January 7, 2018

THE FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD January 7, 2018

EPIPHANY People can come

into our lives, sometimes for a very short time, and make a big impression. The power of the encounter can change our life, renew our hope, or strengthen our resolve. It can even set us on a new course, leading us to places, causes and people we never imagined meeting. The Magi, or astrologers as Matthew calls them, arrive to pay homage to the newborn Jesus. A star had guided them on their quest and when they left, they avoided Herod and went on their way. Their gifts represented the kingship of Christ (gold), His divinity (incense) and his redemptive suffering (myrrh). The story of the Magi reminds us that the whole world has come to recognize and worship a Savior, and the impact of this short visit would reverberate through the ages. Like the Magi, our life is a journey of faith. We encounter Christ in hundreds of ways. Each momentary encounter has the potential of changing lives, healing wounds, easing suffering and restoring faith. Those we meet along the way are fellow pilgrims who also search for grace and life. Follow the star of faith and offer your gifts of love. Christ will surely lead you. James Gaffney

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Pray the Rosary Monday through Friday

after the 9:00 Mass Cenacle Monday at 6:30PM

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Celebrated on the 1st Sunday of each month

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday from 4:00 to 4:45PM ~ also by personal request

Reconciliation Room is handicapped accessible

SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Please contact a Priest at least six months in advance

VISITATION OF THE SICK Our extraordinary ministers are always pleased to bring the Eucharist to parishioners who are unable to join us for weekly worship. If you or a family member would like to receive Communion, please call the Rectory. If you know of someone from the parish who is in the hospi-tal, please let us know.

Today’s readings can be found in the Gather Hymnal page 1011

Nancy Papp Anton, Patricia Amorelli, Connor Blaney, Cheri McGee, Kim Evans, Beverly Taylor, Sharon Beaulieu,

James Wright, Evelyn Croteau, Beth Lambert, Joe Gonzales, Zachary Collins, Grace Roche, Elise Renee, Ann Tisbert, Patrick, Christine, Robert Coutinho,

Toby Claufon, William Carr, Charles Flynn, Becky Rawson, Richard Renaud, Russell Gazzana, Abelardo Prodigalidad, Bill Miller, Erin Magrane,

Don McLatchey, Ellie Carlson, Epifania Soto, Jane Burke, Hayleigh Scott, Dorothy Clinton, Ronald Brady, Sr. Pamela Philbin, Karen Mooney,

Luis Ferreria, Helen Galica, Melinda O’Connor, Erik Olsen, Vicki Foley, Rosemary Bartolini, Jack Curtin, Jim Bennett, Neil Kenny, Paul Fallon, Carole & Pam Laino, Sharon Magnetti, Gregg Merloni, Tome Valadao, Melvin Boucher, T.J. Bautz, Ronald Cox, Joan Fallon, Joan Antonio,

David Perry, Lucia Engdahl, Joyce Walker, John Durnan, Linda Darby, Judy Melfa, Claire Kennedy, Connie Heagerty, Linda Brady, Maria Matejko, Kevin & Donna Brennan, Richard Carey, Emiliano Cuellar, Donna Butler,

James Thomas, Teresa Putnam, Christina Narensky, Lynn St. Jean, Michael Berthuime, Trisha Suzi, Norman Beland, Margaret Markert,

Susan Garry, Barbara Auger, Ann Price, Barbara Barnes, Doris Biedermann, Michael Ryan, Joan Finnerty, Jeanne Amendola, Jack Walker, Daniel Baker

Ruth Davoe, Robert Trant, Michael McAndless, Michael Del Pozzo,

Elizabeth Flynn, Richard Samson, Marie Paradis, Joel Rivera, Gary Shults, Isla Winnie Bassler, Corine Sciarappa, John Lynch, Kristy Cautello,

Joseph Malzone, Lois Kerbel, Carol Guarino, Michael Turpin, Debbie Krikler, Sally Gagliardi, Sam Mozley, Bernie Keiser, Carson Wong,

PARISH PRAYER LINE 508.366.6916 Names of individuals on the Prayer Line are not published in the bulletin

Let us remember to pray for all the men and women and their families who are serving in Iraq and Afghanistan

We remember those who have died… Kathleen Despres, Michael Ryan

EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT & ADORATION

TUESDAY 9:30AM TO 6:30PM DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET AT 3:00PM

PRAYER FOR THE SANCTITIY OF LIFE AT 6:00PM ADORATION MUSIC AT 6:10PM

BENEDICTION AT 6:30PM

Saturday, January 6 5:00pm Arthur & Beverly Upham

by their family Sunday, January 7

7:30am Nicholas Cowles 9:00am Richard McLeod

by Jack Strouse 11:00am Adriana Lanzarini

by Farmer family 6:30pm Confirmation Retreatants

Monday, January 8 9:00am Joseph Sessa

by Gloria Josephs Tuesday, January 9

9:00am Special Intention by Mickie Aylward

Wednesday, January 10 9:00am Souls in Purgatory

Thursday, January 11 9:00am Special Intention

by family Friday, January 12

9:00am Adolphe & Leontine LaRochelle by Ray LaRochelle

Saturday, January 13 8:00am Vilzard, Cleanne, Enold Revost

by their family 5:00pm Dorothy Fitzgibbon

by her family Sunday, January 14

7:30am John McCabe 9:00am Richard McLeod 11:00am Claude Papp

BAPTISM 6:30pm Anna Marie Donato

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TWO OF OUR ST LUKE’S ELVES VISITING OUR KINDRED PARISHIONERS!

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STEWARDSHIP OPPORTUNITY! If you are available on Sunday mornings from 10:15-11:45AM, we have an opening for a first grade Faith Formation teacher. The young children are wonderful and are looking for someone who cares enough about our faith to share it with them each Sunday. Won’t you please consider sharing your time and talent with these children? Our winter ses-sion resumes on Sunday January 7, 2018. Please contact Dianne Patrick at 508-366-8509 OR email her at religiouseducation@stlukes-parish.org. Thank you!

January Knights of Columbus meet-ing will be held on January 8th at 7pm. A light meal will be served starting at 6:15. We will be collecting clothing for the Veterans at the Edith N. Rogers Hospital in Bedford, MA. Needed items are t-shirts, underwear,

socks, winter hats, and gloves. Need a special after or belated Christmas gift for the hard to buy for man. Order him a ticket to the 2018 Catholic Men's Conference to be held at Assump-tion College on March 17th. Go to www.firstmensconf.org and order his ticket.

ADULT CONFIRMATION

Are you a baptized, catechized Roman Catholic adult (18 or older) who has never been confirmed? The Diocese of Worcester will celebrate a diocesan-wide adult Confirmation on Sunday, February 4, 2018 at the Cathedral of St. Paul. A retreat to prepare for Confirmation will be offered on Sunday, January 21, 2018 at Immaculate Conception Spiritual Renewal Center in Putnam, CT. If interested, please contact the pastor for more information.

YOUTH MINISTRY

Junior High Classes resume Jan 21

HS classes resume Jan 28

Save the Dates: COFFEE HOUSE

Fri Jan 26 at 7 pm Tickets are $10 in advance or at the door Come hear and see our talented young parish-ioners perform. Call or email Gloria to sign up to perform

P Cubed: Pizza, Prayer, People

talking about our faith Monday, Jan. 15 at 6 pm

$5 for pizza, drinks, desserts

A St. Luke’s Lenten Program Designed to Explore the Sacrament of Reconciliation

SEEKING FORGIVENESS . . .

A five week program that will ex-plore why the Catholic Church en-courages the use of the sacrament of reconciliation; how to go your-self if it has been a long time, and an opportunity to ask questions.

Using “Formed” – our Parish Spiritual Formation Website- as our starting point- each week we will watch a 30 minute video and then allow for discus-sion and questions. February 13th 2018 Session 1: The Sacrament of Confession February 20th 2018 Session 2: An encounter with Mercy February 27th 2018 Session 3: Embraced in Mercy: The Rite explained March 6th 2018 Session 4: Biblical Foundations March 13th 2018 Session 5: Answering Common Questions

All Sessions are Tuesday Evenings from 7:00 – 8:00 pm in room 23 of the Parish Center. Julie Basque, Pastoral Assoc.,

will be our facilitator. For more information or to register (space is limited to 14) please call 508-366-8509, ext. 4 or email Julie at Jbasq@verizon.net.

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“St. Luke’s donates 10% of its weekly collection through Sharing First . We donate to others be-fore attending to our own wants. Sharing First is unique not only because there is one

collection each week, but that we help the needy first. Please adjust your donation to include both Sharing First and St. Luke’s. Thank you for your generous support.

DECEMBER 17, 2017 supports ST. DAMIEN’S PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL IN HAITI in the amount of $1568 DECEMBER 24, 2017 supports DISMAS in the amount of $1568 DECEMBER 31, 2017 supports JEREMIAH’S INN in the amount of JANUARY 7 supports VISITATION HOUSE (TODAY) JANUARY 14 supports WHAT WOULD JESUS DO? When I think about the work we do in the Outreach Office at St. Luke's, I recall the practices of charity known as the Corporal Works of Mercy that Christ described in Matthew 25:34. They are: Feed the Hungry, Clothe the Naked, Shelter the Homeless, Visit the Sick & Imprisoned, Bury the Dead and Give Alms to the Poor.

Every day, our parishioners and neighbors come to St Luke's asking for help because they know we care...they know that we will not turn them away or judge them. We are here to lift their burden...to ease their pain and worry. It becomes so clear that every day, God works through us to do His work. He counts on us to be his instruments...to be His messengers. Often, we see people leave with tears in their eyes because they cannot believe that their prayers have been answered, and they ask how they can pay us back. The answer is always the same, "pay it forward...by helping someone else in need". That is what Jesus would want us to do.

ST. LUKE THE EVANGELIST CHURCH IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK, WE CAN MAKE A VISIT ANYTIME WE PASS.

JESUS WILL BE AS HAPPY TO SEE US AS WE ARE TO SEE HIM.

EPIPHANY CONCERT There will be an Epiphany Con-cert in the church at 4 pm on January 7th. We’ll be celebrat-ing Christmas and also arrival of the Three Wise Men in Bethle-hem. There will be music by several of our music groups, with readings for the season, followed by cocoa and candy canes! Come one, come all!

WOMEN OF SAINT LUKE'S COMMUNION BREAKFAST

Sunday, January 28, 2018 Please join us for 11:00am Mass

followed by brunch at Tavolino's Restaurant please pre-register for this event by January 22

Cost: $15.00 Sign up sheets in the vestibule

Please drop your sign up and payment off or mail it to: Women of St. Luke's

70 W. Main St. Westborough, MA 01581 Please mark on envelope“Communion Breakfast”

Questions: Kathy Kivlehan 508-753-1329 Cindy Haskell 508-366-1715

All women of the parish are welcome!

The Prayer Shawl Ministry will meet Tuesday January 9th from 1:00 – 2:30 PM in Room 23 of the Parish Center. This ministry is open to any person interested in knitting or cro-cheting prayer shawls, lap robes, af-

ghans or baby blankets for the sick and suffering. If you would like to participate but can’t make the monthly meetings, please e-mail/call Carol Mulcahy at cmmulcahy@live.com/508-898-0409 for more in-formation about patterns and yarn. We would love to have new members since there are many requests for the handmade items. Yarn is available at the Parish

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St. Luke the Evangelist Parish is a Roman Catholic community in the Diocese of Worcester. We strive to learn,

teach and joyfully live the fullness of our Faith and serve God and our neighbors in charity and truth. We faithfully celebrate the Sacraments, pray together as a community and give gener-ously of our time, talent and treasure to live and promote the

Gospel of Jesus Christ in our daily lives.

LORD’S DAY MASSES Saturday: 5 PM, in Spanish 7 PM

Sunday: 7:30AM, 9:00AM, 11:00AM, 6:30 PM

Weekday Masses Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM

Saturday 8:00 AM Holy Days

7:00 AM, 12:10PM and 7:30PM

70 West Main Street, Westborough, MA 01581 Telephone: 508-366-5502 Fax: 508-366-6049 www.stlukes-parish.org

Parish Center 1 Ruggles Street 508-366-8509

PARISH STAFF: Monsignor Michael G. Foley, Pastor e-mail frmike@stlukes-parish.org Fr. Joseph Rice, Associate Pastor e-mail frjoe@stlukes-parish.org Ellen Linn, Music Ministry e-mail: music@stlukes-parish.org Dianne Patrick, Director of Religious Education e-mail religiouseducation@stlukes-parish.org Gloria Josephs, Youth Minister e-mail youthministry@stlukes-parish.org Nan Ford, Parish Outreach e-mail outreach@stlukes-parish.org Julie Basque, Pastoral Associate e-mail parishnurse@stlukes-parish.org Maria Gasser, Parish Secretary e-mail office@stlukes-parish.org Pam Vaccari, Parish Ctr. Secretary e-mail religiousedoffice@stlukes-parish.org Linda Underwood, Bookkeeper e-mail financeoffice@stlukes-parish.org Beth Salsman, Housekeeper Lawrence Orlando, Building and Grounds Patrick Malone, Building and Grounds

BULLETIN DEADLINE: Thursday, 5PM

PASTORAL COUNCIL Brian McLaughlin, Chair brianmcl65@gmail.com Mary Smith, Vice Chair smith.marykatherine@gmail.com John Griffin, Secretary irishusmc3@gmail.com

Michael Alden michael.richard.alden@gmail.com Mary Andrade mary6andrade@gmail.com Anne Egan aqegan@gmail.com Deborah Foody westborough19@gmail.com Ellen Gualtieri ejgual@gmail.com Daniel Joyce danljoyce@yahoo.com Bill Kenney bill@kenneymail.com Pat Najarian najarians1@verizon.net Ciaran O’Donnell c.odonnell@ieee.org Annie Woodman woodmanss@yahoo.com Debbi Ziegler debbiziegler@yahoo.com Coordinator of Lectors:

Paula Christensen (prchristensen@charter.net) Coordr of Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: Tricia Guest (guestfamily5@gmail.com or 508-366-7983) Coordinator of RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults): Bob Thompson (bob_thomps@hotmail.com or 508-341-7677) Coordinator of Adult Formation Team: Tony Joseph (anthony1joseph1@gmail.com)

LITURGICAL MINISTERS January 13/14 Saturday, 5:00PM Mass Lector: John Huddy Extraordinary Ministers: Amy Schur, Dianne Patrick,

John Hegarty, Kathleen Gorczyca, Tricia Guest Cantor: Susan Bailey Servers: Emma & Ian juelis, Sophia & Brooke Mathieu Greeters: Joan Pavolis Sunday 7:30 AM Lector: Maryanne Mihaiu Extraordinary Ministers: Ramona Michael,

David Fay, Carolyn Black Servers: Brianna, Arianna & Ryan Michael Greeters: Priscilla & joe Federici 9:00 AM Mass Lector: Arianna Michael Cantor: Ellen Linn Extraordinary Ministers: Cathy O’Neil, Mary Burke,

Lyn Amoroso, Louise Eklund, Brent French Servers: Samantha, Alyssa, Danny, Stephanie Hogan 11:00 AM Mass: Lector: Chris Farmer Extraordinary Ministers: Beth Kay, Rita Dunlop,

Dottie & Herman Millet, Patricia Karpacz Cantor: Susan Bailey Servers: Luke Joseph, Nikki Farmer, Joshua & Sarah Kay Greeters: Linda Bent & Debra Cebulski 6:30PM Mass Lector: Brian mcLaughlin Extraordinary Ministers: Anne Egan, Marianne O’Connor,

Pat Gagnon, Jim Bruce, Kathy Dunbeck Servers: Brett & Jared Franciose, Vinnie Jeyakumar

Tyler Monaghan Greeters:

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