St. George Monthly E-Newsletter
February 2012

Saint George Church
40 Brattle St.
Worcester MA 01606
508-853-0183
www.saintgeo.com

 

If God Had Voicemail...

Imagine praying and hearing this: Thank you for calling My Father's House, please select one of the following options: Press 1 for Requests, Press 2 for Thanksgiving, Press 3 for Complaints, Press 4 for All Other Requests. I'm sorry, all of our angels are busy helping other Christians right now. However, your prayer is very important to us and will be answered in the order it was received, so please stay on the line. Or this: If you would like to speak to Gabriel, press 1, For Michael, press 2. For a directory of other angels, press 3. If you would like to hear King David sing a Psalm while you wait, press 4. For reservations at "My Father's House" please enter J-O-H-N followed by 3-1-6. For answers to nagging questions about dinosaurs, the age of the world and where Noah's ark is, please wait until you arrive here. Our computers show that you have already prayed once today. Please hang up and try again tomorrow. This office is closed for the weekend to observe a religious holiday, please pray again Monday after 9:30 am. If you need emergency assistance when this office is closed, contact your local pastor. Thank God He doesn't have voicemail and He listens when we pray (I Thessalonians 5:17)

FEAST OF THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE (CANDLEMAS)
Thursday, February 2
On this feast we will bless candles at the 8:00 am Mass for later use on our altar.

FEAST OF SAINT BLAISE - BLESSING OF THROATS
 Friday, February 3
The blessing will additionally be offered at all weekend Masses February 4/5

GRANDPARENT PRAYER GROUP
 Friday, February 17
 11:00 am in the Conference Room
All grandparents are welcome to come as we pray for the safety and well-being of our grandchildren. During the winter season if the weather is icy or snowy the group is cancelled. Please call Ruth Viens 508-852-5658 in the event of bad weather to find out if the group is meeting that morning. Anyone who would like to pray with this group from home is welcome to send a long SASE to Ruth Viens, 700 Grove St. Worcester MA 01605   for a copy of the prayers that are used.

WOMEN'S GUILD TALENT SHOW - Mardi Gras Theme with Mardi Gras Extras
Sunday February 19
5:00 pm
Church Hall
Do you like to perform, play a musical instrument in a group or alone, sing, dance, do a comedy skit, magic tricks? Most Reverend Daniel P. Reilly is one of the judges. Italian Dinner at 5:00 pm. $12.00 for adults. $9.00 for children. Dinner and show included. $5 for talent show only.      To register for the talent show call Claudette at 508-892-8952 and for dinner tickets call Brenda at 508-853-4547.

 

ASH WEDNESDAY - FEBRUARY 22
 Additional parish Lenten information will be emailed and placed on the parish website when it becomes available

ST. GEORGE'S BOOK DISCUSSION
Monday, February 27
6:30 pm in Conference Room (church hall)
This group begins with pizza followed by discussion of the book Priestblock 25487: A Memoir of Dachau by Jean Bernard. All are welcome. For more information, please contact Eileen Charbonneau at 508-853-1739 or etcharb@yahoo.com.

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL COLLECTION BIN
 Located in the lower church parking lot. Please continue to generously donate clothing, chose and clothes. Thank You!

 

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What is Lent?

How are 40 Days
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Fasting: a Powerful
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With Your Children

Praying Lent 2012

A Mardi Gras Prayer

Lenten Online Retreat

Cooking Lent

Stations of the Cross

Daily Reflections

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Catholic Printable
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The DVD of the St George's Gala of 10/2011 is ready. Contact MaryEllen Giasi by email, maryellengiasi@mac.com, or phone, 508 829 3374 to reserve your copy and then pick it up at the coffee shop any Sunday. You may play the Gala slideshow on any DVD player or any computer, MAC or PC. To retrieve the 90+ individual jpg pictures, insert the DVD into your computer, locate the folder on the DVD which contains the pictures and copy them to your computer. MaryEllen will be playing the slideshow on several Sundays in February after Masses at the coffee shop.

 

 

UPCOMING...

CATHOLIC MEN'S CONFERENCE
Saturday, March 24
DCU Center in Worcester
More information at www.firstmensconf.org

WOMEN'S  DAY OF SPIRITUALITY
 Saturday March 31
St; George's Church Hall
Sponsored by Spiritual Life Committee and Women's Guild of St. George's
Topic: Graced By God's Love
Presenter: St. Janet Provost SSJ


Sign in begins at 9 am with coffee and... The prayer service and presentation begin at 10 am. The day will conclude by 1:00 pm. Luncheon is included with the $12 offering. Questions or to register please contact Joan Talbot at 508-853-0654 between the dates of March 12 and 26.

 

This is not new but I thought worth sharing again:

How the Internet Began
 
In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a young wife by the name of Dot. Dot Com was a comely woman, broad of shoulder and long of leg. Indeed, she was often called Amazon Dot Com.
 
And she said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why dost thou travel so far from town to town with thy goods when thou canst trade without ever leaving thy tent?" And Abraham did look at her as though she were several saddle bags short of a camel load, but simply said, "How, dear?" And Dot replied, "I will place drums in all the towns and drums in between to send messages saying what you have for sale, and they will reply telling you who hath the best price. And the sale can be made on the drums and delivery made by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS)." Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way with the drums. And the drums rang out and were an immediate success. Abraham sold all the goods he had at the top price, without ever having to move from his tent.
 
To prevent neighboring countries from overhearing what the drums were saying, Dot devised a system that only she and the drummers knew. It was known as Must Send Drum Over Sound (MSDOS), and she also developed a language to transmit ideas and pictures - Hebrew To The People (HTTP). And the young men did take to Dot Com's trading as doth the greedy horsefly take to camel dung. They were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich Dominican Sybarites, or NERDS.
 
And lo, the land was so feverish with joy at the new riches and the deafening sound of drums that no one noticed that the real riches were going to that enterprising drum dealer, Brother William of Gates, who bought off every drum maker in the land. And indeed did insist on drums to be made that would work only with Brother Gates' drumheads and drumsticks. And Dot did say, "Oh, Abraham, what we have started is being taken over by others."
 
And Abraham looked out over the Bay of Ezekiel, or eBay as it came to be known. He said, "We need a name that reflects what we are."
And Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators." "YAHOO," said Abraham. And because it was Dot's idea, they named it YAHOO Dot Com. Abraham's cousin, Joshua, being the young Gregarious Energetic Educated Kid (GEEK) that he was, soon started using Dot's drums to locate things around the countryside. It soon became known as God's Own Official Guide to Locating Everything (GOOGLE).
 
And that's how the Internet began.

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