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Reach us by Telephone Reach us Online Parish Office:
781-769-2522; 9:30am-4pm Website: www.sttim.net Religious
Education: 781-762-4868 Parish E-mail: [email protected] Fax:
781-769-9362
Pastor: Rev. Gerard Petringa…ext.
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Parochial Vicar: Rev. Stephen R. LeBlanc…ext.
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Assistant: Rev. George
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Coordinator for Children: Mary Ganley...ext.
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for Youth: Mary Ellen Herx...ext.
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Janet Kelly...ext.
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Assistant: Jeannine Manning..ext.
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650 Nichols Street, Norwood, MA 02062 Serving Norwood, Walpole,
and Westwood
Mission Statement
The Catholic Community of St. Timothy serves the areas of
Norwood, Walpole, Westwood, and all who come to our door. The
serenity of our waterfront church property is a natural reminder of
all the gifts that God has given us. It is our vision, as a
Eucharistic people, to come to know and love Christ, to proclaim
his teachings through word and deed, to wor-ship together and to
minister to one another. We strive to form a supportive and
generous faith-filled community. We seek to bear wit-ness to
Christ's presence and compassion to all by our service to our
sisters and brothers. Jesus himself, gives the mission to us. “Go
therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold,
I am with you always, until the end of the age.” (Matthew
28:18-20)
Saint Timothy Parish
Advent & Christmas Schedule
First, Second and Third Weeks of Advent
Regular Weekend Masses Saturday 4:30pm; Sunday 8am, 9:30am,
11am, 5pm
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary
Friday, December 8: 9am and 7pm
Fourth Week of Advent Regular Weekend Masses Saturday 4:30pm;
Sunday 8am, 9:30am, 11am
(Please note: NO 5pm Mass)
Christmas Masses Sunday, December 24: 4pm, 6pm, 10pm
Monday, December 25: 9:30am and 11am
Feast of the Holy Family Saturday, December 30: 4:30pm;
Sunday, December 31: 8am, 9:30am, 11am (Please note: NO 5pm
Mass)
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
Monday, January 1: 9:00am
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QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Question for Children: What will you do during Advent so that
others can see the light of Jesus in you?
Question for Adults: What will you do during Advent so that
oth-ers can see that you have put on the light of Jesus Christ?
December 3 ~ First Sunday of Advent Advent is a season of
waiting. All of us are waiting for the coming of Christ and as the
Gospel says, “You do not know when the Lord is coming.” Pray for
the strength to follow Jesus, to keep Him in mind even though the
incessant commercialism of the season tries to turn our attention
away from Him. And pray for the courage to introduce Jesus to
others.
Today we begin a new liturgical year and season on this first
Sunday of Advent. The new year is often a time of reflection of the
past and anticipation of the future. It’s a time when we all begin
with good intentions to make changes and improve-ments in life. In
some ways a new year in the church is no different. As the
Eucharistic liturgy reminds us “we wait in joyful hope.” And it is
with that “joyful hope” in our hearts that we must look forward to
Pastoral Planning in our parish with hope for a bright future.
On November 14 and 15 members of our parish staff, Parish
Pastoral and Finance Councils along with several parishion-ers
participated in the first of three training sessions of Disci-ples
in Mission. We were joined by members of others par-ishes who have
begun the process of implementing the Pasto-ral Plan of the
Archdiocese. We are all local parish collabora-tives who are part
of Phase V. Some are single parishes, oth-ers are multiple
parishes, but we are all embarking on this journey of the New
Evangelization together. It is a new year filled with hope for all
of us.
As I have said before, the New Evangelization is not all that
new. The term was first used by Pope John Paul II in 1983 in an
address to the bishops of Latin America. During that talk he
encouraged them to reach out to Catholics who are not part of our
regular, worshiping communities. He challenged the bishops to a
“New Evangelization, new in its ardor, meth-ods and
expression.”
Our challenge as we move forward will be to take an honest and
objective look at our parish life at St. Timothy. As we look at our
worship life together, our programs and our out-reach efforts we
need to see it through new eyes. What we have been doing may well
suit those who are participating regularly. But what about those
who have fallen away? If we look objectively perhaps we will find
areas where we can improve. And if we take the challenge of John
Paul II to ap-proach all of our ministries with new “ardor, methods
and expression” we will develop new models and new programs that
will give a new and exciting expression to our faith life. And this
will hopefully attract new people to all that we have to offer as a
vibrant community of faith.
As we begin another new year together let us all make a
reso-lution to face this year with open minds, open hearts and open
spirits so that we can be open to all of the possibilities that the
future holds in store for our parish and each member. We must not
fear what the future holds but embrace it with a joy-ful hope that
is promised to us in each celebration of the Eu-charist. Let us
pray that this Advent season will be fruitful for all of us. Fr.
Petringa
A Message from our Pastor
Celebrating Advent “Advent has a twofold character: as a season
to prepare for Christ-mas when Christ’s first coming to us is
remembered; as a season when that remembrance directs the mind and
heart to wait Christ’s Second Coming at the end of time. Advent is
thus a period for devout and joyful expectation.” General Norms for
the Liturgical Year, #39 During the season of Advent, we are called
to remember that Christ, the Light of the World, became Man and
that he will come again at the end of the World. Our liturgy
reflects this mood of quiet expectation in several ways: purple is
used for vestments; decorations are minimal; the lighting is darker
due to the length and darkness of our days; the Gloria is not sung
or recited. As we re-call Christ’s coming in history and await with
joy his second com-ing, we are also called to remember that Christ
is not absent from us at this time. Christ is Emmanuel, “God with
us,” today and al-ways. This Advent we offer to you a few tools to
help you celebrate the season more fully throughout the week. The
use of the Advent Wreath is one way we recall the theme of light
and hope in this season and it is well suited to use in the home as
part of the fami-ly’s evening meal prayer. Advent Candles will be
available for purchase this week after all Masses. The proceeds of
the sale of these candles will offset the cost of the 60
Thanksgiving baskets that our parish provided to families in need
this year. Advent Wreath prayer sheets for use in the home will be
provided to all at no cost. In addition, we have a limited number
of “Little Blue Books” avail-able at no cost. These prayer books
offer a brief reflection based on Scripture for each day of Advent
and are a wonderful resource to help you enter into the prayer of
this season as we prepare our hearts to celebrate fully the feast
of Christmas. The advent candles, advent wreath prayer sheets, and
the Advent “Little Blue Books” will all be available in the
gathering space as you leave Mass this weekend.
As the days get shorter and the nighttime longer, we are
reminded that we are also approaching the cold and flu season. As a
faith community, we are quite blessed to be able to distribute Holy
Communion under both species:
both the Body of Christ and the Blood of Christ. We would like
to remind parishioners that at all times, but especially during the
cold and flu season, we should be aware of our own health before
approaching the Cup to receive the Blood of Christ. If we are
feeling ill at all, we should refrain from receiving from the Cup.
We thank you all for being attentive to this matter.
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Calendar of Events
Sunday, December 3 9am-Noon Blood Pressure Clinic—Parish Hall
Tuesday, December 5 7:00pm RCIA—Lane Library Wednesday, December 6
Noon Nursing Home Singing Ministry—Ruocco 1:00pm Bible Study—Ruocco
7:30pm Baptism Prep—Ruocco Thursday, December 7 9:45am Bible
Study—Ruocco 1:00pm Knitting Ministry—Ruocco 4-4:45pm Children’s
Choir—Church 7:30pm Choir Rehearsal—Church 7:30pm New Jerusalem
Prayer Group Healing Service—Parish Hall Friday, December 8 9am-3pm
Eucharistic Adoration—Church 3:00pm Divine Mercy Chaplet
prayed—Church
Financial Statement Weekend of November 19, 2017
$10,068.00 Retired Sisters Collection
$8,612.00 Weekend of November 26, 2017
$8,747.00 Thank you for your generous support!
This Week at Saint Timothy
Readings for the Week of December 3, 2017
Sunday: Is 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7/Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19 [4]/1
Cor 1:3-9/Mk 13:33-37 Monday: Is 2:1-5/Ps 122:1-2, 3-4b, 4cd-5,
6-7, 8-9/Mt 8:5-11 Tuesday: Is 11:1-10/Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17
[cf. 7]/Lk 10:21-24 Wednesday: Is 25:6-10a/Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6
[6cd]/Mt 15:29-37 Thursday: Is 26:1-6/Ps 118:1 and 8-9, 19-21,
25-27a [26a]/Mt 7:21, 24-27 Friday: Gn 3:9-15, 20/Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4
[1a]/Eph 1:3-6, 11-12/Lk 1:26-38 Saturday: Is 30:19-21, 23-26/Ps
147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 [cf. Is 30:18d]/Mt 9:35--10:1, 5a, 6-8 Next
Sunday: Is 40:1-5, 9-11/Ps 85:9-10, 11-12, 13-14 [8]/2 Pt 3:8-14/Mk
1:1-8
For Weekend Masses: If the Mass intention is for your family
member, you are welcome to bring up the gifts during the Offertory
at that Mass. Please speak to the Mass Captain ten minutes before
Mass begins if you would like to participate in this way.
Saturday, December 2 9:00am Michael J. Morgan, Month’s Mind
4:30pm Francis MacAdam, Birthday Remembrance
Sunday, December 3 First Sunday of Advent 8:00am Bridie
Lohan-Darcy, 25th Anniversary 9:30am For the People 11:00am Silvio
& Luigina Serrentino, Memorial 5:00pm Antonio P. Vicente,
Tereza R. Dentro and Rosa R. Dentro, Memorial
Monday, December 4 9:00am Catherine & Maurice Joy,
Memorial
Tuesday, December 5 9:00am Jose Rodrigues & Maria P.
daEsquina, Memorial
Wednesday, December 6 9:00am Colleen Foley and Jeanne Foley,
Healing
Thursday, December 7 Memorial of Saint Ambrose 9:00am John
Donnelly, Anniversary
Friday, December 8 Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin
Mary 9:00am Carolina & Gaetano Trecarichi, Memorial 7:00pm
Saturday, December 9 9:00am Rose Varano, 3rd Anniversary 4:30pm
Fred Bachofner, 2nd Anniversary
Sunday, December 10 Second Sunday of Advent 8:00am Right Rev.
Joseph A. Robinson, 50th Anniversary 9:30am Carol Ann Kelly, 24th
Anniversary 11:00am John Langley, Memorial 5:00pm Charles Condon,
1st Anniversary
Wedding Banns Adrianna Mazzotta & David Mullen
This Friday, December 8, is the Feast of the Im-maculate
Conception, a Holy Day of obligation. At St. Timothy’s, Masses will
be celebrated on Friday at 9am and 7pm.
Other local parish Masses are as follows: St. Catherine’s,
Norwood: December 7 at 5:15pm, December 8 at 6:45am, 12:10pm,
7pm
St. Denis, Westwood: December 7 at 7pm, December 8 at 9am St.
Margaret Mary, Westwood: December 8 at 9am and 7pm Blessed
Sacrament, Walpole: December 8 at 8:30am, 7pm St. Mary, Walpole:
December 8 at 4pm
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Liturgical & Minister Schedule
St. Tim’s Book Group News Our December meeting, on Monday,
December 11th from 7:30-9:00pm, will be a social gathering and a
book swap as a way to mark this festive season. All are invited to
attend – new participants and returning ones alike! Just bring a
wrapped book for our book swap and a SMALL plate of cook-ies or
other treats to share with the group. No particular book will be
discussed.
Our meetings are held once a month on Mondays, from 7:30-9pm.
All are welcome to attend on a drop in basis! Come if you have read
the book and want to discuss it! Are you look-ing for great gifts
for friends this Christmas season? Perhaps they would like to read
one of our upcoming books and join us for our book discussion!
Selections and meetings are as fol-lows:
Monday, January 29: Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, A Daring
Escape and the Making of Winston Churchill, by Candice Millard
Monday, February 26: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African
Childhood by Trevor Noah
Giving Tree The Annual Giving Tree Project has started. Make
sure you sign up on your way out of Mass this weekend. The Giving
Tree helps a variety of local schools and agencies including
children and their families, adults with developmental needs and
home-less men and women. To participate, please choose a name from
the list that is posted
on the wall in the gathering space at the entrance to the Church
and write your name in the “fulfilled by” column. Then, write
down the information on one of the gift tag slips available on
the table. We request gifts and/or gift cards to be wrapped, except
those going to Catholic Charities. When you return your gift,
place it under the tree with the gift tag slip attached. Once
you have put a gift under the tree, take a bow from the basket
and
place it on the tree. Gifts will be delivered on December 18th.
Thank you in advance for your help and support.
TENTH annual Epiphany Celebration: Friday, January 5, 2018
Make this year the best ever! Our 10th annual Epiphany
Celebration will take place on Fri-day, January 5, 2018. Celebrate
with us as we mark ten years of celebrating the Christmas season
together as a parish! We need people of all ages to be sheep,
shepherds, angels, kings, camels, elephants, entourage followers,
to name a few parts! We also need “behind the scenes” help! We need
help making costumes and props, setting up and cleaning up,
organizing materials and people. We want members of all ages of
your family – kids, adults, and teenagers! - to participate!
Rehears-als will be on Sundays December 3rd and December 17th from
2:00-3:00 pm. Dress rehearsal is on Thursday, January 4th from
5:30-6:30 pm. Sign-up sheets are available in the back of the
Church, or e-mail us at [email protected] . If you can help with
making costumes please contact Bonnie at [email protected]. This is a
wonderful intergenerational parish-wide celebration. Come and be a
part of the fun and make this year’s celebration the best one
yet!!
2017
Epiphany Celebration
News from the Parish Nurse Mark your calendars! The next
Children’s Hospital Blood Drive at St. Timothy’s Church is
scheduled for Wednesday, January 10, 2018 from 1:00—7:00pm.
Eligible donors can donate blood every 56 days. Please note that if
you plan to donate at the Drive on January 10th, you cannot donate
after November 15th! Watch the bulle-tin for details on scheduling
an appointment.
December 9/10
EM Team 2 Lector Altar Server
Saturday, 4:30 PM
Patricia Lyons - L1 Fred Bachofner - L2
Abby Carlo Kate McLellan Evan McLellan
Sunday, 8:00 AM
Eleanor Chmiel - L1 Nick Huckle - L2
Theresa Begg Deirdre Galvin Fiona Galvin
Sunday, 9:30 AM
Mike Guarin - L1 Jane Singh - L2
Kyle Grosso Brian Richardson Julian Singh
Sunday, 11:00 AM
Mary Masi-Phelps - L1 Shaun McGinty - L2
Nicholas Horsfall Colin Needham Nelson Rivas-Santos
Sunday, 5:00 PM
Maureen Vinson - L1 Thomas Bockhorst - L2
Michael Santos Andrew Santos Meghan Santos
Christmas Memorial Flowers As we prepare to order flowers and
decorations for the Christ-mas Liturgies, donations for flowers are
most welcome and may be made in memory of a loved one. Our
Christ-mas Honor’s List will be published in the December 24 and 31
bulletins. Christmas Flower envelopes may be found in your monthly
enve-lope packet or you may mail in a check with the name of the
person(s) you would like remem-bered. Deadline for bulletin
inclusion is December 15. Thank you!
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Please continue to pray for our students, their parents and the
dedicated catechists who faithfully teach and guide our
students.
THIRD GRADE CLASS MASS - Sunday, December 3 at 9:30 am All 3rd
grade students and their families are invited to participate in
their class mass on Sunday, December 3rd. Following Mass, the
chil-dren will meet in the church hall to make Christmas cards for
veterans. Parents are invited to attend a session in the Ruocco
Cen-ter. Winter hats, scarves, gloves and mittens are being
collected to benefit the "Warm Hands Warm Hearts" winter apparel
drive carried out by the Friends of Boston's Homeless. The class
Mass replaces regular classes for the week so there will be no
third grade classes on Dec 3rd, 4th or 5th. SECOND GRADE
PARENT/STUDENT PROGRAM - Sunday, December 10 The third of four
second grade parent sessions will be held on Sunday, December 10th.
Following the 9:30am Mass, 2nd grade parents are encouraged to
attend a presentation by MaryEllen Herx in the Ruocco Center. At
the same time, the students will gather in the Hall to for an
activity. SERVICE PROJECTS Hope and Soap for Bethany House Each
year, Bethany House provides those at Pondville Correctional Center
in Norfolk with basic necessities for everyday life, their
toilet-ries, as a gift at Christmas. To help with these efforts, we
will be collecting bars of soap, in their original packaging.
Please bring any bars of soap to the Faith Formation Office by
Friday, December 1st. All Faith Formation forms, calendars,
timelines, service logs and necessary documents on now on our
website: sttim.net/yfm Grades 7 and 8:
Sunday’s Class A meets Dec. 3rd and 17th at 10:45 am (Lane
Library) Tuesday Class meets Dec. 5th and 19th at 6:30 pm (Hall)
Sunday’s Class C meets Dec. 17th at 8:30 am (Lane Library)
Summer Service Trip: “Just Five Days” hosts middle school summer
mission trips throughout the country. St. Tim’s middle school
stu-dents can participate July 16-20, 2018, going to Springfield,
MA, to work with fellow Catholic students from across the USA.
Contact Mary Ellen if your child is interested ([email protected] or
781-762-4868 x 26)
Confirmation One
Sunday, Dec. 10th, 5 pm - 7:30 pm (Liturgy and Hall)
Confirmation Two Sunday, Dec. 3rd, 5 pm - 7:30 pm (Liturgy and
Hall)
Service Opportunities are posted on our website under “Faith
Formation” and “YFM.” ALL middle school, high school and adults are
welcome to participate.
Go to our site to find new opportunities occurring in December
and beyond. December: Help 3rd grade students after their Class
Mass Dec. 3 Visit our neighbors at Evelyn House Dec. 3 Work with
2nd grade students Dec. 10 Choose and wrap Christmas gifts, My
Brother’s Keeper Dec. 12 Visit our neighbors at Harrington House
Dec. 12 Prepare and serve a meal at The Table Dec. 12 Christmas in
the City Dec. 16 and 17 And beyond……. Check out our calendar and
sign ups!
** See information elsewhere in the bulletin to volunteer to
help with our annual EPIPHANY CELEBRATION. Rehearsals start soon.
We invite everyone to participate onstage and behind the
scenes!
Put your faith into action and continue throughout the year.
Christ has no hands on earth but ours.
Service logs and reflections are due in January and April. Check
the calendar for specific dates.
Faith Formation
Grades K-6
Grades 7-10
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In Our Community
Are you or a loved one struggling with substance abuse or
opioids?
The collaborative of Blessed Sacrament and St. Mary’s would like
to invite you to a holy hour of prayer and silent meditation, as we
invite Jesus into our pain. He wants you to know that “You are not
alone.” He heals and renews!!! We will have two sessions:
November 29th @ St. Mary’s (E. Walpole) Wednesday 6:30-7:30pm
and January 25th @ Blessed Sacrament (Walpole) Thursday 11am-12
noon.
In the future we will be offering a holy hour for Healing
Cancer: February 28th @ St. Mary’s 6:30-7:30pm and March 22nd @
Blessed Sacrament from 11am—Noon. Come and feel His presence.
Norwood Meals on Wheels Norwood Meals on Wheels need help
packing and deliver-ing meals to people in Norwood who are in need
of extra help. Meals are packed for delivery at the Ellis Rehab
Cen-ter kitchen and then delivered about 11am to the partici-pants.
The hot meals are cooked by the kitchen staff at Ellis. The time
involved is 1-2 hours one morning a week. If you can volunteer or
want more information please call Lisa Drummey at 617-640-4749 or
781-769-7929.
Marian High School 273 Union Ave, Framingham, MA 01702
Application Deadline for fall 2018 is January 12! Submit your
application today! www.marianhigh.org Please con-tact the
Admissions Office to register for the HSPT: 508-875-7646 x203;
[email protected]
Together, we make a difference!
Last Tuesday a group of middle and high school students made the
short journey to Harrington House to visit with our elderly
neighbors. We made pinecone bird feeders and hung them outside
residents’ windows for them to enjoy bird watching during December.
The coming joy of the Advent season was already evident in the
students’ and residents’ smiles, laughs and easy conversation. The
Spirit was truly palpable. CAPERNAUM MINISTRY All teens and adults
are invited to join Capernaum. Be a peer buddy working with teens
and young adults who have cognitive disa-bilities; held on
Wednesday evenings from 6:30 pm - 8 pm. Spend time building
relationships as you help our Capernaum Friends participate in Club
(games, crafts and faith lessons). Training is provided and
meetings are led by skilled adults. Capernaum is a great way to
share God's love with others, and to experience the joy that our
Capernaum Friends share with us!! If interested, please contact
Linda Smith at [email protected].
Faith Formation (continued)
Women in the World as Witnesses of Faith An Evening of Advent
Prayer for Women
Join us on Wednesday, December 6th from 7-8:30pm at St. Denis
Parish, 157 Washington St., Westwood in the church hall for an
evening that will consist of a welcome prayer, guest speaker,
discussion, light refreshments and will conclude with Christmas
carols. Speaker: Barbara Rogers, RSCJ, Headmis-tress of the Newton
Country Day School of the Sacred Heart. For more information,
please contact Leslie Warner –Maloney at [email protected] or
at 617-281-3034.
Celebrate the birth of our Saviour
at Pauline Books & Media Join us for a Baby Jesus Party! For
kids of all ages! This event is on Saturday, December 9th from
10:30am-3:30pm. Pictures with Baby Jesus, Music, Storytelling,
Birthday Cake & Activi-ties! Pauline is located at 885
Providence Hwy. (across from Legacy Place) in Dedham. Call
781-326-5385 for more info.
Worldwide Marriage Encounter “Yet, O LORD, you are our father;
we are the clay and you the potter; we are all the work of your
hands.” As we begin the waiting of advent, let us strive to become
the work of his hands by attending a Worldwide Marriage Encounter
Weekend. The next Weekends are Jan 19-21, 2018 in South Kingstown,
RI and Mar 9-11, 2018 in Duxbury, MA. For more information, call
Stephen & Michelle O'Leary at 800-710-9963 or visit them at
https://wwmema.org/.
Thank you from Troop 49
Boy Scout troop 49, St. Catherine of Siena, would like to
ex-tend its gratitude to those who supported the Troop by
purchas-ing a Christmas Wreath at our annual fundraiser sale after
all the Thanksgiving weekend Masses. Thanks to your generosity the
proceeds will help Troop 49 provide a quality program for our
scouts. Your support is greatly appreciated.
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