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St. Bridget School Celebrates 50 Years
Now Enrolling for 2008-2009 School Year Grades Pre-K (K1) - 5th grade
· Offering full time Pre-School (4 years old) and Kindergarten (5 years old)
· Committed to Academic Excellence
· Extended Day Program
· Christian Value-Based Education
· Safe, Secure and Up to Date Facilities
· Includes the 4th "R" Religion
· Dedicated and Caring Staff
· Accredited by the NEASC since 1996
For more information please call Jennifer Ryan at (508) 875-0181, ext 229 or visit our website at
www.saintbridgetschool.info.

Forever Young At Heart Meeting
May 19 (Monday)
Please join us for our monthly meeting starting with a Mass at 11:30 AM followed by lunch and entertainment at the School Hall. A delicious lunch from one of our local caterers consisting of soup, salad, roast pork, potato, dessert, coffee or tea will be served. A sixteen member SILVER NEWTONES from Newton, MA will takes us on "A Musical Tour of the United States" all for a total price of $12.00. Only reservations accompanied by payment to St. Bridget's Apostolates and mailed to Treasurer Win Gemma, 131 Parker Road, Framingham, MA 01702 will be accepted.

Handing On The Light Of Christ Appeal
Thank you to all supporters of the 2008 Catholic Appeal. Our parish has raised $98,911.00 from 304 households, reaching 76.4 percent of our parish goal of our parish goal of $129,500.00. If you have not yet pledged, please consider a gift today and help us meet our goal. Don't forget, our parish will receive 25% of all funds we raise above our goal. You can pick up information packets with pledge forms in the back of the church to be mailed in, or for more information please visit www.BostonCatholicAppeal.com or call 617-779-3700. Every gift matters. Thank you!

Boston Catholic TV Mass
In the Town of Framingham, we are fortunate to have two Catholic television stations available to us: Boston Catholic TV and EWTN. We would like to encourage you to make Catholic television a regular part of your day.

Knitters Welcome
Come and join us on Wednesday mornings 9:30 AM-11 AM to knit for charity. All levels of experience welcome. Call Barbara Weldon at 508-875-6009 ext #2 if interested.

Help-A-Student (HAS) Fund
St. Bridget School is dedicated to Christian formation, a quality education and the development of the whole person within a Catholic faith community. This is really an investment in our future - to educate a child in a welcoming environment where knowledge and faith come together in a superb way. As its primary goal, the HAS Fund is to assist needy students with their yearly tuition at St. Bridget's School. We need to keep the HAS Fund alive and well to do this. CAN YOU HELP? Checks may be made payable to St. Bridget HAS Fund and sent to the rectory... since no student should be denied a Catholic Education because of tuition. If you are interested in "Adopting A Student," please contact Mrs. Sebastian in the rectory at 508-875-5959.

Opportunity to Place an Ad
In September 2007, we changed over to a bulletin company to print our bulletins. One aspect of this is the opportunity for people in the St. Bridget Community and surrounding towns to place an ad on two bulletin pages. This is what helps to pay for the bulletin. If you have a business card or an ad that you would like placed in our new bulletin in the fall, please contact Maria Cole at the rectory 508-875-5959. We will then have the ad representative contact you.

Birthright Carnations
The Mother's Day Carnation Project is the primary fundraising event held by Birthright of Framingham. The Birthright Center is staffed entirely by volunteers who offer friendship, emotional support and practical assistance to women in a crisis pregnancy. Birthright does not charge for its services, but relies on donations form generous supporters to continue helping women in need. Your support is deeply appreciated. Volunteers will be selling carnations here at St. Bridget's on the weekend of May 24th & 25th following all of the Masses. Checks can be made out to Birthright of Framingham, 971 Concord Street, Framingham, 01701. Suggested donation is $2.00 per flower-but any and all contributions are gratefully accepted.

St. Bridget's Young Adult Group
If you're 18 - 40 and are looking for some fellow believers to share your faith with, check out St. Bridget's young adult group. We meet every Friday from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm in the Parish Renewal Center, where we chat about the upcoming Mass readings, and then head out for some fun at a local restaurant. Social and service events are in the works too, so come make some new friends and grow in your faith! For more info check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StBridgetsYAG/, or contact Shane Coombs at (978)-390-5342 or Lazerlike42 on AIM or Yahoo.

Help St. Bridget's School By Surfing the Net
What if St. Bridget School earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? Or how about if a percentage of every purchase you made online went to support our cause? Well, now it can!
GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo, and watch the donations add up! Just go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter Saint Bridget School as the charity you want to support. And, be sure to spread the word!

St. Bridget's School New Website
Did you know - Our school web site has been redesigned. Check us out at www.saintbridgetschool.info.

Did You Know - Teacher's Websites
All St. Bridget’s teachers have a classroom website featuring homework, long term projects, class activities and calendar?

Boxtops for Education and Campbells
Once again, St. Bridget School is participating in these two easy fundraising programs with all profits going to the school's Library for books and educational videos. Please check out the companies' websites for complete lists of participating brands/products and also for the required proofs of purchase.
www.boxtops4education.com
www.labelsforeducation.com
PLEASE NOTE: THERE HAS BEEN A MAJOR CHANGE IN THE CAMPBELL'S LABELS FOR EDUCATION: Most proof of purchase are now THE UPC CODES and not the front panel of the label. Collection envelopes and flyers about these programs are located on the bulletin boards at the Church's entrances.

Green And Yellow Bin - Recycling
Have you noticed the new green and yellow bin in the parking lot? (next to St. Vincent de Paul) St. Bridget School is sponsoring an Abitibi Paper Retriever program. Please help us recycle and earn money for our school. We want all your: Newspapers, magazines, Catalogs, Junk mail, Office Papers. Not accepted are cardboard, telephone books and hard covered books (take the cover off).

Sanctuary Lamp
This week's Sanctuary Lamp is lit in loving memory of Frank Crisafulli given by his wife Josephine Crisafulli.

Please Pray for the Following People
Sean Babineau Hillary Bain Karen Moriarty Barlow Charles Bratica Fr. Campbell Robert Campo Linda Casella Yolanda Chambers Brian Corrigan Joe & Jeanne Dervin Bob Dill Jack Hart Eileen Donahue-Hartz John Francis The Giovanella Family Leonard Gonzales-Santos Kristin Graci Michael Hanafin Ted Harding Marion Healey Jessica Johnson Augustine Kakou Peter Keaveney Jack Keefe Terri King Sheila Kokoszka Robert Kuffel Jenny Maroney M. Louise Matheson Kayleigh McCabe Amy McCollum Agnes McHugh Dan McMillan Mary Mills Dennis Moran Shaun Moriarty Eleanor O'Connor Birdie O'Donnell Leda Orlando Concetta Palilla Barbara Marcotte Brooke Rallis Pat Laffey Frances Reuter Eleanor Rice Michael Ridge Millie Ridge Bill Scott Albert Sebastian Pat & Fred Sergeant Carl Smith, Sr. Margarita Suarez R.J. Sutherland Charlene Swalec & Family Grace Marie & Dewey Talbert Joseph Tilger Janet Thomson Lindsay Whiting Kristin Wilsey Rose Wright Natalie Young U.S. Army Ranger- Lucas Carr 2nd Lt. Chris Casey Cmdr. John Gilman, USN Corp. Scott Green 1st Lt. John Hanlon, U.S. Army Cmdr. J. Robert "Bob" Hoyt Major Thomas More Meaney, USMC Capt. James Tom, U.S. Army & Our Troops.