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Saint Joseph Cathedral 145 Lowell Street, Manchester, New Hampshire 03104 www.stjosephcathedralnh.org telephone 622-6404 fax 626-4415 Rectory Office Hours Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. MOST REVEREND Peter Anthony Libasci Tenth Bishop of Manchester Divine Liturgy Pastoral Staff Saturday evening 4:00 p.m. Sunday 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. Reverend Monsignor and 7:00 p.m. Anthony R. Frontiero Weekdays–(chapel) Rector Monday thru Friday 7:00 a.m. Reverend Eric T. Delisle Saturday 8:00 a.m. Parochial Vicar Holy Days–as announced Reverend Mr. Robert R. Confessions Potvin Monday-Saturday 7:30-8:00 Permanent Deacon a.m. Reverend Mr. Michael Saturday 2:45-3:30 p.m. Sartori Communion Calls for Transitional Deacon Homebound Colleen B. Lang Call the rectory for Faith Formation arrangements: 622-6404 Coordinator St. Vincent DePaul Eric J. Bermani Call the rectory 622-6404 Director of Music St. Joseph Cemetery Office Office Staff Rick Welsch 622-9522 Louise A. Welsch Parish Secretary Baptisms Parents must be registered Pauline M. Reed members of the parish and Parish Receptionist attend a prebaptismal Karol Carroll Fourteenth Sunday in meeting. Call Rectory for Bookkeeper arrangements. In Residence Marriages Arrangements should be made Most Reverend Ordinary Time with one of the priests at least Francis J. Christian six months in advance. Auxiliary Bishop of Manchester Pastoral Council …and many who heard him Daniel Wheeler 424-5688 Most Reverend John B. McCormack were astonished. New Parishioners Bishop Emeritus Welcome and please register Mark 6:2 Reverend Michael Ciccone by calling the Rectory as soon as possible. SAINT JOSEPH CATHEDRAL, MANCHESTER, NH FROM THE DESK OF THE DEACON Dear Family in the Lord, This weekend as we celebrate Independence Day, we thank God for blessing us with freedom in this country—a country which SATURDAY, JULY 4 “upholds that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by VIGIL OF THE FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are 4:00 P.M. +Frank and Virginia Albin by their family Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” (Declaration of SUNDAY, JULY 5 Independence). Among these self-evident unalienable rights is THE FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME religious liberty, a right that many of us perhaps take for granted, 8:30 A.M. +Mary Frances Fleming by her family especially when so many others throughout the world are 10:30 A.M. For the People of the Parish persecuted and even killed for their faith. 7:00 P.M. +Geza Rutter by the Kaska family Today we bring to a close the Fortnight for Freedom, a two-week MONDAY, JULY 6 WEEKDAY period of prayer promulgated by our bishops to support this most 7:00 A.M. +Francis H. O’Connor by his family important right in our country. In a culture which continues to become more and more secular seemingly each day—and we’ve TUESDAY, JULY 7 WEEKDAY seen this most dramatically recently—we must pray that our right 7:00 A.M. +Agnes Hammond by her family to bear witness to the truths of the gospel will be upheld in this WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 WEEKDAY land. In his homily for the opening Mass for the Fortnight for 7:00 A.M. Intentions of Carole Webb by a friend Freedom, Archbishop William Lori stated: THURSDAY, JULY 9 SAINT AUGUSTINE ZHAO RONG . Many intolerant voices try to stifle religious freedom by 7:00 A.M. +Germaine Coulombe by the Lavoie family labeling as bigotry long-held beliefs about the sanctity of life and marriage, by imposing a grey and godless secularism even on FRIDAY, JULY 10 WEEKDAY 7:00 A.M. +Maurice McCormack by a friend religious institutions, and by branding basic religious liberty protections as “a license to discriminate”. Increasingly religious SATURDAY, JULY 11 SAINT BENEDICT institutions in the United States are in danger of losing their 8:00 A.M. +Maurice McCormack by Pauline Reed freedom to hire for mission and their freedom to defend the family. SATURDAY, JULY 11 . It is one thing for others to disagree with the Church’s VIGIL OF THE FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME teaching but quite another to discriminate against the rights of 4:00 P.M. +Fred Welsch by the Welsch family believers to practice our faith, not just in word but in the way we conduct our daily life, ministry, and business. With Isaiah in today’s first reading, we Christians have the task to THE CATHEDRAL: be prophets for our time, even when it seems that others around us are “obstinate of heart.” We must uphold the truths of the gospel A SYMBOL OF UNITY in the public square, and we must pray that our country will As the Cathedral parish, we pray for all of the parishes, uphold our first and most important freedom, our freedom of institutions, ministries and people of the Diocese of Manchester. religion. This is important now more than ever as we witness the This week, we celebrate the feast of Saint Benedict. We pray for erosion of the institution of marriage in this country with the the monks at Saint Anselm Abbey and for the faculty, staff and recent Supreme Court decision. students at Saint Anselm College and Saint Benedict Academy, And so, as we celebrate our independence and all of the blessings both in Manchester. that God has bestowed on our country this weekend, let us also allow Christ to awaken our faith and to stir us into action so that WELCOME we may preserve, protect, and defend our God-given freedom to bear Him witness. Welcome to Saint Joseph Cathedral, the Mother Church of the Diocese of Manchester. The Cathedral is a vibrant and joyful Deacon Michael community of people who gather to worship God, to learn, and to be inspired by our fellowship in Christ to make God’s love a living reality in our lives every day. The very center of our parish LIFE IN THE SPIRIT SEMINAR life is Sunday Liturgy, and nothing substitutes for being here with us—so please join us for one of our weekend Masses soon. Spirit of Elijah Lay Apostolate (SELA) presents: A Expect our worship to be formal, intimate, transcendent, 7-Week Life in the Spirit Seminar, at Saint Joseph reflective, and inspiring. As we celebrate our life together in Cathedral, Church Hall on Wednesday evenings, Christ, we focus on God’s merciful love for each and every person July 8-August 19 from 7:00-9:00 p.m. There is a and encourage one another to seek that loving presence of God in suggested donation of $10 to cover the cost. For their own lives through the active participation in the Sacramental more information please contact: Jackie Picken: 247.3219 or life of the Church, loving service of our neighbor, and living email at [email protected]. according to the teachings of Jesus Christ. FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK THIS WEEK’S MUSIC SUNDAY Monthly Loyalty Collection JULY 5 Baptism—12:00 noon—Cathedral Processional Hymn: Lord Of All Hopefulness, found in the Music Issue at #400. TUESDAY Seniors’ Group—10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.— Gloria: Missa Simplex JULY 7 Church Hall Responsorial Psalm: Communion Service—3:00 p.m.—O’Malley Apartments Saint Vincent de Paul-3:00 p.m.—Cathedral Parish Center Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament—7:00- 8:00 p.m.—Chapel Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia Preparation Hymn: I Heard the Voice of Jesus, found in the WEDNESDAY Life in the Spirit Seminar—7:00 p.m.—Church Music Issue at #466. JULY 8 Hall Mass Ordinary: Missa Simplex FRIDAY Morgan/Cooper Wedding Rehearsal—5:00 Communion Hymn: Psalm 34—Taste and see JULY 10 p.m.—Cathedral Recessional Hymn: America the Beautiful, found in the Music Issue at #637. SATURDAY Brothers in Christ—8:30-9:45 a.m.—Cathedral JULY 11 Library New Altar Server Meeting—9:00 a.m.— ALTAR SERVER MEETING Cathedral Altar Server Meeting—10:00 a.m.—Cathedral There will be a meeting for new Altar Servers on Saturday, July Morgan/Cooper Wedding—12:00 p.m.— 11, at 9:00 a.m. and for all Altar Servers at 10:00 a.m. in the Cathedral Cathedral, please make every effort to attend this meeting. If you are thinking about becoming an Altar Server please plan to join us SUNDAY Magdalen Alumni Choir—10:30 a.m. Mass— at 9:00 a.m. JULY 12 Cathedral Magdalen Alumni Choir Brunch—following the 10:30 a.m. Mass—Church Hall FOR WHOM THE BELLS TOLL Cathedral Tour—1:00 p.m.—Cathedral "For Whom the Bells Toll" is a program to encourage churches to ring their bells for two minutes on the day of an execution in the United States. The tolling bells will be a reminder to all who hear them that all are diminished by the death of any one individual. EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Please pray for these persons on the day of their scheduled execution, as well as an end to the death penalty. For more information, visit pfadp.org. In July, our parish will be ringing the Come spend an hour with the Lord. On the first bells at 6:00 p.m. on this day: Tuesday of the month in adoration of the Blessed July 15—Alva Campbell—Ohio Sacrament. The next gathering will be on July 7, from 7:00-8:00 p.m. WELCOME NEW PARISHIONERS We welcome the following new families to our parish.