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Epiphany of the Lord January 5, 2020

The Light of Christ Catholic Collaborative

Epiphany of the Lord • January 5, 2020


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The Light of Christ Catholic Collaborative COLLABORATIVE STAFF

Pastor: Rev. Thomas J. Stanton Parochial Vicar: Rev. Robert Cullen

Senior Priest in Residence: Rev. Joseph Arsenault Senior Priest/Weekend Assistant: Rev. Mark Riley

Deacons: Joseph Nickley, James McLaughlin and Paul Breadmore Finance and Operations Manager: Dennis Leonard

Administrative Assistant: Colleen Booker Email: [email protected]

Website: www.loccc.org

Director of Music: William Healey Children’s Choir : Margaret Healey Organist: Lynn Bartlett Cantor: Dennis Leonard Director of Religious Education (781) 447-3135 Grades 1-Confirmation Cathleen Smith [email protected] Cemetery Office: Kathy MacGilvray Office Assistant: Charles Guillemette Facilities Managers: James Lewis Tom Blinn

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Holy Ghost Parish 518 Washington Street Whitman, MA 02382

Tel: 781-447-4421 Fax: 781-447-1375

St. Bridget Church 455 Plymouth Street Abington, MA 02351

Tel: 781-878-0900 Fax: 781-878-6566

Holy Ghost Mass Schedule Weekend: Saturday: 4:00PM Sunday: 7:30AM & 10:30AM

Weekday: Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9AM

Holy Day Mass Schedule As Announced

St. Bridget Mass Schedule Weekend: Saturday: 4:00PM Sunday: 9:00AM & 12:00PM

Weekday: Tuesday and Thursday at 9AM Saturday liturgy will be a Communion Service

Holy Day Mass Schedule As Announced

DIVINE MERCY DEVOTION

Tuesdays at 7PM in the lower chapel

PERPETUAL ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

In Divine Mercy Chapel (lower church) BAPTISM Second and Fourth Sundays of each month at 12Noon (Please arrive 15 minutes early). Call the rectory (781-447-4421) to arrange for the sacrament. BINGO at Whitman Knights of Columbus Every Monday at 6PM in the Whitman Knights of Columbus Hall

CONFESSION: Saturdays 3:00 to 3:30 PM or anytime by appointment MARRIAGE: Please contact the rectory one year in advance.

Couples meet with the priest or deacon before a date is set. Participation in a marriage program is required

Organist: Carolyn Bates (781) 878-5410 Children’s Choir : Jessie Bishop (781) 974-5043 Directors of Religious Education (781) 878-5950 Anne Fennell, Grades 1-6, [email protected] Cathleen Smith, Grade 7 to Confirmation, [email protected] Phone: 781-447-3135 Superintendent, Saint Patrick Cemetery: Jeff Allen Phone: (781) 982-8974 or (781) 878-0900 Fax (781) 878-6566 Saint Vincent de Paul: (781) 878-1194

BAPTISM First and Second Sundays of each month at 1:30PM(Please arrive 15 minutes early). Call the rectory (781-878-0900) to arrange for the sacrament. BINGO Every Sunday at 6:30PM in the School Hall ST. BRIDGET SCHOOL (781) 878-8482 Mr. Matthew T. Collins, Principal www.stbridgetschool.us


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HOLY GHOST COLLECTION

Sunday Collection on 12/22/2019 $ 6,381.00

Christmas Collection $ 9,169.00

ST. BRIDGET COLLECTION

Sunday Collection on 12/22/2019 $ 6,140.00

Christmas Collection $ 12,032.00

This week Parish Tithe is for Project Care &

Concern 22 Beechwood Street

Dorchester, MA 02121

Please remember for the second collections, to make the checks out to Holy Ghost or St. Bridget.

We will send one check to the designated group for the collection. Thank you.

For the week of January 4 through January 12, 2020

Saturday, January 4, 2020 4PM HG Mass at Holy Ghost 4PM SB Kathleen Reardon Kelley—Memorial Pauline Bernier—Memorial

Sunday, January 5, 2020 7:30AM HG Respect all life/End of Abortion 9:00AM SB Maria Phan thi Cham Chi Tien Nhan—Memorial 10:30AM HG Terry Flynn—4th Anniversary 12PM SB Louis & Mary Webby—10th Anniver.

Monday, January 6, 2020 9AM HG Mass at Holy Ghost

Tuesday, January 7, 2020 9AM SB Mass at St. Bridget

Wednesday, January 8, 2020 9AM HG Mass at Holy Ghost

Thursday, January 9, 2020 9AM SB Mass at St. Bridget

Friday, January 10, 2020 9AM HG John D. Hicks—15th Anniversary

Saturday, January 11, 2020 4PM HG Antonina, Kazimierz & Agnieszka Ryzner—Memorial 4PM SB Mary Ann Maio—17th Anniversary

Sunday, January 12, 2020 7:30AM HG Mass at Holy Ghost 9:00AM SB Driscoll & McCorkle Families—Mem. 10:30AM HG Edward “Ned” Kirby—3rd Anniver. 12PM SB John B. “Jack” Reilly—11th Anniver.

The Sanctuary Lamp at Holy Ghost will burn in the upper Church this week in memory of

Esther & Lawrence Melisi.

The Sanctuary Lamp at Holy Ghost will burn in the lower Church this week in memory of

John Frost.

The Altar Breads, Wine and Candles for St. Bridget’s to be used at all the Masses the week of January 6th—January 12th are in memory of Louis & Mary Webby.

Please remember in your prayers the souls of the recently departed: Leah P. Howard, Derrick Locke

Christmas Flowers in Memory of: Gaboriault, Ferreira, Coreia, Foley, Antil, LaFleur Families Luiz Ferreira Sgt. John A. Malvesti,Sr. QPD Nancy Malvesti Mary & Tom Harrington Frank Zajdel


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Lt. Joe Sturges Lt. J.G. Thomas M. Condon Pat Torney SGT. Thomas M. Malloy, Jr. (USMC) Sgt. Nick Lavery SO2 Ryan C. Flaherty Sgt. Matthew McCann Sgt. Seamus Murray Lance Corp. Nicholas Rizzo Staff Sgt. Jonathan P. Martins Steve Gaudet LCpl M Ryan O’ Flaherty Spec. James R. Furtado Darrian Wentworth Air Force E3 Col. Kevin Hanrahan Capt. Joseph J. Lucas SPC Anthony Gulino Peter E. Columbo LCPL Jarod Zachariah Maze Sgt. Nicholas Voci Senior Airman Sara Furtado PFC Zachary Samya Staff Sgt. Marie Ketchen Airman Samuel Clark LCpl Johnathan Jaskolka Major Ryan Chandler Sgt. Andrew McAleer LCpl. Sean Concannon SFC Jason Race Jason Malloy USAF Brian Malloy USN Petty Off. 3rd Class Michael Wenners Captain Stephen Donaghy Private Billy Feeney SGT Christian Renteria USA Corp. Casey Hogan Cpl. John J. Feeney,USMC Airman Daniel Levesque LCpl Derek Corkery, USMC Spec. Taylor M. Loring Cpl. Joseph Von George USMC Sargent Jordon McIntyre Stephen Zagami DC Lt. J.G. Jacob M. Concannon R. Randall F. O. 1st Lt. Shane Reardon,USMC PVT Steven Littlefield Commander Amy Grabel Payce Petty Officer Jonathan Burbine Thomas E. Wyatt MMN1 LcCpl Larry J. Jarrins USMC Sgt. Daniel O’Donnell,USMC CPL James W. Belton USMC 1LT Katelynn Hickey SSG Andrew Hickey LCpl Michael Duphil MAJ Matthew Luyster US Army Capt. Joseph V.Bomar,USAF 2nd Lt. Thomas Leonard, USMC USN Sgt. Zachary DeLuca, USMC

Kyle Scales USN Ensign Anthony J. Iannone, USN

PRAYERS FOR OUR RELATIVES & FRIENDS SERVING IN THE MILITARY

HOLIDAY RAFFLE WINNERS 2019 From the Whitman Knights of

Columbus Raffle

Monday 12-16-19 Arthur Cabral, Whitman $25.00 Tuesday 12-17-19 Lisa Sturges, Whitman $25.00 Wed. 12-18-19 Rosemarie Lanchester, Whitman $25.00 Thursday 12-19-19 Elaine Cox, W. Bridgewater $25.00 Friday 12-20-19 Jane Woods, Whitman $25.00 Saturday 12-21-19 Michael Mae Curtain, Whitman $25.00 Sunday 12-22-19 Dee Sullivan, Whitman $100.00

SAINT PATRICK’S DAY RAFFLE St. Bridget’s St. Patrick’s Day Raffle tickets are now available. They make great Christmas Gifts. Buy your raffle ticket today. $15,000 in prizes to be drawn! Tickets are $100.00 each. First prize is $10,000 and five prizes of $1,000 each. Contact Bill Brown for tickets at 339-788-8678. We will deliver them to you.

RETREAT FOR 7TH AND 8TH GRADERS Parents, are you looking for a high-energy,

fun-filled, spiritual-growth, Catholic experience for your 7th/8th grader? If so, this is it!!!

SNOWCAMPS 2020 will be held on the weekends of February 21-23 and February 28- March 1 at

Camp Brookwoods in Alton, NH. Teenagers from throughout the diocese will be

participating in what could be very well the best weekend of their lives! Sign-up now as space for SNOWCAMPS is limited and will sell out. For

application and more information go to or contact Colleen Booker at the rectory 781-878-0900 or by

email at [email protected] Come and join the party!

Cunniff Pine Street Needs Help

The stove at the Cardinal Spellman Center at Holy Ghost is in disrepair. We are in need of purchasing a new stove. The Knight of Columbus in Whitman has offered to match any donation up to $2500.00 to replace the stove. All donations will be appreciated. Please make the check out to Holy Ghost and please let us know it is for the stove. Thank you for your help.


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FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

PRO-LIFE PROCESSION January 22, 2020 is the 47th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision of Roe vs. Wade. As a result of this decision, there have been over 56,000,000 legalized abortions performed in the United States since 1973. The Respect Life Committee of our collaborative is planning a pro-life procession to be held at the 4:00PM Mass on January 18th at St. Bridget as well as the 10:30AM Mass on January 19th at Holy Ghost. The procession will honor the memory of the unborn and remind us how precious is the gift of life. WE ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS (ALL DIFFERENT AGES) TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESSION. If you or your child are interested, please call Colleen Booker at 781-878-0900 or email her at [email protected] and let her know which Mass you will be attending, Name, birth year and email address. We need 49 people for each Mass. Please consider volunteering.

Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality The Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality of the Light of Christ Collaborative will hold its first meeting of the new year on January 6th in Fr. Glennon Hall at Holy Ghost Church. We will start the meeting at 6:30 PM with the rosary in honor of Our Blessed Virgin Mary. This month's speaker will be Bruce Perry, of the food pantry who will let us know how the panty operates. Our food pantry is a wonderful organization taking care of many people in need in our area. We look forward to learning more about it. Refreshments will he served, and our usual business meeting will take place. The monthly raffle will also be held. We welcome new members.

Happy Epiphany!! Ironically, I am writing this Christmas Day so that I can make sure it is in the Bulletin for January 2020. Hopefully everyone is still enjoying the Christmas season, we can carry the joy of every Christmas throughout life. Even those for who the holidays are not so easy, hopefully we can all be a glimmer of light for them. The Wise men’s gifts must have puzzled, a family living in a stable with Gold (symbolic of wealth) Frankincense (Used by priest to Bless and see in the smoke that rises our prayers being lifted to Heaven) and Myrrh ( in small amounts used in medicine, and larger amounts soaked clothes for burial) . Unusual gifts for an unusual Savior his wealth symbolized by humility and a crown of thorns, his Priesthood marked by recommitting people to love of God and neighbor supremely seen at the altar of the Cross, and of course Christ heals, died for our sins, and the empty wrappings Easter Morning – the promised resurrection. All these gifts are given in baptism in prayers, ritual action, and smells (two fragrant oils get used). Next week we celebrate the Baptism of Jesus as we bless ourselves with Holy Water may we recommit to HIM who shares his gifts with us. The priests wish to thank everyone who gave gifts to us at Christmas time. And thank you too for your donations to the Clergy Health Retirement collection. Happy New Year, Father Tom

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