The Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ June 7, 2015
Saint John the Evangelist Parish Serving Wellesley - Newton 9 Glen Road Wellesley Hills, MA 02481 www.stjohnwellesley.org (email) [email protected] 781-235-0045 (fax) 781-235-6990 The Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ June 7, 2015 SUMMER MASS SCHEDULE Saturday: 7:00 a.m.; 5:00 p.m. (Vigil) Sunday: 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. Weekday: 7:00 a.m. (Monday-Saturday) Holy Day: (As announced) CONFESSION - in the Chapel Saturday: 3:30-4:00 p.m. (or by appt.) The Mission Statement of St. John Parish Baptized into Christ, we are a community of believers, bonded by our desire to learn and to live the Gospel message. As a Eucharistic people, we share a commitment to foster our personal and communal growth in faith and to witness to Christ’s presence by our service to those in need, both within and beyond our parish community. We warmly welcome Fr. Kevin Sepe as Pastor of the St. John and St. Paul Collaborative RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REGISTRATION: Religious Education registration information for the 2015/2016 school year was e-mailed to all families. If you did not receive the e-mail, the registration form and directions are available for download on the Parish website found at www.stjohnwellesley.org. Please note, a $25/child late fee will now be added for all families registering after May 31. SACRAMENTAL & DEVOTIONAL SERVICES Anointing of the Sick: F irst Saturday, following the 5:00 p.m. Mass Baptism: Schedule with Priest Funeral: Contact Parish Priest Marriage: Arrange six months prior Penance: Saturday 3:30p.m., Chapel (or by appt.) Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA): Contact Parish SPECIAL ANNOUCEMENT: After 22 years of serving St. John Parish, Fr. Tom has retired as Pastor. In honor of his dedication and service, the Church Social Hall has been renamed Powers Hall in gratitude for his many years of such wonderful ministry to our Parish. ST. JOHN 2015 ST. FRANCIS HOUSE MEN’S CLOTHING DRIVE Happy Spring! Every year in June, St. John's parish conducts a Men's Clothing Drive for St. Francis House. It is the largest day shelter in New England, serving over 800 men and women on a daily basis. St. Francis House distributes clothing to their guests; on average, St. Francis House distributes 250 sets of clothing per week. To help meet this ongoing need, we are collecting men's gently-used, everyday clothing such as jeans, T-shirts, sweatshirts, hats and footwear, as well as new socks for their Foot Clinic, which provides foot care and socks to homeless clients. We hope you will take the time for a quick spring cleaning, and remember to bring the items to our church garage on the weekend of June 6 & 7, 2015. If you need to drop items off sooner due to travel schedules, etc. or have any questions please contact Shilan Yeung, either email at [email protected] or text/call at 508-801-7072. Right now, the most needed items include: * Men’s pants (especially jeans – given out on a daily basis) * T-shirts (extremely important - given out on a daily basis) * Footwear (extremely important) * “New” Socks * Sweaters & Sweatshirts * Backpacks/duffel bags * Coats, hats, gloves, and scarves (larger sizes an extreme need) They DO NOT accept children’s items or used under garments or discolored items. If you can put your items in boxes or secured bags, and label it with the general contents, it would be a great help with sorting. Thank you for your generosity! BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP: The St. J ohn’s Book Discussion Group was created ten years ago with the basic goal of helping people to understand better the concepts, doctrines, ideas, people, events, institutions, history and relationships that make up the Catholic experience. We have done this through nine or ten meetings a year, held at the parish and focused on a particular book or publication, defined broadly to include, for example, a selection from scripture, an encyclical or a group of poems. There is no membership in the group – it has been open to everyone with an interest and a willingness to contribute to the discussions. As we enter our second decade and embark on a new relationship with spiritual neighbors from St. Paul’s (and other parishes in the area) we feel it is appropriate to pause and consider ways we might improve the Book Discussion Group – with new members, new approaches to the selection of books and new discussion formats. We are proud of all we have accomplished – the list of books we have read is impressive and we continue to have 10-15 participants at each meetings, an ideal number for lively and fruitful discussion – but we know we can do better. Thus, we will hold a meeting at the parish center (the building on the opposite side of the parking lot from the school) on Thursday evening, June 18, from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. to discuss the future of the book group. Please come and bring your ideas, suggestions and proposals for specific books or types of books you would like to read and discuss, along with any thoughts you have about organizing this wonderful effort in adult faith formation. There is no commitment -- we welcome those who want to become active as well as those who just want to listen! For further information please contact one of the following: Peter Mongeau, [email protected], Frank McConville, [email protected], John Stewart, [email protected] and Anita Martin, [email protected] St. John the Evangelist Parish is pleased to recognize the following students who celebrated the Sacrament of Confirmation on May 12, 2015. Students prepared for Confirmation over a two year period. Each performed many hours of service to their communities, attended classes and deepened their relationship with God through group and personal activities. With the reception of this sacrament, these sixty-three students completed their initiation into the Catholic Church. We welcome them! Caterina Baffa Emily Bhatt Caroline Boucher Patrick Brady Benjamin Bramley William Cannistraro Marco Capasso Sabrina Chen Alyssa Cimino Nicholas Croke Camille Cuzzupoli Elizabeth Cuzzupoli Isabella DiPietro Mark Donovan Ellen Drumm Patrick DuFour Anna Fantozzi Marie Fearnley Julia Fontaine Julia Francis Ashley Glorioso Matthew Graber Owen Greenwood Ling Groccia Meagan Harding Bradley Hart Ryan Hennessee Austin Huffman Kathleen Hurley Maeve Kelley Meghan Kelley Katherine Lempres Matthew Logan Hallowell Lyne Alexandra Lyons Benjamin Matejka Christina Messore Nathaniel Miller Shamus Miller Cailey Mitchell Caroline Moffatt Abigail Mongeau Ashley Mullen Madeline Mullin Mary Katherine Munnelly Caitlin Murray Kylie O’Donnell Brendan O’Neil Luke Picher Claire Picken Elizabeth Picken John Picken Kassandra Rodriguez William Skelly Brendan Smith Kathryn Smith Julia Stento Devan Szpak Hugh Tuomey Anne Ulian Mia Walsh-Serpico Jenna Weiner Carolyn Young CALENDAR Day Date Event Time Location Tuesday June 2 Marian Movement 7:00 p.m. Chapel Saturday June 6 Confession 3:30 p.m. Chapel Sacrament of the Sick Following the 5:00 p.m. Mass Church 2015 CATHOLIC APPEAL: Please consider participating in this year’s Appeal and help us achieve our goal. To date contributions total $44,619 or 57% of our goal. ST. PAUL MEN’S FELLOWSHIP GROUP: The St. Paul Men's F ellowship Group meets on Monday, June 8, 2015 at 7:30 PM in the St. Paul Parish Hall, 502 Washington St. in Wellesley. Parking is available behind the Church. Chapter Four of Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium (the Joy of the Gospel) continues many themes. In this chapter he develops: the importance of a "Confession of faith" and commitment to society; the kingdom and its challenge; the Church's teaching on social questions; how in union with God we hear a plea; keeping in fidelity to the Gospel lest we run in vain; the special place of the poor in God's people; the economy and the distribution of income; concern for the vulnerable; "time is greater than space"; "unity prevails over conflict"; "realities are more important than ideas"; "the whole is greater than the part"; the importance of dialogue between faith, reason and science; ecumenical dialogue; relations with Judaism and inter-religious dialogue and finally, social dialogue in a context of religious freedom. In a touching and personal note, he says, (208) "If anyone feels offended by my words, I would respond that I speak them with affection and with the best of intentions, quite apart from any personal interest or political ideology. My words are not those of a foe, or an opponent. I am interested only in helping those who are in thrall to an individualistic, indifferent and self-centered mentality to be freed from those unworthy chains and to attain a way of living and thinking which is more humane, noble and fruitful, and which will bring dignity to their presence on this earth." All men of the parish are cordially invited to come and continue to explore these wide-ranging directions. Our next meeting before we break for the summer is Wednesday, June 24, 2015. †ST. K ATHARINE DREXEL FOOD PANTRY : Next Sunday, June 14 is St. John’s opportunity to help assist the Food Pantry. Please bring your donation of non-perishable food items to the Glen Road entrance. Please contact Angela Spinale at (781) 431-0008 with any questions. SECOND COLLECTION: Next weekend’s second collection is the special monthly (Annual Appeal) for St. John Parish. THE SUMMER MASS SCHEDULE HAS BEGUN. THERE IS NO SUNDAY, 5:00 P.M. MASS DURING JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST BUT WILL RESUME ON SEPTEMBER 13 WEEKEND MASS PARTICIPANTS Sunday, June 7 Saturday, June 6 Lector Eucharistic Ministers 5:00 p.m. 7:30 a.m. Kate Brady Brendan Connors Carolyn Anderson Bob Feige Debra Surner Christine Tierney Joe Tierney Margo Yie Clare Mungovan Bob Mungovan 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Pat Murray Renee Curtin John Riley Joan Riley Jim Stokes Jon Bonsall Kathy Bonsall Paula Gomez John Johnson Mark Murphy MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK Saturday, June 6 Sunday, June 7 5:00 p.m. 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Monday, June 8 Tuesday, June 9 Wednesday, June 10 Thursday, June 11 Friday, June 12 Saturday, June 13 7:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Sunday, June 14 Memorial Memorial 5 yr. & 19 yr. Annv. Memorial Memorial Memorial Memorial Memorial Memorial Memorial Memorial Memorial Memorial Memorial Memorial Memorial Memorial Memorial Memorial Memorial † † † † † † † † † † † † † † † † † † † † Laurence Ryan Irene Uttaro Mary A. Duffy & Thomas P. Duffy Agnes Marx Sam S. Mullin Adeline & Elmer Swanson Alice & Irwin Bofferding Michael B. O’Toole Steven R. Aries, Sr. Mary Ellen Puliafuco For the Parish Joyce O. Theriault Mattie Walker Elena Bennett Agnes Benante Arlene Adams John B. Sullivan Erin Marie Van Flandern Genie & Henry Turgeon Barbara Farullo WE OFFER OUR PRAYERS for members of our Parish who are ill, remembering especially: Alanna, Bill, Bob, Carolyn, Christine, Cindy, Hannah, John, Joseph, Kelly, Kristen, Lynn, Mary and Stanley PRAYER & INTELLIGENCE A blog by Fr. John Connelly. Check it out at prayerandintelligence.blogspot.com or from the St. John website at www.stjohnwellesley.org. Parish Pastoral Council - [email protected] Ronda Dew Tony DeProspo Rose Mary Donahue Art Greenwood Steve Healey Mark Kelley Marci Loeber Mary Mullen Suzanne Pasko (Chair) Paul Rolincik Christian Rubio Sheelah Sullivan Parish Finance Council - [email protected] Brian Boyce Joe Creonte George Eldridge Tom Fontaine Rich Green Lucy Kapples Bob McDonnell David Spinale Anne Stabnick Steve St. Thomas (Chair) PARISH DIRECTORY Pastor In Residence In Residence Pastoral Associate Business Manager Building Superintendent Parish Secretary St. John School Principal Religious Education, Grades 1-6 Religious Education, Grades 7-10 Family Mass Coordinator Music Director and Organist Parish Cantor Family Mass Music Director Information Technology Coordinator of R.C.I.A. Pastoral Planning Group Rev. Kevin Sepe Rev. J. Bryan Hehir Rev. 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