Saturday, 12 February
4:30���� Irene
Smith, by Janet & Henry Chapdelaine
Sunday, 13 February First Sunday of Lent
8:00���� Teresa Martone, by Ray Drewnowski
9:45�� Robert Flynn, by Claire Connor���������������
�������������� (Children�s Mass)
11:00� ��Elizabeth Keane, by the family
12:30���
Vietnamese Mass�
5:30����� Sophie Liskiewicz, by daughter Joan�
Monday, 14 February
6:45��� Deceased
Sisters of Saint Joseph, by sisters of Holy Name Convent
8:15��� Anton Huber, by his daughter
6:45���� Rose Garneau, by the family
8:15��� �Otto
Zepke, by his wife������������������������
5:30���� St. Jude
Novena Mass
6:45���� Holy Name Parishioners, by Fr. John
Connors
8:15���� Francis
& Shirley Carrigan, by Mr. & Mrs.
������������������������������� Timothy Lynch
6:45����� Celebrant�s
Intention
8:15����� Celebrant�s
Intention
Friday, 18
February
6:45���� Celebrant�s Intention
8:15��� �Christine
Dougherty (Birthday Remembrance), by her
������������������������������� family
8:15 �����Maria
Ouy, by Vu family
8:45���� Vietnamese Mass���
4:30���� Rose
Colter, by family
Sunday, 20 February� Second Sunday of Lent
8:00�� �Thanksgiving for many
blessings, by
Kouabran family
9:45�� Georges & Fernande Marcoux, by Muriel Marcoux &
��������������������������������������������������� family
�������������������������
(Children�s Mass)
11:00�� Mary Bertrand, by her family
12:30��� Vietnamese Mass
5:30� ��Antonio Manzi, by daughters Maria, Lucia
& Carmelina
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�������������� ��Sacred Scripture Readings
Sunday � �Gn. 2: 7-9; 3: 1-7; Rom. 5: 12-19; Mt. 4:
1-11
Monday�� Lv. 19: 11-18; Mt. 25: 31-46
Tuesday �� Is. 55: 10-11; Mt. 6: 7-15
Wednesday � Jonah
3: 1-10; Lk. 11: 29-32
Thursday �
Est C. 12: 14-16, 23-25; Mt. 7: 7-12
Friday � �Ez. 18: 21-28; Mt. 5: 20-26
Saturday � Deut.
26: 16-19; Mt. 5: 43-48
Altar Servers Next Weekend �� Feb. 19 & 20:
Sat.4:30- ��J.
Asselin, T. Couture, C. Guilbert
Sun 8:00- �C. Josefiak, E. Pham, Q. Tran
������ 9:45-� �P Hager, K. Hager, R. Hager
���� �11:00- ��W. Ward, K. Ward, N.
Nguyen
����� 5:30- ��A.
Hiller, A. Hiller, S. Millimet
�����
Lector Schedule Next Weekend � Feb.
19 & 20
Sat. 4:30 � Patrice MacArthur
Sun. 8:00 � Anne Marie Ferraro
������� 9:45 �
Children�s Mass
����� 11:00 �
Terence Hegarty
������ 5:30 �
Annie Knox
ADORATION
OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
Stop by the church on Tuesdays for
prayer.........
���� Every Tuesday � 9 AM to 5
PM
Exposition immediately following the 8:15 AM
Tuesday� Mass...Closing Prayers and
Reposition of the Blessed Sacrament are at 5 PM followed by the 5:30 PM St.
Jude novena Mass.
LENTEN
REGULATIONS
Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of
abstinence from meat and also days
of fast, that is, only one full meal is allowed.� Two other meatless meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be
taken according to one�s needs, but together they should not equal another full
meal.
The other Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence from
meat.
The obligation to abstain from meat commences at
fourteen (14) years of age.
The obligation to fast commences at eighteen (18)
years of age and ends at fifty-nine (59) years of age.
Although the faithful enjoy freedom in conscience to
excuse themselves for a just cause from these mitigated laws of fast and
abstinence, the obligation to do penance is a serious one and no Catholic
should lightly excuse himself/herself from this obligation in the Lenten
season.
� �The
Rectory office will be closed on Monday, February 21st in
observance of President�s Day. If you have not
received your envelope pack for February and March please call the office
at 733-5823 and let us know. �Hopefully,
everyone has now received their envelopes. Thank you for your patience and your
support!
���
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Religious
Education Class (CCD) scheduled for: Sunday, February 27th. Students are encouraged to attend the Children�s
Mass with their families then go to their assigned classes.
Next Classes are:�
�March 6th, 13th
and 20th
Next
Confirmation Class: �Sunday, February 13th at 6:30pm in the church. Confirmation Candidates are required to
attend the 5:30 Mass with your families prior to class.
�
The
Religious Education Office Hours: Mon, Wed, & Fri from
9AM-3PM. DRE: Rose
Talbot-Babey � 736-4145.
BINGO
Every
Wednesday � Holy Name Social Center
Alderman Street 7:00-10:00 pm
Doors open at 4:00 pm � Bring a friend!
� YOUTH DAY
2005
�The annual gathering of high school youth for the Diocese of Springfield will be Sunday, April 3, 2005 from 10am-6:30pm at the UMASS campus center. The keynote speaker is Michael Theisen from Rochester, NY. Workshops, youth-focused Mass, activity and prayer centers, food, friends and fun!! Registrations forms available at the rectory office. For more information callt he Diocese Office of Youth Ministry at 452-0822.
��� A Lenten Journey with the Women of the New Testament: Seminarian Ray Drewnowski will facilitate this 4 week scripture study workshop. There will be 2 groups offered: Tuesday Morning Group 10am-11:15am on 2/15, 2/22, 3/1, & 3/8 or Tuesday Evening Group 7pm-8:15pm on 2/15, 2/22, 3/1, & 3/8. Call the Rectory for information.
Fuel Report to Parishioners
|
|
Social Center |
Church |
(2)School Buildings |
Rectory |
Total Gallons |
|
Total gallons of oil used Nov, Dec, Jan. |
6,474 |
3,244 |
10,033 |
1,749 |
21,500 |
����� PASTORAL MINISTRY
Sick or
Shut-in Visits - Please
let the rectory staff (733-5823) know when a friend or relative is in the
hospital, in a nursing home or would like a visit at home from one of the
priests or pastoral staff.
� If you have a
request for the Prayer Line, please
call Anne-Marie �
�
Eucharistic Holy Hour of Adoration: The Springfield area Catholic parishes of this Deanery, in honor of the Year of the Eucharist, will offer a holy hour of adoration on Sunday, February 20th at 2PM at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart at 405 Boston Road. �Snow date is Sunday, February 27th.� All are welcome!
Cathedral High School will hold its 5th Annual Dinner and Awards Night on Saturday, March 5th. The following 6 people will be honored for their significant contributions to their communities:� Most Rev. Norbert Dorsey (�46), Henry Downey, Rev. George Farland (�60), Frank Fitzgerald (�63), Kathleen Keating, SSJ (�48) and Julie Tucker SND. For information and reservations call Terry Cosgriff or Sean Cahillane at 782-5285 ext. 115 or 116.
HEY! Have you thought about nominating anyone to the Hall of Fame? Be assured the time is approaching. Haven�t you ever said, �Mary and Bill should be in the Hall of Fame!� and never did anything about it.
� Br-r-r...Imagine how good warm mittens, gloves, hats, white socks, boots, scarves and coats would feel! Collection boxes are at the church entries for these items for the Men�s, Women�s and Children�s shelters.
Bulletin
Advertiser of the Week: We would
like to thank PC Surplus & Repair
for advertising in our weekly bulletin. Please patronize our bulletin
advertisers.
Important Message from Catholic Charities: Are you in need of fuel
assistance? If so, please call the agencies in your area listed below: Salvation Army (733-1518); United Way (737-2712); Springfield Partners for Community Action,
Inc. (263-6538); or City of
Springfield, Office of Community Development
(787-6500).
Lay Ministry is Not
Just for a Chosen Few!� Would you like more information on our
upcoming� �Ministerial Presence and
Communication� sessions?� For cost
and information please call the Office of
Lay Ministry Formation at 452-0824.
Class will be at Sacred Heart Parish in Feeding Hills on Wed. evenings
2/16-3/23 form 7-9PM.
���������� And the Word is....
LENT�����
By Fr. John Connors
There have been a couple of times in my life when I have traveled to a desert. Once was when I was over in the Holy Land. But the first time I was in the desert was when I traveled to Las Vegas because the company I worked for then �Lipton�had an ice cream plant nearby in Henderson. Las Vegas sits in the middle of a vast desert.
One day I had an extra couple of hours between meetings so I took a drive out into the desert. This was the first time I had ever been in a desert and it was everything I thought it would be. It was desolate and lonely...it was quiet and barren. It was as if I was driving on a highway on the moon. It was flat and dry. There were no trees and no vegetation. The silence is almost total.
The only life present in the desert...is the inner life. You get the feeling that it is just you and God our there. One can experience God in the desert. The three great world religions-----Judaism, Christianity, and Islam---were all born in the desert. It was through the desert that Moses led the Israelites from slavery in Egypt to the Promised Land. It was in the desert that John the Baptist heralded the coming of the Messiah.
Biblical stories would lead us to believe then...that to get to something better....we have to pass through the desert. The desert becomes a rite of passage that we must pass through to reach a deeper meaning of our lives. It is no wonder then.... that Jesus chose the desert to spend some 40 days in reflection to prepare for his ministry. Even Jesus shows us that he goes through the desert....to reach a new level in his ministry. Maybe his forty days should teach us something about our forty days the Lent.
We hear in our Gospel today that, that, while in the desert, Jesus is tempted. We are reminded that even Jesus is tempted. Even on who has a purposeful life is tempted. Life does not move on a level plateau. It is full of hills and valleys. Life is full of challenges, adversity.,,,,.and, yes, even temptations.
The popular meaning of temptation is enticing a person to wrong. When we think of temptations, we immediately think of bad things. However, it is not only evil which can lead us astray. Good can do so just as effectively. Temptation comes under the guise of good. It is only when our life is hard and littered with obstacles that we stumble....we can also be tempted with the distractions of good things. We cal allow ourselves to get side-tracked, so that before we know it, we have forgotten our goal and wasted our strength. The Gospels are full of examples of this.
What does all of this mean for us? Lent is a time for reflection....it is a time to enter the 40 day season of Lent by going into the desert. There may not be a desert out here in Western Massachusetts. We may not be able to go out into the desert....but we can allow the Spirit to guide us into the desert of reflection of our life. Whether we are married, single or widowed...our life has meaning and purpose or we would not be here. Lent can put us in touch with that meaning by putting us in closer touch with God.
But we may be tempted during this Lent not to make that journey. This is our time of testing. We may be tempted not to journey through the desert for very good reasons. Our job keeps us busy...our family needs our attention...the weather is too cold.
Let us not succumb to the temptation of bypassing Lent. Let us use this time of Lent as a personal desert experience. Let us pray today that god will help us overcome these temptations....that keep us from experiencing Lent....as a time of renewal.
FROM THE BISHOP
My dear friends in Christ:
There is no adequate way to say thank you for the tremendous generosity shown by the people of the Diocese of Springfield in the special collection taken up for the Tsunami victims. So far, $303,703.95 has been raised from individuals, parishes and institutions of the diocese.
The generosity is overwhelming, far outstripping any previous special collection. Already all the monies collected have been sent to Catholic Relief� Services for their efforts on the ground in the nations so badly affected by the disaster.
Because Catholic Relief Services has, for many years, had representatives in the nations most severely damaged, the CRS workers are able to provide help on a daily basis. That is what they are doing with the funds you so generously gave � helping those whose homes, whose livelihoods, whose very communities were so badly damaged or destroyed by the tsunami.
God bless and reward
the outpouring of generosity you manifested. God continue to bless you for all
the good you continue to do.
With deepest
appreciation,
Most Reverend
Timothy A. McDonnell
Bishop of
Springfield
Special Note: We thank all those who have contributed to
the relief effort at Holy Name Parish. $6882.00 was collected during the
special collection, in addition to those parishioners who mailed contributions
directly to Catholic Relief. Holy Name School will be participating in the
Catholic Relief Rice Bowl collections during Lent and sending that for the
relief effort. In addition, Holy Name Parish will be host to a special fund
raising concert for the victims of the Tsunami tragedy. See the bulletin for
more information on this. Thank you for all you support and assistance.
Fr. John