Saint Joseph Cathedral 145 Lowell Street, Manchester, 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 Tenth 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 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 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. Mr. & Mrs. James Brophy Readings for the Week of July 5, 2015 Ms. Elizabeth Diaz Sunday: Ez 2:2-5/2 Cor 12:7-10/Mk 6:1-6a Mr. Harry Friel Monday: Gn 28:10-22a/Mt 9:18-26 Mr. & Mrs. Jason Prewara Tuesday: Gn 32:23-33/Mt 9:32-38 Mr. & Mrs. Robert St. Cyr Wednesday: Gn 41:55-57; 42:5-7a, 17-24a/ Mt 10:1-7 Thursday: Gn 44:18-21, 23b-29; 45:1-5/ PLEASE REMEMBER Mt 10:7-15 Friday: Gn 46:1-7, 28-30/Mt 10:16-23 SAINT JOSEPH CATHEDRAL Saturday: Gn 49:29-32; 50:15-26a/Mt 10:24-33 Next Sunday: Am 7:12-15/Eph 1:3-14 or 1:3-10/ I believe in the resurrection of the body and life everlasting! Our Mk 6:7-13 true home is in heaven, but our family of faith here on earth must ©Liturgical Publications Inc. carry on the mandate of our Blessed Lord to go into the world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature (Mk 16:15). Please remember Saint Joseph Cathedral as you prayerfully consider your estate planning. May the Lord bless you for your goodness! JULY 5, 2015

HOLY HOUR

A Holy Hour of Adoration can now be offered for Those who were baptized your intentions, in memory of a loved one or for Catalina Dow world concerns that unite us all as Catholics.

Out beloved dead The Blessed Sacrament is exposed on every first Phyllis Riggs Tuesday from 7:00–8:00 p.m., every first Friday Our parish seminarians from 7:30 a.m.–Noon and every Saturday morning Ryan Amazeen, Michael Hennessy from 8:30-11:00 a.m. unless otherwise announced. Our service men and women Angela Averill, Roland Boisvert, III, Randy Donaldson, SANCTUARY LAMP Jeffrey Michael Fredette, Travis Gelinas, Michael Haas,

Stefan Kammer, Richard LaSalle, Collin Locker, Matthew Lodge, Monique Martineau, Kyle Pelletier, Christopher Prunier, David Vallauri, Elizabeth Wagner, Richard Wagner, Thomas Wagner, For the Souls in Purgatory Timothy Wagner, Ryan Williams

Our sick David Bilodeau, Lori Bishop, Merin Blake, Ed Blais, Ethan Brown, Kevin Brown, Anne Foye Campaiola, CATHEDRAL TOUR Dominick Ceppetelli, Riley Crowder, Paul DesRochers, William Deveau, Kathy Dion, Roger Drolet, Jaxson Field, Norah Lynne Frank, Anet Garneau, Mary Gavin, Richard Groux, Sunday, July 12, you are invited to join a tour of the Cathedral Charlie Hunt, Patrick Joyce, Christine Labrecque, Nancy Lorenz, starting at 1:00 p.m. The tour includes praying the Glorious Frances McEneny, Helene Nya, Margaret Mary Luckers, Mysteries of the Holy Rosary using the stained glass windows as Judith Maurer, John Meehan, Lee Morin, Joseph O’Sullivan, meditations. The tour completes at 3:00 p.m. June Prunier, Roger Prunier, Megan Ross, Dolores St. Pierre, Richard Walas, Abigail Yeomans VOCATION CROSS FOR JULY Are you doing your part to beg the Lord of the RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF harvest to send more laborers into the ADULTS INQUIRY SESSIONS vineyard? We invite you to join us in prayer each day for increased Church vocations! Are you, a family member or friend, interested in learning more Maybe you’d be interested in taking home the about the Catholic faith? Do you know someone who has talked Vocation Cross like Joan O’Brien who will about becoming a Catholic—whether they were never baptized or take the Cross home this week. For more baptized in another Christian Church? We have an opportunity for information, please call the rectory (622.6404). you or them to investigate this possibility even further. The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is a process for such seekers to discern if they are called to follow the Lord in the Roman Catholic tradition. A period of inquiry, that is, an opportunity for the “seekers” to ask questions about the faith and about our customs, worship and traditions, takes place over the course of several weeks. If these questions are answered satisfactorily and they choose to continue, they enter into a period of catechesis—or an in-depth study of REGULAR ENVELOPES $3,131.00 God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, the Church, the Christian moral life LOOSE $2,195.62 and many other topics of the faith. This continues with ongoing ON-LINE GIVING $964.00 reflection and prayer and is marked with particular rites or TOTAL: $6,290.62 ceremonies during their journey. The process will culminate with the celebration of the sacraments of initiation at the Easter Vigil on PETER’S PENCE COLLECTION $1,479.77 March 26, 2016. ATTENDANCE 702 Our next inquiry session will take place on Wednesday, July 22, from 7:00-8:30 p.m. in the Cathedral Library Building. For more We are grateful this week for all stewards in our parish who information, please call Deacon Bob at 622.6404 ext. 14. recognize that it is through the open hands of generous ON THE COVER: Saint Joseph Cathedral, Manchester NH. stewards, willing to share their many gifts, that God’s Gerald Durette Photography, 2013 people are fed and their needs met. FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

CARE NET PREGNANCY CENTER NEEDS A FEW “NOTES” FROM ERIC

We hear the clarion from leaders throughout the Church: How you “Catholics are called to full, conscious and active participation in the liturgy!” What does this mean and translate to? We will take can help: the next five weeks to unpack what is perhaps the most important reforms since the Second Vatican Council: full, conscious and Take home an empty active participation at the Sunday Eucharist. When we gather on baby bottle next weekend. Sunday morning (no, this does not exclude the 4:00 p.m. Vigil!) we need to be ever mindful of our dignity: in the sacrament of Fill it with loose change, Baptism, we have put on Christ. You, your neighbor, myself and bills or a check the rest of the assembly, all comprise the Body of Christ. In Vatican II, in the Constitution of the Sacred Liturgy (CSL (payable to Care Net) hereafter) taught that “full, conscious and active participation by all the faithful” is the “right and duty” of all the faithful because of Return the filled their Baptism (#14). Fine and good but what does it actually bottle to church the mean? It has taken about four decades, for those in parish weekend of August 1-2. leadership as well as those in the pews, for this profound insight to take hold and begin to manifest itself. Not too long ago most were satisfied in looking for, and expecting, something much less than what was originally intended: all too frequently, fulfilling this groundbreaking and challenging vision of the Council amounted to settling for when a parish community had good singing, and when Thank you ahead of time for supporting our ministry to the ministries of lector and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy women in crisis by your participation in this event. Every Communion were exercised well. But good singing and good little bit will help us continue to offer our vital services to ministry simply do not go far enough. We who are baptized have our clients facing unplanned pregnancies. duties, responsibilities and expectations that are wrapped up in the kind of participation the Council defined as “full, conscious and active.” Full participation is the complete attitude – body, mind and soul – we bring with us to the liturgy. It calls for a new depth and understanding in our perception. It is good ritual that begins long before the liturgy starts in the church in making sure that Sunday Mass is not just one more thing on our “to do” list. This is a bit more important than shopping or mowing the grass. 623.1122 Catholics let the time of liturgy be first. They do not just keep the time of Mass from disruptions; they give it room in their lives. They have some good habits: perhaps using the Missalette to look CATHEDRAL CHOIR over the scriptures, or fasting until Mass, or not distracting themselves in the early hours of Sunday. They come to Mass The Cathedral Parish Choir is currently on a well earned summer mindful of their responsibility – to themselves, one another and to hiatus and will return in the fall. If YOU are interested in singing God. Just as they want, and should expect, for the priest, choir and with the Cathedral Parish Choir in September, please contact Mr. lector to adequately prepare, they know that they too must prepare Eric Bermani at 622.6404, x31 or at to be good members of the assembly. Full participation means that [email protected]. All voice parts are currently a baptized person does not mentally tune in and out of the liturgy. being accepted. An interview and audition is required for all po- Our responsibility is not just to be physically present; our duty is tential choristers. The ability to read music proficiently, while to be fully present. The songs are for singing, the Scripture certainly a benefit, is not a requirement to join the choral ensem- passages are for listening, the silence for reflecting, the ble. However, the ability to attend weekly rehearsals (Thursday intercessions for pleading, the Eucharistic prayer for immense evenings) and attendance on Sunday mornings (9:45 a.m.– thanksgiving, the Communion for every kind of hunger and thirst 11:45/12:00 p.m.) is a requirement. satisfied in partaking together of the Body and Blood of Christ and the dismissal for going out to love the world the way God intends for us to do. (part I of V) PETER’S PENCE COLLECTION COMMUNION Thank you for your generous support of the essential work of the Holy Father and his charitable acts through the Peter’s Pence If you have difficulty walking the long aisle to receive Collection. Our contributions will be combined with those of our Communion, please consider sitting in the front pews. Monsignor brothers and sisters around the world to help reach Anthony, Deacon Bob or an Extraordinary Minister of the out to those in need. Your generosity will help to cast Christ’s Eucharist will bring the Eucharist to you so can remain at your peace upon the world. seat. JULY 5, 2015

Sonny Griffin celebrated a birthday this week! If you see him, wish him a happy birthday and offer a thank you for all his years of service to the parish and to the greater Manchester community.

RESPONSE TO SUPREME COURT DECISION A VOCATION VIEW Below is a statement from Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in Bishops (USCCB) in response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision weakness.” If you think you may be called to serve Jesus as a on June 26, interpreting the U.S. Constitution to require all states priest or in the consecrated life, consider the power of His grace at to license and recognize same-sex “marriage.” work in you. Call Father Jason Jalbert (603) 663-0132, or write: The full statement follows: [email protected]. Regardless of what a narrow majority of the Supreme Court may declare at this moment in history, the nature of the human person SAINT HEDWIG PARISH PICNIC and marriage remains unchanged and unchangeable. Just as Roe v. Wade did not settle the question of abortion over forty years ago, The annual Saint Hedwig Picnic will be held on July 12, from Obergefell v. Hodges does not settle the question of marriage 12:00-6:00 p.m. on the parish grounds. There will be games and today. Neither decision is rooted in the truth, and as a result, both activities for young and old. will eventually fail. Today the Court is wrong again. It is A picnic meal will be served at 12:30 p.m. The Eastern profoundly immoral and unjust for the government to declare that Sound will provide musical entertainment until 3:00 p.m. two people of the same sex can constitute a marriage. Entrance buttons can be purchased after all Masses. Cost for The unique meaning of marriage as the union of one man and one adults is $10.00 and $5.00 for children, 6-13 years old. woman is inscribed in our bodies as male and female. The protection of this meaning is a critical dimension of the “integral THURSDAYS ON PENNACOOK STREET ecology” that Pope Francis has called us to promote. Mandating marriage redefinition across the country is a tragic error that harms The prayer volunteers and sidewalk counselors spoke to a the common good and most vulnerable among us, especially volunteer firefighter who drove more than an hour to Manchester’s children. The law has a duty to support every child’s basic right to Planned Parenthood center. They asked him how he can risk his be raised, where possible, by his or her married mother and father life to save others but brings a woman to PP to abort his baby. He in a stable home. replied, “I don't even know if it's my baby. I have a lot of junk Jesus Christ, with great love, taught unambiguously that from the going on now.” He shook his head and walked back to his truck to beginning marriage is the lifelong union of one man and one wait–where he remained for six hours. woman. As Catholic bishops, we follow our Lord and will continue to teach and to act according to this truth. I encourage Catholics to move forward with faith, hope, and love: SAFETY REMINDERS faith in the unchanging truth about marriage, rooted in the immutable nature of the human person and confirmed by divine Parents, if children need to use the rest room during Mass, revelation; hope that these truths will once again prevail in our please go with them. Do not let children go downstairs society, not only by their logic, but by their great beauty and unattended. Please remember that all entrances are unlocked manifest service to the common good; and love for all our during Mass. neighbors, even those who hate us or would punish us for our faith All parishioners, please do not leave valuables such as purses and moral convictions. or wallets in the pew when you go to communion or the rest Lastly, I call upon all people of good will to join us in proclaiming room. Your valuables can be targets for theft. the goodness, truth, and beauty of marriage as rightly understood for millennia, and I ask all in positions of power and authority to Do not leave purses and phones visible even in locked cars. respect the God-given freedom to seek, live by, and bear witness Car windows have been smashed recently and purses and other to the truth. valuables have been stolen.