St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church 183 Sayles Ave. - Box 188, Pascoag, Rhode Island 02859-0188

Telephone: (401) 568-2411 • Fax: (401) 568-2586 Email: stjosephpascoag@cox.net

Website: www.stjosephri.org

Parish Staff Rev. Peter John Sheehan, Pastor Rev. Clifford Cabral, Pastor Emeritus Mrs. Judy Murphy, Church Administrative Assistant Mrs. Kerri Caduto, Religious Education Coordinator

Mass Schedule Saturday: 5:30 PM Sunday: 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM Daily: Mon & Wed 8:00 AM First Friday: 8:00 AM Odd Numbered Months Holy Day: 8:00 AM & 7:00 PM Check Bulletin for locations

Confessions After 5:30 PM Saturday at St. Joseph’s or

3:15 PM – 3:45 PM Saturday at St. Patrick's Or by appointment

Baptism Baptisms are the 4th Sunday of each month during the 11:00 AM Mass. Please call the parish office in advance to

schedule an appointment with Fr. Sheehan to arrange for your child’s Baptism.

Marriage For Marriage Preparation please call the rectory at least 6 months in advance.

Anointing of the Sick For Anointing or Last Rites please call the Rectory.

Our Parish Mission Statement As a Christian Faith Community, we the People of St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church of Pascoag, RI, acknowledge God’s Blessings and strive to live out the Great Commandments to “love God with all our mind, heart, body, and soul” and “to love our neighbor as ourselves.” Through the sacraments and with the Holy Spirit as our guide we seek to witness to and celebrate the kingdom of God among us; through service, healing and reconciling love.

14th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Cycle C

July 3, 2016

Stewardship Thoughts (Time/Talent/Treasure). How can I help with God’s harvest? Am I called into the field? Am I one who could provide food or shelter or wages to those who toil in the fields of the Lord? Sat 5:30 In Memory of Irving A. Farrell, Jr. July 2 (13th Anniversary) by his Family Sun 8:00 In Memory of Veronica Bonin July 3 (10th Anniversary) by her Family Sun 11:00 In Memory of William Cree (4th Anniversary) by his Wife Jane Mon In Memory of Marie Lavoie July 4 (23rd Anniv.) by Pauline & Ron Lemieux Wed 8:00 In Memory of Arline O’Rourke & July 6 Nicholas Ryan Silva by their Family Sat 5:30 In Memory of Helen F. Fortin July 9 (5th Anniversary) by her Family Sun 8:00 In Memory of Mary & Paul Tanguay July 10 by their Family Sun 11:00 In Memory of Robert Patenaude by the O’Rourke Family

SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR THE WEEK

SUN Is 66:10-14c Gal 6:14-18 Lk 10:1-12, 17-20 MON Hos 2:16, 17b-18, 21-22 Mt 9:18-26 TUE Hos 8:4-7, 11-13 Mt 9:32-38 WED Hos 10:1-3, 7-8, 12 Mt 10:1-7 THU Hos 11:1-4, 8c-9 Mt 10:7-15 FRI Hos 14:2-10 Mt 10:16-23 SAT Is 6:1-8 Mt 10:24-33 Independence Day. The Rectory will be closed on Monday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. Have a safe and enjoyable holiday. God bless the USA!

The Parish Families of St. Joseph's & St. Patrick's wish to extend congratulations to Reverend Peter John Sheehan on his 12th year Anniversary to priestly ordination.

June 26, 2004 – June 26, 2016 May God Bless you always!

“Support your Priests with your love and prayers, that they may always be Shepherds after Christ’s Heart.” –

Pope Francis

The Sanctuary-Tabernacle Lamp will burn this week in Memory of

Joseph A. Fortin (Birthday Remembrance).

Financial Update

6/26/2016 Regular Collection ..................................$2,561.00 Mail In’s .........................................................326.00 Total .........................................................2,887.00 Jacob’s Gift (Parish Outreach) ......................25.00 Candles ............................................................28.00 Monthly Collection..........................................57.00 Catholic Charity Appeal to Date ............15,411.00 This week’s 2nd collection is the Monthly Parish Collection. Each week, our parish requires a minimum of $3,850.00 to meet our budgeted expenses. If you miss Mass for any reason, we kindly ask you to make up your missed budget envelopes. Thank you for your generosity. On the weekend of July 16th & 17th, the Sisters of Mercy, who are known for their many ministries in the Diocese of Providence & also minister in Belize and Honduras in Central America, will be visiting our parishes. In Belize, the Sisters sponsor St. Catherine Academy for girls as well as Mercy Clinic that provides food, prayer, health care for the elderly & home visitations. The Sisters also work in parishes and community colleges. In Honduras, the Sisters sponsor Maria Regina High School for boys and girls in La Ceiba. They also sponsor a holistic clinic and education center for women and a home, Casa Corazon de Misericordia for children who are HIV positive, Weaver of Dreams Center to assist women in establishing businesses, helping them to grow professionally. Please offer a warm welcome to these wonderful, faithful servants of God. Volunteers Needed for the St. Patrick Food Pantry. The St. Patrick Food Pantry is seeking teenaged volunteers to offer their services on every other Monday evening during the summer months—carrying groceries to cars and/or assisting in other ways. Participation will be credited toward community service hours required for Confirmation. The distribution dates for summer 2016 are: Tuesday, July 5 Monday, July 18 Monday, August 1, August 15, August 29 For further details, please call St. Patrick’s Rectory at 568-5600, Monday-Friday, 8 am – 12 pm. “The interior joy we feel when we have done a good deed is the nourishment the soul requires.” Albert Schweitzer 958-St. Joseph Church page 1

The Hour of Divine Mercy

Because Jesus died on the Cross for us at 3 p.m., every day between 3 and 4 in the afternoon is known as the hour of Great Mercy. During this hour, Jesus asked St. Faustina to pray the Stations of the Cross, provided her duties permitted it. But Jesus went on to say:

“As often as you hear the clock strike the third hour [the hour of Christ’s death], immerse yourself completely in My mercy, adoring and glorifying it; invoke its omnipotence for the whole world, and particularly for poor sinners...In this hour you can obtain everything for yourself and for others for the asking” (Diary 1572).

What Jesus wants above all through this devotion is that we recall His sacrifice of love. He wants us to think about what He did for us on the Cross.

Jesus also promised, “This is the hour of great mercy for the whole world. I will refuse nothing to the soul that makes a request of Me in virtue of my Passion” (Diary 1320).

Thus, we can look at this hour as a kind of mini-Mercy Sunday that arrives every day. So, it’s a great time to pray for our loved ones, especially for the conversion of unrepentant sinners, and to recite the Chaplet of Divine Mercy.

This message of Divine Mercy is nothing new, just a reminder of what the Church has always taught: that God is merciful and forgiving and that we, too, must show mercy and forgiveness. However, in the Divine Mercy devotion, the message takes on a powerful new focus, calling people to a deeper understanding that God’s love is unlimited and available to everyone- especially the greatest of sinners.

In the words of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, “Divine Mercy is not a secondary devotion, but an integral dimension of Christian faith and prayer.”

Jesus, I trust in you!

In Christ, Rev. Peter John Sheehan

Prayer Ministry: Would you like to join the “prayer warriors” of St. Joseph’s parish? Do you know someone who could use a special prayer? Or would you like someone to pray for you? If so, please call Rita at 568-7058 or Pauline at 568-5644. Mount St. Charles Fine Arts Summer Camp. A 2-week, full-day, co-ed summer program at Mt. St. Charles, Woonsocket will be held for all children entering grades 5-10. July 18-29 8 am – 4 pm, Monday - Friday. More than 100 classes in art, dance, music, drama, Robotics, Geocaching, & archery. Tuition ($350) includes materials. For information: http://www.mountsaintcharles.org/fineartssummercamp St. Patrick Cemetery - Pre-Arrangement. The numerous decisions that must be made following the death of a loved one can prove burdensome, especially in planning a funeral and burial in a short span of time. Please consider pre-arrangement to ease the burden in the midst of grief. The following is a current price list of cemetery plots: Single Plot $ 950.00 Two-Burial Plots 1,700.00 Three-Burial Plots 2,500.00 Four-Burial Plots 3,300.00 For further information, please contact St. Patrick’s Rectory, 568-5600, Mon-Fri, 8 am–12 pm, regarding the purchase of cemetery burial plots in advance. New and Returning Parishioners are Always Welcome! There’s an old saying that goes, “Once a Catholic, always a Catholic.” Maybe you have been away from the Church for a little while or for quite some time, but now you feel a tug at your heart calling you back to the Catholic Church. Listen to that tug. It’s your Heavenly Father reaching His arms out to you, the Holy Spirit whispering in your ear, hoping to draw you home (source: www.catholicscomehome.org). If you wish to join (or rejoin) St. Joseph’s Parish, please introduce yourself to Fr. Sheehan after any Mass. He will guide you through the registration process.

Optional Online Giving Program. We have partnered with “Parish Giving” (John Patrick Publishing’s program for electronic giving—“Enhancing Stewardship through

Electronic Funds Transfer”) to offer a simple, secure, and convenient online giving program. Simply log on to the church’s website at http://stjosephri.org, click on the Parish Giving Logo, and follow the easy registration instructions. If you require assistance, please call the Rectory (Mon-Thu, 9 am-5 pm, 568-2411). We will happy to help you. 958-St. Joseph Church page 2

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