ST. DENIS CHURCH - www.saintdenischurch.com DOUGLAS, MA THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME AUGUST 5, 2018

SATURDAY AUGUST 4

3:15 - 3:45 CONFESSION

4:00 PM For: Patsy & Dora Colonero By: The Family

SUNDAY AUGUST 5

7:00 AM For : Peter Harper (2nd Ann.) By: His wife Nancy

10:15 AM For : Peter McPherson (50th Birthday) By: The

Family

MONDAY AUGUST 6

8:00 AM For : Charles Flansburg By: The C.W.C.

TUESDAY AUGUST 7

8:00 AM For : The People of St. Denis

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 8 NO MASS

THURSDAY AUGUST 9 NO MASS

FRIDAY AUGUST 10

8:00 AM For : Joseph Stefanak By: His nieces & nephews

SATURDAY AUGUST 11

3:15 - 3:45 CONFESSION

4:00 PM For: Tad & Mary Wallace By: Janet Brule, Ellen &

Jack McNamara

SUNDAY AUGUST 12

7:00 AM For : The People of St. Denis

10:15 AM For : Daniel McLaughlin By: The Mor in Family

“May the souls of all the faithful departed, Rest in Peace.”

PARISH FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP

Ordinary Collection $2,914.00

Electronic Giving 1,046.00

Total Parish Ordinary Income $ 3,960.00

Other Parish Income

Maintenance 153.00

Transferable Receipts

Food Pantry donation 523.77

Food Pantry in memory of “Chic” Flansburg 765.00

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The collection next weekend for the Church in Central &

Eastern Europe will be collected in the first collection.

The second collection next weekend will be for the visiting

Missionary from St. Joseph of Cluny Sisters’ missions in

Ghana, Gambia and Sierra Leone, West Africa.

LECTORS (L) EUCH. MINISTERS (M) &

ALTAR SERVERS (A)

AUGUST 4 & 5

4:00 PM Frank Yacino (L,M) Beth Parkinson (M)

Ryan & Gianna Needham (A)

7:00 AM Bob Lafond (L,M)

Jonathan & Nathaniel Paine (A)

10:15 AM Peter Valanzola (L)

Rachel Zurowski & Jerome Jussaume (M)

Anna & Sara Coppellotti (A)

18th

Sunday in Ordinary Time “Each day the people are to go out and gather their daily portion; thus will I test them, to see whether they follow my instructions or not.” (EXODUS 16:4) When the Israelites gathered more than their daily portion of manna, the surplus became wormy and rotten. In the same way today, self-reliance, pride and ego leads to hoarding and excessive surplus of goods and money. Living a stewardship lifestyle helps us discern our “wants” from our “needs.” Living a generous lifestyle reminds us that God will provide all that we need and that we have plenty to share.

Catholic Women’s Council

Celebrate 100 years!!

Over the years the Catholic Women’s

Council has served as hostess for the St.

Denis Parish whenever the need arises.

Our members have provided and served

refreshments after Reconciliation, First

Eucharist, Confirmation and Baccalaureate. Since

1984 we have been preparing and serving the Seder

Supper.

We have contributed funds for many items for our

church, including a TV/VCR, a copier, new vestments

for our priests/deacon, and a new floor in Keresey

Hall.

The Council has recognized parents on Mothers Day

and Fathers Day. We deliver flowers to our members

in nursing homes, donate toward flowers for the altar

at Christmas and Easter, donate to the Giving Tree and

donate to the Food Bank.

In 1959 the first kindergarten in Douglas was started

by the CWC. Since 1961 the CWC has awarded

scholarships to deserving graduating high school sen-

iors from St. Denis parish.

The Catholic Women’s Council sponsors the Moth-

ers Love Program, Day of Prayer, Cash Calendar

Raffle, and Holiday Fair.

We are proud to carry on the good works and

traditions started one hundred years ago by the

women of St. Denis Church.

ST. DENIS RECTORY RENOVATION

Dear brothers and sisters,

I join our Pastoral Council and Finance Committee in thanking you for your donations to the rectory’s renova-tion efforts.

This past week we received an additional $3,600 in donations toward the efforts to renovate our parish Rectory. We are very grateful for the continued support of this effort.

Thank you to the many volunteers who have been working tirelessly to help make this renovation happen.

We hope that we can count on more donations since we are still in need of funding for this project. Nonethe-less, money is not the only way you can help. We would be happy to have you join our volunteer team.

Thank you again for your generosity and support.

May the Lord bless you abundantly!

With gratitude,

Fr. Juan

Appreciation for the Mothers Love Program

The CWC received thank you notes from the following agencies.

They were very appreciative of the donations made by the parishioners

of St. Denis parish through the Mothers Love program.

From Abby’s House: Your donations will help us provide shelter ,

housing and advocacy to homeless women and children. Thank you

again for your continued support through all the years.

From Visitation House: Oh my goodness! Thank you for your

amazing generosity. We are so very blessed to have caring people like

you. The women feel so much more prepared for motherhood when

they have all these donations.

From Catholic Charities: Catholic Charities of greater Milford

area wishes to thank you for your donations of clothing, diapers, blan-

kets and gift cards. Your community is blessed to have so many car-

ing and loving people willing to help others.

Gospel Exploration

The Early Church

Tuesday August 7th • 7:30pm

Outside at the Mary Grotto (Across the street from the Rec-

tory)

This will be a very special and unique session where we will gather around a fire pit outside. We will be using this special atmosphere to dis-cuss the Early Church and it’s very first members. As a special treat, we will be making and enjoying some S’mores! Hope to see you there!

MISSION CO-OP

This year we have an opportunity to share in the missionary work of the Church through the visit of Sister Angela Bangura, SJC. She will be with us NEXT weekend of Aug 11-12 to speak about the St. Joseph of Cluny Sisters’ mis-sions in Ghana, Gambia and Sierra Leone, West Africa. Sister Angela is a native of Sierra Leone currently working with younger sisters in Sierra Leone. Please, mark your calendars and come prepared Aug 11-12 to support the sisters’ works of education, health care, rehabilitation, youth programs and the empowerment of women. Thank you!

NEW EUCHARISTIC

MINISTERS

Have you thought about

helping out at Masses?

We will be having a train-

ing for volunteers who are

interested in becoming a

Eucharistic Minister

here at St. Denis.

If you are interested

please call the Rectory

and leave your name and

contact information and

we will be in touch with

dates and times for train-

ing.

NEW ALTAR SERVERS NEEDED

Calling all parishioners, boys and girls, 4th Grade

and older ! If you are interested in becoming an

Altar Server at St. Denis, we will be having a new

training session. Parents, if you would like your child

to be more involved in weekend Liturgy, please call

the Rectory for more information or to discuss details.

Servers would be on a team that would serve approxi-

mately once / month.

Our Lady of the Valley School

in Uxbridge has openings

in its early primary classes.

Openings in Kindergar-ten and PreK are also

available.

OLV has a Before and After School Care Program!

Please call 508-278-5851 for more infor-

mation.

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(508) 476-2002 www.saintdenischurch.com

THE FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Staff Parish Council Members

Rev. Juan Escudero – Pastor Fr. Juan Escudero

Deacon Michael Hafferty Deacon Mike Hafferty

Nancy Norberg – Administrative Asst. Don Virostek – Chairman (Finance) 508-476-3757

Kathy Archambault- Faith Formation Coordinator Frank Yacino – (Liturgy) 508-943-2142

Sherri Martin – Safe Environment Coordinator Wesley Bushika (Building/Grounds) 508-476-3478

Ed Maguire – Maintenance Nancy Norberg (Liturgy & Admin.) 508-476-2002

John DaSilva – Organist Kathy Archambault (Faith Formation) 508-476-2002

Diocesan Office for Healing and Prevention: 508-929-4311 Gail Hickey (Mission) 508-476-7649

Liturgy of the Eucharist Saturday Vigil: 4:00 PM

Sunday: 7:00 & 10:15 AM

Weekdays: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 8:00 AM

Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday 3:15 – 3:45 PM or by appointment

Sacrament of Baptism Arrangements for Baptism are by appointment

Sacrament of Marriage Couples to be married are asked to call the Rectory at

Least one year prior to the wedding to make arrangements.

Sacrament of the Sick Anyone who would like to receive the Sacrament of the Sick

Please see Fr. Juan after Mass or by calling the Rectory.

Visitation to the

Homebound Anyone who is unable to celebrate the Eucharist with us in the church because of age or illness, and would like to receive

communion, please contact Nancy or Fr. Juan.

Faith Formation Parents and Parish together educate our children in the Faith.

Classes are offered for children in Preschool through Grade 12 Call the Rectory to Register

Remember in Prayer

Catherine & Stephen Gressak Wanda & Edward Therrien

Natalie Fletcher

Joseph & Maryellen Friend Norma Baker Mary M. Emerick

Viola & Felix Vecchione & Family H. Edward Phelps

Frank & Mary Zifcak Sister Mary Denis

John & Helen Homenick Bob, Michael & Georgianna Paulhus

Pat Macuga The Sughrue & Kellett Families

Norman & May Therrien John & Catherine Manyak

For a $50.00 donation, we will publish the names of your

loved one in our bulletin for 1 year.

Please call 508-476-2002 for more information.

St. Denis Parish If you would like to register or you have changed your address, please fill out the correct information.

Name ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

Address__________________________________________________E-mail___________________________________________

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Mission Statement

As a faith-filled community of believers, we the people

of St. Denis Parish, are centered on being active

witnesses to God’s presence among us.

We extend an invitation and welcome to all, by

encouraging weekly participation at Mass and by

offering many opportunities for everyone to share their

God-given talents.

It is through loving and serving one another, that we

are transformed on our way to becoming a disciple of

Christ, who left us our mission “to go forth and make

disciples of all nations.” (Mt 28:19)