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St. John Neumann Church 157 Middleboro Road / P.O St. John Neumann Church 157 Middleboro Road / P.O. Box 718 East Freetown, MA www.sjnfreetown.org 508-763-2240 Rev. Gregory A. Mathias, Pastor [email protected] Regular Assistance rendered by Rev. Richard Furlong Deacon Bruce Bonneau, Permanent Deacon Welcome to St. John Neumann Parish. Thank You for joining us in worship today. We hope you will join us on the spiritual journey, in ministry to all God’s people. Please contact the parish office for information on how to register as a member of our parish. PARISH OFFICE / RECTORY 5087632240 [email protected] Monday M Thursday: 8:30 A.M. M 4:30 P.M. (Closed holidays) Diane Whelan Business Administrator OFFICE OF FAITH FORMATION 5087638122 [email protected] Michelle D’OrdineDirector YOUTH MINISTRY OFFICE 5087634735 [email protected] Lisa Johnson Confirmation/Youth Ministry MUSIC MINISTRY Charles DillinghamDirector [email protected] MAINTENANCE AND FACILITIES Raymond Bedard/Raymond Galuska WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE 8:00, 10:00A.M. Saturday Vigil: 4:00 P.M. DAILY MASS SCHEDULE Monday M Thursday: 7:30 A.M. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday: 3:00 M 3:45 P.M. Pentecost Sunday “Time to Gather, Time to Heal, Time to Love” Catholic Appeal May 23, 2021 May 1st began the 2021 Catholic Annual Appeal for Saturday, May 22: Vigil: Pentecost Sunday the Diocese of Fall River. We encourage you to mail 4:00PM M People of the Parish in your pledge and to support the Appeal as generously Sunday, May 23: Pentecost Sunday as you can. If at all possible, we’d like you to consider 8:00AM M Magnett & Ramos Families and pledging throughout the year. Robert Silvia 10:00AM M Apolonia, Manuel, Norbina Costa and Programs supported by the Appeal help people in all Manuel Domingos phases of lifeNfrom children, to youth, to parents, Monday, May 24: The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of to the elderly. Numerous agencies, programs and the Church ministries provide food and shelter, educate children 7:30AM M Amy, Lynn & Michael Bonville and adults and meet the physical, emotional and spir- Tuesday, May 25: Weekday itual needs of thousands. Your support of the Catholic 7:30 AM M Patricia Sterling Appeal helps us to meet these responsibilities. Wednesday, May 26: Saint Philip Neri, Priest CATHOLIC APPEAL TO DATE: $16,025.00 7:30 AM Maurice & Rita St. Laurent Thursday, May 27: Weekday LAST YEAR’S TOTAL: $59,755.00 7:30 AM M Janet Miller Saturday, May 29: Vigil: The Most Holy Trinity 4:00PM M Barbara & Raymond DeTerra and Raymond Bourgeois Sunday, May 30: The Most Holy Trinity 8:00AM M Anibal Tavares We welcome the following children into our 10:00AM M Alice & Gerard Bernier community through the Sacrament of Baptism. Pentecost Sunday Taizé service Rebecca Grace Mello (in person - no livestream) Amiyah Jewels Shaw Sunday, May 23, 2021 7 p.m. Raegan Kathleen Sterling Come Holy Spirit !! Unleash Your Powers !! Aleksander James Blaszczyk Please join us in person, registration is required May they grow in their awareness of the Lord’s so please visit our website and register for Taize’ great love for them and celebrate that love www.sjnfreetown.org in the Lord’s family. THANK YOU !!! EUCHARISTIC ADORATION On behalf of the volunteers at the St. Anthony Food Mary, Mother of All Nations Chapel is now open on Pantry, a very appreciative “Thank You” for your Weekdays from 8:00 am to 7:00pm for private prayer continued generosity of nonperishable food items. Eucharistic Adoration is available on Mondays & Upwards of 200 clients pass through our food line Thursdays from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm. every week. Very often they say “Thank You” and (excluding holidays) “God Bless You” and so we pass their words along to you. Are you interested in the columbarium? Not sure of the cost associated with purchasing a niche? If you would If you would like to enroll in Online Giving, please visit like more information on the columbarium, please call www.sjnfreetown.org and click on “Donate Online”. Diane at 5087632240 or at [email protected]. Any questions about WeShare, please contact the parish There are also pamphlets available in the narthex. office at 5087632240. From the Pastor’s Desk….. I’m really going to miss those geese . I acknowledge that I have made mistakes and, in some cases, caused offense. I beg pardon and forgiveness for these things. I share the same, wounded nature as you Way back in March of 2019, I was on a jet headed for and I am a sinner in need of mercy. I hope that you can Baltimore for a meeting of the National Advisory put all such matters in this context. I did the best I Committee for the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. could with whatever I had to bring to bear. It has not I had just departed my position as Vicar General to the been easy in the tumultuous, confusing cultural climate Bishop and, before leaving office, he asked if I would in which we are living. represent the Diocese at this conference. Upon arrival I grabbed my luggage and boarded the transport bus to the hotel whereupon I received a text message from the But, whatever the case, for good or for bad, I leave it to Bishop, “Greg, please call me when you get a you to do the postmortem. As it is, we are onlyever moment.” Such a call always gives a priest pause: just passing through. It isn’t supposed to be about “I wonder what this is about.” “me” or “us” as pastor/priests. But it is difficult to escape the power of personalities, whether attractive or repellant. The ideal is that we be wholeheartedly Some weeks earlier one of our relatively young pastors, focused on Christ as ‘the way, the truth and the life.” Fr. John Perry, suddenly passed away, leaving a But that same Christ appoints weak and fallible men to vacancy at a large parish on Cape Cod. After be pastors. He appoints them to provide the voice consultation with the Personnel Board, the decision was to speak his Word, the touch by which He anoints the made that I should be moved to take over that pastorate sick, the ears to hear words of contrition, and the voice at Our Lady of Victory in Centerville. to say “You are forgiven. Go in Peace.” Indeed, as I have oft repeated, the ideal is John the Baptist who Getting transferred is always a disruptive experience. says, “I must decrease. He must increase.” Or, better But this transfer was going to be very different. yet, it is Mary who says, “My soul magnifies the Shortly after returning from Baltimore we went into Lord.” full lockdown. And within the strangeness of the lock- down, I was left with a “neither hereneither there” sort of feeling. It took some months of mental and spiritual work to sort out my feelings about the whole situation. But, of course, there was lots of time for that during those early months of the pandemic. By the time we got into the late spring, the Bishop decided to freeze all transfers until the following year. The result of this is that I got a full, oneyear extension to remain here and to keep an eye on the progress of the Parish Hall project. Taking my place as pastor here at SJN in August will But now, the time has come when I must disclose to be Fr. John “Jack” Schrader. Fr. Schrader is quite a you that I am shipping out in August. Normally this bit younger than me and I know him to be a good, would happen in June, but the Bishop extended it so decent, and pious man. I hope that you will give him a that pastors might welcome back folks to Mass w arm welcome, and to receive him for who he is and he hasn’t seen in over a year, (at least this is how I the unique contribution he can make to this blessed understand the matter.) community. We are all different, and the Lord works through these differences for our good. In all, I will have been with you for 9 years. These have been some of the best years of my priesthood, and I will not forget you. You will always have a special I want to express my gratitude to all of you for your place in my heart and memory. Grace and Peace to you loving support. I have experienced many kindnesses for all the years to come. And, no, I will not really from so many and I will keep these experiences in my miss those filthy geese. heart as I move on. Let the Hearing ROCK 359 Summer Street Doctor Come to You! FUNERAL HOME New Bedford, MA In-Home Celebrating Lives With Dignity Domestic & Foreign www.dhfo.org Hearing Services 508-995-5772 Used Auto Parts Since 1935 BARRY J. 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