October 8, 2017 Twenty- seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday Mass: Vigil 4:00pm; 9:00am, 11:00am Weekday Mass: 9:00am - Except Wednesday Morning Prayer 8:45am

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

Eucharistic Adoration Thursdays 6:30 - 7:30pm Confessions Available First Saturday Mass: 9:00am

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Reconciliation: Saturdays 3:153:45pm and during Eucharistic Adoration. Baptism: Celebrated the 3rd Sunday at 1pm. 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

October 8, 2017

Please pray for our military and civilians who defend our freedom, especially:

Saturday, Oct 7 4:00pm Michael Canty Memorial Sunday, Oct 8 9:00am Mass for the People of St. Athanasius 11:00am Francyne Puopolo Birthday Memorial Monday, Oct 9 9:00am Mass Tuesday, Oct 10 9:00am Sadie Rodgers Birthday Memorial Wednesday, Oct 11 9:00am NO MASS Thursday, Oct 12 9:00am Andrea Gallagher Memorial 6:30pm Adoration Friday, Oct 13 9:00am Mass Saturday, Oct 14 4:00pm Leo Bertoncini Memorial Sunday, Oct 15 9:00am Salvatore Follo Birthday Memorial 11:00am Mass for the People of St. Athanasius

The 26th “Yankee” Brigade, and 1st Lts. Ryan & Nolan Johnson, US Army, Patrick Cavanaugh, PFC Christopher Lewis, Lcpl Brenden Amico, Cpl. 3rd Class Christopher Donohue, Justin Whitmarsh, PFC Michael Goddard, Chaplain Tom Whiteman, Brian Basso US. Army, USMC Captain Zachary Johnson

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,Katy, Bernadette, Bryan, Guarino Family, Fran P, Robert, Richard, Steve R, Nowicki family, Scott, Trudy, Carla, Patrick M, Matthew, Paula, Marie M,Sheila S, Bob C, Rose, Dom, Daniel, Paige Goulet, 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, Dorothea Golini, Richard, Andrew, Thomas, Anna W, Mary M, Terry G,Larry Yetman, Marion,Phil T,Beth O, Denise, Martha K,Anne Marie, Barbara G, Tim Ervin and family, Barbara, Daniel, Asher,Brian,Caitlyn,Sue, Jill, Frank Thomas, Ryan Smith, Johnson Family,Elliott Family,Beth Munn Griffin, Bill Griffin & famly, Danny,Joan.B,Josephine.S,Bob Curran, David W, Morgan L, Enzo David,Josie B,Dan Daley,Chip Case, Ed. S, Frank. F

SPECIAL INTENTIONS : FLOWERS : In Memory of Michael Canty

W EEKLY O FFERTORY Mass Attendance Last Week : 463 1st Collection $ 6076 2nd Collection Deficit Reduction $ 1993

These names will stay in the Prayer Corner until Sunday, Oct 8th- Call the office or email [email protected] to add or renew a name of your loved ones on the list.

Please continue to pray for the people and areas devastated by Hurricanes Harvey & Irma.

M EETINGS & E VENTS Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 14

We will continue to support relief efforts throughout hurricane season.. If interested in donating, Please mail checks to the parish office with Disaster Relief in the memo. Your generosity is greatly appreciated

First Saturday Mass 9:00AM NO REL ED Classes Holiday NO REL ED Classes Holiday Columbus Day - - Parish Office Closed Rel Ed Classes 3:00pm Grades 3-5 Rel Ed Classes 1:00 & 3:00pm Grades 1,4,6 Youth Night in PC 7:00pm

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St. Athanasius Parish, Reading, MA

October 8, 2017

F ROM THE PASTOR

Help Us to Help a Refugee Family St. Athanasius Parish is joining St. Agnes Parish and several other Reading churches in helping to resettle a refugee family. Reading People Organized to Welcome Refugees (POWR), a program spearheaded by St. Agnes parishioners and organized under the auspices of Catholic Charities, assists local area refugee resettlement by providing essential financial and social support to a family fleeing war, famine, or poverty. The family, as yet unknown, could come from any ethnic or religious group, will be legally admitted into the country after undergoing multiple background checks over a period of years, and will be eligible to work and to pursue U.S. citizenship.

Reading POWR’s role will be to locate and furnish a modest apartment for the family, stock their kitchen cupboard with food, welcome them at the airport, and then provide both a rental subsidy and community support for a period of six months as they adjust to life in America. Later, there will be a need for people to provide English language conversation, occasional driving, and general orientation to the area, including knowledge of local markets, services, and public transportation. Though Catholic Charities will assist the family to find employment as well as provide a case manager throughout the six months of resettlement, all the other dimensions of helping to them start a new life require volunteer participation.

Reading POWR’s next meeting is Tuesday, October 10th, 7p.m. at the St. Agnes Parish Center, 2nd floor. Please contact Lee Bianchetto at (781) 670-0108 or e-mail him at [email protected] to join. All are welcome to attend! Our parish will be contributing financially to Reading POWR proportionate to the other churches in town, but those who would like to contribute directly can mail a check payable to “St. Agnes Parish,” (with “Refugee Support” on the memo line) to Reading POWR, P.O. Box 38, Reading, MA 01867. Also, donors can pay on-line via www.gofundme.com/readingpowr.

To learn more email [email protected], visit http://readingpower.weebly.com, or www.facebook.com/RefugeesReadingMA/

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St. Athanasius Parish, Reading, MA

October 8, 2017

The Parish picnic was a wonderful event!

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We enjoyed a beautiful day, delicious food and good friends.

CHRISTMAS FAIRE REQUESTS & UPDATES !!!!

Thank you to all who attended the Parish picnic and brought delicious side dishes and desserts to share. Thank you to the church staff for coordinating the picnic and setting up. Thank you to everyone who volunteered to shop, set up, provide music, grill, serve, face paint and clean up.

As the Christmas Faire approaches a couple of Faire departments are looking for donations. Labeled boxes will be in the back for donations. This week we are highlighting Country Marketplace and Jewelry. As always thank you for continued support and generosity.

It is always great to have so many parishioners pitch in to help wherever they are needed.

** All items should be NEW/LIKE NEW/Gently used **

The Country Marketplace Gift cards: Michaels & A.C. Moore to buy supplies New hand crafted items - Thanksgiving, Christmas or winter themed needed most !! Thanksgiving centerpieces, Christmas centerpieces and décor ,New Candles both jarred and tappers, Picture frames, gift bags , Giftables - look through your closets and attics for gifts you’ve received over the years but have never used (and probably never will) Jellies, Jams, Preserves, Dessert sauces…*Homemade items must have ingredients listed. A made on and a use by date would be helpful.. *Store bought items should have an expiration date at least 3 months out . Also new/gently used Cookbooks

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 For OCT & NOV

For questions regarding country Markeplace contact Donna Pomerleau at call/text 781-835-6120 [email protected] or Trish O’Brien at 781-944-5007 or [email protected]

Join us for Eucharistic Adoration at St. Athanasius

Jewelry

Every Thursday from 6:30-7:30pm With Confession

The ever popular Jewelry Area would like to replenish their stock. Do you have any necklaces, rings, pins, earring, watches, bracelets or cuff links that you don’t wear anymore? Our Jewelry Area would love to sell them. New and used jewelry can be dropped off in the labeled box in the back of church. Also… jewelry store boxes are a needed.

Donation Opportunities for Special Items

If you have any questions regarding Jewelry please contact Joanne Fitzpatrick at [email protected].

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October 8, 2017

COMMUNITY NEWS Youth Ministry COR UNUM MEAL CENTER Our next visit to serve dinner at Cor Unum Meal Center in Lawrence are 9/30, 10/21,11/18,12-16 These trips are open to ages 13 and up. We will meet at 3:15pm in the St. Athanasius Parish Center and return to Reading around 7:30 or 8pm. PLEASE RSVP TO BRAD ONE WEEK BEFOREHAND.

FAMILY MASSES Our next Family Masses at St. Athanasius are at 9am on Sunday 10/22 and 630pm on Tuesday evening, 11/21 . For our Family Masses, we seek teens and youth to help with the Mass by serving as lectors for the readings, bringing up the gifts, and assisting with the offering collection. Please sign up with Brad if you would like to participate in the Family Mass.

YOUTH NIGHT : We invite anyone in grades 6-12 to Youth Night on Saturday, 10/14 at 7-9pm in the St. Athanasius Parish Center. We will be making fleece blankets for a local shelter and there will be dinner, games, and movies as well. To attend, please RSVP with Brad by Friday,

REMIND APP: We have a group communication program using text messaging called Remind. Get youth ministry updates via texts right to your phone. Your cell phone number will not be known. To get started, text @stasyouth to the number 81010 and follow the instructions.

SOCIAL MEDIA: Follow us on Instagram @saintasyouth or like us on Facebook at St. Athanasius and St. Agnes Youth Ministry.

WE ALWAYS NEED VOLUNTEERS for events listed Please contact Brad Agostonelli , Youth Minister Cell: 585-200-2831 Office: 781-944-0330 [email protected]

Prayer Ministry

Knights of Columbus “Tootsie Roll” Drive

Hosted by Katie Curtis

The Knights will be at the doors of the church this weekend collecting for The Campaign for People with Intellectual Disabilities, commonly called the “Tootsie Roll Drive.” All the proceeds from this collection go into a charity fund that is managed by the State Chapter and assists personswith intellectual disabilities, regardless of age, and children with physical handicaps who have not reached their 20th birthday. Some of the ways they are used are to purchase wheel chairs, hearing aids, building handicap ramps, etc. These funds are available to all, not just K of C members. Contact the local Grand Knight, Dick Coco, [email protected], for an application.

Starting October 7th and every other Saturday after the 4:00 Mass. We will pray for each other, for our country, and for the world. Our first four meetings will be 10/7, 10/21, 11/4, and 11/18. To start, the meetings will be an hour long. The purpose of this is for all our parishioners to have a place to bring their intentions and pray together as a community. Come for five minutes or stay the whole time.

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St. Athanasius Parish, Reading, MA

October 8, 2017

Saint Anthony’s October visit to Boston

Parish Staff

Two relics of Saint Anthony from the Basilica in Padua will be brought to the Boston area in Massachusetts by Fr. Mario Conte from Friday 6 to Sunday 15 October. One of the reliquaries contains the Saint’s ‘floating rib’, and was venerated by both Pope Francis, when he was Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, and by Sister Lucy, one of the three seers of Fatima, when it was taken to her convent, the Monastery of Carmelite nuns at Coimbra, in January 1995. The reliquary, therefore, has special meaning this year as we celebrate the centenary of the Fatima apparitions.

Pastor ………………………………. Reverend Darin V. Colarusso [email protected] Parochial Vicar………………………..Reverend Patrick Armano [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]

Contact Tom Muscatello at [email protected] (phone: 914.263.8841) for more information.

Music Director..………………………………………..John Donovan [email protected] Business Manager……………………………………...Janine Castro [email protected]

Local locations : Sunday October 8 St. Mary’s Parish, 8 S Common St, Lynn, MA 01902 Mass times: 11:30 AM, 1:30 PM, 6 PM - Veneration all afternoon -Monday, October 9 -St. Anthony Church, 893 Central St, Lowell, MA 01852 Mass at 6:30 PM - Veneration begins at 1PM - Friday-October 13 - Sacred Heart Parish, 303 Paris St, E.Boston, MA 02128 Mass 12noon & 7PM- Veneration all

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]

HOLY HOUR October 11th 7:00 PM Saint Agnes Church

ELI”S REACH Sunday, October 22 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. St. John’s Seminary (680 Washington Street, Brighton) Our Lady of the Presentation Lecture Hall As part of Respect Life Month, the Pro Life Office of the Archdiocese of Boston is sponsoring a special presentation entitled “Eli’s Reach: Learning to See How Support of Persons with Disabilities Is a Blessing and Not a Burden” Eli is a remarkable 8 year old boy with spina bifida. Eli’s dad, Chad Judice, will tell the amazing story of how many hearts and souls have been touched by Eli, beginning even before he was born. It is a story of faith, of courage, of solidarity -- and certainly one of living out the gospel message “Be not afraid”. All are welcome. Admission is free. For more info: contact the Pro Life Office at 508.651.1900 or [email protected]

READING FOOD PANTRY Suggestions for October Laundry Detergent, Soap, Juice boxes, Deodorant, Shampoo & Conditioner, Paper towels, Mac & Cheese, Stuffing, Canned goods Caring for the needs of our Community

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