WEEKLY PARISH BULLETIN

Twenty Fifth Sunday

in Ordinary Time
 

Sept 23rd to Sept 30th, 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 SEPTEMBER, 22, 2007

4:00 PM Special Intention

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 23

9:00 AM +Joseph Bottary 12th anniversary

+Kenneth F. Bottary

17th anniversary

11:00 AM +Gumersindo Hernandez

+Hilda Rivera

+Arcadio Jesus Medina

3rd anniversary

12:30 PM Eng Family

6:30 PM +Baby Emmanuel Akanda

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 24

7:00 AM +Mary P. (Mollie) McGillicuddy

12:10 PM Mary O'Connell

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 25

7:00 AM Cristian Nicolas Guzman

12:10 PM +Sr. Joanne Fitzgerald, SSND

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 26

7:00 AM +Mary McDermott

12:10 PM Altagracia Maria Cordero Castillo

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 27

7:00 AM Br. Steve, CSSR

12:10 PM Mateo & Justa Manalo

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 28

7:00 AM Cristian Nicolas Guzman

12:10PM Shrine Members Liv / Dec.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 29

8:00 AM +Katherine Kreckler Lang

2nd anniversary

12:10 PM +Wil Brown

4:00 PM +Maria Parazona

+Gudiel Rojas

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 30

9:00 AM +Fred G. Moynahan, Jr.

11:00 AM +Angel Fonseca

+Juana Maria Rente

+Gregorio Sabater

+Antonia Pagan Sabater

12:30 PM +Maria Vy Vu

6:30 PM Purgatorian Society

 

BILLS THIS WEEK

Payroll $ 6, 323.45
 

 

SUNDAY COLLECTIONS

The total collection taken up Sunday,

September 16th at the weekend Masses was:

$ 3, 558.00

1st collection (Loose) $ 1, 806.00

1st collection (Env.) $ 637.00

2nd collection $ 1, 115.00

 

 

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.

 

PARISH PICNIC

Please join us in the Rectory Garden for our annual parish picnic following the 12:30 Mass today, September 23.
 

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, September 30th 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, October 18th 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.
 

2nd collection this week-end : Church Restoration

Next week-end : Fuel

 

 

FALL 2007 MISSION PARTY

TO BENEFIT OLPH MISSION GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Tuesday, October 16th from 5-7 PM at the Mission Bar & Grill located at 724 Huntington Avenue, Boston. Hors D’Oeuvres served and a cash bar. Donation is $25.00. RSVP to: Mission Grammar, 94 St. Alphonsus St. Roxbury, Mass (617) 445-2660 or jcurrivan@missiongrammar.org www.missiongrammar.org. Tickets are also available at the Rectory Office.
 

CHILD SAFETY CURRICULUM

This year our Religious Education program will be implementing an Archdiocesan approved Child Safety program. Next Sunday, September 30th our Coordinator of Religious Education will have an information table set up for parents and parishioners who have any questions about the program. Our CRE will be available at the table from 8:30 AM until12:30 PM.

 

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,   On Saturday September 8th, the feast of the Birth of the Virgin Mary, I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the ordination of four young Redemptorists to the order of deacon. Two of the four are from the States, one from the island of Dominica, and one from Vietnam. Although this might seem like a "bumper crop" there are actually a select few of fine middle-aged and younger men that are actively pursing religious life as a Redemptorist brother or going on to pursue the diaconate and priesthood. The Redemptorists of the Baltimore province (northeastern United States and missions) takes the recruitment, formation, theological education, and spiritual training of our young novices very seriously. As our rule states in the section that speaks of the development of our aspiring members: "The aim of formation for both candidates and members is to lead them to such a degree of human and Christian maturity that, with the help of God's grace, they will be able to dedicate themselves intelligently, willingly, and wholeheartedly to the service of the missionary Church in Redemptorist community life, in order to preach the Gospel to the poor." We ask the Lord to send forth his Holy Spirit into the hearts of his faithful people, that they may be conscious of their vocation to holiness and service to others. May many of them dedicate themselves to God through the priesthood, religious life, and lay ministries. The Redemptorists of the Boston community would like to congratulate Tom McCloskey, Peter Hill, Frank Mulvaney, and Luyen Dua, our newest deacons. May God bless you in the ministry of Christ that you share with his holy and chosen people.   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.