MASS SCHEDULE

SATURDAY:VIGIL 5:00 PM

SUNDAY: 8:00 & 9:30 AM

11:30 AM & 5:00 PM

WEEKDAYS: 7:00 AM MASS

SATURDAYS: 8:00 AM

PUBLIC HOLIDAY 8:00 AM

HOLY DAYS: As announced

FIRST FRIDAY: 7:00 AM

Adoration: 7:30 AM—8:45 AM

Benediction: 8:45 AM

Mass: 9:00 AM

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

Saturday: 4:15 - 4:45 PM and by request

BAPTISM/MATRIMONY

Contact the Pastor during office hours Mon.—Fri. 9 AM—3PM

ORGANIZATIONS/COMMITTEES

Parish Pastoral Council Chris Kierce, Vice Chairman

Parish Finance Council Elaine Coyne, Chairman

Bereavement Hospitality Anna Abbruzzee

THE SPIRITUAL CARE OF THE SICK AND AGED:

Please contact the Parish Office if you have a family member,

friend or neighbor who is unable to attend Church due to age or

infirmity. We will provide pastoral visits, with administration of the

Sacraments.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

All children not attending parochial school are expected to be en-

rolled in our Religious Education Program for grades 1-8. Enroll-

ment in the 9th and 10th grade Religious Education Program is

required of all students seeking the Sacrament of Confirmation.

St. Anthony Parish 10 Summer Street

Cohasset, MA 02025

Tel: 781-383-0219

Fax: 781-383-9948

Religious Ed: 781-383-0630

E-mail: saintanthonycoh@gmail.com

Website: www.saintanthonycohasset.org

Pastor Rev. John R. Mulvehill, S.T.D. Deacon Paul S. Rooney

Permanent Deacon Parish Staff

Barbara Dalrymple Office Administrator

Rosemary Sullivan Office Administrator

Adrienne MacCarthy Religious Education

Jane Reardon Religious Education

Kathleen Keyes Music Director/Organist

Bill Mezzetti Youth Director

Parish Mission Statement We, the parish family of St. Anthony Roman Catholic Church welcome all, young and old, active or inactive, committed

or alienated, to enrich their lives by joining and participating in our faith community. We seek to reflect the light of Jesus

Christ by reaching out to serve all, and by sharing our joy and hope, as we continue our faith journey. May our lives,

inspired by the Holy Spirit, and nourished by the Eucharist, bear witness to our love for neighbors near and far.

ST. ANTHONY PARISH COHASSET, MA

Dear Parishioners

As we observe Ash Wednesday this week we enter into

another Lenten period in our lives. During the following forty

days we prepare through prayer and sacrifice for the glorious

feast of Easter. Last year as we approached Ash Wednesday

Pope Francis wrote: "Lent is a new beginning, a path leading to

the certain goal of Easter, Christ's victory over death. This

season urgently calls us to conversion. Lent is the favorable

season for renewing our encounter with Christ who lives in his

Word, in the sacraments and in our neighbor. Once again Lent

come to make its prophetic appeal to remind us that it is

possible to create something new within ourselves and around

us. At the basis of everything is the Word of God which during

this season we are invited to hear and ponder more deeply. Let

us find inspiration in God’s Word, for it is a key to

understanding what we need to do in order to attain true

happiness and eternal life. It exhorts us to true conversion. Let

us not waste this season of Lent, so favorable a time for

conversion.”

Pope Francis, quoting from the Old Testament prophet Joel

says: return to me with all your heart.” With its invitation to

conversion, Lent comes providentially to awaken us, to rouse us

from our sleep, from the risk of moving forward by doing

nothing. The exhortation which the Lord addresses to us

through the prophet Joel is strong and clear. Why must we

return to God? Because something is not right in us, not right in

society, not right in the Church, and we need to change and give

it a new direction. And this is called needing to convert.

The Pope points our that Lent reminds us that it is possible to

create something new within ourselves and around us simply

because God is faithful, always faithful, for God cannot deny

himself. God continues to be rich in goodness and mercy and

God is always ready to forgive and start afresh. With this filial

confidence, the Pope says let us set out on the journey.

And so the Lenten journey begins on Ash Wednesday with

the sign of the cross on our foreheads as a reminder to all that

this day begins a special time in our lives, a time to offer

prayers, to sacrifice in some way and to make an extra effort to

walk closely in the footsteps of the Lord.

Sincerely,

Fr John R. Mulvehill

Week ending February 24, 2019

Last Week Fiscal Year to Date

Offertory Collection $8,151.00

Automatic Bank Offering $385.00

Total $8,536.00 $333,329.00

Budgeted Offertory $10,000.00 $350,000.00

Excess (Shortfall) ($1,464.00) ($16,671.00)

2nd Collection—Support of the Church around the World—

$2,168.00

Your financial support and generosity helps us build a strong

faith community and provide what many have come to expect

and enjoy. We continue to ask for your help to achieve our

weekly average collection goal of $10,000.00

Saturday, March 2

5:00 PM Katherine & Denis Buckley—Memorial

Sunday, March 3

8:00 AM All Parishioners Prayer Requests

9:30 AM Billy McKenna—24th Anniversary

11:30 AM Marsha Oliver—4th Anniversary

Tuesday, March 5

7:00 AM Jane Draper—Memorial

Wednesday, March 6

7:00 AM Judy Gardner

Saturday, March 9

5:00 PM Michael Mahony Jr.—5th Anniversary

Sunday, March 10

8:00 AM Christopher Bowker—Anniversary

9:30 AM William Morgan—9th Anniversary

11:30 AM Fidelio Rodrigues—Memorial

Living our Faith Together In the Gospel today, Jesus reminds us that we are known by the

fruits of our generosity. In opening the doors of our hearts to this

season of Lent, may we consider supporting those who turn to the

Church for assistance, through life-changing ministries such as

Addiction Recovery Services or the Faith Community Nursing

program. Your gift to the 2019 Catholic Appeal provides half

of the funding for many important programs that enrich

parish life, our Catholic schools, and the lives of many. Every

gift has an immediate impact in our parish communities.

Please find more information about this life-changing work in the

envelope in your pew or visit our website at

bostoncatholicappeal.org to view our latest video about the

Appeal. Thank you!

Reconciliation

The Light Is On For You The sacrament of Reconciliation will be

available on the Tuesdays of Lent, March

12, 19, 26, April 2, 9, from 7:00—8:00 PM in St. Anthony

Church. This program entitled: The Light Is On For You gives

Catholics in the Archdiocese of Boston an opportunity to receive

the Lord’s grace and forgiveness through the sacrament of

Reconciliation.

GLUTEN FREE HOSTS AVAILABLE

8TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Altar Servers—This Weekend, March 2/3

5:00 PM Mary Claire Griffin, JT MacDonald

8:00 AM Lewis Macfarlane, Ainsley Allen

9:30 AM Mary Cate Donohue, James Donohue

11:30 AM Drew Olson, Ryan Dowden

5:00 PM Sari Reyes, Mateo Reyes

Altar Servers—Next Weekend, March 9/10

5:00 PM Catherine Toomey, Sean Basler

8:00 AM Lewis Macfarlane, Jake Iandoli

9:30 AM Ryan Perrone, Jack Reardon

11:30 AM JT MacDonald, Grace Rogers

5:00 PM Darbi Carmody, Noah Carmody

Ministers of the Word—This Weekend, March 2/3

5:00 PM Thomas Reardon

8:00 AM Mark Toomey

9:30 AM Gail Collins

11:30 AM Gretchen Sheets

Ministers of the Word—Next Weekend, March 9/10

5:00 PM Mary Rooney

8:00 AM Laura Chase

9:30 AM Rick Daniels

11:30 AM Peter Buckley

Eucharistic Ministers This Weekend, March 2/3

5:00 PM William Marsden, Kerry Matchak, Polly Pyne

8:00 AM Joanne Cogill, Lynn Ferrara, Sheila Toomey

9:30 AM Fran Collins, John Carr, Susan Carr

11:30 AM Donna O’Donnell, Mary Fran Olson, Thomas Olson

Eucharistic Ministers—This Weekend, March 9/10

5:00 PM Anna Abbruzzese, Carol Barrett, Paul Croke

8:00 AM Jean Hajjar, Wendy Lanoue. Kevin O’Connor

9:30 AM Fran Collins, Gail Collins, Barbara Dalrymple

11:30 AM Donal Cahill, Michael Cotter, Lorraine Curtin

From the Deacon’s Bench

Don’t demand signs from God. Instead, do what

the disciples did and let him enter your boat.

Author—Bishop Barron

CONSIDER SHARING YOUR

FAITH

Please contact us to volunteer @ 781-383-

0630

Jane Reardon for Gr. 1-6 Ext 20 or

Adrienne MacCarthy for Gr. 7-10 ~ Ext. 019

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Grades 1-6

We will once again be participating in the Catholic Relief

Services (CRS) Rice Bowl program. During Lent, which begins

on Wednesday 3/6, CRS Rice Bowl invites you, your family and

community to journey together to reach out beyond ourselves to

encounter the needs of all. Starting in February we will be

distributing Rice Bowls, one for each family. We ask you to

consider $1 per day for the 40 days of lent. This would feed one

family for a month or 2 years of seed for a farmer or one

emergency kit for refugees. We will collect them at the end of

lent.

Lent starts Wednesday March 6th with Ash Wednesday. There

will be a ceremony and ash distribution on Wednesday 3/6 at 4

pm.

There will be a Family Mass the weekend of 3/10 at 9:30.

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9TH Grade CCD RESUMES SUNDAY MARCH 3RD AT THE

5PM MASS. Attendance is required.

Grade 10 classes resume Sunday, March 3rd at the 5pm Mass---

Attendance is required.

7th grade and 8th grade Regular classes resume Sunday, March

3rd, 3:50pm -4:50PM.

While we prepare for the second trip to

Honduras at the end of June we begin to

understand the importance of

remembering the purpose of our

mission. Life has a way of taking us over

and we lose sight of what is truly

important. This is why I love the season of lent. We begin with

a simple message on Ash Wednesday of humbling ourselves

and reflect on what is important. We seek forgiveness and we

strive to renew our commitment to our faith and in each

other. We often hear things are not the same. Life is too busy.

The world is in turmoil. The truth is this has always been the

case. Each Sunday each of us has the opportunity to take an

hour to come together and reflect upon our past week and the

week ahead. Lent provides us the opportunity each day to

reflect on what is important in our lives. We empower

ourselves and each other by giving up small things and more

importantly we decide to do something more for each other.

This is the beauty of our mission. Each day on the mission

after prayer and reflection we say these simple words, "keep

coming back" This can mean so many different things. The

truth is we all have Jesus who wants us to keep coming back.

Lenten Lunch and Learn Series

at the Foyer of Charity (74 Hollett Street, Scituate).

Join us on four Fridays for a talk by Father

John Geaney, a Paulist Missionary Preacher, Mass and lunch.

Topics: Celtic Spirituality, the Prophet Isaiah. Time 10:30 am—

1:30 pm. Dates March 8, 22, April 5, 12. Suggested donation

$20., RSVP: 781 545-1080 or info@foyerofcharity.com

COMMUNITY DINNER, Tuesday, March 5th,

5:00 pm. All ages welcome. This is a monthly

intergenerational dinner served at Willcutt

Commons, 91 Sohier Street, on the first Tuesday

of each month. Volunteers from Elder Affairs and

Cohasset High School students prepare and serve a delicious

warm meal. On the menu this month—Irish beef stew. Share

laughs with friends and neighbors. Call for reservations no later

then Monday, March 4, at 781-383-9112. $5.

FAMILY MASS SUNDAY,

MARCH 10TH @ 9:30 Mass

Bring your parents and your singing

voices.

Collection of non-perishable foods items and gift cards for the

Cohasset Foot Pantry at the Offertory. Hope to see you there!!

MARCH 3, 2019

Prayer for Our Troops Almighty God and Father, hold our servicemen and

women in your loving hands. Protect them as they

protect us. Bless them and their families for the

selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need.

We ask this in the name of Jesus, Our Lord and Savior

Amen

Food Pantry Sunday—This Weekend The Pantry is open on Tuesday mornings from

8:30-10:30 AM for clients only. We regretfully

cannot accept donations during those hours.

Donations may be left from 8:00 – 8:30 on

Tuesdays or you may arrange a drop off time by calling the food

pantry at 781-383-0219 ext. 25.

IN LOVING MEMORY

Please remember in your prayers, Janet Cote who

recently went home to the Lord. May her soul and

the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace.

Amen.

Tickets will be available at the parish office and after the Masses

starting March 9.

Transformed in Love Marriage Prep is the

Archdiocesan program for marriage preparation. For upcoming

dates, locations, and registration information, visit

bostoncaatholic.org/transformedinlove.