OUR LADY OF FATIMA

724 MAIN ST      

NEW LONDON NH

(603) 526-4484       

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

12 CHURCH LANE

POTTER PLACE, NH

 

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

Rev. Robert Biron Pastor
Deacon Gregory McGinn Permanent Deacon
Cheryl Fitzgerald Pastoral Associate/Religious Ed. Director
Anne Brown Administrative Assistant
Mary Dionne Administrative Assistant
Paul Gorman Music Director
Joannie Whiting Music Ministry for Immaculate Conception
Carlton Fitzgerald Folk Group
Walter Kangas Maintenance
 

SACRAMENTAL AND PRAYER LIFE

Our Lady of Fatima   Immaculate Conception  
Mass Schedule
    Mass Schedule    
9:00 a.m.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday   8:30 a.m. Sunday
5:00 p.m.
Saturday
10:30a.m.
Sunday
 
Scripture Study & Commission
8:00 a.m.
Thursday
 
Eucharistic Adoration
4:00-7:00 p.m. Thursday
 
Reconciliation/Confession
4:15 p.m. Saturday
 

"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and everyone that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit." - Jn 15:1-2

 

Readings for the week of May 10, 2009

Sunday:            Acts 9:26-31/1 Jn 3:18-24/Jn 15:1-8

Monday:          Acts 14:5-18/Jn 14:21-26

Tuesday:              Acts 14:19-28/Jn 14:27-31a

Wednesday:   Acts 15:1-6/Jn 15:1-8

Thursday:            Acts 1:15-17, 20-26/Jn 15:9-17

Friday:                 Acts 15:22-31/Jn 15:12-17

Saturday:       Acts 16:1-10/Jn 15:18-21

Next Sunday: Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48/ 1 Jn 4:7-10/Jn 15:9-17

 

Mass Intentions

Saturday, May 9, 5pm

Agnes Donati by Albert Donati and Family

Sunday, May 10, 8:30am

John Norkin by Sue & Bill Reel

Sunday, May 10, 10:30am

For The Women of The Parish

Monday May 11, 9:00am

Bernice Kollros by Josephine Pinto

Tuesday, May 12, 9:00am

Cathy Prosser

Wednesday, May 13, 9:00am

For Yvonne Dean’s Birthday by Her daughter, Cherly

Saturday, May 16, 5pm

Jack O’Neill by Sue & Ward O’Neill

Sunday, May 17, 8:30am

Janice Camp by Linda & Jim Gassman

For the intentions of June Kollros Poliseno in memory of her mother by Roseanne Santos
 

OFFERTORY COLLECTION

  OLF IC
Required $4,900 $900
Collected 4,327 586
+/(-) ($ 573) ($314)
 

PARISH WEEK AT A GLANCE

Mon May 11, 6:15pm Rosary – IC

Tue May 12, 9:45 – 11am Adoration

                   7pm Men’s Club – Parish Hall

                   7pm IC Intercessory Prayer Group

                   7-8 IC Men’s Scripture Study

Wed May 13, 10:15 – 11:45 Play Group - Hall

Thu May 14  12 Noon Women’s Society Mtg – Hall

Fri May 15    9:45am  A.G.A.P.E. - LMR

 

OLF-IC WOMEN’S SOCIETY

Our monthly meeting for May takes place on Thursday May 14th at noon.  Our speaker will be Betsy Wotton, Hospice Director at the VNA.  Please join us for good food and friendship.

 
We will hold our end of the year luncheon in the parish hall on Thursday, June 18th at 11:30.  Jane Solomon will cater and costs $22 per person.  For menu choices & reservations, please call Rosemary Silverberg, 526-7940 or Caroline Scully, 526-7371.  Kindly respond by June 1st.
 

MEN’S CLUB

The Men’s Club will meet on May 12th in the lower church hall.  Jay Lyon, New London Fire Chief, will speak on issues the Department faces in helping to protect lives and property in the community.  It should be of great interest to all of the members.  Refreshments will be served

 

The following young people from our parish were confirmed on April 30, 2009

Margaret Anderson

Elyse Duperey

Duncan FitzGerald

John FitzGerald

Rebecca Lance

Joshua Lizotte

Molly Root

Margaret Shine

 


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Grades 1-5

May 31, 9-10am

First Communion

Rehearsal, Saturday, May 16th 9:30am

Ceremony, Sunday, May 17th

(Both take place at OLF)

 

Youth Ministry

May 17, Mass at LaSalette in Enfield

(Check your e-mail for details.)

Jun 7 Cookout and fundraiser

 

MIRACLE HAPPEN EVERYDAY

Thanks to all who responded so generously to the NH Catholic Charities Annual Appeal.  You are making it possible for Catholic Charities to fulfill our mission of Christian  compassion to bring programs and services that comfort, heal and empower to the people in New Hampshire.  If you haven’t made your pledge or donation yet, it’s not too late!  Just fill out a Catholic Charities envelope and drop it in the collection basket.

 

RHUBARB TIME!

It is that time of year again when your rhubarb is coming up.  We will be making pies to sell at Musterfield farm in the Fall and are in need of Rhubarb.  At IC you can give it to Loretta Bates anytime and at OLF you can contact Julie Canuto at 526-6452 or 763-5835 after May 15th.

 

2ND ANNUAL PLANT SALE

2 Week Plant Sale – Saturdays – May 16th & 23rd from 9am to 1pm at Mount Royal Academy, Sunapee.  They will feature annuals and vegetables.  Some heirloom perennials will be dug from campus grounds. For more info, contact Lynn Solomon at lbsolomon@comcast.net or 526-9289

 

MUSIC SCHEDULE

           May 17, 5 FG; 8:30 Joanie; 10:30 MK

           May 24, 5 PG; 8:30 Joanie; 10:30 Choir

           May 31, 5 PG; 8:30 Joanie; 10:30 Choir

 

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

 

Charlie Marston
Tess Mulkerron
Margaret Eiseman Charles Ginter
Dianne Johnson Bob Cox
Elise Caplan Kathy O'Neill
Bud Major Liam Reilly
Peter Phillips Mary Scanlon
Ed Waterstradt Terrence Towle
Cindi Croft Wanda Kowalski
Karen Flanagan Richard Reed
Richard McGraw Marie Gaston
Sara Tracy Christine Wright
Fay Velie Patricia Iannuzzi
Edith Keyes   Kathleen Gunn
Margaret Cricenti   Marietta Meloy
Tom Young   Curtis Ivey
Bonnie Frank   Jan Acard
Nicole Jewell   Ginny Halsey
Patrick Mulready   Paul Bechtold
Mike Schillinger   Joseph Klucinec
Marianne Rissolo    
     
 
Please call 526-4484 to help keep this list current.
         
 
OLF & IC altar servers, ushers, lectors & Eucharistic Ministers.  Please pick up your new schedules at church this week.  Thank you for your commitment to this ministry!
 

MY LIFE WITH THE SAINTS DISCUSSION

This week’s saints are the Ugandan Martyrs.  Join us in the parish library on Friday May 15th at 9:45  after the Communion Service to listen, discuss and learn about the Ugandan Martyrs.  For more info, contact Hank Barry at 526-2462.