February 28, 2021 Second Sunday of Lent 191 School Street Albion, RI 02802

Mailing address: P.O. Box 67 Albion, RI 02802

Phone 401.333.1568 Fax 401.333.1568 [email protected] www.stambrosechurchri.org

RECTORY OFFICE HOURS: Monday, Wednesday 9:00AM to 2:00PM Friday 9:00AM to 11:30AM Closed Legal Holidays

ST. CEMETERY: Contact the Parish Office

SUNDAY MASSES: Saturday Vigil 5:15PM Sunday 8:30AM & 11:15AM

WEEKDAY MASSES: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 7:30AM HOLY DAY MASSES: As announced

CONFESSIONS Saturdays 4:15-4:45PM BAPTISMS: Contact the Parish Office prior to the birth of your child MARRIAGES: Contact the Parish Office one year in advance SACRAMENT OF THE SICK: Please contact the Parish Office HOLY ORDERS: Please contact the Diocesan Office of Vocations at 331-1316

Rev. Thomas J. Ferland, Pastor Rev. John A. Kiley, Senior Priest Second Sunday of Lent February 28, 2021

We continue to keep the health and safety of our parishioners a top priority. Our church pews remain marked off for socially and prayerfully distant seating, hand sanitizer is available at the entrance, mask wearing is encouraged, sanitization of the pews and common areas is done after each mass.

In light of the recent changes by the State, the seating capacity of the church is expanded to 40%, which is 80 people at this time. We encourage you to stay safe and worship with us during our live-stream masses on our Facebook page if you are not able to attend in person..

God Bless You and Stay Safe.

St. Mother Teresa Society of St. Ambrose Parish “Today somebody is Dear Fellow Parishioners of St. Ambrose Parish: suffering, today somebody is in the The Holy Season of Lent is quickly approaching, a season of penance, sacrifice and a street, time to help our many less fortunate brothers and sisters in Christ. Your generosity in today somebody is the past has always been a tremendous blessing to the poor and needy. hungry… We have only today to Due to the pandemic our annual Lenten Food Drive make Jesus known, will be rather untraditional this year. loved, served, fed, For the safety of all concerned, we prefer to not collect food items this year, but clothed, sheltered. rather would appreciate donations of gift cards to Pawtucket area supermarkets Do not wait for which include Stop & Shop, Shaw’s and Price Rite. tomorrow. Tomorrow we will not Monetary gifts would also be very appreciated. Checks can be made payable to have them if we do not St. John Food Pantry and placed in the secure drop box at the church entrance or feed them today.” mailed directly to St. Parish, 69 Quincy Ave., Pawtucket, RI 02860. Your monetary gift will be used to purchase items from the food bank at reduced prices. Mother Teresa of Whatever you can donate to this most worthwhile endeavor is greatly appreciated Calcutta and I thank you for your generosity.

With deep gratitude for your charity, Marie Zagorsky Coordinator of the St. Mother Teresa Society

PARISH STAFF

Rev. Thomas J. Ferland, Pastor Rev. John A. Kiley, Senior Priest Mrs. Robin Carney, Secretary PARISH TRUSTEES Ms. Nancy Clancy, Bookkeeper Mr. Robert Nangle Mrs. Christiana Caprarelli, Adult & Children’s Choir Director Mrs. Mary Anne Roll Mrs. Mary Ellen Battey, Organist Mr. Peters, Maintenance Supervisor Mr. Raymond A. Gagnon, Parish Sexton

911—St. Ambrose Mass Intentions and Saturday, February 27, 2021 Vigil Mass of The Second Sunday of Lent Mary’s Hanging Lamp 5:15 p.m. Mary Sue Slinkard Requested by St. Ambrose Parish

Walter “Ray” Greene If you are interested in scheduling Requested by Mary Ellen, Paul and Benjamin a Mass Intention or

Robert Grant placing a Hanging Lamp Intention Requested by Family for a loved one at St. Ambrose, please call the Rectory. Sunday, February 28, 2021 Second Sunday of Lent 8:30 a.m. Yvonne Simard -Anniversary Remembrance Requested by her granddaughter, Michelle Taylor We offer our prayerful condolences and 11:15 a.m. Paul Gagnon, Sr. -Birthday Remembrance sympathy to the family of: Requested by his Family

Monday, March 1, 2021 Lenten Weekday Raymond Sousa, Jr. 7:30 a.m. Pro Populo who passed away on February 20, 2021

Tuesday, March 2, 2021 Lenten Weekday 8:30 a.m. Mass at St. James Church “Let us not abandon them until by our prayers we conduct them into the house of the Lord.” Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - St. Ambrose St. Katharine Drexel, 7:30 a.m. Rose and Edward Crepeau Requested by Family

Roland Bacon -Birthday Remembrance Requested by Michele and Brian Smith

6:30 p.m. Stations of the Cross at St. Ambrose

Thursday, March 4, 2021 St. Casimir 8:30 a.m. Mass at St. James Church We hope to see you soon…

Friday, March 5, 2021 but if you are still not able to Lenten Weekday World Day of Peace attend mass in person… 7:30 a.m. Mary Lou Sullivan -Month’s Mind Requested by Jerry and Susan Cahee We continue to live-stream our weekday 3:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross at St. James and weekend masses on our Facebook page. Saturday, March 6, 2021 Vigil Mass of The Third Sunday of Lent The videos are posted for later viewing at... 5:15 p.m. Walter “Ray” Greene Requested by Jacqueline Robert St. Ambrose Office of Faith Formation

Sunday, March 7, 2021 Third Sunday of Lent The church doors are open at St. Ambrose from 8:30 a.m. Jean Smith -Month’s Mind 7:00am - 4:00pm daily for individual prayer. Requested by St. Ambrose Parish

11:15 a.m. Phyllis Rubin Please wear a mask and practice social Requested by Michelle and Stephen Renehan distancing when you visit. theWORD among us

The Word Among Us magazine offers daily meditations based on the Mass readings of the , inspirational essays, stories of the and more! St. James Parish is offering the Lenten 2021 issue free to parishioners who would like one. Please pick up your copy or call the office and ask for one to be sent to you. We have a limited number of copies available.

This Lent we will be encouraged to Stations of the Cross “Embrace This Holy Season” through the daily reflections offered by Fr. Sica.

We have some additional copies available in Church or you can call the parish office for a copy.

Wednesday, March 3, 2021 6:30 p.m. at St. Ambrose Church

Friday, March 5, 2021 3:00 p.m. at St. James Church

Stations of the Cross will be live-streamed on our Facebook page

Lent 2021

“Lent can be Twenty Third Publications describes Embrace our Helpful This Holy Season – Daily Reflections, Actions Practice. and Prayers as follows: “Fr. Joe’s booklet, It’s time to finished just days before his untimely death, is make positive full of life—as he invites us to “leap out of bed changes— each morning filled with determination and reduce stress, delighted with life.” clear clutter, Fr. Joe wrote... deepen our “Nothing is more precious than a life fully relationships, lived. To live this way is to live with passion! focus on prayer Jesus wants you to live without fear, and prioritize open your heart to others, and know and accept our actual yourself in a deep and powerful way. needs.” How can you do this?” Faith Formation 2020-2021

Grades K-4

The PAUSE on in-person classes will continue through the end of this session. The only class that will meet in-person will be Grade 2 Sacrament preparation. Grades K, 1, 3, 4 will have Week of February 21, 2021 Zoom classes. An email has been sent to families. Families should continue with virtual/home study lessons as assigned Weekly Budget $ 1,971.00 through the end of the session. Maintenance $ 75.00 Grades 5-8 Poor Box $ 102.00 On-Line Giving $ 775.00 Information regarding upcoming classes Ash Wednesday $ 209.00 will be sent to families by email.

As always, Thank you for your generosity! We depend solely upon your weekly support We Asked - By Colleen Hanycz, PhD, Incoming President at Xavier University to meet our weekly parish expenses.

We encourage you to continue to mail-in your budget We asked for strength, envelopes and other special and second collection and you gave us difficulties to make us strong. contributions during this time. This is also a great time to consider On-Line Giving. Please visit our website and We asked for wisdom, click on the link to sign up. and you gave us problems to solve.

Celebrate the Year of St. Joseph… We asked for prosperity, Francis’ Prayer to St. Joseph and you gave us purpose and brains to use.

Glorious , We asked for courage, whose power makes the impossible possible, and you gave us fears to overcome. come to my aid in these times of anguish and difficulty. We asked for patience, take under your protection and you gave us situations the serious and troubling situations where we were forced to wait. that I commend to you, that they may have a happy outcome. We asked for , My beloved father, all my trust is in you. and you gave us troubled people to help. Let it not be said that I invoked you in vain, We asked for justice, and since you can do and you called us to be just and lead with integrity. everything with Jesus and Mary, Lord, we have received nothing that we asked for show me that your or wanted. goodness is as great as your power. And yet, we receive everything that we needed. Amen. For this we give thanks.

911—St. Ambrose

Catholic Charity Appeal Our Faith and Hope in Charity

The start of the In light of COVID restrictions, and for 2021 Catholic Charity Appeal the safety of those who handle the Rice is quickly approaching. Bowl collections, we will not be handing It is your continued support that out the traditional Lenten Rice Bowls impacts and makes a difference in this year. Contributions are encouraged the lives of those in need within the through to be made through the Diocese of Providence. envelope enclosed in your budget pack.

This year’s motto for the Rice Bowl campaign:

“For Lent for Life”

During this Lenten Season we ask that you continue to pray for our brothers and sisters experiencing hunger and poverty both locally and globally. The Christian charity requires Society for the Propagation of the Faith that we protect ourselves encourages us “to be grateful for what and others. we have, seek reconciliation with God Stop the spread. for the sins of the world, and renew ourselves in helping others cope with PLEASE WEAR dire poverty.” A MASK

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