May 16th through May 22nd

Saturday, May 15

   4:00 P.M.       Lisa Cunningham, 3rd Anniversary

Sunday, May 16

   7:00 A.M.       John Cordella, 4th Anniversary

   9:00 A.M.       For Our Living and Deceased Parishioners

  11:00 A.M.       Special Intention

                        Francia Coneo, Memorial

Monday, May 17

   8:00 A.M.       Roman and Juanita Garcia Vargas, Memorial

Tuesday, May 18

   8:00 A.M.       Tony Knowlton, Memorial

Wednesday, May 19

   8:00 A.M.       Leo and Anna Leveille, Memorial

   7:00 P.M.       Xavier Gonzalez, Birthday

Thursday, May 20

   8:00 A.M.       Signe Gustafson, Memorial

Friday, May 21

   8:00 A.M.       Kenneth Paruti, Memorial

Saturday, May 22

   8:00 A.M.       Ryan Jakubiak, God's blessing and health.

 

S A N C T U A R Y  L A M P S

For the week of May 16th through May 22nd ‑ The Lamp in our Main Church will burn this week for Charles Sinclaire Sr. and the Flynn family. The Lamp in the Main Church Chapel will burn for a Special Intention for Romero's family.

 

A ROSE FOR LIFE IN OUR SANCTUARY

The roses this week are sponsored in memory of Lenora Laurent, Cleanta Valcour, and Rachel Monaza by Veronique Augustin, and in memory of Edvige Falconi by Ami Grant.

 

 

A thank You From Birthright ‑ The Birthright volunteers have expressed their gratitude to all parishioners for the generous support received during the Mother's Day Carnation Project. The proceeds will enable them to maintain their Center in Framingham and to continue their assistance to pregnant women. Additional donations will be gratefully accepted. Checks can be made out to Birthright of Framingham and mailed to 79A Main Street, Framingham, MA 01701.

     Birthright is also grateful for all the support and prayers offered by the parishioners of St. Stephen Parish over the past 31 years. If you are interested in becoming a Birthright volunteer, please call the office at (508) 620-0657. You would be more than welcome to help with this important work on behalf of women faced with problem pregnancies.

 

 

 

Congratulations to Our Many First Communicants The Parish extends its congratulations and best wishes to the 64 children who received Jesus in Holy Communion for the first time on May 8th. Their names, as well as those who received Confirmation on April 23rd, can be found on the insert enclosed in this bulletin. We pray that these young people and their families will continue to participate in Holy Mass each weekend and to receive the spiritual help they need from the Holy Eucharist.

 

 Reaching Out to Others ‑ We also offer congratulations to one of our First Communicants, Trebor Brzezicki, for his Christian charity in donating his hair to "Locks of Love;" which makes custom wigs for children who have lost their hair while undergoing treatment for such diseases as cancer. When his grandmother died from leukemia in 2008, after losing all her hair during chemotherapy, Trebor decided that as a tribute to his grandmother, he would allow his blond hair to grow past his shoulders so that he could eventually donate it to charity. Despite frequent teasing by other children, Trebor stuck to his guns until just before First Communion, when his locks were cut and he was given a buzz cut. He doesn't know who will receive the wig made from his hair, but he expressed the hope that "the cancer patient feels happy."

 

St. Vincent de Paul Society ‑ The members of our St. Vincent de Paul Society have expressed their thanks to the National Association of Letter Carriers for including our parish in their distribution of food on Mother's Day. The letter carriers picked up donated food while covering their mail routes and made it available to groups who can help those who are in need. Many thanks also to our volunteers and our "amigos from the Hispanic Community" who carried the food into the Rectory for sorting out and then stocking our Food Pantry.

 

 

Jesus said to his disciples: "Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day. You are witnesses of these things." - Lk 24:46, 48

 

 

MetroWest Free Clinic in Sudbury

The Metrowest Free Medical Program offers free health care to anyone who doesn't have adequate health insurance, regardless of race, religion, or legal status.  They are open most Tuesdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. It is not necessary to make an appointment. Every week there are doctors available to see patients for general medical problems, and Ortho-pedists are there every week as well.

     In addition to general medicine and orthopedics, there will be an asthma screening on May 25th; and the following questions may be useful: Do you have trouble breathing when you walk or do simple chores? Do you cough at night? Does your chest feel tight or do you ever have trouble taking a good deep breath? If the answer is "yes" to any of these questions, you may be one of the millions of people who have asthma. The clinic can help you find out if your breathing problem might be a symptom of asthma.

     Other clinics during the month of June are: General Medicine, Orthopedics, and Psychiatry on June 8th, and General Medicine, Orthopedics, Diabetes, and Derma-tology on June 15th.

     The Free Clinic is located at 105 Hudson Road in Sudbury. Please call (508) 532-0739 for further information.

 

 

Note to Parish Organizations ‑ In order for us to plan the use of the parish facilities for the coming year, we need to receive a schedule of programs and activities for the period from September 2010 through June 2011. Please give us this information by the end of May so that we will be able to provide you with the meeting rooms you need. Thank you.

 

 

Women's Rosary Breakfast ‑ Women from around the Archdiocese will join for a morning of breakfast, prayer, and inspirational sharing at St. Anne's Parish Center, 130 Boston Tpke. Rd., Shrewsbury on Saturday, May 29th. The program goes from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. and the fee is $20. To register, please email Marge Oliveri at Faithful1111@aol.com or call her at (508) 320-3498. The guest speaker for June 12th, the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, will be Father Paco.