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Year C Hymnal #951 VIII Sunday in Ordinary Time March 3, 2019

Mon., March 4 Sat., March 2 Weekend of February 24, 2019 4 PM … Our Family Regular Offertory $3, 189.00 6:30—8 PM … Youth Ministry Sun., March 3 VIII Sunday in Ordinary Time Loose Offertory 392.75 7—8 PM … Food Pantry 7:30 AM … Robert Parish by Tom & Yong Me Collins Online Offertory Last Wk 985.00 Tue., March 5 Total Offertory $4,566.75 12:45 PM … Parish Nurse 9:30 AM … Monica Celeste Morin by Claude & Irene Morin 5 PM … Charles McCarthy by Malachy McCarthy Stewardship Make Up $ 70.00 Wed., March 6

Monday, March 4 Casimir 12:00 PM … with imposition of ashes Food Pantry $ 10.00 6:30 PM … Mass with imposition of ashes 12 PM … Napoleon & Marie Boisvert by Lionel & Lil Coulon Thur., March 7 Tue., March 5 ********************** Last Year: Wknd of Feb. 25. 2018 6:30 PM … Catholic War Veterans & 12 PM … Mary Faith Pikiell by Malachy McCarthy Total Offertory $4,364.00 CWV Auxiliary Wives Wed., March 6 Ash Wednesday Thank you for your sacrificial gift! Sat., March 8 12 PM … Denny Smith by Christine & Butler 5:15 PM … Dinner 6:30 PM … Our Parish Family Thur., March 7 On Monday, February 25, the food pantry served 29 families and gave out 8:30 AM … Available intention 58 bags of groceries. We can always use brown paper bags, peanut butter, Fri., March 8 Saint John of God and soup. Thank you! 6 PM … Lorraine R. (Maher) Ronan by P. Sat., March 9 Saint Frances of FAST and ABSTINENCE Days for fast 4 PM … Grand Marshals John & Marilyn Cashin and abstinence are Ash Wednesday, Mar. 6, and Good Friday, Sun., March 10 I Sunday of Lent Apr. 18. Fridays during Lent are also recommended days of absti- 7:30 AM … Our Parish Family nence. FASTING is observed by all 18 years of age and older, who 9:30 AM … Available intention 5 PM … Available intention have not yet celebrated their 59th birthday. On a fast day, one full meal is allowed. Two other meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to each one’s needs, but together they should not equal another full Sanctuary candle The sanctuary candle burns this week for Jean Kubik by Mathew meal. Eating between meals is not permitted, but liquids, including milk and juic- Kubik & Cristina Valente. es, are allowed. ABSTINENCE is observed by all 14 years of age and older. On days of abstinence, no meat is allowed. Note that when health or ability to work READINGS FOR THE WEEK of March 3, 2019 would be seriously affected, the law does not oblige. Monday: Sir 17:20-24; Ps 32:1-2, 5, 6, 7; Mk 10:17-27; Tuesday: Sir 35:1-12; Ps 50:5-6, 7-8, 14 and 23; Mk 10:28-31; Wednes- day: Jl 2:12-18; Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13, 14 and 17; 2 Cor 5:20— Two opportunities to prepare for Lent 2019: Re- 6:2; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18; Thursday: Dt 30:15-20; Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and pentance, Reparation, Rediscovery and Renewal 6; Lk 9:22-25; Friday: Is 58:1-9a; Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 18-19; Mt Prepare for Lent by joining us for a series of events and discus- 9:14-15; Saturday: Is 58:9b-14; Ps 86:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Lk 5:27-32; sion on Tuesday, March 12, 19, 26; April 2, 9. Adoration Sunday: Dt 26:4-10; Ps 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15; Rom 10:8- and Vespers at 7 PM on Friday, March 15, 22, 29; April 5, 12. Save the dates 13; Lk 4:1-13 and watch for more information in next weekend’s bulletin. Ashes will be imposed on Wednesday, March 6 at Daily Reflections for Lent by Suicide Lifeline: If you or the 12 pm 6.30 pm Mass- Mary DeTurris Poust are availa- someone you know struggle es. ble in the Information Nook with suicidal thoughts, you for $2. You may pay for the can call the U.S. National book by including it with your Suicide Prevention Lifeline Like us on offertory or leave your donation at 800-273-TALK (8255) Facebook! in the donation box in the nook. any time of day or night.

Monday, Mar 4, 6:30—8 PM: Confirmation Prep #5 @ St Monday, Mar 11, 6:30—8 PM: Confirmation Prep #6 @ Transfiguration Monday, Mar 18, 6:30—8 PM: $1 Night @ St Raphael—Teens will have Thank you to all who contributed to the fundraiser drive lunch at their normal time but no snacks or drinks except water until they towards housing for homeless pregnant women in need get to class. Please bring a dollar bill to participate. and their babies. There will be a Benefit Banquet on Monday, Mar 25, 6:30—8 PM: Discussion @ Transfiguration. “What is May 1 at the Executive Court Banquet Facility, Man- your vision of your future?” Questions? Please call Lynne at 603.533.4574 or chester to initiate Phase II of the project to renovate and email [email protected]. furnish the home, hire staff, etc. Please visit www.stgiannasplace.org for information about the event or email [email protected]. Coming soon … The New Saint Raphael Follies ~ 5th Edition ~ June 1, 2019 Get Ready! Time to begin determining your acts for the stage! From the Pastor: Fr. Jerome Day, O.S.B. Two black American Catholics, headed for , show joy amid trials

The past few weeks have been difficult ones man (1937-1990) faith and in a struggling will to overcome sin for the Catholic community in the U.S. The forward to Rome, and develop the virtues in a relationship with defrocking of a former cardinal and archbish- under the auspices of the Lord. op of Washington, over sexual misconduct the Diocese of Jack- Father Tolton, who could become our na- with minors, was shocking and hurtful. Jus- son in . tion’s first African-American saint, was a tice, finally, had her hearing, but the process Meanwhile, the case runaway slave. Born in 1854 in , he brought shock, disgust and alienation. Com- of Father Augustus fled with his mother and two siblings bined with the meeting of bishops from Tolton (1854-1897), in 1862 by crossing the Mississippi River into around the world with Francis in Rome whose case has been Illinois. Educated in a Catholic setting with to address the crisis, a meeting long-overdue, spearheaded by the the help of Father Peter McGirr, Tolton was and the subsequent conviction of another car- Archdiocese of Chi- baptized and entered the Church. He was sent dinal and former Vatican treasurer by an cago, has seen its to Rome – because no American Australian court over similar sexual behavior , or case study would accept a black – and was ordained in with minors highlighted the global reach of Fr. could with biographical 1886 by the pope’s vicar. the clergy sexual abuse scandal. Painful as it become America’s black details, assessment of When Father Tolton returned home, he was is, healing and renewal within the Church saint virtues and writings, received by parades and processions of black cannot be achieved unless prevention and any claimed mira- and white Catholics. He served in Quincy, IL, measures are robust, transparency is clear cles, accepted by a theological committee in then went to , where he established and sorrow sincere. the Vatican’s Congregation for ’s Parish in 1893 Sometimes, we can forget the business of the Causes of Saints. Research on for black Catholics. Four years the Church. Such business is not raking in big Sister Thea’s positio is beginning. later, he died, collapsing from collections, investing large sums, building With approximately 3 million sunstroke. Father Tolton’s short new structures, employing tens of thousands members, or 3 percent, in an priestly life was rich in service and flexing political muscle. The “business” American Catholic population of and joy – and a powerful witness of the Church is not, in fact, business in the 70.4 million amid a U.S. popula- to black Catholic and monetary and fiscal sense – and when we tion nearly 330 million, black life. think it is, we already are in trouble. If we Catholics can be easily over- Sister Thea was only two gener- think of “business” as the principal goal or looked, but they constitute a sig- ations away from slavery when object, the aspect of our life in Christ that nificant and lively part of the she was born in 1937. Raised in a most concerns us, then it is clear that we Church in our country. Such Methodist home, with her fa- Catholics are meant to be in the holiness Catholics are not only lively in ther a physician and her mother a business, the love and compassion business bringing into their worship many teacher, Thea, with her parents’ and the faith business. of the traditions of their commu- Sr. , F.S.P.A. permission, converted to Catholi- One of the most fascinating ways to exam- nity, but they also bring signifi- cism. She attended Viterbo Col- ine holiness in Christian life is to see how the cant experience in serving their neighbors, lege, run by the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetu- Church moves people forward toward canoni- facing down discrimination and injustice al Adoration, the same community she would zation. When a saint is proclaimed, he or she and making contributions in education, enter. She studied English, eventually earning is enrolled in the “canon” or list of those liturgy and music. Demographically, black a Ph.D. degree with her study of William whose lives give such ample evidence of faith Americans constitute about 13-14 percent Faulkner, her fellow native Mississippian. and holiness that the Church is confident in of the population, the higher figure if one She taught at every level from elementary declaring them to be among those rejoicing counts people of mixed race background, school to university, and she made the case to forever with God in heaven. Canonization according to census figures. Hispanic Catho- justify traditional black music in Catholic means such people are worthy of public ven- lics in this country, by contrast, number worship. Sister Thea writes, “Black sacred eration, and that they can intercede before some 38 million, or slightly more than half song is soulful song.” It is holistic, participa- God on behalf of those who entreat them. of the Catholic population. tory, real, Spirit-filled and life-giving. Ever since John Paul II, declared a saint in Holiness, of course, is not a demographic In addition, she helped evangelize Ameri- 2014, the Church has made a strong effort to category. It is a condition of mind, heart and cans, of all racial and ethnic identities, to identify, study and proclaim new saints so that attitude in the soul that draws men and wom- cherish their cultural forms of expression, contemporary men and women can see that en close to the life of Christ, the fullest ex- retain them and find joy in their unity in holiness is indeed possible. pression of God in our midst. Holiness mani- Christ – striving for mutual understanding and Holiness can become visible in the most fests itself in loving service to others, in pray- appreciation. As she fought cancer, she once surprising ways. Last month, during Black er and worship before God’s altar, in com- addressed the American bishops – and man- Heritage Month, as it is observed at Saint munion with the Mystical Body of Christ, in a aged to see them stand to applaud her and join Anselm College, I decided to attend a concert burning desire to learn and know about the in singing the old civil rights rallying cry, by the Black Catholic Choir of the Archdio- faith, in an unyielding attachment to Christ in “We Shall Overcome.” Sister died in 1990. cese of Boston. The audience was mod- © Rev. Jerome Joseph Day, O.S.B. est – but the performance was robust and beautiful. It was clear that faith and good will were soaring, extending and expand- ing from the throats of the singers into the audience. In recent months, two developments should give all American Catholics, and African-American Catholics in particu- lar, encouragement. During their No- vember assembly last year in Baltimore, the U.S. bishops voted to advance the cause for canonization of Sister Thea Bow- A young Sr. Thea Bowman, F.S.P.A., in traditional habit, teaches high school in Mississippi.