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Pine Street Inn

On Tuesday, May 13, we will be preparing and serving supper for the men at Holy Family Shelter. Desserts are
welcomed! Please call for drop off address (Helen, 781-769-1347).

Thank you to all those who have made generous donations in the past. $500 is sent to the Pine Street Inn each month.

Please help to support this ministry. Donations to pay for these meals may be sent to: Campagna, 86 Countryside
Lane, Norwood, MA 02062. Please make check payable to St. Timothy Christian Service Fund.

Luminaria Ceremony

Help fight cancer and honor cancer survivors, and remember loved ones by joining the Luminaria Ceremony at the
American Cancer Society Relay for Life at Norwood High School, June 13, 2008 at 9pm. To order a Luminaria, fill out
your name, address, phone number and the name or names of those remembered and mail to Laurel Kadlick, 32
Riverside Ct., Norwood, MA. A minimum donation of $5; checks made payable to American Cancer Society.

Fatima Celebration

The Our Lady of Fatima festival Mass will take place at St. Timothy Parish the weekend of May 17/18. At 7pm on May
17th following Mass, a religious procession will take place around the church grounds while praying the rosary.
Refreshments will be served in the Hall and all are welcome. On Sunday, May 18th, the Mass and procession will begin
at 1:30pm.

Food Pantry News

On Saturday, May 10, the Postal workers will have their annual food drive to supply our local Food Pantry. Please put
canned goods and boxes of cereal and pasta in plastic bags by your mailbox for pick up with the mail delivery. Volunteers
will be needed to help with sorting on Monday and Tuesday, May 12 and 13. Contact Ruth Taeger at 781-769-0425 for
time and place. The Food pantry needs Saturday adult volunteers to assist clients. Please call Debbie Sheehan at 781-
769-5650, if you can help!

Fatima Day

The Xaverian Missionaries will resume their traditional Fatima Days May through October at Our Lady of Fatima Shrine
in Holliston. On Tuesday, May 13 we will have our first celebration, sing-along at 6:30pm, Mass at 7pm. Bishop Robert
Hennessey will be the main celebrant. At 8pm, rosary and candle light procession, followed by refreshments.

Sacred Heart Retreat Center

The Sacred Hearts Retreat Center in Wareham will be hosting A DAY OF PILGRIMAGE celebrating the FEAST OF
BL. DAMIEN OF MOLOKAI on May 10 from 1-5PM. Fr. Bill Petrie, sscc will lead a talk, prayer and video
presentation describing Damien's life & ministry to those with leprosy on Molokai. Call 508-295-0100 for information, NO
CHARGE for his event, SEATS ARE LIMITED.

�A Message From Our Pastor�

Dear friends-

These past two weeks have given us some interesting glimpses at the role of religion in American life today.

We had of course the visit of Pope Benedict to America. The coverage of his trip was extensive and generally very
positive. Many people remarked to me that they were quite impressed with the positive tone he gave to his speeches.
Addressing the issue of abuse head on was very significant. Sadly, we cannot change the failures of the past and there is
no guarantee that every situation in the future can be prevented, but hopefully we can do a much better job and make a
positive contribution, as a church, to the protection of all the vulnerable in our society.

I think too we need to give credit to Cardinal O'Malley for his initiative to bring survivors to a personal meeting with the
Pope. Cardinal O'Malley came to Boston at a most difficult time and the abuse situation was not the only issue he faced,
but I do think that he did well to put that meeting together, and hopefully it will have a long term and positive effect.

We also saw a different side to religion and public life with the controversy between Sen. Obama and his minister. If one
can get beyond the rhetoric, this episode helps us to ask ourselves some significant questions. Can a politician separate
his or her political stands from their moral principles-for that matter can we? Should religion comfort or confront? When
we come to Sunday services, do we want to hear the challenging words of the prophets or the soothing and peaceful
words that are present in the Scriptures as well?

There continues to be a debate about the role of religion in the public arena. How do we stand for our principles but also
respect the different principles others may hold? What role does religion play in our economic decisions; in decisions
about war and peace; in the way we treat the voiceless in our society and in our world?

There are those who say that religion does not belong in the �public square�. There are those who say that religion is fine
as long as we confine its practice to the home or our place of worship. That, I think, is a huge mistake.

Religion, I believe, used properly contributes a great deal to the type of society that we are and the type of society we
hope to be. It will be interesting to see how all this plays out in the coming months.

Fr. Culloty