Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish
January 28, 2018
Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish
22 Plymouth Street, Methuen, MA 01844 Phone: 978-686-3984 Fax: 978-686-8300 Email: olgcparish@comcast.net Website: OLGCParish.com
Office Hours 8 am to 3 pm Monday ~ Thursday and 8 am to Noon Friday
Parish Staff: 978-686-3984
Very Rev. Christopher J. Casey, V.F.
Pastor—Ext 25 fatherchriscasey@gmail.com Jimmy Massie Facilities — 978-697-4701 OLGCFacilities@comcast.net Lori McLaughlin
Coordinator of Music Ministries 603-275-6486
lorimclaughlin@myfairpoint.net
Rev. Mr. Steven J. Murphy
Deacon — Ext 10 deaconsteviej@aol.com
Mrs. Pearl Ouellette
Business Manager —Ext 17 978-686-0728 olgcbusmgr@comcast.net
Mrs. Carol-Ann Ramirez
Assistant to the Pastor —Ext 10 978-686-3984 olgcparish@comcast.net
Religious Education —
Ph: 978-686-3985 Fax: 978-686-8300
Mr. Mark Friedrich —Coordinator of Adult
Faith Formation olgcreled@comcast.net
Mr. Mark Houle —Coordinator Grds. K-8
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Weekend Masses:
The Church & Chapel are handicapped accessible (elevator in Church, ramp at Chapel)
Sat. 4 pm at St. Theresa Church
22 Plymouth St., Methuen, MA
Sun. 8 am at St. Theresa Church
Sun. 10:30 am at St. Augustine Chapel
128 Ames St., Lawrence, MA
Daily Mass: 7 am
Monday —Friday at St. Theresa Church
Reconciliation:
Saturdays, 2:30—3:30 pm at St. Theresa Church or anytime by appointment
Baptism:
Previous arrangements necessary
Marriage:
Arrangements must be made at least six months in advance
New Parishioners:
Welcome! Please come to the Parish Office to meet us and to register Lawrence Catholic Academy 101 Parker St., Lawrence, MA 01843 www.lawrencecatholicacademy.org 978-683-5822
Children age 3 through Grade 8
St.
Theresa
Church
St.
Augustine
Chapel
2Mass Intentions
For the week of January 28, 2018
Saturday Jan. 27 4:00 pm Paul Halloran, Sr. (birthday remembrance)Mark Torres (7th anniversary) Betty Purcell
Albert Savastano Shirley Martin Sean Casey
Elaine Deschene (6th anniversary) Pauline Buckley
Florence Gaumond (birthday remembrance) Della Marrone
And living members of our parish
By his wife By his famiy
By Pauline Halloran By Pauline Halloran
By Dave & barbara Dimmock By Pauline Halloran
By her family
By Richard & Mary Girst By Carol Smith
By Carol Smith
Sunday Jan. 28 8:00 am
10:30 am Blanche RheaumeRuth & Al Audy,
Roger Audy, Barbara Audy Burns
By Therese Rheaume By their family
Monday Jan. 29 7:00 am Anna Hogan By Pauline Judge
Tuesday Jan. 30 7:00 am Holy Souls in Purgatory By Pauline Halloran Wednesday Jan. 31 7:00 am Marilyn Haley (1st anniversary) By her family
Thursday Feb. 1 7:00 am James & Claire Pettine By Ken & Jean Sullivan Friday Feb. 2 7:00 am Those enrolled in our Altar Society
Saturday Feb. 3 4:00 pm George Ouellette (34th anniversary) By his family Sunday Feb. 4 8 am
10:30 am
Lucien J. Charette (14th anniversary) And living members of our parish Frank & Geri Hart
By Lori & Billy McLaughlin By their family
St. Vincent de Paul Society
Jan. 21 = $
In the Gospel today we read that because Jesus spoke with authority his reputation spread throughout the surrounding region of Galilee. As his disciples, we can also speak with authority when we put our faith into actions by helping the poor and suffering.
This month, through your gifts, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul was able to assist many families, providing assistance with food, utilities and rent. May God Bless You!
Thank you
for your generosity to our parish.
Please realize how important it is that you use your
envelopes and that you “make-up” your weekly
contribution when you are not present at Mass for a particular weekend. We appreciate all that you do for our parish.
For January 21, 2018
Envelopes = 135 $4,349.00
Money not in envelopes 374.00
Total $4,723.00
Maintenance = 2 $30.00
Truck maintenance = 1 $30.00
Utilities = 10 $130.00
Special collection = 57 $622.00 Money not in envelopes 272.00
Total $894.00
If you would like a record of your donations to Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, please call the parish office 978-686-3984 and we will be glad to send it out to you.
It’s that time of year again! Tax Season is almost here
Dear Parishioners,
Today’s readings continue the theme of discipleship. This makes a lot of sense as we are in the early weeks of
the Liturgical Year, and are being formed by the readings into the disciples Jesus needs us to be. In a way it is
like Basic Training. We hear the job description of a prophet from the prophet par excellence Moses himself.
He who received the Law of God from God Himself then acted as God’s spokesperson teaching and sharing
the Law with the people. We learn the basics of the role of the prophet… that he will not act independently
but will be raised up or called by God Himself. Secondly, the prophet will not be an outsider but will be raised up from among the people. Third the word the prophet speaks will be given to him by God. And fourth, be-cause the prophet speaks the word of God, he will have the authority of God in his work. A true prophet like Moses is never an outsider, but someone who is filled with the Spirit and is sharing something of God with what he says and does. Consider this when you consider your own call to discipleship, and that to empower you in your role as a disciple you were anointed a priest, PROPHET, and king at your Baptism!
The ultimate example of this authority is Jesus Christ Himself. Through Baptism we become co-workers with
Christ in building up the Kingdom of God. To do this we must battle sin in our own lives and in the world around us. That evil is real and its fruit is destruction and division. We are not left unaided in this struggle because of the graces we receive in Baptism. This coming September 15, 2018 the second Hope Conference
will be held at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium (save the date!); this year the theme is “Hope of the Nations”.
I am excited that one of the speakers already booked for the conference is Dr. Mary Healy, a professor of Scripture at the seminary in Detroit who has written several excellent books, among them a commentary on the
Gospel of Mark. This is what Dr. Healy writes about this section of Mark’s Gospel that we read today: “The
story of Jesus’ first exorcism portrays the forces of evil in a way that may appear to readers today as strikingly personal. For Mark, as for the whole New Testament, evil is not an impersonal force but is concentrated in invisible, malevolent beings who are bent on destroying human beings and hindering God’s plan of salvation. These evil spirits are responsible for various mental and even physical maladies (7:25; 9:17–27; see Matt 12:22; Luke 13:11). Some exegetes, noting that the Gospels do not always clearly distinguish between illness and demonic possession, have concluded that the references to demons are simply a mythical way of symboliz-ing the misfortunes to which human besymboliz-ings are prone. The Church has always taught, however, that demons are real spiritual beings, fallen angels who were created by God but became evil by their own free choice (Catechism 391–95). Anyone tempted to dismiss accounts of demons as fables does not have to look far to see evidence of their influence today. Such phenomena as “racial cleansing,” group suicides, and the sexual abuse of children show a more than merely human malice at work, seeking to destroy the image of God in man. But as frightening and real as is the power of demons, the authority of Christ is infinitely superior. Through his cross and resurrection, Christ definitively conquered the powers of hell. For the present time, however, their malicious actions are permitted by God, who is able to work good out of every evil (Rom 8:28). The grace of baptism affords us protection from demons and the strength to resist their seductive influence.”
God calls us to share knowledge of Him and of His Love for His people by sharing our faith. We do not make it up as we go along, but allow ourselves to be led by the Holy Spirit. To be led we must be open to God,
firm-ly rooted in our prayer life, and “graced up”, by which I mean we are up to date in attending Mass, going to
Confession, receiving the Eucharist. These Sacraments are gifts from God for a purpose, the strengthen us in our discipleship and to build up the Kingdom of God. So attend to the lessons we learn in our Spiritual Basic Training. Being a prophet is not an easy job, but formed and guided by God and His Spirit we are able to
ac-complish much. In John 14:18 Jesus reminds us “I will not leave you as orphans, but I will come to you.”
None of us is in this alone. The Lord is with us to help us as we fulfill our prophetic mission given us at Bap-tism, to share the knowledge and the love of God, and in the power of the Holy Spirit, resist and drive out evil in our midst. Father Chris
We received a new directive from the Archdiocesan Office of Risk Management concerning this year’s Flu Epidemic. So I am suspending the reception of the Eucharist in the cup and the Sign of Peace until the Easter Vigil assuming the epidemic is over by then.
continued
for the week of January 28, 2018 28 SUN Dt 18:15-20/1 Cor 7:32-35/Mk 1:21-28 29 Mon 2 Sm 15:13-14,30; 16:5-13/Mk 5:1-20 30 Tue 2 Sm 18:9-10,14b,24 -25a,30—19:3Mk 5:21 -43 31 Wed 2 Sm 24:2,9-17Mk 6:1 -6 1 Thu 1 Kgs 2:1-4, 10-12/Mk 6:7-13
2 Fri Mal 3:1-4/Heb 2:14-
18/Lk 2:22-40 3 Sat 1 Kgs 3:4-13/Mk 6:30 -34 4 SUN Jb 7:1-4, 6-7/1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23/Mk 1:29-39 continued
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During the winter months — if Methuen schools are
closed due to snow or ice — there will be NO 7:00 am
Mass and the parish office will be closed.
With cold and flu season upon us, we ask that you take a few precau-tions this winter.
If you have a cold or the flu please do not receive Holy Communion from the cup and during the “kiss” of peace, just give a nod or a smile instead of a hug or handshake. Hopefully this winter will not be a bad one for colds and the flu. Let’s all keep healthy.
Tips
We welcome Bradyen Steven MurphyChild of Steven J. Murphy
And
Christine Giacobbe Murphy Baptized on
January 21, 2018 Our Lady of Good Counsel
Extraordinary Ministers
Of Holy Communion
and Lectors week of
*****February 3/4
Prayer Requests for Priests ~ We ask you to remember in prayer the
following priests:
Jan. 27, Fr. Christopher Hickey ~ Jan. 28, Fr. Thomas Olson ~ Jan. 29, Msgr. Roger Brady ~
Jan. 30, Fr. George Pucciarelli ~ Jan. 31, All Salesian Priests ~ Feb. 1, Fr. Walter Kemont ~
Feb. 2, 1960: Bishop Irwin ordained
Feb. 3/4 Extraordinary Minister of Holy
Communion
Lectors
4 pm Deacon Steve Dick Consoli Grace Fortuna Mary Ellen Consoli
Marge Brien
8 am Maureen Haley Ed Lane Kathy Callagy Paula Doherty Eileen DeSalvo
10:30 am Michael Bradley Sherry Labrecque Mark Friedrich Jim Wain
Larry Hall
Dot Lane, Walter Deschene, Judy Vedrani, Robin Smith, Barbara Valenkas, Amy Beatham Strong, Gaetan Chouinard, Genevieve DeGagne, Claire Chapman, Connie Bouchard, Jessa Moniz, Madeline Fluet, Nelson Pinheiro, Thomas Perrault, Jr., Bernice Potvin, Nancy Stone, Lou Levigne, Helen Cookson, Julia Worth, Bryson Edwards, Roger Martineau, Colleen Riopelle, Irene LaForge, Robert Pekarski, Nathan Scanlon, Ruth, Michael & Joanne Canonico, Brody Asher, Marcia Blalock, Fr. Gregory McCormick, sP, Simone Dumais, Sarah Ann Scanlon, France & Anita Potvin, Mary Williams, George Weber, Derek Merril, Sandra Patnaude, Tyler Mackie, Dave Beshara, Angie Paison, Bernie Sousa, Debbie Slack, Timmy Burke, John Sadzewicz, Brack Tucker, Lauretta Wentworth, Mimi Beaudette, Robert Carito, Cameron Marcoux, Dante Savastano, Aiden Scanlon, Sr. Kathleen Contino, SND, Doris Weiner, Bonnie Guy, Dionne DeJesus, Tom McGuire, Darlene Stikeman, Baby Atlas Schalank, Bruce & Sarah Mackie, Jody Cormier, Ginger Blanchette, Phil McKinnon, Roger Martineau, Rose Gaudreau, Anita Watson, Irene Condon, Carmen Pizarro, Sarah Acevedo, Gerard LeBlanc, Patty Thompson, Nicole Garcia, Patrick Scanlon, Phillip Hersey, Jean Moysenko, Michael Russell, Michael Donovan, Sheila Meservey, Joe Howanski, Ava Gagnon, Michael Culpon, Regan Sforza, Rita Ducheneau, Robbyn Culpon, Martha Ouellette, and all those on our Parish prayer line, and at the Woodmill, Nevins, Mary-Immaculate and
Berkeley Nursing homes and Methuen Village.
Those who have died: Daniel Sullivan, Donna Ellenwood, William J. Donahue
If you have a friend or loved one that you would like us to pray for, please call the parish office and leave the name.
If you want your loved ones name back on this list please call the parish office.
Our prayer shawl gathering for February will be at 1 & 7 pm on Wednesday, Feb-ruary 7, 2018 in the parish office. (Please let the office know if you plan to attend the evening gathering.) We welcome new folks at any time to join us in this beautiful simple ministry. We thank all who have donated yarn or money with which to purchase new yarn.
Remember: Blessed Shawls, Lapghans & Baby Blan-kets are available in the parish office.
Thank you and God Bless! Questions? call the par-ish office.
Mission Statement Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish
Lawrence ~ Methuen
Our Lady of Good Counsel is a diverse multi -cultural parish serving the Catholic community of Methuen and Lawrence. We are committed to building a community of faith intent upon God, in unity of mind and heart.
We are a family of believers, joined by our Baptism, and nurtured by the Eucharist. As children of God, we endeav-or to bring the love of Christ to all we meet. We are com-mitted to be the Body of Christ, rooted in the tradition of the Catholic Church. Together we worship and praise our God. Guided by prayer and the counsel of the Blessed Mother, we minister to the community through faith for-mation, fellowship, and service. With diligence, compas-sion, and love we endeavor to help others come to know and love Jesus. Empowered by grace, constant in our mission, we strive to be led by the Holy Spirit.
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