Holy Week Schedule

Daily Mass M-W 8am

Tenebrae— Wednesday 7pm

Holy Thursday— Mass of the Lord’s Supper—Thursday 7pm

Good Friday—The Passion of Our Lord—Friday 3pm

Stations of the Cross—Friday 7pm

St. Patrick & St. Anthony Parish Family 82 High St. — 35 Gault Road Wareham, MA 02571 — W. Wareham, MA 02576 Phone 508-295-2411 Fax 508-295-2417 Rev. John Sullivan, Pastor Deacon David Murphy, Pastoral Associate Maureen Lindquist, Office Manager Office Hours: Monday—Friday 8am-4pm, Closed 12-1pm Christine Smith, Director of Faith Formation Faith Formation Office Hours: Monday—Wednesday 10am-4pm

Mass Times Faith Formation Office—508-295-0780 St. Patrick’s Saturday Vigil, 4pm; Sunday 8am, 10am, 12 noon Hours Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday 10am-4pm St. Anthony’s Email [email protected] Sunday 9am [email protected] Reconciliation Saturday 3-3:45pm or by appointment Daily Mass Monday—Friday 8am We’re on Facebook!

Email: [email protected] Website: www.stpatrickswareham.org ST. PATRICK & ST. ANTHONY 82 HIGH STREET, WAREHAM Eucharistic Adoration Chapel—is open from Thursday at 9am through Friday 7pm. Come spend some time with our Lord. Entrance is through the lower level door at the rear of ST. PATRICK: Week of April 9 the Parish Hall. If you do not have the combination for the SAT 4pm John Santoro lock and wish to attend Adoration, please call the Parish Office. SUN 8am Anibal and Dina Cosquete 10am Claire Walsh Mass Scheduling—Currently we are booking masses up to three 12noon For the People of Our Parish months in advance. The mass stipend is $10, preferably due at MON 8am Mary McNamee the time of scheduling your mass. The mass book is now open TUE 8am Msgr. Agostinho Pacheco through July. WED 8am Adeline Fernandes THU 7pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper Call the Rectory, 508-295-2411, if you have homebound parish- FRI 3pm Service of the Passion of Our Lord ioners who would like to receive the Eucharist or the Sacrament of NEXT WEEKEND: Week of April 16 the Sick. When admitted to Tobey Hospital, be sure to indicate SAT 7:30pm For the People of Our Parish that you wish to have the priest visit for the Sacrament of the Sick. SUN 8am For All Parishioners 10am For All Parishioners Living Stations of the Cross—The youth of 12pm For All Parishioners our parish will once again re-enact the Sta- ST. ANTHONY: Week of April 9 tions of the Cross on Good Friday evening at SUN 9am Achille and Clementina Govoni 7pm. Please join them in this moving Good NEXT WEEKEND: Week of April 9 Friday reflection. The Stations are enhanced SUN 9am For All Parishioners by music by the Folk Group.

Stewardship Report Palm Sunday—”Blessed is the one who comes in the name of Palm Sunday—Lent concludes with Holy Week when, like the the Lord!” shout the crowds in today’s Gospel. May we be always early Christians, we prepare for Easter by an intense recollection ready to share our blessings when we are sent in His name! of the final events of Jesus’ life: his triumphal entry into Jerusa- lem (Passion or Palm Sunday), his (Holy Thursday), Weekly Offertory Envelopes $3,931.50 his crucifixion and death (Good Friday), and the discovery of his Weekly Loose Money $2,789.00* empty tomb and the experience of his resurrection (Easter). Total $6,720.50 Holy Week begins with the Palm Sunday commemoration of Je- Envelopes Issued 435 sus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem that climaxed with a great Envelopes Used 181 public demonstration of acclaim. In a prophetic sign mocking the Electronic Giving 34 triumphant victory procession of a military messiah on horseback, *includes mail ins, late envelopes, coin the humble messiah Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey while people joyfully strewed palm fronds on his path (Mt. 21:1-9; Mk PLEASE PRAY for all those in our Parish Family who are seri- 11:1-10; Lk 19:28-40). ously ill and for all our deceased parishioners, may the Lord grant them eternal rest and peace. Blessed Palms—Blessed palms are sacramentals (material ob- jects, things or actions set apart or blessed) and thus are to be Sanctuary Lamp—If you would like to have the Sanctuary Can- treated with reverence. They are blessed and distributed today in dle lit in someone’s memory, please contact the parish office. The commemoration of the triumphant entrance of Christ into Jerusa- Sanctuary Lamp this week is in memory of The Marani Family. lem. Some of these are burned to make the ashes for Ash Wednesday.

Here is Your King—What kind of a King are you, Jesus? You do Readings for the Week of April 9, 2017 not enter the Holy City to receive the honors reserved to earthly kings, to the powerful, to rulers. You enter to be scourged, in- Sunday: Mt 21:1-11/Is 50:4-7/Ps 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24/ sulted and abused, to receive a crown of thorns, a staff, a purple Phil 2:6-11/Mt 26:14--27:66 or 27:11-54 robe: your kingship becomes an object of derision. Help me fol- Monday: Is 42:1-7/Ps 27:1-3, 13-14/Jn 12:1-11 Tuesday: Is 49:1-6/Ps 71:1-4a, 5ab-6ab, 15, 17/Jn 13:21-33, 36 low your example. Pope Francis -38 Wednesday: Is 50:4-9a/Ps 69:8-10, 21-22, 31, 33-34/Mt 26:14-25 Knights of Columbus Breakfast—Join the Knights of Columbus Thursday: Chrism Mass: Is 61:1-3a, 6a, 8b-9/Ps 89:21-22, for their monthly breakfast in the Parish Hall. Breakfast will be 25, 27/Rv 1:5-8/Lk 4:16-21 served after all Easter Sunday masses on April 16. Stop by and Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper: Ex 12:1-8, 11-14/Ps 116:12-13, 15- meet some fellow parishioners! 16bc, 17-18/1 Cor 11:23-26/Jn 13:1-15 Friday: Is 52:13--53:12/Ps 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-17, 25/Heb 4:14 -16; 5:7-9/Jn 18:1--19:42 Saturday: Vigil: Gn 1:1--2:2 or 1:1, 26-31a/Ps 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12-14, 24, 35 or Ps 33:4-7, 12-13, 20-22/Gn 22:1-18 or 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18/Ps 16:5, 8-11/Ex 14:15-- 15:1/Ex 15:1-6, 17-18/Is 54:5- 14/Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13/ Is 55:1-11/Is 12:2-6/Bar 3:9-15, 32--4:4/Ps 19:8-11/Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28/Ps 42:3, 5; 43:3-4 or Is 12:2-6 or Ps 51:12-15, 18-19/Rom 6:3-11/Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22- 23/Mt 28:1-10 Next Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 37-43/Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23/Col 3:1- 4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8/Jn 20:1-9 or Mt 28:1-10 or Lk 24:13- 35 PALM SUNDAY APRIL 9, 2017 Divine Mercy Sunday, April 22 & 23—Sunday, April 23, is Di- Keep Filling Your Lenten Folder——“I thought Nicaragua was vine Mercy Sunday. In preparation for the Feast of Mercy, you are poor!” Deacon David got back from a short mission trip to Haiti invited to join other members of St. Patrick’s Parish to pray the last Friday. He said you just can’t believe the level of poverty Novena of Divine Mercy using the Chaplet of Divine Mercy using there. Last year he visited Nicaragua with a group from Food for your Rosary Beads. We will begin the novena on Good Friday, the Poor. Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the Western following the 3pm Liturgy of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Hemisphere. Its per-capita GNP is $2,698 per year. Compared to Pamphlets with the prayers and reflections of the novena are Haiti that is rich! Haiti’s per-capita GNP is half that at $1,358 per available on the tables by the doors of the church. Please plan to year. David said the level of poverty and disorder in the country is join us for the Divine Mercy Prayer Service on Sunday, April 23, at unbelievable! 2:30pm. Again this year St. Patrick’s is planning to use the proceeds from Secular Franciscans—The Secular Franciscans will meet April our Lenten Folder to raise funds to construct a simple but sturdy 10 at Barbara Ramsay’s home. All are welcome. Call 508-295- two-room cement block house with indoor sanitation for a family in 2228 for directions. Haiti or another desperately poor country in the Caribbean or Latin America. Last year we built a new home for the Parchment family of St. Elizabeth, Jamaica. Proceeds from last year’s folders were $5,978 and the excess over the $3,600 to build the house was donated to other worthy projects administered by Food for Holy Week Schedule the Poor.

Wednesday, April 12 Service of Tenebrae at 7pm. Again this year we are using our Lenten Folder as a fundraiser for Tenebrae is a service of prayer and light Food for the Poor to build a home for a needy family in Haiti. This based on the last word of Christ. will be the fourth year that we have set a goal of raising at least $3,600 to pay for a new home that will shelter a family currently Holy Thursday, April 13 Mass of the Lord’s Supper living in a shack constructed from bits and pieces of scrap wood at 7:00 pm. and metal.

This evening we commemorate Jesus’ Please fill your Lenten Folder for a total contribution of $20. Extra institution of the Eucharist and the folders are available by the poster display near the baptistery. Priesthood while he shared with his apostles. End of Life Seminar—Our American Culture denies death but our Catholic one reminds us that we need to be prepared for the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament after Mass until end of our life on earth. As a Catholic how should we be prepared 11:00 pm. for death? On Saturday, April 22, from 9am-12pm the parish will Join your fellow parishioners as we observe the tradition sponsor an End-of-Life Workshop. We are assembling panel ex- of visiting seven churches on Holy Thursday night after perts on financial planning, elder law, hospice, Catholic medical ethics, and funeral planning to address these topics from a Catho- the Mass. lic perspective. The workshop will be held in the Parish Center and Continental Breakfast will be served. Good Friday, April 14 Commemoration of the Lord’s Passion at 3pm. Wareham Walk for Hunger—Save the date of Sunday, May 7, to join in the Wareham Walk for Hunger held in conjunction with Pro- Living Way of the Cross at 7pm ject Bread. Our walk is a five-mile circuit going down Sandwich Road to Cranberry Hwy. then back up Minot Ave. to the finish at Holy Saturday, April 15 Easter Vigil at 7:30pm the Church of the Good Shepherd just down High St. from us. Fr. Sullivan has been the top money raiser the last couple of years but he is looking for some competition. Sponsor sheets are avail- *Remember no 4pm Vigil Mass on Saturday, able at the tables by the doors to the church. April 15 *Easter Sunday, April 16 Mass 8am, 10am, 12 Catholic Charities Appeal Begins May 1st—The beginning of Noon (St. Patrick’s) the Catholic Charities Appeal is a sign of spring. Each spring the Diocese of Fall River asks all parishioners to donate some of their gifts of treasure to help give financial support to the apostolates Mass 9am (St. Anthony W. Wareham) and charitable agencies conducted by the diocese. The Appeal Make your plans now to participate in all St. supports social services such as food pantries, hospital chaplain- Patrick’s Holy Week Liturgies. cies at all area hospitals, recently opened homeless shelters and many other institutions that help the needy of our diocese. Start Easter Evangelization, It’s now Up to You!—Hopefully, you praying today to ask God to guide you in the ways you can sup- noticed the postcard we sent to every home in the parish this port the 2017 Catholic Charities Appeal. week as part of our Easter evangelization efforts. One was deliv- ered to the rectory on Monday. As I have mentioned before, the St. Patrick’s Bereavement Support Group—The St. Patrick’s mailing will hopefully scratch the surface of the hearts of fallen Bereavement Support Group will begin a new set of sessions on away Catholics and the un-churched. Each of us has to follow up Wednesday, April 19, at 2pm in the lower level of the Parish Cen- on that by planting the seeds of faith in their hearts. This week ter. The support group is open to all people who have experi- invite five people who you know who aren’t coming to church to enced the death of a loved one or some other loss. Don’t try to join you for Easter. Remember it takes an average of five invita- deal with your pain alone, join with others who are experiencing tions before a non-church going person will take up the invitation similar grief, pain, or stress from a loss. Share with others a jour- to come to church. Don’t get discouraged and keep trying. Each of ney towards healing. The sessions will be held weekly for six us is the key to effective evangelization. weeks.