Feb 26, 2012

1st Friday March 2

40 Days for Life - February 22nd to April 1st (Ash Wednesday to Palm Sunday) “Keep watch with me” Mt26:38. Vigil held across the street from Planned Parenthood, 470 Pleasant St., Worc. 7am–7pm each day. “My soul is sorrowful even to death.

Feb 28 – St. Luke’s, Westborough (with simultaneous Adoration at parish)
7-8pm Stations of the Cross, Confession at St. Paul's Cathedral lower chapel
Feb 29 Wed 7pm Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, W.Boylston presents "Growing a Culture of Life, The Faith Explained", an overview of relevant Church documents concerning the beginning and end of life issues, and how these truths of the Church can be applied to specific issues such as IVF, embryonic stem cell research, and physician assisted suicide (which is on the Massachusetts ballot this November)

Mar 2 Fri 8PM 1st Friday Mass, Fr. Gallagher in the Problem Pregnancy Chapel, 495 Pleasant St. followed by all night Eucharistic Adoration. All hours could use backup. Offer it up. Scheduled Adorers 8:30 PM – Nina T. 9PM - Chris T. Dave G. 10PM – Julie S - Paul T. 11PM - Eileen D, 12 AM midnight – Shawn S. 1AM – Jim R 2AM – Fran W 3AM – Jay G 4AM – Jay G. 5AM – Fred M - Bob D 6:00 AM – Mike and Chris 7:00 AM Kathy L. Let me know if you cannot cover your hour.

Send a message to Congress on the HHS Mandate that forces Catholic Hospitals to violate their Catholic Faith.

Mar 3 Sat 8AM 1st Saturday Mass, Problem Pregnancy chapel with Fr. Roy.
Mar 3 Sat 11AM-1PM 1st Saturday Devotion, confession, adoration, Divine Liturgy. Our Lady of Mercy on June St. Worcester. Bishop Gregory Mansoor, Eparchy of St. Maron of Brooklyn, will attend.
Mar 3 -- St. Paul’s, Blackstone
Mar 4 Sun 5:30pm Vespers, 5pm light supper, St. Paul's Cathedral
Mar 6 Tue 7-8pm Stations of the Cross, Confession at St. Paul's Cathedral lower chapel
Mar 7 – Grafton cluster parishes (PM)
Mar 8 Thu- Sacred Heart/St. Catherine, Worcester

Mar 10 Sat Mass canceled, no 10 AM Mass at the Problem Pregnancy Chapel, but there will be Prayer vigil protest on 470 Pleasant St. in front of Planned Parenthood in Worcester. There is an 8AM Mass up the street at Christ the King. Notre Dame du Lac Nursing Home has a 10AM Mass.
Mar 10 -- St. Anne/St. Patrick, Fiskdale
Mar 10 -- St. Gabriel, Upton
Mar 10 -- House of Prayer Auburn, Inc Church of God (10-11:30AM)
Mar 11 Sun 5:30pm Vespers, 5pm light supper, St. Paul's Cathedral
Mar 13 Tues 7-8pm Stations of the Cross, Confession at St. Paul's Cathedral lower chapel
March 14 – Mid-point Candlelight Vigil 6:00 p.m. Problem Pregnancy, 495 Pleasant St., Worcester. Bring a candle!
Mar 15 -- St. Mary's, Uxbridge
Mar 16 Wed 7PM Fatima Prayer Cell, Immaculate Conception Worcester
Mar 16 -- St. Joseph/St. Pius, Leicester (PM)
Mar 17 -- Good Shepherd, Linwood (AM)
Mar 17 Sat 8AM Mass to “save babies through prayer” in the Problem Pregnancy Chapel, celebrated by Fr. Adam Reid, Pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Webster. Prayer vigil protest on 470 Pleasant St. in front of Planned Parenthood in Worcester follows.
Mar 17 Sat 8AM Mass and Rosary to end abortion at Framingham Union Hospital, St. Stephen's Church.
Mar 18 Sun 5:30pm Vespers, 5pm light supper, St. Paul's Cathedral

Mar 20 Tue 7-8pm Stations of the Cross, Confession at St. Paul's Cathedral lower chapel
Mar 21 -- Our Lady of Czestochowa, Worcester (split shift)
Mar 22 Thu Our Lady of Czestochowa, Worcester (PM)
Mar 24 – Grafton cluster parishes (AM)/Cathedral of St. Paul (PM)
Mar 24 Sat 10am Mass Problem Pregnancy Chapel, Fr. Ken Cardinale
Mar 25 Sun 5:30pm Vespers, 5pm light supper, St. Paul's Cathedral

Mar 26 -- Sacred Heart, Hopedale/St. Mary of the Assumption and Sacred Heart, Milford
Mar 27 Tue 7-8pm Stations of the Cross, Confession at St. Paul's Cathedral lower chapel

March 29 Thu – End of Campaign Mass followed by Eucharistic Procession 4:00pm, Blessed Sacrament Church, 555 Pleasant St., Worcester
Mar 30 -- Grafton cluster parishes (AM), St. Columba (PM)
Mar 31 Sat - St. Bernadette's, Northborough, 5th Saturday of the month, no Mass scheduled at Problem Pregnancy Chapel

Apr 1 Palm Sunday
Apr 3 Tues 7-8pm Stations of the Cross, Confession at St. Paul's Cathedral lower chapel
Apr 6 Good Friday - No 1st Friday Mass or Eucharistic Adoration while Jesus is in the tomb
Apr 8 Easter Sunday

Apr 17 Tue 7pm - Hagen Center Assumption College - Fr. Ian Ker. Msgr. Tom Sullivan of Christ the King Parish will be hosting Fr. Ian Ker, the author of a great new book on Chesterton, for a week in April.

Apr 26, Thu Visitation House annual dinner: Ambassador Raymond L. Flynn keynote

As many of you notice when praying on Pleasant St. in Worcester, nearly all of the abortion-minded people entering the Planned Parenthood building do not see the Pro-Life prayers because of the iron curtain separating us. Massachusetts law allows the Buffer Zone in part because "Importantly, most, if not all of this expressive activity, can be seen and heard by people entering and exiting the buffer zone, and also by people inside the buffer zone." - McCullen v. Coakley, 573 F. Supp. 2d 382, 413 (D. Mass. 2008). Seems like a contradiction to me, but The First Circuit, in its de novo review of this court’s ruling, similarly found that:
"To begin, the 2007 Act places no burden at all on the plaintiffs’ activities outside the 35-foot buffer zone. They can speak, gesticulate, wear screen printed T-shirts, display signs, use loudspeakers, and engage in the whole gamut of lawful expressive activities" - McCullen v. Coakley, 573 F. Supp. 2d 382, 413-15 (D. Mass. 2008).

Maybe it's time for Loud Speakers.
Jay G.
Prayer Needs;

Rick Santorum best presidential candidate
There is still an America. There is still a huge number of us who believe our nation is good. We are not buying the liberal myth that tries to paint the United States as an imperialistic ogre...We believe in absolute truths, to be found in our Judeo-Christian faith. We believe the family, a man and a woman, is the unit designed by God to raise children. A village cannot raise a child. The village is the state.
We also believe that life begins at conception. Pro-choice means pro-abortion, and abortion is murder...The government cannot create or find a job, nor was it designed to...
We believe in our Constitution...We understand that those who will not learn from the failures of past nations who succumbed to utopian communist societies arrogantly believe themselves to be better than the leaders of those nations.

We submit that these people want freedom without God. That agenda will fail every time. We are looking for a presidential candidate that shares these ideals and is not afraid to voice them. That candidate is Rick Santorum. - BARBARA PEREZ, Chicopee

Feb 20, 2012

When asked if someone who didn't go to Mass could still be a good person, he said,

"No."

This quote is taken from the Dianne Williamson commentary titled Priest sours a father's eulogy

I'm actually glad Dianne wrote this. Priests are under a microscope, and often held to double standards. But there can only be The One Standard. Fr. Paul Mooradd of Our Lady of Mercy Maronite Church in Worcester (former St. Charles Borromeo Roman Catholic Church) did the right thing, he preached that "not attend[ing] church for years and years and years...is a mortal sin." True.

He also preached, "either we want to be with God, or we choose not to be with God. If not, you're living in mortal sin. And it's not bad enough [deceased Dori Kahale] didn't come to church. He taught his children not to come to church.” Also True.

Please Note, Fr. Mooradd offers the antidote to Mortal Sin, especially during the First Saturday devotions held at Our Lady of Mercy on First Saturdays: Confession. Which starts at 11am. Followed by Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet, Divine Liturgy (Maronite Rite Mass) at noon, and the closing 15 minutes of meditation about 12:45am.

Mrs. Kahale wants an apology. But one should not, and indeed cannot apologize for the Truth. Mrs. Kahale also did not deny that she does not go to church, nor that her children, on their own or at their father's promptings, stopped going to Church. She also "believes [Fr. Mooradd] should be disciplined."
We all will be.

I commend Fr. Mooradd, for being acutely aware of Scandal, the stumbling block where others come to the conclusion that the Faith is not True, or not worth adhering to. "I can't let this family make a mockery of what the church believes."

Thanks Dianne, for pointing this out...

Feb 19, 2012

Keep Calling for Life, and Faith

Mon Feb 20 9:30am-1pm Stand for Religious Liberty, St. Anna Church, 194 Lancaster Street, Leominster, MA. 9:30-10:30 Coffee and Muffins Church Hall, 10:30 - Prayers in the Church,
11:00-1:00 - Stand United in the front of the Church

Keep calling to stop the HHS mandate forcing Catholic employers to violate their conscience rights. Call Congress and ask them to stop Obama's Secularism Jihad.
Sign the Petition
Sen. Scott Brown, R-MA 202-224-4543 signed on to Senator Roy Blunt's bill to restore the conscience protections - his opponent Elizabeth Warren does not
Sen. John Kerry, D-MA 202-224-2742
Rep. Michael Capuano, D-MA 8th 202-225-5111
Rep. William D. Keating, 202-225-3111
Rep. Barney Frank, D-MA 4th 202-225-5931
Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-MA 9th 202-225-8273
Rep. Edward Markey, D-MA 7th 202-225-2836
Rep. James McGovern, D-MA 3rd 202-225-6101
Rep. Richard Neal, D-MA 6th 202-225-5601
Rep. John Olver, D-MA 1st 202-225-5335
Rep. John Tierney, D-MA 6th 202-225-8020
Rep. Niki Tsongas, D-MA 5th 202-225-3411
email our Senators on the HHS Mandate vote.

What did Sr. Carol Keehan know, and when did she know it?

40 Days for Life - February 22nd to April 1st (Ash Wednesday to Palm Sunday) Theme is: “Keep watch with me” Matthew 26:38. The vigil is held across the street from Planned Parenthood’s Worcester location, 470 Pleasant St., 7a.m.–7p.m. each day of the campaign.

“My soul is sorrowful even to death. Remain here and keep watch with me.” (Matthew 26:38)

Feb 22 Wed 6pm, 40 Days for Life Opening Night Candlelight Vigil from Problem Pregnancy, 495 Pleasant St., Worcester. Bring a candle!
Feb 23 – Our Lady of the Angels, Worcester
Feb 25 Sat 10AM Mass to “save babies through prayer”, Fr. Ken Cardinale, Pastor of St. Mary Parish, N.Grafton, in Problem Pregnancy Chapel, 495 Pleasant St. Prayer vigil protest on 470 Pleasant St. in front of Planned Parenthood in Worcester before and after Mass.
Feb 25 – Grafton cluster parishes (AM)
Feb 28 – St. Luke’s, Westborough (with simultaneous Adoration at parish)

Mar 2 8PM first Friday Mass with Fr. Gallagher in the Problem Pregnancy Chapel, 495 Pleasant St. followed by all night Eucharistic Adoration. All hours could use backup. Great New Years Reparation Resolution.

Mar 3 2012 8AM 1st Saturday Mass, Problem Pregnancy chapel with Fr. Roy.
Mar 3 2012 11AM-1PM 1st Saturday Devotion, confession, adoration, Divine Liturgy. Our Lady of Mercy on June St. Worcester. Bishop Gregory Mansoor, Eparchy of St. Maron of Brooklyn, will attend.
Mar 3 -- St. Paul’s, Blackstone
Mar 7 – Grafton cluster parishes (PM)
Mar 8 -- Sacred Heart/St. Catherine, Worcester

Mar 10 Sat 10 AM Mass to “save babies through prayer”, Fr. Nicholas Desimone or Fr. Robert Grattaroti, in Problem Pregnancy Chapel, 495 Pleasant St. followed by Prayer vigil protest on 470 Pleasant St. in front of Planned Parenthood in Worcester
Mar 10 -- St. Anne/St. Patrick, Fiskdale
Mar 10 -- St. Gabriel, Upton
Mar 10 -- House of Prayer Auburn, Inc Church of God (10-11:30AM)

March 14 – Mid-point Candlelight Vigil 6:00 p.m. Problem Pregnancy, 495 Pleasant St., Worcester. Bring a candle!
Mar 15 -- St. Mary's, Uxbridge
Mar 16 Wed 7PM Fatima Prayer Cell, Immaculate Conception Worcester
Mar 16 -- St. Joseph/St. Pius, Leicester (PM)
Mar 17 -- Good Shepherd, Linwood (AM)

Mar 19 Sat 8AM Mass to “save babies through prayer” in the Problem Pregnancy Chapel, celebrated by Fr. Adam Reid, Pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Webster. Prayer vigil protest on 470 Pleasant St. in front of Planned Parenthood in Worcester follows.
Mar 19 Sat 8AM Mass and Rosary to end abortion at Framingham Union Hospital, St. Stephen's Church.
Mar 21 -- Our Lady of Czestochowa, Worcester (split shift)
Mar 22 -- Our Lady of Czestochowa, Worcester (PM)
Mar 24 – Grafton cluster parishes (AM)/Cathedral of St. Paul (PM)
Mar 26 -- Sacred Heart, Hopedale/St. Mary of the Assumption and Sacred Heart, Milford

March 29 – End of Campaign Mass followed by Eucharistic Procession 4:00 p.m.
Blessed Sacrament Church, 555 Pleasant St., Worcester
Mar 30 -- Grafton cluster parishes (AM), St. Columba (PM)
Mar 31 -- St. Bernadette's, Northborough

April - Msgr. Tom Sullivan will be hosting Fr. Ian Ker, the author of a great new book on Chesterton, for a week in April. Christ the King in Worcester.

Apr 26, Thu Visitation House annual dinner: Ambassador Raymond L. Flynn keynote

Jay G.
Prayer Needs;

Feb 16, 2012

40 Days - For Life

Feb 18 Sat 8AM Mass to “save babies through prayer” in the Problem Pregnancy Chapel, celebrated by Fr. Adam Reid, Pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Webster. Prayer vigil protest on 470 Pleasant St. in front of Planned Parenthood in Worcester follows.
Feb 18 Sat 8AM Mass and Rosary to end abortion at Framingham Union Hospital, St. Stephen's Church.
Feb 18 Sat 7:30-10:30am former OR sidewalk counselor Dan Murphy, now Fr. Dominic Savio, FI of the Franciscans of the Immaculate will be on the prayerful protest outside of Women's Health Services, 111 Harvard St, and will celebrate a 12 Noon Mass at Saint Mary of the Assumption, 5 Linden Place (off of Harvard Street), Brookline (about 2 blocks from the abortion mill)
Mon Feb 20 9:30am-1pm Stand for Religious Liberty, St. Anna Church, 194 Lancaster Street, Leominster, MA. 9:30-10:30 Coffee and Muffins Church Hall, 10:30 - Prayers in the Church,
11:00-1:00 - Stand United in the front of the Church

Keep calling to stop the HHS mandate forcing Catholic employers to violate their conscience rights. Call Congress and ask them to stop Obama's Secularism Jihad.
Sen. Scott Brown, R-MA 202-224-4543
Sen. John Kerry, D-MA 202-224-2742
Rep. Michael Capuano, D-MA 8th 202-225-5111
Rep. William D. Keating, 202-225-3111
Rep. Barney Frank, D-MA 4th 202-225-5931
Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-MA 9th 202-225-8273
Rep. Edward Markey, D-MA 7th 202-225-2836
Rep. James McGovern, D-MA 3rd 202-225-6101
Rep. Richard Neal, D-MA 6th 202-225-5601
Rep. John Olver, D-MA 1st 202-225-5335
Rep. John Tierney, D-MA 6th 202-225-8020
Rep. Niki Tsongas, D-MA 5th 202-225-3411
Feb 19 Sun 5PM Christ the King, Pleasant St. Worc. ‘Catholicism,’ by Fr. Robert Barron

40 Days for Life - February 22nd to April 1st (Ash Wednesday to Palm Sunday) Theme is: “Keep watch with me” Matthew 26:38. The vigil is held across the street from Planned Parenthood’s Worcester location, 470 Pleasant St., 7a.m.–7p.m. each day of the campaign.

Feb 22 Wed 6pm, 40 Days for Life Opening Night Candlelight Vigil from Problem Pregnancy, 495 Pleasant St., Worcester. Bring a candle!
Feb 23 – Our Lady of the Angels, Worcester

Feb 25 Sat 10AM Mass to “save babies through prayer”, Fr. Ken Cardinale, Pastor of St. Mary Parish, N.Grafton, in Problem Pregnancy Chapel, 495 Pleasant St. Prayer vigil protest on 470 Pleasant St. in front of Planned Parenthood in Worcester before and after Mass.

Mar 2 8PM first Friday Mass with Fr. Gallagher in the Problem Pregnancy Chapel, 495 Pleasant St. followed by all night Eucharistic Adoration. All hours could use backup. Great New Years Reparation Resolution.

Mar 3 2012 8AM 1st Saturday Mass, Problem Pregnancy chapel with Fr. Roy.
Mar 3 2012 11AM-1PM 1st Saturday Devotion, confession, adoration, Divine Liturgy. Our Lady of Mercy on June St. Worcester.

Mar 10 Sat 10 AM Mass to “save babies through prayer”, Fr. Nicholas Desimone or Fr. Robert Grattaroti, in Problem Pregnancy Chapel, 495 Pleasant St. followed by Prayer vigil protest on 470 Pleasant St. in front of Planned Parenthood in Worcester

March 14 – Mid-point Candlelight Vigil 6:00 p.m. Problem Pregnancy, 495 Pleasant St., Worcester. Bring a candle!
March 29 – End of Campaign Mass followed by Eucharistic Procession 4:00 p.m.
Blessed Sacrament Church, 555 Pleasant St., Worcester

April - Msgr. Tom Sullivan will be hosting Fr. Ian Ker, the author of a great new book on Chesterton, for a week in April. Christ the King in Worcester.

Apr 26, Thu Visitation House annual dinner: Ambassador Raymond L. Flynn keynote

Jay G.
Prayer Needs;

Feb 13, 2012

USSCB statement on HHS mandate “accommodation”

The USSCB's statement Friday evening last on HHS's Friday afternoon mandate “accommodation” can be summed up as “the only solution to this ... problem is for HHS to rescind the mandate of these objectionable services.”

See also Weigle's Catholic Bishops: Don’t Revise, Rescind

Feb 10, 2012

Keep Government out of Religion

Feb 11 Sat 10 AM Mass to “save babies through prayer”, Fr. Nicholas Desimone or Fr. Robert Grattaroti, in Problem Pregnancy Chapel, 495 Pleasant St. followed by Prayer vigil protest on 470 Pleasant St. in front of Planned Parenthood in Worcester
Feb 12 Sun 5PM Christ the King ‘Catholicism,’ by Fr. Robert Barron, all welcome. There are also DVD copies for loan, and morning and weeknight sessions will be scheduled later.

Obama Administration denies Religious Liberty to Catholics and Christians
sign the petition to stop the HHS mandate forcing Catholic employers to violate their conscience rights. Call Congress and ask them to stop Obama's Secularism Jihad.
Sen. Scott Brown, R-MA 202-224-4543
Sen. John Kerry, D-MA 202-224-2742
Rep. Michael Capuano, D-MA 8th 202-225-5111
Rep. William D. Keating, 202-225-3111
Rep. Barney Frank, D-MA 4th 202-225-5931
Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-MA 9th 202-225-8273
Rep. Edward Markey, D-MA 7th 202-225-2836
Rep. James McGovern, D-MA 3rd 202-225-6101
Rep. Richard Neal, D-MA 6th 202-225-5601
Rep. John Olver, D-MA 1st 202-225-5335
Rep. John Tierney, D-MA 6th 202-225-8020
Rep. Niki Tsongas, D-MA 5th 202-225-3411
Reaction So far:
• 164 Bishops came out with letters condemning, read in churches Feb. 5.
• Archbishop of military chaplains wrote a letter condemning. Obama edited the letter and Army chaplains were forbidden to read it from the pulpit
• 64 Eastern Orthodox Bishops have spoken out
• Belmont Abbey College suing in court
• Colo. Christian College suing
• EWTN TV network (largest catholic network in the world) suing
• Priest for Life suing
• Mentioned every day on Catholic Radio morning noon and night
• Many catholic blog articles every day
• 154 members of congress sign letter to Obama protesting
• 2 bills already in congress to overturn the rule
• Articles in national and local newspapers
• Topic on local talk radio shows and network news programs
• Liberal columnists and commentators have come out against it
• The minister who gave the invocation at Obama’s inauguration said he would go to jail first
• 3 Muslim imams have said they will ‘take to the streets’ if they are forced to comply (HT to Mike Paul for this list)

Feb 15 Wed 7PM Fatima Prayer Cell, Immaculate Conception Worcester
Feb 15 Wed 5-8:30pm, 40 Days for Life pot-luck dinner, St. Mary Catholic Church, 17 Waterville St., N. Grafton, MA 01536. Guest speaker Catherine Adair, former Planned Parenthood employee, who will shed light on what goes on inside Planned Parenthood as she talks about her conversion from clinic worker to prolife advocate. RSVP to Sandra Kucharski at 508-799-7337 or hmfog5@hotmail.com

Feb 18 Sat 8AM Mass to “save babies through prayer” in the Problem Pregnancy Chapel, celebrated by Fr. Adam Reid, Pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Webster. Prayer vigil protest on 470 Pleasant St. in front of Planned Parenthood in Worcester follows.
Feb 18 Sat 8AM Mass and Rosary to end abortion at Framingham Union Hospital, St. Stephen's Church.
Feb 19 Sun 5PM Christ the King, Pleasant St. Worc. ‘Catholicism,’ by Fr. Robert Barron

40 Days for Life - February 22nd to April 1st (Ash Wednesday to Palm Sunday) Theme is: “Keep watch with me” Matthew 26:38. The vigil is held across the street from Planned Parenthood’s Worcester location, 470 Pleasant St., 7a.m.–7p.m. each day of the campaign.

Feb 22 Wed 6pm, 40 Days for Life Opening Night Candlelight Vigil from Problem Pregnancy, 495 Pleasant St., Worcester. Bring a candle!

Feb 25 Sat 10AM Mass to “save babies through prayer”, Fr. Ken Cardinale, Pastor of St. Mary Parish, N.Grafton, in Problem Pregnancy Chapel, 495 Pleasant St. Prayer vigil protest on 470 Pleasant St. in front of Planned Parenthood in Worcester before and after Mass.

Mar 2 8PM first Friday Mass with Fr. Gallagher in the Problem Pregnancy Chapel, 495 Pleasant St. followed by all night Eucharistic Adoration. All hours could use backup. Great New Years Reparation Resolution.

Mar 3 2012 8AM 1st Saturday Mass, Problem Pregnancy chapel with Fr. Roy.
Mar 3 2012 11AM-1PM 1st Saturday Devotion, confession, adoration, Divine Liturgy. Our Lady of Mercy on June St. Worcester.

March 14 – Mid-point Candlelight Vigil 6:00 p.m. Problem Pregnancy, 495 Pleasant St., Worcester. Bring a candle!
March 29 – End of Campaign Mass followed by Eucharistic Procession 4:00 p.m.
Blessed Sacrament Church, 555 Pleasant St., Worcester

Jay G.
Prayer Needs;