MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday Vigil 4:30 PM

Sunday 7:30 & 10:30 AM

Monday-Wednesday 8:00 AM

Pastor:

Rev. Edward J. Hanlon ejhanlon3@verizon.net

Religious Education:

Carole LeBlanc restjames1@aol.com

Director of Music:

Patricia Saviet

Parish Secretary:

Celeste Allain catstjames@aol.com

Parish office hours: 8:30am-2:00pm M-F

89 Main Street

South Grafton, MA 01560

SACRAMENT OF PENANCE

Saturday 4:00 PM

Call rectory for appointment

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

Baptism is celebrated on the Third Sunday of the month at

12:00 PM. Call the rectory to make arrangements.

SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE

Couples planning for marriage should contact the rectory

one year prior to the wedding date.

CARE FOR THE SICK

Please contact the rectory if you know of anyone who is

hospitalized or confined to home because of age or illness.

WELCOME NEW PARISHIONERS

Please introduce yourselves after Mass. We want to know

and serve you. We hope you become active members of

our parish community.

We are a Stewardship Parish

TIME ◆ TALENT ◆ TREASURE

508 839-5354 • FAX 508 839-5430 • Religious Education Office 508 839-6800 • Web: stjamesgrafton.com

Saint James Parish

SAINT JAMES CHURCH SOUTH GRAFTON

Saturday, June 1

4:30 PM 18th Anniversary, Frankie Noel

By his mom, dad and Michelle

Sunday, June 2

7:30 AM Walter & Josephine Such

By Skip Michniewicz

10:30 AM 32nd Anniversary, Mrs. Mary Chase

By Mr. & Mrs. Philippe Lavallee & family

Monday, June 3

8:00 AM 3rd Anniversary, Stella Lipinski

By her children

NO MASSES TUES. 6/4 OR WED. 6/5

Next Saturday, June 8

4:30 PM Blanche Grenier by Janet Isabelle

4th Anniversary, Martha Kaleza and

Robert & Marie Quist by the Quist family

Next Sunday, June 9

7:30 AM Patrick, Peggy, Ray and Tommy Cadrin

By Peter & Elaine Wojnar and family

10:30 AM 15th Anniversary, Donald & Theresa Johson

By their family

Due to an early bulletin submission,

Financial figures will be available soon.

THANK YOU!

HOSPITAL VISITS Each week, Worcester Medical Center (St. Vincent’s),

U. Mass Memorial and U. Mass University Campus and

Milford Hospital are called to see if any parishioners are

patients. When patients are admitted through the emergency

room, they will often not be listed under their parish. Please

call the rectory when a family member, friend or neighbor

is hospitalized.

We also want to know if any of our parishioners are

currently in nursing homes. With the new privacy laws, it is

impossible for us to get that information without your help.

GOAL: $40,000.

GIFTS/PLEDGES $24,170.

BALANCE FOR GOAL $15,830.

Worldwide Marriage Encounter

Jesus says "I give you a new commandment: love one

another." Learn how to love your spouse more by attending

a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. The next

Weekends are Jun 8-9, 2019 in Medway, MA and Sep 14-

15, 2019 in Medway, MA. For more information, call

Stephen & Michelle O'Leary at 800-710-9963 or visit them

at https://wwmema.org/.

NEEDED!

We are in need of altar servers for the 4:30 and 7:30

masses. Those who previously served have graduated and

will no longer be on the schedule. Please help if you can.

SECOND COLLECTION

THIS WEEKEND

There will be a

Diocesan second collection for the

Catholic Communications

Campaign this weekend at all the

masses. Please be as generous as

you are able. Thank you.

SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER JUNE 2, 2019

EMAIL PRAYER MINISTRY

There is a prayer box for prayer intentions located near

the main entrance of our church on the left-hand back pew

shelf for anyone who would like to ask for a special prayer.

Please fill out one of the index cards with your request and

drop it in the box or email your prayer request to

saintjamesprayforus@yahoo.com. You may also express

your interest to be included in the prayer ministry at this

web address also. Matthew 21:22 “And whatever you ask

in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”

COMMUNION CALLS

Please call the rectory if you or anyone you know and

care about is homebound because of age or illness and

unable to attend Mass. We have wonderful parishioners

who will be happy to visit with them and bring them

Communion.

VETERANS’ MINISTRY

The Cluster Veterans’ Ministry is available to mail out

packages to deployed military personnel and can help in

other ways, also. If you know someone who is deployed or

if you are active military or a veteran, and you need

assistance, you can contact them at (508) 839-3993, ext. 17.

SATURDAY, JUNE 1

Second Collection for Catholic Communications

Campaign

SUNDAY, JUNE 2

Second Collection for Catholic Communications

Campaign

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5

7:00 PM Outreach ministry meeting

STEWARDSHIP NOTE

We were created for community. Human beings are not

meant to be alone. As each of us grows in our relationship

with Jesus, we find ourselves drawn further into

community. Our stewardship never reflects just on us, but

on the Body of Christ to which we belong.

When speaking to his Father, Jesus always spoke about

all of us as a whole. Jesus has a unique relationship with

each and every one of us, but he also sees us collectively as

one. When the Holy Spirit was sent to assist us until the

Second Coming, she ascended upon a multitude, not just

one person at a time.

We are called to live a fruitful stewardship way of life. It

is by that fruit that we can tell if we are really giving of

ourselves in a generous manner. However, the fruits that

result from my stewardship and your stewardship will never

amount to more than what we can produce together.

As you try ever harder to cultivate what God has given

you and offer it back to Him with an increase, what does

your relationship with your parish community look like?

How has your stewardship helped enable your community

to become a clearer reflection of God? It is important to

reflect on these things because we can sometimes find

ourselves drifting away from community if we are not

careful. We are always stronger together. We never want to

wake up one day and find ourselves alone.

-Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS

Have you made God smile today?

GOSPEL MEDITATION

“That they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you

in me." Does technology bring us together, or does it

remind us of distance and differences and keep us apart?

Most days, I'm not so sure. With the constant inundation of

news from across the world, it can be easier to tune out the

sufferings and the joys of people we'll never meet, in places

we'll never visit. But is this the invitation of Jesus?

Over the centuries, our Church has become truly

universal across the globe. There are Christians across

nations and cultures, across lines of rich and poor. There

are Christians who live behind white picket fences, and

Christians dying in conflict zones. "That they may all be

one," Jesus prays. One in what? Love. "That the love with

which you loved me may be in them." This is easier said

than done, of course. The world is far too vast for us to

individually love every human being. I can hardly

remember the names of half the regulars at my Sunday

Mass! But that doesn't mean we can't try.

"I pray not only for them, but also for those who will

believe in me through their word." Jesus had this religious

popular explosion in mind. The mission and message of

Christ was not meant to stop in the Apostle's generation or

stay cordoned off in the geographic confines of Israel.

Jesus' words at the Last Supper are a prayer, a plea to the

Father for the spread and unity of the Church across time

and space. This week, look up organizations supporting the

persecuted Church and make a donation. Next week, visit a

struggling parish within your own diocese. When you meet

someone new at hospitality Sunday, invite them over for

dinner to get to know them better. Whether far off or close

to home, let's allow Jesus' prayer to live in us, to be drawn

together in love.