St. Mary’s ~ Roman Catholic Church
32 Pearl St. ~ Claremont, NH 03743
Tel. (603) 542-9518
Fax (603) 542-9614
email ~ [email protected]
Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8 AM - 1 PM
Websites
St. Mary’s Parish
www. stmaryparishnh.org
Diocese of Manchester
www. catholicnh.org
Founded 1823
Sunday ~ April 16, 2017
Easter Sunday
Pastor
Deacon
Bookkeeper
Secretary
Religious Education
Very Rev. Shawn Therrien, V.F.
Rev. Deacon Paul Boucher
Linda Bergeron
Mary K. Keating
Lisa Sweet (603) 542-2260 or
[email protected]
Organist
Joe Labrecque (603) 729-6196
NH Catholic Charities
(800) 562-5249 / (603) 448-5151
St Bonaventure Homeschool Cooperative
(603) 543-3483
LITURGY SCHEDULE
Saturday
Sunday
Monday / Wednesday / Friday
Tuesday
No Mass on Thursday
4:00 PM
8:00 / 10:30 AM
7:30 AM
12:10 PM
MASSES AT OLD ST. MARY CHURCH
Saturday Morning Mass at 8:00 AM every week
(June to October) at Old St. Mary’s Church
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Saturday
3:00 - 3:45 PM
ADORATION CHAPEL
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Thursday ONLY
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
6:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Chapel Hours
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
6:00 AM - 8:00 PM
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
9:00 AM - 12 Noon
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Church is illuminated this week for
Bernard Ouellette.
Prayer to the Most Holy Trinity
Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I offer You the most precious Body, Blood, Soul
and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the
outrages, sacrileges and indifferences with which He Himself is offended. And, through the
infinite merits of His most Sacred Heart, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of You the
conversion of poor sinners.
This prayer was taught by the Angel of Peace to the children at Fatima so we may console
our God and make reparation for the crimes committed by ungrateful people.
Easter Flowers
Donation By:
Elisabeth Arquitt
Mr. & Mrs. Louis Barbosa
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Bedard
Robert & Jean Belaire
Jeannette Benware
Mr. & Mrs. Victor Bergeron
Thomas Bertrand
Rose Bly
Mr. & Mrs. Fritz Boggess
James Boisclair
Mr. & Mrs. John Borgstrom
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Brassaw
Maryann Campbell
David and Joy Ann Clark
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Clarke
Mercedita Collins
Rita Collins
Ronald Companion
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Desbiens
Lorraine Dion
Doris Dorr
Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Farley
Mr. & Mrs. Randy Fullam
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Gilbert
Mr. & Mrs. Dale Giles
Carol and Joanna Girard
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Greenwood
Mr. & Mrs. Victor Hamel
Marlene Jordan
Ian & Brynn Kibbe
Jim and Linda Landry
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph LaPointe
Norma Limoges
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph McElreavy
Louis Millette
Jacqueline Ouellette
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Roberts
Karen Rose
Cheryl Shaimas
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Small
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph St. Pierre
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Therrien
Robert Tourangeau
Pauline Trottier
Mr. & Mrs. Louis Wanat
Mr. & Mrs. John Wolfe
In Memory Of:
Stewart Arquitt
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Lund/Mr. & Mrs. Edward Bedard/Daniel Lund
Frank & Julia Sanders/Fred & Winnie Belaire
Arthur Benware/Rose Campbell
Frances & George Bergeron/Buxton Family
William Bly/Congetta & Antonio Zullo
Bill & Betsy Boggess/Robert Driscoll/Julia Haynes/Carl Deblois
Mr. & Mrs. Roland Boisclair
Lillian Whittemore/Doi Woodman
Rose & Norman Brassaw
Evenly O’Malley/Patrick O’Malley/Ian Campbell/Dorthy O’Malley
Florencia Camino Jocson/vicente Jocson/Jocam Joseph Jocson/
Josefa Montano Camino/Genevieve Clark Gotsis
Robbie Kmietek/Szalajka-Clarke Families/Mike Zirolli
Leon A. Collins
John M. Collins/Leon A. Collins
Companion-Martin-Jude-LeBlanc-Short-Guilbault-Nadeau Families/
VFW-DAV-American Legion-Veterans of all wars/All departed religious
Mr. & Mrs. Lucien Desbiens/Frank D’Amante/Jennie D’Amante Bowen/
Julie Bartlett
Arthur Dion/Arthur & Gertrude Dion/Gertrude & Irene Bernier/
Pauline Johnson/Candida Condon
Edwin Dorr
Linda Farley/Iris Farly/Richard Marquise/Gordon Hall/DePaulos/Beatties
Tela Flaig/Robin Flaig/Denise & Michael Cummings
Gilbert-McElreavy Families
Lester Giles/Lorena Giles/Vetaline Carpenter/Raymond Jacobs/
Donald Pellerin/Gwen Giles/ Rev. Michael Ciullo
Herman, Margaret, David & Thomas Girard
Yvonne & Dennis Greenwood/Maryanne Greenwood/Letitia Foisset
Hamel-Elliott-Nalette Families
Paul Lessard/Kathleen Lessard
Eileen Harrington/John Geiger/Joseph Lankone/Daniel Maloney
Bertha Kuchenski
Albert & Yvonne Landry
LaPointe-Mahon Families
Juliette Paradis/Therese Limoges
McElrean-Johnson-Kangas Families
Carmela D’Amante/C. Frank D’Amante/Jennie D’Amante Bowen/
Gerry & Midge Bellavance/Eva Trottier/Lucien & Arlene Desbiens
Eugene Oullette
Jeanette Finke/Lorette Leclerc/Ray Roberts/Justin Roberts
Ruth & Chris Rose
Ruth Vaughan/Allen Shaimas/Alice McCue
Joseph & Roseanna Therrien/Victory & Marion Small/Gary Small
Joanne Tourangeau
Nova Trottier
Louis & Delia Wanat/Joseph & Laura Buraczynski
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Theroux
April 15, 2017—April 23, 2017
Sat. April 15
8:00 PM
Holy Saturday
Easter Vigil
Sun. April 16
8:00 AM
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord
Julia Sanders (†)
By Wayne & Juanita Sweet
10:30 AM
For the People
Mon. April 17
7:30 am
Monday within the Octave of Easter
Ted, Vina, Karen, Richard & Alison
By Ted
Tue. April 18
12:10 pm
Tuesday within the Octave of Easter
All Souls
Wed. April 19
7:30 am
Wednesday within the Octave of Easter
Mary R. & J. Park Goddard (†)
Thur. April 20
Thursday within the Octave of Easter
No Mass
Fri. April 21
7:30 am
Friday within the Octave of Easter
Johanna Doody (†)
By Family
Sat. April 22
4:00 PM
Vigil of Divine Mercy Sunday
Alex & Roseanna LeClair (†)
By Eleanor Jones and Family
Sun. April 23
8:00 AM
Sunday of Divine Mercy
Betty & Ray Bullock (†)
By Karen & Steve Mongeon
10:30 AM
For the People
Words of Wisdom:
God hates death and wants nothing to do with it. Listen to the words of
Ezekiel the prophet: “I will open your graves and have you rise from
them” (Ez 37:12). These are spoken just after the marvelous scene of the
enlivening of the dry bones. There is an important clue here, by the way.
Those dry bones were there because a battle had been fought on that
spot. Death, the fear of death, the threat of death, putting to death—all this
broods over human life and grounds sin and oppression. Think for a
moment: all sin flows finally from a fear of death. Every tyrant who ever
lived has succeeded through awakening in people the fear of death. But
what if death, as we know it and experience it, is not at all what God
intended? What if it were something that God wanted to deal with once
and for all, to get rid of? The book of Genesis tells us clearly that death
came from sin. Mind you, death is not the dissolution of the body—that
seems to be part of the natural process. But death as we experience it—
as something fearful, horrible, terrifying—comes from having turned from
God. It’s important to remember that Jesus came primarily as a warrior
whose final enemy is death. I know how easy it is to domesticate Jesus,
presenting him as a kindly and inspiring moral teacher, but that is not how
the Gospels present him. He is a cosmic warrior who has come to do
battle with all of those forces that keep us from being fully alive.
Throughout the Gospels, Jesus deals with the effects of death and a death
-obsessed culture: violence, hatred, egotism, exclusion, false religion,
phony community. But the final enemy he must face down is death itself.
And he does it on a cross.
-Bishop Robert Barron
WEEKLY OFFERING . . . Stewardship
Giving of Time, Talent and Treasure in gratitude for all of God’s gifts.
Thank you for your generosity!
Thank you also for those who make up envelopes!
April 9, 2017
Offertory
$ 4939.50
Palm Sunday
$ 653.00
Upcoming Collections
Buck-A-Month
April 22-23
St. Vincent de Paul Society
April 29-30
PLEASE NOTE … All checks are payable to: St. Mary’s Parish.
If you would like to put in the memo section what collection it is
that is fine. Just as long as checks are made out to the church!
With the exception of St Vincent De Paul:
St. Vincent de Paul, payable direct to: St. Vincent de Paul Society.
PRAYER LIST
Call the parish office to add/continue a person on the prayer list
Jeff Albright
Robert Alflen
Doris Allen
James Baljak
Todd Bellefeuille
Janet Blaisdell
Carolyn Bouchard
Joel Boutin
Carol Braga
David Bromley
Pauline Buckner
Paul Bunnelle
Alan Colpas
M/M Ron Companion
Ron Cota
Sarah Davis
Alice DeTore
James DeTore
Jim Dilts
Sis. Paulette Ducharme
Thomas Eagen
Joni Fenske
Donat Gagne
Jeannine Grenier
Billy Grey
David Grey
Elizabeth Grey
Jacob Grey
Brendan Gunning
Marion Hamilton
Deborah Hemingway
Basil Hodgedon
David Immich
Ben Jordan
Frank Kamp
Gary Lyle Kingsbury
Lyle Kingsbury
Donna Kulacz
Delores LaCroix
Marie LaFlower
Wayne LaFlower
Bertha Lamarre
John Laushance
Gaetane Lemieux
Merranda Lenahan
Matthew Limoges
Fr Andrian Longchamps
Hazel Montano
Thomas Moriarty
Joseph McElreavy
Brayden McEnany
Terry McGuire
Sylvia Michaud
Ronald Nelson
Cindy Nieters
Mary Ouellette
Lynda Poirier
Mike Poirier
Linda Poirier Porche
Sister Peggy Ramsdan
Mary Raymond
T. J. Raymond
Joey Rittlinger
Kim Rounds
Fred Schad
Christopher Shaimas
Marcia Shambo
Cheryl Smith
Regina Smith
Father Stan
Mary Sullivan
Christine Synder
Andrew St. Pierre
Theresa Viger
Richard Walsh
David White
Lisa Buckner White
Fleurette Witalisz
READINGS FOR THE WEEK. . .
Mon. April 17
Tues. April 18
Wed. April 19
Thurs. April 20
Fri. April 21
Sat. April 22
Sun. April 23
Acts 2:14, 22-33/Mt 28:8-15
Acts 2:36-41/Jn 20:11-18
Acts 3:1-10/Lk 24:13-35
Acts 3:11-26/Lk 24:35-48
Acts 4:1-12/Jn 21:1-14
Acts 4:13-21/Mk 16:9-15
Acts 2:42-47/1 Pt 1:3-9/Jn 20:19-31
PRAY FOR OUR MILITARY LOVED ONES
Tom / Bergan Flannigan …Army
Zachary Long… Army
Christian Stone, USMC
Call the parish office to add your loved ones in the service.
Welcome New Parishioners…Just moved to this area? We welcome you to St. Mary’s
Parish. Please stop by the parish office or call (603) 542-9518 for “new parishioner” information!
HYMNS — Easter Sunday
Processional Hymn:
#169—Jesus Christ is Risen Today
Offertory Hymn: #252—The Day of Resurrection
REMEMBERING DURING THE YEAR
“Memorial Candle Fund”
Candles burning in the Church/Adoration Chapel are for
Bernard Ouellette
Divine Mercy Sunday
April 23, 2017
St. Mary’s Church
Communion Hymn: #218—On This Day, The First of Days
Recessional Hymn: #83—Alleluia! Alleluia! Let the Holy Anthem Rise
Knights of Columbus Aluminum Can Drive
Sat. April 22—3:00—4:00 PM...St. Mary Rectory Garage
Sun. April 23—7:30—10:30 AM...St. Mary Rectory Garage
Aluminum cans only! Rinse out cans, do not crush them.
5 Cent Plastic Soda bottles marked VT accepted.
Check markings!
Cursillo Group
St. Mary’s Cursillo Group will be meeting on Friday, April 28,
7:00 pm at St. Joseph’s Hall on 60 Elm Street. The group from
St. Patrick’s in Newport will be joining us. Anyone interested in
hearing more about the Cursillo Movement is welcome to
attend also. For more information, contact Sue Ann Forcier at
603-477-9311 or email [email protected].
Make a friend—Be a friend– Bring that friend to Jesus
Catholic Daughters of the Americas
BUSINESS MEETING—Ice Cream Social
April 18, 2017 at 6:30 PM
Sullivan County Health Care—Stearns 1
Carpool—Contact Linda Bergeron
ONGOING PECAN FUNDRAISER—Great Gifts!
$8.00 = 12 oz. plain, chocolate; 8 oz. glazed, cinnamon glazed and
peacan clusters
$10.00 - 16 oz plain—$4.00 pecan rolls
"Do you realize that Jesus is there in the tabernacle expressly for you
- for you alone? He burns with the desire to come into your heart."
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Join us!
We’re building a team from St. Mary’s
11th Annual 5K Walk & Fun Run
Saturday, May 6th, Walk begins at 10:00 AM
Starting at Claremont Middle School
Turning Points Network provides 24-hour services for survivors of domestic
violence, sexual violence and stalking, as well as education and outreach
for the community.
Come walk, run, roll or stroll at this family friendly event. Strollers and
crowd-friendly dogs welcome. For more information, contact Linda Bergeron
at the parish office by April 30th. Please leave a message if she is
unavailable, and your call will be returned.
Noon—3:00 pm
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
1:30—2:45 pm
Confessions
3:00 pm
Chaplet of Divine Mercy
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
Fabulous 7 Branson Trip
Join Father John Loughnane, pastor of All Saints Parish, for a
trip to Branson, Missouri – Sept. 16-24, 2017. The cost is
only $749 per person, double occupancy (9 days and 8 nights).
Cost includes Motor Coach transportation... 8 nights lodging
including 4 consecutive nights in the Branson area…14 meals
including 8 breakfasts and 6 dinners...admission to Fabulous 7
Branson Shows and much more. Departure will be from St.
Catherine’s Church in Charlestown. For more information,
please contact St. Catherine’s Rectory at (603) 826-3359.
FISH FRY at Northeast Catholic College
Fish Fry at Northeast Catholic College on Friday, April 21st,
from 5:00—7:00 pm. The college is located at 511 Kearsarge
Mountain Road in Warner, NH. Cost is $10.00 per adult,
$5.00 per child 6-12, and free for children 5 and under. Call
(603) 456-2656 for more information or visit their website
at www.NortheastCatholic.edu.
Pilgrimage to Canada
Join us on our Annual Pilgrimage to Canada July 31
through August 3, 2017. The cost is just $445 (per
person). We will be visiting the Shrines of Sacred
Heart (Beauvoir), Notre-Dame-du-Cap, St. Joseph's
Oratory in Montreal and Sainte Anne-de-Beaupre,
Quebec City. Cost includes Accommodations based on
double occupancy, two meals a day (full breakfast and
dinner), Coach Bus transportation, and spiritual
director. We will be leaving from Manchester,
Concord, and Claremont. For a flyer or more
information, call Juanita at 826-3359 or email
[email protected]