Saturday: 4:00 PM
Sunday: 8:00 AM | 10:30 AM with cantor
Monday, Thursday, Friday: 7:30 AM
Wednesday: 5:30 PM unless otherwise indicated
1st Friday: 5:30 PM (NO 7:30 AM ON FIRST FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH)
Holy Days: 5:30 PM
(Except Dec 25th, Christmas & Jan 1st, Mary, Mother of God).
Saturday: 3:00 - 3:45 PM
By appointment call the office 673-1311
Wednesday evening from 4:00-5:15 PM
Saturday afternoon from 2:30-3:45 PM
Following the 5:30pm Mass from 6-7pm, we will have an intentional hour of prayer. Each month, we pray for a specific intention that affects our universal church. Our goal is to use this most holy time of prayer to call on God’s involvement and blessing in these specific areas of need in our Church. We ask you to consider coming to church and participating in this or any portion of First Friday Adoration.
The Sacraments of Initiation or of Full Membership in the Catholic Church
Baptism, the Eucharist, and the Sacrament of Confirmation together constitute the "Sacraments of Christian initiation, whose unity must be safeguarded." It must be explained to the faithful that the reception of the sacrament of Confirmation is necessary for the completion of baptismal grace.
We rejoice with parents at the birth of a new child. Parents are encouraged to initiate preparation for baptism prior to the child's birth. Call the Parish Office at 673-1311 for information and pre-baptism instruction.
Parental Responsibilities
The primary responsibility of raising a child in the ways of faith and religion rests with the parents. Parents take on this responsibility at the Baptism of their child as they give assurance during the Rite of Baptism that they testify to their intention to raise their child in the practice of the faith. This obligation never ends. We are happy to collaborate with parents in every way possible in their role as primary educators of their children in the ways of faith.
The Sacrament of Confirmation confers special graces of the Holy Spirit upon the person being confirmed, just as such graces were granted to the Apostles on Pentecost. Like Baptism, therefore, it can only be performed once, and Confirmation increases and deepens all of the graces granted at Baptism.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church lists five effects of Confirmation: * it roots us more deeply in the divine filiation [as sons of God] which makes us cry, "Abba! Father!"; * it unites us more firmly to Christ; * it increases the gifts of the Holy Spirit in us; * it renders our bond with the Church more perfect; * it gives us a special strength of the Holy Spirit to spread and defend the faith by word and action as true witnesses of Christ, to confess the name of Christ boldly, and never to be ashamed of the Cross.
Because Confirmation perfects our baptism, we are obliged to receive it "in due time." Any Catholic who did not receive Confirmation at baptism or as part of his religious education during grade school or high school should contact a priest and arrange to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation.
- From About.com the Catholicism of the Seven Sacraments
The Confirmation preparation for children begins in grade 3 (Restored Order). Parents and sponsors will attend two meetings. The Confirmation preparation is given with the First Communion preparation. Parents will experience 3 confirmation lessons and 6 first communion lessons with their children at home. Weekly support is offered by phone or e-mail from the Faith Formation office. Lastly a rehearsal with parents, sponsors and child/ren.
The Confirmation/First Communion sacraments are received in the spring at the same Liturgy (Mass) - The parents will be notified of the date ASAP when it is available.
The child/Teen must be in a Life-Long Faith Formation program for 2 years before entering into this process.
Children beyond grade 3 that have not received the sacrament can be prepared. Call the Faith Formation office ASAP to make arrangements.
For more information or any questions contact Abby Buchholz in the Faith Formation Office at 603-673-4797 or pffcabby@gmail.com
That reconciliation of man to God is the purpose of Confession. When we sin, we deprive ourselves of God's grace. And by doing so, we make it even easier to sin some more. The only way out of this downward cycle is to acknowledge our sins, to repent of them, and to ask God's forgiveness. Then, in the Sacrament of Confession, grace can be restored to our souls, and we can once again resist sin.
- From About.com the Catholicism of the Seven Sacraments
Weekly Individual confessions: 3:00-3:45pm
Personal by appointment with the Pastor call 673-1311
Weekly during Lent: Wednesdays 4:15-5:15pm
Diocesan wide: Monday of Holy Week
Deanery Wide: Twice annually
The Penance/Confession preparation for children begins in grade 2. Parents will attend a meeting in January. Parents will experince 6 reconciliation lessons with their child at home. Weekly support offered from the Faith Formation Office. Parents and child will attend a retreat. A Reconciliation Service is schedule on a Saturday morning during Lent.
The child must be in a Life-Long Faith Formation program for 2 years before entering into this process.
If your child is beyond grade 2 and has not received preparation for First Penance, please contact the Faith Formation office.
For more information or any questions contact the Faith Formation Office at
603-673-4797 or Abby pffcabby@gmail.com
“The Holy Eucharist completes Christian initiation. Those who have been raised to the dignity of the royal priesthood by Baptism and configured more deeply to Christ by Confirmation participate with the whole community in the Lord’s own sacrifice by means of the Eucharist.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, #1322)
The Eucharist is "the source and summit of the Christian life. The other sacraments, and indeed all ecclesiastical ministries and works of the apostolate, are bound up with the Eucharist and are oriented toward it. For in the blessed Eucharist is contained the whole spiritual good of the Church, namely Christ himself. (Catechism of the Catholic Church, #1324)
The First Communion preparation begins in grade 3. Preparation for Confirmation takes place at the same time. Parents and sponsors will attend two meetings, experience 6 first communion lessons and 3 confirmation lessons with their child at home. Weekly support by phone or e-mail from Faith Formation is offered. A rehearsal completes the program.
First Communion and Confirmation takes place during the same liturgy (Mass).
Your child must be in a Life-Long Faith Formation program for 2 years before entering into this process.
If your child is beyond grade 3 and has not received First Communion, please contact the Faith Formation Office.
For more information or any questions contact Abby Buchholz in the Faith Formation Office at 603-673-4797 or pffcabby@gmail.com
Weddings are a special time of joy and promise for a bride and a groom. Engaged couples are invited to contact the pastor personally (preferably 6-12 months) prior to the desired wedding date to begin their preparation. Couples should not make any commitment with a reception venue prior to the 1st meeting with the pastor.
Call the parish office at least six months in advance to arrange for preparation sessions.
Sacred Scripture begins with the creation and union of man and woman and ends with "the wedding feast of the Lamb" (Rev 19:7, 9). Scripture often refers to marriage, its origin and purpose, the meaning God gave to it, and its renewal in the covenant made by Jesus with his Church. Man and woman were created for each other.
By their marriage, the couple witnesses Christ's spousal love for the Church. One of the Nuptial Blessings in the liturgical celebration of marriage refers to this in saying, "Father, you have made the union of man and wife so holy a mystery that it symbolizes the marriage of Christ and his Church."
The Sacrament of Marriage is a covenant, which is more than a contract. Covenant always expresses a relationship between persons. The marriage covenant refers to the relationship between the husband and wife, a permanent union of persons capable of knowing and loving each other and God. The celebration of marriage is also a liturgical act, appropriately held in a public liturgy at church. Catholics are urged to celebrate their marriage within the Eucharistic Liturgy. (United States Catholic Catechism for Adults)
Please call the parish office (603) 673-1311 if you or someone you know would like to receive this sacrament or if you would like to have a visit from the Hospital Chaplain.
WHAT IS THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK?
The purpose of the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is to give grace and support to those individuals who are sick or approaching death. The sacrament is administered by the priest, who anoints the individual's forehead and the palm of hands with oil, recites a prayer, and gives the recipient a blessing.
Who Can Receive This Sacrament?
Catholics who are anticipating surgery or experiencing health issues and would like to be strengthened with the Church’s sacrament of healing and hope, contact the pastor personally to arrange for the Anointing of the Sick. The sacrament cannot be given to those who have already passed away.
The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick was previously most commonly administered to the dying, for the remission of sins and the provision of spiritual strength and health. In modern times, however, its use has been expanded to all who are gravely ill or are about to undergo a serious operation, and the Church stresses a secondary effect of the sacrament: to help a person recover his health. Like Confession and Holy Communion, to which it is closely linked, the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick can be repeated as often as is necessary.
- From About.com the Catholicism of the Seven Sacraments
The Sacrament of Holy Orders is the continuation of Christ's priesthood, which He bestowed upon His Apostles; thus, the Catechism of the Catholic Church refers to the Sacrament of Holy Orders as "the sacrament of apostolic ministry."
"Ordination" comes from the Latin word ordinatio, which means to incorporate someone into an order. In the Sacrament of Holy Orders, a man is incorporated into the priesthood of Christ, at one of three levels: the episcopate, the priesthood, or the diaconate.
Holy Orders is the sacrament by which men are ordained serve the salvation of all the priesthood of believers as Deacon, Priest, Bishop.
It is the responsibility of all Catholics to pray to support the call of young men to the ordained life. A good family home and parish environment are very important and fertile grounds for the blossoming of vocations to the diaconate and priesthood.
Please contact Fr. Dennis Audet at 673-1311 or daudet52@gmail.com
