Christmas Mass Schedule

CHRISTMAS 2013

 

A very blessed & happy Christmas from our family to yours!

 

Mass Schedule

 

Christmas Eve

Masses at 4 p.m. & 6 p.m.

 

Christmas Day

Concert at 11:30 p.m.; Trilingual Mass at Midnight

 

8:30 a.m. - Portuguese

 

10:30 a.m. - English

 

Noon - Spanish

Sun Chronicle covers the Transfer of St. Joseph's Church

Please check out the great article about the transfer of St. Joseph's Church on the Sun Chronicle website; there's also a picture gallery with some images from the prayer service we held last night to mark the inauguration of Attleboro's new Coptic parish.

Egyptian church opens at former St. Joseph's site

Photo Gallery: Ceremony of Transfer

St. Joseph's Church sold; Transfer Service Scheduled

This afternoon, St. Joseph's Church was sold to the Coptic Church.  Coptic Christianity has its roots in Egypt, being founded by St. Mark the Evangelist in Alexandria in the decades after the Resurrection.  As such they are seen as an apostolic church, as is the Roman Catholic Church.  Among the many similarities between our churches are the celebration of the seven sacraments, including the Holy Eucharist.

To mark the transfer of St. Joseph's Church from the Roman Catholic Church to the Coptic Church, we will have an ecumenical prayer service on the evening of Thursday, 14 November, at 7 p.m.; the church will be open at 6:30 p.m. for anyone wishing to come early for prayer.  This service will mark both the transfer of St. Joseph's to the Coptic Church, as well as the continuity in the use of the church as a place for the celebration of the Eucharist and other sacraments.  Following the service, a simple collation will take place in the lower church hall.  We hope you can join us!

Volunteers move the St. Joseph Food Cellar

"I Was Hungry..." Matthew 25:35

On January 1, 2013, Holy Ghost Church and St. Joseph's Church united to become St. Vincent de Paul Parish located at 71 Linden Street in Attleboro. The food pantry, a vital part of the St. Joseph parish life, is now located directly across the street from the new parish church, thanks to the efforts of the dedicated volunteers pictured above. Every Friday from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., hungry community members receive food for themselves and their family. One day they will hear the Lord say, "I was hungry and you fed me".

To learn more about this ministry, including how to coordinate large food deliveries, please contact the parish office at 508-226-1115 x 2.

TriCat Youth Ministry Schedule

TriCat Youth Group met over the weekend.

Fun events planned; see schedule below: 

  

Saturday 10/26 at 5pm, SJE

Game & Dinner

Friday 11/1 at 7pm, SJE

Mass and Pizza Party!

Holy Day of Obligation

Friday 11/8 at 7pm, SVDP

Regular meeting

Sat & Sun 11/16 and 11/17

Bake Sale Fundraiser

Friday 11/22 at 7pm, SVDP

Regular meeting

Friday 12/6 at 7pm, SJE

Christmas Party!

SVDP= St Vincent de Paul,

71 Linden St, Attleboro 

SJE= St. John the Evangelist,

1 St John’s Place, Attleboro

For additional information, email TriCatYouth@gmail.com 

Our Lady of Fatima Celebration

We will have our annual celebration of the Blessed Mother's final appearance at Fatima in 1917 on Saturday, October 12, the eve of the day of her apparition. We will begin with a special Mass at 6:30 p.m., celebrated and preached by Father Manuel Ferreira, a retired priest of the Diocese of Fall River and former administrator of Holy Ghost Parish. After the Mass we will have a candlelight procession with the statue of Our Lady of Fatima around the neighborhood as we pray the Rosary. You may bring our own candles or obtain them at church. After the procession we will have Benediction in church and then refreshments will be served downstairs. Please come and invite your friends.

The Path to Sainthood

“A World at Prayer is a World at Peace”, Father Patrick Peyton

On Friday, October 4, 2013, Father David Marcham will celebrate the 9 a.m. Mass at St. Vincent de Paul Parish. At 9:30 a.m. he will speak about the life and ministry of Father Patrick Peyton and his ongoing cause of canonization.

Father Peyton, who died in 1992, is buried in North Easton, and currently has the title “Servant of God,” which is the first step in the process of becoming a saint. Father Peyton is known throughout the world for his famous quotes: “The Family That Prays together Stays Together” and “A World at Prayer is a World at Peace”.

Father Marcham is the Vice Postulator for the Cause of Servant of God Father Patrick Peyton, CSC. He coordinates the Father Peyton Guild who prays for Father Peyton’s canonization and the spread of his message. 

We hope to see you there!

Called to Pray and to Love

"The Truth"

Last night more than 700 people met at St. Catherine of Alexandria Parish in Westford, MA to listen to Fr. Larry Richards speak about the importance of prayer and our call love one another. Many people from the Attleboro area attended the talk titled "The Truth," including Mary Hayes, Betty Slaney and Joe DePietro pictured above with Fr. Larry Richards.

Service of Prayer and Reflection

Hope and healing for all who grieve the loss of children before birth

Friday, September 6, 2013 at 7 PM

St. Vincent de Paul Parish, 71 Linden St., Attleboro



All are invited, whether Catholic or non-Catholic, to a serrvice of prayer and reflection that will include Scripture readings, reflections, and music.

Parents who are grieving the loss of their child before birth are especially encouraged to attend, as well as family members and friends. The loss may be recent or from many years ago. 

Part of the service will allow for those who wish to participate in a naming ceremony, as a way of specially remembering their child.

Light refreshments will be available in the parish hall immediately following the prayer service.

Our Community is Truly Blessed!

Thursday, September 5, 2013 at 7 PM

St. Vincent de Paul Parish, 71 Linden St, Attleboro
Q & A with Coffee

 This October 12th at the Cathedral of St. Mary's in Fall River 15 men from our community will be ordained as deacons, including Lawrence David St. Pierre from St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Gary Alan Porter from St. John the Evangelist, Attleboro and Thomas John McMahon from Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, Seekonk. You can learn more about their journey and their new role as deacons by participating in a Q&A with coffee on Thursday, September 5th at 7pm at St Vincent de Paul Parish.

Read more about the Class of 2013 in the June Anchor article, here.

Call to Conversion

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
(RCIA)

ARE YOU SOMEONE OR DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO…

Has expressed an interest in becoming Catholic?

Was baptized Catholic as a child, but has not celebrated the Sacraments of Confirmation and the Eucharist?

RCIA offers an opportunity to come together in a small group to learn more about our faith. Sessions focus on the teachings and experience of Church and prepare individuals to celebrate the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist during the Easter season. You are welcome to participate in the process with your questions, your insights and your faith story in a warm accepting setting.

For more information, come and see the St. Vincent de Paul Office at 71 Linden St, Attleboro, call 508-226-1115, or email saintvincentdpattleboro@gmail.com .

Press Release

Day of Evangelization - SATURDAY, 24 AUGUST 2013

Our parish Day of Evangelization (DOE) will take place this coming Saturday, 24 August 2013.  Everyone is welcome. No previous experience is needed. Please join us on the Day!

To join us, please complete the Registration Form online at this link:

>>> DOE VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION FORM <<<

The Schedule for the Day is as follows:

See you on Saturday! We really appreciate your help.

Parish DOE Meeting - 19 August 6.45PM

Parish Day Of Evangelization - next Meeting is at 6.45 PM tomorrow evening, MONDAY 19 AUGUST, beginning with Rosary in the Church. It is not too late to join us, we need your help to reach as many souls as possible. Everyone welcome!!

Other important dates for your Calendar this week:

Wednesday, 21 August - Parish FAST DAY for the success of our DOE, all are invited to join us in this Fast.
Wednesday, 21 August - 6.45PM HOLY HOUR in the Church, Adoration, Rosary and Benediction to offer our DOE efforts to the Lord for the service of His Kingdom
Saturday, 24 August - 7.40AM until 2.30 PM, Parish Day of Evangelization.

DOE Personal Testimony

Our Day of Evangelization on Saturday 24 August is getting very close now. We are in the final days of recruiting as many helpers as possible so that we can reach as many souls as possible on the DOE day itself. To this end, at most of last weekend's masses members of the DOE teams made a personal  appeal to the wider parish family to ask for more good souls to come forward to join us in this prayer-filled and Spirit-led effort.

In a most profound talk at 4 PM Mass on Saturday, Joe DePietro of our DOE Publicity Team spoke beautifully and explained how our DOE efforts completely align with both Church teaching and the wonderful witness of our Holy Father Pope Francis. The DOE Parish team wanted to share Joe's talk. Please see below...

                              "My name is Joe DePietro.  My family and I have been parishioners at St. Joseph’s and now SVP since 2006.

As you know, SVP Parish is doing a Day of Evangelization on Saturday August 24^th from 7:40am-2:00pm.  On “The Day” we will go Door to Door throughout the streets of Attleboro for Christ.

Our Goal is to organize up to 200 Catholics to support the Day of Evangelization. Up to 100 of these people will support the day, while up to 50 pairs of 2 will go and knock on up to 2000 doors throughout our parish boundaries, and make up to 1000 contacts with people, to gently and lovingly invite them to come and be a part of our Church.  So far, there are about 90 people registered (some have volunteered from other parishes), but we would like to invite more, if you are so called.

Who are we doing this for?  We are doing this for Christ and his Church, to build the Body of Christ and to bring Christ to our world, which is in desperate need of the hope and joy that only Christ can give.

Why am I doing this?  I have never gone door to door to evangelize before but I am going to do it because, I want to give a witness to Christ and what he has done in my life, and to personally invite others to partake in the Sacramental Life,  what our Parish community offers and what our Church teaches.

What feeling will I get?  I imagine it will be a spiritual and uplifting experience, even if I can help move just one person, closer to, or on a path towards our Lord and Savior.

The Catechism says, paragraph 1285 which is the first paragraph on the Sacrament of Confirmation says: “as true witnesses of Christ”, the confirmed “are obliged to spread and defend the faith by word and deed.”

1 Peter 3:15-16 says, “Always be ready to give anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope, but do it with gentleness and reverence”…

 In closing, we need to Evangelize because Christ commands us to do so when he said in Matthew 28:19 “go and make disciples of all nations”.  This was the theme of World Youth Day in Brazil, where at the closing Mass on July 28^th, Pope Francis reminded us to “Go, Be Not Afraid, and Serve”.  He states that Christ through the Holy Spirit helps us to do this, even if we don’t feel ready, as God said to Jeremiah, who feared he could not speak because he was too young.  God said, “be not afraid for I am with you to deliver you” (Jer 1:7, 8).  Our Pope emphasized that Jesus did not say “one of you go”, but he said “all of you go”, go and make disciples of all nations.  Finally he said to do this, not in isolation, but as a community, with the communion of saints and in the companionship of the whole church.

In the case of the Day of Evangelization, happening on Saturday August 24^th 2013, at St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Attleboro, we are choosing to be obedient to our Shepherd.   

If you would like to participate in our Day of Evangelization, you can visit our parish web-site at http://www.stvincentattleboro.org for on-line registration.   

I’d also be happy to answer any questions, after Mass.  Thank you and we pray that you will participate in this parish event in any way you can!"


Thank you to Joe and all the other members of our DOE teams who were willing to offer DOE testimonies at last weekend's masses - Deacon Tony, Ruben Chevere, Mary Hayes, and John Davis.

Day of Evangelization - Online Registration Form

Our parish Day of Evangelization (DOE) will take place on Saturday, 24 August 2013.

To complete the Registration Form online, please use this link:

>>> DOE VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION FORM <<<

Thank you!! We really appreciate your help.

The Good Catholic Life Radio Program

Father Wilson, Kathy Harum and Joe DePietro promoted our parish Day of Evangelization to a potential audience of 5.5 million listeners in the Boston area yesterday.

The team spoke to 1060AM's Scot Landry and Mike Lavigne (pictured above with Kathy and Father Rich) on "The Good Catholic Life". To listen to the playback, please go to the link below:

http://www.thegoodcatholiclife.com/2013/08/07/day-of-evangelization-program-0551-for-wednesday-august-7-2013/

Beach Days, Cookouts, and Yard Sales!

The Youth Ministry Remains Busy Having Fun this Summer!

Last Wednesday, July 31st, they enjoyed a trip to the Cape Cod shoreline with Fr. Williams.

This Friday, August 9th at 7:00 p.m. at the Saint Vincent de Paul (SVDP) Parish Center, they will share laughs and a cookout beside an outside fire. Before the cookout, members of the Tricat Youth Ministry will be at St. Joseph's Church on 208 South Main Street helping to prepare for the SVDP Yard Sale.

Saturday, August 17th from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m., service-minded members of the group will be working hard to make the Yard Sale, at St. Joseph's Church, 208 South Main Street, both a success and a memory of fun for all involved.

For more information please email tricatyouth@gmail.com.

Pictures taken on Cape Cod Beach Trip



DOE Next Meeting - Tuesday 6 August, 6.45PM - ALL WELCOME!

We need your help! Please consider joining our Parish DOE as we prepare to be “sent out” on 24 August. It is not too late to join. Training will be given. On the day, we will be providing FREE childcare, FREE breakfast and lunch (complete with an awesome free dessert table). 

 

NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY to go door-to-door, we will be partnered with an experienced DOE "evangelizer" from Rhode Island - we are not alone!

All that is needed is to be willing to hold the DOE Welcome Bag and pray silently - and let the Holy Spirit do the work. The more people who join us, the more souls we can reach!

Please come to our next meeting on TUESDAY, 6th AUGUST at 6.45PM to check out how easy this DOE thing really is.

For more information, please contact Roberta Hebert, Parish Secretary or Kathy Harum at 508 226 1115. All are welcome!

"For God All Things Are Possible" Matthew 19:26

With the message of HOPE, young people from across the Fall River Diocese gathered in Attleboro, Massachusetts on Saturday, July 20th. After uniting in peace-filled prayer to spiritually support women frightened by the child developing in their womb, they came to St. Vincent de Paul parish for nourishment.

First, the young adults participated in Holy Mass celebrated by Fr. Riley Williams.

Then, high school and college-aged young people gathered in the parish hall.

They were served a hot buffet breakfast.

The breakfast was prepared by devoted members of Body of Christ.

Friendships were formed.

Hope was celebrated.

Laughter was abundant.

Leadership skills increased.

Opportunities to learn were at every corner.

Young people were heard.

And attentive, caring mentors shared their hearts as they volunteered their time, talent and treasure.

Next year this could be you!

Visit and "like" the Pro-Life Boot Camp Facebook Page; learn more. https://www.facebook.com/FallRiverDioceseProLifeBootCamp

Pictures by: Bill Gill

Visiting religious community: Sisters of Life

Supporting Women Experiencing Pregnancy and Homelessness

Ordinary people "hearing the call" and responding in extraordinary ways.

On Sunday, July 28th, members of multiple faith communities learned firsthand how the Catholic Church is responding to women who are experiencing both pregnancy and homelessness.

Sherry Robbins, the Visitation House Social Service Manager, shared how the home helps women protect the life of the child in her womb through material, emotional and spiritual support.

Members in attendance also listened to one of the Visitation House guests share her story. Additional educational support may have helped her develop the skills needed to avoid homelessness. However, the Visitation House helped her regain her dignity and her connection to her family of origin. In a few weeks, her new baby will be welcomed into the Catholic Family through baptism. Some members in the audience will witness this Sacramental Celebration.

On Sunday, August 11th at 6:30 p.m. (following the 5:30 Mass) a group will leave SVDP parish to travel to the Visitation House for a tour. At that time, donations will be delivered. All are welcome to join us for the tour and to add donations to the crib located in the church. A wish list is available at the following link: http://visitationhouse.org/wishlist.html

For additional insight, consider listening to the key note address given at the 2013 Visitation House Fundraising Dinner by Erika Bachiochi - click here to see the video.



"There is a light in this world, a healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter. We sometimes lose sight of this force when there is suffering, too much pain. Then suddenly, the spirit will emerge through the lives of ordinary people who hear a call and answer in extraordinary ways." Mother Teresa

Day of Evangelization - Online Registration Form

Our parish Day of Evangelization (DOE) registration weekend will take place this weekend (20/21 July).

To complete the Registration Form online, please use this link:

>>> DOE VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION FORM <<<

Thank you!! We really appreciate your help.

Sacred Heart of Jesus Procession

On Saturday, June 29, 2013, the Hispanic Apostolate for the Diocese of Fall River led a procession from Capron Park to St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP) Parish in Attleboro. While reciting the rosary in multiple languages, the community carried a picture of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Five stops were made along the way. At each stop, a mystery of the Joyful Rosary was performed. At the end of the procession, all gathered in the SVdP Parish Church for adoration, followed by a community meal in the parish hall.

Para mas información hable con Hna. Ana María Corona OP al (508) 226-1115 ext. 4 y al correo electronico mhp.attleboro@gmail.com

Summer Fun with TriCat Youth Ministry

This July the TriCat Youth Ministry has two fun events planned.

1. July 31st - Beach Day, Cape Cod
2. July 25th - Fundraiser, Attleboro

For more information, contact the TriCat Team at tricatyouth@gmail.com

Create memories; make friends; share laughs! 

Next DOE Information Meeting - Monday, 8 July

Please mark your calendar for our next Day of Evangelization (DOE) Information and Training Evening - Monday, 8 July at 6.45 PM in Holy Ghost Church. 

More than 50 volunteers participated in our last DOE meeting on June 17^th, and more Catholics in the area are getting involved in some capacity every day.  We are looking for a total of 200 volunteers to support the day of evangelization, in either a support or door to door role.  The volunteers can be from our own parish or surrounding parishes. Please ask friends, family and neighbors to get involved. Everyone is welcome! Come to our next meeting and you can learn to sing the D2D song that’s getting everyone excited to participate in a successful event!  We look forward to seeing you!

For more information, please contact Kathy Harum, DOE Contact, via the Parish Office on 508-226-1115. 

Want to know more about our DOE logo?  Some quick facts...
 

1. The logo is an original design by the wonderfully talented Kathy Harum, our Parish DOE contact.
2. The commanding presence of the Cross is central to the image and our DOE efforts. 
3. In Kathy’s striking image, the “D2D” command radiates from the heart of the Cross.
4. The rays emanating from the Cross are white and red – symbolizing, as in Sister Faustina’s image of Divine Mercy, the blood and water which poured forth from “the one whom they had pierced” (Pope Benedict XVI). This beautiful symbolism reminds us of the centrality of Christ in all that we do as Christians.
5. The core “D2D” message symbolizes the “door-to-door” aspect of the ministry. The connotation of our being sent out in pairs (see Luke 10:1-23) is captured in the use of the numeral “2”. We pray that the Holy Spirit will bless all of our efforts and “send us out” in response to Christ’s command (John 20:21).
6. The “D2D” message is colored blue to symbolize our Holy Mother, “the first Disciple of her Son” (Pope John Paul II), in whose footsteps we aspire to follow.
7. The core reason for our DOE efforts is summarized in the “Door to Door for Christ” message at the bottom of Kathy’s image. As Father Riley has commented, this is our response to the Great Commission, “Go, make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19).