July 8, 2018 Sunday Mass: Vigil 4:00pm; 9:00am, 11:00am

St. Athanasius Church

Weekday Mass: 9:00am - Except Wednesday Morning Prayer 8:45am

300 Haverhill St, Reading, 01867 Monday - Friday 9am-4pm www.StAthanasiusReading.org [email protected] Facebook:

First Saturday Mass: 9:00am

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Phone: 781-944-0330 Fax: 781-944-1266

Reconciliation: Saturdays 3:153:45pm and during Eucharistic Adoration. Baptism: Celebrated the 3rd Sunday at 2pm. Call to register for Baptism Prep. Anointing of the Sick: Notify the office when a person is seriously ill. Extraordinary Ministers are available to bring the Eucharist to the homebound. Marriage: Call at least 6 months in advance of your wedding.

St. Athanasius Parish, Reading, MA

July 8, 2018

Please pray for our military and civilians who defend our freedom, especially: The 26th “Yankee” Brigade, and 1st Lts. Ryan & Nolan Johnson, US Army, Patrick Cavanaugh, PFC Christopher Lewis, CPL.Brenden Amico, Justin Whitmarsh, PFC Michael Goddard, Chaplain Tom Whiteman, Brian Basso US. Army, USMC Captain Zachary Johnson,LCPL Dean Lepore

Saturday, July 7 9:00am First Saturday Mass 4:00pm Benedict Marcello Memorial Sunday, July 8 9:00am Mass for the People 11:00am Stephanie Saulnier Memorial Monday, July 9 9:00am Michael Baltier Birthday Memorial Tuesday, July 10 9:00am Jean Perry Memorial Thursday, July 12 9:00am Jacqueline Puopolo Memorial Friday, July 13 9:00am Jean Stevens Memorial Saturday, July 14 4:00pm Anthony Lombardo Memorial Sunday, July 15 9:00am Mass for the People 11:00am Albert Lombardo Birthday Memorial

Remember those in need of prayers, especially: Maryann Lucerto, Margaret Sumner, John Cadigan, Pat K & Family, Marie Brown, JDF & Family, Patrick & Brianna, Rick Q, Trudy, Sean T, Dianne, Dina Luongo, Anne B,Katy, Bernadette, Bryan, Guarino Family, Robert D, Richard D, Steve R, Nowicki family, Scott, Carla, Patrick M, Matthew, Paula, Marie M, Sheila S, Bob C, Rose, Dom, Daniel, Sandra Cadigan, Lindsey, Matt & Chloe, Margie M, Kelly G, Frank G, Ben Goodhue, Jeff Eble, Peter, James B, John M, Christine M, Sheila D, Richard Rossi, Dottie Dillon, Richard, Andrew, Thomas, Anna W, Mary M, Terry G, Larry Y, Marion M, Phil T, Beth O, Denise S, Martha K, Noreen, Rosemary, Heather, Anne Marie, Barbara G, Tim Ervin and family, Barbara, Daniel, Asher, Brian,Caitlyn, Sue, Jill, Frank Thomas, Ryan Smith, Johnson Family, Elliott Family, Olivia Harper Johnson, Malin Family, Danny, Joan.B, Josephine.S, Bob Curran, David W, Morgan L, Enzo, David, Chip Case, Ed. S, Frank F ,Eddie, Ed .S, Marie M, Stephen O’Neill, Maddy M, Elijah & Family, Joel Rivera , Baby Wally, Diane S , Nancy, Costa Family, David Brey , Holly Benson, Pitman Family

SPECIAL DONATIONS: Altar Flowers: In Memory of Jean Perry Week of July 14th

These names will stay in the Prayer Corner until Sunday, August 5th - Call the office or email [email protected] to add or renew a name of your loved ones on the list.

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Parish Happenings !!!! M EETINGS & E VENTS

YOUTH MINISTRY

July 7th Sat

First Saturday Mass

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July 9th Mon

Prayer Shawl Meet in Pac

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July 13th Friday

Steubenville East Youth Conference With Brad Agostonelli @Umass Lowell

FAMILY MASSES : For the Summer months we will not host Family Masses . See you in the Fall ! RESTAURANT NIGHTS: Teens who received the sacrament of Confirmation this spring have the opportunity to eat at a local restaurant for FREE courtesy of St. Athanasius! This is simply a chance for friends to spend time together and support each other. Groups will be between four and eight teens and the restaurant nights will be on: Wednesday, 7/18 at 7pm Wednesday, 8/22 at 630pm Please contact Brad at least one week before the date if you and a couple friends would like to RSVP for a dinner. Then we will decide on a restaurant.

ATTENTION PARISHONERS Summer Changes On Fridays our office will close at 2:00pm

SEEKING LECTORS FOR MASS ! Are you a teen who has received the sacrament of Confirmation? We would love to train you to serve as a lector for Mass at St. Athanasius! The role of lectors is to proclaim one or all of the Bible readings during Mass, which helps us to better worship God, learn His role in our lives, and prepare to receive Jesus in the Eucharist. If you have received Confirmation, you are eligible to serve our parish community in this way. We are hoping to train at least two or three teens by the end of the summer to start serving during Mass in the fall. Please contact or speak with Brad if you have any interest or questions about becoming a lector or teaching Rel Ed !

Ladies’ Prize Bingo SATURDAY , Oct 6th, 2018 at 6pm Potluck - bring food and drinks to share ! Great Raffles ! $20/ticket Limited amount of tickets are available in the office or through Cindy Canavan 781-872-0042 or [email protected]

WE ALWAYS NEED VOLUNTEERS for events listed Please contact Brad Agostonelli , Youth Minister Cell: 585-200-2831 Office: 781-9440330 [email protected]

Coffee Hour Please Consider Hosting !! We are always in need of hosts

A nice way to relax with friends from our parish. Contact Sophie at 781-944-9085 or sign up in the Parish Center f or July & Aug

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From the Rel Ed Director To All Religious Education Families, Just an update about our Religious Ed program. To the best of my knowledge it will remain very similar to last years schedule for all classes and times. There may be a few minor time changes but nothing too vast. Also, I will continue to be the Director of Religious Ed for this year with the help of my very competent assistant Michele Barrette. I am so grateful to have her working with me . I f you have any questions about our upcoming program please contact me at [email protected]. Lastly, Please consider teaching or volunteering as a table leader or at some capacity. We are always looking for helpers. If you have not yet registered please do so at this time. Teachers receive A 25% discount from tuition. Thank You for entrusting your child’s religious education needs to us here at St. Athanasius. Enjoy your Summer ! JoAnn Rossi DRE

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Have you ever stopped to consider all of the people who have done something for you that makes your life better? Parents, relatives, friends, neighbors, teachers, pastors, nuns, and strangers have helped us along the way. From them we learned life skills and life lessons that serve us all through life, everything from catechism to math, from tying our shoes to writing our résumé. We owe others so much for our success. So how do you say thanks? We can express our appreciation in so many ways. A written note, a conversation, or a small gift can acknowledge someone’s gift to us and offer thanks for his or her generosity. That assumes we know who they are, or can remember what they have done. But others have worked anonymously, or helped us at a time when we did not realize how good they were to us. So, the best way to express our thanks is to pass on the gift we have received. By teaching or helping or mentoring someone else, we honor those who have made a difference in our life, enabling their generosity to continue influencing and helping others. Be grateful for all that you have received and pass it on! ~James Gaffney, St. George Publishing

July 8 ~ Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time We hear in today’s gospel that Jesus returned to his home town but he did not receive a warm reception. In fact, people questioned his authority and were unwilling to believe his teaching. St. Paul also refers to the trials and hardships he encountered in his preaching. Despite the rejection they experienced, neither St. Paul nor Jesus did not back away from their mission. Pray for the grace to persevere in the work of being a disciple 4

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St. Agnes/St. Athanasius Collaborative News

Parish Staff

What is a Collaborative? - A Collaborative is a structure within which several distinct parishes cooperate for the sake of sharing resources, to free up resources such as priests, deacons, staff and finances. The global effort of a collaborative is Evangelization. - Within the collaborative, St. Agnes and St. Athanasius will begin this collaboration by sharing a pastor. If there is to be a parochial vicar, we will share him as well. We will share our deacons, and some key members of the staff. - We will not combine finances. The parishes will not be combining bank accounts. Our offertories, sacramental records, and capital needs will all be tracked separately. If your offertory is given through St. Athanasius envelopes or through St. Athanasius online offertory program, it will go to St. Athanasius. - The collaborative is not a legal or canonical entity. It does not have a federal tax payer number. It does not have a bank account. It cannot own property.

Administrative Pastor ………………...Reverend Stephen Rock [email protected] Permanent Deacon………………………….Deacon Neil Sumner [email protected] Permanent Deacon…………..….………… Deacon Matt Baltier [email protected] Administrative Office Manager………………. Kerry Basford [email protected] Director of Religious Ed……………………………….. Jo-Ann Rossi [email protected] Music Director..………………………………………..John Donovan [email protected] Business Manager……………………………………...Janine Castro [email protected] Administrative Assistant ……………………….. Luann Barretto [email protected] Youth Ministry……………………………………….Brad Agostinelli [email protected] Religious Ed Administrative Assistant …..Michele Barrette [email protected]

Submissions for our bulletin are by Monday 9am [email protected]

ATTENTION PARISHONERS !!

Helpful info for all of us during our Transition. Under the Collaborative, there are only 2 priests assigned to Reading as opposed to the 3 we have had for the last 20 years or so. We are in a time of change: for most of us change is part of our daily lives but what the Reading Catholic community will be going through is TRANSITION, which is not easy. Please take a moment to Google :

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You will find a wonderful video, very helpful and full of hope in periods of transition. This video is courtesy of The Amazing Parish, an organization committed to supporting pastors and their leadership teams in parishes as they strive to live Christ’s great commission to “Go and make disciples of all nations.”

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