St. Mary's is a Stewardship Parish, comprised of the faith�filled communi�es of St. Mary's Church and St. James Chapel. Together, we are

devoted to the spreading of the Gospel message of Jesus Christ through deeds, prayer and the �

sacrificial giving of our Time, our Talent and our Treasure.�

Saint Mary's Parish Bulletin

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Pastor� Rev. Paul Desmarais �

Pastor Emeritus� Rev. John F. Heaney

Deacon Assistant� Rev. Mr. John S. Shea

Deacon Assistant� Rev. Mr. Paul A. Theroux

Deacon Assistant� Rev. Mr. Ray Castaldi

Director of Rel. Ed.� Sally Lambert 401�213�6276�

Parish Manager� Doug Noble 401�225�8818 �

Parish Accountant� Brenda DeMerchant

Parish Secretary� Dolly Theroux�

Parish Main. Supervisor Nathan Dipietro�

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St. Mary's Parish & Rectory� (401) 364�7214 �

Society of St. Vincent de Paul� (401) 364�9413�

St. Mary's Parish Website & email Address

dolly@stmjparish.org

dnoble@stmjparish.org stmjparish@aol.com

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� Please call rectory in advance.�

Marriage� Please call Fr. Paul at least one year in

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Priesthood� Please call the Office of Voca.ons�

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St. Mary’s �

4:00pm�

10:00am�

Holy Day of Obliga2on� 7:00pm�

Confessions � Saturdays� 3:15pm to 3:45pm�

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5:30pm�

8:30am�

Monday � Friday� 8:30am�

Holy Day of Obliga2on� 8:30am�

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Summer Weekend Schedule �

(Effec�ve Memorial Day thru Labor Day)�

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5:30 pm�

8:00am, 9:15am, 10:30am�

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Rosary:�

Monday thru Friday� 8:00am�

Confessions:�

Saturdays� 4:45pm to 5:15pm�

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Adoraon: Mary, Mother of Mercy Eucharisc Chapel�

Monday through� 9:00am�

Wednesday � 7:00pm�

Holy Hour Wednesday� 7:00pm � 8:00pm�

Healing Service Wednesday� 8:00pm�

Healing Mass second Sunday of the month �

Sept�June� 2:00pm�

437 Carolina Back Road Carolina, RI 02812�

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2079 Matunuck School House Rd

Charlestown, RI 02813�

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Saturday, February 9, 2019�

5:30 pm�St. James�Olga and Sabato Grappone�

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Sunday, February 10, 2019�

St. Mary’s/St. James�None�

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Thursday, February 14, 2019�

8:30 am�St. James�Jeannette Deluca�

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MASS INTENTIONS NEXT WEEKEND�

Saturday, February 16, 2019�

St. Mary’s/St. James�None�

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Sunday, February 17, 2019�

St. Mary’s/St. James�None�

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Tuesday, February 19, 2019�

8:30 am�St. James�Robert Pelletier�10th Ann.�

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Remaining PEP Classes at CHARIHO Middle School�

Mass starts at 10:00 AM with classes to follow.� Parent/

Guardian must remain on property and should attend

class with Father Paul and Deacon Ray.� Classes will end

approximately at 12:00 pm. Remaining Classes: January 06,

February 10, March 17, April 07 (Fingers crossed this will

be held in our new parish center!)�

Specific First Communion Class Information�

Remaining Special Communion sacrament meetings are

held Feb 03, March 03�and are held at 9:00 am at St Mary's

Church. Children will attend mass with Father Paul at

10:00AM following class. �We are hoping to be in our new

home in April and that date is TBA. �

The date for First Communion is May 05 at 12:00.

Location TBA�

Specific Confirmation Information�

Remaining Special Confirmation meetings at St Mary's

rectory office are held, Feb 03, March 03�and will be held

immediately after the 10:00AM mass at St Mary's

church. �Mass attendance is mandatory before class.

Healing masses are held on the second Sunday of each

month and candidates will be selected to attend at St James

Chapel at 1:45 pm. ����

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"You must propagate veneration of the Most

Blessed Sacrament with all your might, for the

devotion to the Holy Eucharist is the queen of all

devotions."�

� Pope Benedict XV�

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The Adoration Chapel will be closed on Monday,

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A permanent adorer is needed on Wednesday at 4pm.�

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A short�term sub is needed in March on Monday at

3pm.�

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Holy Hour in the Main Chapel on Wednesdays from 7�

8pm is postponed until the spring. There will be

Eucharistic Adoration in the Adoration Chapel from 7�

8pm.�

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Please contact Carol Sullivan at 401�265�9255 with

any questions.�

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To add someone to the prayer list, please call Gerry

Theroux at 401 783�1943 or email

gerryt10@earthlink.net.�

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Adoration Chapel Hours are:�

Monday 9 am � 8 pm�

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Tuesday and Wednesday�

6 am � 8 pm�

(Rosary/Mass 8 am � 9 am each day)�

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First Friday Adoration�

9am � 5pm�

FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME�FEBRUARY 10, 2019�

BUDGET REQUIRED � $6,597.00�

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BUDGET COLLECTION RECEIVED�

� February 3, 2019�$6,010.00�

� Other�$182.00�

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Second Collection this weekend is the RI Catholic.�

Please make checks payable to The Rhode Island

Catholic.�

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Parishioners of St. Mary’s/St. James: Please make

out all checks that are payable to the church and chapel

to St. Mary’s Church. Please record on memo line

what the check is intended for. This makes it easier to

direct payment where it is intended. Thanks for your

help in this matter.�

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Below are the dates for the St. James Coffee Socials,

held after the 8:30 a.m. Mass on the last Sunday of

each month September through June.� We hope you

will attend.� Donations of baked goods are always

appreciated!� However, if you'd also like to also join

our informal group, please call Ginny Kovaleski at 401

�364�7317 for more information.�

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February 24�

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April 28�

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2019 Respect Life Theme�

EVERY LIFE CHERISHED. CHOSEN. SENT.�

“You who are my messenger, in you I place my absolute

trust”.�

Our Lady of Guadalupe�

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Think about praying for an unborn baby and their families. Every

day 4000 babies are killed by abortion. They have so little

protection only the hand of God can end this. Prayer is the best

weapon to help them…the most effective. Say this prayer for nine

months to save a baby’s life.�

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Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I love you very much, I beg you to

spare the life of the unborn baby that I have spiritually

adopted who is in danger of abortion.

.BEING PRO�LIFE is:�

� � � ��believing that a baby's life is a gift that should be

cherished.�

� � � �believing that a mother is a precious human life with

value and dignity.�

� � � �believing that all human life belongs only to the

Creator who gave us life.�

� � � �believing that all life is God's to give and take .��

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“I feel the greatest destroyer of peace today is 'Abortion',

because it is a war against the child... A direct killing of the

innocent child, 'Murder' by the mother herself... And if we

can accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how

can we tell other people not to kill one another? How do we

persuade a woman not to have an abortion? As always, we

must persuade her with love... And we remind ourselves

that love means to be willing to give until it hurts...” �

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*Want to get involved in the. Respect Life Ministry*

The Deborah K. Fallacaro Pregnancy Center in

Westerly is looking for volunteers in their various

ministry teams. Applications are in the churches or call

Monica at 596 2880�

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please check out the ministry’s Facebook page at St. Mary’s

Respect Life Ministry�

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One of the most powerful statements that St. Paul can

say is; “By the grace of God.” Our Lord looked upon

Paul with grace even though he was persecuting

Christians. He touched Paul with grace and mercy. He

over a period of time showed Paul how much he cared

for him. We look at our sins and may feel that we could

never be forgiven or healed. We may feel that our Lord

would never use us to bring mercy and peace to others.

All of us can be forgiven of our sins. No sin is too great

that God wouldn’t forgive it and bring us back to him. �

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The good Shepard comes looking for us. He doesn’t

abandon us, only we abandon Him. When Jesus chose

his disciples, it wasn’t because they were super smart or

intelligent or super holy. They simply were fisherman

yet our Lord would touch their hearts to shape and form

them in his likeness. Each time we come here we are

being shaped and formed in His image and likeness. We

become more like him. Jesus over and over says ; “Do

not be afraid.” All he asks of us is that we believe we

are shaped and formed in his image and likeness.�

Readings for the week of February 10, 2019�

Sunday: Is 6:1�2a, 3�8/Ps 138:1�2, 2�3, 4�5, 7�8 [1c]/1 Cor

15:1�11 or 15:3�8, 11/Lk 5:1�11�

Monday: Gn 1:1�19/Ps 104:1�2a, 5�6, 10 and 12, 24 and 35c

[31b]/Mk 6:53�56�

Tuesday: Gn 1:20�2:4a/Ps 8:4�5, 6�7, 8�9 [2ab]/Mk 7:1�13�

Wednesday: Gn 2:4b�9, 15�17/Ps 104:1�2a, 27�28, 29bc�30

[1a]/Mk 7:14�23�

Thursday: Gn 2:18�25/Ps 128:1�2, 3, 4�5 [cf. 1a]/Mk 7:24�30�

Friday: Gn 3:1�8/Ps 32:1�2, 5, 6, 7 [1a]/Mk 7:31�37�

Saturday: Gn 3:9�24/Ps 90:2, 3�4abc, 5�6, 12�13 [1]/Mk 8:1�

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Next Sunday: Jer 17:5�8/Ps 1:1�2, 3, 4, 6 [40:5a]/1 Cor 15:12,

16�20/Lk 6:17, 20�26�

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Observances for the week of February 10, 2019�

Sunday: 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time; World Marriage Day�

Monday: Our Lady of Lourdes�

Tuesday: �

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Thursday: Sts. Cyril, Monk, and Methodius, Bishop;

Valentine’s Day�

Friday: �

Saturday: �

Next Sunday: 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time�

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Blessed Rosalie Rendu

“Never have I prayed so well as in the streets”�� Blessed Rosalie

Rendu�

Date of birth:�9 September 1786�

Place of birth: Confort, France�

Died:�7 February 1856�

Beatified:�9 November 2003�

Feast Day:�7 February�

When 17 years old, Jeanne entered the Motherhouse of the

Daughters of Charity and received the name Rosalie. She took

vows to serve God and the poor . . . She opened a free clinic, a

pharmacy, a school, an orphanage, a childcare center, a home for

the elderly and a youth club for young workers. She became

known as the “good mother of all”, and “The Mother of the Poor”.

She helped�Frederick Ozanam and his friends to do good works,

which is how the St Vincent de Paul Society was started. She

taught Frederic much about the poor and how to minister to them

with love and respect. The first members of the Society were

determined not only to bring bread, but, above all, friendship to

the poor. (US Manual of the SSVDP)�

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The Rights of the Unborn are being attacked. Infants in their

mother’s wombs are being threatened by death at every stage of

their development. Children are being sentenced to deplorable

destruction at the hands of abortionists, medically trained or not.�

Our Pastor, Father Paul has asked us to pray to stop the legislation

that seems hell bent on killing unborn children, and allowing

botched abortion babies to lay dying, unaided in their death. �

Contact you legislators! Tell them, “No!” . . . this is NOT what

we want for our state. Defeat 2019 � H 5125 & 2019 � H5127�

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STATUS OF A PLACE OF OUR OWN, REPORT #5 JANUARY 7, 2019�

Our new building is now far along toward completion and we can see what a beautiful building it is, and something

we will be proud of for the next century. We are especially appreciative of the efforts of our architect Barry Goewey

and our builder Mike Cocci. We owe them our sincere thanks.�

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The exterior of the building has been completed with the addition of the lighting, and if you drive by the building at

night, it is a beautiful sight. The new lamp poles have been added as planned and the old lamp poles will be

converted to LED lights to give us a longer lasting and trouble free configuration. You probably noticed that the

parking lot has been striped and in the spring, the rough area near the road will be repaved and striped.�

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A great many items need to be completed before we can occupy the building and although it is not going quite as fast

as we would like, we will get there soon. The sheet rock is done and it will all be plastered next week. This is

followed by a drying period and then painting. Pantry and bathroom tile will be installed, then kitchen cabinets,

lighting, and final painting.�

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The remaining floors will be covered with vinyl tiles, except for the entry ways, office and conference room, which

will have carpet squares installed. Finally, our moveable panels will be installed.�

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I say that “good things come to people who are patient”, or as Fr. Paul said “Men plan,,,God laughs”. We had an

optimist plan to finish in December, it now is likely to be finished in February. Quite good when you realize the wet

weather we have had, and a few other small delays that all added up.�

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When we are done we will have a truly outstanding building that we can all be proud of, and it blends with the

chapel beautifully, is sited on the lot tastefully and is consistent with the character of the neighborhood.�

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Thank you for your prayers and financial support and don't forget that Doug Noble is still accepting donations/

pledges.�

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The Building Committee�

Father Paul� � Ray Castaldi�

Doug Noble� � Jim White�

Ron Dubois� � Rich Lambert�

Gloria Sloan� � Barry Goewey�

Tom Canning� Leo Mainelli, Chr.�

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Healing Mass will be held this Sunday,

February 10, 2019 at St. James Chapel at

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Eucharistic Adoration will precede Mass.

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Second Collection this weekend is for new subscription

or renewal of Rhode Island Catholic. Please make

checks payable to the Rhode Island Catholic.�

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