103 Walker Street, Manchester, NH 03102

OFFICE HOURS

Monday—Friday 9am to 12 pm; 1:30 to 4pm

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Saint Raphael Parish

Welcome to the Benedictine Catholic Community of

PARISH OFFICE 603.623.2604

PASTORAL TEAM & SUPPORT STAFF

Rev. Jerome Joseph Day, O.S.B., Ph.D., Pastor

Kerri Stanley, Parish Secretary, Director of Liturgy Nina Lukens, Catechetical Coordinator

Therese Dame, Religious Education Consultant

Dorene Turner, Director of Food Pantry & Hope Chest

Ray Clement, Director of Facilities Don Provencher, Facilities Assistant

Lyle Hamel, Director of Choir & Principal Organist

Jonathan Cote, Gerry LeBlond, Organists

Tom Larson et al., Catholic Basics Choir;

Amber Byron, Judy Costigan, Erin McCahon, Caresse Mailloux, Melanie

Noonan, Cantors

@SaintRaphaelParish

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Founded in 1888, Saint Raphael is a Roman Catho-lic parish, confided to the care of the Benedictine monks of Saint Anselm Abbey, in the Diocese of Manchester. The first Benedictine foundation in New England, the parish is a tithing community, endeavoring to return to the Lord in time, treasure and talent some of the blessings He bestows upon us. The parish strives to return 10 percent, the bibli-

cal standard, of gifts it receives to outside charities.

DAILY LITURGY SCHEDULE

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: 12 noon

Thursday: 8:30am

Friday: 6pm

WEEKEND LITURGY SCHEDULE

Saturday: 4pm (Vigil)

Sunday: 7:30am, 9:30am, 5pm

RECONCILIATION

‘CONFESSION ON THE PORCH’

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4 — 5pm.

Ring bell of front door rectory and take a seat on

the bench to the left.

Saint Raphael Parish

Manchester NH

June 14, 2020

The Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)

The sanctuary candle burns this

week for George Floyd.

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

Saint Benedict Academy (Pre-K—6): Brandy Houle, principal 603.669.3932 85 Third St., Manchester, NH 03102

Saint Joseph Regional Catholic School (7—8): Dawn Florino, principal 603.624.4811 148 Belmont St., Manchester, NH 03103

Holy Family Academy (7-12): Mark Gillis, head of school 603.644.7247 281 Cartier St., Manchester, NH 03102

Trinity High School (9-12): Steven F. Gadecki, principal 603.668.2910 581 Bridge St., Manchester, NH 03104

Monday: 1 Kgs 21:1-16; Ps 5:2-3ab, 4b-6a, 6b-7; Mt 5:38-42 Tuesday: 1 Kgs 21:17-29; Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 11 and 16; Mt 5:43-48 Wednesday: 2 Kgs 2:1, 6-14; Ps 31:20, 21, 24; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Thursday: Sir 48:1-14; Ps 97:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7; Mt 6:7-15 Friday: Dt 7:6-11; Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 10; 1 Jn 4:7-16; Mt 11:25-30 Saturday: 2 Chr 24:17-25; Ps 89:4-5, 29-30, 31-32, 33-34; Lk 2:41-51 Sunday: Jer 20:10-13; Ps 69:8-10, 14, 17, 33-35; Rom 5:12-15; Mt 10:26-33

On Monday, June 8, the food pan-try served 12 families and gave out 26 bags of groceries. The need is greater than ever in our current situation, and we appre-

ciate your ongoing support of pantry items and monetary donations.

of June 14, 2020

eGiving ... Did you know you can use your credit card or elec-tronic check to support the mis-sion of Saint Raphael Parish?

This is especially helpful during this period and for anyone who is unable to resume at-tending mass in person due to health re-strictions. Go to our website (www.st-raphael-parish.org) and click on the Giving button. In a few minutes, you can be sure that your gift will work every day of the year to help your parish.

Weekend of June 7, 2020 Regular Offertory $3,593.00 Online Offertory Prev Week 1,079.00 Loose Offertory 359.00 Total Offertory $5,031.00

Holy Day Make up $ 82.00

Stewardship Make up $ 30.00

Food Pantry $ 10.00

Thank you to all who have continued to send in offertories and donations to support our

parish expenses. We are very grateful.

Last Year Weekend of June 9, 2019 Total Offertory $ 4,268.00

Year A

Saturday June 13

4:00 PM Ethel Connolly by James Connolly

Sunday June 14 Corpus Christi—The Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ

7:30 AM Richard & Connie Foley by Connie Raymond

9:30 AM James Gray (20th Anniv) by Eledia Venne

5:00 PM ❖Our Parish Family

Monday June 15

12:00 PM Souls in purgatory

Tuesday June 16

12:00 PM Lorraine L. Leonard by P. Jerome

Wednesday June 17

12:00 PM Available intention

Thursday June 18

8:30 AM Available intention

Friday June 19 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

6:00 PM Available intention

Saturday June 20 The Immaculate Hart of the BVM

4:00 PM Deceased of the Lally & Moran families by Margaret-Ann

Moran

Sunday June 21 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time

7:30 AM Arthur & Shirlene Linehan by Maureen Linehan-Othot

9:30 AM Alfred K. Hobbs, Jr., by Cynthia Hobbs

5:00 PM ❖Our Parish Family

Please note that we are resuming our regular mass schedule, however, we will

continue to live stream the 9:30am Sunday masses from our YouTube channel

and Facebook page.

June 14th, 2020

Paul Barnes, Sue Beauchemin,

T. Michael Collins, Jeannine Cote,

Lillie Duquette, Eric Featherman,

Christine McMillan, Max Mendez,

Kathy St. Pierre, Marcia Santos, Marie

Sullivan, Vincent & Maddie Traynor.

If you or a loved one would like your

name on the prayer list, please call Kerri

Stanley at 623.2604, or email admin@st-

raphael-parish.org. Please call each

month to have the name put back on the

list. Thank you!

Save dates (we hope) for … Vacation Bible School! SRP Vacation Bible School dur-ing week of July 13-17, 2020, 9am - 12pm. Registration form is posted on our website. Ag-es 4-2 welcome. We will need teen and adult volunteers too. Fun & faith for all! Call the of-fice at 623.2604 for more information or if you have questions.

WSR P News in Granite Square! Check out

WSRP News on our YouTube channel. Reaching

Rome! Ireland and the U.K.! California! Chicago!

Boynton Street! Pinardville! All segments can be found on our

YouTube channel. Our 4th segment is currently in production!

Class of 2020! Congratulations from all of us at

Saint Raphael to …

Alexis-Jones-Guillemette, granddaugh-

ter of Lisa Jones, who will graduate from

Trinity High School and will be attend-

ing Saint Anselm this fall for nursing;

Grace McCormick, daughter of Kevin

& Helen McCormick, who will graduate

from Holy Family Academy with hon-

ors and will be attending Franciscan

University in the fall; Nathan Z. Pod-

ziewski, son of Lucy and Daniel Podziewski and

grandson of Tom and Alice Benard, who was graduat-

ed Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelors of Fine Arts

degree in Acting from The University of Hartford’s Hartt

College of Performing Arts in May.

Do you have a college or high school graduate? We want to hear

about them! Email info to admin@st-raphael-parish.org, so we can

acknowledge them.

Our Corpus Christi are in honor of our parish family, living and deceased.

COVID-19 SAFETY For health author-ity recommendations, we have removed the hymnals, missalettes and prayer cards from the church pews. If you would like to access the mass readings both during the week and weekend -- please go to the home page of the Na-tional Conference of Catholic Bishops at http://www.usccb.org/about/ Then follow the prompts to Bible, then to Daily Readings.

If you would like to purchase a Mis-salette, for $2 please call the office. You would be asked to keep this and bring it with you to and from mass.

If you plan to attend one of the weekend masses and do so on a regular basis, please call Kerri at 623.2604

if you can assist with the disinfecting of pews following mass. Many hands make light work. We will provide the supplies and instructions. Thank you!

Tuesday’s Parish Nurse program con-tinues to be sus-pended until further

notice. .

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Jimmy Couture, who died June 8.

Please keep him and his family in prayer.

The Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) Reading I: Deuteronomy 8: 2-3, 14b-16a The writer looks back to the past of his people and recalls the manna by which God fed His people. He concludes that “not by bread alone does one live,” but by the Word of God. Reading II: I Corinthians 10: 16-17 Our sharing in the one cup and one loaf of bread forges the unity that we believers have, and this sharing makes us one body. The Gospel: John 6: 51-58 A relationship exists between the believer and Our Lord Jesus that is established by the Holy Eucharist. There is a sharp distinc-tion between the community that possesses “the bread of life,” and the ancients, who had only the manna.

“…and they have kept your word.” If you think God may be of-

fering you the grace of serving Him and His people as a priest or

in the consecrated life, call Father Matthew Mason 663-0132, or

write: mmason@rcbm.org.

Catholic Charities NH Update: All Programs Continue to Offer Support During COVID-19 Cri-sis In this challenging and unprecedented time, Catholic Charites NH continues to serve the needs of the vulnerable across New Hampshire. While most of our physical locations are closed, all of our programs remain operational. Our staff is working remotely and is accessible to serve individuals and families facing increasing hardship during this difficult period. If you

have any questions or require assistance, please contact 603-669-3030 or visit us online at www.cc-nh.org/programs.

CONNECT WITH CHRIST Your gifts to the Catholic Communication Campaign (CCC) bring the message of the Gospel to people from all walks of life, here in New Hampshire and all around the world. Where do your donations go? Fifty percent of all funds collected remains in our diocese to fund local communications projects. In the past year, CCC funds have made possible: Over 661,000 page views on the catholicnh.org website in 2019. We manage our website with you in mind. It's mobile friendly, has a robust online directory, and beautifully captures the Catholic faith in New Hampshire. Over 103,000 eNews e-mails were sent in 2019. We've designed eNews so that it's easy to read and stay on top of the events, programs, and news. Nearly 1,000 e-mails were sent in 2019 for the Diocese of Manchester Vocations Newsletter, The Call. 42,000 house-holds received Parable, our award winning magazine that tells the faith stories of your friends and neighbors. Thousands of Catholics have been engaged throughout the year through our social media channels, including our Insta-gram account. Hundreds have subscribed to our YouTube Channel to view our videos, including messages from Bishop Libasci. By supporting the CCC, you help bring the gospel message to "everyone, without exception," as Pope Francis asks.

Envelopes are available in the piano bench on the front porch of the rectory. Thank you!

Information from the Diocese of Manchester regarding the corona virus can be found on the diocesan website (www.catholicnh.org). For more information, visit https://www.catholicnh.org/community/outreach/health-care/coronavirus/

At Saint Raphael, we're doing what we can to uplift and reassure our parish family in Christ during the COVID-19 outbreak. We pray you will be drawn closer to God and find comfort in His Word. Romans 10:17 (NKJV) says, "So then faith comes by hear-ing, and hearing by the word of God". We urge you to write down, share and commit to memory any verses that speak to you, inspiring faith and hope for all during these difficult times.

As New Hampshire and the rest of the U.S., and indeed much of the world begins to come out of a nec-essary but difficult “hibernation” in the face of the spread of the novel coronavirus, the following poetic meditation by an Irish Capuchin gives us all something to ponder. What many derided as media hyste-ria or a political plot has proven to be a fierce and insidious enemy, disrupting life in every respect. Covid-19 kills the weakest and most vulnerable among us frequent-ly, and occasionally, it attacks some of the strongest in our midst. As of this week, nearly 7 million infec-tions were reported worldwide, with more than 405,000 deaths, while the U.S. has recorded more than 1.9 million infections, the most of any country, with more than 110,000 deaths in a population of some 320 million, also the world’s highest tally. In Ireland, where Bro. Richard lives and serves, the number of in-fections has hit more than 25,000, with nearly 1,700 deaths in a popu-lation of under 4 million. Brother Richard posted his poem on Face-book on March 13 of this year. In his poem, Brother Richard ex-amines what he thinks “lockdown” might mean – and offers his hope of how people will responds. We might read his work – and ask our-selves how well we did.

Lockdown Br. Richard Hendrick, O.F.M. Cap.

Yes there is fear.

Yes there is isolation.

Yes there is panic buying.

Yes there is sickness.

Yes there is even death.

But,

They say that in Wuhan after so

many years of noise

You can hear the birds again.

They say that after just a few

weeks of quiet

The sky is no longer thick with

fumes

But blue and grey and clear.

They say that in the streets of Assisi

People are singing to each other

across the empty squares,

keeping their windows open

so that those who are alone

may hear the sounds of family

around them.

They say that a hotel in the West of

Ireland

Is offering free meals and delivery

to the housebound.

Today a young woman I know

is busy spreading fliers with her

number

through the neighbourhood

So that the elders may have some-

one to call on.

Today Churches, Synagogues,

Mosques and Temples

are preparing to welcome

and shelter the homeless, the sick,

the weary

All over the world people are slow-

ing down and reflecting

All over the world people are look-

ing at their neighbours in a new

way

All over the world people are wak-

ing up to a new reality

To how big we really are.

To how little control we really

have.

To what really matters.

To Love.

So we pray and we remember that

Yes there is fear.

But there does not have to be hate.

Yes there is isolation.

But there does not have to be lone-

liness.

Yes there is panic buying.

But there does not have to be mean-

ness.

Yes there is sickness.

But there does not have to be dis-

ease of the soul

Yes there is even death.

But there can always be a rebirth of

love.

Wake to the choices you make as to

how to live now.

Today, breathe.

Listen, behind the factory noises of

your panic

The birds are singing again

The sky is clearing,

Spring is coming,

And we are always encompassed

by Love.

Open the windows of your soul

And though you may not be able

to touch across the empty square,

Sing ◄

From the Pastor: Rev. Jerome Joseph Day, O.S.B.

An Irish Capuchin’s poetic meditation invites self-reflection from us all

Derek Chauvin