Sunday November 16, 2008

RCIA @ Sacred Heart Church

Call the Faith Formation office for more information (846-5584)

Sacred Heart, Yarmouth, every Saturday 3:30 – 4:15pm

St. Jude, Freeport, before Mass

BAPTISMS: The next Pre-Baptism class will be on Wednesday, November 19th, 2006 in the Rectory at 7PM.   Baptism may be scheduled by calling Erin at 846-5584.

MARRIAGE: by appointment. Please contact Cherie Piper (846-5584) at least 6 months prior to the wedding date.

VISITING THE SICK: If in a hospital or confined at home, please call the rectory to arrange for a visit, communion and/or Anointing of the Sick.

Wednesday: 6:30PM         Sunday: 9:30AM

Weekdays Mon-Tues-Thurs-Fri: 8:15AM    Saturday: 4:30PM     Sunday: 8:00 and 11AM

MASSES                 SH - Sacred Heart Church        St.J - St. Jude Church

SH Sat Nov 15 4:30pm John Doherty by His Wife, Betsy

SH Sun Nov 16 8:00am For the Parishioners by the Pastor

St.J Sun Nov 16 9:30am Robert Schleicher by the Gorman Family

SH Sun Nov 16 11:00am Frederick Murray by Paul & Dilia

SH Mon Nov 17 11:00am Arsenault Funeral Mass

SH Tue Nov 18 8:15am Gordon & Sazel Fielding

St.J Wed Nov 19 6:30pm deceased Family & Friends of Margaret Kiely

SH Thu Nov 20 8:15am deceased Family & Friends of M/M Harold Higgins

SH Fri Nov 21 8:15am Communion Service

SH Sat Nov 22 4:30pm Bernie Grant by her daughter and family

SH Sun Nov 23 8:00am For the Parishioners by the Pastor

St.J Sun Nov 23 9:30am Alan Toulouse by David, Amy & Patricia Toulouse

SH Sun Nov 23 11:00am Elaine Nichols by Michael & Kathleen

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Rv 1: 1-4, 2: 1-5; Lk 18: 35-43

Tuesday: Rv 3: 1-6, 14-22; Lk 19: 1-10

Wednesday: Rv 4: 1-11; Lk 19: 11-28

Thursday: Rv 5: 1-10; Lk 19: 41-44

Friday: Rv 10: 8-11; Lk 19: 45-48

Saturday: Rv 11: 4-12; Lk 20: 27-40

Sunday: Ez 34: 11-12, 15-17; 1 Cor 15: 20-26, 28; Mt 25: 31-46

PRAYER REQUESTS

If you or a member of your family would like the faith community to join you in prayers for special needs, please call 846-5584. Please take time this week to remember the following in your prayers:

our pastor; the homeless; 

all who are facing financial difficulties; 

all in our parish family suffering serious or terminal illness; 

all who have died this week; 

all the Soldiers in Iraq and families waiting for them to come home; 

those affected by weather disasters, 

all who are affected by mental illness or substance abuse.

WORSHIP & SPIRITUALITY

CHRISTIAN INITIAtION (rcia)

Are you thinking of becoming Catholic? Do you know someone who is interested in the Catholic Church? The RCIA is meeting on Monday evenings at 6pm at Holy Martyrs Church in Falmouth. Our cluster has begun a shared program in order to provide a richer sharing of the faith.

Stewardship teaches us to be aware that God is the ultimate giver of the gifts we have to share, and we should give back to God gratefully.

Our Gift to God last week was $8404.19……194 envelope users gave $6571.00 in their regular envelopes. Thank you for your generous gifts and support to our parish and others in need! Our average weekly offering needed to balance the budget is $8,055.

It’s never too early to teach your children about the tool of money. Teach them how to work for it and they learn pride and self-respect. Teach them how to save it and they learn security and self-worth. Teach them how to be generous with it and they learn love. —Judith Jamison (1943- ) African-American dancer and choreographer

This weekend we welcome Connor Matthew, child of Matthew and Danielle (Skillin) Reali to our parish family through the sacrament of Baptism.

9:00am November 18th in the Sacred Heart Hall

thanks everyone for your participation in helping to make this year’s St Jude Holiday Fair such a wonderful success.  A formal financial summary of the fair will be coming out soon

Haiti — News reports from Haiti in recent weeks reflect the never-ending problems of this poor country. The collapse of a school in the Port au Prince area was one tragedy. There have also been severe rainstorms on the south coast where our sister parish is located. Haitians have had to deal with flooding, including loss of life. Earlier in September, in an interesting discussion with Father Simon Francois, he mentioned a plan by his diocese to undertake reforestation as a local project. Priests of each parish will take a leading role with local people to plant and protect new trees. They are not depending on any national program from the capital. Father Francois stated that the diocese will have experts to assist in this local effort. This weekend, our financial support to Sacre-Coeur de Meyer and Father Francois will involve a door collection after each Mass. Your support is important and appreciated.

St. Jude Family & Children’s Choir: I am excited that this year we will be having a 6:00pm Children's Mass at St. Jude on Christmas Eve. I would love to have the Family/Children Choir sing again this year. We will be rehearsing following Sunday Mass beginning Sunday, November 23 through December 21 for approximately 1/2 hour each Sunday. Please let me know if you are interested in participating. You can call (865-9167) or email (shw39@suscom-maine.net) me or speak to me following Mass. Thanks!! Sharyl

Sacred Heart Adult Choir Our Adult Choir’s next outreach event will be at St. Joseph’s Manor in Portland. The choir will sing for the residents there on Saturday Nov. 22.

Teen Choir: If you are a 7-12th grader that would like to participate, please contact Ron Siviski.

The Sacred Heart 8:00 Choir is starting rehearsals for the Christmas Season. Our plan is to gather after Mass on November 23rd at 9:05 — just after doughnuts — to prepare about 4 anthems. Of course, you should feel free to join us at 7:45am as we prepare for the 8:00 Mass as well! All are welcome to this family-centered choir. We plan to sing at the 4:00 Mass on Christmas eve. Our rehearsals in the Sacred Heart hall are at 9:05am on 11/23, 11/30, 12/7, 12/14, 12/21.

We have two more family workshops before the end of the year. The first one is called Saints Alive and is scheduled for Sunday, November 16th. This one will be held at St. Jude from 6 to 7pm. The second workshop is scheduled for December 14th and will be a Christmas Pageant. We really could use help for the pageant. If you are available, please contact us (846-5584) and leave a message. Any help is appreciated — from directing to costumes, to scenery development. If anyone has any old costumes that we can use, please let Debbie or Ann know as soon as possible.

As we begin our new adventure in trying to help our parish to be as welcoming as possible, we are looking for people who could give one and a half hours per month for 8 months a year to help with our families with challenges programs. Mainly, we need companions for the students. Qualifications are as follows” you must be kind, loving, compassionate, have a sense of humor and an open heart. Can you help? This might turn out to be the most rewarding adventure of your life! Call the rectory for more information (846-5584).

 Register for Religious Education.  We have many programs for all ages — even you older folks. Please remember that all children from age 2 thru high school have to register or re-register every year.

Wayside Evening Soup Kitchen: Our parish volunteers to prepare and serve meals for the poor and homeless people in Portland on the 5th Friday of the month — October 31st. Will you help? Your willing hands are needed. Any and all help is appreciated. If you can’t come, can you bake or buy a dessert and bring it to the rectory by 3 on the 31st? FMI: Bill (688-4851) or Maureen (865-4252)

St. Vincent’s Clothing Collection: Men’s Clothing for St. Vincent Program - At the present time, there is a need for men’s clothing at the St. Vincent de Paul soup kitchen. Each Friday, the volunteer staff displays donated clothing for the people who come to the kitchen for a noonday meal. The clothing is distributed to men and women facing hardship. In particular, there is a need for MEN’S SHIRTS -- tee shirts, sweatshirts or regular shirts -- lightweight or heavy. Please consider donating any extra items by dropping them off at the church or office. They will be put to good use.

Nope…..pennies from You! Every time you use GoodSearch.com as your search engine, Sacred Heart Parish receives a penny. It doesn’t sound like much but if everyone uses GoodSearch as their computer home page these pennies add up very fast. With a few people’s help we have raised a few dollars. Thank you! Just imagine how many pennies we can collect if everyone who uses a computer helps out. Did you know that you can also GoodSHOP? Many top retailers such as Target, Home Depot, and Best Buy participate in this program and will donate a percentage of the amount purchased to Sacred Heart Parish. To get started, go to you internet page and click on the Tools Tab. Click on Internet Options. In the General Tab Home page address type in http://goodsearch.com and press apply and then the OK button. Click on the Home page button and the GoodSearch powered by Yahoo has become your new homepage. Now just type Sacred Heart Parish (Yarmouth, ME) under “Who do you GoodSearch for” verify and you are all set. A Big Thank You for your support!