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Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 28, 2019

The Light of Christ Catholic Collaborative

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time • July 28, 2019


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The Light of Christ Catholic Collaborative COLLABORATIVE STAFF

Pastor: Rev. Thomas J. Stanton Parochial Vicar: Rev. Robert Cullen

Senior Priest in Residence: Rev. Joseph Arsenault Senior Priest/Weekend Assistant: Rev. Mark Riley

Deacons: Joseph Nickley, James McLaughlin and Paul Breadmore Finance and Operations Manager: Dennis Leonard

Administrative Assistant: Colleen Booker Email: [email protected]

Website: www.loccc.org

Director of Music: William Healey Children’s Choir : Margaret Healey Organist: Lynn Bartlett Cantor: Dennis Leonard Director of Religious Education (781) 447-3135 Grades 1-Confirmation Cathleen Smith [email protected] Cemetery Office: Kathy MacGilvray Office Assistant: Charles Guillemette Facilities Managers: James Lewis

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Holy Ghost Parish 518 Washington Street Whitman, MA 02382

Tel: 781-447-4421 Fax: 781-447-1375

St. Bridget Church 455 Plymouth Street Abington, MA 02351

Tel: 781-878-0900 Fax: 781-878-6566

Holy Ghost Mass Schedule Weekend: Saturday: 4:00PM Sunday: 7:30AM & 10:30AM

Weekday: Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9AM

Holy Day Mass Schedule As Announced

St. Bridget Mass Schedule Weekend: Saturday: 4:00PM Sunday: 9:00AM & 12:00PM

Weekday: Tuesday and Thursday at 9AM Saturday liturgy will be a Communion Service

Holy Day Mass Schedule As Announced

DIVINE MERCY DEVOTION

Tuesdays at 7PM in the lower chapel

PERPETUAL ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

In Divine Mercy Chapel (lower church) BAPTISM Second and Fourth Sundays of each month at 12Noon (Please arrive 15 minutes early). Call the rectory (781-447-4421) to arrange for the sacrament. BINGO at Whitman Knights of Columbus Every Monday at 6PM in the Whitman Knights of Columbus Hall

CONFESSION: Saturdays 3:00 to 3:30 PM or anytime by appointment MARRIAGE: Please contact the rectory one year in advance.

Couples meet with the priest or deacon before a date is set. Participation in a marriage program is required

Organist: Sean Glennon (617) 909-6426 Children’s Choir : Jessie Bishop (781) 974-5043 Organist Emeritus: Carolyn Bates Directors of Religious Education (781) 878-5950 Anne Fennell, Grades 1-6, [email protected] Cathleen Smith, Grade 7 to Confirmation, [email protected] Phone: 781-447-3135 Superintendent, Saint Patrick Cemetery: Jeff Allen Phone: (781) 982-8974 or (781) 878-0900 Fax (781) 878-6566 Saint Vincent de Paul: (781) 878-1194

BAPTISM First and Second Sundays of each month at 1:30PM(Please arrive 15 minutes early). Call the rectory (781-878-0900) to arrange for the sacrament. BINGO Every Sunday at 6:30PM in the School Hall ST. BRIDGET SCHOOL (781) 878-8482 Mr. Matthew T. Collins, Principal www.stbridgetschool.us


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HOLY GHOST COLLECTION

Last Week

Sunday Collection $4,847.00

Thank you for your continued generosity. ST. BRIDGET COLLECTION

Sunday Collection $ 5,076.00

This week Parish Tithe is for Boys Town 200

Flanagan BLVD. P O Box 600 Boys Town, NE 68010

Please remember for the second collections, to make the checks out to Holy Ghost or St. Bridget.

We will send one check to the designated group for the collection. Thank you.

For the week of July 27 through August 4, 2019

Saturday, July 27, 2019 4PM HG Edythe Kilmboyd & Captain Rufeno Kilm—Anniversary 4PM SB Nisby & Johnston Families—Mem.

Sunday, July 28, 2019 7:30AM HG Donald Mackenzie—Memorial 9:00AM SB Thomas Osmanski—2nd Anniversary 10:30AM HG Peter B. Randall—8th Anniversary 12PM SB Mary Leonard—8 Month Anniversary

Monday, July 29, 2019 9AM HG Mass at Holy Ghost

Tuesday, July 30, 2019 9AM SB Mass at St. Bridget

Wednesday, July 31, 2019 9AM HG Mass at Holy Ghost

Thursday, August 1, 2019 9AM SB Mass at St. Bridget

Friday, August 2, 2019 9AM HG Mass at Holy Ghost

Saturday, August 3, 2019 4PM HG Angela Cistaro—20th Anniversary 4PM SB Barbara Marquardt—1st Anniversary Edward R. & Lillian M. Smith John S. & Anna M. Bell—Memorial Sforza & Perry Family—Memorial Jean Giniewicz—3rd Anniversary Mary E. Rourke—1st Anniversary

Sunday, August 4, 2019 7:30AM HG Mass at Holy Ghost 9:00AM SB George Jouvin Sr.—8th Anniversary 10:30AM HG Joey Glynn—6th Anniversary 12PM SB John B. & Mildred R. Kelly, Jeanne, Margaret and Dianne—Memorial

The Sanctuary Lamp at Holy Ghost will burn in the lower Church this week in memory of

Peter & Anna Chiros

Banns of Marriage 2nd Time: Richard Mitchell & Rachel Clancy

1st Time: Joseph Diassault & Bianca Rose Umano

Please remember in your prayers the souls of the recently departed: Edward D. Collins Sr., Carmela

Cheverie, Suzanne Allan—Calota.

The Second Collection at St. Bridget next weekend will be to support Emergency/Maintenance Fund.

The Second Collection at Holy Ghost next weekend will

be to support the Building Fund.

CEMETERY LOTS Please consider St. Patrick or St. James Cemetery for yourself and/or your loved ones final resting place. Cemetery lots are available. Please call either rectory for more information.

Volunteer Needed Wednesday Mornings A volunteer is needed before 9AM Mass at Holy Ghost to take care of the candles. Please contact Suzanne Pero on her cell phone at 339-788-1547. Thank you


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Lt. Joe Sturges Lt. J.G. Thomas M. Condon Pat Torney Sgt. James Murray Sgt. Nick Lavery SO2 Ryan C. Flaherty Sgt. Matthew McCann Sgt. Seamus Murray Lance Corp. Nicholas Rizzo Staff Sgt. Jonathan P. Martins Steve Gaudet LCpl M Ryan O’ Flaherty Sgt. Ryan Cronin Spec. James R. Furtado Col. Kevin Hanrahan Capt. Joseph J. Lucas SPC Anthony Gulino Peter E. Columbo LCPL Jarod Zachariah Maze Sgt. Nicholas Voci Senior Airman Sara Furtado PFC Zachary Samya Staff Sgt. Marie Ketchen Airman Samuel Clark LCpl Johnathan Jaskolka Major Ryan Chandler Sgt. Andrew McAleer LCpl. Sean Concannon SFC Jason Race Jason Malloy USAF Brian Malloy USN Petty Off. 3rd Class Michael Wenners Captain Stephen Donaghy Private Billy Feeney SGT Christian Renteria USA Corp. Casey Hogan Cpl. John J. Feeney,USMC Airman Daniel Levesque LCpl Derek Corkery, USMC Private Taylor M. Loring Cpl. Joseph Von George USMC Sargent Jordon McIntyre Stephen Zagami DC Lt. J.G. Jacob M. Concannon R. Randall F. O. 1st Lt. Shane Reardon,USMC PVT Steven Littlefield Commander Amy Grabel Payce Petty Officer Jonathan Burbine Thomas E. Wyatt MMN1 LcCpl Larry J. Jarrins USMC Sgt. Daniel O’Donnell,USMC Ashley Booker USAF CPL James W. Belton USMC 1LT Katelynn Hickey Nathaniel Lopes Airman1st Class SSG Andrew Hickey MAJ Matthew Luyster US Army LCpl Michael Duphil 2nd Lt. Thomas Leonard, USMC Ensign Anthony J. Iannone USN Captain Joseph V. Bomar, USAF Darrian Wentworth Air Force E3 SGT. Thomas M. Malloy, Jr. (USMC)

PRAYERS FOR OUR RELATIVES & FRIENDS SERVING IN THE MILITARY

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Ecclesiastes 3:1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the Heavens: During the weeks of Summer, we begin our planning for the start of our Fall classes and to welcome the families of our collaborative to continue to grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ through the teachings of the Catholic faith. PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGES IN OUR 2019-2020 SCHEDULE Registrations are now available online at loccc.org along with the schedule of classes for all grades. It is not too early to register! If you have any questions please contact the office of Religious Education To attend class at Holy Ghost Parish Center: Grade 1-10 - Cathleen Smith, [email protected] or 781-447-3135 Classes at St. Bridget’s parish: Grades 1-6 - Anne Fennel, stbridgetreo@aolcom or 781-878-5950 Check us out on Facebook: LOCCC RELIGIOUS EDUCATION for upcoming classes and events!

We are looking to update the Military list. If your loved one is home safe and sound please let us

know so we can update the list. Returning for their 6th performance on Sunday, come enjoy the music of the early Beatles with Studio Two - A Beatles Tribute. Then on Sunday, August 4th it’s “Kids Night at the Bandstand.” This very popular evening is made possible by our many sponsors: The Anderson Foundation: Josh and the Jamtones, Jeff Coombs Memorial Foundation: Joe’s Craz-zy Critters and Mr. Vinny the Bubbles Guy, Abington Children’s Dentistry & Orthodontics: Balloon Creations by JellyBean’s Friends, Health Express: South Shore Pottery Shop (Face Painting) and Rockland Trust: cotton candy and popcorn. Kids Night isn’t just for kids it’s for all ages! So bring a blanket, bring a chair and enjoy a fun night of music and activities with your kids or grandkids! How about dinner/dessert at reasonable prices? Let the Abington Lions Club grill up some hamburgers and hotdogs along with cold drinks and snacks and then en-joy hand scooped ice cream from the traveling cart of CREAM.

To Help the Homeless of Greater Boston Our Sisters and Brothers’ Keeper

www.osbk.org With the school year has finally come to a close, it’s finally time to clean out those backpacks, and instead of burying them away and replacing them in three months, what better way to use them than to donate them to the homeless? The thousands of homeless and displaced people in Greater Boston often depend on a backpack, carrying their whole lives inside of their zippers and pockets. Your donation could help change a person’s life. Please, if you can, donate your gently used backpacks in the donation box in the back of St. Bridget Church. Your generosity will be much appreciated!


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FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

Good Morning to all, I am writing this the day after the Heatwave Monday. All attending Church during the heatwave were kept comfortable by our air conditioning system. We receive many questions about air conditioning, why does it seem to work to well (cold) or not well enough (still warm inside the Church). The answer has both an engineering component and a human one as well. I asked Deacon Paul Breadmore, who works in the industry of heating and air conditioning to share some wisdom about our air conditioning system. He wrote the following. Beyond human comfort, (especially during the recent excessive heat), the heat and humidity is not only dangerous to our bodies, but it also takes a toll on our buildings. When heat and humidity build up in the churches the moisture gets into the plaster on the walls and ceilings causing damage, (this can be seen in both Holy Ghost near the choir loft as well as St. Bridget in the balcony area). The units in the church help to remove humidity and by keeping the buildings at a constant temperature, the equipment doesn’t have to strain to get down to a comfortable temperature on days where high heat or high humidity can take a toll on us and our churches. This is why we have to keep the Churches from getting stifling hot or saturated with humidity even when Mass is not being celebrated. Since we have installed the air conditioning in both churches the damage has not gotten worse, (Thank God). But we try to maintain a comfort level. When Mass is celebrated or during a funeral we are adding body heat from the people in the pews. This increases the temperature in the church causing heat to naturally rise and we try to account for that ahead of time. Unfortunately, we can never estimate how many people will be at a given Mass, or if someone will leave a door opened (this frequently happens at funerals and wed-dings). It takes very little time for the heat to come into the Churches. I would ask that during this time of year if you are sensitive to the air conditioning that maybe you could bring a sweater or light jacket in case it is needed. We try to accommodate each and every person that comes to hear God Holy Word and to receive Jesus in the Sacrament of Communion but it takes some extra steps on the part of each person attending Mass.

Sisters in urgent need of a 2 bedroom apartment

Sisters Alice and Helen of Christ the King are in urgent need of a 2 bedroom apartment. If you happen to know someone who might be able to help or where one may be available, please call Sister Alice at 508-586-1575. Thank you.

The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is on Thursday, August 15th. There will be a 9AM Mass at St. Bridget and a 7PM Mass at Holy Ghost.

I hope this helps to understand that we take our parish-ioners health and comfort to be of the utmost concern and that during this time of year we are also trying to care for the long term use of our buildings and prevent any further damage to the structural integrity so that they will be here for years to come. Thank you and God Bless Deacon Paul Breadmore Thank you, Deacon Paul, for your addressing this concern of some parishioners.

CAN YOU HELP ST. VINCENT DE PAUL IN WHITMAN, PROVIDE

BACKPACKS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR FAMILIES IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE?

Saint Vincent de Paul and the Food Pantry in Whitman are seeking your help for donations of backpacks and school supplies for the children of our needy families as they get ready to go back to school at the end of August. We will be collecting backpacks and supplies beginning the week of July 27th through mid-August. If you can help us with this project, please leave school supplies at the rear of the church before Masses on the weekends, and we’ll pack the backpacks with needed supplies so that they can be distributed to families in need of assistance for their children. In addition to backpacks, we can use notebooks, folders, pencils, ballpoint pens, erasers, note cards, rulers, magic markers, pencil sharpeners, crayons, Post-It notes and other needed items. With your help, we can make back-to-school preparation easier for our families in need. Thank you for helping us to help our neighbors

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