MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday Vigil 4:30 PM

Sunday 7:30 & 10:30 AM

Monday-Wednesday 8:00 AM

Pastor:

Rev. Edward J. Hanlon ejhanlon3@verizon.net

Religious Education:

Carole LeBlanc restjames1@aol.com

Director of Music:

Patricia Saviet

Parish Secretary:

Celeste Allain catstjames@aol.com

Parish office hours: 8:30am-2:00pm M-F

89 Main Street

South Grafton, MA 01560

SACRAMENT OF PENANCE

Saturday 4:00 PM

Call rectory for appointment

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

Baptism is celebrated on the Third Sunday of the month at

12:00 PM. Call the rectory to make arrangements.

SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE

Couples planning for marriage should contact the rectory

one year prior to the wedding date.

CARE FOR THE SICK

Please contact the rectory if you know of anyone who is

hospitalized or confined to home because of age or illness.

WELCOME NEW PARISHIONERS

Please introduce yourselves after Mass. We want to know

and serve you. We hope you become active members of

our parish community.

We are a Stewardship Parish

TIME ◆ TALENT ◆ TREASURE

508 839-5354 • FAX 508 839-5430 • Religious Education Office 508 839-6800 • Web: stjamesgrafton.com

Saint James Parish

SAINT JAMES CHURCH SOUTH GRAFTON

Saturday, July 20

4:30 PM Dominic Vinh Vu by the Pham family

Sunday, July 21

7:30 AM Sister Agnes Couture by Skip Michniewicz

Dan Cellucci by Peter & Elaine Wojnar

& family

10:30 AM Parishioners of Saint James

Monday, July 22

8:00 AM Souls in Purgatory

Tuesday, July 23

8:00 AM Souls in Purgatory

Wednesday, July 24

8:00 AM Souls in Purgatory

Next Saturday, July 27

4:30 PM Norman & Doris Wood

By their daughters, Carol Bagdis & Debbie Hill

Mira Zalewska & Christopher Zalewski

By their sister and daughter

Next Sunday, July 28

7:30 AM John Farrell by Nancy Smith

10:30 AM Veli Kalaja & Sujit Channoi

By the Braun family

Anna Mathew by Jerry and family

July 13 & 14 $4,527.50

Higher Utilities $150.00

THANK YOU!

COMMUNION CALLS

Please call the rectory if you or anyone you know and

care about is homebound because of age or illness and

unable to attend Mass. We have wonderful parishioners

who will be happy to visit with them and bring them

Communion.

GOAL: $40,000.

GIFTS/PLEDGES $25,675.

BALANCE FOR GOAL $14,325.

ALTAR SERVERS NEEDED!

We are in need of altar servers for the 4:30 and 7:30

masses. Those who previously served have graduated and

are no longer on the schedule. Please help if you can.

STEWARDSHIP REMINDER

We find ourselves in the season of vacation and other

wonderful reasons for travel. Please remember that our

financial commitments as a parish don’t “take a vacation”.

To you who provide your financial support through

electronic giving weekly or monthly, Thank You! To you

who use the envelope system, please remember to

contribute as you do regularly by anticipating or making up

your contributions. Everyone’s participation helps keep us

on track! Thank you!

GOSPEL MEDITATION

Active and contemplative. At work and at rest. These are

dynamics we all face in our lives, and if we're honest, we

might not always balance perfectly! In this Sunday's

Gospel, our daily tensions play out in two sisters. Mary "sat

beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak." Martha,

on the other hand, is "burdened with much serving." This,

as it turns out, is not necessarily "the better part." All of us reading this have some sort of labor we engage

in. We have different trades or careers. We have

responsibilities as family members, some of which may

take up most of our time. In the time of Scripture, showing

hospitality to guests was one of the most important values

in society. Our work is important. Jesus himself spent

decades as a carpenter. So what's the problem with Martha?

Martha is burdened, anxious, and worried. Not only that,

but she resents her sister's choice. "Tell her to help me," she

demands of Jesus. How easy it is to get very busy doing good things. We

need to provide for our families and plan for retirement. We

need to make sure children are clothed, fed, and educated.

Our committees, ministries, and sports schedules need to

stay on track. However, without a balance of work with

rest, without contemplation in the midst of our action, we

will miss the point. While many parts are required for our

life in the world to function, the better part is our

relationship with God. This week, make time in your busy

schedule to sit at Jesus' feet. Maybe this is 20 minutes with

Scripture, participating in a daily Mass, or a quiet walk

alone in the park. Receive what Christ wants to speak to

you.

THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JULY 21, 2019

SAINT JAMES HARVEST FAIR

NEEDS YOUR HELP!!! SILENT AUCTION: The Silent Auction table is now

accepting donations--any new items or crafts that can be

bid on, monetary donations or gift certificates may be sent

or brought directly to the rectory.

BUY-A-BASKET needs all kinds of items to go with their

basket themes. If you see small inexpensive items for their

baskets, such as pet supplies, holiday items, sports items,

candles, or what have you, please pick them up!

CRAFT TABLE is looking for any type of craft you’d like

to donate. Some ideas are holiday decorations and

ornaments, knitted and crocheted items, household

decorations, or anything else you “craft”. Please put your

name and suggested selling price on your donated items.

WHITE ELEPHANT TABLE We are now accepting

items for the White Elephant Table. No clothes or shoes, no

exercise equipment, computers or TV’s, please. Small

furniture items are okay. Please bring your items to the

garage. Thank you!

Join The “Roe”-Sary Prayer Campaign Join Emmanuel Catholic Radio’s “ROE”-SARY Prayer

Campaign, to ask our Holy Mother’s intercession to help us

defeat passage of the extreme abortion bill, the Roe Act, in

Massachusetts. If passed S.1209/H.3320 would make the

most extreme abortion rights in the country the law in MA.

Please sign up to pray the “ROE”-SARY at Church, home,

commuting to work, or anywhere you can to help us pray

this Act out of the legislature. Call 508-767-1230, visit

1230radio.com, or email cindy.dorsey@1230radio.com.

How many “ROE”-SARIES can you save to protect our

unborn children?

MONDAY, JULY 22

5:00 PM Mustard Seed

6:00 PM High School Religious Ed Meeting

With students and parents

To be held at St. Philip Church

16TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

“I am a minister in accordance with God’s stewardship

given to me to bring to completion for you the word of

God.” (Colossians 1:25) We are all called to evangelize-to

continuously grow in our relationship with Jesus and to

share it with others. We may not be called to evangelize

like St. Paul, but we should look for opportunities to share

our faith with those closest to us, like our family, friends

and neighbors. Pray for the courage to share your faith the

next time the opportunity arises.

There will be an important meeting for high school

students and their parent(s) on Monday, July 22nd at 6:00

PM. The meeting will be held at St. Philip Church.

St. Mary Magdalene,

woman of many sins, who

by conversion became the

beloved of Jesus, thank you

for your witness that Jesus

forgives through the

miracle of love.

You, who already possess

eternal happiness in His

glorious presence, please

intercede for me, so that

some day I may share in the

same everlasting joy.

Amen

We welcome Father John Henault, who arrived this past

week, to his home parish of Saint James for his annual

vacation until he returns to Haiti later this summer. He lives

and works in a small village in Haiti and his primary

concern is caring for people who have contracted Hansen’s

disease, or leprosy. He will celebrate a Mass every

weekend with us while he is here. We will take up a special

collection the weekend of August 3rd and 4th for his

mission in Haiti.