Companions of the Imprisoned Christ “I was in prison and you visited me.” Mt. 25:36Companions of the Imprisoned Christ “I was in prison and you visited me.” Mt. 25:36Companions of the Imprisoned Christ “I was in prison and you visited me.” Mt. 25:36 PASTOR Rev. Bill Devine PAROCHIAL VICAR Rev. Adrian Milik SENIOR DEACON Jerry Ryan BUSINESS MANAGER Gina Lewis MUSIC DIRECTOR Regina Reale Email: [email protected]ST. THOMAS AQUINAS CHURCH 103 CENTER STREET, BRIDGEWATER, MA EMAIL: [email protected]WEBSITE: www.stthomasaquinas.com CHURCH OFFICE HOURS Monday - Friday 9am to 5pm Office: (508) 697-9528 Fax: (508) 279-1859 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Office: (508) 697-3652 Coordinator Gr. 1-8: Karen Geraghty Coordinator Gr. 9 &10: Debbie Hill ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT ST. THOMAS Nancy Nastari ST. BASIL CHAPEL, BSU 122 PARK AVE, BRIDGEWATER, MA WEBSITE: www.bridgew.edu/Depts/CathCntr CHAPEL OFFICE HOURS Monday - Friday 10am to 2pm Office: (508) 531-1346 Fax: (508) 531-6188 CAMPUS MINISTER Marlene DeLeon Office: (508) 531-1412 Email: [email protected]CAMPUS CHAPLAIN Rev. Adrian Milik ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT ST. BASIL Rita Garufi EMAIL: [email protected]SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS PARISH PALM SUNDAY 2015 WELCOME To visitors of our Parish, to those who have recently moved into the area and to those comfortable and nourished here–Welcome to All. Regardless of your status in the Church, your marital state, your eth- nicity, your prior religious experience, your personal history, back- ground or sexual orientation, we hope that you will continue to wor- ship with us each week at Saint Thomas Aquinas Parish. MISSON To be a community of believers who are continually growing in our faith and in our love of Jesus Christ through worship, education, evangelization, and service within our local and broader community. Holy Week & Easter Mass Schedule Holy Thursday, April 2 Saint Thomas Aquinas Church 9:00 am Morning Prayer 7:00 pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper Good Friday, April 3 Saint Thomas Aquinas Church 9:00 am Morning Prayer 3:00 pm Stations of the Cross Saint Basil Chapel, BSU 7:00 pm Celebration of the Passion of the Lord Holy Saturday, April 4 Saint Thomas Aquinas Church 9:00 am Morning Prayer 8:00 pm Solemn Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday, April 5 Mass of the Resurrection of the Lord Saint Thomas Aquinas Church Saint Basil Chapel, BSU 7:45 am 10:00 am 10:00 am 5:00 pm 12:00 pm
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Companions of the Imprisoned Christ “I was in prison and you visited me.” Mt. 25:36Companions of the Imprisoned Christ “I was in prison and you visited me.” Mt. 25:36Companions of the Imprisoned Christ “I was in prison and you visited me.” Mt. 25:36
WELCOME To visitors of our Parish, to those who have recently moved into the area and to those comfortable and nourished here–Welcome to All. Regardless of your status in the Church, your marital state, your eth-nicity, your prior religious experience, your personal history, back-ground or sexual orientation, we hope that you will continue to wor-ship with us each week at Saint Thomas Aquinas Parish.
MISSON To be a community of believers who are continually growing in our faith and in our love of Jesus Christ through worship, education, evangelization, and service within our local and broader community.
Holy Week & Easter Mass Schedule
Holy Thursday, April 2 Saint Thomas Aquinas Church 9:00 am Morning Prayer 7:00 pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Good Friday, April 3 Saint Thomas Aquinas Church 9:00 am Morning Prayer 3:00 pm Stations of the Cross Saint Basil Chapel, BSU 7:00 pm Celebration of the Passion of the Lord
Holy Saturday, April 4 Saint Thomas Aquinas Church 9:00 am Morning Prayer 8:00 pm Solemn Easter Vigil Mass
Easter Sunday, April 5 Mass of the Resurrection of the Lord Saint Thomas Aquinas Church Saint Basil Chapel, BSU 7:45 am 10:00 am 10:00 am 5:00 pm 12:00 pm
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WEEKLY MASS SCHEDULE
SATURDAY 9:00 am St. Thomas Lower Church 4:00 pm St. Thomas Upper Church
SUNDAY 7:45 am St. Thomas Upper Church 10:00 am St. Thomas Upper Church
10:00 am St. Basil Chapel 12:00 pm St. Thomas Upper Church
5:00 pm St. Basil Chapel
WEEKDAYS 7:00 am St. Thomas Lower Church 9:00 am St. Thomas Lower Church
Parish Job Openings – Maintenance
Come join our team!
We are now accepting applications for three,10 to15 hour/week maintenance positions, and one 30-hour/week summer cemetery/landscape position.
M-F 8am-2pm, Seasonal help M-F evening shift, Sept-May M-T day shift W-F day shift
Job Descriptions and Applications are available on our website at www.stthomasaquinas.com or at the Parish Office and St. Basil office during regular office hours.
Good Friday’s collection for the Holy Land is, in the words of Paul VI “not only for the Holy Places but above all for those pastoral, charitable, educational, and social works which the Church supports in the Holy Land for the welfare of their Christian brethren and of the local communities.”
All registered parishioners should have received a Holy Week/Easter mailing with our Mass schedule. If you haven’t registered yet please do so on line at www.stthomasaquinas.com or by completing a registration form located at the entrances of the church and chapel. The Mass schedule for Holy Week and Easter is posted on the cover of this week’s bulletin.
Palm Sunday is the day when we remember Jesus’ entry into the city of Jerusalem, and the great joy that it evoked in the people. Like them we are starting the Masses this week with a procession entering into God’s house with palm branches waving with joy.
Yet, within the same Mass, we have the Passion readings, where we hear about how, while the supporters of Jesus return to their homes and focus on preparing for the feats, his op-ponents use the opportunity to secretly arrest and condemn the Lord. The crowds of his follow-ers are suddenly surprised to see the Messiah they had been expecting to lead them in over-coming their enemies, instead be carrying a cross up to the place of crucifixion. They felt lost and confused, and scattered into hiding until the resurrection of Christ made the events of the Passion finally make sense to them.
It is so easy for us to fall into the same situation, celebrating the Lord’s entry into our hearts today with joy, but then let all the stress and busyness of our lives turn our minds and hearts away from what God wants to do with our lives in the next two weeks. If we do that, it is so easy for the graces of the season to get away from us and we can find ourselves surprised to see Easter go by without us experiencing the closeness to God that we had expected.
So welcome to Palm Sunday, let us celebrate Jesus’ triumphant entry into his house, but let us celebrate it as it truly is, the start of holy week. It should be a special week where we are particularly aware of God’s love for us, and when we are working to let go of sin and grow in grace and love. If we do that, this Easter will be a particularly joyful and fulfilling one, because all the distractions trying to steal Jesus away from us will not have an opportunity to strike while we are focused on all the things competing with the Lord for our attention.
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Chrism Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston
On Tuesday, March 31 , there will be no 9am Mass since Fr. Bill and Fr. Adrian will both be attend-ing the Chrism Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston. The Chrism Mass is a special occa-sion when all the priests of the Archdiocese gather with Cardinal Seán to renew our promises of prayer, obedience, and celibacy. The cardinal also blesses the oils that we use throughout the year; the Oil of Catechumens we use in Baptism, the Oil of the Sick we use in the Anointing of the Sick, and Chrism which is a symbol of permanence that we use during Baptisms and Confirmations. These oils are then distributed to the different parishes, and we bring bottles of each of those oils that we then use for the whole year until we get new sets during the following year’s Chrism Mass. It is a beautiful reminder of our unity as the Church of Boston and of our connection to the cardinal.
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SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS CHURCH
& SAINT BASIL CHAPEL
Wednesday, April 1st 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Scripture for the week of March 29, 2015
29 SUN Mk 11:1-10 or Jn 12:12-16/Is 50:4-7/Phil 2:6-11/Mk 14:1-15:47 or 15:1-39
30 Mon Is 42:1-7/Jn 12:1-11 31 Tue Is 49:1-6/Jn 13:21-33, 36-3821 1 Wed Is 50:4-9a/Mt 26:14-25 2 Thu Ex 12:1-8, 11-14/1 Cor 11:23-26/Jn 13:1-15 3 Fri Is 52:13-53:12/ Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9/Jn 18:1-
19:42 4 Sat Easter Vigil: Gn 1:1-2:2 or 1:1, 26-31a/Gn
I believe it is the task of the homilist to give away the keys to the Sacred Scripture, to challenge and provoke the multi-tude to ask, seek, & knock. For me, the gift of the homilist has been contemplation.
I heard my first memorable homily at age 9, and interestingly, it was not the intended homily. We were seated in metal folding chairs, attending Mass in the parish gymnasium, when my baby brother escaped into the make-shift isle as our young priest was finishing his intended homily. Seeing the toddler, our parochial vicar crouched down with arms thrown wide and a grin on his face, which was all the invitation my brother needed to charge into his welcoming arms.
As my mother shrank in her seat, the priest tucked my brother into one arm and proclaimed, “Suffer the little children to come unto me . . .” Then, with the child in his arms, the priest returned to the altar and continued with the Mass. My brother looked out at us with arms and hands curled in a shy posture at first, but later outstretched mimicking the priest’s gestures before being put down to return to our mother.
For many years, this singular demonstration of a single line of Scripture has provided food for reflection and opportunity to grow in wisdom and understanding. In the image of the priest holding the child, I have recognized: Christ the child and Christ the man; Joseph the protector and Joseph the doting; the praise of the innocent and worship of the mature; Christ the priest, Christ the servant and Christ the teacher.
Revisiting this memory has helped me order my religion as Jesus might, teaching me that although ritual is central to our faith, it is not the purpose of the faith. The purpose of our faith is to welcome the children of God with open arms and lift them up to God. The purpose of Mass is Communion . . . to unite the children to the Eternal Goodness by feed-ing them with the Eternal Word and the Eternal Sacrifice, for it is only through perfect union with Christ that the human spirit is capable of offering perfect and eternal praise.
Easter is a time when we all have the opportunity to extend welcoming and open arms to the children of God. Let’s all take some time to reflect on how we can be a welcoming presence to those returning to our faith community during Holy Week and throughout the Easter season.
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Easter Collection
The only collection taken up on Easter is for the Clergy Benefit Trust which supports the priests of our archdiocese after their years of active service. This time of year reminds me of the priests that shaped my faith over the years. Perhaps you too can recall fond memories of the priests who have inspired you and touched your life in deep and meaningful ways. I invite you to join me in offering a gift in thanksgiving for these devoted and holy men with your gift to the Cler-gy Fund next week.
Divine Mercy Sunday
Sunday April 12 is Divine Mercy Sunday, a day to celebrate God’s infinite love and mercy for all of his children. As part of our parish commemoration of this beautiful feast we will be having a Divine Mercy Holy Hour in the upper church at 3pm on that Sunday. We will pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet and hear a reflection by Deacon Jerry Ryan, as well as having some time to adore the Lord in silence. Please consider joining us for this beautiful devotion.
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Coffee And Donuts at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish Center
We encourage all parishioners to join us in the parish center following the 10:00am Mass for free coffee and donuts every 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month. This is an ideal opportunity to come together to renew existing relationships and form new ones. We look forward to meeting all of our fellow parishion-ers from the St. Thomas Aquinas Community.
Upcoming dates: April 12 and April 26
Direct from Las Vegas Tired of the snow and rain? Since many of us can’t afford a trip to Vegas to take in a show, a Las Vegas show, the Edwards Twins, celebrity impersonators will be coming to St. Thomas Aquinas Parish Center on April 11th. You can check out the Edwards Twins online www.theedwardstwins.com . For more information about this adult (+21) dinner show or to purchase tickets online please visit www.stthomasaquinas.com . Bring your friends and reserve a table. Individual seats are available as well.
Easter Sunday, April 5th Looking for something Egg-sellent to do with the kids on Easter? St. Thomas will be holding it's first Annual Easter Egg Hunt for the little ones ages 2 to 11 following the 10 a.m. Mass on Easter Sunday! We hope you can "hop" on over to the Parish Center and join us for this fun family event! As the last of the snow holds on, we will have the Egg Hunt indoors to en-sure everyone stays dry and enjoys finding those Eggs.
PLEASE RSVP at www.stthomasaquinas.com and click on the Easter Egg Hunt RSVP link. Don't forget to have your kids bring a bag or basket to collect all those eggs! See you then!
Seventeenth Annual St. Thomas Aquinas Charity Golf Tournament
Believe it or not, golf season is almost upon us. The Seventeenth Annual St. Thomas Aquinas Charity Golf Tournament will be held May 8, 2015. Over the years, the total amount raised from the annual golf tournament is approximately $244,000. Through your tremendous generosity, last year a check was presented to Fr. Bill in the sum of $20,000 which was used to repair some of the stained glass windows
The entry fee for this year's tournament is $125.00 per person or $500.00 per team. To sponsor a hole, the contribution is $125.00. There will be a buffet, raffles and an auction immediately following the golf. If you wish to only attend the buffet, the cost is $30.00 per person. Donations for new raffle or auction items are appreciated.
For more details, you may contact Tom (508-889-2933), Steve (508-944-4272) or Mike (508-326-6355) Arrighi. In the past, the tournament has filled quickly, so we look forward to hearing from you.
The Office of Spiritual Life and the Office of Health Care Ministry offer Regional Mornings of Prayer for Pasto-ral Visitors and Eucharistic Ministers to the Sick "IN THE NAME OF JESUS OF NAZARETH"
Holy Family, Duxbury Saturday, April 18, 2015
10:00am-12:00n
There is no charge for these Days of Prayer. To register: Call the Office of Spiritual Life at 617-779-3640 Or e-mail [email protected] If you are interested in attending, please contact Martha Rooney (coordinator of our Eucharistic Ministers to the homebound) at 508-697-6582.
Bringing Holy Communion to the Homebound There are a number of parishioners who are confined to their homes because of age or illness. We have a num-ber of Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion who are willing to bring Holy Communion to their home. Re-ceiving the Lord in the Eucharist will bring His grace and healing to them to let them know that the Lord is with them. Additionally the EMHC let those confined to their home know that they are very much part of our parish community. We also encourage those who are elderly or sick to avail themselves of the graces, strength and healing that comes from the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. If you have someone living in your home or know of anyone who would like to receive Holy Com-munion or be anointed please call the parish office.
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Women’s Retreat Seeking Joy! A retreat day for Women with Real Life Radio Host, Allison Gingras. How can we find JOY in the midst of sorrow, stress or busyness? Discover true JOY through Saints, Sacraments and Scripture.
Date: Saturday, May 30 Time: 9 am to 3 pm Place: St. Basil Chapel, BSU, 122 Park Ave, Bridgewater, MA Fee: $25 (includes lunch)
For more information or to register . . . Visit: seekingjoystbasil.eventbrite.com Call: Allison Gingras 508-243-1133. Mail: name, contact info, lunch choice (tuna, turkey, ham) and fee to Reconciled To You, PO Box 784, Raynham Ctr, MA 02768.
St. Thomas Aquinas Parish Spring Rummage Sale
Saturday, April 18, 2015 Parish Center
9am - 4pm
The St. Thomas Aquinas Rummage Sale Committee is gratefully accepting the following items for our Spring sale. Your efforts to assure that donations are in work-ing order, clean and in good salable condition is greatly appreciated and helps us tremendously in our efforts to prepare.
Donations can be dropped off at our parish center, Tuesday – Friday, 11am– 3pm
We are unable to accept TVs and Computers.
Cooks needed: spaghetti dinner for BSU students
The next spaghetti dinner for the students at BSU will be held Thursday, April 16th at 6pm. We
are in need of volunteers who would be willing to make meatballs and sauce for this dinner. The
food would need to be delivered to the chapel by 5pm on the 16th. If you are interested please
contact Rita Garufi at 508-531-1346 or sign-up in the coffee area at the chapel.
Children’s Choir
The children's choir rehearses weekly immediately
following the Sunday 10:00 am Mass in the lower
church.
The choir sings on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of
the month at the 10:00 am Mass.
All children grades 1 - 6 are invited.
Faith Formation What an accomplishment! We made it through a record winter and our faith formation classes are coming to a close. We’d like to thank our catechists and substitutes for their dedication to the children of our parish. Their work is not lim-ited to the one hour they volunteer; they also prepare lessons, and sometimes buy their own materials to supplement those lessons. They make time in their busy schedules because this ministry is a priority. They are the reason we have such a successful program. We cannot thank them enough.
In addition to a lesson, the last week of classes will include a craft and ice cream treat in the gym. Community is a ma-jor component of our faith, and it is a great experience for the students to come together and celebrate another year of growth in faith. The students will be making a craft to share with the homebound, the veterans, the inmates at Bridge-water State Hospital, and the residents at the Bridgewater Nursing Home. It is important for them to realize that they can make a difference in the lives of those around us.
Last Sunday our Confirmation students listened to a presentation given by Linda Thayer who taught science in the Bos-ton Public School system for 35 years. Her love of science brought her to believe in the miracle of birth and brought her back to her faith. Linda has been coming to this parish to talk to our students about the Respect Life movement for many years. She uses a slide show to visually show the scientific fact that life begins at the moment of conception. Linda’s presentation included a discussion about the word fetus which our society uses when it wants to make the idea of abortion acceptable. Fetus is a Latin word meaning “offspring” and so just means child or baby, when was the last time you were invited to a Fetus Shower? We appreciate Linda’s commitment to keeping the youth of our archdiocese informed about this important topic. She is a powerful witness to the truth. K���� & D !"#$
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THE PARISH OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 3.
ALL WEEKLY OFFERINGS FOR PALM SUNDAY AND EASTER WILL BE POSTED AFTER EASTER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT.
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Weekly Mass Intentions
Saturday, March 28 4:00 James F. Sullivan, Alice T. Sullivan
& Caroline R. Healy
Sunday, March 29 7:45 Deceased Members of the Woronicz Family
10:00 John, Rosa, Romano & Mary Ralli
Thursday, April 2 7:00 Louis Alberghini
SACRAMENTS Confessions: Saturday 3:00 - 3:45 or by appointment.
Baptisms: Ordinarily celebrated on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month at 1:30pm. Please call the Recto-ry to speak with a priest prior to making any arrange-ments. Parents are welcome to attend classes during the pregnancy if it is more convenient.
Upcoming Baptism Preparation Classes:
Parish Center: 7pm
♦ Tuesday, April 7, 2015
♦ Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Marriage: Please call the Rectory at least eight months in advance. Attendance at the Marriage Preparation Course is required.
Anointing of the Sick: If you wish to receive the sacra-ments at home or in the hospital due to illness, handicap or age, please contact the Rectory.
Weekly Devotions
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS LOWER CHURCH
ADORATION
Saturdays 9:30 am to 1:00 pm We encourage all parishioners to spend some quiet
time with the Lord.
DIVINE MERCY HOLY HOUR
Thursdays 3:00 pm
“To everything there is a season . . .
A time to be born . . .
A time to die . . .
Olga (Cassiani) Alberghini Christine Amaral Jean Andrade Baby Valerie Belcher, Olivia Bonfiglio Jim & Jean Brennan Caitlin Burnett Kim (Sweetman) Byrnes Sandra Cable Christine Cabral Bill Carey Lucie Chabot Jacquie Cordaro Matthew Costantino Michael Costantino Sophia Costantino Baby Mychal Joseph Cotone Joanna Crabtree Sandra Croall Mark Denault Marty Dickerman John Feeney Mary Filippetti- Markey Joseph Kellly James LaFranchise Robert McClay Rylee Fontes Lee Fuller
Jesus Galindo Jim Geraghty Erin Geraghty Alanna Gillis John Gomes Donald Guidoboni Beverly Guiffre Kathleen Henderson Tim Johnson Fred Laham Gregg Laskoski Kevin Looney Marjorie Mello Alice Moniz Bob Morris Bob Morse Paul D’Olimpia Glenn O’Neil Ann Paulino Carolyn Perry Richard Piantoni Maria Presti Andrea Proffetty Betty Tarentino Sarah Silvia, James Toy, Jr., Don Weiner Mary (Sweetman) Zunino Alexis Zutaut
A time to heal . . .
Caleb Joseph Grenier Madison Elizabeth Gannon
Andrew John Kelsch
Jeffrey Allen Andrew Anacki, Jr. Richard Bellew Thomas Benyue Sarah Brown Grace Coleman James Comita Anita DePaolis Eileen Doyle Deryl Hadlock John Kiley
Clarence A. Levy Richard McCloskey John Meadows Rose O’Donnell Elizabeth Palleschi Charles W. Pincolini Adeline Rawlins Carolyn Traynor Alexander Ward Jane Zimmer
A time for peace . . .
General Joseph F. Dunford, USMC CW4 Thomas Ahl, USA Captain Vincent Chiappini, USA 2nd LT. Karen Chouinard Holliday, USMC Captain John Costantino & USA PFC, William Vey, USA
. . . And a time for every purpose under heaven”
Jason Bourque & Lauren Mikesell Brian Moore & Joanne Sanon
A time to love . . .
Can we pray for you? If you would like to add someone to our prayer list please contact Nancy at the parish office. Individu-als are prayed for by name every Saturday morn-ing during Mass.
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