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PARISH STAFF Rev. Matthew J. Westcott, Administrator
Fathermattfoxborough @gmail.com Rev. George G. Hogan, Parochial Vicar
PARISH OFFICE 508-543-7726
Hours: Monday—Thursday 9:00-3:00pm Holly Rosenberger, Finance and Operations Manager
hrosenberger @stmarysfoxboro.org Nicole Davin—Administrative Assistant
ndavin @stmarysfoxboro.org Laurie Bubencik—Administrative Assistant
lbubencik @stmarysfoxboro.org Rob Canfield—Youth Minister
[email protected] Laura Canfield—Music Director
[email protected] John Zadroga—Organist Marge Morian-Boyle—Choir Director Lloyd & Nancy Gibbs—Custodians
St. Mary’s Church, Foxborough
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 508-543-4577
Hours: Monday—Thursday 9:00-3:00pm Email: ndavin @stmarysfoxboro.org Deborah Gilarde—Grades 1 & 2; dgilarde @stmarysfoxboro.org Catherine Briggs—Grades 3-6
cbriggs @stmarysfoxboro.org Julie Foley—Grades 7-9; Jfoley @stmarysfoxboro.org
IMPORTANT ADDRESSES Church Address: 58 Carpenter Street, Foxboro,, MA 02035 Rectory Mailing Address: 83 Central Street, Foxboro, MA 02035 Website: www.stmarysfoxboro.org Twitter: @stmarysfoxboro Facebook: December 17, 2017
Saint Mary’s Parish Foxborough, MA
Weekly Offertory: $7,828 Holy Day Collection: $785 Don’t forget our Online Giving Program. Thank you for your continued support and generosity each week to Saint Mary’s Parish!!
Sanctuary Candle The Sanctuary Candle is lit this week in loving memory of
Kim Palmer. If you would like to remember your beloved deceased by lighting the Sanctuary Candle in their memory or for a special intention please call the Rectory at 508-543-7726. A $30 suggest-ed fee is requested.
Mass Times Saturday Vigil: 4:00pm Sunday: 7:00am 9:00am 11:00am Children’s Liturgy: Sunday 9:00am Tuesday—Saturday: 9:00am
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturday at 2:45-3:45pm or by appointment or by request after Mass.
Sacrament of Baptism
Second Sunday of the month at 12:30pm. Please call the Rectory to register your child. Baptism Preparation Classes are held the 1st Sun-day of each month @12:30pm.
Sacrament of Matrimony
Arrangements must be made at least 1 year in ad-vance by appointment with a priest.
Eucharistic Adoration
Friday—9:30am-noon Saturday—7:00pm-8:00pm
Fatima Prayer Cells
Thursdays—2:30pm-3:30pm Tuesdays following 9:00am Mass
St. Mary’s Prayer Line
If you have a prayer request or are interested in joining our Prayer Line please call 508-543-2166.
Low Gluten Hosts
Please speak to one of the ushers or the celebrant before Mass if you would like to receive a low glu-ten host .
Our Mission Saint Mary’s Parish is a Roman Catholic community of faith established in 1859 in Foxborough, within the Archdiocese of Boston. We are a parish com-mitted to worshipping together, to publicly living, teaching and sharing our faith and to work at be-coming a community with shared responsibility for meeting the challenge of being Roman Catholic in a modern world.
†SATURDAY, December 16 4:00 Roy Stanley 2nd Anniversary
†SUNDAY, December 17 7:00 Members of St. Mary’s Parish 9:00 Agnes and Arthur Brennan Anniversary 11:00 Anne Flynn Anniversary
†SATURDAY, December 23 9:00 Ewa Jedrichowska Memorial 4:00 Christopher Cuniff Please remember in your prayers the ill and infirmed of the parish and all our beloved deceased, including our Mass In-tentions Guild.
If you are having a Special Intention Mass said and would like family members to be the gift bearers, please see one of the ushers or the Priest before Mass.
Our Religious Education Department will work with families to meet every need. Every family situation is different and we will work with you to get your chil-dren up to the grade and to the sacrament that they need. All you need to do is call our office.
Third Sunday of Advent
Please remember in your prayers the following men and women serving in our military: William Albano, Louise Balduf, Graham P. Johnston, Daniel Sheehan, Shane McAuley. Also Sean Davey, Corporal Eric Thomas, Cpt. Joseph A. Colantoni, Sgt. James R. Jarvis III, US Army 1st Lt. Brian Johns & Technical Sgt. Chris But-
ler. Also Staff Sgts. Andrew & Arielle Grato, Sgt. Eric Sei-den, Army Airborne. Also Frank Fleming, Matthew Goode, USAF Major David Gonsalez, USMC Ryan Davis, Major Kevin Michael Ryan, Captain Lindsey Ryan, William Lopatka, Pvt. 1st Class Elizabeth V. McCarthy-Tang. Also Corp. Senghak Tang. PFC Hyder Alsatlawi, USMC Sean Wilson, USAF Ryan Wilson, USCG Matt Bonneau, US Army Faryn Little, USAF Daniel W. Luring, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jesse Boyd, Sgt. Nicole L. Jenkins, Capt. Bill Lord, Lt. FC Sarah Lord, Lt. Comm. Anthony LaCourse and GM2 Paul J. Bergman. Also USMC Eric Kelly, USAF Lt. Colonel Mark Barrera, Spec. Ryan Fallows, US Army Private Mitchell Connolly, Sgt. Jeffrey Kielpinsk. And Steven Tyler Morse, Justin Rose, TSGT-USAF Steven Freitas, US Army SPC Dan Burke, Naval Reservist Senator Michael Rush, Air Force Pilot 1st Lt.. Kevin Wins-low, US Spec. Thomas C. Boyle, Jr., SSGT Dane Pare, USMC D Pvt. Daniel J. Flynn, USMC Lance Cpl Jerome Hanley, US Army Sgt. Ryan H. Mckay, USMC Lance Cor-poral Timothy Shallow, Jr., USAF Cpt. Erol S. Kelter, USMC Sgt. Derek Boti, USMC Corporal Tyler Geary, K.C. Zerfoss, USMC Lance Corporal Andrew Santos, PFC Jor-dan Duguay, Catherine Balduf, Patrick J. Mitchell, SSGT Kevin O’Hara, USAF, USCG Meghan Fuller , USMC Pvt. George Eliopoulus, USN Casey D. Carbone, Private 1st Class John O’Neil, 75th Ranger Regimen, Private Peter Cannizzaro , Ryan McGrath USAF & Sgt. Brendan R. McDonald, US Army National Guard, Airman 1st Class Matthew Timmons, PO2 Jacob Patriarca, US Navy, Capt. William Buckley III US Army & Brandon Miller, Senior Airman, Master Sgt. Peter O’Brien USMC, US Marine PFC Anthony Votano, Pvt. Chad Marsh, SPC Mairead Leahy US Army, SPC Jared Jackson US Army, USN LTJG Joseph Gallagher, US Navy E2 Aidan Paul Duffy, Army Capt. Ra-chel Miller. If you have a family member, friend or loved one serving in the military please give those names to Father Matt or call 508-543-7726.
Classes Resume January 8
Class days and times
Grade 2—Tuesdays 4:00-5:00 ; Grade 3—Mondays 4:00-5:00; Grade 4– Mondays 5:30-6:30; Grade 5—Wednesdays 4:00-5:00; Grade 6—Wednesdays 5:30-6:30; Grade 7—Tuesdays 5:30-6:30; Grade 8—Tuesdays 7:00-8:00 ; Grade 9—Sunday, January 7, 6:00-8:00
Mass Schedule Christmas 2017
Sunday, Dec. 24
4:00 pm upstairs and downstairs
*Midnight Mass* (12:00am)
Monday, Dec. 25 7:00 am 9:00 am 11:00 am
New Year's Eve will be a normal weekend
schedule. There will be no Mass on January 1.
Knights of Columbus Meetings are held the first Friday of every month at 8pm in the Murphy Room. For more information, please contact Frank Nelson at [email protected].
Catholic Daughters of America Meetings are held the third Sunday after the 11:00 Mass in the Murphy Room. For information please contact Cindy Patriarca, at [email protected] or 508-698-9251.
Life Teen is open to everyone in grades 9-12. Please contact us at [email protected]. Follow us on Insta-gram and Twitter @stmaryslt17.
Saint Mary’s Parish Foxborough, MA
Coffee and Donuts Is replaced by a Pancake Breakfast! Santa
will join us….After the 9am Mass
Everyone welcome. Donations accepted at the
door.
The last article on prayer in this section of the Cate-chism is its treatment of prayer as Praise (CCC 2639-2643). In theses paragraphs, we are taught that the prayer of praise is the most disinterested and pure form of prayer in that it is the one that recognizes God as God. "It lauds God for His own sake and gives him glory, quite beyond what he does, but simply because HE IS" (CCC 2639). This is the most truly mature Christian prayer. There is no hint of a transactional mentality, a tit-for-tat ap-proach to speaking to God. As we give loving praise to God, we simply give expression to our awe and wonder that He exists. Psalm 46 puts this idea beauti-fully when the Psalmist says, "Be still and know that I am God." Since this is the highest and purest form of prayer, it also gathers into itself all the other forms of prayer we have been considering. Praise for God since He is God alone marks Christian worship with a right or-dering and disposition. "Praise embraces the other forms of prayer and carries them toward him who is its source and goal: the 'One God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist'" (CCC 2639). What shouldn't surprise us at all, the Eucharist is the perfect form of praise since it is the memorial of Christ's perfect offering of Himself to the Father. In the Mass we enter into this once-for-all Sacrifice and are mystically made present at Calvary. Jesus, in His own Person and in His Passion, sums up all prayer and gives it to the Father in our name. "The Eucharist contains and expresses all forms pf prayer: it is 'the pure offering' of the whole Body of Christ ate the glo-ry of God's name and, according to the traditions of both East and West, it is the 'sacrifice of praise' (CCC 2643, italics in original). At Mass, we Christians enter the presence of God and give Him the glory, adora-tion and honor that are His by right. And in His su-perabundant love and care, He gathers our intentions and needs to Himself as well. Therefore, Mass is the privileged place of encounter with the Father, through the Son and in the Holy Spirit.
Christmas Flowers in memory of loved ones. Last day to donate: Monday, Dec. 18
Anyone who wishes, may make a donation toward the cost of the Christmas Flowers in memory of their beloved deceased. Please place your offering in an envelope marked “Christmas Flowers” and include the names of those to be remembered. Place your en-velope in the collection basket or through the mail slot at the Rectory. Please take a booklet after Christmas Mass and say a prayer for those listed.
The submission dead-line has changed! Submissions for Dec. 24 must be received by noon today, Sunday, Dec. 17.
**This Sunday will be our last Children’s Liturgy until Jan. 7.
Every Sunday 9:00am
Third Sunday of Advent
St. Mary’s is presenting the “Transformed in Love” Marriage Preparation Program for couples planning to be married in 2018. It will be held on: Saturday, January 27, 2018 from 5:00 pm to 9:30 pm &
Sunday, January 28, 2018 from 12 pm to 7:00 pm
Attendance at both sessions is mandatory. The cost is $195 per couple and registration is limited to 12 couples. Pre-registration is required. For registration information, please call St. Mary’s Rec-tory: 508-543-7726 or email Laurie at [email protected].
Dec. 19 9:30am - 10:30am Dec. 20 3:00pm - 5:00pm Dec. 21 5:00pm - 6:00pm Dec. 22 11:00am - 12:00pm Dec. 23 10:00am - 12:00pm
**Every Saturday 2:45pm-3:45pm
Be sure to check out the back of the Church for informational pamphlets on how to go to Con-fession and the prayers. They are hanging by the Confessional and there are always some on the tables.
Please help yourself!
The Fifth Annual Christmas Village and Toy Train Display
The Christmas Elves were in high gear this year with Lloyd Gibbs leading the pack. Andrea Bowen helped significantly with the careful preparation of all the vil-
lage structures. John Zadroga, Ron Meisner, Ron Costel-lo, Gordon Cochrane helped with the difficult task of planning the railroad layout and the grass scenery,
which is the foundation of the entire display. On Satur-day, Patrick Cook, Ron Costello and Ron Meisner assist-
ed in the construction of the two second level village displays and the important task of the power cords
needed for all the lighted structures. As a special treat this year, the world famous Hogan Amalgamated Trav-eling Circus has their two-ring Circus with at least sev-en elephants. And the popular circus train to carry the
animals. Come one come all .
Saint Mary’s Parish Foxborough, MA
Monday - 18
Tuesday - 19 Wednesday - 20 Thursday - 21 Friday - 22 Saturday - 23 Sunday - 24
9am Mass 9:30am Confes-sions
9am Mass 3pm Confessions
9am Mass 5pm Confessions 7pm Adult Choir practice
9am Mass 11am Confes-sions
9am Mass 10am Confes-sions
Help us to Evangelize this Christmas! This year we are continuing our program of reaching out to the
families that come to Mass at Christmas. We want to welcome every-one back to our Parish and our Faith!
This is our first step.
We would like to give every family attending Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Masses the book “Rediscover Jesus”, by Matthew Kelly. “Get answers to life’s tough questions, and encounter Jesus—and your-self—like never before.” For a $5 donation to our “Evangelize this Christmas”, you will be helping us to purchase three copies of this book; two will be given away to families at Mass and one will be yours to keep.
Our goal is to order 1000 books! We will be collecting donations for “Evangelize this Christmas” book
program from now until Dec. 18, 2017. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Name: _____________________________________________________________
Telephone number: __________________________________________________
Email: _____________________________________________________________
(We will email you when your book comes in.)
Please make checks payable to St. Mary’s Church. Mail the completed form to St. Mary’s Rectory, 83 Central Street,
Foxboro or put envelope in the collection box at Mass– please label envelope ‘Evangelize this Christmas”. Thank you!
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