THE PARISH FAMILY OF SAINT FRANCIS SAINT OF ASSISI ROMUALD WAKEFIELD MATUNUCK
114 High Street Wakefield, RI 02879
------Phone ------401-783-4411
------Fax ------401-783-9667
------Email ------sain [email protected]
------Web ------s ranciswakefield.com
----- Religious Ed. Office ----- 401-792-8684
------Parish Cemetery ------401-782-2711
Parish Staff Father Henry J. Bodah ------Pastor Barbe e L. Cullen------Director of Religious Educa on Father Nicholas P. Smith ------Pastor Emeritus Mary Clarke ------Parish Bookkeeper Rev. Deacon John Dowd------Deacon Assistant Robert J. Moniz ------Cemetery Manager Jacki Hunt ------Parish Secretary Robert J. Kelly ------Parish Sexton
Masses Sacraments
Saint Francis Church Sacrament of Reconciliation Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday ------7:00 am Saturday at 3:30 - 4:00 pm in Saint Francis Church or by appointment. Saturday ------No Mass un l further no ce
Sunday ------9:00 am and 11:00 am Sacrament of Baptism Saint Romuald Chapel / Winter Schedule First Sunday of each month. Sunday ------10:00 am
Catholic Social Services of RI/Washington Sacrament of Matrimony County & St. Gabriel’s Call. Please call the rectory at least one year in advance to speak Washington County Office / Contact: ------Darlene Lemoi with Father Bodah. Due to the reduc on in priests we can no ------402-783-3149 longer accommodate Sunday weddings.
Tuesday and Thursday ------9:00 am to 2:00 pm
Sacrament of the Sick St. Vincent de Paul Society / Wakefield Please call the rectory. 401-871-8936
Office Hours: Monday - Thursday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Friday From 9:00 am—12:30 pm THETWENTY F - OURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
St. Francis Mass Intentions SANCTUARY LAMP
This week’s sanctuary lamp at St. Francis Church burns in memory of Hung Ba Tran.
The Diocese of Providence cordially invites you to the
Saturday, September 12 Ordination to the 4:30pm†Louis & Amelia DiSalvo Diaconate Requested by Family of Sunday, September 13 Daniel Martin Mahoney 9:00am †Bill Carney Requested by Jeff & Kathleen Carney by 11:00am †John & Jean Dwyer His Excellency Requested by Family The Most Reverend Monday, September 14 Robert C. Evans, D.D., J.C.L. 7:00am Mass for the People Auxiliary Bishop of Providence Tuesday, September 15 7:00am Special Intention Saturday, September 26, 2020 at 10:00am Thursday, September 17 Cathedral of Saints Peter & Paul 7:00am Leora Crosette 30 Fenner St., Providence, RI 02903
Special Intention The celebration will be Live-Streamed at www.youtube.com Friday, September 18 “Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, RI” 7:00am †Rita & Tom O’Rourke & Warren Behie Deacon Daniel Mahoney will assist and preach at the 9:00am Requested by Family and 11:00am Masses Sunday, September 27 Saturday, September 19 at St. Francis Church in Wakefield. 4:30pm†The Robinson & Feeny Family (Anniversary Remembrance) Requested by Family Sunday, September 20 9:00am †Edward Carney
Requested by Jeff & Kathleen Carney 11:00am †Emery Joseph Reposa Requested by Family
Weekly Support September 6 Budget envelopes used (117) - $6,195.00 Loose Donations - $ 524.00 St. Romuald Mass Intentions Online Giving (# of donors–86) - $4,116.00 Total Budget - $10,835.00
Second Collection (Monthly Collection) Budget envelopes used (52) - $1,504.00 Loose Donations - $ 443.00 Total - $1,947.00 Sunday, September 13
10:00am †Jeanne Dorie Marvin Catholic Charity Appeal: As of 9/7//2020 we have received pledges Requested by Kathleen Dwyer of $66,561.00 from 213 donors. Our goal is $110,100.00.
Sunday, September 20 There is no second collection this week. Next week’s second 10:00am †Brenda Fay collection is for the Priest’s Retirement. Requested by the Dwyer Family
As always, thank you for your continued generosity. ASUGUSTEPTEMBER 17, 2014 13, 2020
RELIGIOUS From the Pastor, EDUCATION (401) 792-8684 For some years now, the young people of the NET ministry have come th th th to our parish to conduct retreats for our 7 and 8 graders and for our 9 and 10th grade confirmation students. Down the road at URI, the young missionaries of FOCUS have been working for the last few years with the Catholic Chaplain, as they have at Brown and RISD. The NET ministers are valiant young men and women who have dedicated a year of two of their lives, usually in their early twenties, to travelling about the United States and trying to stimulate and deepen the faith of the younger members of the Catholic community. The FOCUS missionaries do a similar ministry full-time on particular college campuses. Religious Family Faith on the In addition to the retreat ministry here, these programs have had another Go Event! impact on our parish life. For the last two Sundays, Father Edmund Next Sunday, September 20th, families in McCullough, OP, the incoming chaplain of the Brown-RISD Catholic Grades 1-6 will participate in our RE Community, has said Mass here at St. Francis. And on Saturday, Faith on the Go Event. Instead of gather- September 26, our own parishioner Dan Mahoney will be ordained to the ing for classes, families will be meeting diaconate in preparation for ordination to the priesthood of our diocese our volunteers in the parking lot after the next spring. Fr. Edmund worked as a FOCUS missionary on a college 9am and 11am Mass, to pick up materials campus; Dan spent a couple of years of his life in the NET program. for distance learning from September 20th And having worked to spread the good news of Christ, they decided that ‘til November 8th. making known to people that “making known the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” was something they wanted to do for the rest of Families with last names beginning with their lives. (Cf. 2 Corinthians 4:6) A-D are asked to come to the church parking lot between 10:00-10:30 (remain Fr. Edmund is coming to Brown and RISD at a time of great stress and in your cars) and pick up Religious Ed. materials. uncertainty; Dan’s diaconate ordination had to be postponed from last spring, also because of the pandemic. If the teaching and the example of Families with last names beginning with the saints is to be trusted (and why not?), the ministry of each of these E-Z are asked to come to the church park- generous young men, already marked with unexpected setbacks, will, for ing lot between 12:00-1:00. that reason, be greatly blessed with much fruitfulness to the glory of God and the salvation of many. To keep the traffic flowing safely in one direction, please enter the parking lot from High Street. “May God who began the good work in you, bring it to completion!” Grades 7&8 Students in Grade 7 will receive their stu- dent workbook at their first in person Fr. Bodah class on Wednesday, October 7th while Grade 8 students will receive their student P R F : workbook at their first in person class on W S 19/20 Wednesday, October 14th. Catholics throughout the Diocese have a unique opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of our senior Confirmation Students in priests. A collection during the Grade 9
weekend of September 19 & 20 will Wednesday, September benefit the Senior Priest Retirement 16th Deadline Fund, a significant source of support for priests that provides for basic needs such as food, housing, transportation and medical care. Please consider your generous Confirmation Students in Grade 9 must support of this important effort that benefits those who have selflessly turn in outstanding paperwork by Wednes- served the faithful for decades. For more information about the day, September 16th. Senior Priest Retirement Fund, or to make a donation online, please visit www.srpriestri.com. St. Vincent DePaul Society Just a reminder that our St. Vin- cent de Paul chapter here at St. Francis needs your help. They ask your help by using their poor boxes located in the church and Tuesday, September 15 chapel so that they can assist those in need in 7:00pm SVDP Meeting (HBH) our area (Gift cards are accepted). If you know Wednesday, September 16 of someone in need of assistance, SVDP can be 7:00pm Men of St. Joseph (FGC) reached at 401-871-8936. Please keep them in Thursday, September 17 your prayers! 6:00pm Opening the Word (FGC) 6:00pm Thursday Night Prayer Meeting (HBH) F D The parish office is open 9am to 4pm Monday through J C : J Thursday and 9am to 12:30 on Friday. F R
Please remember we are always in need of nonperishable food items (no glass or outdated items). Your donations
may be placed in the baskets located at St. Francis or St. Romuald. These items will be donated to the Jonnycake Food Pantry in Peace Dale. Thank you for your generosity.
Dear Parishioners and Friends,
Congratulations to all the winners in the Sizzling The Sisters of the Cross and Passion, Summer Sweepstakes! We want to thank all of those who served in this apostolate for many who participated in this annual St. Francis of Assisi years, are preparing to celebrate the Event. It is our hope that 2021 will see the return of 200th anniversary of the birth of the MMM (May Money Madness). Your Event foundress of our religious order, Elisa- beth Prout, on September 2, 2020. Committee. We are happy to announce that her cause for beatifica- tion has begun and it is hoped that she will be canon- ized a saint in the near future.
May we please ask for your prayers as we celebrate both the anniversary of Elizabeth Prout’s birthday and her cause for canonization.
Congratulations to the following winners! For more information on the Sisters of the Cross & Passion contact the Sisters at: [email protected]
S S S W : OCTOBER DEVOTIONS
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