The Pastor's Desk
Lent 2010 Events
The 6th Annual Lenten “All-Day-Confession”
will again be held at St. Joseph’s parish on Mendon Road in Woonsocket
from 8 AM to 3:30 PM on Saturday, March 13. The priests of the
Woonsocket Deanery encourage all to celebrate God’s forgiveness and
reconciliation as a preparation for he celebration of the Death &
Resurrection of the Lord on Easter. Most of the priests of our area will
be available for an hour and a half each all during the day. Materials
for preparing a good confession as well as celebrating are available for
this sacrament of Reconciliation.
LENTEN ALMSGIVING
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The ‘’One-Day-Famine":
Support our teens in their hunger project.
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Rice Bowls: Our almsgiving to
the poor in the missions are gathered together on Palm
Sunday.
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St. Vincent de Paul Society
Poor Boxes: Remember
the poor of our
own area during this Lent.
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‘Our Lady’s Pantry’: our
parish emergency food pantry ministry is an act of almsgiving.
Visiting? First Time at OLQM? Thinking
about Coming Home?
WELCOME!
Please say
hello to Fr. Moe and/or Deacon Bob after Mass.
Or,
check out our special page on this web site
CatholicsComeHome.org has come to the Diocese of Providence. It’s a
television ad campaign that celebrates the Catholic Church and shares
stories of those who had left the Church and now came home. The campaign
has already run in Phoenix Arizona and Corpus Christi, Texas. Over 1000
commercial spots were aired over a period of a month. And we’ve started
seeing them here in RI. Research tells us that 90% of inactive Catholics
drifted away from the faith due to social influences, not doctrinal
issues.
Visit the on-line resources:
www.dioceseofprovidence.org,
www.CatholicsComeHome.org
www.oncecatholic.org
We have
links to the other sites. This ad campaign kicks off our diocesan “Year
of Evangelization.” Do you
have ideas about this? Send them to us.
Pray for our Priests - Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
The Woonsocket Deanery will have a special “24 Hour
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament” praying for the Sanctification of
all our priests beginning at 4 PM on Friday February 5th and
ending on Saturday. It will be at St. Joseph’s Church on Mendon Road.
This event is one of twelve that the diocese has scheduled in RI to
commemorate the “Year for the Priest” I and remembering the 150th
anniversary of the death of St. John Marie Vianney, the patron saint of
parish priests. Please put down an hour in that period and join us for
an ‘hour of prayer’.
Year of the Priests
The Pope has declared June 19, 2009 to June 19, 2010
as “The Year for Priests.”
PRAYER CARDS are available at all the church doors to encourage us
to pray for our priests and for more vocations to the parish priesthood.
This special year is placed under the patronage of St. John Marie
Vianney, the Curé of Ars. As we celebrate the 150th
anniversary of his death on August 4th. The Pope especially
urges all priests to reflect on the holiness, dedication and sacrifice
of their patron saint. And he urges them to lead by example the people
whom God has placed in their pastoral care.
The RI Catholic will
highlight priests throughout the year; and each month there will be a
period of 24 hour adoration before the Blessed Sacrament in one of the
12 deaneries of our diocese. This special year is connected to the feast
day of St. John Marie Vianney, the Curé of Ars, the patron of parish
priests. We celebrate the 150th anniversary of his death this
summer. His feast day is on August 4th.
Hospital Visitation
We remind all that when a person goes to the hospital,
the parish is NOT informed. This is part of “patient privacy” laws in
our country. If you, or someone close to you, would welcome a pastoral
visit, please call the rectory office; or ask a family member to do so
for you. We are happy to visit, share the sacrament of the sick and add
you into our daily prayer intentions. And when you go home, if you’ll be
recuperating for some time, we’d also be happy to bring you communion.
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