SAINT MARY’S CHURCH 538 Broadway, Providence, Rhode Island 02909

Established in 1853

Phone: 401-274-3434 Fax: 401-453-0034

Directory:

Rev. John Berg, FSSP Pastor

Rev. Mr. William Rock, FSSP Seminarian-in-Residence [email protected]

Jim Forte Head Sacristan

Claire Gruneberg Bookkeeper

Liturgy Schedule:

Sunday Masses: 8:00 a.m. Low Mass 10:00 a.m. Sung Mass Weekday Masses: Monday–Thursday 7:00 a.m. Friday 6:30 p.m. Saturday 9:00 a.m. Confessions Confessions are heard thirty minutes prior to all masses.

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. March 31, 2019 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 Sunday, March 31: 4th Sunday of Lent Rite of Mass, there are red missalettes available at the entrances 8:00 a.m. Pro populo to help you follow the Mass. 10:00 a.m. Intention ~ Alice Bannister (deceased) If you would like to become a parishioner, please fill out one of the registration forms that can also be found at the entrances. Finally, if you have questions, please do not hesitate to come to Monday, April 1: Feria of Lent the back sacristy door to address them to Father. 7:00 a.m. Intention ~ For Holy Priests Prayer List We ask our fellow parishioners to take a moment to pray for these friends Tuesday, April 2: Feria of Lent and their loved ones on a weekly basis. To add or remove a name from the 7:00 a.m. Intention ~ For the Poor Souls Prayer List, please call the parish office at 401-274-3434. If you think your loved one would like to receive a personal card of encouragement from the Ministry of Care, let us know via e-mail at Wednesday, April 3: Feria of Lent [email protected]. Please include complete mailing address 7:00 a.m. Intention ~ Thierry information. J. Aroutiounian Stella Lisi Thursday, April 4: Feria of Lent Greg Bishop Erin McCarthy Valerie Bishop Bernadette Mernin 7:00 a.m. Intention ~ Brendan Mackenzie Michelle Blanding Barbara Monaco Claire Cadorette (†) Robert Pesce Friday, April 5: Feria of Lent John E. Campagnone Sonia Pflieger 11:30 a.m. Intention ~ For the Intentions of Jennifer Ida Campagnone Maureen Piccirillo Vaughan David Costa Cam Pierro John A. Cicerchia John Pompeii 6:30 p.m. Intention ~ Robert and Elizabeth Walsh Anita Colasanto The Ramos Family Val Colasanto Jose Reyes Saturday, April 6: Feria of Lent (Sitientes) Michele DelleFave D. Ronaldo 9:00 a.m. Intention ~ Brother Martin, MICM and Carol DiBeneditto Arthur Sepe Deirdre Mooney Nancy Fazioli Tim Blanca Ferruzola Sandra Tulli Jolene Gamache Mother Sofia, OCSO Sunday, April 7: 5th Sunday of Lent Eric Gonzales Robert Wojziechowski 8:00 a.m. Intention ~ Anne Francoise Rouillet John P. Hawkins Matthew Wojziechowski 10:00 a.m. Intention ~ Pro populo Kevin Zbigniew The Sanctuary Lamp this week is burning in memory of Parishioners, Friends and Benefactors Outdoor Spring Cleaning Days St. Mary’s will have two Outdoor Spring Cleaning Days, Mass Intentions one this Saturday, April 6 and another next Saturday, The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is offered each day for a April 13 (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.). Manny Goguen is organizing particular intention. this effort and would like at least four volunteers to help Please use the request forms and envelopes to submit plant flowers, cut hedges, and work on the lawn. If you can your intentions to Fr. Berg or the Parish Office. They help, please contact Manny directly at are available at the entrances to the Church and in the [email protected] or at 508-231-7022 and bring any Office. The suggested offering for a Mass is $25 for yard tools you have. Sunday Masses and Holy Days and $10 for all others. Theology on Fire The suggested offering for a weekly Sanctuary Lamp Theology on Fire is a Young Adults Group (ages 16-35) intention is $20. that meets at St. Theresa’s Shrine in Nasonville, RI. On April 12 at 7 p.m., Rev. William Rock will give the Fridays During Lent opening talk for the year on The Seven Deadly Sins. On Fridays during Lent, there will be an additional Mass at 11:30 a.m. followed by Stations of the Cross. Books Available There will also be Stations of the Cross at 5:45 p.m. before St. Mary’s has daily hand Missals, Compline books, Latin/ the 6:30 p.m. Mass. English Diurnale (the daily Divine Office), red Mass booklets, examination of conscience booklets, and other spiritual books available for suggested donations.

Pray the Rosary The Rosary will be prayed before the Saturday Mass and Coffee An’ will follow the 10:00 a.m. Sunday Mass in the before the 8 a.m. Mass on Sunday. school cafeteria. During Lent, the Rosary Prayer Group will meet on Thank you to everyone who contributed last week — May Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. to pray the Stations of the Cross in God reward you! lieu of the Rosary. 40 Days for Life Parish Support The upcoming Providence 40 Days for Life will correspond Week of March 24, 2019 to the 40 days of Lent. Planned Parenthood is only a mile Collection: $2,578.00 away from St. Mary’s, and across the street from the Daily Offerings $ 10.00 Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul, on 175 Broad St. Mike and Online Giving $ 691.92 Rita Casey will organize groups from St. Mary’s to pray Total $3,279.92

and peacefully protest there for an hour following the 9:00 Thank you for your support — may God reward you! a.m. Mass each Saturday during Lent. For further information please contact them at 508-529-1021. Young Adults’ Group Additional information can be found here: The Young Adults’ Group will meet on Sunday, April 7 at https://40daysforlife.com/local-campaigns/providence/ 1:00 p.m. The topic of discussion will be the Spiritual Life and Prayer (Part II). There will also be lunch, game(s), and Low Mass Server Training Compline. The meeting is open to members of the parish Please contact Rev. Rock about individual Low Mass and non-members between the ages of 18 and 30 who are training. interested. Holy Week Ceremonies Conference Servers’ Guild and Young Ladies’ Groups Rev. Rock will give a conference on the ceremonies of This Saturday, April 6, the Servers’ Guild and Young Holy Week this Wednesday, April 3 following the Ladies’ Groups will meet following the Mass and First morning mass and repeat it on Friday, April 5 following Saturday Devotion. Please see the parish website for more the evening mass. We will be doing the pre-1955 Holy information. Week which is prior to the one found in most recently published hand missals. We will have booklets available Ride Request for the faithful to follow the rites. They can also be Mrs. Sonia Pflieger, a parishioner of St. Mary’s, is seeking purchased in the bookstore for $5.00 a ride to Mass on Sundays. She has a small wheel chair that can be folded and placed in the trunk of the car. She lives Holy Week Schedule just off of I-95 and Westminster at 217 Cahir Street in Providence, a few minutes from St. Mary's. If you would be Palm Sunday, April 14 able to carry out this act of charity please contact her Low Mass @ 8:00 a.m. directly to organize the details at Blessing of Palms and Procession @ 9:30 a.m. 401-272-2864. Laws of Abstinence and Fast Wednesday of Holy Week, April 17  Current laws of days of Penance (Lent and Fridays outside Sung Tenebræ @ 6:30 p.m. of Lent) apply to all the faithful. This obligation to do penance on Fridays is lifted on days which rank as a Holy Thursday, April 18 solemnity in the Ordinary Form. Holy Thursday Mass, Eucharistic Procession,  Current laws of days of Abstinence (Ash Wednesday and Stripping of the Altars @ 7:00 p.m. Fridays of Lent) obligate abstention from flesh meat for those 14 years old and older. Good Friday, April 19  Current laws of days of Fast (Ash Wednesday and Good Stations of the Cross @ 5:00 p.m. Friday) oblige those between 18 and 59 inclusive to one Good Friday Liturgy @ 6:00 p.m. full meal and two smaller meals which, when combined, are less than the full meal. Holy Saturday, April 20 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Easter Vigil @ 7:30 p.m.  1962 laws of days of Complete Abstinence (all Fridays of the year, Ash Wednesday, Holy Saturday, and the Vigil of Easter Sunday, April 21 Christmas) obligated all 7 years old or older. This Low Mass @ 8:00 a.m. & Sung Mass @ 10 a.m. abstinence was dispensed on Holy Days of Obligation.  1962 laws of days of Partial Abstinence (all the days of Upcoming Events Lent, the Ember Days of Wednesday and Saturday, and the Vigils of Pentecost and the Assumption) obligated  Wednesday, April 3: Holy Week Ceremonies abstinence from meat and soup/gravy made from meat Conference except once-a-day at the principal meal for those 7 years  Friday April 5: First Friday Devotions; Holy Week old or older. This abstinence was dispensed on Holy Days Ceremonies Conference (Repeated) of Obligation.  Saturday: April 6: First Saturday Devotions;  1962 laws days of Fast (days of Lent starting on Ash St. Stephen’s Guild and Young Ladies’ Groups meet; Wednesday, Ember Days, and the Vigils of Christmas, Outdoor Spring Cleaning Day Pentecost, and the Assumption) obliged those between 21  Sunday, April 7: Young Adults’ Group and 59 inclusive to one full meal and two smaller meals  Saturday, April 13: Outdoor Spring Cleaning Day which, when combined, are less than the full meal. Proper Prayers of the Mass in the Extraordinary Form for the 4th Sunday of Lent Station: Holy Cross in Jerusalem Introit (Isa 66:10-11; Ps 121:2) sat down, in number about five thousand. And Jesus took the Rejoice, O Jerusalem: and come together all you that love loaves, and when He had given thanks, He distributed to her: rejoice with joy, you that have been in sorrow: that you them that were set down: in like manner also of the fishes, as may exult, and be filled from the breasts of your consolation. much as they would. And when they were filled, He said to Ps. I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: we shall go His disciples: Gather up the fragments that remain, lest they into the house of the Lord. ℣. Glory be to the Father... be lost. They gathered up therefore, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which remained Collect over and above to them that had eaten. Now those men, Grant, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that we, who for our when they had seen what a miracle Jesus had done, said: evil deeds justly deserve to be punished, by the comfort of This is of a truth the prophet that is to come into the world. Thy grace may mercifully be relieved. Through our Lord... Jesus therefore when He knew that they would come to take Him by force and make Him king, fled again into the Epistle (Gal 4:22-31) mountain, Himself alone. Brethren: It is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by Offertory (Ps 134:3, 6) a bondwoman and the other by a free woman. But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh: but Praise ye the Lord, for He is good: sing ye to His name, for he of the free woman was by promise: which things are said He is sweet: whatsoever He pleased, He hath done in heaven by an allegory. For these are the two testaments. The one and in earth. from Mount Sinai, engendering unto bondage: which is Secret Agar: for Sinai is a mountain in Arabia, which hath affinity to that Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her Look down mercifully upon These sacrifices, we beseech children. But that Jerusalem which is above is free, which is Thee, O Lord, that they may increase our devotion and effect our mother. For it is written: Rejoice, thou barren that bearest our salvation. Through our Lord... not: break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for many are Preface for Lent the children of the desolate, more than of her that hath a It is truly meet and just, right and availing unto salvation, husband. Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of that we should at all times and in all places give thanks unto promise. But as then he that was born according to the flesh Thee, O holy Lord, Father almighty and everlasting God. persecuted him that was after the spirit: so also it is now. But Who by the fasting of the body dost curb our vices, elevate what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her our minds and bestow virtue and reward; through Christ our son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the Lord. Through whom the angels praise Thy majesty, the son of the free woman. So then, brethren, we are not the dominions worship it, and the powers stand in awe. The children of the bondwoman, but of the free: by the freedom heavens and the heavenly hosts, with the blessed seraphim wherewith Christ has made us free. join together in celebrating their joy. With these we pray Gradual (Ps 121:1-7) Thee join our voices also, while we say with lowly praise: I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: we shall go into Communion (Ps 121:3-4) the house of the Lord. ℣. Let peace be in Thy strength: and Jerusalem, which is built as a city, which is compact abundance in Thy towers. together: for thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Tract (Ps 124:1-2) Lord, to praise Thy name, O Lord. They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Sion: he shall Postcommunion not be moved for ever that dwelleth in Jerusalem. ℣. Grant us, we beseech Thee, O merciful God, ever to Mountains are round about it: so the Lord is round about His celebrate with sincere worship and receive with faithful people, from henceforth now and for ever. hearts Thy holy mysteries, of which we continually partake Gospel (Joh 6:1-15) Through our Lord… At that time Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is that Closing Hymn of Tiberias: and a great multitude followed Him, because they saw the miracles which He did on them that were diseased. Jesus therefore went up into a mountain: and there He sat with His disciples. Now the pasch, the festival day of the Jews, was near at hand. When Jesus therefore had lifted up His eyes, and seen that a very great multitude cometh to Him, He said to Philip: Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat? And this He said to try him: for He Himself knew what He would do. Philip answered Him: Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little. One of His disciples, Andrew, the During Lent, we have been signing the antiphon Parce brother of Simon Peter, saith to Him: There is a boy here that Domine three times as the priest processes out. This phrase hath five barley loaves and two fishes: but what are these is adapted from Joel 2:17 and means “Spare us O Lord, among so many? Then Jesus said: Make the men sit down. spare thy people; lest you be angry with us forever.” Now there was much grass in the place. The men therefore