SAINT MICHAEL & SAINT JOSEPH PARISHES 189 Essex Street, Fall River, MA 02720 1335 North Main St., Fall River, MA 02720 TELEPHONE: 508.672.6713 TELEPHONE: 508.673.1123 WEBSITE: www.smpfr.org WEBSITE: www.stjosephschurchfr.com FACEBOOK: “St. Michael’s Church and School” FACEBOOK: “St. Joseph’s Church” Parish Office at St. Joseph’s Rectory, 1335 North Main St., Fall River Office Hours: Monday - Thursday 9:00AM-3:00PM Friday 9:00AM-12:00PM ADORATION HOLY MASS CONFESSIONS St. Michael’s St. Joseph’s St. Michael’s St. Michael’s Wednesday 5-5:30PM Wednesdays Daily Mass (9am) Daily Mass Saturday 3-3:45PM 9:00AM-5:30PM Tuesday Monday (Port) 9AM Benediction 5:30PM Thursday Wednesday (Eng) 8:30AM St. Joseph’s Saturday Friday (Port) 9AM St. Joseph’s Tuesday 6-6:45PM Weekends Weekends Saturday 9:30- Tuesdays Saturday 5:15PM Saturday 4:00PM (Eng.) 10:30AM Sunday 9:30AM (Eng.) 6-7PM Sunday 7:00AM Benediction 6:45PM 10:45AM 12:00PM (Port.) Any time by appointment. 7:00PM (Eng.) SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 WELCOME TO ST. MICHAEL’S AND ST. JOSEPH’S St. Michael’s and St. Joseph’s in the North End of the city of Fall River are two parishes that have come together to share our resources to effectively accomplish our common mission—to preach, teach and live the Gospel of Jesus Christ, for His glory and the salvation of souls. If you are visiting or are new to our parish, please introduce yourself to our Pastor, Fr. Jay. Please know how welcome you are here. God bless you. PARISH STAFF Rev. Jay Mello, Pastor [[email protected]] Deacon Paul Levesque [[email protected]] Mrs. Shanna M. Lubold, Director of Pastoral Services [[email protected]] Mrs. Lisa Ouellette, Director of Religious Education [[email protected]] Mrs. Ana Lucy Mello, Confirmation Coordinator [[email protected]] Mr. Ryan Klein, Principal [[email protected]] Ms. Jean Revil, Director of Adult Faith Formation [[email protected]] BLUE MASS FOR POLICE OFFICERS ADULTS WHO NEED SACRAMENTS This year's annual Blue Mass will be celebrated on The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is the Monday Night, September 28th at 7:00PM. St. Mi- process by which adults who have not been baptized, chael the Archangel is the patron saint of those in law confirmed or received their first Holy Communion be- enforcement. Please let all police officers and firefight- come full member of the Catholic Church. Classes will ers and their families know. begin Thursday, October 1st at 6:30PM in St. Joseph’s school building. If you, or someone you know, would RECENTLY BAPTIZED like to explore the possibility of joining the Catholic Congratulations to Caleb Levesque who was recently Church through the Sacraments of Baptism, First baptized at St. Michael’s Parish. With great joy, we Communion, and Confirmation, please contact the Di- welcome him into the Catholic Church and our parish rector of Adult Faith Formation, Jean Revil at jre- community. Anyone interested in having their child [email protected] to register for classes or to seek more baptized, should speak with Fr. Jay or call the rectory. information. THIS WEEK IN THE PARISHES ST. MICHAEL ARCHANGEL PRAYER Mark your calendars for these upcoming events at As people have begun returning to Mass, you will Saint Michaels’s (SM) and St. Joseph’s (SJ) have noticed at the end of each Mass, we recite the St. Michael Archangel prayer in both parishes. It September 13th — Malassada Sale, 7AM-1PM (SM) has long been a tradition of the Church to recite this — Return of 7PM Mass, (SM) prayer asking Gods blessing and protection through September 14th — Study Group with Deacon Paul, the intercession of St. Michael the Archangel. In 10AM (SJ) these day of crisis, we pray in particular for the — Back to School Night St. Joseph Church health and safety of each of our families. 6PM—New Families 7PM—Returning Families St. Michael the Archangel, September 15th — Bible Study, 9:30AM, 7PM (SJ) defend us in battle — Adoration and Confessions, 6-7PM (SJ) Be our defense against the — Confirmation Meeting, Grade 9 wickedness and snares of the devil. 7PM, St. Joseph Church May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; September 16th — Adoration, 9:30-5:30PM (SM) and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, — Confessions, 5-5:30PM (SM) by the power of God cast into hell Satan — Rel. Ed. Meeting Gr. 1-7, 6:30PM (SJ) and all the evil spirits who prowl throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen. September 19th — Holy Ghost Take Out, 11AM-3PM TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME TAKE OUT LUNCH FIRST FRIDAY MASS St. Michael’s Parish Holy Ghost will host a take out Join us on Friday, October 2nd at 6PM for the First lunch on Saturday, September 19th from 11AM-3PM. Friday Mass at St. Joseph’s Church. Adoration and Tickets are $20 each for Shrimp Mozambique or Pork Confessions will take place from 5-6PM, followed Steak plates. All plates include a bowl of soup. Please by Mass at 6PM. contact Shanna at 774.437.1351 or Venilia at 508.677.3223 for tickets. The hall will be set up for a MASS INTENTIONS OPENING SOON socially distant pick up. Please wear masks for pick The Mass intentions book for January through up. June of 2021 will be opening on October 1st. Please contact the parish office for more infor- ST. JOSEPH’S ANNUAL APPEAL mation. Every year, St. Joseph’s parish has had the tradition of having this Annual Appeal to help with the many ex- penses of our parish and special projects. We are WHAT ARE MASS INTENTIONS? blessed to have a beautiful Church and a wonderful At each Mass, during the Prayer of the Faithful, community of people who are very generous with their we hear that prayers are requested at this Mass time and resources. Last year, through your generosi- for… This is referred to as a “Mass Intention.” ty, we raised $15,400. You will be receiving a letter in This means that this Mass is being offered for the the mail. The appeal will begin October 1st and end on repose of the soul of someone who has died, or for November 30th. I want to take this opportunity to once the special intentions of someone who is still liv- again humbly ask for your generous contribution to ing but requesting prayers for a particular inten- this year’s appeal, as well as your generous support tion. If you would like a Mass offered for someone each week. Appeal donations can be mailed into the that you have lost, particularly on the anniversary parish office or dropped in the collection basket at of their death or birthday, please call the parish of- Mass. fice to schedule that Mass. Remember, the greatest BIBLE STUDY thing that we can do for someone who has died is Our Bible Study, led by Director of Adult Faith For- to prayer for them, and the Mass is the greatest of mation, Jean Revil, meets on Tuesdays, at 9:30AM all prayers. and 7PM at St. Joseph’s school, focusing on the fol- lowing week’s readings. Seating will be set up to ONLINE GIVING maintain social distancing. Online Giving is now available for parishioners with WeShare, an easy and convenient way to save MONDAY MORNING STUDY GROUP time and support the church. Donating is simple, The Monday Morning Study Group meets at St. Jo- safe, and completely secure. If you have any ques- seph School every Monday at 10:00AM. The room tions or concerns about the program, contact the will be set up so that we can properly social distance. parish office. To enroll in Online Giving, please We look forward to seeing everyone! If you have any questions, contact Deacon Paul directly visit at [email protected] St. Joseph’s: stjosephschurchfr.weshareonline.org St. Michael’s: smpfr.weshareonline.org ST. JOSEPH’S ORGAN FUND The organ at St. Joseph’s Church is preparing for the BUDGET ENVELOPES third phase of repairs. We would like to thank those If you have not received your budget envelopes for who generously gave to their project. To date, $6,688 the current period, please let us know as soon as of $17,500.00 has been raised. If you would like to possible so we can order a new set for you. Please make a contribution to this effort, there are envelopes use a plain envelope with your name and, if you at the main entrance of the church. Please note that the know it, your member number. If you receive en- amount previously reported has been reduced due to velopes, but do not use them, please call the parish the cost of the annual repairs to the organ that have office to cancel future mailings. been recently made. SAVE THE DATE: SCHOOL TAKE OUT On Saturday, October 17th, there will be a school take ADULT FAITH FORMATION out lunch from 11AM-2PM. Tickets are $20 each for either pork steak plates or shrimp Mozambique and in- VISIT FATHER JAY’S BLOG clude soup. Please contact the school office to order Visit Fr. Jay’s blog, Zeal for your House, at it’s tickets today. new website: www.fatherjaymello.com. Please visit this blog to stay up to date with his blog arti- ST. MICHAEL SCHOOL FALL SPONSORSHIP cles, videos and more. Our parish school very much depends on the success of our fundraising efforts. 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