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PASTORAL STAFF

Rev. Victor A. Sierra, Administrator

Michael J. Hafferty, Deacon

Maureen E. Briand, Administrative Assistant

Ministry to Children and Youth

Donna Wilson,

Administrator of Religious Education

Musicians

Derek Doura, Bailee Baillargeon, Marilyn Robitaille

Parish Office

508-234-7726 • Fax: 508-234-0964

Monday & Wednesday: 9:00AM-3:00 PM

Friday: 9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Parish e-mail: gshepherd7726@charter.net

www.goodshepherdlinwood.org

LITURGY SCHEDULE

Weekends

Saturday: 6:00 PM

Sunday: 9:00 AM

Daily

Mass (Tuesday & Friday): 8:45 AM

Sacrament of Reconciliation:

Saturday 10:00-11:00 AM

(At St. Augustine 3:00-3:45 PM)

Holy Day Masses:

As announced

SACRAMENTS

Baptisms: Please contact the parish office to schedule date of preparation and date of baptism.

Marriage: Please contact the pastor at least one year before planned date of marriage.

Visitation or Anointing of the Sick: Anytime. Please contact the pastor.

Good Shepherd Catholic Church

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Sunday in Ordinary Time�

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� What does it mean to be salt and light? If we listen care-

fully to Jesus’ words, we gain some direction. To be salt means to

bring taste, zest, and joy to life. We are asked to liven things up a

bit by allowing the joy of our faith to spill over into the lives of

others. Only a sincere and deep relationship with God can freshen

up humanity and set it on proper course. To be light means that our

faith must translate into action so that we can be Christ for others

and extend the same arm of mercy and compassion that Christ did.

Our acts of piety, then, cannot be directed solely at ourselves. Pray-

er is never about self-benefit but must always be directed toward

union with God, deepening our relationships with one another and

learning how to be effective stewards of the beautiful universe God

has entrusted to our care.

������ The Master gives us wise direction in terms of how we can

best become the salt and light he desires. Listen carefully to the

Beatitudes. Think about the oppression and alienation that exists in

our world, the violence and prejudice, the anger and the hatred, the

fear and the shame. All of these things require action. The poor

need food, housing, and clothes. Hatred must be replaced by love.

Retaliation and violence by forgiveness. Our thoughts and speech

can become more like Christ. We can change and continue to

change. Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman said, “To live is to

change and to be perfect is to have changed often.”

������ But it doesn’t end with just offering the bandages needed

to heal wounds. It must go deeper. We must ask ourselves what has

happened that we have found ourselves in this place with these

wounds and divisions. What are their causes? Together we must

address these systemic problems, politically and spiritually, and

face the truth. Only then will we truly be salt and light. But then

again, we may not like what the light shows us.

GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH LINWOOD

Sunday, February 9 9:00 AM Little Lambs

10:00 AM RE Gr. K-8

Monday, February 10 7:00 PM Parish Council

(Rectory)

Tuesday, February 11 6:00 PM TOPS

(Parish hall)

Wednesday, February 12 6:30 PM Scouts

(Parish hall)

Thursday, February 13 7:00 PM Bible Study

(Rectory)

Saturday, February 15 10:00 AM Mass of Remembrance

(Church)

10:00 AM Confessions

4:00 PM Bible Study

(Rectory)

Sunday, February 16 9:00 AM NO RELIGIOUS ED.

Saturday, February 8

6:00 PM The People of Good Shepherd

Sunday, February 9

9:00 AM Lena Gouin by her family

Tuesday, February 11

8:45 AM Shirley Lendall & Jay Burns by Joyce Paquette

Friday, February 14

8:45 AM Ed & Helen Novack & Michael Kalinoski

by Linda Roberts

Saturday, February 15

6:00 PM Betty Kaczowka by Rita Cogliandro

and Peter Ryan by Theresa Ryan

Sunday, February 16

9:00 AM Deceased members of Good Shepherd

by Joyce Paquette

Liturgical Roles February 15 & 16

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion

6:00 PM J. Paquette, J. Petty

9:00 AM C. Guertin, L. Roberts

Lectors

6:00 PM S. Desjourdy

9:00 AM M. Etzold

Altar Servers

6:00 PM A. Thompson

9:00 AM T. Etzold, C. Wilson

Ushers

6:00 PM L. Bianco

9:00 AM J. D’Alfonso, E. Metivier

Readings for the week of February 9, 2020

Sunday: Is 58:7-10/Ps 112:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [4a]/1 Cor 2:1-5/

Mt 5:13-16

Monday: 1 Kgs 8:1-7, 9-13/Ps 132:6-7, 8-10 [8a]/

Mk 6:53-56

Tuesday: 1 Kgs 8:22-23, 27-30/Ps 84:3, 4, 5 and 10, 11

[2]/Mk 7:1-13

Wednesday: 1 Kgs 10:1-10/Ps 37:5-6, 30-31, 39-40 [30a]/

Mk 7:14-23

Thursday: 1 Kgs 11:4-13/Ps 106:3-4, 35-36, 37 and 40

[4a]/Mk 7:24-30

Friday: 1 Kgs 11:29-32; 12:19/Ps 81:10-11ab, 12-13,

14-15 [11a and 9a]/Mk 7:31-37

Saturday: 1 Kgs 12:26-32; 13:33-34/Ps 106:6-7ab, 19-20,

21-22 [4a]/Mk 8:1-10

Next Sunday: Sir 15:15-20/Ps 119:1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33-34

[1b]/1 Cor 2:6-10/Mt 5:17-37 or 5:20-22a,

27-28, 33-34a, 37

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als in surrounding towns. Aides provide light housekeeping,

laundry, shopping and personal care. Paid training and a sched-

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SHARING OUR BLESSINGS

Weekly Goal $5959

Weekend of February 1 & 2

Sunday Regular $2545; Electronic $358; Initial Offering $10;

Candles $45; Funeral $100; Catholic Free Press $196

Other Income $393

Parish Savings $240; Diocesan Home Missions $153

Number of Envelopes: 113 Thank you

(The participation of all is very important

and is appreciated by the whole community)

FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Sunday, February 16

9:00 am NO RELIGIOUS ED.

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ASH WEDNESDAY

February 26, 2020

Good Shepherd

9:00 am Mass with ashes

7:00 pm Liturgy of the Word w/ashes

St. Augustine

9:00 am Liturgy of the Word w/ashes

7:00 pm Mass with ashes

STATIONS OF THE CROSS

Good Shepherd

Will be held every Friday during Lent at 9:15am in the

Church.

St. Augustine

Will be held every Friday during Lent at 7:00pm in the

Church.

As Catholics, we follow these sacrificial practices during

Lent: Abstinence from meat by all those 14 years of age

and older on Ash Wednesday, all the Fridays in Lent and

Good Friday.

Fasting by all who are 18 but not yet 59 on Ash Wednesday

and Good Friday: one full meal each day, with two smaller

meals if needed. Solid foods between meals is not permit-

ted.

Mitu Mission

Next weekend February 15 & 16 is our monthly col-

lection in support of the Diocese of Mitu, Colombia.

Please make sure to add your donation to the collec-

tion basket, using the special Mitu envelope which

can be found in the pews and at all entrances. Thank

you and may God bless you for your generosity!

Saint Valentine’s Day

Mass of Remembrance

Your loved ones will be remembered and prayed for at a

10:00 am Mass on:

Saturday, February 15, 2020

Good Shepherd Parish

Everyone is invited to attend this very heartwarming

service.

FEBRUARY IS

CATHOLIC FREE PRESS MONTH

Renew home delivery by using your parish envelope,

for new subscribers, see bulletin insert.

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Men of all ages, including teens and college students are invited

to this important 20th Anniversary Conference, scheduled for

Assumption College on Saturday, March 28. Visit the confer-

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tration, call Joan DeMasi at 508-929-4345. Adult tickets are

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