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Saint Mark Parish Dorchester May 7, 2017 Fourth Sunday of Easter
Saint Mark Parish Dorchester
May 7, 2017 Fourth Sunday of Easter
____________________________________________________________________________ ADDRESSES AND TELEPHONES
Church: 1725 Dorchester Avenue, Dorchester, Ma 02124 Rectory: 20 Roseland Street Rectory: 617-825-2852 Rectory Fax: 617-825-0514
Website: stmark-stambrose.org
Saint Mark Parish Dorchester, MA 02124
Christ Yesterday,
Today and Tomorrow
Sacrament Information:
Baptism—First Sunday of each month at 1 pm. Parents are required to call the rectory.
Eucharist—Please contact the Rectory for prep-aration to receive First Reconciliation and Eucharist.
Confirmation– Please contact a Priest
Sacrament of Marriage—Please contact a priest one year prior to desired date.
Visitation/Anointing of the Sick Contact the Rectory
Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturdays 3:15—3:45 or upon request Parish Organizations St. Vincent de Paul Society 617-265-1921 Adult Faith Formation/Bible Study Legion of Mary Saturday @ 10:00 Mtg Room ESOL/Citizenship Michael Oliver 617-288-8515 [email protected]
Handicapped Accessible Elevator located on right Side entrance
Schedule Of Liturgies
Saturday Vigil…………..4:00 pm Sunday…………………..8:00 am Spanish…….………..….10:00 am ………………………….12:00 Holy Days………...As Announced Weekdays ( M-F)………...7:00 am
Saturdays………………. 9:00 am
First Friday Adoration
7:30—Noon
Air Conditioned
PASTORAL STAFF—617-825-2852 Rev. Linh Nguyen (Pastor) Ext. 16
Rev. Anthony Cusack (Parochial Vicar) Ext. 13
Rev. Paul Do (Parochial Vicar),
Rev. Dinh Tan Hoai In Residence
Rev. Tran Thai Son In Residence
Rev. Wendell Verrill
Rev. John Predmore
Deacon Marcio Fonseca (Permanent Deacon)
Sam Bedros (Business Manager) Ext. 18
Judith Greeley ( Parish Secretary) Ext. 10
Kathy Wall (Religious Education Coordinator)
Lesly Fonseca (Coord. de Educación Religiosa)
Andrea Sheppard-Lomba (Parish Organizer) X19
Rene Chew ( Spanish Music Coordinator)
Jenny Le (8:00 Mass Choir Coordinator)
Denise Hurley (12:00 Mass Choir Coordinator)
Fourth Sunday of Easter May 7, 2017
This week the offertory amounted to $3,261.00. Thank you for your continued support of Saint Mark Parish.
In Loving Memory:
Sanctuary Lamp: Nora McDonagh Mobbs
Chapel Sanctuary Lamp: Gomes Family
Altar Bread & Wine: Josefa Sabater
Saint Mark’s Religious Education Program
Registration for CCD ---Contact Kathy Wall at 617-436-1864. Registration for Confirmation , please con-tact Emilia Cowell at 925-917-1740
Mass Intentions Saturday, May 6, 2017 4:00 Deceased Members of Saint Mark Sunday, May 7, 2017 8:00 First Communion 10:00 First Communion 12:00 Nora McDonagh Mobbs...Month Mind Rosa Gomes, Antonio Gomes, Jusara Gomes….Memorial Saturday, May 13, 2017 4:00 Saint Mark Parishioners Sunday, May 14, 2017 8:00 Maria Pham Thi Nga..7th Anniversary 10:00 Mary Teresa O’Connor..2nd Annivers. Anna Moore...Memorial, Catherine Desmond..25th Annivers. Ronald Gillis...30th Anniversary If you would like to have an Anniversary Mass of Memorial Mass said for a loved one, please contact Judy at the Rectory.
Parish Activities 05/07/2017—5/13/2017
Sunday, May 7, 2017 First Communion 8:00 Church First Communion 10:00 Church Baptism 1:30 Church Legion of Mary Curia 2:30 Mtg Room Monday, May 8 ESOL Classes…..6:30-9:00 Annex Tuesday, May 9 Faith Sharing 7:30-8:30 am Ch Hall ESOL Classes 6:30-9:00 Annex Sp. Prayer Grp 6:30 pm—9:00 pm Ch Hall Wednesday, May 10
ESOL Classes 11:00-1:30, 6:30-9:00 Annx Sp Choir Practice 7:00-9:00 pm Ch. Hall
Friday, May 12 Narcotics Anonymous 7:00-9 pm Ch Hall
Saturday, May 13 Reconciliation 3:30-3:45 Church
TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — All peoples called by God will receive the gift of the Spirit if they repent and are baptized (Acts 2:14a, 36-41). Psalm — The Lord is my shepherd; there is noth-ing I shall want (Psalm 23). Second Reading — Once we were like straying sheep; but now we have been returned to the shep-herd, our guardian (1 Peter 2:20b-25). Gospel — The shepherd leads the sheep out into pastures of abundant life (John 10:1-10).
COUNTING SHEEP Every person can tell how many goats or sheep one possesses, but not how many friends. —Cicero
Saint Mark Parish Celebrating 100 Years
A Parish Without Borders
The Irish Pastoral
Centre’s Annual Golf Tournament will be held this year on Monday, June 12 @ George Wright Golf Course, Hyde Park, Ma. This continues the twenty-two year old tradition of golf tournaments that began at Saint Mark Church in 1994. Also, at Saint Mark, the Irish Pastoral Centre was founded in 1987 in direct response to the large increase in Irish immigrants in the Greater Boston area, and so this year, they are celebrating their 30th Anniversary. The Pastoral Centre services include assis-tance with housing, employment, legal, im-migration, pastoral care and senior and fam-ily outreach. Fr. Dan Finn is hoping he can count on your generosity as a player/and or, sponsor to support the mission of the Irish Pastoral Centre. Registration forms are available at the Rec-tory or you can visit their website @ www.ipcboston.org. If you have played or sponsored in the Saint Mark tournaments, Fr. Finn really can use your support again this year.
May is the Month of Mary The teaching of the Vatican Council sees Mary in relation to Christ as His associate. She is Eve, as Christ is the new Adam. She is the image of Christ’s love, goodness and fulfillment of the divine
will. Her perfect obedience flowed from her humility. We should make a special effort his month to reflect over Mary’s special rela-tionship with God and her role in the Church. Her life should serve as an exam-ple to all of us.
THE CALL OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD
The Twenty-third Psalm, today’s re-sponsorial psalm, is arguably the best known of all the psalms. The line that reads “Even though I walk in the dark val-ley / I fear no evil; for you are at my side / with your rod and your staff / that give me courage” (Psalm 23:4) connects this week’s scriptures to the wonderful story of the road to Emmaus, which we heard last week. The Lord Jesus, our Good Shep-herd, is constantly at our side. He calls us each by name, beckoning us into a deeper relationship with him. That call, issued to each of us at the moment of our baptism, carries with it the promise of the Good Shepherd: “I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly” (John 10:10).
World Day of Prayer will be observed on Sunday, May 7th, also known as "Good Shepherd Sunday." The purpose of this day is to publically fulfill the Lord's instruction to, "Pray the Lord of the harvest to send la-borers into his harvest" (Mt 9:38; Lk 10:2). Please pray that young men and women hear and respond generously to the Lord's call to the priest-hood, diaconate, religious life, societies of apostolic life or secular insti-tutes. You can find many resources to promote a culture of vocations on the USCCB Vocations webpage (www.usccb.org/vocations)..
For young men and women; That God may give them the gift of understanding to discern their service in the Church, the priesthood, diaconate, or consecrated life; And for the gift of courage to follow His call.
Christ Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Our Lady of Fatima Statue Will Visit UN
One day before the May 13, 2017 celebration marking the 100th anni-versary of the Fatima ap-paritions, a statue of Our Lady of Fatima will be vis-iting the United Nations.
May 12th will mark the second time this par-ticular statue has been to the United Na-tions, the first being in 1952.
On May 13, 1917, three shepherd children named Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco saw a vision of Our Lady of Fatima, who was dressed in white and holding a rosary. These apparitions lasted through October of the same year and brought messages of prayer, repentance and reparation.
During Pope Francis’ upcoming anniversary pilgrimage to Fatima, he will canonize two of the Fatima visionaries, Francisco and Jacin-ta Marto, on May 13.
The May 12 United Nations event is titled, “The Centenary of Fatima and the Enduring Relevance of Its Message of Peace,” and will take place from 11am to 1pm.
“The event will be focused in a very special way on the enduring relevance of Fatima’s message of peace,” stated Father Roger Landry, an American priest serving the Holy See’s Permanent Observer Mission at the U.N.. “We are in tenuous times, and the Blessed Mother’s message to the world through the Fatima shepherd children is more relevant and important than ever.
As Our Lady of Fatima is in the spotlight this month around the world, all are hopeful that her messages of peace and repentance will touch individuals around the world in an un-precedented way. It is hoped that the Fatima event at the U.N. will cultivate peace and an attitude of love across all cultures around the world, inspiring individuals to utilize their time and talents for the good of mankind.
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION The fact that many monastic churches do not have a prominent tabernacle shapes the patterns of liturgical prayer. Monastic communities often protect the ancient value of “receiving from the same sacrifice,” meaning that the communicants are assured that what they eat and drink in the Holy Mysteries actually comes from the same celebration. It surprises many to learn that the Church does not foresee, nor does it provide for, Communion of the faithful from the reserved Sacrament. Litur-gical laws have long defended your right to receive from the same sacrifice, the same Mass, that you attend. At one time, of course, the bread for the Eucharist was the ordinary bread of the day, except unleavened, probably pre-pared at home. It was broken and distribut-ed to the faithful. Early on the loaf itself was referred to as the hostia in Latin, meaning the “sacrifice,” the same word for the sacrificial animal in Jewish worship, and for Jesus as the Lamb of God. By giv-ing his life on the cross, Jesus became the hostia for us. To this day in the Greek Church, one of the tasks of the priest’s wife is to bake the bread for the Divine Liturgy, sometimes in a bakery oven dedicated to that purpose and called a “Bethlehem.” Today’s familiar individual hosts first appeared in the eleventh century at about the time when tabernacles were coming into use. The turn away from “bready” bread allowed the hosts to be reserved since they did not spoil like regular bread, and made the annual “Easter duty” counts easier.
HEAVEN The goal of religion is not to get us into heaven—but to get heaven into us. —Anonymous
