Anne Parish 20 Boston Road Southborough, MA 01772 ST. ANNE PARISH MISSION STATEMENT We, the people of St. Anne Parish, Southborough, in the Diocese of Worcester are called through Baptism to become one faith family. We commit ourselves to embody the presence of in Word and Sacrament; by using our ministries to welcome all who are seeking and to share in the life and work of our Catholic faith. In the spirit and truth of the Holy Trinity, we will use our time, talents and treasure to answer ’s command to love one another as He has loved us, in holy worship, prayer, Catechetical formation for all, evangelization and service to others.

We welcome all visitors to St. Anne Parish. If you would like August 12, 2018 to join our faith community, please call the Parish Office to NINETEENTH SUNDAY register, 508-485-0141. IN ORDINARY TIME

Parish Contact Information Lord’s Day Mass Schedule: Office Hours, Monday ~ Thursday Saturday ~ 5:00 pm Sunday ~ 8:30 am & 10:30 am 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Friday ~ 9:30 am to noon Children’s Liturgy of the Word Telephone 508-485-0141 10:30 am Mass during school year

Fax 508-460-0181 Filipino Mass: Third Sunday of the month - 12 pm E-mail: [email protected] Will not be celebrated in Web: www.stannesouthborough.org July and August~2018

Daily Mass Schedule: Fr. Albert Irudayasamy, Parish Administrator The Assumption of Week Day Mass, [email protected] The Blessed Mary Monday-Thursday: 9:00 am First Fridays: 9:00 am Religious Education Holy Day: Director of Religious Education - LifeTeen Wednesday, August 15 Confessions: Saturday ~ 4:15 pm, Monica Shay (Parish Intern) [email protected] Vigil Mass; or anytime on request Exposition and Adoration of the Administrative Assistant Tuesday, August 14 Blessed Sacrament: Linda Bradstreet Mass at 7:00pm Wednesday ~ 9:30 am to 4:00 pm [email protected] Wednesday, August 15 Sacrament of Baptism Mass at 9:00am Bookkeeper Call the Parish Office to Bridgitte Morgan schedule a Baptism. [email protected] Baptisms are generally celebrated at Jesus is the bread of life. In any of the Masses on the first weekend Safe Environment Coordinator Eucharist we receive him of the month so that the child may be Pat Moran and the promise of eternal welcomed and received in [email protected] the presence of the parish community. life which he preached. Music Ministry Such a fine gift: bread to Sacrament of Marriage Organist & Choir Director: sustain us on our daily life Arrangements with a required Paul Crivello 508-366-0821 journey and at the end of at least one year prior to [email protected] this life we receive the wedding date.

Kathy Bernier ~ Organist welcome to cross the threshold of eternity and Visitation of the Sick Saturday at 5:00pm walk with God. Fr. Albert and Maintenance ~ The Pastoral Center St. Anne’s Ministers of Communion Matt Bernier are pleased to bring Holy Communion [email protected] to parishioners who are unable to join us for weekly worship. Please call the Amy Buttiglieri ~ Webmaster Parish Office to arrange a time. [email protected]

PREVENTING CHILD ABUSE IS EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY: It’s every adult's moral responsibility to protect possible victims (any age) by reporting suspected abuse or neglect to the responsible authorities. For particular help you may call: The Office for Healing and Prevention, Diocese of Worcester, at 508-929-4363. The Diocese of Worcester requires Safe Environment Training for all staff & volunteers.

Parish Information

The ministry members meet every PARISH STEWARDSHIP REPORTS FOR: Monday at 10:00am to noon in the Conference Room at the Parish Hall. July 28 & 29, 2018: Weekly Offering……………………………….$1,788.00 Anyone interested in being a part of this Ministry are welcome to join at August 4 and 5, 2018: any time. Annette Buhsmer, Chair Weekly Offering………………………………..$3,260.00 Capital Development Fund……………………..$ 530.00

Thank you to everyone who gives on a continuous basis. UNITED PARISHES OF SOUTHBOROUGH FOOD With the summer months here and many parishioners PANTRY: Thank you so very much for your away, please don’t forget to support St. Anne Parish. continuous support of the Southborough Food Pantry. You are truly answering Jesus call to help your neighbors. Currently are needs are: dish detergent, tin Diocesan and second collections taken in August ~ 2018 in Center and Eastern Europe August 12 foil, plastic wrap, baggies (all sizes), facial tissue (e.g. August 15 Kleenex), shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, relish, cranberry sauce and tea (non-flavored). As most food items are date sensitive, please be sure that your donation is not out of date. Donations may be left in the foyer of the parish hall. Please do not leave ONLINE GIVING ~ WeShare: WeShare allows both clothing. Instead put clothing in the St. Vincent de Paul onetime gifts, as well as regular, scheduled donations. bin. If you know of anyone who could benefit from the Go to the Parish website www.stannesouthborough.org for the link to WeShare.com or call 1-800-950-9952 Food Pantry, please encourage them to come. Pantry and use option 1 to answer any questions you have hours (located at Pilgrim Church) are Tuesdays from 7 -8 p.m. and Fridays from 10-11 a.m. ONLINE GIVING through BLUEPAY: With our website we have an additional resource for online giving and online CE registration St. Anne Parish partners with COLLECTION COUNTERS: We are looking for eCatholic and BluePay for easy on-line giving. Our one- collection counters to train. The collections are step on-line form allows both one-time gifts, as well as counted on Sunday’s after the 10:30am Mass. If you regular donations. Please visit our Parish website are interested please contact Fr. Albert or call the www.stannesouthborough.org and select the Quick Link Parish Office. to the BluePay On-Line Giving page.

ST. ANNE PARISH LITURGICAL MINISTRIES: Fr. Albert DISCOUNT CARD FUNDRAISER (funds raised will is looking for parishioners who benefit Religious Ed and Youth Activities): The 2018 would be interested in being a St. Anne Parish Discount Cards are available for Lector or a Communion Minister. purchase. The cards are $20.00 and offer many Please call the Parish Office or discounts (discount opportunities are listed on speak with Fr. Albert if you are bulletin boards in the church or you can find cards at interested. the entrances of the church. We would like to add more people to our group of Liturgical Ministers. PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK: Sr. Yvette, Faith Stephens, Jan & Charlie Mangana, We would like to establish a comprehensive Danielle Taylor, Jamie Farley, Stephanie McMahon, email list of all of our parishioners email addresses. We Knoll, Brad Arsenault, Paine Family, Lavallee have many emails, but would like an updated list. Family, Marilou A. Custodio, Melinda O’Connor, Susan Our email [email protected] Davis, Scott Broussard, Paul Brodeur, Kenny Cassidy, Just send in your current email address with Colleen Manning, Simone Almeida, Nolan Francis Lane, yourname so we can update the list. Phil Auzenne, Gayle Dufour, Alexandra Barr,Carolyn Green, (Red) Weir, Zenta Franz, Denise Perrin, Katie Lutz, Thank you! Judi Shea, Irene Larochelle, Barbara Peterson, Gertrude Wallace, Judy Christian, Jeanne Walker, Dianne Higgins, Shannon Hayden, Millie Garden, Brian K., Mark S. St. Anne Parish is very Tootalian, Dorothy Reid, Dewey Morton, Carol Dunn, grateful to the Hostage If you or someone you know Stephen Brown, Jack Maley, Elaine Taylor, Santella, Family, owners of Allegra needs to sell or buy a home please Kristine Livingstone, Jeff, Joan Pinsky, 4 year old, Sean Print, who have for many contact: MacDonnell, Rita Babino, Carolyn Connors, Brian, Jean, Pat years printed our weekly [email protected] bulletin. each week at no cost Moran, Jan Peterson, Josephine Cushing, Reno Morra, to the parish. COMMONWEALTH Trent Vaughn, Arron Anderson Up Coming Parish Events Religious Education Liturgy of the Word with Children at St. Anne Church St. Anne Golf Tournament “Children’s Liturgy of the Word” (CL) at the 10:30 a.m. Mass will resume on Sunday, Monday, September 24, 2018 . The CL leaders wish the children of St. Anne Church a healthy, productive, peaceful, and joyful Shining Rock Golf Club summer. Those confirmed members of St. Anne Church Northbridge, MA wishing to share their faith with the children of St. Anne in the fall should contact Joanne Flathers Have fun, meet friends, and support at [email protected] or 508-485-4345 the youth of our parish for more information.”

10:00 am modified shotgun Religious Education registration packets for the 2018 $125/player, $500/foursome -19 Academic Year have been sent out to all families Includes morning coffee, lunch, with school age children. If you did not receive the gift bag, and dinner packet would you please call the Parish Office at 508- 485-0141. Non-golfers—join us for dinner and $50 (includes 5 raffle tickets)

Auction and Raffle prizes!

For details and information: We are asking families to register your children www.stannesouthorough.org/golf- as soon as possible either by mail or online.

We are very pleased that the teachers from last St. Anne Parish Picnic year are returning this Fall for Religious Education classes. However we can always use Sunday, September 30, 2018 additional teachers and assistants in sharing their time, talent and faith. Starting at 11:30 am If you are interested in helping out

More information to follow! please call the Parish Office at 508-485-0141.

MISSISSIPPI MISSION TRIP ~ 2018 We would like to thank acknowledge the following Youth Ministry students from St. Anne Parish who went on the Mississippi Mission trip to the Gulf Coast:

Anni Garden John Jordan Ava Domolky Domolky Elizabeth Monaghan Julia Howard Emma Luiso Riley Garand Grace Rousseau Sophia Scaringi

Other Announcements INDOOR FLEA MARKET: St. Cecilia Parish Family Center, 54 Esty Street, Ashland, Saturday, September 15, 9:00am to 4:00pm and Sunday, September 16, 9:00am to 1:00pm.

St. Thomas More Law School Scholarship : Each year the St. Thomas More Society of our Diocese awards a scholarship of not less than $3000 to a law student attending an accredited law school. Applicants or parents must be registered and active members of a parish in the Diocese of Worcester. Applicants may be in any year of law school studies. Applications may be obtained by visiting the diocesan website, www.worcesterdiocese.org/st-thomas-more-society, by mailing requests to: St. Thomas More Society, Chancery Office, 49 Elm Street, Worcester, MA 01609 or by calling Sara Smillie at 508-929-4345. Applications are due on or before September 21, 2018. Should anyone wish to contribute to the scholarship fund, donations will be greatly appreciated This Week’s Readings: WEEKLY MASS SCHEDULE 1 Kings 19:4-8 - ’s flight to Horeb with MASS INTENTIONS Ephesians 4:30—5:2 - Vices to be avoided Saturday, Aug. 11 ~ Sunday, August 19, 2018 John 6:41-51 - Discourse on the bread of life, continued

HE WANTED TO DIE SATURDAY 5:00pm Eleanor Bernier (2nd Anniversary) The first reading today is a lesser-known story of the by her Family prophet Elijah, but it is one to which many of us may be able to relate. The story picks up with Elijah fleeing from Queen SUNDAY 8:30am Jon La Rose Jezebel who has vowed to kill him within the next 24 hours. by Doris Campero Jezebel was married to Ahab, the king of the , but she worshipped other (the ) than the one God, 10:30am Laural Atchison Yahweh. Elijah denounced her because, through her, the (1st Anniversary) Israelites had begun to turn away from Yahweh as well. by Nancy Levangie After she threatened him, Elijah fled for his life into the MONDAY 9:00am Bill McIvor (Healing) wilderness. He has been through an intense few years, by Jim and Millie Garden enduring drought and famine in the land, working a miracle for a widow but then being accused of killing her son, TUESDAY 9:00am Margaret Anne Hostage experiencing the murders of fellow prophets, and now being by her Family hunted down by the king and queen of the land.

As the scene from today’s reading opens, Elijah sits down Assumption under a solitary tree and wants to die. Like many depressed of the Blessed 7:00pm Parishioners of St. Anne Parish and suicidal people, he lays down, unable to muster the Virgin Mary Vigil Mass energy to continue, and he falls asleep. Then an Holy Day appears and urges him to eat and drink the food and water WEDNESDAY 9:00am Bob Bessete (Healing) that miraculously appeared. He does so but laid right back by Jim and Millie Garden down again. The angel touches him a second time and urges him to eat more. This time, the food gives him the strength to THURSDAY 9:00am Deceased who served at get up and make a 40-day journey deeper into the St. Anne Parish wilderness. When Elijah arrives at the cave on the mountain of God, he FRIDAY No Mass is not suicidal anymore, but he is still in despair, feeling left SATURDAY 5:00pm Parishioners of St. Anne Parish alone because all the other prophets have been killed, and knowing he is still targeted by the violent queen. The reading SUNDAY 8:30am For the young people and for today ends here, but the following verses tell us how children of St. Anne Parish Elijah then experienced God in the sound of sheer silence (or 10:30am Pat Moran (Healing) a still, small voice, or a gentle whisper, depending on the by the Parish Staff translation). God didn’t arrive in the rock-splitting wind, or the earthquake, or the great fire, but in the unexpected silence. After experiencing God this way, Elijah finds a new We pray for the recently deceased: lease on life and goes on to continue his prophetic work. William Spiller ~ The Pastoral Center May he rest in peace.

Liturgical Minister Schedule August 11 & 12 5:00 pm Lectors Roger Jolicoeur Communion Ministers M. Andries/NEED 8:30am Lector Nick Paganella Communion Ministers T. Bhisitkul/NEED 10:30am Lector Joe Cruciani Communion Ministers P. Bradstreet/NEED Assumption of the August 14 & 15 Virgin Mary 7:00pm Vigil Mass: Holy Day Lector Nick Paganella/need CM Mass for the Holy Day 9:00am Lector Mass Attendees/need CM August 18 & 19 5:00pm Lector Deb Sanford Communion Ministers NEED 8:30am Lector Tom Bhisitkul Communion Ministers D. Campero/E. Yetman 10:30am Lector Doug Parent Communion Ministers P. Bradstreet/NEED