St. Paul's Church, Candia, NH

June 21, 2009
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Weekend Mass Intentions
Saturday, June 20
    No Mass during the Summer
Sunday, June 21
    9:30 AM Protection of the Unborn By the Laughner Family
Saturday, June 27
   No Mass during the Summer
Sunday, June 28
    9:30 AM 12th For Richard Survovitz By Rick & Sherry McGregor

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 ________

Update on Parish Income

Weekend of June 14, 2009
St. Paul, Candia
Envelopes   $1189
Loose        319
Total    1508

Last weekend envelope users contributed 79% of our income.

(Amount tithed for the poor and needy last week: $8.44)
Thank You so much for your Generosity.

Update on Catholic Charities Appeal
The annual Catholic Charities appeal began on the last Sunday of April. Thus far St. Paul Parish has given a total of $3657.00 in Cash and has pledged an additional $2037.00 for a grand total of $5694.00 This is approximately half of our goal. If you have not yet had a chance to make a contribution to this charity, please consider doing so. The money goes a long way to helping the people of New Hampshire who hare most in need. Also, 5% of the total given by our parish comes back to us for our own charitable needs.

The Year of the Priesthood This past Friday, on the feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, our Diocese, along with all dioceses of the country, inaugurated the year of the Priesthood. As the year begins, please keep the priests of our parish, our diocese and of our nation in your prayers. Beginning this week we will have a special prayer for priests in the box below. This will replace the prayer to St. Paul since the year of St. Paul will end next week on the feast of St. Peter and Paul.

Holy Apostle Paul, help me at the beginning of this new day to offer my body and the whole of my life as a living sacrifice to God. Do not permit me to conform myself to this age but rather, by your intercession, may I be transformed by the renewal of my mind. Through this renewal help me to judge what is God’s will, what is good, pleasing, and perfect. For the one whom I seek and serve is who is the Lord, Jesus Christ, now and forever. Amen

Christian Formation News

Class Schedule (click here)

All children from k – 10 must register for Religious Education each year. The registration does not roll over from one year to the next. We will be mailing a registration form through e-mail in the near future. If you have not received a form by mid-August it is because we do not have your e-mail address or perhaps you are not yet registered in the parish so we do not have any pertinent information related to you family. You can call the office between Monday –Thursday at 483-8481 to update your e-mail info or you can pick up a registration in the entrance of the church.

Grades K- 3 The children in grades K – 3 attend classes during the weekend liturgies. We use a Lectionary Catechesis which is based on the Gospel of the week. Kindergarten students are not obliged to attend regularly. However beginning with grade 1, students must attend classes on a weekly basis during the Mass, as the program for 1st Communion is a two year program. The program for the school year 2009-2010 will begin on the weekend of September 19th and 20th. Classes are held during both weekend Masses. We would need some volunteers to help out as monitors during the classes. Please contact the office if you can do this.

Grades 4 – 10 +, Generation of Faith    This program is designed for both parents and children. Parents who have children in grades 4 - 10 are asked to attend these monthly sessions. The adult session gives them an opportunity to refresh their memory on important matters of the faith as well as giving them the chance to share with other adults on pertinent issues of faith. All GoF classes are held on Sundays from 4 – 6 pm. See you all next fall.

Confirmation Program:
    The Confirmation students will begin their two year program on Sunday, October 5, 2008. Classes are held from 11:00 am to 12 noon. Students must be registered in the program and must be registered members of the parish. If you have not yet registered your child for classes please call the office to speak to Lorette.

             Schedule of Classes

12th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Theme: (Trusting in the Lord)
Reading I: Job 38:1, 8-11(Your Proud Waves Be Stilled)
Reading II: 2 Cor. 5: 14- 17 (The Love of Christ Impels Us)
Gospel: Matt. 4: 35-41 (The Wind and the Sea Obey)

Question for Adults: When has the Lord helped me break through fear and experience a new confidence in him? The story of the calming of the storm is meant to tell us that Jesus has the power to calm not only the storms of the water but more importantly our personal life’s storms if we have Faith. It all revolves around Faith. Perhaps you have had a personal experience of God helping you breaking through a particular fear in your life. If not, can you think of a time when you would have needed such help but neglected to look to God for his help? Why was that?

Question for Children: How does Jesus let me know that he is near me to help me and to guide me? This may be a rather difficult matter because children are usually very concrete and expect to hear or see God act in concrete ways. Talk to your child about ways they could experience Jesus without actually seeing or hearing him. Do they ever feel like they are being led toward the right path? Do they feel something different when they do the wrong thing? Why could that be?

Community News

Third Grade Student Builds Home in Haiti
Determines 9 year-old Rachel Wheeler invites you to join her quest to build shelter for Haiti’s destitute. After hearing a talk given by Food for the Poor’s President Robin Mahfood about the devastating effects of poverty in the Caribbean and Latin America, Rachel, Knew, despite her young age that she too could reach out to the poor. Initially, Rachel’s fundraising campaign centered on building a “baker’s dozen” of Food For the Poor homes in Haiti, but now she has decided to nearly double that and intends to build homes for 25 families. To help Rachel reach her goal to shelter poverty-stricken families in Haiti, please visit Rachel’s fundraising page, at www.foodforthepoor.org/rachel. Read more about Rachel and see CBS 4 news coverage.

Food Pantry for June: Please help our pantry if you can. Your generosity is always greatly appreciated. This month our pantry shelves continue to be in need of Canned Pastas, Dessert Mixes and Evaporated Milk . We always need juices. Thank you very much for all you do for God’s people.

A Look at Upcoming Events

The Thomas More College invites rising Juniors and Seniors to participate in the 34th Collegiate Summer Program. Students will study Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, and Apologetics as well as make day trips to Mt. Monadnock, York Beach, and Boston. There will also be Mass and daily rosary. Sessions run from July 12th – 25th and July 26th – August 8. Call 800-880-8308 e-mail admissions@thomasmorecollege.edu, or visit our website at www.thomasmorecollege.edu for more information

Notre Dame college Alumni Reunion
The Notre Dame College Association of Alumni and Friends will hold its sixth annual reunion on Saturday, July 18, at the Puritan Backroom, D.W. Highway North, Manchester, on Saturday, July 18, 2009. All alumni of the college are invited to attend. The Association was formed following the closure of the college in 2002. While the college doors have closed, the Notre Dame Family is thriving and growing. The Association maintains the affiliation with the congregation of sisters of Holy Cross Our mission is to provide continuing communication with and activities for its members and to promote opportunities for community service as nurtured at NDC. Alumni and other interested persons are invited to visit our website at www.ndcalumniandfriends.com. The homepage contains information regarding the reunion and organization membership opportunities. Alums interested in attending the reunion may email the Association at info@ndcalumniandfriends.com. Persons who do not have internet access may call Claire Bourque at 603-623-7718

Families, Mark Your Calendars!
The Northeast Catholic Family Conference will take place on Sunday, June 28, at St. Mary’s in Waltham, beginning at 1 pm. The conference offers prayer, music and workshops for adults, children and teens. Cardinal Sean will celebrate Mass and join us for the family cookout! For more info or to register, please go to www.schoolofnazareth.org or contact Fr. Michael Harrignton at mharrington@rcab.org or 781-956-0548

St. Anthony School located at 148 Belmont St. in Manchester has openings available for the 2009-2010 school year. New for next year the school will offer various half day Pre-kindergarten along with our full day Pre-kindergarten program. We offer comprehensive Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies and daily religion classes. In addition all our students from Pre-K through Sixth Grade enjoy introductory Language Instruction in Spanish, French and Chinese, Computer, Art, Library , Music and gym. We also offer Before and After School Programs. City school bus transportation is available for those who qualify. There is also bus transportation for outlying areas such as Candia, and surrounding towns. For more info visit us on the web at www.stanthonyschool-nh.com or call us at 622-0414 for a tour.

Healing the Wounds of Abortion The NH Catholic Charities Project Rachel program offers counseling, reconciliation, and support services for individuals and their families who have experienced the pain of abortion. This program provides a means for people to begin the healing process and experience reconciliation with the Church. It presents a caring, hopeful approach towards peace with the parents, the unborn child, the family, the church, and God. Call us today. . .603-669-3030.

CURRENT PRAYER REQUESTS

Please remember the following people and intentions in your daily prayers:

Our sick parishioners and friends…

Please pray for the following people: Josephine Stout, Frank Huard, Cecile Gendron, Kimberly Mirolo, Rita Sullivan, Kathy Gauthier, Jean Swindler, Roger Plante, Joseph Gesel, Jacob Desrocher, Cindy Huard, Deborah McGovern, Ethel Thomas, Gordon Gladden and Carol Sheperd.

For peace in the world, especially in the Middle East…
For those serving in the armed forces...
For families experiencing stress due to financial, emotional or relational problems
For our sister parish in Haiti...
For vocations to full-time ministry, especially the priesthood, the deaconate, religious life lay ministry...

If you would like to add a person or intention, please let us know. If people on the sick list are no longer in need of prayers, please let us know.