Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church

Please join this powerhouse of prayer to the Lord. We need additional members in the early hours of the afternoon.

Adult Education class will be on Monday, January 14, 2008

2008 National Combined Collection
Today we will tale up the National Combined Collection which benefits:

Your generous support is greatly appreciated. This week in the mail you should have received information about this collection and a gift envelope. If you forgot to bring your envelope to Mass today or you did not receive the mailing, extra envelopes are available in the Sacristy. Please be as generous as your means allow. Thank you.

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Baptism of Jesus. The baptism of Jesus by John is not the same as the Sacrament of Baptism we received as Christians. The Baptism of the Lord was the inauguration of his mission. For Jesus, his baptism was the beginning of his mission, which would ultimately lead to the cross.

At our Baptism, we received a share in Jesus’ mission. It is not only washing away of original sin. Baptism is dying to sin and rising to new life in Jesus Christ. It is becoming a member of his Body by uniting ourselves to the Christian community. Every Christian is sent forth to spread God’s kingdom until it is fulfilled at the end of time.

God gives us the talents, potentials and skills needed to carry out our part of the mission. We don’t have to be eloquent preachers. We just have to be good Christians. Parents are entrusted with the minds and hearts of their children to help their faith grow and their characters develop. Teachers contribute to the growth of children in faith and Christian values. Friends help one another to discern God’s call to live a life that fosters God’s love and reign. Let us try to live Christ in our situation. Let our life be mission to others.

The Parish Family Group members and spouses will have their annual Post-Holiday get-together on Saturday, January 26th in the Parish Hall after 5:00 pm Mass. Please RSVP to either Judy Strutt at 848-1386 or MaryAnn Richard at 447-2242 by Thursday, January 24th.

COLLECTIONS
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Offertory $3,740.19
Monthly Jan $1,334.50 Energy Jan $32.00
The second collection this weekend is the National Combined Collection.

MARCH FOR LIFE BUSES: January 22 marks the 35th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s infamous abortion-on-demand ruling. Because of that decision, millions of pre-born babies have been denied their most basic right – their right to life. On this date, people from across this nation will again assemble in Washington, D.C. to visibly express their opposition to abortion. On Monday, Jan. 21 at 9:00 P.M., buses will leave from the Norwich Municipal Parking Lot (Exit 80, 395 South or Exit 80W, 395 North). Our first stop in Washington will be at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Bus fare is $50 for adults and $25 for students. For further information and/or to reserve a bus seat, please call Patricia Rossi at 848-1064 or Margaret Becotte at 822-1362.

Saying “Yes” To God’s Call
Do you:
Have a desire to pray?
Talk about God in your life?
Desire to help people know God’s love?
Have other people suggesting to you
that you would make a good priest?
Participate as an active member of a parish?
Ever think about the priesthood?
THEN: Plan to attend this Vocation Event for Prayer, Dinner & Discussion with Most Rev. Michael R. Cote, D.D., Bishop of Norwich on January 24, 2008 – 6 to 8 p.m. – 274 Broadway, Norwich, CT.

Pre-registration is required before January 18, 2008. Call Fr. Gregory P. Galvin at 887-9294 or e-mail him: vocations@norwichdiocese.net

NOTE THESE 2008 DATES
Ash Wednesday – February 6, 2008
Mini Mission February 27, 28, 29, 2008
Palm Sunday, - March 16, 2008
Holy Thursday – March 20th
Good Friday- March 21st
Holy Saturday – March 22nd
Solemnity of Easter – March 23, 2008
Easter Supper – March 30, 2008
First Holy Communion – April 27th

The Sanctuary Lamp will burn this week for
Walter & Stella Smolenski
Requested by
Jack & Dorothy Pickering

Announced Masses

Feast of the Baptism of the Lord January 13, 2007
5:00 P.M. Barbara Jean Donoghue (The Baldi Family)
Special intention of Richard Gressler (OLPH Choir)
8:00 A.M. Increase for Vocations to the Priesthood
and Religious Life
10:30 A.M. Intention of Celebrant

Monday, January 14th Weekday of Ordinary Time
7:30 A.M. Frederick & Josephine Finnegan (Family)
Tuesday, January 15th Weekday of Ordinary Time
7:30 A.M. Parishioners of OLPH
Wednesday, January 16th Weekday of Ordinary Time
7:30 A.M. John Joseph Kearns (The Capano Family)
Thursday, January 17th Saint Anthony
7:30 A.M. Sr. Mary Concepta (Sr. Michelle)
Friday, January 18th Weekday of Ordinary Time
7:30 A.M. Eleanor Sudol (Ed & Sally Krajewski)

Second Sunday of Ordinary Time        January 20, 2007
5:00 P.M. William Kitlinski
                            (Deacon Ron & Donna Kitlinski)
                    Joseph Sachatello   (Family)
                    Eleanor Sudol (OLPH Choir)
8:00 A.M. Intention of Bishop Hart
10:30 A.M. Alberta deHart Fidler (Daughter, Peggy)

PRAYER FOR PEACE

GOD OUR FATHER

CREATOR OF THE WORLD,
YOU ESTABLISH THE ORDER
WHICH GOVERNS ALL AGES.
HEAR OUR PRAYER
AND GIVE US PEACE IN OUR TIME,
THAT WE MAY REJOICE IN YOUR MERCY
AND PRAISE YOU WITHOUT END.
WE ASK THIS THROUGH OUR LORD
JESUS CHRIST, YOUR SON,
WHO LIVES AND REIGNS WITH YOU
AND THE HOLY SPIRIT,
ONE GOD, FOREVER AND EVER.
AMEN