All Saints and St Mary's Churches

Tax Time!

Looking to receive your donation statement for your 2022 taxes? Please contact the rectory and provide both your last name and envelope and we will be glad to mail you the statement. Thank you!

WANTED:  Director of Digital Marketing & Communications. Massachusetts Citizens for Life (MCFL) is looking for a Director of Digital Marketing & Communications. Reporting to the President, this part-time  and remote role (20 hours/week during regular business hours) serves as a key member of MCFL’s leadership team. Details and application instructions at masscitizensforlife.org/employment.

St. Aloysius Catholic School kicked off its annual Scholarship Drive on December 15.  This year a generous benefactor has offered a dollar for dollar match of all funds earned up to $40,000!  If the school reaches it full match, every full price tuition could see a $1000 reduction, with a portion there-of for siblings and 2 or 3 day preschool students.  You can make your tax-deductible donation via the school’s website at https://www.staloysiuscs.com/support/scholarship-fund/ or by mailing a check to the school at P.O. Box 531, Gilbertville, MA 01031 with “Scholarship” in the memo line.  The drive will run until March 15, after which 2023-2024 tuitions will be set.

THIS LENT learn about the Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit on Sunday mornings at All Saints Parish Hall from 10:30 - Noon.  This is a follow-up to the Holy Spirit series presented during Advent and is being continued by popular demand.  A unique 30-minute video is presented each week followed by discussion.  Videos are performed by Fr. Dave Pivonka, TOR under his “The Wild Goose is Loose” program (thewildgooseisloose.com). This is his simple invitation to Christians into a more profound, life-giving relationship with the Holy Spirit.  The sessions are free; no reservations are necessary.  Free refreshments will be served beginning at 10:15 am.  All are welcome.

The Apostolate of the Suffering is offering you an opportunity to come together on the first Saturday of each month, starting March 4^th, 2023 for meditation on the mysteries of the Holy Rosary.  Our Lady of Fatima asks us all to console her Immaculate Heart due to the vast ingratitude, blasphemies and offenses against her by making reparations to her on the First Saturday of each month.  This includes:  Going to Confession and receiving Holy Communion, praying five decades of the Rosary, and in addition, meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary. We gather together at Mary Farm to complete this last part of this devotion to Our Lady:  to meditate the Holy Rosary mysteries. 

Our meditations and reflections are based on the visions and revelations from Our Lady to Venerable Sr. Mary of Agreda as she recorded them in her book, Mystical City of God.  We complete our meditations by praying the Stations of the Cross.  All are invited; you need not be a member of the Apostolate to offer up about an hour of your time to console the Immaculate Heart of Mary by contemplating the Holy Rosary mysteries.

We will be meeting at the John Smus Memorial Hall on Mary Farm property at 10am, rain or shine March through December, 2023 on the first Saturday of each month.  Please contact Stasia Bronner with questions:  413-324-6708 or email:  [email protected]  Mary Farm is located at 1915 Ware Street,(Rt 32) Palmer, MA.

The weekend will begin on Thursday, February 23^rd and will conclude with the Alumni Panel at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, February 26^th. The overnight portion of the weekend is for juniors and seniors only, but we welcome families, friends, and local community members to join us on Sunday for the Alumni Panel and a full campus tour for those who are interested.

New England Open House Weekend | Thomas Aquinas College

The Polish Junior League of Massachusetts is accepting applications for scholarships for college students of Polish heritage. Application information and forms may be obtained at www.polishjuniorleaguema.org/appliations. Deadline for receipt of application materials is May 1, 2023.  

Marriage Help Available

If your marriage has become troubled and stressed, unloving or uncaring; even if you are divorced or separated but want to try again, the Retrouvaille program can help. Retrouvaille provides tools to communicate better, resolve conflicts fairly, and rediscover why you fell in love. The program is offered locally three times a year.

For information, call confidentially 1-800-470-2230, email [email protected], or visit our website www.helpourmarriage.org for information & registration.

Just us of the following Spiritual Activities:

• Participating in the Rosary before each weekday Mass (Monday - Thursday)
• Attending our Prayer Service at St. Mary's Cemetery (Our Lady of Grace Shrine) on the 13th of each month at 4:00PM
• First Saturday Devotion at St. Mary's Church: Starting with the Rosary at 7:30AM following be 8:00AM Mass and Private Adoration until 9:00AM

Every week, a witness from our Diocese shares a personal testimony on the power of the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist in their life. Access these inspiring testimonials by going to: diospringfield.org/videos and you will find the Witness Wednesday Playlist and grow your devotion to Our Lord in the Holy Eucharist!

Looking for more information regarding Family Life Ministry? Please see the links below to learn more about these Ministries including:

• Pre Cana

• Engaged Encounter

• Marriage Encounter

• Natural Family Planning

• Retrouvaille Weekend