April 23, 2006
2nd Sunday of Easter

Weekend Mass Intentions
Saturday,  April 22
   6:00 PM  For the parishioners of St.Paul
Sunday,  April 23
   9:30 AM  Matthew Newnan by Justine Ouwerkerk
Saturday,  April 29
    6:00 PM  Alexina Therrien by Therese Therrien
Sunday,  April 30
    9:30 AM  For the parishioners of St.Paul

Parish News and Notes

Parish office hours
    Our parish office is open Monday through Thursday from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM. The Pastoral Associate is in most afternoons until 4:00 PM.  If you need to come in the PM please give us a call to make sure someone is here. Messages can always be left on the answering machine. 

Are you registered?
     Are you new to our parish?   If you are, please pick up a registration form in the vestibule of the church. Registration is very important.  Just drop it in the basket or mail it to our office.  Thanks!  We are always happy to receive new parishioners.  We welcome you and pray you will be happy here with us.

Please use church envelopes 
    Envelope users provide the bedrock of our financial support.  Please consider using them.  New packets of envelopes are mailed every three months. If you would like to receive some but you are not yet on the mailing list, please call Jeannine to give her your name and address. Thank you!

Envelope Request Form ____ I want to support our parish on a regular basis. Please add me to the envelope list. Name ______________________________ Address___________________________ Town ________________,NH Zip ________

Christian Formation News

Grades K – 3     The children entering grades K- 3 this fall will be attending Lectionary Catechesis as they have been in the past. The program runs from mid-September to mid-May.  We do offer the program at all Masses .   Grades 4 – 10+  This year we are initiating a new program for the children in these grade levels.  The classes are held once a month and the program is geared to the entire family. Parents are asked to attend the sessions as there is an adult component to the program. Our first class was Sunday, October 16, 2005 from 11am – 1pm.  The last two classes of the school year are:  April 2, and May 21, 2006.    All classes will are held from 11:00 – 1:00 pm.  If you are new to the parish or if you child is just beginning his/her formation, please call the parish office for a registration blank.     Confirmation students will also meet one extra time per month.  The date for  March is as follows: March 5, 2006.  It will be held at 12:30PM immediately following the 11:30 Mass in Auburn.  All students from both parishes will meet together in Auburn for these meetings.

Question of the Week
Second Sunday of Easter
Theme: (The Resurrected Lord)
Reading I: Acts 4:32-35 (Community of Believers)
Reading II: 1 John 5:1-6 (Begotten by God)
Gospel:  John 20:19-31  (Peace be With You)

Question for Adults:    Do my actions support or detract from my words? 
    This week’s readings focus on the presence of Christ in the life of the disciples.  The first reading tells of the life of the early Christians and how it changed their way of behaving with one another.  No one had to guess who the Christians were amongst them.  Their love for one another was proof enough.   In the second reading Paul stresses the importance of faith in the presence of Christ even if they have not seen with their own eyes.  And lastly, the Gospel speaks of the doubting Thomas.  He is gently rebuked by Jesus for not believing without having seen.
    This lesson here is that we, as Christians, are asked to believe without having personally witnessed the Resurrection.  We are further asked to live our lives in accord with the teachings of Jesus.  In other words, we are asked to walk the walk in addition to talking the talk.  Words are easy for many people but living out the words is quite another matter.
    This week we are asked to look at our behavior with respect to people with whom we rub elbows.  Do we send a mixed message with our actions?  We are often so used to our routine that we do not realize how we come across.  We need to allow ourselves some times to stop and smell the roses.  The “roses” may not smell as sweet as we think they do.  What about your “roses”?

Question for Children?  Who has taught me about Jesus?    This is not meant to be a trick question.  Neither is it meant to be too simplistic.  Of course children will say my teacher or my parents.  Challenge them to think of people who gives them good example throughout their day.  Perhaps they will see that even they are capable of  “teaching” others when they realize that teaching can and must be done by example, not solely from a book.  Try to bring your child to the point of seeing that there are many people in their lives that have taught them about Jesus. 
  

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