Serving the People of Rutland, Oakham and Hubbardston

May 24, 2020

258 Main St. Rutland, Massachusetts - Website: stpatricksrutland.org St. Patrick Parish

Parish Center: 9 Pommogussett Rd. 508-886-4984 FAX 508-886-2897 Rev. James Boland, Pastor Residence: 508-886-4309 290 Main St. Rutland E-Mail: FrJim@stpatricksrutland.org Deacon Pierre Gemme: E-Mail: pgemme@stpatricksrutland.org Deacon Brian Stidsen: E-Mail: bstidsen51@gmail.com

Denise A. Skrocki, Office Manager Office Hours for email and phone service only: 9:00 –2:00 Monday-Thursday

E-Mail: das@stpatricksrutland.org Directors of Religious Education: Christine Mulry, Grades 1-5 508-886-2010 E-Mail: Chris@stpatricksrutland.org Jean Urbanowski, Grades 6-11 508-886-2010 E-Mail: Jean@stpatricksrutland.org Diocese of Worcester Office of Healing & Prevention Victim Services Coordinator Judith Audette, LICSW 508-726-2880 49 Elm Street Worcester, MA 01609

PUBLIC EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATIONS Are Suspended through Monday, May 25th, 2020

Starting May 26th you may attend Mass in person or continue to participate through “Live streaming” on Facebook: Starting May 26th Mass Schedule is:

Saturday (Vigil) 5:00 pm Sunday 8:00 am and 10:30 am

Weekday: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 8:00 am

Baptism: Parents please email the Parish Office to arrange for instructions and Baptismal date. Marriage: Couples planning marriage, contact the Pastor at least one year in advance. Participation in a Marriage Preparation Program is expected. Reconciliation: Saturday Drive Up Confessions 3:30-4:30 pm in the lower parking lot. Home & Hospital Visitation: Please notify us if you know of someone who is ill or homebound. New Parishioners: Welcome! We hope that you will become an active part of our parish family. Please introduce yourselves at your first opportunity, or call the Parish Center to register. Prayer Request Line: Call with your requests. 508- 886-2206 Paula Stidsen or PaulaStidsen@gmail.com 508- 886-4724 Jackie O’Brien

PROTECTING OUR YOUTH AND CHILDREN

If you or someone you know has been sexually abused by a priest, religious or lay person working for the Church, and you want to share feelings of hurt or betrayal, call Judith Audette, Victim Services Coordinator, Office of Healing and Prevention, 508-929-4363 (direct, confidential line).

Handicap accessibility by the elevator entrance on the left driveway side of the Church building.

We thank you for the unique gifts you have given us to foster your kingdom here on earth.

always placing you at the center of our lives.

Open our hearts to realize we are blessed and

entrusted to us, to share our time, our talent

Ascension of Our Lord, Jesus Christ

“All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore,

and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father,

and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with

you always, until the end of the age.” MT 28:17-20

St. Patrick’s Parish Rutland, MA

What is the status of Mass Intentions

that have already been scheduled? Public Masses resume this week,

starting Tuesday, May 26th. All Mass intentions that have already been

scheduled will be offered by Fr. Jim during one of the Public or Live Streamed Masses. If you would like to reschedule your intention for a different date, please call the Parish Office.

* Person is Living Changes are noted in Red

Saturday, May 23: Live Streaming Mass Only

11:00 am * The People of St. Patr ick’s

Sunday, May 24: Live Streaming Mass Only

9:30 am Ann Croteau, 8th Anniversary

Requested by the Family

Monday, May 25: Memorial Day

Live Streaming Mass Only

8:00 am Virginia Ponte

Requested by Sr. Hilda Ponte

Tuesday, May 26: Starting today, we revert back

to our pre-Covid 19 weekly Mass schedule. Masses

are open to the public and also live streamed 8:00 am Joseph Luks Public & Live Stream Mass

Requested by Paul & Nancy McKenzie

Wednesday, May 27: Public & Live Stream Mass

8:00 am Kathleen Gallagher

Requested by Paul & Nancy McKenzie

Thursday, May 28: No Mass on Thursdays

Saturday, May 30: Public & Live Stream Mass

5:00 pm Rick Foley

Requested by Dawn Martin

Sunday, May 31:

8:00 am Public & Live Stream Mass

Anne M. Giblin, 40th Anniversary

Requested by Carol Giblin Gribbons

10:30 am Public & Live Stream Mass

* The People and Friends of St. Patrick’s Parish

Requested by a Parishioner

Papal Tweet When we can see God reflected in all that exists, our hearts are moved to praise the Lord for all his creatures and to worship

him in union with them.

Weekly Schedule Sunday May 24

9:30 am Live Stream Mass on Facebook

Monday May 25

Memorial Day Holiday 8:00 am Live Stream Mass on Facebook

Tuesday May 26

8:00 am Mass, Open to the Public and Live Streamed on Facebook

Wednesday May 27

8:00 am Mass, Open to the Public and Live Streamed on Facebook

Thursday May 28

No Mass on Thursdays

Friday May 29

No Mass on Fridays

Saturday May 30

3:30 - 4:30 pm Drive-Up Confessions, Lower Parking Lot behind Parish Center 5:00 pm Mass, Open to the Public and Live Streamed on Facebook

June 7th: Monthly Rosary/Divine Mercy

Chaplet: 12:00 Noon—Live Stream Only

Mark Your Calendars

May 17, 2020 Mailed in/Electronic Collections

Higher Utilities $ 320.00 Mother’s Day $ 70.00 Holy Day (Ascension) $ 98.00 Electronic Giving $ 1,356.26 Weekly Offering $ 3,080.00 $ 4,924.26

We are grateful to all who have been able to mail in their weekly offering or make use of on-line giving during this time. It is a great help to us. Thank you!

Calling for Volunteers! Sacristans, Altar Servers, Lectors and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion

If you would like to serve in your ministry role, please sign up on the parish website:

https://stpatricksrutland.org/parish-volunteer-help or call the Parish Office at 508-886-4984.

Everyone should feel confident in his/her decision to serve or not serve during this Covid19 transition. We thank you.

https://stpatricksrutland.org/parish-volunteer-help

Seventh Sunday of Easter May 24, 2020

A Message from the Pastor...

Dear Friends,

It gives me great joy to announce to you all an emerging pathway to begin to reunite us here at St. Patrick’s. “Do not let your hearts be troubled” (John 14:1) was what Our Lord Jesus said just a couple of weeks ago in the Gospel. As we undertake this next step, to open our church, we all place ourselves in His care.

To help to prepare us for this return, I have summarized key points to be aware of. A more detailed set of guidelines for returning to Church has been published on the parish website, www.stpatricksrutland.org.

Late Monday, we received guidance from the Diocese of Worcester and the State on implementing proper procedures in returning to Mass in the Church as early as this weekend, May 23rd & 24th. To return requires many new adjustments that require proper planning to ensure safety – both through volunteers helping out and proper procedures implemented. To that end, as a number of other parishes are doing, we will wait for the beginning of Sunday Masses until Pentecost Weekend May 30th & 31st. Weekday public Masses will begin from the Church on Tuesday May 26th at 8am. This will provide the time needed to be sure our safety procedures are in place.

From the outset, let me make something very clear: Due to COVID-19, Bishop McManus has suspended our Sunday Obligation to physically attend Mass until December 31, 2020. With this in mind, we will continue LIVESTREAMED MASSES at least through the end of the year. If for any reason you prefer to stay at home, if you are in an “at-risk” category, or certainly if you are feeling ill, livestreamed Mass will remain a very legitimate option. The prayer of Spiritual Communion will continue to be said before the distribution of Holy Communion so that anyone at home may still participate. Please, do not let any of these movements forward be a point of anxiety for you and your loved ones. If staying home is the best option for you, please do so without reservation or interior conflict. You know what is best for your situation.

Further, as you may be aware, the Church may operate up to 40% capacity so long as social distance is maintained. Looking at our Church, we will not be able to get near 40% because of the tightness of the pews. Because of this, for every 1 pew we use, 2 are taped off for proper social distancing. This is not ideal for capacity, but it will maintain safety while attending Mass.

We will have 14 pews in the Church available. Families of the same household will be able to sit together (ex. family of 5, a couple, etc.) but anyone not of the same household must social distance. If we reach capacity within the Church, we have made provisions for overflow at the Parish Center.

Masks will be mandated for all Masses, only with exceptions for a medical or disabling condition. Please bring your own mask as we will have a very limited supply to share. Please also consider bringing your own hand sanitizer. We will have sanitizer available, but it is always a good option to have your own.

We are also in need of volunteers for the following roles to help keep our community safe. Signups are available on the Parish webpage at https://stpatricksrutland.org/parish-volunteer-help (Or call the Parish Center at 508-886-4984):

A Hospitality minister for each Mass to handout a bulletin upon request. Help with cleaning pews, bathroom surfaces, handles and other high touch areas.

Gloves will be provided and must be worn. Ushers who will be responsible for making sure masks are worn, people are proper ly socially

distanced for seating, directing parishioners one row at time for reception of Holy Communion – while making sure each parishioner receives sanitizer before receiving Communion.

If you are an Altar Server, Eucharistic Minister, Lector, or Sacristan and would like to be on the schedule as we resume Public Masses, please sign up at https://stpatricksrutland.org/parish-volunteer-help (click here) or call the Parish Office, 508-886-4984.

Please, as an act of charity to our parish family, should anyone experience any symptoms of the Virus, do not come to Mass until you are well.

Going forward, once we start the Weekend Mass schedule on May 30th, the Saturday Daily Mass that was at 11:00 am will be discontinued with the resumption of a normal weekend schedule. Confessions will remain drive thru style, from 3:30-4:30pm in the back parking lot.

Please continue to pray for one another in this time of pandemic and know we will be praying for you. Thank you for all of your patience and for your continued support of our Parish as we celebrate the love and joy of

our Lord. God Bless, Fr. Jim

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Seventh Sunday of Easter - Readings

First Reading: ACTS 1:12-14 (59A)

After Jesus had been taken up to heaven, the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day’s journey away.

When they entered the city, they went to the upper room where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. All these devoted themselves with one accord to prayer, together with some women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

Responsorial Psalm: Ps 27:1,4, 7-8

I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord In the land of the living.

The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom should I fear? The LORD is my life’s refuge; of whom should I be afraid? One thing I ask of the LORD; this I seek: To dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, That I may gaze on the loveliness of the LORD and contemplate his temple. Hear, O Lord, the sound of my call; have pity on me, and answer me. Of you my heart speaks; you my glance seeks.

Second Reading: 1Peter 4:13-16 Beloved: Rejoice to the extent that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice exultantly. If you are insulted for the name of

Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. But let no one among you be made to suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as an intriguer. But whoever is made to suffer as a Christian should not be ashamed but glorify God because of the name.

Alleluia: JN 14:18 Alleluia! Alleluia!

I will not leave you orphans, says the Lord. I will come back to you, and your hearts will rejoice.

Alleluia! Alleluia!

Gospel: JN 17:1-11a

Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your son, so that your son may glorify you, just as you gave him authority over all people, so that your son may give eternal life to all you gave him. Now this is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ. I glorified you on earth by accomplishing the work that you gave me to do. Now glorify me, Father, with you, with the glory that I had with you before the world began.

“I revealed your name to those whom you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that every-thing you gave me is from you, because the words you gave to me I have given to them, and they accepted them and truly understood that I came from you, and they have be-lieved that you sent me. I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for the ones you have given me, because they are yours, and everything of mine is yours and everything of yours is mine, and I have been glorified in them. And now I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, while I am coming to you.”

An Act of

Spiritual Communion

My Jesus,

I believe that You are present

in the Most Holy Sacrament.

I love You above all things,

and I desire to receive You into my soul.

Since I cannot at this moment

receive You sacramentally,

come at least spiritually into my heart.

I embrace You as if You were already there

and unite myself wholly to You.

Never permit me to be separated from You.

Amen

Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel

St. Michael the Archangel,

defend us in battle.

Be our protection

against the wickedness and

snares of the devil.

May God rebuke him,

we humbly pray;

and do Thou, O Prince

of the Heavenly Host,

by the Power of God,

cast into hell Satan

and all the evil spirits

who prowl about the world

seeking the ruin of souls. Amen

Pray for us, Holy Mother of God Who have recourse

to thee

Prayer In Time of Pandemic O God, whose Only Begotten Son bore the weight of human suffering for our salvation, hear the prayers of your Church for our sick brothers and

sisters and deliver us from this time of trial. Open our ears and our hearts to the voice of your Son: Be not afraid, for I am with you always. Bless all doctors and nurses, researchers and public servants; give us the wisdom to do what is right and the faith to endure this hour, that we

might gather once again to praise your name in the heart of your Church, delivered from all distress and confident in your mercy. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/bible/Colossians/3:1

Rutland Food Pantry

The Rutland Food Pantry is here to help.

If you or someone you know needs food, please come

to our distributions. Our distributions are drive-thru

service with all safety precautions being adhered

to by our staff and volunteers.

Upon arrival at St Patrick’s Church parking lot,

REMAIN IN YOUR VEHICLE and you will be instructed

by volunteers on where to proceed for food pick up.

If you are unable to attend a distribution,

please send a message via our Facebook page

at Rutland MA Food Pantry, call Paula at 508-886-2206

or call Lynne at 508-886-7153, and we will assist you.

Food donations are still very much needed at this time.

Our immediate needs are:

Canned Meats (Tuna, Chicken and Ham)

Cereal Soup

Peanut Butter Jelly

Boxed Rice products Macaroni and Cheese

Coffee/Tea

We gladly accept food that HAS NOT EXPIRED - as we

cannot give out anything that has expired. Due to an

over-abundance of caution for the safety of our volun-

teers, we would prefer any food donations be dropped

off at St Patrick’s Church ONLY.

Thank you for your continued support of this vital

ministry in our community. Thank you!

St. Patrick’s

2020-2021 Registration

Thank you to all who have already registered for next year’s Religious Education. Early registration is a great help to us for planning purposes.

Everyone should have received their pre-printed registration form via email or mail. If you have not, please contact Chris Mulry at:

Chris@stpatricksrutland.org or call 508-886-2010.

Early Registration: Those who register prior to August 1, 2020 receive a $25 discount per student.

Grade 2 & High School $125 per student (Early Registration $100)

Grade 1 & Grades 3-8 $100 per student (Early Registration $75)

If you are experiencing financial difficulties at this time, please send in the registration form as soon as possible and payment may be deferred to a later date. We continue to pray for your health and safety.

Mother’s Day 2020 In Memory of . . .

Barbara Dengler

Althea Enright

Donna Meaney

"Were not our hearts burning within us while he spoke to us

on the way and opened the Scriptures to us?"

Let your heart burn for Jesus and your spouse by attending a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. The next Weekends are Sep 12-13, 2020 in Medway, MA and Nov 6-8, 2020 in East Windsor, CT. For more information, call Stephen & Michelle O'Leary at

800-710-9963 or visit them at https://wwmema.org/.

November 21, 2020 3rd Annual Worcester Catholic Women's Conference

Assumption College in Worcester, MA

This year's theme is "Male and Female He Created Them."

Enjoy a blessed day of learning more about, growing in, and sharing the beautiful traditions of our Faith. What a wonderful gathering to look forward to, especially at this time.

For more information and to purchase tickets, go to: https://www.worcestercatholicwomensconference.com/

Note:Register early, the conference has been sold out the past 2 years.

https://wwmema.org/https://www.worcestercatholicwomensconference.com/