Adoration:

Please note the adoration will now be from 3-5:30 on Fridays of 

All Saints & St. Mary’s
 New Mass Schedule
Effective April 29, 2019
WEEKEND MASSES

4:00 PM Saturday - All Saints

5:30 PM Saturday - St. Mary’s
(5:00 PM Saturday at St. Mary's 
November 30, 2019 - March 31, 2020)

8:00 AM Sunday - All Saints

9:30 AM Sunday - St. Mary’s

5:30 PM Sunday - 
(September-February at All Saints 
March-August at St. Mary's )

WEEKDAY MASSES
Monday and Tuesday 7:30 AM at All Saints
Wednesday and Thursday 7:30 AM at St. Mary’s
Friday 6:00 PM at All Saints
St. Jude Novena

Saturday 8:00 AM at St. Mary’s
Miraculous Medal Novena

SACRAMENT OF CONFESSION
All Saints ~ Saturday 3:00 - 3:30 PM or by appointment
St. Mary’s ~ Saturday following the 5:30 PM Mass or by appointment

HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION
Vigil: 5:30 pm - All Saints
Day:  7:30 am - All Saints
12:10 pm - St. Mary’s
6:30 pm - St. Mary’s

Christmas Fundraising TripSunday

December 8th from 1:00pm - 10:00pm
Wright’s Chicken Farm/LaSalette Shrine Lights

Tickets: Adults -$55/person ; Children 10 & under $40/personTickets are all inclusive: Motor coach bus, Family style meal including dessert, coffee, tax & tips, Easy drop off & pick-up, All tips & gratuities including Shrine donation & fund raiser for our parishes, Time for shopping at various gift shops, Father Pat’s concert, Array of 300,000 lights, Viewing of outdoor Creche of Bethlehem, Creche Museum of creches from around the world, Opportunity to attend 5:30pm Mass, Pictures with Santa, Etc.
Bus will be filled on first come, first serve basis with tickets needed to reserve seats. Checks or Cash accepted: Checks to be made payable to All Saints Church and in memo, please write Christmas trip.

For tickets or more information, please call Cathy Cascio at 413-531-0267 or Pat Tworek at 413-967-6881

The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is a process through which adults learn about the teachings of Jesus as the Catholic Church has handed them on and put these teachings into practice by living as part of the Catholic community, serving others and praying. RCIA is for three groups of people:

Those who have never been baptized in any faith,
People who were baptized in another Christian faith, and
Baptized Catholics who have never received the Sacraments of Confirmation and Eucharist.

For more information please speak to a priest after Mass or call the parish office. We would love to help you on your journey to a deeper relationship with Christ and His Church.

Junior Group - Grades 3 - 6
Senior Group - Grades 7 - 10

Junior: Mrs. Maribeth Royer,  Mrs. Beatrice Larson 

Jr. Group meets monthly on the 2nd Wednesday
5:00-6:00 at Saint Mary’s former School.

Senior group: For more information, please email: Mrs. Lisa Jacques
at hrandamsmom@yahoo.com. 

On Tuesday, November 19th, from 5:30-7:00pm-please join us at All Saints Church 

Or if you cannot make that date, join us on Wednesday, November 20th, from 5:30-7:00pm at St. Mary’s Church.

Also, on Sunday morning, December 8th, our Youth group will help with serving Breakfast with Santa at St. Mary’s Church! Time to be determined.

As you may know we are starting a Hot Homemade Meal Delivery program here at All Saints Church called Take and Eat. 
We would like to know if you know anyone (yourselves included) who would benefit for getting a hot homemade meal once a month every first Saturday. 

There is no charge for the meal and there are no qualifications in getting the meal. Just asking for it is enough. 

Please call the rectory office  and give the name and address of the person or persons who would like to receive the meal. 

We will build this program based on the Gospel of Jesus Christ "I was hungry and you gave me food, a stranger and you welcomed me, ill and you cared for me."

Parish Pastoral Councils Nominations:

We are slowly approaching the end of All Saints Parish Council Membership Term and also we need to make a new Nominations for St. Mary’s Parish Council due to longtime membership of most of the current member

Both Councils will be effective: January 2020, due to that, I am asking everyone to participate
In the Nomination and Election Process. 

 What the parish council is:
- To foster full participation of the entire parish in the life and mission of the parish.
- Be a consultative voice to the Pastor
- Parish Pastoral Council is a community of your fellow parishioners who assist the Pastor in leading the parish in its spiritual and social outreach and development. 
- Each Parish will have a separate Council at this point.                                                                                                                                    

Why should you become a council member? 

- Because we need your ideas, energy, and enthusiasm to enhance the continued growth of the parish.    
- After a decision has been reached and accepted by the Pastor, all council members are asked to support and help to implement the decision.                                        

Qualifications: 

- People of prayer
- All members of All Saints Parish and St. Mary’s Parish are welcome to be nominated.  
- Not being a member of Parish Staff or being related to anyone who works for either parish                                                   

The P.P.C. will be composed of three categories: 

- Youth (high school or college ages) 
- Parents of children in religious education
- General Population of parishioners                                                                          

Membership:    

- Only Registered members  As Canon 512(3) states, „No one, expects members of the Christian faithful outstanding in firm faith, good morals, and prudence is to be designated to a pastoral council”

- Positions on the Council are for 3 calendar years terms, one - third of these positions end each year. Each member may serve a maximum of 6 years. After a year break, they might be reelected for additionals 3 years.  

- To help you with Nomination, we are providing a list of those who are currently serving  Members. Some of them can be renominated and some not due to their years of service in the council:

ST.  MARY’S PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL:

1. Those who can’t be nominated are:

KATHLEEN CLOUTIER; THADDEUS GUMULA, JR.; MARY HITCHCOCK

PAUL OPALINSKI; JOSEPH ORSZULAK, PATRICIA ORSZULAK

ROSS PELSKI, CAROL SOLTYS, JOLANTA TRELA, STASIA WOZNIAK.

2. Those who served only 1 term and can be renominated are:

GLEN DESJARDINS, DIANE STELMOKAS 

All Saints  Parish Council:

All members served from 2017-2019 and can be renominated: 

Jim Young, Brian Socha, George Staiti, Michelle Higney, Michael Orszulak, Sharon Lagrant, Charlene Desjardins, Catherine Cascio, Nancy Talbot, Alex Bergeron, Harold Piche, Jim Korzec

         

Take this opportunity: If you'd like to participate in the nomination ballot, please email Mary or Joshua by November 22. There will also be an opportunity to write-in names on the nomination ballot. The nomination ballots will be distributed and collected at Masses on November 16th and 17th. The top 5 nominees in each category will be in the P.P.C. election which will be held at Masses on December 14th and 15th.   

Election/Nomination Team Members: 
Joseph Koziol, Heather Courtney: Team Co-Chairs.
Contact persons:
For All Saints: Joshua A. Lauzier: joshua.lauzier@gmail.com
For St. Mary’s: Mary Hitchcock: m_hitchcock@comcast.net or calling 413-283-9324

Collection of old religious items:  

My name is Kimberly Walters, from St. Mary Mission in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. I have been working with Catholic churches, Convents, Schools, etc., in helping find new homes for used Religious items that are no longer needed. Over the last several years, our mission work has successfully expanded, and we have recycled several items by donating them to those in need.

Any items that are taken in are placed into other Churches, Convents and Monasteries in need, as well as Hospice and Nursing Homes. Our mission started with Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and surrounding areas, as we sent thousands of items to those Churches and Parishioners who lost most or everything. Most of the items are going back into Churches that have replied to our email and they are in great need of them. We can take in just about anything of Religious nature that can be used by other churches or convents, such as:

Vestments such as Chasubles, Statues, Rosaries (damaged ok), Holy Medals, Linens- Prayer books (no library type books or hymnals please).

If you have any items above please bring them to Sacristy at either Church between November 17 till December 1st only. 

This Year during Our Christmas Giving Tree Project we will help:

Bethlehem House in Easthampton, Homework House in Holyoke and NET Ministries of USA.

Saturday and Sunday of  November 23/24
you will be able to take a tag/tree ornament of your choice to participate in our program.
 

Please return all gifts unwrapped by December 15.

God bless You all and Thank You for sharing and participating in truly giving spirit. 
 

Advent is a special time of year to gain spiritual fruits, particularly peace and joy.

Rejoice! Advent Meditations with Joseph is a prayer resource with daily meditations that will enrich your Advent by inviting you to experience the first Advent with Joseph and Mary, as they await the birth of their son, the Savior of the world.

Together with the guided meditation-videos, this journal calls you daily to see through Joseph’s eyes, feel what is in Joseph’s heart, and read the Scripture that Joseph read, so you can fully prepare to welcome Jesus into your heart this Christmas. 

Join us for an overview of the Book on Sunday, December 1  at 2 pm and for those you are unable to make it that day, we will repeat the overview on Monday, December 2 at 6 pm. Both days we will meet at St. Mary’s Parish Hall.