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PARISH CHURCH & OFFICES 12 Monument Square Mon-Fri: 8:00am - 3:00pm
MAILING ADDRESS PO BOX 220 Concord, MA 01742 Phone: 978-369-7442 Fax: 978-371-0853
www.holyfamilyconcord.org Email: [email protected] EUCHARIST ON THE LORD’S DAY
Saturday: 5:00 pm Sunday: 8:00 am 10:30 am 5:00 pm
WEEKDAY EUCHARIST Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 7:00am Tuesday: 9:00am Saturday: 4:00 - 4:30pm, or by appointment
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Wednesday: 5:45 - 7:00pm
PASTOR Rev. Austin H. Fleming 978-369-7442 [email protected] blog: ConcordPastor.blogspot.com
DEACONS Rev. Mr. Charles I. Clough [email protected]
Rev. Mr. Gregory Burch [email protected]
PASTORAL ASSOCIATE Dr. Elizabeth Smith 978-369-7442 [email protected]
OFFICE STAFF
BUSINESS MANAGER
William Sharkey 978-369-7442 [email protected]
ADMIN. ASSISTANT Julissica Rona 978-369-7442 [email protected]
BOOKKEEPER Susan Bierwagen 978-369-7442 [email protected]
FAITH FORMATION
YOUTH AND FAMILY MINISTER
Rick Chassé 978-369-7442 [email protected]
DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Jaye Russo 978-369-7442 [email protected]
DIRECTOR OF MUSIC
Jim Barkovic 978-486-4377 [email protected]
ADMIN. ASSISTANT
Adriana Nunez 978-369-7442 [email protected] CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN Emerson Hospital
Timothy Duff 978-287-3015
PARISH NURSE
Gerry Nelson 978-369-8164 [email protected]
SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL 978-369-7442
BULLETIN NOTICES If you would like to have information published in the weekly bulletin, please email: [email protected] by 12:00 noon on Friday ten days prior to the bulletin publication date. Information received after that time will be in the following week’s bulletin.
Holy Family Parish is a welcoming and vibrant Catholic faith community
in the Town of Concord. We are a people united in our shared faith. We
invite you to come and be a part of our life as we journey in God
and toward God. All will receive a warm welcome here.
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Delivering my homily at all the masses last weekend was one of the toughest preaching assignments I’ve ever had! Those of you who were with us know that as part of my homily I encouraged parishioners to consider how they will support our fundraising efforts for the renovation of the present rectory into a new parish ministry cen-ter. If you were away last weekend, please take a few moments to read or listen to that homily. The text and an audio of the same are available on the parish website (holyfamilyconcord.org) or directly on my blog at https://tinyurl.com/ycaf5man I would be very grateful if you would take the time to read or listen (or listen again!) to what I preached and how I plan to be part of this effort even after I leave Holy Family in late May. I need your help with this campaign. The parish needs your help with this campaign. We all need your help with this campaign. If you haven’t received material about this at home, let us know and we’ll send it to you. Next weekend (Feb 9/10) we will have an opportunity at mass for you to make a pledge. If we all share in this responsibility, we will succeed! Let me share with you what I prayed at the end of last weekend’s preaching: I’ll be visiting my sister and brother-in-law in Colorado the week of February 10, leaving after the 10:30 Mass
that morning. Fr. Isaac El-Fernandes, SJ from Boston College will celebrate the 5:00 mass that evening and the 5:00 mass on Saturday, February 16. I’m scheduled to be back in time for that Mass but have asked Fr. Isaac to
come in case my flight is delayed.
It's been a draining, demanding string of days, but the road ahead's much smoother, Lord, paved with promise of relief... Breathing a sigh of contentment, glancing in my rear view mirror, I came close, so dangerously close, Lord, to giving myself a pat on the back - until I remembered, or more accurately, until I realized that you had been my guide along the way, the source of all my words, the wisdom in my choices, the courage in my weakness, the wind beneath my wings...
I found the way because you led me, I spoke the words that you inspired, your counsel fine-tuned my discretion, your strength enabled and sustained me, your Spirit lifted me above, beyond and deep into the heart of all I had to do and all I prayed I might accomplish... Because you are my guide, Lord, my wisdom, truth and courage, because you are the wind beneath my wings I give you thanks and praise, I give you all the glory! Amen.
From Fr. Fleming’s Desk
This Week at Holy Family All are Welcome!
February 2, Saturday 3:00pm Children receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation for the First Time (Confession) Church 4:00pm Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) Church 5:00pm Mass Church
February 3, Sunday 8:00am, 10:30am & 5:00pm Mass Church 9:15am K-5 Religious Education Monument Hall 11:45am K-8 Religious Education Monument Hall
February 4, Monday
7:00am Mass Church
10:00am Women Scripture Study Monument Hall Rm. 1
7:00pm Parish Pastoral Council Meeting Lower Level of Church
February 5, Tuesday 9:00am Mass Church
10:00am Parents and Tots Group Monument Hall
4:15pm K-6 Religious Education Monument Hall 6:00pm 7-8 Religious Education Monument Hall 6:00pm RCIA Conference Room
February 6, Wednesday 7:00am Mass Church 9:30am Walking With Purpose Monument Hall 5:45pm Eucharistic Adoration Church
7:00pm Walking With Purpose Monument Hall
February 7, Thursday 6:30 pm Handbell Choir Rehearsal Lower Level of the Church
February 8, Friday 7:00am Mass Church
February 9, Saturday 3:00pm 2nd Grade Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) Church 4:00pm Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) Church 5:00pm Mass Church
February 10, Sunday 8:00am, 10:30am & 5:00pm Mass Church 9:15am K-5 Religious Education Monument Hall 11:45am K-8 Religious Education Monument Hall 6:00pm Confirmation Speaker: Marian Ryan Being Catholic and the Public Monument Hall
Please Pray for… OKR, LTR, JR, JJ, Mark, Hugo, Sharon, Pat, Nate, Michael, Joan Bauer, Julia, Tommy Dolan, Peters Family, Madelyn L., Joan B, Deb R., Debbie, Stan, Brian, John, Mary Ann, Mary, Dennis, Matt, Robin, George, Thomas, Liam Sullivan, Shirley, Susan S., Kelly Martin, Ann M, Paul K., Neil S., Nancy S.L., Susan Jo C., Ellen D., Anne, Mary V., Jim D., Brenda, David, James, Steve K, Steve, Vicki, Ed, Rhonney, Tim, Dave, Joelle, SAL, Brian L., Sr. Pat, Edward Batogowski and the residents, patients, and staff of area nursing homes and Emerson Hospital. If there is someone who is sick and whose name you would like in the bulletin so that we may hold them in p aye , please contact the Parish Office. We will leave a name on the list until you call and tell us otherwise or until ou periodic clearing of the s .
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Wednesday evening, 5:45– 7:00 PM.
Feb 2 Feb 3 Feb 4 Feb 5 Feb 9 Feb 10
5:00 pm 8:00 am
10:30 am 5:00 pm 7:00 am 9:00 am 5:00 pm 8:00 am
10:30 am 5:00 pm
Bob & Jeannette Swanson Sally Lanagan John G. Horton John. G. Horton Janet Boutilier Elena Arreola Herbert Halper Brendan Joseph Driscoll George Lerra Edward T. Smith
Will meet Monday in monument Hall Room 1.
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, February 3, 2019
Youth & Family Ministry News Holy Family Parish Concord, MA
SING IN THE CHOIR for
FR. FLEMING'S FAREWELL RECEPTION FRIDAY, MAY 17
The combined choirs from Holy Family and West Concord Union Church will be singing
several spirituals and gospel pieces at Fr. Aus-tin's farewell reception on Friday evening, May 17. If you would like to be part of the combined choir, give music director Jim Barkovic a ring at
(978) 486-4377 or shoot him an e-mail at [email protected]. Choir rehearsals are generally on Thursday evenings at the church,
from 7:30-8:15. Rehearsals start on March 7th. Look forward to seeing you then!
Confirmation Students will attend a lection given by Marian T. Ryan a Dis-
trict Attorney of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, the
Commonwealth's only female District Attorney.
Elected to office in 2014, Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan
represents the Commonwealth’s largest county with 54 towns and cities and 25 colleges in urban, suburban, and rural
areas, comprising over one quarter of the population of Massachusetts.
Level I and Level II are
expected to attend the Guest
Speaker Lecture as part of the Confirmation Program
on January 27, 2019. All youth are invited to the
5:00pm Mass, lecture led by
Marian Ryan, to follow mass in Monument Hall.
Attendance will be taken. Parents are welcome but not
required to attend.
MORE INFO
Religious Education Grades K-8 Celebrating the Sacrament of
Reconciliation
Children receiving the Sacrament of
Reconciliation for the very first time are welcome to attend our last service on Saturday, February 9th at
3:00 in the Church.
First Grade Children At Mass!
This Weekend at our 10:30 mass
Children will serve as greeters and
Sing and Sign the Hail Mary as our offertory song.
Children should come to the lower level of the Church by 9:45 for a music rehearsal.
We encourage all of our families to join us for coffee & donuts after mass.
Reminder that next weekend is a choir weekend!
Children in grades 3 & up are invited to join us for
9:45 rehearsal (lower level) to sing 10:30 Mass
the 1st Sunday of each Month.
Remaining dates this year include:
2/3 3/3 4/7 5/5
Questions: [email protected]
Save the date! Holy Family’s 2019
Vacation Bible School
August 5-9 9-12 each day
For all people of all ages!
Grade K-8 Classes will not be held during
Winter Break
February 17th and 19
th
Classes resume Sunday February 24th and
Tuesday February 26th
Sixth Grade Seder Supper Lesson All of our 6
th grade students will participate in this
very special lesson on the Passover on Sunday Feb-
ruary 10th at 11:45. All 6
th grade students will
come to class at this time for this week. We are so grateful for
the food and service that are being provided by our parents.
If you still have not volunteered to donate something, please
visit our Sign Up Genius https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f45aba82fa46-sixth1
Please make every effort to have your child attend this class.
WE NEED HELP WITH OUR GRADE K-8 LENTEN SERVICE
PROJECT
Our students will be making Easter Cards (we need help preparing the card stock for this) They will sell them after all the Palm Sunday Masses (we need adults to help coordinate this) We are planning to use the money we raise to celebrate our love for the residents that each of our Classes ‘adopted’ from a local Assisted Liv-ing/Nursing Home (we need help planning and coordi-nating our celebration) This is not a HUGE commitment, but a wonderful way to serve our program!
Please contact Jaye if you can help! Thank You!!
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, February 3, 2019
Homebound Eucharistic Ministers Needed
Do you have 1-2 hours a month to bring Communion to a
parishioner who can no longer get to Mass? This very rewarding Ministry does not require much time, you will be completely trained
and the joy and satisfaction we bring to the Homebound is unmatched. Communion and some
conversation is a blessing to those we visit.
If you are interested and would like to hear more, please contact Barb Ewen
at 978-505-9625; [email protected].
Holy Family Parish Concord, MA
Vulnerability & Cruciformity: Catholic Theology in Dialogue with the Work of Brené Brown
Bestselling author Brené Brown is arguably the world’s authority on vulnerability, shame, authenticity, resilience, and their vital role in wholehearted living. Her TED Talk has over 9M views & her work has changed countless lives.
How do these concepts relate to Christ’s model of vulnerability, life from death, & living honestly?
Join Dr. Elizabeth Smith, pastoral associate, on Sunday, February 17 at 6pm in the lower level
For wine, cheese, clip of Brown’s talk, & workshop called on:
Solo Adults Sodality
Are you a single, widowed, separated, or divorced adult who is looking for community with other solo Catholic adults? Come join Holy Family’s Solo Adults Sodality . We are a group of solo adults who gather once a month for a short scriptural or catechism study, a potluck dinner and some laughs. Our next gathering will be on Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 6:00 PM. If you are interested in joining us, please email Barbara Green at [email protected] or call 978-430-4962 for details and to sign-up for the potluck.
End-of-year contribution statements from Holy Fami-ly Parish have been mailed for the 2018 calendar year. If you have any questions, please contact Susan at 978-369-7442 or [email protected].
The Prison Ministry Group at Holy Family Parish is having a meeting Friday, February 1st at 6:00 pm in the Conference Room in the Low-er Level of the Church. If you are interested in Prison Ministry, have questions, want to arrange to visit the prison community at MCI Concord, or just want to hear some stories from the volunteer group, please feel free to come and join us.
If you have any questions, please call Deacon Tom Anthony at: (978) 973-0437
CALL FOR SINGERS AND RINGERS!
The Handbell and Parish Choirs will be ringing and singing this year!
If you are interested in joining one or both of the choirs, please give Jim Barkovic, the Music Director, a ring at (978) 486-4377 or speak with him or one of the choir members after mass. We'd love to have you join us!
