SSAINTAINT J JOHNOHN THETHE E EVANGELISTVANGELIST TT OWN SEN DOWN SEN D MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS
"Coffee and Conversations" is
hosted while children are in
Religious Education class. We
host coffee, tea and cocoa each
week upstairs in the hall while
kids have class downstairs from
9:00-10:15.
Thank you ,
Kirsten Zimmerman
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Contact Information Contact Information Contact Information Contact Information
Address 1 School St., Townsend, MA 01469
Phone/Fax 978-597-2291 978-597-3401
Website www.townsendcatholic.org
Email [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Prayer-Line [email protected] Or call the rectory at 978-597-2291
ConfessionsConfessionsConfessionsConfessions Tuesdays
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Saturdays
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays of Lent 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
BaptismsBaptismsBaptismsBaptisms Contact Family Life Coordinator
Marion Parker 978-597-5086
MatrimonyMatrimonyMatrimonyMatrimony Contact Fr. Jason Worthley
Daughters of Isabella Daughters of Isabella Daughters of Isabella Daughters of Isabella
Mother Teresa CircleMother Teresa CircleMother Teresa CircleMother Teresa Circle UNITY, FRIENDSHIP UNITY, FRIENDSHIP UNITY, FRIENDSHIP UNITY, FRIENDSHIP and CHARITYCHARITYCHARITYCHARITY
Attention all Catholic women 16 years and above.
Membership Meeting Once a Month on a
Thursday Evening.
There are information packets at the main
entrance to the Church.
Join today.
Email: [email protected]
Mass ScheduleMass ScheduleMass ScheduleMass Schedule Saturday 5:00 p.m.
Sunday 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
and 6:00 p.m.
Weekdays
Monday-Saturday (Except Thursdays)
StaffStaffStaffStaff
Rev. Jeremy St. Martin Pastor
Rev. Jason Worthley Parochial Vicar
Rev. Mr. Charles Kelley Parish Deacon
Edward Kelly Spiritual Development
Shannon Murphy Faith Formation
Katie (Cormier) Leger Youth Ministry
Marion Parker Family Life
Susan Tocci Business Manager
Sue Ann Woolfrey Parish Facilities
Mary Best Office Assistant
Knights of ColumbusKnights of ColumbusKnights of ColumbusKnights of Columbus In service to One. In service to all.
Members of St. John the Evangelist Council # 14842
Meet in Fr. Mealey Hall on the
Second Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
Catholic men over 18 interested in joining
Contact Grand Knight, John Majeran
visit www.townsendkofc.org
Pope’s Pope’s Pope’s Pope’s
October Intention October Intention October Intention October Intention
That the breath of the Holy Spirit
engender a new missionary
"spring" in the Church.
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Upcoming Holy Day of Obligation The Solemnity of All Saints Day
7:00 p.m. Vigil Mass, Thursday, October 31 8:30 a.m. Mass Friday, November 1 7:00 p.m. Mass Friday, November 1
This feast honors all the saints, known and unknown. This feast was first celebrated on May 13, 610, when Pope Boniface IV proclaimed the day Feast of All Holy Martyrs in Rome. The intent was to honor all martyrs who were not included in local records. In 835, Pope Gregory IV changed the date and name to November 1 and Feast of All Saints. There are many saints who are not popularly known or who are not celebrated during the course of the liturgical year. This feast day provides an opportunity to remember and celebrate their lives.
Sunday Reading Reflection Thank you to the fraternal charitable organizations in the parishes, whom Jason and I serve as priests, for the wonderful times of fraternity they have been providing for us all. These tasty times help us get to know each other and this is pure gold. Did
you know however, these moments of welcome comradery and nourishment also double as their way of raising funds to help the poor? It is true. Thank you members of Catholic fraternal charitable organizations. There are many who should join your ranks as I hope they will, for their own benefit and the benefit of the poor whom they serve. Your unity is a clear sign of nothing less than God, the Holy Spirit. Today’s message from God that comes to us through the Holy Scriptures is so apt for our time. Jesus addresses those convinced of their own righteousness. It is so good in our time of spiritual abundance that we can say with confidence, God is ever purifying us of being so convinced. The number of non church goers is increasing exponentially every day. How often do we who go to Church find those who do not (or even those who go to a non Catholic religious organization or even a quasi religious organization like an activist group) accusing us of being hypocrites. It is true we are. And the Gospel clearly commands us to accuse ourselves as such. The righteous are not welcome here. Eventually the righteous will find they are not righteous, and then they will come pouring back and or want to come for the first time. In Christ, Fr. St. Martin
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Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament First Friday
of the month from 7:00 p.m. - 8 :00 p.m.
Sunday Evening Prayer 7:00 p.m., Church.
Rosary & Adoration Mondays 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.,
Church.
Prayer Shawl Ministry Last Monday of every month,
Church.
PPC Meeting 2nd Tuesday of every month from 7:00
p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Rectory.
Prolife Committee Last Tuesday of every month at
7:00 p.m., Rectory.
AA Meeting Wednesdays 7:00 p.m., Fr. Mealey Hall.
ASL Class Friday evening from 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. in
Room 8 of the Parish Center
Pastor’s Desk
REQUIEM ÆTERNAM
Our thoughts and prayers are
extended to the friends and family of
Anne Marie Frey.
Through the mercy of God, may she
rest in peace, Amen.
Saturday, October 26 8:30 a.m. Lisa Coffey
5:00 p.m. Olivia Moran’s 9th Anniversary AND Dominic & Mary Francavilla
Sunday, October 27
7:30 a.m. Owen F. Conway 10:30 a.m. Healing for 8 yr. old Adam Verrecchia
6:00 p.m. Healing for Beth Stewart
Monday, October 28 8:30 a.m. Mary Dunbar
Tuesday, October 29 8:30 a.m. Michael O’Dwyer
Wednesday, October 30
8:30 a.m. Anne Marie Frey
Thursday, October 31
7:00 p.m. All Saints Vigil
Friday, November 1 8:30 a.m. All Saints 7:00 p.m. All Saints
Saturday, November 2 8:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m. Sunday, November 3
7:30 a.m. Paul Walter 10:30 a.m. Jim Rideout, Mary J. (Laura) Napoli &
Mary Cover 6:00 p.m. Faith Crown
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Prayer Families Needed If you have 5 minutes or 10 minutes a day to say a prayer for a newly baptized child and their family, we need you! This helps our new families to feel apart of our larger St. John’s family. We have two celebrations a year to welcome all newly baptized families to our family. So all you need to do is make a commitment for 6 months at a time. Please help by taking a picture . They are in the main entrance to the Church on the table. Make sure you leave the name of the baby, then write your name and address on the slip provided. This will help families and Our family at St. John’s. ~Marion Parker
"Two Hikes up Mount Watatic, with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass at the summit! Sunday, October 27th - AND Saturday November 2nd! The first trip will be held on Sunday October 27th. Hikers will meet at 1:00pm at Mount Watatic Main Entrance (off of route 119 in Ashburnham)... mass will be offered on the summit. The second hike will be held on Saturday November 2nd (Led by Deacon Michael Mott, Chaplain of UMass Lowell). Hikers will meet at Fr. Mealey Hall at 9:15 am to make sandwiches. Then depart for Mt. Watatic followed by mass on the summit. ~Dcn.Chuck Seeds in Soil is a young women's group who meet in the New Hall every other week. The next meeting is on November 1st. For more information please contact Shannon Murphy at
[email protected] ~Shannon Murphy Attention Eucharistic Ministers, Lectors, Ushers, Religious Education Teachers, Scouting Leaders and all Volunteers Each year a CORI check must be completed and submitted to Mary Best in the Rectory. You may pick up the forms in the back of the church, and return them in person to the Rectory. We need to see your photo government ID in person, so please
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take a few minutes to stop by the Rectory to complete this form. You may also see Shannon Murphy, Sue Ann Woolfrey or Susan Tocci after Mass to verify and complete this form during the weekend. Thanking you in advance. ~Mary Best Collecting Signatures: This weekend, Oct 26/27 signatures will be collected after Mass to place on the ballot an initiative to Stop the public funding of Abortion. ~Peter Pothier Anyone who has already received First Communion and is interested in becoming an Altar Server, please contact Josh Joy at [email protected]. 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].
St. John’s Youth Group will be meeting on
the 2nd Wednesday of the month in classroom 8 from 6-7pm . For more information, please contact Katie Leger at [email protected].
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If you still need to register or would like to be a substitute teacher please contact Shannon via
email at [email protected]
"Homeschool materials are available for pick up in the grey bin on the rectory porch. Contact Shannon at [email protected] with any
questions."
Offertory
Shannon Shares
Our collection this past weekend was: $4,779.00 Our 2nd collection for utilities was: $1,597.00 There is no 2nd collection this weekend. Our 2nd collection for next weekend is for
our mortgage. Did you know that the IRS requires that each time you make a one-time donation of $250 or more to St. John’s we must provide you a written acknowledgment of this donation? Well, fear not! Anytime you donate this amount or larger, you will automatically receive a Tax Donation letter in January, from St. John’s noting this one-time donation, as well as any other donations that you have made throughout the year. So, if you put $25/week in your offertory envelope, and then decided to send in a check for $1,000 for our utility collection, as you had to defrost your windshield on Sunday morning just to get to church and thought about how much that bill might be for St John’s, you will automatically receive a letter in mid-January. Or, are you starting to estimate your 2019 taxes and realize that a one-time donation to St. John’s just might be a very smart financial move? We would love to help you solve that problem. Send us a donation – for the mortgage, the utilities or whatever you would like. If your donation is $250 or more, we will automatically, no request needed, send you the required information in January for your taxes. In any event, even if you do not send in a single donation of $250 or more, we will send you out, upon request, a tax donation letter. We can email, mail it or you can pick it up from the rectory. You just need to ask. However, you do need to be making your weekly donations via the offertory envelopes, Online Giving or through Online Banking / BillPay for us to send you out this statement. Loose cash and checks placed in the offertory basket are not counted – so please use an envelope. Now might be a great time to set up online giving in preparation for your taxes next year. Just go to our website: TownsendCatholic.org and scroll to the bottom of the site until you see the icon for Online Giving. Click on that and you are on your way to helping support St. John’s. To date we have received $19,291.00 towards our goal of $22,305.00 for the Catholic Appeal. Please contact me for more information at: [email protected].
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