All Saints and St Mary's Churches

LENTEN REGULATIONS

1. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of abstinence from meat as well as days of fast, when only one full meal is allowed. On days of fast, two other meatless meals may be taken according to one’s needs, but together they should not equal another full meal.
2. The other Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence from meat.
3. The obligation to abstain from meat begins at fourteen (14) years of age.
4. The obligation to fast begins at eighteen (18) and ends at fifty-nine (59).

Please note; Although the faithful may excuse themselves from fast and abstinence, for a just cause, there is an obligation to substitute another penance in its place. No Catholic should lightly excuse him/herself from this these Lenten obligations.

Introducting the All Saints & St. Mary's Food Pantry!

We are pleased to annouce we've started a Food Pantry at All Saints Church in the parish hall thanks to the generous donations from our parishoners. For more infomraiton CLICK HERE.

Looking for Women to join Seven Sisters Apostolate

Do you have one hour a week to offer a holy hour for our Pastor, Fr. Piotr Pawlus? If yes, please visit the Seven Sisters Apostolate page of our webstite to learn more. 

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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.

St. Aloysius Catholic School in Gilbertville, MA, is hosting an open house at the school on Monday,  April 3, 2023 from 3 to 5:30 p.m.  Prospective parents are cordially invited to visit the classrooms and meet the faculty of our growing school.  Administration is also happy to tour families during the school day and provide shadow days for students presently in Kindergarten through Grade 7. 

Please feel free to call the school (413) 477-1268 or reach out to director, Roberta McQuaid at [email protected] to set up an appointment to visit.  Enrollment information and all the necessary paperwork is available on our website (www.staloysiuscs.com) under the “Join our Family” tab. 

Please note that Preschool is full for the 23/24 school year but we are accepting additions to our waitlist as well as touring families who wish to get a head start for the 24/25 school year. 

The Apostolate of the Suffering is offering you an opportunity to come together on the first Saturday of each month, 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 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.

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