WEEKLY PARISH BULLETIN

Easter Sunday
 

Mar 23rd to Mar 30th, 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              MARCH            22, 2008

                    HOLY SATURDAY

6:30-7:00 PM  CONFESSIONS

7:00 PM           EASTER VIGIL

SUNDAY                MARCH              23

 9:00  AM     +Ellen Cotrone

11:00 AM     +Emiliano Garcia

                     +Humersindo Hernandez

12:30 PM     +Margaret Roche O’Hara

                       25th anniversary

 6:30  PM       Easter Novena Names

MONDAY              MARCH               24

 7:00 AM        Easter Novena Names

12:10 PM     +Wil Brown and Ben

TUESDAY              MARCH               25

7:00   AM     +Reginald Mignon

12:10 PM     +John J. Hegarty (Month’s Mind)

                       Easter Novena Names

WEDNESDAY        MARCH               26

 7:00  AM       Easter Novena Names

12:10 PM     +Catherine Bowman

                       13th anniversary

THURSDAY            MARCH              27

  7:00 AM        Easter Novena Names

 12:10 PM        Lourdes Bastien (Birthday)         

FRIDAY                  MARCH               28

  7:00 AM        Easter Novena Names

12:10 PM       +Fr. Joseph Adamec, CSSR

                         (Birthday Memorial)

SATURDAY         MARCH               29

  8:00 AM          Patricia Eng

12:10 PM          Easter Novena Names

                          Shrine Members Liv / Dec.

                        +Wil Brown and Ben

                          Herve Olivier

  4:00 PM        +Timothy & Josephine Hallissey

                       +Hallissey Family

SUNDAY               MARCH                30

  9:00 AM         Easter Novena Names

11:00 AM        +Ismael Santiago, +Paula Pellicier

                        +Felix Rodriguez, Sr.

12:30 PM        +John E. O’Sullivan 13th anniv                 

  6:30 PM        +Fred Adams 

                        +Helen Geary (Month’s Mind)

 

 

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.                        

        

  25TH AND 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY MASS 

Sean Cardinal O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap. Invites all couples of the Archdiocese of Boston who are marking their 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries in 2008 to join him for the annual celebration at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Sunday, April 13th at 11:30 AM Mass.  Mass will include a renewal of marriage vows by all participating anniversary couples.  Family members and friends of the participating couples, as well as the general public are welcome to attend.  Please register with the parish staff by March 28th  A formal invitation will then be sent from the Archdiocese to celebrating couples.   

      ANNULMENT INFORMATION

March 26th at 7 PM Mary of the Annunciation Parish at 135 Norfolk St. Cambridge will have a meeting to offer basic information  about annulments and the Church’s teachings.  No registration is required,  The program will be presented in Spanish and English.                

        

          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 next healing service here in the Basilica on Sunday, March 30th at 2PM.

          

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. 

 

         EASTER FLOWERS

We have envelopes in the back of church and in the Parish Office for those who may wish to help with this year's Easter decorations. 

COLLECTION FOR : EASTER SUNDAY

 

NOVENA IN HONOR OF

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 Thursday, April 17th 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

 

               CATHOLIC APPEAL

Cardinal Seán wishes everyone at  Mission Church a Happy Easter and thanks everyone who has participated in the 2008 Catholic  Appeal.  We ask every Catholic family to participate.  Please know that every gift matters.  You can pick up information packets with pledge forms in the back of the church or for more information please visit www.BostonCatholicAppeal.com or call 617-779-3700.  Thank you!

 

   PRAY FOR THOSE IN THE MILITARY Pvt. 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, Pvt. Daniel Molina, Pvt. Sean Rivera, CPLPeter Smyth-Hammond, USMC and Juan Carlos Trejos                                                                                                                                                                

 

         BILLS THIS WEEK

 Payroll  (bi-weekly)   $ 11, 385.47

  SUNDAY COLLECTIONS 

The total collection taken up Sunday,

March 16th at  the week-end Masses            was: $  5, 903.00

1st collection (Loose)   $ 3, 092.00

1st collection (Env.)      $ 1, 257.00

2nd collection                $ 1, 554.00

 

PRAYER LISTS   Fr .Vincent Kelly, CSSR, Fr. Leo Dunn, CSSR, Fr Lawrence Buckley, CSSR, Maureen Adams, Matthew Agard, David Bell, Eleanor M. Boyle,  Charlie Capodanno, Kay Carrigan, James   Carroll, Egerton Chang, Diane Chute, Robert Clanton, John Cooper, Cleo Crayton, Bernadette DeGrandis, Marguerite DeJoie, Katie Dimanto, Kara Dingell, Clare Doherty, Joseph Doughtery, Mary Dowd, Mary Doyle, Patricia Eng, Jennifer Ferentzy, Tom & Kathy Finn, Theresa Flaherty, John Galvin, Jack Gibbons, Steve Gleason, Gisela Gonzales, Susan Gury, Helen Hallissey, Nowell Hanibalsz, Thomas Hardiman, Edward Hegarty, Sr. Eleanor Hegarty, SSND, John Hegarty, Mary Horgan, Mildred Howard, Joan Hurlburt, Philip Laing, Mary Jewell, Daniel Kelly, Esmi Littleton, James and Catherine Lynch, John & Margaret Lynch, Diane MacNeil, Jackie McLaughlin, Mary McMahon, Susan (Jewell) Merner, Mickey Monahan, Daniel F. Murphy, Michael Nardone, M. Louise O’Brien, Sr. Evangelus O’Brien, SSND, Daniel O’ Donnell, Mary O’Donnell, Dolores O’Halloran,  Margaret O’Hara,  Caitlin Marie O’Sullivan, Theresa Poirer, Domenic Puglielli, Gerald Scannell, James, and Mary Scannell, Mary M. Sheehan, Helen St.Cyr, Rita Sullivan, Jaiden Tlapa, Eileen and Jim Tosney, Jorge Trejos, Lee Trevisone, Michael Very, Joseph & Brenda Waible and Nana Walsh       PASTOR'S CORNER Fr. Richard Bennett, C.SS.R.   Dear Parishioners,   Without a doubt this past Holy Week was by far one of the most meaningful and enjoyable for me as priest leading the congregation.   I believe it was truly an experience of grace for all of our people.  Once again I would like to extend my sincere congratulations to Eric Cuesta, Sabbay Lay, Michael Malvesti, Diana M. Ramirez, Edwin Serrano, Diomarys Toledano and Mark B. Wildermuth who were received into full communion in the Roman Catholic Church.  As you see our newest members around the parish and participating in church life, be sure to extend a hand and welcome them into the full life and ministry of our parish community.    It is said that many hands make the work light.  This was true for us here at Mission as we made all the preparations necessary for a plethora of liturgical services.  I would like to thank Angel Ríos who worked so hard to replace countless lights in the Basilica together with José Arias and Hugo Simancas who took care of our janitorial needs.  I am grateful to the lectors, Eucharistic ministers, ushers, and   servers who participated with such devotion and dedication this past week.  I too am appreciative of the army of volunteers that responded Saturday morning to decorate the Basilica and arrange its flowers and those from our Spanish community who came on Holy Saturday and gave a meticulous cleaning to the church floors, benches, radiators, and confessionals  as well as those who organized and participated in the Stations of the Cross through the neighborhood.  Enhancing our liturgy with beautiful music was the responsibility of Glenn Goda, our director of music ministry.   Thanks to the very gifted musicians and choir members, our liturgy was further enhanced as we together made “a  joyful noise unto the Lord”, celebrating our salvation by  recalling the definitive event of Christ’s resurrection.  In addition, I would like to recognize our support staff, most especially our parish secretaries and receptionists, who did a great deal of the prep work running off programs and countless numbers of copies in anticipation of Holy Week.  My heartfelt appreciation goes out to our church sacristans who labored for hours: washing, polishing, ironing, and cleaning the various liturgical elements necessary for our worship during these solemn days.  Lastly, I wish to express my gratitude to Father Matthew Allman, C.Ss.R., who did so much of the behind-the-scenes work that enabled us to have such a marvelous celebration with the members of our RCIA program and our liturgical services.   A blessed Easter season to you and your family.                              Fr. Richard Bennett, CSSR   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.