Saint Gabriel Catholic Community At St. Paul Church in Franklin

At St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Tilton

How to reach us

Phone: Parish Office: (603) 934-5013 Rel. Education: 934-4372 Fax Line: 934-3469 Mail: P.O. Box 490, Franklin, NH 03235 Street Address: 16 Chestnut St. Tilton 110 School Street Franklin E-mail: office@stgabrielnh.org Web site: stgabrielnh.org

Pastor: Rev. Raymond E. Gagnon Deacon: Rev. Mr. Thomas Matzke Office Mgr: Claire Connifey Bulletin Editor: Meri-lynn Banton Rel Ed. Coord.: Mary Ellen Shaw Music Ministry: Debbi Gibson Food Pantry: John Bruno Cemeteries/Maintenance: Gary Plourde & Mike Parmelee

Office Hours Monday thru Thursday from 9AM - 4PM

Food Pantry Monday & Friday from 9AM – Noon (Tilton)

Join us in prayer Weekend Mass

Saturday at 4:00PM (Franklin) & 6:00PM (Tilton) Sunday at 8:30AM (Tilton ) & 10:30AM (Franklin)

Weekday Mass Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday at 8:00AM in Franklin

Reconciliation Saturday at 3:15PM (Franklin) & 5:15PM (Tilton)

Eucharistic Adoration Every Tuesday from 1:15 to 3:15PM (Tilton)

Second Sunday of the Month from 3:00–4:00PM (Franklin) Ministry to the Sick & Homebound

Please call the office to request the Sacrament of Anointing or homebound visits. Baptism–Marriage

Call the Parish Office to schedule instruction and the ceremony

St. Mary St. Paul

We’re here for you

Seventh Sunday of Easter May 07 & 08, 2016

PARISH FINANCES

HAPPENING THIS WEEK

Month of May Catholic Charities Drive

Sun. May 08 Happy Mother’s Day!

Sun. May 08 10:30 AM First Communion

Tues. May 10 1:00 PM Homebound Visits

Tues. May 10 1:15 PM Adoration (T)

Tues. May 10 3:00 PM Communion @ Peabody Home

Tues. May 10 7:00 PM KC #12147 Meeting (F)

Fri. May 13 10:00 AM Communion @ NHVH

Sun. May 15 1:00 PM Baptisms (F)

Offering Last Week May 01

Loose Money 868.50

In Envelopes 3,450.00

Building Fund & Fuel 794.00

Masses 355.00

Candles & Memorials 53.00

Donations 2,500.00

Ascension of the Lord 180.00

TOTAL FOR PARISH 8200.50

Rice Bowl 94.50

Catholic Communications 10.00

CATHOLIC CHARITIES APPEAL

Month of May Catholic Charities provides programs that

honor the dignity of life. In our name, they feed the hun-gry, heal the sick, strengthen families and welcome the stranger. When the need arises, Catholic Charities is there to help. Please consider underwriting this work with a gift this year. You’ll provide comfort, education, mentoring , and most importantly, hope for those who face difficult times.

Reading s for next Weekend

Pentecost Sunday of Easter - May 15

First Acts 2:1-11

Second 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13

Gospel John 20: 19-23

Cemetery News The Cemeteries are open! The Memorial Day Mass will be celebrated at St. John’s Cemetery in Tilton on Monday May 30 at 8:30 AM. All pa-

rishioners are invited to attend this special observance. Decorations for Memorial Day can be placed at the graves –remember no glass and please place items close to the headstone. All items will have to be removed within two weeks after Memorial Day (by Monday June 13) if you wish to keep the items.

Happy Mother’s Day We wish all of our mothers, grand-mothers, god-mothers, stepmoth-

ers, mothers-in-law and mothers-to-be a most blessed feast day. May the affir-mation and attention we shower on you today assure you that we love and ap-

preciate you all through the year!

Congratulations ! Congratulations to all of the students in St. Gabriel Parish who are receiv-

ing Jesus in their First Holy Communion this Sunday.

Ava Archambault Kelly Bentley Aubrey Boisvert Bradey Bowen Ronan Clark Payton Cloutier Camilla Cote Dylan DuBreuil Ethan Henry Gabriel Parmelee Alexander Pelletier Josie Whitson

We congratulate all of them as they come to join us for the first time at the Lord’s Eucharistic Ta-ble. Sincere thanks to their parents and religion

teachers, who have helped them develop a prayerful and meaningful relationship with the

Lord and brought them to this day. May they always stay close to Christ!

Forty Hours Devotion & Exposition is scheduled May 20th thru May 22nd

The Holy Trinity Please consider signing up for one of the slots. Adoration

will run non-stop from 7 PM on Friday until 2 PM on Sunday (except for Mass times) in the weekday chapel in Franklin. Four Holy Hours are planned; watch the bulle-

tin for more information.

Sanctuary Lamp

From this Sunday thru next Saturday, the sanctuary lamp in church will burn in memory of: St. Paul’s: Laurice, Edgar & Family by Anna Mayo St. Mary’s: Katherine Lucier—Grattan

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Sat. May 07 4:00 PM (F) 6:00 PM (T)

Anticipated Masses Jane LaBelle by her Family Doug Bestick by Gayle

Sun. May 08 8:30 AM (T) 10:30 AM (F)

Seventh Sunday of Easter Myra Mudge by Ron & Judy Mills Rita Menard by Sam & Gloria

Mon. May 09 8:00 AM (F)

Easter Weekday All Parishioners

Tues. May 10 8:00 AM (F)

Easter Weekday Beloved Deceased Martin & Kulacz Family

Wed. May 11 8:00 AM (F)

Easter Weekday Walter Plizga by Carol Edmunds

Thurs. May 12

Easter Weekday No Mass

Fri. May 13 8:00 AM (F)

Easter Weekday Doris Valeriay by Irene & Joe

Sat. May 14 4:00 PM (F) 6:00 PM (T)

Anticipated Masses Roger & Marie Houle by M/M Houle Roland Cullen by his Family

Sun. May 15 8:30 AM (T) 10:30 AM (F)

Pentecost Sunday Paul Paquette by his Family Pauline Morency by her Family

ST. GABRIEL’S PRAYER LINE If you’d like to call in your prayer requests, this month’s contact is Jeanne Petrin at 286-3393. You can also write in your request in the book at either church.

Prayers Requested: Richard Martin

Pope Francis’ Prayer Intentions for May: Respect for Women: That in every country of the world, women may be honored and respect-ed and their essential contribution to society may be highly esteemed.

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Our Gift From Mom. Many people have spent the last few days selecting just the right gift for mom. A well-worded card, a piece of jewelry or clothing or even a gift card to her favorite store. (Hopefully, it wasn’t a household appliance.) We honor moms on this day because we appreciate all they have done for us. There were the meals, the loads of laundry, room cleaning, chauffeuring, homework help, coaching and mentoring, and even the discipline and ‘advice’. We often forget the greatest thing we got from her: our faith! In today’s gospel, Jesus blesses those who will share their belief in Him with future generations. Do you know anyone who has tried harder than

mom? Didn’t she teach you your prayers, remind you to start and end your day in prayer, get you ready for First Communion, drag you out of bed for Sunday Mass, cart you to church for religion classes and youth group, convince you that you wanted to be confirmed and even help you plan your Church wedding? Then she bugged you until you had your own little ones baptized and now she insists that you go to church with her when you visit. If we had tried as hard to receive the faith as our moms did to share it, we would be the greatest gift our moms ever gave God! That’s what I call a hap-py Mother’s Day!

Liturgical Ministers - Pentecost Sunday May 14 & 15 , 2016

4:00 PM 6:00 PM 8:30 AM 10:30 AM

Servers Kevin Hooper Jack Manning

Chet Kulus Owain Dixon Jeremy Dixon

Mary Grace, Kolbe, & Sarah Bunker

Lectors Claire Wallace Christine Dzujna

Jeanette Bruno Bette Paquet April Bunker Mike Gula

Eucharistic Ministers

Deacon Tom Joe Landry Mildred Sullivan Sandra Burney

(H) (H) (C) (C)

André LePage Carmen LePage

(C) (C)

Deacon Tom Mark Lemire Carole Lemire

(H) (C) (C)

Debra Mekula Steve Bunker Bette Flaherty Tim Flaherty

(H) (H) (C) (C)

Greeters Betty Meyerhoefer Connie Forest Bette Femenella

Dot Ackerman Peg Halm

Council #12147 will meet Tuesday night at 7:00PM Franklin.

The Food Pantry needs your help. We are critical-ly low of many staples such as: cereal, soups, canned pasta, mac & cheese, peanut butter, jelly, canned fruit and vegetables, and condiments, such

as ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, vinegar, and sugar. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. Jesus told us every time we do something for the least of our brothers, we do it for Him.

This Saturday, May 14 This collection helps restock

the shelves of the local Food Banks, including Bread & Roses Kitchen and St. Gabriel’s Food Closet. Canned goods, cereal, pasta and dry food items can be left by your mailbox for collection. Your donations will be greatly appreciated.

CHURCH ROOF DRIVE Here’s a final tally on our drive to replace the roof:

Donations received prior to the Drive : $31,000 ‘Here’s My Square” Donations: $23,140 Total Received: $54,140

Contract Price for New Roof: $55,090 We’re only $950 short of paying for the whole thing! And we can afford that! Of course, this does not in-clude the $6,950 we had to spend to repair the chim-ney. But, we can pay that with the “Property Mainte-nance Collection”. Thank you so much for your out-standing generosity. It is so awesome to see the par-ish come together like this. May God repay you a hundredfold!

300 CLUB NEWS Our annual banquet was held last Saturday with a

great time and a wonderful feast. Congratulations to the winners!

$500 Paul Whitcomb #060 $250 Jesse Carroll #246 $100 John Jurta #037 $100 Janet Cerat #009 $100 Pauline Bergeron #026 April Drawings: $100 Emily Galvin #138 $ 50 Paul Winsor #144 $ 25 Frank Kulacz #043 The first drawing this year will be at the end of May. It is not too late to sign up to support your Parish and get your share of the winnings—just $60 a year. There are forms at the entrances in both churches.

CATHOLIC SERVICES & PROGRAMS

Knights of Columbus St. Mary of the Assumption

Council #11868 Grand Knight: Aaron Boudreau 998-2806 Bishop Leo O’Neil Council #12147 (Franklin) Grand Knight: Tim Stangroom 934-6782 Fr. A.J. Timon Assembly #638 (4th Degree) Faithful Navigator: Omer Ahern 536-2224 At www.franklinknights.org

Catholic Schools Holy Trinity School (Pre-K to 8) 50 Church Street Laconia, NH 03246 Web:www.holytrinity.pvt.k12.nh.us Phone: 524-3156 St. John Regional School (Pre-K to 8) 61 S. State Street Concord, NH 03301 Web: www.stjohnregional.org — Phone: 225-3222 Bishop Brady High School (9 to 12) 25 Columbus Ave Concord, NH 03301 Web: www.bishopbrady.edu — Phone: 224-7418

Catholic Charities Laconia District Office 528-3035 17 Gilford Ave., Laconia, 03246

Counseling - Elderly Services - Adoption/Maternity Parish Nurse - Children’s Home -

Food Bank St. Francis Rehabilitation & Nursing Center 406 Court St., Laconia, NH 03246 Phone: 524-0466

Parish Outreach Franklin Regional Hospital Leo St. Pierre At Merrimack County Nursing Home Meri-lynn Banton - Janet Jurta NH Veterans Home Rev. Ray Gagnon - Steve Archambault Mt. Ridge Nursing Home Nancy Carr - Mildred Sullivan - Chrissy Avila Golden Crest Senior Resort Nancy Carr - Mildred Sullivan At Peabody Home Angela Mundy—Christine Dzujna