Blessed Trini ty Parish

The Solemnity of the

Institution of the Polish Na-

tional Catholic Church, March

11, 2012, was a very special

day in the life of our Eastern

Diocese. Prime Bishop Antho-

ny Mikovsky installed Bishop

Paul Sobiechowski as the

sixth Bishop Ordinary of our

Eastern Diocese.

Ten from Blessed Trinity

attended the installation and

banquet that followed at Holy

Trinity Cathedral in Manches-

ter, NH. Eric and Cliff were

two of the four altar servers

and Fr. Rob, as a member of

the diocesan liturgical com-

mission, served as one of the

Masters of Ceremony for the

Installation Liturgy and pre-

pared the booklet for this

sacred liturgy.

Bishop Paul was elected

a candidate for bishop at the

2010 PNCC General Synod

and consecrated a Bishop on

October 18, 2011. Bishop

Paul became our diocesan

bishop on December 1, 2011.

A new spirit has come to

our diocese under the direc-

tion of our new diocesan

shepherd. Bishop had a spe-

cial luncheon and meeting

with all the clergy of our dio-

cese in his home in January of

2012. He has begun a pro-

cess of going to every parish

within the diocese for a “Meet

and Greet” to get to know the

individual parishes and an-

swer any questions our peo-

ple may have. Our parish

welcomed Bishop Paul and

Karen on Easter Wednesday,

April 11 2012, for a delicious

pot luck supper and meeting

discussing our parish and the

future vision for our diocese.

Let us all do our part to live

and spread the gospel of sal-

vation through our Holy

Church.

Volume 1 , Issue 4

I N S TA L L AT I O N O F B I S H O P PAU L S O B I E C H OW S K I– 6 th D I O C E S A N B I S H O P

June - August 2012

14th Eastern Diocesan Synod

Sept 28 - 29, 2012

An invitation is extended for

guests to attend our diocesan

synod. The synod will spend a majority of the time developing

a vision for the future of our

diocese and strategies for par-

ish and spiritual growth. All diocesan members are encour-

aged to join in this discussion

and help form our roadmap for

the future. See Fr. Rob for

additional information.

SUMMER NEWSLETTER

M E A L I N T H E U P P E R R O O M

Bishop Paul and Karen

joined us for our Meal in the

Upper Room service on Pas-

sion Sunday, March 25,

2012. Thanks are given to

all who helped prepare this

beautiful commemoration of

the Passover Meal Jesus

shared with His Apostles.

Eric, Bishop Paul, Prime Bishop Anthony, Cliff and Fr. Rob following the Installation of Bishop Paul on March 11, 2012 at Holy Trinity Cathedral.

Forthcoming Events

June 10 - First Holy Communion Sunday

Parish Breakfast to follow

June 17 - Father’s Day

June 22 – PNCC Special Synod

June 25-26 - NSOCL meeting hosted at

our parish

July 8 - Diocesan Mass at the Cathedral

of the Pines, Rindge, NH

July 23-27 - Convo 2012, Niagara

University, Niagara Falls, NY

August 12 - 1:00 PM Summer Clam Boil

August 19-23 - Eastern Diocese Youth

Retreat, Camp Howe, Goshen, MA

Our parish over the spring

continued to keep our doors

open to the greater Fall River

community. The parish host-

ed an American Red Cross

Blood Drive, the annual con-

ference of NA where hun-

dreds gathered for support in

fighting their addiction, the

Installation for the Polish

American War Veterans, sev-

eral neighborhood watch

meetings and a Lenten Food

Drive to help our local citizens

for citizens food pantry.

Fr. Rob had the honor to offer

the opening prayer for the

Maplewood Youth Baseball

League. He along with our

mayor, state representatives

and city councilors got to

throw out the first pitch of the

baseball season. Even in his

old age Fr. Rob was able to

throw a strike and voted best

pitcher from the group of local

dignitaries.

On Holy Tuesday

clergy and faithful

from our diocese

gathered at St.

John the Baptist

Parish for the

Chrism Mass during

which Bishop Paul

blessed the holy

oils used in the

sacramental rites

of the church. Cliff,

Fr. Wilczek and Fr.

Rob attended and

Tom Cory provided the Balsam

for the Holy Chrism.

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C E L E B R A T I N G O R D I N A R Y T I M E - J E S U S T E A C H E S U S

P A R I S H R E M A I N S AC T I V E I N C O M M U N I T Y

C H R I S M M A S S - A B E A U T I F U L D I O C E S A N C E L E B R A T I O N

Jarius’ daughter from the

dead (Mark 4:21-43); about

Prophets not being accepted

in their hometown (Mark 6:1-

6); about sending out the

Twelve (Mark 6:7-13); about

those who are like sheep with-

out a shepherd (Mark 6:30-

34); about the feeding of the

five thousand with just 5

loaves and 2 fish (John 6:1-

15); about Jesus being the

bread of life and that whoever

comes to Him will never be

hungry and that our Lord

gives us the true bread from

heaven (John 6:24-35) and

that the bread Jesus will give

for the life of the world and

those who eat it will live forev-

er (John6:41-51)

Explore God’s Word during

Holy Mass Sunday’s 8:30 &

Invite others to join us as well

As we continue in Ordinary

Time over these summer

months - we hear from our

Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

teaching us the importance

of living and spreading His

Holy Gospel.

We will hear our Lord

teach us about the mustard

seed, (Mark 431-32) about

calming the storm at sea

(Mark 4:35-41); about raising

Fr. Rob. State Rep P. Schmidt, Mayor W. Flanigan, State Rep K. Aguair and Mr. Maplewood Sean Travis at the opening day ceremo-nies for Maplewood Youth Baseball - April 14,2012.

June - August 2012

Cliff holds the Pontifical for Bishop Paul during the Chrism Mass

June 3, 2012

The Solemnity of

Holy Trinity

“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, and teaching

them to obey everything

that I have commanded

you.”’

Matthew 28:19

Summer Newsletter

The Union of Scranton is a union

of Churches and their bishops gov-

erning them that is determined to

maintain and pass on the Catholic

faith, worship, and essential struc-

ture of the Undivided Church of the

first millennium. The Union of

Scranton finds its origins in the

development of the Union of

Utrecht on September 24, 1889, at

Utrecht, Holland. There a determi-

nation was made and recorded in

three documents that formed the

Convention of Utrecht: the

“Declaration,” the “Agreement,”

and the “Regulations” (Statutes).

The full communion of the Church-

es found its expression and was

evident in the bishops uniting to

form a Bishops’ Conference, which

other bishops later joined. Since

the Polish National Catholic Church

(PNCC) continues to hold the

Declaration of Utrecht as a nor-

mative document of faith, the

development of the Union of

Scranton follows a similar de-

sign.

The Union of Scranton emerged

because certain member

Churches of the Union of

Utrecht unilaterally began to

ordain women to the Priesthood

and to bless same-sex unions in

opposition to Holy Scripture and

the Sacred Tradition of the Un-

divided Church. Since Novem-

ber 20, 2003 the PNCC is nei-

ther in communion, nor affiliat-

ed with the Churches of the

Union of Utrecht.

Preamble 1 & 2 - The Nordic

Catholic Church is a member of

the Union of Scranton and

through them parishes in

Germany and Sweden as

well. Please keep the Union

of Scranton in your prayers.

gathered for our Clam Boil.

This time we unfortunately

had to turn several folk

down because we sold out

so quickly. Thanks are

given to our excellent and

efficient kitchen staff for a

job well done! Make your

reservations now for our

summer clam boil on Au-

gust 12th at 1:00 P.M.

Space is already filling up

and we have limited seats.

On Sunday March 18, 2012 pa-

rishioners, friends and neighbors

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E A S T E R B R A I D E D B R E A D S - A J O B W E L L D O N E

TH E U N I ON OF SC R A N T ON (PA R T I )

S P R I N G C L A M B O I L - Y E T A N T O H E R S E L L O U T A N D F U L L H O U S E ! ! !

We were blessed with two

new braiders straight from

Johnson & Wales University

to help us out as we made

our famous and delicious

Braided Breads for Easter.

Thanks are given to all who

help make the breads, do-

nate the ingredients and sell

and purchase our breads.

None were left to put in the

freezer!

June 10, 2012

The Solemnity

of Corpus Christi

“I am the living bread

from heaven, says Lord;

whoever eats this bread

will live forever.

John 6:51-52

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Blessed Trinity Par ish Nat iona l Catho lic Church

donated. Our next window

will be of the crucifixion of our

Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

and we expect this to be com-

pleted and installed by the

The 2012 Lenten Sea-

son ended in a very

special way on Easter

Sunday. Our new

stained glass window

of the Resurrection

was blessed following

the homily during the

Resurrection Mass.

The celebration of

Tenebrae on Holy

Wednesday and the

Paschal Triduum was

enhanced by the glory

of the Resurrection

that is so beautifully

depicted in the new

stained glass window.

This window is donated

in memory of Sally

Fortier by her family.

This is the first of the

large windows that has

been completed.

The stained glass window

committee is excited to an-

nounce that all of the stained

glass windows have now been

end of this year. Following

this window the final large

window will depict the Last

Supper and institution of the

Holy Eucharist!

R E S U R R E C T I O N W I N D OW B L E S S E D O N E A S T E R S U N DAY

Pastor: Fr. Rob Nemkovich

Phone: 508-672-4854

Website: www.blessedtrinitychurch.org

E-mail: RobNem21@aol.com

Sunday Mass - 8:30 A.M.

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