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Saint Joseph Cathedral The Cathedral of the Diocese of Manchester The Most Reverend Peter A. Libasci Tenth Bishop of Manchester Clergy August 22, 2021 Very Reverend Jason Y. Jalbert Rector and Pastor TwentyFirst Sunday in Ordinary Time Reverend Eric T. Delisle Pastor Saint Hedwig Weekend Mass: Reverend Deacon Karl T. Cooper Saturday 4:00 PM Permanent Deacon Sunday 8:30 AM, 10:30 AM, Pastoral and Office Staff 6:00 PM Kelly Bender Director of Faith Formation Weekday Mass: Eric J. Bermani MondayFriday (Chapel) 7:00 AM Director of Music First Friday (Chapel) 12:10 PM Karol Carroll Bookkeeper Saturday (Cathedral) 8:00 AM Stacey Donovan Holy Days as announced Administrative Assistant Judy LabbeHuard Confessions: Director of Communications & MondayFriday (Chapel) Parish Support 7:308:00 AM Saturday (Cathedral) In Residence 7:308:00 AMand 2:303:30 PM Most Reverend Francis J. Christian Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus 145 Lowell Street Monsignor C. Peter Dumont Manchester, New Hampshire 03104 Reverend Elson Kattookaran M.S. www.stjosephcathedralnh.org Chaplain Catholic Medical Center Telephone: 6036226404 Reverend Jeffrey Statz Pastor St. Francis of Assisi Rectory Office Hours: MondayThursday 9:00 a.m.2:00 p.m. Follow us on Facebook: Cathedral of Saint Joseph, Manchester, New Hampshire SǂNJǏǕ JǐǔdžǑlj CǂǕljdžDžǓǂǍ, MǂǏDŽljdžǔǕdžǓ, NH From the Desk of Father Jason Dear Friends, Prayer to Saint Monica This week the Church celebrates the feast days of a mother Under the weight of my heartful burden, I turn to you, dear and her son. On Friday the 27th we honor St. Monica and on Saint Monica and request your assistance and intercession. Saturday the 28th we honor St. Augustine. From your place in heaven, I beg that you will plead before Saint Monica, Mother of the great saint, Augustine of Hippo the Throne of the Holy One, for the sake of my child, N Father and Doctor of the Church N she had her work cut [Name], who has wandered from from the faith, and all that out for her with a son who was both a brilliant student and we have tried to teach. rebellious soul. A Christian woman married to a Pagan, Monica watched her son’s journey and prayed faithfully for I know, dear Monica, that our children belong not to us, but his conversion to Jesus Christ and His Church. Day after to God, and that God often permits this wandering as part day, year after year, she prayed that Augustine’s heart and of one’s journey toward Him. mind would finally become open N that he might have a Your son, Augustine, wandered, too; eventually he found the conversion and give his life to Christ and seek to do the will faith, and came to believe, and in that belief became a true of God. teacher. Her faithfulness bore great fruit, and in one of the most Help me, therefore, to have patience, and to believe that all moving portions of Augustine’s Confessions, he related things N even this disappointing movement away from the how clearly Monica identified her life’s mission as faith N work ultimately to His own good purposes. delivering her children into the life of faith. In Ostia, she said to him in wonder, “Son, as far as I am concerned, For the sake of my child’s soul, I pray to understand and nothing in this life now gives me any pleasure. I do not trust in this. know why I am still here, since I have no further hopes in St. Monica, please teach me to persist in faithful prayer as this world. I did have one reason for wanting to live a little you did for your son’s sake. longer: to see you become a Catholic Christian before I died. God has lavished his gifts on me in that respect, for I Inspire me to behave in ways that will not further distance know that you have even renounced earthly happiness to be my child from Christ, but only draw [Name] gently towards his servant. So what am I doing here?” Days later, she fell his marvelous light. ill with a fever and told Augustine and his brother to bury Please teach me what you know about this painful mystery her there N to take no concern over her earthly remains, but of separation, and how it is reconciled in the reorientation asking for one favor: “…That you remember me at the altar of our children toward heaven. of the Lord wherever you may be.” Saint Monica is the patron saint of people in difficult O Saint Monica, lover of Christ and His Church, pray for marriages, difficult children, and the conversion of relatives, me, and for my child [Name], that we may acquire heaven, particularly one’s own children. She is the consoling friend joining with you, there, in offering constant and thankful in heaven who wholly understands the despair of parents praise to God, Amen. who feel helpless and confused as they watch their children drift away from the Church. As Monica prayed and fasted for her children to come to know Christ Jesus, she is our powerful companion and intercessor to all who feel confounded by the “journeys” of their sons and daughters. In Christ, Fr. Jason We’re glad you’re here! Whether you are new to the If you have not been active in the practice of the Catholic area or have lived here all your life, we look forward to Faith, we warmly encourage you to return. If you would meeting you personally. Please introduce yourself to the like to speak with someone on the parish staff, please do celebrant after Mass. We pray that through our worship, not hesitate to contact any one of us. you may experience the depth of God's love for us. As the If you would like information on baptisms, weddings or Cathedral, we are blessed to host many extra liturgical RCIA please call the parish office. If a previous marriage ceremonies and welcome many guests to our church. has kept you from receiving the Sacraments, we invite you If you would like to make St. Joseph your “home” parish to contact one of the priests. In many cases we can work and become a parishioner, please visit our website with you toward a favorable solution so you can again www.stjosephcathedralnh.org. We hope that you find a receive the Sacraments in the Catholic Church. home here among friends who pray together, work together If you would like information on St. Joseph Cemetery, and play together. please visit www.saintjosephcathedralcemetery.org. TǘdžǏǕǚFNJǓǔǕ SǖǏDžǂǚ NJǏ OǓDžNJǏǂǓǚ TNJǎdž St. Anthony’s Catechesis for Little Ones We are very excited to have a new program for some of the youngest members of our parish! St. Anthony’s Little Ones is inspired by Catechesis of the Good Shepherd for children ages 36. This program, rooted in Scripture, Liturgy, and the methods of Maris Montessori, invite the children into quiet prayer and meditation upon St. Joseph’s Silence the lessons and help them to develop their relationship with Exemplified His Virtue Jesus. We will start meeting in September! For more information, please email Kelly Bender at: [email protected] or call the parish Silence is hard to come by these days. The hustle of daily office. life is complicated by the countless distractions of smartphones, social media and streaming services that exist in our world. It is nothing more than human nature to converse and communicate and speak our minds to others, but is that always the most prudent thing to do? How many of us talk about doing something yet never actually act upon it? Searching for the meaning and purpose of your life? Were Contrast this mentality with St. Joseph, who speaks not a you left to choose your own religion? Married a Catholic word in the Gospels but instead communicates through his and want to hear about becoming Catholic as an adult? Was actions. “It is, a silence that reveals in a special way the baptized Catholic but was never been confirmed? If these inner portrait of the man” St. John Paul II writes in are some of the questions you have and are searching for Redemptoris Custos. “The Gospels speak exclusively of answers, the cathedral parish would like to help give you what Joseph ‘did.’ Still, they allow us to discover in his some direction. Come and sitin on an evening of inquiry on ‘actions’ shrouded in silence as they areNan aura of deep Tuesday, September 14, 6:308:00 PM in Bishop Bradley contemplation.” Hall. The Hall is located below the Cathedral and is accessible by the side entrance with the ramp. Just show up In his silence, St. Joseph’s interior life cuts through the or contact Deacon Karl at: [email protected] or call noise and reveals his strong virtue which empowered him the church office.Hope to see you there! to accept Mary as his wife and raise the Son of God: “The total sacrifice, whereby Joseph surrendered his whole existence to the demands of the Messiah’s coming into his Calling All Cathedral Families home, becomes understandable only in the light of his Are you looking for a way to help your family to grow in profound interior life.” the knowledge and wisdom of our beautiful Catholic faith? Are you hoping to connect with other families seeking the Ite Ad Joseph - Go to Joseph same? Families of Faith is our new faith formation/ religious education program created to enable just that! The goal of this program is to walk alongside you as we strive to Sisters in Christ Resumes This Fall serve God and grow in holiness together.