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Welcome! If you are new to our parish please complete a registration form or contact the
parish office. Visitors, we’re glad you joined us today!
Mass Times
St. Theresa Parish
Saturday 4:00 pm Sunday 8:00 & 11:00 am
Confessions: Saturday 3:00-3:45 pm
Adoration: Wednesday
9:00 am–Noon Wednesday 6:00-7:00 pm
St. Mary Parish
Sunday 9:30 am
Confessions: Following the 9:30 Mass
Adoration: 1st Thursday of the Month
7:00-8:00 pm
Office Hours
Monday—Wednesday 9:00 am—3:00 pm
Thursday 9:00 am - Noon
Phone: 603-428-3325
Parish Staff
Pastor: Fr. Marcel Martel
[email protected] 603-428-8576
Weekend Assistant: Fr. Maurice Abasilim
Deacons: Wayne Bolduc
Jim Rock
Administrative Assistant: Linda Patterson
Bookkeeper/Finance: Dolly Megens
Religious Education Coordinator: Mary Corsetti
St. Theresa Parish 158 Old West Hopkinton Road
PO Box 729 Henniker, NH 03242
The Communities of St. Mary Parish
38 Church Street Hillsboro, NH 03244
Mailing address same as St. Theresa
Email: [email protected]
CATHOLIC CHARITIES
Su McKinnon, M.ED 603-228-1108
WEB SITE
www.showerofroses.org
December 31, 2017
St. Theresa and St. Mary Parishes December 31, 2017
December 17, 2017
Parish Offertory $ 4,610.20 Offertory Online 12/11-12/15 $ 698.22 Stipends $ 35.00 Flowers $ 60.00 Immaculate Conception $ 75.00 Immaculate Conception Online $ 35.00 Retirement for Religious $ 755.00 Retirement for Religious Online $ 247.00 Votives $ 106.90 Building Debt Building Debt (11/07/17) $ 416,704.05 Principal Payment (12/06/17) $ 6,484.55 4.25% Interest Payment (12/06/17) $ 1,475.83 Updated Building Debt (12/06/17) $ 410,219.50 Pledges and Donations Total Debt Rec’d this month $ 4,498.81 Debt Reduction 12/15 $ 90.00 Debt Online 12/11-12/15 $ 100.00 THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT
December 24 and 25, 2017
Due to the Christmas Holiday, the bulletin was submitted before the numbers were available. The
financial information will be published in the January 7th bulletin.
St. Theresa Prayer Chain Selma Al-Abbas, June Antle, Madeleine
Aucoin, Richard Aucoin, Leonard Bienvenue, Amanda Brown, Emma Cook Bates, Susan Bullock, Paul Crowley,
Lisa DeLeon, Elizabeth D’Orazio, Judy Fairbanks, Andrew Hewey, Lynda Hill, Mary Lamy, Peter and Lisa
Marie Lind, Maureen McDonald, Jackson McPhee, McPike Family, Jason Madsen, Sue Merrill, Norma
Metzger, Joe Mosses, Brianna Murdough, Sheila Miller, Pam Monaghan, Katie Otterson, Joanne Palisi, Christine Prince, Shawna Poisson, Peter Paul, Gabriel Rock, Henry Rossander, Jonathan Ruiz, Leo Hubert Schuster, Susan
Smith, Donald LeTalien, Sean and Robin Theodore
Events at St. Theresa
Jan. 2 Finance Council Meeting at 6:30 pm Jan. 7 Coffee and donuts after the 8:00 am Mass Jan. 7 Edge and Youth Ministry Jan. 7 Life in the Spirit! Prayer Group at 6:30 pm For more information, contact Gayle and Dennis Lamm 456-3377 Jan. 8 Pastoral Council Meeting at 6:30 pm Jan. 15 Liturgy Committee Meeting at 6:30 pm
ST. THERESA ST. MARY
St. Mary Prayer Chain
Charlie Adams, Vera Barone, Jerry Beaupre, Doris Borges, Maureen Burger, Christina Bryer, Louise Castner, Yvonne Chesna, Michael Chouinard, Paul Crowley, Lori & Steven Carrington, Craig, Bea Cusick, Norris Dozois, Peter Dubuque, Jim & Wendy Dumais, Nadja Endreson, Lucy Gaudet, Richard Grimard, Marion Grifiin, Jackie
Hemenway, Sandy Hebert, Leno Hernandez, Jim Hofford, CJ, Travis Kocur, JL, Denise & Ronnie Latouche, Ken-
neth LeBlanc, Jordan Leishman, Kathy Long, Vinnie Lu, Jean M., Joan Max, Joan McMinn, Jackson McPhee,
Brady Martin, Marsha Mills, Pat Morganroth, The Morin Family, Anne Morrissette, Brianna Murdough, Kayla
Paquette, Paige, Jon & Heather Plater, Regina Paquette, Roberta Pletcher, Marlies Radermacher, RJ, Rudy, Joann
Russell, Marian Sullivan, Fred & Judi Swett, Norman Trottier, Christine Vallee, CW
ST. MARY UPCOMING MEETING Chalice of Strength Holy Hour for Priests
Meets weekly after 8:30 mass on Thursday
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament First Thursday of the month 7:00 –8:00 p.m.
Faith Sharing Meeting and Potluck Meets the 2nd Wednesday of the Month
For information call Mary Plater at 464-4034
Knights of Columbus Meets the 2nd Wednesday of the Month at 7:00 p.m. For information call Philip Womersley at 428-3145
Social Committee Meets the 1st Wednesday of the month
at 9:00 a.m. in the rectory. For information call Shelly Connolly at 588-2281
December 17, 2017
Parish Offertory $ 1,401.00 Offertory Online 12/11-12/15 $ 540.00 Stipends $ 10.00 Flowers $ 35.00 Immaculate Conception $ 75.00 Retirement for religious $ 82.00 Votives $ 47.75
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT
December 24 and 25, 2017 Due to the Christmas Holiday, the bulletin was
submitted before the numbers were available. The financial information will be published in the
January 7th bulletin.
St. Theresa and St. Mary Parishes December 31, 2017
Mass Intentions
Sat. Dec. 30 4:00 p.m. For the Parishioners of St. Theresa and St. Mary Sun. Dec. 31 8:00 a.m. For the Parishioners of St. Theresa and St. Mary 11:00 a.m. In memory of Michael Fleming by Stephanie Ogden Mon. Jan. 1 8:30 a.m. In memory of Dan DaCosta and Maura Carberry by the DaCosta Family and In celebration of Norman Trottier’s Birthday Wed. Jan. 3 8:30 a.m. For the Parishioners of St. Theresa and St. Mary Sat. Jan. 6 4:00 p.m. For the Parishioners of St. Theresa and St. Mary Sun. Jan. 7 8:00 a.m. For the Priest, Deacons and Seminarians of the Diocese 11:00 a.m. For the Parishioners of St. Theresa and St. Mary
If you would like to schedule a Mass Intention at St. Theresa or St. Mary please contact
the Parish Office.
Mass Intentions Sun. Dec. 31 9:30 a.m. In memory of Mary and Joseph Lima by the Poutre Family and In memory of Norman Hemenway by Joan Hemenway Tues. Jan. 2 8:30 a.m. In memory of Gabrielle Anctil by Karen and Kevin Plante and In celebration of Norman Trottier’s Birthday Thurs. Jan. 4 8:30 a.m. In memory of Arthur Vallee and Arlene DiCorcia Sun. Jan. 7 9:30 a.m. In memory of Arlene DiCorcia’s 2nd Anniversary and In celebration of Ian McGill’s Birthday If you would like to schedule a Mass Intention at
St. Theresa or St. Mary please contact the Parish Office.
ST. THERESA BIBLE STUDY
Meets on Sundays from 9:15 AM-10:30AM between Masses in the Founders Room,
which is located at the back of the church. Bible Study will meet Sunday, Dec. 17th and then
they will not meet again until Sunday, Jan. 7th 2018.
We will read and discuss the Gospel from the Missal for the following Sunday.
Please join us any Sunday that you, your family and friends are available. We have coffee and take turns
bringing baked goodies or donuts.
Vocations Chalice
If you are a registered parishioner of St. Theresa Parish and would like to take home the Vocations Chalice for a week of dedicated prayer
for vocations, please sign-up in the Vocations Book located in the Vesting Sacristy.
This week the chalice will be taken home by Jeannine Aucoin
who will pray a special prayer for vocations every day this week.
St. Theresa and St. Mary Parishes December 31, 2017
Sanctuary Lamp Memorial
The sanctuary Lamp (the candle burning near the tabernacle) signals Jesus’ Eucharistic presence in
the tabernacle It burns constantly, 24 hours a day! If you would like to “sponsor” the burning of the
Sanctuary Lamp at St. Theresa or St. Mary in memory of a loved one, you are welcome to do so!
Simply contact the parish office.
Several weeks in 2018 are available at St. Theresa and St. Mary.
This week at St. Theresa’s it is burning in memory of Mickey and Kelly Gleason
In observance of the Holidays the Parish Office will be closed
December 22th through January 1st. We wish you a Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year!
eGiving Supporting Our Parish Through
Electronic Giving Now you can use your credit card or electronic check
to support the missions of St. Theresa & St. Mary parishes. Using electronic giving is easy to do. Go to our website (www.showerofroses.org) and click on the Giving button. In a few minutes you can be sure that your gift will work every day of the year to help
our parishes.
OPPORTUNITY!
Give yourself the Gift of Time! The St. Padre Pio Eucharistic Adoration Chapel is available 24/7 for you to spend time with the Lord. Come and enter into the Lord’s Presence. See what a difference the practice of Adoration can make in your life! If you think that you’d like to commit to a regular time for prayer and adoration, some times that you might want to
consider are: Daytime hours: Mondays; 4pm Wednesdays; 3pm Fridays; 2pm Saturdays; 9am and 4pm Evening hours: Sundays; 6pm and 10pm Saturdays; 8pm Early morning hours: Wednesdays; 2am and 3am Thursdays; 2am Saturdays; 2am and 3am
The St. Padre Pio Eucharistic Adoration Chapel is sponsored by the Capital Deanery, and is located at the parish of
Immaculate Heart of Mary, 180 Loudon Road, Concord. All are welcome to visit and adore Our Lord at any time,
day or night.
For more information, contact Lauren Dadmun, Chapel Coordinator, 603-470-7949 or [email protected]
Training sessions at St. Mary's for Greeters, Lectors and Ministers of
Communion will be held on Sunday, January 21st following the 9:30
Mass.
The members of St. Theresa Parish family will have the opportunity to “spiritually” adopt a child who is newly conceived. Not all newly conceived babies are allowed to be
born. In fact, more than 3,200 babies lose their lives to abortion each day. It is these babies you are being asked to “adopt”. You may “adopt” a child individually or as a family. Please sign up by the beginning of February. You may pick up a pledge card in the back of the church. You will be asked to name the child for whom you will be praying, thereby acknowledging the baby's humanity. You will be asked to pray daily for your unborn child and for all unborn children, for the power of prayer is great. There are millions of unborn babies desperately in need of your prayers. Won’t you please “spiritually adopt” one and share the love for life that God has given you? There are pledges on the tables in the back of the church. Please take one fill it out and return the portion indicated in the collection basket.
St. Theresa and St. Mary Parishes December 31, 2017
Why do Catholics DO that?!
Join Gus Planchet for a talk on the Church, the environment of the sanctuary, the Mass, and how our actions today are inextricably connected to Jesus’ sacrifice on the Cross, over 2,000 years ago. When do Catholics kneel, genuflect, and stand during the Mass and why?! How come the priest uses different gestures? What are the names the various items used during the sacraments? Join us, January 14th at 2:00 pm at St. Theresa’s to learn all this and more! Free and open to all. Bring your best questions! Things you never knew and never thought to ask about the Faith can and will be discussed.
Question: January 1, New Year's Day, has a number of liturgical names celebrating a variety of events. Could you sort some of this out?
Answer: January 1, New Year's Day, celebrates newness. Exactly eight days after Christmas, traditionally it celebrates Mary as the Mother of God. The Greek word for Mary's motherhood is Theotokos, meaning "God-bearer." Becoming official church teaching at the Council of Ephesus in 381, this is one of the most ancient and important titles given to Mary. Chapter VIII of the Vatican II document, Lumen Gentium, which addresses Mary's role in Christian life, refers to her by that title no less than twelve times. Eight days after the birth of a Jewish male, circumcision was demanded by Jewish law. January 1 also commemorates the circumcision of Jesus. The Gospel reading for the day from Luke recounts the shepherds' visit, the completion of the eight days leading to circumcision, and naming the baby Jesus, according to the angel's direction previous to his conception. Beginning in 1967, Pope Paul VI requested that this day be set aside as a day of prayer for world peace. For over forty years popes have issued a message encouraging prayer as well as action toward the establishment of world peace.
If we used today to be as loving to others as mothers are to their children, this might be the year that peace becomes a reality. That reality may move us all to renew our commitment to God symbolized by Jesus' circumcision. So maybe these various celebrations do link together. Happy New Year!
