WEEKLY PARISH BULLETIN

Sixteenth Sunday

in Ordinary Time
 

Jul 22nd to Jul 29th, 2007

"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 JULY 21, 2007

4:00 PM +Margarita Juarez (Birthday Memorial)

SUNDAY JULY 22

9:00 AM +William Hurley 9^th anniversary

11:00 AM +Angel Fonseca

+Hilda Rivera

+Edwardo Rosario

12:30 PM +William J. O'Hara 10^th anniversary

6:30 PM +John M. Shea

MONDAY JULY 23

7:00 AM +Marie Gildea

12:10 PM Our Lady of Haiti

TUESDAY JULY 24

7:00 AM +O'Connor, Ferris & Friel families

12:10 PM +Martha Kreckler (Birthday Memorial)

WEDNESDAY JULY 25

7:00 AM Michael Girgih

12:10 PM +Martha Kreckler and Kay Kiely

THURSDAY JULY 26

7:00 AM +Michael & Lillian Laurano

12:10 PM Altagracia Maria Cordero-Castillo

FRIDAY JULY 27

7:00 AM +Anne Louise Buckus

21^st anniversary

12:10PM +Mary M. O'Sullivan 19^th anniversary

SATURDAY JULY 28

8:00 AM Eng Family

12:10 PM +Wil Brown

Bro. Steve, CSSR

Purgatorian Society Liv / Dec.

Shrine Members Living / Deceased

4:00 PM Abraham & Evangeline Girgih

(Wedding Anniversary)

SUNDAY JULY 29

9:00 AM +Kenneth A. MacDonald

5^th anniversary

11:00 AM +Sonia Amaro

Juana Maria Rente

12:30 PM +Gertrude Norton Hamilton

13^th anniversary

6:30 PM Purgatorian Society Liv / Dec.
 

BILLS THIS WEEK

Payroll $ 8, 211.79

Equipment Repair $ 290.00

 

SUNDAY COLLECTIONS
The total collection taken up Sunday July 15^th at the weekend Masses was:

$2, 842.00

1^st collection (Loose) $1, 284.00

1^st collection (Env.) $ 622.00

2nd collection $ 936.00

 

Coffee and donuts are served in the Music Room every Sunday following the 9 AM, 11 AM and 12:30 PM Masses.

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.

Welcome to the Mission Church. If you are new to the parish or just stopping by for a visit, please feel free to stop at the Rectory Office for a brochure of the history of the Church and some postcards of the Church.

 

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

 

 

HEALING SERVICE

At our Healing Services we pray the Holy Spirit will come down with healing and strengthening graces. The next healing service here in the Basilica will be Sunday, July 29th at 2 PM.

 

 

TAIZÈ PRAYER

Taizè prayer, a form of contemplative prayer which includes simple sung prayer and shared silence, will be offered this Thursday, August 16th 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
 

 

 

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.

 

Coffee and donuts are served in the Music Room every Sunday following the 9 AM, 11 AM and 12:30 PM Masses.
 

2^nd collection this week : Church in Eastern Europe

Next weekend is for : Church Restoration
 

NOVENA SERVICES (Masses)

Wednesday: 7:00 AM and 12:10 PM

NOVENA BENEDICTIONS

Wednesday: 5:30 PM

RADIO NOVENA (WROL• 950 on the dial)

Sunday: 12:30 PM

TV NOVENA (Channel 45)

Sunday: 11:00 PM

Wednesday 12 Noon and 10:00PM Thursday 11:30 PM
 

 

Fr. Vincent Kelly, CSSR, Fr. Leo Dunn, CSSR, Fr. Lawrence Buckley, CSSR, Maureen Adams, NCharlie Capodanno, Kay Carrigan, Egerton Chang, Diane Chute, Robert Clanton, Mary Clifford, Liz Conroy, John Cooper, Ann Corley, William Martin Corr, Cleo Crayton, Amanda Daly, 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, John Geary, Jack Gibbons, Susan Gury, Helen Hallissey, Nowell Hanibalsz, Thomas Hardiman, Daniel Harrington, Edward Hegarty, Sr. Eleanor Hegarty, SSND, John Hegarty, Mary Horgan, Philip, Mildred and Jessica Laing, Joan Hurlburt, Mary Jewell, Joan Joseph, Daniel Kelly, Esmi Littleton, James & Catherne Lynch, John & Margaret Lynch, Patsy MacDougall, Jackie McLaughlin, Mary McMahon, Susan (Jewell) Merner,Taryn Miller, Mickey Monahan, Michael Nardone, M. Louise O’Brien, Patrick A. O’Brien, Sr. Evangelus O’Brien, SSND, Daniel O’Donnell, Mary O’Donnell, Dolores O’Halloran, Billy O’Hara, Theresa Poirer, Caitlin Marie O’Sullivan,James and Mary Scannell, Mary M. Sheehan, Helen St. Cyr, Rita Sullivan, Marina Trejos, Lee Trevisone, Michael Very, Joseph & Brenda Waible and Nana Walsh

 

REMEMBER THOSE IN THE MILITARY

Pvt. Christopher Butler, SPC. Brian Carey, Pvt. Steve Cotter, Rct. Gilbert De La Rosa, USMC, CPO. Matt Fanara, Cpr. Michael Hines, Lt. Col. Daniel Knight, Spc. Michael Lovett, Pvt. Daniel Molina and CPL Peter Smyth- Hammond, USMC

 

PRAYER LISTS   PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK: Fr. Vincent Kelly, CSSR, Fr. Leo Dunn, CSSR, Fr. Lawrence Buckley, CSSR, Maureen Adams, David Bell, Charlie Capodanno, Kay Carrigan, Egerton Chang, Diane Chute, Robert Clanton, Ruth Collins, Liz Conroy, John Cooper, William Martin Corr, Cleo Crayton, Marion & Sonny Coutts, Amanda Daly, 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, Cathy Gately Jack Gibbons, Susan Gury, Helen Hallissey, Nowell Hanibalsz, Thomas Hardiman,Daniel Harrington, Edward Hegarty, Sr. Eleanor Hegarty, SSND, John Hegarty, Mary Horgan, Philip, Mildred and Jessica Laing, Joan Hurlburt, Mary Jewell, Joan Joseph, Daniel Kelly, Esmi Littleton, James & Catherne Lynch, John & Margaret Lynch, Patsy MacDougall, Jackie McLaughlin, Mary McMahon, Susan (Jewell) Merner,Taryn Miller, Mickey Monahan, Michael Nardone, M. Louise O'Brien, Patrick A. O'Brien, Sr. Evangelus O'Brien, SSND, Daniel O'Donnell, Mary O'Donnell, Dolores O'Halloran, Billy O'Hara, Theresa Poirer, Caitlin Marie O'Sullivan, James and Mary Scannell, Mary M. Sheehan, Helen St. Cyr, Paul Sullivan, Rita Sullivan, Lee Trevisone, Michael Very, Joseph & Brenda Waible and Nana Walsh   PASTOR'S CORNER Fr. Richard Bennett, C.SS.R.   Dear Parishioners,   There is a term in the Western Christian tradition of spirituality that perhaps is best known as the "purgative way". That is to say, the pursuit of God in and through a spirituality that recognizes the need to pass through "Paschal mystery" – one must first move through the suffering and death of the cross before experiencing the Resurrection and new life on the other side of that cross. When it comes to making sacrifices or generally embracing something that may cause us discomfort or pain we tend to avoid it like the plague. Doctors tell us constantly that we need to take our medication, change our bad habits, and adopt a healthy style of living that includes both proper diet and exercise. Do we follow their advice? Do the expert opinion and the skilled insight lead us to a change of life style? Honestly…most of us would likely answer...NO! Oddly enough, we seem to prefer that which is unhealthy and ultimately not good for us. We are enticed and tempted. We are stubborn and obstinate, cynical and callous, and within such a modus operandi it is difficult to imagine how the grace of God might penetrate such a hardened heart and mind, yet, the Sacred Scriptures assure us that "all things are possible with God." Whether it is sex, drugs, alcohol, gossip, nicotine, caffeine, pornography, cynicism, or the like, we somehow fool ourselves or convince ourselves that the "magic" will either make things better or provide a momentary escape from a place or situation in which we can't stand to be. The feeling that one gets from the "magic" is instant, fabulous, and incredible. It seems as though with little time invested and little or no work involved, the "magic" has the power to bring one face to face and heart to heart with some sort of almost "spiritual" high. When it comes to spiritual, physical, and emotional health, most of us want to avoid the work and effort that are necessary to achieve a well-balanced and healthy wholeness. The founders of Alcoholics Anonymous when writing about sobriety and recovery realized that the "magic" of alcohol inevitably destroyed their spirituality. And so the founders discovered that whatever spirituality they would find in sobriety would have to be "earned" – earned in the original sense of "made one's own," by the work, the building, the journey, the "toil, sweat, and tears" that the ancients insisted was necessary if the soul was to "ripen." (The Spirituality of Imperfection, p. 121)   In the end, I believe that spirituality involves not "magic" but miracle and mystery. It involves much less of control, much more of surrendering to what is, accepting what is, and being at peace with it and with God. When we try to control, to command and to act as if we were the source and summit of our own being - we find ourselves making statements like, "The harder I try to make myself happy, the more miserable I become." I would like to suggest that we might stop trying to command those aspects of our lives that cannot be commanded, stop trying to coerce what cannot be coerced - for when we do, we ironically destroy the very thing that we crave – the spiritual essence that is at the core of our being.   Fr. 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.