St. Pius V Church 55 Elmhurst Ave., Providence, RI 02908 Tel: (401) 751-4871, Fax: (401) 273-1089, Website: www.stpiusvchurch.org DOMINICAN FRIARS Rev. Augustine Judd, O.P. Pastor Rev. Patrick Briscoe, O.P. Associate Pastor Rev. John Burchill, O.P. Preaching Ministry Rev. Albert Duggan, O.P. In Residence, Catholic Chaplain Brown University ST. PIUS V SCHOOL, (401) 421-9750 Sr. Maria Francesca Wiley, O.P, Principal FAITH FORMATION & RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (401) 684-3063 Charles A. & Amanda J. da Silva MUSIC MINISTRY (401) 749-2091 David Martinez ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS, (401) 751-4871 Agnes Chretien & Esther Twardowski, Ext. 100 Office Hours: Monday 9:00-1:00; Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 9:00-4:00, & Friday 9:00-1:00 EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT (401) 751-4871, x103 Joanna Lombari St. Pius V Mission Statement We, the Christian family of St. Pius V Parish, are gift- ed by God with the vision of St Dominic. Empowered by the Holy Spirit and truth, we actively minister to the spiritual and physical needs of the members of the Body of Christ. Through a welcoming Eucharis- tic community, we commit to praise, bless, preach, and to live the love of Jesus through word and deed. New parishioners are invited to register as members of our parish family. Please call the church office or visit our website. PARISH SCHEDULE Weekend Masses Saturday: 4:30 pm Vigil Sunday: 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 11:30 am, & 6:00 pm (Youth Mass 11:30 am 1 st Sunday of the month) Holy Days 5:30 pm Vigil, 7:00 am, 8:45 am (School Mass), 12:00 noon, & 7:00 pm Daily Mass 7:00 am & 12:00 noon (Rosary before noon Mass) Saturday: 8:00 am Holidays: 8:00 am & 12:00 noon Adoration Thursday: 12:30 – 8:00 pm (Except Summer) Confessions Saturday: 3:30-4:15 pm and by appointment Thursday evenings: 7:00-7:45 pm Baptisms 2 nd & 4 th Sundays: 1:00 pm Marriages Arrangements should be made one year in advance of Wedding. Sacrament of the Sick & Communion Calls: Please call the church office for arrangements. How do I know I have a Vocation? Do you feel a real desire for priesthood or religious life? Do you desire it for the right reasons? If you are discerning a vocation, contact a member of the Dominican staff or visit the Dominican Friars web page at www.dominicanfriars.org. For on-line giving go to www.faithdirect.net. Our parish code is RI487. Deadline for Bulletin Copy is Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Please send email to Joanna Lombari at: [email protected]. January 22, 2017
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St. Pius V Church 55 Elmhurst Ave., Providence, RI 02908
St. Pius V Mission Statement We, the Christian family of St. Pius V Parish, are gift-ed by God with the vision of St Dominic. Empowered by the Holy Spirit and truth, we actively minister to the spiritual and physical needs of the members of the Body of Christ. Through a welcoming Eucharis-tic community, we commit to praise, bless, preach, and to live the love of Jesus through word and deed.
New parishioners are invited to register as members of our parish family. Please call the church office or visit our website.
PARISH SCHEDULE
Weekend Masses Saturday: 4:30 pm Vigil
Sunday: 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 11:30 am, & 6:00 pm (Youth Mass 11:30 am 1st Sunday
of the month)
Holy Days 5:30 pm Vigil, 7:00 am, 8:45 am (School Mass), 12:00 noon, & 7:00 pm
Daily Mass 7:00 am & 12:00 noon (Rosary before noon Mass)
Confessions Saturday: 3:30-4:15 pm and by appointment
Thursday evenings: 7:00-7:45 pm
Baptisms 2nd
& 4th Sundays: 1:00 pm
Marriages Arrangements should be made one year in advance of Wedding.
Sacrament of the Sick &
Communion Calls: Please call the church office for arrangements.
How do I know I have a Vocation? Do you feel a real desire for priesthood or religious life? Do you desire it for the right reasons? If you are discerning a vocation, contact a member of the Dominican staff or visit the Dominican Friars web page at www.dominicanfriars.org.
For on-line giving go to
www.faithdirect.net.
Our parish code is RI487.
Deadline for Bulletin Copy is Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Please send email to Joanna Lombari at:
This past October—which is to say during the height of the election season—a symposium was held at the Univer-sity of Notre Dame. The symposium was titled, “Reclaiming the Church for the Catholic Imagination.” Its participants in-cluded many learned theologians and bishops, and they had gathered principally to consider ways, new ways, to resusci-tate the imaginative abilities of twenty-first century Catholics. What’s really at stake here? Far too many people who are baptized Catholics are wandering around saying things like, “I’m spiritual, but not religious” and “I believe, but won’t belong.” They see the Church as just another political institution. The mystery and beauty of the true nature of the Church has been forgotten and supplanted. At its worst, the intimate and essential connection between Christ and His Bride has been ignored and lost. That’s when people con-vince themselves that there isn’t an essential connection be-tween believing and Jesus and life in the Church. This is tragic. I chose to talk about the nature of the Church this week, because all too often the divides of our present politi-cal situation are simply projected onto the Church. Pretend-ing that Holy Mother Church belongs to simply one political party or another fails to capture her Divine nature and the fullness of Jesus’ teaching. And, unfortunately, the other thing happens too. Not only do people believe that the Church simply belongs to one party or another, but they prefer their own causes célèbres to any kind of true religious practice. Rather than making their religion conform to politics, they make their politics their reli-gion. You see the mistakes here go in both extremes: exalt-ing politics tries to make it supernatural when it’s not, and fitting the Church into our political schemas degrades Jesus’ own teaching. At this symposium at Notre Dame, Philadelphia’s Archbishop Chaput offered the following in his address to the assembly:
“G.K. Chesterton once quipped that America is a nation that thinks it’s a Church. And he was right. In fact, he was more accurate than he could have guessed. Catholics came to this country to build a new life. They did exceptionally well here. They’ve done so well that by now many of us Catholics are largely assimilated to, and digested by, a culture that bleaches out strong religious con-victions in the name of liberal tolerance and dulls our longings for the supernatural with a river of prac-tical atheism in the form of consumer goods.”
Archbishop Chaput has evidently not minced words here. But I think, basically, that he’s right. In order for the Church to thrive, we need not compromise to assimilate. Of-fering the fullness of the Gospel gives life, not death! Love will never betray or enslave; it sets us free. What’s my takeaway here? We’ve got to reclaim the Catholic imagination. We simply must rediscover the nobility of the supernatural life. This doesn’t mean becoming crazed superstitious extremists. Rather it means finding again those things that point us most assuredly to God: the True, the Good, and the Beautiful. This is Christian hope: the search for the True, the Good, and the Beautiful. We must recover the transcendent. Again, in the words of Archbishop Chaput, “Optimism and pessimism are twin forms of self-deception. We need instead to be a people of hope.”
Fr. Patrick, O.P.
Sing of Mary A CONCERT TO HONOR OUR LADY
In Celebration of “A Year with Mary”
Presented by the Diocese of Providence Gregorian
Concert Choir and Festival Orchestra
With Rev. Msgr. Anthony Mancini, Conductor &
Mr. Philip Faraone, Organist
The Cathedral of Sts. Peter & Paul
Saturday, March 18, at 7:00 p.m.
A St. Patrick/St. Joseph Day reception will follow in the Ca-
thedral hall. The tickets are available at the Cathedral of-
fice (331-2434) or at the door on the evening of the con-
cert. Ticket donation: $10.
Marian Year Flower Donations 2017 is a Marian Year in the Diocese of Providence, and
we would like to keep the Blessed Mother’s altar decorated
with fresh flowers all year long. If you would like to contrib-
ute flowers for the altar one of the weeks during this year,
The Diocese of Providence is requesting nominations
from parishes for the annual Lumen Gentium Award that is pre-
sented to those that have demonstrated outstanding service to
the Church in 10 specific categories. Groups, organizations and
individuals (laity, clergy and religious) are eligible. While it is
expected that nominees come from within the Catholic communi-
ty, other nominees will also be considered, provided that they
and their work are consistent with the teachings and mission of
the Catholic Church.
The recipients of the Lumen Gentium Award will be
honored at an Awards dinner scheduled for May 17, 2017, at the
Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, Rhode Island. Proceeds from
the Lumen Gentium 2017 Dinner will be distributed to the priests’
retirement fund.
We are so very blessed to have so many dedicated and faithful people working for our Church. Information on the 10 categories and the nomination form can be found at http://www.cvent.com/d/svqvtm or by contacting Karen Davis, 401-278-4600, e-mail at [email protected]. All nomina-tions must be completed by February 10, 2017.
The community of St. Pius V extends its
deepest sympathy, prayers, and support to
the family of Steven M. Alisch who died on
January 15th.
THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
"He called them, and immediately they left their boat and
their father and followed him." Peter, Andrew, James, and John's
lives would never be the same. They were going about their usual
business--fishing on the Sea of Galilee--when Jesus approached
them and said, "Come after me." And that's just what they did. "At
once they left their nets and followed him." Such a quick response
to such a radical request!
What compelled these men to leave their livelihood to
follow the Lord? His promise to them was that he would make
them "fishers of men." Perhaps they thought that promise sound-
ed fabulous. But it seems more likely that it was Christ himself
who drew the men. There must have been something utterly at-
tractive about him, and completely trustworthy. Otherwise, it
seems unbelievable that these men would have been so quick to
respond to his call.
This compelling man is the same Christ who calls us.
We hear his voice in a different way, of course, through the
Church and through the Bible, through his Spirit in our hearts, but
it is nonetheless the same Jesus of Nazareth who asks us to fol-
low him. Have we allowed ourselves to be drawn by his voice?
Are we open to a real encounter with the Lord who changes
lives?
If our relationship with Jesus does not transform us, if it
does not change us into different, better people moment by mo-
ment and day by day, then chances are that we are not truly en-
countering him. He is too powerful to be inconsequential. It might
take some courage and commitment to come into authentic con-
tact with the Lord, but when we do, our lives will never be the
