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This is a link to a FAQ page on the Diocese of Portland Website regarding the collection of information of parishioners that are attending Mass at Church.

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.

Sunday                Matt 13: 1-23
Monday                Matt 10: 34-11:1
Tuesday               Matt 11: 20-24
Wednesday          Matt 10: 11:25-27
Thursday              Matt 11: 28-30
Friday                   Matt 12: 1-8
Saturday               Matt 12: 14-21
Sunday                 Matt 13: 24-43

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

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

Aldo Ferari                  Allen LaPointe                  Ashley Ferguson         Ashley
Betty McGinn              Betty Tash                         Calvin Ham                 Carla French
Carol Clark                 Cecil Paradis                     Chris                           Clyde Bickford
Daniel Noble               Dianne                              Dicker Family              Donny & Janet Marin
Dominic                       Doris Carney                    Ed Plourde                  Helen Keith
Jake Hummel             Jennie Leighton                Jake & Marilyn Noble
Jean Neel                   Jimmy Corro                     John Henderson          Joe Farinaro
Joel                             Karl McGillvray                 Kathy Lawrence          Lionel Rodrigue
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             
Tim & Shirley Crocker                                         Dwight & Pam Osgood & family                          James, Wayne, Jeannine, Cindy, Robert            Joanne & Phil McIntyre                                        Louise & Clarence McIntyre

If you would like to add a name to the Prayer Corner for the Living,
please call the office at 794-6333

Feast Day - May 22

     The feast of Saint Rita of Cascia, Italy, is celebrated on May 22nd each year. Saint Rita, an Augustinian Nun, is the patron saint of impossible causes, sterility, abuse victims, loneliness, marriage difficulties, parenthood, widows, the sick, bodily ills and wounds. In the last 15 years of her life, Saint Rita bore the mark of the stigmata, the mark of Christ's passion as a thorn wound on her forehead. Near her death, Saint Rita asked for a rose from the garden of her parent's home. In January, when no roses bloomed, one appeared and was brought to Rita, who proclaimed thanks to God for this wonderful sign of His love. Thus, Saint Rita became known as the Saint of the Roses and the Thorns. It is often said that roses appear whenever a person prays through her intercession. Certainly, victims of child sexual abuse and vulnerable persons who have been abused can find comfort, love and consolation through the intercession of Saint Rita.

     Many people use the phrase, "there is no rose without the thorns." The joys we experience in life give us glimpses of the Hope we find in heaven-all is perfect and well there… No thorns! But, all of us know that life isn't easy, and it is often difficult. Certainly, these very trying times we are enduring are proof of this. Celebrating the joys and getting through the sorrows seem the ebb and flow of life. The disappointments can outweigh the happiness and drag us down, but nothing is impossible with God on our side. Saint Rita taught us that vividly. Saint Rita's life and message are great inspiration for the times in which we live.

     The thorns in our lives tempt us to stay there, counting them, accepting them, remaining in their midst. It is sometimes easier to stay where we are and not challenge ourselves. We blame, we accept roles unworthy of us, and we are afraid to change and pull ourselves through to a place of happiness. We get used to thorns, and it is less costly for us to befriend them, than it is to challenge them. May Saint Rita inspire us to look for the roses in life, to dwell there in their fragrant beauty.

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The Church, knowing there is no conflict between authentic science and authentic faith, has always combined the best of both to combat deadly diseases. An example from the 20th century would be the extraordinary medical aid the Church provided during the Spanish Influenza (1918-1920), even as ardent prayers were simultaneously made to saints chosen by God to combat epidemics.

Today, more than ever, we need all the resources the Church can marshal to fight the coronavirus, which attacks both bodies and souls. The sight of Pope Francis, in his live-streamed homilies and addresses, commending all those attending to the physical and spiritual needs of the afflicted, and then walking the deserted streets of Rome to pray at two shrines, highlights the hope and serenity the Church can always convey during moments of human crisis.
  from https://catholicherald.co.uk/the-best-saints-to-pray-to-during-a-pandemic/