Welcome to the Benedictine Catholic Community of Saint Raphael...
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103 Walker Street, Manchester, NH 03102
Monday—Friday - 12 PM
DAILY LITURGY SCHEDULE
WEEKEND LITURGY SCHEDULE
Saturday (Vigil) - 4 PM
Sunday - 10:30 AM
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Saint Raphael Parish
Welcome to the Benedictine Catholic Community of
PARISH OFFICE 603.623.2604
PASTORAL TEAM & SUPPORT STAFF
Rev. Jerome Joseph Day, O.S.B., Ph.D., Pastor
Kerri Stanley, Parish Secretary, Director of Liturgy Nina Lukens, Catechetical Coordinator
Therese Dame, Religious Education Consultant
Dorene Turner, Director of Food Pantry & Hope Chest
Ray Clement, Director of Facilities Don Provencher, Facilities Assistant
Lyle Hamel, Director of Choir & Principal Organist
Scott Bergendahl, Jonathan Cote, Gerry LeBlond, Organists
Tom Larson et al., Catholic Basics Choir;
Amber Byron, Judy Costigan, Erin McCahon, Caresse Mailloux, Melanie
Noonan, Cantors
@SaintRaphaelParish
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Founded in 1888, Saint Raphael is a Roman Catho-lic parish, confided to the care of the Benedictine monks of Saint Anselm Abbey, in the Diocese of Manchester. The first Benedictine foundation in New England, the parish is a tithing community, endeavoring to return to the Lord in time, treasure and talent some of the blessings He bestows upon us. The parish strives to return 10 percent, the bibli-
cal standard, of gifts it receives to outside charities.
March 29, 2020
MODIFIED LITURGY SCHEDULE
Saint Raphael Parish
Manchester NH
Fifth Sunday of Lent
The sanctuary candle burns this week
for Eva Whitmore by Lisa Ruppel.
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
Saint Benedict Academy (Pre-K—6): Brandy Houle, principal 603.669.3932 85 Third St., Manchester, NH 03102
Saint Joseph Regional Catholic School (7—8): Dawn Florino, principal 603.624.4811 148 Belmont St., Manchester, NH 03103
Holy Family Academy (7-12): Mark Gillis, head of school 603.644.7247 281 Cartier St., Manchester, NH 03102
Trinity High School (9-12): Steven F. Gadecki, principal 603.668.2910 581 Bridge St., Manchester, NH 03104
Monday: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 41c-62; Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; Jn 8:1-11 Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9; Ps 102:2-3, 16-18, 19-21; Jn 8:21-30 Wednesday: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Dn 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56; Jn 8:31-42 Thursday: Gn 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-5, 6-7, 8-9: Jn 8:51-59 Friday: Jer 20:10-13; Ps 18:2-3a, 3bc-4, 5-6, 7; Jn 10:31-42 Saturday: Ez 37:21-28; Jer 31:10, 11-12abcd, 13; Jn 11:45-56 Sunday: Mt 21:1-11 (procession); Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Mt 26:14 — 27:66 or Mt 27:11-54
On Monday, Mar. 23, the food pantry served 23 families and gave out 40 bags of groceries. The need for our Lenten Food Collection for the Food Pantry is
ongoing. Items requested for this week are as follows: Bar of soap, Tuna Helper, laundry detergent, canned fruit, jar of marshmallow fluff, baked beans/ If you shop Hannaford-to-Go, we can really put the bags to good use as well as any paper and/or plastic shop-ping bags! If you would like to drop off on the rectory side porch, your donation would be greatly appreciated!
of March 29, 2020
eGiving ... Did you know you can use your credit card or electronic check to support the mission of Saint Raphael Parish? This is espe-
cially helpful during this period when Masses have been suspended. Go to our website (www.st-raphael-parish.org) and click on the Giving button. In a few minutes, you can be sure that your gift will work every day of the year to help your parish.
Weekend of March 22, 2020 Regular Offertory $2,468.00 Online Offertory Prev Week 995.52 Total Offertory $3,463.52
Stewardship make up $ 255.00
Food Pantry $ 5,070.00
Last Year Weekend of March 24, 2019 Total Offertory $ $5,470.30
Year A
Masses will be celebrated each day, despite the fact that they are closed to the general public. Saint Raphael Parish will live stream daily Masses Mon-day through Friday at noon from our Facebook
page and YouTube channel: Saint Raphael Parish Manchester NH. Saturday Mass will be at 4 PM and Sunday Mass will be at 10:30 AM. You can
also take advantage of other programming op-tions, such as Boston Catholic TV, which can be accessed in NH on cable channel 268, and EWTN. Links to our live streaming can be found on the
banner of our website home page.
Saturday March 28
Charles & Simone Richard by a friend
❖Our Parish Family
Sunday March 29 Fifth Sunday of Lent
10:30 AM Edward Bolton by Diane Bolton
Amy Allard by Gerry & Sylvia Grady
Monday March 30
12:00 PM William Gough Powers by P. Jerome
Tuesday March 31
12:00 PM Jack & Joyce Claire Brooks by P. Jerome
Wednesday April 1
12:00 PM Joseph Thornton (10th Anniv) by his family
Thursday April 2
12:00 PM Kathleen McGuire Valentine by Marc & Mary McGuire Lussier
Friday April 3
12:00 PM Joseph Handy & Deceased of the Handy and Brunelle
families by Gregory Handy
Saturday April 4 Saint Isidore
4:00 PM Tommy Barnett by Jack & Colleen Byrne
❖Our Parish Family
Sunday April 5 Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
10:30 AM Amy Allard by Tony & Dorene Turner
March 29, 2020
Paul Barnes, Sue Beauchemin, T. Michael Collins, Jimmy Couture, Lil-
lie Duquette, Eric Featherman, Kim Mailloux, Mikki Margaritis, Chris-
tine McMillan, Max Mendez, Timothy Perkins, Marcia Santos, Marie
Sullivan and Germaine Yergeau.
If you or a loved one would like your name on the prayer list, please call
Kerri Stanley at 623.2604, or email [email protected]. Please
call each month to have the name put back on the list. Thank you!
“Did I not assure you that if you believed
you would see the glory of God?” Do you
believe Christ may be calling you to see
the glory of the Blessed Trinity through a
vocation to the priesthood or consecrated
life? Call Father Matthew Mason 663-
0132, or write: [email protected].
card. Purple pamphlets with names and
Reading I: Ezekiel 37: 12-14 The prophet’s mission clearly is to his people in exile. He preaches on the hope-filled word of God to uplift them with the prom-ise of new life, only because they have been spiritually dead. This will happen through God’s own Spirit. Reading II: Romans 8: 8-11 The Holy Spirit is the true power-giving life for the Christian here on earth. Later this same Spirit will enable him or her to rise up from death. The Gospel: John 11: 1-45, or 11: 3-7, 17, 20-27, 3-45 Jesus works His greatest of the seven “signs” by His giving of the gift of life. Having received this awesome power from His Father, calls forth Lazarus. The evangelist provides us with all the surrounding circumstances we need to bolster our belief in the miracle.
Lenten Prayer: Help me be patient on
my Lenten journey and open to the grace
that will help me recognize opportunities to
reach out to others, especially during this
critical period in which we are living.
Nursing Home and Homebound greetings Remember
our SRP parishioners and friends in nursing homes or homebound. Send an Easter greeting card. Call the office to have the list emailed to you, or go to our website to
download the pamphlet.
Fri, Apr 3
at 1 PM
Stations of the Cross will be live
streamed on Friday, April 3 at 1 PM.
The church will be locked. Please join
us by participating virtually via our
Facebook page and on YouTube. A
worship aid accompaniment will be
available for you to download on our
website so you can follow along.
Palm Sunday is April 5. Fr. Jerome will
bless the palms at the 4 PM Vigil and
10:30 AM Sunday Masses. We are invit-
ing parishioners to come to the church
to pick up blessed palms from 12—1 PM
on Sunday, April 11 via drive up method. Drive your vehicle
up to the main entrance of the church on Fourth Street where
palms will be distributed. Please enter via the FERRY STREET
side, driving towards Walker Street. We will have an offertory
box available for you to drop in your offertory envelopes as well.
We appreciate your understanding as we navigate through these
difficult times and improvise as best we can to keep our commu-
nity together.
Virtual Mass Schedule—Paschal Triduum 2020 Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper: Thur, April 9, at 7pm
Good Friday: Fri., April 10 Stations of the Cross at 12pm; Communion & Veneration of the Cross at 7pm
Easter Vigil: Sat., April 11, at 7:30pm; Sunday Masses: Sun., April 12, at 10 am.
The liturgical celebrations of Holy Week are deeply moving, so much so that they can transform the heart. Please join
us for some or all of these vital moments in the life of our parish and the Church, and consider inviting family and
friends to join you. Masses will be live streamed via our Facebook page and YouTube channel. The church will not be
open to the general public.
From the Pastor: Fr. Jerome Joseph Day, O.S.B.
Finding joy in the midst of Covid-19 not only possible, but necessary
As New Hampshire, New England and
much of America goes into a new and
deeper level of restrictions and precau-
tions in the face of a rapidly expanding
coronavirus pandemic, people are attempt-
ing to balance their anxieties, stresses and
challenges with a return to family activi-
ties, joyful moments and spiritual discov-
ery.
The other day, a new show debuted on
New Hampshire Public Radio called
“New Hampshire Calling,” and I thought
the topic for call-in discussion was telling,
“Where do you find joy in the face of the
pandemic?” Unfortunately, I didn’t have
the opportunity to hear too much of the
broadcast, but some callers had anecdotes
that were alternately amusing, poignant
and thought-provoking.
I hope “New Hampshire Calling” has a
chance to develop an audience. Its prem-
ise, on-air discussion of topics of the day,
issues that are generating discussion
throughout the state, seems a good one.
People need both to speak and listen in
ways that help us learn and grow. The
“silo” approach to public affairs has
served us poorly. By limiting the news,
perspectives and opinions that confirm our
own stance, we deny ourselves the intel-
lectual challenge and social environment
the broaden our minds and deepen our
hearts. Sometimes, the silo approach can
even worsen our biases and prejudices.
The radio program sparked my own
ruminations throughout the day about
some of the things that brought me joy this
past week, and, so, in the interest of
spreading something other than Covid-19,
I’d like to share the following topics:
These past days constituted the week of
the Fourth Sunday in Lent, often called
Laetare Sunday because it means in Latin
a Sunday of “Rejoicing,” so near is the
Church’s annual celebration of the Paschal
Mystery, the events of the suffering, death
and Resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Lae-
tare Sunday invites the priest celebrating
Mass to wear pink, or rose, vestments.
How can one not smile over this custom?
To the credit of more and more priests, we
gulp and wear a stole and chasuble that
make some of us look rather like the In-
fant of Prague! I remember in the 1970s
having a couple of pink shirts and a pink
tie that I wore to a wedding, but as they
say, “that was then, this is now.” Because,
sadly, the doors of our churches have been
closed, most people only had a chance to
see us if Mass was filmed and available on
a viewing platform. Here, we use Face-
book and YouTube … which, of course,
makes me realize that I am now preserved
in the world of digital ether, nearly for-
ever, smiling and in the pink!
Reports from Italy, battered by the
world’s highest number of deaths from
Covid-19, show us the strength of the Ital-
ian people in the face of disease and loss.
People, confined in most of the country,
have been throwing open the windows of
their homes and singing to each other!
And given Italy’s long history of musical
accomplishment, I bet it sounds pretty
good. As Italian opera shows, even in face
of murder, mayhem and malice, the voice
can give expression to the heart. Ameri-
can musical responses have been a little
less extravagant, but it has been wonderful
to see virtual concerts by symphonies and
bands, flautists show up outside someone’s
window and families and friends, standing
appropriately distant from each other, sere-
nade a grandparent on her birthday. Amid
the fears and suffering, there is space for
joy in this.
Still another news item from Italy that
brought both a tear and a smile to my face
was the account of Father Giuseppe
Berardelli, 72, a priest in the village of
Casnigo, whose people purchased a venti-
lator for him in the event that he contracted
the virus. He did, and villagers were happy
they had provided for him. They knew him
well enough to realize, however, that if
someone else needed the equipment, he
would make it available. Alas, he contract-
ed the virus, was hospitalized with need
for a ventilator, but a pre-existing condi-
tion prevented its use for him. Someone
else would have the life-saving machine.
The priest died, someone else would sur-
vive.
The beloved priest is from the Bergamo
region, the home diocese of another Italian
priest who served as pope from 1958 to
1963 and is loved around the world. I have
no doubt that Saint John XXIII was
among the first to greet Don Giuseppe
after he crossed through the Pearly Gates.
More than 60 priests in Italy have
been claimed by the coronavirus, many of
them having contracted the disease as they
ministered to parishioners. While there is
no joy over their loss, there is much re-
joicing over their sacrificial love for the
people committed to their care. By the
way, one of the most moving ways priests
in many parts of Europe are responding to
the pandemic is by carrying a mon-
strance with the Blessed Sacrament in
procession through the streets of their
neighborhoods, even up to mountains
overlooking their communities, and bless-
ing them with the Eucharistic Christ. Film
of people on the streets, in doorways and
shop windows, all keeping appropriate
physical distance but kneeling in adoration
and blessing themselves strengthens faith,
encourages witness and allays fears.
What else has brought me joy this week?
Well, the fact that I am still able to cele-
brate Mass, even though the congregation
is tiny. The can-do spirit of our SRP
Food Pantry and Hope Chest volun-
teers, who have devised new protocols to
keep patrons and themselves safe even as
they serve the suffering, poor and hungry
among us. Another cause for joy is the
many people who have expressed genuine
desire for the return of open churches and
the opportunity for Mass. That people
want the Eucharist and recognize its inesti-
mable value is a cause for joy. I smiled too
when I learned that volunteers and workers
at the National Cathedral in Washing-
ton, D.C., went rummaging around in the
crypt of the great church – and found some
5,000 face masks in storage. For what, no
one seemed quite sure, but they were still
usable and were turned over to public
health authorities. And for the Celtic part
of my soul, I happened to hear The Piano
Guys do a version of Rachel Platten’s
“The Fight Song” with piano, cello and
Scottish bagpipes and drums. That tune
was a number in The New Saint Raphael
Follies a couple of years ago by Best Foot
Forward. You can check it out on our
YouTube channel. Who wouldn’t find joy
in that! © Rev. Jerome Joseph Day, O.S.B.
Eucharistic procession at Purdue University in Indi-
ana.The Exponent, Purdue University, W. Heagerty