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Masses and Live-Streaming Online
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St.Mary Wells
Monday-Friday, 8 AM;
Saturday 4 PM,
Sunday 7, 9 & 11 AM
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St.Martha Kennebunk
Monday-Friday, 9 AM;
Saturday 4 PM,
Sunday 8 AM & 10 AM
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All Saints Church at 45 School Street
in Ogunquit will reopen for the summer season next weekend, July 3 & 4. Masses will be: Saturday @ 5:30 PM and Sunday @ 8:30 & 10 AM.
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Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Friday, August 6th, and on the first Friday of each month thereafter, the monstrance with the Blessed Sacrament will be
placed on the altar after the 8 AM Mass in Wells and after the 9 AM Mass in Kennebunk. People are invited to stay and pray until 9:30 and 10:30, respectively.
For information on The Perpetual Eucharistic Chapel in Saco, please click HERE.(An early funeral at either church could cancel exposition; however, that would be very infrequent)
COVID Informational MeetingDr. Mary Hawthorne, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, will give an informational talk on the COVID-19 virus, and evidence-based information on the COVID vaccines. She will discuss the delta variant and how we may keep ourselves safe. We hope this information will help us all to stay healthy and to make an informed decision regarding whether to receive a COVID vaccine. This will take place in St. Martha Hall in Kennebunk this Wednesday, August 4, at 6:30 PM.
(Dr. Hawthorne is also a cantor at St. Mary during the summer.)
Churches are not open for private prayer due to the need to clean for daily mass.St. Mary Church,
236 Eldridge Rd, Wells, ME 04090
St. Martha Church,
30 Portland Rd, Kennebunk, ME 04043
Pray the Liturgy of The Hours via ZOOM
EVENING PRAYER
A group of parishioners has been
praying the Liturgy of the Hours on Wednesday and Sunday evenings at 7 PM and would like to invite others to join them. It is being done through ZOOM. If interested, click HERE for more information and the links to the ZOOM meeting.
Pray The Holy Rosary
via ZOOM
EVERY EVENING @ 7:30 PM
O n evenings, Lisa White is inviting
you to pray The Holy Rosary every Evening. You will be joining Deacon Darrell, Carol Ingrahm, Marie Ligouri, Jon Koelker and others. We meet at 7:30 pm. If interested, click HERE for more information and the links to the ZOOM meeting.
Public and Live-Streamed Mass in Portland for Deaf CommunityFr. Kevin Hughes, S.J., parochial vicar of Our Lady of Hope Parish in Portland, will offer a signed Mass on
the third Sunday of each month at St. Pius X Church, located on 492 Ocean Avenue in Portland, at 9 AM. The next celebration will be Sunday, August 15th. All are welcome at the Masses, particularly members of the deaf community, to join in prayer either in person or via livestream at:
As has been ongoing since the COVID-19 pandemic began,
we are not collecting donations for the Parish Fair.
Please do not drop off donations until further
notice.
We sincerely appreciate your respect
in this matter!
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Today's Readings
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Reading I Nm 11:4b-15Responsorial Psalm 81:12-13, 14-15, 16-17Gospel Mt 14:13-21
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parish Mission, Vision, and Values
MISSION: We inspire, serve, and support people to be true followers of Jesus Christ.
VISION: Holy Spirit Parish is a welcoming, unified, and vibrant Christ-centered Catholic community.
VALUES:
UNITY: Our parish is one body in Christ.
FAITH: We nurture the seeds of faith that we received in Baptism.
LOVE: We are warm and loving; Christ-like. We care, give, and share.
ENGAGEMENT: Every parishioner finds opportunities to be engaged in the life of the parish.
INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY: We seek unique solutions for the challenges that face us. We are not limited by what we've done before.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISES OF ST. IGNATIUS: 19TH ANNOTATION RETREAT
Has Pope Francis’ prayerfulness and simplicity caught your attention? Would you like to know what it is that underpins Pope Francis’ spirituality? Do you sense Jesus
inviting you to “come away” with him for a while? Do you desire to learn how to pray more deeply? Do you wonder how that can happen in the busyness of your daily life? Are you in need of making a major decision? If you answered yes to any of these questions, the 19th Annotation of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius might be just what you are looking for.
This retreat is commonly called, “The Retreat of Daily Life”. It begins in mid-September and ends in mid-May. We meet weekly on Wednesdays, and there is a choice of morning or evening sessions. The sessions are about 1 1/2 hours long. We now hold the retreat on Zoom which is very convenient, as you can experience the retreat from the comfort of your home.
For more information, please call Maureen Fulford (207-468-4070) or Ellie Flavin (207-251-5981). -
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Obligation to Attend Mass
As pandemic restrictions continue to be lifted, Bishop Deeley announced the following: Catholics are once again obligated to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days.
Mandate Lift
Although masks and social distancing are no longer required, and churches have resumed allowance of full capacity, it is recommended that those who are not vaccinated continue to wear a mask. Certainly, anyone who is more comfortable wearing a mask is welcome to do so. Families with children under 12 might also consider mask-wearing. Please Note: During Mass times, the overflow rooms at both churches will continue to be used for those who might not be comfortable sitting in the full church. Chairs will remain six feet apart in those rooms.
Those seeking to join the Church or wanting to know more about the
Catechism of the Catholic Church, call Rosanne Smith at
(207) 985-6252.
For Prayer Line Requests:
Contact Judy Hyotte at 508-641-4109 or jhyotte@twc.com
Homebound Parishioners:
If you wish to receive Holy Communion, please call (207) 646-5605.
Live-stream Masses from St. Martha in Kennebunk
We are streaming masses at both St. Mary in Wells and St Martha in Kennebunk. On the website, there are separate pages for Mass Live St Martha and Mass Live St Mary. Follow the links to access either of the live-streaming locations (on the right-hand side of this page). We thank the anonymous donor for this additional video equipment!
Vacation Bible School “Rocky Railway – Jesus’ Power Pulls Us Through” Vacation Bible School will be held at St. Mary in Wells, August 2-6, from 9 AM to Noon. Children (ages 4 and up) will climb aboard for mountains of fun at Rocky Railway! On this faith-filled adventure, kids discover that trusting Jesus pulls them through life’s ups and downs. Children will have a blast with fun activities, games, snacks, great music, hands-on experiments and crafts, service, and learning more about the Bible.
Pre-registration is required by July 28th, and forms are available in the offices of St. Martha and St. Mary, as well as on the parish website, under the “Formation” tab.
We are still in need of a few more adult and teen volunteers! Children/grandchildren of our adult leaders attend VBS for free!
For more information, please contact Carolyn Houston, at 646-5605, 985-6252, or carolyn.houston@portlanddiocese.org.
The Centering Prayer Group will resume in-person meetings.
The meetings will take place at St. Martha Church on the second and fourth
Mondays in August (9th and 23rd). They will begin at 6 PM with 20 minutes of centering prayer, followed by Lectio Divina (scripture-based reflection and sharing).
Weather permitting, these meetings will take place outside (otherwise, they will be inside). Please bring a chair. Also, park in back lot.
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Youth Ministry Matthew 25:35 Meal“For I was hungry,
and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me.” (Matthew 25:35)
The youth ministries of Holy Spirit and St. Therese of Liseux Par-ishes provide monthly Matthew Meals. They are held in front of the St. Ignatius gym at 25 Riverside Avenue in Sanford every second Tuesday of the month from 5:30-6:30 PM. It will next take place on Tuesday, August 10th.To support this community meal project, gift cards to Hannaford are welcome and are used to purchase necessary supplies for this endeavor. We are also looking for donations of pre-packaged, individual-sized cookies, and fruit cups. The fruit cups must be “no sugar added.” All donations should be labeled “Matthew Meal” and dropped off at either St. Martha or St. Mary Church. Support in the form of pray-ers for volunteers and guests are also very welcome! Thank you for your assistance with this community service project. If you have any questions, please contact:
Carolyn Houston at 985-6252, 646-5605, or carolyn.houston@portlanddiocese.org.
VocationsMany people need a healing touch. Open your heart to the possibility that God may choose you to be a healing touch as a
priest, sister, or brother (Mark 5:21-43). If you think God might be calling you to be a priest, deacon, brother, or sister, contact Father Seamus Griesbach at: seamus.griesbach@portlanddiocese.org; 207-773-6471; website: www.portlanddiocese/vocations; Facebook: VocationsME
• This weekend's second collection is for Peter's Pence ~
Collection for the Holy Father.
• Thank you for your generosity towards last weekend’s mission appeal presented by
The Mary Queen of Heaven Missionaries.
In addition to your regularweekly offering, you may
donate to special collections through WeShare.
How to create a
WeShare account:
1. Visit holyspiritme.org and click “Give Online”.
2. Click on the collection to which you’d like to donate.
3. Click “Recurring Donation”;
and enter your donation amount and frequency.
Thank you for your ongoing generosity!
Note: If any parishioner would like a tax receipt for 2019 donations, please contact Diane O’Neil at diane.oneil@portlanddiocese.org
Click on the image below to go to the
Diocese of Portland, ME Catholic Appeal Page
