MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday Vigil 4:30 PM

Sunday 7:30 & 10:30 AM

Monday-Wednesday 8:00 AM

Pastor:

Rev. Edward J. Hanlon ejhanlon3@verizon.net

Deacon:

Rev. Mr. Thomas J. Varney…...varney1a@msn.com

Religious Education:

Carole LeBlanc restjames1@aol.com

Director of Music:

Patricia Saviet

Parish Secretary:

Celeste Allain catstjames@aol.com

Parish office hours: 8:30am-2:00pm M-F

89 Main Street

South Grafton, MA 01560

SACRAMENT OF PENANCE

Saturday 4:00 PM

Call rectory for appointment

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

Baptism is celebrated on the Third Sunday of the month at

12:00 PM. Call the rectory to make arrangements.

SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE

Couples planning for marriage should contact the rectory

one year prior to the wedding date.

CARE FOR THE SICK

Please contact the rectory if you know of anyone who is

hospitalized or confined to home because of age or illness.

WELCOME NEW PARISHIONERS

Please introduce yourselves after Mass. We want to know

and serve you. We hope you become active members of

our parish community.

We are a Stewardship Parish

TIME ◆ TALENT ◆ TREASURE

508 839-5354 • FAX 508 839-5430 • Religious Education Office 508 839-6800 • Web: stjamesgrafton.com

Saint James Parish

SAINT JAMES CHURCH SOUTH GRAFTON

Saturday, February 16

4:30 PM Charlie Hill by his wife and son

Sunday, February 17

7:30 AM Joseph Folster by his family

10:30 AM 7th Anniversary, Mary Radzik

By the Radzik family

Monday, February 18

8:00 AM Souls in Purgatory

Tuesday, February 19

8:00 AM Alex Lipinski by his children

Wednesday, February 20

8:00 AM Souls in Purgatory

Next Saturday, February 23

4:30 PM 5th Anniversary, Donald Small, Sr.

By his family

Next Sunday, February 24

7:30 AM Parishioners of Saint James

10:30 AM Joseph Berube by his family

February 9 & 10 $3,849.00

Higher Utilities $208.00

THANK YOU!

COMMUNION CALLS

Please call the rectory if you or anyone you know and

care about is homebound because of age or illness and

unable to attend Mass. We have wonderful parishioners

who will be happy to visit with them and bring them

Communion.

ANNUAL PENNY SALE

St. James’ next Penny Sale will be held on Sunday, April

7th. Please keep that in mind if you are out shopping. Small

household appliances, toys and games, books, crafts, home

décor, movies and Easter themed items are all examples of

great prizes. We can only accept new, un-opened items for

the Penny Sale. They can be dropped off at the rectory

during regular office hours.

Please call Ann Kjellberg at 508-839-4762 with any

questions. Thanks in advance!

Veteran’s Sock Drive for Local Veterans

February 1st – 28th

We are collecting new socks for men and

women, all colors, sizes and styles (no ankle

socks please). This sock collection will be

on-going from February 1st through February

28th. Collection boxes are located at all 3 parishes; St.

Mary, St. Philip, and St. James. Please help us to fill them

all so we can be sure everyone has warm feet in this cold

weather.

Second Annual "An Evening of Hope" Gala

to support IHN

Tickets are now on sale! Please go to https://

www.ihnworcester.org/an-evening-of-hope-2019/ or

email jalley@ihnworcester.org. We will have

representatives after Masses the weekend of 2/16, 17 so

that you can buy tickets in person with cash or check made

out to IHN. Tickets are $75 per person (cash/check) or $78

pp online.

You don't want to miss this wonderful evening out

(great for a date night) on March 2nd 7:00-10:00pm at

Temple Emanuel Sinai in Worcester.

HELP NEEDED, PLEASE

If there is anyone who can spare a few

hours every other week, help is needed to

wash and iron the church laundry. It

amounts to one load of laundry and simple

ironing of the linens used during Masses. If you are

interested, please call Celeste in the parish office.

THE 6TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

“Blessed are you when people hate you,…exclude and

insult you, and denounce your name…on account of the

Son of Man.” (Luke 6:22) All of us have been in situations

when someone has made a negative comment or joke about

God or our Catholic faith. How did you respond? Did you

stay silent or pretend to go along with the crowd because

you didn’t want to cause waves and then, later, you felt

bad? Know that God is with you all the time, the Holy

Spirit will put the right words in your mouth. Pray for the

strength and courage to proclaim our faith to others,

especially during uncomfortable situations.

SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME FEBRUARY 17, 2019

HOSPITAL VISITS Each week, Worcester Medical Center (St. Vincent’s),

U. Mass Memorial and U. Mass University Campus and

Milford Hospital are called to see if any parishioners are

patients. When patients are admitted through the emergency

room, they will often not be listed under their parish. Please

call the rectory when a family member, friend or neighbor

is hospitalized.

We also want to know if any of our parishioners are

currently in nursing homes. With the new privacy laws, it is

impossible for us to get that information without your help.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17

No Religious Ed classes

No Youth Choir

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, Presidents’ Day

No Religious Ed classes

NEXT SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24

9:00 AM Grades 1 and 2 Religious Ed classes

10:15 AM Youth Choir

6:00 PM High School Religious Ed classes

Worldwide Marriage Encounter Love is patient, love is kind. Increase your love for one

another by attending a Worldwide Marriage Encounter

Weekend. The next Weekends are Mar 8-10, 2019 in

Duxbury, MA and Apr 13-14, 2019 in Brewster, MA. For

more information, call Stephen & Michelle O'Leary at 800-

710-9963 or visit them at https://wwmema.org/.

HARVEST FAIR ―VALENTINE‖ BAKE SALE

AND RAFFLES—A HUGE THANKS!

Our Valentine Bake Sale and Raffles successfully

raised $534.00 last weekend! Thanks to the contributions of

the fabulous bakers and the generosity of those who

supported our efforts by purchasing baked goods and raffle

tickets, and to all the “behind the scene” volunteers. You

are all greatly appreciated!

Winners of the raffles were:

Large stuffed bear & candy Father Hanlon

Bird Basket Mary Sevon

Cupcakes with stand Lisa Arbogast

Terrarium Michelle MeoMartino

Mystery Boxes Janet Krause

Congratulations to you all and thanks again!

EVERYDAY STEWARDSHIP

When I was a child, I often thought of the Church as

something mystical and supernatural. I wasn't wrong in my

understanding of the Body of Christ, for surely the Church

has these characteristics. However, even though we speak

about the foundation of all we are as Church being the

"mystery of Christ," Jesus became a man so that

supernatural element could break into the natural world in a

profound way. What we once could not see, we now see.

What we saw as a God in a distant place now dwelt among

us. It is one of the aspects of Catholicism that I have grown

to appreciate the most as I have matured: for a Catholic, the

supernatural is natural. The communion of saints is

heavenly and earthly at the same time.

The Beatitudes instruct us about this reality. Pope

Francis reminds us that holiness is "not about swooning in

mystic rapture." Holiness is about living in the real world

and doing extraordinary things with our ordinary lives. Our

stewardship way of life consists of actions in the natural

world that have extraordinary repercussions.

Do not ever take your simple actions of generosity and

love for granted. As disciples called to a life of stewardship,

we participate in something more profound than what we

can see. We are blessed to be called to follow Jesus, and we

bring blessing to all those with whom we choose to share

ourselves.

-Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Schedules will be going out soon for lectors, Eucharistic

Ministers and altar servers. This schedule will run from

March 10th through the end of May. If anyone knows of

any specific weeks that they will be unavailable, please let

Celeste know. I have already heard from several of you and

I thank you for letting me know.