St. Roch Parish 
 Just click on green Online Giving box above.
St. Roch Parish truly appreciates your donations.
God bless you.

ARE YOU SOMEONE
OR DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO…
 

• Has expressed an interest in becoming Catholic?
• Has a child over the age of seven who has not been baptized?
• Was baptized Catholic as a child, but has not celebrated the Sacraments of Confirmation and Eucharist?
• Is a Catholic that has not been practicing and wants to return and be refreshed in the faith.

We offer an opportunity to come together in a small group to learn more about our faith. Sessions focus on the relationship with God, the teachings and experience of Church, and prepares individuals to celebrate the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist during the Easter season.
You are welcome to participate in the process with your questions, your insights, and your faith story in a warm accepting setting. For information, please contact the Parish Office at 508-987-8987

For More InformationCLICK HERE! 

We are looking forward
to seeing you on Sunday.

You are Welcome Here 
See Faith & Liturgy for details. 
Saturdays 4:00 pm; 
Sundays 8:30 am or 11 am*
(* If unable to join in person 
Live Streaming from the church) 

*Just click on FAITH & LITURGY above 
then onto - LIVE MASSES 
or just Click here!

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These unprecedented times have increased the need to help tackle hunger in our community.
Take the Tackle Hunger Challenge; help make sure no one goes without soup in their bowl this winter by supporting this to benefit St Vincent De Paul, who supports our local community.
February 11 & 12 At all masses.
At the Entrances of the Church
Join their winning team: help your
neighbors in need. Together we can Tackle Hunger! St Ann & St Roch are proud to support the work of Tackle Hunger in their annual Soup-er Bowl of Caring event.
Soup pots will be at the doors of the churches for Super bowl weekend's masses. As you plan to sit snack & enjoy the game, why not set a few dollars aside to help St Vincent De Paul workers do their good work of caring for our neighbors who are in most need of help this winter.

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Order RADA here
Every purchase made using the shopping link below,
helps support our youth, 

St Roch Family of Friends Youth Ministry
Thanks you for your support.

You'll love the  USA-made quality!
 https://radafundraising.com?rfsn=4086641.ae4a27

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This Season often brings sickness & suffering
A Prayer for all Sufferring

 

You shall not fear the terror of the night nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that roams in darkness, nor the plague that ravages at noon. Ps 91:5-6

We will take care always to respect your privacy & keep you safe. Thank you for your patience & understanding as we navigate these ongoing strange waters. If we are made aware that someone in the parish gatherings has had a positive test for Covid, whether with symptoms or asymptomatic, we'll notify you, to help you monitor your family's health. We appreciate your calls: 508-987-8987, or 508-987-2382 or email [email protected].

Saint Vincent de Paul is asking for your help.
We have many seniors in our town who live on a limited income.
We hope to fill 10 grocery bags a month for 3 months of non-perishable items in January, February, & March.
We will put out containers before each month. We will begin to collect the month of December items for the bags that we will need to fill for January.
Suggestions for items would be: Individual Oatmeal Packets, Individual Pudding Cups, Individual Diced Fruit Cups, Mac & Cheese, Small Cans of Vegetables, Instant Breakfast, Cans of Beef Stew, Pasta, Tuna Fish, Canned Meats, Instant Potatoes, Small Dishwashing Liquids, Sponges,           Toothbrushes...
Remember, these will be for single senior people.
You will find containers at both doors of the church the month of January for items to be used to fill our February bags. (February for March bags).
Many thanks for all your generosity, and May God bless all our endeavors.

Open
Thursdays
4:30-6:30 PM except holidays
Donations of non-perishable food items can be put in the DROP BOX located on the first floor of the Oxford Community Center
(in front of the office)
at 4 Maple Road, Oxford MA 01540. 
Please call 508-987-6002 to check hours open.
Check donations can be mailed to: 
Oxford Ecumenical Food Shelf 
PO Box 448 North Oxford, MA 01537
 [email protected] 
Please contact us if you have any questions.

For anyone in need of a meal or companionship. Sponsored by the
St. Vincent De Paul Society
of St. Roch Church
When: 2ND TUESDAY EACH MONTH
Next February 14th
Time: 5:00—6:00 PM
Where: St Roch Parish Hall
334 Main Sttreet, Oxford
Come Join Us
for a Delicious Free Meal & Friendship! Spread the word to those
who you think may be interested.

Time to think of ways to help others and help care for all God’s creation.
 January  through Earth Day,  Saturday, April 29^th the Family of Friends Youth will collect shoes for Soles4Souls.
Good news... We won’t be filling the landfills with  good shoes we have simply outgrown, or with those we have just grown tired. With each pair we can help change a little piece of God’s  creation, for the better, and help those in need at the same time.
Soles4Souls is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing relief, fighting poverty, and creating opportunity through shoes and clothing donations.
 What does Soles4Souls do with the shoes?
One of our international partners buys your shoes and resells them to a local micro-entrepreneur, who can resell them to earn a living.
In countries like Haiti, pairs of shoes truly are needed.
Your donations will help provide food, shelter, and education for families in countries like Haiti and Honduras. In 2020, Soles4Souls also launched 4EveryKid, distributing 15,000 shoes donated by Footlocker to homeless students in 20 cities across the United States.
The organization is now working to provide every kid experiencing homelessness with a new pair of athletic shoes.

 Our next retreat
date
is
scheduled March 17-20, 2023
St. Roch Parish, Oxford & St. Ann Parish, North Oxford join Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Webster for future retreats, team meetings will be alternate on Tuesdays at Sacred Heart of Jesus, Day Street,  Webster, and Thursdays at St Roch Parish Hall, Main Street, Oxford... 
All meetings begin at 6:30 PM.
Tuesdays: Feb. 7, 21, Mar. 7- 
Sacred Heart of Jesus
Day Street in Webster
Thursday Feb. 2,16, Mar. 2
at St Roch Parish Hall
334 Main Street Oxford, MA

To register click on Religious Education above then click on Adult Education and fill out the form or 
call 508-987-2382 for more details.

Thanks for praying about joining the evangelist team, 
as shepherds, witnesses,
on hospitality team, as part of the adoration team, or especially as a retreatant.
Please know that we are praying to the Holy Spirit, that you discover 
what your role in the retreat
is meant to be. 
Cannot come to the retreat?
You too can help, become an Intercessor for the Success of our Light of the World Retreat for St. Ann &
St. Roch, & Sacred Heart Parishes. 
The success of every parish program truly depends on prayer, so, consider becoming a prayer intercessor for the success of the retreat, 
by praying for the success of the retreat before, during & after.
For details call 508-987-2382
or email [email protected]

Light of the World retreat
for all teens.
March 24-26. Anyone who has taken part in the retreat or are interested in becooming part of the team, call 508-987-2382. 
This Relection  from Our Blessed Mother's statue points to the  Light of the World in Jesus! 
Jesus is waiting! 
Come visit Him in the tabernacle 
share His Holy Eucharist. 
During a vacation trip 2 of our members were praying  for the retreat; they took this shot while away.

  
Please note:  Since our classes will not meet on    January 29,  there was an error in the letter that was mailed about our Circle of Grace Lessons, which will be completed by February.
Call 508-987-2382 if Questions. Thank you.
February
4-13   The Office of Religious Education is closed but there are all class sessions on the 5th 
5          K-8 9:40-10:50 AM
5          HIGH SCHOOL 6:30-8 PM
11/12 Souper Bowl Collection for St Vincent de Paul
12-19   Winter break no classes
22        Ash Wed all families attend mass
26        K-8 9:40-10:50 AM
26        HIGH SCHOOL 6:30-8 PM
March
5          K-8 9:40-10:50 AM
12        K-8 9:40-10:50 AM
12        HIGH SCHOOL 6:30-8 PM
17-20  Light of the World Retreat, Teens Service
24-26   Teens Ignite Retreat 
26         K-8 9:40-10:50 AM
PLEASE NOTE:
Excuse the correction for K-8, Classes meet March 26 9:40-10:50 AM focusing on the Lenten Lessons and Reconciliation.
April
2          Passion Sunday    
            Family Holy Week Festival
            K-8 9:40-10:50 AM
2          HIGH SCHOOL 6:30-8 PM
6          Lord’s Super   Washing of the feet
            (teens meet at the sacristy
            15 minutes before mass sign in)
7          Good Friday Stations out of doors
            (Dress appropriately)
            11:45 AM meet Father at church)
9          Easter Sunday no classes
16- 23 School vacation no classes
30       K-6 9:40-10:50 AM
            Jr/Sr HIGH SCHOOL 6:30-8 PM
            (Gr 7-12 Youth Night 6:30-8pm)
May
7          1^st Sacraments rehearsal 9:40-10:50 AM              Confirmation Rehearsal 7:15 PM
             at Sacred Heart of Jesus, Webster, for
               Sponsors & candidates only at the church
14        Mother’s Day no classes
15        Confirmation 7:00 PM details tba
             at Sacred Heart of Jesus, Webster,
21        K-8 families  Spring Festival

Pope Francis' Prayer for the month of January is for Educators
We pray that educators may be credible witnesses, teaching fraternity rather than competition & helping the youngest & most vulnerable above all.
January
28 St. Thomas Aquinas
29 St. Gildas the Wise
30 St. Hyacintha of Marescotti
31 St. John Bosco

February
Month of the Passion of Our Lord
Pope Francis' Prayer for the month of February is for parishes
“We pray that parishes, placing communion at the center, may increasingly become communities of faith, fraternity and welcome towards those most in need.”
1 Saint Ansgar 
2 Presentation of the Lord
3 Saint Blaise
4 Saint Joseph of Leonissa
5 Saint Agatha
6 Saint Paul Miki and Companions
7 Saint Colette
8 Saint Josephine Bakhita
9 Saint Jerome Emiliani
10 Saint Scholastica
11 Our Lady of Lourdes
12 Saint Apollonia
13 Saint Giles Mary of Saint Joseph
14 Saints Cyril and Methodius
15 Saint Claude de la Colombière
16 Saint Gilbert of Sempringham
17 Seven Founders of the Servite Order
18 Blessed John of Fiesole
19 Saint Conrad of Piacenza
20 Saints Jacinta and Francisco Marto
21 Saint Peter Damian
22 Chair of St Peter
23 Saint Polycarp
24 Blessed Luke Belludi
25 Blessed Sebastian of Aparicio
26 Saint Maria Bertilla Boscardin
27 Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
28 Blessed Daniel Brottier

St. Roch Confessions
Every Saturday
3 - 3:30 PM &
Every Tuesday
6 - 7 pm
St. Ann Confessions
Every Saturday
3 -3:30 PM
Or 
Call for an appointment 508-987-8987.
 This great sacrament that Jesus gave us on the Evening of the Resurrection provides us with the powerful grace to become holy disciples.

Lord God of peace, hear our prayer!  We have tried so many times and over so many years to resolve our conflicts by our own powers &  by the force of our arms. 
How many moments of hostility and darkness have we experienced? how much blood has been shed? how many lives have been shattered? How many hopes have been buried? 
But our efforts have been in vain. Now, Lord, come to our aid!  Grant us peace, teach us peace;  guide our steps in the way of peace. Open our eyes and our hearts, & give us the courage to say: "Never again war!"; "With war everything is lost". 
Instill in our hearts the courage to take concrete steps to achieve peace. Lord, God of Abraham, God of the Prophets, God of Love, you created us & you call us to live as brothers and sisters. 
Give us the strength daily to be instruments of peace; enable us to see everyone who crosses our path as our brother or sister. Make us sensitive to the plea of our citizens who entreat us to turn our weapons of war into implements of peace, our trepidation into confident trust, and our quarreling into forgiveness. Keep alive within us the flame of hope, so that with patience and perseverance we may opt for dialogue and reconciliation. In this way may peace triumph at last, & may the words "division," "hatred," & "war" be banished from the heart of every man & woman. 
Lord, defuse the violence of our tongues & our hands. Renew our hearts and minds, so that the word which always brings us together will be "brother,"  & our way of life will always be that of Shalom, Peace, Amen.