07/10/16 - St Roch Church

St. Roch Church
He bandaged his wounds,
took him to an Inn
and cared for him.
GO AND DO LIKEWISE.
The Church of Saint Roch, Oxford, MA
THE FIFTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
July 10, 2016
Scripture Readings
Saturday, July 9, 2016
4:00 PM
Jerome Rodman by Linda Demansky
Sunday, July 10, 2016
8:30 AM
Debbie Byrn by Joan Green
11:00 AM
Ronald Dunn (3rd Anniversary) by the family
Monday, July 11, 2016
8:30 AM
Daniel Sullivan by Paul Rock
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
8:30 AM
No Mass
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
8:30 AM
No Mass Intention
Thursday, July 14, 2016
8:30 AM
No Mass Intention
Friday, July 15, 2016
830 AM
Dora Louise Chagnon by Kathleen Stolz
Saturday, July 16, 2016
4:00 PM
Addlard & Bertha Richard by the family
Sunday, July 17, 2016
8:30 AM
Joe Roy by Terry Ann Renaud
11:00 AM
Judy Prunier (1st Anniversary) by the Rawson family
Sunday, July 10
Dt 30:10-44, Col 1:15-20
Lk 10:25-37
Monday, July 11
Is 1:10-17
Mt 10:34-11:1
Tuesday, July 12
Is 7:1-9, Mt 11:20-24
Wednesday, July 13
Thursday, July 14
Is 26:7-9, 12, 16-19
Mt 11:28-30
Friday, July 15
Is 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8
Mt 12:1-8
Saturday, July 16
Mi 2:1-5, Mt 12:14-21
Sunday, July 17
Gen 18:1-10a, Col 1:24-28
Lk 10:38-42
There will be a second collection
this weekend July 9th & 10th for
Maintenance and Repair.
We thank you for your generosity.
AMERICAN CHOP SUEY
may be dropped off in the church kitchen on
Monday, July 12th before 3:00 PM.
PARISH DIRECTORY
July 2 & 3
334 Main St., Oxford, MA 01540
Rectory Office ………………………………(508) 987-8987
Fax ……………………………...…………. (508) 987-8938
Religious Education Office………………….(508) 987-2382
Offertory Envelopes (139)
Loose Money
Other sources of income
Total
Weekly Goal
Result
Thank You!!
Pastor
Rev. Michael J. Roy
Deacon
Rev. Mr. Paul Connolly
Director of Religious Education Mrs. Terry Ann Renaud
Administrative Assistant (M-TH 9-4)
Mrs. Teri Rawson
Email: trawson@parishmail.com
Director of Music
Ms. Anna Pizzolato
St. Vincent de Paul Society.……….. Arlene (508) 987-2813
Cemetery ………………..Contact rectory at (508) 987-8987
Mass Schedule
$3,993.00
437.00
222.00
4,652.00
5,881.00
- 1,229.00
Kathy Perry, Owen Benway, Irene Richardson, Jane
Lewicke, Anthony Nguyen, Andrew Rivers, Raymond Joseph,
Al Sinkis, Barbara Swenson, Chloe Barbara Jones, Craig
Ladd, Ruth Andrzejczyk, Fr. Robert Kelley, James Butler Jr.,
Roseanne Ferlito, Carol Violette, , John & Bev Makowski,
Francis & Louise McGrath, Dale Mahota, Maddy Desrosier,
Phyllis Day, John Hickman, John Barton, Stephen Rice, Timothy Bowes, Ed Carpenter, Cindy Flores, Liz Iandolli, Anita
Prunier, Roger St. George, Charlene White, James Sumerlin,
Bob St. George, Julie Guertin, , Francis DeSimone, Robert
& Beverly Burns, Judy Rodier, Dawn Hoeg, Sean Bushey,
Jerry Coffey, Richard Fleming, Noelle Silverstein, Edward
Wissell, Eric Lambert, Nathan Dearent, and Paul Murphy.
Saturday: 4:00 PM
Sunday: 8:30 & 11:00 AM
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday 8:30 AM
Confessions: 3:00 PM Saturday or anytime on request.
Office Hours: Monday thru Thursday 8:30-4
Pastoral Care: All the time
WEBSITE: str ochoxfor d.com
EMAILS:
Teri Rawson—Rectory Office: strochrectory@gmail.com
Terry Renaud—Rel. Ed. Office: trenaud@parishmail.com
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The Church of Saint Roch, Oxford, MA
From the
Pastor’s Desk
THE FIFTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
July 10, 2016
The Readings for next Sunday, July 17, 2016
Genesis 18:1-10a
Colossians 1:24-28
Luke 10:38-42
My dear parishioners,
Can you believe that it’s the tenth of July? It’s no secret that summer passes quickly. It is time
for a more leisurely pace of life. The staff and I will be away on vacation at various times, hopefully it
will not cause you much inconvenience. I will be away for two consecutive weeks which is something
that I have never done before, but circumstances beyond my control conspired to make this the case. The
person my family rents from on the Cape offered us only the last week of July. We’ve been going there
for many years and all are fond of the location. Then the committed brotherhood that I belong to , The
Fraternity of Priests, scheduled their annual gathering the first week of August in Kansas City, Kansas.
I would usually be very anxious about all of this but I have great confidence in our parish staff
who are so dedicated to the mission of St. Roch’s. To say nothing of the quality of faith and dedication of
many of our parishioners. For instance under the guidance of the staff the various teams have been meeting regularly concerning refreshing our worship space.
Teri Rawson and other members of the team have been contacting companies and individual
craftsmen about painting, lighting and carpeting. The estimates are coming in. But the greatest challenge
for this team is, you guessed it, choosing the colors of paint.
I was given a long page of ideas that have creatively been put forward by the Fundraising Team.
Terry Ann Renaud has excitedly spoken to me about some of the most inventive proposals. Along with
these will come the good old standard direct appeal. You can be sure that we will be hearing more about
this necessary campaign.
Deacon Paul Connolly and I have had regular meetings with the Spiritual Renewal Team talking
to parishioners of other parishes about the tools they have been using successfully to refresh the interior
spiritual space where true worship happens. Hopefully when we begin this in the autumn it will strengthen
the relationship we have with Jesus and give us the desire to invite others to join us.
Wonderfully a fourth team has formed to ensure that we are worshipping in a clean and neat
environment; I am greatly appreciative of the industriousness of the Housekeeping Team. A much fuller
and detailed report will be made at our next General Parish Meeting which will be on Sunday, August 21.
Just as we were completing this week’s bulletin we received word that our parish has met its
goal in the Partners in Charity annual appeal. I will have more to say about this next week but just let me
express my gratitude to all those parishioners who made sacrifices financially to sustain the mission of our
Catholic Church throughout Worcester County.
Let us continue to love one another,
Fr. Roy
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The Church of Saint Roch, Oxford, MA
THE FIFTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
Frank Runyeon Returns to St. Roch
September 10th
Watch for details. Donations to help fund
this event are being accepted at this time.
Frank Runyeon has national acclaim for
his work as a translator and performer of
Biblical texts over the past 20 years performing the gospel for hundreds of thousands of people in almost every state in America. He is perhaps still best
known, however, for his many roles on television. He
starred for seven years as Steve Andropoulos on A s the
World Turns opposite Meg Ryan, garnering the second
highest ratings in the history of daytime television. He
appeared for four years as Father Michael Donnelly on the
Emmy award-winning Santa Barbara, and as tycoon Simon
Romero on General Hospital, opposite Emma
Samms. Frank has also guest-starred in recurring roles on
Falcon Crest as chess genius Jovan Dmytryk, on Melrose
Place as Father Tom, on All My Children as Forrest Williams, and on L.A . LA W as talk-show host Brooks Tapman. He was recently nominated for a Daytime Emmy for
his guest-starring role as Angel on The Y oung & the Restless.
Frank starred as Detective Marty Lowery in the feature
film Sudden Death and as Pierre Lyon in Bolero. He received rave reviews on the New York stage as Hercules in
Aristophanes' The Birds, and in regional theater as Clifford
in Deathtrap and Oliver Costello in The Spider's W eb.
Frank is a graduate of Princeton University with a degree in Religion. After studying acting in New Yor k
and Los Angeles for 15 years, he attended Fuller Seminary
in preparation for the writing and performance of his first
one-man play, A FRA ID!:The Gospel of Mark, (Which he
performed here at St Roch in the 90’s*). He continued his
studies at Yale Divinity School and General Theological
Seminary, receiving a Masters, with honors, in l994. He
workshopped his first productions in cooperation with the
faculty of Holy Cross College in Worcester, MA, and the
University of Dayton.
Frank has now translated and adapted seven Biblical texts
for performance as one-man dramas: The Gospel of Mark:
“AFRAID!”; Sermon on the Mount; The 3 ½ Stories of
Christmas*; The Gospel of John: “SIGNS”; SALT &
LIGHT: a comedy for kids ; The Letter of James: “What
Are You Doing?”; LUKE: Stories on the Road .
Frank is also a popular youth speaker on the subject of the
mass media, using humor to reveal the shortcomings of the
media's world view. His subjects include: Hollywood vs.
Faith: The Struggle to Live Faithfully in the Media Age;
The Man Behind the Curtain (for public schools or prep
schools); Treasure (or Life After Prep School--What They
Don't Tell You). He has spoken at Woodrow Wilson
School at Princeton University, as commencement speaker
at several prep schools, and keynoter at state and national
youth conventions.
Frank is busy writing an autobiographical book: ESCA PE
FROM HOLLYWOOD: An Actor's Unlikely Journey to
Faith, due out next year. He and his wife Annie, live in Los
Angeles with their three children.
July 10, 2016
Adult Education and Enrichment is
always a priority at St Roch’s Religious
Education Office. This Summer from July
through August we will begin a course in
Ecclesiology. (For enrichment or catechist
certification)
Question: "What is Ecclesiology?"
Answer: Ecclesiology is the study of the chur ch. The
word Ecclesiology comes from two Greek words meaning "assembly" and "word" - combining to mean "the
study of the church." The church is the assembly of believers who belong to God. Ecclesiology is crucial to understand God's purpose for believers in the world today.
What is the church? Many people today
understand the church to be a building.
This is not the biblical understanding of
church. The root meaning of “church”
is not that of a building, but of people.
the
What is the purpose of the church? Accor ding to
Scripture, the purpose and activities of the church should
be: (1) teaching Biblical doctrine, (2) providing a place
of fellowship for believers, (3) observing the Lord’s supper, and (4) praying.
Well, it is the purpose St. Roch to do our best in each of
these four activities. So, let’s begin with the study of
church. Those preparing towards certification will be
able to complete this course requirement this summer.
Call Terry Ann Renaud by July 7 to be able to begin
this course with us. 508-987-2382.
The Office of Religious Education will be closed from
July 1st - 10th for vacation. The actual (online) course
will begin July 11th.
RENOVATION, FUNDRAISING
& SPIRITUAL RENEWAL TEAMS
Fundraising Team will meet in the parish center on
Tuesday, July 12th at 6:00 PM.
Spiritual Renewal Team will meet on Wednesday, July
13th at 6:30 PM in the par ish center .
Renovation Team will meet again in the church—date
to be announced.
Attention All
especially those in ministries:
The rectory office is using a new email address—
strochrectory@gmail.com. Ministr y schedules have
been sent out, but with the recent virus infection, many
email addresses were lost. If you have not yet received
your schedule, please email Teri to the above address
and we will update our address book and send you the
schedule. Thank you!
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The Church of Saint Roch, Oxford, MA
THE FIFTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
July 10, 2016
The Family of Friends Vital 3.0 Challenge fr om Mr .
Stoltz’ 7th and 8th grade gave is still on! Many of the
rooms in the building still need a thorough cleaning,
paint and upgraded technology.
The challenge to other groups or families to adopt a
room in the center stands. There are 2 offices, a foyer, 2
hallways, 2 restrooms, 2 smaller rooms with storage,
1 classroom, all have very large windows in need of
new treatments.
Summer is going quickly before we know plans for the
school and college fall semester will be upon us.
Wish list: paint supplies, rags, brushes, rollers, drop
cloths, window coverings and gift cards to Home
Depot, or Walmart. Lots of helping hands and continued tender loving care.
The Religious Ed Office is planning schedules to meet
the needs of our families.
July 11-15 we hope to shampoo all
the carpets.
Below you will find a few dates
to save, the final calendar will
be on the website in August.
Call 508-987-2382 for details on how
you can help, or drop by to check it
out.
The Parent Session on Sunday, September 18 is for parents of children in grades 2 or above who will prepare
for First Sacraments this year, the meeting will be
held in the church hall at 9:40- 10:50 AM during the
regular class time for First Sacrament Candidates will
explain the Reconciliation and Eucharist program for
those Families. Class schedules would be given that
day.
Family of Friends Youth
Ministry hosts a
Pancake Breakfast
July 17, 2016
$4.00 Donation
Benefits The Volleyball
Team
The next Family Gathering is Sunday, September 25 for
Grades K-6 at 9:40-10:50 AM childr en and par ents
will join together for this opening lesson.
The Parent-Student session on Sunday, October 1
for Grades 7-12 in the parish hall at 9:40-10:50 AM is
for junior and senior high students and their parents.
The process of Junior/Senior High Religious Education
and Youth Ministry as well as the guidelines for preparation for Confirmation will be presented.
Vital 3.0 team gathers again on September 10, and
will consistently focus our view on the needs of families with children of all ages.
(The next dates are November 5, 2016, January 28,
2017).
Adult Education and Enrichment
Join the team & plan to help—call for times and
locations or check the upcoming bulletins or website.
(www.strochoxford.com)
July - August 31
Ecclesiology
Let’s transform our ministry to, with, for & by youth.
(For enrichment or catechist certification)
Call 508-987-2382 for information.
Terry Ann Renaud will begin this online cour se on
July 12 for those who wish to monitor 10 AM-12 noon
in the St. Roch Religious Education Office.
Bible Study
Wednesday morning Bible Study
in the Parish Center 9:30 AM.
All are welcome.
Call to find out more about other basic certification
classes at 508-987-2382.
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The Church of Saint Roch, Oxford, MA
THE FIFTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
July 10, 2016
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
This message of mercy is my personal
passion and I hope in this year we can
understand God’s great mercy for all of us.
St Roch’s Volleyball Team
Jesus, the Divine Mercy
Come see us. We play July 11 at 5:45
PM vs. St. Rose of Lima of Northboro at St. Ann’s, North Oxford.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Coach Ed Renaud at 508-949-9092.
“First, do not fight against a temptation by
yourself, but disclose it to the confessor at once,
and then the temptation will lose all its force.
Second, during these ordeals do not lose your
peace; live in My presence; ask My Mother and the
Saints for help. Third, have the certitude that I am
looking at you and supporting you. Fourth, do not
fear either struggles of the soul or any temptations,
because I am supporting you; if only you are willing
to fight, know that the victory is always on your
side. Fifth, know that by fighting bravely you give
Me great glory and amass merits for yourself.
Temptation gives you a chance to show Me your
fidelity. (1560)”
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Fan The Fire Youth Rally 2016
Saturday, August 13, 2016 All Day
Featuring: Steve Angrisano
Steve is one of the most effective and versatile
ministry leaders in the Church today. Those who are
young (and young at heart) embrace the passionate
message of faith, hope and love woven throughout his
music and storytelling. Always rooted in a spirit of humility and faithfulness, with his unique blend of humor,
song, story and interaction he is both a natural and popular at parish, diocesan, national and world-wide
events.
He is a man of deep prayer who is devoted to
his wife Jenni and their three children. He has often
said that he LOVES being Catholic and encourages
each of us to remember that to be holy means to start
where we’re at right now, because we are all called to
be saints.
Location: St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
46 Church Hill Rd, Newtown, CT 06470
Additional Information: Ed Renaud 508-949-9092
I don’t think we understand sin, well not as
G*d sees sin. I love the flow of Jesus’s message this
week. Temptation; who or what tempts you? Sometimes temptation is so imbedded into our hearts that
we can’t even see it anymore. And Jesus, fully
human and understanding our needs, says go to
confession don’t fight it alone. Mary, all the saints,
Jesus Christ and G*d himself are all ready to help
with our struggle. Do not be afraid to call out for it.
But the Devil knows how to work us, hope is powerful and when we lose hope we tend never to cry out
for all that help. Victory is there for the asking,
never being alone with your struggles and then
knowing that through all this pain and suffering we
have shown our G*d our fidelity to him because we
called out for help. I love this message, we beat
ourselves up (I know I do) on every sin, funny, Jesus
never says that. He tells us to ask for help and his
mother and an army of saints will mobilize to your
aid. Hmm, sounds like an army of mercy to our
rescue.
The next Ladies Tea in September
for the Daughters of the K ing
Yes, we ladies of St Roch claim our
birthright as joy-filled daughters of
God, and we had so much joy together
last week that we are already planning
the next Tea. Some volunteers have
already come forward planning what they will do, the
menu, and the ambiance. Tables of six can be reserved
by September 1, 2016. Call 508-987-2382 for Olga.
Let Jesus’ mercy prevail over his just justice,
Deacon Paul
334 CLUB WINNERS — Week 5
# 420 Robert Peterson
# 560 Myriam Marsh
# 214 Markus Schoemer
# 325 Dale Mahota
LOST KEYS?
Keys were found in the cemetery. Please call the rectory
at 508-987-8987 if these might be yours. 508-987-8987.
CONGRATULATIONS !!!
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