Saint Mary Parish
211 North Main St.
Randolph, MA 02368
Established 1850
Randolph, Massachusetts
MASS SCHEDULE
Sunday Masses
Saturday Vigil
Sunday
ADMINISTRATOR
Rev. John J. Ronaghan
Email: [email protected]
WEEKEND ASSISTANT
Rev. Pinto Paul, C.S.C.
Email: [email protected]
SENIOR DEACON
4:00pm
8:00, 10:00, 11:30am
Weekday Masses
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
Celebrated at St. Mary Parish
9:00am
Holy Day Masses
As announced
Accommodations for the Handicapped
Parish Website: stmaryrandolph.org
Cemetery Website: saintmarycemetery.org
Deacon James H. Eames
DRE/PASTORAL ASSOCIATE
Mrs. Patricia J. O’Connor
Email: [email protected]
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ASSISTANT
Mrs. Julie Pantazelos
Email: [email protected]
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
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SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
Please call the Parish Office for information.
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Mrs. Judith A. Concannon
Email: [email protected]
Saturday 3:00pm – 3:45pm in the Chapel, or by
request.
Mr. Robert S. O’Connor
Email: [email protected]
Preparation should be made with a priest at least
six months in advance.
CEMETERY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR OF MUSIC MINISTRIES
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE
SACRAMENT OF THE SICK
Mrs. Felicia Kopelman-Hayes
BUSINESS MANAGER
Mr. Joseph Sheehan
Email: [email protected]
TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Pastoral Center: 22 Seton Way - 781-963-4141
Rel. Ed Center: 30 Seton Way -781-961-5009
Cemetery Office: 245 North St. - 781-961-9323
FAX NUMBERS
Pastoral Center: 781-963-0884
Rel. Ed Center: 781-961-5055
Cemetery Office: 781-963-0884
If you would like to receive the Sacrament of the
Sick prior to hospital admission or for any other
reason, please contact one of the priests or call the
Pastoral Center.
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
First Saturday following 9:00am Mass until
11:00am.
HAITIAN CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP
PASTORAL CENTER OFFICE HOURS:
Monday—Friday: 9am to 4pm
Guerisons, Graces, Benedictions!!!
Venez nous joindre chaque jeudi soir a 7:00pm a la
priere charismatique pour chanter et louer Dieu!
Healing, Blessings!!!
Come to join us every Thursday night at 7:00pm at
the charismatic prayer in French and in Creole to
sing and praise the Lord!
PARISH MISSION STATEMENT
We are a vibrant faith community committed to living out the gospel of Jesus Christ in the Roman Catholic tradition. As a Eucharistic people, we seek to deepen our personal union with Jesus Christ through the ministries of
Word, Worship, Community, and Service. Guided by the Holy Spirit, we devote ourselves to the Catechetical Ministry of Youth and Young Adults and to ongoing Adult Faith Formation. We seek to continue the mission of the
Church by extending hospitality and outreach to all the People of God.
ST. MARY
RANDOLPH, MA
COLLABORATIVE
LITURGICAL SCHEDULE
St. Mary Parish
Saturday Vigil: 4:00pm
Sunday Masses: 8:00am, 10:00am, 11:30am
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
MEMORIAL MASSES FOR THE WEEK
Saturday, November 29, 2014
4:00pm Robert Lucier, Sr. &
Bobby Lucier
Sunday, November 30, 2014
10:00am John & Mary Fahey
11:30am James & Barbara Hurley
Saturday, December 6, 2014
4:00pm Marie Therese Targete
Sunday, December 7, 2014
8:00am Andrew Soper
10:00am Pauline Correll
11:30am Nicholas J. Tempone
WEEKLY OFFERTORY
Due to Thanksgiving the Bulletin Company has requested that we send this bulletin a week earlier so the Offertory figures for the weekends of 11/23/14 and 11/30/14
will be published the weekend of 12/7/14. Thank you
for your understanding.
SECOND COLLECTIONS-DECEMBER
12/14/14 Monthly Energy Collection
12/25/14 Clergy Benefit Trust (Christmas Offering)
SANCTUARY CANDLE
The Sanctuary Candle in the Church this week burns in
Loving Memory of ANTHONY, PETER & ANGELA
AGEN donated by Emmanuel & Veronica Agen.
OPPORTUNITIES IN WHICH TO
MEMORIALIZE DECEASED
LOVED ONES
If you wish to memorialize a deceased loved one, you
can do so by calling the Pastoral Center and scheduling
one of the following:
Sanctuary Lamps
$10 a week donation
Weekday Masses
$15 donation
9am—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
Weekend Masses
$25 donation
4pm Vigil, 8am, 10am, 11:30am
Daily Mass
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday—9:00am
St. Bernadette Parish
Saturday Vigil: 4:00pm
Sunday Masses: 7:30am
9:00am—Vietnamese
11:00am
Daily Mass
Monday, Wednesday, Friday—9:00am
BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENT
St. Francis of Assisi Parish (as part of the Braintree
Collaborative) is excited to host “Faith: A Mother’s
Story”. This is a one of four women of the Bible
presentations Olivia Woodford has created and performs
at churches throughout the country. Join us on Sunday,
December 7th at 5pm at St. Francis of Assisi Church,
Braintree.
Free will offerings gratefully accepted.
Created and Performed by Olivia Woodford.
FAMILY MASSES
Family Masses are scheduled for Sun., November 23rd,
Sun., December 7 and Christmas Eve at 6 pm. If you
have children that attend Catholic School who would like
to participate please do not hesitate to call the Religious
Education Office at 781 961-5009. All are welcome.
PRAY FOR THOSE
IN THE ARMED FORCES
We wish to remember in our prayers those brave
men and women who are presently serving our country
here and overseas.
Jeremy Lucier, Kevin Ryan, Ryan Dornan, Paul Ellis,
Kirsty Penticost, William Williams, Christopher Jackson,
Ryan O’Keefe, Keith Littig, Timothy Walsh, Thomas
Cheney, Elliot Trippel, Richard Pert, Drake Barry, Tom
Ram and Colin Reilly.
Please call the office if you would like someone
added to this prayer list and also please inform us of their
safe return. Thank you!
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
NOVEMBER 30, 2014
NOTES FROM FR. RONAGHAN
PARISH ADMINISTRATOR
Dear Parishioners:
On this Thanksgiving Weekend, we continue to
give thanks to the Lord for the many blessings that are
ours: the blessings of our Faith, our family, our friends,
and our parish community.
It is also an opportunity for me to say “thank
you” for the many ways in which you build up this local
church.—the Body of Christ, here at St. Mary’s.
A special word of thanks to our Confirmation
Retreat Team, to all those who participated in and supported our “Open Mike Night”, to all those who organized our recent Fairs, and to our Hospitality Committee,
who keep us well nourished.
This past Sunday, at the Cathedral of the Holy
Cross, Mr. Hung Nguyen, received the Chevrus Award
Medal from Cardinal O’Malley. This award is given to a
parishioner who in a quiet and gentle way builds up the
Body of Christ. For many years, Hung served our Funeral Masses and continues to be our daily Sacristan and
the person who opens up the Church for Daily Mass.
Congratulations, Hung, and may God continue to bless
you with much happiness and peace.
This past October 5th, members of the Personnel
Team from the Archdiocese met with the Staffs, and Parish and Finance Councils of both St. Mary’s Parish and
St. Bernadette’s Parish looking ahead to the appointment
of a new Pastor for the Randolph Collaborative, which
we expect to be announced before Christmas.
During the month of October our Ushers conducted the Annual Mass Count at all of our weekend
Masses. I thought that you might be interested in the
average count for each of the weekend Masses:
4:00pm
8:00am
10:00am
11:30am
175
144
442
258
This count will influence the weekend Liturgical Schedule for the Collaborative.
This weekend begins the Season of Advent, a
time of joyful waiting for the celebration of Christ’s
birth. Already, we have much to be thankful for. Bishop
Dooher will confirm our high school candidates and 4
adults on Sunday afternoon, December 7th and during
this coming week, we will begin new classes for our Altar Servers.
To help you to prepare for Christmas, we have
Advent “blue books”, available at the entrances to the
Church. With so much going on in preparation for
Christmas, it would be good to spend a little time each
day, spiritually preparing ourselves for Christmas. We
would ask that each family or household limit yourself to
one each, so that we will have enough for everyone.
Especially around this time of year, the needs of
the poor become more acute. Throughout the Advent
Season, we will have baskets available at the entrances to
the Church for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. If you
are able, please remember the poor.
Best Wishes for a blessed Advent!
Fr. Ronaghan
GRADE TEN CONFIRMATION PROJECTS
Our grade ten classes have already begun a series of
service projects as they head toward Confirmation which
will take place in December of 2015. Two weeks ago,
this awesome group made cards for, “Holiday Mail for
Heroes”, which is a wonderful project sponsored by the
Red Cross. These cards of support will be sent out
during the holiday season to military men and woman
serving all around the world or in military hospitals or
facilities. This coming Tuesday November 25, this same
group will be assembling the Christmas tags for our
“Giving Tree.” In addition, they will be bagging and
inserting a Thanksgiving Prayer into our bread loaves for
the Thanksgiving Day Mass.
CONFIRMATION 2014
Confirmation is fast approaching on Sunday December 7
at 2 pm with Most Reverend John A. Dooher. Our
Confirmandi and sponsors are asked to arrive at 1:30 pm
as the Bishop has asked to speak to them before
Confirmation. Our Confirmandi this year include 30 of
our high school students along with 5 adults. A Penance
Service has been scheduled for all on Tuesday December
2 at 7:15 pm in the Church. Following the Penance
Service, our high school students will continue
downstairs to the Church Hall for an exam.
A
Confirmation Rehearsal has been scheduled for Thursday
December 4th at 7 pm in the Church. We do ask that the
sponsors, if possible, attend the rehearsal.
BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENT
2014 Amvets Pearl Harbor Ceremony and Breakfast,
Sunday, November 30th, Randolph AMVETS Post 51, 9
AMVETS Lane, Randolph, MA
Ceremony starts at 9:30am, with breakfast to follow.
Contributions of $7.00 requested for the Chaplain’s
Fund.
WELCOME
We are pleased to have you with us. If you are a new
parishioner and haven’t registered in the parish, please
fill out the form below indicating husband, wife, son,
daughter and drop it in the collection basket or mail it to
the Parish Pastoral Center, 22 Seton Way, Randolph, MA
02368.
Last Name:___________________________________
First Name:__________________________________
Mailing Name:_______________________________
Address:______________________________________
Tel. No.______________________________________
Date of Birth__________________________________
Spouse:
______________________DOB___________________
Children_____________DOB_________________
____________________DOB___________________
Please send Offertory Envelopes: yes______ no_____
Would you like to join our Giving Online Program
Yes______no_____
DID YOU KNOW!!
Did you know that the St. Mary’s bulletin is
printed at no cost to our parish each week? Not only
that, our parish receives a part of the advertising commission. So please frequent the fine establishments that
advertise in our bulletin and when you do please make
sure to mention you saw their ad in our bulletin.
If you are a business owner, consider advertising
in the bulletin. It’s an easy way to reach thousands of
area families with information about your business. For
more information on how to advertise in our bulletin, call
Sylwia Kohut at 508-713-3692.
CHRISTMAS YOUTH CHOIR 2014
Mrs. Felicia Kopelman-Hayes, our parish Music Director, is once again announcing the formation of a Christmas Youth Choir. Anyone in grade two and up is welcome to join! This Christmas Youth Choir will sing at
the Christmas Eve Family Mass at 6 pm. Rehearsals will
be held from 5 PM to 6 PM on Tuesdays in our Religious
Education Center on the following days:
Rehearsals
Tuesday December 2nd
Tuesday December 16th
Interested?
Call the Religious Education Office at 781 961-5009
SENIOR NEWS FROM ST. MARY
The next meeting for St. Mary’s Seniors is
scheduled for December 5th following (hopefully) the
12:15 Mass.
Our entertainment for that day will be a musical
program called A TOUCH OF KLASS.
Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving and is
gearing up towards Christmas. This is probably the busiest time of the year for most of us, so come and enjoy the
5th of December with us, food and entertainment provided.
GOD OF THIS CITY TOUR
BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENT
The Faith Formation of Youth & Young Adults ministry
within the Office for Lifelong Faith Formation and Parish Support & LIFT Ministries invite you to their God of
this City Tour happening around the Archdiocese the
week of December 1-5. The tour will visit churches in
Lynnfield, Walpole, Billerica, Rockland and Boston.
Each night will feature uplifting music, dynamic talks,
confessions and Eucharistic Adoration. The nights are
FREE to attend and open to ALL AGES. More information can be found on their website at
www.godofthiscitytour.com
LESSONS AND CAROLS
BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENT
“Lessons & Carols” featuring the Saint John’s Seminary
Schola and special guests under the direction of Dr. Janet
Hunt will be held on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at
7:30pm and Sunday, December 7, 2014 at 3:00pm.
There is no admission fee for this event.
Saint John’s Seminary is located at 127 Lake Street,
Brighton, MA 02135. Please call 617-746-5423 or email
[email protected] for further information.