ST. TIMOTHY PARISH NORWOOD, WALPOLE, WESTWOOD
JANUARY 18, 2009 SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Weekly Calendar of Events
Liturgical Minister Schedule
January 24/25
4:30 Lector: Paul Quigley, Dave Oravetz
4:30 Server: Laura, Siobhan, and Thomas O’Malley
8:00 Lector: George Antonetti, Jim Markan
8:00 Server: Emily Rivard, Greg Campion,
Cullen Weidenaar
9:30 Lector: Monica Stevenson, Thomas Bockhorst
9:30 Server: Devin Bartlett, Colin and Liam Ridge
11:00 Lector: Richard Haley, Lori Lyons
11:00 Server: Allison and Rachael Straehle,
Beth Tobio
5:00 Lector: Neil Gomes, Orwell Andrade
5:00 Server: Erin and Shannon Kahaly, Patrick Reed
4th weekend team
MASS INTENTIONS
Saturday, January 17
9:00 Timothy & Elizabeth Cronin
14th Anniversary
4:30 Joanne Russo Ebert & Joseph Russo
Memorial
Sunday, January 18
8:00 Tomas Romero Memorial
9:30 Gaspar Scimone Anniversary
11:00 Mary Boyle Anniversary
5:00 Rosa Silverio Rodrigues Anniversary
Monday, January 19
9:00 Amelia Enes Ramos &
Nué Enes Ramos
Tuesday, January 20
9:00 Richard Ferrara Memorial
Wednesday, January 21
9:00 Leo McDonough Birthday Memorial
Thursday, January 22
9:00 Barbara Quigley Anniversary
Saturday, January 24
9:00 Guiseppina Iannelli Maida
Month’s Mind
4:30 Anna Carey 1st Anniversary
Sunday, January 25
8:00 Cynthia Brennan Memorial
9:30 Richard McSweeney
Birthday Memorial
11:00 Rosa Soares Memorial
please pray for Audrey Collins who was recently
buried from our parish
Sunday, January 18, 1pm/2:30pm, First Penance
Monday, January 19, Office Closed
Tuesday, January 20, 10am, Bereavement Support
Group
Wednesday, January 21, 9:45am, Exercise Program
Wednesday, January 21,7pm,RCIA
Thursday, January 22, 7:30pm, Choir rehearsal
Thursday, January 22, 7:45pm, New Jerusalem
Prayer Group
Saturday, January 24, 1pm and 2:30pm, First
Penance
LITURGICAL CALENDAR
Sunday, January 18
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Wednesday, January 21
Memorial of Saint Agnes
Saturday, January 24
Memorial of Saint Francis de Sales
Sunday, January 25
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Welcome to Our Newest Member
Lyndsey Patricia Jones
Tax Statements
Anyone requesting a tax statement for 2008 donations,
please call Kathy in the office no later than April 1.
Financial Report for January 11, 2009
Envelopes Collected
Amount in envelopes
Percentage of collection in envelopes
Loose donations
Total parish offertory
198
$4,373.00
64%
$2,463.00
$6,836.00
ST. TIMOTHY PARISH NORWOOD, WALPOLE, WESTWOOD
Pine Street Inn
On Monday, January 26, we will be serving supper at the Pine
Street Inn. Please call Jane at 508-668-4977, if you can help
prepare part of the meal or help serve.
Please help to support this ministry. Donations to pay for these
meals may be sent to: Campagna, 86 Countryside Lane,
Norwood, MA 02062. Please make check payable to St.
Timothy Christian Service Fund.
TIME, TALENT AND TREASURE
Our January charity is Dove, Inc, an agency that works to end
domestic violence, located in Quincy, serving our area. They
have many needs and we will be collecting items throughout
January. For all donations, please drop them in the bin near the
kitchen.
Donate Items on Our Wish List:
Small copier
laundry detergent
Printer
new nightgowns
New tool kit
new women’s slippers
Calendars
new women’s socks
Stamps
new women’s underLightbulbs
garments
New tablecloths
arts & crafts supplies
Laundry baskets
2-pocket portfolio folders
Healthy snacks/school lunch items
Car seats for children over 5 (booster seats)
Open House/Registration
Blessed Sacrament School (Pre-Kindergarten – grade 8) will be
holding an Open House/Registration on Weds., January 28 for
all families interested in registering children for next Sept,
school year 2009/2010. The presentation begins at 6pm
followed by guided tours till 7:30pm.
Church in Latin America
Next weekend is a special collection to support the Church in
Latin America. The Church provides support for pastoral
projects in financially poor dioceses in Latin America and the
Caribbean. It funds catechetical and lay leadership programs,
youth ministry, evangelization programs, and formation
programs for religious, priests, and deacons. It is making it
possible for the Catholic faithful in the Western hemisphere to
help each other.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Grades K-6
Sunday, January 18
First Penance: 1pm and 2:30pm as assigned
Sunday, January 24
First Penance: 1pm and 2:30pm as assigned
The Parent Preview of the Grade 1 Personal Safety Program
has been rescheduled to Sunday, January 25 from 12:00-1:30.
JANUARY 18, 2009 SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
PARISH NURSE NEWS
A Celebration of Caregiving
Do you take care of a loved one? Or, are you a professional
caregiver? St. Catherine of Siena Parish and St. Timothy
Parish invite all caregivers to “A Celebration of Caregiving”,
on Sunday, February 8th. Mass will be celebrated at 2pm in the
chapel at St. Catherine of Siena Parish, followed by tea and
refreshments in the school auditorium. If you plan to attend,
please call 781-769-3834. Respite care can be arranged if
needed.
Time, Talent and Treasure
To honor the month of February and St. Valentine, the Social
Outreach Ministry in conjunction with the Health Ministry is
hosting a Children’s Hospital Blood Drive on Sunday,
February 8th. Show your love by giving pints to half-pints!
One whole blood donation can support the needs of up to four
patients at Children’s Hospital Boston and the Jimmy Fund.
The Bloodmobile will be at St. Timothy’s from 8:30 am until
1:30 pm. Sign-ups will be held after all Masses the weekend of
January 31 and February 1, or by calling the Parish Nurse
Office, 781-769-2522, ext. 34.
How long does it take to donate blood?
A donor can complete the entire process, including screening,
donating and post-donating in approximately 30 minutes.
Who can donate?
Healthy people ages 17 and older, or 16 years old with parental
consent, can donate. Donors must be at least 110 pounds.
Some people may not be eligible to donate due to medical
conditions, medications, travel to certain parts of the world,
tattoos or piercings within the past 12 months, pregnancy and
recent illness.
Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group
The Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group is open to people
caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s Disease or a related
dementia. By sharing information and supporting each other,
many caregivers feel empowered and less burdened by their
caregiving responsibilities. The next meeting is scheduled for
Tuesday, January 27th from 7:00 pm - 8:30pm, in Ruocco 6.
New members are welcome. Please call the Parish Nurse
Office for more information.
Bereavement Support Group
The Winter session of the Bereavement Support Group will
begin this Tuesday, January 20th. For many people,
participating in a support group lessens the feelings of isolation
that result from a loss and provides comfort, reassurance and
healing. Whether you are returning or coming for the first time
you are welcome to join the group, which will meet Tuesday
mornings in Ruocco Room 6, from 10:00 – 11:30am. The dates
for this upcoming session are Jan. 20, Feb. 3, Feb. 24, Mar. 3,
Mar. 17 and Mar. 31, 2009. If you plan to attend, please call
the Parish Nurse Office, 781-769-2522, ext. 34.
Pilgrimage to Spain
You are invited to join Fr. Tom Corcoran in a 9-day
pilgrimage, “Saints, Spirits, and the Riches of Spain”, May 2029, 2009. We will visit shrines and cathedrals in Montserrat,
Barcelona, Toledo, Escorial, and Madrid, as well as tours of
several Spanish wineries. For info: call Fr. Tom at 781-8206349.
ST. TIMOTHY PARISH NORWOOD, WALPOLE, WESTWOOD
Blessing of Married Couples
On February 14, 2009, at our 4:30 pm Mass, we will be
conducting a special blessing for couples who are celebrating
their 25th or 50th (or greater!) wedding anniversary during 2009.
You need no special preparation to participate, but we would
like to know how many couples to expect. If you are interested
in participating in this blessing, we ask that you contact
Colleen in the office, or e-mail her at
CNCampion@yahoo.com, to let us know that you will attend.
St. Tim’s Book Group
Our next book group meeting will take place on Monday,
January 26 from 7:30-9:00 pm to discuss Their Eyes Were
Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. All are welcome to join
us for this discussion. Our February meeting will be on
Monday, February 23 to discuss People of the Book by
Geraldine Brooks.
Attention youth and parents! In March the St. Tim’s Book
Group will host a special multi-generational book group in
conjunction with the youth of our parish. The book we will be
reading is Leap of Faith, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, a
story of a young girl who decides to become Catholic to spite
her parents. The road she journeys to conversion takes
unexpected turns! This is a wonderful book for parents and
children to read together and discuss. Please join us on
Wednesday, March 18 at 7:30 for the group discussion. Books
are available in the office. (If you decide to borrow or
purchase the book separately, be sure to check the author’s
names! There are several works with the same title by different
authors!)
YOUTH FORMATION MINISTRY
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
YFM Religious Education classes will not meet this weekend,
January 18, 2009 in observance of the Martin Luther King
Holiday. Students registered in the Thursday Night option for
grades 8 and 10 will meet respectively at 6:30 and 7:00 PM.
SNOW TUBING AMESBURY SPORTS PARK
Join us for a FANTASTIC EVENING of snow tubing at
AMESBURY SPORTS PARK in Amesbury MA. We’ll leave
St. Timothy’s Parking Lot at 5pm on Friday, January 23, 2009.
The cost of $20 will cover dinner, snow tube rental, all night
lift tickets, and bus transportation to Amesbury Sports Park.
Please contact the youth office by January 20, to reserve a spot
on the bus. Permission forms an absolute must. This trip is
rescheduled from January 16.
MIDDLE and HIGH SCHOOL EVENT NIGHT
Join us for an evening of Laser Tag on Friday evening, January
30 at Laser Zone in Randolph. We will leave St. Catherine’s
School Yard at 6pm SHARP, and return to St. Catherine’s at
9:30 PM. Cost of the evening is $15. A permission form is a
must. Contact the office to obtain one, or print one from the
YFM web page at www.Stcatherinenorwood.org.
YOUTH GROUP
Our Tuesday evening youth group continues to meet each week
at 7pm in St. Andrew’s Hall on the second floor of St.
Catherine’s Convent. All high school students are welcome to
join us. Doors open at 6pm.
JANUARY 18, 2009 SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
“ A Message From Our Pastor”
Dear friends—
Many thanks to all those who worked so hard to make
our Epiphany celebration such a wonderful success. I
believe that we had over 400 people at dinner and at the
celebration.
I want to thank Bonnie Gleason and all her fantastic
musicians. Thanks too to Sharon Weidenaar for her help
with the costumes; to our office staff for coordinating the
rehearsals, the food, and the set up and cleanup, and our
young people for helping to serve the food. We had so
many people—young and older-- who took parts in the
celebration and brought it to life.
Thanks in a special way to those who attended. So many
of you who were there give a great deal of your time and
effort to help our parish function day to day. We are most
grateful for that help and I hope this celebration is a small
way to say thanks for all that you do.
This Sunday and next Saturday many of our children will
be taking part in their First Penance. In May these
children will receive Holy Communion for the first time.
It is a wonderful privilege for me to be a part of these two
sacramental celebrations. I am so grateful to our
volunteer teachers who help to prepare the children and
to the family members of these children. We ask these
individuals to teach these children about the important
role faith and religion can play in a person’s life. We ask
them to be teachers of these children in word and also by
good example.
It can be very difficult to grow up in today’s world and
make good choices and decisions. So many of the issues
we face today are so complex. There are tremendous
demands on our time these days, and if we are not
careful, then religion can often take a “back seat” to so
many other activities of life.
I truly feel that faith is the greatest possession I have. I
can’t imagine facing life without it.
The greatest gift we can give to any child is that gift of
faith and good example. As we pray for our young people
as they receive another Sacrament this week, let us also
pray that God will help each one of us lead these children
to God by the example of our lives. Remember, God is
counting on each one of us.
Fr. Culloty
JANUARY 18, 2009
JANUARY 18, 2009
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