ALL SOULS REMEMBRANCE MASS
St. Mary Cemetery
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, @ 1:00 pm, weather permitting
The Church remembers and prays for all who have gone before us in death and may still be in need of our prayers. The Scriptures teach us to pray for one another as prayer joins us to Christ and one another. Through prayer, love is mysteriously diffused throughout the Body of Christ, even to those who have passed beyond this world and are being purified before reaching the fullness of God's eternal presence. Through God's providence, the departed on this journey are assisted in prayer.
The Remembrance Mass will be held at the altar in St. Mary Cemetery.
Please bring a chair. Masks are required and social distancing will be observed.
NOVENA FOR FAITHFUL CITIZENSHIP
Faithful Citizenship from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is offering a 9-day novena for faithful citizenship. Prayer is one of the first action steps taken when seeking justice in our world. This novena is intended to promote justice and peace, not just in our homes and in our neighborhoods, but in the world. It is rooted in the Bible and Catholic Social Teaching. Please click here for the link to the novena. If you would like to learn more about the history and importance of saying a novena, please click here.The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops created documents to help citizens from their conscience during this election year. If you have yet to see these documents, you may access them below.
MEET OUR MUSIC DIRECTOR, DAN ZABINSKI!!
St. Mary Parish has been blessed to have Dan as our Music Director since 2007. Dan was born in Rhode Island and knew he loved music from the time he began accordion lessons at the age of eight. He is a graduate of Boston University (music education) and earned an M.Ed from Rhode Island College. Dan spent 35 years teaching elementary music in the Cumberland Public School system. What began as volunteer accompaniment on the guitar for a Charismatic Prayer Renewal ministry, eventually led him to full time employment at our parish. Dan met his future wife Carol at BU where she also majored in music. Together they have six children,
and several of them also work in the music industry. Until recently, Dan was also the director of the Greater Milford Community Chorus. Dan is very familiar with the works of the great composers and he often plays some of these religiously based meditative masterpieces before Mass begins. Dan loves music! He says, “Music is a wonderful vehicle for expression of feeling, thereby making it a powerful tool for God to communicate His message of peace, love and forgiveness to His people. We in turn use music to express our praise, love and thanks to Him.” Dan is very grateful for all the talented people God has placed in his life who love to praise God through music.