Congratulations 2023 Confirmation Class
Casey SEBASTIAN Acciardo
Charleigh BRIGID Barone
Allison CATHERINE Bogs
Michael MICHAEL Brugnoli
Christopher JUDE Buontempo
Cathryn ELIZABETH Cavanagh
Nathaniel SEBASTIAN Clark
Kathryn JOAN Colgan
Emma MARGARET Costa
Patrick SEBASTIAN Danehy
Joseph TARCISIUS Ferris
Dillon SEBASTIAN Fitzgibbon
Mia FRANCIS Forbes
Kayleigh JOAN Garrepy
Annabelle GRACE Gesamondo-Arcari
Amaya MARY Gomez
Alec SEBASTIAN Hayes
Samantha GEMMA Jarbeau
Harrison MAXIMILIAN Kairnes
Kolby SEBASTIAN Kanelos
Abigail TERESA Kingsly
Brady THOMAS Kopka
Adam MONICA Kortz
Daniel VINCENT Lynch
Cameron CHRISTOPHER Martish
Abigail CAROLINE McAuliffe
Brendan PATRICK McGuire
Alexa ALEXA Moriarty
John ANTHONY Murphy
William MICHAEL Murphy
Michael NICHOLAS Nicchia
Diale JOSEPH Nichols
Madison CATHERINE Ourique
Gianfranco JUAN DIEGO Paletta
Valentina CATHERINE Petit
Michael MICHAEL Quinn
Zoe CATHERINE Rabidoux
Lola HOPE Reikhrud
Eva HILDGRAD Richards
Sophia ELIZABETH Righi
Natalie MARIE Ringler
Olivia FRANCIS Ruth
Brooke ELIZABETH Rutherford
Mia THERESE Sayegh
Holly TERESA Speranza
Nicholas NICHOLAS Stevens
Aidan PAUL Straut
Callum CHRISTOPHER Sweeney
Nathan GREGORY Vieira
Congratulations to the 2023 Winners
Grand Prize of $5,000
Edith Murray
First Prize of $2,500
Michael Laskowski
Second Prize of $1,000
Roland Menard
Third Prize of $1,000
Catherine Rose
Fourth Prize of $500
Peter Crudden
Thanks for supporting our OLM School Saints & Scholars
Friday, September 1st was an exciting day at Our Lady of Mercy School! The day began with the Opening School Mass of the Holy Spirit celebrated by the Most Reverend Robert C. Evans, Former Auxiliary Bishop of Providence. Father Bernard A. Healey, Pastor of Our Lady of Mercy Parish, served as the homilist. Following Mass, the school community processed to the newly renovated school field, which was blessed by Bishop Evans and dedicated as the Stephen P. Lynch, Sr. Memorial Field. Mr. Lynch was a devoted Catholic husband, father, and grandfather who saw five of his grandsons attend Our Lady of Mercy School, and whose family generously donated the funds for the project. Afterwards, all school families in attendance were invited to the school gymnasium for a reception to celebrate the beginning of the new school year.
L to R: Fr. Healey, Daniel Lynch, Mrs. Elizabeth Carrison, Dylan Lynch, Mrs. Trisha Lynch, Declan Lynch, Mrs. Judy Lynch, Mr. David Lynch, Maryna Carrison, Bishop Evans, Mrs. Martha Landry, Fr. Mahoney, Principal McNabb.
Thank & Gratitude for These Senior Servers
On Sunday, June 18 at the 10:30 am Mass, we thanked our OLM Senior Altar Servers. These Servers having been faithfully serving Mass since the 4th Grade and now after graduating high school are off to college. Pictured left to right: Luke Simms, Oceania Lowe, Will Cavanagh, Aidan Hayes, Devin Lynch, Lily Shaughnessy, Jack Ciunci, Guy Sanchez, Father Healey, and Zachary Amelotte.
Catholics Invited to Pray an Act of Reparation on Solemnity of the Sacred Heart
June 12, 2023
WASHINGTON - On June 16, the Catholic Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), and Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee for Religious Liberty, joined by Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, have called on Catholics to pray the Litany of the Sacred Heart and make an act of reparation—an act offered to the Lord with the intention of repairing the spiritual damage inflicted by sin.
The bishops’ invitation to the faithful follows:
“Catholic Christians traditionally recognize June as the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. During this time, we call to mind Christ’s love for us, which is visible in a special way in the image of His pierced heart, and we pray that our own hearts might be conformed to His, calling us to love and respect all His people.
“This year, on June 16—the day of the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus—a professional baseball team has shockingly chosen to honor a group whose lewdness and vulgarity in mocking our Lord, His Mother, and consecrated women cannot be overstated. This is not just offensive and painful to Christians everywhere; it is blasphemy.
“It has been heartening to see so many faithful Catholics and others of good will stand up to say that what this group does is wrong, and it is wrong to honor them. We call on Catholics to pray the Litany of the Sacred Heart on June 16, offering this prayer as an act of reparation for the blasphemies against our Lord we see in our culture today.”
May 15, 2023
An Invitation to Prayer from Bishop Richard G. Henning
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
As you may already be aware, bills are moving forward in our state on the issue of taxpayer-funded abortion. I invite the Catholics of Rhode Island and all people of goodwill to remember the foundational importance of the God-given right to life and our sacred duty to protect and nurture the young, the most vulnerable among us. Let us pray that our elected representatives will seek to defend all human life and to protect the conscience rights of Rhode Islanders who believe in the sanctity of each and every human person. Let us also pray for God’s mercy upon us; may the Lord Jesus Christ give our hearts an ever-wider sense of compassion.
St. John Paul II, defender of the sanctity and beauty of life, pray for us. Amen
The Sunday Evening 5:00pm will end on Sunday, April 30 and resumes on Sunday, October 1, 2023.
