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4 Dracut Road, Hudson, NH 03051 • Tel (603) 882-7793 • Fax (603) 595-1465

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FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

We enjoyed a wonderful celebration of Saint Catherine of Siena last weekend with the incredible production of “Catherine of Siena: A Woman for Our Times” and the ice cream social that followed. I think everyone in attend-ance had an opportunity to experience Saint Catherine in a new way—or even for the first time—through the per-formance of Sister Nancy Murray. We were indeed blessed.

I want to take this opportunity to say thank you to the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary from the House of For-mation for their hospitality to Sister Nancy. They opened their home to her and received her as one of their own. We all understand the stress of entertaining—making sure everything is in place, food, time, energy—and the Sis-ters did this with such grace and joy. Thank you, Sister Holly, Sister Margaret, Sister Sue, Sister Claudette, and Sis-ter Roxane for receiving Sister Nancy and making her feel so comfortable.

Now we begin to move, almost too quickly, toward the end of our Easter Season. This Thursday marks the forti-eth day since Easter, the day on which we celebrate the Ascension of the Lord. Of course, there will be extra Mass-es for the holy day, hopefully at times that will meet your schedule. If not, please do take the time to celebrate this important day at another church. Then, in just ten days after that, we will celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost with great joy and conclude the Easter Season. We always celebrate Pentecost well, and this year will be no differ-ent. The blessings that have come to our parish during this Easter have been abundant, and so we look forward to marking Pentecost as a day when the life of the Spirit that came down upon the apostles will be renewed in each one of us so that we may continue to proclaim the mystery of the Risen Christ and His unfailing presence among us. Given some of the challenges that we experience every day—in our workplaces, in our homes, in our Church—we need to rely on the Spirit of Jesus among us more in-tently. Wouldn’t we be much more productive proclaiming the resurrection of Christ than getting involved in speculation and gossip which oftentimes infil-trates our lives? I want to encourage all of us (yes, me included!) to speak more of Christ than about one another. We all need to do a little bit more to be mes-sengers of the Gospel rather than bearers of other kinds of news.

During this week, I happened to be checking my calendar and realized that I hadn’t added our priestly ordina-tions to it. Then I remembered that we don’t have any men being ordained for our diocese this year. We have 122 churches in our diocese which constitute approximately 90 parishes. In larger dioceses, that may not seem like an overwhelming number, but we are not a large diocese and we do not have a large number of priests anymore. It’s almost shocking to realize that as our senior priests retire or accept “senior priest” status, that we just don’t have enough priests to fulfill the responsibilities of maintaining parish life as we have always known it. In a diocese that once produced many diocesan and religious priests, significant numbers of religious brothers and exorbitant amounts of religious sisters, we find ourselves struggling day by day. Has faith diminished that much over the years that no one is being called any more?

I would dare say that God is still calling and that the faith is stronger today, especially here at Saint Kathryn’s. I’m edified by the number of young people we have in our community and by the young families who consistently bring their children to Holy Mass. It is from among our teens and from those children who may be a little feisty in the pews today who will be our priests, Sisters, and Brothers tomorrow. I’m pretty confident that there are a few young adults among us today who have thought about a priestly or religious vocation and who just aren’t sure if God is calling them or what the repercussions from family and friends will be. Trust me—every priest and every woman and man entering into religious life has asked the same question and shared in the same fear. But we look at the men and women from our parish who have entered religious life or the priesthood and see the joy of serving God and the Church all over their faces!

Sisters and brothers in Christ, look around our church. You will assuredly see someone that you would say, “I can see him as a priest” or “She would be a wonderful Sister.” Don’t be afraid to ask them if they’ve ever thought about it or afraid to point them out to me. Who knows? You might be the very person to encourage them to take the next step!

Until next week...God bless! Father Joe

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Saturday, May 5 Vigil (The Sixth Sunday of Easter) 4:00PM—+The Palaski Family, by Elaine Palaski

Sunday, May 6 (The Sixth Sunday of Easter) 8:30AM—+Father Paul McHugh 10:30AM—+Dolores Ballman, by Saint Kathryn Finance Council 6:30PM–+George Poly, by his wife and family

Monday, May 7 (Easter Weekday) 8:30AM—+Mary Gleason, by Ed Gleason

Tuesday, May 8 (Easter Weekday) 7:00PM—Communion Service—No Mass

Wednesday, May 9 (Easter Weekday) 8:30AM—Communion Service—No Mass Vigil (The Ascension of the Lord) 7:00PM—The People of the Parish

Thursday, May 10 (Ascension of the Lord) 8:30AM—The People of the Parish 7:00PM—+Lisa Dube and Jeannie LaMirande, by Cecile Adams

Friday, May 11 (Easter Weekday) 8:30AM—+Phillip Duffy, by his family

Saturday, May 12 (Saint Nereus; Saint Achilleus; Saint Pancras) 8:30AM—+Souls in Purgatory, by a parishioner

Vigil (The Ascension of the Lord) 4:00PM—All Mothers, Living and Deceased

Sunday, May 13 (The Ascension of the Lord) 8:30AM—All Mothers, Living and Deceased 10:30AM—All Mothers, Living and Deceased 6:30PM—All Mothers, Living and Deceased

SOLEMNITY OF THE ASCENSION

This Thursday is the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord. Masses will be celebrated on Wednesday, May 9th at 7:00 p.m. and on Thursday, May 10th at 8:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. All Masses will be celebrated in the main church. Holy Days of Obligation, like the Ascension, require that all Catholics assist at Mass on this day to help us mark significant moments or mysteries in the life of the Church and carries with it the same as the Sunday obligation to assist at Mass.

MAY 6, 2018

Sunday, May 6th Baptism Catechesis/RM 1 (12:15P)

Monday, May 7th Homeschool Group/RMs 1-2 (1:00-3:00P) Daughters of Eve/RM 1 (7:00P)

Tuesday, May 8th Crafters/Craft Room (1:00-8:30P) Cub Scouts/Hall A and RMs 5 and 6 (6:30-7:30P) Boy Scouts/Hall B and RM 2 (7:00-8:30P)

Wednesday, May 9th Parish Office Closed for Safety Training Adoration/Chapel (5:30-8:15A and 1:00-7:00P) Simple Reposition/Chapel (6:45P) Vigil Mass for the Ascension/Church (7:00P) Choir Rehearsal/Church (7:30P) Schola Rehearsal/Church (9:00-9:30P)

Thursday, May 10th Masses for the Ascension of the Lord/Church

(8:30A and 7:00P)

Friday, May 11th Moms’ Group/RM 1 (9:30-11:00A)

Saturday, May 12th Men of Saint Joseph/RM 1 (7:00-8:00P) Secular Carmelites/RM 2 (8:00-Noon) First Communion, Group 2/Church (10:30A —

meet in hall at 10:00A)

Jubilee Week Sunday, May 13th May Crowning following the 10:30 a.m. Mass

REFLECTING GOD’S GENEROSITY

TO US

Offertory: $ 7,504.98 Online Giving: $ 3,574.00 Total: $ 11,078.98 Thank you for your continued generosity to our par-ish. Our weekly budget for the parish is $11,900. Can you help us to make up our deficit? We’re run-ning just a bit behind. Thank you!

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DAUGHTERS OF EVE

The Daughters of Eve May meeting will be May 7th at 7:00 p.m. in Room 1. We will have a faith discussion on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. We will also be making plans for the September retreat when we will be host-ing Sonja Corbitt.

ROYAL FAMILY KIDS CAMP

Royal Family Kids is looking for men and women will-ing to create life-changing moments for children of abuse and neglect. By volunteering to take a vacation that matters to kids in foster care (July 29-August 3, 2018), you can share God's unconditional love with kids who need it most. A few of our parishioners have an-swered the call and say it is an amazing life-changing experience. For more information contact Tina Mur-guia at tinamarie.murguia@gmail.com, David Wilder at D.Wilder@f5.com, or visit rfk.org. And make sure you check out their upcoming fundraiser on June 15th

with their Tee Off Against Child Abuse Golf Classic at the Amherst Country Club. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, June 15 and tee time is 9:00 a.m.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REGISTRATION

Registration for the 2018-2019 academic year for reli-gious education classes has begun. Children already enrolled in the program received the registration forms at religious ed class. Forms are also available in the back of the church and in the office. Schedules are at-tached to the registration form. Please, detach the schedule and keep for your records. The full schedule will also be posted on the parish website. Grades 1-6, please choose a Group based on the dates that work best for you, as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to switch groups once class has started. Early registration will take place until June 1 with a $40.00 registration fee/$80.00 per family; between June 1 and August 1, the registration will be $45.00/$90.00 per family; late registration after August 1 will be $50.00/$100.00 per family. Please register early and save!

PRIESTS’ CONVOCATION

The annual convocation of priests for the diocese will take place from Monday, May 7th through 9th. Mass will be celebrated at 8:30 a.m. on May 7th with Communion services on Tuesday, May 8th at 7:00 p.m. and Wednes-day, May 9th at 8:30 a.m. Adoration of the Blessed Sac-rament will take place as usual on Wednesday, May 9th.

THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

CALENDAR RAFFLE

Thank you to our FUNdraising Team and all who helped make our calendar raffle fundraiser a success! We have begun the dai-ly drawings and contacting all winners. We will be able to pub-lish winners’ names beginning

with the next bulletin. Stay tuned!

INFANT JESUS SCHOOL

Infant Jesus School is registering new students for the 2018-2019 school year. Infant Jesus School is quite an amazing school with 100 years of dedicated experience to offer your children. The staff is committed and ac-tive and will offer your children a myriad of experiences and opportunities. Please call today at 603.889.2649 to schedule a tour, or go to check out the website at www.ijschool.org We look forward to meeting you.

SAINT KATHRYN RELIGIOUS GOODS

One of the items we started carrying over the last few months has been an LED Devotional candle that we purchased because of all the neat safety features it has and because it’s ideal for hospital, nursing home or any room in the home. The great ideas that have been in-corporated into these are: there is no flame (it;s an LED candle), there is a timer built in so you can set it once and it comes on at the same time every day, the light is low enough to use as a night light also. The lights sold out in almost no time. We just ordered another group of them and they should be in the store as you read this. They make perfect inexpensive gifts for anyone you visit in a hospital and they are an excellent addi-tion to any home. The Jubilee Rosaries have been surprising everyone that has seen and purchased one because of their quality and beauty. Stop in and take a look.

EASTER VIGIL ON HUDSON TV

Many thanks to Jim McIntosh, Mike Johnson, our own Kristen Parziale, and the staff of Hud-son Community Television for donating their time and talent

to record and broadcast our Easter Vigil this year. Please visit http://hudsonctv.com/CablecastPublicSite/show/7506?channel=1 to watch the vigil online any-time. It is also scheduled to air on HCTV-20 on May 13th

at 7:30 a.m. and May 16th at 7:30 a.m.

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MAY 5, 2018

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

COUNCIL 5162 SCHOLARSHIPS

This year, Council 5162 will be offering the following scholarships: The Dave Sullivan Memorial Scholarship is open to Catholic students who will be graduating Alvirne High School this June. Columbianite Scholarships are open to Catholic stu-dents who will graduate this year and are members of Saint Kathryn’s. They could be attending a school out-side of Hudson, such as Notre Dame Academy. The following information must be received no later than Tuesday, May 8, 2018.

• A completed application;

• A copy of applicant’s current grades;

• A copy of his or her SAT scores (if applicable);

• A one page summary of extracurricular and com-munity activities since last year. This can include jobs and volunteer positions;

• A one-page essay as to why you wish to attend col-lege and how your future goals relate to your Cath-olic faith.

Applications are available in the back of the church, in the parish office, on our website, or by emailing Ron Di Stasio at rddistasio@comcast.net. Please return completed applications to either Knights of Columbus, P.O. Box 42, Hudson, NH 03051 or to Ron Di Stasio, 27 ¼ Highpine Ave., Nashua, NH 03063 (phone: 603.595.7837). Please note that any applica-tion received after May 8 will be disqualified.

JUBILEE CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH

A toast to us in our Jubilee year! Save the date for our first Champagne Brunch! Hosted by the FUNdraising team with breakfast cooked by our Veterans’ Community, brunch will take place in our parish hall on Pentecost Sunday, May 20th after the 8:30 a.m. Mass and the 10:30 a.m. Mass. Tickets are available this weekend in the back of the church for $5.00/person (maximum $20/family). Tick-ets will also be available in the parish office.

JUBILEE NEWS

Pre-orders for T-shirts with our Jubilee logo will take place after all Masses this weekend. Screen-printed women’s T-shirts are $12, men’s are $10, and polo shirts with an embroidered logo are $25. T-shirts are white; polo shirts may be ordered in Kelly green, red, or royal blue. Get into the Jubilee spirit and get yours today! Proceeds will go towards Jubilee-related events.

CATHOLIC CHARITIES APPEAL

New Hampshire Catholic Charities envisions a future where vulnerable people are protected and supported, family life and marriage are preserved and strength-ened and all are cared for with compassion and respect. They strive to provide person-centered services to strengthen New Hampshire families and build inde-pendence. Grounded in the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, Cath-olic Charities New Hampshire responds to those in need with programs that heal, comfort and empower through integrity, respect, compassion, and collabora-tion. Would you consider a one-time gift or pledge to New Hampshire Catholic Charities? The goal for Saint Kathryn’s set by the diocese is $45,000.

FAITH FACTS

Many of our new parishioners have remarked that they have “experienced” the sprinkling rite in their former parishes, but not quite in the same way as it takes place here. Many continue to be surprised by the addition of salt to the water, and so this week, we’d like to take the time to share that sacramental with you.

Since the coming of Jesus, salt that had been cleansed and sanctified by special exorcisms and prayers was given to catechumens before entering the church for baptism. At the Third Council of Carthage in the third century, salt was administered to the catechumens sev-eral times a year, verified by Saint Augustine of Hippo (Confessions I.11). Two specific rites, namely a cross traced on the forehead and a taste of blessed salt, not only marked the entrance into the catechumenate, but were repeated regularly. By his own account, Saint Au-gustine was "blessed regularly with the Sign of the Cross and was seasoned with God's salt."

In the sixth century, John the Deacon explained the use of blessed salt, "so the mind which is drenched and weakened by the waves of this world is held steady." Salt continued to be customarily used during the scru-tinies of catechumens or the baptism of infants.

The 1962 Rituale Romanum includes salt as component in three rites: at Baptism, for the reconsecration of an altar and the blessing holy water. Salt is added to water in silence after a prayer in which God is asked to bless the salt, recalling the blessed salt "scattered over the water by the prophet Elisha" and invoking the protec-tive powers of salt and water, that they may "drive away the power of evil."

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JUBILEE CHOIR CONCERT

Plan now to join us for a concert of sacred music per-formed by our parish choir and schola on Sunday, June 3rd, beginning at 3:00 p.m. in the church. The program will feature some of the “favorites” of the choir and schola as sung through the liturgical year. A light re-ception will follow in the parish hall.

BASEBALL ANYONE?

The Fisher Cats have invited us to participate in their Faith and Family night. The evening is advertised on their website as follows:

Baseball, Love & Action Night Join the Fisher Cats and SoulFest and New Sound Con-certs for a night of baseball, love & action at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium! Fans can enjoy live inspirational music and an exclusive, non-denominational question and answer session with Fisher Cats players. The game is on August 25th and will begin at 7:05 p.m. with the Fisher Cats playing against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies. The pre-game festivities began a 6:00 p.m. Tickets will be available at the reduced price of $10.00 per ticket. We need to know if you are interested before May 25th in order to purchase the reduced price tickets. Please call the office at 603.882.7793 to sign up.

BULLETIN ADVERTISING

Thank you, Bulletin Ad Sponsors! Help Still Needed! Jillianne Snow from Liturgical Publications, our bulle-tin publisher, was with us this past week securing ad-vertisers for our Bulletin. We would like to thank all of the advertisers who have generously committed to the Bulletin for this year! We still have space available and humbly ask that you consider advertising your business or remembering a loved one in our weekly bulletin. Our parish bulletin is one of our main communication tools to our parish members. It provides inspirational words from Father, Mass intentions, news, and events for the week ahead. We are thankful that this crucial communication piece is provided to our parish at no cost thanks to the generous advertising support of our parishioners and community-minded business-es. Please let us know if you can help. Sponsors of our bulletin recognize the tremendous value of connecting with our church family, who in turn respond by sup-porting our sponsors! If you would like to advertise in the weekly bulletin, please contact Jillianne at 603.918.6035 or via e-mail to jsnow@4lpi.com. Thank you!

THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

VOCATIONS CORNER

On Wednesday of this past week, Sister Mary Athana-sius, O.P., a member of our parish, celebrated her name day. Congratulations and many prayers are sent to Sis-ter Athanasius from her family here at Saint Kathryn’s. And don’t forget to keep the other men and women from our parish who are in formation in your prayers: Brother John Mark Solitario, O.P., Brother Marius Strom, TOR, Sister Faustina Kolbe Burda, DMN, Sister Maria Mechtilde Ainley, OSB.

FIRST COMMUNION

Between yesterday and next Saturday, fifty-two chil-dren from our parish will have received their First Holy

Communion here at Saint Kathry-n’s. What a wonderful gift they are receiving from the Lord and we pray that they will remain as close to Him as branches to the Vine. The children’s names will be published in next week’s bulletin. Each of these children is invited to participate in our May Crown-

ing next Sunday following the 10:30 a.m. Mass, and we hope that many of them will join us in their First Com-munion outfits and celebrate our May Crowning.

MOTHER’S DAY MASSES

Each of the Masses next weekend will be offered for all mothers (living and deceased) enrolled in our Mother’s Day Spiritual Bouquet. Cards and envelopes are availa-ble in the chapel vestibule and at the Shrine of Our La-dy of Czestochowa. Envelopes must be returned before the Saturday Vigil Mass in order to be included in the Mass intention.

THANK YOU!

Thank you to all of our volunteers who helped us with last weekend’s celebration of Saint Catherine of Siena. It was an amazing weekend thanks to so many hands! Thank you to all of our greeters and ticket takers; to those who staffed the store table; to the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary who hosted Sister Nancy and drove her back and forth to the church; to our Jubilee Social Committee who prepared an incredible ice cream social and decorated the parish hall; to Charlene and Jen who worked so hard behind the scenes and or-ganized every moment of that weekend; and to Dave LeLievre who crafted the magnificent Jubilee Rosary that we presented to Sister Nancy. Thank you to all!

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THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

Saint Kathryn Parish 4 Dracut Road, Hudson, New Hampshire 03051-5006

Telephone: 603.882.7793 Fax: 603.595.1465

Website: www.stkathryns.org Facebook: Saint Kathryn’s Church

PARISH STAFF Rev. Joseph M. Cooper, Pastor frjoe@stkathryns.org

Deacon Raymond V. Marcotte, Permanent Deacon deacon.ray@stkathryns.org

Sister Janice Rooney, SNDdeN, Catechetical Leader sr.janice@stkathryns.org

Charlene Maniotis, Parish Secretary charlene.maniotis@stkathryns.org

Jennifer LeClair , Religious Education Secretary jennifer.leclair@stkathryns.org

Peter Krauss, Bookkeeper peter.krauss@stkathryns.org

Larry Franchitto, Music Director lfranchitto@panam.com

Robert Oliver, Facilities Technician bob.oliver@stkathryns.org

Rick Wickham, Business Manager rick.wickham@stkathryns.org

Rick Balboni, Religious Goods Store Manager rick.balboni@stkathryns.org

PARISH OFFICE Monday - Thursday 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 1:00-4:00 p.m. Closed Friday/Weekends

PARISH RELIGIOUS GOODS STORE Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9:00 a.m.—1:00 p.m.

Saturday 9:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m.

SCHEDULE OF MASSES Saturday Vigil Mass: 4:00 p.m. Sunday Masses: 8:30 a.m.; 10:30 a.m.; 6:30 p.m.

Daily Mass: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Thursday: 7:00 p.m.

SACRAMENT OF PENANCE Tuesday, Thursday: 6:30-6:50 p.m.; Saturday: 9:15-10:00 a.m. and 3:00-3:45 p.m. Also by appointment.

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Catechesis takes place with the parents prior to scheduling a date for the baptism. For more information, please contact

Deacon Ray in the parish office.

SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Engaged couples should contact the parish office at least six months in advance of the proposed date of the wedding. Please

refer to the marriage policy as found on the parish website.

SACRAMENT OF THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK/COMMUNION TO THE HOMEBOUND Arrangements may be made for Communion to the Homebound or for the Sacrament of the Sick by calling the parish office.

The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick should be celebrated at the outset of an illness or when there is a change in the

person’s condition. The Sacrament should also be received prior to surgery.

PROTECTION OF CHILDREN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES The diocesan policies are available by calling the parish office or by consulting the diocesan website at www.catholicnh.org.

OPEN FOR YOU! The main door of the Church is open daily from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.; the Emmaus Chapel, in the office building, is open

7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. daily.

Welcome! If you are new to our community, we hope you have felt welcome! If you are a visitor - occasional or frequent

- we’re glad you joined us! If you’re considering parish membership introduce yourself to the pastor after Holy Mass to get

the process underway!

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ST. KATHRYN PARISH HUDSON, NEW HAMPSHIRE 03-0779 May 6, 2018 – Week 23