103 Walker Street, Manchester, NH 03102

OFFICE HOURS

Monday—Friday 9am to 12 pm; 1:30 to 4pm

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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, Coordinator of Religious Education

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

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 Catholic 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 biblical standard, of gifts it receives to

outside charities.

DAILY LITURGY SCHEDULE

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: 12 noon

Thursday: 8:30am

Friday: 6pm

WEEKEND LITURGY SCHEDULE

Saturday: 4pm (Vigil)

Sunday: 7:30am, 9:30am, 5pm

RECONCILIATION

‘CONFESSION ON THE PORCH’

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4 — 5pm.

Ring bell of front door rectory and take a seat on

the bench to the left.

Saint Raphael Parish

Manchester NH

July 26, 2020

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time

The sanctuary candle burns

this week for ❖Our Parish

Family.

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: Jer 13:1-11; Dt 32:18-19, 20, 21; Mt 13:31-35 Tuesday: Jer 14:17-22; Ps 79:8, 9, 11 and 13; Mt 13:36-43 Wednesday: Jer 15:10, 16-21; Ps 59:2-3, 4, 10-11, 17, 18; Jn 11:19-27 or Lk 10:38-42 Thursday: Jer 18:1-6; Ps 146:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6ab; Mt 13:47-53 Friday: Jer 26:1-9; Ps 69:5, 8-10, 14; Mt 13:54-58 Saturday: Jer 26:11-16, 24; Ps 69:15-16, 30-31, 33-34; Mt 14:1-12 Sunday: Is 55:1-3; Ps 145:8-9, 15-16, 17-18; Rom 8:35, 37-39; Mt 14:13-21

Food pantry totals for the week of July 20 will be posted in next week’s bulletin. At this time, we are unable to take

clothing donations. We are in need of: bar soap, Tuna Helper, laundry detergent, canned fruit, jar of marshmallow fluff, baked beans.

of July 26, 2020

Year A

Weekend of July 19, 2020 Offertory totals for the week of July 19 will be posted in next week’s bulletin.

Saturday July 25 Saint James

4:00 PM Bette Lloyd by Jack & Colleen Byrne

Sunday July 26 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time

7:30 AM ❖Our Parish Family

9:30 AM Donald Vandenberg (68th anniv) by Alan & Barbara

Heidenreich

5:00 PM Judy Ouellette by Sylvia & Gerry Grady

Monday July 27

12:00 PM Alan Brian Prisby by Nathan & Kathy Campbell

Tuesday July 28

12:00 PM ❖Essential staff and volunteers serving at SRP

Wednesday July 29 Saint Martha

12:00 PM Emily (Rowden) Fournier by P. Jerome

Thursday July 30 Saint Peter Chrysologus

8:30 AM Available intention

Friday July 31 Saint Ignatius of Loyola

6:00 PM Pauline Nadeau (10th anniv) by Dottie DeCotis

Saturday August 1 Saint Alphonsus Liguori

4:00 PM James Couture by Margaret-Ann Moran

Sunday August 2 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time

7:30 AM Available intention

9:30 AM Elaine Powers by Margaret-Ann Moran

5:00 PM ❖Our Parish Family

eGiving ... Did you know you can use your credit card or electronic check to support the mission of

Saint Raphael Parish? This is especially helpful during this period and for an-yone who is unable to resume attend-ing mass in person due to health re-strictions. 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 eve-ry day of the year to help your parish.

The Finance

Council met

July 14 and 21

to review the

2020-2021

budget. Watch

for more information soon detailing

the parish’s status and needs.

We are very appreciative to all those who have volunteered to clean the pews following each mass. If you can help out, we would be very grateful. We especially need assistance at the 4pm mass-es. Many hands make light work. We will provide the supplies and instructions for safe volunteer-ing. Thank you!

July 26, 2020

WSR P News in Granite Square! Check out

WSRP News on our YouTube channel. Reaching

Rome! Ireland and the U.K.! California! Chicago!

Boynton Street! Pinardville! All segments of the show can be found

on our YouTube channel. Get ready for Edition #6!

Per diocesan directive, all parishioners MUST wear a face mask in order to attend mass. We regret the in-convenience this may cause some people. If you are unable to comply, we are still live streaming our Sun-day 9:30am Mass, which can be accessed via our YouTube channel and Facebook page. The face mask

is an act of prudence and charity!

All of the sick and/or medically fragile

in our parish family and throughout

our communities, our healthcare per-

sonnel, first responders and essential

workers, Paul Barnes, Sue Beauche-

min, Francis Colby, Jeannine Cote,

Lillie Duquette, Kathleen & Harold

Eagan, Eric Featherman, Bertha La-

dieu, Lou Marcello, Christine McMil-

lan, Max Mendez, Kathy St. Pierre,

Marcia Santos, Marie Sullivan, Vin-

cent & Maddie Traynor.

If you or a loved one would like your

name on the prayer list, please call Kerri

Stanley at 623.2604, or email admin@st-

raphael-parish.org. Please call each

month to have the name put back on the

2020 YOUNG ADULT VIRTUAL RETREAT Are you a young adult living in New Hampshire or Maine? Do you ever wonder what it would be like to set

aside all of society's pressures for a while and feel perfect just as you are? Would you like to get to know other

Catholic young adults in a relaxed and spirited setting? Then have we got a weekend for you! Have you ever:

Felt bound by time?

Felt like there is pressure to meet milestones by a certain age (i.e., I need to graduate by age 21, be established

in my career by 25, be married by 30, etc.)?

Felt stuck in the past? Felt overwhelmed by the future?

Wondered how to live in God's time?

Then this is the virtual retreat for you! The Living in God's time virtual retreat will dive deep into what it

means to live on God's time. We will cover topics such as Kairos and Chronos, Identity, Connection, and Let-

ting Go, and Going Down the Mountain (living our faith in the season of Young Adulthood). The schedule for

the weekend will include a mix of real-time interactions via video conference and off-line time for personal

reflection. The retreat will conclude with a livestreamed Mass in southern Maine that, if conditions allow, reg-

istrants will have the option to attend in person.

Lifesize Cloud Video Conferencing Equipment will be utilized. For instructions on how to navigate Lifesize,

please visit the information page on the diocesan website.

DETAILS:

Who is invited: Catholic men and women ages 18 to 35

When: 7 pm Friday through 12 noon, Sept. 11-13, 2020

Where: Video Conference (from the place of your choice)

How: Register online using Eventbrite at https:// www.catholicnh.org/ya-retreat-2020/

This virtual experience will include thought provoking talks, times for prayer and reflection, and some social

time to get to know other young adults from both Maine and New Hampshire. In lieu of charging a retreat fee,

we ask that you prayerfully consider making a donation to your parish or your diocese.

Questions? Call Hannah Gonneville at (207) 773-6471 or Mary Jane Silvia at (603) 663-0172.

Co-Sponsors: Diocese of Manchester and Diocese of Portland

SUMMER HOURS The parish office will be closed on Fridays

during the months of July and August.

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading I: 1 Kings 3: 5, 7-12 In his dream, Solomon answers God’s gift offer by asking for “an understanding heart to judge your people and to distinguish right from wrong.” God was pleased with that request.

Reading II: Romans 8: 28-30 Through the Holy Spirit, the Christian becomes a child of God, being conformed to the Son’s image, and destined for justifi-cation and glory.

The Gospel: Matthew 13: 44-52, or 13: 44-46 Jesus uses three parables to describe the kingdom of God. The wise person will learn from them, and seek the reign of God as he treasures it above all else.

“We know that all things work for good for those who

love God,* who are called according to his purpose.”

Do you approach the Lord in prayer asking that He

make known your unique vocation? If God may be invit-

ing you to consider the priesthood or consecrated life,

call Father Matthew Mason 663-0132, or write:

mmason@rcbm.org.

Catholic Charities NH: Supporting Our Neighbors in Crisis 75 Years Whether isolated seniors, homeless and struggling veterans, families facing chronic hardship or individuals searching for ways to cope in the “new norm” of life, Catholic Charities NH remains steadfast in our commitment to be there for those who need us most – especially in times of crisis like these. Our programs remain fully operational during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Saint Raphael’s goal is $30,000. We prayerfully ask for your support to continue to help your neighbors facing difficulties, we encourage you to make a gift today: cc-nh.org/everything. You may also mail your gift to CCNH, PO Box 9510, Man-chester, NH 03108-9510. Envelopes are available at the main entrance of the church and there are some in the piano bench on the front porch of the rectory.

Please note that the Sunday mass on July 26 will not be livestreamed here at Saint Raphael. We apologize for any inconvenience. You can access the Saint Anselm Abbey streamed masses at www.saintanselmabbey.org and click on the Abbey’s Livestream Mass link. Or, check the diocesan list of live streams at www.catholicnh.org.

“THIRSTING FOR GOD?” Do you know someone not baptized? ...or baptized in a non-Catholic Christian tradition, who is thirsting to know what it means to become Catholic? Do you know someone already Catholic but who has not yet received Confirmation and/or Communion who feels they are being called to do so now? The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is a place to ask questions and seek understanding. Please call the rectory at 623.2604 or email ad-min@st-raphael-parish.org.

BISHOP’S CHARITABLE ASSISTANCE FUND AWARDS $102,000 TO NH ORGANIZATIONS HELPING WITH THE COVID-19 CRISIS The Bishop’s Charitable Assistance Fund (BCAF) announced the distribution of $102,000 in grants to twenty-seven not-for-profit organizations in New Hampshire, providing support for poor and disadvantaged people struggling to afford basic needs such as food, shelter, and health care during the current public health emergency. The $102,000 total, approximately three times the amount awarded in a typical quarter, was given under temporary grant-making guidelines that directed funds to or-ganizations directly involved in the response to COVID-19, an effort known as the Bishop’s Crisis Relief Emergency Fund. “Many New Hampshire families are grappling right now with hardships caused by the COVID-19 crisis and we wanted to do what we could to help,” said the Most Reverend Peter A. Libasci, Bishop of Manchester. “These grants enable us to help meet the needs of the poor and disadvantaged by providing assistance in the most basic needs of buying food, maintaining house-hold expenses, and meeting the spiritual and psychological needs of individuals and families.” The BCAF accepts applica-tions from qualified 501 (c) 3 organizations in New Hampshire, without regard to religious affiliation, for projects that help people meet their basic needs. The BCAF is operated by a volunteer lay board of directors who make recommendations to the Bishop of Manchester for grants to organizations whose mission is consistent with the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church and who meet the other grant guidelines. The Fund raises money through donations from individuals, businesses, and philanthropic organizations. During the past year, more than $234,500 has been distributed to 62 organizations. “We have contributors from all over the state and from many different faiths all joining in this effort that enables the Catholic Church in New Hampshire to respond to calls for assistance to meet basic needs,” said Thomas Farrelly, chair of the Bishop’s Charitable Assistance Fund. “We are planning another fundraising campaign this summer so we can continue to help our neighbors in New Hampshire.” If you would like to learn more, or to contribute to the Bishop’s Charitable Assistance Fund, please visit www.catholicnh.org/bcaf. If you would like to mail a donation, please make the check out to the Bishop’s Charitable Assis-tance Fund (BCAF), 153 Ash Street, Manchester, NH 03014. For more information, contact the Diocese of Manchester, Of-fice of Development, at 603-669-3100 ext. 166 or menglish@rcbm.org.

This month, the Caps are heading out of town for good. At least, that’s what they say, but the thing about those guys is that they never seem to quit. So, really, who knows? Wouldn’t it be great if they came back to Manchester or elsewhere in New Hampshire? The “Caps” are members of the Order of Friars Minor, Capuchin, Province of Saint Mary, who have served for more than six decades, from 1954 to 2020, in the Granite State, and most recently have provided pasto-ral service based at Saint Anne – Saint Au-gustin Parish, Manchester. They are mem-bers of the great Franciscan family estab-lished by Saint Francis of Assisi in the early 13th Century as a way to “rebuild” the Church of the Middle Ages. Saint Francis wanted to return men and women to the gospel values of poverty, as well as chastity and obedience. Poverty for Francis was a central concern because the lure of riches could subtly undo all the vows, driving a man into the arms of selfishness, greed, power and pride. It was to the “poor Christ” that Francis wanted his followers to go to learn the way of the Good News. He himself was called “Il Poverello,” the “Little Poor Man,” after the Lord whom he served. In so doing, he hoped his sons and, eventual-ly, daughters, would befriend “Lady Pov-erty,” who could teach them the joy of sim-plicity, prayer and reliance on the Lord. The Capuchins serving in the Granite State come from a reform of the Franciscans, originally known as the Order of Friars Mi-nor, literally, the order of “little brothers.” The effort to reform and renew came from an Observant Franciscan, Matteo da Bascio in 1525, in order to encourage the massive Franciscan family to return to the thinking of Francis in the 13th Century. By 1528, Friar Matteo had won the approval of Pope Clement VII. However, the pope placed the band of reformers under the authority of the Conventual Franciscans, another group of the family of Saint Francis. This didn’t go over well with the Observants – and Matteo and his band of friars had to get out of Dodge. Maybe there is a theme devel-oping here! I’m happy to say, the skedad-dled as fast as their feet could carry them to a monastery of Camaldolese monks, a group now part of our Benedictine family. That’s another theme and column – the way Bene-dictines have been called by God to look out for and look after our Franciscan friends! I should add, that it cuts both ways – because their fervor returns us to a devotion to the teachings of Saint Benedict in his Holy Rule. Interestingly, Matteo decided to go back to the Observants, and his companion from the beginning went off the rails and was ex-

pelled from the fledgling order. Another fri-ar, regarded as a co-founder of the Capu-chins, Ber-nardino Occhino, got himself in further hot water, took off for Swit-zerland, where another reform was underway – the one they call the Reformation. Once he left the Church, the Swiss Calvinists made him one of their preachers in Zurich, he married, then lapsed into further heresies, was ex-pelled and exiled, and … well, it’s a long and confusing story. Observants, Recollets, Con-ventuals, Regulars, Reform, Capuchins: there seems to be no end of Franciscans! Let’s just say, the Capuchin reform finally got under way – and as it advanced, it did great things for Christ’s Church, but there were a few

bumps in the beginning. The Caps became a separate order in 1619. They were an important feature of the Cath-olic Counter-Reformation, to win back regions of Europe that had fallen to Protestant-ism and to strengthen and revive Catholic regions. By the way, from their time with the Camaldolese, they adopt-ed our Benedictine hood, or capuche, which had a point that went down to their waists. It was brown, like their tunic, and they wore the traditional rope at the waist. For many years, the Capu-chins maintained a friary in

Hudson for the young men they had in for-mation. Their Saint Anthony Seminary Col-lege operated operated from the early 1950s to 1979. The friary closed the same year. Many Caps came to us at Saint Anselm, and I remember meeting and befriending a number of young Capuchins during my own years as a student. Eventually, however, the decline in vocations led to the closing of the friary, although Capuchins maintained ministries

in some parishes and pro-grams in New Hampshire. They staffed Blessed Sacrament Parish, just over the bridge from us, from 1979 to 2002. The Capuchins have served at Saint Anne – Saint Augustin (2004), combined from the first Irish (1848) and first French Canadian (1871) parishes in Manchester, which has the chal-lenge of pastoral service to imm-igrants from Latin America, Africa, Bosnia, Haiti and Vi-

etnam. Father John Gallagher served as pastor, endeav-oring to create one commu-nity, one family of faith, from many

cultures. First the two parishes were twinned in 1998, then uunited in 2004. Mass at the parish can be in French, French Creole, Spanish or Vietnamese – and in some Masses one can hear all those languages! Father Sam Fuller, a noted artist, ably serves as administrator, with assistance from Father Joe Gurdak, former beloved pastor who fought to bring himself back from serious illness. In addition, Brother Paul Crawford, who has worked in Catholic Charities and on public policy issues for the diocese for years, has struggled with health issues in recent months. Meanwhile, the late Father Bernie Camp-bell, well-known to us at Saint Raphael for his assistance in taking Masses, undertook ministry at the NH State Prison, Concord and assisted in signing Masses and other services for the deaf. Father Bernie died late last year. Each of these men has been a friend to us at Saint Anselm and Saint Raphael and a valua-ble gift to the Catholic community in New Hampshire. We shall miss them immensely and wish them every blessing personally, as a community and in their work elsewhere. Today, worldwide, the Capuchins number more than 10,000 – and three notable Caps are the Venerable Solanus Casey (1870-1957), whose cause for canonization as an-other American saint is advancing. He was a humble friar, who worked for years as a sim-ple porter, or doorkeeper, whose holiness attracted crowds to his monastery in Detroit. Two American Capuchins who have exer-cised leadership and influence on the U.S. church are Archbishop Charles Chaput, now retired, but who led the Catholic com-munities in both the Philadelphia and Denver archdioceses, and Sean Cardinal O’Malley, current archbishop of Boston.◄ © Rev. Jerome Joseph Day, O.S.B.

From the Pastor: Fr. Jerome Joseph Day, O.S.B.

NH bids adieu, says thanks for the hard work, prayer and witness of ‘the Caps’

Top left, Fr. Samuel Fuller, administrator of Saint Anne—Saint Augustin

Parish; right, Fr. Joe Gurdak, retired pastor; bottom, left, the late Fr. Bernie

Campbell; center, Fr. John Gallagher; right, Bro. Paul Crawford.

Saint Anne— Saint Augustin:

welcome for immigrants!