WEEKLY PARISH BULLETIN

Twenty Seventh 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 OCTOBER, 6, 2007

4:00 PM Eng Family

SUNDAY OCTOBER 7

9:00 AM +Mary Bottary 1st anniversary

11:00 AM +Eddie Rivera and Family

+Santos Laboy

+Luis Sanchez

12:30 PM +Franny Hegarty

6:30 PM Purgatorian Society

MONDAY OCTOBER 8

COLUMBUS DAY

9:00 AM +Wil Brown

TUESDAY OCTOBER 9

7:00 AM Br. Steve, CSSR

12:10 PM +Mildred Riley

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 10

7:00 AM +R. Michael Yaras

12:10 PM +Frederick Mignon

THURSDAY OCTOBER 11

7:00 AM +George F. Haley

12:10 PM Elizabeth Jannino

FRIDAY OCTOBER 12

7:00 AM +Mark Marren

12:10PM +Fr. Joseph O. Adamec, CSSR

SATURDAY OCTOBER 13

8:00 AM +John Holland, Sr.

23rd anniversary

12:10 PM Mary Jannino

Eng Family

Shrine Members Liv / Dec.

4:00 PM +William J. Corley

14th anniversary

SUNDAY OCTOBER 14

9:00 AM +John Holland 23rd anniversary

11:00 AM +Francisco Martinez Rangel

+Andrea Hernandez

12:30 PM +Dominic Giarratani

6:30 PM Benefactors of Mission Grammar

 

BILLS THIS WEEK

Payroll $ 6, 528.21

 

SUNDAY COLLECTIONS

The total collection taken up Sunday,

September 30th at the weekend Masses was: $4, 074.00

1st collection (Loose) $ 2, 093.00

1st collection (Env.) $ 872.00

2nd collection $ 1, 109.00

 

 

 

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, October 28th 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.

 

ELIZABETH SETON ACADEMY

The annual auction to benefit Elizabeth Seton Academy will be held on Sunday,

October14th at Florian Hall from 12-4 PM.

Tickets are $45.00. For more details call Sr. Esther Plefka at (617) 296-1087 ext 15.

 

 

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 : Fuel

Next week-end : Church Restoration

 

COLUMBUS DAY

Monday, October 8th is Columbus Day. Due to the holiday, there will be ONE Mass only. It will be at 9 AM. The Church will close for the day immediately following the Mass. The Rectory Office will be closed for the day.

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.
 

 

CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL EXAM

Open house for Xaverian Brothers High School will be Sunday, October 28th from 10 AM-1 PM. The entrance exam for 8th grade boys who wish to enter freshman class of 2008 will be held at the school Saturday, November 17th at 8:30 AM and Saturday, December 8th at 8:30 AM. Registration forms are available at the open house or call (781) 326-6392.

 

PENNIES FOR HEAVEN

Sunday October 21st we will collect pennies. If any one has pennies that are to heavy to carry, please call the Rectory Office and arrangements will be made to pick them up.
 

 

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,   I would like to share with you a recent statement made by Cardinal Justin Rigali in preparation for Respect Life Sunday. Since 1972 the Catholic bishops in the United States have set aside the first Sunday in October as Respect Life Sunday. On October 7, Catholics will again pray for – and renew their resolve to bring about – a culture of life and an end to the killing of innocent human beings, especially those who are vulnerable due to their age, size, health or dependency. The theme of the 2007 Respect Life Program – The Infant in My Womb Leaped for Joy – calls to mind an extraordinary scene in Luke’s Gospel (1:39-56). Mary, newly pregnant with the Lord Jesus is visiting her elderly cousin Elizabeth whose son, John, will soon be born. The moment Mary’s greeting reaches Elizabeth’s ears and John’s, the tiny prophet announces to his mother the Messiah’s arrival, as if his entire being were exclaiming: Behold! The Lamb of God! There was no confusion as to what and who were nestled under their mothers’ hearts. Yet 2,000 years later, many well-educated people do not know – or claim they do not know – the truth about human life before birth. In April the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal ban on partial-birth abortion, in an opinion that explicitly recognizes the humanity of unborn children and the grief women experience after abortion. Yet the killing of unborn children at any stage of pregnancy remains legal, provided that the lethal act is performed while the child is mostly inside his or her mother’s body. Some ethicists suggest that patients who apparently lack conscious awareness-although otherwise healthy and not imminently dying-can be dehydrated and starved to death because their lives are not fully human but "vegetative." This ignores the insight expressed in 2004 by Pope John Paul II and recently affirmed by the Holy See under Pope Benedict XVI, that "the intrinsic value and personal dignity of every human being do not change, no matter what the concrete circumstances of his or her life. A man, even if seriously ill or disabled in the exercise of his highest functions, is and always will be a man, and he will never become a ‘vegetable’ or an ‘animal.’ We need truth. On this Respect Life Sunday, we ask Catholics and all people of good will to witness to the truth about the incomparable dignity and right to life of every human being. This is no sectarian creed. The "recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world: (Preamble, United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989). And that is the truth.   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.