Lent is drawing near. Can you hear the voice calling out in the wilderness? Start your journey on Ash Wednesday, with four opportunities to receive ashes at Good Shepherd or St. Augustine: 9:00 A.M: Mass with ashes (Good Shepherd), Liturgy of the Word with ashes (St. Augustine) 7:00 P.M.: Liturgy of the Word with ashes (Good Shepherd), Mass with ashes (St. Augustine). Then, join is each Friday for the Stations of the Cross at 9:15 A.M. (Good Shepherd) or 7:00 P.M (St. Augustine).
Men (of all ages, including teens and college students) are invited to this important 20th Anniversary Conference, scheduled for Assumption College on Saturday, March 28. Visit the conference website at www.firstmensconf.org for information and to purchase tickets online and elsewhere. Come and hear dynamic talks from outstanding Catholic leaders: Scott Hahn (two presentations), Luis Soto (two presentations, one in English, one in Spanish) and with Bishop Robert Reed of Boston speaking on the need for confession. Bishops and priests will hear confessions. Bishop McManus will offer the Conference Mass. For a Conference brochure, further information or registration, call Joan DeMasi at 508-929-4345. Adult tickets are $45 until March 11, afterwards $60. Student tickets are always $30.
Our Lady of the Valley Regional School will be holding an Open House on January 23rd from 5:30-7:00PM. Stop by to learn the value of Catholic Education, including details on their Pre-K program.
The Good Shepherd team will be serving at Peace of Bread Community Kitchen on Wednesday, January 29. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Jason Patnode atjasontpatnode@gmail.com. Servers arrive for 5:00pm. We wrap up around 6:30-7:00pm. We are also in need of extra cooking help this year for this date or for June 10 or September 9. Cooking starts around noon until around 3:30pm. If you can volunteer for for any of these days please contact Jason. The Peace of Bread Community Kitchen is located at the United Presbyterian Church on Cottage Street in Whitinsville behind UniBank. Thank you.
Great News! As of the end of November 2019, the very generous and devoted parishioners of both St. Augustine’s and Good Shepherd have pledged over 85% of the funds needed to build the church and parish center in Mitu, Colombia. Read on for full update.
Join Us for Christmas and New Years at Good Shepherd. If you can't make these times, follow Father Victor to St Augustine's for additional mass options. See their schedules here:
Our Giving Tree Program begins next weekend. Please take a tag from the trees and adopt a child whose request is on the tag and make that child’s Christmas wish come true.
The tables are set. The baskets are wrapped. The meat pies are baked--all signs that the Holiday Fair is just days away. Come support the parish community from 9-2 on Saturday, November 9th.
On Saturday, November 9th Good Shepherd Parish (Linwood, MA) will host its annual Holiday Fair from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM in the Parish Center and Parish Hall. Learn what's in store.
The Light of the World retreat has brought much joy to Catholics in the Blackstone Valley over the last several years, including 42 people from our 2 parishes. Light of the World retreat is scheduled for the weekend of October 18-21, 2019 at the Good Shepherd parish. If you have always wanted to attend a retreat, but could never afford it; or take the time to go away for several days.
Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the Mario H. Forget Memorial Scholarship Award: Lexi Millette, Sean Morrissey, Abby Stratton and Nathaniel Thompson. Lexi has served as an Altar Server & Catechist and will be attending UMass Lowell, Sean has been a Jr. & Sr. Lector and will be attending Assumption College, Abby has served our Vacation Bible School and will be attending Quinsigamond Community College and Nathaniel has served as an Altar Server and Cantor and will be attending Husson College. We are grateful to these young people for their commitment to serving God and our parish family. Thank you to those whose donations to this fund have made these awards possible.
The Holiday Fair Committee is looking for volunteers to explore their talents to join their committee. The next Holiday Fair meeting will be Wednesday, August 21 @ 6:30 pm in the Senior Room. Please prayerfully consider joining this committee. All are welcome.
The Northbridge Association of Churches will be collecting new backpacks and school supplies for children in need in Northbridge. The items needed include backpacks, pens, pencils, colored pencils, crayons, 3-ring binders and filler paper, notebooks, calculators, rulers, scissors and glue sticks. Please leave your donations on the stairs leading into the sanctuary by August 11. Thank you.
You’re invited to our VBS Summer Fun Day! Summer Splash Celebration. Join us for a journey in the Old Testament to meet some Heroes of our Faith! Where: Good Shepherd Church. When: Sunday, August 18, 2019. Time: 11-3—Lunch & snacks included. Sign up by emailing Donna Wilson at dwilson@gsyouth.org. Volunteers needed
Religious Education registration is ongoing this summer. Please send an email to confirm your child’s continued registration to Donna Wilson at dwilson@gsyouth.org. See details.
As we begin our partnership with the diocese of Mitu and Bishop Medardo, we are looking for members of both parishes to help oversee and discuss ways we can support them, including the possibility of mission trips. If you are interested in being a part of the committee, please call the Good Shepherd rectory and leave your contact information. You can also see either of the PPC Chairpersons Colleen Curis or Jason Cote.
Congratulations and blessings to the children who received Jesus in the Sacrament of Holy Communion for the first time on May 5. May you always know how much Jesus loves you and may you come often to receive His precious gift: Michael Caffrey, Colin Phipps, and Maxwell Zyra.
The Mario Henry Forget Memorial Scholarship is given to those graduates of our parish who have remained in active ministry here at Good Shepherd through their senior year of high school. Mario was an altar server and an active youth leader in our Vacation Bible School. Mario died in 2003 as the result of a tragic accident. This scholarship was established in 2013 to honor his memory and to assist in some small way those graduates who have been faithful to serving our parish community.