SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
4:30 PM Ralph Piatt, Jr.
by Family
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
7:30AM Paul Meehan by
Mike, Toni & Alison Meehan
10:30AM Daniel Conley by
the Amann Family
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
8:00 AM Charles & Ellen Rice by Paul & Joan Lausier
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
8:00 AM Eucharistic
Service
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
8:00 AM Dennis Lausier by the Lausier Family
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
8:00 AM Eucharistic
Service
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
8:00 AM Norman Naimey by Mary Hageman & Mark Walton
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MASSES NEXT WEEKEND
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
4:30 PM Virginia Kelley
by Joe Kelley
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
7:30AM Intentions of
Cluster 22 Parishioners
10:30AM James Durant by
Family
FINANCIAL REPORT AUGUST 29, 2010
Total Required to Support Parish $ 9,500.00
Parish Offertory Collection $ 6,292.00
Building Fund $ 274.12
Electronic Funds $ 1,326.58
Total $ 7,892.70
FAITH FACTS: The Gifts of the Holy Spirit are supernatural habits deposing a person to
respond promptly to the inspiration of grace that was promised by Christ and
communicated through the Holy Spirit. The Gifts are wisdom,
understanding, counsel, knowledge, fortitude, piety and the fear of the Lord.
THE SANCTUARY
LAMP WILL BURN
THIS
WEEK
SEPTEMBER 5 ~ 11
In Remembrance of all
those
who died on SEPTEMBER
11TH
WEEKLY REFLECTION
23rd
Sunday in Ordinary Time
"If
any one comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children,
brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever
does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple." -
Lk 14:26-27
As children we dream of what we will do in the future. As
adults, our focus turns to the present – how we will provide for ourselves and
our families and the mundane needs of the day. It is so easy to get caught up
in the daily struggles that we forget about our dreams and goals. As disciples,
our goal should be to become more Christ-like, to love more genuinely, and to
use all we have to build up the community. That requires reflection, conscious
effort, and renewed commitment. What can you do to keep your focus on this
goal?
Project
G.R.A.C.E. News
Granting Resources and Assistance through Community
Effort
P.O. Box 6846, Scarborough, ME 04070-6846
883-5111 E-mail address: pgme@projectgracemaine.org
IF YOU KNOW:
Of anyone in the Greater Scarborough area, who is struggling to meet basic
needs, please consider referring them to a volunteer at Project G.R.A.C.E. Referrals can be done anonymously. Call our office at 883-5111 or send an email
to pgme@projectgracemaine.org
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Dear Saint Max 2010 First
Communion Families,
What better way to
get to know who is sitting next to you in the pew each week – here’s a way to
finally put a name to a face! We are putting together a cluster directory, our
parish family directory won’t be complete without you and your family in it -
Please sign up today! Photo sessions are filling up. Every family that participates
will get their own free parish directory.
Photographers from
Olan Mills will be at St. Max September 14th – 15th,
and September 22nd – 25th. Gather your family together, and book
a date for a free family photo. The option to purchase additional photo
packages will also be offered – so here’s a great opportunity to get the
Christmas family Photo card done too! Registration is easy – you may either
sign up after mass at the table in the narthex or on-line by following these
simple steps:
1.
http://signup.olanmills.com
2.
Select “New appointment
Schedule new appointment”/enter
3.
On left: enter church
phone number 207-883-0334, on Right, enter your photography/church member
information/enter
4.
Above the calendar, click
on the month that you’d like, then choose the day and the time slot./enter
If you would like to
have your photo taken, but none of the St. Max dates work for you, there’s good
news! You may go to any of the cluster parishes, and may also register on-line.
Here are the photography dates of the other cluster parishes:
St.
Bartholomew: 9/28 – 10/2. PH: 207-799-5528
St. Johns: 9/7 –
9/11. PH: 207-772-7489
Note: you may
follow the steps above for on-line sign up, however, in step 3, you must enter
the corresponding parish phone number.
If you would be so
kind as to forward this e-mail onto your Saint Max friends, and encourage them
to sign up too that would be greatly appreciated.
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Did
you know that St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish is now on FACEBOOK? Registration is not required to view the page. Go
to www.facebook.com/pages/St-Maximilian-Kolbe-Catholic-Church
to take a look. To join the page, log in to your Facebook account and “like”
the page to become a fan. Either way, take a peek and stay up-to-date on the
latest news events and photos of your parish.
CYCLES OF FAITH
Twenty-Third Sunday in
Ordinary Time
Labor Day weekend doesn't
appear as a celebration in the cycle of the church year. But Monday's holiday
does affect a lot of what many people do this weekend. For some, three days off
means the opportunity for a short trip out of town. Others may schedule a
vacation for the week before to take advantage of the extra day off. Grocery
stores have sales, highlighting products that can be consumed at picnics or
prepared on outdoor grills. A holiday honoring labor becomes the effective end
of summer for most folk.
Labor shows up in some interesting ways in the
Scriptures for this weekend. The only time in the three-year Lectionary cycle
that we read from Paul's Letter to Philemon comes this week. Paul is sending
back Philemon's slave, Onesimus, who had run away. In the interim, Onesimus has
become a Christian and, from Paul's view, a brother in the Lord to Philemon. So
what is Philemon to do with this worker that he had owned? How was he to act?
The Gospel includes a description of the work of
building a tower. Jesus compares the calculation of the work involved to that
taking up the cross and being a disciple. When Philemon became a Christian he
may not have understood that his life might change radically-that he was
expected to deal in a new way with one of his slaves who became a Christian. At
Paul's insistence, Philemon's adherence to the faith was requiring that he act
differently from the society in which he lived. We are confronted with the same
situation as Philemon. In the workplace, in the market, in our leisure, and
while on vacation, we are called to adhere to the faith just as we do in church
on Sunday. That is the real work we have, and it is not always an easy job. We
don't have to carry Jesus' cross, but we do have to carry our own.
FOOD CUPBOARD: Due to the huge increase in people we are seeing at the Cupboard each
week, we are starting our "fundraising" events now. Once
again, Macy's is having their "Shop for a Cause"
Saturday on October 16, 2010. Those who participated in this know that the
savings on items on that day is worthwhile, and the cost of the ticket is only
$5.00. The Food Cupboard keeps the $5.00 ! Last year we raised $2,044. This
year we would like to double or triple that amount. Even if you do not shop on
that day, you have a chance to win a $500 gift card. Anyone wanting to help us
with ticket sales, please call the FC @874-0379.
This fiscal year
started out with a bang. This month, we shared food with 590 men, women,
and children; an increase of 253 from last August. In
July our increase was 318, over July 2009. Their needs are real, lost jobs,
homes, and self esteem.
Your help with
either monetary donations or food items are sorely needed: always Chicken
Noodle Soup, Apple or Grape jelly, Tuna Fish, Baked Beans, and Mac & Cheese.
Thank you!
NEW!!! “YOUNG PEOPLE’S CHOIR”!
If
you like to sing, want to find some new friends, and are 6-14 years old,
you might want to think about joining the Young People's Choir
of St. Maximilian Kolbe Church. What used to be known as
Children's Choir, is now renamed to “Young People's Choir” to invite the older
singers and friends to join. Our choir practices are going to be held on
Tuesdays, from 4-5 PM in the Music Room, #7. Our first practice is going to be
on September 21, 2010. Please drop off and pick up your child at the
side door near Highland Avenue.
Please, contact Kathy
Sparda if you are interested. Come and join a wonderful singing group of
friends. Young People's Choir is going to sing on Saturdays' 4:30 Masses, twice
in a month.
BRIDGE CLUB: The monthly Bridge Club will
take place on Wednesday, September 8th from 11:30 am to 3:00 pm in the Small
Parish Hall. Bring your own lunch; coffee & tea and desserts will be
provided. All are welcome. FMI, call Ellie McKeon @ 885-9466.
Christ has no body now but yours
No hands, no feet on earth but
yours
Yours are the eyes through which He looks
Compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which He walks to do good.
Yours are the hands with which He blesses all the world. Yours are the hands.
Yours are the feet. Yours are the eyes. You are His body. Christ has no body
now on earth but yours.
-Prayer of St. Theresa
How will you act today for Christ?
Holy Cross School 2010-2011
GRIEVING… Join us for an evening of Prayer
and Remembrance to grieve and honor a child loss through abortion, miscarriage
or unexpected death. If you are grieving this loss come to an interfaith
service in the Chapel at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in
Portland, on Friday, September 17, 2010 at 7:00 PM. For more information, please
call Grace at 773--7746, ext. 103.
PRAYER WITNESS FOR
LIFE at Portland’s Planned Parenthood Clinic, 970 Forest Ave The group,
made up of teens and adults, meets outside the abortion clinic on the second
Saturday of each month to pray the 20 decades of the rosary, supplemented with
pro-life meditations. The pray-out lasts about 90 min. & the next one will
be at 9:00 AM on September 11, 2010.
PLEASE NOTE:
All parish offices will be CLOSED on Monday, September 6th in
observance of Labor Day. Have a safe and happy holiday!
K of C Breakfast
Please join the Knights of Columbus next Sunday September
12th for our traditional breakfast of pancakes, bacon, sausage, eggs, toast,
coffee, etc. We will be serving from 8:30-11:45.
DIVORCE IS
PAINFUL AND SHATTERING! DON'T GO THROUGH IT ALONE. Come
to an eight week “Divorce and Beyond” program of caring and
confidential support with others who are also experiencing the trauma of a lost
marriage. Program starts Monday, October 4th from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in
Scarborough. Registration is required. For the comfort and confidentiality of
the group members, no walk-ins please. For details and to register, please
contact Catholic Charities Maine Parish Social Ministry at 1-800-CARE-002 or psm@ccmaine.org. The fee is $25.00.
WORSHIP
& SPIRITUALITY
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reading 1: Wisdom (Solomon’s prayer)
Reading 2: Philemon (plea for Onesimus)
Gospel: Luke (sayings on discipleship)
Key Passage: For who can learn the counsel of God? Or who can
discern what the Lord wills? For the reasoning of mortals is worthless and our
designs are likely to fail.
Questions to Ponder:
·
How do you try to discover what God is asking of you?
·
When is it hard for you to know the right thing to do?
·
Who helps you know?
will begin on September 19th at the 10:30 AM
Mass. Bob & Heidi L’Heureux will be our leaders.
Important! We
still need more helpers for this ministry. Please call Elaine Hollywood at
883-0334, ext. 4, if you are willing to volunteer. Thank you so much!
REGISTRATION
WEEKEND: August 28 & 29 after all Masses. Pre-school through Grade
12. We always need new catechists; please consider being part of our team,
especially pre-school &Kindergarten parents. If you are a catechist, your
tuition is waived. We are a volunteer organization; we need everyone’s help.
SESSIONS WILL BEGIN THE WEEK OF September 26. (please note change: we had a
conflict with our schedule.) THURSDAY SESSIONS WILL BE HELD AT 3:45-5:00 PM
BECAUSE SCARBOROUGH SCHOOLS ( K-2) ARE DISMISSING CHILDREN AT 3:15 PM THIS
YEAR. Please don’t wait for soccer season to be over before you enroll your
family. There may not be room in some classes.
CATECHIST EVENING
OF REFLECTION: Friday,
September 17 from 5:30-9PM.(PLEASE NOTE DATE & TIME CHANGE) Start the year
off with some inspiration. Our national catechetical theme is” Sacraments of
Enduring Love”. Steve and Kathy Beirne, national speakers on family life, will
give the keynote address. Register in the faith formation office. $20 for
workshop; includes dinner. If you are a catechist, the parish pays the fee.
Don’t miss this wonderful gathering.
CATECHIST
TRAINING: K-8 Thursday,
September 9 from 10AM-Noon OR 6:30-8pm. Class lists, manuals, and policies will
be given out at this time. Bring your questions!
SAINT MAXIMILIAN
KOLBE GOLF TOURNAMENT IN MEMORY OF TOM WILSON: Monday, September 13,
2010. 9 AM Registration, 9:30 AM Tee- Off at Purpoodock Club in Cape Elizabeth.
$125 per person, or $500 per team. Benefit: The Saint Maximilian Kolbe Building
Fund. Cost includes Golf Banquet (BBQ) Questions: Please call Kathy Sparda
883-1742 or Bob Sparda 883-2779.We are seeking golfers, including women) and
sponsors. Look for registration and sponsor forms on the shelf in the back of
the church.
VOLUNTEER
OPPORTUNITY: The Faith Formation office is seeking a person to help
with computer work at the beginning of the school year. If you should have
these skills and could offer a little time, it would be a great gift to this
office. Please call Kathy Sparda, 883-1742. Thank you!
BLANKET DAY: Monday,
September 13, 10AM- 3PM. Project Linus will host another blanket day here at
St. Maximilian Kolbe. Bring your sewing machine, the blanket you are working
on, or you may get a packet here. Please bring 2 yards of flannel, if you wish,
so Project Linus can continue their good work. Blankets are distributed to
children who are sick or suffering throughout Cumberland County. 150 blankets
are given out monthly. Blankets may be sewn or knitted.
PRAYER SHAWL
MINISTRY: Our group will resume on Thursdays beginning on September 16
@9AM in Room 4. New members are always welcome. FMI, please call Kathy Sparda
883-1742.
LECTIO DIVINA
PRAYER GROUP: We are
forming a new prayer group that will meet on September 30 from 10:30 – Noon.
All are welcome. Bring yourselves.. We will meet in the chapel. Other dates:
October 14, November 11, and December 9. Adele Millette will facilitate the
group.