Sacred Heart Parish Bulletin - Sunday, June 05, 2005

On Monday, May 30th the Parish Pastoral Councils of Sacred Heart and Saint Brigid’s parishes met for the first time as the Catholic Community of Lexington. Our team of pastoral planners, two from each parish, included Richard Galehouse, Kathleen Blanchard, Paul Ross and Pat Romeo-Gilbert. What a marvelous presentation of the draft version of the pastoral plan followed by discussion and acceptance. The pastoral plan gives all of us knowledge of the steps we will have to take in order to renew us and transform us. As someone has defined it, “Strategic planning provides a framework for the improvement and restructuring of programs management collaboration and evaluation of the organization’s purpose.”

The Pastoral Plan has the potential to transform and renew the life of both parishes. It will identify new possibilities, pose new questions, possibly upset old views, and may even predicate painful decisions.

The Council members have been given the task of creating a vision of what the Catholic Community might look like. They are to ask as many parishioners as possible what their vision might be. Later we will have a survey of parishioners and open gatherings of parishioners. The Council members have also to contact various ministry committee people to determine the state of each parish and begin to describe who we are.

No fixed future awaits us; there are a myriad of possibilities for the future. Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we can do much to shape our future. Each parishioner will have to contribute to the process of pastoral planning. This will require active involvement in a broad, consultative process.

Tensions, both healthy and unhealthy, exist regarding the values of the world in which we live and the truths and values that are ours as Catholics. In addition, we often find tensions between what we say we value and what we actually do and in deciding what may have to be added, revised, or eliminated in ministry for our two parishes.

In order to be fruitful in what we are about to undertake we need to be united as the people of God, willing to abide by needed changes even though they may be difficult to accept and willing to work in the mission and ministries that continue the work of Christ in this place and at this time.

Congratulations to Father Colletti on his new assignment at Pastor of the Catholic Community of Lexington! There will be a formal installation and celebration in the Fall!

This week we ask you to pray for those who are ill, including, Brianna Cimino, Marisol O’Brien, Peter Bellini, Rosemary Harvey, Regina Jones, Andrea Hynes, Joyce Amos, Regina Wingard, Erin McMehon, Maria Aguis, George Beck, Dr. Kenneth Spengler, Josephine Murphy, Peter Bugda, Norma Berstein, Rob Morway, Patricia Hassett, Paul McCann, William Francis, Lillian Davenport, James Fontaini, Henri Fradette, William Blair, Agatha Pals, Kath Rodriegas, Nancy Driscoll, Dante DiManna, Margie Levine, Doug Phillips, Andrew Day, Peggy Sue Grow, Mary Serpa, Deborah Miller, Dorothy Lee, William MacKinnon, Mary Jefferson, Elizabeth Conte, Eleanor Lowe, Shane McCarthy, Mildred Wood, Violet Caldaroni, Frank Cote, James Bresnahan, Ann Mulray, Rita Mahan, Jackie Sullivan, Jean Babbin, Gerard Sarno, Dorothy Grant, Paul Pantano, Fran Ressetar, Cecelia Hines, Margaret Wright, Renee Chapman, , Edward Borden, Christine Gainer, Chris Ann Colletti, Helen McLaughlin, Paul Doherty, Jorge Loayza, Lauren Forgette, Chuck Kiernan, Margaret Coughlin, John McCarthy, Don Sabatand, Claire McDonough, Julia Gillis, Laura Mac Aulay, Alyssa Frazer, Bill Graham, Bob Remeika, Edward Semanko, Matthew Gablor, Mary Hosford, Willie Smith, Jane Eastham, Joseph Coppola, Betty White, Barbara DeVitte, Erika Faro, Fran Gallitano, Bernis Whalen, Linda Whitcomb, Bob Blouin, and Dorothy Barton. Also please pray for Mary Penta and Paul Doherty, father of Kate Doherty both of whom died this past week.

Flowers for this weekend were donated in memory of Mark David Nolan by Louise Nolan

Attention Eucharistic Ministers

Principal Ministers for Sunday 7AM Mass during the months of July and August are needed. There is a schedule posted in the working sacristy. Please sign up for one or more weeks as your schedule allows.

C.R.E.A.

Sr. Ruth’s Social Justice Group will meet tomorrow, June 6th, in St. Brigid’s Library at 7:00pm

Young At Heart Concert

The Young At Heart Chorus invites you to their annual spring concert of varied selections on June 14th at 2:00pm. Please come and enjoy the afternoon of fellowship celebrated in song. Refreshments will be served.

2005 Catholic Appeal

Once again, we want to thank everyone who has participated in the 2005 Catholic Appeal. Our parish has raised $17,080 from 50 donors, reaching 29% of our parish goal of $58,300. We still have many people who have not given this year. We hope you decide to contribute. There are many agencies that are supported by this annual appeal. Without you, they will not be able to do their charitable work.

Holy Humor

A father was approached by his small son who told him proudly, “I know what the Bible means!” His father smiled and replied, “What do you mean, you ‘know’ what the Bible means?” The son replied, “I do know!” “Okay,” said his father, “What does the Bible mean?” That’s easy, Daddy.” The young boy replied excitedly, “It stands for ‘Basic Information Before Leaving Earth.’”

The 8th Annual Golf Classic will be held on Monday, June 13, 2005 at the Windham Country Club in Windham, N. H. beginning at 1:30PM. Golf Flyers are available at all the exits of St Brigid Church and Sacred Heart Church for those who would like to participate as a player or as a sponsor.

The St. Brigid’s Golf Committee will once again offer parishioners the opportunity to contribute to the support of the Youth Ministry Scholarship Fund with a Television Raffle. (TV is a 27” flat screen Samsung). Raffle Tickets, selling for a dollar per ticket will be on sale after all the Masses at both St. Brigid and Sacred Heart Parishes on the weekends of June 4/5 and June 11/12. The winning ticket will be drawn after the 11AM Mass on June 12th.

The youth from the Catholic Community of Lexington will be going White Water Rafting in June. An information night is planned for June 6th at 7:00pm in the youth room. The trip is from June 10th to the 12th.

June 20th will be the last Youth Group meeting until the Fall. The meeting begins at 7:00pm at St. Brigid’s.

Bible Study Group

There will be a Bible Study group beginning in September on Wednesday evenings with hospitality at 7:00 and Bible Study at 7:30 at the Trinity Covenant Church. This year the group will be studying the Book of Acts. For more information, please call Lisa Cimino, 781-275-4444 or Eunice Laffey, 617-484-9692.

We congratulate high school students from the Catholic Community of Lexington who received scholarships last Sunday funded by the Golf Tournament and the Msgr. Keilty Memorial Fund. We list them and the colleges they will attend.

Food Pantry

This weekend, June 4th & 5th we will have our monthly food pantry collection. This month the food collected will be donated to the Lexington Food Pantry.

Thought for the Week

Don’t cry because it’s over.
Smile because it happened!

Sacred Heart Parish Bulletin - Sunday, June 05, 2005