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SAINT MARY’S CHURCH 538 Broadway, Providence, Rhode Island 02909 Established in 1853 Phone: 401-274-3434 Directory: Rev. John Berg, FSSP Pastor Rev. John Kodet, FSSP Parochial Vicar [email protected] Jim Forte Head Sacristan Claire Gruneberg Bookkeeper [email protected] Liturgy Schedule: Sunday Masses: 8:00 a.m. Low Mass 10:00 a.m. Sung Mass Weekday Masses: Monday–Wednesday 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Thursday: 7:00 a.m. Friday 11:00 a.m. & 6:30 p.m. Saturday 9:00 a.m. Confessions Confessions are heard thirty minutes prior to all Masses. Adoration Thursday: 6:00 p.m.—7:00 p.m. Rectory Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 8:30 a.m.—11:30 a.m. The office is closed on Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and all legal holidays. St. Mary’s is a Traditional Latin Mass Parish in the Diocese of Providence served by the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter. In August, 2018, His Excellency Reverend Thomas J. Tobin, Bishop of Providence, established it to provide a parochial life for all those who wish to worship in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. All Masses and Sacraments are offered in accordance with the liturgical books of 1962, as expressed in the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum of Pope Benedict XVI. February 2, 2020 Mass Intentions Welcome Welcome to St. Mary’s Church, a Traditional Latin Mass Parish. If you are here for the first time and unfamiliar with the Rite of Mass, there are Sunday, February 2: Purification of the Blessed Virgin red missalettes available at the entrances to help you follow the Mass. If you would like to become a parishioner, please fill out one of the Mary registration forms that can also be found at the entrances. Finally, if you 8:00 a.m. Intention ~ Pro populo have questions, please do not hesitate to come to the back sacristy door to 10:00 a.m. Intention ~ Carolyn (Petra) Aldredge address them to Father. Prayer List Monday, February 3: St. Blaise Please take a moment to pray for these friends and their loved ones on a † weekly basis. To add or remove a name from the prayer list, please call the 7:00 a.m. Intention ~ Clark Allen ( ) parish office at 401-274-3434. 6:30 p.m. Intention ~ Holy Souls Novena If you think your loved one would like to receive a personal card of encouragement from the Ministry of Care, let us know via email at Tuesday, February 4: St. Andrew Corsini [email protected]. Please include the complete mailing address. 7:00 a.m. Intention ~ Rev. Fr. William Rock, FSSP Luella Bannister Angelina Gomes 6:30 p.m. Intention ~ Holy Souls Novena Dan Baxter Gregory Hanna Robert Caira John P. Hawkins Wednesday, February 5: St. Agatha John E. Campagnone Eva Lupo 7:00 a.m. Intention ~ Lauren Galván Ida Campagnone Barbara Monaco 6:30 p.m. Intention ~ Phyllis M. Green (†) Diane Card Justin and Kimberly Joanne Casione McGovern Thursday, February 6: St. Titus John A. Cicerchia Robert Pesce Robert and Paula Ciseron Sonia Pflieger 7:00 a.m. Intention ~ Lois Smus Ann Corvini Michael Porter (†) Larry De Anda Sr. Jenny Ricci, CND Friday, February 7: St. Romuald Carol DiBeneditto Renee Saurcier 11:00 a.m. Intention ~ In reparation for the offenses and Nancy Fazioli John Symkowicz blasphemies against the Most Margie Frazier Sr. Diane Taylor, RSM Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Jolene Gamache Alison Walsh Immaculate Heart of Mary Gino 6:30 p.m. Intention ~ John Alijian (†) Prayer List Saturday, February 8: St. John of Matha The prayer list has been updated. The names now listed reflect those that parishioners requested to remain. If one of your friends 9:00 a.m. Intention ~ Special Intention or family members no longer appear on the list but you would like them to, please contact the office by phone or email and we will be Sunday, February 9: Septuagesima Sunday pleased to add them. 8:00 a.m. Intention ~ Pro populo Fr. Kodet Away 10:00 a.m. Intention ~ Bobby and Louis Cicerone Fr. Kodet will be in Minnesota from February 5-8 for the baptism of his nephew. Please say a prayer that he has a safe The Sanctuary Lamp this week is burning in memory of the journey. Holy Souls in Purgatory Annual Catholic Charity Appeal Mass Intentions The annual Catholic Charity Appeal has a new format this The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is offered each day for a year. A standard letter is being mailed to all parishioners addressed by their respective pastor. particular intention. Although our focus at St. Mary’s is clearly to raise the Please use the request forms and envelopes to submit necessary funds to restore the tower, part of our alms should your intentions to Fr. Berg or the Parish Office. They are go to those in need. The Funds from this appeal are used available at the entrances to the Church and in the locally in Providence, which gives much better assurance that Office. The suggested offering for a Mass is $25 for they will be better managed than by CCHD or CRS. Sunday Masses and Holy Days and $10 for all others. St. Mary’s office receives regular requests from those in dire The suggested offering for a weekly Sanctuary Lamp need, and Catholic Charities is a great resource to judge these intention is $20. requests and to provide assistance. -Fr. Berg. Young Adults Group The next Young Adults Group will meet next Sunday, February 9, from 1-4 pm. Fr. Kodet will be the new chaplain. His talk will be on “Holiness in the Workplace”. Coffee An’ will follow this week’s 10:00 a.m. Sunday Pray the Rosary Mass. The Rosary will be prayed half an hour before Saturday Mass and Thank you to everyone who contributed last week—May half an hour before the 8:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday. The Rosary God reward you! Prayer Group meets on Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. All are welcome. Continuing Adult Religious Education Parish Support Having completed a cycle on the sacraments and sacramentals, Week of January 26, 2020 St. Mary's Adult Education will now focus on a series of Sunday Collection $2,801.00 important encyclicals and documents of the Church. Online Giving $ 763.00 This week, we will continue studying the encyclical, Veritatis Total $3,564.00 Splendor. The classes will be held on Wednesday at 8:00 a.m. and repeated on Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m. Thank you for your support — May God reward you! If you plan to attend, we encourage you to read the sections Subdiaconate Ordination Novena below in advance of the dates listed: February 5 (nn. 35-64) Freedom and Law; Conscience and Truth On Saturday, February 8, 2020, seminarians of the Priestly February 12 (nn. 65-83) Fundamental Option and the Moral Act Fraternity of St. Peter will be ordained to the Subdiaconate March 4 (nn. 84-120) Morality and the World at Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Denton, Nebraska. as well as a pdf version of the Encyclical can be found on the Please join us in preparing for this event by continuing to website under Talks/Encyclicals/Veritatis Splendor. pray the Novena below once a day from Thursday, January ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 30, until Friday, February 7, the day before the ceremony. Previously recorded talks can be found on the parish website ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ under talks. Saint Andeol, Pray for us. Saint Leo, Pray for us. Candles and Procession at 10:00 a.m. Mass Today Saint Servus, Pray for us. After the blessing of candles, they will be distributed to all Saint Rusticus, Pray for us. of the faithful (even young children). Following tradition, Saint Quadragesimus, Pray for us. the faithful should receive their candle kneeling at the altar All holy Subdeacons, Pray for us. rail after kissing the hand of the priest and then the candle. Let us pray: O Lord Jesus Christ, Who art sanctified in those Acolytes will come out to light the candles prior to the that draw nigh to Thee, and dost command them to be procession. cleansed who bear the vessels of the Lord, cleanse the The candles of the faithful should remain lit: Ordinandi from every defilement of flesh and spirit, that 1. From the beginning of the procession until the priest changes into the cope. they may accomplish their sanctification in the fear of the 2. From the end of the Epistle until the end of the Gospel. Lord; may they not presume to go around Thy altar, or touch 3. From the beginning of the Preface until the beginning of the vessels which pertain to the use of the sanctuary, unless the Our Father. they wash their hands among the innocent; that Thou mayest Following the distribution of the candles, the priest and never be angered against them nor strike them as those who servers will process out using the center aisle and then go are rash. Who livest and reignest forever and ever. ℟. Amen. out the side door. Please enter into the procession directly Perpetual Novena to St. Joseph after priest, servers and choir. We will re-enter through the Holy cards with the Perpetual Novena to St. Joseph are once main door, symbolizing the entry of Christ into the temple again available at the entrances of the church. Please take a in the arms of Our Lady. If you are concerned about the few cards so that you can pray it each day for the intentions walk or the weather, you may also wait inside the church.