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Saint Joseph Cathedral 145 Lowell Street, Manchester, New Hampshire 03104 www.stjosephcathedralnh.org telephone 622-6404 fax 626-4415 Rectory Office Hours Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. MOST REVEREND Peter Anthony Libasci Tenth Bishop of Manchester Divine Liturgy Saturday evening 4:00 p.m. Pastoral Staff Sunday 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. Reverend Monsignor and 7:00 p.m. Anthony R. Frontiero Weekdays–(chapel) Rector Monday thru Friday 7:00 a.m. Saturday 8:00 a.m. Reverend Eric T. Delisle Holy Days–as announced Parochial Vicar Reverend Mr. Robert R. Confessions Potvin Monday-Saturday 7:30-8:00 Permanent Deacon a.m. Saturday 2:45-3:30 p.m. Reverend Mr. Michael Sartori Communion Calls for Transitional Deacon Homebound Call the rectory for Colleen B. Lang arrangements: 622-6404 Faith Formation Coordinator St. Vincent DePaul Call the rectory 622-6404 Eric J. Bermani Director of Music St. Joseph Cemetery Office Rick Welsch 622-9522 Office Staff Louise A. Welsch Baptisms Parish Secretary Parents must be registered Pauline M. Reed Twelfth Sunday in members of the parish and Parish Receptionist attend a prebaptismal meeting. Call Rectory for Karol Carroll Ordinary Time arrangements. Bookkeeper Marriages In Residence Arrangements should be made Most Reverend So whoever is in Christ is a with one of the priests at least Francis J. Christian six months in advance. Auxiliary Bishop of new creation: the old things Pastoral Council Manchester have passed away; behold, Daniel Wheeler 424-5688 Most Reverend John B. McCormack new things have come. New Parishioners Bishop Emeritus Welcome and please register 2 Corinthians 5: 17 by calling the Rectory as soon Reverend Michael Ciccone as possible. SAINT JOSEPH CATHEDRAL, MANCHESTER, NH FROM THE DESK OF THE DEACON Dear Family in the Lord, Oftentimes, the Bible gives us wonderful imagery—imagery For those who were married which can help us to understand and make sense of our own Dr. Rustin Lovewell and Dr. Eleanor Clancy-Thompson experiences in life, especially when we are faced by challenges or Francois Nyamikita and Bijoux Bahati doubts. Our beloved dead Today’s readings are no exception. In the gospel, we hear the Kathleen Clarke familiar story of the calming of the sea. As Jesus and the disciples Ronald A. Morse, II cross the sea in a boat, the clouds open up and they run into a Our parish seminarians violent storm. The waves are tossing the boat around, and the boat Ryan Amazeen, Michael Hennessy nearly sinks as it takes on water. The disciples are panicking as they near death, especially because Jesus is asleep! They wake Our service men and women him up, almost chiding him for not saving them sooner. He Angela Averill, Roland Boisvert, III, Randy Donaldson, immediately commands the sea to be still and then questions their Jeffrey Michael Fredette, Travis Gelinas, Michael Haas, faith. Stefan Kammer, Richard LaSalle, Collin Locker, Matthew Lodge, Monique Martineau, Matt Mullett, This story is a great metaphor of our own Christian life. So often Kyle Pelletier, Christopher Prunier, David Vallauri, as we cross the sea of life in our boats, we are met with challenges Elizabeth Wagner, Richard Wagner, Thomas Wagner, and storms. We experience suffering—either ourselves or with Timothy Wagner, Ryan Williams our loved ones. We experience loss. We may be ridiculed for our beliefs, even by our own family and friends. We may question Our sick what God’s plan is for our lives. All throughout our life, we run David Bilodeau, Ed Blais, Ethan Brown, Kevin Brown, into different storms, and sometimes—or many times—we wonder Anne Foye Campaiola, Dominick Ceppetelli, Riley Crowder, why the Lord is sleeping. Paul DesRochers, William Deveau, Kathy Dion, Roger Drolet, Jaxson Field, Norah Lynne Frank, Anet Garneau, Mary Gavin, The gospel challenges us today to renew our trust in the Lord, who Richard Groux, Patrick Joyce, Christine Labrecque, Nancy Lorenz, is truly in control of everything. When we are tempted to say Frances McEneny, Helene Nya, Margaret Mary Luckers, “Lord, why are you letting us perish? Why are you sleeping?” we Judith Maurer, John Meehan, Lee Morin, Joseph O’Sullivan, should ask ourselves if our own faith is failing us—because God June Prunier, Roger Prunier, Megan Ross, Dolores St. Pierre, never abandons us! He is always in charge, no matter how distant Richard Walas, Abigail Yeomans from us he may seem. As we go about the week, the gospel presents us with some questions we may want to ask ourselves. They are questions ELCOME which help us assess our own faith in God’s loving Providence: W What are my deepest fears? What are those aspects of my life where I lack trust in God the most? We all have those areas in our Welcome to Saint Joseph Cathedral, the Mother Church of the lives we’d rather not look at or even think about. Perhaps it’s our Diocese of Manchester. The Cathedral is a vibrant and joyful own sinfulness. Perhaps it’s a situation in our family that we’d community of people who gather to worship God, to learn, and to rather ignore. Very often we ignore things because we lack trust be inspired by our fellowship in Christ to make God’s love a in God that he will give us the grace to deal with them! How have living reality in our lives every day. The very center of our parish I experienced God bringing order out of chaos in my life? We life is Sunday Liturgy, and nothing substitutes for being here with should look at how God has worked miracles and calmed the seas us—so please join us for one of our weekend Masses soon. of our lives in the past. His love for us never fails, and so we Expect our worship to be formal, intimate, transcendent, should have trust that he can do it again! God is truly in control of reflective, and inspiring. As we celebrate our life together in the situation. Christ, we focus on God’s merciful love for each and every person May our prayer this week be that of the psalmist from the and encourage one another to seek that loving presence of God in responsorial psalm of today’s Mass: “Give thanks to the Lord, his their own lives through the active participation in the Sacramental love is everlasting!” life of the Church, loving service of our neighbor, and living according to the teachings of Jesus Christ. Deacon Michael FATHER’S DAY ON THE COVER: Stained glass window, St. Joseph Cathedral. Tiroler Galazmalerei, Innsbruck, Austria , 1894. Photography, Deacon Robert Potvin Envelopes have been placed in the pews if you would like to remember your Father, either living or deceased. This weekend the 8:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. will be in remembrance for our living and deceased Fathers. TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK SUNDAY Brown Bag Sunday JUNE 21 MONDAY Communion Service—2:30 p.m.—Evergreen JUNE 22 Place SATURDAY, JUNE 20 Community of Sant’Egidio Evening Prayer— VIGIL OF THE TWELFH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 5:30-6:00 p.m.—Chapel 4:00 P.M. +Anthony Foye by his wife, Terri Communion Service—7:00 p.m.—Kalivas SUNDAY, JUNE 21 THE TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Apartments 8:30 A.M. Living and Deceased Fathers TUESDAY Saint Vincent de Paul-3:00 p.m.—Cathedral 10:30 A.M. For the People of the Parish JUNE 23 Parish Center 7:00 P.M. Living and Deceased Fathers Communion Service—6:00 p.m.—Gallen MONDAY, JUNE 22 SAINT THOMAS MOORE Apartments 7:00 A.M. +Celia Aubin by Mary Feeney WEDNESDAY SELA Prayer Meeting—7:00 p.m.—Chapel TUESDAY, JUNE 23 WEEKDAY JUNE 24 7:00 A.M. +Annette Schwartz THURSDAY Parish Office Closed—Pastoral Staff/Pastoral by Mr. & Mrs. Jean Schwartz JUNE 25 Council Retreat Day WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 SATURDAY Peter’s Pence Colletion NATIVITY OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST 7:00 A.M. +Annette Schwartz JUNE 27 Brothers in Christ—8:30-9:45 a.m.—Cathedral by Mr. & Mrs. Jean Schwartz Library Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament-8:30- THURSDAY, JUNE 25 WEEKDAY 11:00 a.m.-Chapel 7:00 A.M. +Annette Schwartz by Mr. & Mrs. Jean Schwartz SUNDAY Peter’s Pence Collection JUNE 28 Parish Picnic—following the 10:30 a.m. FRIDAY, JUNE 26 WEEKDAY Mass—Church Hall 7:00 A.M. +Annette Schwartz by Mr. & Mrs. Jean Schwartz SATURDAY, JUNE 27 WEEKDAY 8:00 A.M. +Amparo Nabata by Manny and Ludy Nabata SATURDAY, JUNE 27 VIGIL OF THE TTHIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 4:00 P.M. +Irene Andruskevich by Shirley O’Meara THE CATHEDRAL: REGULAR ENVELOPES $3,058.00 LOOSE $2,079.00 A SYMBOL OF UNITY ON-LINE GIVING $972.75 One of the important works of the Cathedral parish is to pray for TOTAL: $6,109.75 all of the parishes, institutions, ministries and people of the CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS COLLECTION $1,483.00 Diocese of Manchester. This week, we celebrate Saint Thomas Moore and Saint John the Baptist. We pray for the people of Saint ATTENDANCE 659 Thomas More parish in Durham and Saint John the Baptist parish in Suncook We are grateful this week for all stewards in our parish who recognize that it is through the open hands of generous stewards, willing to share their many gifts, that God’s PLEASE REMEMBER people are fed and their needs met. SAINT JOSEPH CATHEDRAL PETER’S PENCE COLLECTION I believe in the resurrection of the body and life everlasting! Our true home is in heaven, but our family of faith here on earth must carry on the mandate of our Blessed Lord to go into the world and Next week our diocese will take up the Peter’s Pence Collection, proclaim the Gospel to every creature (Mk 16:15).