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OUR LADY OF FATIMA PARISH And IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH
December 29.2019
PARISH MISSION:
Our Lady of Fatima and Immaculate Conception Parish is a Catholic faith community called by God to holiness. Our calling is realized in a spirit of love, unity and hospitality. As a faith community we will deepen our knowledge and love of God in Christ. We will seek to contribute our time, talent and other resources in a spirit of service, based on our Baptismal commitment, founded on the Word of God and celebrated in sacramental life, especially Eucharist.
HOLY DAY MASS SCHEDULES
OUR LADY OF FATIMA
December 31st at 5PM Please note there is no 9am mass Dec 31
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January 1st at 10:30AM
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
January 1st at 8:30AM
Our Lady of Fatima New London
Saturday, Dec 28, 5:00 pm In Memory of Albert Mulcahey by Currier Family
Sunday, Dec 29, 8:30 am Jessica Hanlon by Mary Dionne
Sunday, Dec 29, 10:30 am Fred Downey by Loaves & Fishes Committee
Monday, Dec 30, 9:00 am
Tuesday, Dec 31, 5:00 pm@ OLF For The People
Wednesday, Jan 1, 8:30 am @ IC For The People
Wednesday Jan 1, 10:30 am @ OLF For The People
Saturday, Jan 4, 5:00 pm Theresa Venti by Carla & Anthony Venti
Sunday, 5, 8:30 am Joseph Gardner by His Family
Sunday, Jan 5, 10:30 am David Thayer by His Family
KIDNEY DONOR NEEDED
If you might be willing to be that donor for Father Bob, contact Dartmouth-Hitchcock directly for information on what is required to be a donor and how the process works.
By telephone: (603) 653-3931
On line: Become a Living Kidney Donor | Transplantation
Surgery | Dartmouth-Hitchcock
PARISH WEEK AT A GLANCE
Sun Dec 29, NO Religious Ed Class Mon Dec 30, 9:45 - 11:00 Adoration No Religious Ed classes 2:30 Rosary at IC 4:30pm Intercessory Prayer Grp-IC Tue Dec 31, 7:30 Preparing for Sunday No 9 o’clock mass 9:30 Rosary 2-3pm Knitters LMR 5pm Mass at OLF Wed Jan 1, 8:30 Mass at IC 10:30 Mass at OLF Sun Jan 5, NO Religious Ed Class
LASALETTE SHRINE 68TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS
The beautiful LaSalette Shrine Grounds in Enfield are ablaze with 40,000 lights for everyone to enjoy during the Holy Season of Advent and Christmas. They are on nightly from 5-9pm until December 31. There are also over 450 Nativity Sets from more than 50 countries on display which are housed in a small A-framed building on the Shrine grounds. Holy Mass is celebrated every Saturday in the Shrine Chapel at 6:00pm and Sundays at 11:00am
TAKE FIVE
A change of plans. Dreamers can’t explain themselves. People ask: “How could you? Why did you?” And dreamers shrug and smile. They make the sacrifice, they take the risk, they think differently, they become someone unimaginable. Ask any artist or composer, star athlete or entrepreneur, priest or monk or missionary: How did you become what your are? They shrug and smile, because it’s hard to tell someone who hasn’t heard the voice themselves: I talk to angels, I listen to the universe, I close my eyes so I can see more clearly. Sit and pay attention to the holy silence
Holy Family Sunday December 29, 2019
PRAY FOR THE SICK
Tim Berns Carol Giordano Dianne Johnson Lorreen Keating Elise Caplan Dolores Bausch Amy Leonard Tyler Graf Peter Phillips Jess Green Judy Lafond Chet Novak Karen Flanagan Richard Reed Bill Connors Patricia Iannuzzi Marietta Meloy Isaac Walsh Claude Belleman Shin Akiyama Marianne Rissolo Ardyth Caccavo Holly Metsch Jack Miller Bob LaGassa Fr. R. St. Louis Kenny Dearborns Mark Licitra Chelsea Cascio Charles Ginter Terrie Donnell Peggy Vasquez Richard Orlando Carole Ross Alice Rogers Connolly Melissa Newton Michele Noyer Margaret Marschner Celine Hatch Joseph DeVito Winnifred Nussbaum Paula Valentino Margaret Henneberry Doris Ebel Neil Hatch James Mitchell Mary Ofenloch Kathleen Anderson Sr. Maeve McDermott Jordan McDonnell Sande Parcell Paula McColgan Laurel Arranaga Robert Cottier
Call the office to help keep this list current.
No class on Sunday, January 5.
HOLIDAY OFFICE HOURS
The rectory will have abbreviated hours (9am- 12pm) beginning Wednesday, December 18
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through to and including Tuesday, January 7th.
Normal hours, (9am-3pm) will resume Wednesday, January 8
th. The office will be
closed on Wednesday, December 25th and
January 1st. Please plan accordingly.
Readings for the week of December 29, 2019 Sunday: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 [cf. 1] Col 3:12-21 or 3:12-17 Mt 2:13-15, 19-23 Monday: 1 Jn 2:12-17/Lk 2:36-40 Tuesday: 1 Jn 2:18-21/Jn 1:1-18 Wednesday: Nm 6:22-27/Gal 4:4-7/Lk 2:16-21 Thursday: 1 Jn 2:22-28/Jn 1:19-28 Friday: 1 Jn 2:29—3:6/Jn 1:29-34 Saturday: 1 Jn 3:7-10/Jn 1:35-42 Sunday: Is 60:1-6 Ps 72:1-2,7-8,10-11,12-13 [cf. 11] Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6/Mt 2:1-12
BIBLE STUDY
Come to a 7 session course on the Bible, from Genesis to Jesus. Tuesdays starting January 7
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from 12:45 to 2:00pm in the OLF Library. Questions? All Carrie Richters, 526-7795.
INTERCESSORY PRAYER GROUP
The Intercessory Prayer Group meets at 4:30pm on most Mondays at Immaculate Conception Church in Andover. Contact Priscilla Poulin at 735-5833 with your prayer requests and to con-firm that the group is meting.
RIDERS AND DRIVERS
If anyone needs a ride to church or is willing to drive, please contact Carol Conforti-Adams at 938-2562 or [email protected].
SUFFERING & THE LOVE OF GOD
Why would an all-powerful, all-loving God allow suffering and evil in the world? As Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D. explains, unsatisfying answers to this important question are the #1 reason for atheism today. But by answering this question with logic and love (as well as with scientific, peer-reviewed evidence for the existence of life after death), we can not only answer this question truthfully and satisfactorily, but also teach our fellow Christians how to suffer well, in preparation for the limitless love of God that awaits us in eternity. Find this and other fascinating CDs for only $4 at the entrance to OLF church.
VOCATIONS
“He gave power to become children of God.” If you think you may be called to share the Father’s love as a priest or in the consecrated life, call Fr. Matthew Mason 663-0132, or email: [email protected].
Sacramental and Prayer Life
Pastoral and Administrative Staff
Rectory and Church Offices
724 Main St
Office Hours: M-F 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Phone: 603-526-4484
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.olfic.org
Catholic Charities: 1-800-562-5249
Loaves & Fishes Help Line: 1-800-978-6395
Pastor Rev. Robert Biron
Permanent Deacon Deacon Gregory McGinn [email protected]
Religious Ed. Coordinator Teresa Jackson [email protected]
Administrative Assistant Anne Brown
Music Director Paul Gorman
Music Ministry for IC Robert Minaert
Maintenance Brian Fraioli
Our Lady of Fatima
Mass Schedule For This Week Only 9:00 am Monday No 9am mass on Tuesday 5 pm Tuesday 10:30am Wednesday 5:00 p.m. Saturday 10:30 a.m. Sunday
Eucharistic Adoration 9:45-11:00 a.m. Monday
Reconciliation/Confession 4:15 p.m. Saturday
Preparing For Sunday 7:30 a.m. Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Thursday Immaculate Conception
Mass Schedule 8:30 a.m. Wednesday and Sunday
Anointing the Sick & Baptism: Please contact the Rectory to make arrangements.
Marriage: Please try to contact the Rectory at least 6 months in advance.
Homebound / Hospitalized: Communion brought to anyone unable to attend Mass. Call Paul Gorman at 526-4353
DECEMBER 29, 2019
LIVING FAiTH AT HOME
Living the faith at home – living as a “domestic church” – includes a rich family prayer life and developing a Catholic culture in the home, inten-tionally deepening the whole family’s relationship with Jesus Christ, with each other, and with the larger Church community. Pope Francis gives us a beautiful snapshot of what the domestic church looks like in his recent docu-ment “On Love in the Family:” “The family is called to join in daily prayer, to read the word of God and to share in Eucharistic communion, and thus to grow in love and become ever more fully a temple in which the Spirit dwells” (no. 29).
5 SIMPLE WAYS TO PRAY AS A FAMILY
Pray at meal time: Make the sign of the Cross and have the kids simply say, “Thank you, Jesus.” Or, you may say the “Bless us O Lord…” pray-er, or whatever other words of thanks to God may be on your heart! These are great reminders for the whole family, about where all good things ulti-mately come from.
Bless each other: Parents can offer a blessing by tracing the sign of the cross on their children’s foreheads, and children can return the favor. This simple practice welcomes God into your relation-ships and reminds all that “our” family belongs to God.
Wonder at Creation: Help your children to recog-nize and adore the glory of God in all things: in the ocean; the night sky; the forest; etc. The awe ex-perienced through His creation can point the family toward God and help to appreciate His power, goodness, and love. Say sorry: When you or your children find your-selves in a situation that requires an apology as remedy, be sure to apologize to God, as well. This will help the family remember its duty to live well in relation to both God and neighbor. Pray through joys and sorrows: Families can pray together in thanksgiving for a good day and for God’s help in difficult times. Praying through both good and bad reminds the family of God’s presence and that he answers all prayers as He sees fit. For more ideas go to https://www.catholicnh.org/family2/family/family-life/praying-as-a-family/
