Sacred Heart - St. Catherine of Sweden Parish @ Sacred Heart Church

596 Cambridge Street Worcester, Massachusetts 01610

Rev. George J. Ridick, Pastor

Administrative Assistant Lynn Lorusso SCHEDULE OF MASSES Email: Lynn.sacredheart@verizon.net Lord’s Day: Website: shscparish.com Saturday 4:00 PM, Sunday 10:00 AM Rectory: Telephone: 508-752-1608 Weekday: Fax: 508-757-2462 Monday-Tuesday, Thursday- Friday 9:00 AM (No Mass on Wednesday) Church/Bingo Hall: 508-752-9798 First Friday: Food Pantry: 508-753-2555 9:00 AM Confessions: Every Saturday 3-3:30 PM

Parish Vision Statement: We, as Christ’s disciples, are the hands, minds & voices which lovingly glorify God by serving

Each other as a Christian family.

(As of Monday) Saint Vincent Hospital at Worcester Medical Center: Not Updated. Memorial Hospital: Not Updated. UMass. Campus: Not Updated.

Please continue to pray for all of our service men & wom-

en who serve to protect us.

(Please arrive at least 15 minutes before Mass) Saturday, December 2 Lector: Deb Durnin Commentator: Warren Lohnes Altar Server: Kristopher Curnin Ministers of Holy Communion: Kathy Hannon & Eileen Lohnes Sunday, December 3 Lector: Paul O’Connell Altar Servers: Jacob Lorusso & Rafael Albino Ministers of Holy Communion: Richard Flynn, Alma Sheehan, Kate Hamilton, Jo Luikey, Ben & Kerri Sulminski __________________________________________________

WEEK OF November 25 & 26, 2017

SCHEDULE OF MASSES AND LITURGIES

Sat. November 25– Vigil: Christ The King

4:00 PM –

Sun. November 26 ~ Thirty– Christ the King

10:00 AM Edward Corrigan Sr.—Family

11:00 AM Recitation of the Rosary

Monday, Novembert 27

9:00 AM Theresa E’Spinosa—Dan Ful-

len

Sat. December 2—Vigil: First Sunday Of Advent

4:00 PM –

Sun. December3– First Sunday of Ad-

vent

10:00 AM—

11:00 AM Recitation of the Rosary

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Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe

"For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you

visited me." Jesus insists that in ministering to others' physical needs, we are truly serving him. "Whatever you did for one of

the least brothers of mine, you did for me," he tells us. And in a similar way, what we fail to do for them, we fail to do for

Christ: "What you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me." This means that we have been given both a gift and a task. The gift is the chance to encounter Christ in our brothers and sisters. The task is to be sure we don't neglect the

encounter. The corporal works of mercy provide us with a kind of guide for how to live out this important mission from Christ. These works include feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty, clothing the naked, sheltering the homeless, visiting the sick

and the imprisoned, and burying the dead. Based on the words of Jesus in today's Gospel, it's an important part of the Chris-tian life to look for ways to engage in these kinds of bodily

ministries. Traditionally, these "corporal" works are comple-mented by a set of "spiritual" works. The spiritual works of

mercy ensure that we don't minister to the body at the expense of the soul. They include admonishing the sinner, instructing

the ignorant, counseling the doubtful, comforting the sorrowful, bearing wrongs patiently, forgiving all injuries, and praying for the living and the dead. By engaging in these diverse works of

mercy, we serve others, love Jesus, and hope to "inherit the kingdom prepared for [us] from the foundation of the world."

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December 1, 2017

Team # 1— Paul Levesque, Beverly Farrar, Jack Jacques, Ed Wall, Shane LaBelle, Judy Keenan, Donald

Ducharme

The Every –Week Crew and Early Shift Workers Theresa Courtney, John Harrington, Lisa Hickory, Emma Lusignan, Patricia Wassel, Joan Lorusso, Pat Markiewicz, Ed Corrigan, Carole Nourse, Jeannine Corrigan, Debra Di-

az, Donald Ducharme, Fran Peperato, Debbie Plant, Ed Wall, Julie Carrigan & Michael Burgraff

Ladies Guild Kitchen Crew:

Cindy Desrosiers & Pauline Puishys

**Vision statement is located on the cover of bulletin**

Annual Giving Tree

The Giving Tree will be in place on the weekend of No-vember 25/26. Because gifts must be returned by the

weekend of December 16/17 no late requests can be ac-cepted this year.

Parish Shirts

We are selling parish t-shirts: Black T-Shirts $20.00

Pink Women’s V-Neck $20.00 Black Pull-Over Sweatshirts $35.00

Please see Lynn or Mark Lorusso by November 26th to

place your order and submit payment.

November 25th & 26th Giving Tree Tags available

November 28th

Cursillo Group Meeting 9:30 in the rectory

December 1st

First Friday Adoration Mass at 9am ending

With Benediction at 5:30pm

December 2nd Parish monthly food collection

December 3rd

Parish monthly food collection

December 3rd Diocesan Multi-Cultural Concert

2pm in the church Monthly Collection next weekend, December 2 & 3

Women of Faith Morning of Prayer, “The Sights, Sounds, and Colors of Advent”

with Sister Nancy Sheridan, will be held 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Satur-day, Dec. 9, St. Anne’s Convent, 720 Boston Post Road East,

Marlborough. The gathering will include a talk, input, community prayer and ritual, conversation, and contemplation. The presenter, Sister Nancy is a Sister of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. The gathering will begin with “coffee and.” A registration fee of

$10 is paid at the door. Pre-registration is required by Nov. 29. To pre-register e-mail womenoffaithssa@gmail.com or phone Ann

Williams at 508-481-8176 or Sister Yvette Bellerose at 774-239-3372. You may also pre-register online at Wom-

enOfFaithSSA.org.