St. Patrick Parish Living Catholic Tradition in Nashua 29 Spring St., Nashua, NH 03060 Tel. 603-882-2262 Fax: 603-577-9817 Website: www.stpatricksnashua.org Website: www.stpatricksnashua.org Website: www.stpatricksnashua.org Website: www.stpatricksnashua.org PARISH STAFF PARISH STAFF PARISH STAFF PARISH STAFF Rev. Michael Kerper Rev. Michael Kerper Rev. Michael Kerper Rev. Michael Kerper Pastor Rev. John Healey Rev. John Healey Rev. John Healey Rev. John Healey Priest-in-Residence Rosemary Daly, Office Manager Jean Dickson, Bookkeeper Gary MacDonald, Music Director Rel. Educ. Paul & Jennifer Murano St. Vincent de Paul Society St. Vincent de Paul Society St. Vincent de Paul Society St. Vincent de Paul Society Help for those in Need Tel. 603-821-5267 Mass Schedule Mass Schedule Mass Schedule Mass Schedule Mon. - Fri. 12:05 PM (Daily Mass) Sat. 4:00 PM (Organ & Cantor) Sun. 7:00 AM (Quiet Mass) 9:30 AM (Organ & Cantor) 12:00 PM (Organ & Choir) Latin Mass (Extraordinary Form) Latin Mass (Extraordinary Form) Latin Mass (Extraordinary Form) Latin Mass (Extraordinary Form) Sat: 8:00 AM Second Sunday of each Month at 12:00 PM Confession Confession Confession Confession Sat. 3:00 PM Sun. 9:00 & 11:30 AM Tues. through Fri. 11:30 AM Office Hours Office Hours Office Hours Office Hours Mon. - Thurs. 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Fri. - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Cemetery Office Cemetery Office Cemetery Office Cemetery Office Mon. - Thurs. 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Tel. 603-881-8131
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St. Patrick Parish
Living Catholic Tradition in Nashua
29 Spring St., Nashua, NH 03060 Tel. 603-882-2262 Fax: 603-577-9817
Sun. 7:00 AM (Quiet Mass) 9:30 AM (Organ & Cantor) 12:00 PM (Organ & Choir)
Latin Mass (Extraordinary Form)Latin Mass (Extraordinary Form)Latin Mass (Extraordinary Form)Latin Mass (Extraordinary Form) Sat: 8:00 AM Second Sunday of each Month at 12:00 PM
ConfessionConfessionConfessionConfession Sat. 3:00 PM Sun. 9:00 & 11:30 AM Tues. through Fri. 11:30 AM
Office HoursOffice HoursOffice HoursOffice Hours Mon. - Thurs. 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Fri. - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
9:30 AM Elizabeth M. York By her daughter Betty Jourdain
12:00 PM The Benefactors of the St. Vincent
de Paul Society
Monday, Aug. 8, 2016 ~ St. Domenic 12:05 PM Patrick Joseph Terrin, 2nd Anniv. By the Family
Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016 ~ St. Teresa Benedicta of the
Cross
12:05 PM Madeline Beech By Wanda and Mark Petty
Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016 ~ St. Lawrence 12:05 PM Bernadette Freyne
By the Belton Family
Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016 ~ St. Clare
12:05 PM Priest’s Intention
Friday, Aug. 12, 2016 ~ St. Jane Frances de Chantal 12:05 PM Priest’s Intention
Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016 - Vigil - 20th Sunday in
Ordinary Time 4:00 PM George Shumand, 25th Anniv.
By his sister-in-law Elona Lucas
Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016 - 20th Sunday in Ordinary
Time
7:00 AM People of the Parish
9:30 AM Thomas Wisnieski By The Family
12:00 PM Kerry McClaughlin
By Rita Shea
Thank you for respecting God’s Holy Presence by
keeping mobile phones and other electronic devices outside of this Sacred Place.
GIFTS FOR THE LORD’S WORK
Weekend of July 30 &31 From (149) Envelope Users: $5,208.25 From All Others - Checks: $1,543.00 - Cash: $1,682.00 Electronic Giving Users (25) $1,098.00
Total Collection $9,531.25
Mass Count: 731
St. Vincent de Paul
Weekend of 7/31/16 $633.00
Poor Box money is used to assist people in tem-porary need who approach our Parish for financial assistance with clothing, food, utilities, rent, pre-scriptions, etc. Indirect assistance is also provided through funds given to several local charities, in-cluding the Corpus Christi Food Pantry and the Nashua Soup Kitchen. Donations are never used for parish expenses. Your continuing contributions al-low our Parish to fulfill the Lord’s command to help “the least of my brothers and sisters.”
Our St. Vincent de Paul members conduct confi-dential personal visits to provide spiritual and finan-cial support as necessary. If you know of persons, either in or outside the Parish, who might benefit from our assistance, please encourage them to call our dedicated phone line at 821-5267.
Thank you!
BACK TO SCHOOL
Corpus Christi Food Pantry and Assistance helps families in the Nashua area with back-to-school needs with new socks and underwear. All sizes for both boys and girls are needed, es-pecially larger sizes. If you are able to help your neighbors with this need, please leave your offerings in the gathering space in the ves-tibule and we will collect them. Thank you for any help you can give.
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WEEKLY READINGS Aug. 8 to Aug. 14
Monday: Ez 1:2-5, 24-28c; Ps 148:1-2, 11-14; Mt 17:22-27
Thursday: Ez 12:1-12; Ps 78:56-59, 61-62: Mt 18:21 — 19:1
Friday: Ez 16:1-15, 60, 63 or 16:59-63; Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Mt 19:3-12
Saturday: Ez 18:1-10, 13b, 30-32; Ps 51:12-15, 18-19; Mt 19:13-15
Sunday: Jer 38:4-6, 8-10; Ps 40:2-4, 18; Heb 12:1-4; Lk 12:49-53
ST. PATRICK & HOLY CROSS CEMETERIES
St. Patrick Parish has two beautiful cemeter-ies located in Hudson, NH - St. Patrick Cemetery on Derry Road and Holy Cross Cemetery on Ledge Road. For more infor-mation on available lots, please contact Margie Gray at 603-881-8131.
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time August 7, 2016
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN NOTE
When making donations to the Capital Cam-paign, we ask that you put your check or cash do-nation for this project in a separate envelope marked Capital Campaign. Be sure to include your name and address on the envelope for track-ing purposes. Thank you!
BAPTISMS
Jason Walter Desrosier
Leo Peter Millette
UPCOMING LATIN MASSES
12:00 Noon
August 14, 2016
13th Sunday after Pentecost
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Saturday Mornings 8:00 AM
(Church opens at 7:30 AM)
August 13, 2016
Saturday of Our Lady
August 20, 2016
St. Bernard
August 27, 2016
St. Joseph Calasance
September 3, 2016
Immaculate Heart of Mary
September 10, 2016
St. Nicholas of Tolentino
LATIN/ENGLISH MISSALS AVAILABLE
1962 Roman Catholic Daily Missals in Latin and Eng-
lish are available for purchase for $50.00.Contact Jack
McGreevy at 603-888-5824 for more information..
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FAITH FORMATION AT
ST. PATRICK CHURCH
Have you any time on Sundays to give of yourself? The Faith Formation program is look-ing for catechists, aides, hall monitors, and other office behind the scenes workers for the upcom-ing year. Classes are held on Sunday mornings between 10:30 AM and 11:45 AM.
Please contact Jennifer or Paul Murano by email at: [email protected]
with any questions or comments. If you have a question about the Faith Formation Program please know that this email is being checked peri-odically. We will see it and respond, but for a faster response or for questions that are not re-lated to the Faith Formation Program, please con-tact the office at [email protected] or 603-882-2262.
FAITH FORMATION
CLASS REGISTRATION
Attention all Religious Education students! All parents registered this past year have been sent an email with the new registration form for this year. Registration forms are also now available in the back of the church on the Faith Formation bulletin board. These forms, filled
out, are due with the fee by August 28 as noted in the instructions on the form.
FAITH FORMATION
NEWS
Please note that the Faith Formation classes this year will be held on Sundays (only), which will include grades one through high school and adult enrichment for parents and other pa-rishioners. Please contact Jennifer and Paul Murano at faithformtion.st.patrick@gmail.
com if you have any questions or comments. We look forward to seeing you!
ACTIONS OF SOLIDARITY
IN FAITH FOR ATONEMENT,
REPARATION, HEALING,
AND PEACE AT ST. PATRICK
CHURCH, NASHUA
In response to Bishop Libasci’s recent ap-peal for penance and prayer during this time of violence, terrorism, and turmoil in our own na-tion and throughout the world, everyone is in-vited to participate in the following events:
Friday, August 12 The Bishop has declared August 12 as “a
day of fast and partial abstinence (meat eaten
only once during the day) in solidarity of faith
for reparation for the sins that have brought us
to this deteriorating condition of war and civil
unrest.”
Sunday, August 14 Throughout the Diocese, we will celebrate
the special Mass designated In Time of War
and Civil Disturbance. We will follow our
usual weekend schedule.
Monday, August 15 11:30 PM Confessions 12:05 PM Mass for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1:00 PM Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament (During this time, people are invited to pray in silence. Bishop Libasci has recommended praying the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary on this day.) 3:00 PM Conclusion of Eucharistic Adoration
“Let us encourage one another in faith and let us gather our people in this moment as a visible sign of
the Church, the Body of Christ in the world.”
+Bishop Peter A. Libasci
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Sacrament of the Sick
Offered each Friday after the 12:05 PM Mass. For individual arrangements call 603-882-2262.
Corpus Christi
Food Pantry
The Corpus Christi Food Pantry is requesting donations of non-perishable food items for families in need of assistance. The pantry is currently in need of Cereal and toiletry items such as soap, shampoo, deodorant and smaller liquid dish detergent. We also are looking for healthy snacks: fruit cups, ce-real bars, granola, juice, as well as, mac and cheese, and canned vegetables A donation box is located in
the vestibule.
Please call 598-1641 if you have any questions. Thank you for your continued generosity. For more information, please call the Corpus Christi Food Pantry at (603) 882-6372 or email us at: [email protected].
MEETINGS THIS WEEK
PAL uses the gym Monday through Saturday, unless otherwise arranged in advance.
Friday, Aug. 12: Youth Group meets in Classroom 1 at 6:30 PM
If you would like to schedule use of a class-room for a meeting or event, please contact Rosemary Daly at the office at (603) 882-2262 to make arrangements.
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Bishop Peter A. Libasci invites all couples who are celebrating their 25th, 30th, 35th, 40th, 45th, 50th or beyond Wedding Anniversary (anytime during the year 2016), to attend a Spe-cial Anniversary Mass. This celebration will be held on October 16, 2016 at 2:00 p.m., at Saint Anselm Abbey Church, Manchester. Please con-tact the parish office by August 13th. We will need your last name, first names and mailing address. Please also indicate your anniversary year.
ANNUAL CELEBRATION FOR OUR
LADY WITH THE GOLDEN HEART (OUR LADY OF BEAURAING)
August 22, 2016 You are invited to join us at Immaculate Conception Parish, 216 E. Dunstable Rd., Nashua, NH on August 22, 2016 between 6:30 and 8:30 PM for the recitation of the Rosary and a new slide show presentation on Our Lady of Beauraing. Refreshments and a sales table will be available. (Only cash and checks will be accepted). For more information, contact Irene Tremblay, director, at (978) 649-1813.
NASHUA SOUP KITCHEN
& SHELTER BACKPACKS FOR
BACK TO SCHOOL PROGRAM
The Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter invites you to be part of their Backpacks for Back to School Pro-gram. The program provides children from Kinder-garten through High School who are unable to afford these items with new backpacks filled with school supplies.
Donations of backpacks and/or new school sup-plies can be dropped off Monday through Friday, Au-gust 8th - 12th, at 2 Quincy Street, Nashua between 9:00 AM and 12:00 PM. If you wish to make a mone-tary donation instead, please mail your check to the Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter, PO Box 3116, Nashua, NH 03061-3116. Please write “Backpacks for School” in the memo line of your check. Volunteers for sorting supplies and packing bags are needed. If you can help, we will be packing the bags August 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, and 12 at the following times: 9:30 AM to 12:00 Noon; 1:00 - 3:00 PM and 3:00 - 5:00PM. We also need volunteers for distribu-tion. Distribution will be done on August 16,19 and August 22-26 between 10:45 AM and 2:15 PM. To schedule volunteer hours, or for more information, contact Carol at [email protected]. We look forward to your help! Thank you!
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Holy War
Opponents of religion frequently insist that all religions, including Catholicism, are inherently violent. When we hear such accusations, we tend to nod in agreement, but quickly add, "But surely not my religion." This happens because religious memory tends to be very short, maybe 50 to 100 years. As such, we often forget -- or perhaps never knew -- the violence present in our own religious origins.
Consider the term "holy war," which has suddenly rushed into our discourse. Many, of course, immediately link this exclusively with Islam, citing many texts from the Quran. Indeed, some even think that Islam created "holy war." It didn't. Long before Islam emerged in the 8th century, many ancient na-tions waged "holy wars." By today's standards, almost all of these wars would be called criminal geno-cide -- the complete annihilation of entire nations because of religious differences.
The Old Testament, which all Christians regard as God's Word, records and explains many "holy wars." These wars had two essential purposes: first, to accomplish God's plans for God's favored friends; and second, to destroy the "gods" of the infidels, who worshipped idols. For the most part, these two pur-poses were closely intertwined.
The first round of "holy wars" consisted of numerous battles between Israel and various groups that occupied or lived adjacent to the Promised Land. In some cases, the Israelites wiped out whole na-tions. In other cases, they enslaved the people or required them to pay tribute to Israel. In the eyes of the Israelites, these spectacular military victories verified that the God of Israel was indeed the only true God. All the wars, then, had a religious purpose: proclaiming monotheism as indisputably true; and de-bunking idolatrous polytheism as certainly false.
lsrael's military actions included a horrifying practice called the "ban." If God has put the enemy nation under the "ban,” the victorious Israelites were required to kill all the surviving soldiers, as well as all the men, women, children, and animals of the defeated nation. Moreover, all houses, tools, weapons, food, and valuables were completely destroyed. The "ban" thereby prevented Israel from waging war solely for economic purposes. The "holy wars," then, advanced God's will and never produced "spoils" for the benefit of the military.
This "ban" was taken very seriously. We see this in the fate of Saul, the first king of Israel. Saul’s great sin, which caused God to depose him as king, was his failure to carry out the "ban" against the de-feated Amalekites. Though Saul did indeed order the killing of the entire population, he spared their king, and—even worse -- retained a hefty portion of their best cattle and sheep to be sacrificed to God. This tampering with the “ban” was viewed as gross disobedience punishable by the termination of Saul's kingship. (You can read the complete story in 1 Samuel 15.)
After Israel split in two around 900 BC, it declined as a military power and suffered traumatic defeats at the hands the Assyrians, Babylonians, Greeks, and Romans. As a result, waging "holy war" obviously ceased, except for the successful rebellion of the Maccabees against the Greeks. Nonetheless, the tradition of "holy war" remains permanently inscribed in our own Sacred Scripture.
How do believing Christians come to grips with this undeniable aspect to of "salvation history"? What can we learn about the possibility -- indeed necessity -- of religions changing their views about "sacred" violence? How is it that Jesus Christ, the Son of God and Prince of Peace, is also hailed as "Son of David,” a man long ago waged "holy wars”?
Fr. Michael Kerper
For an enlightening treatment of “holy war,” please see In God’s Shadow: Politics in the Hebrew Bible by Mi-chael Walzer (Yale University Press, 2012), pp. 34-49.
