Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland Most Reverend Robert P. Deeley, J.C.D., Bishop Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception 307 Congress Street Sacred Heart/Saint Dominic Parish 65 Mellen Street Saint Christopher Parish 15 Central Avenue Peaks Island Our Lady Star of the Sea 8 Beach Avenue Long Island Saint Louis Parish 279 Danforth Street Saint Peter's Parish 72 Federal Street Cluster Mission Statement Pastoral Center We, the people of the Portland Peninsula and in Guild Hall Island Parishes, are a diverse and multicultural community of Roman Catholics seeking to draw 307 Congress St, Portland ME, 04101 ourselves and others into deeper union with God Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. through the celebration of the Sacraments, the [email protected] proclamation of the Gospel, and service to our www.PortlandCatholic.org neighbor. We welcome all to share in the beauty 207-773-7746 of our Catholic faith and traditions as we strive to witness the love of Jesus Christ present Bob McDermott Pastoral Life Coordinator among us. Carolyn Mitchell Pastoral Associate Christopher Pelonzi Director of Music Deacon Luis Sanclemente Business Coordinator Margaret McLaughlin Administrative Assistant Katie McKenzie Administrative Assistant Matt Dufour Facilities Manager Maureen DeGrinney Bulletin Editor Melissa Maurais Director of Faith Formation Rebecca Jensen Office Manager PASTORAL CORNER APRIL 11, 2021 2nd Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday) What a wonderful joy fills us today as we ponder the inexhaustible mercy of God. “Mercy is the heart of God,” Pope Francis tells us. The image of a heart has been used to point to the very life source of a person as it is the organ that allows life to flow through our veins and sustain us. Mercy is the heart of God. Imagine this dynamic, powerful, compassionate, piercing, embracing, loving, propelling, penetrating, absorbing, and enveloping, transforming presence of God flowing into the very depth of our souls. It is God’s mercy that allows blood to flow through our veins. It is God’s mercy that forms every atom of our being and leads us to what is true. God’s mercy reveals all superficiality and falsehood, and lays bare all distortions, empty promises, weakness, and sin. “Mercy is the force that reawakens us to new life and instills in us the courage to look to the future with hope,” Pope Francis continues. God’s all forgiving, compassionate love is with us. When we finally believe and accept that Christ’s resurrected transfigured presence resides with us, we then find within us a strong confidence to accept life’s imperfections and disappointments and move on. Every day is a new adventure in new life. God leaves the past behind and opens doors to the future. It doesn’t matter how many mistakes we made yesterday. All that matters is what we do tomorrow and what we learn along the way. It is so easy to remain tethered and mired in the past, but there is no need to do so. God is all about tomorrow and the work God has yet to do in our lives. Mercy gives birth to hope. Hope for the greatest of sinners and hope for the worst of disasters. There is nothing God cannot do and nothing God cannot fashion. After all, everything we know and treasure was once nothing, and look what God did with the nothing God had! The resurrected Christ stands before us with nail marks in his wrists and wounds on his body as a testament that not even injustice, suffering and death can trample over and destroy God’s mercy. What have we to fear? Why do we keep ourselves from peace? Our lack of faith prevents us from going forward and fully receiving the holiness God desires to breathe upon us. Breathe in God’s mercy, allow the wind of God’s presence to kiss all of your sins and caress all of your fears. Exhale peace. ©LPi Divine Mercy Event on April 11th with Fr. Dominic The Divine Mercy Chaplet will be said with music at St. Louis Church starting at 3pm. The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed and confession will be available after the chaplet. Exposition will end at 4pm. Please join us! 2 SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER Sunday, April 11—Divine Mercy Sunday Sunday Mass Cathedral 8:00 a.m. Sunday, April 18 Sunday Mass St. Peter ** 9:00 a.m. Sunday Mass Cathedral 8:00 a.m. Sunday Mass Cathedral 10:00 a.m. Sunday Mass St. Peter ** 9:00 a.m. Sunday Mass St. Christopher 10:00 a.m. Sunday Mass Cathedral 10:00 a.m. Sunday Mass Sacred Heart/St. Dominic 10:30 a.m. Sunday Mass St. Christopher 10:00 a.m. English/French Sunday Mass Sacred Heart/St. Dominic 10:30 a.m. Sunday Mass St. Louis ** 11:30 a.m. English/French English/Polish Sunday Mass St. Louis ** 11:30 a.m. Sunday Mass Cathedral Chapel Latin 12:00 p.m. English/Polish Sunday Mass Sacred Heart/St. Dominic 12:30 p.m. Sunday Mass Cathedral Chapel Latin 12:00 p.m. Spanish Sunday Mass Sacred Heart/St. Dominic 12:30 p.m. Divine Mercy Holy Hour Spanish St. Louis 3:00 p.m. Azande Service St. Peter 3:00 p.m. Azande Service St. Peter 3:00 p.m. Sunday Mass St. Louis Polish 4:00 p.m. Confession Chapel Vietnamese 4:00 p.m. Monday, April 12 Sunday Mass Cathedral Vietnamese 5:00 p.m. Daily Mass St. Peter 7:00 a.m. Daily Mass Cathedral Chapel 12:15 p.m. ** Rosary begins half an hour before Mass Tuesday, April 13 Daily Mass St. Peter 7:00 a.m. The Pastoral Center will be closed on Patriots Daily Mass Cathedral Chapel 12:15 p.m. Day and reopen on Tuesday, April 20th. We apologize for any inconvenience! Wednesday, April 14 Daily Mass St. Peter 7:00 a.m. Daily Mass Cathedral 12:15 p.m. Holy Hour Cathedral Chapel 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Thursday, April 15 Daily Mass St. Peter 7:00 a.m. Daily Mass Cathedral 12:15 p.m. Holy Hour St. Louis 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Thank you for continuing to wear your mask Friday, April 14 Daily Mass St. Peter 7:00 a.m. while in the church, and for maintaining 6 Daily Mass Cathedral Chapel 12:15 p.m. feet social distancing from those outside your Saturday, April 15 family unit. May God bless you and those Confession Cathedral Chapel 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. you love! Vigil Mass Cathedral 4:00 p.m. Vigil Mass St. Peter 5:15 p.m. Apostolate of Prayer for Priests Let us pray for: Readings for the week of April 11, 2021 Apr 11 Bishop Robert Deeley, J.C.D. Apr 12 Rev Aurelijus Gricius, O.F.M. Sunday: Acts 4:32-35/Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24 [1]/1 Jn 5:1-6/Jn Apr 13 Rev. Stephen Concannon; Rev. David Schlaver, C.S.C. 20:19-3 Apr 14 Rev. Sylvio Levesque; Rev. Kevin Hughes, S.J. Monday: Acts 4:23-31/Ps 2:1-3, 4-7a, 7b-9 [cf. 11d]/Jn 3:1-8 Apr 15 Rev. Arockisamy Santhiyagu; Rev. Dominic Savio Tuesday: Acts 4:32-37/Ps 93:1ab, 1cd-2, 5 [1a]/Jn 3:7b-15 Apr 16 Rev. James Doran; Rev. Emile Dube Wednesday: Acts 5:17-26/Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [7a]/Jn 3:16-21 Apr 17 Rev. Apolinary Kavishe, A.J.; Rev. Robert Lupo Thursday: Acts 5:27-33/Ps 34:2 and 9, 17-18, 19-20 [7a]/Jn 3:31- 36 Friday: Acts 5:34-42/Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14 [cf. 4abc]/Jn 6:1-15 TIME TO RETURN YOUR RICE Saturday: Acts 6:1-7/Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19 [22]/Jn 6:16-21 Next Sunday: Acts 3:13-15, 17-19/Ps 4:2, 4, 7-8, 9 [7a]/1 Jn 2:1- BOWLS! 5a/Lk 24:35-48 Please return your Catholic Observances for the week of April 11, 2021 Relief Service Rice Bowls to Sunday: 2nd Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy) Church or to the Pastoral Monday: Tuesday: St. Martin I, Pope and Martyr Center on or before Sunday, Next Sunday: 3rd Sunday of Easter April 11th. 3 ONGOING & LOOKING AHEAD Wednesday Cathedral, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Weekend Mass Schedule Next Weekend, April 17 & 18, 2021 Thursday St. Louis, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Saturday, April 17 4:00 p.m. Cathedral Fr. Kevin Upham Saturday 5:15 p.m. St. Peter Fr. Dominic Savio Sacred Heart/St. Dominic chapel, Spanish, 6 - 7:00 p.m. Sunday, April 18 8:00 a.m. Cathedral Fr. Dominic Savio 9:00 a.m. St. Peter Fr. Kevin Upham 10:00 a.m. Cathedral Fr. Dominic Savio 10:00 a.m. St. Christopher Fr. Greg Dube 10:30 a.m. Sacred Heart/St. Dominic Fr. Kevin Upham (English/French) The Sacrament of Reconciliation is available on 11:30 a.m. St. Louis Fr. Dominic Savio Saturdays 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Cathedral (English/Polish) Chapel. People are invited to enter either side door of 12:00 p.m. Cathedral Chapel (Latin) Fr. Robert Parent 12:30 p.m. Sacred Heart/St. Dominic Fr. Kevin Upham the chapel as a priest will be at either entrance. Con- (Spanish) fession is heard in the entryway while the priest is be- 4:00 p.m.