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WELCOME If you are alienated or upset, we welcome you lovingly.
If you are in need of forgiveness, Jesus forgives you completely—with unconditional love.
If you have been hurt by the Church, we are truly sorry.
If you are angry, Jesus offers you peace.
If life has become burdensome, we are here to support you.
We are happy you are here and want you to stay.
We would like to share our lives with you.
Come join us each week so we can worship God together.
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Parish Staff
Rev. Richard T. Conway–Parish Priest
Amanda Roberts – Faith Formation Director
Irene Bonner – Business Manager
Joe Galluzzo – RCIA Coordinator
[email protected]; 978-682-6595
Yvonne Gobis – Liturgical Music Coordinator
[email protected]; 978-452-0831
Mass Schedule
Saturday 4:00 pm
Sunday 9:00 & 11:00 am
Weekdays as announced
Parish Office
978-683-8922
Fax: 978-689-8878
Office Hours: T-F, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
Marriage Please contact the Parish Office at least six months in advance. Participation in both a parish and a dioce-
san preparation is required of all couples.
RCIA Adults interested in baptism or joining the Catholic Church should contact Joe Galluzzo at 978-682-6595
Anointing and Pastoral Care of the Sick Please contact the Parish Office when a parishioner is seriously ill or goes into the hospital. Staff and
Communion Ministers bring communion to those who are infirm. Sacrament of the Sick is celebrated com-
munally in the spring and the fall.
Baptism Celebrated regularly at Sunday Eucharist. Mandatory parent preparation sessions are held at church
every other month. Please contact the Parish Office four months in advance of the intended Baptism
date.
A Stewardship Parish
Building a Catholic community of commitment, passion and love
Celebrating our faith through dynamic liturgy and a rich sacramental life
Welcoming all into the warmth of our parish family
Sharing the gifts God entrusted to us
Striving to learn, live and share our faith
JANUARY 20, 2013
FROM FATHER RICK
Dear Friends,
COMING EVENTS FOR YOUR ATTENTION
SPAGHETTI SUPPER
Immediately following the 4:00 pm Mass this Saturday, January 19, the Knights will sponsor their
annual Spaghetti Supper in Driscoll Hall.
CONSECRATED LIFE DAY
On Sunday, February 3, we will celebrate the vocation to Consecrated Life at the 11:00 am Mass. If
you would like a member of a religious community (sister, brother or religious order priest) remem-
bered by name at this Mass please submit the name to Irene at the parish office before Friday, Febru-
ary 1. This Mass will be followed by a reception in the Gathering Space in celebration of this gift to
the church and in honor of those religious who will be able to join us for this celebration. Please in-
vite any religious you know to join us on this day.
WORLD MARRIAGE DAY
We will celebrate World Marriage Day on Saturday, February 9. We will pray for all married cou-
ples at all the Masses. I would like to invite those who are celebrating milestone anniversaries in 2013
to attend the 4:00 pm Mass so they can be acknowledged and receive a blessing. This Mass is fol-
lowed by a reception in the Gathering Space honoring the sacrament of Marriage and those couples
who will celebrate with us at Mass. Couples who plan to attend please let Irene know before Tues-
day, February 5. Also please get “before and after” pictures to the office for our growing slide show.
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE SICK
Sunday, February 10, is World Day of Prayer for the Sick. We will celebrate this event with the
communal celebration of the Anointing of the Sick at the 11:00 am Mass. Please mark it down and
plan to join us. There will be hospitality immediately following in the Gathering Space. If you know
of someone in the parish who is homebound that we may not be aware of and would benefit from
this sacrament please get their name to Irene in the parish Office by Friday, February 8, so that we
can contact them and perhaps provide transportation if needed. Also if you would be willing to pro-
vide transportation please let Irene know. If you would like to be anointed please call Irene as well.
I wish you God’s peace,
Fr. Rick
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Stewardship Reflection
“To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit is given for some benefit.” (1 Corinthians 12:7)
St. Paul tells us that God has blessed each of us for a reason. How has God blessed you? Are you using your gifts according to God’s plan, helping to do His work here on earth? Remem-ber that if you don’t do the work God planned for you, no one else can do it.
Bread & Roses Food Collection this weekend,
January 19/20.
And it’s a great time to mark your calendar with dates for the new year!
St. Robert’s is responsible for meal preparation for the Bread & Roses Hospitality House in Lawrence once per month all year.
What do we need every month? We supply food to feed 150 people a nutritious, hot meal of tacos and salad. That’s a lot of food and every donation—no matter how small—helps! Here’s what we need:
Cooked ground beef (50+ pounds)
Tortillas (20 packages of 8-inch (medium) size)
Shredded cheese (30 pounds)
Salsa (6 large jugs or equivalent)
Taco seasoning (25-30 packets)
Lettuce (16 heads)
Cucumbers (15)
Tomatoes (48 medium/large)
It’s easy—just drop off food donations when you come to Mass. Non-perishables can be left in the bin in the vestibule of the church. Perishable items are col-lected in the Driscoll Hall kitchen on Sunday morning—before the 9:00 am Mass and again between 10:00 and 11:00 am.
Mark you calendar with the dates for the rest of the year or pick up a set of stickers in the vestibule:
February 16/17
March 16/17
April 13/14
May 18/19
June 15/16
July 13/14
August 17/18
September 14/15
October 19/20
November 16/17
December 14/15
Questions? For more information, contact Marian & David Magnan at [email protected] or 978-683-8969, or Lisa Lattari at [email protected] or 978-749-3736. Thank you for your continuing generosity!
Money Matters On the weekend of January 12/13 Weekly donations: $3,445.00 ParishPay January: $11,119.00
Special Collection This Weekend St. Mary’s Women & Children’s Center
This weekend, January 19/20, there will be a special col-lection in support of St. Mary’s Women and Children Center in Dorchester, a ministry of the Archdiocese of Boston. St. Mary’s supports 500 women and children annually with shelter, clinical and educational services, job training, employment placement, and search for af-fordable permanent housing. Working with one family at a time, St. Mary’s Center helps families break the gen-erational cycle of poverty and homelessness, achieving self-sufficiency and stability. For further information, please visit www.stmaryscenterma.org. Thank you for your generosity!
Special Collection Next Weekend Church in Latin America
Next weekend, January 26/27, we will take up the Collec-tion for the Church in Latin America (CLA). The CLA pro-vides support for pastoral projects in financially poor dio-ceses in Latin America and the Caribbean. CLA funds catechetical and lay leadership programs, youth ministry, evangelization programs, and formation programs for religious, priests, and deacons. CLA is making it possible for the Catholic faithful in the Western hemisphere to help each other. For more information, please visit www.usccb.org/latinamerica. Thank you!
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Readings for the week of January 20, 2013
Sunday: Is 62:1-5; 1 Cor 12:4-11; Jn 2:1-11
Monday: Heb 5:1-10; Mk 2:18-22
Tuesday: Heb 6:10-20; Mk 2:23-28
Wednesday: Heb 7:1-3, 15-17; Mk 3:1-6
Thursday: Heb 7:25 — 8:6; Mk 3:7-12
Friday: Acts 22:3-16 or 9:1-22; Mk 16:15-18
Saturday: 2 Tm 1:1-8 or Ti 1:1-5; Mk 3:20-21
Next Sunday: Neh 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10; 1 Cor 12:12-30;
Lk 1:1-4; 4:14-21
Question of the Week Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Listen to Today’s Gospel (John 2:1-11) As you hear this reading, what words or phrases strike you? What in this reading touches your heart? What lingers in your mem-ory?
Look into Your Life Question for Adults: God fills each of us with grace (miracles) and gifts, what is one grace (miracle) or gift that you have shared with your family?
Question for Youth: Jesus got his start in minis-try through the urging of his mother. Who urges you to pray, go to Church, and do good works?
Question for Children: What is one special gift that God has given to you to share with your friends or classmates?
Year of Faith 2012—2013
New this week on the parish Year of Faith website—the Gospel of Luke. Every week of every month there will be new content in one of the four main subject areas on the Year of Faith site. This week in the Liturgy & Prayer section, we explore the Gospel of Luke. Did Luke know Jesus? What other important book of the Bible did Luke author? What stories can you only read in Luke’s Gospel?
What do we learn about Jesus and about our life as disciples by reading this unique author’s writing?
Sunday, January 27 Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
9:00 am: Keira Anderson 11:00 am: Edward Keeler; *Baptism of Audreena Marie Farrell and Hayleigh Rose Boilard
Saturday, January 26 Vigil, Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
4:00 pm: People of the Parish
Sunday, January 20 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
9:00 am: Sandy Murphy 11:00 am: People of the Parish; *Baptism of Ariana Grace DiCenso
Saturday, January 19 Vigil, Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
4:00 pm: John Adams, Jr.
Thursday, January 24 Saint Francis de Sales, bishop and doctor of the Church
12:10 pm
Friday, January 25 Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle
12:10 pm: Charlie Boyce
Vatican II—Did You Know?: “It is very much the wish of the church that all the faithful should be led to take full, con-scious, and active part in the liturgical celebrations…” Constitution on Liturgy #14
JANUARY 20, 2013
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In Service Cpl Chris Carey, USMC, SFC John B. Nicholas, USA, Captain Jack Webb, USMC, Matthew Cibery USN, SPC Jean-Paul Fitzpatrick, USA, SPC Vincent Amasula, USA, LCDR Paul Giguere, USN, 1st Lt. Stephen Draheim, USA, Col. James Coffey, USAF, Lyle Shackelford, Pvt. Alexander Sabu, USA, Gen’l. R. Steve Whitcomb, USA, Col. Brian P. Bedell, USA, Capt. Lauren Whitcomb, USA, BG Patrick J. Donahue, USA, BG Brian P. Donahue, USA, Cpt. Michael McGaffigan, USA, Steve Comstock, Pilot, USN, Lt. Jesse Salisbury, USAF, Sgt. Maureen Galvin, USA, SpOps, Lt. Com-mander Kevin B. O’Brien, USN, Miko Belonia, Maj. Tony Hoffman, USA, Maj. Ross Coffman, USA, Maj. Garth Howe, USA, Chief Warrant Officer II Michael Morris, USA, Captain Matthew Mancini, USA, Sgt. Ellen Barnes O’Connor, USA, Pvt. Adam James Mazza, USA, Pvt. Joseph D. Gagnon, USM, LCDR Chris Stopyra, USN
Parish Community
Prayer Intentions
In your daily prayer this week please include these people, who are either anticipating a medical procedure or recovering from an illness or accident
The names in the Parish Community Prayer Intention list are not included in the web version of the bulletin in order to maintain the privacy of those individuals.
Will you help make food for
the Lazarus House Soup Truck?
What: Make soup, sandwiches, or baked goods at
home and drop them off at church for delivery to
Lazarus House for their soup truck run in Lawrence.
We will prepare 4 gallons of soup, 120 sandwiches, and
120 baked snacks in February and again in March. We
typically ask you to sign on for at least one of the fol-
lowing: half gallon soup; one dozen sandwiches; or one
dozen baked goods. You may do more if you like.
When: St. Robert’s will be providing the food for
the Lazarus House soup truck on Sunday, February 3,
and again on Sunday, March 3.
How: Sign up by emailing [email protected] or
calling 978-475-1049. Final details on what we are
preparing for each month will be provided when you
sign up.
Love to Sing? Check Out the Youth Choir!
All parishioners in grades 2-12 are invited to join the Youth Choir. As we begin the second half of our music season, we now welcome first graders to get started, too. We rehearse on Thursdays from 5:30 to 7:00 pm in the church. We do not rehearse during school vacation weeks. Previous musical training is not necessary. We sing on Sundays at the 9:00 am Mass. ALL ARE WEL-COME! We hope you'll give it a try. If you have ques-tions, please contact Kathy Schardin at 978-475-0228 or [email protected], or Yvonne Gobis at 978-452-0831 or [email protected]. If you are planning to join, please call or email Kathy Schardin to let her know you are coming so that we are ready to welcome you.
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The Sky is the limit for the Youth Group!
We’re going to Sky Zone Trampoline Park!
Look for Waiver Forms & Permissions Slips in vestibule. Questions? E-mail [email protected].
Get Moving—Ballroom Dance Lessons Start Next Week!!
Learn Ballroom Dancing right here at St. Robert’s! It's easier than you think and there is still time to sign up! Classes with a profes-sional instructor will include learning steps in the most popular dances, like Swing, Rumba, Merengue, and more. Six classes will be held, on the following Sundays, from 3:30-5:00 pm: January 27, February 3, 17, 24, March 3 and 17, 2013. If you have already signed up, please send checks made out to St. Robert’s to Jean Tornatore, 3 Furnari Farm Lane, Andover MA. Questions? Contact Jean Tornatore at [email protected].
The St. Robert Bellarmine Youth Group and our parish council of
the Knights of Columbus invite you to kick off your weekend with
fun for the whole family! Come early for the cartoons, pick up
your refreshments, and settle in your seats for the main event.
Get comfy—bring your own pillow, blanket, bean bag chair! See you there!
MOVIE KNIGHT
Friday, February 1, Driscoll Hall
6:30-7:00 pm—Classic cartoons
7:00 pm—Disney/Pixar Movie “Brave”
Admission, hot dogs, popcorn, drinks, and candy—ALL FREE!
Franco American School Open House
Franco American School is en-rolling students, grades Pre-K–8 for the 2013-14 school year. We offer a challenging religious and academic education in a safe and nurturing community. Join us for Open House on Saturday, January 26, from 2:00-4:00 pm or Wednesday, January 30, from 9:00-11:00 am. Please call 978-458-0308 for more information. Learn more at francoamerican-school.org.
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Help Support CatholicTV in Boston
The 2013 CatholicTV Telethon Friday, February 1, 9:00 am to 9:00 pm
Saturday, February 2, 9:00 am to 10:00 pm
Do you enjoy CatholicTV in your home? Tune in on Comcast Ch 268; Verizon Ch 296; Charter Ch 101; RCN Ch 85, or visit www.CatholicTV.com/where-to-watch. Then call 617-923-3450 to support this very important work of the Church!
This Week in Our Parish
Saturday, January 19 5:00 PM Knights of Columbus Spaghetti Supper, Driscoll Hall
Sunday, January 20 9:00-11:00 AM Bread & Roses Food Drop Off, Driscoll Hall Kitchen
Monday, January 21 Parish Office Closed
Tuesday, January 22 7:00-8:30 PM Confirmation Preparation Session #1, Driscoll Hall
Wednesday, January 23 No weekday Mass today
Thursday, January 24 12:10 PM Weekday Mass, Church 5:30 PM Youth Choir Practice, Church 6:30 PM Scouts, Driscoll Hall 7:00 PM Youth Cantor Practice, Church 7:30 PM Adult Choir Practice, Church
Friday, January 25 12:10 PM Weekday Mass, Church
Sunday, January 27 10:00-11:00 AM First Communion Preparation Session #1, Driscoll Hall 1:00-4:00 PM Youth Group Trip to Sky Zone, Boston (meet & return at church) 3:30-5:00 PM Ballroom Dancing Lessons, Driscoll Hall
Are you celebrating a milestone anniversary this year? Please join us for our celebration of World Marriage Day on Sunday, February 9! See Fr. Rick’s column for details. And please share your pictures! If you have then and now pictures we would like to include at least your wedding picture in the video that runs throughout the celebration. Please drop off your pictures with Irene in the parish office. All originals will be scanned and returned.
Si, Se Puede (Advent Giving): The people of St. Robert’s were truly amazing in bringing the Spirit of Christmas to our young people by so carefully and gen-erously filling each wish. Thank you for your support in this wonderful project. Best wishes for a Happy New Year!
Pregnancy Care Center (Advent Giving): Thank you so much for your generous gifts. We were blessed to greet more than 100 babies this past year so you can truly see how these gifts are greatly appreciated. May God continue to bless all of you in the coming year.
Bread & Roses (Advent Giving): Thank you for donat-ing items from our wish list for the Christmas bags for our guests. Because of your thoughtfulness we are able to brighten the lives of many needy families. May you be blessed for your goodness!
Merrimack Valley Catholic Charities (Advent Giving): Thank you sincerely for your generous donation of Christmas gifts. Our clients were thrilled to receive them! Best wishes for a healthy and happy New Year.
Merrimack College (Alternative Break Programs): We would like to extend our sincere gratitude for your con-tinuous and valuable support of this service program. Thank you for your prayers, donations, and assistance—we could not do it without you!
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SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR NEXT WEEK–THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
A reading from the Book of Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10
Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, which consisted of men, women, and those children old enough to understand. Standing at one end of the open place that was before the Water Gate, he read out of the book from day-break till midday, in the presence of the men, the women, and those children old enough to understand; and all the peo-ple listened attentively to the book of the law. Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden platform that had been made for the occasion. He opened the scroll so that all the people might see it - for he was standing higher up than any of the people -; and, as he opened it, all the people rose. Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and all the people, their hands raised high, answered, “Amen, amen!” Then they bowed down and prostrated themselves before the LORD, their faces to the ground. Ezra read plainly from the book of the law of God, interpreting it so that all could understand what was read. Then Nehemiah, that is, His Excellency, and Ezra the priest-scribe and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all the people: “Today is holy to the LORD your God. Do not be sad, and do not weep”—for all the people were weep-ing as they heard the words of the law. He said further: “Go, eat rich foods and drink sweet drinks, and allot portions to those who had nothing prepared; for today is holy to our LORD. Do not be saddened this day, for rejoicing in the LORD must be your strength!”
A reading from the first Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians 12:12-30
Brothers and sisters: As a body is one though it has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body, so also Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free per-sons, and we were all given to drink of one Spirit.
Now the body is not a single part, but many. If a foot should say, “Because I am not a hand I do not belong to the body,” it does not for this reason belong any less to the body. Or if an ear should say, “Because I am not an eye I do not belong to the body,” it does not for this reason belong any less to the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? But as it is, God placed the parts, each one of them, in the body as he intended. If they were all one part, where would the body be? But as it is, there are many parts, yet one body. The eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I do not need you.” Indeed, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are all the more necessary, and those parts of the body that we consider less honorable we surround with greater honor, and our less presentable parts are treated with greater pro-priety, whereas our more presentable parts do not need this. But God has so constructed the body as to give greater honor to a part that is without it, so that there may be no division in the body, but that the parts may have the same con-cern for one another. If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if one part is honored, all the parts share its joy.
Now you are Christ’s body, and individually parts of it. Some people God has designated in the church to be, first, apos-tles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then, mighty deeds; then gifts of healing, assistance, administration, and varieties of tongues. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work mighty deeds? Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?
+ A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21
Since many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the events that have been fulfilled among us, just as those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning and ministers of the word have handed them down to us, I too have decided, after investigating everything accurately anew, to write it down in an orderly sequence for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may realize the certainty of the teachings you have received. Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news of him spread throughout the whole region. He taught in their synagogues and was praised by all. He came to Nazareth, where he had grown up, and went according to his custom into the synagogue on the sabbath day. He stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was writ-ten: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, and to proclaim a year accept-able to the Lord. Rolling up the scroll, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down, and the eyes of all in the syna-gogue looked intently at him. He said to them, “Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.” Copyright 1970, 1986, 1992, 1998, 2001 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc. Washington D.C. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by an information storage and retrieval system, without
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