Gate of Heaven Parish Rev. Matthew Schultz, Administrator Michael Johnson, Deacon Main Office Rectory Office Staff ALL SAINTS RECTORY KATHI MARSHALL 163 Main St. ❖ Lancaster, NH 03584 Administrative Asst./Cemetery Administrator FR. SCHULTZ/RECTORY/EMERGENCY WEBSITE: www.gateofheavennh.org SANDRA DOOLAN 603-788-5553 Secretary/Receptionist/Sacramental Records FR. SCHULTZ E-MAIL: [email protected] PARISH OFFICE SUSAN TIBBETTS 603-788-2083 E-MAIL: [email protected] Faith Formation Coordinator/ RCIA Facilitator The Catholic Communities of ALL SAINTS CHURCH ST. AGNES CHURCH ST. MATTHEW CHURCH ST. PATRICK CHURCH OUR LADY OF THE MOUNTAINS SHRINE 163 Main Street 769 Presidential Hgwy 9 Jefferson Road 65 St. Patrick Church Rd 2470 Route 302 East Lancaster, NH 03584 Jefferson, NH 03583 Whitefield, NH 03598 Twin Mountain, NH 03595 Bretton Woods, NH 03595 Daily Mass Summer Weekend Masses MONDAY — 8:30 A.M. All Saints Church Winter Weekend Masses (Memorial Day Weekend through Columbus Day THURSDAY — 7:00 A.M. All Saints Church (Columbus Day to Memorial Day Weekend) SATURDAY TUESDAY & FRIDAY SATURDAY 4:00 P.M. St. Matthew Church 7:00 A.M. St. Matthew Church 4:00 P.M. St. Matthew Church SUNDAY SATURDAY (Spring & Summer) SUNDAY 7:00 A.M. St. Patrick Church 9:00 A.M. Our Lady of the Mountains Shrine 8:00 A.M. St. Matthew Church 8:30 A.M. St. Agnes Church SATURDAY (Late fall & winter) 10:30 A.M. All Saints Church 10:30 A.M. All Saints Church 9:00 A.M. All Saints Church 5:00 P.M. All Saints Church Therefore, welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. Romans 15: 7 WELCOME TO GATE OF HEAVEN PARISH To every traveler who comes through our towns and stops to visit in one of our churches we say, “Welcome, friend, come and worship with us.” You can join us at All Saints Church, Saint Agnes Church, Saint Matthew Church, Saint Patrick Church or Our Lady of the Mountains Shrine. We are all one family, and you are welcome at our table. If you plan to move on, we pray you safe travel. If you plan to stay, we hope you find peace and fulfillment. Regardless of your situation, we thank you for stopping in to join our hearts with ours as we pray in our Father’s House! PARISH MINISTRY PERSONNEL SACRAMENTS Faith Formation Coordinator Reconciliation/Confession Susan Tibbetts 802-892-6170 Saturdays 2:45 p.m. — 3:45 p.m. St. Matthew Church Youth Ministry Coordinators Mondays 7:00 p.m. — 8:00 p.m. All Saints Church Daphne Cassady 802-892-6170 Half hour before daily Mass Jeannine LaBounty 603-991-9213 For a personal appointment please call the rectory. Finance Council Chair Baptism/Marriage Tyler Rancourt 603-244-6616 Please call the rectory to make arrangements. (For weddings, Pastoral Council Chair please call six months in advance of your planned wedding date.) Bob Rutherford 603-846-9896 Communion/Anointing the Sick The Tabernacle Society Due to privacy laws priests must be asked by the family mem- Sandra Doolan, President 603-788-3315 bers to visit parishioners in the hospital or nursing home. Please Catholic Women’s Group advise us of those in need of the Church’s ministry, whether Carrie Morrill, President 603-869-3172 they are homebound or have been hospitalized. We are happy Men of Saint Joseph to bring the Eucharist to those who cannot get out to attend Kurt Hall (Tuesday P.M Group) 603-631-4075 Mass. And if someone is ill or declining in health, the pastor is Knights of Columbus happy to come to their home, anoint them and bring them Mark Frank, Grand Knight 603-788-4825 Holy Communion. Please call the rectory, and we will make the arrangements for you. RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for adults) Susan Tibbetts, Facilitator 802-892-6170 Cemetery Arrangements Boy Scouts Gate of Heaven Parish has four cemeteries—Calvary Kenneth King, Scout Master 603-636-5150 Cemetery, Water Street Cemetery, St. Matthew Cemetery and St. Cub Scouts Margaret Cemetery. You are always welcome to make arrange- Bill Rutherford, Cubmaster 603-837-9895 ments for your eventual burial in one of these cemeteries, as three of the four have sites to lease. Please call the rectory in Parish Bookstore/Gift Shop Ruby Berryman, Manager 603-631-3608 order to ask about end-of-life preparations. Calvary Cemetery Rectory Office (788-2083) John Brooks, Sexton 603-788-4030 Monday & Tuesday 9:00 a.m. — 4:00 p.m. St. Matthew & St. Margaret Cemeteries Thursday 9:00 a.m. — 4:00 p.m. Don Doolan, Sexton 603-788-3315 Closed Wednesday and Friday. Parish Bulletin If you, or someone you know, is homebound, please call the rectory and let us know. We’d love to send them the weekly bulletin so they can keep up with the goings-on in the parish. Also, if you are a snowbird, and head south or west for the winter, we can also get the bulletin to your winter address. That way you always know what’s going on here at home! Please consider remembering our parish in your will. 7th Sunday of Easter June 2, 2019 This Weekend SATURDAY, JUNE 1 4:00 p.m. St. Matthew 7th Sunday of Easter Raymond Grimard by the Pauline Belanger Chapman family SUNDAY, JUNE 2 7:00 a.m. St. Patrick 7th Sunday of Easter Bernadette Sudol by the members of the Cenacle of St. Monica 8:30 a.m. St. Agnes 7th Sunday of Easter Roger Daigle by Allen & Lana (Masters) Snowden 10:30 a.m. All Saints 7th Sunday of Easter Ann Araneo by Kathi Marshall MONDAY, JUNE 3 8:30 a.m. All Saints St. Charles Lwanga and Charles Merrill MacKinnon companions, martyrs by Walter J. Barden TUESDAY, JUNE 4 7:00 a.m. St. Matthew Feria Delores Faye Marelli by Jeff & Ree Feller WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5 7:00 a.m. St. Boniface, bishop & martyr NO MASS THURSDAY, JUNE 6 7:00 a.m. All Saints St. Norbert, bishop Marilyn Foster by the estate FRIDAY, JUNE 7 7:00 a.m. St. Matthew Feria Herbert McGee by a parishioner SATURDAY, JUNE 8 9:00 a.m. OLM Shrine Feria For the intentions of the Blessed Mother Pentecost SATURDAY, JUNE 8 4:00 p.m. St. Matthew Pentecost Janet Halpin Dube by Sonny & Pat Manning SUNDAY, JUNE 9 7:00 a.m. St. Patrick Pentecost Gate of Heaven parishioners 8:30 a.m. St. Agnes Pentecost Vincent A. and Delores Marelli by Jeff & Ree Feller 10:30 a.m. All Saints Pentecost Roger & Berthe Choquette by their family Your Weekly Offering Daily Readings Weekend of May 18-19, 2019 June 3, 2019 — June 9, 2019 OFFERTORY: $ MONDAY: Acts 19: 1-8 / John 16: 29-33 E-GIVE: $ TUESDAY: Acts 20: 17-27 / John 17: 1-11a $ WEDNESDAY: Acts 20: 28-38 / John 17: 11b-19 May the good Lord reward you for your generosity! THURSDAY: Acts 22: 30; 23: 6-11 / John 17: 20-26 (There is no second collection next weekend, June 8-9.) FRIDAY: Acts 25: 13b-21 / John 21: 20-25 SATURDAY: Acts 28: 16-20, 30-31 / John 21: 20-25 Due to the recent holiday weekend, the bulletin had to go to print early this week. Figures for the offertory collection will be SUNDAY: Acts 2: 1-11 / recorded here next week. Thanks for 1 Corinthians 12: 3b-7, 12-13 / your understanding! John 20: 19-23 Candidates for Confirmation On Wednesday, May 22, Bishop Peter Libasci came to Gate of Heaven Parish to confirm the following young people. Concelebrating with the bishop were Fr. Schultz, Fr. Dan Deveau from St. Marguerite D’Youville Parish in Groveton, Fr. Craig Cheney from American Martyrs Parish in Colebrook, Fr. Kyle Stanton from Good Shep- herd Parish in Berlin and Fr. Matthew Mason. It was the largest group this parish ever had. Below are listed the candidates and their chosen saint’s name. Everett Beaulieu — St. Francis of Assisi Robert Southworth — St. Jo’zef Sebastian Pelczar John Angus Steele, V — St. Francis Daniel Cardenas — St. John Paul II Leigha Beaulieu — St. Agnes Carissa Challinor — St. Faustina Olivia Forest — St. Angela of the Cross Maddison Crane — St. Raphael Augustine Rancourt — St. Patrick Sukeshini Dugan-Henriksen — St. Catherine de Vigri Connor Snowman — St. Roch Gracie Ingerson — St. Veronica Temperance Steele — St. Therese Brody LaBounty — St. Alban Mackenzie Foss — St. Catherine Delaney Robinson — St. Katherine Drexel Alivia Kenison — St. Rose Venerini David Southworth — St. Thomas Aquinas Cooper Ladd — St. Gregory Aly Jeannette Hook — St. Therese Bailey Qualter — St. Sebastian Cora Vivian Daley — St. Bibiana Trinity Steele — St. Mary Cheyenne Elizabeth Cloutier — St. Elizabeth Sage Williams — St. Elizabeth Ella Elizabeth Gilbert — St. Elizabeth Chase Bishop — St. Andrew Brodyn Luc Cote — St. Isidore Landin Foss — St. John Paul II John Lucien Daley — St. John Preston Locke — St. Felix Alexis Kay Santamaria — St. Katherine Alyssa Nadeau — St. Padre Pio Vincent Carmine Santamaria — St. Vincent Natalie Rivet — St. Joan of Arc Mikhail Benjamin Young — St. Andre Cecilia Steele — St. Anthony Ian Thompson — St. Francis of Assisi Morgan Forest — St. Maria Zavala Sienna Jewels Grondin — St. Jules (Julian) Isabele Nadeau — St. Teresa of Calcutta MacKenna Jasmine Cote — St. Catherine Isaac Noyes — St. Ralph Kaedyn Scott Covell — Kaedyn Akaylah Riley — St. Juliana Falconieri Jacqueline Rose Giroux — Mary Ciara Robinson — St. Patricia Tyler Jacob Young — St. Michael Ciera Challinor — St. Maria Goretti Aliyah Barbara Jackowski — St. Clare Adrianna Dami — St. Calliope Sophie Pauline Grondin — St. Rachel Gavin Gardiner — St. Agatha Samuel Jacques Giroux — St. Joseph Hannah Gardiner — St.