WEEKLY PARISH BULLETIN

Thirty Third Sunday

in Ordinary Time
 

Nov 18th to Nov 22nd, 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 NOVEMBER 17

4:00 PM +Nancy Sullivan 13th anniversary

+Chris Sullivan 25th anniversary

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 18

9:00 AM Eng Family

11:00 AM +Elcilia Ortiz

+Hilda Rivera

12:30 PM Mary O'Connell

6:30 PM Benefactors of Mission Grammar

All Souls Novena Names

MONDAY NOVEMBER 19

AM All Souls Novena Names

12:10 PM Bellende Family

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 20

7:00 AM Bro. Steve, CSSR

All Souls Novena Names

12:10 PM Petrovna Sylvestre and Family

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 21

7:00 AM +Keane Family

12:10 PM +Fr. Joseph Adamec, CSSR

All Souls Novena Names

THANKSGIVING DAY

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 22

9:00 AM +Timothy & Josephine Hallissey

+Hallissey Family

All Souls Novena Names

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 23

7:00 AM Br. Steve, CSSR

All Souls Novena Names

12:10PM +Ned Nelson 21st anniversary

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 24

8:00 AM +Wil Brown

12:10 PM +Cecilia Carver 17th anniversary

+Federick Mignon

Shrine Members Liv / Dec.

All Souls Novena Names

4:00 PM +John LoRusso 9th anniversary

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 25

9:00 AM +Emily Atey 13th anniversary

11:00 AM +Angel Fonseca

+Luis Gerena-Jiminian

Josefina Mendez

+12:30 PM +Legitime Lafortune

6:30 PM Purgatorian Society

All Souls Novena Names

 

 

BILLS THIS WEEK

Payroll $ 12, 995.27

SUNDAY COLLECTIONS

The total collection taken up Sunday,

November 11th at the week-end Masses was: $ 3, 647.00

1st collection (Loose) $ 1, 781.00

1st collection (Env.) $ 680.00

2nd collection $ 1, 186.00

WOMEN RELIGIOUS $ 974.00

 

 

 

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 NEXT Sunday, November 25th at 2PM.

 

 

TAIZÈ PRAYER

Taizè prayer, a form of contemplative prayer which includes simple sung prayer and shared silence, will be offered Thursday, December 20th 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 : World Mission Sunday

Next week-end : Pink Sunday

 

 

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

 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

The Redemptorist Fathers and the staff of Mission Church would like to wish you and your families a Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving. There will be one Mass on Thanksgiving Day, it will be at 9 AM. The Rectory Office will be closed on Thanksgiving Day and on Friday also. There will be Mass at 7 AM and 12:10 PM on Friday.
 

CRIME COMMITTEE

The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, November 29th at 7PM in the Music Room. All are welcome to attend.

 

Fr. Vincent Kelly, CSSR, Fr. Leo Dunn, CSS, 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,   By the time you read this column, it will be the Sunday before Thanksgiving. The evening news commentators will tell us how busy the bus terminals and train stations are. They will tell us what flights have been delayed and which have been canceled. And thousands upon thousands will participate in a mad rush to get home and be with family, friends, and loved ones. So much of the country's population is moving about, some traveling great distances to be somewhere special, with everyone traveling at more or less the same time. Why? Yes, of course, it is a national holiday. But why do we expend so much time, effort, and money? So many are busy making travel arrangements, connections, phone calls, reservations, turkeys and side dishes, cakes and pies, and cleaning the house to prepare for guests. Perhaps we do these things because of our most fundamental human need to connect with another. Since the time of the Pilgrims, the day of Thanksgiving has always been recognized as a time to connect with the divine, God – who is the source of everything that is good and the origin of all blessings. On holidays such as this, our hearts long to connect with what seems to make us more complete. Therefore, we go to great lengths to rekindle the love that we have for others, a love which sustains us, encourages us, feeds us, and gives us life. I believe we are fed as much in our conversations with those who are dear to us as we are fed at the Thanksgiving table. As the Scriptures remind us, "God is love and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him." (1 John 4:16) The effect of making such a connection is usually an experience of relaxed PEACE and JOY. This is how we reconnect to our spiritual center. We recognize how encounters with love, peace, and joy are often fleeting and can be few and far between. And so, we give thanks to almighty God for the gifts that he has given us and, most especially, for our loved ones who consistently reflect to us those sacred attributes. As all of us gather around a table and share a meal this Thanksgiving Day, let us pause for a moment to be grateful. Let it be a time to show our appreciation. May it be a graced time for you to reconnect with God and with the blessing we have in the gift of each other. Happy Thanksgiving!!!   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.