The 2024 National Eucharistic Congress may be complete, but you still have the opportunity to view some the best, most inspiring presentations! Throughout the month of August, St Matthew Parish will be showing one video below each Sunday in the parish center. You can also watch (or rewatch) them here anytime. Sunday, August 4 Sunday, August 11 Sunday, August 18 Sunday, August 25 ..read more

Join us as we prepare for the holiest of liturgical feasts. Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday. The complete Holy Week schedule is: Sunday, March 24: Palm Sunday: The Passion of the Lord Blessing of Palms at all Masses Saturday Mass: 4p Sunday Masses: 7:30a, 9:30a, 11:30a, & 6p Monday, March 25: Day of Reconciliation Confessions: 11a-1p & 5-7p Thursday, March 28: Holy Thursday: Mass of the Lord’s Supper Mass & Eucharistic Procession: 7p Friday, March 29: Good Friday: The Passion of the Lord Living Stations of the Cross: 4p, outside at The Warde Center Liturgy with Veneration of the ..read more

As Lent ends and we enter Holy Week and approach the Triduum, consider receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The last day to receive this sacrament before Holy Week begins is Monday, March 25. Confessions will be heard from 11a-1p and 5-7p. Learn more about this sacrament of healing, including how to make an examination of conscience and the process of receiving the sacrament ..read more

Just a little over four weeks ago, we were signed with a cross of ashes on our foreheads and heard the words, “Repent, and believe in the Gospel.”  It’s incredible that we are already more than halfway through Lent now, and I wonder if we still hear the call to “Repent, and believe in the Gospel.”  To repent of our sins in light of God’s unfathomable mercy and to truly live the Gospel of Jesus Christ, this is what we strive for during Lent. But we don’t do this alone.  We are a community of believers, a parish family.  And one of the beautiful ways we seek to live the Gospe ..read more

My Dear Parish Family, Christ is Risen from the grave, and there is a glory beyond all telling to be proclaimed and shared!! The first few hours of Easter Sunday morning, however, were nothing short of pandemonium. All four gospels relate this fact. Our patron, St. Matthew writes that an angel descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone, and that his appearance was like lightening, the guards were shaken and became like dead men because they were so afraid of the angel (Mt 28:2-4). Later that same morning, Mary Magdalene and some other women came to the tomb and found it empty. They ..read more

The Avila Institute, an educational organization ‘focused on the pursuit of a transformational relationship with God’, is presenting a free online conference in anticipation of Holy Week, and our own Msgr Anthony Frontiero will be one of the many acclaimed speakers. The three-day program is entitled, Ecce Homo: Prayer and the Paschal Mystery, and features over 50 well-known Catholic speakers from around the world. This Lenten Retreat will delve into the topics of Prayer, Spiritual Direction, and Spiritual Warfare, connecting to the theme of the Passion. Msgr Anthony’s presentation is entitled ..read more

Our friends at New Hampshire Right to Life have informed us that multiple pro-abortion bills are being considered in the NH House of Representatives this week. On Wednesday, February 15, the House Judiciary Committee will hear testimony on the following bills: HB271 (pdf), which would repeal the Fetal Life Protection Act (hearing scheduled at 10:30a). HB224 (pdf), which would remove the penalties for violating the Fetal Life Protection Act, making the act unenforceable (hearing scheduled at 2:30p). Two state representatives from Windham are involved in the committee: Bob Lynn, Chairman o ..read more

St. Matthew Parish has many opportunities for growth in your faith during this season of Lent, including Vespers on Wednesdays, Stations of the Cross on Fridays, and our parish mission. See the graphic below for a full list you can print. PS: In case you missed the Super Bowl commercial for Hallow, you can watch it now. Hallow is a wonderful app with tremendous resources for Catholic spirituality and prayer. Highly recommended ..read more

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died on December 31, 2022. Learn more about his life and pontificate: Read Bishop Libasci’s Statement on the Passing of His Holiness Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. Learn about his life and work. Explore the official Vatican online archive of his writings. During his time in Rome, Msgr. Anthony met Pope Benedict XVI ..read more

Ash Wednesday (February 14) marks the beginning of the liturgical season of Lent, the 40 days of preparation for the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Being the first day of Lent, Ash Wednesday is our opportunity to begin a period of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving by being reminded that ‘you are dust, and unto dust you will return’ with a physical mark of that dust on our foreheads. The Ash Wednesday Mass schedule is as follows: 8:30a 12:15p 7p Please join us and allow yourself to become a witness to the faith ..read more