WEEKLY PARISH BULLETIN

Twenty Ninth Sunday

in Ordinary Time
 

Oct 21st to Oct 28th, 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, 20, 2007

4:00 PM +Agnes Cosby 3rd anniversary

SUNDAY OCTOBER 21

9:00 AM +Jordan and Concannon Families

+Higgins and Downey Families

+Sullivan Families

11:00 AM +Angel Fonseca, +Hilda Rivera

+Luis, Manuel and Paula Vega

12:30 PM +Timothy & Josephine Hallissey

+Hallissey Family

6:30 PM Purgatorian Society

MONDAY OCTOBER 22

AM Br. Steve, CSSR

12:10 PM +Susan Demeritt

TUESDAY OCTOBER 23

7:00 AM +Frannie Hegarty

12:10 PM Mary O'Connell

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 24

7:00 AM Alejandria, Crisanto, Judith,

Gamaya, Akut and Avelit

12:10 PM +Coleman (Joe) Kelly

25th anniversary

THURSDAY OCTOBER 25

7:00 AM +Fr. Joseph Adamec, CSSR

12:10 PM +Vy Maria Vu 1st anniversary

FRIDAY OCTOBER 26

7:00 AM +Vy Maria Vu

12:10PM Altagracia Maria Cordero Castillo

SATURDAY OCTOBER 27

8:00 AM +Wil Brown

12:10 PM Eng Family

Bro. Steve, CSSR

Shrine Members Liv / Dec.

4:00 PM +Vy Maria Vu

SUNDAY OCTOBER 28

9:00 AM +Nancy Dilando

11:00 AM +Emiliano Gonzales

+Felix Rodriguez, Sr.

12:30 PM +Raphael Girgih (Birthday)

6:30 PM Purgatorian Society
 

 

BILLS THIS WEEK

Payroll $ 6, 590.05

 

SUNDAY COLLECTIONS

The total collection taken up Sunday,

October14th at the weekend Masses was: $ 3, 460.00

1st collection (Loose) $ 1, 660.00

1st collection (Env.) $ 813.00

2nd collection $ 987.00
 

 

 

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.

 

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 Thursday, November 15th 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
 
^{Today is World Mission Sunday and we will have a special Collection for the Society of the Propagation of the Faith. Think for a moment what your faith means to you and| what it means to you right now to be united with Christ in the Eucharist and with our parish family in Christ. Think of what the loving service of the church would mean to a refugee family on Sunday, an abandoned child in India, the poorest migrants right here in our own diocese. On World Mission Sunday we unite with Catholics throughout the world in a special commitment to the missionary task that we all share. Please be generous.}
 

 

 

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 : World Mission Sunday

Next week-end : Pink Sunday

 

 

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,   As the autumn leaves turn red and gold, orange and brown, our entire New England landscape is being transformed. It is a moment of change. This change is necessary in order to come to know and appreciate the new life and rebirth of spring. The same can be said of the Redemptorist Fathers and Brothers of the Baltimore province. There are many challenges facing the American Catholic Church, the Archdiocese of Boston, and the Redemptorist religious order. Changes are necessary and have to be made in order to best meet the ministerial needs of the people we serve up and down the east coast and as far west as Ohio. Therefore, the vast majority of Redemptorists in the Boston community will travel to West End, New Jersey, for our annual convocation from Monday, October 22nd, through Friday, the 26th to discuss future planning and issues that need to be addressed in the life of the province both now and in the years ahead. I would ask you to remember the Redemptorists that serve you and our province in your prayers this week. Secondly, I would like to congratulate Father John C. Devin and Father Fabio Marín who just recently celebrated their birthdays this month. I pray that the Lord will continue to bless them with many years of zealous ministry, happiness, and good health. I would also like to congratulate Mr. Seamus Sullivan, Sr., the father of Father Thomas G. Sullivan, C.Ss.R., who will celebrate his 100th birthday on Sunday, October 21st. The Redemptorists would like to wish Seamus all the very best as he celebrates this landmark in his life with his family and friends who love him so dearly. Again, I kindly ask for your family's prayers for our Redemptorist family as we debate, pray, and discern how we can best respond to quality religious life as sons of Alphonsus and respond to the apostolic needs of our parishes, preached missions, foreign missions, and retreat houses. During these autumn days, may we take pleasure in all of the beauty and abundant blessings with which God has surrounded us and take delight in the simple things of life which are the true source of inner peace and joy.   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.