Mass Intentions This Week

�� 19 September � 26 September 2024

Saturday, 18 September

4:30�� ��Robert E. Murphy, by his wife and family

Sunday, 19 September Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00�� The Zepke�s, by the family

9:45�� Ill & Deceased Members of Forest Park Golden Age

�� Club, by the Forest Part Golden Age Club

�� (Children�s Mass)

11:00�� Joseph Masdea, by his family

12:30�� Vietnamese Mass

5:30�� Sr. Ruth Dolores, ssj (2^nd Anniversary), by Sr. Ruth��

�� Virginia

Monday, 20 September

6:45�� Celebrant�s Intention

8:15� ��Lillian Goldrich, by the family

Tuesday, 21 September

6:45�� Celebrant�s Intention

8:15�� �Nicolino Carnevale, by his wife and family

5:30�� St. Jude Novena Mass

Wednesday, 22 September

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

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

Thursday, 23 September

6:45�� Celebrant�s Intention

8:15�� Lorraine Boudreau (1^st Anniverary), by Terry Murphy

Friday, 24 September

6:45�� Celebrant�s Intention

8:15�� In Honor of 100^th Birthday of Bertha Morin, by Mary

�Del Negro

Saturday, 25 September

8:15�� Relatives & Friends of Botta & Wysocki Family, by Mr. &

�� Mrs. Robert Wysocki

8:45 ��Vietnamese Mass

4:30�� Howard & Anne Ryan & the Shea Family, by Anne & Tom

Sunday, 26 September Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00�� �Dominick Devivo, Jr. by the family

9:45� ��Selma Arrab, her daughters

�� (Children�s Mass)

11:00� ��Christine Weckerly, by her family

12:30�� Vietnamese Mass

5:30�� Donald White, by his wife, daughter & family

�� Sacred Scripture Readings

Sunday �� Amos 8:4-7; 1 Tim 2:1-8; Lk. 16: 1-13

Monday�� Prv. 3: 27-34; Lk. 8: 16-18

Tuesday �� Eph. 4: 1-7; Mt. 9: 9-13

Wednesday �� Prv. 30: 5-9; Lk. 9: 1-6

Thursday �� Eccl. 1:2-11; Lk. 9: 7-9

Friday � �Eccl. 3: 1-11; Lk. 9: 18-22

Saturday � Eccl. 11: 9-12:8; Lk. 9: 43-45

Altar Servers for the Weekend of� Sept. 25/26 :

Sat. �4:30- C. James, J. James

Sun. 8:00- M. Cignoli, E. Cignoli

�� 9:45- H. Kos, A. Ngo

�� 11:00-� D. Hegarty, E. Hegarty, M. Hegarty

�� 5:30- �J. Mejia, J. Reist

Altar Servers: Please pick up your new schedule in the sacristy or...visit our website at www.holynamespringfield.org and click on Liturgical Ministries.

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.

Would you like to spend an hour in prayer an Tuesdays? We need volunteers for adoration. If you have an hour open on Tuesdays, please call Anne-Marie at 781-1785.

Calling all Athletes!� The annual Blessing of the Athletes will be held on Sunday, October 3^rd at the 9:45 Mass.

�� Coffee and Donuts:� Want to get to know members of your faith community? What better way than to spend a few minutes after the first two Sunday mornings Masses meeting others! Please join us in the Social Center after the 8AM and 9:45AM Masses for coffee, donuts, and conversation.

On Monday, September 27^th, an open forum for members of our parish and other parishes in the area will be held at 7 PM in the Holy Name Social Center. Following a discussion on concerns expressed in the last meeting in June, Laura Reilly from the Diocese will speak on her responsibilities as Director for the Office of Social and Pastoral Concern. Please join us for this informative and worthwhile program.

Training for those children interested in serving as altar servers will begin on Tuesday, September 28^th at 7PM in the church. Look for brochures at the entrances or call the Rectory at 733-5823 for information.

�� RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Have you registered your child?

Registrations have begun 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. Classes begin Sunday, September 19^th, right after the Children�s Mass.� Classes are from 10:45-12:00 noon in the Dickinson Street Building of Holy Name School.

Weekend of September 26^th � Special CCD Collection!� There will be a special collection the weekend of Sept.25/26 to help support the Religious Education Department at Holy Name. Please look for the specially �marked� envelope in your envelope packet or place your donation in a regular envelope and mark, �CCD� on it. This is a once a year event. Please be generous and help support this great program!

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!

Congratulations Sister Cathy!

Former Pastoral Minister at Holy Name and Sister of St. Joseph Catherine Leary has been elected to the position of Secretary in a national organization of women religious.

The Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) has nearly 1,000 members who are elected leaders of their religious orders, representing 75,000 U.S. Catholic sisters. The Conference develops leadership, promotes collaboration within church and society and serves as a voice for systemic change. We congratulate Sr. Cathy in this new role.

Parish Organizations: If you use the Social Center for meetings and/or events, you must contact Lynn Patterson, Social Center Director, at 734-7113 to book your events.�

Youth Basketball Signups!!!!

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The Holy Name Athletic Association announces there will be basketball signups for boys and girls next week after each of the Masses next week on Saturday 9/25 at 4:30pm, on Sunday 9/26 at 8am, 9:45am, 11:00am and 5:30pm for all students from kindergarten through 8^th grade in area schools.�

�� 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.

�� Are you an Adult and have not received the

Sacrament of Confirmation?�

Prepare to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation at Holy Name Parish by joining our RCIA group.� We will meet Monday evenings from 10/4/04 to 3/21/05 for one hour from 6:30�7:30pm at the Holy Name Rectory.� Learn more about your faith in new and exciting ways while preparing for the sacrament.�

If you have not been baptized and/or received 1^st Communion you are invited as well.� If you would like to know more information or if you just want to try us out please contact the RCIA Director, Karen Matz by leaving a message at 733-5823.

Thank you for your generosity in filling our pantry shelves again!� Our neighbors who are need are very appreciative of this community service.

Holy Name Women�s Group is sponsoring an afternoon of reflection and fellowship on Sunday, September 19^th from 2-4pm at the Social Center. Guest speaker Patrice MacArthur, M.A.A.T., editor of the Spiritual Woman newsletter, will be speaking on �Finding God in the Every Day�. Refreshments will be served. For more info, call Mary Greeley 731- 9596.

Registered to vote? November will be here before you know it. If you have not registered to vote in the upcoming election there will be voter registration table set up by one of the Church entrances after the Masses this weekend only (Sept. 18-19).

The Sisters of St. Joseph will be selling raffle tickets for the 21^st craft festival Oct. 8-10 after all the Masses the weekend of September 25 & 26.

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.iobserve.org.

�� Question Box� ?

�� By Fr John Connors

My daughter will be receiving Confirmation next year.� I know it is important but what exactly is the purpose and meaning of the sacrament?

Confirmation is the sacrament through which the Holy Spirit comes to us in a special way to strengthen us in living out our faith as witnesses of Jesus.� It was a sacrament instituted by Jesus who promised to send the Holy Spirit to remain with his church forever.� The Apostles administered the sacrament after Pentecost.�

In the Acts of the Apostles we read:

��Philip went down to the town of Samaria and there proclaimed the Messiah�..when the Apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.� The two went down to these people and prayed that they might receive the Holy Spirit.� It had not as yet come down upon any of them since they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.� The pair upon arriving imposed hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit� (Acts 8:5; 14-17)

After proper preparation, your daughter will receive the sacrament of Confirmation by a laying on of hands, an anointing of chrism, and by words of prayer prescribed in the approved liturgical books.�

Pope John Paul II summed up the sacrament in when he spoke to a group of confirmation students in 1982:

�Christ�s gift of the Holy Spirit is going to be poured out upon you in a particular way.� You will hear the words of the Church spoken over you, calling upon the Holy Spirit to confirm your faith, to seal you in His love, to strengthen you for His service.� You will then take your place among fellow Christians in the world, full citizens of the People of God.� You will witness to the truth of the Gospel in the name of Jesus Christ.� You will live you lives in such a way as to make holy all human life.� Together with all the confirmed, you will become living stones in the cathedral of peace.� Indeed you are called by God to be instruments of His peace.�

Revealing the Face of Jesus: A day of renewal with Fr. Tom Di Lorenzo will be held on Sat., Sept. 25^th from 9-4 at Cathedral High School. Cost $20 includes lunch. For tickets call 732-3433. This event is sponsored by the Catholic Charismatic Renewal of the Diocese of Springfield.

36^th Anniversary

of Holy Name Church

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Part II

On September 8, 2004, Holy Name Church was 36 years old. Beginning last week, we recall some of the history that is behind our new church.

The new Holy Name Church was dedicated by Monsignor Walter Connell on September 8, 1968. He blessed and set in place the church�s cornerstone which is located on the corner in front of the church at the Dickinson Street exit. He blessed with holy water the exterior and interior of the building.

Among the guests for the dedication were Springfield�s Mayor Frank Freedman, the Very Reverend Norbet Dorsey, C.P., provincial consultor of the Passionist Fathers, and a variety of other clergy and guests. William Fitzgerald was the lector, Vickie Hebert directed the choir and C. Irving Guyer was at the organ. Auxiliary Bishop Timothy J. Harrington of Worcester was also present.

Annual Red Mass at St. Michael�s Cathedral: Bishop Timothy McDonnell will celebrate the annual Red Mass on Sun., Oct 3 at 4:00 PM at the cathedral. This Mass is held in dioceses across the U.S. to ask God�s blessing upon all protectors and administrators of the law, including judges, lawyers and those involved in the legal system.

This year�s honorees will include, Judge William T. Walsh, Judge Thomas J. Curley, Jr., Judge Daniel M. Keyes, Jr., Attorney John M. Callahan, Attorney Charles F. McCarthy, Attorney Mary Egan Boland and Rev. Curtis L. Shaird.

The celebration of the Mass is open to the public. Tickets to the reception at the Marriott can be obtained from Atty. William Kern at 734-3119 or Atty. Edward McDonough at 737-0260 or Atty. James Tourtleotte at 732-2301.

Reminder:� Saturday, September 25^th is the annual parish bus trip to New York City. Cost is $30 per person. Depart: Holy Name parking lot at 7:30AM. Depart NYC at 7PM. Call Tom Burke at 733-6015 for reservations and information.