The Prodigal Son All is Forgiven - St. Mary's Parish Family 114 Princeton Street/PO Box 2200
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St. Mary’s Parish Family
114 Princeton Street/PO Box 2200
Jefferson, Massachusetts 01522
508-829-4508
The
Prodigal Son!
All is Forgiven!!!!!
“Rite of
Welcome”
for our
Grade 2
Students
preparing
for their
First
Eucharist.
St. Mary’s Parish Jefferson, MA
ALL ARE WELCOME HERE Schedule Around Campus…
If you are alienated or upset, Saturday, March 26
we welcome you lovingly. 9:00 AM Grade 10 Retreat/Camp Grotonwood
If you are in need of forgiveness, 3:15 PM Confessions
Jesus forgives you completely— 4:30 PM Mass/Church
with unconditional love.
If you have been hurt by the Church, Sunday, March 27
we are truly sorry. 8:00 AM Mass/Church
if you are angry, Jesus offers you peace. Coffee Shoppe
If life has become burdensome, 10:00 AM Children’s Liturgy of the Word/GR
we are here to support you. Mass/Church
Coffee Shoppe
4:00 PM Grade 6-8 Rel Ed Class & Beginnings
5:00 PM Mass/Church
Mass Schedule and Intentions NO Grade 9&10 Rel Ed Class
Saturday, March 26
4:30 PM Harold & Phyllis Greiff (Larry & Phyllis Yont) Monday, March 28
12:00 PM Mass/GR
Sunday, March 27 12:30 PM Rosary/Church
8:00 AM Kathy O’Grady (Ray O’Grady) 4:15 PM Grade 1-5 Religious Ed
10:00 AM Diane Browne (Larry & Phyllis Yont)
5:00 PM Jadwiga & Czeslawa Chalecki Tuesday, March 29
(Chris & Justyna Moniak) 8:00 AM Mass/GR
4:15 PM Grade 1-5 Religious Ed
Monday, March 28 6:00 PM Cub Scouts/Hall
12:00 PM Safety & healing for all those caught in the 6:30 PM Wine, Cheese, Music and Friends/Hall
dangers of war.
Wednesday, March 30
Tuesday, March 29
8:00 AM Mass
8:00 AM That many Catholics will come back to Christ in
6:00 PM Girl Scouts/Hall
the Sacrament of Reconciliation
7:30 PM Al-Anon Meeting/GR
Wednesday, March 30 Adult Choir/Church
8:00 AM Lila Smith (13th Anniv) (A Friend)
Thursday, March 31
Thursday, March 31 10:00 AM Faith Sharing/Lenten Longings/GR
Friday, April 1 7:00 PM The Chosen/GR
Saturday, April 2 Friday, April 1
4:30 PM Stephen John Murray (Eileen & Jim McCorkle) 6:00 PM Stations of the Cross
Sunday, April 3 Saturday, April 2
8:00 AM Diane Browne (The Weathersbee Family) 3:15 PM Confessions
10:00 AM Diane Browne (Sheila & Paul Bosse) 4:30 PM Mass/Church
5:00 PM Parishioners of St. Mary’s
Sunday, April 3
8:00 AM Mass/Church
Coffee Shoppe/GR
The Tabernacle candle burns for
“Ann Kokernak” 10:00 AM Mass/Church
Requested by Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Kersus Children’s Liturgy of the Word
Coffee Shoppe/GR
4:00 PM Grade 6-8 Rel Ed Class & Beginnings
5:00 PM Mass/Church
In Life & Death, We are the Lord’s… Grade 9&10 Rel Ed Class
We lift up in prayer those who have lost
loved ones especially for the family
and friends of Olive Rabidou.
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Partners in Charity 2022
Our parish has begun conducting the
Middle and High School Young People~ If you
Partners in Charity Appeal. In order to be
prepared to prayerfully consider this annual would like to offer your prayer by participating in
request from Bishop McManus, we have Living Stations of the Cross on Good Friday, April
attached an online version of this year's Appeal Video and a 15th please contact the Religious Ed Office. Many
digital 2022 Appeal Brochure. people choose to take time off to observe this most
Visit: https://vimeo.com/670268310 sacred day. Please consider being with us to reflect
Our agencies and ministries are faces of hope to so many people and thank our God for His incredible love through the gift of
during this pandemic. Your pledge or one time gift is a tangible
way to be a ‘face of Christ’ to the world through your support your participation.
of the agencies and ministries which rely on this appeal for the
funding each year. And you, in turn, share in the joy of bringing Prayer Buddies Needed! If you would like to
hope into the lives of those we serve. “Text” giving is hands adopt one of the First Eucharist children as a
down the easiest and most secure way to give. If you know how
prayer partner, please sign-up today! Prayer
to send a text message, you can make a gift to Partners in
Charity in seconds on your phone. Best yet, our parish St. Buddies simply pray for our little ones. Some
Mary’s Jefferson will receive credit! Text donate to 84576. You prayer buddies write notes or send cards to their
can also make your gift online at partners-charity.net. Gift
First Communion child. Sign-up sheets are on the table in the
envelopes are available at the church entrance.
Thank you for your continued support! We couldn’t do it entry of the Church. Thank you for holding the children close to
without you! your hearts during this precious time!
SUPER STAR Confirmation Retreat Team
Leaders! Thank you to our amazing Grade 11
and 12 students who did a phenomenal job
leading a daylong retreat this Saturday for our
Wine, Cheese, Confirmation students. What a gift! What an
Music inspiration!!!
And
High School Grades 9 & 10 will not meet this week Sunday,
Friends March 27th. Next Class - April 3rd! Middle School Students
Join us will gather at 4PM as scheduled for Class followed by Mass @
March 29, 6:30 PM 5 PM! See you then!
In the Hall
PALM SUNDAY PROCESSION and FAMILY
MASS…complete with donkey! Come!
Featuring the extraordinary
“Prepare the way of the Lord”!!! Ages 1-
music of
101, We Need YOU! A joyful family
Regi and Olga Pineda
procession of palms will call us to prayer on
Accompanied by th
Pianist Sanghee Kim Sunday, April 10 at 10AM. Donuts and fellowship following
Mass. JOIN US!!!
St. Mary’s Parish
Reconciliation Service
It is with sincere appreciation that we thank the families
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
6:30 PM and friends of Diane Browne
for choosing St. Mary’s for their Memorial Donation.
“God never tires of forgiving us;
we are the ones who tire of
receiving his mercy.”
Pope Francis
Someone you know may be in an abusive relationship.
Several Priests will joining us.
Abuse Hotline 508-755-9030
March 27, 2022
St Mary’s Bereavement Support Group
St. Mary’s Bereavement Support Group was formed in
2019 to provide a place or fraternity where a grieving friend
can find fellowship, understanding, and support.
The St. Mary’s Bereavement Support Group is run by
leaders who are on their own grief journeys and have
experienced the despair, sadness, heartache, loneliness, and
loss due to the passing of someone they loved very deeply.
Compassion, kindness, tears, and paths toward healing are
found among our group members.
Please consider joining us. We meet for 6 weeks on
Tuesday afternoons from 1:00 to 2:30 in the Gathering Room at
St. Mary’s Church in Jefferson, MA . The Spring 2022 session is
April 5th through May 10th. The Bereavement Support Group is
faith based, open to the public, and it is free. The
requirements are that you preregister, as we purchase books,
and that you come prepared to listen and share.
Please email, text or call me for any other information,
and to register. Please register by Thursday March 31st. Thank
you. Cell 508 272 6923 or beth@stmaryjeff.com
I wish you peace. Beth Cunningham
Fr. Andy is currently in Rehab at Liberty Commons,
390 Orleans Road, Chatham, MA 02633.
He is alert and in good spirits and
would love to hear from you.
We Need Volunteers for a
New Ministry
Hotel Grace is a faith based
emergency shelter affiliated with The Net of Compassion in
Worcester. Their goal: Provide a warm bed and hot meal for
the population in need. Volunteers needed to shop, make
cookies or bars at home, prepare the simple meal in the St.
Mary’s Parish Hall kitchen, and/or serve the meal at Hotel
Grace in Worcester. Any time you can give is accepted and
much appreciated, be it baking at home, be the food shopper,
cook the meal at the Parish center, or come to serve the meal.
Our parish stewardship covers the cost for this. We are
scheduled for 2 dates to prepare a meal. Sat. 3/26, Sat. 4/30.
Please contact Beth Cunningham 508 272 6923 if you are able
to be a part of this, one time, or three times, for 2 hours,
or 4 hours.
To report abuse, please contact Judith Audette, Director of
Healing and Prevention, Diocese of Worcester
at (508)929-4363
March 27, 2022
For too many of us, Lent is a season of
doom and gloom, a time to feel bad about
all the ways we are not “measuring up” in
our spiritual lives. But this view could not
be further from the truth. Lent is a season
of refreshment and love, of awakening
and rebirth. The Gospel Reading, the
parable of the Prodigal Son, is filled with
this theme of awakening and the
extravagant, life-changing love that the Father has for each
one of us. We are all familiar with this amazing story — the
bratty younger son who has the audacity to ask his dad for his
inheritance early, only to squander it sinfully away. It makes
us bristle instinctively at his nerve when we read it. But isn’t
that exactly what we do when we selfishly turn away from
God (in big or small ways) in our own lives? We squander
away the inheritance of grace He has given us. In desperation
from the mess he had made of his life, the son finally “comes
to his senses” — awakening to the truth that he is a beloved
son of a loving and merciful father — and decides to return
home. His contrition is faltering and imperfect and seems
motivated in large part by his growling stomach. But it is
enough for the loving father. In fact, as soon as the father
catches sight of his son he is “filled with compassion for him”
and immediately sets about preparing a feast and fine clothes
for this son. What an extravagance of love! What a beautiful
picture Jesus gives us of our Father’s love and mercy. Oh, how
this should fill us with gratitude for such a Father!
Go to
https://stmarysjeff.churchgiving.com
To sign up for St. Mary’s
Automated Online Giving
PARISH TITHE
Our Parish Tithe for the week of March 20th will go
to Defray the cost of our Lenten Gatherings.
We offer our
THANKS AND GRATITUDE to
“All those who helped with Pizza
with The Pastor” for an awesome
evening of asking questions and
learning and trying to stump Fr. Tim.!!!
STEWARDSHIP IN OUR PARISH BUDGET 2021-2022
Week of March 20th
Weekly YTD
Amount Needed...............................$ 9,470 $268,493
Amount Collected............................$ 8,249 $274,630
Budget Surplus (Deficit)..................$ 1,221 $ (6,137)
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