Saint Brendan Parish

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LIVE-STREAM VIDEO

For mroe than 10 years we have been streaming our weekend Masses and special services LIVE via our Youtube Channel. Click image below. Live-streamed videos should be available for playback the next day.

Confession: Saturday, 4:00PM

Weekend Masses:
   Saturday: 5:00 PM
   Sunday: 8:00 & 10:30 AM

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TOPICAL NEWS AND INFORMATION

Seven Sunday Devotion To St. Joseph begins after all Mass on September 19^th.
You may print a copy of the Debotional book  and bring it with you to Mass or can print it and pray at home with your  family. The Document is located below the News and Information

Please plan to join us in celebrating 150 years of the Diocese of Providence.  Check our bulletin for opportunities to attend some of the events as a group! 

 

SPONSOR CERTIFICATES (for Baptisms and Confirmation)

Congratulations on having been asked to be a Confirmation Sponsor or Baptismal Godparent. In accepting this responsibility you are to be a witness in the practice of the faith and an advocate for Jesus Christ to the teenager, or you will promise to assist the parents of the child in raising their child in the practice of the faith.

If you are a Confirmed Catholic living in full communion with the Church, if today you are a registered and active parishioner of St. Brendan’s, if marrried, married Sacramentaly in the Church, and are an active participant in parish life (you celebrate Mass with us every week) then please speak with Father Scott after the Sunday Mass you usually attend for a sponsor certificate.  It doesn't matter where you received sacraments as a child, you must be practicing the faith today.  Please do not wait until the week before the ceremony and please do not ask for a sponsor certificate if you do not come to church.  Come back to church first!

Father, is there a minimum requirement to being Catholic?

The Precepts of the Church are defined in the Catechism of the Catholic Church and are set in the context of a moral life bound to and nourished by liturgical life. In other words, how we live our life and how we celebrate what we believe. The non-optional, obligatory character of these positive laws decreed by the Church is meant to guarantee to the faithful the indispensable minimum in the spirit of prayer, moral effort, and in the growth in love of God and neighbor:

1. You shall attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation and rest from servile labor"
2."You shall confess your sins at least once a year"
3."You shall receive the sacrament of the Eucharist at least during the Easter season"
4. "You shall observe the days of fasting and abstinence established by the Church"
5. "You shall help to provide for the needs of the Church" each according to his own ability.
Elsewhere in the Catechism we find:
6. Follow the Church's teaching on Marriage
7. Fullfill one's role to engage in the evangelization of the faith.

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ON FORMING CONSCIENCES FOR FAITHFUL CITIZENSHIP: Read the Bishops’ teaching document on the political responsibility of Catholics and find resources to help you form your conscience in this national election year.

Our 19 KWatt Rectory installation was completed July, 2020. 
Click the image below to see how your Rectory System is generating electricity from the sun. The

The Parish Center system (31.6 KWatt) went active in January, 2021
The Church system (also 31.6 KWatt) is expected to be commissioned in May of 2021
Both of these systems are on the Parish Center roof.
Unfortunately, at this time, these two systems do not have a public monitoring website.

Combined, the three systems are designed to generate $25,000 of electricity per year.