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May 5th 2019| Third Sunday of Easter | (831)
85 Main Street / Ashburnham, Massachusetts 01430
Saint Denis Parish
LORD’S DAY MASSES Saturday — 4:30 pm
Sunday — 8:00 & 10:30 am
DAILY MASSES
Monday — Wednesday 9:00 am
RECONCILIATION Saturday 3:30 — 4:00 pm
or by appointment
OFFICE HOURS
Monday — Thursday
10:00 - 3:00pm.
Office 24/7 available
on website:
www.saintdenisashburnham.com
Bulletin requests, Prayer requests
Mass Intentions, Event Tickets
Calendar requests, Join Parish
PRIEST ADMINISTRATOR Fr. Guillermo “Memo” Ochoa
[email protected]
DEACON Deacon Richard DesJardins
978-343-6367
SECRETARY/OFFICE Andrew W. Gage
[email protected]
978-827-5806
RELIGIOUS ED. OFFICE Administrator of Rel ED
Kimberly Brown
978-827–4892
[email protected]
SAINT VINCENT de PAUL
978-790-1923
BAPTISMS Deacon Richard DesJardins
978-343-6367
NOTIFY THE RECTORY 978-827-5806
Visitation of the sick & elderly
Weddings, Funerals,
Pastoral Care,Etc.
St Denis Cemetery Kelton Rd
Ashburnham, MA 01430
Cemetery Director
Ron Skaife
978-827-5722
www.SaintDenisAshburnham.com
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Mark 9:37
Simon Peter answered him, "Yes,
Lord, you know that I love you."
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to
Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?”
Jesus said to him, "Feed my lambs."
He then said to Simon Peter a
second time, "Simon, son of John,
do you love me?"
Simon Peter answered
him, "Yes, Lord, you
know that I love you."
Jesus said to him, "Tend my
sheep."
Jesus said to him the third time,
"Simon, son of John, do you love
me?"
Peter was distressed that
Jesus had said to him a
third time,
Do you love me?" and he
said to him,
"Lord, you know
everything; you know that I
love you."
Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep"
John 21:15-17
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Next Week: May 12th, 2019|Fourth Sunday of Easter| Acts 13: 14,
43-52, Rev. 7: 9, 14b-17, John 10: 27-30
Sat 5/4 4:30pm Doris LaPierre Leblanc
By Kusza Family
Sun 5/5 8:00am For the eternal rest of Vilma Pimienta
(Fr. Memo’s Grandmother)
10:30am Mil & Carl, Jeanette & Joe
Ed & Tom
By Jerry & Carol Hamel
Mon 5/6 9:00am Emerenciana & Marcial Yandoc
By Family
Tues 5/7 9:00am
Wed 5/8 9:00am Rev. Bishop George E. Rueger
For his eternal rest
Sat 5/11 4:30pm
Sun 5/12 8:00am
10:30am Louis & Isabelle
The Well’s & The Lapence’s
By Jerry & Carol Hamel
Paul Moran
By Mary Neal
Diaper Drive May 5th to 12th
The Knights of Columbus will be conducting
a Diaper Drive supporting the Gardner
Community Action Committee. The CAC
Mission is focused on serving the needs of economically
disadvantaged individuals in the area (including Ashburnham
and Westminster). The Knights of Columbus seek to assist
both
mothers and fathers in need of diapers. We ask parishioners
to
drop off unopened boxes of diapers between May
5th and 12th in the entrance of church or the hall.
Thank you for your continued support!
Questions call Andy at parish office 978-827-5806
Chaplet of Divine Mercy
Every Saturday, at 4:15 pm we will begin
praying the Chaplet of Divine Mercy (before
Mass).
Cake Week! Come buy a cake and help Relay
for Life! May 18th and 19th Come buy a cake and support a good
cause. We will be in front of the church under the canopy.
Venerini Academy Preschool Program Friday, May 10 -- 12:00 -
1:30 pm.
Young parents are invited to bring their two- to five-year-old
children for a
midday program of outdoor fun, creativity, and exploration at
Venerini
Academy. Enjoy a taste of our amazing preschool for children
ages 2.9 through
Kindergarten. Tours and September enrollment information will be
available.
To register and for more information visit
veneriniacademy.com.
Census Drawing will be held May 6th and posted in the
following bulletin May 12th, winner will be notified ASAP!
Jesus’s Last Resurrection
Appearance
This is the last of the
resurrection appearances that
we’ll be hearing about in the
Sunday gospels this Easter season. But whether we
realize it or not, all of them, collectively, point to what
we are doing today.
First, there is a communal aspect: after rising from
the dead, Jesus appeared to groups of people, always
two or more. Secondly, there was often some form of a
meal involved, whether it was the breaking of the bread
at Emmaus, eating fish here, or preparing breakfast on
the seashore. Thirdly, after these encounters, the
disciples gained a deeper understanding of his
message, his mission, and the scriptures. Finally, he
often came bearing a message: Peace. In the end,
those he met were somehow changed.
These encounters with Christ foreshadowed what
we are doing here and now, in our own celebration –
one that is communal, that is a meal, that breaks open
God’s word and that leaves us, somehow, changed.
The disciples had his presence made real, in flesh
and blood and we have his Real Presence, under the
appearance of bread and wine.
When you think about what is happening— what
is unfolding here before us and among us—we should
be, like the disciples, full of joy. Christ invites us at
every Eucharist to encounter him. To share a meal
with him. To touch him. To receive him. To make
him a part of us, and to then take him out into the
world.
Which means that the Resurrection that we
celebrate this Easter season wasn’t just a moment in
history, something in the past tense.
It is in the present tense.
It goes on.
And, if we choose, it can continue to leave us
transformed.
And when we receive the Eucharist, he is alive in us.
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May Sat 5/4 3:30pm Sacrament of Reconciliation 4:30pm Holy
Eucharist Sun 5/5 8:00am Holy Eucharist 8:00am Men’s Group Bible
Study 10:30am Holy Eucharist Mon 5/6 9:00am Daily Mass Tue 5/7
9:00am Daily Mass Wed 5/8 9:00am Daily Mass 9:30am Ladies Spiritual
Enrichment Group 7:00pm Parish Council Meeting Thur 5/9 6:30pm
Kerygma Prayer/Bible Study Fri 5/10 6:00pm First Communion Rehersal
Sat 5/11 2:00pm First Communion 3:30pm Sacrament of Reconciliation
4:30pm Saturday Mass Sun 5/12 8:00am Sunday Mass
Special Highlights | Upcoming Events | Offertory Update
Let us honor God with our first fruits rather than the
leftovers.
4/21/19 Sunday Offertory: $ 0.00 Parish Needs: $ 0.00 Numbers
unavailable at time of bulletin Submission 4/21/19 Online
Donations: $ 0.00
Thank you for your generous support of the parish. Your weekly
financial support enables Saint Denis to
provide for the needs of our parish.
Marriage Matters: You are the
first church! You are the face of
God to your children. Please join
us! We meet: 3rd Friday of the
month at 7:00 PM
St. Denis Parish
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Danielle Fischer
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Barbara Mintz
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Raymond Perry Mike Pontier
Ronnie Rabideau Ottmar Rau Ruby Lorraine Bette
Skaife
Frances Smith Jennifer Smith
Katy Textor Mrs. Topper
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Deepa Sathyan
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Anand Kumar
Dot DiRusso Michele Rios Fatima Rodrigues Roland Mendonca Jason
Allen Alexander Liam Howard Ellen Duffy Steve Dame Deborah
Duffy
For Our Sick ...
Men’s Group Requesting New
Members Come Join us!
Meet 8:00 AM Fr Lacy Hall, first, third
and 5th Sundays
Bible Study using Ignatius Press Study Bible
Need volunteers for morning coffee shoppe. 8:00 AM setup
and 12:00 PM cleanup. Easy way to serve your parish!
Kerygma — What is it anyway?
It is a prayer group, a Bible Study and much more!
We share our faith stories, experiences
It is a place to ask questions, get answers
Every Thursday’s 6:30 PM Fr Lacy Hall
Partners in Charity Appeal The Partners in Charity appeal is
now
active, please donate via web, envelope
or at the parish office. As of 4/25/19
Amount Raised Goal Amount needed %Goal
$ 12,225.00 $27,000.00 $ -14,775.00 53%
We as parishioners should take advantage of the free
resources
offered by the parish for private study of our faith. We as
Christians are called to know our faith personally so that
when
we have challenges to our beliefs, we know how to answer
them.
Formed is one of those resources. www.formed.org
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