DAILY MASS Monday - Wednesday 8:30am

Fr. Stephen D. Johnson Memorial Chapel Mother Saint John House - 761 Main St. Leicester

ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN OUR PARISH FAMILY Please call 508-859-8083 or stop by the parish office

Pastor: Rev. Robert A Loftus Phone: 774-262-6562 Deacon: Michael Corby

Phone: 508-873-7488 Email: deaconmike@mcorby.com

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Confessions are heard by appointment only. Those wishing spiritual direction should phone the rectory to schedule an appointment.

Sacrament of Marriage: Our diocese requires a one-year prepa-ration time for this sacrament. Please contact the rectory at least one year in advance of your planned wedding date.

Care of the Sick: Please advise us of parishioners who are sick or in the hospital, that we might keep them in prayer and, if possi-ble, visit them. Anyone who is unable to celebrate Mass with us in Church is urged to advise us so that we can, if possible, bring the Eucharist to them at home.

Sacrament of Baptism: Celebrated the second Sunday of each month. Other times during Mass. Please contact the rectory to set up a meeting. Instruction is required for all parents seeking Baptism for their child.

Bulletin: All Announcements for bulletins should be submitted by 6:00pm Monday evening

St Joseph Church St Pius x Church

Parish Rectory & Office 761 Main Street, Leicester, MA 01524 Mother St. John House Phone: 508-859-8083 Fax: 508-892-4753 Email: stjosephstpiusx759@gmail.com www.stjoseph-stpiusx.com

St. Joseph -St. Pius X

Parish Secretary: Lue Willis Phone: 508-859-8083 ext 102 Religious Education Phone: 508-859-8083 ext 104 Email: religioused.leicester@gmail.com Coordinator of Religious Education: Lauren Bjork Phone: 717-572-2897 Saint Joseph’s Cemetery Waite St. Leicester (Office at Mother St. John House)

St Joseph - St Pius x Parish

St. Joseph -St. Pius X Parish Leicester, MA

PLEASE REMEMBER IN PRAYER

Our sick, homebound and shut-ins, our military

men and women and those who have asked for

our prayers especially for Matthew Cox, Daniel

Bergin, Billy Austin, Ronnie & Christine Sutton,

Susan Gosalves , Tom Lilley, Catherine Collette, William Manzi, Yvonne Richard, Barbara P., Marie

Daige, Madlyn Rose Demerjian, Nora & Harvey LaPerle, Gloria Power, Dan McDonald, Christine

Hayes, Ella Polinski., Linda Sweeney, Frances

O’Day, Mary Kielly, Tommy Maynard, Mrs. Keaton,

Maryann Dumont, Sarah Bousquet, Beatrice Bou-dreau, Scott Staruk, Debra Klingsporn, Helen Rus-

sell ,Owen Wright, Carolyn & Venessa Gaddy, Es-

telle Dandurand. If you have any prayer requests

please contact the parish office at 508-859-8083

SATURDAY, September 7

St. Pius X Church

4:00pm William McCann, Req. by Family

SUNDAY, September 8 (Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary

Time)

9:00am Denise Durocher Johnson, Req.

Rocky & Sue Durocher

Week of September 9, 2019

(MOTHER ST. JOHN HOUSE)

MONDAY, September 9 (Saint Peter Claver)

8:30am Stephen Pappas, Req. by Friend

TUESDAY September 10

8:30am Rev. Dennis Rocheford

WEDNESDAY, September 11

8:30am Msgr. Joseph Lynch

SATURDAY, September 14 (The Exaltation of the

Holy Cross) St. Pius X Church

4:00pm Rev. George Hill

SUNDAY, September 15 (Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordi-

nary Time)

9:00am Charles & Richard Schliker, Req. by

Tickets are still available…. Tickets are now available to purchase for our Famous Chicken BBQ following the 4:00pm outdoor Mass on Sat. Sept. 14th, after all masses and or the Parish office. Please purchase this week so that we can account for the food necessary for this event and we don’t run out.. (Hamburger & Hot Dogs meals will also be available.)

TAKE A CHANCE ON OUR GRAND PRIZE

RAFFLE

Tickets are available after all masses and will

be sold the day of the fair at the hospitality

table..

Please remember in your prayers, Diane Blair & Susan Bjork

Congratulations to Vanessa Lee Gaddy who received the

sacrament of Baptism this past weekend. May God Bless you and your family

NEW MASS TIME SCHEDULE Effective this weekend of September 7, 2019, the new

mass schedule will be as follows: Monday thru Wednesday

8:30am in Mother St. John Chapel Saturday

4:00pm in St. Pius X Church Sunday

9:00am in St. Pius X Church

COFFEE SHOP

The coffee shop will resume on Sunday, September 22nd following the 9:00am Mass We are however, in need of volunteers to help out- Please consider and contact the parish office if you would be interested. It would greatly be appreciated!

Still looking for anyone who would like to donate a decorated cake for our cake raffle to be held at our parish fair on the 14th of September. What a great way to show off your skills while supporting the parish-

Twenty-thirdSunday in ordinary time September 7, 2019

PARISH FAIR Sept. 14, 2019 beginning at 10:00am

St. Joseph’s Campus Is fast approaching so please spread the word and join us for a fun filled event featuring : Music by the Otters! 11:30am-3:30pm, a Leicester Favorite! & Stephen Brenner, a balloon

Sculptor & Magician, Music, Food, Raffles, Entertainment, Vendors, Kids Zone including games, Activities, Bouncy House, Face painting & more...Craft Tables, Baked Goods & more .. An Outdoor Mass will be cele-

brated at 4:00pm on the grounds of St. Joseph Church followed by our famous

Parents & Care Givers Make sure to stop by and visit their table...

This year the Molly Bish Center will be attending our parish fair providing child and elderly ID kits free of charge, as well as information on how to talk to your child about dangers and abductions– (at age appropriate levels). It really is a lifesaving tool. Kits also available for the elderly which is

Thank you to the following Local Business’s & Parishioners

for their Generous Donations

Schedule of Events 9:00am-3:30pm Thrift Shop / Deja New Open

10:00am-4:00pm Parish Fair

Outdoors: Kids Zone: (games/activities, bouncy house, face painting, sand art, beads, prizes etc.) Vendor Tables, Food, Entertainment– Visit the Hospitality Table: New to the area? All are Welcome! Religion Ed Registrations available, Purchase all raffle tick-ets there etc. Outdoor 4:00pm Mass, Chicken BBQ Indoors: St. joseph School: Craft table, Basket & larger items Raffles, Cake Raffle, Bake Tables, & Coffee Station

Leicester Fire & Police Dept. Touch a Car/Truck Board the fire truck or police car & take a picture

Take a Chance grand raffle tickets, baskets raffle tickets, cake raffles, and 50/50 raffles available to purchase

throughout the day @ the hospitality table, and or in St. Joseph’s school

10:00am– 3:00am– Stop & Visit Vendor Tables 10:30am– 3:30pm– Stephen Brenner-Balloon Sculptor & Magician 11:30am– 3:30pm The Otters Band 12:30pm first 50/50 drawing pulled– outside must be present

2:15pm-2:45pm Revival Dance Academy Dancers 3:00pm cake raffle drawn in St. Joseph’s school 3:30pm second 50/50 drawing pulled-outside must be present

3:35pm– 3:50pm Performance by Vocalist Shirley McAfee

4:00pm– Outdoor Mass celebrated 5:00pm Chicken BBQ Dinner 6:00pm Raffle winners in school drawing followed by grand raffle (do not need to be present) 7:00pm Breakdown

Stop by and Visit our Vendors! *Vintage Silverware Jewelry* Non Lethal Personal Pro-tection, Personalized Jewelry* Scented Wax & Warm-ers* Knitted Items, Wooden Items, *Hypnosis & Mas-sage *Avon *A Mothers Journey-Books, Paintings, Keychains *Pampered Chef * Hair Accessories* Fabric Purses, Quilts, Wall Hangers* Wreaths * Jar Candles, Warmers, Melts* Novelty Items* Paparazzi Jewelry* All Fabric Items, Stuffed An-imals *Children's Books * Soap Scrubs, *Olive Wood Hand Made Religious Items, *Kids Clothing* Tee Shirts* Dance Academy

Bayberry Bowling- Farmers Diner- Coopers- Dairy Queen- Everlast Nursery- MyWorld Computer Solutions- Raul’s Automotive- Jan’s Package Store- Chef Saul- Mid-State Welding- Creative Florists- Zorbas- Black & White restaurant-

Singer & Lusardi Public Accountants- The Dipilato Family- The Cooney Family- The Lewis Family- Mexicali restaurant-

Cheoy Lee’s III- Karols’s Corner Take-out -Whitco- Liquors Leicester Package Store- Barbers Crossing- Price Chopper- Dippin Donuts- Morins Funeral Home Ellers- Subway Quality Muffler & Brake Northeast Pizza- Railers HC Foundation- Moe’s Southwest Grill George Mckenna Ins. Agency- Morins Funeral Home- Cumberland Farms- Kayem Foods- Knights of Columbus-