St. John St. Margaret the Evangelist Parish of Scotland Parish St. Mary Parish 115 Middlesex Street 374 Stevens Street 25 North Road North Chelmsford Lowell Chelmsford
Parish Office Location and Hours
August 15, 2021 115 Middlesex Street • North Chelmsford, MA 01863 (978) 251-8571/ 454-5143/ 256-2374 ● www.theholyrood.org Solemnity of the Assumption of Monday, Tuesday, Thursday • 9:00 am - 5:00 pm the Blessed Virgin Mary Wednesday • 9:30 am - 5:00 pm “From this day, all generations will call me blessed” Friday • 9:00 am - 3:00 pm -Luke 1:48b Weekend Mass Schedule
St. John • Saturday, 4 pm/ Sunday, 9:30 am and 6 pm • African Liturgy, 12 pm: 2nd, 3rd, 4th Sundays St. Margaret • Saturday, 4 pm/ Sunday, 7:30 and 10 am St. Mary • Saturday, 4 pm/ Sunday, 7 and 11 am Daily Mass Schedule
Monday - Friday 7 am at St. Mary • 8 am at St. Margaret • 9 am at St. John
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Monday • 4:30 - 5:30 pm • St. John Tuesday • 4:30 - 5:30 pm • St. Margaret Wednesday • 4:30 - 5:30 pm • St. Mary Saturday • 11 am - 12 noon at St. Mary • 1 pm - 2 pm at St. Margaret • 3 pm - 3:45 pm at St. John Eucharistic Adoration
Thursdays • 12:00 - 9:00 PM • St. Mary Adoration Chapel First Fridays • 3:00 - 9:00 PM • St. John OPC Chapel
LIVEVIEW Devotions
Monday - Thursday (Fridays will begin on September 10)
3 pm • Chaplet of Divine Mercy at St. John 7 pm • Rosary at St. Mary Prayer Line
To have prayers said for yourself or a loved one, call the parish office and ask for ext. 223. After hours, press 5. *Please read enre bullen for potenal schedule changes
“ Clergy We are missionaries of mercy, Reverend Brian Mahoney, PASTOR Sent by the father of mercy, [email protected] / ext 215
Reverend Arnold Colletti, SR. PRIEST IN RESIDENCE To distribute the treasures of mercy [email protected] / ext 221
to those in need.” -St. John Eudes Reverend Raymond Benoit, SR. PRIEST IN RESIDENCE feast day August19 [email protected] / ext 210
Reverend Mr. John C. Hunt, Jr., PERMANENT DEACON [email protected] / ext 224
Reverend Mr. Barry V. Lloyd., PERMANENT SR. DEACON [email protected]
Outreach & Parish Ministry
calendar Sr. Lori Fleming, PART-TIME PASTORAL ASSOCIATE [email protected] / ext 225
Business Office
Paul Firicano, COLLABORATIVE BUSINESS MANAGER
Monday, August 16
pfi[email protected] / ext 220
LIVEVIEW Chaplet of Divine Mercy • 3 pm • St. John Tina Sousa, FINANCE & FACILITY SUPPORT Confession at St. John • CANCELLED [email protected] / ext 219 LIVEVIEW Rosary • 7 pm • St. Mary Family Faith Formation
Tuesday, August 17 Heather Hannaway, MA , DIR OF FAITH FORMATION [email protected] / ext 226
LIVEVIEW Chaplet of Divine Mercy • 3 pm • St. John Courtney Callanan, MA, ASST DIR OF FAITH FORMATION Confession at St. Margaret • CANCELLED [email protected] / ext 227
LIVEVIEW Rosary • 7 pm • St. Mary Shaun Bradley, FAITH FORMATION ASSOCIATE [email protected] / ext 237
Wednesday, August 18 Lynn Anne LaDuke, FAITH FORMATION COORDINATOR
[email protected] / ext 240
LIVEVIEW Chaplet of Divine Mercy • 3 pm • St. John Elaine Kindler, FAITH FORMATION COORDINATOR Confession at St. Mary • CANCELLED [email protected] / ext 216 LIVEVIEW Rosary • 7 pm • St. Mary Administration
Thursday, August 19 Sue Beechin, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT [email protected] / ext 236
Adoration • 12 pm - 9 pm • St. Mary Adoration Chapel Jamie Brown, PART-TIME SCHEDULING COORDINATOR LIVEVIEW Chaplet of Divine Mercy • 3 pm • St. John [email protected] / ext 239
LIVEVIEW Rosary • 7 pm • St. Mary Rae Russo, PART-TIME FUNERAL COORDINATOR [email protected] / ext 325
Friday, August 20 Donna Gambon, PART-TIME ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
[email protected] / ext 248 Friday LIVEVIEW devotions halted until September 10 Facilities
Saturday, August 21 Dan Heider, FACILITIES MANAGER
[email protected] / ext 213 Confession • 11 am - 12 noon • St. Mary Confession • 1- 2 pm • St. Margaret Bulletin, Website, Social Media
Confession • 3 - 3:45 pm • St. John the Evangelist Christine Trznadel, COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR [email protected] / ext 214 Summer Schedule Changes... more Turn page for
MONDAY-FRIDAY Confessions th 4 Monday Confessions at St. John, Tuesday Confessions ANNUAL HAIL MARY CHALLENGE • at St. Margaret and Wednesday Confessions at St. Mary will be cancelled for the remainder of the summer. They will resume Tuesday, September 7th. Your Hail Mary counts can be emailed to Paul at [email protected], phoned into him at (978) 729- FRIDAY LIVEVIEW Devotions 1677, or dropped into the black drop boxes located at the entrance of the parish offices or the rear Both the 3 pm Chaplet and 7 pm Rosary will be on handicap entrance at St. Mary. hiatus until Friday, September 10th. Our Monday - Thursday devotions will continue throughout the summer. Please remember to pray for the Liturgical Ministers Needed Holy Souls at all Masses, all churches in Purgatory! Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion (EMHC). It is the Our Lady of Fatima revealed in responsibility of the EMHC's to assist the her apparition that only the priest with the distribution of communion souls that are “totally pure will to the congregation during Masses and see God,” and that we who are other Eucharistic celebrations. on this Earth must pray for those in purgatory, as they cannot Lectors/Readers. Readers are called to serve the pray for themselves. whole community by proclaiming God’s Word at Mass and other Week Ending Total-To-Date %age of Goal liturgical services so that all can hear August 8 and understand clearly; spoken in such a way that holds everyone's attention. 52,218 596,437 59.6%
Ushers and Greeters. These individuals are an extremely important part of our community. They Silver Rose Prayer Service serve as the 'front line' of our liturgical Tuesday, August 17th celebrations. While our greeters provide Following 7 am Mass at St. Mary that very important first impression, our ushers maintain and improve the ongoing The Bishop Ruocco Knights of Columbus church-going experience. will be hosting the Silver Rose at St. Mary. The Silver Rose program is a KofC sponsored Marian devotion to Our DO YOU FEEL Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas. A 30-minute prayer service will accompany the display of a KofC Silver Rose. All are welcome to attend Mass and the prayer service. If you are interested, willing and able to volunteer for any of these ministries, the best way to do so would be to If you, or someone you know within our complete the form that can be found on our website collaborative family is homebound, contact at www.theholyrood.org/i-would-like-to-volunteer Rae as soon as possible so that you can
If you do not have access to a computer, you can be put on the invitation list for the 3rd contact Donna at ext 248. But, again, if you have a Annual Homebound Mass and Luncheon to computer, online is the most efficient way! be held on Tuesday September 21! of what’s happening in our collaborative! Back Pack Attack 2021 The Back Pack Attack is officially UNDERWAY and we have already received many generous donations! All supplies received [supply list below] will be given to the Lowell Wish Project, and will be handed out to students in need, right here in our own community, and just in time for their first day of school! Donation boxes can now be found at each church.
If your schedule doesn’t allow for physical shopping, you can make a purchase from the comfort of your own home from their Amazon Wish List and have the items shipped directly to them. If you choose this option, be sure to mention that your purchase is a donation from The Holy Rood Collaborative. The link to this wish list can be found on their website… www.thewishproject.org/backpack-attack [scroll to bottom]. If you prefer to make a financial donation, please donate directly to The Lowell Wish Project.
Thank you to those who have already donated, and a Thank you in advance to those of you who will. Your support of our kids in need is so very much appreciated!
For those who would like to help us stuff the backpacks, please join us on Wednesday, August 25th at The Wish Project parking lot at 166 Middlesex Street, North Chelmsford between 5-7 pm. In the event of inclement weather, we will meet at St. John the Evangelist Church hall. If you would like to participate, please email Kimberly at [email protected] or Chad at [email protected].
In the event that you misplace this bulletin, all this information can also be found via the link on the homepage. Back Pack Attack 2021! school supply list All stores have great back-to-school sales going on now. Supplies can be purchased from any one of them. Please note that all donations must be brand new and in original packaging. Pencils Spiral Notebooks Folders Pencils [pack of 10] Pencil Sharpener Pens [black or blue] Erasers [large pink or pencil cap] 12-inch ruler Markers or Colored Pencils Glue Sticks or Bottled Glue Crayons [24-pack] and, of course… Backpacks!!!
*Five Below retail store has backpacks for $5, and is located in the Plain Street Shopping Plaza in Lowell, near Target!
“The Lord’s call is not an intrusion of God in our freedom; it is not a “cage” or a burden to be borne. On the contrary, it is the loving iniave whereby God encounters us invites us to be part of a great undertaking. He opens before our eyes the horizon of a greater sea and an abundant catch.”
RHis Holiness, Pope Francis Heather Hannaway, MA Director of Faith Formation [email protected] Family Faith Courtney Callanan, MA Asst. Director of Faith Formation Formaon Program [email protected] Shaun Bradley Elaine Kindler Lynn Anne LaDuke Faith Formation Associate Faith Formation Coordinator Faith Formation Coordinator [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Uniting the Heart of the Church with the Heart of the Home
This year, we are returning to in-person sessions Here’s a quick summary... All student classes will be on Sundays; Classes begin in October Grades 1-6 will meet once a month, time depending on the parish in which you are registered Grade 1-6 parent Discipleship Groups are scheduled for same time as student’s class All Grade 2 students will have an additional class each month at St. Mary from 9:15 - 10:45 am Grade 7-8 students will meet once a month at St. Margaret from 11:15 am - 12:45 pm Confirmation I and II students will meet once or twice a month at St. John from 4:15 - 5:45 pm Families are expected to pray together DAILY and attend Mass together WEEKLY Grade 1 - Confirmation II students are expected to attend class and participate in a Deep Dive Event MONTHLY Grade 1- 6 parents are expected to attend Discipleship Groups MONTHLY Visit our website to view a video presentation by Heather and Courtney, where the entire program is outlined. This video will answer most, if not all, of your questions, so we ask that you please view this video before calling with questions. The video can be found at www.theholyrood.org. Hover over Faith Formation then click on Program Overview 2021/22. Mark your Calendar!
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING... th Annual Collaborative Outdoor Mass and BBQ 6 Sunday, September 12 ● 10:30 am ● St. John Great Lawn
Mass at 10:30 am, The St. John 9:30 am, followed by good food St. Margaret 10 am, St. Mary 11 am, and the and good 12 noon African Masses old fashioned are cancelled this day! TheFinancial Page
When sending in checks, please make it payable to IMPORTANT DONATION REMINDER the specific parish—St. John the Evangelist, St. Margaret of Scotland or St. Mary—to whom you are making your donation. As each parish maintains their own financial entity, checks made out to The Holy Rood Collaborative cannot be cashed as The Holy Rood Collaborative is NOT a financial entity. If you have any questions, please contact Paul Firicano.
Weekend of Fiscal Year-To-Date Fiscal YTD St. Mary Weekly Offertory August 7th/8th August 8th Average/Week Offertory Required to cover Budgeted Expenses $15,000 $90,000 $15,000 Actual Received $13,121 $90,053 $15,009 Shortfall/ Overage -$1,879 $53 $9
Weekend of Fiscal Year-To-Date Fiscal YTD St. John Weekly Offertory August 7th/8th August 8th Average/Week
Offertory Required to cover Budgeted Expenses $9,500 $57,000 $9,500 Actual Received $8,822 $58,922 $9,820 Shortfall/ Overage -$678 $1,922 $320
Weekend of Fiscal Year-To-Date Fiscal YTD St. margaret Weekly Offertory August 7th/8th August 8th Average/Week Offertory Required to cover Budgeted Expenses $5,550 $33,300 $5,550 Actual Received $5,008 $26,877 $4,480 Shortfall/ Overage -$542 -$6,423 -$1,071
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You will be taken to the St. John You will be taken to the St. Mary You will be taken to the WeShare site. Click on ‘Set up New Online Living site. Choose your St. Margaret online giving site. Account’ and set up your payment Giving Opportunity and set up your If you are a new donor, click on options. If you prefer, there is a payments options. If you prefer, the 'create profile' button to create “Quick Give” option to make a there is an option to make a your donor account. one-time donation. one-time donation. As announced over Our faith formation Volunteers the past few weeks, at all Masses this Definitely have heart! w e e k e n d , t h e following blessing will Faith Formation Volunteers are ALWAYS needed! be prayed over all We are currently in need of... our students who are Grade-level Table Facilitators for children heading off to college, trade-school or Mentors for parent Discipleship Groups any other continuing education program Office and Material prep Volunteers for their first time! Below the blessing, please find the names of students whose If you are able to help us out please complete the form that can be names were submitted for this purpose. found online at... We wish them many blessings as they www.theholyrood.org/intent experience the first of many firsts to
If you do not have access to a computer, contact Elaine at ext 216. come in their lifetime! ———————————— Lord God, your Spirit of wisdom fills You DO NOT NEED to have a child(ren) in the the earth and teaches us your ways. In program to volunteer! All we ask is for a heart your wisdom and love you surround us willing to share our catholic faith in whatever with the mysteries of the universe. In times long past you sent us your way you can with our families! prophets to teach your laws and to bear witness to your undying love. You sent us your Son to teach us by word and example that true wisdom comes from Pray The RosarY... you alone. The Feast of Our Lady of Beauraing, which coincides annually with the Queenship of Mary, will be celebrated on August 22 at 6 pm Look upon these students. Let them with an outdoor rosary at the home of Ray and Irene Tremblay at enjoy their learning and take delight in 112 Norris Road in Tyngsboro. Friends of Our Lady are asked to new discoveries. Help them to persevere in their studies and give bring a lawn chair, and anyone not vaccinated is asked to wear a them the desire to learn all things mask and practice social distancing. The Pilgrim Virgin Statue of well. Send your Spirit upon these Our Lady of Beauraing will be on display and refreshments will be students and fill them with your served, and… Br. Richard Cote will update us on the progress of wisdom and blessings and may they our new book "Our Lady of Beauraing—Queen of the Golden devote themselves to their studies and Heart." For more information about this event, please call Irene at share what they have learned with (978) 469-1813. others. Grant that these students may With the passage of the Roe Act (Remove Obstacles and Expand follow Jesus Christ, the way, the truth, Abortion) last December, Massachusetts is now among the most and the life, for ever and ever. pro-death states in the country having removed the existing state law Prayer cards are available at the doors of the mandating lifesaving care to be administered to a child who survives church. Please take ONLY ONE to be sure that an abortion. The Massachusetts Newborn Protections Coalition is there are enough for the families of our firstRme conducting a fall statewide signature campaign to place a question on connuing educaon students and their families. the 2022 ballot ensuring life saving medical care for babies born Jessica Bejar-Garcia ● Drew Boyle alive after a botched abortion. Evan Coady ● Slade Collins
If you believe that every newborn in Massachusetts deserves this Kathleen Dolan ● Shae Downing common sense life-saving protection, please assist in helping to collect Evan Fagan ● Julianna Fagan signatures in the coming months at times and locations yet to be Kenneth Goodwin ● Alexis Lavin determined by contacting Kathy Parsons at (781) 910-7682. There Matthew Lefebvre ● Katherine McMahon will be a short training on the proper way to collect signatures… Ethan Mendes ● Shanelle Mendes Ryley Mosher ● Michael O’Connell, Jr. Monday, August 16 • 6:30 pm Aileen O’Brien ● Ethan O’Brien VFW• 12 Phiney Street• North Billerica Alisha Peeriz ● Katherine Quinn Liam Reidy ● Gretchen Schulke Thank you for helping to protect the most vulnerable among us! Anna Woodlock When I was younger I really liked them to become his authentic and authoritative voice Simon and Garfunkel, and one of my in the world. Christ wanted his teaching to be lived favorite songs was I am a Rock. It and proclaimed in a public way. He understood seemed to sum up how I felt: I really human nature and what people would need to accept did not need anybody. Of course I and live out the salvation that He alone would win for was wrong, but the gist of this song, them. I believe, gets at the heart of how people understand Since we are made in the image and likeness of God, themselves, if not consciously, at least unconsciously. we are by our very nature social creatures. We need a The idea of individualism has been raised to such a community to discover who we truly are. We cannot degree that it is paramount to our self-identity. Each do this on our own. We are not a rock, we are not an person must discern who they are and what is island, we cannot stand on our own. As such, our faith important to them. They must determine their sense cannot be individual and self-contained: it cannot be of truth, which helps them understand who they are a private faith. It makes no sense in the context of our in relationship to all else. They are a self-contained very nature. All that we are about is discovered in island that people must accept as self-described in all and through our connection with others. Jesus aspects of their life. realized this truth and so He wanted to ensure that The problem with this sense of self is that it goes we would come to the truth of who we were through against one of the most basic premises of Christian the connection of a community of faith. identity. We are made in the image and likeness of God. And God is not an individual, but rather, a Jesus did not create the Church simply to instruct us Trinity of Persons: Father, Son and Spirit in eternal in the right and wrong of things. He did not communion. God is One but also in community. God create the Church simply to set down a list of rules does not sit alone contemplating his singular for us to check off and make sure we are following. identity. Rather, God’s identity is discovered in However, some level of rules for how to be in connection to the Trinity: Father, Son and Spirit. relationship are necessary, but rules must not be an They are of the same nature but distinct Persons, end unto themselves: they are a means of creating a who are united in all ways in an eternal relationship. real relationship. Jesus came to help us develop that The very nature of the Trinity teaches us something real relationship. Jesus created the Church to be a about our very nature. We were created to be in community, a society, a family of faith, where we communion with each other and to form a could come together and grow in wisdom and understanding. community of faith. We see this in the early life of Jesus. He was born a The Church is not a Church of perfect people. We are Jew and lived his life as a good Jew. His entire a community of sinners who are striving through the identity as a human being was defined by this truth. grace of God to become saints. But we cannot do this Christ, as we know, grew in wisdom, which means He on our own. All are welcome in this community, but grew in the understanding of his faith. As He came to that does not mean we do not challenge people to understand who He was in context to the world, his change. If a person’s beliefs are at odds with the true faith community, and himself, it was not by teachings of Christ, then they must be challenged in self-determination. Rather, He came to understand order to grow and change. And, we all need to be his vocation—his calling—through his faith. He challenged to grow and change. watched and learned from his parents how to be a good Jew and, therefore, how to live out his life. He Christ created this community of faith because He learned from his community of faith, and from knew we needed it. It is all too easy for us to get listening to his elders, what his role in life would be. caught up in the lies that the world tells us. It is all He came to perceive his role as Messiah through his too easy to lie to ourselves about what is important community, and not simply by what He read in the and what is needed of us. We need a community that scriptures. Rather, He listened to his community of will challenge us where we are deaf and blind to the faith, and He sought to understand God’s will for Him teachings of Jesus. through the interpretations of the teachers who bore We will continue this discussion next week. the responsibility of transmitting the faith. If you have any questions about anything, please do When it was time for Christ to begin his ministry He not hesitate to ask me5 did not proceed alone. Rather, He gathered people around Him and organized a community that would [email protected]. bear witness to his teachings. He would share with Please keep me in your prayers. them his beliefs and understanding of truth. He would slowly unfold for them his mission and what that would mean for the world. He would prepare
From our Asst. Director From our Deacon Deacon John C. Hunt, Jr. Courtney Callanan of Faith Formation From this day all generations will call me blessed. - Luke 1:48
When I was in high school I attempted to read We rejoice to celebrate Our Lady’s Assumption into CS Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters for the first heaven on August 15. No corruption touching Our time. Although, with this reading, I did not read Lady at the end of her life is what we would expect the complete set of the senior devil’s, since she was immaculately conceived. Our belief in (Screwtape’s) letters to his devil in training, Our Lady’s Assumption fits in perfectly with the total- nephew Wormwood, a line from the 4th letter ity of our beliefs. stuck with me in a most profound way. In his advice on how to best disrupt a person’s prayer As we celebrate Our Lady’s Assumption—body and life, Screwtape advises, “At the very least, they soul into heaven—we are helping to fulfill the can be persuaded that the bodily position makes prophesy of her Magnificat in the Gospel, “From this no difference to their prayers; for they are ani- day all generations will call me blessed.” (Luke 1:48) mals and that whatever their bodies do affects That one line in the Gospel assures us that Marian souls.” devotion and honoring Our Lady are biblical. If we Suddenly, I appreciated better my parents’ did not honor Our Lady we would be leaving position in every argument we had ever had unfulfilled Our Lady’s prophesy, “From this day about posture in Mass, church appropriate all generations will call me blessed.” clothing, etc., arguments where I would offer Already, when Luke was writing his Gospel, it was the age-old objection, “God does not care what I evident that Marian devotion is a necessity in a wear.” They were not persuaded by this healthy spiritual life, “From this day all generations argument and insisted that I dress nicely, kneel will call me blessed.” properly, etc. Looking back on these arguments, it is easier to see how, perhaps, we both were I invite you to take time to reflect on the right. I was right; God does not care what I wear. Magnificat. The words are very powerful. Take time My parents were right to insist; I care what I to SLOWLY read these powerful and beautiful wear. words recited by the Blessed Virgin Mary when she For yes, it is absolutely true that the most visited her cousin Elizabeth. What do they say to important thing is to be present at Mass, and it you? What does our Blessed Mother say to you? is far, far better to come dressed casually than My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; not to come at all. For after all, what we wear to my spirit rejoices in God my savior. Mass has no affect on God. To quote a saying I For he has looked upon his handmaid’s lowliness; recently heard from a nun, “God has closets full behold, from now on will all ages call me blessed. of glory that He does not wear; you do not add The Mighty One has done great things for me, anything to His majesty by [dressing up for and holy is his name. church].” God wants us to come and encounter His mercy is from age to age Him in the Eucharist and that can happen no to those who fear him. matter what clothes we come in. He has shown might with his arm, dispersed the arrogant of mind and heart. That being said, we can’t pretend that our He has thrown down the rulers from their thrones clothing choices do not communicate something but lifted up the lowly. both to ourselves and to others. In reading that The hungry he has filled with good things; line in The Screwtape Letters I realized that I the rich he has sent away empty. made sure to dress nicely for things that were He has helped Israel his servant, important to me in those days: game days, remembering his mercy, school concerts, dances, evenings out with a according to his promise to our fathers, to Abraham and to his descendants forever. group of friends that included the boy I liked, -Luke 1: 46b-55 etc., and if I made sure to look nice for these things, shouldn’t I make all the more sure I looked nice for God? From that day on I was Take time to pray the rosary. Today, more than much more intentional about making sure my ever, we need to have Our Lady walk by our side, “Sunday best” did, in fact, include an effort to and the best way to do this is to pray the rosary. look nice for Mass. It was a simple reminder to St. Padre Pio said the rosary “was his weapon.” myself that when I was going to Mass, I was Remember you are all in my prayers. “going to see the King.” For details on all avenues available to Mass Intentions remember a loved one, please visit
If you would like to request that a Mass hps://theholyrood.org/rememberRaRlovedRone be celebrated for a specific intention or person, please call the parish office. A donation of $10 per Mass Intention is Rose for Life
requested to be made at the time you schedule your intention. Is there someone special you’d like to honor? You can do that by having a rose signifying your intention placed in either St. John the Evangelist church, as well as having your intention published in the bulletin. To book a Rose for Life, contact the parish office. The suggested offering is $5. This week’s St. Mary Rose for Life: Jane Gilroy, Thank you for the Kidney Transplant St. Mary Rose provided by JuJu Buds St. Mary Altar Flowers St. Margaret of Scotland Parishioners are invited to donate a floral arrangement, to be displayed on the altar in memory of, or in honor of, a loved one. The requested donation for an arrangement is $40. If you would like to donate altar flowers, call the parish office. Please note that we require a 2-week notice for your order. This week’s St. Mary Altar Flowers: In Memory of Leo & Yvette Lemire St. Mary Parish St. Margaret Bells
The steeple bells at St. Margaret toll daily at 12 noon and 6 pm, followed by the ringing of the Angelus bell and 2 hymns. At 3 pm, they play 2 hymns, and 15 minutes prior to each weekend Mass, the bells toll a 'call to worship.' If you would like to dedicate the Ringing of the Bells In Memory/In Honor of someone, please contact the parish offices. The stipend is $25, and your dedication will be published in the weekly bulletin. Funerals Recently Celebrated May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy St. Margaret Lamps of God, rest in peace. -Amen St. Margaret offers the opportunity to have one of three lamps in the church Patricia Sullivan ● Monday, August 9 ● St. Margaret burn In Memory of a loved one. Thomas Garvey ● Saturday, August 14 ● St. Mary The stipend is $25, and the dedication will be published in the weekly bulletin. May the family and friends or our dearly departed know Sacred Heart Lamp the peace and consolation of the Risen Lord. Louise Deslauriers James F. Dolan James F. Dolan II 106 Middlesex Street Pre-Planned North Chelmsford 978-251-4041 • www.dolanfuneralhome.com Funeral Counseling
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