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Confession - Saturdays 3:00-3:30pm in the Rectory breezeway - by
appoint-ment or on a drop in basis Baptisms - 1st Sunday of the
Month at 1:00 pm Weddings - By Appointment -at least six months in
advance
Parish Office - Hours - Tuesday & Wednesday 9am-2pm—other
times by appointment Phone: 781-834-4953 ext. 12 or
office@StAnns,net
Religious Education Director: Catherine Rein ext.10
Cluster Churches Masses Holy Family - Duxbury Saturday: 5:00pm
Sunday: 7:30am & 10:00am St. Christine - Marshfield Hills
Saturday: 5:00pm Sunday: 7:00am, 9:00am & 11:30am Our Lady Of
The Assumption Green Harbor Saturday: 4:30pm Sunday: 7:30am, 9:00am
& 10:30am
591 Ocean Street Marshfield, MA 02050
781-834-4953 www.StAnns.net
Rev. John F. Carmichael, Pastor
Catherine Rein, Pastoral Associate Brett D’Alelio, Digital Media
Dir. Mike Hurm, Digital Media Assistant
Parish Council Casey Rein, Ed Neary, Ed Burke, Sharon Thibeault,
Dan McNulty, Beth McNulty, Jack Hanratty, Megan Paris, Debbi O’Neil
Parish Finance Council James Donovan, Betty O’Reilly, Ed
Finocchiaro, Adam Lomba
Mass Schedule Saturday: Vigil 4:00pm Sunday: 7:30,10:00 &
11:30am and 7:00pm - in the Church 8:30am DRIVE IN MASS in front of
the Chapel (weather permitting)
Tune your radio to 89.5FM
Daily Mass (Monday-Friday) 5:00pm Livestreamed on www.StAnns.net
Live Streamed Adoration with rosary daily M-F 7:00pm (Church is
closed)
Live Adoration in Church Fridays from Noon-5pm Saturday Mornings
8:00am-10:00am
All Masses are LIVESTREAMED on
www.StAnns.net 24 HR Livestreaming Adoration
Catholic Traveling Prayers- LINK IN PARISH WEBSITE
We at St. Ann by the Sea strive to worship the Lord more fully
through the sacraments, recognize God more clearly in all people
and serve
Him more generously in the world.
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S A S 2 D 20, 2020
PASTOR’S COLUMN This is the 4th Sunday of Advent and Christmas
approaches later this week. Covid-19 protocols prevent us from
putting CHRISTMAS FLOWER ENVELOPES in the pews. We have only
received 6 envelopes. I have spent $1100.00 on the wreathes and
alpine roping, and poinsettias. Last Easter I still purchased a
large order of flowers (for livestream) and received 3 offerings. I
still remembered all the names from the last year with an Easter
Novena of Masses. I’ll do the same this year with a Christmas
Novena. If you can make an flower offering this year it would be
most helpful and appreciated.
I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas. In this age of Covid
we are having three Drive-In Masses for those who want to attend
Mass but are anxious about entering the church. Do remember for
your loved ones who are unable to leave their house that we
livestream the inside Masses on our website: www.stanns.net. Once
on the site locate the livestream box on the left upper hand of the
opening page, press the button, and on the second screen press the
white arrow on the blue screen. For those who are joining us at the
Drive-In please make sure to show up early, follow the directions
of the Knights, and drive slowly, deliberately and cautiously as
you park your car. We have three Drive-in Masses for Christmas
weekend, so it’s my hope it will provide everyone with a good view
of the outside altar. When receiving Holy Communion, for your
safety and ours, please keep your mask on. When the Eucharistic
Ministers come to your window, keep your mask on, and they will
drop (not place) the sacred Host in your hands. Wait for them to
depart, then take your mask off and consume the Eucharist. When
you’re ready to depart the parking lot, please be patient- it
normally takes us four minutes to empty the entire lot. As you’re
leaving, wait a moment, look on all sides, and when you get a
signal from the Knights, slowly proceed out of the lot, heading off
with our prayers and wishes for a festive day! Please share with
family & friends that we have these 3 Drive-In Christmas
Masses. Given winter and her storms, I have deemed it essential to
open the fish pond side door (closed in the pandemic). If you’re
entering by this door, make sure to take a right turn up the
one-way aisle and if you want a center row seat just proceed to the
middle aisle and take another right. Recently at Communion folks
were bunching up in the single aisle rather than observing the 6’
distance. Please wait in your pews until it is your time to safely
maintain this social distance requirement. We keep the doors and
windows open to utilize the natural circulation of airflow to
provide safety, and keeping the 6’ distance will also ensure your
safety. One of the neighboring parishes had someone at their Sunday
Mass report they were Covid-19 positive. Yikes! If you feel sick or
have any of the signs of the virus, please stay home, even if you
don’t have a fever. Better to stay home than to unknowingly
transmit it to others at church, especially those who are most
vulnerable. The vaccine is on its way! I hope to see all of you
this Christmas, but if you’re traveling, be assured of my prayers
and well wishes for a:
“Merry Christmas” . . .“Buon Natale”. . .”Wesołych Świąt” “Feliz
Navidad” .” रसमस के लए” “Fröhliche Weihnachten”
HAVE A HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR!
FROM A GRATEFUL FR JOHN F. CARMICHAEL & STAFF
FFourth Sunday of Advent December 20, 2020
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19 4:00pm Deceased Members of the McInerney
Family
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20 7:30am Bob and Rita Murray (Remembrance)
8:30 am Francis McWilliams (83rd Birthday Remembrance) 10:00am Fan
na Bonaffini (Remembrance) 11:30am Michael Tognarelli (2nd
Anniversary) 7:00pm Bill and Mary Roache
MONDAY, DECEMBER 21 5:00pm Rev. Gerard J. O’Meara Remembrance)
7:00-9pm Adora on & Benedic on and Rosary
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22 5:00pm Kevin, Archie and Joanie Long
7:00-9pm Adora on & Benedic on and Rosary
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23 5:00pm John O’Connor and Sonny O’Hara
7:00-9PM Adora on & Benedic on and Rosary
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24 CHRISTMAS EVE 1:00pm & 3:00pm Drive In
Mass 4:30 Mass inside Church & Chapel 7:00-9pm Online Adora
on
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25 FEAST OF JESUS’ BIRTH 7:30m Inside Church
& Chapel 8;30am Drive-in 10:00 Church & Chapel 7:00-9pm
Adora on & Benedic on and Rosary (Cancelled for night)
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26 4:00pm Joseph, Veronica, David and
Maitland Smith
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27 FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY 7:30am Joseph and
Mary Cochrane 8:30 am Nancy Kelliher and Francis Reilly 10:00am
Donald and Sonny McKinnon 11:30am Cathleen Monahan (7th
Anniversary( 7:00pm Brian and Mark Chalabios
Please keep in your prayers the members of the U.S. Armed
Forces, our Police Offices, First Responders and Medical Personnel
who are treating
those with the COVID 19 Virus.
We are Livestreaming Daily Mass at 5:00pm (M-F) Adoration &
Rosary (M-F) 7:00pm-9:00pm
The special Christmas collection on December 24 and December 25
will benefit the Clergy Health and Re-tirement Trust which cares
for the health and well-being of our 536 active and senior priests
in good standing. By supporting this collection, you are helping to
ensure that our active priests receive the care they need to
continue their important work and our senior priests can live in
community with access to quality care. Whether it is within our
parish communities or in the community at large, our priests are
making a differ-ence every day. If you are able, please consider a
gen-erous gift to the Christmas collection this year. Thank you in
advance!
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F S A 3 S A S
Patty Shea Patrick Kelly Krystle Clifford Michael Duggan Joan
McGuire William Saunders Thomas Nettles Ed Burke Joseph Brosnahan
Linda Lincoln Jim Morgan Steven McDonnell Danny Sheehan Pat Roth
Paul Doherty Helene Griffin Thomas Coen Julie Hurley Thomas Curran
Richard Doyle Maureen White Anthony Godfrey Julianne Flynn Kristin
DeYoung Sheri Silva Diane Sheehan Beth Pascucci Jeffrey T. Sullivan
Richard Brooks John Murphy Mary Doherty Mary Jacobs Edward Trocki
Denise DeBassio Lynn Courtney Scarlett O’Brien Rick Donovan Randy
Perez Barbara McLaughlin Pat Hegner Karen Rei James F. McDonald
Marsha Trementozzi William H. White, III
Would you like us to pray for someone? Contact the parish office
at 781-834-4953 or
email [email protected] to have a name added or removed from
this list.
SScripture for the Week of December 20, 2020
Sunday 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16/Rom 16:25-27/Lk
1:26-38 Monday Sg 2:8-14 or Zep 3:14-18a/Lk 1:39-45
Tuesday 1 Sm 1:24-28/Lk 1:46-56
Wednesday Mal 3:1-4, 23-24/Lk 1:57-66
Thursday 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16/Lk 1:67-79
Friday Vigil: Is 62:1-5/Acts 13:16-17, 22-25/Mt 1:1-25 or
1:18-25
Friday Night Is 9:1-6/Ti 2:11-14/Lk 2:1-14
Christmas Day Is 52:7-10/Heb 1:1-6/Jn 1:1-18 or 1:1-5, 9-14
Saturday Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59/Mt 10:17-22
Sunday Gn 15:1-6; 21:1-3/Heb 11:8, 11-12, 17-19/ Lk 2:22-40 or
2:22, 39-40
St Ann by the Sea - Digital Media Links
Twitter https://twitter.com/
St. Ann by the Sea Website www.stanns.net (livestreaming
Masses)
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/stannbythesea
YouTube (Catholic Traveling Prayers) http://bit.ly/2uitlLG
The Wine and Candles in the Main Church for the month of
December are given in memory of Mary B. and John J. Tighe by
Bernadette White .
Wine and Candles in the Chapel for the month of December are
given in memory of John Gregson by an anonymous donor.
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stannbythesea/
Please pray for those in the
Military who put themselves in harm’s way to protect our
Freedom
Captain Adam O’Reilly 1st Lt. John Valeri
Captain Shayler Pierson SRA Elizabeth Hill
Ensign Joseph Minicucci PO3 John Gregson
Ensign Anthony Iannone PV2 Lauren Hutt PFC Jack Eggers
AB Gregory Pierson PVT Christian Dunn
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Masses
December 24 Christmas Eve Vigil Masses 1:00pm & 3:00pm
Outside Drive-In Masses 4:30pm Inside Mass
December 25 Christmas Day Masses 8:30am Outside Drive-in Mass
7:30am & 10:00am Inside Masses
On Christmas Day there will be no 11:30am or 7:00pm Mass
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S A S 4 D 20, 2020
ST. ANN BY THE SEA Live Streaming Masses
Watch Mass online: Monday-Friday at 5:00pm
Saturdays at 4pm Sundays at 7:30am, 10:00am, 11:30am &
7:00pm
St. Ann by the Sea | www.StAnns.net | 781-834-4953
CATECHETICAL CORNER CATECHETICAL CORNEROur Question of the
Week:
ERk:
“Praying for the dead”
I regularly pray for the souls of the dead by naming them, very
often those whom I knew not to have been churched or to have led
unchris-tian lives. However, I came across some Catholic media that
say praying for those who did not die a Christian death is a waste
of time, citing Pope St. Gregory the Great and St. Francis Xavier.
I also know that Our Lady of Fatima said that many souls end up in
hell because they had nobody to pray or make sacrifices for them.
What is your take on this matter? Answer: It is fine to pray for
anyone who has died, and it is certainly not a waste of time. While
it is true that no one is saved except by Jesus Christ, it is also
true that God is just and will judge people on what they could have
reasonably known and acted upon. While it is harder to be saved
apart from explicitly embracing the full practice of the Catholic
faith, the Church leaves the final judgment on such matters to God.
The judgments are hidden from us, and so we are right to pray for
all the dead. Even those who led a wicked life and died committing
a crime may have repented as they lay dying and thus did not go to
hell but to purgatory. If the soul we pray for has in fact gone to
hell, they cannot benefit from our prayers. But this does not make
our prayer a waste of time. Rather, our prayer goes into the
Church’s treasury of merit and is applied as God sees fit. As for
the remarks of Our Lady at Fatima, she is re-ferring to people who
are still living and reminding us to pray for them. No one goes to
hell from purgatory. Since the Lord Jesus said we must be “made
perfect as the heavenly Father is perfect” (cf. Mt 5:48), and since
few die in that kind of perfection, most souls do go through a
period of purification after death so that God, who began a good
work in them, may bring it to completion. (cf. Phil 1:6). Too many
Catholics today neglect this spiritual work of mercy and rashly
con-clude their loved ones have gone straight to Heaven. This is
usually a wrong presumption and deprives many souls of prayers and
works that can help them. Do not overlook their need for prayer at
tis time so that when they do enter Heaven, they will in turn
of-fer may prayers for you!
Pastoral Answers: | Monsignor Charles Pope
Volunteer Opportunities for all ages!
Greeter/Temperature Taker - all weekend Masses
Disinfectors - for all weekend Masses
Media Assistant in broadcast booth with training
Projector Operator with Media Shout training
Please speak to Father Carmichael or Catherine Rein
Call 781-834-4953 or email [email protected]
The Archdiocese and the State mandate wearing masks in church at
all times and
mandatory temperature checks.
Anyone with a temperature over 100˚ will be required to leave
the church
immediately in order to protect the health of others.
Strict enforcement is required in order to prevent possible
closure of the church.
Contact names will also be taken at
certain points.
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F S A 5 S A S
RROSARY 4 RECOVERY
Join us on the third Saturday of each month in the Chapel during
Adoration
Adoration and praying the Rosary, recited for the intention of
all those who are battling addiction, for their
families, as well as for those who have lost their lives to this
insidious disease.
Next date: January 16th, 8-10am
LIVE STREAMING BROADCASTS Please go to our website
www.stanns.net
WEEKDAYS Monday - Friday
5pm Mass
Adoration & Rosary 7pm –9pm
WEEKENDS Saturday Mass at 4pm
Sunday Masses at 7:30am, 10am, 11:30am &7pm
Sunday Drive-In Mass at 8:30am tune your radio to 89.5 FM
Marshfield Food Pantry PO Box 1097
Marshfield, MA 02050 781-837-0359
The Marshfield Food Pantry would be very grateful for any
assistance year-
round from St. Ann by the Sea parishioners
“Many of us are struggling with the stress and uncer-tainty of
these challenging times. The Marshfield Food Pantry is here to help
lighten the load. And it is so easy. Anyone can visit once a month
to receive a week’s worth of groceries.
ALL Marshfield Residents are WELCOME!
The Marshfield Food Pantry has shifted to curbside pick-up for a
safe, convenient and confidential visit.
Stop by Tuesday or Friday Mornings from 9:30 to Noon or
Wednesday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at 1837 Ocean Street
(behind Ventress Library))”
For more information visit: www.marshfieldfoodpantry.org COVID
UPDATE: The Food Pantry is requesting donations of
checks, cash or on-line donations through our website. At this
time we would like to limit food donations as we do not
know the origin of the food. With cash / checks we can better
address families needs
pertaining to food and personal hygiene items. We are
anticipating a heavy reliance on the Pantry over the
next few months. As always - Thank you!
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Livestreaming online Monday-Friday from 7pm - 9pm
with the Rosary
Live in the Main Church Fridays noon - 5pm Saturdays 8-10am
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S A S 6 D 20, 2020
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