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Using FlockNote allows
us to send you information you care about the most via
Email and Text message, and it gives you the ability to
give us your feedback. We want to make sure we have your
correct information. So please bring your Cell Phone
with you to Mass Next Sunday - February 11th & 12th. Fr.
Jamie will walk us thru the Very Easy Steps for us to
get all Updated! |
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Knights of Columbus St. Patrick’s Day Corned Beef &
Cabbage Dinner
March 11 ▪ 6:00PM
St.
Joseph’s Hall
$15.00 per person Tickets will be
Available After All Masses.
Get Your Tickets Now │ No
Tickets Sold at the Door
Tickets are also
available by calling Charlie
508.344.9660 Matt
508.864.1655
or Leo
508.320.2277
Tickets for Take - Out also
Available│Pick Up at 5:30pm
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As we approach the month of February we are reminded
that there are a number of people in the community who
make use of the Barre Food Bank.
The Food Bank is in
need of Personal Care and Cleaning products for their
clients.
Food Stamps CAN NOT be used for these items.
Since February is the Month of St. Valentine’s Day, we
will be collecting Personal Care Items and Cleaning
Products for the Food Bank.
Personal Items:
Toothbrushes, tooth paste, shampoo, conditioner,
deodorant, body lotion, Q-Tips, hair brush, face soap,
cold cream, shaving cream razors, even hair spray,
mousse, baby and adult diapers. Baby and adult wipes.
Cleaning Items: Laundry detergent, dish liquid,
all-purpose cleaner, bleach, window cleaners, paper
towels,
hand sanitizers, toilet paper, and furniture
polish.
If you go to the Dollar Store or Dollar
General you can stretch your own dollar further and
donate more needed items.
COLLECTIONS BOXES WILL BE
OUT ALL OF FEBRUARY.
THANK YOU!
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The parish is in dire need of someone for snow removal,
salting and sanding of the walk ways and steps of both
churches.
This is a paid position
All Materials
and Equipment Provided by The Parish.
For More
Information Please Call or Text Leo McCaffrey at
508.320.2277
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St Aloysius Catholic School in Gilbertville is in
search of substitute teachers for both the regular
school day and for our after school program. If you
enjoy working with children in a caring environment
please reach out to Roberta McQuaid at
[email protected] or call the
school at 413.477.1268
for more information.
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St. Aloysius
Catholic School kicked off its Annual Scholarship Drive
on Dec 15th. This year a generous benefactor has offered
a dollar for dollar match of all funds earned up to
$40,000! If the school reaches the full match, every
full price tuition could see a $1,000 reduction, with a
portion there-of for siblings and 2 or 3 day preschool
students. You can make your tax-deductible donation via
the school’s website at
www.staloysiuscs.com/support/scholarship-fund or by
mailing a check to the school at P.O. Box 531,
Gilbertville, MA 01031 with “Scholarship” in the memo
line. The drive will run until March 15, after which
2023-2024 tuitions will be set.
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Raffle $10
A parishioner has made it possible to
offer a very special raffle.
A beautiful Nativity
carved by artisans out of wood from olive trees that
come from the
Holy Land, the same type that grew in
Gethsemane and
around Jerusalem where Jesus walked.
For $10, you can take a chance to win this beautiful
Nativity
to enhance your home with a Holy Reminder of
Jesus’ Birth.
The drawing will be held on February
19, 2023 the end of the 10:30AM Mass.
All proceeds
will go to the parish. Tickets go on sale this weekend.
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Knights of Columbus Coats for Kids We are in the
midst of our “Coats for Kids” offering. If there is
anyone in the parish in desperate need of jackets for
their children please contact Leo McCaffrey at
508-320-2277.
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Reminder that Adoration will move to St. Thomas for the
winter months. The time is still 6-7 PM on Tuesdays. Fr.
Jamie will be available for confessions.
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Worcester Men's Conference March 25
Dear Catholic and Other Friends,
The Annual
Worcester Men’s Conference will be on March 22 this year
at Assumption University.
Please pass this along
to the men in your family and those amongst your friends
you think might be interested.
This is the 22nd
year of this popular conference, the first of its kind
in America. Please join a thousand men and enjoy:
inspiring talks from outstanding dynamic and Catholic
leaders, about 50 relevant exhibitors with free
material, important sponsors, beautiful music, old
friends, lunch, optional Rosary, Confession, Adoration
and Mass by Bishop McManus at 4pm.
We’re excited
to also announce this year's Key Note Speaker at 2:30 pm
will be the renown Very Rev. Chris Alar, MIC, the
Provincial Superior of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother
of Mercy Province of the Marian Fathers of the
Immaculate Conception at the National Shrine of The
Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Mass. He serves as the
Director of the Association of Marian Helpers, and is
the head of the Marian Press. He is also host of the
EWTN show Living Divine Mercy, Wednesdays, 6:30 pm and
has written several best selling books.
Please
see https://catholicmenworc.com/
for more information, speaker details and to register.
Thank you and may God Bless you, your family,
our Catholic Church and our Country!
Vic Melfa
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Daily mass . Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday
9AM . St.
Thomas A Becket Daily Masses are canceled when school is
delayed/canceled due to weather |
Please remember St.
Francis of Assisi Parish has an Emergency Fund* to help
those in need.
If you as a parishioner, or if you
know of anyone in the Barre/Oakham area that may need
assistance please call the Parish Office at 978-355-2228
and leave a message for
Deacon Scott at Ext. 3.
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BEREAVEMENT
COMMITTEE
The Women’s Guild
Bereavement Committee will be re-organizing so that once
again we will be able to offer lunches for families at a
time of loss. These lunches take a lot planning and
co-ordination, so a lot of help is needed!
The lunch
menu consists of a selection of four filled sandwiches,
fruit cup, relish tray, chips baked goods and coffee for
a cost of $5.00 per plate.
We will be looking for
donations of fillings, of egg salad, tuna salad, ham
salad or turkey salad, baked goods, and kitchen help on
the day of the event.
If you are able to help in any
of these areas, please sign up with your name, phone
number and indicate the areas where you could help. Sign
up sheets are in the back of the church. Thank you!
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In October of 2023, Pope
Francis will convene in Rome the XVI Ordinary General
Assembly of the Synod of Bishops to examine the topic:
"For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation and
Mission." The Holy Father has asked every diocese in the
world to provide input for that synod.
The Diocese of
Worcester has developed website resources at
worcesterdiocese.org/Synod-2023 that cover the
following:
• What is a synod?
• What have previous
Synods focused on?
• What is synodality?
• Local
input efforts in the Diocese of Worcester for Synod 2023
• Examples of Local Consultative Experiences
The
Synod preparatory documents acknowledge the difficulties
of convening consultative groups in the time of a
pandemic. We will not be convening a large Diocesan wide
gathering but ask each parish to solicit input through
means each pastor judges most effective given parish
circumstances and capabilities. Those means can include
physical or virtual gathering(s) of parishioners or
simply sharing the link to the Individual survey in
bulletins or by Flocknote.
We have two online survey
response tools which are on the website and accessible
with the buttons below.
The Group Survey will capture the results of in
person or virtual gathering using the pdf below to
facilitate the meeting.
The Individual Survey can be shared with
parishioners via the bulletin, parish website or
Flocknote in lieu of gatherings.
A group facilitator
can print the questionnaire
Here to lead discussions and then input the group
responses on the online GROUP survey on behalf of the
group
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Church of
St.Thomas-a-Becket and St. Joseph Chapel Are Wheelchair
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Diocese of Worcester ©Copyright St.Francis
of Assisi Parish 2013-2023. All rights reserved.
398
Vernon Ave., P.O. Box 186 South Barre, MA 01074
fax
(978) 355-0042 • Office phone
(978) 355-2228 |
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