St. Rose of Lima Parish Our Lady of the Snows Mission Church Serving the towns of Littleton, Bethlehem, Franconia, Sugar Hill, Easton, Lyman & Dalton St. Rose of Lima Parish Office Address 77 Clay Street, Littleton, NH 03561 Phone: (603) 444-2593 Fax: (603) 444-3126 Office Hours : Monday – Friday 9:00am – 1:00 pm Email: [email protected] Parish Website: strosechurchnh.org

SACRAMENTAL L IFE Baptism: By appointment Marriage: Arrangements for the marriage preparation program must be made six months prior to t he desired wedding date. Anointing: The Sacrament of the Sick is available to anyone facing serious health issues. Please contact the 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 to 3:30 p.m. or by appointment.

Affiliated Agencies: NH Catholic Charities, Parish & Community Services Office: 603-444-7727

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

Pastoral Staff Weekend & Weekday Mass Schedule Very Rev. Mark E. Dollard Saturday 4:00 pm St. Rose of Lima Pastor 6:00 pm Our Lady of the Snows 603-444-2593 Sunday 8:00 am St. Rose of Lima [email protected] 10:30 am St. Rose of Lima Deacon Stephen M. Noyes Monday, Tuesday & Friday 603-444-5930 8:30 am Mt Sacred Heart Convent [email protected] 226 Grove St, Littleton, NH Sr. Monique Couture, FCSCJ Thursday 6:00 pm St. Rose of Lima Pastoral Associate & Minister of Music 603-616-9910 [email protected] Holy Day Mass Schedule Nick De Mayo Call the parish office or check the website Coordinator Relig. Ed/Safe Environment (changes according to what day it falls on) 603-823-9816 [email protected] Sharon Palmerchuck/Linda Noyes Knights of Columbus Financial Sec’y - Greg Brown Secretaries O’Neil Council 1835 603-823-8166 603-444-2593 [email protected]

New to the area? Please come register at the parish office & introduce yourself. We look forward to meeting you! SAINT ROSE OF LIMA PARISH

An invitation is extended to all students in the parish graduating from eighth grade through All Masses are at St. Rose of Lima Church twelfth grade to join us for the Steubenville East except for the Saturday 6:00 p.m. Mass at Our Conference. The conference is held July 12th - Lady of the Snows and the Monday, Tuesday, 14th at UMass in Lowell, Massachusetts. and Friday 8:30 a.m. Masses at Mount Sacred Funding is provided. We must register as a Heart Convent. group, so we need committed reservations by Saturday, May 18th May 20th. If you would like to attend, please 4:00 p.m. t Lorie Cryans Fields, 8th email your name and contact information to anniversary, by the family Elaine Andrews at 6:00 p.m. Mass for the people & t Jillian [email protected]. For more Adamuska by the family information, check out this link: https:// lifeteen.com/events/steubenville-east/. Sunday, May 19th 8:00 a.m. Special Intentions of Lucille Tuite by the family 10:30 a.m. t Nina Bogat & Lydia Yanushko by Divine Mercy Holy Hour Carole & Christina Bogat There will be a Divine Mercy Holy Hour on Monday, May 20th Sunday, May 26th at 2:30 p.m. at St. Rose of 8:30 a.m. t Frank Stiles Woodruff, Sr. by Lima Church. Please note this will be the last Toni & Frank Woodruff one until September.

Tuesday, May 21st 8:30 a.m. t Mary Letourneau by Dan Gauthier Memorial Day Mass

Thursday, May 23rd Mass on Memorial Day, Monday, May 6:00 p.m. t Floyd Wiggett, 7th anniversary, 27th, will be at 10:00 a.m. at the St. by Ann & family Rose of Lima Cemetery near the St. Friday, May 24th Joan of Arc statue, weather permitting; 8:30 a.m. t Eva Grace by Kathleen Stinson otherwise, it will be at St. Rose of Lima Church at 10:00 a.m. Please feel free Saturday, May 25th to bring lawn chairs and bug spray to 4:00 p.m. t Phillip Ford by the family the cemetery. 6:00 p.m. Mass for the people and t Benton Lyons, Jr. by his wife & family

Sunday, May 26th The Mass schedule 8:00 a.m. t Robert Tuite by the family for Ascension 10:30 a.m. t Stanley Ford by the family Thursday, May 30th, a holy day of t denotes deceased obligation, is as follows: If those who have requested a Mass would like to participate in bringing up the offertory 8:30 a.m.: St. Rose of Lima Church gifts, please see an usher before Mass. Noon: Our Lady of the Snows Confessions: Saturday, 3:00 – 3 :30 p.m. at St. Rose of Lima and other times by appointment. 6:00 p.m.: St. Rose of Lima Church 77 CLAY STREET, LITTLETON, NH 03561 Parish Support Let Us Remember Our Sick in Prayer May 11 & 12 Pray that they may find comfort and Offertory 3228.00 healing in Christ, especially: Sr. Irene Fuel 298.00 Rivard, Sr. Agatha Deslauriers , Frank Funeral 200.00 Mellaci, Richard Maker, Bailey Culver, Candles 37.00 Tina Weeks, Christina Bogat (Names will Easter 100.00 be listed for eight weeks. No name will be placed on the list without that individual’s Outlay of funds this week: $3,692.96 permission.)

Thank you very much! Knights of Columbus Scholarship Guest Speaker This Weekend The Knights of Columbus is an We welcome Louise Morneau from New organization that prides itself on Hampshire Catholic Charities (NHCC) who will be making a positive impact on the here to speak at all Masses about their annual communities it serves. Our founding fundraising appeal. NHCC honors the dignity of principles are charity, unity, fraternity, life with programs and services that create and patriotism, and we believe these pathways out of poverty, heal and comfort the are essential to being a good Catholic sick, strengthen families, feed the hungry, and citizen. O’Neil Council 1835 is welcomes the newcomers. Please prayerfully offering a $500.00 scholarship to a graduating consider a generous pledge or one-time donation. Catholic senior who has demonstrated these Envelopes are available in the pews. With your qualities both in and out of school. This year’s help, New Hampshire Catholic Charities is able to scholarship is in memory of Knights of Columbus move lives forward. member Daniel J. Brady, Jr. It is open to high school seniors who are registered parishioners of St. Rose of Lima Parish, St. Catherine of Lisbon Esperanza Para Honduras Plant & Bake or St. Joseph of Woodsville, and are graduating Sale from one of the following local schools this year: Littleton High, Profile Regional, White Mountain The Esperanza team will have a School, Lisbon Regional, Woodsville High, Blue Plant & Bake Sale to raise funds Mountain Union, Oxbow High, or St. Johnsbury for the purchase of medicines Academy. Home-schooled students are also and supplies for the 2020 encouraged to apply. To request an application, medical mission to Honduras on please contact Dennis Cote at Saturday, May 25th from 2:00 - 6 :00 p.m., [email protected] or call 444-0340. Deadline Sunday, May 26th from 9:00 a.m. until noon, and for receiving the completed application is June the following Sunday, June 2nd, also from 9:00 5th, 2019. a.m. until noon, in the St. Rose of Lima Parish Hall. Vegetable and flower seedlings have been lovingly planted and tended for transplant into your gardens. A list of some of the plants is posted on the information board at the church’s entrance. Home baked goods and jams will also be for sale. Please support the mission and get We announce the recent passing of Charles some great plants and food at great prices. Besaw. Anyone wanting to purchase plants before or after the sale should contact Evelyn at 348-1106. Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord. FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Funeral Mass

Several persons have inquired as to the arrangements for Ellie Opalinski. Her funeral Mass will be on Saturday, June 15th at 10:00 a.m. at Our Lady of the Snows Church.

• Registration forms are Fiat & Quo Vadis Days Camps available at the rectory as well as on the back wall Do you know where your life is going? The Lord rack at St. Rose and the Jesus has a great plan for you! High school age side bulletin board at Our young men and women (ages 14 - 18) are Lady of the Snows. invited to attend the upcoming vocations camps Registration fees are to look at the Lord’s call in your life while having $40.00 per family through June and $50.00 lots of fun. These are overnight camps held at per family afterwards. Fees are waived for Northeast Catholic College in Warner, NH and those who volunteer to help out in the are led by priests, sisters, and seminarians of the program. diocese. The camps include a full schedule of • The Diocese of Manchester has established hiking, swimming, canoeing, sports and games, a code of conduct, known as Serving Christ, daily Mass and prayer, and opportunities to grow Serving Others, which requires that all in friendship with the Lord and with each other. church personnel (priests, deacons, religious, The cost is only $50.00 and financial aid is & laypeople who work or volunteer at our available. For more information or to register, parish) exhibit the highest ethical standards please visit liveinblackandwhite.com or contact and personal integrity at all times. The code Becky Vinson in the Vocations Office at 663- includes standards for appropriate conduct 0153 or by email at [email protected]. and boundaries while with minors. The code is available at www.catholicnh.org/code. Fiat Days (young women): July 8th - 11th • The Religious Ed Staff Appreciation Party will be held this Sunday, May 19th from 4:00 - Quo Vadis Days (young men): August 5th - 9th 7:00 p.m. at the rectory. May 19, 2019

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