Saint Martha Parish 227 South Street, Plainville, MA 02762 (NEW) Saturday Vigil Mass 5:30pm - This Mass can be viewed online Sunday Mass at 10:00am Saint Mary Parish 130 South Street, Wrentham, MA 02093 Saturday Vigil Mass 4:00pm Sunday Mass 9:30am - This Mass can be viewed live online Masses Celebrated at St. Martha and St. Mary!! When coming to Mass please arrive early with a mask and personal hand sanitizer. This will be provided if you do not have any. Registration is needed to attend Mass . Please go to our website, www.pwc.church to sign up or call your parish of- fice during office hours if you do not have access to a computer. Daily Mass has started inside at St. Mary Church on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Monday, Wednesday and Friday Masses are still being celebrated and recorded from the small chapel. All daily Masses can be viewed online each weekday morn- ing and this weekend, Saturday afternoon Mass at 5:30pm from St. Martha, and Sunday at 9:30am from St. Mary can also be viewed online.
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Saint Martha Parish 227 South Street, Plainville, MA 02762
(NEW) Saturday Vigil Mass 5:30pm - This Mass can be viewed online Sunday Mass at 10:00am
Saint Mary Parish 130 South Street, Wrentham, MA 02093
Saturday Vigil Mass 4:00pm Sunday Mass 9:30am - This Mass can be viewed live online
Masses Celebrated at St. Martha and St. Mary!! When coming to Mass please arrive early with a mask and personal hand sanitizer. This will be provided if you do not have any. Registration is needed to attend Mass. Please go to our website, www.pwc.church to sign up or call your parish of-fice during office hours if you do not have access to a computer. Daily Mass has started inside at St. Mary Church on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Monday, Wednesday and Friday Masses are still being celebrated and recorded from the small chapel. All daily Masses can be viewed online each weekday morn-ing and this weekend, Saturday afternoon Mass at 5:30pm from St. Martha, and Sunday at 9:30am from St. Mary can also be viewed online.
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Father Joseph F. Mozer, Pastor Email: [email protected] (St. Mary phone ext. 112)
Father Lambert Nieme, Associate Pastor Email: [email protected] (St. Mary phone ext. 123)
Rev. Bernard Baris, M.S. Weekend Assistant Deacon Joseph R. Flocco, Permanent Deacon
Deacon James T. Kearney, Permanent Deacon
Please call St. Martha or St. Mary Parish of ice to schedule Weddings, Funerals and or Baptisms. Transformed in Love Marriage Prep classes are offered at our collaborative each year. Please contact Deacon Joe Flocco at j [email protected] for more information. Baptism Preparation Class for Both Parishes: First Sunday of each Month at 11:00am at St. Mary Church Hall. Please visit the website to register and call St. Mary Parish of ice for more information.
Religious Education
Mrs. Maggie Hoagland , Director of Faith Formation for Children Grades 1 -6 508-695-0054, [email protected]
Mr. Brian Sousa, Coordinatorof Faith Formation for Youth Grades 7 - Confirmation 508-384-3373 ext. 116, [email protected]
Mrs. Trish Moore, Coordinator of High School Youth Ministry Email: [email protected]
Music Directors St. Martha - Mrs. Anne DiSanto 508-269-7869, [email protected]
If you are interested in joining either of our parishes, please visit our website and ill out the New Parishioner Registration Form or stop into either St. Martha of ice or St. Mary of ice to register.
Saint Martha Parish 227 South Street, Plainville, MA 02762
Confessions: Saturday Afternoons, 3:00 - 3:45 pm in
the conference room or by appointment Baptisms: 2nd and 4th Sundays at 1:30pm - Visit
the Parish website or call the Rectory Marriages: Visit the Parish website, or contact the
Parish Of ice at least six months prior to antici-pated date
Rosary: Pray the rosary before daily Mass Accessible Ramp (rectory side of church) & Elevator/Lift Available
Our Collaborative Values Love - Welcoming - Compassion - Boldness
Announcements for the bulletin must be submitted no later than Sunday for the next bulletin. Please submit the announcement to the parish of ice it pertains to. All announcements are subject to the Pastor’s approval.
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It’s Brought Us to Our KneesThis week the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Con-trol and Prevention testified before Congress that we have “used the capacity that we have” to confront the pandem-ic, but “the reality is that it’s brought this nation to its knees.” The image of being “on our knees” has both emo-tional and spiritual connotations, but both refer to a posi-tion of humility. In battle, kneeling shows surrender; in a royal court, it shows dedicated service; and in prayer, it shows reverence to God. While there are many references to fighting the pandemic as a war, Dr. Robert Redfield was not signifying surrender in the sense of giving up. The battle to find treatments and a vaccine continues, as do the efforts to keep us safe in the meantime. But I think Dr. Redfield was making an important acknowledgement that many of us have been discovering for ourselves over these recent months.
The pandemic, economic crisis, and emphatic cries for justice and equality have humbled us and invited us to reflect on how vulnerable we all are. If we have tak-en time to reflect on this reality, perhaps it has confronted a fairytale image that we like to have of ourselves. The formula many fairytales follow ultimately comes down to helping the main character discover they have the power within themselves to determine their own destiny. This is good for a fairytale: it inspires us to look at things from a fresh perspective and not give up. But the experience of the past few months has reminded us that many things are not under our control, and even when the human family all works together, there are some challenges we cannot overcome without God’s help, without a Savior who is greater than ourselves. Jesus is not like a fairytale prince who comes and makes everything “happily ever after.”Rather, he shows that the Creator of all things is willing to come and share our human experiences - both joys and sufferings - to show the depth of God’s love for us.
As people of faith, we know being “on our knees”primarily as a posture of prayer and service. We genuflect to Christ, present in the Eucharist. We kneel when we turn to God in solemn prayer. We bend down, like Jesus did, to wash one another’s feet. We have been humbled by the medical, economic, and social justice crisis of our time, but being “brought to our knees” puts us in the perfect position to move forward from here. From our knees, we recognize our need to be in a strong relationship with God to be able to pour out our hearts in prayer and be open to the Lord’s guidance in our lives. From our knees, we have to look up to those around us, instead of looking down on them in judgment. From our knees, we can appreciate so much more the blessings we have received, and the rela-tive unimportance of some of the things we wish we had. From here we are able to look forward with hope, trusting in the will of God that we humble ourselves enough to be open to the Lord’s desire to save us and even use us as part of the remedies our world so desperately needs.
We are happy to announce that we will have limited office hours
available at both St. Martha Parish and St. Mary Parish.
St. Martha office hours will be:Monday - Wednesday - Friday
From 9:00 - 11:00am
St. Mary office hours will be:Monday - Friday
From 9:30am - 12:00pmIf at all possible, continue to use email and the telephone for commu-nication to each office. If you need to come in, please wear a mask and follow the new social distancing guidelines of one person in the of-fice at a time. We will be keeping track of those who enter the office in case we need to contact you.
Thank you for understanding as we continue to navigate through these uncertain times.
More Hospitality Volunteers Needed We have been blessed with volunteers who have come forward to help open our churches in a safe manor but many more are needed as we continue to work together during the Covid-19 pandemic. They help as greeters, ushers and sanitizers and are needed at every Mass and event such as funerals and wed-dings at both parishes. Please consider becoming a Hospitality Volunteer and join this team. contact your parish office to learn more. Thank you
The Sacrament of Reconciliation (confession) is be-ing celebrated in the conference room in both Parishes (located in the parish offices). We cannot offer a sani-tized chair or kneeler to each person so you will remain standing (unless that is difficult). Wearing a face cover-ing, you can stand face to face or behind the priest if you prefer. In our collaborative, Reconciliation is of-fered Saturdays 3:00 - 3:45pm at St. Mary, Sundays 9:15 - 9:45am at St. Martha, and other times by ap-pointment.
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Saint Martha Parish Family
Please pray for these dear people who are illor just in need of prayers
Alyssa, Dominic, Lois, Michelle, Richard, Mary Blouin, Deb Brooks, Dorothy Commerford, Clay Conard, Sr. Diane Dube, June Eastman, Edward Frobel, Barbara Lamb, Dan Lynch, Celene Lannan, Celia Marsland, Tom McGowan, Michelle Mil-ler, Lorraine Norton, Harper Oates, Marie Packer, Jerry Quinn, Eileen Rhyno, Yvette Richard, Betty Sandy, Stephen Sullivan, John Swearingen, Irene Tracy, Karen Wenzell, Keny Zilch
Please pray for the repose of the soul ofall our deceased loved ones
Offertory $2,506 Building Maintenance $259
Saturday, June 27th 5:30 PM Fr. Joseph Ross (Birthday Remembrance)
Sunday, June 28th 10:00 AM Jackie Cataldo (Memorial)
Saturday, July 4th 5:30 PM Sr. Carmel Ethier (Month’s Mind)
Sunday, July 5th 10:00 AM John Murphy (Birthday Remembrance)
Weekly Offering
Please keep in your prayers LLt. Mat-thew Nicholson, U.S. Army, 1st Lt. SeanHartley, Marines & Marine Jedidias Tol-bert who are courageously serving our country.
Congratulations to the newest member of the St. Martha Parish Family community who was baptized here recently. May this little one and her family be
c0ntinually blessed by the Lord and know His love.
Grace Hana Maria Alexander
Living Bread Food Pantry The food pantry located at the Methodist church is always in need of food and toiletry donations from generous parishioners like you. Please consider donating to those in need in our com-munity. The pantry is open Wednesday eve-nings at 6:30pm. There is a new drop off box located by the side of the Methodist Church
near the parking lot. They are in need of spaghetti sauce, canned vegetables, boxed potatoes, packaged rice meals, boxed meals, spaghetti’Os and toilet paper. You can drop off at their box anytime. Thank you!!
St. Vincent de Paul Society One way you can help during these difficult times is to continue to donate to our St. Martha St. Vincent de Paul Society. You may leave your donations in the locked
boxes at the doors of the church or mail your donation to the parish office. If you know of anyone in need please have them contact the parish office (508)699-8543. Thank you kindly!
Lenten Baby Bottles If you have a baby bottle at home with your donation to Abundant Hope you may return it to the church or parish office. Please call the
office (508)699-8543 to find out the best time to drop it off. Many thanks!!
Many Thanks!!
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St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. Mary Parish assists people in our community who are in need. You can help with this mission through contributions. Collec-tion boxes are located at the church en-trances. Requests for assistance can be
taken by calling St. Mary Parish office.
Congratulations and prayerful best wishes to
the new
Mr. and Mrs.Joseph Cormier
who celebrated the sacrament of marriage recently! May you always enjoy the blessings and the gifts of
God's great love.
The Wrentham Food Pan-try is in need of several items. These items can be dropped off directly to the bin located behind the Con-gregational Church or in the
bin located inside the side door by the elevator at St. Mary Church. Items most in need are: toothpaste, peanut butter, coffee, tea, canned fruits, juice boxes, gift cards, Mac– n - cheese, spaghetti, pasta sauce, paper towels, granola bars, canned soup, canned beans, pasta, crackers, breakfast cereal, tissues, dia-pers size 6, gift cards in any denomination.
Saturday, June 27 4:00 P Mary Graney (Recent Death)
Sunday, June 28 9:30 A Denise Bernier (Memorial)
Monday, June 29 9:00 A Catherine & Louis Tagliani (Wedding Anniversary Remembrance)
Tuesday, June 30 9:00 A Ronald Marshalsea (Recent Death)
Wed., July 1 9:00 A Sister Carmel (Recent Death)
Thursday, July 2 9:00 A Thomas & Francis Gately (Memorial)
Friday, July 3 9:00 A Irene Tracey (Healing Intention)
Saturday, July 4 4:00 P Mary Ellen Vargas (Recent Death)
Sunday, July 5 9:30 A Marcia Zaccardi (Recent Death)
Please pray for these dear people who are ill Pauline Bickersteth, Frieda Cherry, James Cherry, Mark Conry, Natalie DePillo, Dottie Diele, John Driscoll, Zachery Duffy, Sister Diane Dube, Jimmy Dunn, Bridg Folan, John Fontas, Midge Forsythe, Sean Frenette, Albert Governor, MaryBeth Harmon, Lynette Harvey, Scott Hayden, Ann Lambert, Debbie Lawrence, John McDonough, Kevin McDonough, Paul Moore, Charlie O'Brien, Heather O'Neil, Catherine Owen, James Pepin, Alice Savasta, Rick Setter, Armenia Vagarshakyan, Pat Wang family and all of our Faith Family who battle cancer & mental illness. Please pray for the repose of the souls of all our
deceased loved ones especially for John Crowther, Paul Owens & Michael Errede
Please pray for these courageous people, friends and family currently serving in the military. Anthony J. Poulos, Army JAGS, 1st Lieutenant Kathryn Gouthro - Army Medical, Major Mary L. Gouthro - Army, Cap-tain Stephen M. Gouthro - Army
Ranger, Captain Melanie L. Gouthro, Army, E3 Branch, LT Dahnyoung McGarry USCG, Army Captain Richard Veno, Army Specialist Charlie Edney, Marine Lance Cor-poral Jonathan Marcinkevicius, Major Sean Ryburn, USMC, 1st Lieutenant Sean Hartley - Marines, Army Pvt. Riley Varvarigos , Senior Chief US Navy, Nancy O'Reilly, MP, Geoffrey Halterman ~ Thank you for your service
St. Mary Weekly Offertory
Offertory 6/20 & 6/21 $5,572
Building Fund $811
Promoting the Gospel $631
Bountiful God, You have been so generous to us,
Help us be generous to others. Your love is unconditional, Help us love others With open hearts. Your gifts are bountiful, Help us pass them on joyfully. Your mercy is infinite, help us forgive Those who have injured us. Your grace is never-ending, Help us give glory to you in all we do. Your wisdom is boundless, help us choose Your way in all we do today. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen
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Wrentham Knights of Columbus Grocery Pickup/Delivery Service The Wrentham Knights of Columbus is pleased to announce the Grocery pickup service for sen-iors and parishioners in the Wrentham and Plainville communities during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The Knights of Columbus will pick up your groceries and deliver safely to your door step. Save 10% on your groceries using a Special discount code. There is no additional cost for the delivery service, as the Knights are providing this charitable service to the seniors and parishioners in need.
There are three Easy Steps to the Grocery Delivery Service: 1. Setup a PeaPod Account. 2. Order your Groceries. 3. Contact the Knights of Columbus to arrange delivery during the following times: Saturday, 9am - 12pm and Sunday,
4pm - 7pm. Overall Process: 1. Parishioners, seniors and their families are requested to set up an account through Peapod for Stop & Shop at Plainville. The
Knights would help set up the account for seniors who are unable to do so by themselves. 2. After placing the orders, the parishioners, seniors and their families send an email to the Knights at wrenthamkocgro-
[email protected] with the day and time of pickup, their phone number, and their address so that the groceries can be picked up and delivered.
3. Please contact Kelly Williams ([email protected], 508-361-0209) or Mark DeLorenzo ([email protected], 201-819-0931) if any parishioner or senior needs help in placing their orders.
To set up a PeaPod Account, please see our website for more information.
Our Pastoral Staff has been working very hard behind the scenes to make First Communion dates a reality! Did you know that 2020 - 2021 has been designated as "The Year of the Eucharist?" What a great year to receive Our Lord for the first time!! Based on the suggestions of Bishop Reed, we have come up with several options for families during this period of social distancing. The best part is that you'll have a chance to choose the date that best fits your schedule. Once families have signed up for their days, I'll send out specific information on the procedures, following all safety protocols as
deemed necessary by the CDC and the Archdiocese of Boston. As of now, even our First Communion children will need to wear masks! When we get closer to these First Communion dates, I'll send out videos showing how the host will be distribut-ed and received. (This will help the children and even adults, especially since many folks haven't returned to Mass yet.) Special things about this year's First Communions!! 1. Families have options for the dates. 2. Children will be sitting with their families and have the opportunity to receive the Eucharist with their fami-
lies.3. Mass will be videoed for the first time! -Maggie Hoagland
Sr. Carmel Ethier, RJM Memorial Masses We have been praying for Sister Carmel, longtime resident of the Jesus and Mary Convent in Plainville,
lector and former choir director at St. Martha Parish, after her sudden passing on June 6. She had left instruc-tions for a small Funeral in their convent chapel, but we also want to honor her and mourn the loss of this sister actively involved in our parishes. We will have a special Memorial Mass open to the public this Wednesday, July 1, at 9 am at St. Mary church (where she attended daily Mass), and a Memorial Mass at a regular weekend Mass at St. Martha. There is a Mass scheduled at St. Martha on July 4 at the 5:30pm Mass.
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