About Me
This profile has been created by church parishioner, Jim Blackie. Comments and questions, especially those referring to Catholicism, will be referred to the parish priests who do not have access to the internet, but "ol' fashion" contact information can be found below, too.
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION TRADITIONAL LATIN RITE CHURCH
500 Morrill Street
Gilford, New Hampshire 03249
603.524.9499 - Rectory, 603.528.8556 - Church
Father Richard McDonough, SVM
MASS SCHEDULE:
Daily - 8:00am / Sundays - 7:00am & 10:00am
First Friday & First Saturday Masses - 8:00am
Rosary & Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament: Wednesdays - 7:00pm
Confession before each Mass and by appointment
ANNOUNCEMENTS OF APRIL 6th, SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EASTER
- Those who have not made their Easter duty of going to Confession and The Reception of Holy Communion, have until Trinity Sunday, May 18th, to fulfill that obligation.
- There are some bottles remaining of Easter Holy Water still available in the vestibule.
- For Confession, please arrive earlier prior to Mass so that the priest may start the Mass on time. Easter Sunday, Mass began 15 minutes late and last Sunday began almost 10 minutes late. We must consider others who expect Mass to be on time.
- Remember our troops overseas; especially David Schroth, Sr. in Iraq.
- Pray for the consecration of Russia to Our Lady's Immaculate Heart.
- Pray the rosary daily.
- Pray for the holy souls in Purgatory.
- Pray the Rosary daily, and morning and evenings prayers.
- Keep Sunday the Lord's Day holy.
~ Fr. McDonough
FEASTS FOR THIS WEEK:
- MONDAY - Ferial Day
- TUESDAY - Ferial Day
- WEDNESDAY - Solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
- THURSDAY - Within the Octave of St. Joseph.
- FRIDAY - St. Leo I, Confessor & Doctor; and, Within the Octave.
- SATURDAY - Within the Octave of St. Joseph.
OUR CATHOLIC FAITH IN REVIEW
To the vast multitude who, in compunction of the heart, as they say, asked Him and the other Apostles what they should do, The Prince of The Apostles answered: "Do Penance and be Baptized, every one of you." (ActsII.37.)
And, in another place, He said: "Be penitent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out." (ActsIII.19.)
Writing to The Romans, entirely die to sin; and He therefore admonishes us not to yield our members as instruments of inquity unto sin, but present ourselves to God, as those who are alive from the dead. (Rom.VI.13.)
Frequent reflection on these truths cannot fail, in the first place, to fill the minds of the faithful with admiration for the infinite goodness of God, who, uninfluenced by any other consideration than that of His mercy, gratuitiously bestowed upon us, undeserving as we are, a blessing so extraordinary and divine as that of Baptism. If next they consider how spotless should be the lives of those who have been made the objects of such munificence, they cannot fail to be convinced of the special obligation imposed on every Christian to spend each day of his life in such sanctity and fervor, as if on that very day he had received the Sacrament and Grace of Baptism.
