Kateri Tekakwitha

Immaculate Conception - Calais St. James - Baileyville

St. Joseph - Eastport St. Anne - Peter Dana Point St. John - Pembroke St. Anne - Pleasant Point P.O. Box 898, Calais, ME 04619 - 31 Calais Ave., Calais, ME 04619 Phone: 454-0680 Fax: 454-0681 Email: [email protected] Our Parish Website: www.sktparish.org

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Our Parish Mass Schedule Pastor  Father Kevin J. Martin SATURDAY - May 1 4540680, ext. 2 [email protected]  4:00pm Mass at St. James in Baileyville Our Office Manager / Bookkeeper  Cheryl Amber 5:30pm Mass at St. Anne, Peter Dana Point 4540680, ext. 3 [email protected] 

SUNDAY - May 2 Our Business Coordinator  Kathy Lawrence 4540680, ext. 4 [email protected] 8:00am Mass at in Calais  Our Director of Faith Formation  Marc Podschlne 10:30am Mass at St. Joseph in Eastport 4540680, ext. 5 [email protected]

MONDAY - May 3 Our Faith Formation Coordinators

9:00am Mass at Immaculate Conception in Calais Mary White  St. James  4273481 Sr. Carol Letourneau Peter Dana Point 7962359 TUESDAY - May 4  Sipayik / Pleasant Point Contact Person 9:00am Mass at Immaculate Conception in Calais Pat Phillips  Pleasant Point  8532516

THURSDAY - May 6 [email protected] 5:30pm Mass at Immaculate Conception in Calais Native American Pastoral Life Coordinator Jillian Mendoza  Indian Township 7962653 FRIDAY - May 7 [email protected]  5:30pm Mass at Immaculate Conception in Calais  Our Christian Initiation / R.C.I.A. Leader  All celebrations at Immaculate Conception Lisa Howard      2148381 will be aired LIVE-stream on the Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Parish Facebook page Sacraments of Initiation  : Call Fr. Kevin at the office ahead of time to Our Readings  Week of May 2, 2021 arrange details and preparation.   Confirmation: Call the office to learn more about our May 2  Acts 9:2631 / 1 John 3:1824 / John 15:18 process of preparation. May 3  1 Cor 15:18 / John 14:614  Eucharist: See Mass Schedule. For a homebound visit or sick call, please call the parish office or Fr. May 4  Acts 14:1928 / John 14:2731 Kevin. May 5  Acts 15:16 / John 15:18 Sacraments of Healing  Reconciliation: Saturday afternoon from 3:00 May 6  Acts 15:721 / John 15:911 3:45pm at St. Joseph; Sunday morning from 7:45 May 7  Acts 15:2231 / John 15:1217 8:15am at ICC or call Fr. Kevin for an appointment  Anointing of the Sick: Please call Father Kevin at May 8  Acts 16:110 / John 15:1821 the parish office for an appointment. May 9  Acts 10:2548 / 1 John 4:710 / John 15:917  Sacraments of Vocation  Marriage: Contact Fr. Kevin at least one year to the date of your intended wedding.   If you think God is calling you, call Fr. Seamus Griesbach at 2077736471 or email at [email protected]. Website: www.portlanddiocese/vocations  FMI about :  Sr. Rita Mae Bissonnette at 7736471 or via email: [email protected]  From the Desk of Father Kevin Faith Formation Families,  A Special word of gratitude is extended to Marc Podschlne, Director of Faith Formation; Mary White On Sunday May 9th at 9:00am, Saint Kateri our coordinator for St. James; and to all who have Tekakwitha Parish is hosting a puppet show taught and supported our children as catechists and at Immaculate Conception Church Hall in helpers for our parish Faith Formation programs Calais. throughout this past year. A special word of thanks also  to our parish families and to all those who have helped Come join us for a fun behind the scenes with our programs, special events, liturgies and sacramental celebrations. adventure as the puppets bring us back in time and Congratulations and best wishes to the children of our talk about the heroes of the parish who have received the Sacraments of First Eucharist and Confirmation from Bishop Deeley on bible including the stories of Sunday, April 18th: Aliya Hoyt, Cameron MacDonald, Noah's Ark, Jonah and the Timothy Newell, Hailey Richard, Ava Zyble, Christian Whale, and David and Zyble, John Zyble, Megan Zyble, God Bless you and your Goliath. After the puppet families! show join us for Bible story crafts! We will

Congratulations and best wishes to Warren and Laura see a short video withstories from the New Hunt who were married in our parish this past Friday. Testament introducing Jesus from his birth to God Bless you and your family with many happy years his death as told by our Blessed Mother using together! beads. Thank you all for your prayers and support during the  past six years of ministry serving as your pastor. It has Light refreshments will be served. been an honor and blessing for me and I thank you for  all you have done and continue to do for our parish. I *The puppet show will be in place of will be moving to a new assignment as pastor of St. Mary of regular faith formation classes and is our the Visitation in Houlton (with mission at St. Paul in Patten) and St. Agnes Parish in Island Falls. Father Brad Morin will last day for the year! be the new pastor of St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish, effective  Friday, July 30, 2021. Please keep us in prayer as we prepare Please RSVP if you can attend! You can for the transition of leadership, and the other priests and contact Mary White via the “SKT Faith members of parish communities who also will experience Formation Families” Facebook chat line, on a change of leadership in their parishes this summer. special Facebook Events Page titled “Puppet Show and Craft Time”, or by email Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) at[email protected] and Children (RCIC)   RCIA and RCIC represents a period of discernment, Please call Director of Faith Formation Marc conversion and instruction for those seeking God through the faith. If you know someone who is Podschlne at the office 4540680 ext. 5 for interested in becoming Catholic, invite them to learn more information. about RCIA or RCIC or if you know someone who  desires to receive the Sacraments of Baptism, Please follow Covid19 guidelines and bring Confirmation, and Eucharist? a mask!  Please contact Marc Podschlne the parish office at 454-  0680, ext. 107.  **Special thanks to Agape Ministries who We're pleased to announce the availability of will bring the Bible stories to life using FORMED, an online service for accessing thousands of puppets . Catholic videos, audios and ebooks On Demand  anytime, anywhere! This free resource will surely be a wonderful way to learn and grow in our faith. Access What: Puppet Show & Crafts this great Catholic digital platform by visiting When: Sunday May 9, 2021 @ 9am formed.org, click sign up, select “ I Belong to a Parish Where: Immaculate Conception Church or Organization”, find your parish by zip - 04619, enter 31 Calais Ave, Calais, Maine your email, and you’re in! Fifth Sunday of Easter - May 2, 2021 Finance and Administration Weekly Prayer for Priests For our 2020-2021 budget, our parish needs a May 2 - Our Holy Father weekly offertory average of $3,077.00. May 3 - Rev. Joseph W. Cahill and Rev. Philip A. Tracy

Weekend of April 25 - $1,921.45 May 4 - V.Rev. Louis J. Phillips Catholic Home Missions - $378.00 and Rev. Seamus P. Griesbach May 5 - Rev. Donald Gagne and Rev. Richard MacDonough The Second Collection for May 1-2 is for our Parish Fuel. May 6 - Rev. Peter Kaseta and Msgr. Rene Mathieu We burn approximately 10,500 gallons of # 2 fuel in our parish on an annual basis. May 7 - Rev. Nehru Stephen Savarayla Thank you for your generosity. and Rev. Johnson S. Panneer Slevam May 8 - Rev. Robert A. Parent and Rev. C. Lee Gilbertson Your regular financial contributions are critical to help balance and meet our parish budget needs. To mail in your support for the parish: Make check payable to SKT Sanctuary Candles May 2 - May 9 Parish - and send to SKT Parish, P.O. Box 898 - Calais, ME ICC - For all who are sick 04619. Please note, you can send a few envelopes with ONE St. James - For all members of SKT Parish check, include a note with the amounts for each date enclosed At each of our churches, we have a Sanctuary Candle that burns with the check total. Thank You!! near the tabernacle. A candle can be offered for a particular or

If you can and would like to DONATE ONLINE with special intention and a donation of $5.00 is given for a one week WeShare, it is a secure, easy-to-use way to support our period. To offer a special intention for the sanctuary candle at parish through automated, scheduled donations. Learn Immaculate Conception, St. James or St. Joseph, please contact more about WeShare by clicking on the following link: Cheryl at the parish office. https://sktparish.weshareonline.org or call Cheryl in the parish office 454-0680. Thank you for your regular and Our Weekend Mass Schedule,  faithful support to help us meet our parish expenses!  Saturdays To Schedule a Mass Intention - Please use a Mass 4:00pm at St. James in Baileyville 5:30pm at St. Anne in Indian Township Intention envelope and make $10.00 check payable to SKT  parish. In the memo line indicate whom the Mass Intention Sundays  is being offered for. Masses will be offered either on a 8:00am at Immaculate Conception in Calais weekday or a weekend. Thank you! 10:30am at St. Joseph in Eastport Mass Schedule - May 1 through May 9 Our Masses at ICC will be LIVE-stream on our Facebook page - Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Parish

DAY DATE TIME MASS INTENTION SAT May 1 4:00pm - St. James—Baileyville Vina McKay by Janet Wooding SAT May 1 5:30pm—St. Ann, IT James Perley, Jr. by Mom and Dad SUN May 2 8:00am - ICC - Calais The Parishioners of St. Kateri Tekakwitha SUN May 2 10:30am - St. Joseph—Eastport Nancy R. Palmer by Shirley and Doug Richardson MON May 3 9:00am - ICC - Calais Jim McLaughlin by the Family TUE May 4 9:00am - ICC - Calais James Lunn by Jackie and Carol Baker WED May 5 NO MASS NO MASS THU May 6 5:30pm - ICC - Calais Edward Mullen by Annette Hathaway FRI May 7 5:30pm - ICC - Calais Andrew Volander by Jim Will SAT May 8 4:00pm - St. James—Baileyville Anne White by the Family SAT May 8 5:30pm—St. Ann, IT The Parishioners of St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish SUN May 9 8:00am - ICC - Calais For all Mothers SUN May 9 10:30am - St. Joseph—Eastport John Sullivan by Butch and Linda McLaughlin SKT Parish Prayer Requests Please remember in your prayers those who have died recently: Clayton Sockabasin, Felicia Tomah, Sister Patricia Couture, OSU; and also for all those who have died due to COVID-19. + Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls, and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen

For those with particular needs: Melody Sky Altvater, Betty Bailey, Jayleen Bair, Judy Barthukur, Manny Bettencourt, John Brown, Peter Cole, Mildred Cummings, Marjorie Drotar, Patricia Duquette, Thomas Foster, Mary Ellen Gordeau, Peter Gregson, Denise Harlow, Walter Heim, Joseph Jordan, Barbara Kendall, Ron Giannetto, Cheryl Greenlaw Kircher, Ida Kneeland, For my friend and their family, Karen Landry, Lloyd Lund, My grandson, Polly Martin, Sarah McLaughlin, Rhonda Miller, Christine Morris, Fran Mulcahy, Josephine Ramsdell, Bruce Rowe, Anna Seeley, Kellie Sprague, Lila Taylor, Bill Tracy, Jr., Rosalie Williams, Loraine Wilson, Tom Wood. For all those who are sick. For all those who are in nursing homes. For our homebound parishioners and their caregivers. For those facing or recovering from recent surgery. Please call the parish office at 454-0680. Pray for those serving in the Armed Services AW2 Christopher Maddux USN, Cadet Haley J. Donovan USAFMA, Lt. Col. Joe Payner USAF, Alana Winston USA, Lt. Commander Ryan P. Kelly - Cpl. Mark Zyble, II USMC, PFC Nicholas Zyble VTANG Area Food Pantries and Thrift Store Calais Food Pantry: PO Box 1005  Calais, ME 04619 The Irene Chadbourne Ecumenical Food Pantry is in need of Ramen Noodles, hours are Monday 35pm, Thursday 1012 noon and Friday 13pm.  Woodland Food Pantry: PO Box 706  Baileyville, ME 04694   St. Ann’s Food Pantry: P.O. Box 343  Perry, ME 04667   Eastport Labor of Love Food Pantry P.O. Box 147 Eastport, ME, 04631  Donations may be dropped off any Saturday, 10 am1pm, or the first and last Tuesday of the month, 9am11am. We are looking for volunteers to assist with food distribution on Fridays from2:30 to 6:30 p.m. FMI, please call Patti Loring at 8530023. **Labor of Love Food Pantry in Eastport is in need of the following items: Canned vegetable or tomato soup, beef soup, spaghetti sauce, fruit, baked beans, and oatmeal. . Thank you for your support.

CRS Rice Bowl is ’ Lenten faith-in-action program. This year, our parish collected $1,554.75 for Operation Rice Bowl. Thank you to all who supported the effort to assist those most in need, served by CRS and also our local needs among our four food pantries in our area. 75% ($1166.07) will benefit CRS and 25% / 4 will go to each of our four food pantries of our parish community ($97.17 each) among our local food pantries to assist those in our area.

Knights of Columbus - Council 149 Bingo! Monday Nights at the Hall. Doors open 4:00pm Games @ 6:00pm Need Knights to Volunteer! May 3,10,17,24

We invite all Catholic Men to join our St. Croix K of C Council #149, see Marc Podschlne or any other Knight!

May 2nd: Business Meeting: 4th Degree starts at 6:00, Council at 6:30ish, Upstairs in the Hall.

May 7th: Holy Hour/Rosary, at 6:00 PM at the I.C.C., Sponsored by the K of C, for Vocations.

May 8th: NEW: Initiation Degree 1st, 2nd & 3rd, Degree Ceremony, At the I.C.C., in Calais Saturday at 12:00 noon. Candidates to show up by 11:30 to sign up on the Membership Scroll. Service to be in the Church and family members are welcome to observe.

May 10th Mother’s Day Rose for Life Sunday, at all Masses Knights will give out Rose Appliques to Mother’s.

May 15th: Yard Work Day at the I.C.C. and Knight’s Hall. Meet at the church at 8:30 AM Need Volunteers!

May 16th: Mass for Deceased Members at the I.C.C. @ 8:00 AM, All members sit together up front.

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