Weekly Bulletin
This Week At Saint Michael Parish
June 27 - July 5, 2009
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27 Saturday 4:00pm Eucharist - Gerard Belanger 28 Sunday 7:00am Eucharist - In honor of Charles and Evelyn Smith?s 50th Wedding Anniversary 9:00am Eucharist - William A. Inglis 11:15am Eucharist - Dolly and Jack Langan 29 Monday 7:00am Eucharist - David Lamothe 30 Tuesday 7:00am Eucharist - Friends of St. Michael 1 Wednesday 7:00am Eucharist - Alice Abreu |
2 Thursday 7:00am Eucharist - In Thanksgiving to God 3 Friday 7:00am Eucharist - Manuel Alves 4 Saturday 7:00am Eucharist - 4:00pm Eucharist - Donald and Annie Chisholm and Edward Blanchard 5 Sunday 7:00am Eucharist - William (Bill) Harrington 9:00am Eucharist - Edward and Dolores Wholey 11:15am Eucharist - Leo A. and Mary E. DeGrandis 12:30pm Eucharist - Kenyan Community and Friends |
A SUMMER RETREAT
As we listen to the words of summer we hear familiar lines like - I'm going to the beach for the day; we are off to our summer camp; I can't wait for our week at the beach. We look forward to the days of summer so that we can relax, enjoy, and become refreshed. Vacation is a time of recharging the body and renewing the spirit. So, in the midst of relaxing your body and enjoying free time, also make the best of renewing your relationship with God. Plan a summer retreat for yourself!
For some, a retreat can be a thirty day directed prayer experience; for another it may be an hour of quiet solitude. There are as many different ways to enter into a retreat as there are to exercise the body. For some of us we run five miles a day and for others a walk around the mall produces our desired results. The same is true for retreats. We hope to enhance our spiritual life in the best way possible, in a manner that is comfortable for us to achieve.
Maybe this summer you will plan an extended time away at a retreat house or a monastery for a scheduled and prescribed rigor of prayer. However, for most us this type of retreat is a luxury we would love to have but the opportunity just is not there for us. So, let's become creative this summer in ways of renewing our spirit; as we walk the beach we could pray the rosary, quietly sit in contemplation reflecting on all that God has done for us. We may choose to read about the life of a saint, or make a study of God's beauty in nature with our camera or with the stroke of a brush.
A retreat is a time to withdraw from the ordinary things of life and be with God in a way that brings us deeper into our relationship with Him. The only thing that a retreat demands is a little planning on our part of how and where we will meet with God and the desire to spend some time with Him! I encourage you to make a summer retreat; become refreshed in spirit as well as in mind and body. This year has been one of economic tension and struggle for many - take the time during these summer months to be with the Lord that He may refresh you! Remember His words "Come to me, all you who are tired and find life burdensome, and I will refresh you. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy and my burden light." Matthew 11: 29-30
I also thank you for your continued generosity to Saint Michael Parish and gently remind you to remember your parish even when you are on vacation or away during the summer months. Remember your weekly contributions are vital to our financial strength. So please be kind to the parishes you attend while on vacation but also be sure to make your weekly contributions to your home parish.
Sincerely in Christ,Father Albert L. Capone
SACRIFICIAL OFFERING
Sacrificial offerings gathered at the Masses last weekend amounted to $6,695.00. The second collection for the Clergy Fund amounted to $12,776.00. On behalf of the priests of the Archdiocese of Boston we thank you for your tremendous generosity and we ask for your continued prayers and support. As our 7% to charity, $469.00 was sent to Tufts Medical Center, Division of Metabolism.
GIFT OF BREAD AND WINE
At all the Masses this weekend, the gift of Bread and Wine is given in honor of Charles and Evelyn Smith's 50th Wedding Anniversary. Please remember them in your prayers. Next weekend the gift of Bread and Wine will be given in memory of William (Bill) Harrington.
MISSIONARY APPEAL THIS WEEKEND
Each year the Archbishop of Boston asks the parishes of the Archdiocese to welcome a missionary community into their Church. Through the direction of the Propagation of the Faith, Saint Michael Parish will welcome Father Ed Veasey who serves as a missionary priest for the Saint James Society. There will be a second collection at all the Masses next weekend for the work of the Saint James Society, Boston Priests who serve in the missions of South America. Our support of this missionary appeal will directly aid the Church and its people in their need. Father Veasey will preach at all our Masses next weekend. Please be as generous as your means allow.
RECTORY OFFICE CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY
Saint Michael Parish Office will be closed Friday, July 3rd, in observance of Independence Day. Have a safe holiday!!
TRAVELING AND NEED MASS TIMES??
Remember we are obliged to attend Mass every Sunday, even when we are on vacation! For times and locations of Sunday and Daily Mass everywhere, visit www.Masstimes.org!
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