AUGUST INTENTIONS FROM

POPE BENEDICT XVI

Prayer Intention

That the human family may learn to respect God’s plan for the world and become ever more aware that Creation is God’s great gift.

Mission Intention

That the answer of the entire people of God to the common calling to holiness and mission may be promoted and fostered by means of careful discernment of charisma and constant commitment to spiritual and cultural formation.

 

 

Saturday         August 30, 2008

  4:30 PM        Henry Martel ( Family)

Sunday            August 31, 2008

  8:00 AM       For the People of the Parish

  9:30 AM       Eugene M. Kennedy; 3rd Anniversary (Family)

 11:00AM       Daniel Ramos  (Ursula & Leonard Russo)        

Monday          September 1, 2008 ~ Labor Day

                                    NO 8:00 MASS

Tuesday          September 2, 2008

  8:00 AM       Charles & Francis Augustowski (Family)

Wednesday     September 3, 2008 ~ St. Monica

  8:00 AM       William Spinnery

Thursday        September 4, 2008 ~ St. Augustine

  8:00 AM       Philip Consolo; 1 yr Anniversary

Saturday         September 6, 2008

  4:30 PM        Albertina Santos (Joseph)

Sunday            September 7, 2008

  8:00 AM       Pauline & Albert Cardoza; Anniversary (Family)

  9:30 AM       Napoleon & Doris Leclerc (Family)

 11:00AM       For the People of the Parish     

 

 

SANCTUARY CANDLE

The Sanctuary Candle burns this week to the Glory of God and in Thanksgiving.

 

If you are interested in having the Sanctuary Candle burn in memory of a loved one please contact the rectory.

 

STEWARDSHIP

TIME~TALENT~TREASURE

Use what talents you possess:  The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

 

COLLECTION:………………..…….$4,864.06

OLANCH AID:……………………$12,893.37

 

MAY GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!

 

 

 

 

Kindly take a moment to pray for the intentions, the welfare, the healing and salvation of…

 

Manuel Luke Fontes, Lucille Morrell,

Michele Cesario,  Noah Martel,

Randy Carvalho, Mary Medeiros,

&

Our Service Men and Women

 

FAITH CONNECTION

EXPLAINING GOD’S WORD

Faith Connection for adults is a well-written concise weekly explanation of the Gospel message plus additional articles on the Catholic Faith.  These are found at the entrance of the church each week, please consider taking one home.  Also available each week is Explaining God’s Word, the Gospel message for children.  Encourage your child to take one as they come into the church.

 

Please make sure that Cell Phones & Pagers are turned off or put into Silent Mode, and please remain in the pews until Mass is over.  We, also, remind everyone that appropriate attire for church is important.

 

 

 

Helps build a strong foundation.

 

 

 

Just a few reminders!

 

 

Preschool is offered to 4, 5, & 6 year old children as an optional program.  Classes in the Fall will meet on Sunday from 9:30-10:30 AM in the Parish Center

 

Grade I is the first year of formal Religious Education preparation.  All children entering grade 1 in September 2008 should be registered in this program, which meets on Sunday from 10:30-11:30 AM at the Religious Education Center.

 

Grade 2 children must have attended the first year program as preparation for receiving the Sacraments of Penance and Eucharist. 

 

High School students attend a two-year program and receive the Sacrament of Confirmation in the Spring of grade 10.  All students, Catholic & Public High School participate in this process.

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Any families not yet registered for the 2008-2009 year, please submit registration forms as soon as possible.

 

For any assistance or questions, please call Mrs. Susan Orzeck at the Education Office 508-636-5506.

 

Remember a family member or loved one!!  Weekday as well as, some weekend masses are available.  Call the Rectory 508-636-2251.

 

 

 

 

KID’S CORNER

 

 

Vocation Views

If you wish to follow Jesus, deny yourself, take up your cross and follow.  Are you courageous enough to follow as a priest or deacon, brother, or sister? (Matthew 16:21-27)

 

 

All women of the Parish are invited to attend the Ladies Guild Meeting on:

 

Monday, September 15th

at 6:30 pm. 

 

Guest Speaker at 7:30pm

 

Mary Ellen Gomes

The Director of the Westport Council on Aging

 

 will provide information about the COA programs that are available and also a description of volunteer opportunities.

 

 

 

R.C.I.A.

COME, SEE, and INQUIRE about the Catholic Faith.  You are invited to join in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults process at St. John’s.  If you are a non-Catholic or a Catholic needing to complete the Sacraments of Initiation (Eucharist or Confirmation), this could be for you.  If interested in the R.C.I.A. program, please call the rectory at 508-636-2251 and speak with Father Hindsley.

 

TRAVELING?  Looking for a place to attend Mass? For nationwide Mass times and locations:  Call 1-800-627-7846 or internet www.Masstimes.org

 

A Get Away Weekend!

"Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God.”

Don’t let the worlds way tear your marriage apart.  The next Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends in New England are September 19-21, October 17-19 and December 5-7. For more information call

Ralph & Jane Becker at 1-800-710-WWME or visit our webpage at ww.wwmeMA.org.

 

NOTICE

If you are having a Mass said for a loved one and you would like to bring the gifts up to the altar, please let the Hospitality Minister/Usher know as you enter the church.  Thank You.

 

St. Julie Billiart Church

494 Slocum Road, N. Dartmouth, MA

 

Septemberfest 2008

Seafood Supper

Saturday, September 13, 2008 4-6 pm

Fish, Scallops &: Combination Plates Available

Tickets sold in advance only!

 

Septemberfest Fair

Sunday, September 14, 2008

12-5 pm

Crafters, Food, Bake Sale, Country Auction,

Raffle, Children’s Games, Entertainment

and much more…

 

 

Our passage from the Letter to the Romans today inaugurates a new section in the Letter that is devoted to Christian behavior. Those who have accepted Christ are part of a new creation. They have been re-created in His image. Paul urges them to offer themselves as a sacrifice to God, rather than to offer the sacrifices of the Old Testament. This new sacrifice is very personal and spiritual. It resembles the old sacrifice only inasmuch as it is an offering to God. This “sacrifice” of ourselves has as its goal the worship of God and the transformation of ourselves into something for better than what we were. By our personal sacrifice to God we are able to “discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect.” If we know God’s will and yet refuse to do it, we turn our backs on Him and begin to worship ourselves or someone else or even something else. To avoid such idolatry, Paul asks all Christians to present themselves, even their bodies, as a living sacrifice. When we gather as believers in Jesus to celebrate the sacrament of the Eucharist which he commanded us to do, we present ourselves to God and offer ourselves as a sacrifice pleasing to him. At Mass we unite ourselves with the sacrifice of Christ himself who offered his body to God on the cross, obediently accepting the will of the Father to save the world through that one sacrifice in His blood.

 

IN MEMORY OF…

Are you looking to donate something in memory of a loved one? Presently, the altar candles from the old church are being done over. There are six of them and a set of two will cost $350.00. I plan on placing a memorial tablet in the vestibule or in the nave that will list all those who have memorialized loved ones by funding the restoration of the Stations of the Cross. Also, I want to list anyone who has donated religious objects in the past to both the old and the new church. We have a list from the dedication booklet. We know that the old tabernacle was donated by the McDonalds, the land by the Costas and the bell by the Perry family. If you know of more precise information on things donated to the church, please let me know.