St. Robert Bellarmine

Church “Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus”

ST ROBERT BELLARMINE CHURCH JOHNSTON, RI

MASS INTENTIONS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11

5:15 PM Theresa & Ernest Soscia and Arthur Clayton (Rem.), By family George Brown (Rem.), By family SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12 8:00 AM Lisa Brown (Rem.), By Phil, Gina Marie and Danny 10:00 AM Madolin Brown (Rem.), By Charon and Al Kathleen Danti (1st Ann.), By family 11:30 AM Mark Fontaine (Birth.), By family Lucy and Anthony Fusco (Rem.), By granddaughter MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13 9:00 AM Sarah Rose (Rem.), By Lucille Domnick Brennan (Rem.), By Frank and Lucy TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 9:00 AM Joseph D’Ercole (Rem.), By Lucille WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15 12:10 PM Claire Tumminelli (Birth.), By family THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16 9:00 AM NO SCHEDULED MASS TODAY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 9:00 AM OPEN INTENTION SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18

5:15 PM Mark Fontaine, Leigh Ann Moreau, John Longiaru, Stephen Libera and all those who died in the Station Nightclub Fire (Rem.), By family SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19 8:00 AM OPEN INTENTION 10:00 AM Theresa Nadeau (Ann.), By family 11:30 AM Richard Tortorella (1st Ann.), By wife Veronica & James Mitchell (Rem.), By family

Sanctuary Lamp Week of February 12 – February 18

“In Memory of”

Bobby Puleo (18th

Ann.),

By Jennifer and Gary

PASTOR’S COMMENTS Borrowed from Paul Turner

Making Choices

You have probably said this before: “I

had no choice.” You may have said it about a

decision you did not want to make, one that

made you unpopular, or one that felt wrong. If

you have no choice, you have no blame. We can

more easily accept a difficult decision if we feel

as though it were the only one.

However, we almost always have

choices. Some of them are not very good. We

reject them without much thinking about them.

They are even worse than the choice we make.

Or they are more difficult to enact. Our brains

process some choices so quickly, that it feels

right to say, “I had no choice.” But we usually

do.

God gives us free will to make choices.

“If you choose you can keep the

commandments,” says the Book of Sirach.

“God has set before you fire and water; to

whichever you choose, stretch forth your hand.”

Many choices stand before us: “life and death,

good and evil.” We get whichever one we

choose.

God does not command us to act

unjustly. We are free. But our freedom is not a

license to sin. Our freedom is the environment

in which we make choices. And God is

hoping—as each of us hopes—that we will only

choose what is good. Some of our choices may

not feel right, but if we pick the best choice, it is

right.

Fr. John

SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME FEBRUARY 12, 2017

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Office Hours: 9am to 4pm. Monday – Thursday

Phone : 232-9321 E-mail – srbccd@aol.com

Religious Education Classes

Day Date Grade Time

Sun Feb-12 1 thru 4 9:45-11:00

Sun. Feb-12 7 thru 10

6:30-7:45

Tue Feb-14 5 & 6

4:00-5:15

Confirmation candidates

Rite of Enrollment and Sponsorship forms need to

be handed in before the end of the month.

The date for your Confirmation is April,30 2017 at

3:00 at the Cathedral.

First Communion A Retreat for children making their First Communion and their parents will be held on March 25th at 10:00am here at St. Robert Bellarmine Church. God Bless all our Children

SUNDAY, ROSARY FOLLOWING 8:00 AM MASS

IN THE UPPER CHURCH

SUNDAY, AA GROUP MEETING AT 5:00 PM IN

THE CHURCH HALL (EVERY SUNDAY) (*Note the

time change*)

WEDNESDAY, AAGROUP MEETING AT 7:00 AM

IN THE CHURCH HALL (EVERY WEDNESDAY)

THURSDAY, NA GROUP MEETING AT 7:00 PM

IN THE SACRISTY

FRIDAY, AA AT 8:00 PM IN THE CHURCH HALL

(EVERY FRIDAY)

FRIDAY, NA GROUP MEETING AT 10:00 PM IN

THE CHURCH HALL

Sunday Sir 15:15-20; 1 Cor 2:6-10; Mt 5:17-37 or 5:20-22a, 27-28, 33-34a, 37 Monday Gn 4:1-15, 25; Mk 8:11-13 Tuesday Gn 6:5-8, 7:1-5, 10; Mk 8:14-21 Wednesday Gn 8:6-13, 20-22; Mk 8:22-26 Thursday Gn 9:1-13; Mk 8:27-33 Friday Gn 11:1-9; Mk 8:34—9:1 Saturday Heb 11:1-7; Mk 9:2-13

Call: Jan Zarrella (274-6576) or Charon Souza

(231-3962) or Eileen Morrison (349-3601)

PLEASE SUPPORT OUR FOOD SHELF!

The Food Shelf is in need of

these items: JUICE (Grape, Apple,

Cranberry)

RAMEN NOODLES

TUNA

CLEANING PRODUCTS

$15.00 STOP & SHOP OR PRICE RITE GIFT

CARDS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.

Thank you for your generosity!

ST ROBERT BELLARMINE CHURCH JOHNSTON, RI

OUR MAJOR FUND RAISER

Week # 5 Ticket # 0508

$35 : Ronald Webster

Captain: Wil Courtemanche

Tickets are still available at the Rectory Office or call

Ann @ 944-6792, Pat @ 647-7461 or Judy @ 232-3603

All payments must be Up-To-Date to be eligible – Thank you for your support!

Youth Group News Tuesday, February 21, Family Fun Day: Paint Ceramics; have fun painting ceramics and enjoying a light snack and drink: Church Hall 7:00 PM: Cost $5 per child (Pre K to Grade 5) Saturday, February 25, Family Fun Day: Ice Cream Social and Movie Night; Enjoy making your own Ice Cream Sundaes and watching a movie on the projection screen in your PJ’s. 6:30 PM Bring sleeping bag and pillow. Cost $5 per child; Popcorn and drink served (All Ages)

Thank you for your support of our SOUPer Bowl of Caring Collection. $1,627.00

was collected to feed the hungry!

The Rectory and CCD Offices will be closed on Monday, February 20th in

observance of President’s Day!

The Nardolillo Family is pleased to host Hope Hospice and Palliative Care Bereavement Groups with our group facilitator Dr. Mari

Nardolillo-Dias, NCC,FT,GC-C,CG-C., Director of Gracepointe Grief Center.

Free and open to the public, it is our intention to make Hospice Bereavement Groups more

convenient to bereaved members of our community.

General Grief Support held monthly at the Nardolillo Funeral Home, 1278 Park Avenue,

Cranston on the following Thursdays: February 23, March 23, April 27 and May 25

from 5-6:30 PM.

Rhode Island Catholic’s annual February Subscription Campaign is underway. To receive

or renew a year of in-home delivery of the diocese’s national award-winning weekly

newspaper for $30, place the specially marked Subscription Drive weekly parish budget

envelope into your parish collection basket; visit www.thericatholic.com/subscribe.html to purchase or renew a subscription with a credit

or debit card; or call the newspaper’s Circulation Desk at 272-1010 to subscribe by phone. Rhode Island Catholic depends on its

faithful readers to continue its more than 140-year mission of bringing the good news of the

church to your home each week.

Volunteer Opportunities at St. Patrick's Meal Kitchen

You can help our struggling brothers and sisters by volunteering at St. Patrick's Meal Kitchen at 244 Smith St. in Providence. We are seeking participation from St. Robert Bellarmine Confirmation students and other parishioners from 3:30-6:00 on the following Monday:

February 20 (President's Day) Please contact Terry Novak at terrynovak57@msn.com if you are interested in volunteering. Thank you!

As we strive to continue to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus in this new year of 2017, here is a portion of a prayer composed by Blessed John Henry Newman, a prayer that was often used by Mother Teresa of Calcutta. May it be our fervent prayer this day, and always:

Dear LORD, help me to spread thy fragrance everywhere I go. Flood my soul with Thy spirit and love. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life may be only a radiance of thine. Shine through me and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Thy presence in my soul. Let them look up and see no longer me but ONLY JESUS.