Saints Patrick and Raphael

 Pope Francis named Father William D. Bryne, a priest of the Archdiocese of Washington DC as the 10th Bishop of the Diocese of Springfield. Bishop Elect Byrne is the youngest of eight children born Sept 26, 1964 in McLean, Virginia. His father, Dr. William Byrne, a thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon passed away in 2011. Bishop Elect Byrne graduated from the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester and completed his licentiate in theology at the Dominican Fathers' Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome. He was ordained a priest in 1994. His assignments included being Chaplain at University of Maryland, teaching homiletics at the North American College in Rome for 11 years, and serving as Pastor of St. Peter's Parish on Capitol Hill in Washington. Check out a number of short youtube.com clips he has produced under "Five Things with Fr. Bill". He currently serves as Pastor of Our Lady of Mercy in suburban Potomac, Maryland. 
Bishop Elect Byrne will be ordained and installed as our Bishop at St. Michael's Cathedral, Springfield on December 14. In his first press conference, he spoke about his desire to visit parishes and meet the people throughout Western Massachusetts. At his first Mass at the Cathedral, he asked us pray that he will continue to grow in goodness. He chose as his episcopal motto: "In living hope, through the resurrection" . Let us continue to pray that Bishop Elect Byrne may continue to grow in goodness and lead us together in holiness. May he serve as an awesome Bishop. 

Please see link on the right side of this page with information about Christmas Eve and Christmas Masses.  For social distancing reasons, please reserve your place and Mass through the link at right or by calling the Parish Office 413.458.4946 ext 11 or by signing up in the Church vestibule.

Masses continue during Advent as follows ...
SATURDAY at 4:30pm
SUNDAY at 8:30 & 10:30am & 8:30pm 

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