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MASS SCHEDULE

Monday-Wednesday 8:00 AM

Thursday 7:00 PM

Friday & Saturday 8:00 AM

Saturday Vigil 4:30 PM

Sunday 7:30 & 10:30 AM

Temporary Administrator

Rev. David Mary Engo

Religious Education:

Carole LeBlanc [email protected]

Director of Music:

Patricia Saviet

Parish Secretary:

Celeste Allain [email protected]

89 Main Street

South Grafton, MA 01560

SACRAMENT OF PENANCE

Thursday 6:00 PM and Saturday 4:00 PM

Or call the rectory for appointment

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

Baptism is celebrated on the Third Sunday of the month at

12:00 PM. Call the rectory to make arrangements.

SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE

Couples planning for marriage should contact the rectory

one year prior to the wedding date.

CARE FOR THE SICK

Please contact the rectory if you know of anyone who is

hospitalized or confined to home because of age or illness.

During this difficult and uncertain time, the Sacraments are

not available in the way that they have been, but please call

Father David if you have any questions or concerns.

Parish Office Hours: M-F 8:30AM-2:00 PM

(The secretary is currently working from home)

We are a Stewardship Parish

TIME ◆ TALENT ◆ TREASURE

508 839-5354 • FAX 508 839-5430 • Religious Education Office 508 839-6800 • Web: stjamesgrafton.com

Saint James Parish

SAINT JAMES CHURCH SOUTH GRAFTON

Father David has begun celebrating Masses keeping to

the guidelines recently outlined by the governor and the

Bishop. More information is available on our website or

Father’s recent email or the letter you received.

Saturday, May 30

8:00 AM Souls in Purgatory

4:30 PM Armand Morin by Al Lapan

Sunday, May 31

7:30 AM Robert Cardin by his wife, Alice Cardin

10:30 AM Parishioners of Saint James

Monday, June 1


Tuesday, June 2


Wednesday, June 3


Thursday, June 4

7:00 PM Stella Lipinski by her children

Friday, June 5


Next Saturday, June 6


4:30 PM Month’s Mind, Armand Morin by his family

Blanche & Kenneth Grenier by Janet Isabelle

Bertha & Oliver Dumas

By Mr. & Mrs. Philippe Lavallee & family

Next Sunday, June 7

7:30 AM Patrick, Peggy, Ray and Tommy Cadrin

By Peter & Elaine Wojnar and family

10:30 AM 32nd Anniversary, Mary Chase

By Philippe and Maryann Lavallee

Due to the holiday

Financial figures will be available next week.

Although we are now once again able to attend Mass,

many of us are still not able to go. You can mail a check to

the parish office in your donation envelope or a plain

envelope. Please do not send cash through the mail.

We have set up an online giving option through our

website. Please consider using this method in place of

mailing or hand delivering your donations. Thank you

to those of you who donate to Saint James this way.

THANK YOU!!!

GOSPEL MEDITATION

Pentecost Sunday

You can feel so small standing by the seashore. The

vastness of all that is before you expands much farther than

your eye can see. What is happening on the other side? As

tides continue to ebb and flow, what occurs as they come

and go remains largely a mystery and the effects of their

presence unknown in your sight. Yet, things are moving

and changing as you gaze upon the water, as the thumbprint

of their presence is left behind. The greater the wind and

wave, the greater the effect. But even a gentle breeze leaves

its humble mark upon the seashore on which you stand. The

smallest pebble still makes a ripple in the great blue

expanse of ocean waters. It doesn’t need to be big.

You never know the full impact of your smallest gesture

or simplest of words. A yes or no, agree or disagree, here or

there, this or that can influence time and history in ways

you may never know. The Holy Spirit is like that: fierce

and torrential, and then almost still and silent, creating and

recreating nonetheless. Coming as a gentle breeze or a

gusty wind, God’s Holy Spirit continues to move over,

around, and into the waters of our lives. The Spirit brings

fruit and unknown possibilities to what we humbly bring

with us and that same Spirit eventually brings all to

fulfillment in Christ.

The first disciples didn’t have much. They possessed

simple faith and a willingness to go into unchartered

territory with a love of their friend-God, humble offerings,

and knowledge that they were not alone. This allowed them

to do amazing things with very little. Do you believe that

you are being led and that you have a purposeful life? We

often do not realize our value because we do not think that

the little we have is good enough. How wrong we are! A

little flour mixed with water and embraced by a prayer of

blessing transforms simple offerings into the magnificent

Eucharistic presence of God. If the Holy Spirit can do such

amazing things with these humble gifts of the earth, even

more can happen with you. Don’t underestimate the value

of the smile you gave a stranger, the door held open for an

elderly widow, the listening ear offered to one who was

lonely, the tolerance given to the wounded soul who is

angry, and the loving shoulder you offered as a cradle

under the head of someone in pain. Modest gifts offered

with love can be transformed by the Spirit into wondrous

blessings you may never know. It’s Pentecost. Trust. You

are not alone. ©LPi

I will be returning to the parish office

on June 1st and will resume my regular

office hours. If you should need to see

me there, I ask that you wear a mask.

Please take care of yourselves and pray

for us all. Celeste

PENTECOST SUNDAY MAY 31, 2020

Registration for Next Year Online registration can be done at stjamesgrafton.com. for

next year’s Religious Ed classes. Please take a moment to

register your child(ren). Please call or email if you have any

questions! Thank you to those who have already registered.

Ministry Opportunities at Saint James: Thank you to all those who have stepped forward to

teach Religious Education on Sundays next fall! Classes for

grades 1-5 will be taught on Sunday mornings at 9:00 am

before the 10:30 am Mass. Grades 6 and 7 will be held on

Monday evenings, unless someone would like to teach on

Sunday mornings. We still need teachers for grades 5

through 7 so if you would like to volunteer please contact

Carole, our Religious Education Administrator, by

emailing her at [email protected]. Besides teachers,

we need aides and subs. Thank you in advance!

THE HARVEST FAIR NEEDS YOU!

While we are all living a “new normal” and many of us

are staying at home, please don't forget that our fall Harvest

Fair could use your help. We are in great need of crafts.

Any type of craft will do. Jewelry, signs, floral

arrangements, wreaths, scarves, knits, crochets, gifts in jars,

etc.

We are also looking for any new item or gift certificate

to restaurants or any business for the Silent Auction. Many

places have been hit hard so we don't know how many will

donate this year. By purchasing an item or gift certificate

from one of our local businesses, we can give them the

support they definitely need right now.

The Buy-A-Basket table looking for your help. In need

of baskets size medium to large, Please.

NO Easter baskets. need neutral, fall, or winter tone

baskets. If you'd like to donate an already

filled themed basket, that would be ideal. Also, if you have

any items or could purchase items that

they could use to help fill the baskets that would also be

wonderful!

The Fair is our big fundraiser for the year and if we each

do our part we will again have a great Fair. We certainly

can use the funds for our beautiful Parish. Fr. David has

been working so hard since he got here. We would love to

show him our gratitude with a great Harvest Fair.

Thanks in advance for your generosity,

St. James Harvest Fair Committee

Let’s Raise Our Voices Together!

We would like to invite you to join our New Adult Choir.

We will be singing every Sunday morning at the 10:30

Mass. When we sing, we are praying, we are joyful and we

are sharing our faith with our parish family.

Everyone is invited! Please email Tricia at

[email protected] if you are interested.

We will keep you all informed on dates and times as we

move forward. Let us all pray for this time apart to end

soon so that we can once again join together in God's

house.

Tricia Saviet

PARTNERS IN CHARITY APPEAL We are conducting our Annual Partners in Charity

Appeal through the mail or through direct donations online

through the Diocesan website. Thank you. Once again, the

goal for our parish is $40,000.

GIFTS/PLEDGES $19,940.

BALANCE FOR GOAL $20,060.

mailto:[email protected]

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