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Harvest Supper 2020

Check out the pictures from our recent Harvest Supper. Due to Covid-19, it was Take-Out only but it was very successful and everyone enjoyed the turkey and all the fix-ins. Click on the little photo and it will show the photo in a larger size.
The NEW MyParishApp
now available

Now available, the new MyParishApp for Our Lady of the Eucharist parish for android, I-phones, and I-pads users. Go to your app store and type in myparishapp.com and search for Our Lady of the Eucharist to receive this free app and keep connected with your parish.
Click on this picture to see an online version of the booklet
This Week's Scripture Readings
Oct 18- Oct 25


Sunday                 Matt 22: 34-40
Monday               Luke 13: 10-17
Tuesday               Luke 13: 18-21
Wednesday         Luke 6: 12-16
Thursday              Luke 13: 49-53
Friday                   Luke 14: 1-6
Saturday              Luke 14: 1, 7-11
Sunday                 Matt 5: 1-12a
CoronaVirus Crisis info link for Maine Parish Prayer & Faith Resources

"Do This In Remembrance of Me" 1 Corinthians 11:24
                                     Worship Sites

Due to the CoronaVirus restrictions,
please contact the office @794-6333
for seating availability at masses

St Mary of Lourdes - Lincoln                   St Leo the Great - Howland
142 Main St.             18 River Road
PO Box 310                                      PO Box 22
Lincoln, ME 04457                                               Howland, ME 04448
Business Office: 207-794-6333                           Rectory: 207-732-3495

                                                    MISSIONS

Sacred Heart - Winn                                  St. Anne's - Danforth
5 Route 168                                                           75 Houlton Road
Winn, ME 04495                                                    Danforth, ME 04424
(No masses held at present)                                Masses in Summer Only
                                                                              (Memorial Day - Labor Day)
                                                                              Mass - 1st Sunday at 1:00 pm
                                                                            SC - 2nd, 3rd & 4th Sunday at 9:00 am

           St. Matthew Cemetery
Jack Neel (Superintendent) 290-4490
Parish Happenings

Bulletin to be available bi-weekly (Starting in Nov)
Until further notice, beginning Nov 1, 2020, the bulletin will be printed on a bi-weekly basis. We are going to be using a new system for parishioner donations and need to manage office time to accommodate the changes that the new system requires. In order to find the time needed, we are changing the bulletin from every week to once every two weeks.
Even though a new bulletin will not be available every week, the website will be updated regularly, and we encourage all parishioners to check the website for up-to-date parish news and events.

Offertory Envelopes
The 2021 offertory envelopes are now available for pick up. Please note we cannot leave them in the church due to the protocols established by the CDC. If you or someone you know would like to receive their offertory envelopes, please call the office at 794-6333 for arrangements.

2021 Calendars
The 2021 calendars are available at the office. If you would like to have one or more, please call the office at 794-6333 for arrangements.

Temporary Office Closure (due to flu season)
Since we are entering the flu season and are also still dealing with the Covid-19 virus, we have decided to limit the exposure to office staff and the parishioners so beginning Nov 1, 2020, the business office will be closed to the public.
Please note that even though the office is closed to the public, the staff will be in the office during regular business hours and will be available to help you with all your needs. If you do need to contact us, please call the office at 794-6333. Most situations can be taken care of over the phone or by mail. But if the situation does require an in-person meeting, that can be arranged.
Prayer Corner for the Living

Ashley                        Betty McGinn                   Calvin Ham                Cecil Paradis            Chris                           Donny & Janet Marin      Daniel Noble                Dicker Family             Doris Carney              Dominic                           Ed Plourde                   Joe Farinaro
Jennie Leighton         Joel                             Jake & Marilyn Noble    Jean Neel
Jimmy Corro              John Henderson             Joanne & Phil McIntyre
Karl McGillvray    Kathy Lawrence          Lionel Rodrigue             Louise & Clarence McIntyre
Marie Kilbride    Mariea Tricarico              Matthew     Norma Cottle
Penny Allen               Ray Voisine           Ricky Weatherbee     Robin Barker
Ryan Barker    Sandra Barker                 Stephen Cottle    Stuart & Nancy
Stuart Smith    Tyler Harriet                    Vincent Rush
Dwight & Pam Osgood & family          Charlotte, Madison, Tori, & Cooper
James, Wayne, Jeannine, Cindy, Robert

If you would like to add a name to the Prayer Corner for the Living,
please call the office at 794-6333
The Saints Corner
(This will be updated each week with a different saint)

Saint Ignatius of Antioch
Feast Day - October 17

     The second Bishop of Antioch, Syria, this disciple of the beloved Disciple John was consecrated Bishop around the year 69 by the Apostle Peter, the first Pope. A holy man who was deeply loved by the Christian faithful, he always made it his special care to defend "orthodoxy" (right teaching) and "orthopraxy" (right practice) among the early Christians.
     In 107, during the reign of the brutal Emperor Trajan, this holy Bishop was wrongfully sentenced to death because he refused to renounce the Christian faith. He was taken under guard to Rome where he was to be brutally devoured by wild beasts in a public spectacle. During his journey, his travels took him through Asia Minor and Greece. He made good use of the time by writing seven letters of encouragement, instruction and inspiration to the Christians in those communities. We still have these letters as a great treasure of the Church today.
     The content of the letters addressed the hierarchy and structure of the Church as well as the content of the orthodox Christian faith. It was Bishop Ignatius who first used the term "catholic" to describe the whole Church. These letters connect us to the early Church and the unbroken, clear teaching of the Apostles which was given to them directly by Jesus Christ. They also reveal the holiness of a man of God who became himself a living letter of Christ. The shedding his blood in the witness of holy martyrdom was the culmination of a life lived conformed to Jesus Christ. Ignatius sought to offer himself, in Christ, for the sake of the Church which he loved. His holy martyrdom occurred in the year 107.
     In his pastoral letters he regularly thanked his brother and sister Christians for their concern for his well being but insisted on following through in his final witness of fidelity: "I know what is to my advantage. At last I am becoming his disciple. May nothing entice me till I happily make my way to Jesus Christ! Fire, cross, struggles with wild beasts, wrenching of bones, mangling of limbs-let them come to me, provided only I make my way to Jesus Christ. I would rather die and come to Jesus Christ than be king over the entire earth. Him I seek who died for us; him I love who rose again because of us."
     Bishop Ignatius was not afraid of death. He knew that it had been defeated by the Master. He followed the Lord Jesus into his Passion, knowing that he would rise with Him in his Resurrection. He wrote to the disciples in Rome: "Permit me to imitate my suffering God ... I am God's wheat and I shall be ground by the teeth of beasts, that I may become the pure bread of Christ." The beauty of this Eucharistic symbolism in these words reflects the deep theology of a mystic. He was dedicated to defending the true teaching handed down by the Apostles so that the brothers and sisters in the early Christian communities, and we who stand on their shoulders, would never be led astray by false teaching. He urged them to always listen to their Bishops because they were the successors of the Apostles. He died a Martyrs death in Rome, devoured by two lions in one of the cruel demonstrations of Roman excess and animosity toward the true faith.
Source: www.catholic.org