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May our website help you on your journey to our loving Heavenly Father, as He calls you by name to know and love Him ever more deeply, through His Son Jesus Christ, the Lord and Savior of the world, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Thank you for visiting our website! We hope to see you soon in our Holy Mother of the Rosary Polish National Catholic Parish in Chicopee, MA! YES YOU CAN! Can you be Catholic without being Roman Catholic? YES YOU CAN! If divorced, can you receive Holy Communion? YES YOU CAN! Can our priests marry? YES THEY CAN! Can you be baptized and confirmed in this parish? YES YOU CAN! Can you receive valid Sacraments? YES YOU CAN! COME JOIN US FOR MASS ON EVERY SUNDAY AT 9:30 AM Sunday Bulletin
Prayers for Families
God, our Heavenly Father, You have blessed each of us with the gift of family that through our family life we may learn to love and care for others. Open our eyes to recognize in all people the bonds of kinship. May we unselfishly serve them who with us have been made co‑heirs with Christ. We ask this through the same Jesus Christ. Amen. Loving Father, we desire to live as Jesus, Mary and Joseph, in peace with You and with one another. By their intercession, may we be strengthened to live like the Holy Family and to face the challenges of life. This we ask through the same Christ our Lord. Amen. 
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September 2022 – The Eucharist in the Declaration of Scranton
During the month of September as we continue our focus of Being Eucharistic People – we take some time to reflect on the important teaching of Church on the Holy Eucharist as found in paragraph 6 of the Declaration of Scranton. Enjoy the wonderful explanation of this teaching of our Church given by our Prime Bishop, His Grace, Anthony Mikovsky.
Scripture: (Acts 2:46-47) Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home, and ate their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. Reflection and Action Item: The Declaration of Scranton formulated and accepted by the P.N.C.C. Bishops on April 28, 2008 and later accepted by the Clergy Conference and the General Synod, helps guide the Church in its relationships with other Christian bodies. The document has allowed us to enter into fruitful and real ecclesial relations with the Nordic Catholic Church in Scandinavia and the rest of Europe. The largest and most vital paragraph of this document speaks to our faith in the Holy Eucharist and the celebration of Mass, which must be a part of any agreement that we have between Churches. Important aspects of our faith are spoken of within this paragraph: Holy Mass is “the true central point of Catholic worship.” We confess that we receive “ the Body and Blood of our Savior Jesus Christ.” When we gather for Mass we also know that we unite ourselves with “the one offering which Jesus Christ makes in Heaven.” During the celebration of the Holy Eucharist, we participate in a true connection between heaven and earth. This paragraph also shows us that when we gather at Holy Mass as a parish, there is also something else that occurs. It allows us to come together and unite ourselves to each other. The Holy Eucharist is “at the same time, a sacrificial feast by means of which the faithful in receiving the Body and Blood of our Savior enter into communion with one another (1 Cor. 10:17).” This reference to the First Letter to the Corinthians is recited during the Contemporary Rite of Mass, “Because there is one bread, we who are many, are one body, because we all partake of the one bread.” This one body, our parish church, is also Christ present in the world today in another way. All then that the parish does, in the worship of God and in service to God’s people, especially those within our local communities, is participating in the work of Jesus Christ in the world today. What we do at Holy Mass allows us to extend the presence of Jesus Christ, outside our Church walls. Prayer for the Clergy – 2010 PNCC Prayer Book Lord Jesus, Great High Priest and Eternal Shepherd, for the building and expansion of Your Kingdom You have called forth men to apostolic orders to serve in Your Church. By the grace of the Holy Spirit strengthen the prime bishop, bishops, priests and deacons. Endue them with the gifts of wisdom, understanding and knowledge, guide them with Your counsel, give them strength to fulfill their ministry. Fill them with the spirit of piety and the fear of the Lord so they can be true witnesses of Your Gospel. When the time should come for them to cross the threshold of life, receive them into Your heavenly kingdom. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. Prayer for Vocations – 2006 PNCC Missal Almighty and Eternal God, in Your plan for our salvation You provide priests as shepherds for Your people. Raise up worthy servants for Your altars and ardent but gentle servants of the gospel. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. |