Sacred Heart and Saint Thomas More—July 25, 2021—-Seventeenth (17th) Sunday in Ordinary Time Saint Irenaeus was a second century bishop who lived refuted each of their beliefs one by one. His writings are logical from about 130 – 202. He is considered one of the Fathers of and methodical. Christian scholars praise Irenaeus, because of our Church and diligently defended Christian theology from the the systematic theology and development of Christian thought heretics of his time. Irenaeus was born of Greek parents in present in his writings. For example, his writings provide an Anatolia, also known as Asia Minor, a large peninsula in West- early witness to the Church’s beliefs about the Eucharist. ern Asia. It makes up the majority of modern-day Turkey, but in In Against Heresies Irenaeus writes that something extraordi- Irenaeus’s time, it would have also covered the whole or part of nary happens at Mass: For as the bread, which is produced from the modern-day countries of Italy, Greece, Albania, Macedonia, the earth, when it receives the invocation of God, is no longer Bulgaria, Turkey, Egypt, Libya, Israel and Lebanon. Most of common bread, but the Eucharist, consisting of two realities, these ancient kingdoms were Greek colonies or heavily influ- earthly and heavenly; so also our bodies, when they receive enced by Ancient Greek culture. the Eucharist, are no longer corruptible, having the hope of the Although not much is known about his personal history, his resurrection to eternity. He points out that the bread and wine writings were foundational in our Church history and Catholic experience a transformation at Mass at the words of consecra- theology and reveal some of the biographical facts and events in tion, turning them into something new, both heavenly and earth- Irenaeus’s life. For example, he writes that as a child he heard ly. [Jesus] has acknowledged the cup (which is a part of the cre- and saw Saint Polycarp in Smyrna, before he was martyred in ation) as His own blood, from which He bedews our blood; and 155. Polycarp was the last known living connection with the the bread (also a part of the creation) He has established as His Apostles. According to tradition, the Apostle John, was a very own body, from which He gives increase to our bodies. This is old man who lived at Ephesus in the days when Polycarp was consistent with what the Catechism of the Catholic young. Polycarp had heard Saint John preach, which means that Church currently states: By the consecration the transubstantia- there were three generations between Jesus of Nazareth and tion of the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ is Irenaeus. brought about. Under the consecrated species Many Asian priests and missionaries It is not thou that shapest God, of bread and wine Christ himself, living and it is God that shapest thee. brought the Gospel to the pagan Gauls glorious, is present in a true, real, and sub- and founded a local church. Irenaeus If thou art the work of God, stantial manner: his Body and his Blood, with came to serve as a priest to this church of await the hand of the artist, his soul and his divinity.” (CCC 1413) Lyon under its first bishop, St. Pothinus. who does all things in due season. St. Irenaeus was simply stating something
In the year 177, Pothinus sent Irenaeus to Offer Him thy heart, the Church has never ceased to teach about the Rome. While he was in Rome, Saint soft and tractable, Eucharist: that the bread and wine become, Pothinus was martyred during the terri- and keep the form in which through the power of God, the body and blood ble persecution in Lyons. Irenaeus was the artist has fashioned thee. of Jesus Christ: “[Christ] has declared the then named Bishop of Lyons. In the year Let thy clay be moist, cup, a part of creation, to be his own Blood, 177, Irenaeus was sent to Rome. lest thou grow hard from which he causes our blood to flow; and While he was away in Rome, Saint and lose the imprint of his fingers. the bread, a part of creation, he has estab- Pothinus was martyred during the terri- ~Saint Irenaeus lished as his own Body, from which he gives ble persecution in Lyons. Irenaeus was increase to our bodies.” (St. Irenaeus) then named Bishop of Lyons. By the time he returned to Lyons, The arguments contained in Against Heresies are still being the persecution was over. The greatest threat to Christianity now made by the Church he served as She faces contemporary ef- became the spread of Gnosticism, the Greek word for forts to undermine and obscure the full promise of the Christian “knowledge.” The Gnostics claimed to have secret knowledge faith-the total transformation of humanity in and through Jesus imparted by Jesus to only a few disciples. Their teaching was Christ. He wrote: "The glory of God gives life; those who see attracting and confusing many Christians. After thoroughly in- God receive life. For this reason, God-who cannot be grasped, vestigating the various Gnostic sects and their “secrets,” Irenae- comprehended, or seen-allows Himself to be seen, comprehend- us showed to what logical conclusions their tenets led. All his ed, and grasped by men, that He may give life to those who see known writings are devoted to the conflict with the Gnostics. and receive Him. It is impossible to live without life, and the His principal work consists of five books in a work enti- actualization of life comes from participation in God, while par- tled Adversus haereses (Against Heresies). ticipation in God is to see God and enjoy His goodness. Irenaeus defines the inner doctrines of the various sects, and Saint Irenaeus was a courageous, loving defender of the faith then contrasts them with the teaching of the Apostles and the in his time. He insisted that God can be known and loved. This text of the Holy Scripture. Originally written in Greek about is why He came into the world in history in the person of Jesus. 180, Against Heresies exists only in a Latin translation. A Through a relationship with Jesus, we can, Irenaeus believed, shorter work by Irenaeus, Demonstration of the Apostolic participate in the very inner life of the Trinity and be trans- Preaching, also written in Greek, exists now only in an Armeni- formed by His Life and Love. In the Eucharist, Jesus keeps His an translation and was probably intended for the instruction of promise He made when He said: I am with you always, even young candidates for Baptism. These two works were widely unto the end of the world. (Mt 28:19). Irenaeus knew this and circulated and succeeded in ending the influence of Gnosticism. his writings from the very beginnings of our Church, remind us From this time on, it ceased to offer a serious menace to that each time we receive Jesus in the Mass, we have Commun- the Catholic faith. ion with Him. During the time after we receive the Lord, then, The era in which Irenaeus lived was a time of expansion and the whole church should resound with the silent reverence that inner tensions in the church. In many cases Irenaeus acted as witnesses to our holy union with the presence of Jesus in our mediator between various contending factions. Irenaeus always hearts. treated his adversaries with kindness and patience, even as he 1 Sacred Heart and Saint Thomas More—July 25, 2021—-Seventeenth (17th) Sunday in Ordinary Time Oɣɣɦɠɢ Hɬɲɯɰ—Cɬɫɱɞɠɱ Iɫɣɬɯɪɞɱɦɬɫ Sɞɠɯɞɪɢɫɱɰ & Dɢɳɬɱɦɬɫɰ Collaborative Office Hours SHSTM Collaborative YouTube Channel live stream 55 Commercial Street Weymouth, MA 02188 Masses: Saturday 4pm Vigil—Sunday 9:30am & 11:30am Phone: 781-337-6333 www.shstm.org YouTube site: click the “subscribe button” to be Our offices are open, with restrictions. The lobby is open at alerted when we post. You can also go to the site anytime to this time. Simply come to the front door to enter for safe, watch posted live stream videos, uploads and Masses. We already have 540 families subscribed. no contact, distanced visits and regular business. Many families enjoy watching at their familiar Mass times. Summer office hours for July & August Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, 9:30am thru 2:30pm Pandemic Restrictions Reconciliation: A Partnership of Catholic Education please call the office
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2 Sacred Heart and Saint Thomas More—July 25, 2021—-Seventeenth (17th) Sunday in Ordinary Time On the Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (July4), we test (Philip), for He Himself knew what He was intending to heard that when Jesus visited his hometown, many who heard do.” (John 6:5-6) Jesus did not really expect Philip to buy Him, mocked Him. He left Nazareth because, “Prophets are not bread. There was no village and they had very little money. He without honor, except in their hometown.” Jesus was amazed at was presenting Philip with a problem that had no human the unbelief of His own people. (Mk 6: 4-6). They could not solution. Once again, as He had when He sent them out to see Jesus for Who He is, because they had pre-conceived preach and heal, Jesus was showing Philip and the other notions of what their Messiah should be: a Victor, not a Victim; disciples that they needed to rely solely on Him to meet the a King, not a poor carpenter’s son. Blinded by their own needs needs of others. and wants, they could not see that their true salvation would One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, told only come through Jesus. Jesus that: "There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and Perhaps that is why Jesus sent His disciples out two by two two fish; but what are they among so many?" (John 6:8-9) to proclaim the Word of God more widely and effectively Jesus would now show His disciples just what great things He among God’s people. On the Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary could do with whatever they gave to Him. Jesus gave thanks, Time (July 11), Jesus asked them: “I sent you out without blessed, and broke the bread. He had been telling His disciples money belt and bag and sandals, you did not lack anything, did that all that He did was in, and through, His Father. So, of you?” They responded, “No, nothing.” When the disciples course, He would thank His Father for His gifts of bread and returned to report their experiences on the road, they were fish, which He “then distributed to those who were seated; so amazed at their own success. Not only had they learned the also the fish, as much as they wanted. And when they had eaten power of God’s Word, but they had also learned how to rely their fill…the disciples filled twelve baskets with fragments primarily on God to supply for their needs. from the five barley loaves, left by those who had eaten.” (John Last week, we heard that when the disciples returned, Jesus 6:10-13) recognized that they needed to replenish their physical, Jesus miraculously provides not just a solution, but an emotional and spiritual strength after their challenging mission. abundance, more than was needed to solve the problem (John He said, “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and 6:13). Everyone ate "their fill; they were satisfied. The disciples rest a while. So, they went off in the boat by themselves to a had been overly concerned with their own efforts. They ignored deserted place.” But, the crowds “arrived at the place before the problem, worried about money, and despaired over the them.” The people were hungry for Jesus’ teaching and His resources available to them. Their first thoughts were earthly, power to heal their bodies and souls. They had recently not heavenly. When they offered what little they did have to witnessed Him heal the official’s son and the man by the pool. Jesus, He gave them back a miracle. What had seemed small They knew He could heal them, too. Mark tells us and insignificant-two fish and five loaves-became so that Jesus’ heart was moved with pity for them, "You are not your abundant that there were 12 baskets of food left over. for they were like sheep without a shepherd; and own; you are When these people beside the Sea of Galilee were he began to teach them many things.” Through bought with a fed by Jesus they thought, "Here is the one who can signs and wonders, He taught them about God’s price," take care of all our needs. We don't have to worry Way, Truth and Life. He taught them about (1 Cor 6:19-20). again about eating. Let's get him and make him to be Himself. our king." But our Lord would not consent to being Today, on the Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Jesus used like that. His will must be done on earth, not ours. gives the people another sign of who He is. He multiplies This is the only miracle recorded in all four of the gospel loaves of bread and fish to satisfy their physical hunger. The accounts, which means that its significance for the first people see the miraculous sign of the feeding of thousands as a disciples, and all of us who would follow Jesus, is exceptional. sign Jesus is “the prophet who is to come into the world” (verse And what is the lesson of this Gospel account? While our 14). Perhaps there were some in the crowd who remembered personal skills or our resources might seem very limited, Christ that God fed the Israelites with manna while they wandered in can use us in powerful ways to build up His kingdom on earth. the desert, or as is proclaimed in today’s First Reading, another The power is His, and the results are His. We are only called to prophet, Elijah, had commanded a man to feed a hundred offer Him all we have, even if it seems like it's not enough. people with only twenty barley loaves. When the man could not This incident in today’s Gospel must have been engraved believe how so many people could be fed with only twenty upon the minds of the first disciples. Let it be engraved on ours loaves, Elisha responded: “Thus says the LORD: ‘They shall as well: if we are ready to offer all that we have-and all that we eat and there shall be some left over.’ And when they had are to God, He is ready to do great things through us. Even eaten, there was some left over, as the LORD had said.” when we are broken by the trials and tribulations of this world, Jesus might have had a purpose other than to feed the let us trust in Jesus to work miraculously through us. hungry that day. He may have wanted to continue the training When the people saw the sign which Jesus had performed, of His twelve disciples to carry on His mission once He had they intended to make Him their king. They wanted to use ascended into heaven. He wanted to remind them of their Jesus to serve their purpose; they didn’t want Jesus to use them mission to build up His kingdom on earth as it is in heaven, to for His purpose and glory. The next time we might be tempted build a kingdom of Love. John shows this by Jesus asking to ask the Lord to do things our way and not His way, let each Philip (6:5), “Where are we to buy bread, so that these may of us also remember that all that we are, and all that we have, eat?” The other gospels report that the disciples had asked Jesus are gifts from God, Let us give thanks to our Father and offer to dismiss the multitude so that they could go buy their own all of ourselves to Him for His purposes and His glory, because food. When Philip asked Him, "How are we to buy bread, so as Saint Paul reminds us: "Y ou are not your own; you are that these people may eat?" But Jesus told them, “Give them bought with a price," (1 Cor 6:19-20). something to eat!” John tells us that: “This He was saying to 3 Sacred Heart and Saint Thomas More—July 25, 2021—-Seventeenth (17th) Sunday in Ordinary Time First Annual World Day for Grandparents & the Elderly
Sunday, 25 July 2021, has been designated by Pope Francis, as the First World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly (Ord Time 17). It coincides with the Feast of Saints Joachim and Anne, grandparents of Jesus, on July 26. Occurring in the Year of Amoris Laetitia Family 2021-22 with the theme, ‘I am with you always’, the day draws attention to the vital role grandparents and the elderly play in our com- munities and in the mission of the Church. Let us pray:
I thank You, Lord, for the comfort of Your presence: even in times of loneliness, You are my hope and my Irenaeus of Lyon wrote these words - confidence, You have been my rock and my fortress since “The glory of God gives life; those who see God my youth! I thank You for having given me a family receive life. For this reason, God-who cannot be grasped, and for having blessed me with a long life. comprehended, or seen-allows Himself
I thank You for moments of joy and difficulty, to be seen, comprehended, and grasped by men, that He for the dreams that have already come true in my life may give life to those who see and receive Him. and for those that are still ahead of me. It is impossible to live without life, and the actualizaƟon of I thank You for this time of renewed fruitfulness life comes from parƟcipaƟon in God, while to which You call me. Increase, O Lord, my faith, parƟcipaƟon in God is to see God and enjoy His goodness. make me a channel of your peace, teach me to embrace those who suffer more than me, to never stop dreaming and to tell of your wonders to new generations.
Protect and guide Pope Francis and the Church, that the light of the Gospel might reach the ends of the earth. Send Your Spirit, O Lord, to renew the world, that the storm of the pandemic might be calmed, the poor consoled and wars ended. Sustain me in weakness and help me to live life to the full in each moment that You give me, in the certainty that you are with me every day, even until the end of the age. Amen Since Stop & Shop launched the A+ School Rewards Program in 2005, its has awarded millions of dollars to local schools to support important educational programs and initiatives. Save the Date Events this Summer & Fall As of the end of the 2020-2021 school year, Stop & Shop will no longer be offering this program. +July 25-31, Natural Family Planning Week, Virtual Rosary, Mon., July 26th bit.ly/ Sacred Heart School is very grateful for the donation, this year, VirtualRosary2021Wed., July 28, 7:30pm, Awareness in the amount of $ 2, 484.58 from A+ school rewards program. bit.ly/MethodMatch2021 To read more visit: +July 24-25th, Grandparents Weekend https://stopandshop.com/pages/a-plus-rewards
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4 Sacred Heart and Saint Thomas More—July 25, 2021—-Seventeenth (17th) Sunday in Ordinary Time Sൺඍඎඋൽൺඒ, Jඎඅඒ 24ඍඁ Patricia Lee Donna Tocchio Vංංඅ Mൺඌඌ 4ඉආ-Lංඏൾ Sඍඋൾൺආൾൽ Katie Lee Stacey Sൺඋൺඁ Mൺඋංൾ Cඈඇඇඈඋ (4ඍඁ) Doreen Lehane Thompkinson Mඒඅൾඌ Jඈඌൾඉඁ Cඈඇඇඈඋ, Sඋ. (40ඍඁ) Patricia Lochiatto Ray Tucker Theresa William Twohig Wൾൽൽංඇ: Cඁඋංඌඍංඇൾ Cඋൺඇൾ Aඎඌඍංඇ Tඋൾඌർൺ, 5:30 ඉආ MacMillian Carmella Varraso Michael Mahon Michael Varraso Sඎඇൽൺඒ, Jඎඅඒ 25ඍඁ— 9:30ൺආ—Lංඏൾ Sඍඋൾൺආൾൽ James Macozek Leone Walls In your kindness, Carole Mahoney William Walsh Gൾඈඋൾ Sඍൾൿൺඇංൺ Hൺඇඎඅൺ Tൾൺൽඈඋൺ Pඅൺൺ please pray for: Qani Male Genevive Ward
11:30ൺආ—Lංඏൾ Sඍඋൾൺආൾൽ Maura Marino Julie Williams Peter Aitken Christine Marshall Tඁൾ Gඅඒඇඇ Fൺආංඅඒ (Lංඏංඇ Dൾർൾൺඌൾൽ) Linda Antoniou John Mastrangelo Our young people: Kൾඇඇൾඍඁ Bඎඋൾඌඌ (2ඇൽ) Marianne Bagley Elizabeth Amelia Driscoll Mary Baker Mastropole Carly Silva Mඈඇൽൺඒ, Jඎඅඒ 26ඍඁ– Lංඏൾ Sඍඋൾൺආൾൽ 9ൺආ Berte Family Michelle Matrone Maeve Wilson Sൺංඇඍඌ Jඈൺർඁංආ Aඇඇൾ, Pൺඋൾඇඍඌ ඈൿ ඍඁൾ Bඅൾඌඌൾൽ Vංඋංඇ Mൺඋඒ Darren Best Richard Maurano Isabella & Arianna Mංർඁൺൾඅ Jൺආൾඌ Mൺඐඇ Paul Boback Bill McCaffrey Gill Dolan Joyce Brancaccio Chris McCarthy Dylan McClorey Tඎൾඌൽൺඒ, Jඎඅඒ 27ඍඁ- Lංඏൾ Sඍඋൾൺආൾൽ 9ൺආ Jill Burton Robert McDermott TJ Genzale Ruth Campbell Wൾൾൽൺඒ The McIntyre Keegan Dinge Alberto Canas Family Liam Kaszinek Fඈඋ Vඈർൺඍංඈඇඌ ඍඈ Rൾඅංංඈඎඌ Cඈඇඌൾർඋൺඍൾൽ Lංൿൾ Bob Clifford Theresa McIsaac Betty Clifford Patricia Our little ones: Wൾൽඇൾඌൽൺඒ, Jඎඅඒ 28ඍඁ- Pat Coleman McLaughlin Mark Mondello Wൾൾൽൺඒ Pat Creighton Paul McNamara Ethan Mondello Jඈඁඇ J. Rංർർൺ Denise Cremins Elizabeth Meola Wil Rooney Tracey Cronin Margaret Micele Quinn Waters Tඁඎඋඌൽൺඒ, Jඎඅඒ 29ඍඁ—Lංඏൾ Sඍඋൾൺආൾൽ 9ൺආ Raeanna Cronin William Morales Caleb Delgardo Sൺංඇඍ Mൺඋඍඁൺ Marianne Crooks Daniel Morin Little Lucas Mൺඋඍඁൺ MർLൺඎඁඅංඇ (3උൽ) Rose Curry Meaghan Morneau Baby Dylan Hൺඋඈඅൽ F. Bൺඌංඇඌ Noreen Curtis Michelle M. Baby Emma Gregory DiBella Mullen Baby Jacob Paul Donohoe Francis Murphy Baby Lincoln Fඋංൽൺඒ, Jඎඅඒ 30ඍඁ— Bridget Dunn Jack Murphy Baby Owen Sൺංඇඍ Pൾඍൾඋ Cඁඋඒඌඈඅඈඎඌ, Bill Earle Marjorie Murphy Baby Roland Bංඌඁඈඉ ൺඇൽ Dඈർඍඈඋ ඈൿ ඍඁൾ Cඁඎඋർඁ Colman Feeney Bob Murray Baby William Francis Finnegan Ellie Nyland Baby Liam Tඁඈආൺඌ Fංඇඇ, Jඋ. Jackie Fuller Dan O’Brien Baby Thomas Mary Gallegos Jean O’Loughlin Baby Kinsley Joseph Gavin Bob O’Loughlin John Gifford Marie O’Neil Leo Gibbons Laura O’Neill A psalm Herbert Gillis Joseph O’Reilly of David.
Lauren Gray Donna O’Reilly LORD, Irene Griffin Robindra Panalal I call to you; Peg Hart Gina Pappas Cara Holbrook Richard Pattison hasten to me; Rosemary Haley Barbara Pugliese listen to my plea Robert Harrington Claire Rice when I call. John Hastie Kenneth Rice Jr. Let my Roseanne Hood James Roche prayer be Paul Hughes Dorothy Rocks incense Tom Itri Bill Romanoff Dan Jansen Carole Ross before you; Sൺඍඎඋൽൺඒ, Jඎඅඒ 31ඌඍ– Wൾඅർඈආൾ Pඋඈඉൺൺඍංඈඇ ඈൿ ඍඁൾ Fൺංඍඁ Mංඌඌංඈඇ Amber Johnson Carolyn Ryan my uplifted
Mary Anne K. Ginny Salvaggio hands an Vංංඅ 4 ඉආ-Lංඏൾ Sඍඋൾൺආൾൽ Fඋ. Tඈඎඇඈඎඌඌංൺ Sൺඌඌඈඎ Esther Keeley evening Kൺඍඁඅൾൾඇ R. Dඈඇඈඁඎൾ Antoinetta Sheehan John & Mary Janet Shiels Offering. Keeley Robert Shiels Sඎඇൽൺඒ, Aඎඎඌඍ 1ඌඍ 9:30ൺආ —Lංඏൾ Sඍඋൾൺආൾൽ Anita King Karen Stachelek Ps 141 Tඁൾ Sංආආඈඇඌ Fൺආංඅඒ (Lංඏංඇ Dൾർൾൺඌൾൽ) James Larson Sean Sullivan
11:30ൺආ—Lංඏൾ Sඍඋൾൺආൾൽ The gifts of hosts, bread Pൺඎඅ Cඈඅൾආൺඇ (6ඍඁ), Aඇඇൺ Pൺඍඋංർ Hඎඁൾඌ, and wine this week are offered in Jඈඁඇ Eඅඌංൾ Cඈඅൾආൺඇ Dൺඇංൾඅ Dඎൿൿඒ memory of: Mary & Edward Wright & Joseph Steverman
5 Sacred Heart and Saint Thomas More—July 25, 2021—-Seventeenth (17th) Sunday in Ordinary Time “Whatever you do for the least of these, you do for Me.” Matthew 25_Ministries We give thanks to God and to you that we will always be able to respond to those among us who need the support of our food pantry, because you have responded to Jesus, fulfilling His Word.
We have been overwhelmed by the generous and consistent donations you, our parishioners, have made to our collaborative food pantry, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Because of your response to our call for assistance, we have been able to supply those in need with thousands of grocery items and hundreds of gift cards throughout this past 15 months. Each week, usually 80-100 bags of groceries are delivered or picked up from our pantry. We are so grateful for your response to God’s call to be ever ready to assist “the least of these.” It seems whenever we have a need, you have fulfilled it. As times have changed for all of us, our needs, too, have changed as new families come to us for support. For example, there is a need for gas cards for a person who must drive herself to Boston each week for treatment for her cancer, your gas cards make this possible. Your gift cards to Stop and Shop, which can also be used for gas, was a great gift to her. Another person, who is looking for em- ployment asked for clothes and shoes so that he would look better in his interviews. Fortunately, your donations of gift cards to Walmart and Target allowed us to respond to his need. Families with babies are requesting size three and size six diapers. Again, we have been able to assist these families with your donations. We just happened to have those two sizes on hand!! As our supply for toiletries and cleaning supplies and paper products rise with the rise in the number of families seeking our assistance, and we all know we have been able to supply those in need with CVS and supermarket gift cards in lieu of these necessary items. In the meantime, our needs remain relatively the same each week, with the exception of peanut butter, jelly, cereal and pasta, all of which we have an ample supply every week. In the following weeks we anticipate a greater need for: paper products, sauce, canned vegetables, yellow rice, cooking oil, fruit juices, coffee, SPAM and low sodium SPAM, snacks and cookies crackers and cleaning and laundry supplies.
Sacred Heart Mail-in 7/9/21 Vigil Mass 7/10 9:30a 07/11/21 11:30a Totals Special Thanks Attendance 175 137 114 426 to E-Givers: Offertory $ 10,605.00 $ 1,570.00 $ 882.00 $ 1,339.00 $ 14,396.00
2nd Coll $ 5.00 $ 10.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 15.00 Sacred Heart and Other $ 3,255.00 $ 120.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 3,375.00 St. Thomas More Total $ 13,865.00 $ 1,700.00 $ 882.00 $ 1,339.00 $ 17,786.00 Parishes would like to thank the 85 families St. Thomas Mail-in 7/9/21 Vigil Mass 7/10 9:30a 07/11/21 11:30a Totals who are currently Attendance giving electronically. Offertory $ 1,609.50 $ 770.00 $ 600.00 $ 170.00 $ 3,149.50 If you would like to 2nd Coll $ 5.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 5.00 learn more about this Other $ 60.00 $ 20.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 80.00 easy, safe and secure Total $ 1,674.50 $ 790.00 $ 600.00 $ 170.00 $ 3,149.50 way of giving, please contact the Sacred Heart Mail-in 7/16/21 Vigil Mass 7/17 9:30a 07/18/21 11:30a Totals office at Attendance 127 147 107 381 Offertory $ 3,323.00 $ 1,357.00 $ 2,222.00 $ 957.00 $ 7,859.00 781-337-6333 or
2nd Coll $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 check out our website Other $ 1,770.00 $ 195.00 $ 147.00 $ 168.00 $ 2,280.00 and scroll down on the Total $ 5,093.00 $ 1,552.00 $ 2,369.00 $ 1,125.00 $ 10,139.00 home page to the “GIVE” icon or click St. Thomas Mail-in 7/16/21 Vigil Mass 7/17 9:30a 07/18/21 11:30a Totals right here: Attendance Offertory $ 2,224.50 $ 425.00 $ 712.00 $ 240.00 $ 3,601.50
2nd Coll $ 10.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 10.00 https:// Other $ 220.00 $ 102.00 $ 130.00 $ 65.00 $ 517.00 www.shstm.org/ Total $ 2,454.50 $ 527.00 $ 842.00 $ 305.00 $ 4,128.50 giving
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