Bulletin April 26. 2015
565 County Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 Parish Office/Rectory Address: 110 Summer Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 Tel: 508-992-4251 • Fax: 508-984-4136 Office Hours M-F 8:30 AM– 12:30 PM E-Mail: stloffice@saintlawrencemartyr.com Website: www.saintlawrencemartyr.com Rev. Robert Powell, Administrator Melissa Kucharski, Administrative Assistant Frances Gorman, Music Director George Lavoie, Sacristan St. Vincent DePaul Society-President Joe Langlois-508-996-3850 WEEKEND LITURGIES Saturday Vigil: 4:00 PM Sunday: 8:00 & 11:00 AM WEEKDAY LITURGIES Monday - Wednesday 7:00 AM Friday-Saturday 7:00 AM RECONCILIATION Saturdays: 3:15-3: 45 Readings for the Week of April 26, 2015 Sunday: Acts 4:8-12/1 Jn 3:1-2/Jn 10:11-18 Monday: Acts 11:1-18/Jn 10:1-10 Tuesday: Acts 11:19-26/Jn 10:22-30 Wednesday: Acts 12:24--13:5a/Jn 12:44-50 Friday: Acts 13:26-33/Jn 14:1-6 Joseph the Worker: Gn 1:26--2:3 or Col 3:14-15, 17, 23-24/Mt 13:54-58 Saturday: Acts 13:44-52/Jn 14:7-14 Next Sunday: Acts 9:26-31/1 Jn 3:18-24/Jn 15:1-8 Novena in Honor of St. Theresa every Tuesday at 6:50 AM Adoration on Fridays in the chapel from 7:3011:45 Am ending with a simple benediction MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK April 25, 2015-May 2, 2015 (Sat at 4 pm thru Sat at 7am) SAT 4 PM SUN 8 AM SUN 11 AM MON 7 AM TUES 7 AM WED 7 AM FRI 7 AM SAT 7 AM Helio & Francisa Sousa Richard Powelll William Fillion Sr. Richard Powell Richard Powell Richard Powell Richard Powell Richard Powell 2nd Collection will be for: Maintenance Last Week’s Collections: 1st Collection: $2,701.50 Maintenance: $1011.00 Handicapped Accessible ST. LAWRENCE MARTYR PARISH BULLETIN 4th Sunday of Easter (Year B Page 557)..April 26,2015 VOLUME XV………...…….…..….………..…...…….………...………….…………...….…....…........…………………...NUMBER 21 ST. LAWRENCE PARISH NEWS AND THINGS OF INTEREST Tel: 508-993-3547 Fax: 508-993-8277 Email: cfelix@hfhn.org Principal: Cecilia M. Felix Holy Family Holy Name School REGISTRATION 2015-2016 W welcome new students in our Preschools for 3 and 4 year olds, Kindergarten and Grades 1 – 8. Call HFHN 508-993-3547 and ask for Linda Boswell to learn more about our school and schedule a tour. Visit us today at Holy Family Holy Name Catholic School, New Bedford, MA.and share the Good News of Catholic education with your family and friends! Holy Family Holy Name School is accredited by the New England of Schools and Colleges. ͳͳ Ǥ ̵ǨǨǨ Ǧ ͳͳ ǣǡͳͶǡʹͲͳͷ ǣǡǡ ǣͳͳǣ͵ͲǣͳǣͲͲ ǣ ǣ̈́ͳͷͲȀ Ǧ ǣ ̈́ͳͷͲ ǣͳͷȋȌ ͳͺ ȀȀȀ Ǩ Ǩ Ǧ Ǧ ǤǤȀʹͲͳͷ Faith Formation and Religious Education 30 Week Club-Captains please remember to collect remaining weeks through the Month of April. Participants will not be eligible for the April drawing if they are not paid to date. 62nd Annual Catholic Women’s Convention The Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Women will hold it’s 62nd annual convention on May 2, 2015 at The Wamsutta Club in New Bedford 1t 10 am preceded by Mass at St. Lawrence Martyr at 9 AM. Our guest speaker will be Bishop da Cunha. Registration forms are available at every exit of the church.. Please feel free to call the rectory during business hours if you have any questions. 2015 New Bedford Area Support Group This is a support group to help people cope with the loss of a loved one. The basis of the group is to allow individuals to share their experiences, feelings, emotions with the others who are on the very same journey. The group will meet on Wednesday's at 6:30 pm at St. Mary’s Parish, 783 Dartmouth Street, Dartmouth. The Dates the group will run are May 20-June 24 and September 23-November 4, 2015. If you are interested please contact Beni Costa-Reedy at 508-992 -7505 or email beni@stmarysdartmouth.org BYE BYE BIRDIE at Bishop Stang Dates: May 1st & 2nd at 7 pm and Sunday May 3 at 2 pm in the John C. OBrien Gymnasium at Bishop Stang High School . To purchase tickets please call the school office at (508) 996-5602. Tickets are $7.00 for students and Seniors and $10.00 for Adults. We are so proud of some our HFHN students who will be performing in the production: Sofia Coholan, Catherine Whelen, Alyssa Britto and Nolan Hoffler who will play Randolph MacAfee Parish Mission May 4-7 at St. Anthony of Padua Church New Bedford from 12:00 Pm - 7 Pm. Speakers include Fr. Kevin Scallon, C.M> and Sister Briege McKenna, O.S.C. Fr. Scallon is a priest of the Vincentian Community. In 1985 he began fulltime ministry to Priests with Sister Briege, her book “ Miracles do Happen” has been translated into many languages throughout then world. Please call St. Anthony’s for more information. Right to Life Annual Mother’s Day Dinner May 7, 2015, Sponsored by Massachusetts Citizens for Life. Tickets are $50.00 and $25.00 for students. Tickets are available online at www.masscitizensforlife.org or mail a check to P.O. Box 96, Ludlow, Sun. April 26, Last Class followed by Family MA 01056 or by calling 413-583-5034. Come together and recommit Mass at 11 AM. First Communion Rehearsal 9:30 ourselves too advocating, educating and supporting the cause of -10:45 am Pro-Life and the life sustaining efforts which give us a voice to the Sun. May 3, First Communion 11 AM. most vulnerable among us Teresa Ouellette- Director- touellette@hfhn.org Carol Larkin—Secretary– clarkin@hfhn.org Please Remember In Your Prayers the following : Cecilia Felix, Betty Tomko, Diane Letourneau, Thomas/Marion Wholley, Maria Ferreira, Aline Santos, Augusta Fernandes, Florence Marshall, ES Martin, Steven Dacunha, Maureen Stewart, Ginger Lamoureux, Toni Silva From the Desk of Fr. Powell Today is traditionally known as Good Shepherd Sunday. For us the mention of sheep may conjure up images of perhaps a worn out wool coat or the memory of a fine meal of Rack of Lamb. We may remember the nursery rhyme Mary Had a Little Lamb or the TV puppet Lamb chops or the TV commercial for Certa Mattresses. Few if any of us regard sheep as familiar companions. Thus we might not appreciate the depth of intimacy captured in the image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd. For many people in the ancient world shepherding was more than an occupation, it was their life and identity. The needs of their sheep determined how they spent their time, for their flocks had to be led to various pastures in order to be fed, watered, protected and assisted in giving birth. The life of the shepherd was anything but carefree. Because of the total commitment of the shepherd to the sheep, the image seemed an appropriate one to characterize the king who was expected to be totally committed to his people. However the kings of Israel often failed to be good shepherds of the people and this prompted the prophets to suggest that only God was their true king and shepherd. This sentiment is expressed so well in Psalm 23, “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He refreshes my soul.” In the New Testament, especially in today’s Gospel of John, God’s role as true king and shepherd is presented as fulfilled in Jesus. God as the divine shepherd is manifested concretely in Jesus, who is the model shepherd. Unlike so many of the leaders of his day who were self-serving, Jesus as the good shepherd is totally selfless in his care for the sheep entrusted to his care, to the point of giving his life for them out of loving commitment. Thus we are invited to entrust ourselves to God in and through Jesus the good shepherd. As shepherd Jesus is our savior but not as a warrior or terminator or superman or spider man or Rambo or iron man. Our Shepherd Jesus was rejected, hunted down, humiliated, tortured and hung upon the cross to die in shame. He was and remains an unlikely savior and shepherd. As such he still challenges us to believe that life can spring from death, strength from weakness, wisdom from foolishness, healing and forgiveness from hate and abuse, and compassion from suffering. Of course you and I are not sheep though at times we do crazy and dumb things like sheep. Like sheep we are totally dependent upon God yet we have been given a fair amount of independence. Like sheep we are called to entrust our lives to God through Jesus the good shepherd. Yet we are also called to become good shepherds ourselves, having great care for others, especially the most vulnerable in our families, neighborhoods, parish, country and world. PARISH MISSION STATEMENT Enlivened by the Holy Spirit and with appreciation for God’s gifts of time, talent, and treasure, we, the people of St. Lawrence, Martyr Parish, dedicate ourselves to bring the gospel message of Jesus Christ to the world through worship, education, and service. We give witness to our faith by reaching out to those in need
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