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St. Gerard Majella, Canton TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME St. Gerard Majella Church
St. Gerard Majella, Canton
TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
St. Gerard Majella Church
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St. Gerard Majella, Canton
August 23, 2015
Collection August 15th & 16th
Attendance - 831
Offertory - $4,532
Offertory July 1st to date: $50,200
Budget July 1st to date: $41,388
Favorable Variance YTD $8,812
Thank you for your continued support of St. Gerard’s
Mass Intentions Saturday, August 22nd 4:00PM David & Perry Fagerberg (Memorial) Sunday, August 23rd 8:30AM For the People of the Parish 10:30AM Marianne Slaney & Mary Walsh (10th Anniversary) 6:00PM Paul Dorsey (1st Anniversary) Monday, August 24th 9:00AM Kolby Lee ( Special Intention) Thursday, August 27th 9:00AM Kevin Lee (Special Intention) Saturday, August 29th 4:00PM Rick Pendergast (9th Anniversary) Sunday, August 30th 8:30AM For the People of the Parish 10:30AM Helene Koelsch (Memorial) 6:00PM Theresa Mahoney (1st Anniversary)
If you are a visitor to Saint Gerard Majella Parish, we want you to know how welcome you are -whether you have come from another part of the country, from across the world, or from another parish here in the Archdiocese. Thank you for praying with us. Thank you also for your generosity, which helps us to celebrate our liturgies in a fitting and beautiful way, and to offer spiritual support to people in the Canton area. Enjoy your visit!
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Prayer Corner for the living Please keep the following in your prayers: John Mariani, Emily Lewis, Bernice Panicci, Salli Govatsos, Baby Madeline Smith, Ava Alpert, Sr. Catherine Gilmore, Thomas Rose, Kathy, Michael, Kay Smith, PAF, Luci Colee, Deborah Rizzotti, Nancy Belmont, John Golden, Dolores Sanclemente, Evelyn Mastromarino, Carol, and Betty.
THERE WILL BE NO EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST DEACON DAN WILL BE AWAY
PARISH OFFICE
SUMMER HOURS
MONDAY 12NOON - 3:30PM
TUESDAY-THURSDAY
10:30AM-3:30PM
• Some good news is that the New York Times finally discredited “the population alarmism of the past 50 years. In “The Unrealized Horrors of Population Explo-sion,” the newspaper has finally…thrown
population control on the ash heap of discredited ideas.
• The bad news is that the article did not record the horrors themselves. “No mention of the savage forced abortions and forced sterilizations...no mention of the killing of baby girls through female infanticide and sex-selective abortion…no men-tion of the wasted money, the age and gender im-balances that continue to unfold for years to come…no mention of how the overpopulation panic helped to fuel the rise of birth control use and abortion.
• And no mention either of how these anti-life cam-paigns continue in countries throughout the world. While one usually points to China’s one child policy as an example of this mentality, the former president of Peru is currently on trial for crimes against humanity for a population control campaign in the 1990s that sterilized over 300,000 indigenous women against their will. Population Research Institute Review, July- Au-gust 2015
Save the date! Parish BBQ, Saturday, September 19th after the 4PM Mass.
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Attention Parents When children need to use the bath-rooms in the Church, during or after Mass, it is strongly recommended that an adult accompany them. This is not meant to alarm anyone but merely to un-derscore the simple fact that St. Gerard’s is a very safe and nurturing environ-ment. Our aim is always to protect our children.
New Families: September is just around the cor-ner. If you have not registered your 1st grader yet, please contact Donna Andersen at the Rectory (781-828-3420) to set up an appointment. First day of Classes this Fall is Sunday, Septem-ber 27th. If you have not registered your child for classes, please due so immediately to ensure that your child has a place in the program. Teachers are needed once again for classes in the Fall. Please consider sharing your faith with the youth of our parish. Classes can be co-taught, and support and preparation is given to all teachers. Teachers are needed on the following days and times: Monday Grade 6 – 1 teacher 6:00-7:00PM Monday Grade 8 – 1 teacher 7:15-8:15PM Tuesday Grade 3 – 1 teacher 3:45-4:45PM Wednesday Grade 3 – 1 teacher 3:45-4:45PM Wednesday Grade 4 – 1 teacher 3:45-4:45PM Wednesday Grade 6 – 4 teachers 6:00-7:00PM Wednesday Grade 7 – 2 teachers 6:00-7:00PM
A message from our Music Director:
A very special thank you to members of our Youth Choir, Adult Choir and Teen Band Ensemble for sharing your time and talents with Saint Gerard Ma-jella Parish. You have blessed our Parish with beau-tiful music that truly enhances our weekly liturgy. Have a great summer and see you all in September!
Calling all new choir members!! If you are inter-ested in joining one of our choirs in September please speak with Tracy after Mass or by email [email protected]
We would love to have you!
We will be starting rehearsals after Labor Day
Teen Band Ensemble Rehearsal - Tuesday, September 8th
7:30PM - 9PM (For Teens in Grades 9 - 12+)
Youth Choir Rehearsal - Wednesday, September 9th
6PM - 7PM (For Students in Grades 2 - 8)
* I am looking for Middle School Students to Assist with the Youth Choir, if you are inter-
ested please speak with Tracy*
Adult Choir Rehearsal - Wednesday, September 9th
7:15PM - 8:45PM
Saint Gerard's welcomes our new organist Elias Dagher.
Elias Dagher is a recent graduate from Columbia University, where he majored in English Literature while also taking piano lessons at Juilliard as part of the Columbia-Juilliard exchange program. Raised in a Lebanese immigrant family, Elias grew up in Hingham, MA, and is looking forward to spending some time in the Boston area after four years in New York.
Welcome to Saint Gerard's Elias!
Fill A Flower Pot Fill a flower pot with Summer flowers. To make a donation in memory of a loved one, call the Parish Office. A sug-gested donation of $20 is appreciated. Thanks!
Confirmation Program Students entering the 1st year of our program, or Grade 9, will be mailed an informational letter and application in the next few weeks. If your student has completed St. Gerard’s 8th Grade Religious Educa-tion program, he or she will be automatically ma-triculated into our Confirmation program. If your son or daughter is new to St. Gerards, and would like to join our program, simply call the rectory and will be glad to add his or her name to our list. Students having completed Grade 9, will also be re-ceiving information soon regarding the 2nd yr of our program in Grade 10. Any questions call Kathy at 781-828-3420.
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Pope: Celebrations, including Mass, are essential for family life
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Families need moments of rest and celebration, time for standing back and recogniz-ing the gifts of God and how well they have developed, Pope Francis said. Celebrations are times "to enjoy that which cannot be produced or consumed, that cannot be bought or sold," the pope said Aug. 12 at his weekly general audience. Continuing his series of talks about the family in anticipation of the September celebration of the World Meet-ing of Families in Philadelphia and the world Synod of Bishops on the family in October, Pope Francis said he would be looking at "the rhythm of family life," focusing first on celebrations, then on work and on prayer. "Celebrations are God's invention," he said, pointing to the description in the Book of Genesis of how, after creating the world, God took a day of rest and contemplated all he had created. Life becomes truly human when people take the time to do the same, the pope said. "A celebration is above all a loving and grateful gaze at work done well," whether it's a wedding celebration of a relationship that has ma-tured or birthdays and graduations when people "look at their children or grandchildren who are growing and think, 'How beautiful.'" The best parties are always those that gather families together, Pope Francis said. "Family life, seen with the eyes of faith, shows itself to be worth more than the effort it requires. It is a masterpiece of simplicity and is beautiful precisely because it is not artificial, not fake." While not ignoring one's obligations at work, he said, it also is important to allow celebrations of birthdays, marriages, new births, welcomes or farewells "to infiltrate" the workplace. "They are moments of familiarity that throw a cog in the production line. It does us good." Days of rest, especially Sunday celebrations of Mass and time with the family, are important reminders that every human being is made in the image and likeness of God and is not a "slave to work." Unfortunately, he said, even in the modern world there are women and children who have been reduced to slave-like conditions. "This is against God and against the dignity of the human person!" In other cases, the pope said, people have made themselves slaves to work, thinking the point of life is to earn a lot of money. Even when they celebrate, he said, they allow consumerism "to swallow" the party by thinking the more money they spend, the better the celebration will be. "But is that why we work?" he asked. "Greed for consuming, which leads to waste, is a horrible virus that, among other things, leaves us more tired than we were before. It poisons real work and consumes our lives." "Celebrations are a precious gift God has given the human family. Let's not ruin them," he said. The most important celebration for a family, the pope said, is Sunday Mass, which brings people "the grace of Jesus Christ, his presence, his love, his sacrifice, his making us a community, his being with us." When people bring their lives to Jesus in the Eucharist, the real meaning of life is revealed, Pope Francis said. "Work, family, our daily joys and efforts, even suffering and death -- all are transfigured by the grace of Christ."
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Trips Saint Gerard Majella Presents Niagara Falls Festival of Lights December 4 to 6, 2015 Ex-perience outstanding accommodations at the Shera-ton on the Falls with 4 meals. Visit the spectacular Festival of Lights, a chocolate factory, and explore and shop in the picture postcard town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, all with a professional tour guide. $399/ppdo, addl. $80 for single. Passport required.
Call Janet Walrod at 781-575-1491 for reservation or additional information.
If you are a Catholic man or woman, single, widowed, or divorced, over the age of forty and would like to meet new people who share your values, please join Connected Catholics of the South Shore. Our annual membership drive meeting will be held on Sunday, September 20, 2015. The place is Holy Family School Hall, 6 Del Prete Ave., Rockland. It will begin at 2:00PM. Refreshments will be served. This is a “Meet and Greet” infomercial for a great group of special people. We always need one more…YOU!
Dues ($25) may be paid that day. Please call Susan Bai-ley at 781-878-8398, or John Meuleman at 781-982-6097 for further information.
Protest of Planned Parenthood in Boston On Saturday, August 22, pro-life Americans throughout the country will gather at Planned Parenthood locations nationwide to protest the abortion giant’s barbaric prac-tice of aborting babies and selling their body parts.
In the wake of the horrific videos exposing this practice, now is the time for Christians to stand up and demand an end to the nation’s largest abortion provider:
Event: National Day of Protest Against Planned Parent-hood
When: Saturday, August 22, 11:00AM to 12:00 noon Where: Planned Parenthood, 1055 Commonwealth Ave. in Boston
For a bus from Norwood/Dedham, call Anne at 781-769-5398 or [email protected] More Info: Call Rita Russo at 781-762-4391 [email protected] Be a part of this nationwide event and take a stand against the evil of abortion.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to give homeless children a better tomorrow. Do you have 2 hours each week to play with young homeless children in one of our shelter-based Playspaces in Stoughton? Help a homeless child learn, play, and thrive. Upcoming volunteer training 9/12/15, 9:30a -1p in W. Bridgewater. For more info visit www.horizonschildren.org or call 508 510-3250.
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August 23, 2015
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Parish Office: 781-828-3420
Fax: 781-828-2520
Church Hall: 781-828-8699
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Sunday Masses: 8:30AM, 10:30AM & 6:00PM
Weekday Masses: Monday–Thursday 9:00AM
Saturday Vigil: 4:00PM
Holy Days: As announced
Rosary: Daily 8:30AM before Mass & Monday 7:30PM
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILATION
Saturdays: 3:15-3:45PM
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
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Contact the Parish Office one month in advance.
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE
Arrangements should be made six months in
advance. Contact the Parish Office.
SACRAMENT OF THE SICK
Contact the Parish Office if anyone is ill in the hospital or
at home.
EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
Tuesdays: 9:30AM–12 Noon
PRAYER MEETING
Tuesday, 7:30PM
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PARISH OFFICE HOURS
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Reverend Rodney J. Copp, J.C.L., Pastor Archdiocesan Director, Pontifical Mission Societies [email protected]
Deacon Daniel C. Nelson, THM, D. Min. [email protected]
ASSISTING PRIESTS Rev. Bryan Parrish Rev. Daniel Magni
FINANCE & OPERATIONS MANAGER Gregory Pando, AIA - [email protected]
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION/YOUTH MINISTRY R.E. Coordinators: Donna Andersen, [email protected] Maura Messinger, [email protected] Y.M. Director: Mike Mahan Y.M. Ass’t. Director: Janet Maguire Secretary: Kathy Donahoe - [email protected]
PARISH SECRETARY Ellen Reynolds - [email protected]
DIRECTOR OF MUSIC MINISTRY Tracy Zwicker-Suplee - [email protected]
ORGANIST Elias Dagher
MARRIAGE COORDINATOR Dolores Johnson
ALTAR SERVERS Bernard Donahoe
CARETAKER Ellery Vinal
FINANCE COUNCIL Brian Callery [email protected] Steve MacPherson [email protected] Gene Manning [email protected] Lisa Lopez [email protected]
PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL Kevin Donovan [email protected] Tricia Kennedy [email protected] Priscilla Lee [email protected] Rosemary Sullivan [email protected] Joe Thornton [email protected] Jim Walker [email protected]
Meetings will take place every second Wednesday of the month in the Rectory Conference Room.
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