March 1-9, 2025
March 2: 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time
March 9: 1st Sunday of Lent
Our Lenten Charity is Visitation House
Support Visitation House by filling a baby bottle with your spare change
during the Lenten Season as a Lenten sacrifice. Your gift is essential in helping Visitation House live its mission: to provide a safe harbor for
courageous women who have chosen life for their babies. Visitation House affirms the choice of life while providing support and guidance empowering moms to transition into motherhood with all its challenges.
during the Lenten Season as a Lenten sacrifice. Your gift is essential in helping Visitation House live its mission: to provide a safe harbor for
courageous women who have chosen life for their babies. Visitation House affirms the choice of life while providing support and guidance empowering moms to transition into motherhood with all its challenges.
Visitation House, located at 119 Endicott Street in Worcester, opened its doors on the Feast of the Visitation,May 31, 2005. Since that time, we have welcomed over 300 women and their children to our home.
Interested in learning more about this important ministry? Click here to visit the Visitation House website.
Empty Baby Bottles will be at the church doors on March 8 & 9.
Return your baby bottle to the church by April 13th, Palm Sunday.
Return your baby bottle to the church by April 13th, Palm Sunday.
This Week at a Glance
- March 1 (Saturday): First Saturday Mass and Adoration
- 8:00 am: Mass followed by Exposition, Confessions, and Adoration
- 12:00 noon: Benediction
- March 1 (Saturday), 5:30-7:30 pm: Scouts BSA Troop 238 Pasta Dinner and Silent Auction
- Tickets:
- Adults (11-64): $12
- Children (6-10) and Seniors (65+): $10
- Children 5 and under: FREE
- Tickets on sale after all Masses
- February 15 & 16
- February 22 & 23
- Tickets:
- March 1 & 2, all Masses:
Jim Pervier will speak about the Men’s conference at weekend Masses - March 2nd, 9 am in the church hall:
Anyone planning to help with the St. Patrick's Day Dinner should attend a meeting on March 2 @ 9am in the parish hall
- March 2 (Sunday), 3:00 pm, St. Paul Cathedral, Worcester: Diocesan 75th Anniversary Mass
All are welcome to St. Paul Cathedral as we commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Diocese of Worcester, which was established on March 7, 1950. - March 2 (Sunday), 5:00 pm: Youth Mass — all are welcome
- March 5 (Wednesday): Ash Wednesday
- Masses: 8:00 am; 4:30 pm; 7:00 pm
- Ash Wednesday Collection (all Masses): For the retired priests of our diocese
Simple Lenten meal: Chowders and bread 5:30 pm (following 4:30 Mass)
- March 5 (Wednesday), 9:30 am: Prayer Shawl Ministry Meeting
New members are always welcome to join us! - March 7 (Friday), 8:00 am: Stations of the Cross
- March 8 & 9: Pick up your empty Lenten charity baby bottle at the church doors
- March 9 (Sunday): No Faith Formation class for grades K-6
Book Discussion with Nancy NowakYou are invited to meet and discuss the book, The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri J.M. Nouwen.
Book discussions will be on Tuesday, March 25 at 6:30 pm and Wednesday, March 26 at 9:00 am in the church hall. For more information and to register for one of these sessions, call Nancy Nowak at 508-885-7311.
Food Pantry Notes
- Food Pantry Needs: Chef Boyardee, lunch and breakfast snacks for kids
- The Food Pantry is open on Thursday each week and is serving clients living in Spencer & East Brookfield from 10am –12pm. Please remain in your vehicle as clients are served outside.
To contact the food pantry call 508-885-3111 X110 or by email: foodpantry@mqrparish.org.
Upcoming Events At a Glance
- March 12 (Wednesday), following the 5:00 Mass: Lenten Simple Supper
- Mass: 5:00 pm
- Hosted by: Monthly Meal Ministry
- Menu: TBA
- No reservation needed.
- March 14 (Friday), 8:00 am: Stations of the Cross
- March 15 (Saturday): St. Patrick's Day Dinner, church hall
- Menu: Corned beef and cabbage, ham, potatoes, carrots, salad, Irish soda bread. appetizers, and desserts. Cash bar: Water, soda, beer, and wine
- Tickets
- $15 per person or reserve a table of 8 for $100
- Tickets will be on sale March 1, 2, & 8, 9 after Masses; and at the parish office Monday-Wednesday
- Volunteers needed (call the parish office at 508-885-3111 x 102 or speak with Sandy Fritze)
- Help prepare and cook food
- Make desserts
- Bake Irish soda bread
- Set up/decorate the hall
- March 19 (Wednesday), following the 5:00 Mass: Lenten Simple Supper
- Mass: 5:00 pm
- Hosted by: Men's Group
- Menu: TBA
- No reservation needed.
- March 21 (Friday), 8:00 am: Stations of the Cross
- March 23 (Sunday), 5:00 pm: Youth Mass — all are welcome
- March 25 (Tuesday), 6:30 pm, church hall: Book Discussion with Nancy Nowak or
March 26 (Wednesday), 9:00 am, church hall
You are invited to meet and discuss the book, The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri J.M. Nouwen.
Can't make this meeting? There's another one on March 26th. (See below.)
For more information and to register for one of the sessions, call Nancy Nowak at 508-885-7311. - March 26 (Wednesday), following the 5:00 Mass: Lenten Simple Supper
- Mass: 5:00 pm
- Hosted by: Martha Mary Ministry
- Menu: TBA
- No reservation needed.
- March 28 (Friday), 8:00 am: Stations of the Cross
- April 2 (Wednesday), following the 5:00 Mass: Lenten Simple Supper
- Mass: 5:00 pm
- Hosted by: MQR Food Pantry staff
- Menu: TBA
- No reservation needed.
- April 4 (Friday), 8:00 am: Stations of the Cross
- April 5 (Saturday): First Saturday Mass and Adoration
- 8:00 am: Mass followed by Exposition, Confessions, and Adoration
- 12:00 noon: Benediction
- April 5 (Saturday), DCU Center: Worcester Catholic Men's Conference
The Worcester Catholic Men’s Conference will be held Saturday, April 5, 2025 at the DCU Convention Center, 50 Foster St. Worcester, MA. Registration begins at 7:30 am with the first speaker beginning at 9:00 am. Men of all ages are invited to hear inspiring talks from Fr. Donald Callaway, MIC; Retired US Navy SEAL Sam Blair, Fr. Derek Mobilio, Dr. Edward Sri, and Mr. Artie Boyle. The day will feature an all-day adoration chapel; dozens of priests will be available for confessions at the lunch break; and over 50 relevant vendors will be present. The closing Mass will be celebrated by Bishop Robert McManus at 4:00 pm.
Tickets (which includes lunch) are $50 for adults through March 26; $60 thereafter and at the door. The parish will sponsor any student that would like to attend. Please contact the parish office. Tickets and further information are available at: www.catholicmenworc.com Any questions may be directed to: catholicmenworc@gmail.com or contact our parish liaison, Jim Pervier at 508-922-2395 Click on the attachments below for more information. Brochures are also available that the doors of the church. - April 9 (Wednesday), following the 5:00 Mass: Lenten Simple Supper
- Mass: 5:00 pm
- Hosted by: Faith Formation Confirmation Class
- Menu: TBA
- No reservation needed.
- April 11 (Friday), 8:00 am: Stations of the Cross
- April 12 & 13: Palm Sunday (regular Mass times)
- April 13 (Palm Sunday): Return Lenten charity baby bottles by today
- April 15 (Tuesday), 6:30-7:30 pm: Confessions
- April 16 (Wednesday), following the 5:00 Mass: Lenten Simple Supper
- Mass: 5:00 pm
- Hosted by: Spencer Knights of Columbus
- Menu: TBA
- No reservation needed.
- April 17 (Thursday): Holy Thursday
Details TBA - April 18 (Friday): Good Friday
Details TBA- 3:00 pm: Stations of the Cross
- 3:00 pm: Stations of the Cross
- April 19 (Saturday): Holy Saturday
Details TBA - April 20 (Sunday): Easter Sunday
Details TBA - May 2 (Saturday): First Saturday Mass and Adoration
- 8:00 am: Mass followed by Exposition, Confessions, and Adoration
- 12:00 noon: Benediction
Bulletin
This week's bulletin is attached below and is available on our parish website. Other attachments include the front cover of the bulletin (important information and phone numbers) Check out February's cover below!
Prayer Line Number
To reach our prayer line, call 508-885-0084.
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Hands-Only CPR and AED Training - February 15th
Did you know that February is "Heart Month"? How appropriate, then, that our parish hosted a "Hands-only CPR" and AED (automated external defibrillator) training on February 15th?
Backstory: Our Spencer Council Knights of Columbus (118) gifted our parish with an AED device a couple of years ago. It was installed in the front of the church near the confessional, but we needed to be trained. Recently, the Worcester Diocese has partnered with UMass Chan Medical School to offer this training: Ours was the second parish in the diocese to participate in this program and was held on Saturday, February 15th in our church hall. Training was done by UMass Chan Medical School students. We learned "hands-only" CPR and how to use the AED. I pray we never need to have to use it!
Comment from Jim Pervier (on our Facebook post):
"The CPR / AED training that was offered for free, was conducted by UMass Chan Medical School students at Mary Queen of the Rosary Parish hall was great! Many parishioners who never received this training, now are prepared to render life saving assistance to someone whose heart has stopped. Thank you to the Spencer Knights of Columbus for purchasing the AED for our church, thank you to the medical school students and thank you to Ray Delisle for setting up this training!"
"The CPR / AED training that was offered for free, was conducted by UMass Chan Medical School students at Mary Queen of the Rosary Parish hall was great! Many parishioners who never received this training, now are prepared to render life saving assistance to someone whose heart has stopped. Thank you to the Spencer Knights of Columbus for purchasing the AED for our church, thank you to the medical school students and thank you to Ray Delisle for setting up this training!"
Thank you Council 118 Knights of Columbus and UMass Chan Medical School students!
Editor's note: In case you've not seen the location of our AED, it's between the statue of St. Joseph and the door going in to the Sacristy (near the Confessional).
Editor's note: In case you've not seen the location of our AED, it's between the statue of St. Joseph and the door going in to the Sacristy (near the Confessional).
