Our Lady of the Angels Parish

On March 1st, Fr. Monroe resigned as pastor of Our Lady of the Angels Parish to become a senior priest assisting the pastor at St. Josehp Parish in Charlton.
He will miss parishioners and the students of the school.
Fr. Joseph Marcotte, a senior priest of our diocese will be the Temoporary Administrator of the parish until the annual assignments are made by Bishop McManus when a new fulltime pastor will be named on July 1st.
Fr. Andres Araque will join Fr. Marcotte and Fr. Dougherty (who remains in residence at our rectory) in celebrating Masses, Funerals and other liturgical events.

For contacting the parish by phone during the next four months, it is best to leave messages at extension 12 for Sue Allard the Office Director.  Her hours at the office are 8:00 am to 3:30 pm Monday thru Thursday.  There will also be a volunteer in the office on Fridays (Don Duclos) from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm.

At other times, you may leave messaqges for the priests at extension 10.  Please note that they will not be residing at our rectory but will check for messages from time to time.

We, the parish community of Our Lady of the Angels, as part of the universal Catholic Church, are answering the call to love and serve one another in this ever changing world. Part of our call is to be a welcoming community of faith that is nourished and sustained through the mystery of the Holy Eucharist and guided by the Holy Spirit. Together, we are called and committed to be active witnesses of God's presence among us by serving others in our parish as well as in the community at large, especially the poor. By continual proclamation of the Gospel and celebration of the Sacraments, we are dedicated to growth in knowledge and faith which will enable us to build a strong foundation for all peoples to experience life to the fullest as Jesus intends.

Our parish has now completed its active campaign to enhance diocesan endowments for various funds and enable our parish to accomplish some needed projects.  Sixty percent (60%) of what we have raised will go to the diocesan needs and forty percent (40%) will be returned to OLA over the next four years as pledges are paid.

As of August 25, 2021,  we have 246 gifts (plus one donor's employer's matching gift) that total $436,225.94 -- 104% of our goal.  This means that $178,906.16 of that total will be coming back to the parish as pledges are paid over the next 4 years -- $167,194.80 of that amount is 40% of the target goal of $417,987 and $10,901.36 is 60% of the amount over our target -- at present we have exceeded our goal by $18,196.94.  We will be receiving 60% of any additional pledges or one time gifts that we receive.
We will receive a check every three months for 40% of what is collected in pledge payments and one time gifts during the three mont period.

As of August 24, we have raised $48,940 from Fr. Monroe and 198 other households toward our goal of $57,500 to fund the 25 agencies and ministries of education, charity and other pastoral services.  This represents 85% of our goal. 
.THANK YOU TO ALL WHO CONTRIBUTED.
There is still one week left for the 2021 appeal.  PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING A CONTRIBUTION!

Registration material has been mailed to all families who had children in the program in the past.
Everything is avaialble here on the website.  Click on Religious Education above and download and print Registration Material and Schedule for all programs.

Classes begin for Grades 1-9 on Sunday, September 12 at 9:00 am in the school.
Classes for those who will be candidates for Confirmation
(grades 10 & 11) on Sunday, September 19 at 9:00 am in the school.  (public school only -- Catholic School students will join the sessions in January of 2022).
Catholic and public school candidates for First Communion will have 7 preparation sessions for First Confession in the fall and 7 sessions for First Communion in the  winter & spring.  The schedule for all programs can be found at the Religious Education link at the top of this page.
Call Fr. Monroe with any questions
or email him at cmonroe@ourladyofangels.org

https://www.parishesonline.com/find/our-lady-of-the-angels-church

ST PAUL CATHEDRAL MASSES 

Charter/Spectrum broacasts the Diocesan Weekday Mass at 9 am on public access channel 194 and Sunday Mass at 10:00 am on Sunday.

Masses are celebrated as follows:

Monday thru Friday 9:00 am
Sundays at 10 am

 
 

At the top right of this page, click on the Diocese of Worcester link and there is a Vimeo presentation of the Way of the Cross available if you scroll down the right side of their homepage.