Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish 189 North Main Street Rochester, NH 03867
St. Leo Parish 59 Main Street Gonic, NH 03839
Parish Office 189 North Main Street Rochester, NH 03867 603-332-1863 • Fax: 603 -330-0865
Web: http://www.hrsl.org
Holy Mass Schedule*
Pastor Saturday Rev. Paul M. Gousse 4:00 p.m. - Our Lady of the Holy Rosary
[email protected] Sunday 7:30 & 9:00 a.m. - Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Weekend Assistant Building Blocks ages 2-5 offered at 9:00 a.m. Mass Rev. Gerald Dunn 11:00 a.m. - St. Leo
Weekday Holy Mass Schedule Deacon Monday through Thursday: Rev. Mr. Stephen Labrie 8:00 a.m. - Our Lady of the Holy Rosary
[email protected] Holy Day Mass Schedule Vigil Mass Pastoral Minister & RCIA Coordinator 6:00 p.m. - Our Lady of the Holy Rosary
Mrs. Rita Pender Holy Day Mass [email protected] 8:00 a.m. - Our Lady of the Holy Rosary 12:00 Noon - St. Leo
Director of Family Faith Formation *All Masses at OLHR are livestreamed at www.hrsl.org
Sr. Mary Rose Reddy Confessions [email protected] Wednesday - After 8:00 a.m. Holy Mass Saturday: 3:00 - 3:45 p.m. or by appointment
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Parish Information
Parish Staff
Office Administrator
Mrs. Connie Hamann, [email protected] March 19 th through March 25 th Monday - St. Joseph Director of Communication U8:00 Albert and Simone Trudel by their family Ms. Marni Fennessy, [email protected] Tuesday U Administrative Assistant 8:00 Rachel Dubois by Lillian Paradis U7:00 Mass of Healing and Hope Mrs. Marianne Bruneau, [email protected] Wednesday U8:00 Susan Drelick by her husband Music Director - Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Ms. Adrienne Hounsell Thursday U Contemporary Music Director OLHR 8:00 Carmelle and Bertrand Pepin by Vic Begin & family Mr. Rich Ranalli Friday - St. Turibius of Mogrovejo Music Director St. Leo - Mrs. Kaethe Houst U6:00 Simone Hamann by the Ste. Anne Sodality
Facilities Manager Saturday Mr. Norbert Hamann, [email protected] U4:00 All Parishioners of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary and St. Leo Parishes Custodian Mr. Emile Beaulieu Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord U7:30 Tom Fournier by Rita Pender Bulletin Editor U9:00 Pete and Arlene Duquette by their daughters Ms. Jennifer Gilbert, [email protected] Susan & Carol
Baptism, Marriage and Faith Formation Please contact the parish office.
Mother Angeline Ministries of Care to the Homebound, the Sick and the Dying (a Spiritual Care program) Sanctuary Lamp And Vigil Candles Please notify the parish office if a parishioner is confined Sanctuary Lamp: Michael Hurley by his mother Diane
at home or in the hospital and unable to attend Mass. Blessed Virgin Mary Candle: Special intentions of the homebound Cemeteries Our Lady of the Holy Rosary - Rochester Sacred Heart of Jesus Candle: Wildre Pelletier by Mount Calvary - Gonic Elaine & Arnie Norbert Hamann, Cemetery Manager Adoration Chapel Vigil Lamps: James Foley and all Please contact the Parish Office to purchase a lot. held hostage worldwide by the Foley family
Saint Elizabeth Seton School Mass Intentions - If you would like to have a Mass Ms. Suzanne Boutin, Principal, 603-332-4803 said in memory of a loved one for a special intention Grades: Kindergarten - 8 please contact Connie at the parish office. Please
St Leo Catholic Children’s Center note that Mass intentions fill in quickly and there are Diocesan guidelines we follow. Mrs. Rebecca Croteau, Director, 603-332-9840 Vigil Candles are available at a cost of $5.00 for each Knights of Columbus week. If you would like to reserve a candle for a Rochester Council #2048 special intention or in memory of a loved one, call the Mr. Michael Buccieri, Grand Knight 603-501-8848 parish office at 332 -1863 or drop your request in the collection basket.
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Join the ALPHA Team! If you are a former Alpha participant or if you are a parishioner interested in getting involved and looking to introduce others to Christ, the Alpha Friday Evening Lenten Devotions team needs you! Alpha is a 12 week Every Friday evening during Lent Our Lady of the Holy course that seeks to introduce the Rosary will offer the following: basics of the Christian faith through a series of videos and discussions. There are many kinds of 5:30 p.m. - Stations of the Cross jobs and levels of involvement. If you are good at 6:00 p.m. - Holy Mass preparing a meal or at grocery shopping, setting or cleaning up, greeting or telling a joke, the Alpha task Easter Flower Donations force needs you! If you are strong in your faith but can Please consider making a donation towards our Easter listen patiently and without judgement to others whose Flowers in memory of a loved one or for a special faith may not be developed yet, the Alpha host team needs intention. If you use our envelope system you will find an you! The Alpha team will meet for training on Thursday nd envelope for this purpose in your box. If you do not use March 22 at 6:00 p.m. in the St. Anne Hall. Alpha will th our envelope system simply place your donation in a white begin on Thursday April 5 . Please contact Karen Jacobs envelope and mark it Easter Flowers, please make sure to with any questions at 603- 312-6908. There will be sign include your intention. Thank you for your donation. ups at the end of each Mass so please join us!!
Special Bulletin Deadlines Paschal Candle Donations Once again this year we are giving all parishioners the Bulletin for April 1 opportunity to make donations toward the purchase of the Announcements due by Monday, March 19 Paschal Candle for Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in memory of a loved one or for a special intention. The Proper Disposal of Palms Paschal Candle will be lit during the Easter Season for If you have palm branches which you would like to your intentions. If you would like to make a donation dispose of you may do so either by burning them and please contact the parish office or place your donation in returning them to the earth or burying them in the ground. an envelope, mark it Paschal Candle Donation - OLHR and place it in the collection basket. Please don’t forget to Readings for the Week of March 18, 2018 include your intention. Sunday: Jer 31:31 -34/Ps 51:3 -4, 12 -13, 14 -15 [12a]/Heb 5:7 -9/Jn 12:20 -33 Scrutiny: Ez 37:12 -14/Ps 130:1 -2, 3 -4, 5-6, 7 -8/Ps 130:1 -2, 3 -4, 5 -6, 7 -8 [7]/ Rom 8:8 -11/Jn 11:1 -45 or Jn 11:3 -7, 17, 20 -27, 33b -45 Monday: 2 Sm 7:4 -5a, 12 -14a, 16/Ps 89:2 -3, 4 - 5, 27, 29 [37]/Rom 4:13, 16 -18, 22/Mt - - 1:16, 18 21, 24a or Lk 2:41 51a Tuesday: Nm 21:4 -9/Ps 102:2 -3, 16 -18, 19 -21 Chrism Mass - You are Invited! [2]/Jn 8:21 -30 Please join the Most Reverend Peter A. Libasci, Bishop of Wednesday: Dn 3:14 -20, 91 -92, 95/Dn 3: 52, 53, 54, Manchester and the priests in the diocese, for the annual 55, 56 [52b]/Jn 8:31 -42 blessing of the oils at the Chrism Mass on Tuesday, Thursday: Gn 17:3 -9/Ps 105:4 -5, 6 -7, 8 -9 [8a]/Jn Marcy 27, 6:00 p.m. at St. Joseph Cathedral in 8:51 -59 Manchester. These oils will be distributed among the Friday: Jer 20:10 -13/Ps 18:2 -3a, 3bc -4, 5 -6, 7 [cf. 7]/Jn 10:31 -42 parishes and institutions of the Diocese of Manchester for - - use during the next year. At this special Mass, all priests Saturday: Ez 37:21 28/Jer 31:10, 11 12abcd, 13 [cf. 10d]/Jn 11:45 -56 will be given the opportunity to renew their priestly Next Sunday: Mk 11:1 -10 or Jn 12:12 -16/Is 50:4 -7/Ps promises during the Liturgy. For more information or to 22:8 -9, 17 -18, 19 -20, 23 -24 [2a]/Phil register visit www.catholicnh.org/worship-and- 2:6 -11/Mk 14:1 -15:47 or 15:1 -39 sacraments/faith/worship/chrism/registration/ © Liturgical Publications Inc.
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Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration “The more we are afflicted in this world, the greater is our assurance in the next; the more sorrow in the present, the greater will be our joy in the future.” ~St. Isidore of Seville ~ Holy Mass of Healing and Hope Open Day Captain Positions: Join us on Tuesday, March 20 for our next Holy Mass of Healing and Hope, held at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Sunday, Tuesday ,Wednesday Church, Rochester. Recitation of the Rosary begins at Permanent Open Hours: 6:30 p.m., followed by Holy Mass at 7:00 and the laying on of hands for healing with Fr. Paul Gousse. Trained Thursday 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
prayer teams will also be available for more extended Saturday 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. prayer for your personal needs, physical, spiritual, emotional or financial. For more information, call Jackie Please contact Polly Hurlburt at Tel. No. (603) 948-2703 Morganti at 332-3576 or the parish office at 332-1863. or (609) 402-8814 (Call or Text), if you wish to serve our "O Lord, hear my prayer and let my cry come to You!" Lord in Adoration. Come, Let us Adore Him! Ps.102. Eagle Scout Project Presentation & Reception My name is Shaun Collopy. I am a Boy Scout in Troop
Cantata 186 here at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary and am currently “The Story”, a musical presentation of the story of life, working on the rank of Eagle Scout. My approved project death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, is being held is a fitness area within Hanson Pines Park. The area will Saturday, March 24, 1:00 p.m. at Holy Trinity Church, consist of 6-10 pieces of fitness equipment for various 404 High Street in Somersworth. A chorus and orchestra work-out levels. The first stage of this project is of over 80 area musicians have come together from many fundraising. I am inviting you to attend an information local churches to perform a great contemporary Christian reception here at OLHR on Wednesday, March 21 st at musical cantata. The performers are drawn from over 22 5:30 p.m. During this time I will present my project to area churches. The cantata program started out in 2000 as the community-at-large, local business and corporation a new activity for the Lent and Easter season in the parish leaders, and other interested parties. At this reception I of St Anne’s Church in Hampstead and within a year had will explain and discuss my project in detail, answer grown to include over 12 churches. Three years ago, the questions and hopefully, accept your generous financial program grew even further to include the Somersworth/ support. If you plan to attend please contact the following Rollinsford area. We are excited to spread our message email address by Monday, March 19 so that I can plan of Christ Risen to area audiences again. We are proud to accordingly: [email protected] come together from many different Christian denominations and faith backgrounds. We do not charge "The Drop Box" admission to our performances because we would like St. Jerome Library - Film of the Week
everyone to be able to come and celebrate the beginning The remarkable true story of a pastor who of Holy Week with us. Free will offering will be taken. has rescued hundreds of at-risk babies! Inspired by love for his own disabled son, Steubenville East Fundraiser Pastor Jong-rak Lee created a "drop box" for Car -less Car Wash! mothers forced to relinquish their children Thanks to Lilac Car Wash we due to cultural stigmas. You'll be inspired are offering club cards for $20. by his Christlike love and moved by God's faithfulness to You get the face value worth of each precious child. Visit us at the St. Jerome Library for car washes and the business gives us a percentage of our more books and films that would surely help you make sales towards our trip! Cards will be sold after all Holy your faith journey fruitful. We are open every Sunday Masses, March 18 - April 29. after the 7:30 a.m. Mass until 11:00 a.m.
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Sunday, March 25 th Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord U11:00 David Allard by Mark & Kristen Parenteau Please Pray for… Sanctuary Candle: Please take a moment each day this week and pray for our Bishops, Priests and Deacons as well as for an increase in vocations. Sanctuary Lamp If you would like to reserve the sanctuary lamp for a Loving and gracious God, your son Jesus reminded special intention or in memory of a loved one, call the us: “To love one another as I have loved you.” (John parish office at 332-1863 or drop your request in the 15:12) May we never forget Jesus’ words in all that collection basket. The cost is $5 per week. we do. We pray for an increase of vocations to the priesthood, diaconate and consecrated life in the
120 Club Winner Diocese of Manchester. Give us the gifts of the Holy
Week #6 #143 David & Brenda Leclair Spirit so we can serve you more faithfully in our own vocations of married, single, religious or priestly life. Paschal Candle Help us to support one another in our vocations and Once again this year we are giving all parishioners the to work together opportunity to make donations toward the purchase of the
Paschal Candle for St. Leo Church in memory of a loved Sunday, March 18 th one or for a special intention. The Paschal Candle will be Bishop John B. McCormack lit during the Easter Season for your intentions. If you Bishop Odore J. Gendron would like to make a donation please contact the parish Monday, March 19 th office or place your donation in an envelope, mark it Rev. John J. Mahoney, Jr. Rev. Marcel I. Martel Paschal Candle Donation - St. Leo and place it in the Tuesday, March 20 th collection basket. Please don’t forget to include your intention. Rev. Samuel Fuller, OFM Cap Rev. Augustine G. Kelly, OSB st Wednesday, March 21 Easter Flower Donations All Deceased Priests and Religious of the Please consider making a donation towards our Easter Diocese
Flowers in memory of a loved one or for a special Thursday, March 22 nd intention. If you use our envelope system you will find an Rev. Matthew Mason envelope for this purpose in your box. If you do not use Rev. Marc Montminy
our envelope system simply place your donation in a white Friday, March 23 rd envelope and mark it Easter Flowers, please make sure to Deacon Winton DeRosia Deacon Richard J. Shannon include your intention. Thank you for your donation. Saturday, March 24 th
Rev. Edward J. Kelley Bereavement Support Group Rev. Paul Montminy Recently, Catholic Charities learned many families in the area have experienced the death of a loved one. As each “He became the source of eternal salvation for all of us grieves the loss of a loved one, a good friend or who obey Him” The gift of a vocation to the someone who has emotionally supported us, we may think priesthood or consecrated life requires an obedient we are alone in our feelings and responses. This is not always true. We invite you to join a Bereavement Group response through prayer and action. Call Father being offered at St. Peter’s in Farmington starting Matthew Mason (603) 663-0132, or write: Thursday, April 19 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. To register, [email protected]. please contact Sr. Helene at 332-7701 so we are sure to have enough books and journals. There is no cost for participating in the group, but Catholic Charities will accept donations for the cost of the books.
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