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Saint Mary 14 Park Street + Sacred Heart 58 Church Street + Saint Mark 105 Stanley Street
North Attleborough, Massachusetts
Transfiguration of the Lord Parish
Rev. Rodney E. Thibault, J.C.L., Pastor
Rev. Deacon Joseph E. Regali
Mrs. Monica T. Forte, Administrative Assistant
Mrs. Jean Howard, Business Manager
Mrs. Elaine Corvese, Director of Religious Education, Grades 1-8 & Confirmation
Ms. Nicole Barton, Music Director
Mr. Miguel Peixoto, Buildings Supervisor
Mr. James Kitsock, Building Maintenance
Parish Offering
Saint Mary-Sacred Heart School
If you are attending in person, you can drop your
Mrs. Charlotte Lourenco, Principal
contribution in the collection basket. If you prefer,
57 Richards Avenue, you are welcome to mail your budget envelope to the
North Attleborough, Massachusetts 02760 parish office, at 14 Park Street, North Attleborough,
(508) 695-3072 FAX (508) 695-9074 MA 02760. You may also leave your envelope in the
smsh@smsh.dfrcs.org www.smshschool.com drop box located outside the parish office door, to the
right on the landing. Or you can use this link for on
Saint Mary Cemetery line giving:
Mr. Jarrod Ward, Superintendent https://app.gabrielsoft.com/guest/mafrdiocese/31
Towne Street Thank you for your ongoing support!
North Attleborough, Massachusetts 02760
(508) 695-1173 or email ripco@comcast.net
Masses
Masks: Please wear a mask at Mass.The Diocese of
Sacrament of Reconciliation Fall River is strongly encouraging all parishioners to follow
Saint Mary Church x Saturday 3:00 pm the CDC guidance and to wear a mask while attending Mass
or any other liturgical celebration unless unable because of
Sacrament of Baptism a medical condition or under the age of 2. Please be
Baptisms are currently scheduled on scheduled considerate of those around you and allow for space
Saturday afternoons at 1:00 pm, with a limit of four near those not in your family whenever possible.
families at each baptism. Please contact Monica
Forte in the office at stmaryna@noozi.com for Masses will continue to be available livestreamed
more information and available dates. (technology permitting) and saved online for later
viewing. To see the Transfiguration of the Lord
Sacrament of Marriage Facebook page to see live Masses you can go to:
Marriage is usually celebrated on Saturday https://www.facebook.com/Transfiguration-of-the-
morning and afternoon. Please contact the Parish Lord-Parish-North-Attleborough-106529317647894/
Office at least nine months in advance to begin If you do not have a Facebook account, click “not now” under
the log in information.
preparation.
You may also find us on YouTube at
Sacrament of the Sick https://tinyurl.com/ysfaxaty
Pastoral care to those in need of the sacrament of
the sick is arranged with our parish priests. Please
call the parish office to arrange a visit.
Parish Office
14 Park Street, North Attleborough,
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Massachusetts 02760
Adoration is offered on the 1st Tuesday of each Parish e-mail x stmaryna@noozi.com
month in Saint Mary Church, beginning at 9:00 am
Parish website x www.saintmaryna.com
with Morning Prayer and ending at 6:00 pm with
Evening Prayer and Benediction. Phone (508) 695-6161 Fax (508) 695-5248
Faith Formation e-mail x smshff@comcast.net
Transfiguration of the Lord Parish – North Attleborough 0902
From Father Rodney
Sometimes a word or a phrase from Sacred
Scriptures just jumps off of a page and makes you
February 20– 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time really think about the impact that the words truly
Saturday February 19 have. That was my experience when I was reading
4:00 pm Richard “Dick” Quinn the readings for the 7th Sunday of Ordinary Time.
Sunday February 20 I had just returned from having a nice family lunch
8:00 am Tom Sirois at my parents’ home in Fall River – after a
Sunday February 20 miserable and frankly, rather scary drive in that
9:30 am Bob Schnack snow storm – you know, the one where we were
Sunday February 20 only going to get a dusting to an inch of snow! –
11:00 am Margaret Carroll and I decided to pick up the readings so that I could
Monday February 21 think about what I might preach about this
Sunday. The Psalm response reminded me of who
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No Daily Mass – Presidents’ Day
Tuesday February 22 God truly is for me and for all of us. “The Lord is
8:00 am John & Elizabeth McCarthy kind and merciful.” These simple words from the
Wednesday February 23 103rd Psalm made me think about the last time I
4:30 pm Mark Pion went to confession. It dawned on me that I simply
Thursday February 24 asked for forgiveness, and it was given to me. It
8:00 am Helen Poirier was that simple. Of course, I now have been
thinking of our mandate as Christians, namely, to
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treat each person as God treats me. “The Lord is
February 27– 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time kind and merciful” but am I? Certainly, in the
Saturday February 26 confessional I always am but when someone
4:00 pm Wayne Burtchell wrongs me, am I kind and merciful? That is the
Sunday February 27 true challenge that faces each of us. Do we live a
8:00 am Mary Louise Paolino God-like existence? As we continue to journey
Sunday February 27 through life, it is a constant challenge to remind
9:30 am Michael Lafflam ourselves that we are challenged to be kind and
Sunday February 27 merciful with those who push our buttons! Yes,
11:00 am Ann Merrick indeed, “the Lord is kind and merciful” may we
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ act the same towards one another each and every
day…even when we don’t feel like being kind and
Weekend Masses merciful.
Saturday 4:00 pm Saint Mary Church
Sunday 8:00 am Saint Mark Church Lent 2022
On Ash Wednesday, March 2 we will usher in the
Sunday 9:30 am Saint Mary Church
Season of Lent. Please mark your calendars to attend
Sunday 11:00 am Sacred Heart Church the additional Lenten practices that will be offered. On
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Friday evenings, Father Rodney will be in the
Weekday Masses confessional between 6:00PM-6:25PM for confessions.
Monday 4:30 pm Saint Mary Church At 6:30, Stations of the Cross will be prayed followed
Tuesday 8:00 am Saint Mark Church by the celebration of Mass at 7:00PM. Hopefully, this
will give more people an opportunity to take advantage
Wednesday 4:30 pm Saint Mary Church
of Lenten devotions. Please note that this will happen
Thursday 8:00 am Communion Service at Saint Mary Church throughout the season of Lent
Saint Mark Church 2022.
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Donation Statements
Parish Contributions and Expenses The 2021 year end tax reports are available for those
Collection figures from February 5/6: $23,000.32 parishioners using the budget envelope system. Please
contact Monica in the office, email preferred,
2021 Fourth Quarter Parish Financial Figures (stmaryna@noozi.com), if you would like your
(Oct./Nov./Dec.) statement. You may also call (508-695-6161) and leave
Income: $213,760.19 Expenses: $165,253.08 a message with your name and address. Letters can be
mailed or emailed to you.
Transfiguration of the Lord Parish – North Attleborough 0902
Join the “Ashes to Fire Choir”! FAITH FORMATION
You – yes, YOU! – are invited to join our “Ashes to Director of Religious Education
Fire Choir” this Lenten and Mrs. Elaine Corvese smshff@comcast.net
Easter season. Can’t commit to a
full year of choir? This is a perfect Faith Formation Office Hours
opportunity to get involved in the Monday – Thursday 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
music ministry here at Transfiguration of the Lord
but not have the yearlong commitment. The ATF First Communion will be held on Saturday, May
Choir will run from Ash Wednesday through 14, 2022, at Saint Mary Church, groups as follows:
Pentecost and provide music for Palm Sunday and 10:00 am for students with the last name A-J
the Holy Triduum. You are welcome to join us in 1:00 pm for students with the last name K-Z.
singing for the Ash Wednesday evening service
(come early for a quick run through of music 30 Date of Confirmation: will be held on March 5,
minutes before Mass) and our first rehearsal will 2022, at 11:00 am Bishop Feehan High School
follow Mass. Weekly rehearsals will be on Auditorium for Confirmation candidates in
Wednesdays from 7-9pm with the possibility of Groups A and B.
additional rehearsals as needed. You do not have to
know how to read music, but it is helpful. All are Monthly Adoration
welcome. For more information, please see our Monthly Adoration is offered the first Tuesday of every
music director, Nikkie Barton, after Mass or via e- month (March 1 is next). You are invited to join us in
adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in Saint Mary
mail at
church, beginning at 9 a.m. with Morning Prayer and
Transfigurationmusicdirector@gmail.com If you
ending at 6 p.m. with Evening Prayer and Benediction.
play an instrument, we also welcome you to join us! You can drop in at any time for as long as you like or,
We are always looking for instrumentalists to if you would like a specific time slot, please call Joanne
enhance the liturgy. Regali 508-643-3821 and leave a message. Note: "Our
The Children’s choir will be starting back up again hours of adoration will be special hours of reparation for sins,
starting the first Sunday of March. Rehearsals will and intercession for the needs of the whole world, exposing the
be held at Sacred Heart following sin-sick and suffering humanity to the healing, sustaining and
the 11am Mass until 1:30pm. The transforming rays of Jesus, radiating from the Eucharist." (by
children’s choir will sing on Palm Saint Mother Theresa of Calcutta)
Sunday and Easter Sunday. (More information to
follow regarding Mass times) Grade 1-6 and 7-12 are Men’s Group
all welcome. If you play an instrument, we also Men’s Group NEXT SATURDAY!
welcome you to join us! We are always looking for Join us next Saturday Feb 26 at St.
instrumentalists to enhance the liturgy. (String, brass, John’s in Attleboro as we hear again
woodwind, drums/percussion, guitar, bass, piano, from Jason Evert as we explore Men as
Initiators of Life. Program starts at 7am
etc.) For more information, please see our music
and runs through 8:15am. Join us at
director, Nikkie Barton, after Mass or via e-mail at 6:30am for a free breakfast! Food, fellowship and fun!
Transfigurationmusicdirector@gmail.com Each week stands on its own so even if you can only
make one week it will be worth it for you and us!
Prayers please
On Saturday morning, 5 March 2022 at 11:00AM, Knights of Columbus
Bishop da Cunha will confer the Sacrament of
Council #330 of North Attleboro was founded over
Confirmation on 158 of our Confirmation students.
120 years ago in 1898 and this Council has always
Please keep our confirmandi in your prayers as they
prepare to confirm the faith that their parents and
represented the entire Catholic community of North
godparents accepted for them on the day of their Attleboro. Charity is our leading principle, and our
baptism. This will be an historic event in the life of our focus is on providing support and assistance locally.
relatively newly formed parish as all three former We are looking for Catholic men to join our Council
parishes will celebrate the sacrament together for the and help us support our community as our members
very first time. This event will be celebrated in the have been doing since 1898. If you are interested in
Bishop Feehan auditorium. Likewise, it will be live- learning more about membership, please contact Jim
streamed so that parishioners who would like to watch Schromm, jim.schromm@verizon.net or (508) 643-
this event will be able to do so. 3623.
Transfiguration of the Lord Parish – North Attleborough 0902
Transfiguration of the Lord Parish New Permanent Diaconate Class
Saint Vincent de Paul Society Formation to Begin
The Saint Vincent de Paul Society would like to His Excellency, the Most Reverend Edgar M. da
extend to our parishioners and Father Rodney a Cunha, Bishop of Fall River, has authorized the
most heartfelt Thank You. Your generous formation of a new class of Permanent Deacons
contributions at Thanksgiving helped to fill our beginning in September 2022. A series of Information
pantry shelves to serve those in need throughout Nights will be held in the months to come. Zoom
the Town of North Attleborough. We also receive sessions will be held on Saturday, February 19, 2022,
many monetary donations all year long but most Monday, March 21, 2022 and May 29, 2022 from
7:00 – 8:30 pm. In person sessions will be held on
especially during the holiday season, which enable
Monday, June 27, 2022, and Sunday, August 14,
us to help those struggling to make ends meet. We
2022, from 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm. Registration is
would also like to thank Elaine Corvese and the
required and may be completed on our website. All
Faith Formation families with their generous the sessions cover the same material. If you are
collection of Health and Beauty Aids. The families interested in learning more about the process for
we serve cannot use Food Stamps to purchase these becoming a deacon in the Diocese of Fall River,
items, which can be quite costly. please join us for one these Information Nights. You
If you need assistance, please call the help line for may register for one of these sessions by visiting our
our parish Saint Vincent de Paul Society. They can website – frpermanentdiaconate.com.
offer information about the types of assistance Those interested in pursuing a vocation to the
available. Please call 508-212-4755 for help or more diaconate, scheduled to begin the Aspirancy phase in
information. September 2022, are invited to submit a preliminary
application and a letter of support from your pastor.
Can You Help? The deadline for submitting these materials to the
As we begin to plan social functions in our parish, Office of the Permanent Diaconate is August 1, 2022.
we are looking for people who will be able to assist Additional details and the preliminary application are
us at events where food will be served. Per the available on our website –
North Attleborough Board of Health and the frpermanentdiaconate.com.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, we will need If you have any questions, please contact Deacon
to have on site a person or persons who have Frank Lucca or Rev Robert Oliveira, Co- Directors of
current Food Protection Manager Certification the Office of the Permanent Diaconate
(Food Safe Serve Certification), Allergen at office@frpermanentdiaconate.com or contact the
Awareness Certification and Choke Saver/CPR Office of the Permanent Diaconate at 508-990-0341
Certification. In order to secure a temporary food
permit from the Board of Scheduling Baptisms
Health for the event, these Parents requesting the baptism of their child should
certifications must be be registered members of the parish who attend
submitted along with our weekend Mass on a weekly basis. Baptisms are
application 14 business celebrated on Saturdays at 1:00 pm at 14 Park
days prior to the event. At Street with a maximum of four families. Please
this time we would like to start a list of those in the contact Monica in the office via email
parish (or friends of parishioners) who would be (stmaryna@noozi.com) for more information and
willing to assist us with certification for these visit the parish website www.saintmaryna.com and
events. When an event is being planned, the click on the “Sacraments” tab for more detailed
coordinators would contact those on the list to see information.
if they are available for those specific date(s) and
times. If you have any or all of these certificates and Parish Office Closed
would like to be on our call list, please email Please note that the Parish Office
Monica Forte in the office at stmaryna@noozi.com will be closed for the Presidents’
with your name, contact information (phone and Day Holiday, Monday, February
email) and certification type and date of expiration. 21.
Thank you for your help.
Transfiguration of the Lord Parish – North Attleborough 0902
Readings for February 20 Second Reading
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time A reading from the first Letter of Saint Paul to the
First Reading Corinthians
A reading from the first Book of Samuel Brothers and sisters: It is written, The first man, Adam,
became a living being, the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
In those days, Saul went down to the desert of Ziph with But the spiritual was not first; rather the natural and
three thousand picked men of Israel, to search for David then the spiritual. The first man was from the earth,
in the desert of Ziph. So David and Abishai went among earthly; the second man, from heaven. As was the
Saul’s soldiers by night and found Saul lying asleep
earthly one, so also are the earthly, and as is the
within the barricade, with his spear thrust into the
heavenly one, so also are the heavenly. Just as we
ground at his head and Abner and his men sleeping
around him. have borne the image of the earthly one, we shall also
Abishai whispered to David: “God has delivered bear the image of the heavenly one.
your enemy into your grasp this day. Let me nail him to The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
the ground with one thrust of the spear; I will not need
a second thrust!” But David said to Abishai, “Do not Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia
harm him, for who can lay hands on the LORD’s Gospel
anointed and remain unpunished?” So David took the
spear and the water jug from their place at Saul’s head, The Lord be with you. And with your spirit.
and they got away without anyone’s seeing or knowing
or awakening. All remained asleep, because the LORD A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke
had put them into a deep slumber. Glory to you, O Lord. †
Going across to an opposite slope, David stood on a
remote hilltop at a great distance from Abner, son of Jesus said to his disciples: “To you who hear I say,
Ner, and the troops. He said: “Here is the king’s spear. love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
Let an attendant come over to get it. The LORD will bless those who curse you, pray for those who
reward each man for his justice and faithfulness. Today, mistreat you. To the person who strikes you on one
though the LORD delivered you into my grasp, I would cheek, offer the other one as well, and from the
not harm the LORD’s anointed.” person who takes your cloak, do not withhold even
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. your tunic. Give to everyone who asks of you, and
from the one who takes what is yours do not demand
Responsorial Psalm it back. Do to others as you would have them do to
R The Lord is kind and merciful. you. For if you love those who love you, what credit
Bless the LORD, O my soul; is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
and all my being, bless his holy name. And if you do good to those who do good to you,
Bless the LORD, O my soul, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.
and forget not all his benefits. If you lend money to those from whom you expect
R The Lord is kind and merciful. repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners
He pardons all your iniquities, lend to sinners, and get back the same amount. But
heals all your ills. rather, love your enemies and do good to them, and
He redeems your life from destruction, lend expecting nothing back; then your reward will be
crowns you with kindness and compassion. great and you will be children of the Most High, for
R The Lord is kind and merciful. he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.
Merciful and gracious is the LORD, Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
slow to anger and abounding in kindness. “Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop
Not according to our sins does he deal with us, condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive
nor does he requite us according to our crimes. and you will be forgiven. Give, and gifts will be given
R The Lord is kind and merciful. to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken
As far as the east is from the west, down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap.
so far has he put our transgressions from us. For the measure with which you measure will in
As a father has compassion on his children, return be measured out to you.”
so the LORD has compassion on those who
fear him. The Gospel of the Lord.
R The Lord is kind and merciful. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ
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