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St. Roch Parish Sister Parish — St. Anne of Chardonnieres, Haiti Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy gave us a new birth to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
The Church of Saint Roch, Oxford, MA DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY April 11, 2021
A Prayer in Time of Pandemic ST. ROCH NOVENA
O God, whose Only Begotten
Son bore the weight of human suffer- Let us all continue to recite the Novena to
ing for our salvation, hear the prayers St. Roch, the patron saint of those afflicted
with infectious diseases, daily at home with
of your Church for our sick brothers the following prayers ~
and sisters and deliver us from this
time of trial. pen our ears and our In the Name of the Father and of
hearts to the voice of your Son: the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Be not afraid, for I am with you always. Our Father... Hail Mary... Glory be...
Bless all doctors and nurses, researchers and public
servants; give us the wisdom to do what is right and Litany in Honor of St. Roch
the faith to endure this hour, that we might gather God our Father, Creator of Heaven and Earth ...Have mercy on us
once again to praise your name in the heart of your Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior… Have mercy on us
Church, delivered from all distress and confident in Most Holy Spirit of God… Have mercy on us
your mercy. Holy Mary, Mother of God… Pray for us
Through Christ our Lord. Amen Holy Mary, Mother of the Church… Pray for us
Holy Mary and all the Saints… Pray for us
SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR THE WEEK Holy Mary, Queen of Heaven… Pray for us
:
Holy Mary, Patroness of those in danger… Pray for us
Apr 11—Acts 4:32-35, 1 Jn 5:1-6, Jn 20:19-31 Holy Mary, Protectress of our seas and land… Pray for us
Apr 12—Acts 4:23-31, Jn 3:1-8 Holy Mary, Comfort of the dying and sorrowing… Pray for us
Apr 13—Acts 4:32-37, Jn 3:7b-15 St. Roch devoted servant of God… Pray for us
Apr 14—Acts 5:17-26, Jn 3:16-21 St. Roch, Patron of those afflicted with
Apr 15—Acts 5:27-33, Jn 3:31-36 infectious diseases… Pray for us
Apr 16—Acts 5:34-42, Jn 6:1-15 St. Roch, Patron of the poor and hungry… Pray for us
Apr 17—Acts 6:1-7, Jn 6:16-21 St. Roch, our brother in Christ… Pray for us
Apr 18—Acts 3:13-15, 17-19, 1 Jn 2:1-5a, Lk 24:35-48 St. Roch, Healer and caregiver… Pray for us
St. Roch, our brother in suffering and illness… Pray for us
PARISH DIRECTORY St. Roch, our advocate in time of pain and
human misery… Pray for us
334 Main St., Oxford, MA 01540
St. Roch, Patron of the addicted… Pray for us
Rectory Office ………………………..………(508) 987-8987 St. Roch, Patron of the terminally ill… Pray for us
Fax ……………………………...……..……. (508) 987-8938 St. Roch, Patron of those in jails and prisons… Pray for us
Religious Education Office……………..…….(508) 987-2382 St. Roch, Intercessor for the homeless… Pray for us
Pastor Rev. Michael J. Roy St. Roch, Patron of the afflicted… Pray for us
Deacon Rev. Mr. Paul Connolly St. Roch, Patron of our parish community… Pray for us
Director of Religious Education Mrs. Terry Ann Renaud St Roch, faithful witness to the healing
Administrative Assistant (M-TH 9-4) Mrs. Teri Rawson
power of God… Pray for us
Director of Music Ms. Anna Pizzolato
St. Vincent de Paul Society.…..………Arlene (508) 987-2813
Cemetery ……..…………..Contact rectory at (508) 987-8987 Lord God,
make me an instrument of your healing;
Mass Schedule when I am weak and in pain, help me to rest;
when I am anxious, help me to wait;
Sat 4:00 PM when I am fearful, help me to trust;
Sun 8:30 & 11:00 AM when I am lonely, help me to love;
M-W-TH-F 8:30 AM when I place you apart from me, help me to know you
The Sunday 11:00 Mass will also be are near.
LIVE-Streamed on the parish website. Healing God, grant me not so much to demand every
thing from myself as to let others help me;
Office Hours nor to expect others to cure me
During this time, please make every effort to communi- as to do my own part toward getting better.
Grant me not so much to seek escape, as to face my
cate with the staff by phone or email. Thank you for self and learn the depths of your love.
your cooperation. For it is in being uncertain and not in control that we
WEBSITE: strochoxford.com find true faith; in knowing the limits of mind and body that
EMAILS: we find wholeness of spirit; and in passing through death
Teri Rawson—Rectory Office: strochrectory@gmail.com that we find life that lasts forever.
We ask this, through the intercession of our patron,
Terry Renaud—Rel. Ed. Office: strochoxford@gmail.com St. Roch and your Son, Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Amen.
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The Church of Saint Roch, Oxford, MA DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY April 11, 2021
Mass Intentions for the Week
Saturday, April 10 4:00 pm Those buried at St. Roch Cemetery
Sunday, April 11 8:30 am Henry Smolenski by wife Frances
11:00 am Steve Walton by Fr. Roy
Monday, April 12 8:30 am Muriel Marceau (1st Anniversary)
Tuesday, April 13 8:30 am No Mass
Wednesday, April 14 8:30 am Jane MacDonald by The St. Vincent de Paul Society
Thursday, April 15 8:30 am The People of St. Roch
Friday, April 16 8:30 am Paul Murphy (1st Anniversary)
Saturday, April 17 4:00 pm Jack McGrath by Irene Allain
Sunday, April 18 8:30 am
11:00 am Richard Ferreira by Kathy & Mike Piniarski
APRIL 3 & 4 Online Giving Available
Your Sacrificial Offering on our website www.strochoxford.com
Offertory Envelopes 4,382.00 Donations for one-time or recurring payments.
Online Giving 670.00 Second collection donations may also be made online.
Easter Collection 1,851.00
Other sources of income 924.00 PLEASE NOTE:
Total 7,827.00 Online donations made to Partners In Charity may
Weekly Goal 5,872.00 only be made through the diocesan website:
Result Thank you! + 1,955.00 www.partners-charity.net (please note St. Roch parish)
MOTHER’S DAY
GIFT BAG DRIVE
2021 Partners in Charity
Appeal
During the month of April our thoughts
go to those in need. The St. Vincent de Once a year, we commit our-
Paul Society is sponsoring a Mother’s selves to this on going work by
Day Drive to let mothers who are expe- supporting this life giving ap-
riencing hard times know that they are peal. We reflect on God’s great
not forgotten. We ask that you purchase generosity and respond with
personal care items for women. These generous giving of our own.
items will be packaged and given to a mother at the Vet- With your support, faith in action is visible every day in
eran’s Shelter, New Hope Woman’s Shelter, and PIP the compassionate outreach of Catholic Charities, to the
Shelter. least among us; in the prayerful witness of our retired
We feel that all mothers should be remembered in a spe- priests and the joy of new priestly vocations; to the many
cial way. Some personal care items might include sham- diocesan ministries and programs that heal, teach and
poo, body sprays, lotions, emery boards, razors, tooth- care for others Watch the Appeal Video at home this
paste, floss, toothbrushes, makeup, powder, etc. Drop off week at www.partners-charity.net. Please come to Mass
bins will be located by the entrance doors of the church. next weekend prepared to make a commitment to the ap-
peal. You can also make your gift online at www. part-
ners-charity.net. Please do not use the Online-Giving
module on the parish website. Thank you.
Our goal is $42,800. To date we have received $29,040
in pledges and gifts. Thank you very much for your love
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The Church of Saint Roch, Oxford, MA DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY April 11, 2021
My Dear Parishioners,
As you can tell from the cover of our weekly bulletin we are observing today as Divine Mercy Sunday. It was
one of the great gifts that Pope St. John Paul gave the Church when he drew attention to the writings of St. Faustina and
the private revelations that our Lord made to her about the immense ocean of mercy that is available to all who turn to
Him with contrition and remorse. The Lord told St. Faustina “The greater the sinner the greater right does that person
have to mercy.” I have always found great comfort and encouragement in the abundant promises of mercy.
I have to tell you how deeply I was moved by the number of people who came on Tuesday of Holy Week to
our communal penance service. Myself and the two visiting priests were busy earing confessions for two hours. The
Holy Spirit was truly preparing many people encounter the Risen Christ this Easter. Our good God is never outdone in
generosity. All of Holy Week this year was saturated with grace and many, many blessings. Thanks to the efforts of so
many we were able to gather this year safely and prayerfully and I think maybe because of the pandemic, more focused
and attentive to suffering, death and resurrection of the Lord.
We are the recipients of mercy, oh yes, but at the same time we ourselves need to be the agents of mercy to
others. I am proposing a way that we can carry out the corporal works of mercy in spite of the restrictions we now must
live with. In years past St. Roch’s has enthusiastically participated in the Baby Bottle Fundraiser in support of Visitation
House. The money raised is very much needed at this time. It will be used to feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty
and shelter the homeless. At Visitation House we continue to take in women who have become homeless, largely due to
their pregnancies. They made themselves vulnerable for the sake of their babies.
This year I am proposing a Virtual Baby Bottle Drive. It costs $98 a day to feed, nurture and educate each of
the expectant moms. The next two weeks there will be someone at a table by the entrance passing out a Visitation House
envelope rather than the baby bottle. You are being asked to make some sacrifice and put some money aside between
now and Mother’s Day, May 9th, and then mail that envelope directly to Visitation House. There will be a flyer in next
week’s bulletin that will help you understand the reasons the funds are so much needed presently.
Let us continue to love and pray for one another
Fr. Roy
The Divine Mercy message is as simple as ABC.
Ask for Mercy—repenting of sin we ask God to pour His Mercy on us and the whole world.
Be Merciful. God wants us to let His Mercy flow through us to others.
Completely trust Jesus, the more we open ourselves to Him with trust, the more we receive.
On this Sunday a plenary indulgence is given to anyone who goes to Holy Communion and repents freeing your
soul from any attachment to sin, receives the Sacrament of Penance within 20 days and prays for the intentions
of the Holy Father. This indulgence is a remission of the entire temporal punishment for sin, which would other-
wise have to be purified in purgatory.
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The Church of Saint Roch, Oxford, MA DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY April 11, 2021
Divine Mercy Sunday
April 11, 2021
K-8 SCHEDULE Promises of the Divine Mercy made
to St. Mary Faustina Kowalska
Apr. 18 9:40 am k-1,3,4,6 in center 5,8 online “Paint the image according to the pat-
25 Homework tern you see, with the signature: Je-
May 2, 16 9:40 am k-1,3,4,6 in center 5,8 online sus, I trust in You. I desire that this
9 (Mother’s Day) no classes image be venerated, first in your
chapel, and throughout the
world.” (Diary, 47)
“I promise that the soul that shall venerate this image will
Apr. 18 Homework not perish.” (Diary, 48)
25 6:45-8 pm Session
May 2 Confirmation Practice 7:15pm “Jesus looked at me and said, Souls perish in spite of My
6 Confirmation Celebration 7:00 pm bitter Passion. I am giving them the last hope of salvation;
that is the Feast of My Mercy. If they will not adore My
Apr 18 9:40 am 1st Sacrament in mercy, they will perish for all eternity.” (Diary, 965)
Parish Hall “My image already is in your soul. I desire that there be
25 Homework a Feast of Mercy. I want this image, which you will paint
May 2 9:40 am 1st Sacrament in with a brush, to be solemnly blessed on the first Sunday
Parish Hall after Easter; that Sunday is to be the Feast of Mercy.”
9 (Mother’s Day) no classes (Diary, 49)
16 Eucharist Celebration tentative - details TBA
23 Pentecost “I am offering people a vessel with which they are to
keep coming for graces to the fountain of mercy. That
vessel is this image with the signature:
Prayer Partners ‘Jesus, I trust in You'” (Diary, 327)
Would you like to support a child/ “I desire that the image be publicly
youth preparing to receive the honored.” (Diary, 414)
sacraments of
First Eucharist, May 16, 2021: “By means of this image, I shall be
Jonathon Barchard, Hayden Bates, granting many graces to souls; so let
Colton Blain, Kaitlin Collins, Noah every soul have access to it.”
Courtemanche, Margaret Griffin, (Diary, 570)
Brendan Legault, Delaney O'Grady, Chad Sliwoski,
or Confirmation May 6, 2021:
Jason Bleau, Angelina Friend, Tyler Kasprzycki, A Metaphor for Change
Mathieu Legault, Joshua Legault, Anna L'Esperance,
Brielle Morse, & Nolan Sharry? Spring is a metaphor for change.
Some changes we eagerly await,
Prayer partners support these children/teens as they jour- and some we abhor.
ney towards receiving the Sacraments, by being matched Some changes we plan
with a child or youth, pray for them daily, and send week- and others arrive uninvited.
ly notes of encouragement and prayer. (These can be sent To all these changes
to the Religious Education office and then safely given to we ask the gift of Your perspective
children at the class sessions). beckoning us to expectation,
This is a wonderful opportunity to journey with our hope, and rebirth.
young people. Prayer Partners come in all ages, sizes, and May the sunlight and the rain be reminders
have one thing in common they pray. We invite families that You are at work renewing the earth.
(adults and children) to choose together and pray for one As a God of renewal,
of these. You are ever at work in our lives, too.
Open our eyes and lives
If you are interested you may want to contact the Reli- to the needed changes in our lives this Spring.
gious Ed Office to find out how to proceed further, but Awaken us to new life and perspective,
daily prayer for the child is all that is asked. Office 508- for we pray in Jesus’ name.
987-2382, strochoxford@gmail.com. - Author Unknown
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The Church of Saint Roch, Oxford, MA DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY April 11, 2021
“As the Father has sent Me, so I send you.”
Spiritual Communion Do you have a growing interest in sharing
My Jesus, I believe that you are truly present in the Lord’s saving mission as a priest,
the Most Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all deacon, religious sister or brother?
things and I desire to possess You within my soul. Contact the Vocation Office at
Since I am unable at this moment to receive You 508-630-4473 or email:
sacramentally, come at lease spiritually into my
director@worcestervocations.com
heart. I embrace You as being already there, and
unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to
be separated from You. Amen.
The St. Vincent de Paul Society will meet on
Kathy Perry, Owen Benway, Monday, May 3rd at 6:30 in the church hall.
Al Sinkis, Andrew Rivers, Raymond Joseph, Craig Ladd, Chloe
Barbara Jones, Roseanne Ferlito, John Barton, Carol Violette,
John & Bev Makowski, Dale Mahota, Liz Iandolli, Stephen 334 CLUB WINNERS — Week 18
Rice, Maddy Desrosier, Phyllis Day, John Hickman, Timothy
# 166 Rose Fournier
Bowes, Anita Prunier, Roger St. George, Ed Carpenter, James
# 255 Connie Tagg
Sumerlin, Francis DeSimone, Robert & Beverly Burns, Judy # 455 George Cloutier, Jr.
Rodier, Dawn Hoeg, Sean Bushey, Richard Fleming, Noelle # 305 Angela Palermo
Silverstein, Edward Wissell, Eric Lambert, James Quaiel,
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Yvonne Mathurin, Deborah Mancini, Susan Gallant, Doris
Prouty, Maureen Germain, Dave Boucher, Daniel Ivascyn,
Barbara Quaiel, Pamela Rossley Gary Ryan, Kathy B., Anne
Englehard, Maurice Erwin, Karen Cowperthwaite. Altar Servers
Greeters
Ministers of the Eucharist
THE OXFORD ECUMENICAL Readers & Lectors
FOOD SHELF and Sanitizers
are needed at all Masses.
The Ecumenical Food Shelf is once again
actively seeking donations to replenish its Call 508-987-8987
supply of food given out each week. They for more details.
look forward to the Food Shelf opening its
doors but in the meantime they are still very generously
providing to whoever drives up for a weekly order. CEMETERY NEWS
Please consider dropping off any non-perishable foods in Pre-planning assures that families can
the bins inside the church near the front doors. Paper and take care of those details necessary at the
plastic grocery bags are also needed. Thank you!
time of death and won’t have to carry
THANKS TO OUR ADVERTISERS them out at the time of death.
According to information provided by the diocese,
Many parishioners do not know that our advertisers
pre-planning for burial spares loved ones the agony of
sponsor the cost of printing our bulletin each week. It is
through the advertisers’ generous support of the faith making hasty decisions while under great emotional dis-
community that the bulletin is made possible. tress, avoids inflation by purchasing at today’s prices,
The best way to thank these generous people is to re- avoids the tendency for emotional overspending and
fer to your bulletin when you need goods or services. We affords the peace of mind that comes with the
owe them a real debt of gratitude. Tell them that you saw knowledge that everything will be handled in accordance
their ad in the parish bulletin, thus encouraging their con- with your wishes.
tinued support. There is a definite relationship built when
our advertisers feel that their support is meaningful and Information about purchasing burial lots at St. Roch
worthwhile. Please help us encourage them to continue to Cemetery may be obtained by calling Teri Rawson at
provide a quality Parish Bulletin for you. (508) 987-8987 or emailing strochrectory@gmail.com.
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