This week at a glance…
Sunday – February 5, 2012
Youth Choir, Room 2/3/4,
8:30-10am
RCIA, Founder’s Room, 9-10am
CYO Deanery Basketball,
Center/Kitchen, Room 1,
5/6/, 7/8, 12:30-5:30pm
Scout Sunday/Pancake
Breakfast, Center/Kitchen
9-11:30am
Monday – February 6, 2012
CYO Practice, Center, 5-10pm
Brownie Troop, Room 7/8,
5:15-6:45pm
Christian Formation Meeting,
Founders Room, 7-9pm
Teen Choir Practice, Worship,
7-9pm
Tuesday – February 7, 2012
Cribbage League, Center,
12-3:30pm
CYO Practice, Center, 5-10pm
Road to Emmaus, Worship,
6-10pm
Quilting, Triple Room, 7-9pm
Knights of Columbus, Room
7/8, 7-9pm
Wednesday – February 8, 2012
Homeschool Group, Center/All Rms/Worsh, 8:30am-3pm
CYO Practice, Center/ 5-10pm
Adult Choir, Worship, 7-9pm
Thursday – February 9, 2012
Boy Scout Troop Mtng, Center/Kitchen/Rm 7/8,
6-9pm
Friday – February 10, 2012
CYO Meat Bingo,
Center/Kitchen, 6:30-9:00pm
Saturday – February 11, 2012
Syro-Malabar Service, Center/Kitchen/Worship/Rm 1,
5:30-10pm
WINTER WEATHER
CAUTION
If Mother Nature
hands us some snow please be careful as you come into the parking lot. Watch for “black ice” please. We also ask that you use marked parking
spaces at all times. This is per the
Fire and Police Department for everyone’s safety.
Thank you for your
support regarding this matter.
NEW LOOK TO THE
BLDG/GROUNDS ENVELOPES
The monthly Bldg/Grounds
envelopes have a new look and are now in your packets with a green bar at the
top of the envelope. Rather than the Blue Envelope we have changed the color
because the purpose of the envelope has changed from its original purpose which
was to help build the new Church. Its
purpose now is the maintenance of the building/grounds. As stated in our Financial Report the past
few years, this monthly envelope helps us cover the cost of unexpected repairs
to our building and grounds that are not in our current budget.
We are now 10 + years old
already at our new home and “wear and tear” happens just like for all of us at
our homes. This envelope donation has
paid for air conditioning/heating units that have had many failures in the last
few years due to the fact that all 8 units are up on our rooftop and are prone
to hot weather in the summer, much rain and cold weather in the winter.
We have also had repairs in
the parish hall/gym area and in the lighting in the church.
Our parking lot has been
resurfaced, relined, etc and the spring yard work/mulching and lawn cutting is
also costly as we maintain our grounds.
We continue to ask you all to
be as generous as possible and give to this worthy and necessary monthly
collection. Thank you for your support!
NEW PARISH
The Good Steward
Committee and the Pastoral Council bring to your attention the new mission
statement of the parish found on the top of the inside page of our weekly
bulletin. It focuses on the goal that
each of us strive to be ever more conscious of all God’s gifts to us and to
make every effort to grow those gifts in our lives. We desire to become a parish of good
stewards.
RCIA
Have you ever wondered what the Catholic Church is all
about? Have you been attending Mass with
your spouse or a friend, but haven’t fully participated because you come from a
different faith tradition or no religious tradition? Were you baptized in the Church but for some
reason never received the other sacraments? RCIA
is the process by which people explore the Catholic faith or continue the
sacramental process started but not completed as a child. For more information, please contact Deacon Ray
Wheeler @ 883-0757, ext. 5.
Want
To Join The Parish . . .
If you’ve been worshiping with us for a
while and feel the Lord may be calling you to become a part of our parish
family, know that we would be very happy to welcome you! Please take a registration form from the wall
folders in the Narthex and return it to the Parish Office by mail or place it
in the collection basket at
ADDRESS
CHANGE INFORMATION
In order to keep our records up to date would you be
so kind to let the office know if your address has changed. You can call the office at 883-0757, x-2,
drop the info in the collection basket or mail it to the church address. This is also a way to be cost effective
because when we send out mailings and your address changes it is returned here
to the parish and then we must send it again to the correct address. Thanks!!!
RELIGIOUS
EDUCATION
GIFT HOME ASSIGNMENT
5THSunday in Ordinary Time
Dates to Remember
Middle School (Grades 6,7,8)
Sunday, February 12th @ 5:30
Confirmation II (Grade 10)
Sunday, February 19th @ 6pm
CONFIRMATION II RETREAT
On
Friday, February 3rd through Saturday, February 4th, our 20
Confirmation candidates will attend a retreat.
This will give them an opportunity to reflect upon their relationship with
the Lord. Please keep these
young people in your prayers.
Summer
Camp
Applications for
Meeting for ALL Parents With Children in the
GIFT Program
There will be a meeting for all parents with
children in the GIFT Program after all the Masses on the weekend February
11/12. The materials for Lent and Easter
will be given to the parents at this time.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Every first Sunday of the Month, our parish
is responsible to help serve the noon time meal at the Nashua Soup Kitchen. We are asked to be there at 11:30am and
usually are done by 2:00pm. If anyone
would be interested to help occasionally with this ministry, please contact
Janice Mercure
@ 883-0757 x-4, or janicemercure@conversent.net.
NH 211. GET CONNECTED, GET ANSWERS.
For everyday needs and difficult times, 211 is your connection to
thousands of resources across NH. Just
to name a few…
Child care resource and referral, clothing and thrift shops, crisis
services, domestic and sexual violence services, employment services, health
care services, alcohol and drug program, housing…homeless prevention, shelter,
tenants’ rights, independent living services, legal assistance, mental health
care and counseling, mentoring, military, family and community network,
parenting programs, senior information and assistance, support groups, utility
assistance, youth and family services, volunteering, wellness programs and
more. Just dial 211 or go on www.211nh.org for more information.
FACILITY NEWS Per the Fire Department’s request, we ask that you park only in designated parking spaces. There are always plenty of spaces available well over 300. We have noticed cars parking in the circle and on the lawn at the West side entrance.
We have our irrigation system right along the edge of the curbing area. We have had to have replacements due to broken sprinkler heads in the past. A reminder of this message will be placed on any vehicle that does not heed this special announcement and thank you for your cooperation.
NEED ENVELOPES!
For your convenience,
you may fill out the bottom half of this article and drop your request in the
collection basket. We will then forward
your response to our envelope company.
Your envelopes will come to your home bi-monthly. They will only list your envelope number on
the envelope for confidentiality purposes.
This way we can track your contributions so long as you use your
envelope for the IRS for 2011. Thank
you.
Name ____________________________________
Address __________________________________
Telephone #
______________________________
Yes, we would like envelopes ______________
PLEASE NOTE:
We do not track loose checks in the collection basket. If you need a statement at the end of the year for tax purposes with the IRS we do track your envelopes given for Offertory and 2nd Collections and send a statement to you the following January for tax purposes.
TAX INFORMATION
2011
If you requested a tax statement last year please know that we will do our best to automatically mail this year’s statement to you.
If you are new to us this year and wish to have us send you a tax statement, we ask that you please mark your current envelope with the following notation,
“Tax Statement Requested”
PLEASE NOTE: All requested tax statements for 2011 were mailed out. If you have not received your forms please refer all questions to Helen Dumont, the Finance Office at 883-0757, ext. 3. Thank you!
COFFEE AND DONUTS UPDATE
Coffee and Donuts are back after the 8am and 10am
liturgies each and every Sunday. If you
would like to volunteer for one weekend occasionally please call Lori Flournoy at 978-433-6571.
She would love to add your family to her list. What a wonderful ministry serving others and
thank you to all who do come to help.
100
Club Membership
Next
drawing: Sunday, February 26th!
Thank you to everyone who joined this year. As in the past, we will draw two winners each month on the last Sunday of the month. First place winner will receive $100 and the second place winner will receive $50. Save the date of November 4th. That is when we will draw the remaining $3,500 prizes. This is truly a 50/50 fund raiser to benefit the parish. Good luck to all of you.
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Parish Nurse Schedule
Milette Manor
Monday & Wednesday,
9am-11:30am
Monday, February 6th,
10am-12pm
Tuesday, February 7th,
2-4pm
Wednesday, March 14th,
10am-12pm
Thursday, March 15th,
2-4pm
Monday, April 9th,
10am-12pm
Tuesday, April 10th,
2-4pm
Wednesday, May 16th,
10am-12pm
Thursday, May 17th,
2-4pm
Monday, June 11th,
10am-12pm
Tuesday, June 12th,
2-4pm
SCOUT SUNDAY
PANCAKE BREAKFAST
The Scouts of St. Joseph's
will celebrate Scout Sunday on Feb. 5th at the 8:00 AM Mass. All current
and former Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts from any unit are welcome to
join us for the celebration. We will meet in the Parish Hall before Mass
and process in together. Please try to be there by 7:45.
Our Cub Scout Pack will
also be running a Pancake Breakfast in place of the normal coffee &
donuts that day. Join us for a good breakfast at a good
price.
If you are a Eucharistic
Minister, lector or alter server and would like to serve for this Mass, please
make the arrangements with your appropriate Parish contact.
February 5, 2012 8am-12pm
Adults $6.00
Kids $5.00
Seniors $4.00
Family (4) $20.00
All you can eat!!
Scrambled Eggs, pancakes, sausages, fruits
and pastries.
Homeschool Families:
Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Homeschool Co-Operative meets at
ST. JOE’S CYO FUNDRAISER
MEAT RAFFLES
Tell your friends and join us for a fun night
of “MEAT RAFFLES”. This is a major fundraising event for all the
teams of St. Joes’s.
Many great family size “MEAT” prizes and “DOOR” prizes! Come on down and support your CYO program.
Friday, February 10th from
6:30-9:30pm
Doors open at 6pm