The Faith Connection
Our sponsor for the month of July: Ralph, Judy and Marie Ware.
Deficit Collection
Deficit collection total to date: $6,066.
Lectors
Please consider donating your time and become a Lector! For further information, contact Bill Kirby, here.
Altar Servers
If there are any boys and girls who have made their First Holy Communion and are interested in becoming Altar Servers, please contact Lucia Majeski or leave a message at the rectory.
Seamstress/Tailor Needed
We are in great need of a volunteer to make baptismal bibs. We have the pattern to follow and some that are ready to be stitched up. Please call Marianne (978-532-5832) or the rectory (978-744-1930).
Eucharistic Ministers
There is a need for additional Eucharistic Ministers. If you are able to help with this ministry, please call the rectory at 978-744-1930 to leave a message for Marianne Laffy.
Cardinal Seán O'Malley
Take advantage of this new opportunity to receive a "Weekly Email from Cardinal Seán & The Pilot " that will include special messages from Cardinal Seán, content from Cardinal Seán's Blog, official press releases from the Archdiocese, and links to current stories from The Pilot, new programs from CatholicTV, resources for Mass & Prayer, a calendar of upcoming events around the Archdiocese and other helpful information to deepen Catholic faith life.
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1982 Church Fire 25th Anniversary |
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Written by Al Robidoux
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Monday, 19 February 2007 |
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Twenty five years ago the old brick St Anne's Salem church was totally devasted in an after midnight conflagration.
Fr. B woke up at 2am to the unexplained ringing of the church bell. The bell and some other artifacts are all the remain from the confligration. In Christianity, fire is a symbol of the Holy Ghost. It is also often used in descriptions of Hell. Additionally, a fire is used in the Roman Catholic Mass during the Easter Vigil. In the Middle Ages, the judgment of God was appealed to by the ordeal of fire. In Spain, bonfires as associated to the eve of Saint John the Evangelist, a Christianization of the summer solstice, especially in Alicante. In Valencia, Saint Joseph is celebrated by burning allegorical figures on the streets, a Christianization of the spring equinox.
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