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Our Lady of Grace November 3, 2019 Dunstable, Groton & Pepperell

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OUR LADY OF GRACE ADULT CHOIR

WILL BE MAKING THEIR DEBUT

JOINING FR. JASON AND THE BELIEVERS

AT “A TIME OF PRAYER & MUSIC” CONCERT

SUNDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 24 AT 3 PM

AT ST. JOSEPH CHURCH

Our Lady of Grace Parish Dunstable, Groton, Pepperell, MA


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WELCOME TO

OUR LADY OF GRACE PARISH OF

DUNSTABLE, GROTON & PEPPERELL

We are glad you joined us today!

St. James Church West Groton

St. Joseph Church Pepperell

OUR TWO WORSHIP SITES

Parish Staff

Director of Religious Education: Robert Daly

Ph: 978-433-2028 [email protected]

Business Manager: Debra Lackey, M.B.A.,

Notary Public

Ph: x307 [email protected]

Administrative Assistant: Cotty Reid

Ph: x301 [email protected]

Music Coordinator: Ellen Blackwell

Ph: 978-433-6131

Baptism Ministry Leader: Rena Mendel

[email protected]

Cemetery Manager: Joseph Viel

Ph: 978-208-0266

Liturgy Schedule

At Saint James Church

Sunday: 7:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.

At Saint Joseph Church

Weekday Mornings: Wed, Thurs, Fri 8:30 a.m.

Saturday: 4 p.m.

Sunday: 9:30 a.m.

Once a Month:

4:00 p.m. Rel. Ed. Mass For CY1 & CY2 & Families

Confessions: Saturdays: 3:00—3:30 PM at St. Joseph

Church or by appointment with the Pastor.

Information regarding any sacraments, (Baptism,

Marriage, Anointing) please check our website or

call the parish office.

Bulletin Submissions: Deadline for putting

something in the bulletin is Monday at Noon for the

following weekend bulletin.

Father Jeremy St. Martin—Administrator

[email protected]

Father Jason Worthley—Parochial Vicar

[email protected]

Deacon: Michael Markham

[email protected]

Ph: 978-433-5737 x303 Fax: 978-433-9566

Web Site: www.ourladyofgracema.org

Parish Office Hours: Monday – Friday 9a.m. - 5p.m.

For a Sacramental Emergency, please call the office and select ext. 302 and leave a message and

Fr. St. Martin will get right back to you.

St. James Church

13 St. James Ave.

Groton, MA 01450

St. Joseph Church

28 Tarbell Street

Pepperell, MA 01463


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DAY DATE TIME EVENT LOCATION

Saturday November 2 5:00 PM Parish Congregation Security Presentation St. Joseph Church

Sunday November 3 4:00 PM CY1 & CY2 Family Mass St. Joseph Church

Wednesday November 6 1:30 PM Legion of Mary Parish Office

Thursday November 7 9:00 AM Bible Study Blue Room

7:00 PM VIRTUS TRAINING Blue Room

7:00 PM Choir Rehearsal St. Joseph Church

Sunday November 10 2:30 PM Children’s Adoration St. John’s Church

Monday November 11 Parish Office Closed for Veterans’ Day

THIS WEEK’S EVENTS

DAY DATE TIME IN MEMORY/HONOR OF REQUESTED BY

Saturday November 2 4:00 PM Cynthia & Erin Cleary Tom & Pat Daly

Sunday November 3 9:30 AM Paul Kransinkewicz, Jr. 22nd Anniversary The Family

Saturday November 9 4:00 PM Hermon & Adiline Morgan The Family

Sunday November 10 9:30 AM Bob Calinan 2nd Anniversry Jackie Calinan & Family

MASS INTENTIONS

Email:

[email protected]

Or Call & Leave Message:

(860) 481-0959l

Scripture for the week of November 3, 2019

3 SUN Wis 11:22—12:2/2 Thes 1:11—2:2/Lk 19:1-10 4 Mon Rom 11:29-36/Lk 14:12-14 5 Tue Rom 12:5-16b/Lk 14:15-24 6 Wed Rom 13:8-10/Lk 14:25-33 7 Thu Rom 14:7-12/Lk 15:1-10 8 Fri Rom 15:14-21/Lk 16:1-8 9 Sat Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12/1 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-17/Jn

2:13-22 10 SUN 2 Mc 7:1-2, 9-14/2 Thes 2:16—3:5/Lk 20:27-

38 or 20:27, 34-38

It’s that time of year again.

All people in any ministry over the

age of 18

MUST complete a CORI Form.

This is done annually.

If you have not done so yet this year,

since this past July 1, 2019,

you must complete this form. Please come to

The Parish Office, the Victorian house between St. Joseph

Church and the parking lot, between 9am and 5 pm

Monday through Friday.

You will need to bring in with you a current government

issued photo ID, like your driver’s license or passport.

You must know and have ready the LAST 6 digits of your

Social Security Number.

I look forward to facilitate this requirement with you.

Cotty Reid, Administrative Assistant

Training Sessions Offered-

THERE IS STILL TIME TO

REGISTER

Thursday, November 7, or

November 14, 2019

7-9 pm St. Joseph Blue Room

Please call the Parish Office to Register

978-433-5737

It is imperative that ANYONE Volunteering in ANY

ministry participate in the Virtus Training.

This only takes a couple of hours, &

is a once in a lifetime requirement.

Unfortunately, you will no longer be able to be scheduled

or to participate in ministry or catechesis if you have not

complied with this requirement.

This is an Archdiocesan

Mandate, and we thank you for

your cooperation.


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Dear Parishioners Of Our

Lady of Grace,

Thank you to those who made special donations of time and treasure recently to beautify the Church and grounds. You are a praise of God’s glory and a help to the local poor who, because of

you, enjoy the beauty of worshiping in a beautiful place and can approach that place with the benefit of beautiful grounds.

We have new mikes coming that will be easier to turn on and off. These extra mikes will also make things better at the cantor stands, eulogy possibilities, music worship possibilities, even prayer possibilities, and Triduum possibilities. Visiting priests, especially elderly priests, will be more easily able to help if they are needed as well. If you would like to be the benefactor of these new mikes please let me know.

In the St. Thomas Aquinas Club, we have been going over the doctrine of God. Knowing what is knowable about God, by reason alone, is one of the things that we have been discussing. It is the case that, by reason alone, we know that God is one, he has all possible perfections, he is all good, and indeed he is love. This means, since he is being itself and is the one and only origin of all that is, that everything is sustained in being and created by him and everything is good and or at least redeemable.

It doesn’t seem to match with Scripture, you might think. For example, God seems to be talked out of bad ideas a few times in the Old Testament and it seems like he undoes mistakes that he makes, as in the

flood. However, we have to read the whole Bible. The Bible explains these seeming inconsistencies by saying that God reveals himself gradually and in strange and varied ways. Indeed, because of our immaturity, he revealed himself in the beginning of the Bible in primitive ways that were beginnings. We have the first reading in the Bible today from the Old Testament, stating clearly the truth we know by reason alone, that everything comes from God, as we say in the Creed; all things visible and invisible. Evil, then, is no competition for God. It is a disordering of good, and is not a positive thing in itself.

The goodness of Zacchaeus shines brightly. Rev. Mark Brockmeier, points out that Christ’s showing that this man whom everyone thinks is evil, is rather, not only not evil, but remarkably good, does not end with everyone then rejoicing and agreeing with Christ, but rather, Scripture is characteristically silent on the crowd’s response. I think it is the case that we commonly think of ourselves as a mix of good and bad but tend to give ourselves a break and easily make excuses for ourselves (some don’t, and do the opposite, so I am not talking to you all right now.) We are easily outraged at evil in others and slow to see good in others. We are upset when we see a person as dramatically and publicly evil and are almost happy to gang up with evil opinions against that one and to imagine that the evil is irredeemable and no good is left. This is impossible though. God doesn’t make evil. There is nothing that is, except what he made.

When Christ points this out, the tables turn. We see the evil in us clearly and that is stunning. In the end, however, (seeing that God loves us anyway because he is good, not because we are) we are just full of praise, for God is good.

In Christ,

Fr. Jeremy St. Martin

Important Information for your DONATION STATEMENTS for 2019 Statements for donations are only sent to those parishioners who submit their donations in a parish envelope or through our OnLine Giving system. Loose checks put into the Offertory basket are not

recorded into the database. For info, please give Debbie a call at 978-433-5737 or email [email protected]

OLOG Religious Education 2019-2020 -

Home-School Religious Education Registrants for EY1, G03-G08 have also been notified by email

about the HS Rel. Ed. Material and outline pickup on Sunday October 20th in St. Joseph's Hall, after the

9:30am Mass.

Religious Education Office: 978-433-2028 www.ourladyofgracema.org

Every blessing for now! Robert -OLOG Religious Education Office

http://www.ourladyofgracema.org/


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Nov 10, 11:30, St James

Dec 22, 9:30, St Joseph’s

Jan 19, 7:30, St James

Feb 15 (Sat), 4 pm, St Joseph’s

March 15, 11:30, St James

Silver Rose

Prayer Service

The Bishop Ruocco

Knights of Columbus

will be hosting the

Silver Rose at St. John

the Evangelist Parish

in North Chelmsford

after the 9:00 AM Mass

Wednesday November 6, 2019. The

Silver Rose program is a KofC sponsored

Marian devotion to Our Lady of

Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas. A

half hour prayer service will accompany

the display of a KofC Silver Rose. All are

welcome to attend Mass and the prayer

service.

Dear Pepperell Church Families,

My name is Becky Torpey and I am the Coordinator for the Salvation Army Bell ringers. The Salvation Amy helps many Pepperell residents each year. Last year we did over $3,000 of assistance for families in need. That’s why the bell ringing is so important! The money we collect during the holiday season goes directly to our towns outreach program! The more money we collect the more families we can help! Starting November 29th and ringing through December 24th we will need your help to fill our kettles. There are several times to choose from. You can do as many hours as you like or one hour. No matter what you can do we appreciate your service and your time! Bell ringing times are Friday evening from 4-8, and all day Saturday and Sunday. Students and staff can ring individually or as a group. You can sing Holiday Carols or just wish the community a Merry Christmas! This is a fantastic opportunity to get into the holiday spirit! If we have inspired you please call the Pepperell Senior Center with the days and times that you would like to participate! Again, thank you for your consideration and continued support!

978-433-0326 Have a fantastic year!


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(Please spread the word…) Any adult non-Catholic who is

contemplating becoming a Catholic is encouraged to call the

rectory and make an appointment to come in and discuss the RCIA

program with Deacon Michael Markham. RCIA also serves as a

program for adult Catholics who have not yet become fully

initiated into the Church (for example, have not been confirmed or

received First Communion) to prepare for the sacraments of

initiation. Anyone who is interested…please call the rectory.

978-433-5737 or email Dcn. Mike at [email protected]

HOPE AND HEALING GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP FOR GRIEVING PARENTS OR ADULT SIBLINGS.

(formerly Surviving Siblings Support Group)

LAST SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH-10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST OLD PARISH HALL 115 MIDDLESEX ROAD, N. CHELMSFORD, MA

When your child or sibling dies, everything changes in your family, in your life, your dreams.

They are not only missing from your today, but from your future. Know you are not alone in your grief and loneliness.

All are welcome to a safe place to share your sacred story, find comfort, hope and encouragement as you continue

a new path in life.

SAVE THE DATE! OLOG Christmas Pageant

Friday, December 20 6:30 PM St. Joseph Church

More Details To Come!

Annual Mass of Remembrance and

Healing for Pregnancy and Infant Loss

Pro-Life Office and Project Rachel

ministry of the Archdiocese of Boston

will sponsor the Annual Mass of

Remembrance and Healing for

Pregnancy and Infant Loss on

Tuesday, November 5th at 7:00 p.m.

at Bethany Chapel in the Pastoral

Center (66 Brooks Drive, Braintree).

Celebrant and homilist will be Rev. J.

Bryan Hehir, Secretary for Health &

Social Services of the Archdiocese of

Boston. A light reception and

opportunity for Sacramental

Reconciliation (Confession) will also be

available after Mass. A special invitation

is extended to parents, grandparents

and siblings who grieve the death of

children as a result of miscarriage,

stillbirth, abortion or early infant death.

These losses may be recent or extend

over many years. For more information,

contact Project Rachel at 508.651.3100

or [email protected].


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Christmas is a time for giving, and this year, like so many years before, our parish will provide lots of opportunities for you to reach out to those who are less fortunate. Our “Christmas Giving Trees,” located at the entrances of both the St. James and St. Joseph Churches will be filled with “ornaments,” beginning the First Sunday of Advent, December 1st. (pending we have received requests). You are invited and encouraged to take the special ornament tag with you, as you leave church, and to pick up the gift/gifts, as indicated on the tag, for someone in

need. Some ornaments have a special tag attached, requesting your name and contact information. Your cooperation in filling out this tag and depositing it into the containers to be found nearby is crucial to the project, since those tags represent gifts that are targeted for specific families, and we must have a way of tracking, should any follow-up be required.

Who: There are a few groups that our parish will be serving this year. The first is LUK, a social service agency that helps children in the Fitchburg area. Also, Seven Hills in Groton and CESI Day care in West Groton. In addition, there are many families in need, right here in PEPPERELL and parents have asked for help in getting Christmas gifts for their children. Anyone who feels the need is welcome to fill out a request form (found at the rectory, PACH or parish website to request this aid.) The forms ask for the first name and age of each child in the home, and there is a place to list gift requests - ($25. value/each).

When: Tags will decorate the trees, beginning the weekend of the First Sunday of Advent, including the 4 PM

Mass. (pending we receive requests) We can’t put out tags if we don’t have requests! Please keep this in mind. Tags go on the tree as soon as the request comes in.

Due Date: Your wrapped gift, with attached ornament is due back on the weekend of December 21/22. This is a critical date, because a party is planned for the children at LUK, where Santa will give the children your gift! Also, this date is set for sorting and packing of the gifts. It is also very close the the distribution of the gifts to the families on Dec 23rd so you can see why it’s important to have these back as soon as your gift is purchased. Please make every effort to bring your gift back to the tree of origin (i.e. if you took a tag from St. Joseph’s, please return gift there; if your ornament originated at St. James, please return your gift to the tree located there). This will be a great help to all who are sorting, packing and driving the gifts to the different locations. If it is just impossible for you to bring the gift to its tree of origin on the weekend, you are welcome to drop it by at the rectory/office during the week. The office is open from 9 AM – 5 PM.- Monday through Friday.

How You Can Help: If you are interested in getting involved with this project, there are many ways for you to help:

Over three hundred gifts arrive at the churches and need to be sorted and packed for delivery. Also, since many packages are intended for LUK in Fitchburg, we need help in transporting them there. It is

especially helpful if you have a large car, van or truck.

Like to shop? There are always some gift tags that are left behind on our trees, yet the children whose names are on them, are waiting in anticipation. Would you be willing to take some of the tags (cash will be provided) and shop for the toys/clothes/gifts needed? (Note: This shopping is rather “last minute,” when it becomes clear that there are left- over tags that no one is picking up, and it gets closer and closer to the holiday.

Finally – If you are unable to participate in any of the ways described above, but would like to be a part of this parish endeavor, your cash gift is always most welcome.! As noted, above, there are always some gifts that need to be purchased at the end. We cannot do this without your generosity!

Please contact either Dottie Zale at # 978-448-6517 or [email protected] (for LUK and RiverCourt Residences)

or Carol Fennell at # 978-433-5237 or [email protected] ( for St. Joseph’s Pepperell residents) if you can help in any way….and THANK YOU!!!

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21/22 at the very latest!

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