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. 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 . All Masses and Sacraments are offered in accordance with the liturgical books of 1962, as expressed in the of Pope Benedict XVI. April 21, 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, April 21: Easter Sunday Rite of Mass, there are red missalettes available at the entrances 8:00 a.m. Intention ~ Pro populo to help you follow the Mass. 10:00 a.m. Intention ~ Anthony Vernaglia Family 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 22: Easter Monday the back sacristy door to address them to Father. 7:00 a.m. Intention ~ For the good health of the Cuny family Prayer List We ask our fellow parishioners to take a moment to pray for these friends and their loved ones on a weekly basis. To add or remove a name from the Tuesday, April 23: Easter Tuesday 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 7:00 a.m. Intention ~ Alcee Brodeur (deceased) encouragement from the Ministry of Care, let us know via e-mail at [email protected]. Please include complete mailing address Wednesday, April 24: Easter Wednesday information. 7:00 a.m. Intention ~ Augusta Molavo (deceased) J. Aroutiounian Stella Lisi Greg Bishop Erin McCarthy Valerie Bishop Bernadette Mernin Thursday, April 25: Easter Thursday Michelle Blanding Barbara Monaco 7:00 p.m. Intention ~ Megan MacKenzie Claire Cadorette (†) Robert Pesce John E. Campagnone Sonia Pflieger Friday, April 26: Easter Friday Ida Campagnone Maureen Piccirillo 6:00 p.m. Intention ~ Special Intentions David Costa Cam Pierro John A. Cicerchia John Pompeii Carmella Classen The Ramos Family Saturday, April 27: Easter Saturday Anita Colasanto Jose Reyes 7:30 p.m. Intention ~ Joseph Murphy (deceased) Val Colasanto D. Ronaldo Michele DelleFave Arthur Sepe Sunday, April 28: Low Sunday Carol DiBeneditto Jean “Hapme” Siravo (†) Nancy Fazioli Tim 8:00 a.m. Intention ~ Pro populo Blanca Ferruzola Sandra Tulli 10:00 a.m. Intention ~ Elizabeth Finnegan (deceased) Jolene Gamache Mother Sofia, OCSO The Sanctuary Lamp this week is burning in memory of Eric Gonzales Robert Wojziechowski Parishioners, Friends and Benefactors John P. Hawkins Matthew Wojziechowski Kevin Zbigniew

Mass Intentions St. Mary’s wishes everyone a very happy and blessed The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is offered each day for a Easter! particular intention. Please use the request forms and envelopes to submit The Lord is truly Risen, alleluia! your intentions to Fr. Berg or the Parish Office. They And He hath appeared unto Simon, alleluia! are available at the entrances to the Church and in the Office. The suggested offering for a Mass is $25 for Thank You! Sunday Masses and Holy Days and $10 for all others. We would like to extend heartfelt thanks to all of the The suggested offering for a weekly Sanctuary Lamp parishioners who contributed to make this Holy Week so intention is $20. beautiful. There were so many items to clean, polish, sew and construct; such a variety of ceremonies to learn; so many musical pieces to learn, sing and play. This was Books Available especially true this year as we did the more ancient rites of St. Mary’s has daily hand Missals, Compline books, Latin/ Holy Week for the first time and had to “start from English Diurnale (the daily Divine Office), red Mass scratch.” Trying to thank each of you individually would booklets, examination of conscience booklets, and other risk leaving someone out and I know it was done for the spiritual books available for suggested donations. glory of God and not for a measly bulletin blurb! Again and again, we were edified to see how much you

each gave of your time despite hundreds of other obligations, and others outside of the parish have remarked about the service they see among the parishioners of St. There will be no Coffee An’ on Easter Sunday. Mary's. You encourage us, as well, to be generous in our Coffee An’ will resume next week follow the 10:00 a.m. vocation. Sunday Mass in the school cafeteria. With great gratitude, we wish you a very blessed and Thank you to everyone who contributed last week — May happy Easter! God reward you! Fr. Berg and Deacon Rock Parish Support The Sacraments - Eucharist I Week of April 14, 2019 St. Mary’s will resume adult education classes in May. Collection: $3,155.00 The first class on the Sacrament of the Eucharist will be Daily Offerings $ 25.00 Wednesday, May 8, which will be repeated on Friday, Online Giving $ 606.07 Total $3,811.07 May 10. The class on Wednesday will begin after the 7:00 a.m. Mass and Tierce, and, on Friday, after the 6:30 p.m. Thank you for your support — may God reward you! Mass. Easter Flower Donations Thank you to all those who donated towards our Easter Young Adults’ Group flowers—May God reward you! The Flowers were donated The Young Adults’ Group will meet on Sunday, May 19 at in honor of the following: 1:00 p.m. The topic of discussion will be beauty. There Maria Bedford James E. Finnegan will also be lunch, game(s), and Compline. The meeting is Bradshaw Family Romeo and Marie Anna open to members of the parish and non-members between Cappelli Family Gamache the ages of 18 and 30 who are interested. John Cascone Cora and Joseph Grandolfo Divine Mercy Sunday The Children of St. Mary’s Arnold and Helen Landry Next Sunday is the Octave of Easter, otherwise known Parish The Landry Family as Low Sunday and the Sunday in Albis. It is also now the The Dangelowicz Family Kevin Lang end of the Novena of Divine Mercy. Normally, in order to Mr. and Mrs. Dante Donald LaPlante fulfill this devotion, the faithful are to go to Confession, Costantino Eleanor LaViolette receive Holy Communion and pray the Divine Mercy August and Mary DeAquair Gerard LaViolette Chaplet. Fred and Alice DeAquair Gilda Lomazzo Since most or our faithful come from a great distance, we Stephen DeAquair Nicola Lomazzo will pray the Chaplet at 1:00 p.m. in the church rather than Jake DeFusco Walter and Doris McDevitt wait until 3:00 p.m. Following the Chaplet, Fr. Berg will Pat DeFusco Francis and Claire Peters hear any additional confessions for that day after the Ralph D. DelloIacono Sr. Inez Piotti recitation of the Chaplet. Rita Erskine Jo-Anne Rodrigous DiSano Family Mary E Smith Men's St. Joseph’s Day BBQ Labonte Family Paul E Smith May 1 is the feast of St. Joseph the Worker and a fitting Philip Fazioli The Souls in Purgatory day to have our first gathering of the men of the parish. Theodore and Molly Fazioli Dorothy Walsh We will use it as an occasion to discuss a future schedule Elizabeth I. Finnegan Edward P. Walsh of meetings for a Men’s Group. Henry Finnegan Robert Yabroudy It will be open to all men of the parish who are either over 30 or married. Church Attire The evening will consist of an hour of Adoration at With the warm summer months quickly approaching, it is 6:00 p.m. followed by a brief talk and a meal together in important to recall that not all attire is appropriate for the rectory. Please reserve the date now and contact church. Just as the atmosphere in the house of God ought to Fr. Berg or Rev. Mr. Rock to let them know if you will be distinct from the everyday life outside, so too our dress attend. should reflect the particular solemnity of this place. We are fortunate to have an edifice whose surroundings elevate the Upcoming Events mind and heart to God; our comportment ought to always  Sunday, April 28: Divine Mercy Chaplet at 1:00 p.m. do the same.  Wednesday, May 1: Men’s St. Joseph Day’s BBQ More specifically, both men and women should wear  Friday, May 3: Mass at 9:00 a.m. followed by clothing which covers at least the knees and shoulders, and St. Stephen’s Guild and Young Ladies’ Groups; First sleeves—no shorts or short skirts. Friday Devotions after the 6:30 p.m. Mass As your pastor, this is not a subject that I wish to preach on  Saturday, May 4: First Saturday Devotions with any frequency, to hang up large signs or to have as a focal point. Parishioners should not correct one another on  Sunday, May 5: First Communion this point. If you have a concern you should approach me  Wednesday, May 8: The Sacraments - The Eucharist I or Rev. Mr. Rock directly.  Friday, May 10: The Sacraments - The Eucharist I It is important that we make sure that all who visit (Repeated) St. Mary's can see immediately by our dress and our  Sunday, May 12: May Crowning after the 10:00 a.m. behavior that we are truly in a sanctuary, a place set aside Mass (Procession but no Coffee An’) for the worship of the One True God, Whom we strive to  Wednesday, May 15: The Sacraments - The Eucharist II adore with our entire being.  Friday, May 17: The Sacraments - The Eucharist II Fr. Berg (Repeated) Servers’ Guild and Young Ladies’ Groups  Sunday, May 19: Breakfast sandwiches at Coffee An’; On Friday, May 3, the Servers’ Guild and Young Ladies’ Young Adults’ Group Groups will meet following a 9:00 a.m. Mass and. Please  Wednesday, May 22: The Sacraments - The Eucharist III see the parish website for more information. Proper Prayers of the Mass in the Extraordinary Form for Easter Sunday Station: St. Mary Major

Introit (Ps 138:18, 5-6, 1-2) He is risen, He is not here; behold the place where they I arose and am still with Thee, alleluia: Thou hast laid laid Him. But go, tell His disciples, and Peter, that He Thine hand upon me, alleluia: Thy knowledge is become goeth before you into Galilee: there you shall see Him, as wonderful, alleluia, alleluia. Ps. Lord, Thou has searched He told you. me and known Me: Thou knowest my sitting down and Offertory (Ps 75:9-10) my rising up. ℣. Glory be to the Father. The earth trembled and was still when God arose in Collect judgment, alleluia. O God, who on this day through Thine only-begotten Son Secret hast overcome death and opened unto us the gate of Accept, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the prayers of Thy everlasting life; do Thou follow with Thine aid the desires people with the oblation of sacrifice; that what we have which Thou dost put into our minds and by Thy continual begun by these Paschal mysteries, may by Thy operation, help bring the same to good effect. Through the same our profit us for a healing remedy unto everlasting life. Lord... Through our Lord... Epistle (1 Cor 5:7-8) Preface of Easter Brethren, purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new It is truly meet and just, right and availing unto salvation, paste, as you are unleavened: for Christ our Pasch is that at all times, but more especially on this day we sacrificed. Therefore let us feast, not with the old leaven, should extol Thy glory, O Lord, when Christ our Pasch nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with was sacrificed. For He is the true Lamb that hath taken the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. away the sins of the world. Who by dying hath overcome Gradual (Ps 117:24, 1) our death, and by rising again hath restored our life. And This is the day which the Lord hath made: let us rejoice therefore with Angels and Archangels, with Thrones and and be glad in it. ℣.Give praise unto the Lord, for He is Dominations, and with all the heavenly hosts, we sing a good: for His mercy endureth for ever. hymn to Thy glory, saying without ceasing: Alleluia (1 Cor 5:7) Communicantes Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. Christ our Pasch is sacrificed. In communion, and keeping the most holy day of the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the Sequence flesh; venerating also in the first place the memory of the Christians! to the Paschal Victim offer your thankful glorious ever Virgin Mary... praises. Hanc Igitur The Lamb the sheep redeemeth: Christ, sinless, reconcileth sinners to the Father. We therefore beseech Thee, O Lord, graciously to accept Death and life contended in that conflict stupendous: the this oblation of our service, as also of Thy whole family, Prince of Life, who died, deathless reigneth. which we make unto Thee on behalf of these whom Speak, Mary, declaring what thou sawest wayfaring. Thou hast vouchsafed to bring to a new birth by water "The tomb of Christ who now liveth: and likewise the and the Holy Ghost, granting them remission of all their glory of the Risen. sins: and to dispose our days... Bright Angels attesting, the shroud and napkin resting. Communion (1 Cor 5:7-8) Yea, Christ my hope is arisen: to Galilee He goeth Christ our Pasch is immolated, alleluia: therefore let us before you." feast with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth, We know that Christ is risen, henceforth ever living: alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Have mercy, Victor King, pardon giving. Amen. Alleluia. Postcommunion Gospel (Mar 16:1-7) Pour forth upon us, O Lord, the Spirit of Thy love, that by Thy loving kindness Thou mayest make to be of one At that time, Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of mind, those whom Thou hast fed with these Paschal James, and Salome bought sweet spices, that coming they sacraments. Through our Lord... might anoint Jesus. And very early in the morning, the first day of the week, they came to the sepulchre, the sun being now risen. And they said one to another: Who shall Pray the Rosary roll us back the stone from the door of the sepulchre? And The Rosary will be prayed before the Saturday Mass and looking, they saw the stone rolled back. For it was very before the 8:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday. great. And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young The Rosary Prayer Group meets on Tuesdays at 5:30 man sitting on the right side, clothed with a white robe, p.m. to pray the Rosary. All are welcome. and they were astonished. Who saith to them: Be not affrighted; ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified: