-

nio por la Iglesia Católica, por favor de llamar a la oficina por lo

menos de un año antes de la fecha establecida de la boda.

FECHAS IMPORTANTES

DEL MOVIMIENTO JUAN XXIII 7-9 de diciembre—Retiro anual de Dirigentes

Diocesanos en Brooklyn

10 de diciembre—Reunión del grupo (la ultima

antes la Navidad)

La Limpieza de los salones de charlas y baños

del Centro Parroquial serian los miércoles a la 1 pm.

História da coroa do Advento

Essa coroa é originária dos países nórdicos (países

escandinavos, Alemanha), a qual contém raízes

simbólicas universais: a luz como salvação, o verde como

vida e o formato redondo como eternidade.

Simbolismos esses que se tornaram muito adequados ao

mistério natalino cristão e, por isso, adentraram facilmente nos países

sulinos. Visto que, se converteram rapidamente em mais um elemento de

pedagogia cristã, para expressarmos a espera de Jesus como Luz e Vida

em conjunto com outros símbolos, certamente mais importantes, como são

as leituras bíblicas, os textos de oração e o repertório de cantos.

O comércio e o sistema deste mundo fazem questão de esquecer o

verdadeiro sentido do Natal. E, nós, podemos cair nessa, mas é possível

dar presente e celebrar o verdadeiro sentido: o Menino Jesus é o nosso

grande presente!

Sugestão: você pode fazer uma coroa do Advento em sua casa e celebrar,

com sua família, à luz da nossa fé, a chegada de Jesus Cristo nosso

Salvador. A cada domingo, pode acender as velas, convidando seus

familiares para rezar.

Oração

Senhor Jesus, celebrar o Teu Natal é fazer da minha vida, da minha casa,

um lugar de eternidade e salvação. Que a Tua luz brilhe em cada

coração. Ao acender cada vela, desta coroa do Advento, queremos

acender a esperança, o amor, a fraternidade e a salvação, que é o grande

presente que queremos dar a todos os que amamos, por intermédio do

Menino Jesus, que nascerá em nossa família.

Natal feliz é Natal com Cristo!

GRUPO DE LECTORES JUVENIL PROXIMA REUNION

Cuando: Miércoles, 19 de diciembre / Hora: 7pm Donde: Centro Parroquial o La Iglesia

Calendário 2018 para as Missas de Natal e fim de ano.

TODAS AS MISSA SERAO NA IGREJA DE CIMA

VESPERA DE NATAL

SEGUNDA-FEIRA, 24 DE DEZEMBRO (Não terá a missa regular das 9am)

4:00 pm - Missa em Inglês 5:30 pm - Missa em Inglês

7:00 pm - Missa em Português 12:00 am - Missa em Inglês

MISSA DE NATAL

TERCA-FEIRA, 25 DE DEZEMBRO 9:00 am - Missa em Português

10:30 am - Missa em Inglês 12:00 pm - Missa em Espanhol

Festa da Sagrada Família

Sábado, 29 de Dezembro & Domingo, 30 de Dezembro As missas serão no horário regular de cada uma

SOLENIDADE DE MARIA MAE DE DEUS

Véspera de Ano Novo SEGUNDA-FEIRA, 31 DE DEZEMBRO

9:00 am - Missa em Inglês (missa regular do dia na Igreja de baixo) 4:00 pm - Missa em Inglês

Missa de Ano Novo

TERCA-FEIRA, 1 DE JANEIRO 2019 9:00 am - Missa em Português

10:30 am - Missa em Inglês 5:00 pm - Missa em Espanhol

Procissão de N. S. das Nuvens começa as 4:30pm.

Noticias de Nuestra Comunidad Hispana

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LECCIONARIO POR ESTA SEMANA

9 DE DICIEMBRE—SEGUNDO DOMINGO DE ADVIENTO

1ra Lectura 2da Lectura Evangelio

Bar 5, 1-9 Fil 1, 4-6. 8-11 Lc 3, 1-6

Fecha y Fiesta 1ra Lectura Evangelio

Lunes, el 10 de diciembre Is 35, 1-10 Lc 5, 17-26

Martes, el 11 de diciembre

Miércoles, el 12 de diciembre NS de Guadalupe

Zec 2, 14-17 Lc 1, 26-38

Jueves, el 13 de diciembre Santa Lucia, mártir

Is 41, 13-20 Lc 14, 25-33

Viernes, el 14 de diciembre San Juan de la Cruz, religioso

Is 48, 17-19 Mt 11, 16-19

Sábado, el 15 de diciembre Sir 48, 1-4. 9-11 Mt 17, 9a. 10-13

16 DE DICIEMBRE—TERCERO DOMINGO DE ADVIENTO

1ra Lectura 2da Lectura Evangelio

Zef 3, 14-18a Fili 4, 4-7 Lc 3, 10-18

CLASES LOS DOMINGO

A LAS 10:30 AM

En el Centro Parroquial

¿Escuela Católica? Si tienen interés en una nueva escuela católica aquí en Milford,

necesitamos que completar una encuesta o estudiar de la posibi-

lidad entre familias en nuestra parroquia. Favor de hacerlo así:

En español: http://bit.ly/colegio2019

En ingles: http://bit.ly/school2019

En portugués: http://bit.ly/escola2019

Las Posadas Este año vamos a celebrar las posadas unas veces en las casas y

unas veces en el Centro. Favor de notar la dirección y de reunir

con nosotros a dar la bienvenida a Jose y Maria.

Van a empezar a las 6:30 pm; iban tomar una hora y media.

domingo, 16 de diciembre Centro

lunes, el 17 de diciembre Casa de Caguana

87 Porch, Milford

martes, el 18 de diciembre Casa de Caguana

5 Worcester, Milford

miércoles, 19 de diciembre Casa

19 Debbie Ln, Milford

jueves, 20 de diciembre Casa de Campo

118 Regal, Holliston

viernes, 21 de diciembre Centro

sábado, el 22 de diciembre Centro

domingo, el 23 de diciembre Centro

Nuestra Señora de

Guadalupe

El domingo, el 9 de diciembre

12 mediodía por la entrada

de la Santa Misa

Las Mañanitas y

ofrecimiento de flores

El miércoles, el 12 de diciembre

5:30 am Las Mañanitas

5:40 am Santo Rosario

6:00 am Compartir

6:30 pm Santa Misa

Favor de participar y enseñar a nuestros niños y jóvenes la impor-

tancia de esta fiesta. Todos están invitados de ofrecer flores en el

homenaje del domingo y/o el miércoles.

ORACIÓN A SAN MIGUEL

San Miguel Arcángel: defiéndenos en la batalla.

Sé nuestro amparo contra la perversidad

y las asechanzas del demonio. ¡Reprímale Dios,

pedimos suplicantes! Y Tu, Príncipe de la Milicia Celestial

arroja al infierno a Satanás y a los demás espíritus malignos que andan dispersos por el mundo para la perdición de las almas.

Amen.

¡Están Invitados! El sábado, el 15 de diciembre de 2018

A las 10 am en la Catedral de San Pablo, Worcester La Ordenación al Diaconado de

Thiago da Silva El Diacono Thiago servirá y predicará aquí en La Parroquia de Santa María de la Asunción

El sábado, el 15 de diciembre a la Misa en ingles a las 4 pm y

La Misa Brasileira a las 7 pm Un compartir seguirá la misa brasileira en el salón parroquial.

LAS MISAS AGUINALDOS SERÁN ASÍ:

Miércoles, el 19 de diciembre a las 5:30 am

Jueves, el 20 de diciembre a las 5:30 am

Viernes, el 21 de diciembre a las 5:30 am

Sábado, el 22 de diciembre a las 6:00 am

Todas serán celebrado en la capilla del centro