Holy Mass Schedule
(Spring schedule)
St. Augustine’s Church
Saturday 4:00 pm
7:00 pm (in Portuguese)
Sunday 9:00 am
St. Elizabeth’s Church
opens Sunday, May 25th!! Sunday 11:00 am
Our Lady Star of the Sea Church
opens Sunday, July 6th
Daily Mass
Monday – Friday
8:00 am at St. Augustine’s Church, VH moves back to St. E’s, EDG Mon., May 26th
First Fridays/Saturdays
8:00 am Masses St. Augustine’s Church, VH; followed by the Rosary and Confession 8:30-9:00 am
After First Friday Mass,
24 Hour Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament,
in the Chapel 9:00 am – 9:00 am
First Fridays: 7:00 pm Mass (Portuguese) at St. Augustine’s Church
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Mon-Fri 8:30-9:00 am (St. Augustine’s Church);
Saturday 3:00 pm (St. Augustine’s);
First Fridays/Saturdays 8:30-9:00 am (St. Augustine’s)
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84th Annual Catholic Appeal May 1 – June 30, 2025
Letters have gone out to all registered diocesan families. Or donate online: https://www.catholicfoundationsema.org/appeal/
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Pope Leo XIV, Robert Cardinal Prevost was elected as 267th Bishop of Rome on May 8, 2025. First Pope born in the USA.
The “Mass for the Inauguration of the Petrine Ministry,” held in St. Peter’s Square Sunday, May 18th, marked the visible and public start of his pontificate while grounding it in the Catholic Church’s apostolic continuity. Although the Pope’s canonical authority began the moment he accepted his election in the Sistine Chapel May 8, the installation Mass offered the universal Church a moment of shared prayer and liturgical celebration which began the pontificate.
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Financial Support for the Hospitaller Sisters of Mercy
& the O’Connell House
This is the first 13-room residence in MA which provides comprehensive services to women who have been sex trafficked. These women may be pregnant and/or have a small child. It is a place where dignity will be restored and healing can occur. The unique 24/7 “Sister Care Model” delivers trauma-informed care which supports their complex needs with compassion, while being the loving nurturing presence the women so desperately need. Visit their website: http://theoconnellhouse.org or follow them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheOConnellHouseMA
Checks can be made out to The O’Connell House, Inc. and mail to: The O’Connell House, P.O. Box 9568, Lowell, MA. 01853.
Please keep them and all victims of human trafficking in your daily prayers!
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Prayer for Priests – St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Join us every Thursday in praying for priests.
Jesus, I pray for your faithful and fervent priests;
for your unfaithful and tepid priests;
for your priests laboring at home or abroad in distant mission fields;
for your tempted priests;
for your lonely and desolate priests;
for your young priests;
for your dying priests;
for the souls of your priests in Purgatory.
But above all, I recommend to you the priests dearest to me:
the priest who baptized me;
the priests who’ve absolved me from my sins;
the priests at whose Masses I’ve assisted and who’ve given me Your Body and Blood in Holy Communion;
the priests who’ve taught and instructed me;
all the priests to whom I am indebted in any other way, especially our pastor Fr. Paul, Fr. Edivar, & all priests who have served on Martha’s Vineyard.
O Jesus, keep them all close to your heart, and bless them abundantly in time and in eternity.
Amen.
Mission Statement
Knowing that all things in this world are gifts of God, presented to us so that we can know God more easily and make a return of love more readily; recognizing God as the Origin of Life, the giver of freedom and the source of all that we have and are and will be; knowing ourselves to be recipients and caretakers of God’s many gifts; grateful for all that we have received; eager to cultivate our gifts out of love for God and one another. The Mission of the Good Shepherd Parish is to give witness and to celebrate the Risen Christ’s Presence in the life of each person.
Parish Prayer
God, our Father, bless our Good Shepherd Parish. Help us to welcome all who come to worship, adore and praise You, the One true God and Father of us all.
Jesus, be with us, as we celebrate your life, death and resurrection in Word and Sacrament. Holy Spirit, fill our parish family with your love. Help us to love one another in our parish and in our family. Guide us in your holy will for the present and the future of our Parish of the Good Shepherd. AMEN.
Vision Statement
We have a fruitful past, a challenging present and a hopeful future.
We invite all our island parishioners, year-round and summer, to recommit themselves to being disciples of Jesus Christ.
We see our future as offering a stronger community presence, closer unity, and greater strength and dynamic growth in a living faith.
Our Presence will be in vibrant lay participation joining with the service of our pastor and support staff.
Our Unity will be celebrated in our communal gatherings in settings appropriate to our diverse liturgical, educational and social needs.
Our Strength will come from the sharing of time, talent and treasure of parishioners of varied age, residence and background.
Our Growth will come through embracing change and through participation in our challenging ministries.
As a Parish, we will prayerfully and joyously serve our island community, following the example and command of Jesus, The Good Shepherd.
