Mary, Queen of

Martyrs Parish News

Biweekly Date: September 29, 2024 / Issue 137

"Whoever is not against us is for us."

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

September 29, 2024

Grades K-5 8:15 AM St Peter

Grades 1-5 8:45 AM OLOL

FCP I Parent Meeting 11:30 AM St Kateri

Edge~Grades 6-8 4:30 PM St Peter

Confirmation II with Parent 6:30 PM St Peter

September 30, 2024

Grades 1-5 4:45 PM St Peter

October 1, 2024

FCP I Parent Meeting 5:30PM St Kateri

FCP II Parent Meeting 6:30 PM St Kateri

October 5, 2024

Blessing of the Animals 1:00 PM St Kateri

October 6, 2024

Grades K-5 8:15 AM St Peter

Grades 1-5 8:45 AM OLOL

FCP II Parent Meeting 11:30 AM St Kateri

Edge Grades 6-8 4:30 PM St Peter

Youth Mass 5:30 PM St Peter Open to Everyone, Grades 6-10 must attend

Confirmation I 6:30 PM St Peter

October 7, 2024

Grades 1-5 4:45 PM St Peter

UPCOMING SACRAMENTAL PARENT MEETINGS

High School Confirmation:

at 6:30 PM at St Peter’s Gym with Teens

· Sunday, September 29, 2024 Confirmation II

First Communion Prep I (mostly grade 1): Please choose the meeting that works best for your schedule

· Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:30 AM at St Kateri

· Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at 5:30 PM at St Kateri

First Communion Prep II (mostly grade 2):

Please choose the meeting that works best for your schedule

· Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at 6:30 PM at St Kateri

· Sunday, October 6, 2024 at 11:30 AM at St Kateri

Prep II Parent Meeting

Choose one of the two meetings to attend to learn more about our First Reconciliation program and how to help your child prepare for their First Confession in January. It is important that all parents make an effort to attend one of the meetings.

Candle Rosary

All are invited to join us in praying the Rosary at St. Kateri at 3:00 PM on Saturday, October 19, 2024. A candle will be lit for each “bead” of the Rosary and an image of each decade will be held up to help us meditate on the Mystery. Please email Patsy if you are interested in leading a decade (written prayers and instructions are available), lighting the candles, or holding an image. Children, parents, and grandparents are encouraged to attend this beautiful prayer as we honor the feast of Our Lady of Fatima.

Patsy Gillespie

Director of Faith Formation

Mary, Queen of Martyrs Parish

(508) 746 - 0663 ext. 206

faithform@maryqueenofmartyrs.org

"For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope. Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you. When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart, I will let you find me" (Jeremiah 29:11-14).

Spotlight on Activities

20 Sunday School Craft Ideas for Fall

Following the Path of Francis

September 25, 2024

Maureen O'Brien

Reflect

Ilia Delio writes, “The Franciscan path is different because it does not ask, ‘What would Jesus do?’ but, ‘How does Jesus live in me?’” Today, take some time to reflect on this profound question. How is Jesus living in you?

Prayer

Blessed St. Francis,

We thank you for showing us the way into our heart where God

Gloriously shines and shines.

Help us find the golden presence within.

The peace.

St. Francis, your gentle beauty leads us to Christ, and we thank you for helping us fill our lives as you filled yours—overflowing with grace and hope.

Flooded with light.

Act

Take a long, deep breath and know that it’s true: With every single breath, the light of Jesus lives in you.

DeCOLORES ALL!

Our next Ultreya is at:

Mary, Queen of Martyrs Parish

Saint Kateri Church

126 South Meadow Road

Plymouth, MA

Sunday,October 20, 2024 at

5:00 PM.

Holy Cross Retreat House Cursillos

October 24-27, 2024 Men's

November 21-24, 2024 Women's

January 30-February 2, 2025 Men's

February 20-23, 2025 Women's

March 20-23, 2025 Men's

April 24-27, 2025 Women's

MQM Ultreya's

October 20, 2024-Saint Kateri

November 17, 2024-Saint Kateri

January 19, 2025-Saint Kateri

February 16, 2025-Saint Kateri

March 9, 2025-Saint Kateri

April 6, 2025-Saint Kateri

May 18, 2025 - OLOL

WYD 2027 in South Korea to Focus on Courage, Interreligious Dialogue

Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service

Wednesday 25th of September 2024

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The first World Youth Day to be hosted in a country where Christians are a minority will seek to instill young people with the courage to share the Gospel while fostering interreligious dialogue, organizers of the event said.

World Youth Day 2027, to be hosted in Seoul, South Korea, will help young people "think about the dialogue between faith and modernity," Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life said at a news conference Sept. 24.

The challenges young people face today -- a loss of purpose, climate change, the digital revolution and economic inequality -- "will stimulate young people to make their personal contribution so that contemporary culture may be permeated and transformed by the Gospel, with its power, light and freshness," the cardinal said.

And in Asia, a continent "receptive to the coexistence of cultures, dialogue and complementarity," the cardinal said young pilgrims will advance "on their path of learning to become messengers of peace in the world so torn by conflict and confrontation."

At the closing Mass for World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal -- attended by an estimated 1.5 million young people -- Pope Francis announced that Seoul will be the host for the next World Youth Day in 2027, following a celebration of young people at the Vatican during the Holy Year 2025.

"Thus, from the western border of Europe it will move to the Far East," the pope said in his announcement. "This is a marvelous sign of the church's universality and of the dream of unity to which you bear witness."

World Youth Day has been hosted in Asia only once before -- World Youth Day 1995 was held in Manila, Philippines.

The Vatican announced Sept. 24 the themes for the church's upcoming celebrations of young people, both taken from St. John's Gospel: the Jubilee of the Youth, to be held in Rome in 2025, will have the theme "You also are my witnesses, because you have been with me," and the theme for World Youth Day 2027 will be "Take courage! I have overcome the world."

Archbishop Peter Chung Soon-Taick of Seoul said that World Youth Day pilgrims will become "courageous missionaries inspired to live out the joy of the Gospel they have found."

World Youth Day 2027 "will be more than just a large gathering," he said at the Vatican news conference. "It will be a meaningful journey where young people, united with Jesus Christ, reflect on and discuss the modern challenges and injustices they face."

However, "Korea stands in a unique context distinct from previous World Youth Day hosts," said Seoul Auxiliary Bishop Paul Kyung Sang Lee, coordinator of World Youth Day 2027, since the country is "characterized by the harmonious coexistence of diverse religious traditions."

"Within this environment, the Catholic Church of Korea has steadfastly embodied the Christian virtues of forgiveness and sharing, fostering these values in society while coexisting peacefully with other faiths," he said.

According to the Pew Research Center, 52% of South Koreans have no religious affiliation, 32% are Christian and 14% are Buddhist. Vatican statistics say Catholics make up 11.3% of South Korea's population of 51.6 million people.

Archbishop Chung said the preparatory process "will definitely have concrete plans to include people from different religious backgrounds, including those who have no religion, so that they can come together and join us during our preparatory process."

During World Youth Day 2023, a number of interreligious events were offered to participants, such as guided tours of mosques and Hindu temples in Lisbon.

Cardinal Farrell said that Pope Francis wanted to select Seoul as the host for World Youth Day 2027 because "the pope wants to break out to the whole world."

"There's too much conflict, there's too much division among us all, and the Holy Father would like to bring us into dialogue with each other," he said. "Not to convert people, but to prove and to show that we can all live together respecting each other's beliefs, respecting the authentic culture of each place."

Despite South Korea's geographic distance from countries with large Catholic populations, the cardinal said the number of the attendees at World Youth Day 2023 was nearly double the number estimated by organizers.

"I believe there will be a similar surge of visitors and young people to World Youth Day in Seoul," he said. "It may be very far, but it's not far in today's world."

Deacon Dan’s Homily

September 22, 2024

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Wis 2:12, 17-20; Jas 3:16—4:3; Mk 9:30-37

Homily

Gentle Friendship

“If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.”

My Dear Friends in Christ,

Contrary to these words of Jesus, our present-day society often seems infatuated with GOATs. And I don’t mean the kind that stereo-typically eat tin cans and newspapers. I mean those among us that we spend endless hours debating as the Greatest Of All Time – the GOATs of sports, the GOAT singer, actors or president. We might even slip a pope or two into competition on such a list. It’s obviously not a new thing. Even the apostles argued among themselves about which one of them was the GOAT.

Click below to read the full Homily

Deacon Dan's Homily September 22. 2024

Please click above to hear Fr. Joe and a number of the priest from the Clergy Dinner talk about their love for Jesus and their wonderful experience being a priest.

Journey from Grief to Healing

You are invited to come for sharing and healing In a

prayerful small group setting.

Mary, Queen of Martyr’s Parish Grief and Loss Support group begins on Tuesday evening, October 8th through December 10th from 6:30PM to 8:00PM at St. Kateri Church. The group will meet once per week for 9 sessions. The facilitators of the group are Meredith Scott and Betty Whittaker. Please call Kathy Benton, parish administrator, to register: 508-746-0663 ext. 401

A 12-Step Program Based in the Upcoming Sunday Scriptures

All Are Welcome

Mary, Queen of Martyrs Parish

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Church

126 South Meadow Road

Plymouth, MA 02360

Weekly meetings on

Wednesdays

6:30 PM—7:30 PM

Please contact Deacon Jim Greer for more information at 617-645-7915

Catholic in Recovery is a nonprofit organization that seeks to serve those suffering from addictions and unhealthy attachments (including alcoholism, drug addiction, pornography addiction, sex and relationship addiction, compulsive overeating and food addiction, gambling addiction, codependency and the impact on family, and general fear,

control, and anxiety).

St Vincent de Paul Poor Boxes are located near the doors of all three churches. Through your generosity we will be able to continue to help the residents of Plymouth and Carver with their heat, electric and rent. Thank you for your support!

Spotlight on Food Pantries

St. Vincent de Paul at St. Peter’s

The SVdP Food Pantry is held every Friday from 2:30-4:00 PM at the St. Peter Parish Center, 10 Memorial Drive. Thank you to our friends and parishioners who have so kindly remembered the Society, and those we serve, through your generous private gifts, and donations left in the church donation boxes, located at each door of the church. Your kindness helps many.

We are currently in need of: Baked Beans, Hearty Soups, Pasta Sauce, Granola Bars, Pancake Mix, Beef Broth, Apple or Cranberry Juice, Cream of Mushroom or chicken Soup. Donations may be dropped off at the Parish Center or at the church.

If you are in need, please call the office at 508-746-0663 Ext. 307 and leave a message. We can help with resources and aid. You may also call us at this number if you are interested in volunteering for SVdP.

The Saint Kateri Food Pantry

Tuesdays from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM

The Food Pantry is always in need of any non perishable food items such as canned soups, pasta and sauce products, baking goods, cereals, canned tuna or chicken, boxed meals such as Hamburger & Tuna Helpers, canned vegetables and canned fruit and fruit juice. Liquid dish detergent, Kleenex, paper towels, toilet paper and cleaning products are very much needed. Personal hygiene products, such as deodorant, body wash/soap and shampoos are staples in every household and always appreciated!!

Thank you for your continued support of the food pantry!

Mary, Queen of Martyrs Parishioners, we need your help! On the 3rd Tuesday of each month, we receive a large order of food delivered from the Boston Food Bank. This delivery is generally about 3,000 lbs. Our staff is older and unloading this amount of products is difficult for the small group of people who usually help.

PLEASE consider taking an hour of your time to come by the church around 8:30 AM that day to help unload. We meet every third Tuesday of the month!

We now have a food donation box at Saint Kateri in the function hall by the office doorway. You may put your food donations in this box during office hours or after the weekend Masses.

“THE THRIFTY LILY” News

We welcome your donations of new or gently used goods to sell, but can only take them during the hours we are open!

Please, do not leave any items at the door outside of our business hours.

Every Monday 2PM to 5PM

Every Wednesday 10AM to 2PM

Every Thursday 10AM to 2PM

First Saturday of every month

from 10 AM to 2PM

If you like to bake, please consider baking some of your delicious recipes for our bake sale.

Dear Parishioners,

My name is Chris and I am a senior at BC High School. Today, I would love the opportunity to share my recent experience on a trip to NPH Guatemala, what I experienced at Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos (“our little brothers and sisters”) and how we all play a part.

Last November, 19 Juniors and Seniors from my school traveled to NPH Guatemala for what I thought would be a generic service trip. To my surprise, it was far more than that. Our group toured the home, lived and ate rice and beans like the pequeños, visited other parts of Guatemala such as Antigua, and helped build an ecological recreation park for the children at the home, which honors a former pequeña Yocari - who recently passed away. Most importantly, our group spent a lot of time interacting with all the Pequeños at the home and seeing all that NPH provides them day in and day out.

Between the many soccer matches, board games, meals, and other activities completed alongside the Pequeños, a special bond that will last a lifetime was built. It didn’t matter that there was a language barrier, or that we were different ages or from different backgrounds.

It was clear none of this would have been possible without the help of the NPH workers and donors. These children live a better life because of you, NPH and God. They were happy, energetic, and welcoming of our group, and it was clear that the NPH staff in Guatemala was excited to have us on their property, which I must say is very well kept and extremely safe.

Being in Guatemala alongside these Pequeños provides a change in perspective that you are not able to fully encompass unless you visit the home. With that said, if there is any one main takeaway I would like to leave you with, it is that these children are given the best possible opportunity to grow and succeed because of what NPH is doing for them.

They have made an impact on my life, but it’s more important that we have a greater impact on their lives. Please help NPH give these Pequeños the lives they deserve. Please visit nphusa.org for more information and I hope you consider taking a trip to a home, or sponsoring a pequeños. It will change your life.

God Bless, Chris L.

On Friday, July 26, 2024, the flag at Our Lady of Lourdes was raised in memory of Robert Ashman. The flag was donated by Charlie and Joan Ashman.

If you would like to purchase a 5x9.5 cotton Government Issue Flag ($100) to be flown at Saint Joseph’s Cemetery or Our Lady of Lourdes; or a 4 x 6 Government Issue Flag to fly at Saint Kateri in honor of a loved one, please call Kathy at the parish office, 508-746-0663 ext 401. We will announce the loved ones name when raising the flag (which usually remains up for 3 months) and when we retire the flag.

EVERYONE IS INVITED!!!

Sunday, October 27, 2024

at 11:30 AM

To the Celebration of the Eucharist

and Luncheon

Mary, Queen of Martyrs All are Welcome Ministry

Come join Fr. Joe for Mass on Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:30 AM at St. Kateri Church, as we celebrate God’s great love for each and every one of us. Our ministry includes members, family, and friends of the LGBTQ+ community and is committed to making all feel valued, respected, and loved. We’ll also enjoy a luncheon reception after Mass, so please join us for prayer, food, fellowship, and fun - we hope to see you there. And feel free to bring something to share if the spirit moves you!

On October 16, 2024, at the Marriott in Burlington, Massachusetts, we will commemorate 175 years of courage, dedication and service to the community. Since the arrival of the three Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in Boston in November 1849, their journey has been a profound commitment to making God's goodness known through education and advocacy, especially for women and children. We hope you will join us! Learn more at www.snddeneastwest.org/175NE.

For more information, please call Linda Micciche at 617-387-2500 or email LMicciche@ewsndden.org.

Lucy Anne Southerland

Baptized: June 16th, 2024

Mia Catherine Kenney

Baptized: July 21st, 2024

Nora James Grande

Date Baptized: August 18th, 2024

Beau Thomas Devlin

Baptized: September 1st, 2024

The Weekly Gospel

Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48

"Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward."

Scripture Reflection for Sept. 29, 2024, Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Deacon Greg Kandra

Wednesday 25th of September 2024

In our divided and divisive times, this weekend's Gospel should give all of us pause. It poses some hard questions about how we judge others -- and asks us to look more closely at how we judge -- or fail to judge -- ourselves.

Should we be mistrustful or suspicious toward people who aren't like us? Should we be defensive and territorial? Doesn't the good work of God carry a copyright? Maybe not.

After John described how Jesus' apostles tried to prevent someone from driving out demons in Christ's name -- because, as he put it, "he does not follow us" -- Jesus disagreed. He proposed another approach.

"Do not prevent him," he replied. "There is no one who performs a mighty deed in my name who can at the same time speak ill of me. For whoever is not against us is for us."

With that, Christ not only turned down the temperature in what was undoubtedly a heated exchange among competing exorcists, but also offered an invaluable lesson in tolerance and understanding: "Whoever is not against us is for us." In effect, he was saying: Anyone seeking to do good in the name of Jesus should not be prevented or interrupted. Who knows how God might work?

The catechism offers this insight: "Created in God's image and called to know and love him, the person who seeks God discovers certain ways of coming to know him," which can include both the physical world and other people (CCC 31).

Put another way, God often writes straight in crooked lines. You can never predict how he might seek to work in the world, or what instruments he might use.

More pointedly, Jesus in this episode went on to suggest that the difficulty isn't necessarily other people. In fact, he said, we should look more closely in the mirror. Maybe the real problem is closer than you realize.

Consider what might be causing you to sin. Is your hand a problem? Cut if off. Your foot? Cut it off. Your eye? Pluck it out. Again and again, Jesus challenged his followers not to spend so much time concerned with the missteps of others, but to look more closely at their own weaknesses, faults, limitations, sins.

You think other people are the issue? Think again.

There are powerful and provocative lessons here for our own time, when so much of our culture (especially, these days, our politics) is reduced to tribal factions, disputes and squabbling sides. So many of us are often quick to label others, to be simplistic or paint people in broad strokes. We believe half-truths and misinformation, or only listen to those who tell us what we want to hear.

But one of the important lessons of this Gospel is that seeking to pigeonhole the other can lead us to pay less attention to ourselves and our own shortcomings. That has to stop. We need to begin by working on our own conversion.

Do we spend too much time judging people outside our own tribe and finding fault simply because they aren't a part of our group?

What are our own deficiencies and weaknesses that need to be removed, vanquished, amputated?

How can we better build up the Kingdom of God, beginning with our own choices, actions and habits?

Among other things, Christ's teachings here stand as a vivid lesson in humility, by making clear to the apostles (and us) that those of us who think we have all the answers are usually wrong -- and by asserting that the important work of conversion begins close to home. Changing the world begins with changing ourselves.

- Deacon Greg Kandra is an award-winning author and journalist, and creator of the blog, "The Deacon's Bench."

Spotlight on Mass

Mass Streaming

streaming St Peter Sunday 11:30AM

streaming Our Lady of Lourdes Sunday 10AM

Mary, Queen of Martyrs Facebook Page

9:00 am Weekday Mass Schedule is as Follows:

Mondays & Thursdays at

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha

Tuesdays & Fridays at

Our Lady of Lourdes

Wednesdays & Saturdays at

Saint Peter’s

Mary, Queen of Martyrs Bulletin

Our bulletin is now available on the new website at

maryqueenofmartyrs.org

Click Here

Weekly Eucharistic Adoration

and Confessions

Please join Fr. Paul for a Holy Hour with Confessions every Tuesday from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM at St. Peter's Church (upstairs church and sacristy).

Fr Paul will also lead the Holy Rosary

(15 decades) after the Holy Hour from

7:00 PM to 8:00 PM in the upstairs church. All are welcomed to attend.

Email adoration@maryqueenofmartyrs.org to receive occasional updates about this Holy Hour, in event of cancellation, etc.

Bible Study Anyone?

Fr. Joe’s Monthly Bible started again on September 26, 2024, meeting from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM at St. Peter’s Parish Center (lunch is included). The class meets once a month for 9 months. Please contact Kathy at 508-746-0663 ext. 401 if you would like to register for these sessions.

The Children's Liturgy of the Word will resume this weekend and all children are welcome to participate during the 9:30 am Mass at St. Peter.

After the opening prayer, the priest will invite the children to come forward and they will be led to the lower church for the Liturgy of the Word. They will hear the same readings and will have a discussion about the Gospel at their level.

Parents are welcome to accompany young children and those who are nervous.

The children will return upstairs around the time of the offertory and return directly to you.

Parishioners and Friends of Mary, Queen of Martyrs Parish can now make a one-time or recurring gifts directly on our parish website. Stop worrying about weekly envelopes or mailing in special donations or ministry program fees. Instead, give a gift at any time (from any device that connects to the internet) using a current email and checking account/credit card. It’s simple and secure. You can even turn your tithe into an automatic gift that gives when and how often you’d like with your own online donor account.

Visit maryqueenofmartyrs.org/give

to see how easy it is!

SOCIAL JUSTICE MINISTRY CORNER

We are people of faith, called to live the Gospel!

DIAPER PANTRY

FACTS ABOUT THE

MARY, QUEEN OF MARTYRS DIAPER PANTRY

We are celebrating National Diaper Need Awareness Week, September 23–29, 2024!

Our babies are growing! We generally need the larger size diapers as babies grow out of the small sizes very quicky. The average time a baby needs sizes 1 & 2 is 4 months but they can stay in sizes 4 through 6 for over a year. We appreciate your continued generosity and support. Thank you!

Diaper size needed this week:

Size 5 & 6

For questions contact Jeanne at 508 – 591- 3510 or PCCDiaperPantry@yahoo.com

Diaper donations can be dropped off at the entrances of our three churches before or after Mass, or at the church offices during open hours (Our Lady of Lourdes: Tuesday and Friday 8:30am–12:30pm; St. Peter: Monday through Friday 9:00am–12:30pm)

Thank you for your generosity!

Note: Our latest Diaper Pantry Update and Report to Parishioners is now available! To view the report, please click below, visit our parish website, see the parish newsletter, or pick up a hard copy at our church entrances.

Diaper Pantry Hours

The 2^nd and 4^th Tuesday of the Month (held on the same day as the food pantry, so our clients can have easy access to both vital services)

9:30am–11:00 am at

Saint Kateri Parish Office

Click Here for the Diaper Pantry Update and Report

Open your hearts to life! October is Pro-life Month.

Mary, Queen of Martyrs Parish sponsors an annual baby shower. This year your donations will go to Friends of the Unborn. Our baby baskets/cradle will be at the back of all 3 of our churches on the weekend of October 26/27. A list will be provided, please give what you can. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your support in this wonderful program.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops invites you to take action in protecting international religious freedom, which is increasingly under siege around the world with more people harassed, arrested, imprisoned, tortured, and even killed simply because of their faith. That’s why USCCB has been a strong supporter of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an independent, bipartisan agency, doing vital work to monitor and report on the worst violations of religious freedom globally.

USCIRF’s reauthorization expires on September 30, 2024. S. 3764 and H.R. 7025 would reauthorize USCIRF and would extend its modest funding until September 30, 2026. You can contact your representatives in Washington to urge their support – to learn how, visit

votervoice.net/USCCB/Campaigns/116601/Respond or scan the QR code above. Thank you!

FIGHT HUMAN TRAFFICKING

BECOME A SHEPHERD

Stop Human Trafficking and Exploitation. Protect, Help, Empower, and Restore Dignity (SHEPHERD) educates lay and religious leaders about human trafficking from a Catholic perspective, equipping them with needed knowledge and skills to combat forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation at the local level. Visit the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops website to learn more: www.usccb.org/committees/administrative/become-shepherd or scan the QR code.

This week’s suggestion:

PRAY for victims of human trafficking:

Loving Father, we seek your divine protection for all who are exploited and enslaved. For those forced into labor, trafficked into sexual slavery, and denied freedom. We beseech you to release them from their chains. Grant them protection, safety, and empowerment. Restore their dignity and provide them a new beginning. Show us how we might end exploitation by addressing its causes. Help us reach out in support of victims and survivors of human trafficking. Make us instruments of your spirit for their liberation. For this we pray through our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen

CALLING ALL KNITTERS!

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

The Mary, Queen of Martyrs Bags of Love & Hope project, which distributes backpacks filled with practical, everyday items to vulnerable victims and survivors of human trafficking, is looking to include handknitted (and crocheted!) hats, scarves, and handwarmers in our bags this winter.

If you’re a knitter and would like to help, you may prefer to use your own favorite patterns and/or yarn OR, we can supply patterns and yarn, if needed. To learn more, please contact us at mqomsjm@gmail.com. Thank you!

CARE FOR CREATION

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

Counteract the "Throwaway Culture” - In your daily life, try to identify the ways in which you can choose reusables, rather than disposables, such as coffee mugs, reusable bags, or cloth napkins, and commit to making one change during this month.

Thank God for His Wonderful Handiwork - Before and after meals, say a short prayer of thanksgiving for the lifegiving food that sustains and nourishes us.

Implore God’s Help and Ask His Pardon - In calling for a deep "ecological conversion," Pope Francis has emphasized the importance of examining one's own conscience, of recognizing one's sins against creation, however great or small. (Source: USCCB)

SAVE THE DATE!

Thursday, October 3, 2024

Deacon Paul Key will speak promptly at 6:30pm.

New World Tavern

56 Main Street, Plymouth

Delivering the Love and Hope of Jesus Christ

My Brother’s Keeper is a vibrant, welcoming Christian ministry that delivers household furniture, healthy groceries, and Christmas gifts to local families in need. This charitable organization was founded in 1988 by a husband and wife from the basement of their home. Today, 5,000 volunteers and 18 employees work together from two modern facilities to make 18,600 deliveries each year.

The title of Paul Key’s talk comes directly from the mission statement of My Brother’s Keeper. Paul will speak about his own experiences with My Brother’s Keeper and the need for all Christians to bring the love and hope of Jesus to the world.

Paul is a Permanent Deacon in the Archdiocese of Boston, serving at Sts. Mary & Joseph Collaborative in Plymouth/Kingston. In this role he oversees two Ministries that work directly with people experiencing homelessness, Matthew’s Kitchen and Friends of Lazarus. He is also the Chief Development Officer at My Brother's Keeper.

Come enjoy a burger and hear a GREAT talk!

Tell a friend and please bring a friend!

NEW Small Faith Sharing Groups Beginning!!

Two NEW faith sharing groups are now being offered to the parish community.

One group will begin on Wednesday, October 9, 2024 after morning Mass until 11:00 AM in St. Peter’s lower church for 6 weeks. Some spaces are still available.

A second group will begin on Tuesday, November 26, 2024 for Advent, once per week for 4 weeks via ZOOM at 7:00 PM. P

Please contact Ann Cussen at anncussen@verizon.net if you would like to sign up for either small group.

Prayer Requests

There is a link on our Mary, Queen of Martyrs website available for prayer requests. Please click on the link and you may write out your request.

There is also a Book of Intentions available at each of our churches. You may write your prayer intention directly in the book.

There are prayer angels in our parish community praying for all the intentions and ALL intentions are remembered at all the Masses in our parish community!

The Prayer Life Team

Click Here to Request Prayers

As a Parish We Pray for:

Click To Read the Names of All Who We Pray for Today

Pope Francis has designated 2024 a Year of Prayer to rediscover and deepen your prayer life. Bishop Barron’s new book, An Introduction to Prayer, is the perfect guide.

Click below to hear Bishop Barron speak on "An Introduction to Prayer"

An Introduction to Prayer, is the perfect guide.

Spotlight on Vocations

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The Knights of Columbus will host a Financial Benefits Night on October 10^th at 7:00 PM at St. Kateri.

John Stewart will present a 30 minute program that could help those ages 18 - 85 with questions on insurance and benefits. The program is open to all members of the parish, you do not have to be a Knight. Husbands and wives are urged to attend together. There is no obligation.

Fall Adult Confirmation

Monday, October 21, 2024

The Sacrament of Confirmation will be offered for adult Baptized Catholics at St. Mary’s in Randolph, MA this fall in an evening ceremony with our Episcopal Vicar for the South Region of the Archdiocese, Fr. Bob Connors. Candidates should reach out to Mary, Queen of Martyrs office by phone or email to register and plan out an appropriate preparation plan with Fr. Paul. Please let your interested friends and family members known as well!

Saint Kateri Parish in Exeter, RI is having their 12th annual celebration of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha's canonization on Sunday, October 20, 2024 at their 10:00 AM Mass followed by a turkey dinner. Monsignor Gerald Sabourin has extended an invitation to all Pilgrims who attended the canonization in Rome. He has asked Pilgrims to share a memory from this Pilgrimage. If you will not be attending, you are invited to share a memory. Please RSVP with your attendance or your special memory to Linda Pittella at ljbirdlee546@gmail.com, by October 15th. Those who will be attending are invited to carpool from our St Kateri Church. Thank you!

Secular Franciscans meet at St. Mary's Parish Center, 327 Court St. in North Plymouth at 7 p.m., the first Tuesday of every month. If you think you might have a vocation to be Secular Franciscan (a person who strives to live the Gospel by following a rule of life written by St. Francis and approved by the Church) or would like to know more about the Secular Franciscan way of life call Ellen McDermott (774-216-9671) or stop by on our meeting night. We would love to see you.

Mary Queen of Martyrs Knights of Columbus Council 9822 meets every 2nd Thursday of the month at St. Kateri Tekakwitha Hall at 7:00 PM.

Fr. Joe has been hacked AGAIN!!

If you get a text or email from Fr. Joe asking for gift cards or cash please know that Fr. Joe would NEVER ask anyone to purchase gift cards or send money. If you get an email or text from him, please do not purchase or send money!! Call the parish office to verify any email or text that you receive asking for these items. Thank You!

All Are Welcome!

Do you know you are loved by God?

You belong to Jesus Christ and

you belong with us.

Regardless of:

Your present status in the Catholic Church,

Your current family or marital situation, or personal history, Your age, ability, income, or background,

Your gender, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity or spirituality, Your own self-image of holiness or virtue.

You are invited, accepted, and respected here at Mary, Queen of Martyrs Parish. We want to share our Roman Catholic way of faith and life in Christ with you.