RECTORY AND CHURCH OFFICES

Office Hours: M-F 9:00a.m.-3:00p.m.

Phone: 603-526-4484 Fax: 603-526-8055

Email: olfic@comcast.net Web: www.olfic.org

Catholic Charities: 1-800-562-5249

Loaves & Fishes Help Line: 1-800-978-6395

PASTORAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

SACRAMENTAL AND PRAYER LIFE

THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

"He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord."  Jesus said to them, "Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing." - Lk 4:18b-19, 21

READINGS

Sunday:             Neh 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10/1 Cor 12:12-30

Lk 1:1-4; 4:14-21

Monday:            Acts 22:3-16 or 9:1-22/Mk 16:15-18

Tuesday:            2 Tm 1:1-8 or Ti 1:1-5/Mk 3:31-35

Wednesday:       2 Sm 7:4-17/Mk 4:1-20

Thursday:          2 Sm 7:18-19, 24-29/Mk 4:21-25

Friday:                2 Sm 11:1-4a, 5-10a, 13-17/Mk 4:26-34

Saturday:           2 Sm 12:1-7a, 10-17/Mk 4:35-41

Next Sunday:     Jer 1:4-5, 17-19/1 Cor 12:31---13:13 Lk 4:21-30

Saturday, Jan 23, 5pm   Mitchell Trompeter by Jane & Hank Barry

Sunday, Jan 24, 8:30am Wanda Wallace by Vicki & Ron Koron

Sunday, Jan 24, 10:30am Raymond Walsh by The Men’s Club

Monday, Jan 25, 9:00am Antoinette Martin by Her Son

Tuesday, Jan 26, 9:00am Joan Whitfield by Cathy Minaert

Wednesday, Jan 27, 9:00am Joan Whitfield by Cathy Minaert

Saturday, Jan 30, 5pm Sue Dobens by The Solomon Family

Sunday, Jan 31, 8:30am Joan Whitfield by Cathy Mineart

Sunday, Jan 31, 10:30am Raymond Walsh by The Women’s Society

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM

ch.form.olfic@comcast.net

Parents’ 1st Eucharist meeting-Feb 9 at 6:30pm

Grades 6 – HS:  Jan 24 & 31, meet 6-7:30pm

FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED

OLF Church has installed a system for the hearing impaired.  Learn about the system by attending an informational meeting after the weekend masses at OLF on Jan 23rd & 24th.

INTERCESSORY PRAYER GROUP

Please join us for time of prayer and intercession.  The Intercessory Prayer Group meets at 7pm on most Tuesdays at IC.  Contact Pricilla, 735-5833 or Jessica, 526-2285 with questions or requests.

HAITI EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS

Catholic Relief Services is sponsoring a free will collection.  If you wish to donate by check, make payable to:  “OLF-Haiti Earthquake Response.”

SALES REPRESENTATIVE TO VISIT

Liturgical Publications, Inc, our publisher, will have a sales representative available the first week in February for those interested in placing a new ad.  This is your opportunity to secure a space for the new publication year.  To place your ad, please contact Ray Amirault at 1-800-888-4574 ext. 3402 or ramirault@4lpi.com.  We would like to thank our present advertisers for renewing their ad.  Keep in mind; our advertising sponsors make this publication possible.

SCHEDULES ARE READY!

Please pick up your schedules in the vestibules of OLF & IC churches.  Doing so saves us postage.

CANNED FOOD DRIVE

The deacons of our diocese are supporting a January food collection to remind everyone of the continuing need for and the growing number of people seeking food assistance.  The collection is also intended to highlight the New Hampshire Food Bank, an arm of New Hampshire Catholic Charities, which supports nearly all the food pantries and soup kitchens across the state.  Bring in canned tuna all month.  It’s one item and easy to remember.  Thanks!

THANK YOU, PARISHIONERS!

Thanks for the group Christmas gift of a couple of rounds of golf at the Newport Golf Club:  And the added bonus of another reason to “Think Spring!” on frosty winter nights.  Thank you for your thoughtfulness and generosity.  Blessings!  Greg

MARDI GRAS!

This Mardi Gras Benefit raises urgently needed funds to assist families and individuals in an emergency. Join us on February 6, at 6PM at CR Sparks, Bedford. Call Judy 669-3030 to reserve your tickets ($85p/p) for a fabulous New Orleans style dinner, dancing, games and silent auction.  Mardi Gras is a great party sponsored by New Hampshire Catholic Charities that helps our neighbors in times of need.

OFFERTORY COLLECTION

                                                 OLF                      IC

          Required       $4,700          $650

          Collected         3,409           808

               +/(-)         ($1,291)        $158

Seminarian Fund:  $2,259

VALENTINE’S DAY BAKE SALE!

Our Women’s Society sponsors a bake sale on Saturday, Feb 13th and Sunday, Feb 14th after the masses at OLF to benefit Second Beginnings in Claremont.  This organization assists women in crises who have young children.

PARISH WEEK AT A GLANCE

  Mon Jan 25,        6:15pm Rosary – IC 

Tue Jan 26,         9:45 -11am Adoration

                            7pm IC Intercessory Prayer Grp

                              7 IC Men’s Scripture Study

  Thu Jan 28,      6:30pm Grades 1-5 Teacher’s Meeting in Parish Library

SUMMER CAMP

The Diocese of Manchester sponsors Camp Bernadette for girls on Lake Wentworth in Wolfeboro and Camp Fatima for boys on Upper Suncook Lake in Gilmanton I.W.  You may pick up an information sheet at the rectory during office hours, M-F from 9am to 3pm.

PRAY FOR THE SICK

       Charlie Marston                        Lauria Burke

      Margaret Eiseman                    Charles Ginter

       Dianne Johnson                        Bob Cox

       Elise Caplan                               Kathy O’Neill

       Nicole Jewell                              Mike Schillinger

       Peter Phillips                              Mary Scanlon 

      Ed Waterstradt                           Cindi Croft 

      Tom Young                                Joseph Klucinec

       Karen Flanagan                        Richard Reed 

      Richard McGraw                      Marie Gaston

       Sara Tracy                                 Christine Wright

       Fay Velie                                   Patricia Iannuzzi

       Paul Bechtold                             Kathleen Gunn

       Margaret Cricenti                      Marietta Meloy

       Patrick Mulready                      Ginny Halsey

       Marianne Rissolo                      Jan Acard

       Sally Vallance                             Nula McQuade

                               Eileen Brennan

Please call 526-4484 to help keep this list current.

MUSIC SCHEDULE

           Jan 31, 5 Choir; 8:30 PG; 10:30 PG

           Feb 7, 5 PG; 8:30 Joanie; 10:30 FG 

          Feb 14, 5 PG; 8:30 FG; 10:30 Choir

           Feb 21, 5 FG; 8:30 Joanie; 10:30 Choir

           Feb 28, 5 Choir; 8:30 Joanie; 10:30 PG

COMPLETE TRUST IN GOD

     Do not look forward to the trials and crosses of this life with dread and fear.  Rather, look to them with full confidence that, as they arise, God, to whom you belong, will deliver you from them.     He has guided and guarded you thus far in life.  Do you but hold fast to his dear hand, and he will lead you safely through all trials.  Whenever you cannot stand, he will carry you lovingly in his arms.     Do not look forward to what may happen tomorrow.  The same Eternal Father who cares for you today will take good care of you tomorrow and every day of your life.  Either he will shield you from suffering or he will give you the unfailing strength to bear it.     Be at peace then, and put aside all useless thought, vain dread, and anxious imaginations.

St. Francis de Sales