323 Dickinson StreetSpringfi eld, MA 01108

(413) 733-5823Fax (413) 788-6481

Website: holynamespringfi eldma.org

Eucharist Lord’s Day Masses:Saturday 4:30pmSunday 8:30am 10:30 am (Family Mass) 12:30 pm (Spanish Mass)

Daily Mass: 8:15amSaturday 8:15am Miraculous Medal Novena Mass

Holy Day Masses: 8:15am, 5:30pm on Holy Day

Anyone age 7 or older who has not received First Eucharist is asked to register for preparation by calling the Religious Education Offi ce at 733-5823

BaptismUsually celebrated on Sunday. Please call 733-5823 for con-tact name and phone number.

AdorationTuesdays, 1:00-5:00 pm

Confi rmationUsually celebrated in 11th grade as part of our Religious Education program. Adult classes are also available. Contact Religious Education offi ce at 733-5823

ReconciliationSaturdays 3:30pm - 4:00pm and upon arrangement

AnointingPlease contact the Parish Offi ce for those who may need to be anointed. A communal Sacrament of the Sick will be celebrated after the 4:30 Mass quarterly. Please check the bulletin for dates.

MarriagePlease make arrangements at least 6 months in advance.

Holy OrdersIf you are exploring a vocation to priesthood, as a deacon, or religious life you are invited to contact Fr. David Aufi ero at the rectory or the Diocesan Vocations Director at 452-0816.

February 28, 2021

Parish Mission Statement:

“We at Holy Name Parish, through the empowering spirit of Jesus Christ, strive to build a faith-fi lled community through prayer, action, and outreach to all.”

We Welcome New Parishioners!!Interested in joining our parish community?New parishioners are most welcome. There are welcome cards by the parking lot exit door or obtain one from the priest. Just fi ll one out and a new parishioner packet will be sent to you. For more information call 733-5823.

HOLY NAME PARISHHOLY NAME PARISH

SACRAMENTS AT HOLY NAMESACRAMENTS AT HOLY NAME

A Faith Service CommunityA Faith Service Community

Staff and Volunteers of Holy Name Parish

733-5823

Rev. David Aufiero Ext. 160 Pastor

frdave13@gmail.com

Rev. Stanislaus Achu Ext. 124 Parochial Vicar stanislausachu@gmail.com

Rev. John Hurley Ext. 112

Ann Fabrycki Ext. 113 Parish Secretary annfholyname@gmail.com

Prayer Line: 733-5823 Ext. 113

Sister Melinda Pellerin, ssj Ext. 130 Pastoral Minister

Deacon John Vennard Deacon Michael Hodges

Lorraine Roberson Ext. 131 Business Manager

Claudine Bouchard Ext. 123 Coordinator of Religious Education

Jorge Lopez 733-5823 Director of Campus Maintenance

Ana Carmona/Gloria Lopez 733-5823 Housekeepers

John Lynch 734-7113 Social Center Manager

Tom Veto Director of Music Ministry

Patrice MacArthur 271-0681 Website Manager

Blanca Davila Spanish Coordinator

Second Sunday of Lent

Saturday, February 27 4:30 Joseph A. Hogan, Jr. By his Brothers and Sister Sunday, February 28 8:30 Michael Mangeri By Jennifer B. 10:30 Acacio Gomes Batista By Grace Moriarty 12:30 Celebrant’s Intention Monday, March 1 8:15 Raymond Mooney and

Elaine Trench (Birthday Remembrances)

By Connie Mooney Tuesday, March 2 8:15 Nguyen Si Tu By Nguyet Tran Wednesday, March 3 8:15 Tuong Nguyen By the Family Thursday, March 4 8:15 Pauline L. O’Brien By the Family Friday, March 5 8:15 Augustine Kuekule Alegbo By Kate Ejorheya Saturday, March 6 8:15 Connor Murphy Sliwa By Friends 4:30 Charles Marcoux (6th Anniversary) By his Wife Sunday, March 7 8:30 Fred Koury By Tom Burke 10:30 Aniello Russo and Gaspare

Rosato By Anna Russo and Family 12:30 Celebrant’s Intention

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WORSHIP

AA MESSAGE FROM THE PAROCHIAL VICAR “It is already the second week of Lent and I pray and hope that your Lent is off to a good start. As we hear in this weekend’s First and Second Readings about sacrifices, Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac to God and in turn too, for our sake, God would not spare His only Son for our Redemption. Sacrifices are a huge part of Lenten practices and they are woven into the three acts of Lent: Fasting, Almsgiving and Prayer. As we make sacrifices during this period, no matter how little or big they might be, I enjoin you to please always unite it with that of Jesus Christ on the Cross, in that way, we understand its meaning and it becomes redemptive for us. Our sacrifices during this Lenten season will not be in vain, Amen! Speaking of sacrifices, my family in Nigeria, both immediate and extended in union with my home parish and my entire village community have been grateful to God for hearing their prayers and crowning their sacrifices with enduring fruits. In the history of my home parish in Nigeria, we have never had a seminarian go through the seminary and emerge a priest until on the Solemnity of the Assumption of Our Blessed Virgin Mary, August 15th, 2020 when I was ordained a priest of the Catholic Church. Marking this great milestone and in thanksgiving to God for letting their prayers and sacrifices bear fruit, my home parish is planning to receive me and have me say a Mass of Thanksgiving with them this April. Wanting to celebrate this in a big way, they are asking for financial help from people of goodwill. I communicated this to our pastor, Fr. Dave and he asked me to inform you, our beloved parishioners, to help the parish of Holy Name raise some financial assistance for my home parish in Nigeria. Fr. Dave is asking that we have a collection in this endeavor in the coming week. Thank you from the bottom of my heart as you consider this and make that little financial sacrifice to help my home parish. May God always help us with His grace and strengthen our hearts and will as we continue in our Lenten journey, Amen! Happy Second Sunday of Lent! Fr. Stan Please, remember that I will never send you a personal email or text or call you on the phone asking for your financial assistance for my home parish or for any other reason. If you receive anything personal that seems to be from me or a parish staff, disregard it and please call the rectory for confirmation. Thank you!"

DIOCESE OF SPRINGFIELD 2021 LENTEN REGULATIONS

1. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of abstinence from meat as well as days of fast, when only one full meal is allowed. On days of fast two other meatless meals may be taken according to one’s needs, but together they should not equal another full meal.

2. The other Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence from meat. 3. The obligation to abstain from meat begins at fourteen (14) years of age. 4. The obligation to fast begins at eighteen (18) years of age and ends at fifty-nine (59) years of age. 5. Although the faithful may excuse themselves for a just cause from these laws of fast and abstinence, there is an obligation to substitute another penance and no Catholic should lightly excuse himself/herself from this obligation in the Lenten season. 0907 – Page 4

Confessions Our usual Saturdays from 3:30-4p.m. (except on Holy Saturday); after the 8:15a.m. daily Mass Monday-Saturday, and starting February 24th on Wednesdays from 7-8p.m.

Adoration Tuesdays, 1-5p.m. with Divine Mercy Chaplet at 3p.m., Rosary at 4:30p.m., Benediction at 5p.m.; also Wednesdays from 7-8p.m. There will be a 24 hour Adoration on Friday, March 12th after the 8:15a.m. Mass until the 8:15a.m. Mass on Saturday, March 13th. Sign-ups will be in church.

Stations of the Cross Fridays at 6:00p.m.; Spanish Stations at 7:00p.m. On Good Friday at 3p.m.; Spanish Stations at 4p.m.

Lenten Mission – Night of Reflection (Revised date) March 6th in the church 5:30-6:15p.m., (break from 6:15-6:30), Mission continues from 6:30-7:00p.m. Fr. Jordan Zajac, O.P. is a Dominican Friar who teaches in the English Department at Providence College. Before joining the Dominicans, he earned a doctorate in Shakespearean drama at UMass Amherst and discovered his calling to the priesthood and religious life through his experience at the Newman Center (where he got to know a certain Deacon, now Fr. David Aufiero!). Fr. Jordan was ordained to the priesthood in May 2020, in the midst of the Covid-19 lockdown, and his Lenten Mission talks will focus on this “age of sacrifice” we’re living through: the ongoing impact that the pandemic is having, as well as the opportunities it affords for our spiritual lives. For as the poet Paul Claudel once remarked, “Jesus did not come to explain away suffering, or to remove it. He came to fill it with His presence.” Through suffering and sacrifice, we discover the hope that Presence supplies.

Operation Rice Bowl Bowls are available at the doors and will be collected at all Masses on Palm Sunday. Operation Rice Bowl helps you reach out to our brothers and sisters in need in the US and around the world. Your prayers, fasting and almsgiving this Lenten season will help Catholic Relief Services continue to provide life-saving assistance in nearly one hundred countries. CRS works on our behalf to care for the poorest in our world and to end global poverty.

CURRENT MASS ATTENDENCE SAFETY GUIDELINES These guidelines are currently in place to minister to you during this pandemic.

Entrances will be by the Social Center and School. The doors will remain open. The Entrances by the Cry Room and Dickinson St. Entrance will be locked. Ushers will be at the entrance.

Church Capacity with social distancing is 138 Masks will be required as you enter the Church Social distancing (6ft minimum) to be abided by at all times The Holy Water Fonts will remain empty. There will be Hand Sanitizer in a spray bottle in each of the Holy

water fonts. Every other pew will be blocked off with tape. Please sit in a seat that is open. Each seat is 6ft apart and

marked with an X. The Cry room will not be used for seating, only confession. Bathrooms are to be used for emergency use only. Please use the bathroom by the Dickinson St. Entrance. All other activities besides Mass are still suspended until further notice.

Disinfection

After Mass, pews and bathroom will be disinfected. Please leave your kneelers down. This will indicate this pew is the one that needs to be disinfected.

Tuesdays, 1:00-5:00p.m.Please sit in the section by the Dickinson St. entrance. This will help us with disinfection. Entrance will be by the Social Center. Please exit by the Holy Name School, to allow for a one-way traffic flow.

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In order to protect yourself and others, please wear your mask according to the illustration on the following page. If you have a pre-existing condition, or you do not feel well or have been exposed to COVID-19, please stay home and watch the Chalice of Salvation TV Mass on WWLP/News22 airing at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday. Thank you!

SSafety First - How do you wear your mask?

40 DAYS FOR LIFE For all interested, please join us at the Planned Parenthood Clinic on 3550 Main Street (we meet at the Wason Ave. entrance) on Wednesday, March 24th. We will pray from 1-2p.m. for the protection of the preborn. This is in conjunction with the 40 Days for Life, which runs from Ash Wednesday-Palm Sunday.

We encourage you to clip and save the prayers for future worship.

Oh, Jesus, through the immaculate heart of Mary, I offer You my prayers, works, joys and sufferings, all that this day may bring, be they good or bad: for the love of God, for the conversion of sinners, and in reparation for all the sins committed against the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

STEWARDSHIP

Our Collections and Mail-ins for February 6 & 7, 2021 Totals $6,711.75

Your continuing support is deeply appreciated!!

We are once again requesting food items for the OPEN PANTRY. We do appreciate your giving spirit, but we respectfully ask that you bring ONLY the items listed:

Oatmeal, Macaroni & Cheese, Pasta, Pasta Sauce, or Canned meat As always, no perishables of any kind can be accepted, and we ask that you please not bring any foods that have expired. Please check the dates before bringing the items.

Thank you so much for your understanding and cooperation!!

“Sowing the Seeds,” this year’s theme for the ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL, calls on each of us to spread the love of God, the gospel, and our faith. Through our contributions, together we shelter the homeless, respect life from conception to death, feed the hungry, comfort those who mourn, and educate others in our faith. May our seeds of faith fall on fertile ground - especially for those most in need. You can make your contribution to Annual Catholic Appeal: online at www.diospringfield.org/aca. Or by calling: 413-452-0670. All donations are tax deductible. Thank you. 0907 – Page 6

The Springfield Pregnancy Care Center at 704 Sumner Avenue is requesting new or gently used outerwear for boys and girls sizes 12-24 months. There is a box for these donations at the parking lot entrance. Thank you for helping keep these babies warm!

SERVICE

LOAVES AND FISHES This Monday, March 1st, members of our parish are cooking and bringing the American Chop Suey to South Congregational Church to serve the hungry of our city. If you can help with the cooking, please call Ann at the rectory, 733-5823. Feel free to use your own recipe. Please go to the door and knock. If you have a pot, they will rinse it. If you have a tin foil pan, they will keep it. Good times to go are 10 to 11, or 2:30 to 4. This way for virus safety, there will not be people coming for meals.

Consider donating during the Lenten Season; Giving instead of Giving up.....Winter Donations are still very much needed.....Sacred Heart Parish Center at 1061 Springfield Street in Feeding Hills Ma has been collecting donations of white socks, hats, scarfs, gloves and gently used and washed coats for the past few weeks(please no used undergarments or socks per Health Department). We will be making the fifth delivery soon to the South Congregational Church in Springfield where the donations are sorted and made available to all those in need from all our surrounding communities. Because there has continued to be a very great need in our communities, the drive will now continue through the end of March 2021. Our next time to donate American Chop Suey for the Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen will be March 6th, please bring your donations to our Parish Center by March 4th. If you have any questions, please call our Pastoral Minister Deb Briancesco RN at 786.8200 ext. 3.

OLBS PARISH VIRTUAL LENTEN SPEAKER SERIES This year the Speaker Series will be ‘virtual,’ available on YouTube, with a great line-up of speakers – beginning with our new Bishop William Byrne! Our theme for this year’s Speaker Series is: ‘KEEPING FAITH DURING THE PANDEMIC - GOD’S GOT THIS!’ An opportunity to find the blessings during this challenging time of the Pandemic, with our eyes set on Easter Joy! Other speakers will include author, speaker, radio show host – Gary Zimak - who will touch on many themes of his book - ‘Give Up Worry for Lent’ (available through the OLBS Parish Office for $10.00). Additional speakers include - Sr. Bethany Madonna, Fr. Mike Schmitz, April Helenek, and Fr. Chris Alar. Join us each Wednesday of Lent, beginning February 24 through March 31, at 6:30 pm, or watch the video any time after that on YouTube. There is no cost for this Series! Options to access the Series online: (1) Go to Youtube.com and type in the search field ‘OLBS Westfield Lent’ or (2) Go to either diospringfield.org OR diospringfield.org/olbs and click on the link. For additional information, contact the OLBS Parish Office at 413-562-3450.

Mary, Mother of Hope Church, 840 Page Blvd., Springfield, MA 01104, is hosting a Corned Beef Dinner Drive Thru on Sunday, March 14th. Pick up is 4-5p.m. The cost is $16 for corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, carrots, Irish soda bread and dessert. A hot do plate will be offered for $8, which include 2 hot dogs, chips and dessert. Orders must be in by March 7th. Send orders (with your name and payment) to address listed c/o Fellowship of Hope.

St. Michael’s Academy, a Catholic elementary school in Springfield, seeks a full-time custodian. Experience preferred. Medical and dental insurance, along with paid vacation and sick leave offered. CORI check required. Applications available at 153 Eddywood Street, Springfield, MA 782-5246

The Springfield Rescue Mission’s Operation Hope Tote is an annual campaign that gives our community an opportunity to help the homeless men, women and children in the Springfield area. This is a great opportunity for individuals or schools, churches and work places to get involved! Fill bags with NEW toiletry and/or hygiene items. This campaign runs from March 1 to March 31. Please return your filled bags by April 10. You can drop off your filled bags at the Springfield Rescue Mission at 10 Mill Street, Springfield. Bags will be accepted Monday through Sunday, 8am to 8pm. Items needed include toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, soap, body wash, hand/body lotion, deodorant, lip balm, body powder, disposable razors, shaving cream, feminine products, brush, comb, tissues, t-shirts, socks and underwear. Please, do not include used or damaged goods, candy, food, cologne, make-up, medications or vitamins. Monetary donations or gift cards should be mailed to Springfield Rescue Mission, P.O. Box 9045, Springfield, MA 01102-9045 and not included in the tote bags. Thank you!

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