WEEKLY PARISH BULLETIN

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
 

June 15th to June 22nd, 2008

"With the Lord there is PLENTIFUL REDEMPTION!"
Psalm 130: 7

  INDEX

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Weekly Mass Intentions and Schedule

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Announcements

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Prayer Lists

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Pastor's Corner

MASS INTENTIONS THIS WEEK

 

SATURDAY                JUNE              14, 2008

4:00 PM       +Timothy & Josephine Hallissey

                     +Hallissey Family

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SUNDAY                   JUNE              15

                       FATHER’S DAY

 9:00  AM     +Joseph Cotrone

11:00 AM     +Luis Santiago, Anibal Aponte

                     + Felix Rodriguez, Sr.

12:30 PM     +Joseph S. Loughman, Sr.

                        2nd anniversary

 6:30  PM        Purgatorian Society

                        Father’s Day Novena Names

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MONDAY                  JUNE               16              

 7:00 AM        Father’s Day Novena Names

:12:10 PM    +Anna J. O’Sullivan

                       71st anniversary 

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TUESDAY                  JUNE                17

7:00   AM       Father’s Day Novena Names

12:10 PM     +David Sullivan, Sr.

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WEDNESDAY           JUNE                18

 7:00  AM       Father’s Day Novena Names

12:10 PM     +John Geary 1st anniversary

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THURSDAY              JUNE                19

  7:00 AM      +Wil Brown and Ben

 12:10 PM       Father’s Day Novena Names

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FRIDAY                      JUNE                20

  7:00 AM       Father’s Day Novena Names

12:10 PM     +Elizabeth (Betty) Kern Horney

                       2nd anniversary 

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SATURDAY            JUNE                 21

  8:00 AM       Patricia Eng

12:10 PM     +John Adams, Jr.

                       Shrine Members Liv / Dec

                     +Pauline B. Sousa

                       Father’s Day Novena Names

  4:00 PM     +O’Connor and Considine Families

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SUNDAY                  JUNE                   22

  9:00 AM      +John Geary 1st anniversary

 11:00 AM      +Luis Santiago, Anibal Aponte

                       +Felix Rodriguez, Sr.

12:30 PM       +Patricia Garrity- Mullaney

  6:30 PM         Purgatorian Society

                         Father’s Day Novena Names

 

The Rosary is prayed after the 9 AM Mass every Wednesday

**REMEMBER YOUR CHURCH IN YOUR WILL**

ANNOUNCEMENTS...

 

 

 

BAPTISMAL INSTRUCTIONS

Please call the Rectory Office for dates and  information about Baptism.            

 

HEALING SERVICE

At our Healing Services we pray the Holy Spirit will come down with healing and strengthening graces.  Fr. Robert Lennon will lead us in prayer at the healing service Sunday, June 29th at 2 PM.           

 

MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP PRAYER GROUP

Open Charismatic Prayer Group meets every Monday night at 6:30 PM in the Parish Center led by Fr. Robert Lennon at (617) 445- 2600.

     

 

RCIA

Are you an adult who has never been Confirmed?  Are you a Christian from another community who is now interested in becoming a Roman Catholic?  Are you un- baptized and seeking to join the Church?  Please join us for a meeting of our parish RCIA, the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults.  We meet on Sunday’s following the 9 AM Mass in the Rectory.  If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call Fr. Bennett or Fr. Allman.

 

HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL CATHOLIC STUDENTS ORGANIZATION

Serving students, faculty and staff of   Harvard Longwood schools, (HMS, HSDM, HSPH,DMS) and affiliated hospitals (MGH, BWH, BIDMC, DFCC and Children’s.)  To join the email list or for more information, please contact hms.cso@gmail.com http://groups.google.com/group/hms-cso.       

              

PENNIES FOR HEAVEN

Pennies will be collected after all the Masses this week-end.  We thank you for your continuous support.

 

 

NOVENA IN HONOR OUR MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP

NOVENA SERVICES (Masses)

Wednesday:7:00 AM and 12:10 PM

NOVENA BENEDICTIONS

Wednesday:  5:30 PM

TV NOVENA  (Channel 45)

Sunday: 11:00 PM

Wednesday 12 Noon and 10:00PM 

Thursday 11:30 PM         

 

TAIZÈ PRAYER

Taizè prayer, a form of contemplative prayer which includes simple sung prayer and shared silence, will be offered this    Thursday, June 19th at 7 PM in the Rectory Chapel. The prayer service is offered every third Thursday of each month.  For more details   contact Fr. Matt Allman, CSSR at (617) 445-2600 or email him at mattcssr@yahoo.com

 

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR 2008-2009

Registration for next year has begun.  The fee is $25.00 before July 1st, 2008 after July 1st , it will be $30.00.  Please note after August 10th, your child may be put on a waiting list.  Forms are available at the Rectory Office.

 

 

PLEASE PRAY FOR THOSE IN THE MILITARY

Christopher Butler, SPC. Brian Carey, Stephen Casey, Pvt. Steve Cotter, LC. Gilbert De La Rosa, USMC, CPO. Matt  Fanara, Cpr.      Michael Hines, Lt. Col. Daniel Knight, Spc. Michael Lovett, Lt. Alan Todd Meskil, Pvt. Daniel Molina, Pvt. Sean Rivera, CPL. Peter Smyth-Hammond, USMC and Juan Trejos   

 

   

 

BILLS THIS WEEK

Payroll (bi-weekly) $ 12, 425.23

 

SUNDAY COLLECTIONS 

The total collection taken up Sunday, June 8th at the week-end Masses was:                         $ 3, 292.00

1st collection (Loose)   $  2, 532.00

1st collection (Env.)      $      760.00  

 

PRAYER LISTS   Fr.Vincent Kelly, CSSR, Fr. Leo Dunn, CSSR, Fr Lawrence Buckley, CSSR, Maureen Adams, Matthew Agard, David Bell, Eleanor Boyle, Charlie Capodanno, Kay Carrigan, James Carroll, Egerton Chang, Diane Chute, Robert Clanton,Cleo Crayton, Bernadette DeGrandis, Marguerite DeJoie, Katie Dimanto, Kara Dingell, Clare Doherty, Joseph Doughtery, Mary Dowd, Mary Doyle, Patricia Eng, Frances Esterhill, Jennifer Ferentzy, Tom & Kathy Finn, Theresa Flaherty, Bernie & Kathy Flynn, John Galvin, Mildred Garland, Jack Gibbons, Steve Gleason, Michael Gray, Susan Gury, Helen Hallissey, Nowell Hanibalsz, Thomas Hardiman, Edward Hegarty, Sr. Eleanor Hegarty, SSND, Mildred Howard, Joan Hurlburt, Mary Jewell, Daniel Kelly, Philip Laing, Francis Lavery, Esmi Littleton, James and Catherine Lynch, Diane MacNeil, Josephine   Maimone, Mary McCabe, Jackie McLaughlin, Mary McMahon, Susan Merner, Mickey Monahan, Daniel Murphy, Michael Nardone, M. Louise O’Brien, Sr.Evangelus O’Brien, SSND, Daniel O’ Donnell, Mary O’Donnell, Caitlin O’Sullivan, Theresa Poirier, Domenic Puglielli, Ann Saveriano, James & Mary Scannell, Mary Sheehan, Helen St.Cyr, Rita Sullivan, Chico Torres, Eileen & Jim Tosney, Joseph Veglia, Michael Very, Joseph & Brenda Waible, Nana Walsh and Luisa Whitman.           PASTOR'S CORNER Fr. Richard Bennett, C.SS.R.   Dear Parishioners,   What a wonderful day to honor the fathers of our parish and to highlight the great gift of fatherhood!  In an article entitled, “The Responsibilities of Fathers”, James P. Krehbiel writes:  “I believe that the primary role of a father is to delight in his children. He cherishes and values them and takes great pride in their accomplishments.  When a father makes promises, he keeps them.  His children can count on their father to ‘deliver’.  When he says, “We’re going to the ballgame tomorrow,” his children believe it.  Children, busy playing their weekend games, gather confidence and energy because they know that their father will be present cheering them on.  It is important that a worthy father role-model positive energy and establish loving relationships in his life.  A father maintains integrity in his relationships with others.  He goes out of his way to promote the spiritual and psychological development of others. He realizes that much of what he demonstrates is ‘caught’ by his children rather than taught.  Fathers need to demonstrate the kind of behavior that they expect from their children; otherwise their words are of no substance.  Caring fathers are proud of their children. They spend more time telling their kids how they feel about them rather than boasting to other people about their children’s accomplishments.  Fathers must develop the courage to express affectionate feelings directly to their children.  A father must never assume that his child know that he loves and cares about him.  A courageous father must demonstrate what might have been lacking in his own childhood.  He must always love through words and actions.    A loving father must learn to forgive himself when he makes mistakes.  He will need to keep in mind that parenting is an art.  And as the ‘Good Book’ says, ‘Love covers a multitude of sins.’  If a father disappoints his children – and invariably that will happen – he demonstrates his courage by acknowledging his weaknesses and making amends.  An exemplary father understands the power of hurtful words and withholds from saying things that may leave his children with emotional scarring.  Every day we have with our children must be savored.  There must be a sense of urgency about fathering because it only lasts for a fleeting moment.” On behalf of all the Redemptorist Fathers and Brothers, we wish you a happy and blessed Father’s Day!   Father Richard S. Bennett, C.Ss.R.   PRAY THE ROSARY THE CRANES AND THE ABBESS FROM ORFORDAcross the river from Orford, I saw a flock of cranes arise. With straightened necks and legs like stilts rising before my eyes. The cranes came in the Springtime but did not long bide. They would make their nests on some distant stretch along the riverside. The town of Orford like other towns is a restless place at best. Young folks leave as the cranes left for a final place of rest. One day, a young girl from Orford set out at break of day And drove to a hill near St. Botolph's town. A score of miles away, She joined nuns working in a field, praising God night and day, She left all things behind her, even the clothes she wore, And clothed herself with rough Trappist robes to wear forevermore.  The cranes came in their season as long as they could fly, But the years roll on and it may be their coming has long gone by. The young girl is now abbess like abbesses of old, Chosen to rule with mother love and not with power or gold. The Orford folk love the abbess though she left for the cloistered hill, They know that she prays for them night and day and so is with them still.  The abbess prays for the young folk seeking a place of rest, That they find their own road to the heart of God and that will be the best. - John E. Doherty, C.Ss.R.