St. Timothy Parish Norwood, Walpole, Westwood july 19, 2009 sixteenth sunday in ordinary time
Liturgical Minister Schedule
July 25/26
4:30 Lector: Daniel Bolivar, Paul Quigley
4:30 Server: Laura, Siobhan, and Thomas O’Malley
8:00 Lector: Lee Lesinski, George Antonetti
8:00 Server: Colin and Liam Ridge
9:30 Lector: Maura Ronan, Mary Masi-Phelps
9:30 Server: David Salvatore, Craig Riley,
Belle DeVingo
11:00 Lector: Neil Gomes, Ann Fogarty
11:00 Server: Kelly and Ryan Fogarty
Eucharistic Team #4
Financial Report for July 12, 2009
Envelopes collected 271
Amount in envelopes $5,796.00
Percentage of collection in envelopes 70%
Loose donations $2,291.00
Total parish offertory $8,087.00
LITURGICAL CALENDAR
Sunday, July 19
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Wednesday, July 22
Memorial of Saint Mary Magdalene
Saturday, July 25
Feast of Saint James
Sunday, July 26
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
WEEKLY CALENDAR
Sunday, July 19, 1pm Baptisms
Monday, July 20-Friday, July 24, 10-12:30pm,Vacation Bible School
Thursday, July 23, 7:45pm, New Jerusalem Prayer Group
Saturday, July 18
4:30Mary B. Eibye Birthday Memorial
Sunday, July 19
8:00Catherine E. Brown Month’s Mind
9:30Mary McCarthy 7th Anniversary
11:00Ruth & Richard Kelly Anniversary
Monday, July 20
9:00Arthur J. Coté
Tuesday, July 21
9:00Peg Crook Month’s Mind
Wednesday, July 22
9:00Pelino & Giovanna Gioioso Memorial
Thursday, July 23
9:00Special Intention
Friday, July 24
9:00Mary O’Neill
Saturday, July 25
9:00Mary Violet McDonough Anniversary
4:30Margaret Pomer 4th Anniversary
Church in Central and Eastern Europe
Next week’s special envelope collection supports the Church in Central and Eastern Europe. While the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union endured decades of communist oppression, the church suffered grave wounds to its spiritual life and its ability to serve the people. Through this collection, Catholics can now build bridges to these countries, spread God’s Word over vast areas with modern communications media, train Church leaders of tomorrow, help needy families materially and spiritually, rebuild churches that have fallen, and support the sisters and brothers who have suffered for the faith. For more information, please visit
Pine Street Inn
On Monday, July 27 we will be serving supper at the Pine Street Inn. Please call Jayne at 508-668-4977 if you can help serve or prepare part of the meal.
Thank you to all those who have made generous donations in the past. $500 is sent to the Pine Street Inn each month. Please help to support this ministry. Donations to pay for these meals may be sent to:
Campagna, 86 Countryside Ln., Norwood, MA 02062. Please make checks payable to: St. Timothy Christian Service Fund.
Youth Formation Ministry
YFM REGISTRATION for 2009/ 2010
The deadline to register for next year’s program was June 30, 2009. Registered families will receive further information in late August with class information and starting dates.
YOUTH GROUP
Our Tuesday evening youth group continues to meet each week at 7pm in St. Andrew’s Hall on the second floor of St. Catherine’s Convent. All high school students are welcome to join us. Doors open at 6pm. This meeting has been a great success with 20 to 25 students attending weekly. We are always looking for new high school members!
Religious Education
Grades K-6
Vacation Bible School
July 20-24
10:00-12:30
All those registered for this year’s Vacation Bible School should arrive at 10am, pick up your identification bracelet, and meet in the Church Hall for a week of fun!
All helpers should arrive by 9:15am.
Good Samaritan
A Sunday School teacher was describing how Lot’s wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt, when little Jason interrupted, “My Mommy looked back once while she was driving, he announced triumphantly, and she turned into a telephone pole”!
Employment Watch
The next meeting of the Employment Watch Ministrywill beThursday,July 30, 2009 in Ruocco3 from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.Anyone who is in an active job search, knows of someone who is, or who would just like to help, please attend.
Summer Food Service Program
Children who have access to nutritious meals throughout the summer return to school in the fall ready to learn, and the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) helps make this possible. The Summer Food Service Program in your community allows children and youth age 18 and under to enjoy the same healthy food they get in school at a site in your neighborhood all summer long – for free!
SFSP sites are located throughout many cities and towns in Massachusetts. No registration or identification is needed, Often, there are activities to participate in at the sites, making the SFSP a nutritious, safe, fun way for children and youth to get healthy meals when school is out! For more information on where and when meals will be served in your community, call Project Bread’s FoodSource Hotline at 1-800-645-8333 or visit in July and August.
Greece & The Greek Isles
In the Steps of Saint Paul
Nov. 10-20, 2009
Father Augustine Anda, Parochial Vicar at St. Columbkille Parish, Brighton is leading a group to Greece and the Greek Isles on November 10, 2009. Father Anda has led other groups on inspiring trips to the Holy Land, Italy and Lourdes. We will visit Athens and Corinth prior to boarding our ship for a three-day Aegean Sea cruise where we will see the Greek Isles and Turkey. We will visit numerous archaeological sites throughout this inspiring trip. If interested, please contact Carolyn Kenney at 978-852-7852 or email .
A flyer is available upon request. Price for the trip is $2,399, plus tax and $200 additional for an outside cabin on the cruise.
Worldwide Marriage Encounter
If Jesus can quiet the waters of the storm, He surely has the power to give us peace and love in our marriage, if we but ask for it. The next Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekends in New England are September 25-27 and October 23-25. For more information, call Ralph and Jane Becker at 1-800-710-WWME or visit their webpage at
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
T h e M i s s i o n C o n t i n u e s !
OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP MISSION GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Celebrating 120 years of
Catholic Education
Saturday, October 17, 2009 4 pm; Mass in the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help.
Rededication and Blessing of the Mission High School Cross in Rectory Garden.
Banquet to follow: 6:30 pm, Cedars of Lebanon Hall, Jamaica Plain.
Reservations Required:
School Office: 617-442-2660, Rectory Office: 617-445-2600; 94 Saint Alphonsus Street, Roxbury, MA, 02120.
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Corporate and Table Sponsorships Available
Thomas More College
Looking for a college that is challenging AND affordable?
Thomas More College of Liberal Arts is still accepting applications for the Fall 2009 semester. Dedicated to classical education in the Catholic intellectual tradition, all students read the great texts of Western Civilization, spend a semester in Rome, and belong to an intimate community of friends and fellow scholars. Financial Aid is still available. Please contact Jessica Rock, Director of Admissions at (800) 880-8308 or .|
High School Harbor Cruise
The Office for the New Evangelization of Youth and Young Adults will hold the High School HarborCruise on Monday, July 27th from 8-11pm. Spaces are still available! Go to to register for this cruise.
July 19, 2009
Dear friends—
It is just about impossible these days not to hear someone complain about the dismal weather. It has not been much of a summer thus far. Its been tough to plan any outdoor activities and you feel sorry for people who saved all year to rent a cottage at the beach and then have to watch it rain day after day from inside.
As much as we might talk about the weather and complain about it, one thing is certain—you cannot change it. The weather will do whatever it wants to do. I guess one good thing about talking about the weather is that it takes up some of the time that we might spend talking about others.
As I think about this weather pattern, I am reminded that in addition to the weather there are many things in life that we cannot change. We can’t prevent every illness; sometimes we cannot change the poor behavior of people—even people in our own families; we can’t always undo the harm we might have caused another by our actions or our poor choice of words; we can’t always prevent others from making poor choices or engaging in harmful behavior; we can’t prevent death from taking from us the people we love.
As much as many of us like to “be in control”, life is filled with all sorts of things that we will never control. No matter how much money or technology we apply to many issues or problems, there are some things that are beyond our capacity to change.
If we are not careful, this inability to control things can often lead to bitterness, disappointment and frustration. Sometimes it can lead to anger with God, because when things do not work out as we would like—there can be the tendency to look for someone to blame.
I cannot imagine how people can live without faith. Faith is not an “insurance policy” that guarantees that whatever we pray for will be given to us on our terms. Faith reminds us that we are to walk with God throughout the course of our lives—to walk with God in moments of joy as well as moments of need. Faith reminds us that God will give us those things that we truly need, but that sometimes God asks us to be patient and to have the wisdom to ask for those things that are truly important. Above all, faith reminds us that this life is not all there is. We are made to know, love, and serve God during our lives here on earth, so that one day we can be with the Lord forever in Heaven.
Indeed, it can be hard for many of us to give up control, but if we place our lives in God’s hands, we will never be truly disappointed.
Fr. Culloty
July 19, 2009
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