Weekday Mass (Monday thru Friday) 6:50 am & 9:00 am

(Saturday) 9:00 am

Lord’s Day Mass Saturday (Vigil) 4:00 pm — Brazilian Mass 7:00 pm

Sunday 7:30 am, 9:00 am (Family), 11:00 am, 5:00 pm, 7:00 pm (Brazilian)

The Church is open for prayer daily from 6:00 am — 6:00 pm. We are handicapped-accessible — everyone is most welcome!

Comunidade Brasileira — Bem Vindo! A celebração da missa é realizada

todos os Domingos e as Terças-Feiras ás 19:00 h. Para maiores

Informações contactar pelo tel: (781) 871-5754.

Confessions/Reconciliation: Saturdays from 3-4:00 pm in the Lower Church, or

by appointment

Baptismal Arrangements: Parents register for baptism by contacting

Mrs. Elizabeth Davis at 781-878-7675.

Catechumen ate: A program of initiation and welcome into the

Christian community of faith. Open to all adults

and to Catholics who have not celebrated the Sac-

raments of Eucharist and/or Confirmation. Please

contact the rectory.

Marriage Arrangements: Couples should arrange an interview with one of

the priests of the parish at least six months prior to

the planned wedding date.

Sacrament of the Anointing Especially prior to entering hospital, call the

of the sick: rectory.

Last Rites of the Church for

the Dying: Call the Rectory.

St. Vincent de Paul: Call 781-792-0168 and follow taped directions

Alcoholics Anonymous: Wednesday, 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm (School)

Narcotics Anonymous: Monday, 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm (St. Joseph Center)

to all newcomers and visitors! Please make your-

self known to a member of the parish staff so that

we can extend a personal greeting to you. Be

sure to register at the rectory!

403 Union Street

Rockland, MA 02370

(781) 878-0160

www.holyfamilyrockland.org

Pastor Rev. James F. Hickey

Parochial Vicar Rev. James J. O’Driscoll

Parochial Vicar, Rev. Valdir Mesquita

Brazilian Ministry Ferreira Lima

Priest in Residence Rev. Kevin Hickey

Pastoral Associate Ms. Teresa Doyle Smith

School Principal Mrs. Joan Cahalane

Dir. Religious Ed. Mrs. Helen Ulich

Director of Music Mr. Robert Kirby

Finance & Operations Ms. Anne Marie Kennedy

Manager

Parish Secretaries Mrs. Kathleen Small

Mrs. Mary Corrieri

Ms. Brenda Callahan

Rectory ..................................... (781) 878-0160

Fax ............................................ (781) 871-6389

School ....................................... (781) 878-1154

Religious Ed. ............................ (781) 871-1244

Cemetery ....................... (781) 878-2306 / 0160

HOLY FAMILY PARISH, ROCKLAND, MASSACHUSETTS

Registrations for next fall will be mailed in July. Any child presently in Kindergarten who will be attending public school in the Fall should be enrolled in Religious Education for next year. Please call the ORE to be added to our mailing list. Preparation for the Sacraments of Penance and Eucharist is a two year program beginning in first grade.

The Office of Religious Education is now closed for the summer. Messages can be left on the answering machine which will be checked weekly.

Banns of Marriage

3 - Brian Woodbury & Elizabeth Hansen

The Theological Institute for the New

Evangelization and the Secretariat for

Evangelization and Discipleship presents

5 Things You Should Know- on Wednesday, June 27 from 8:30am – 2:15pm at the Pastoral Center in Braintree. A refresher on six key areas of Church teaching, the program includes Mass, lunch, and an end of day trivia contest on topics covered. Prizes will be awarded! To register, email Denise Daley at denise.daley@sjs.edu

Readings for the Week of June 24, 2018 Sunday: Vigil: Jer 1:4-10/Ps 71:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 15, 17 [6b]/1 Pt 1:8-12/Lk 1:5-17 Day: Is 49:1-6/Ps 139:1-3, 13-14, 14-15 [14a]/Acts 13:22-26/Lk 1:57-66, 80 Monday: 2 Kgs 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18/Ps 60:3, 4-5, 12-13 [7b]/Mt 7:1-5 Tuesday: 2 Kgs 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36/Ps 48:2-3ab, 3cd-4, 10-11 [cf. 9d]/Mt 7:6, 12-14 Wednesday: 2 Kgs 22:8-13; 23:1-3/Ps 119:33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40 [33a]/Mt 7:15-20 Thursday: 2 Kgs 24:8-17/Ps 79:1b-2, 3-5, 8, 9 [9]/Mt 7:21-29 Friday: Vigil: Acts 3:1-10/Ps 19:2-3, 4-5 [5a]/Gal 1:11-20/Jn 21:15-19 Day: Acts 12:1-11/Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [5b]/2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18/Mt 16:13-19 Saturday: Lam 2:2, 10-14, 18-19/Ps 74:1b-2, 3-5, 6-7, 20-21 [19b]/Mt 8:5-17 Next Sunday: Wis 1:13-15; 2:23-24/Ps 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11, 12, 13 [2a]/2 Cor 8:7, 9, 13-15/Mk 5:21-43 or 5:21-24, 35b-43

GRAND ANNUAL COLLECTION Dear friends, we are down to the wire. The fiscal year ends on Saturday, June 30th. To date our Grand Annual has received $148,799, or 93% of our goal of $160,000. So we need $11,201 to come in during this week. Some of us have been extra generous, and I thank them for their gifts. I wonder, could some more of us find it possible to dig deep and allow us success? My thanks to you all. God bless Holy Family. JFH

BIBLE STUDY

Fr. O’Driscoll’s Bible Study will meet this Tuesday, June 26th at the regular times: 1:30 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. in the rectory conference room. We will be studying the Book of Romans. All are welcome.

Sunday, Jun 24 7:30 Michael McAuliffe 9:00 Nicholas Trabazan 5:00 People of the Parish Thursday, Jun 28 6:50 Annie McGunagle Saturday, Jun 30 4:00 Kevin Manning Sunday, July 1 7:30 Mary L. Dutra 9:00 People of the Parish 11:00 Ann Fairweather

REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS THE RECENTLY

DEPARTED

Margaret Bernabei, Janet Hickey, Patricia Cobb, Joseph Mahonchak

ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOLERS! Mass Citizens for Life has opened registration for the Pro-Life Summer Academy. What can you do to protect life? Come learn the facts about the life issues and what you can do in your school or community. The program takes place Tuesdays, July 10—August 14, from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m., at St. Stephen’s Parish in Framingham. Sponsored by Massachusetts Citizens for Life, the program includes free tuition and dinner is provided. Learn more at www.masscitizensforlife.org.

THE NATIVITY OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST

FAMILY NOTES, Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, June 24, 2018

“ROME SWEET HOME” by Dr. Scott Hahn Life is filled with unexpected surprises, and that’s how I came to see the Catholic Church to be the family of God that He wants all of His children to share in. To paraphrase Venerable Fulton Sheen, there are not 100 people in the United States who hate the Catholic Church, although there might be millions of people who hate what they mistakenly believe the Catholic Church to be and to teach. I thankfully discovered I fell into the second category. For years I opposed the Catholic Church and worked hard to get Catholics to leave the Church. But I came to see, through a lot of study and considerable prayer, that the Catholic Church is based in Scripture. Meanwhile, I was preparing my sermons and some lectures ahead of John chapter 3. I was delving into John chapter 6. In many ways, John’s Gospel is the richest Gospel of all. But chapter 6 is my favorite chapter in that fourth Gospel. There, I discovered something that I’m sure I had read before, but I never noticed. “Jesus said to them, ‘Truly, truly I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed and my blood is drink indeed. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me and I in him.’” I read that; then I reread it. I looked at it from ten different angles. I bought all these books about it, commentaries on John. I couldn’t understand how to make sense of it. I had been trained to interpret that passage in a figurative sense; Jesus was using a symbol. “Flesh and blood” really is just a symbol of His Body and Blood. But the more I studied, the more I realized that that interpretation makes no sense at all. Why? Because as soon as the Jews hear what Jesus says, they all depart. Up to this point, thousands were following Him, and then all of a sudden, the multitudes just simply are shocked that He says, “My flesh is food indeed, my blood is drink indeed,” and they all depart. Thousands of disciples leave Him. If Jesus had only intended that language to be figurative, He would have been morally obligated as a teacher to say, “Stop, I only mean it figuratively.” But He doesn’t do that; instead, what does He do? My research showed me that He turns to the Twelve, and He says to them, what? “We’d better hire a public relations (PR) agent; I really blew it guys.” No! He says, “Are you going to leave me, too?” He doesn’t say, “Do you understand that I only meant it as a symbol?” No! He says that the truth is what sets us free, and I have taught the truth. What are you going to do about it? Peter stands up and speaks out; he says, “To whom shall we go? You alone have the words of eternal life and we have come to believe.” Peter’s statement “To whom shall we go?” implies “You know, Jesus, we don’t understand what you mean either, but do you have another Rabbi on the scene you can recommend? You know, to whom shall we go? It’s too late for us; we believe whatever you say even if we don’t understand it fully. If you say we have to eat your Flesh and drink your Blood, then somehow you’ll give us the grace we need to accept your words at face value.” He didn’t mean it figuratively. As I studied this chapter, I began to realize it’s one thing to convince Presbyterians that being born again means being baptized, but how in the world could I possibly convince them that we actually have to eat His Flesh and drink His Blood? I focused, then, a little bit more on the Lord’s Supper and communion. I discovered that Jesus had never used the word “covenant” in His public ministry. He saved the one time He used it for when He instituted the Eucharist, when He said, “This cup is the blood of the new covenant.” If covenant means family, what is it that makes us family? Sharing flesh and blood. So if Christ forms a new covenant, that is a new family, what is He going to have to provide us with? New flesh and new blood. I began to see why, in the early Church, for over 700 years, nobody in any place disputed the meaning of Jesus’ words. All of the early Church Fathers, without exception, took Jesus’ words at face value. They believed and taught the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Dr. Scott Hahn is the author (or editor) of over forty books, including best–selling titles like Rome Sweet Home, The Lamb’s Supper, and Hail Holy Queen. His most recent titles include: The Creed, The Fourth Cup, and The First Society. A popular speaker and teacher, Dr. Hahn has delivered numerous talks nationally and internationally on a wide variety of topics related to Scripture and the Catholic Faith. His talks have been effective in helping thousands of Protestants and fallen away Catholics to (re)embrace the Catholic Faith. He received his M.Div. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in 1982 and his Ph.D. in Theology from Marquette University in 1995. He was ordained in 1982 at Trinity Presbyterian Church (Fairfax, VA). He entered the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil, 1986 and his wife, Kimberly, entered in 1990. They live in Steubenville, Ohio and have six children. Visit CHNetwork.org/converts to comment on and share this or one of hundreds of other powerful testimonies. Taken from The Coming Home Network International, June 2018 CHNewsletter, pp. 1, 9, and 10. God bless, Fr. O’Driscoll

JUNE 24, 2018

ICON OF THE NATIVITY OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST

WORDS OF GRACE Words of Grace booklet is available in the foyer of the Main Church. This booklet contains daily reflections, prayer, wisdom and Catholic history based on the day’s Mass readings and the Church’s rich, spiritual tradition. Please help yourself to a copy. Also available is a variety of reading material to enhance your spiritual growth during the summer months.

SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH PRAYER LINE

Call and ask for prayers for someone you know.

1-617-746-2054

Hours: Monday—Friday 8:00 AM—4:00 PM On weekends & after 4:00 PM, you may leave a prayer

request message or visit www.csjboston.org.

MASS TIME FOR TRAVEL

When you are traveling or on vacation this summer and looking for parish information such as location, Mass schedules, contact information, website links and maps, go to the website: www.masstimes.org.

THE NATIVITY OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST

OFFERTORY GIVING

Parishioners have asked to have their Offertory payments made to Holy Family directly. The easiest and most cost effective way is to go to your online bill pay and set up a recurring payment to Holy Family Parish. Please make sure on the memo line you give your name and envelope # and the word “OFFERTORY” This will ensure that we credit your account here at Holy Family and your personal banking info stays with your bank! Please call Anne Marie Kennedy, Finance & Operations Manager at 781-878-0160 for further information.

PREGNANCY HELP

Pregnancy Help is a crisis pregnancy center sponsored by the Archdiocese of Boston. Trained and caring counselors are available to assist any woman experiencing an unplanned or crisis pregnancy. Pregnancy Help provides free pregnancy testing, counseling, referrals, on-going support & material assistance to support women in finding alternatives to abortion. Call toll free 1-888-771-3914.

COMMUNION TO THE HOMEBOUND If you or a family member or a loved one is unable to attend Mass on a temporary or on-going basis, please know that a Eucharistic Minister would be happy to bring Communion to you in your home. Please call the rectory, 781-878-0160, to make a request. Teresa Doyle Smith will get back to you to arrange a mutually convenient time for a visit.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 2018 If you are interested in a bible study school for your child this summer, here are two local parishes offering programs:

St. Joseph the Worker 1 Maquan St., Hanson Program: Shipwrecked! Rescued by Jesus Grades: Pre-K - 5 Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Contact: Patti Keane at saint.joseph.vbs@gmail.com or call 781-293-3581

Sacred Heart and St. Thomas More Collaborative - 55 Commercial St. Weymouth Program: Shipwrecked! Rescued by Jesus Grade: K - 5 Time: 8:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (with option for extended day until 5:00 p.m.) Contact: Mary Beth Brady at mbbrady@shstm.org or call 781-337-6333 ext:116

FIRST FRIDAY OF THE SACRED HEART DEVOTIONS

3:00 - 6:00 p.m., Friday, July 6, 2018

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Chaplet of Divine Mercy, Recitation of the Rosary, Stations of the Cross,

Confession and Benediction Devotions are held every first Friday of the month at the Portiuncula Chapel, at Cardinal Cushing Centers, Rt. 53, Hanover, MA. Hosted by St. Mary of the Portiuncula Order of Franciscan Seculars. The prayer intentions for July will be for World Peace and all those in the Military and their families. All are most welcome to come and pray together for your needs and intentions.

The welcome and attention you give your friends when they gather in our backyard for a summer cookout is a sign of your hospitality. There are others who are just as truly your guests, though you have never met them. They are the ones who share your hospitality each time you make a contribution to the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Boxes are available at the rear of the Church for this purpose. Thanks for your help!

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