S. J CJ 16, 2019200 Pleasant Street, PO Box 337 Epping, NH 030426036798805 Emergency number after hours 6037344436Website: stjosepheppingnh.comEmail: [email protected]Office hours: MonThursday 9am to 4pmFriday ClosedPASTORRev Donald E. Clinton [email protected]PASTORAL ASSOCIATEDeacon Terry Sullivan [email protected]Parish Secretary Jackie Biron[email protected]Faith Formation Ann Ryan[email protected]Jr/Sr High Faith FormationMario Boutin[email protected]Liturgy of the Eucharist4:00PM Saturday 8:00AM, 10:30AM & 6:00PM SundayWeekday Masses8:00AM Monday 7:30AM Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 7:00PM Wednesday 8:00AM SaturdayHoly Days of ObligationPlease consult parish bulletin Confessions Saturday 2:30 to 3:45 or by appointmentSacraments Please call the officeCemeteryPlease call the office New ParishionersIf you have just moved to the area, we welcome you to Saint Joseph Parish. If you have any question, please call the office.
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200 Pleasant Street, PO Box 337 !Epping, NH 03042!
Jackie [email protected]!!Faith Formation !Ann [email protected]!!Jr/Sr High Faith Formation!Mario [email protected]!!Liturgy of the Eucharist!4:00PM Saturday !8:00AM, 10:30AM & 6:00PM Sunday!!Weekday Masses!8:00AM Monday !7:30AM Tuesday, Thursday & Friday !7:00PM Wednesday !8:00AM Saturday!!Holy Days of Obligation!Please consult parish bulletin !!Confessions !Saturday 2:30 to 3:45 or by !appointment!!Sacraments !
Please call the office!!Cemetery!Please call the office !!New Parishioners!If you have just moved to the area, we welcome you to Saint Joseph !Parish. If you have any question, please call the office.!
From the Desk of Deacon Terry The Most Holy Trinity June 16, 2019
One challenge we have in discussing the Trinity is that we’ve been given so many images and metaphors for it. For example, it’s been said that St. Patrick used the shamrock, a three-leafed clover, to teach the natives about Trinity. But of course, God is more than three leaves, and each “person of the Trinity” has a more dy-namic relationship than leaves on a shamrock.
Some church fathers used the image of the sun for the Trinity, saying that the Father was like the sun itself, the Son the light, and the Spirit the heat. All three are in dynamic relations, but the sun itself is primary.
This is a better image than a shamrock but ex-presses the three persons as inanimate objects. Sometimes similar happens when modern think-ers imagine the Trinity as the three modes of water in a liquid, solid, and gaseous state, but all at once!
The many images of Trinity and each of them incomplete in one way or another contribute to a fundamental challenge in discussing Trinity. Ultimately, it is best to go back to a Scripture itself, and let that inform our understanding, which we do today by reading from the Gospel of John.
God Bless you hearts!!
OFFICE HOURS!Beginning Memorial Day weekend the office will be closed on Friday’s.!
Steubenville Workshop!Fr. Don will be attending the Steubenville work-
shop from June 17�21st. The workshop for priests and deacons is on Deliverance. Masses will not be held Monday � Friday. Kindly consider St.
Michael’s in Exeter for Mass.!
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THIS WEEK AT ST. JOSEPH’S PARISH
MONDAY June 17TH!Adoration Noon to 9PM!
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TUESDAY June 18TH!Men’s Group 6AM !
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WEDNESDAY June 19TH!
Women of Faith!!
THURSDAY June 20TH!RUAH!
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FRIDAY June 21ST!Adoration 8AM�7PM!
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SATURDAY June 22ND! Women’s Scripture 9AM!
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SUNDAY June 16TH!
Youth Choir 9AM!
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AD LIMINA!Bishop Peter Libasci and all New England Bishops will be making their Ad Limina Visits to the Holy Father in Rome this Fall. Every 5 years Bishops meet with the Pope to give an account of their Church, the number of practicing Catholics, sacramental numbers for Baptism Confirmation Eucharist, RCIA, organizations, ministries and the general health of parishes. Our old census sug-gested 1300 family households at St. Joseph’s. However, the more accurate figure is 700 individuals who attend weekly, so we may not qualify for a full�time priest or 4 Masses much longer considering the shortage of clergy in 3 years. We are doing our best to provide responsible stewardship with what we receive and rely on volunteers to make this a financially solvent church and provide vi-brant Catholic ministries.!
PRAYER SHAWLS!Do you know someone who is experiencing a particularly dif-ficult time and in need of pray-er? Someone suffering from a serious illness or experiencing a loss? The comfort of a prayer shawl may be a perfect thoughtful gift of warmth and support. The makers of these special, hand�knit shawls pray
before the shawl is made, pray while working on the shawl, and pray after it is finished. Prayers that accompa-ny the shawls ask God to help renew the body as well as the spirit. They ask him to restore the recipient to hope, strength, and healing. If you would like a shawl or have a desire to join in the making of these shawl, call Pauline 395�1862.!
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Blessing of Fathers!!
God and Father of all creation,!we come before you today with humble hearts.!
You are our model of a loving father.!When we fail and fall short of your expectations,!
you are always there at the end of the day with open arms,!
ready to heal the cuts and scrapes of the day!and to encourage us to try again and not to give up.!
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We hold up these men in our midst who act in the world!
as fathers to their children or models of fathers for others.!
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Bless them in their moments of doubt and frustration with their children.!
Give them warm and open hearts to forgive failures.!Provide them with the words needed for encourage-
ment and perseverance.!We ask all this in the name of Jesus.!
Amen. !
GROUNDS AND GARDENS !The Parish grounds and gardens are in need of your care throughout the spring, summer and fall.! Things to be done � pick up trash and sticks, water pots or gar-dens not irrigated, dead�head flow-ers, trim, sweep, rake and more.! If you could help out in any way
from 20 minutes one time to a weekly visit, it would be greatly appreciated.! Questions?! Contact Kathy, 661�0408. !
COFFEE AND DONUTS !There will be no coffee and donuts for the summer beginning June 23rd. We will begin serving again September 8th. We hope you all have a safe and wonderful summer.!
TRANSPORTATION
TO TRINITY!The bus will do a pick up for Trinity and St Joes in the Ben Franklins Parking Lot in Raymond and the Park and Ride in Epping (across from Market Basket). Interested families can contact, Denise Brewitt at 668�2910 ext
226. !Trinity High School is still accepting applications for the 2019�2020 school year. ! !
The date has been set � Aug. 24th.! Now we need 1�2 people to coordinate the picnic and others to chair areas such as set up, clean up, children's games, food, adult activities, music and more.! There will be a planning! meeting Monday, July 15th at 7 PM. !
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Catholic Charities Appeal !Because of you, Catholic Charities is there, answering the increasing cries for assistance. Adults who want to make changes in their lives but don’t know where to start; sen-iors who are lonely and isolated, seeking to maintain their independence and dignity; those living with depression, anxiety, or addiction, searching for a way to break free and heal through counseling. !Your gift is the outreached hand that brings them hope. Please give to Catholic Charities. !Our parish goal is $18,000.00!
Fiat and Quo Vadis Day Camps!
Do you know where your life is going? The Lord Jesus has a great plan for you! High school age young men and women (ages 14�18) are invited to attend our upcoming vocations camps to look at the Lord’s call in your life while having lots of fun. These are overnight camps held at Northeast Catholic College in Warner and are led by priests, sisters, and seminarians of the diocese. The camps include a full schedule of hiking, swimming, canoeing, sports and games, daily Mass and prayer, and opportunities to grow in friendship with the Lord and with each other. The cost is only $50 and financial aid is available. For more information, or to register please visit liveinblackandwhite.com or contact Becky Vinson in the Vocations Office at 603�663�0153 or [email protected] Fiat Days (young women): July 8�11 Quo Vadis Days (young men): August 5�9 !
MARY GARDEN !
Did you know that certain flowers and herbs are identified honoring Mary? “They called her “Flower of Flowers,” and named plants after her.” https://www.franciscanmedia.org/honoring�mary�in�your�garden/ If you travel back roads of Ireland, you will find small roadside grottos carved out of a small nook in a wall hon-oring her. Gardens, whether big, small, patio planter or indoor flower pots, can contain these plants designed to allow meditation and contemplation of Jesus, Mary and our Lord’s life. Throughout the summer months a Mary Garden is displayed on the parish hall bulletin board. May-be you may want to create one of your own? Information on over 100 flowers, herbs and their religious meanings can be found at https://www.fisheaters.com/marygardens.html by scrolling towards the bottom of the page.!
EVERYDAY STEWARDSHIP !The Most Holy Trinity !
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The Church is one, holy, catholic, and apostolic. That oneness is mirrored for us in the Holy Trinity: one God in three Persons. We are a diverse community with different backgrounds, cul-tures, realities, and gifts, but we are truly one. Unfortunately, we too often forget this and function as a fractioned body. We needlessly compete against one another, judge one another as opposed to help, and sit silent when our brothers and sisters call out for help.!!!
When we take seriously our stewardship way of life, we see our lives as not truly belonging to ourselves. We want to offer our very existence to God and the Body of Christ. If we find that we are resistant to that fullness of generosity, or we begin to use our gifts in a way that fractures community, we then actively work in contrast to this mark of the Church.!!!
The Church that was established by Jesus and fortified by the institution of the sacraments cannot be destroyed and deprived of Her four marks. The human element may be strained and injured, but not even the gates of hell will prevail against this institution alive in the Spirit. Our actions can either bear witness to that reality or it can bring offense. Let us pray that enough of us will choose the holy way so all the world may see that God is real, Jesus is alive, and we are ONE.!!!
�Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS !
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