Mass Intentions This Week

�� 2 October � 10 October 2004

Saturday, 2 October

4:30�� ��Mary B. Kennedy, 36^th Anniversary, by Mr.& Mrs. �� Emile Chretien

Sunday, 3 October Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00�� Francesco Daniele, by Francesco Carrano, Francesca

�� Albano & Francesco Daniele

9:45�� John D. Powers, his family

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11:00�� Rosary Altar Society

12:30�� Vietnamese Mass

5:30�� Annie Murphy, by the family

Monday, 4 October

6:45�� Living and Deceased members of Capuchins, formerly of St. Francis Chapel, by Tom Burke

8:15� ��Robert & Eleanor O� Herron by the family

Tuesday, 5 October

6:45�� Holy Name Parishioners, by Fr. John Connors

8:15�� Thomas O�Connor, by his family

5:30�� St. Jude Novena Mass

Wednesday, 6 October

6:45�� Anthony Marasco, by family

8:15�� Frank Comfort, by friend

Thursday, 7 October

6:45�� Joseph Daquila, by Mildred McKenna

8:15�� Josephine Powers, by Sr. Alice

Friday, 8 October

6:45�� Elizabeth Dougherty, by family

8:15�� Otto Zepke, by his wife

Saturday, 9 October

8:15�� Lillian, William, Jack and Frank Wysocki, by Mr. & Mrs. Robert Wysocki

8:45�� Vietnamese Mass

4:30�� John Bellew, by daughter Joan & family

Sunday, 10 October Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00�� �Otto Zepke, by his wife

9:45� ��Carmela Filippo Ieraci, by family� ��

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11:00� �Raffaele Vivenzio, by his wife & children

12:30�� Vietnamese Mass

5:30�� Mark Montel, by his family

�� Sacred Scripture Readings

Sunday �� Hab. 1:2-3; 2 Tim. 1: 6-14; Lk. 17: 5-10

Monday�� Gal. 1: 6-12; Lk. 10: 25-37

Tuesday �� Gal. 1: 13-24; Lk. 10: 38-42

Wednesday �� Gal. 2: 1-14; Lk. 11: 1-4

Thursday �� Gal. 3: 1-5; Lk. 11: 5-13

Friday � �Gal. 3: 7-14; Lk. 11: 15-26

Saturday � Gal. 3: 22-29; Lk. 11: 27-28

Altar Servers Next Weekend - Oct. 9 & 10:

Sat. �4:30- G. Sarkis, D. Lessard

Sun. 8:00- C. Josefiak, A. Hiller

�� 9:45- B. Stack, N. Stack, M. Trinidad

�� 11:00-� F. DeCaro, J. Meija

�� 5:30- �S. Millimet, C. Blackmer

The Catholic Charismatic Renewal will host a Liturgy of Healing & Evangelization on Sunday, October 3 at 2PM at Holy Name Church.

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.

Teen Christian Band/Singing Group & Liturgical Dance Troop Forming Now! �Are you a teen who loves to play music and sing? Do you enjoy interpretive dance? Then we want to hear from you. We are in the process of forming a teen contemporary Christian Band, Singing Group as well as a Liturgical Dance Troop that will periodically participate at a weekend liturgy. If you are interested and would like to learn more, pick-up a Registration Form at the front of the church or call Rose in Religious Education at 736-4145.

�A Reminder from the Rectory Office: Please submit bulletin notices by Monday at noon. The weekly envelopes for October and November have been mailed. If you have not received your envelopes, please call the rectory at 733-5823, Monday � Friday 8am-4pm. �The Rectory office will be closed on Monday, October 11^th.

Lector Schedule Next Weekend - Oct. 9 & 10:

Sat. 4:30 � Wendell Heath

Sun. 8:00 � Terence Hegarty

�� 9:45 � Children�s Mass

�� 11:00 � Rita Callaghan

�� 5:30 � Annie Knox��

�� RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Have you registered your child?

There is still time to register your child for CCD classes, First Penance/First Eucharist and Confirmation for the 2004/2005 year! We offer classes for preschool through 10^th grade. Registration forms are available at the front of the church.

Next scheduled class: Sunday, October 3^rd, right after the Children�s Mass. Classes run from 10:45am-12noon.

Attention Confirmation Candidates!

Class meets this Sunday, October 3^rd at 6:30pm in the church.

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Team Teachers/Classroom Assistants needed! Do you enjoy being and working with children and/or young adults? Would you like to share your Faith in a vibrant teaching and learning environment making a difference in the youth of our Parish? Then we need YOU on our Religious Education Team! Contact Rose to discover how God may be calling you for this very special vocation.

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!

We need paper bags!

Youth Basketball Signups!!!!

The Holy Name Athletic Association announces there will be basketball signups for boys and girls this weekend after each of the Sunday Masses Oct. 3^rd & 10th at the back door of the church. (If rain � in the Social Center). The final time to register is Tuesday, October 5^th from 6pm-8pm in the Social Center.

K-2^nd grade�� Instructional Fee - $30

3rd-8th grade�� C.Y.O. Fee - $70� �

(make checks payable to H.N.A.A.)��

A Pancake Breakfast sponsored by the Holy Name Men�s Club will be held on Sunday, October 17^th in the Social Center from 8am-11am.

�� 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 at the Rectory 781-1785.

1.� We are in need of more Ministers of Holy Communion to visit the homebound. Please call Anne-Marie at 782-1785 if you are able to participate in this important ministry.

The Living Rosary will be held on Thursday, October 7^th from 6:30pm-7:15pm outside on the grounds of the old church. Each participant becomes a �living bead� of the rosary and recites one Hail Mary. This is an excellent opportunity for children and adults to participate in a special living recitation of the rosary! October 7^th is the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary.

R.C.I.A., a program for adults seeking sacraments in the Catholic faith, begins on Monday, October 4^th at 6:30 in the rectory � 323 Dickinson Street. If you have not registered and would like to do so, or if you have any questions, please contact Karen Matz or Fr. John at 733-5823.

Bibles will be given to the R.C.I.A. class as they continue their faith journey. If you would like to donate a bible in the memory of a loved one, please contact Karen Matz or Fr. John at the rectory (733-5823). The cost per bible is about $30.

Bulletin Advertiser of the Week: We would like to thank Forest Park Rentals for advertising in our weekly bulletin. Please patronize our bulletin advertisers.

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The Holy Name Women�s Group will be collecting for Rays of Hope Cancer Walk after the Masses the weekend of October 16 & 17.

Each week we spotlight a particular website which may be of interest to some of our parishioners. This week�s website of the week: www.holynamespringfield.org.

Welcome Edna and Family! A Catholic woman and her two teen-age children recently arrived as refugees from Liberia and have moved into our parish. This week they moved into an apartment and have some need for some basic items including: a twin box spring and mattress, a bed frame, 2 bureaus, a toaster oven, bed linens and towels. Gift certificates are welcomed for clothing.

Any parishioner interested in working with this family as they settle into our parish, please call Linda or Anne-Marie at the rectory. (733-5823)

�� Question Box� ?

�� By Fr John Connors

What is the basic difference between the Catholic Bible and the Protestant Bible?

Both the Catholic Bible and the Protestant Bible have the same number of books (27) in the New Testament and they are in the same order.� The difference between the two bibles is in translation and in the Old Testament.� In the Catholic bible, the Old Testament has 46 books and in the Protestant bible there are 39 books.�

The seven books contained in the Old Testament in the Catholic bible that are not in the Protestant bible are: Tobit, Judith, 1^st and 2^nd Maccabees, Wisdom (of Solomon), Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) and Baruch.� Certain parts of Esther and Daniel are also deleted in the Protestant Old Testament although most of those two books are included.�

The New Testament of the bible was born out of Tradition within the Church beginning with the earliest writings of Paul.� During the Reformation of the 16^th century, many Protestants rejected the seven Old Testament books noted above primarily because they are believed to have been written in Greek rather than Hebrew.

Today, many Protestant bibles include the seven books written in Greek in the Old Testament as a separate section usually entitled, �Apocrypha.�� Although Protestants do not consider them canonical, inserting them as a special addendum fosters greater unity among us, particularly as it relates to devotional reading of scripture.

Our Catholic faith teaches us that the books of scripture---all 73 of them�teaches �solidly, faithfully, and without error that truth which God wanted put into the sacred writings for the sake of our salvation� (Constitution on Divine Revelation, paragraph 11).�

In other words, we understand the bible to be the inspired word of God that is designed to lead us to salvation.� For a very good overview of the Catholic view of scripture take about 15-20 minutes and read �Dei Verbum�---The Constitution on Divine Revelation.� It can be found in the beginning of any Catholic bible or go to the following web site for a copy:

www.rc.net/rcchurch/vatican2/dei.ver

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Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Springfield has initiated a fund to help the victims of Hurricanes Ivan and Jeanne. Monetary donations made out to Catholic Relief Services can be mailed to:

Hurricane Relief Fund

Catholic Charities Office, Diocese of Springfield

65 Elliot Street

Springfield, MA 01101

Please earmark donation to Hurricane Relief/Caribbean Region. Contact for this effort is Kathryn Buckley-Brawner, Coordinator for Catholic Relief Services at 413-452-0658.

The Forever Young Club will hold their next meeting on Monday, October 4^th at 1PM in the Social Center. There will be musical entertainment by Falcetti Music. It is sure to be a good program so bring a friend. Please bring canned goods for the Holy Name Open Pantry.

Holy Name School Class of 1979 will hold their 25^th reunion at the Carriage House on Thursday, October 7^th. For information please call Erin Fields at 781-3341.

Volunteer Opportunity: We are looking for someone to be the lead counter and coordinator of the weekly collection from the Sunday Masses. If you are organized, motivated, detail-oriented and willing to make a weekly commitment you may be the one for us. The collection is counted on Monday mornings with a group of other volunteers. The time commitment is 3 hours every week.

If you would like to talk about this opportunity please call Linda in the rectory at 733-5823.

We welcome Mary Verdi, a member of St. Agnes Folk Choir in Dalton, MA and Music teacher to our Masses this weekend.� Mary will be singing liturgical selections from her CD �Ocean For Travel�. Mary�s CD will be available for purchase after the 4:30, 9:45 and 11:00 Masses.

Myths, Misconceptions and Facts about ANNULMENTS

The Family Life Office will be sponsoring a discussion on annulments: Myths, Misconceptions, and Facts about Annulments.

Presenter: ��Sr. Claire Lapointe, SASV, J.C.L.

Place: ��Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School

�� @ Msgr. Donahue Hall� - 52 Rosewell St., Springfield

Date: ��Thursday, October 28^th

Time:�� �7:00 �9:00PM

Fee: ��$5.00

(Make checks payable to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield)

Registration Form: ��Call Sr. Mary Petisce at 452-0614.