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St. Roch Parish
Sister Parish—St. Anne of Chardonnieres, Haiti
Hand in Hand with Haiti
in good times and in bad.
St. Anne’s Church after earthquake on August 14, 2021.
The Church of Saint Roch, Oxford, MA THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME August 29, 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
St. Roch, the patron saint of those afflicted
ing for our salvation, hear the prayers 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 open 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
Holy Mary, Queen of Heaven… Pray for us
SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR THE WEEK Holy Mary, Patroness of those in danger… Pray for us
:
Aug 29—Dt 4:1-2, 6-8, Jas 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27, Mk 7:1-23 Holy Mary, Protectress of our seas and land… Pray for us
Aug 30—1 Thes 4:13-18, Lk 4:16-30 Holy Mary, Comfort of the dying and sorrowing… Pray for us
Aug 31—1 Thes 5:1-6, 9-11, Lk 4:31-37 St. Roch devoted servant of God… Pray for us
Sept 1—Col 1:1-8, Lk 4:38-44 St. Roch, Patron of those afflicted with
Sept 2—Col 1:9-14, Lk 5:1-11 infectious diseases… Pray for us
Sept 3—Col 1:15-20, Lk 5:33-39 St. Roch, Patron of the poor and hungry… Pray for us
St. Roch, our brother in Christ… Pray for us
Sept 4—Col 1:21-23, Lk 6:1-5
St. Roch, Healer and caregiver… Pray for us
Sept 5—Is 35:4-7a, Jas 2:1-5, Mk 7:31-37
St. Roch, our brother in suffering and illness… Pray for us
St. Roch, our advocate in time of pain and
PARISH DIRECTORY human misery… Pray for us
334 Main St., Oxford, MA 01540 St. Roch, Patron of the addicted… Pray for us
St. Roch, Patron of the terminally ill… Pray for us
Rectory Office …………………………..……(508) 987-8987 St. Roch, Patron of those in jails and prisons… Pray for us
Fax ……………………………...……..……. (508) 987-8938 St. Roch, Intercessor for the homeless… Pray for us
Religious Education Office……………..…….(508) 987-2382 St. Roch, Patron of the afflicted… Pray for us
Pastor Rev. Michael J. Roy St. Roch, Patron of our parish community… Pray for us
Deacon Rev. Mr. Paul Connolly St Roch, faithful witness to the healing
Director of Religious Education Mrs. Terry Ann Renaud power of God… Pray for us
Administrative Assistant (M-TH 9-4) Mrs. Teri Rawson
Director of Music Ms. Anna Pizzolato Lord God,
St. Vincent de Paul Society.…..………Arlene (508) 987-2813 make me an instrument of your healing;
Cemetery ……..…………..Contact rectory at (508) 987-8987 when I am weak and in pain, help me to rest;
when I am anxious, help me to wait;
when I am fearful, help me to trust;
Mass Schedule when I am lonely, help me to love;
Sat 4:00 PM when I place you apart from me, help me to know you
are near.
Sun 8:30 & 10:00 AM Healing God, grant me not so much to demand every
M-W-TH-F 8:30 AM thing from myself as to let others help me;
The Sunday 10:00 Mass will also be LIVE-Streamed nor to expect others to cure me
on the parish website. as to do my own part toward getting better.
Grant me not so much to seek escape, as to face my
Office Hours self and learn the depths of your love.
Monday-Thursday 9 am—4 pm For it is in being uncertain and not in control that we
find true faith; in knowing the limits of mind and body that
WEBSITE: strochoxford.com we find wholeness of spirit; and in passing through death
EMAILS: that we find life that lasts forever.
Teri Rawson—Rectory Office: strochrectory@gmail.com 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 THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME August 29, 2021
Mass Intentions for the Week
Saturday, Aug 28 4:00 pm Fr. Gulber Brutus and the People of St. Anne’s in Chardonnieres, Haiti
Sunday, Aug 29 8:30 am Raymond Reynolds by the family
10:00 am Barbara Wyman by Ed & Terry Ann Renaud
Monday, Aug 30 8:30 am James W. Powers by the family
Tuesday, Aug 31 8:30 am No Mass
Wednesday, Sept 1 8:30 am Vernon L. Laverdure by Paula Miner & Ken Mills
Thursday, Sept 2 8:30 am For those struggling with cancer
Friday, Sept 3 8:30 am No Intention
Saturday, Sept 4 4:00 pm No Intention
Sunday, Sept 5 8:30 am Henry Smolenski (24th Anniversary) by wife Frances
10:00 am No Intention
The 2021 Worcester Catholic Your Sacrificial Offering AUG 21 & 22
Women's Conference
September 11th, 2021, Offertory Envelopes 2,502.00
at St. Joseph School in Webster, MA Online Giving 195.00
https://wcwconference.com/registration Other sources of income 486.00
Theme—“Joan Up with the Armor of God" Total 3,183.00
SCHEDULE September 11, 2021 Weekly Goal 5,872.00
7:00 AM - Registration/Coffee & Pastries/Exhibitors Result Thank you! - 2,689.00
8:30 AM - Music Program and Rosary
Online Giving Available
9:00 AM - Sr. Deirdre Byrne on our website www.strochoxford.com
10:00 AM - Break/Coffee/Exhibitors
10:30 AM - Fr. David Gunter
12:00 PM - Lunch/Exhibitors/Confessions All parishes in the Diocese of Worcester
2:00 PM - Jesse Romero will be taking up a second collection this
3:00 PM - Mary Rice Hasson weekend, Aug 28 & 29 for disaster
4:00 PM - Brown Scapular Enrollment assistance for the Diocese of Les Cayes, Haiti. St. Roch’s
5:00 PM - Holy Sacrifice of the Mass St. Joseph Basilica donations will exclusively benefit our sister parish.
Registration forms also available at the entrances to the church.
St. Anne’s of Chardonnieres, our sister parish,
AMERICAN CHOP SUEY is among those that were directly affected by
the recent 7.2 earthquake. Please be as generous
may be dropped off in the church kitchen on as you can and continue to pray for all those in
Monday, September 13th before 3:00 PM. Haiti.
Thank you!
Kathy Perry, Al Sinkis,
Andrew Rivers, Raymond Joseph,
Craig Ladd, Chloe Barbara Jones, Roseanne Ferlito, John
The St. Vincent de Paul Society will meet on Tuesday, Barton, Carol Violette, John & Bev Makowski, Dale Mahota,
September 7th at 6:00 PM in the chur ch hall. Liz Iandolli, Stephen Rice, Maddy Desrosier, Phyllis Day,
John Hickman, Timothy Bowes, Anita Prunier, Judy Rodier,
OXFORD ECUMENICAL FOOD SHELF Roger St. George, Ed Carpenter, James Sumerlin, Francis
Open on Thursdays from 4:15-6:45. A sign up DeSimone, Robert & Beverly Burns, Dawn Hoeg, Sean
sheet is available in the front of the church. Bushey, Richard Fleming, Noelle Silverstein, Edward
The volunteer coordinator will contact you to Wissell, Eric Lambert, James Quaiel, Yvonne Mathurin,
set up the date that you can volunteer. Please Deborah Mancini, Susan Gallant, Doris Prouty, Maureen
note the new time to volunteer. Face masks are required.
Thank you for your support of the Oxford Food Shelf. Germain, Dave Boucher, Daniel Ivascyn, Barbara Quaiel,
Pamela Rossley, Gary Ryan, Kathy B., Anne Englehard,
www.formed.org/signup Karen Cowperthwaite, Jon Moore, Dave Shuster, Floyd
FORMED Easy and Free!
Supernault, B.J. Lapierre, Barbara Wessell, Cameron
Michael Sweeney, Dawn Clarkson.
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The Church of Saint Roch, Oxford, MA THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME August 29, 2021
My Dear Parishioners,
This is the Lord’s Day assembly when we have the opportunity to stand in solidarity with the parishioners
of our sister parish, St. Anne’s in Chardonnieres. The pictures in last week’s bulletin tell the tragic truth of the conse-
quences of the earthquake that leveled their church and left many of them without a safe place to live. Our Bishop has
allowed us to designate all the money collected here at St. Roch’s to go directly to Fr. Gulber Brutus and the people of
St. Anne’s. A collection for the Diocese of Les Cayes is being taken up in all the parishes of the Worcester Diocese.
While they are facing the daunting task of rebuilding their church, I trust that Fr Brutus will also use some
of the funds to meet the crushing immediate needs of the families and children in Chardonnieres and the chapels in some
of the smaller villages. The good Lord would want them to have a roof over their heads and not all of the resources spent
on the roof of the church. How discouraging it must be for them considering the church had just been repaired following
hurricane Matthew. The faith of these people is truly remarkable and this faith is what they relay upon to help them
cope with such difficult lives. Rebuilding the church building where they can gather to pray together will, I’m sure, be
a priority for them.
I would like to re-establish an Outreach to Haiti Committee that would help me to organize a way to keep
the lines of communication open with St. Anne’s and perhaps send out a quarterly or bimonthly newsletter to which
would be attached an envelope so we’d have a steady flow of donations and perhaps commit ourselves to a monthly
amount. I just can’t do this on my own, I’ll need volunteers.
On another subject closer to home and while not as urgent as the situation in Haiti, it is one close to my heart.
The Serra Club of Southern Worcester County is being re-established. During the pandemic with meetings and gather-
ings being suspended the Serra Club almost disbanded. This would have been an awful loss to our diocese and especially
our seminarians. For over sixty years Serrans have been called to pray for vocations and to encourage those who are
responding to the call of the Lord. How important it is for our seminarians to know that they are appreciated and
encouraged as they discern a desire to give their lives in service to Jesus and the people of the Diocese of Worcester.
The initial meeting of this newly formed Serra Club will be here at St. Roch’s on Wednesday, September 15
at 5:00 PM, beginning with a half hour of Eucharistic Adoration as we intercede for our men now in the seminary and
pray for an increase of vocations. This will be followed by Mass and an opportunity to share a meal together at a local
restaurant, Point Breeze. I hope many of my own parishioners will come and see for yourselves the benefit of prayer
together and the social company of good Catholic people from our local parishes. Give it a try and help this ministry
survive the pandemic.
Let Us Continue to Love and Pray for One Another,
Fr. Roy
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The Church of Saint Roch, Oxford, MA THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME August 29, 2021
IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT!
Register now for Fall 2021—Spring 2022 Sessions and
send fees, as you are able.
Despite growing costs, registration fees remain
$85 per student & $110 per family of 2 or more.
Fees for Sacramental Preparation and/or Retreats are discussed at the parent meetings.
Scholarship money is accepted for retreats. As always, no student is ever refused due to financial hardship.
PLEASE NOTE: it is required all children grades 1-12 take part in some form of religious study. Please notify
the Religious Education Office where they are enrolled. Parochial school student’s registration form is required to keep
records current at the parish. All students attend the parish program for sacramental preparation. Questions call
508-987- 2382 or e-mail Terry Ann Renaud strochoxford@gmail.com.
Online https://www.strochoxford.com/religious-education
HELP WANTED EVERY WEEK!!! You ar e needed to help clean, set up, & pr epar e lessons for all ages.
Please call 508-987-2382 or E-mail strochoxford@gmail.com to discuss your schedule & your talents to shar e with
the Office of Religious Education.
Office of Religious Education is Closed All Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays throughout the Summer.
TEACHER TRAINING & RECRUITING
YOU CAN HELP AS TEACHERS AND/OR AIDES IN CLASSES.
It is important to have many helpers in our programs. Dedicated adults and teens work together with
catechists to bring love of God to our families. Can you spare an hour or two?
Fall classes at all levels will be scheduled according to the needs of the volunteers. We are currently
preparing materials for training new and returning catechists: sessions on the The Learner, Methods
Grades K-3, Methods Grades 4-6, Methods for Youth, Scriptures, Creed, Church History, Sacra-
ments, Prayer & Worship for ourselves & for our students, Morality & Safe Environment sessions for all involved in
church ministry.
Classes will be held on a flexible schedule & all are welcome to attend sessions. Please call 508-987-2382 or E-mail
strochoxford@gmail.com discuss your schedule for any of these classes.
Family of Friends Youth Ministry
Youth and adults get together for many projects & events that benefit the people themselves as well as others, we are
looking for people to join together to make these events come together for our parish & the community.
Teens willing to take part in St. Roch’s Family of Friends Youth Service Team, call Terry Ann Renaud 508-987-
2382 or email strochoxford@gmail.com. We’ll plan youth events & help our parish & community.
Ongoing Faith Formation is part of the Catholic Christian journey that br ings each of us
towards our goal of life: to know God, love God, and serve God in this life, and be happy with God
in the next.
The Sacraments given to us by Jesus Christ help us to make our journey, by His grace, an easy trip.
Parents bring children to Baptism, First Reconciliation & First Eucharist so they may choose Confir-
mation in the Faith themselves. Friends and family members invite adults to come into the Faith
through RCIA.
Together the whole Church prays for candidates continue always to know God, love God, and serve
God in this life, and be happy with God in the next.
Children grade 2 or above are invited to register now for Sacraments, of Reconciliation & Eucharist.
High School candidates for Confirmation are invited to write a letter to Father Roy by Sept 1, 2021, to
request acceptance into the fall sessions. Second year candidates will return in September.
Parents, Please Call 508-987-2382 or E-mail Terry Ann Renaud at strochoxford@gmail.com;
Adults, Please Call 508-987-8987 Fr Roy for Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, or Matrimony.
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The Church of Saint Roch, Oxford, MA THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME August 29, 2021
It is a little more than coffee &, but a What is the Light of the World Retreat?
just few hours together with a few other At the Light of the World Retreat you will
people can become a cornerstone to encounter Jesus & the message of the Gos-
build community among our parish pel in a truly fresh way. The opportunity to
family. We are able to do more togeth- meet Jesus personally allows you to allow
er to bring about good for our parish Him give new purpose, meaning, & direc-
and the whole community. tion to your life. It is a chance to make a
If you like to have fun, have an idea of how to be a retreat right in your own backyard on a weekend away to
more welcoming parish, are willing to help plan renew your faith while still sleeping in your own bed!
breakfasts, luncheons, dinners, and other social Topics Covered: God’s Love for Us,
events call 508-987-2382, or email strochox- Our Enemies,
ford@gmail.com. Jesus Christ: The Light of the World,
Help with the 334 Club Dinner needed! Please call Making Jesus the Lord of Your Life,
Teri Rawson in the rectory office at 508-987-8987. Surrendering Your Life to the Holy Spirit, Renewing your
Baptism
Retreat Dates – Weekend of
DATE YARD SALE
CHANGED October 2!! September 24-27
Hosted at St. Roch Parish
Donations will be 334 Main Street, Oxford, MA 01540
accepted until Sept 26th. Friday: 6:30 - 9 PM
Items accepted include clean undam- Saturday: 8 AM to 8 PM
aged gently used household items, books, tools, yard Sunday: 8 AM to 8 PM
equipment, sporting equipment, children’s toys & games, Monday: 6:30 - 9:30 PM
clean quality clothing or shoes. Furniture—on review for
approval. LIGHT OF THE WORLD RETREAT
No electronics—no TV’s, computers, printers, monitors, REGISTRATION
keyboards, etc. No mattresses of any size or tires. These SEPTEMBER 24-27
items incur a cost to us for disposal. Thank you! Name_____________________________________________
Address____________________________________________
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Phone_____________________________________________
Name_________________________________________ Cell_______________________________________________
Address _______________________________________ E-mail _____________________________________________
Phone ________________________________________ Male [ ] Female [ ]
Married [ ] Single [ ]
E-mail ________________________________________
Age: 16-25 [ ] 26-30 [ ] 31-40 [ ] 41-50 [ ] 51-60 [ ]
I want to help… 61-70 [ ] 71 + [ ]
As crew members Who recommended the retreat to you?__________________
To work in garage every Wednesday 6-8 PM What do you expect to gain from this retreat?
for pricing / sorting / ticketing, etc. ______ ___________________________________________________
Friday, October 1 TBA Special needs: dietary…wheelchair... childcare… transporta-
to set tables out ______ tion…______________________________________________
Saturday, October 2 to set up, 7 - 9 AM ______ I am a returning retreatant; I wish to help at the retreat…
Saturday, October 2 to work the tables: yes [ ] not this time [ ]
8-10 AM _______ Return to St. Roch 334 Main Street, Oxford, MA 01570
10-12 noon ________ Attn: LOTW Coordinator Terry Ann Renaud
Noon to 2 PM _______ or E-mail strochoxford@gmail.com
2-4 PM _______
Saturday, October 2 to breakdown 3-5 PM _______ 334 CLUB WINNERS — Week 13
Saturday, October 2 to prepare & serve food # 345 Deborah Guskey
# 123 Glenna Cloutier
Morning _______ Lunch ________ # 105 Lynne Jalbert
Clean up _______ # 103 Rachelle Cyr-Cloutier
Pickup & deliver supplies ________ CONGRATULATIONS!!
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