Now that Spring is here, we will begin to maintain our parish’s cemeteries in Arcade and East Arcade.
A Cemetery Upkeep envelope is included in your boxed envelopes. Your donation helps us continue to maintain the resting place of your loved ones and friends.
Your donation may be mailed to the parish office throughout the spring or summer or dropped in the collection basket. Thank you for your generosity.
The above information is based on the bulletin of May 1, 2022.
In addition to regularly scheduled Masses, we will have Adoration and a Divine Mercy Chaplet later in the day. Please see below for more information.
Join us for Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Date: April 24, 2022
Time: 12:00 noon – 3:00 p.m.
Where: Arcade
Divine Mercy Chaplet at 3:00 p.m.
Please plan to attend.
The above information is based on the bulletin of April 17, 2022.
The above information is based on the bulletin of April 10, 2022.
As we look forward to beginning the process of becoming a Family of Parishes in October of this year, the parishes of
…would like to invite all of our parishioners to join us for a Lenten Penance Service on Monday, April 4th (2022).
Fr. Al Osiander, Fr. Joe Gullo and Fr. Dan Fawls will be present for a brief Penance Service followed by individual confessions.
We will have two penance services on Monday, April 4th (2022):
We invite all parishioners from our Family of Parishes to join us, if you are able, as we prepare to become one family.
God’s Blessings Always!
The post above is based on information found in the bulletin of March 20, 2022.
Latest Update (4-24-2022): The Palm Sunday Cantata has been rescheduled and will be held on Sunday, April 24, 2022. It will be held at 3:00 PM at Hope Lutheran Church, 2 East Main St., Arcade NY.
Please note that our Arcade Worship Site will also be holding Adoration and a Divine Mercy Chaplet on Sunday, April 24, 2022 — for more information click here.
The cantata information above is based on an announcement by Fr. Joe, and the Arcade United Church of Christ‘s website.
Important Update: The Palm Sunday Cantata has been canceled for Sunday, April 10, 2022. It is unclear why the cancellation occurred, and it is also unclear if it may be rescheduled. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.
On Sunday, April 10 (2022), the Palm Sunday Cantata will be held at Hope Lutheran Church on Main Street in Arcade, at [time canceled].All are invited to attend.
Event: Palm Sunday Cantata.
Date: April 10, 2022.
Time: CANCELED
Location: Hope Lutheran Church, Main Street, Arcade NY.
God’s Blessings Always!
This post was assembled from the bulletin of March 20, 2022.
Confessions will be heard one-half hour before every Mass during Lent 2022!
1. Examination of Conscience
Use the 10 Commandments as your guide for Examination of Conscience:
2. After Examination of Conscience, go in to see the priest, either face to face or behind the screen, and proceed as follows:
“Bless me Father for I have sinned. This is my 1st Confession (or my last Confession was……). These are my sins.”
3. Proceed to tell the priest the sins you are sorry for and would like Jesus to forgive.
4. The priest will give you spiritual advice and penance which may be a prayer (such as a Hail Mary or Our Father) or possibly something to do.
5. The priest will ask you to pray the Act of Contrition aloud at this time.
O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended you.
I detest all my sins because of your just punishment, but most of all because they offend you, my God, who are all-good and deserving of all my love.
I firmly resolve, with the help of your grace, to sin no more and to avoid the near occasions of sin.
Amen
6. The priest will give you absolution and God’s blessing.
For even more information about Lent 2022 at St. Mary’s, please see the following link:
Lent (2022)
The above is an edited and expanded version of copy found in the bulletin of March 6, 2022.
This weekend, March 12 and 13 (2022), we will have a second collection for Ukraine.
God’s Blessings Always!
The above is an edited and expanded version of copy found in the bulletin of March 13, 2022.
In addition to supporting Catholic Charities, Appeal 2022 also benefits the Fund for the Faith. Established in 1937 by Bishop John Duffy out of concern for those in need of spiritual comfort due to hardships of the Great Depression, the Fund for the Faith continues to provide spiritual nourishment throughout our diocese today. Proceeds provide ministry support services that are instrumental to the vitality of our faith experience and enable us to spread the Gospel message of Christ’s love. If you have already given this year, thank you! Give the gift of HOPE for all seasons.
“Whatever you did for the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me,”
Jesus calls us to help and love our neighbors, especially those who are most vulnerable and struggling.
Catholic Charities of Buffalo offers several basic and emergency services, such as food, rehousing, medications and clothing.
Your donation to the Appeal 2022 today can help ensure that the hungry have food, the naked have clothing, and those facing eviction have shelter.
If you have already given this year, thank you!
Give the gift of HOPE for all seasons.
Visit ccwny.org/donations/ or text GIVEHOPE22 to 44321 today!
The above is edited from copy found in the bulletin of March 13, 2022 and March 20, 2022.
The following contains edited copy from the bulletins of February 27, 2022 and March 6, 2022. The edit includes an edited excerpt from the Diocese of Buffalo website.
All Catholics who have reached their 14th birthday are bound to abstain totally from meat on the following days: Ash Wednesday, all Fridays of Lent, and Good Friday.
All Catholics between their 18th and 59th birthdays are also bound to observe the Law of Fast on the following days: Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. This practice involves limiting oneself to a single full meal and avoiding food between meals. Light sustenance may be taken on two other occasions in the course of the day.
“After they have been initiated into the Most Holy Eucharist, all the faithful are bound by the obligation of receiving Communion at least once a year. This precept must be fulfilled during the Easter season, unless for a good reason it is fulfilled at another time during the year. This obligation may be fulfilled between [March 5] (First Sunday in Lent) and [June 12] (Trinity Sunday).”
— Source: Diocese of Buffalo, https://www.buffalodiocese.org/lent/ (Accessed: 3-1-2022. Edited to correct dates.)
1. Examination of Conscience
Use the 10 Commandments as your guide for Examination of Conscience:
2. After Examination of Conscience, go in to see the priest, either face to face or behind the screen, and proceed as follows:
“Bless me Father for I have sinned. This is my 1st Confession (or my last Confession was……). These are my sins.”
3. Proceed to tell the priest the sins you are sorry for and would like Jesus to forgive.
4. The priest will give you spiritual advice and penance which may be a prayer (such as a Hail Mary or Our Father) or possibly something to do.
5. The priest will ask you to pray the Act of Contrition aloud at this time.
O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended you.
I detest all my sins because of your just punishment, but most of all because they offend you, my God, who are all-good and deserving of all my love.
I firmly resolve, with the help of your grace, to sin no more and to avoid the near occasions of sin.
Amen
6. The priest will give you absolution and God’s blessing.
Our envelopes for 2022 have arrived and will be available at both worship sites! Availability will begin the weekend of February 27, 2022. In Arcade, envelopes will be found in the church vestibule. In East Arcade, the envelopes will be found in the Multipurpose Room.
God’s Blessings Always!
