MARCH 18/FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT

Parish & Religious Education Staff

Rev. Msgr. John P. Quinn Pastor (ext. 113)

Rev. David A. Harris Parochial Vicar (ext. 117)

Sr. Rosemary Crowley Pastoral Associate ( ext. 125) Paula O’Grady Office Manager (ext. 123) Jacklynn LaRose Bookkeeper (ext. 119)

Bernadette Berry Receptionist (ext.110) Larry Sott Director of Music

Organists: Gerald Leblond (880-8474) Justin McCarthy (488-5505)

Mark Lajoie 9 am Contemp. Choir (206-5966 )

Aimee Seiler Family Faith Director (ext. 112)

Gertrude Hammond Director Grades 1-6 (ext. 134)

Carrie Soucy Grs. 7-10 Director and Youth Minister (ext. 124)

ST. ELIZABETH SETONST. ELIZABETH SETONST. ELIZABETH SETONST. ELIZABETH SETON

CATHOLIC CHURCHCATHOLIC CHURCHCATHOLIC CHURCHCATHOLIC CHURCH

190 Meetinghouse Road Bedford, NH 03110-6027 Phone: (603) 669-7444 Fax: (603) 644-5371 E-Mail: sesparish@comcast.net

St. Elizabeth Seton Parish is a loving, welcoming community of worshippers in the Catholic tradition. Our mission is to share the Good News of Christ

through the celebration of sacraments, liturgy, and unconditional service to all. We welcome all visitors to our Parish. We hope that you will experience our

love for God and neighbor. If you are new to our community, we are grateful to the Lord for your presence.

Saturday, March 17

4:30 pm Thomasina A. Kelly Eugene Carlin

Sunday, March 18

7:30 am Barbara Ivey (13th Anniversary)

Gail Cote

9:00 am William Moquin Donald Padfield

10:30 am Jake Andersen Gail Cote

12:00 pm Erna Lojmand Maurice Hebert

Monday, March 19

7:30 am Sylvia DeSantis Veryl Blakely

Tuesday, March 20

7:30 am A Special Intention John Wallace

Wednesday, March 21

5:30 pm Edward & Catherine Fahey

Thursday, March 22

7:30 am The living & deceased members of our Parish

Friday, March 23

7:30 am Frank Fraitzl 1st Anniversary

Saturday, March 24

4:30 pm Doris Cormier

Sunday, March 25

7:30 am Henry, Rita & Amanda Camirand

9:00 am Frank Fraitzl (1st Anniversary)

10:30 am Eva Morin Gene Garlin

12:00 pm Winifred Meehan 10th Anniversary

SAINT ELIZABETH SETON PARISH

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Offertory Collection

Weekend of March 10-11, 2018 Envelopes (642) $11,987.29 Loose $ 3,290.37 Grand Total $18,489.89 Bishops Overseas Appeal - CRS 2018 $ 3,519.00

Weekend of March 11-12, 2017 $19,894.55 Bishops Overseas Appeal - CRS 2017 $ 3,474.00

We Remember

Robert Richard

Who entered new and eternal life in Christ. Our parish condolences are extended to his family.

Grant to all our dearly departed eternal rest, O Lord, and may your light shine on

them forever. Amen.

Mass Schedule

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 7:30 am Wednesday 5:30 pm

Saturday Vigil 4:30 pm Sunday 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 am & 12 pm Holy Days 7:30 am, 12:10 & 7 pm

Adoration Thursday 8:00 am - 9:00 am

~During Lent ~ On Wednesdays: Rosary - 5:00 pm, Mass - 5:30 pm, Adoration 6pm - 7pm

Sisters of Holy Cross Fundraiser

The 5th annual fundraiser for Mary Gate of

Heaven Orphanage in Haiti, founded by

Sr. Claire Daneau, an American Sister of

Holy Cross is this weekend. Representatives

of the Sisters will have raffle calendars available

after each Mass. By purchasing a raffle calendar

at a cost of $10.00 each or six for $50.00, you

are providing for the educational needs of 54

children. From April 1 through April 30, a

total of $2500.00 will be given away.

Thank you for helping “Claire’s Kids”.

Chris Leaver & Alicia Johnson I

BEDFORD

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CONFESSIONS Saturday, March 24th from 12 - 4:00 pm

and Monday, March 26th

11 am - 1 pm and 5 pm - 7 pm

MASSES Palm-Passion Sunday

Saturday, March 24th at 4:30 pm Sunday, March 25th at 7:30 am, 9:00 am,

10:30 am & 12 noon, Monday, March 26th at 7:30 am Tuesday, March 27th at 7:30 am

Wednesday, March 28th at 5:30 pm

Holy Thursday, March 29th

No Morning Mass Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7:00 pm

Good Friday, March 30th No Morning Mass

Celebration of the Lord’s Passion at 3:00 pm

Holy Saturday, March 31st No Morning Mass - No 4:30 pm Mass

Easter Vigil Liturgy at 7:00 pm

Easter Sunday, April 1st

Masses at 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:30 am and 12:00 noon

(there will be additional Masses at 9:00 am & 10:30 am in the Parish Activity Center

Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast Sunday, March 25, 2018

All members of the parish are cordially invited to the Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, March 25th after the 7:30, 9:00 and 10:30 am Masses. This breakfast is in support of the parish youth group

who will be ending their Lenten Fast on Sunday, March 25.

All members of the parish are invited!

Fish Fry Every Friday evening during the season of Lent

Cost: $8.00 – adults $5.00 – children under 12

Serving 5:30 – 6:45 p.m. in the Parish Activity Center.

BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY AND ENJOY A WONDERFUL LENTEN MEAL!

Women’s

Guild

The Women’s Guild will be holding bake

sales at the Fish Dinners. Delicious,

lovingly baked whole cakes, pies, and breads will be

available to purchase and enjoy!

Stations of the Cross

will be held

every Friday at

7:00 pm during the

season of Lent.

Save the Date

Saturday May 5, 2018 Cinco de Mayo Parish Family Celebration

Presented by St. Elizabeth Seton Club Additional Information to follow in Future Bulletins

UPCOMING EVENTSUPCOMING EVENTSUPCOMING EVENTSUPCOMING EVENTS

Save the Date Saturday, April 14, 2018 @ 7:00 pm

WINE, CHOCOLATE, CHEESE & DESSERTS

PARISH SOCIAL

Additional Information to follow in Future Bulletins

FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT

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Until Help Arrives St. Elizabeth Seton Parish, with help from the Bedford Fire Department, and the Bedford Community Emergency

Response Team (CERT), is proud to present the Until Help Arrives program. The program sponsored by the Women’s Guild will be presented in the Church Hall on Tuesday, March 20th at 6:30 PM and is open to all

parishioners. For questions, please call Donna at 471-0528.

This unique program, developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is intended to educate the public on how to save lives, provide care and take action until professional help arrives in the event of an

emergency.

It will be delivered by an Emergency Medical Technician from the Bedford Fire Department who will present, based on real-world experience, how to safely take the steps that have the capability to save lives. Life threatening emergencies can happen anywhere - on the road, in the neighborhood, at home, and even in church. Studies show

that proper action, executed quickly, can have significant positive effects. We can’t always depend on first re-sponders to quickly come to our aid. In many cases, YOU are the help, until help arrives.

During this Lenten journey, our

parish community has prayed,

fasted, and given alms with a

special focus on the poorest

members of our global community.

Through our Lenten prayers and

donations, we have touched the lives

of millions of people served by Catholic Relief

Services, our representative to the poorest

communities in the world.

Rice Bowls will be collected next weekend,

March 24th-25th.

Thank you for your generosity!

From the Pastor’s Desk I am very pleased to inform you that a couple from our parish has made a very generous donation to the parish for the purpose of establishing a scholarship assistance fund for deserving high school seniors as they prepare for college. A committee, composed of several parishioners, will work with me in making the award(s) to deserving student(s). They must be parishioners of the parish, who are deemed to have been ac-tive within the parish and in any other activities that are of a “service to others nature” and best exemplify the characteristics of outstanding young Catholics in their personal, school, church and community life. Further information regarding this scholarship fund will be forthcoming in the next few weeks. I am indeed most grateful to the couple who have made such a thoughtful gift to help recognize

the wonderful and outstanding young people of our parish. Should any other parishioners wish to

contribute to this fund, please contact me at your convenience.

The Knights of Columbus 40 Cans for Lent

will be collected next weekend, Palm Sunday weekend, (March 24th -25th).

Monetary donations gladly accepted and will be used to purchase food.

Food that is shelf-stable is requested. Collect items such as peanut butter, canned

vegetables, soup, canned tuna or chicken, pasta, and pasta sauces.

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MARCH 18, 2018

Connect with the youth & young adult ministries

@YouthSESnh @youth_ses_nh @youth_ses

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday

March 18 Gr. 9 - Conf. I 4-7 pm

March 19 Gr’s 1-6 4:15 - 5:15 pm

March 20 Gr’s 1-6 4:15 - 5:15 pm

March 21 Gr’s 1-6 4:15 - 5:15 pm

March 25 EDGE - Gr’s 7&8 4-7pm

March 26 Gr’s 1-6 4:15 - 5:15 pm

March 27 Gr’s 1-6 4:15 - 5:15 pm

March 28 Gr’s 1-6 4:15 - 5:15 pm

Religious Education Schedule

If Bedford Public Schools are cancelled there will be no Religious Education classes.

St. Elizabeth Seton 2018

24-Hour Fast

Our 24-hour fast retreat for high school

teens will take place on Saturday, March 24. As part of the FAST, we are teaming up with Catholic Relief Services and Helping Hands to produce over 10,000 meal paks to be

shipped to Burkina Faso, Africa. During the retreat, teens will also hear about local

agencies serving those in need and engage in works of mercy.

We invite all parishioners to participate in the FAST in the following ways.

*PLEASE pray for our fasters!

*Consider volunteering in some way . . we need helpers for different activities during the 24-hours. *donate your plastic grocery bags. One of the activities will be to assemble plarn (plastic yarn made from grocery bags to be used by the Prayer Shawl Ministry to make sleeping mats for the homeless). Boxes will be placed in the Narthex and activity center to place your donations.

*donate and/or participate in the Help-ing Hands event with our teens.

For more details, please contact Carrie Soucy, the youth minister, at sescarrie@comcast.net.

Love is the

ST. MARTHA GUILD March 18, 2018 - Team III

Parish Activities Basketball Program .………….…...Jay Brewster (488-1333) Parish Nurse Program……...Diana Niemann (668-8490) Knights of Columbus ……......Michael Pitaro (714-4100) Women’s Guild ……………….…….Cathy Lodico (714-9054) Bobbie White (471-9095) Seton Club ……………...……………...….Bill Toolin (472-5428) Cub Scouts……………………………..…....Dan Jobin (644-0159)

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

Every Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m

Coffee, Pastries and Juice (Sept – June)

Available in the Church Hall after the 7:30, 9:00 and 10:30 a.m. Masses. All are welcome.

Fix-It Team

The goal of the Fix-It Team is to keep the home environment a safe and healthy place. If someone is in need of assistance,

contact the Parish Office.

Prayer Line

Please call Rosemary at 623-3925 or Lorraine at 472-3020 with special prayer needs.

FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT

Sacrament of Reconciliation Every Saturday from 3:15-4:00 pm, or

by appointment

Sacrament of Baptism Second and last Sunday of every month

at 1:30 pm. Call the Parish Office at 669-7444 to schedule

Sacrament of Matrimony Diocesan policy states that the couple must contact the

parish priest at least six months before the intended wedding date, prior to

making any other arrangements.

If you have a family member who is currently serving in any branch of the Armed Forces, we would like to include them in our bulletin so that parishioners can include them in their prayers. Please call the Parish Office at 669-7444.

Sunday: Jer 31:31-34/Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 14-15 [12a]/Heb 5:7-9/Jn 12:20-33 Scrutiny: Ez 37:12-14/Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8/Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 [7]/Rom 8:8-11/Jn 11:1-45 or Jn 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45 Monday: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16/Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27, 29 [37]/Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22/Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9/Ps 102:2-3, 16-18, 19-21 [2]/Jn 8:21-30 Wednesday: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95/Dn 3: 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 [52b]/Jn 8:31-42 Thursday: Gn 17:3-9/Ps 105:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [8a]/Jn 8:51-59 Friday: Jer 20:10-13/Ps 18:2-3a, 3bc-4, 5-6, 7 [cf. 7]/Jn 10:31-42 Saturday: Ez 37:21-28/Jer 31:10, 11-12abcd, 13 [cf. 10d]/Jn 11:45-56 ©Liturgical Publications Inc.

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Readings for the week of March 18, 2018

Bedford Lions Club 40th Annual

PANCAKES & SAUSAGE BREAKFAST Olde Town Hall

10 Meetinghouse Rd., Bedford

Sunday, March 25th from 7:30 - 11:30 am

Tickets available at the door or from Bedford Lions Club members.

Adults $7.00 Children (5-10) $5.00 Under 5 Free

Benefit: Bedford Lions Charitable Foundation, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit

Added feature: Take a picture with the Easter bunny! Suggested donation $5.00

Benefit the Steven-Buswell Community Ctr. Project

St. Elizabeth Seton Club Presents WINE, CHOCOLATE,

CHEESE & DESSERTS PARISH SOCIAL

Saturday, April 14, 2018 @ 7:00 pm

Downstairs in the CHURCH HALL

Price of Admission: Bring a favorite bottle of wine

to share with all for tasting.

RSVP: RSVP: RSVP: RSVP: Please Call the Parish Office @ 669-7444 by Tuesday April 10th

so we may order enough snacks & chocolate.

Come Enjoy an Evening of Tasty Treats with your

Parish Family & Friends. Adults Only.