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Sainte Anne Parish Salem, MA
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Sainte Anne Parish is a faith community in the Roman Catholic tradition. We strive to live up to the motto: "We Are Family". We see ourselves as a local expression of the universal Church, the People of God, the Body of Christ. Through God's grace we seek to be welcoming and loving. Our life centers on the week-end celebration of the Eucharist. We meet Jesus Christ in the Eucharist and are then challenged to bring His love to others.
Sainte Anne Parish
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11 Cleveland St. TEL: (978) 744-1930 9:00-1:00 Mon-Fri [email protected] www.stannesalem.org
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WEEKEND MASSES: ...........Saturday 4:00 PM; Sunday 8:30 & 11:00 AM DAILY MASSES: Monday through Friday………………………….. 9:00 AM HOLY DAY MASSES: ............................................................As Announced ROSARY GROUP & EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: ................Tuesday 6:30 PM CONFESSIONS: ………….....Saturday 3:15 - 3:45 PM or by appointment CHAPEL…………………………………………………….8:00 AM – 5:00 PM ON SATURDAYS THE CHAPEL WILL CLOSE AFTER THE 4:00 P.M. VIGIL MASS.
WELCOME TO NEW PARISHIONERS: Please intro-duce yourself to us after Mass or contact the rectory to regis-ter.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Baptisms are celebrated on the fourth Sunday of the month at 12:15. A preparation for parents and godparents will take place on the second Wednesday of the month at 7:00 PM at the rectory. Please contact the rectory to arrange a baptism.
MATRIMONY: Please contact the rectory at least six months in advance to arrange for the celebration of your wed-ding.
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ANOINTING OF THE SICK: This sacrament is for anyone who is seriously ill, in a weakened condition, facing surgery, entering hospice care, or near death etc. Please contact the rectory for this sacrament to be celebrated.
Fr. Maurice Agbaw - Ebai, Administrator Charlene Carrier, Coordinator of Religious Education
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Parish Staff:
O glorious St. Ann, you are filled with compas-sion for those who invoke you and with love for those who suffer! Heavily burdened with the weight of my troubles, I cast myself at your feet and humbly beg of you to take the present inten-tion which I recommend to you in your special care.
Please recommend it to your daughter, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and place it before the throne of Jesus, so that He may bring it to a happy issue. Continue to intercede for me until my request is granted. But, above all, obtain for me the grace one day to see my God face to face, and with you and Mary and all the saints to praise and bless Him for all eternity. Amen.
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In the event Salem schools are cancelled due to bad weather Mass at Sainte Anne’s will also be cancelled. Opening of the chapel during a storm will depend upon the severity of the weather and the availability of staff to maintain a safe walking environment. All closings will be listed on Boston Channels 4, 5, and 7, and each of their websites, as well as our own website. and our Facebook page.
This Christmas reflection by Joseph Ratzinger was first published in the Bavarian Catholic journal Hochland (1959/60: 97–100). The Christmas lights are again shining over our streets, and Christmas shopping is in full swing. For a moment one also lets the Church participate in the heightened economy. In the holy night the places of worship are tightly packed with all the people who then again, for a very long time, will pass by the church portals as something far away and strange that does not concern them. But in this night, for a moment, the Church and the World appear reconciled. It’s so beautiful: the lights, the frankincense, the music, the sight of the people who can still believe, and finally the mysterious ancient message of the child who was once born in Bethlehem and is called the Saviour of the world. That moves us, and yet the concepts that we hear at this time such as redemption, sin and salvation sound like words from a long-gone world. Maybe this world was beautiful, but it is in any case no longer ours. Or is it? The world in which Christmas came was dominated by a feeling very similar to our own. It was a world in which Götterdämmerung was not a slogan but a real event. The old gods had suddenly become unreal. They did not exist any more. Man could no longer believe what had given meaning and support to life for generations. However, man cannot live without meaning, he needs it like his daily bread. So after the extinction of the old stars he had to keep looking for new lights. But where were they? A broad movement offered him, as a way out, the cult of the “undefeated light”, the sun, which travels its way over the earth day by day, strong and confident in victory, a visible god of this world, as it were. The 25th of December, located in the midst of the winter solstice days, would be annually commem-orated as the birthday of the ever–reborn light, a bright promise that from all destructions a path leads to a new beginning. The liturgy of the sun religion had thus very cleverly appropriated for itself the primeval human fear and primeval hope. The primitive man, who at one time experienced the coming of winter in the long nights of autumn with the ever diminishing power of the sun, had once again wondered with dread: does the golden sun really die? Will it return again? Or will it be defeated by the evil forces of the darkness, sometime, in this or one of the future years, and never return again? The annual winter solstice finally promised its ever re-newed victory. It is the festival that encompasses the hope, yes, the certainty of the indestructibility of the lights of this world. The time when Roman emperors with their cult of the undefeated sun gave new faith to their subjects, new hope – a new meaning in the midst of the unstoppable demise of the old gods – coincided with the time when the Christian faith wooed the heart of the Greco-Roman people. The Christian found in the cult of the sun-god one of his most dangerous opponents. For this sign was far more visible and temptingly erected before the eyes of men than the sign of the Cross, in which the Christian announcement came. Nevertheless, Christianity’s invisible light prevailed over the visible message with which ancient paganism sought to assert itself. The Christians very soon claimed December 25, the birthday of the undefeated light, and celebrated it as the birthday of Christ, in whom they had found the true light of the world. They said to the Gentiles: the sun is good, and we rejoice in its ever-new victory no less than you. But it has no power of its own. It can only be and only has power because God created it. So it manifests light to us from the true light, from God. And one must celebrate the true God, the source of all light, not his work, which would be powerless without him. That’s not all, not even the most important thing. For maybe you have not yet discovered that there is a darkness and cold coming from the darkened heart of man: hatred, injustice, cynical abuse of truth, cruelty and the dishonor of man … At this point it suddenly becomes apparent how exciting this is, how the Christian’s conversation with the Roman sun worshipper is at the same time the dialogue of the believer of today with his unbelieving brother, the incessant dialogue between faith and the world. True, the primitive fear that the sun would one day die does not move us any longer. Physics has long stifled such fears with the cool touch of its clear formulas. The primi-tive fear has gone – but has the fear disappeared completely? Or is man still a creature of fear, so much so that today’s philosophy re-fers to fear as the “basic existential” of man? What period of human history was more afraid of its own future than our own? Maybe today’s human being is bogged down in the present just because he cannot stand to face the future; just thinking about it causes him nightmares. Again: we no longer fear that the sun, conquered by the darkness, could not have returned, only to discover the true darkness which is more terrible in this century of inhumanity than the generations before us could ever conceive of it. We fear that the good in the world will be overcome. We fear that it gradually no longer makes sense to try to seek truth, purity, justice, love, because in the world the law of the strongest prevails, because the passage of the world is right for the unrestrained and the brutal, but not for the saint.
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Please Pray for the Sick
Vivian Forrest Jason Alexander Dorothy Sherry Caroline Ouellette
Armen Sarafian Pat John Steve L. Kathleen Levy Mary Brien
Ron Budka Denise Wells Kayla Campagna Jay P. Madeline St Pierre Joan Driscoll Bick Napolina Thompson Pat Jalbert Steven Conner (newborn)
Rita Pelletier Raymond Thompson
Larry Blanchard Chris Hall Laurie Babbin Rob Holloran Jimmy Byrne Karen Friedrich Peter and Ben Marion Blanchette Arthur D. Connors
Please Pray for the Military Jason Boyle Nicholas Budka Sean Patrick Mautone Keith Lovely David Irwin K. Ryan McKinley
SAT JAN 4 Vigil: Epiphany of the Lord 4:00 P.M. PARISH FAMILY SUN JAN 5 Epiphany of the Lord 8:30 A.M. IN HONOR OF ST. JUDE PATRICIA LOUF, BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCE
By Mark, Kelly & Ben MARTIN FAIR
By the Kirby Family 11:00 A.M. JOSEPH LAMALFA
By his Wife Carl De Cotis
By Diane Charette MON JAN 6 Saint Andre Bessette, Religious 9:00 A.M. GLORIA D. JEAN
By his Loving wife Grace TUE JAN 7 Saint Raymond o f Penafort, Priest 9:00 A.M. MARTIN FAIR
By the Kirby Family WED JAN 8 9:00 A.M. CAMERON GAGNON, IMPROVED HEALTH THU JAN 9 9:00 A.M. MARIE DAFFE FRI JAN 10 9:00 A.M. BERNADETTE JODOIN SAT JAN 11 Vigil: Baptism of the Lord 4:00 P.M. BRENDAN DUBE AND GERALDINE WARREN
By the Warren Family SUN JAN 12 Baptism of the Lord 8:30 A.M. PARISH FAMILY 11:00 A.M. MARTIN FAIR
By Ste Anne’s Choir
St. Michael Prayer: In view of the many crises throughout the world, in our own country, and in the Church, a growing number of the American bishops are requiring or requesting that the Prayer to St. Michael, the Archangel, be prayed at the end of every Mass. We are now praying this prayer after Daily Mass and on the week-ends at all Masses. It is found in the bulletin and can be found on the back cover of the Heritage Missal. This prayer was also prayed after each Mass until the 1960s. Pray it also in your families.
Tuesday Evening Adoration and Rosary: Please join in the Tuesday evening 6:30p.m. Eucharistic Adoration and Praying of the Holy Rosary. With extra effort we could fill our chapel with praying people. Pray especially for the renewal and growth of Ste. Anne Parish. Mary, the Mother of the Lord, has constantly asked for the daily praying of the Rosary. At the very least try to join in this prayer once a week.
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Prayer Suggestion O Jesus, Eternal High Priest, live in (name a priest), act in him, speak in him. Think your thoughts in his mind, love through his heart. Give him your own dispositions and feelings. Teach, lead and guide him always. Correct, enlighten and ex-pand his thoughts and behavior. Possess his soul; take over his entire personality and life. Replace him with yourself. Incline him to constant adoration and thanksgiving; pray in and through him. Let him live in you and keep him in intimate union always. O Mary, Immaculate Conception, Mother of Jesus and Mother of priests, pray and intercede for (...) Amen
Five Year Spiritual Development Plan Dear Holy People of God at Ste Anne’s, following the meeting of the Pastoral Council of our parish on Sunday, December 8, 2019, and with the consent of the same Council, I write to communicate the following to you:
A Five-Year Spiritual Development Plan for our parish family will constitute the following:
Year One: The Year of the Bible Year Two: The Year of the Sacraments of Initiation Year Three: The Year of Faith: The Blessed Virgin Mary, Model of Faith and Discipleship Year Four: The Year of Hope Year Five: The Year of Love
On this note, I am declaring a Year of the Bible at Ste Anne’s Par-ish, which will run from December 24th, 2019 to December 24th, 2020. In addition, every last Friday of the month, we will have Bible lessons at the Pastoral Centre of our parish, in a series called From Genesis to Revelation, moderated by me and others from Boston College. This will be an opportunity to deepen our knowledge of the Bible with the aid of twelve sessions, beginning January 2020 and ending in December 2020. You will get a CERTIFICATE of participa-tion at the end of the lessons. Come prepared to discover the spiritu-al treasures of the Bible. In addition, I write to present to you the following dates for weekend retreats in our parish for 2020:
Parish Pastoral Council Weekend Retreat - Spring 2020 CCD Instructors Weekend Retreat - Spring 2020 Parish Lenten Retreat (three Sundays of Lent) - Lent 2020 Women's Weekend Retreat - Summer 2020 Lectors and Ministers of Holy Communion ("Eucharistic Minis-
ters"), Choirs and Greeters Weekend Retreat - Summer 2020 Men's Weekend Retreat - Fall 2020 Parish Advent Retreat – (three Sundays of Advent) - Advent
2020 Please kindly note these retreats in your 2020 Calendar. I will be sending out the precise dates ASAP. God is good, all the time, and all the time, God is good (Fr. Mau-
rice).
Prayers for Priests and Seminarians: Please pray each day for our Boston priests and Boston seminarians. Saturday Fr. Kenneth Quinn and Jerremy Wagner; Sunday – All Bishops and Desmond Conway; Monday – Fr. Scott Euvrard and Marcelo Ferrari
Tuesday – Fr. Joseph MacCarthy and Rodrigo Martinez; Wednesday Fr. Francis Daley and Ryan O’Connell;
Thursday – Fr. Francis Cloherty and Nicholas Terranova; Friday – Carmelites of Mary Immaculate and Peter Schirripa;
Saturday – Fr. Kenneth Quinn and Jerremy Wagner.
Sacrament of the Sick: One of the gifts of the Second Vatican Council was the renewal of the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. This beautiful sacrament is no longer reserved for a person in danger of death, but should be celebrated by any-one with a serious illness, a person facing serious surgery, or a person in a weak-ened condition. The next celebration of this sacrament will be following the 8:30 am Mass on Janu-ary 19th. The sacrament is also available for people in their homes by calling the rectory at 978-744-1930. Anyone termi-nally ill or beginning Hospice Care should receive this sacra-ment as soon as possible.
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Remember Ste. Anne Parish in Your Will: Have you ever con-sidered remembering Ste. Anne Parish in your will? Also at the time of the death of a loved one, memorial donations can be ear-marked for the parish. Include this request in the obituary no-tice. Many parish communities have benefited greatly from such memorial gifts. This is a wonderful way to make sure Ste. Anne Parish is on a secure financial footing now and able to continue to serve the community effectively in the future. Think about it and Thank You!
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PRAYER BOX Sainte Anne's Tuesday Rosary group has always strived to bring the inten-tions of all to our Blessed Mother. To help in that endeavor a "Prayer Box" has graciously been donated by one of the group's members. Dur-ing the week the box will be on the table at the rear of the main church along with a small pad of paper and a pen. Anyone wishing to ask for the intercession of Mary may place their request in the box. On Tuesday evening during the Rosary the box will be placed at the feet of the Statue of our Blessed Mother.
500 club open numbers will be sold after all masses the next few weekends starting Dec 28th and Dec 29th. Cash or checks payable to Ste. Anne's will be accepted. The cost is $50.00 for the year when paid by the 3rd Sunday in January. Also call me at 978-204-
2513 if interested in a number.
By Dr. Scott Hahn A King to Behold Feast of the Epiphany (Cycle A) Isaiah 60:1-6 Psalm 72:-12,7-8, 10-13 Ephesians 3:2-3,5-6 Matthew 2:1-12 An "epiphany" is an appearance. In today's readings, with their rising stars, splendorous lights and mysteries revealed, the face of the child born on Christmas day appears. Herod, in today's Gospel, asks the chief priests and scribes where the Messiah is to be born. The answer Matthew puts on their lips says much more, combining two strands of Old Testament promise - one revealing the Messiah to be from the line of David (see 2 Samuel 2:5), the other predicting "a ruler of Israel" who will "shepherd his flock" and whose "greatness shall reach to the ends of the earth" (see Micah 5:1-3). Those promises of Israel's king ruling the nations resound also in today's Psalm. The psalm celebrates David's son, Solo-mon. His kingdom, we sing, will stretch "to the ends of the earth," and the world's kings will pay Him homage. That's the scene too in today's First Reading, as nations stream from the East, bearing "gold and frankincense" for Israel's king. The Magi's pilgrimage in today's Gospel marks the fulfillment of God's promises. The Magi, probably Persian astrologers, are following the star that Balaam predicted would rise along with the ruler's staff over the house of Jacob (see Numbers 24:17). Laden with gold and spices, their journey evokes those made to Solomon by the Queen of Sheba and the "kings of the earth" (see 1 Kings 10:2,25; 2 Chronicles 9:24). Interestingly, the only other places where frankincense and myrrh are mentioned together are in songs about Solomon (see Song of Songs 3:6, 4:6,14). One greater than Solomon is here (see Luke 11:31). He has come to reveal that all peoples are "co-heirs" of the royal fam-ily of Israel, as today's Epistle teaches. His manifestation forces us to choose: Will we follow the signs that lead to Him as the wise Magi did? Or will we be like those priests and the scribes who let God's words of promise become dead letters on an ancient page? A service of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology www.SalvationHistory.com
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