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Altar Server Sign Ups

Fr. Ron — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:37:30 +0000

Altar Servers–Sign-up sheets for the Christmas Masses will be available in the Sacristy next weekend. Also, Fr. Ron will be putting together the schedule for the next quarter please email him if you have any special requests for scheduling. Finally, Fr. Ron has receive a few requests from young people who would like to be Altar servers, if you know anyone who might be interested in becoming a server have them contact Fr. Ron.

Youth Group 2go2 Extreme East

Fr. Ron — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:36:25 +0000

YOUTH GROUP–Extreme East is a mix between a concert, pizza party, and praise and worship service that occurs once a month at the LaSalette Shrine in Attleboro. The youth group will be meeting at the Church at 5:20 and departing about 5:30 to attend Extreme East: December on Friday the 3rd of December. If you are interested in joining hundreds of young Catholics to have some fun and get ready for the Birth of our Savior contact Fr. Ron at the rectory or by email:Fatherronfloyd@stpatrickswareham.org

World Youth Day Meeting

Fr. Ron — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:32:41 +0000

World Youth Day Meeting–There will be a WYD meeting for all pilgrims on Monday, Nov. 29th at 7pm in the Parish Hall.

The New Translation of the Mass

Fr. Ron — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:11:25 +0000

Maybe you have heard that the Translation of the Holy Mass in English is changing! In Advent of next year the way English speaking Catholics pray the Mass will change. During the upcoming year there will be many opportunities to learn more about these changes, but if you are interested in a sneak preview of some of the changes and the rationale behind them check out Fr. Ron’s article which appears in the Nov/Dec issue of Lay witness entitled: The Mystery of the Written Word. For more information you might also check out the US Bishop’s website for the new Roman Missal: http://www.usccb.org/romanmissal/resources.shtml

The New Translation of the Roman Missal

Fr. Ron — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:26:13 +0000

The New Translation is coming in Advent 2011

Teaching Mass

Fr. Ron — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:22:28 +0000

This week concludes our three week teaching Mass series. We hope that you benefited from this opportunity to contemplat what happens at the Mass. The Mass is the mystery of God’s love of us, its a reality that we can always understand better and understand more profoundly. During the coming year as we prepare for the new translation of the Mass a number of opportunites will be available for you to deepen your understanding and love of the “Source and Summit” of our Catholic Faith, the Holy Mass. If you would like to review the text of the teaching Mass or Fr. Ron’s Homilies they are available online.

The teaching mass is available under the Sacraments heading on the Parish website: http://stpatrickswareham.org/wp-content/uploads/Explanatory-Mass-Script-3.pdf.

Fr. Ron’s homilies as always are available at: http://vineyardopus.blogspot.com/

Golf Tournament

Fr. Ron — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:30:57 +0000

St. Patrick’s Youth Group is hosting a golf tournament at Little Harbor Country Club on September 25, 2010. This golf tournament is to raise money for the World Youth Day Trip To Spain in August 2011. The price will be $65 per person to play and a ticket to the banquet is $30 per person. The tournament is going off of Tee-Times starting at 9 o’clock in the morning; the play format of this tournament is best ball. Click here to download the signup form or email info@stpatrickswareham.org for more information.

Symbolism of the Pelican

Fr. Ron — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:08:46 +0000

Q. I was visiting a church, and I noticed a carving on the altar of a pelican feeding little pelicans. I have never seen this before. What does it mean?

A. The symbolism of the mother pelican feeding her little baby pelicans is rooted in an ancient legend which preceded Christianity. The legend was that in time of famine, the mother pelican wounded herself, striking her breast with the beak to feed her young with her blood to prevent starvation. Another version of the legend was that the mother fed her dying young with her blood to revive them from death, but in turn lost her own life.

Read on at: http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0682.html

Can priests wear a bathing suit at the beach?

Fr. Ron — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 04:19:56 +0000

No, priest must wear their clerics at all times….SYKE… Priests get this alot, although most people who know me quickly find out the answer. As my classmates once noted I am a fish, I love the water, and so for better or worse you will often find me in a bathing suit. Especially on Beach Day when for the last four years the St. Patrick’s Youth Group has travelled with me to Martha’s Vineyard.

This video is a perfect answer to the question:

Priests wear their clerics as a sign of their authority as well as their scholarship, and the death to this world that requires. Most importantly clerics advertise that a priest is “in service,” available to anyone who needs a priest. Although clerics are the normal dress for priests, a priest is a priest forever, and the clothing doesn’t make or break the priest. When a priest engages in sports or relaxing on ones day off with family or friends priest often wear secular clothing.