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St. Rose of Parish & Our Lady of the Snows Mission Church

St. Rose of Lima Church Our Lady of the Snows Mission Church 82 High Street, Littleton, NH 03561 403 Main Street, Franconia, NH 03580

St. Rose of Lima Parish Parish Office Hours   77 Clay Street, Littleton, NH 03561 Monday through Friday Email: [email protected] 9:00 a.m. M 1:00 p.m. Parish Website: strosechurchnh.org Phone: (603) 4442593 Fax: (603) 4443126

Sacramental Life  Baptism: By appointment Marriage: Arrangements for the marriage preparation program must be made six months prior to  the desired wedding date. Anointing: The Sacrament of the Sick is available to anyone facing serious health issues.  Please contact the parish office for a hospital, nursing home or home visit. Confession: The Sacrament of Reconciliation is scheduled at St. Rose of Lima Church on Saturdays  from 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. or by appointment.

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Pastoral Staff  Weekend & Weekday Mass Schedule Very Rev. Mark E. Dollard   Saturday 4:00 p.m. St. Rose of Lima Pastor (603) 4442593 [email protected]  6:00 p.m. Our Lady of the Snows   Sunday 8:00 a.m. St. Rose of Lima Deacon Stephen M. Noyes  10:30 a.m. St. Rose of Lima Permanent Deacon Monday, Tuesday & Friday   (603) 4445930 [email protected]   8:30 a.m.  St. Rose of Lima Nick De Mayo, M.Ed Thursday 6:00 p.m.  St. Rose of Lima Coordinator Religious Ed/Safe Environment  (603) 8239816 [email protected] Holy Day Mass Schedule  Linda Noyes Call the parish office or check the website for dates Administrative Assistant/Notary Public and times. (603) 4442593 [email protected]

Knights of Columbus O’Neil Council 1835 New St. Rose of Lima Cemetery Financial Secretary  Greg Brown For information, contact Paul Harvey at  (603) 8238166 (603) 4442680

If you are new to the area, please introduce yourself, we look forward to meeting you. Please contact the parish office to register. ROSE OF LIMA PARISH

Pastor’s Notes  Dandurand is one of our high school seniors from Mountain Lakes, Woodsville. He is the son of & Therese Dandurand. He became an Altar Server just over a year ago. Instead of heading off to college this fall, he has  been accepted to join up with N.E.T. (National Saturday, May 29th Evangelization Teams) Ministries. We’ve had 4:00 p.m. Mass for the people and N.E.T. here in the past provide retreats for our   Healing for Shirley Lepine by Aura high school students that were preparing to be   Hodge confirmed. Sometime in the very near future, I’ve 6:00 p.m. t For the purification of all the  asked Isaac to come and speak at all of the   souls in purgatory Masses, to explain a little bit more about N.E.T  Sunday, May 30th Ministries, as well as seek out financial support 8:00 a.m. t Marcel Gagne by Andre and  for his next big endeavor.    Helene Pelletier As you can see, we are slowly getting back to 10:30 a.m. In celebration of Fr. Mark’s 30th  normal by relaxing a lot of the COVID19   anniversary of ordination to the  restrictions set in place. Holy Water has returned   priesthood for the weekends only, the missalettes have  returned (but will need to be cleaned weekly), and Monday, May 31st we are asking for a 3foot social distancing with 8:30 a.m. t For all the deceased members of the pews. Hopefully, I can share even more good   Saint Rose of Lima Parish news in the very near future.  Tuesday, June 1st  Friday, June 4th Divine Mercy Holy Hour No Masses  Fr. Mark on Vacation   Please join Deacon Steve this Saturday, June 5th Sunday, May 30th at 2:30 p.m. for 4:00 p.m. In celebration of Tom & Marie  the Divine Mercy Holy Hour at St.   Clardy’s 50th wedding anniversary Rose of Lima Church. 6:00 p.m. Mass for the people  Sunday, June 6th 8:00 a.m. t J. Brady, Jr. by his family 10:30 a.m. t Homer Bishop by Jim & Sharon   Palmerchuck  t denotes deceased Memorial Day Mass on Monday, May 31st will be held at 8:30 a.m. at the St. Rose of Lima Cemetery near the St. statue, weather permitting; otherwise, it will be at 8:30 a.m. at St. Rose of Lima Church. Please feel free to bring lawn chairs and bug spray with you to the cemetery.

Parish Office Closed  The parish office will be closed on Monday, May 31st in honor of Memorial Day. The office will reopen on Tuesday, June 1st at 9:00 a.m.  The parish office will also be closed on Thursday, June 3rd. The office will reopen on Friday, June 4th at 9:00 a.m. I apologize for any inconvenience. 77 CLAY STREET, LITTLETON, NH 03561

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 Flanagan, Carlene Whitcomb, Steven Smith, May 22nd & 23rd Craig Trombley, Sr., Floyd Kenney, David  Morency, Stacey Ainsworth, Amy Maslbas, Offertory   4111.00 Dexter Stafford, and Claireann Headley that they Mass Intentions  10.00 may find comfort and healing in Christ. Candles   73.00  Fuel    5.00 (No name will be placed on the list without that Communication Campaign 70.00 individual’s permission.) Ascension   30.00 Honduras Fund  3285.50 The Littleton Knights of  Columbus will be hosting a Thank you for your continued support! Red Cross Blood Drive this Thursday, June 3rd from Fuel Collection  10:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. at Next weekend, there will be baskets located at the St. Rose of Lima Parish Hall. Anyone the entrances of the churches for your donations interested in donating should preregister at to our monthly fuel collection. These funds go www.redcrossblood.org or by calling 1800RED toward paying the costs of heating all of our CROSS. Due to pandemic restrictions, walkins parish facilities. Your generosity is greatly will only be allowed if there is an open appreciated. appointment slot to fill. If you need assistance with registering, please call Kevin Hastings at Commodity Supplemental Food (603) 4447345. Program (CSFP)  This Tuesday, June 1st in the St. Rose of Lima Unemployment Online Support Group  parking lot from 10:00 a.m.  11:30 a.m., CSFP For those who may be struggling with loss M will be distributing food to NH residents sixty or looking for the next opportunity M Catholic years and older who meet income guidelines. Charities NH is offering a free online support The types of food distributed are canned fruits, group to help you effectively navigate the vegetables, fruit juices, meats, cereals, rice, complex job search process. “Unemployed: What pasta, peanut butter, milk, and cheese. New Now? How do I Find A Job?” is a fivepart series applicants can call their main office at (603) 225 where you will learn best practices around 2050 to sign up for the program. targeting prospective employers, resume writing and interviewing, as well as how to best apply Rosary for the PreBorn your unique skills to your own search. The  Please join us in praying a special program will be held via Zoom for five rosary for preborn babies in danger of consecutive Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m. starting abortion this Wed., June 2nd at noon June 24th. To register, visit www.ccnh.org/ and every Thursday at 5:25 p.m. unemployment or call 6037521325. before the 6:00 p.m. Mass at St. Rose of Lima Church. Over one million abortions are Newly Baptized  committed each year in the alone. We recently welcomed into our faith Our prayers are the most powerful weapon to Kathleen McLachlin, come to the defense of these innocent little daughter of Matthew and Brittany children. All are welcome! McLachlin; and Paxton  “No law can give me the right to do what is Slovik and Kennedy Anne Rose Slovik, children wrong.” of Paul and Stephanie Slovik.   President Lincoln May God bless them. THE MOST HOLY TRINITY

The following students celebrated the Sacrament of First Reconciliation last Sunday, May 23rd:   John Henry Abernathy  Sadie Colby  Brockton Culver  Vaughn Curtis  Maureen Donahue  Mikynley GauldRoss  Lillian McGrath  Brooklyn Mahy  Larsen Miscio  Rowan Miscio  Rodriguez  Jackson Tuite

First Reading (Deuteronomy 4:3234, 3940)  In the closing remarks of the speech delivered to the Israelites in the desert, reflects on God’s fidelity and love for them. In return for God’s favor, the Israelites are instructed to keep God’s statutes and commandments. Why do you Question: When should someone receive the think so many people struggle with this divine Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick?  expectation? Answer: One of the unfortunate realities in the  Church today is that so few people understand Second Reading (Romans 8:1417)  the meaning and value of the Sacrament of the Paul sees the Holy Spirit as integral to our identity Anointing of the Sick, largely because so many as “children of God” and “joint heirs with Christ.” people still mistakenly think of this sacrament as How do you sense our Triune God at work in your “Last Rites” or “Extreme Unction.”   life? In his life and ministry, healed the sick. In  this sacrament, the Church continues the healing Gospel Reading (Matthew 28:1620)  mission of Jesus and, in hope, prays that God will We hear today the closing words in the Gospel of grant healing to the person who is suffering. But Matthew M Jesus’ final commissioning of the even if there is no physical healing, the disciples to evangelize and baptize in the name of sacrament offers spiritual healing through the the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. What insights to Holy Spirit’s gifts of peace and courage. And so, the nature of God does this divine relationship anyone who is living with serious illness (including offer? emotional or psychological illness) and the elderly are encouraged to celebrate this sacrament when it is needed.   The ritual for Anointing of the Sick does also include special prayers and blessings for those who are facing death, including viaticum (communion given to the dying, trusting that the Lord Jesus will be their companion along the way, as they make their final journey).  May 30, 2021

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Lawrence OP, "Trinity Dome" (cropped), Detail from the Trinity Dome in the Basilica of the National of the in Washington DC., Taken on August 5, 2018. Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.”  Mt 28:18 Paul Miscio / Owner 19 369 South Rd, Bethlehem, NH 603.667.5435 / [email protected] Readings for the Week of May 30th  Sunday: Dt 4:3234, 3940/Ps 33:45, 6, 9,   1819, 20, 22 [12b]/Rom 8:1417/Mt   28:1620  Monday: Zep 3:1418a or Rom 12:916/Is    12:23, 4bcd, 56 [6]/Lk 1:3956 Tuesday: Tb 2:914/Ps 112:12, 78, 9 [cf.    7c]/Mk 12:1317 Wednesday: Tb 3:111a, 1617a/Ps 25:23, 4   5ab, 6 and 7bc, 89 [1]/Mk 12:1827 Thursday: Tb 6:1011; 7:1bcde, 917; 8:49a/   Ps 128:12, 3, 45 [cf. 1a]/Mk 12:28   34 Friday: Tb 11:517/Ps 146:1b2, 6c7, 89a,   9bc10 [1b]/Mk 12:3537 Saturday: Tb 12:1, 515, 20/Tb 13:2, 6efgh, 7,   8 [1b]/Mk 12:3844 Nxt Sunday: Ex 24:38/Ps 116:1213, 1516, 17   18 [13]/Heb 9:1115/Mk 14:1216,   2226

Observances for the Week of May 30th  Sunday: The Most Holy Trinity Monday: The Visitation of the Blessed   Mary; Memorial Day Tuesday: St. Justin, Martyr  Wednesday: Sts. Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs  Thursday: St. Charles Lwanga and     Companions, Martyrs  Saturday: St. Boniface, Bishop and Martyr Nxt Sunday: The Most Holy Body and Blood of   Christ St. Rose of Lima, Littleton, NH 04-0478 CALL FOR A QUOTE (603)-444-7026

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