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ANNOUNCEMENTS...
WELCOME! If you are new to our community,
we hope you have felt welcome. If you are a visitor -
we're glad
you joined us! If you wish to become a member of our parish
family, simply fill out the blue form available at the side
entrances of the church and present the form and introduce
yourself to Fr. Ed. Additional information will be provided at
that time.
PRAYERFUL BEST WISHES
go to Christopher Parenteau
and
Alyssa Muldoon
who are
completing their Acolyte Ministry at our parish. Remaining Altar
Servers through their Senior high school years is especially
appreciated. May God Bless them as they pursue higher education
— and remain close to the Lord and His Church.
 Register
for Your Choose Life License Plate
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The Choose Life license plate has started arriving at local RMV
branches! This plate benefits our pregnancy crisis centers,
adoption resource facilities, and baby "safe havens." Won't you help?
Register for your own Choose Life License Plate and then tell
your friends, your relatives, your co-workers to do the same.
You will start seeing this plate on the road by July 2010.
When you register for the plate, you pay $40 more than your
regular registration fee. $12 goes to pay for the plate and $28
goes to Choose Life, Inc. which will distribute it to the
centers. Registration forms can be downloaded from the website
www.MaChoose-Life.org.
Order online at this location:
http://www.mass.gov/rmv/express/plates.htm
We need your continued support - please join!
If you have any questions, you can email
Merry@MaChoose-Life.org
or call (781) 224-0404. You can also contact Bob or Irene Connor
from our parish at (978) 840-1117 or
rsconnor@hotmail.com,
Choose Life, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization.
F.Y.I.-
To arrange an announced Mass, please call Eileen at the rectory
office at (978) 365-6582, as the Mass calendar is on her desk.
YOUR HOME PARISH IS ALWAYS HERE
Thank
you
to those of you who maintain your weekly support during the
summer
months.
Those "makeup" envelopes which are turned in before you leave
are
much
appreciated, especially with many parishioners away on vacation.
ON MONDAYS
the Rosary is said at 5:00 PM; Marian Novena at 5:15 PM
MASS SCHEDULE INFORMATION
Weekend Masses will be celebrated by Auxiliary
Bishop George Rueger and Fr. Bob Kelley while Fr. Ed recuperates
from surgery.
ALL CCD TEACHERS,
please call the rectory ASAP, at (978) 365-6582, to make their
wishes or intentions known in returning this year.
ALL CCD CLASSES
WILL BEGIN IN OCTOBER FOR THE COMING YEAR.
A "LIFE IN
THE SPIRIT"
seminar will be conducted at St. John's Church in Worcester,
from Sept. 21st to Oct. 26th, every
Tuesday evening. Any questions, please phone
Charlotte Decker
at (978)
368-0191.
CATHOLIC
CRUISE TO BERMUDA:
Come and sail away on a 7-night Catholic Bermuda Cruise with
Father Brendan Murphy April 21-28, 2011 on the Carnival Miracle
out of New York. Ports of Call: Kings Wharf, Bermuda. Prices
begin at $1,620.00 for two passengers which includes all port
fees and taxes. Daily Mass and Rosary offered. Deposits of only
$50.00 per person will reserve your cabin. Space is limited. For
further information or to register, contact Doug or Eileen at
(860) 399-1785 or email
dpayttc@aol.com.
FIRST
GRADE
registration (green) forms are located in the church entrances.
Please
fill out the necessary information and return via the collection
basket
ASAP.
CCD materials and the number of students must be ascertained.
SECOND
GRADE
students, who will prepare for the Sacrament of Reconciliation
and
Holy Communion, and
NINTH
GRADE
students entering the Confirmation
program, must submit a
long
form
copy of their Baptism record at the
first
class
session. A record can be obtained by phoning churches to request
that it be
mailed to your home. Those Baptized here at I.C. needn't furnish
records.
Thank you
for your timely cooperation in procuring these necessary
documents.
FOR
PARENTS OF CHILDREN IN GRADES 2-5:
Weekly handouts of very
teachable, religion topics are available at our church
entrances. Illustrations and
games
can help share religious-faith understanding with your children
at the
kitchen table. These weekly handouts are being offered for
you
and
your
children.
Please feel free to use them!
HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:
Do you have some time available each week that you could give in
a constructive, meaningful way? If so, than perhaps you would
make a good volunteer for Allegiance Hospice. Allegiance Hospice
is looking for volunteers to visit patients under hospice care
in nursing homes in Central Mass Area for a minimum of 1 hour a
week. Volunteers are formally trained and are a valued part of
the interdisciplinary team in serving patients at end of life.
If you are interested, please call
Lisa Trudell at
(877) 255-4623.
THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE
to artificial methods of birth control and IVF. Learn about
FertilityCare, the new reproductive science that is 99%
effective to avoid pregnancy, highly effective to achieve
pregnancy and offers couples who are experiencing infertility
hope to achieve their dream of pregnancy without artificial
reproductive technologies. This is accomplished while following
the teachings of the Church. To learn more about the program,
contact Barbara Meier, RN, FCPI at (609) 457-0108 or
fertilitycare@ymail.com
NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING
Discover what every couple needs to know,
and what every woman has a right to know. The Creighton Model
Fertility Care System helps married couples mutually value,
respect and understand their combined fertility by promoting
shared responsibility and marital bonding. This natural system
for planning and avoiding pregnancy, views children as gifts and
empowers women to manage PMS, Menopause, Infertility, and other
health problems. For more information or to sign up for a free
introductory session, phone
Barbara Meier, RN, FCPI at
the Fallon Clinic in Fitchburg at
(978) 343-2775 or (609) 457-0108. Please obtain more information
which is available at the church entrances.
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