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Find out when your child's CCD classes will be or what activities we have planned. It's all here.

** Important Parish Notices can be found at the bottom of this page. **


Highlighted Parish News
(Updated 2/4/12)

Regular Mass Schedule
St. Christine's

Saturday: 5:00 PM
Sunday: 7:00, 9:00 & 11:30 AM

Confessions:
Saturday 4 to 4:45 PM (church)


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The online giving page has been updated with clearer instructions and links to videos. Please review this page and consider using our online giving system.
It is safe and secure and you decide exactly when your gift is made and where it goes. Online Giving lets you set up a recurring pledge or a one time gift to our offertory and special collections. You will be able to give the way you want without using your church envelope. Please click here to get started with this convenient giving option.

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~ Highlighted Parish News ~
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A WORD FROM FR. TOM
This weekend, members of our Finance Committee will speak at the end of Mass regarding our Increased Offertory Program. All registered families should have received a special brochure concerning this Program. The brochure details the parish’s financial condition, contains a financial statement depicting our income and expenses and includes suggested guidelines for increased giving as well as instructions on how and when to respond. If you did not receive one, envelopes are on the ushers’ tables.

Along with the brochure is a Commitment Envelope. We ask that you fill out the inside portion of the commitment envelope and include your regular offertory envelope inside. On the envelope are the same guidelines for giving that appear in the brochure. These are only suggestions designed to help the parish. Please select a new increased weekly amount that is best for you or your family. We then ask that you please bring the Commitment Envelope to Mass and place it in the collection basket. Your new level of support should begin at this time.
This November we as citizens of the Commonwealth will be faced with a ballot initiative that, if passed, will de-criminalize doctor prescribed suicide in our State. Those who support the petition say that it will provide compassionate care for the terminally and incurably ill. Intentionally causing a person to die or providing a person the means to take his or her own life is not compassion nor is it an expression of care and concern.

Next weekend, we will view a pre-recorded homily from the Cardinal on assisted suicide and the danger it poses should it become legal in our State. He will talk about the fact that, as Catholics, we have the responsibility to defend the principle that each of us has the right to live each day until we are called by God to eternal life. For further information, please consult: www.suicideisalwaysatragedy.org.

Thank you and God bless you.............. Father Tom

BLESSING OF THE THROATS
This Weekend, February 4/5
, we will celebrate the Feast of Saint Blaise. A general Blessing of Throats will take place at the end of each Mass.
St. Blaise was a physician and a priest in the third century and was elevated to Bishop of Sebaste in Armenia. At his intercession, a child was cured of a disease of the throat. Since that time, his aid has been solicited by those suffering from diseases of the throat.

OFFERTORY COLLECTIONS

Budgeted Goal

$9,800

Received: $6,295
Electronic Giving $711

You gave $ 1,595 in the second collection for the Church in Latin America which provides support for the financially poor dioceses in Latin America and the Caribbean. Thank you for your generosity.

CATHOLIC WOMEN TODAY
Catholic Women Today invites all women of the parish to join them in their next meeting on Sunday afternoon, February 5th at 1:00 pm. The meeting will feature our “Treasure in the Field Prayer Service” in the church followed by a “paper craft project” in the parish hall. Please bring 5 to 8 photographs that go together (new baby, family event, wedding, birthday party, etc.). The completed craft can be used as a unique gift for grandparents and others. Please join us!

ST. CHRISTINE’S MEN’S GROUP RETREAT
The February meeting will be a retreat at the Foyer of Charity in Scituate beginning on Friday evening, February 17th and continuing on Saturday, February 18th. The theme of the Retreat is Repentance and all men are welcome. For additional information, please call Norm Shacochis at 781-834-4097.

DAY FOR ENGAGED COUPLES
St. Christine’s Pre-Cana Program will be offered on Sunday, February 19th. The Program will begin with Mass at 9:00 am and continue until 4:30 pm with lunch included. Couples who need to complete this pre-requisite for marriage are invited to call Dotty Gurry at 781-834-6003 x 18 to register and for more information.

ST. CHRISTINE’S SCHOLARSHIPS:
Application forms for any graduating high school senior who is a member of our parish are available in the sacristy, the CCD Office and the Guidance Office at Marshfield High School. Completed forms with a photo and required essay must be returned by April 1st.

LIFE LINE SCREENING
LIFE LINE SCREENING
provides preventive health screenings for cardiovascular disease. Stroke is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States and it can happen without warning. On Tuesday, February 21st in the parish hall from 9:00 am until 4:00 pm, St. Christine’s will host a Life Line Screening event to scan for the risk of stroke and other vascular conditions. Also available will be several different blood tests for thyroid, diabetes, cholesterol, etc. Appointments are limited so please call 888-653-6441 to schedule your appointment or if you have any questions. You may also visit their website at www.lifelinescreening.com/community-partners.com. A few complimentary certificates for one screening test are available at the rectory.

LOST AND FOUND
A man’s gold watch was found in the church last weekend. Please call the rectory to claim it.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Congratulations to our second graders who made their First Penance last Saturday as they prepare to receive their First Holy Communion. Also, a special thanks to our Grade 2 catechists and parents who worked so hard in helping the children to receive this healing sacrament of God’s forgiveness.

GRADE 5 SERVICE PROJECT - Snowman Hot chocolate Mix
Our 5th grade students will sell hot chocolate mix after all the Masses this weekend and the money raised will support the Catholic Relief Service. Thanks for your generous support.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION CLOTHING
If anyone has a First Communion dress or suit that you would like to donate for our communicants, please bring it to the parish hall on Thursdays from 4:00 pm to 5:15 pm or the CCD Office. Thank you in advance for your generosity.

Click here for more CCD Announcements in the bulletin

VOCATIONS
We pray for all those who work with the Youth of our parish.

REFLECTION:
Jesus shows his loving concern in today’s Gospel. In what ways are you in need of healing?

Saint Christine’s Parish is now offering Online Giving.
It is safe and secure and you decide exactly when your gift is made and where it goes. Online Giving lets you set up a recurring pledge or a one time gift to our offertory and special collections. You will be able to give the way you want without using your church envelope. Please click here to get started with this convenient giving option. Check out our updated page with instructions and videos.

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IMPORTANT PARISH NOTICES

CCD WEATHER CANCELLATIONS
Now that the winter season is upon us, there may be occasions that CCD classes will be cancelled due to inclement weather. If classes are cancelled, notification will be available on Channels 5 and 7. Please tune into these stations or log onto their websites. Additionally, cancellations will be announced on WATD radio (95.9).
Please note that if Marshfield Schools are closed, all Saint Christine’s CCD classes are cancelled.

CCD & PARKING LOT REMINDER
Please exercise extreme caution in our parking lot while dropping off and picking up children from weekly classes. Please drive slowly in the parking lot and refrain from using cell phones. Children move quickly and your full attention is needed to avoid an accident.

All children in Grades 1 through 3 must have a parent or another adult accompany them to and from class each week. Parents must sign children out before they are released from class.

REMINDER: The Marshfield Fire Department has requested that our parishioners refrain from parking in front of the church as it prevents their access in times of emergency.

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS, LECTORS, ALTAR SERVERS
Please check your schedules to see if/when you are assigned. If you unable to serve your assigned Mass, it is important that you call a substitute to serve for you.

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