January 30, 2022 (3)

JANUARY 30, 2022 FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Our Lady of the Valley

Rectory: 99 Maple Ave., PO Box 515 She eld, MA 01257 Masses:

Saturday: 4:00 PM (Vigil) Sunday: 7:30 AM & 9:00 AM

Our Lady of the Hills

70 Beartown Road, Monterey, MA 01245

Mass: Saturday 5:45 PM (Vigil)

July and August Only See you in 2022

Deacon Sean Mulholland Deaconmulholland@

PRIEST MINISTER Fr. Peter Naranjo PO Box 736, Lenox, MA 01240 fr.pete@

MUSIC DIRECTOR Mary Ann Palermo

ORGANIST Steve Gubler

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Kathy Staropoli

PARISH SAFETY COMMITTEE Paul Nardi, Jr., Chairman

CHILD ADVOCATE Deacon Sean Mulholland

(413) 447-4857 Glenn Devoti (413) 229-3425

O ce Hours: OLV Rectory Wednesdays 9 AM--2 PM Phone: (413) 229-3028 Email: our.lady.valley@ Website:

For Live Stream Masses Please Visit our website

WE WELCOME VISITORS AND NEW PARISHIONERS!

Sacraments

BAPTISMS: Please call the Rectory to make arrangements.

WEDDINGS: Register one year before wedding date.

RECONCILIATION: By Appointment. See Fr. Peter or email:

THE SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING OF THE SICK This Is a very special sacrament that God gives us to represent the Healing Love of Jesus Christ. It is one of the seven sacraments and serves as a channel for special graces from God that comfort and heal, physically and/or spiritually, people who are seriously ill and/or in danger of death. (CC1520) This sacrament is available to all who are ill, elderly or in rm. However, due to privacy laws and HIPAA, the parish relies solely on family and friends to inform the Rectory if anyone is in need of this sacrament or would like a visit at 413-229-3028.

Mass Intentions

Saturday, January 29, 2022: Vigil of 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time Sheffield 4:00 PM Repose of the Soul of Mary Heath

Requested by the Mill River Choir and Bible Group Sunday, January 30, 2022: 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time Sheffield 7:30 AM Repose of the Soul of Rev. James K. Joyce

Requested by the Parish Sheffield 9:00 AM Repose of the Soul of Dawn Massini

Requested by the Family Saturday, February 5, 2022: Vigil of 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Sheffield 4:00 PM Repose of the Soul of William Shimmon

Requested by Ed, Kathy and Steven Sunday, February 6, 2022: 5th Sunday In Ordinary Time Sheffield 7:30 AM For the Intentions of our EMT'S, 1st Responders,

and Health Care Workers Requested by the Parish Sheffield 9:00 AM For the Intentions of our Parish Volunteers Requested by the Parish

Wednesday Communion Service

A 10:30 AM Wednesday Communion Service is held at Our Lady of the Valley Church. Please stay safe and wear a mask. The Mill River Bible Study Group meets in the Parish Hall following the Communion Service. The contact person is Pat Andrus at 4135282044 or andruspaa@.

ORATORY Our Oratory is open daily. Stop by and be with our Lord anytime. Masks are required. The code changed on October 31st. If you need the code, please email your request to our.lady.valley@.

Please remember in your prayers all the deceased members of our parish.

CCD NEWS

Due to the current COVID 19 situation and the fact that our Parish Hall will be having new flooring installed, our Faith Formation classes will resume on Sunday, February 13th. Packets of materials for in home use are available on the back porch of the Rectory if you haven't picked them up already. For further information please contact Kathy Staropoli at:

kathstar1@ or call 4132290490.

Dear OLV parishioners,

This year, as in the past, as Super Bowl Sunday approaches on February 13, we prepare for our donations to the OLV Breaking Bread program, which we have linked to the national "Souper Bowl" of Caring program which raises funds for community dinners, soup kitchens, and food pantries throughout the United States. The Breaking Bread program for our community has continued despite the burdens imposed as a result of the Covid pandemic. Once again we make this appeal to your generosity, which has carried us through 2021, despite increased costs for compostable containers and bags to hold the nutritious dinners we provide for about 70 people. For 2022, however, we will need an infusion of new funds to sustain the program with these increased expenses. Our goal is to continue the program on a takeout basis for as long as we have to...hopefully at some point later in the year we may be able to return to sitdown meals at the American Legion Hall. Please look for the "Souper Bowl" of Caring signs on the large soup kettles for the collections at the church entrance on February 12 and 13 ... and thanks in advance for your continued

generosity. If you would like to make a donation with a personal check, please make it out to "Our Lady of the Valley", with a note at the bottom "For Breaking Bread". For more information please call Dennis or Kathy Staropoli at 2290490.

Submissions for the Feb 19/20 Bulletin must be received

no later than 2:00 PM, Saturday, February 5, 2022.

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Wednesday, February 2, 2022 PARISH SUPPORT

FOR MONTH OF DECEMBER

OLV

OLH

4 Weekly Collections

Includes PayPal and On-Line Giving

Energy Building Fund

Cemetery

Retirement Fund for Religious

Immaculate Conception Christmas

Christmas Flowers

4 Weekly Collections in NOVEMBER

$.9,740.11

$137.00 $315.00 $68.00 $55.00 $365.00 $2,667,00 $575.00 $11,151.88

$480.00

$120.00 $480.00

Thank you! To the generous benefactors and advertisers who make this Bulletin possible. take it home as a quick and handy guide to the service providers you need. And then tell them you saw it HERE!

MASS INTENTIONS

Requests for Mass Intentions can be made by calling Tom Tighe at 2298747 or by putting your request in an envelope with your name, phone number and email address. We will acknowledge your request by phone or email. The requested Mass offering is $10.00.

First Sunday Gathering: February 6th Pastoral Council : First Sunday after Coffee Hour Finance Council : Date TBD in the Rectory at 6:00 PM CCD: Sundays 10 - 11:30 AM except 1st Sunday of month Bell Choir: Wednesdays in the Rectory TBD Breaking Bread: Thursdays, Sheffield, American Legion

Reserve your `To Go' dinner: 413-229-7037

Please, take a moment today to pray for a forgotten soul .

CARDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT

will be sent out by the Mill River Bible Study Group to community members who are ill, people who need a reminder they are in our thoughts and prayers, those who have lost a loved one or are celebrating a special moment in their lives. To request a card please contact Claudette Callahan at 2297771.

To report suspected child abuse/neglect call: During Business Hours 18002925022 After Business Hours 18007925200.

PARISH HALL FLOOR

Our Parish Hall flooring project is nearing completion. We expect to have it completed by this weekend. Please listen for updates from the pulpit concerning the project especially if any Parish Hall activities that may be affected.

THIS THURSDAY! PICK UP A FABULOUS BREAKING BREAD DINNER AT THE SHEFFIELD AMERICAN LEGION RESERVE YOUR MEAL CALL THE SENIOR CENTER AT:

4132297037

Due to the Omicron variant of the COVID virus and at the recommendation of the Town of Sheffield, the CDC and by directive of the Diocese of Springfield, masks are now required inside the church. We continue sanitizing and the omission of Communion on the tongue, the invitation to share the sign of peace, handshakes after Mass and Holy Water in the fonts. A touchless Holy Water dispenser has been installed. If you need one, disposable masks are available at the church entrances. Thank you for helping us provide the safest environment possible.

YEAR OF THE EUCHARIST "Why does Jesus come to us as the Eucharist? That He may kiss us with kisses from His Eucharistic mouth and lead us into the chambers of His wounds, where He speaks to our hearts of how much He loves us." St. Alphonsus Liguori, Mensis Eucharisticus: Dies Duodecimus, 3. For more information and videos check out the website:

Our First Sunday Gathering will be held next Sunday after the 9 o'clock Mass in the Parish Hall. Please join us for some delicious refreshments and an opportunity to socialize with your fellow parishioners.

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