Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish 52 Spruce Street

Winchendon, Massachusetts 01475

BAPTISMS: Call the Rectory in advance to schedule Baptismal instruction for parents and godparents. ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Anyone in need of the Lord’s healing and strength from this sacrament should call the rectory.

MARRIAGE: Arrangements should be made at least one year in advance by the couple. A marriage preparation program is required by the Diocese of Worcester. RECONCILIATION: Every Saturday 3:00 PM. & by appointment.

MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Vigil Mass: 4:00 PM Sunday Mass: 8:00 AM 9:30 AM

Daily Mass: Wed 8:00 AM Thursday (Broadview) 10:00 AM Tues & Fri 6:00 PM Holy Day Masses:

As announced in the bulletin

ADMINISTRATOR Rev. Michael J. Clements

978-297-0280 pastor@heartofmary.net

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ADMINISTRATOR

Mrs. Mary Laflamme 978-297-0280

mary@heartofmary.net

DIRECTOR OF MUSIC Mr. David LaDeau

978-297-0959 david@heartofmary.net

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL CONFERENCE

Mr. Curt Fitzmaurice 978-297-1600

FACILITIES MANAGER Mr. Rick Carrier

978-297-0280 rick@heartofmary.net

SECRETARY

Mrs. Renee Lupien 978-297-0280

Mon, Tues & Thur 8:00—1:00PM Wednesday 8:00—7:00 PM

Office is Closed Friday renee@heartofmary.net

I H M P W , M

Ascension of the Lord May 28, 2017

Sat May 27 4:00 PM Jay Lafalam by Family

(Acts 18:23-28; Ps 47:2-3, 8-10; Jn 16:23b-28)

Sun May 28 8:00 AM Open Intention

Sun May 28 9:30 AM Adrian, Yvonne Carrier & Roger &

Anita by Carrier Family

(Acts8:5-8,14-17;Ps66:1-7,16,20; 1 Pt 3:15-18 )

Mon May 29 8:00 AM Calvary Cemetery

(Acts16:11-15;Ps149:1b-6a,9b; Jn 15:26 -- 16:4a)

Tues May 30 6:00 PM

(Acts 16:22-34; Ps 138:1-3, 7c-8; Jn 16:5-11)

Wed May 31 8:00 AM Open Intention

(Acts17:15,22--18:1;Ps148:1-2,11-14; Jn 16:12-15)

Thurs June 1 10:00 AM Open Intention

(Acts1:1-11;Ps47:2-3,6-9;Eph1:17-23; Mt 28:16-20 )

Fri June 2 6:00 PM (Acts 18:9-18; Ps 47:2-7; Jn 16:20-23) Sat June 3 4:00 PM Kenny Rollins (58th) By Sister, Judy

(Acts 18:23-28; Ps 47:2-3, 8-10; Jn 16:23b-28)

Sun June 4 8:00 AM Open Intention

Sun June 4 9:30 AM Charles & Lila Hallquist by the

Hallquist Family

(Acts8:5-8,14-17;Ps66:1-7,16,20; 1 Pt 3:15-18 )

BIBLE SHARING Join us for Bible Sharing every Tuesday evening at 6:30 pm in the Rivier Center. No expertise needed just a hunger for God’s Word and how it applies to our everyday lives. For more information or questions call, Gerry Couture at 978-297-1346

FLOWERS AT

SAINT MARY’S SHRINE

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

June “Restoration”

June 4

“Catholic Communication”

June 18 “Fuel Collection”

The Strawberry Festival will be held

Friday June 16 from 5-9pm Saturday June 17 from 9am-9pm Sunday June 18 from 8:30-12noon

Our Country Auction will be held Saturday, June 17 at 6:00pm (preview starts at 4:30).

Mark your calendar and plan to come to the Festival!! There is something for everyone!

All Festival events will be held under the BIG TENT!!

Friday Country Line Dancing 7:00 PM Saturday Petting Zoo 11:00-1:00

Sunday Father’s Day Breakfast 8:30-11:00 Major Raffle Tickets will be mailed out soon to all parish households. The Major Raffle has all cash

prizes totaling $1,000! We are accepting donations of new and good used

items for our Country Auction. Remember us when doing your spring cleaning. We need household items in good working condition,

antiques, jewelry, glassware, & furniture. Please contact Bob Betourney at 978-297-2644 for drop

off or pick up. Donations of new items or gift certificates are

needed for the Chinese Auction. Please contact Mary Ellen Mansfield 978-297-1210 with

donations. Theme Basket donations, please contact Monique Connor 978-729-6773

Grandma’s Attic would gladly accept donations that would sell at yard sales.

You may drop off items at the parish office or the rectory garage during office hours the week before

the festival (please do not leave trash or junk). plus theme baskets, plant booth, local police K9

Clyde, dunk tank with local celebrities, build a bear station, Chinese auction, strawberry booth, games

and more! Fun for everyone!

To reserve flowers in memory of a loved one at the Shrine

of Mary, please call the parish office.

Ascension of the Lord M 28, 2017

WEEKLY FINANCIAL PICTURE Weekend of 5/20 & 5/21

Regular Collection $1965 Mailed In $605

SAFE ENVIRONMENT TRAINING The next Safe Environment Training class will be held on Thursday, June 8 at 6:00 PM in the Church hall. The class is MANDATORY for all parish workers and volunteers over the age of 18 and who have not yet taken the class. Parish volunteers include Eucharistic Ministers, altar servers, lectors, CCD teachers, choir members, fair leaders, etc. The class will be about an hour long. Please let Mary Laflamme know if you will be attending this class at 978-297-0280. Thank you for all you do for the parish.

MURDOCK ALUMNI SOFTBALL GAME Friday, June 2 6:00 PM, please join us for a Murdock Alumni Softball game at the American Legion Baseball Field. Murdock alumni of any age welcome and encourage to participate. (Former participation in athletics is NOT a requirement) For more information or to register, please contact Sue Polcari at 978-257-5671 or rpwinma@verizon.net.

CALVARY CEMETERY Spring clean-up at the cemetery has begun. All seasonal wreaths and decorations must be removed in preparation for Memorial Day. Any unclaimed items left on the grave lots will be removed. For those who “Adopt an Urn” at the Calvary entrances, we ask you to maintain it for the rest of the summer with watering and weeding. We have some openings for the Adoption of Urns at Calvary Cemetery. If you are interested in maintaining an urn or donating towards the plantings, please call Brian Fredette at 978-846-7889. Horse and Buggy Feeds will generously assist you with the planting of flowers.

SCRATCH TICKET RAFFLE Have you heard about the raffle to win a book of 50 $30 scratch tickets at the Strawberry Festival? Depending on how well you can sell tickets, Fitzy may be approaching many of you to see if you can sell 5 or 10 of these tickets to family and friends. If you’re not a good ticket seller that’s fine, but please buy one from those who are selling the raffle. We can make a substantial amount of money on this and someone is going to have a ball winning and scratching all those tickets! The cost per ticket is $20. Thank you!

PARTNERS IN CHARITY Thanks to all our parishioners who have made their gift to the 2017 Partners in Charity Appeal. Immaculate Hearts goal is $21,300. We have raised $11,582 as of May 16. If you have not yet made a gift or pledge, please fill out a commitment pledge envelope or visit www.partners-charity.net. Partners in Charity, formerly known as the Bish-op’s Fund is the Annual Appeal for the diocese of Worcester, serving 30 charitable, educational, and pastoral ministries. Through your generous sup-port we are able to serve thousands of families and individuals in Worcester County through outreach, formation, evangelization and worship. Thank you

COUNTRY AUCTION

We are looking for items for our Country Auction. If you have gently used items you are looking to do-nate, please call Bob Betourney at 978-297-2644. Anything from furniture, tools, mowers, outdoor lawn furniture, etc. would be greatly appreciated. Someone will be glad to pick up for you! Please no TV’s or large appliances! Thank you for your help in making this years Country Auction a huge suc-cess!

FOOD BOOTH DONATIONS In preparing for the Strawberry Festival, the Food Booth is looking for donations of a few items: wa-ter bottles, diet coke, coke, sprite, root beer, ketch-up, relish, mustard, BBQ sauce, sweet & sour sauce, napkins, plastic 16 oz cups. Monetary dona-tions are, of course, always welcomed! If you have any questions, please call Renee at the recto-ry. Thank you!

ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY MASS Our Annual Memorial Day Mass at Mount Calva-ry Cemetery will be celebrated on Memorial Day, May 29 at 8:00 AM. Please remember to bring a lawn chair! In the event of rain, Mass will be cele-brated at the Church.

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