By dbonneville on May 18, 2013
What better way to celebrate Pentecost this year than by welcoming Bisop Tobin to St. Peter’s on Pentecost Eve to confirm 8 students in our Autism & the Sacraments Program! While we have had several First Communion Masses for the program, this was our first Confirmation ceremony. The students were very excited and well prepared.
We give glory to God for all that He done for us. Many thanks for the hard work, dedication and support of all those involved! This was a truly joyful celebration to conclude another very rewarding year!
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By dbonneville on May 7, 2013
HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION
THE ASCESION OF THE LORD
THURSDAY, MAY 9TH
Masses- 7AM, 10AM (School Mass) & 6:30PM
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”Why the Ascension of the Lord Matters”
“The Ascension of Jesus has nothing to do with a literal journey into the stratosphere, for that would involve simply a transfer to another position within “the world.” The Ascension is Jesus’ journey, not to another place, but to another dimension. But this dimension to which he has gone is not alien to us. It is instead a source of inspiration, power, and direction. And this is why the angels (denizens of heaven) who appear to the disciples just after Jesus’ departure say, “Men of Galilee, why are you standing there looking at the sky?” What they are hinting at, none too subtly, is this: under the influence of Jesus’ spirit, get to work! Do all that you can to foster the marriage of heaven and earth! Get on with the mission of the church!
~Rev. Robert Barron
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By dbonneville on May 4, 2013
May Devotions, consisting of the Rosary & Benediction, will take place on May 6th, 13th, 20th & 27th at 6:30pm.
Please come, bring the family to honor Our Blessed Mother; pray for peace and for your personal needs and the needs of others.
Mary Crowning, May 24th, 2pm
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“The Rosary is the most beautiful and the most rich in graces of all prayers; it is the prayer that touches most the Heart of the Mother of God…and if you wish peace to reign in your homes, recite the family Rosary.”
~Pope Saint Pius X
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By dbonneville on May 2, 2013
FIRST COMMUNION — May 4th & 5th
Please pray for our St. Peter’s children as they will be receiving their First Holy Communion this weekend! Pray also for their families and friends who will be attending; that this will be a meaningful, grace-filled experience individually and as community.
“…How lovely it was, that first kiss of Jesus in my heart — it was truly a kiss of love. I knew that I was loved and said, “I love You, and I give myself to You forever.”
—St. Therese of Lisieux
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By dbonneville on April 19, 2013
SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION
We will celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation with our Confirmation II candidates this Sunday, April 21st at 3:00 PM with Bishop Robert C. Evans, D.D., J.C.L., Auxiliary Bishop of Providence.
These young people will stand before the Bishop and the community of faith gathered for the celebration, and they will renew their baptismal promises.
Please pray for them as they pray for the coming of the Holy Spirit and enter into the fullness of membership in the Church.
“Just as Christ, after His baptism and the coming upon Him of the Holy Spirit, went forth and defeated the adversary, so also with you. After Holy Baptism and the Mystical Chrism, having put on the full suit of armor of the Holy Spirit, you are to withstand the power of the adversary, and defeat him saying, ‘I am able to do all things in Christ, who strengthens me.”
~St. Cyril of Jerusalem, 347-350 A.D.
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By dbonneville on April 6, 2013
Dear Parishioners,
I want to express my thanks to those who attended our Holy Week services in such great numbers. Your presence is a sign of your devotion to Jesus Christ.
This was also the first Holy Week for our new Holy Father, Pope Francis. He continues to give all of us many examples of goodness, humility, and tender pastoral love for the family of God.
Our new Holy Father is calling each of us to come out of the comfortable religious practices that keep us protected from the demands of living our faith in our every day life. When we step outside ourselves we are able to attend to the needs of others: those who long for a sympathetic ear, and those who are in need of comfort or help.
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By dbonneville on April 3, 2013
“Christian Solidarity for Autistic People and their Families”
‘On the occasion of the celebration yesterday, 2 April, of the Sixth World Autism Awareness Day, Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, president of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers, published the following message’:
“…there should never fail to be global care for the ‘frail’ person, as a person with autism can be: this takes concrete form with that sense of nearness that every worker, each according to his or her role, must know how to transmit to the sick person and his or her family, not making that person feel a number but making real the situation of a shared journey that is made up of deeds, of attitudes and of words…”
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