June 11, 2006
Feast of the Holy Trinity

Weekend Mass Intentions
Saturday,  June 10
    6:00 PM   In Honor of St. Anthony for favor received by Pete & Diane Sutton
Sunday,  June 11
    9:30 AM  For the parishioners of St.Paul
Saturday,  June 17  
   6:00 PM  For Julie Pinard by Paul & Rita Gosselin
Sunday,  June 18
   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 ________

To All Parishioners:
    Now that we have gone through the difficult time of transitioning as a twinned parish with the parish of St. Peter, your pastor along with the pastoral council feel that it is a good time to have a parish wide re-registration.  In order to facilitate matters, we will be doing this at the same time as St. Peter Parish.  Hopefully this will eliminate more confusion than is necessary. 
    Included with the registration is a short but important questionnaire that we hope you will take into consideration.  Please consider one of the ministries to the parish either as a lector, a Eucharistic Minister, an usher, an altar server or joining the music ministry.  There are other ministries as well which you will find on the questionnaire.
    The registration includes everyone, not only new parishioners.  We need to update our files and this new information is very important.  You will notice that there is a space for your e-mail address.  We will soon be able to communicate by e-mail with most of the parish.  This will be a great time saver for office personnel as well as a financial savings.
    We will be having an ongoing registration throughout the month of June.  Please take the information home and return before July 1, 2006
Thank you very much for your cooperation and understanding in this matter.

Lorette P. Nault,  Pastoral Associate

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.  The last class of the year will be on Sunday, May 14, 2006   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 class of the school year was on May 21, 2006.  This class was held at St. Peter Church at 4:00 PM.  There were a number of church related activities on that day which would make it difficult if not impossible to hold a double program.  We will return to having separate sessions in the fall.   Thank you very much for your understanding.  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 meet one extra time per month.   All students from both parishes will meet together in Auburn for these meetings.

Question of the Week
Trinity Sunday
Theme: (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit)
Reading I: Deut. 4:32-34, 39-40 (There is One God)
Reading II: Romans 8:14-17 (Children of God)
Gospel: Matt. 28:16-20 (Make Disciples of All Nations)

Question for Adults:    How could I explain the work of the Trinity in my every day life to someone who does not know God?   <>The concept of the Holy Trinity is a difficult one a best.  Many of us probably remember the explanations we received from teachers when we were young.  How to understand God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit all while believing that we worship only one God has always been, well, a Mystery.
      Perhaps it would be simpler to try to understand our relationship with this God who is after all, Mystery.  Through the Trinity we come to understand that God is all in all.  He is our father, our brother and yes, our very life.  He loves us as our parent and our sibling all the while breathing his very life into ours.  When we think of God in this fashion, we have a better understanding of who our God really is.
      Once we have a clearer notion of who God is in our lives, we are better able to see his work in our daily lives.  How does God work in our daily lives?  Is he present?  Is he distant?  When we are aware of his presence, what do we see him doing?  Or perhaps a better question would be, What do we see him as being?  Let us take the time to reflect on the presence of the Trinity or the God who is all in all for each one of us.  Then, let us reflect on who we are in relationship to him. 
     
Question for Children?   How am I called to share the good news of God’s love this week?    Each week gives us a new opportunity to serve God in a very unique way.  No two weeks are alike in our lives nor are any two weeks repetitious in our call from God.  This week, God is calling your child to share the good news of the Jesus’ love for them.  This can be done in a great variety of ways.  Help your child to think of ways they can share the love they receive from God.  If they are at a loss, you could probably direct them to notice what is going on in their lives at school, at home, in the neighborhood.  They should not have to work too hard to realize that there is great potential right before their eyes.

Community News

Please Mark Your Calendars
    The office of Spirituality and Evangelization is preparing to celebrate the 1st Annual New Hampshire Catholic Faith Conference on Saturday, October 28, 2006 in Concord, NH.  The Focus of this conference is Evangelization, and the theme is “Come, We Have God’s Work to do.” 
    Please mark your calendars and commit to this day!!! We will give more information as time approaches.

News from the CYA  (Catholic Young Adults)
            If you are between the ages of 20-39, please join us and become more involved in our Church.  Our next meeting is on June 20th at St. Paul Church from 6:30-8:00 pm.  For more information e-mail at christye@cyanh.org.  For more information about Catholic Young Adults here in NH, please check our website at www.cyanh.org.  We hope to see you at the next meeting. <>

 Seacoast Theology-on-Tap<>
            We are having 4TOTs in Portsmouth New Hampshire.  All will be held at the Portsmouth Brewery on Market Street from 6:30-8:00pm.  Speakers and dates are as follows:

<>June 8th            Fr. Pierre Baker
                        From St. Mary Church, Rochester <>
June 15th          Mr. Richard (Dick) Kiernan
                        From ALPHA, New England
<>June 22nd         Fr. Volney (Von) DeRosia
                        From St. Michael Church, Exeter <>
June 29th          Fr. Fritz Cerullo, OSA
                        From St. Mary Church, Dover <> 

Father’s Day at the 7th Trumpet Mass
     Spread the word about the Seventh Trumpet Mass on June 18th at 3pm at Veteran’s Park, downtown Manchester, followed by a Eucharistic Procession.<>
      What a great way to celebrate Father’s Day; praying for priests, our spiritual fathers, for their lives of love and sacrifice for Christ.  May God bless us with many more such men!  For all Seventh Trumpet details, visit: www.liveinblackandwhite.com or call 669-3100.  
 
Thank You All
    The Group Work Campers and their Chaperones would like to thank parishioners for their generosity and support.  Last weekend we raised $550.00 in bake sale proceeds and received a donation of $50.00 from a family in Candia.  We have also become benefactors from the monthly title at both St. Peter and St. Paul Parishes.  We truly appreciate the enthusiasm of those around us and look forward to our week of service in Machias, Maine.  Be assured that when we are away serving others we will remember the support of our parishes back home.  Thank you all.