Email to Parishioners - 5/9/2020 - St. Mary Parish

by Father Joe

5/09 Email to Parishioners

Petition for Catholic Schools, Financial Update, 4:30 Mass Worship Aid

Subject: Mothers, Nurses, Unity & Petition for Catholic Schools

If you plan to watch the 4:30 Vigil Mass live today (or sometime over the weekend), please go to www.pwc.church to print a worship aid so you can join in the hymns and prayers! (See below for info on Mass times and how to access them online.

As we honor and celebrate mothers this weekend, our parishes will pray for mothers-to-be, the mothers among us, and each of our mothers - whether local, distant, or with the Lord. Especially if necessary precautions mean your family can’t be with each other this Mother’s Day, it is important to remember we are still connected in many ways. Hopefully we can reach out to them by phone or video call, we certainly can lift them up in prayer, and we can even represent their love and nurturing care for those around us. Having just celebrated Nurses Appreciation Week, we are so grateful for all nurses who do just that - especially in the way they care for sick mothers and other loved ones we cannot visit right now.

This week, the unity of each of our Parishes with the wider Church family came up in some of our webinars and discussions with volunteer leaders and staff in our collaborative - “We are one body in Christ” we read in Scripture and sing at Mass. As an expression of this unity, we are united with Cardinal Seán in asking all of us to support our Catholic schools by signing this online petition. The goal is to ensure that Catholic schools in the Archdiocese get their fair share of money allocated through the CARES Act. Several Catholic schools have already had to close, and this petition may help keep those closures to a minimum.

Be sure to read our St. Martha-St. Mary Weekly Bulletin , including this week’s features:

FATHER JOE presents faith and acceptance as keys to finding peace, with special focus on the Serenity Prayer.
April Financial Updates for each of our parishes demonstrate your steadfast support through contributions amounting to a large portion of our regular offertory support. God bless those parishioners on reduced hours or without work, as well as all those who are still able to make regular contributions - to keep our parishes available to all!
Don’t forget FREE GROCERY DELIVERY TO WRENTHAM & PLAINVILLE SENIORS: The Wrentham Knights of Columbus have established a service for 10% off groceries and free delivery for seniors and others unable to safely go to the grocery store themselves. Click on Knights of Columbus Grocery Delivery Instructions for step-by-step guidance.

Other news in our Collaborative:

New: PWC Collaborative Simulcast - Our Live Masses Online and other videos are now featured on our Plainville-Wrentham Catholic YouTube channel and simulcast on both Facebook Pages: St. Martha Facebook LIVE and St Mary Facebook LIVE - you have your choice. Maybe your “smart TV” or cable box will even let you watch our YouTube Masses on your TV!

We Invite you to “attend” Mass each weekend via YouTube and Facebook links above.
Our regular schedule for live Masses each weekend is:
Saturday Vigil Mass Live at 4:30 pm (from St. Martha Parish)
Sunday Mass Live at 10:00 am (from St. Mary Parish)
and Daily Masses at 9:00 am Monday - Saturday (from the rectory chapel).

All of our Masses and prayer services allow you to participate LIVE through Facebook or soon through YouTube (hopefully starting this Sunday). After each service ends, the videos remain on those sites and will be posted on the Ministry at Home section of our www.pwc.church website. ( Please note: YouTube takes about an hour after the livestream ends to post the recording - to get it faster, click “Subscribe” on our channel so you can find the new video among your subscriptions!)

Please keep in touch with us and one another, and let us know how we can better help or support you in the coming weeks.

Your brothers and sisters in Christ,
The PWC Priests and Pastoral Team