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Weekend Mass Schedule�

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Saturday: 4:00pm�

Sunday: �

English: 8:00am�

10:30am � �

Brazilian: 12:00pm�

Week Day Mass Schedule�

9:00am �

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Wednesday�

Friday �

ST. MICHAEL PARISH�

Welcome New Parishioners�

We welcome you to the community of St. Michael.

Please introduce yourself to the priest, call or visit the

Parish Center or visit us online at www.stmikes.org to fill

out a registration form. As a parish committed to the vi-

sion of stewardship, we encourage your involvement by

sharing with us your God given gifts of time, talent and

treasure. For detailed information about our ministries,

parish activities and contact persons, refer to our parish

website.�

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Baptisms�

The Sacrament of Baptism is celebrated on the 3rd Sun-

day of the month at 2:00pm. Baptism catechesis for the

parent(s) and godparent(s) is held on the 1st Sunday of

the month at 1:00pm and 2:30pm. Register online at

www.stmikes.org or call the Parish Center and ask for

Pat Conte ext. 306. �

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First Eucharist and Confirmation�

A complete preparation process is REQUIRED for each

sacrament. Please contact the Faith Formation office for

information.�

Marriage�

Arrangements MUST be made at least 6 months prior to

the intended date of the wedding. Please call the Parish

Center to schedule your date and make an appointment

to speak with Pat Conte our wedding coordinator. �

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Ministry of the Sick�

Please notify us if there is a sick or aged family member

or friend who would like to receive the Sacrament of the

Anointing of the Sick and/or Holy Communion at home.�

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Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions)�

Saturdays from 2:30 to 3:30 PM in the lower church. �

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RCIA �

If you have not been baptized or were baptized but have

not received First Eucharist, Reconciliation or Confir-

mation, please contact Sheila Mahoney at 978�562�

3148, call or email the Parish Center.�

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St. Michael’s Cemetery�

Cemetery lots are available. For information contact �

Helena at the Parish Office.�

21 Manning Street, Hudson, MA 01749�

Phone: 978�562�2552 Fax: 978�568�1761�

Faith Formation Phone: 978�562�7662�

www.stmikes.org�

office@stmikes.org�

@stmikes_hudson�

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facebook.com/stmikes.hudson�

Administrator: � Rev. Laurence “Ren” M. Tocci

� � x301 ~ frren@stmikes.org� �

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Xaverian Assistant: Rev. Anthony Lalli, S.X.�

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Weekend Assistant: Rev. Adriano Lessa�

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Deacon:� Deacon Jared Auclair �

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Music Director: Donna McIntyre�

donna@stmikes.org�

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Finance & Operations �Helena Siciliano � x304�

Manager:� � helena@stmikes.org�

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Baptisms & Weddings: Pat Conte � x306�

� � pconte@stmikes.org�

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Director of� Paula O’Brien � x309�

Faith Formation: Faithformation@stmikes.org �

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Administrative� � Vina Sousa � x300�

Assistant: �� office@stmikes.org�

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Custodians:� Antonio Gonçalves�

� � Francisco Pinheiro�

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Inclement Weather Notice�

If there is a delay or cancellation at the Hudson �

Public Schools due to inclement weather, the daily

Mass is cancelled. �

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Bread and Wine in Memory of�

Jose & Ines Moreira and Deceased Relatives�

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Lights and Candles in Loving Memory of�

Antonio & Maria M. Costa�

Francisco & Maria P. Chaves�

And Deceased Relatives�

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Grand Annual Year to Date�

$55,607.77�

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From the Business Office�

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Weekly Income � $12,000.00�

To Meet Expenses�

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On�Line Giving:� � $2,057.00� �

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Offertory:� � � $6,514.00 �

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Other Income:� � $6,278.00�

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Total Received:� � $14,849.00�

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Saturday� � January 9, 2021 �

4:00pm Alfred Gaspar�

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Sunday� � � January 10, 2021� �

8:00am John & Angelina Botelho�

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10:30am � Angelina Chaves& Antonio Chaves�

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Monday� � January 11, 2021�

9:00am � Jose Braga and Vitor Braga�

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Wednesday� � January 13, 2021�

9:00am�� � St. Michael’s Parishioners�

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Friday� � � January 15, 2021�

9:00am�� Joseph Honohan�

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Saturday� � January 16, 2021 � �

4:00pm�� � Mr. & Mrs. William Cabral�

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Sunday � � January 17, 2021 �

8:00am� �Maria Resendes Chaves &

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10:30am � � St. Michael’s Parishioner’s �

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If you have requested a Mass intention and would like to

have a family member present the gifts, please see an

Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion before the

start of the Mass. �

**PARISH CENTER HOURS** �

Monday/Tuesday�9:00am�3:00pm�

Thursday/Friday�9:00am�3:00pm�

Readings for the week of January 10, 2021�

Sunday:� Is 42:1�4, 6�7/Ps 29:1�2, 3�4, 3, 9�10 [11b]/Acts

10:34�38/Mk 1:7�11 or Is 55:1�11/Is 12:2�3, �

� 4bcd, 5�6 [3)]/1 Jn 5:1�9/Mk 1:7�11�

Monday:� � Heb 1:1�6/Ps 97:1 and 2b, 6 and 7c, 9 [cf. 7c]/�

� � Mk 1:14�20�

Tuesday:� � Heb 2:5�12/Ps 8:2ab and 5, 6�7, 8�9 [cf. 7]/Mk �

� � 1:21�28�

Wednesday:� Heb 2:14�18/Ps 105:1�2, 3�4, 6�7, 8�9 [8a]/Mk �

� � :29�39�

Thursday:� Heb 3:7�14/Ps 95:6�7c, 8�9, 10�11 [8]/Mk 1:40��

� � 45�

Friday:� � Heb 4:1�5, 11/Ps 78:3 and 4bc, 6c�7, 8 [cf. 7b]/�

� � Mk 2:1�12�

Saturday:�� Heb 4:12�16/Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 15 [cf. Jn 6:63c]/�

� � Mk 2:13�17�

Next Sunday:� 1 Sm 3:3b�10, 19/Ps 40:2, 4, 7�8, 8�9, 10 [8a, �

� � 9a]/1 Cor 6:13c�15a, 17�20/Jn 1:35�42�

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Know someone that needs �

St. Vincent de Paul’s help? �

We are waiting to help. Please call the number listed

here.�

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J������ 10, 2021�

This is My Beloved Son, With Whom I am Well Pleased . . .�

�

Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit, and the door

which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as

sons of God; we become members of Christ, are incorporated into the Church and made sharers in

her mission (CCC ¶ 1213).�

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We stand at a threshold today. The feast we celebrate this Sunday, the Baptism of the Lord, is both

the last day of the Christmas Season and the first Sunday of Ordinary Time. In the Church’s

calendar, we straddle two liturgical seasons; borrowing the language of the Catechism, we are in a

gateway, a door.�

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The Lord’s baptism in the Jordan River was a gateway moment for Him, as well. It marked His

emergence from the private sphere of life to His public ministry. John understood the baptism he

offered as a preparation for the Messiah’s coming, but Christ transformed it into the sacrament now

entrusted to His Church.�

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The Christ’s ministerial activity is launched by a public act, accompanied by an equally public

manifestation of the Trinity. The Holy Spirit descends from above as Christ emerges from the

waters; the Father audibly affirms His love for the Son. And even though Jesus immediately goes

into seclusion by making a forty�day retreat in the desert, He nonetheless has already begun His

ministry. Mark says that the Spirit who had descended on Jesus drove Him into the wilderness�a

verb that suggests both an urgent sense of purpose and obedience. From the time of His baptism

onward everything Christ does is an action of His salvific mission, no longer for Himself alone but

always to fulfill the Father’s will, to accomplish His goal, and always for us. He no longer is Jesus of

Nazareth, but Jesus Christ�the one anointed to be sent into the world to save the world.�

�

Even in John’s Gospel, Jesus has no more personal life after He had been anointed by the Holy

Spirit at His baptism. He tries to simply remain a guest at the wedding at Cana, but His mother

intuitively knows that His mission, once begun, is constantly unfolding and can’t be suspended. His

hour may not have come, as He tells her, but His ministry nevertheless is in motion.�

�

This is pointed at us, too. Our own baptism is no less the beginning of a public mission. Jesus’s

baptism was a liturgy, celebrated in full view of witnesses; our baptism also is a liturgical celebration

before the witness of the whole Church. And just as the Lord’s baptism gave a new shape to every

action of His life, moving Him ever onward toward the coming of His hour, so too our baptism gives

new form to even the most ordinary moments of our life, drawing us forward to our own “hour.” So

the “ordinary time” that we begin today is no less holy than the season we leave behind. It is always

ordered to our true destiny.�

�

Our baptism isn’t something we can keep quiet, or keep to ourselves. By its very nature it is a public

sacrament, and it gives us a permanent character, molding us after the character of Christ Himself.

It places our life inside the Church�it makes our life a public life�and so is meant to be lived

publicly within the Church. Our faith can’t be a private affair; our baptism only gushes when it

washes over everything we do, driving us to transform the plain water of everyday life into the choice

wine of living in the Father’s will. Anointed with the Holy Spirit ourselves, we continue Christ’s salvific

mission and become beloved children in whom our Father is well pleased.�

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Este é o meu amado filho, com quem estou bem satisfeito...�

O Santo Batismo é a base de toda a vida cristã, a porta de entrada para a vida no Espírito, e a porta

que dá acesso aos outros sacramentos. Através do Batismo somos libertados do pecado e

renascidos como filhos de Deus; tornamo�nos membros de Cristo, incorporados na Igreja e fazendo

parte da sua missão (CCC 1213).�

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Estamos num limiar hoje. A festa que celebramos este domingo, o Batismo do Senhor, é tanto o

último dia da época natalícia como o primeiro domingo do tempo comum. No calendário da Igreja,

temos duas estações litúrgicas; adaptando a linguagem do Catecismo, estamos num acesso de

uma porta.�

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O batismo do Senhor no rio Jordão foi um momento de passagem para Ele, também. Marcou o Seu

aparecimento do ambito privado da Sua vida para o seu ministério público. João compreendeu o

batismo que ofereceu como preparação para a vinda do Messias, mas Cristo transformou�o no

sacramento agora confiado à Sua Igreja.�

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A atividade ministerial de Cristo é lançada por um ato público, acompanhado por uma manifestação

igualmente pública da Trindade. O Espírito Santo desce à medida que Cristo emerge das águas; o

Pai afirma audível o Seu amor pelo Filho. E mesmo que Jesus entre imediatamente em reclusão

fazendo um retiro de quarenta dias no deserto, ele já começou o Seu ministério. Marcos diz que o

Espírito que tinha descido sobre Jesus o levou para o deserto � um verbo que sugere tanto um

sentido urgente de propósito e obediência. Desde o momento do Seu batismo, tudo o que Cristo faz

é uma ação da Sua missão salvífica, já não só para Si, mas sempre para cumprir a vontade do Pai,

para cumprir o Seu objetivo, sempre para nós. Ele já não é Jesus de Nazaré, mas Jesus Cristo � o

único ungido para ser enviado para salvar o mundo.�

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Mesmo no Evangelho de João, Jesus não tem mais vida pessoal depois de ter sido ungido pelo

Espírito Santo no Seu batismo. Tenta simplesmente permanecer um convidado no casamento em

Cana, mas a sua mãe sabe intuitivamente que a sua missão, uma vez iniciada, está constantemente

a desenrolar�se e não pode ser suspensa. A sua hora pode não ter chegado, como Ele disse, mas o

seu ministério está em movimento.�

�

Isto também está apontado para nós. O nosso próprio batismo não é menos do que o início de uma

missão pública. O batismo de Jesus foi uma liturgia, celebrada em plena vista de testemunhas;

nosso batismo também é uma celebração litúrgica perante o testemunho de toda a Igreja. E assim

como o batismo do Senhor deu uma nova forma a cada ação da Sua vida, movendo�O sempre em

direção à chegada da Sua hora, também o nosso batismo dá uma nova forma até aos momentos

mais comuns da nossa vida, atraindo�nos para a nossa própria "hora". Assim, o "tempo comum" que

começamos hoje não é menos sagrado do que a estação que deixamos para trás. É sempre comum

ao nosso verdadeiro destino.�

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O nosso batismo não é algo que possamos manter em silêncio, ou manter para nós mesmos. Pela

sua própria natureza é um sacramento público, e dá�nos um carácter permanente, moldando�nos

depois do caráter do próprio Cristo. Coloca a nossa vida dentro da Igreja � faz da nossa vida uma

vida pública � e assim é destinado a ser vivido publicamente dentro da Igreja. Nossa fé não pode

ser um assunto particular; nosso batismo só jorra quando lava tudo o que fazemos, levando�nos a

transformar a á água simples da vida diaria a escolha do vinho a viver no testamento do Pai.

Ungidos com o Espírito Santo nós mesmos, continuamos a missão salvífica de Cristo, tornamo�nos

crianças amadas em quem o nosso Pai está muito satisfeito.�

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St. Michael Parish

Contact: Paula O’Brien

978.562.7662 FaithFormation@StMikes.org

Current Hours: Sunday - Thursday

Watch Mass as a Family on our Live Feed link– Sat 4PM, Sun 8 AM & 10:30 AM

https://www.stmikes.org/watch-mass-live

Please pray for all our children and families in our Catholic Christian Community.

May God strengthen our resolve and shelter us in His tireless Mercy.

Grade 6 New Discovery Series has begun with

Praying a 6 week series.

Grade 7 New Discovery Series has begun with

Seeking Justice a 6 week series.

Grs 6 & 7 Assignment Update: The Second

Series assignments are due on or before

January 10 for attendance credit. Email

completed work.

Grade 8 Moved to Fully Remote for remainder of

the year. Assignment 6: Why and How do I Read

the Bible? - Email completed work on or before

January 18.

Grade 9 & 10 Make Up Classes from December

will be rescheduled as soon as Hudson is out of

the Red Zone Classification. In the meantime,

Please complete Assignment of 7 Catholic

Virtues. Email completed work on or before

January 15.

January 2021

Month of the Holy Name of Jesus

In the first part of January we continue to

rejoice and celebrate Christ's coming at

Bethlehem and in our hearts. We have the

wonderful feasts of Mary, Mother of God,

where we honor Mary's highest title, and

then we follow the Magi to the crib as they

bring their gifts of

gold, frankincense

and myrrh on Epiphany. Finally we

reach the culmination of this

season with the Baptism of Our

Lord by St. John the Baptist

celebrated on January 10.

Blessings

for a Happy New Year

Winter Collection for Various Outreach

Homeless Shelters, Ministries & Children’s Hospital

January 4—February 14

“The King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you

did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters

of mine, you did for me.” Matt 25:40

Please see requested donation items assigned for each

grade level:

Gr 1: Knit/Crochet Yarn Skeins (Various Colors)

Gr 2: New Boxes of Crayons/Markers

Gr 3: Can or Bag Dog/Cat Food

Gr 4: Disposable Razors

Gr 5: Nail Clippers & Hand Sanitizer

Gr 6: Lip Balm & Body Cleansing Wipes

Gr 7: Combs/Brushes/Elastics/Dry Shampoo

Gr 8: Deodorant

Gr 9: Reusable Shopping Bags with Handles

Gr 10: Socks for Men/Women

Please bring your donations to the Parish Center. Enter via

Rear Side Door and place items in

marked boxes on tables in hallway or

leave by door and someone will retrieve.

Thank you!

Reminder for Grades 1-5: If there are any

outstanding Gospel Weekly Reviews (pink sheets)

from last semester that your child has completed

but have yet to be turned in, please do so now for

attendance credit. Your cooperation is highly

obliged.

Please continue to email, mail or drop off your

child’s completed reviews as we begin the new

year.

CATECHETICAL MATERIALS

Grades 1-5 Faith Formation Families will be

notified via email once the catechetical items/

packages are prepared for the children.

Grades 6 & 7 lesson packages

are ready for pick up now.

Items are located at the Parish

Center in the Adult Faith

Formation Room, ground

level. Enter via Rear Side Door. Items are in bins

by Grade & Alphabetical Order.

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Our Lady Thrift Shop�

Our Lady Thrift Shop located at 197 Pleasant Street

in Marlborough has ‘gently used’ clean clothing and

more for the whole family. All proceeds go to local

charities and their African Missions. Store hour:

Tues., Thurs., Sat. 10:00�12:00 & 1:00�3:00pm.

Donations especially children’s clothing always

welcome!�

Parish Council is Available for Comments�

If you have any questions comments, feedback, or sug-

gestions please feel free to contact Father Ren at

frren@stmikes.org. or reach out to our Parish Council

members at parishcouncil@stmikes.org.�

Please indicate in the Subject heading which Council

Member you would be most comfortable addressing, or

which Mass you attend.�

�

Barbara Maglione� � Brian Aucoin�

Marty Richardson � � Noemia Braga�

Greg Michaud� � � Vera Teixera�

Eucharistic Adoration�

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Friday morning after Mass until noon.�

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Suicide Prevention�

Unfortunately suicide is a very real issue in our �

society today. If you or someone you know is

looking for information or help please go to: �

www.nami.org/Learn�More/Mental�Health�

Conditions/Related�Conditions/Risk�of�Suicide.

Where you can find resources and help.�

2021 Breaking Bread Missals�

�

When Covid19 hit parishes, the guidance from the

Archdiocese of Boston was to remove all Missals

from the pews. That guidance is still being followed

today. The parish is making available a limited num-

ber of 2021 Breaking Bread Missals for purchase.

The cost of the missal is $10. If you purchase one

you will be able to bring to Mass with you each week

and follow along with the readings. It is not re-

quired that you purchase one. Please stop by the

Parish Center to purchase a Missal if you would like.

They will be available on a first come first service

basis.�

St. Michael's Parishioners,�

�

We're looking for volunteers who would be interest-

ed in providing a meal once a month for two of our

long�time parishioners, Bob and Joan Sacco. It could

be as simple as setting aside two servings of a meal

you were making for your own dinner. If interested,

please contact�Stella Daigneault (Mrs. D)

at�sjadaigneault@gmail.com or 978�568�1755.�The

meals, single serving�for two, could be dropped off

on the front steps of�Bob and Joan's home at a time

and on a day convenient for you, with simple reheat-

ing instructions. Any meal would be so greatly ap-

preciated, but�they�do best with a bland, "meat and

potatoes" kind of diet,�like chicken or fish and rice,

soups, nothing spicy, and limited pasta sauce dishes.��

�

Thank you in advance for any who are willing and

able to help two of our beloved own at St. Michael'�

Tax Letters�

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Our Parish keeps a record of offertory

contributions made using the parish

envelope system. If you would like to

request a letter for your tax records,

please call Vina at the Parish Center

at 978�562�2552 X300 or email at

office@stmikes.org �

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