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Parish of the Precious Blood

May 24, 2020

www.theppb.org

Sacramental and Pastoral Care

Sacrament of Baptism

Please call the Parish Office to register by the first Friday of the month.

Sacrament of Marriage

Please call the Parish Office six months to one year in advance of the desired date

of your wedding.

Sacrament of Penance

Reconciliation is available 45 mins before Mass or by appointment.

Pastoral Ministry to the Sick and Homebound

Please call the Parish Office with the name, address and telephone number of the

person who is in need.

PARISH OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OFFICE HOURS Caribou Office: Presque Isle Office:

31 Thomas Ave. 6 Roberts St.

P.O. Box 625 Presque Isle, ME 04769

Caribou, ME 04736 768-3671 or 764-8644

498-2536 or 498-2537 *Hours: Mon.-Thurs.

*Hours: Mon. -Thurs. 9 AM - 3:30 PM

9 AM - 3:30 PM. Closed 12-1 PM for Lunch.

Closed Friday Closed Friday

Closed Friday

Seventh Sunday of Easter

What does faith and religion do for us? Ultimately, they remind us of

some truths we conveniently forget: we are created by a loving God,

we have imperfections, we sin, we need to be forgiven, we have a

mission and a purpose, it’s not just about us, and we hunger for the joy

of salvation. These are human truths that are not dependent upon

whether we like them. Ignoring them places us on the paths of comfort

and satisfaction as we blindly pursue the busyness and superficiality of

our empty lives. Instead of pursuing supernatural and lasting pleasure,

we choose things that are easier and quicker to obtain: sex, drugs,

travel, houses, cars, fame, popularity, self-achievement and

satisfaction, physical enjoyment, and the like.

We may also find ourselves falling victim to more negative responses

to what life brings us: anger, envy, lust, pride, gluttony, greed, and

apathy. Human hearts can become so hardened to the truth that

violence becomes the response of first choice. Being a Christian is

hard! Yet, as Pope Francis reminds us, the Church needs to be a field

hospital that has to be prepared to provide people with the remedy

they need. What we need is Jesus Christ. The Church, with all of the

glory of the sacraments, exists to help make Christ present and real for

us. Once we find Christ, we find joy. Joy is a matter of the heart that is

beyond pleasure and happiness. It is not found in some earthly

satisfaction, only in Christ.

Once we accept that we are destined to be in Christ, then we will

discover eternal life. Namely, “that they should know you, the only true

God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.” It is easy to

conveniently forget truth and pursue illusions immediately within our

grasp, but at what price? A man celebrating 60 years of marriage

remarked that it took so much effort and so many attempts to convince

his wife that they were meant to be together. Even his friends told him

he was foolish. He easily could have given up and pursued other

interests. He chose to persevere and is so grateful that he made that

choice because he now has a pearl of great price. Do we see a value

in persevering in our faith regardless of the cost? If we don’t take the

risk, we could lose more than we know.

© LPi

PASTOR

Rev. David R. Raymond ‘Fr. Dave’

david.raymond@portlanddiocese.org

PAROCHIAL VICARS

Rev. Nehru Stephen Savarayia ‘Fr. Steve’

nehru.stephen@portlanddiocese.org

Rev. Arockia Prabu ‘Fr. Prabu’

arockia.prabu@portlanddiocese.org

DEACON

Rev. Mr. Carl Joseph Gallagher ‘Deacon Carl’

carl.gallagher@portlanddiocese.org

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SANCTUARY LAMP

Holy Rosary

For All Frontline

Healthcare Workers.

OUR LADY LAMPS

If you would like to have a

candle burned in memory of

a loved one or for a special

intention please call the

rectory during regular

business hours.

ALL SCHEDULED DEVOTIONS ARE CANCELLED AT THIS TIME

BULLETIN MEMORIALS

In Loving Memory of

DALE CORBIN & MICHAEL POISSON

by Sharon Corbin & Family

In Loving Memory of

CONRAD CARON

by His Wife & Children

In Loving Memory of

LAWRENCE & HILDA BOSSE

& PATRICIA PARADIS

Given by

Jim & Nancy Chandler

In Loving Memory of

KENNETH G. MURCHISON, SR.

by the Murchison Family

In Loving Memory of

LIONEL BLANCHETTE &

RAYMOND BLANCHETTE

by Doris & Children

In Loving Memory of

MARK D. LeBLANC

DORIS MARTIN

by Mom, Dad & Family

In Loving Memory of

GILBERT GUERRETTE

by his Loving Wife & Family

Maurice and Anita

Soucy and

Loved Ones

By Their Loving Family

In Loving Memory of NORMAN WATSON

by His Wife & Children

In Loving Memory of

GLO & CLIFF MARTIN

by Their Children & Their Families

In Loving Memory of

LINDA PAGE

by Husband Norman & Family

In Loving Memory of

SHAWN BERNARD

by His Dad Charles

In Loving Memory of

REGINALD OUILLETTE

by His Loving Wife Teresa

In Loving Memory of

JUSTIN CEDERMAN

by Mom, & Gram.

Love and miss you very much.

HOLY ROSARY, CARIBOU

Thurs:

6:30 p.m. ACTS-Women: *No Meeting

7:00 p.m. Burning Bush Group *No meeting

Fri: 9:00-10:00 a.m. Adoration

1st Friday: Mass and Adoration

5:30-6:00 p.m. Confession

6:00 p.m. Mass

6:30 p.m. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

7:15 p.m. Prayers & Benediction

1st Saturday:

9:30 AM-12:00 PM Followers of the Cross—Parish Center

9:30-10:15 Rosary & Confession

10:15 Mass

3:00 p.m. First Saturday Devotions & Rosary

ST. MARY’S, PRESQUE ISLE

Tues:

1:00 p.m. Prayer Group

2:30 p.m. Rosary Team

Weds: 9:00 a.m. Rosary making

*First Friday Adoration is now being held at St. Mary’s at 6 PM.

9:00 a.m. Cenacle of the Marian Movement of Priests.

Sat: 2:30 PM First Saturday Devotions & Rosary.

Prayer & Devotions

ST. DENIS, FORT FAIRFIELD

* Confessions Every 3rd Sunday after Mass

Tues: 3rd Tues. of the month 1:00-3:00 p.m.

Weds: 10:00 a.m. St. Denis Rectory,

Cenacle of the Marian Movement of Priests.

Thurs: 9:00 a.m. Faith Sharing

Fri: 3:00 p.m. Divine Mercy Chaplet

Sat: 1:00 p.m. Adoration

Sun: 10:15 a.m. Rosary

ST. MARK, ASHLAND

Mon: 8:30 a.m. Rosary.

Tues: 2:30 p.m. Faith Sharing.

Fri: 8:30 a.m. Rosary

Sun: 10:00 a.m. Divine Mercy Chaplet before Mass.

OUR LADY OF THE LAKE,

PORTAGE

Sun: 8:30 a.m. Rosary before Mass

Tues: 6:30 p.m. Rosary

SACRED HEART, NORTH CARIBOU

Weds: 10:00 a.m. Rosary

Sat: 5:15 p.m. Rosary before Mass

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Mass Schedule Seventh Sunday of Easter May 24, 2020

Saturday, May 23: Seventh Sunday of Easter # 917

4:00 PM ** Patti Dorman by Julie Cook

4:00 PM ** Mildred Carrier by The Bonner Family

4:00 PM ** Leo & Corinna Thibodeau by Larry & Marie Ann

Sunday, May 24: Seventh Sunday of Easter # 917

World Communications Day

9:00 AM ** John (Jack) Shaw by Loving Wife Jackie and Family

9:00 AM ** Michael Poisson (7th Anniversary) by Sister Sharon & Family

9:00 AM ** Norman Johndro by Joyce & Family

Monday, May 25: Memorial Day St. Bede the Venerable

8:30 AM ** Gib, Edwina, John & Angela Gagnon by Family

8:30 AM ** Herman & Viola Paradis by Their Family

8:30 AM ** Mr. & Mrs. Jacques Moneault by Kathy Dionne

Tuesday, May 26: St. Philip Neri, Priest

8:30 AM ** Armand Godin by Mary Beth & Bill Francis

8:30 AM ** Robert McBurnie by His wife, Jeannette McBurnie

8:30 AM ** Cecile M. Chapman by The Storer Demerchant Sr.

Wednesday, May 27: St. Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop

8:30 AM ** Sonia Labbe by Rena

8:30 AM ** Paul Lynch by Bob & Joan Tweedie

Thursday, May 28:

8:30 AM ** Jeanne Sleeper by Roland & Judy Duprey

8:30 AM ** Bob Robinson by Loving wife, Rose Marie

6:00 PM ** Carmen & Alban Thibodeau by the Thibodeau

Friday, May 29:

8:30 AM ** Annette Harmon by Golden Age

8:30 AM ** Gladys Craig by Kevin & Jennifer Paradis & Family

8:30 AM ** Ken Brewer by A Friend

Saturday, May 30: Vigil of Pentecost #920

4:00 PM ** In Loving Memory of Clifford Deschaine (1st Anniversary) by His Loving Children Heather and Kyle

4:00 PM ** Michael Marquis by Marquis Family

4:00 PM ** Harry McCarthy by Susie Schloeman

Sunday, May 31: Pentecost Sunday #921

9:00 AM ** Annette Caron by Holy Rosary Hospitality

9:00 AM ** Justin Higgins by Aunt Charlene and Gail

9:00 AM ** Adrienne Dube Charette by Jim & Irma Labreck

Readings for the Week of May 24, 2020 Sunday: Ascension: Acts 1:1-11/Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 [6]/Eph 1:17-23/Mt 28:16-20 7th Sunday of Easter: Acts 1:12-14/Ps 27:1, 4, 7-8 [13]/1 Pt 4:13-16/Jn 17:1-11a Monday: Acts 19:1-8/Ps 68:2-3ab, 4-5acd, 6-7ab [33a]/Jn 16:29-33 Tuesday: Acts 20:17-27/Ps 68:10-11, 20-21 [33a]/Jn 17:1-11a Wednesday: Acts 20:28-38/Ps 68:29-30, 33-35a, 35bc-36ab [33a]/Jn 17:11b-19 Thursday: Acts 22:30; 23:6-11/Ps 16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 [1]/Jn 17:20-26 Friday: Acts 25:13b-21/Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20ab [19a]/Jn 21:15-19 Saturday: Morning: Acts 28:16-20, 30-31/Ps 11:4, 5 and 7 [cf. 7b]/Jn 21:20-25 Next Sunday: Vigil: Gn 11:1-9 or Ex 19:3-8a, 16-20b or Ez 37:1-14 or Jl 3:1-5/Ps 104:1-2, 24, 35, 27-28, 29, 30 [cf. 30]/Rom 8:22-27/Jn 7:37-39. Extended Vigil: Gn 11:1-9/Ps 33:10-11, 12-13, 14-15/Ex 19:3-8a, 16-20b/Dn 3:52, 53, 55, 56 [52b] or Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11/Ez 37:1-14/Ps 107:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [1]/Jl 3:1-5/Ps 104:1-2, 24, 35, 27-28, 29, 30 [cf. 30]/Rom 8:22-27/Jn 7:37-39. Day: Acts 2:1-11/Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 [cf. 30]/1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13/Jn 20:19-23

EVERYDAY STEWARDSHIP—RECOGNIZE GOD IN YOUR ORDINARY MOMENTS

Everlasting Easter The Easter season is almost over. This season is always a tougher one for us Catholics. We get Advent and Lent: preparation. We are on

board with Christmas, mainly because we like to keep up our decorations until someone tells us the exact day we must take them down. But

Easter as a season is a bit more difficult to observe. The rest of the world has moved on. There are no Easter eggs left in store windows and

all those religious movies on television have given way to reruns or season-ending episodes. It just feels like Easter anywhere … except in the

Church.

The truth is that it should feel like Easter all year-round in the Church. Every Sunday, we celebrate a mini-Easter. Our Lord is ALIVE! He is

risen and alive, and we need to celebrate. We also need to be about the work of the Lord. We are an Easter people who bear witness to his

resurrection through our stewardship. If he had never risen, then we would be called to nothing by no one. But he lives! As this Easter season

is drawing to a close, it is prudent to reflect on what his death and resurrection mean for each of us. How has it changed us? How does it

motivate us? It doesn’t look like Easter in most corners of the world, so it is up to us to bring a little Easter to every place we go and to

everyone we meet.– Tracy Earl Welliver

Statue of St. Theresa

I have a outdoor statue of St. Theresa if

anybody is interested in it they can have it

free! Would need to be repainted! No

chips! In good shape! Weighs about 100

pounds. Telephone 325-1968. Leave

message and we will get back to you.

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WORSHIP & SPIRITUALITY

DAILY and SUNDAY Masses are being Livestreamed on the

Parish Facebook page and website as follows:

Saturday at 4:00 PM

Sunday at 9:00 AM

Monday at 8:30 AM

Tuesday at 8:30 AM

Wednesday at 8:30 AM

Thursday at 8:30 AM

Friday at 8:30 AM

H.O.P.E.

The HOPE Commission is operating a ‘Wellness Check’

throughout the Parish during the Coronavirus outbreak. If you are

registered in the Parish Census you will receive a telephone call

or postcard from a HOPE volunteer to ask:

1. How are you?

2. Do you need anything?

3. Is there anything you would like us to pray for?

It is important that we stay connected at this time.

Holy Rosary ~ Social Justice & Peace

Holy Rosary is a member of the Caribou Ecumenical Food

Pantry. The Food Pantry is in need of the following items:

Cereal, Peanut Butter, Spaghetti and macaroni and cheese.

Thank you for supporting the pantry and helping our brothers &

sisters in need especially during the Corona Virus Pandemic! The

number to the pantry is: 493-4860. If you have questions please

call Terri Ouellette at 521-6024.

CHURCH & FAMILY LIFE

BREAD OF LIFE KITCHEN, Iocated at 62 Collin’s St. in

Caribou is open Mon.–Wed.—Fri. from 4:30 PM—5:30 PM.

**TAKE OUTS ONLY!**

Pilgrimage to Notre Dame Du Cape with visit to St. Anne de

Beaupre, & St. Joseph Oratory on Sept. 18,19 & 20, 2020. The

cost per person is $360 single and $310 double this is in

Canadian Money. Please contact Verna Beaulieu 895-2287 for

more info. Applications are on a first-come basis.

*Note the date change.

Prayer During A Health Crisis

Compassionate and Loving Father,

In the face of confusion and concern

impart to us the calm of your presence.

In You allow us to find hope and healing.

Be with those who serve the sick and give

them Your caring hands.

Be with those who lead and give them

Your Spirit of wisdom.

Be with those who have fallen ill and

give them Your comforting heart.

Wrap your arms around our world

and hold us in your love.

Allow us at this time of trial to then

serve as instruments of that love to all we meet.

We ask this in Your Name.

Amen.

©LPi

“Now glorify me, Father,

with you, with the glory

that I had with you before

the world began.

I revealed your name to

those whom you gave me

out of the world. They

belonged to you, and you

gave them to me, and

they have kept your

word.”

-Jn 17:5-8

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Parish Financial Stewardship

Up Coming Second/Special Collections:

May 24 Cemetery Upkeep

May 31 Fuel Fund

June 7 Seminarians & Students

July 1, 2019 - May 14, 2020

Last Week’s Collection: $ 16,492 Last Year: $ 19,113

Collections Year to Date: $ 744,619 Last Year: $ 794,758

Weekly Average $ 16,547 Last Year Average: $ 17,661

WeShare Year-To-Date: $ 93,797

OFFERTORY FOR 5/10/2020:

Holy Rosary $ 6,942 Our Lady $ 191

Sacred Heart $ 205 St. Catherine $ 230

St. Denis $ 1,175 St. Joseph $ 662

St. Louis $ 315 St. Mark $ 450

St. Mary $ 5,694 St. Theresa $ 628

STIMULUS CHALLENGE: Donations to date = $2,000 # of Gifts = 11

Remaining to Reach Goal = $113,000

Have you signed up for our Online Giving yet? If not just

go to www.theppb.orgClick on the ‘Donate Now’ tab at

the top of the page to get started. Need help to get set

up? Call us at 498-2536.

As of 5/15/20, the Parish of the Precious Blood has reached

34% of our goal with 131 participants for a total of $ 31,506