Lovely Lady dressed in blue,
Teach me how to pray.
God was just your little boy,
When you taught him the way.

The words of this prayer by Mary Dixon Thayer to the Blessed Mother were popularized by Archbishop Fulton Sheen on his famous television show in the 1950s.  Beginning with the first weekend of February 2025, the “Pilgrim Virgin Home Visitation Program” will begin here at St. Joseph’s Parish.  This initiative, sponsored by the Delaney Council of the Knights of Columbus, has taken root in over 40 Catholic parishes so far in New Hampshire.  When families welcome these traveling statues into their home, reportedly, they begin to experience an increase in peace among their families, and sometimes even miracles begin to happen.  

The Pilgrim Virgin Statue is available for individuals and families to take home on a month-by-month    basis, and is easily picked up and dropped off at the church to facilitate transfer from one family to the next.  It comes in a portable case, along with rosary beads and an instruction booklet to help increase prayer and devotion to the Blessed Mother.  

If you are interested, please contact Mary Pieroni at 603-745-7428 to schedule a home visit from the    Pilgrim Virgin Statue.  

With prayerful best wishes,

Fr. John Mahoney 

Thank you to everyone for your generous support of furnishing the church with Christmas flowers! 

General Donors: Barbara Vitale, Susan Whitman, Donald Landry, Peggy & Fred Mehrmann, Nancy Bujeaud

In Memoriam Donors:

Herman & Helen Cadorette, Claire Ward, by Janet Peltier.
Anna Stewart, George Stewart, Michael Stewart, John Indelicato, Nana Indelicato, by Letita Stewart
Jeremiah T. McCarthy, by JoAnn McCarthy
Deceased members of the Wolowski, Jedrzedewski, Zdrojewski, Golik and Horosz Families, by Jan and Gracie Wolowski
F. Hamdan, MD, Patricia Yagielowicz, by Patricia Hamdan
Eric Johnson, Barbara Eiserlo, Clough Family, Macedo Family, The Perron Family, by Rae Perron.
Robert Henderson Sr. Ron Riley, John Zito, Clarleglio Family, Henderson Family, by RoseMarie Henderson.
Sam Boyle, by Quentin & Judy Boyle.
Erving & Helena Haynes, Joseph & Mabel Lahoullier,  Patty Papio, Jack & Peggy Timbury, by Nina & Nathan Haynes.
Mary & Michael Iarocci, Sr., Celia & Albert Pieroni, Eugenio & Nicolena Muscatelli, Luigi & Lena Iarocci, Angelo Pezzo, Amato & Emma Iadicola, Octavio & Pauline Pieroni, Thomas & Michelina Muscatelli, Marguerite Lemieux, Isabelle Rafferty, by Mary Pieroni.
McGovern Family, by John McGovern
Joseph W. Laufenberg Jr., by Laura Laufenberg.