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Fr. David Cotter~ Administrator
Terry Nummelin ~ Director of Religious
Education
Rectory: 10 Richards Avenue Paxton, MA 01612
Telephone: 508-755-0408 • Fax: 508-767-0759
Religious Education Office: 508-755-0601
http://www.stcolumbapax.org • email: [email protected]
Pastor’s email: [email protected]
Facebook: @SaintColumbaParish
Instagram: @St_Columba_Parish
SUNDAY MASSES
Saturday Evening 5:00PM, Sunday Morning 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM
WEEKDAY MASSES
6:00PM (Monday & WEDNESDAY)
8:00AM (TUESDAY & THURSDAY)
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Confessions are heard on Saturday at 4:15PM
Any other time is by appointment.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
Please call the office for instructions and a Baptismal date.
SACRAMENT OF MATRIMORY
Please call the office when you become engaged
BULLETIN DEADLINE
Friday 12:00 PM
WELCOME TO NEW PARISHIONERS
Please introduce yourselves. We want to know and serve you.
We hope you become an active part of our Parish Community.
CHURCH OF ST. COLUMBA PAXTON, MA
PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL THE SICK
AND IN A SPECIAL WAY FOR
Muriel Walsh, Dan Daignault, Eric Henault,
Doris Metilly, Mellissa Angiolillo,
Garry Power, Jackie Cook,
Blake George Murawski, Barbara Englander,
Ginny Bean, Patrick Remington,
Aline Riedle, Robert Mertig, Christina Marden,
Patricia Jones, Elena & Paul Coffey,
for all those sick with the coronavirus
Partners In Charity
Thank you to all our parishioners who have made
their gift to the 2020 Partners in Charity Appeal. To
date our Parish has responded with approximately
$35,810 towards our goal of $39,900. If you have not
yet made a gift or pledge, you may do so on line by
visiting www.partners-charity.net to complete an
online gift or pledge. You may also mail your gift or
pledge to St. Columba Parish. Partners in Charity is
the Annual Appeal for the Diocese of Worcester,
serving 28 charitable, educational, and pastoral
ministries. Through your generous support we are
able to serve thousands of families and individuals in
Worcester County through outreach, formation,
evangelization, and worship. Thank you!
WORSHIP SCHEDULE
SATURDAY– AUGUST 1
ST
9:00a.m.-Rosary
5:00p.m. -Mass For Joan Benoit
First Anniversary
Requested by the Benoit Family
SUNDAY – AUGUST 2
ND
8:00a.m. -Mass
10:00a.m. -Mass __
MONDAY – AUGUST 3
RD
6:00p.m.-Mass __
TUESDAY-AUGUST 4
TH
8:00a.m.-Mass For Paul Bergin Jr_
WEDNESDAY – AUGUST 5
TH
6:00p.m.Mass __
THURSDAY – AUGUST 6
TH
8:00a.m.-Mass __
FRIDAY – AUGUST 7
TH
NO MORNING MASS
SATURDAY – AUGUST 8
TH
9:00a.m. -Rosary
5:00p.m. -Mass For Eileen Toomey
Fifth Anniversary
Requested by the Children
SUNDAY - AUGUST 9
TH
8:00a.m. -Mass For Sophie Tomasino
Fourth Anniversary
Requested by the Family
10:00a.m. -Mass For Alice Falcone
Requested by Her Daughter Pam & Family
Mass Online and TV
The 10a.m. Mass is being live-streamed every Sunday
on St. Columba’s website at:
https://stcolumbapax.org/livestream and on the
St. Columba Facebook page at:
https://www.facebook.com/SaintColumba Parish/. If
the live-stream has not started at 10a.m., you may
need to refresh/reload the page.
The Mass can also be watched on Paxton Cable
Channel 192 on Sunday and Monday at 4pm, 6pm and
8p.m.
The Rosary is recited every Saturday
at 9a.m. in the Church.
He said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them
to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds.
They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up
the fragments left over--twelve wicker baskets full.
Those who ate were about five thousand men, not
counting women and children. - Mt 14:19c-21
Excerpts from the Lectionary for Mass ©2001, 1998,
1970 CCD.
THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Weekly Offertory Collection
Our parish budget requires $4,000 weekly to meet
our expenses. For the week of July 26
th
we received
$1696. Thank you for your continued and generous
support of our parish.
If you wish to make a weekly direct deposit to the
parish, please refer to the instructions on the
parish website listed under the “DONATE” tab at
www.stcolumbapax.org.
Religious Education Update
What does the future hold for religious
education this fall? As we consider plans for
September, we are thinking about several
options. These include in-person and online
approaches.
To aid us in our discussions, we need to know
how many families are registering their
children for classes. A registration form has
been sent home through Flocknotes to
families who previously registered children in
the program last year. The registration form is
also available on the church website.
https://stcolumbapax.org
Parochial School
If your son/daughter attends Parochial School
and will be entering into Gr. 2 or Gr. 11 in the
fall of 2020 they need to register in their home
parish in preparation for Reconciliation and
Eucharist, Grade 2, and Confirmation,
Grade 11
Registration
2020-2021
GOSPEL MEDITATION
August 2, 2020
18
th
Sunday in Ordinary Time
Many people in our world are hungry and thirsty. This
hunger and thirst go well beyond physical needs for
food, security, and shelter. Many are emotionally and
spiritually parched, too. Behind every act of violence is
a soul who hungers. People live with relationships
that actually starve them. They are abused, exploited,
disrespected, laughed at, and marginalized. There is a
lot of confusion and inner pain that needs to be
acknowledged and expressed. We all long to be
understood and loved, even when our inner demons or
who I am make it difficult to be. Do you live with
inner confusion and pain? Folks often wander through
life without any real direction or purpose and take
their cues from what seems satisfying or popular at
the moment. The deeper dots of our lives can easily
remain unconnected, and we can find ourselves
without grounding, purpose, or real happiness. Life
becomes shallow and without real purpose as we
hunger and thirst for an ultimate love.
It’s easier to see the physical hungers and thirsts. We
try to respond to these as best we can. Much more
needs to be done. With all that God’s earth can
provide, nobody ought to face sleep at night with a
belly that’s empty. It’s sinful. It’s unjust. But isn’t all
hunger unjust? It doesn’t need to be, and it should not
be. Just as no one ought to be physically hungry and
thirsty, there is really no need to be emotionally or
spiritually deficient either. If we have more privileges
at our fingertips, it is easier to try to satisfy our
emotional and spiritual hungers and thirst by acting
on impulse or self-indulgence, carelessly following
passions, or by seeking self-destructive ways to dull
the ache of emptiness.
Folks need to know where to look for nourishment
and need the right friends to help them find it. We
may not think that we have enough to respond to and
to satisfy all of the needs, but we do. It doesn’t take
much. Five loaves and two fish provided for a huge
crowd. With God, all things are possible. Our faith
provides the direction for where God’s children must
go to find the nourishment they seek. It also tells us
how to structure life so that justice and equity can be
a reality for all. It also tells us how to respond to pain,
sinfulness, and confusion. Come to the water and then
help another get there. ©LPi
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