Saint Catholic Community At St. Paul Church in Franklin At St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Tilton

How to reach us Phone: Parish Office: (603) 934-5013 Rel. Education: 286-4554 Youth: 286-1290 Fax Line: 934-3469 Mail: P.O. Box 490, Franklin, NH 03235 Street Address: 16 Chestnut St. Tilton 110 School Street Franklin E-mail: [email protected] We’re here for you Pastor: Rev. Raymond E. Gagnon Deacon: Dc. Thomas Matzke Office Mgr: Claire Connifey Bulletin Editor: Meri-lynn Banton Rel Ed. Coord.: Christine Dzujna Youth Minister Tishie Skaff Music Ministry: Debbi Gibson Food Pantry: John Bruno Cemeteries/Maintenance: Mike Parmelee Office Hours Monday thru Thursday from 9AM - 4PM Food Pantry Monday & Friday from 9AM – Noon (Tilton) Join us in prayer Weekend Mass Saturday at 4:00PM (Franklin) & 6:00PM (Tilton) Sunday at 8:30AM (Tilton ) & 10:30AM (Franklin) Weekday Mass Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday at 8:00AM in Franklin Reconciliation Saturday at 3:15PM (Franklin) & 5:15PM (Tilton) Eucharistic Adoration Every Tuesday from 1:15 to 3:15PM (Tilton) Second Sunday of the Month from 3:00–4:00PM (Franklin) Ministry to the Sick & Homebound Please call the office to request the Sacrament of Anointing or homebound visits. Baptism–Marriage Call the Parish Office to schedule instruction and the ceremony

St. Mary St. Paul Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time September 05 & 06, 2020

For the safety and comfort of all those who attend Mass, we would like to remind you that we are still under PARISH FINANCES COVID restrictions: Hand Sanitizers are available in the churches and there Offering Aug 30 is a box of disposable masks in each church. General Collection 3,533.00 Social Distance -pews are marked for that purpose. Please do not block someone (not in your family) in the Building Fund & Fuel 777.00 pew. Masses 175.00 Collection Basket cannot be passed, so please use the baskets placed for this purpose when entering or leaving Candles & Memorials 53.00 the church. We are all praying that we will be able to get back to Feast of the Assumption 20.00 normal, but it looks like it may be awhile. TOTAL FOR PARISH 4,558.00 In our Diocese, thirteen Manchester Mission 35.00 men have answered the call to the priesthood. They Catholic University 10.00 are going through 8 years of college, preparing Retired Priest 10.00 to serve in our parishes and institutions. As the number of priests declines, each of them GOOD FRIDAY COLLECTION will be shouldering quite a burden. They will Churches were closed during Holy Week, so Pope Francis has asked us to take up the special collection also have to shoulder quite a debt load from all for the Holy Land next week-end, Sept. 12-13. Since that schooling. Our Sunday lector (and a soph- you don’t have an envelope for this in your box, please omore at UNH), Blaise O’Mara, has committed use a plain envelope and write “Holy Land” or Good to carrying a large wooden cross up Mt. Lafa- Friday” on it and drop it in the basket at the door. yette and two other peaks. He wants to help them, carry their burden by raising money to help pay their tuition. If you would like to help CONFIRMATION / FIRST COMMUNION Most of the forms have come in. However, Blaise by sponsoring his climb on October some families are concerned about celebrating 10th, please contact him at blaisexoma- Confirmation during the pandemic. If they want, they [email protected] and give him your name, can defer to our Spring Confirmation with our third pledge amount and e-mail address (or mailing graders. Perhaps we’ll be back to normal by then. For address). He will contact you after October those planning on Sept,. 27th, make sure you attend the 10th. Thank you for joining Blaise in support- preparation session on the preceding Sunday Sept. 20th. ing our seminarians. For more information visit Thanks for your anticipated cooperation. If you want to his website carrythecrossfundraiser.org. wait ‘till Spring or later, please call and let us know!

We are aware that not everyone is able to return to Please note: we are not be able to pass the basket at church. Our reach out is limited, so please help us out! Mass. Please put your offering in the basket near the If you know someone who is not able to attend mass, we door or in the main aisle as you enter or leave. would like to at the least send them a weekly bulletin. Bulletins are available on our web site stgabrielnh.org, by mail or by email. So check with your neighbor or Readings for next Weekend friends and let us know in the office (934-5013). We continue to pray for the day that we will all be able to Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time worship together. September 13, 2020 First Sirach—27:30—28:7 We are accepting donations for the prize Second Romans 14:7-9 money for the major raffle. Any excess Gospel Matthew 18: 21-35 funds will be applied to the fair income. Because of the limitations as a result of COVID 19 restrictions we will be relying on the raffle to HAPPENING THIS WEEK make up for some of the losses. Please help us by com- mitting to sell as many tickets as you can! Since we Tues Sept 08 1:00 PM Homebound Visits can’t figure a way to display or sell tickets for the Tues Sept 08 1:15 PM Adoration (until 3:15 PM) (T) Theme Baskets, we’ll have to put this off until later. MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK Sanctuary Lamp From this Sunday thru next Saturday, the Sat. September 05 Anticipated Mass sanctuary lamp in church will burn for these 4:00 PM Anthony & Helen Dzujna by Chris & George 6:00 PM intentions: William Bertholdt by Fred Weissensee St. Paul’s: Dora and Roger Leroux by Janice Sun. September 06 Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Lindstrom 8:30 AM Fr. Richard Giroux by Bette & Art Paquet St. Mary’s: All Parishioners 10:30 AM Lorette Thibeault by André Pacquette Mon. September 07 Ordinary Weekday (23rd Week) 8:00 AM No Mass (Labor Day) ST. GABRIEL’S PRAYER LINE If you’d like to call in your prayer requests, this Tues. September 08 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin month’s contact is Jeanne Petrin, 455-9621. You 8:00 AM Ludwig by M/M Robt Desrochers can also write in your request in the book at either church. Wed. September 09 St. Peter Claver, Priest 8:00 AM Jokey Sokul by Mary G. Garneau

Thurs. September 10 Ordinary Weekday Prayers Requested No Mass Bette Femenella

Fri September 11 Ordinary Weekday 8:00 AM Fred Clavitte by Irene

Sat. September 12 Anticipated Mass 4:00 PM Dora Leroux by Roger Leroux Pope Francis’ Prayer Intentions for September– 6:00 PM Colby Family by a Parishioner Respect for the Planet’s Resources: We pray the planet’s resources will be plundered, but shared in a Sun. September 13 Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30 AM Dolores & Chester by the Davidson Family just and respectful manner. 10:30 AM Maurice Perreault by Germaine & Family

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK reach out to the sick, the poor, the disadvantaged The fastest, most affordable, most reliable or the oppressed, Jesus is part of our team. We network. In this age of instant communication, don’t need fancy phones or the latest technology vendors are competing aggressively for your to connect with him. And there’s no cost or long- business. They know that just about everyone term agreements. You just have to open your has a cell phone, tablet, smart phone or some mind and your heart, and let him in. If you think other device to reach their friends, family and just it’s reassuring to hear a loved one’s voice on the about anyone in the world. And we’ll need a net- end of the line, imagine how comforting it is to work to stay connected. And so, they compete. know that the Lord is as available to us as we Without trying, Jesus has outdone them all with a want through all the adventures of our lives. And network that is faster, cheaper and more reliable when even this special presence does not seem than anything on the market. “Where two or to be enough, Jesus offers his own version of three are gathered in my name,” says Jesus, “I Skype, but it is soo... much am with them”. That means that, when a couple better! In the Eucharist, Je- seeks his help in managing their household, he’s sus himself (not an image right there. When parents seek guidance in rais- on a screen) is right there to ing their children, he is there as well. When literally come into our life. friends gather in his name to do some good How can you do any better deed, he’s pitching in. When two or more of us than that? Liturgical Ministers - Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - September 12 & 13, 2020 4:00 PM 6:00 PM 8:30 AM 10:30 AM Lectors Claire Wallace John Bruno Bette Paquet April Bunker Eucharistic Janet Desrochers H Deacon Tom H Kathy Boudreau H Deacon Tom H Ministers Greeters Pete Sorette Peg Halm Shirley Peverly Kelly Chandonnait St Gabriel Council #11868 Meetings are held 3rd Monday of the month at 6:45 PM July-December (Tilton) and January-June (Franklin) Grand Knight: Mark Lemire 603-738-3101 or email: [email protected]

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS: From The Desk of Mrs. Dzujna, CRE There are 12 fruits of the Holy Spirit (see Galatians 5:22-23 and/or the Catechism of the 1832). Learning the meaning of each of these will help nurture our lives. This week I share six: They are: Charity (love): Loving God above all things and loving all other people. Charity is the sign that you love God as your good Father and others as Jesus loves you. Your love is so great that you show selfless service to others by your pray- ers, words and actions. Joy: Interior, unshakable happiness. Joy is deep and con- stant gladness in the Lord that cannot be destroyed by other people or things. It comes from a good relationship with God and others, a relationship of genuine love. Peace: A time when I showed joy . Not only the absence of fighting and violence, but also an internal feeling resulting from a friendship with God and His family, the Church. Peace comes from knowing that everything will be okay because God is with us. A faithful to God’s will is calm, not anxious or upset. Patience: A time when I showed peace . Seeing things and waiting in God’s time. Patience is love that is willing to en- dure life’s sufferings. It means not giving up when it is hard to act like Jesus. We trust that God is in control and wait for Him. Kindness: Acting as God acts towards others, forgiving oth- ers even when they hurt us. Kindness is showing we care and doing good to others. It is showing Jesus’ love to all. Goodness: All the qualities and virtues which make us what God wants us to be. Goodness is a sign that we love all peo- ple without exception and do good to them. Goodness comes from God’s great love. "While the world changes, the cross stands firm." —St. Bruno

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES We are in the process of planning for our Fall CCD Pro- gram. We have received and implemented the safety direc- tives from the State and the Diocese and we assure you that, to the best of our ability, we will provide a safe environment for all our students. Letters have been sent to families with students in grades K-12 outlining the plans for 2020/2021. If you have not received a letter please contact Christine at 603-934-7163. You can register in person after masses the weekend of September 19/20We urge parents to get in- volved since religious education is a life-long process and there is nothing more effective than a whole family growing in their faith together. If the fees are a hardship, just let us know and we will waive them. CATHOLIC SERVICES & PROGRAMS

Knights of Columbus St. Gabriel Council #11868 Grand Knight: Mark Lemire 603-738-3101 Email: [email protected] Fr. A.J. Timon Assembly #638 (4th Degree) Faithful Navigator: Tim Flaherty 603-630-0410 At www.franklinknights.org

Catholic Schools Holy Trinity School (Pre-K to 8) 19 Gilford Ave. Laconia, NH 03246 Web:www.holytrinitynh.com Phone: 524-3156

St. John Regional School (Pre-K to 8) 61 S. State Street Concord, NH 03301 Web: www.stjohnregional.org — Phone: 225-3222

Bishop Brady High School (9 to 12) 25 Columbus Ave Concord, NH 03301 Web: www.bishopbrady.edu — Phone: 224-7418

Catholic Charities Laconia District Office 528-3035 17 Gilford Ave., Laconia, 03246 Counseling - Elderly Services - Adoption/Maternity Parish Nurse - Children’s Home - Food Bank

St. Francis Rehabilitation & Nursing Center 406 Court St., Laconia, NH 03246 Phone: 524-0466

Parish Outreach Franklin Regional Hospital & Gerrish Manor Leo St. Pierre Merrimack County Nursing Home Meri-lynn Banton NH Veterans Home Rev. Ray Gagnon - Steve Archam- bault Mt. Ridge Nursing Home - Deacon Tom Kimberly Rojas Golden Crest Senior Resort - Deacon Tom At Peabody Home Angela Mundy—Christine Dzujna