St. Vincent de Paul Society will be sponsoring a CLOTHING DRIVE on Saturday, May 19, 2012 from 9am to 1pm. You can drop your bagged clothes off at the St. Mary parking lot. We appreciate your support. If you need someone to do a pickup, please contact Dennis at 508-278-7627.

Attention All Youth in Grades 6 – 12

Earn Yourself a Prize!

For the months of May, June, July and August, 2012 the Youth Ministry members who bring the most friends to our events will win a fabulous prize!

So tell your friends how much fun you are having at our events, and bring them with you!! If you are one of the top three in bringing friends, you win a prize! The more youth who attend, the more fun we have!

OLV would like to invite all Parish Golfers to their 16th Annual Golf Tournament on Friday, June 1, 2012 at Blissful Meadows, Uxbridge, MA, beginning at 10:00 a.m.

$140/player (due 5/18/12) includes Florida Style/Scramble, 4-players per team; 9th hole Grilled Lunch; BBQ Chicken Dinner; Closest to pin/closest to line Contest; Men & Women Longest Drive; putting contest, 1st, 2nd, 3rd Place prizes awarded. Dinner only for non-golfers following tournament will be $20. Payments must be made at time of registration. Make all checks payable to OLV Parents Guild. Please Call the School Office for registration form(s).

The Saint Mary Parish weekly Bible Study meets Thursday evenings from 7:00-8:00pm in the parish hall. Everyone is welcome. Participants are invited to bring a Bible. Bibles will also be provided for those needing one. The focus of our gathering is exploring the Gospel of Luke and applying the gospel to our daily lives in today’s world. No prior experience in scripture study is required, only open hearts and open minds!

My church is composed of people like me.
I help make I what it is.

It will be friendly, if I am.
Its pews will be filled, if I help fill them.
It will do great work, if I work.
It will make generous gifts to many causes,
if I am a generous giver.

It will bring other people into its worship
if I invite and bring them.
It will be a church of loyalty and love
of fearlessness and faith,
and a church with a noble spirit,
if I, who make it what it is,
am filled with these same things.

Therefore, with the help of God,
I shall dedicate myself to the task
of being all the things
that I want my church to be.

AMEN!

On Sunday, May 27 we will be having our next event…an outing at West End Creamery & Family Farm, located at 481 Purgatory Rd., Whitinsville, MA 01588, Tel: 508-234-2022!

We will meet at St. Mary’s at 2:30 and carpool from there…we will need a couple of parents to drive and permission slips will also be needed.

There is mini-golf, a trampoline, and, of course, ice cream!

Please come and bring lots of friends!

If you plan to attend, please email Deb Doonan at luigi6202009 @ aol.com by Thursday, May 25.

People First Food Pantry is the local town-wide food pantry serving all residents in Uxbridge and Linwood as well as any parishioner from any Uxbridge parish. The following is a food list that the pantry is always in need of:
Laundry Detergent
Snacks for Children
Cereal, Macaroni and Cheese
Personal Care Items (Shampoo, soap, toothpaste, etc.)
Paper Goods (paper towels, toilet paper, tissues, etc.)
Condiments (ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, etc.)
Jelly