Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted
March 22, 2015
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Parish
Waltham/Lexington
OUR LADY COMFORTER
OF THE
AFFLICTED
Church: 880 Trapelo Rd, Waltham, MA 02452-4845 www.olca.org
Parish Office/Religious Education: 920-R Trapelo Rd.,
Waltham, MA 02452-4845
(781) 894-3481 • Fax (781) 894-0021
Our Lady’s Academy: 920 Trapelo Rd.,
Waltham, MA 02452-4845
(781) 899-0353 • www.ourladysacademy.org
Parish Office Hours–Monday-Friday 8:00AM-4:00PM
Academy Office Hours–Monday-Friday 7:45AM-2:45PM
PARISH STAFF
Rev. James M. DiPerri, Pastor
[email protected]
Rev. James F. Hawker, Senior Priest Assisting
Deacon Ramon Garcia
[email protected]
Patrick Fiorillo, Seminarian
[email protected]
John Barry, Religious Education Coordinator
[email protected]
Miriam Dorovski, Finance Manager
[email protected]
Sharon Micco, Parish Office Manager
[email protected]
Nori Elisabeth Fahrig, Music Director
[email protected]
Chandra Minor, School Principal
[email protected]
Mary Gotgart, School Office Manager
[email protected]
MASS
SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
Every Saturday from 3:15 - 3:45 PM in the Reconciliation
Room located just inside the front of the church at the
handicap entrance, baptismal font side of church. Other
scheduled opportunities throughout the year, as well as by
appointment.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
8AM
First Friday Mass
9AM (only)
Saturday (Vigil)
4PM
Sunday
9AM, 11AM
Holy Day
As Announced
SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING OF THE SICK
The Sacrament of The Sick will be administered on the
last weekend of each month after the 4PM and 11AM
During Mass or on selected Sunday each month at Masses. Who can receive this sacrament? Those who are
12:15 PM . Please contact parish office.
aged, chronically ill, are having treatments or will be
having surgery. We invite you to come receive the
Sacrament of the Sick, a source of strength, healing and
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE
grace.
Arrangements six months-one year in advance by
appointment. Please contact the parish office.
HOMEBOUND MINISTRY
RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION (RCIA)
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion bring Holy
BAPTISM
Anyone interested in journeying in faith to receive the Communion to those unable to attend Sunday Mass.
sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, please Please contact the parish office to make arrangements.
contact the parish office.
For more information on the Catholic Faith visit www.usccb.org
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Fifth Sunday of Lent
Waltham/Lexington
Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Parish
HAM-A-RAMA—March 28, 2015
Saturday March 21
4:00 pm Edward and Marie Foster
Memorial
Sunday
March 22
9:00 am Irma DeJulio
Memorial
**All Members of Our Lady’s—Living and Deceased**
11:00 am Robert & Barbara Kizik, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph
Kizik and Mr. & Mrs. Peter Bubluski
Monday March 23
8:00 am
Cheryl Fornaro
Memorial
Wednesday March 25
8:00am
Justin Bilello
2nd Anniversary
Friday
March 27
8:00am
Rose Favre
Memorial
Saturday March 28
4:00 pm Catherine and Jerry Paone
Memorial
Sunday
March 29
9:00 am Val Giorgianni
6th Anniversary
*All Members of Our Lady’s—Living and Deceased*
11:00 am Richard Fogg
25th Anniversary
DONATIONS ARE STILL NEEDED. Ham-a-rama is
next weekend and it is not too late to bring in a donation.
BALLOONS: We ar e also in need of mor e gift car ds
of $20 or more for the balloons.
BAKE SALE: If you would like to bake for Ruby’s
bake sale during the Ham-a-rama, please contact Ruby at
781-893-1131.
EASTER COLLECTION
At Easter, we honor and celebrate our priests. Our
priests have dedicated their lives to serving the
Catholic faithful here in the Archdiocese of Boston;
now, it is our turn to fulfill the promises made to care for
them in their time of need. Please give generously to the
Easter Collection, which will directly benefit the 628
active and senior diocesan priests whose health and well
being are cared for through the Clergy Health and
Retirement Trust . Thank you in advance for helping to
ensure the continuing care for all our priests.
UPCOMING COLLECTIONS
SPRING CALENDAR FUNDRAISER
March 21/22: Regular & Special Monthly
March 28/29: Regular
COLLECTION INFORMATION
March 14/15: $5,541
Please consider signing up for Online Giving. Online
Giving allows those who have joined not to worry
about being away and it eases our minds a bit as well
knowing that is a steady income. If you would like to
sign up for Online Giving, contact Sharon in the parish
office.
Our “Spring Calendar” fundraiser has been mailed out.
The drawing month is May, 2015. Calendars are $20
each. The calendars will be sold the months of March and
April. We will also have tables at the back of church on
certain weekends for those who wish to buy extra
calendars, maybe for gifts! Minimum prize is $50 and
maximum is $150. One winner will be picked every day
in May. Let all your friends know so they can buy one or
two from you.
PERFECT GIFT—1000 CLUB
The perfect gift for that hard to buy for person.
Memberships are $55 per year. Our drawing is
Sunday, April 12 at 12:30pm in the school
cafeteria. JOIN TODAY!!!
Name: __________________________________
Address: ________________________________
Phone: __________________________________
Fill out and return to Sharon in the parish office.
March 22, 2015
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Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Parish
Waltham/Lexington
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Koinonia Academy Concert Choir
Please join us on Monday, April 20 at 6:30pm in Our Lady’s Church for a free concert, A Message of Hope,
presented by the Koinonia Academy Concert Choir from Plainfield, NJ. The choir is made up of all 68 students in
the high school; students who love the Lord and the Church and love to sing. Please join us for a one hour
program of beautiful music, faith sharing and skits. This is a concert that will inspire people of all ages.
MEMORIAL CANDLE STANDS
CONFESSIONS DURING LENT
There are a few candles available
to purchase in memory of a loved
one or for a special intention.
The cost is $250 for a year.
If interested, contact Sharon in
the parish office.
Confessions will be hear d ever y Wednesday dur ing Lent
from 6:30-7:30pm.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Stations of the Cross will be pr ayed ever y
Wednesday during Lent at 6:30pm. All are
welcome.
SOUP SERVED BEFORE STATIONS
HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE
Holy Thursday—7:00pm
Good Friday Stations of the Cross—12:00noon
Good Friday Service—7:00pm
Easter Vigil—7:30pm
Easter Sunday Masses—9am & 11am
To maybe help folks attend the stations without having to go
home first from work for dinner then come back out, the
Activities Committee are serving hot soup in the back of
church before the stations begin starting at 5:45pm and
ending at 6:20pm.
PLEASE NOTE: If Waltham Schools ar e closed on a
Wednesday during Lent due to the weather, there will be NO
Stations or Confessions.
EASTER EGG HUNT
Due to the endless snow we have received and
Easter being early, we are not going to have an
Easter Egg hunt this year. Instead there will be a
visit from the Easter bunny after the 9:00am
Mass and goodies will be given to all the kids.
REGIONAL VICAR TO
CELEBRATE MASS
On Palm Sunday, March 29,
we are honored to have our
West Regional Vicar, Very
Reverend Brian R. Kiely
celebrate 11:00am Mass here
at Our Lady’s to begin the
Solemn ceremonies of Holy
Week.
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Fifth Sunday of Lent
Waltham/Lexington
Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Parish
CATHOLIC APPEAL
Through your support of the 2015 Catholic Appeal, we
are able to bring the Gospel message to life. If you
have yet to make a pledge to the 2015 Catholic Appeal
please take a pledge form from one of the tables around
the church, fill it out and drop in the collection basket
or drop off at the parish office. You also can make a
gift or pledge online at www.bostoncatholicappeal.org.
Thank you for your support and for helping us towards
reaching our parish goal.
FATIMA, LOURDES &
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA PILGRIMAGE
11 Days: July 14-24, 2015 hosted by Fr. Agustin Anda
$3379 per person from Boston (Air/land tour price is
$2699 plus $680 gov. taxes/airline fuel surcharges)
Detailed packets of this tour have been printed and can
be found on the tables around the church.
UPDATE ON STAINED GLASS WINDOW
BEHIND THE TABERNACLE
It’s in the works. Below find some pictures of what
promises to be an amazing project. Will post more
pictures as we receive them.
March 22, 2015
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Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Parish
Waltham/Lexington
OUR LADY’S CCD CONFERENCES/ADORATION
WITH Fr. DiPerri
CATECHISM CORNER
Sunday, May 17—Grades 1-8
Faith is the theological virtue by which we believe in
God and believe all that he has said and revealed to us,
and the Holy Church proposed for our belief, because he
is truth itself. By faith “man freely commits his entire
self to God.” For this reason the believer seeks to know
and do God’s will. The gift of faith remains in one who
has not sinned against it. But “faith apart from works is
dead” when it is deprived of hope and love, faith does
not fully unite the believer to Christ and does not make
him a living member of his Body. The Disciple of
Christ must not only keep the faith and live on it, but
also profess it, confidently bear witness to it, and spread
it. Service of and witness to the faith are necessary for
salvation: “So every one who acknowledges me before
men, I also will acknowledge before my father who is in
heaven; but whoever denies me before men, I also will
deny before my Father who is in heaven.”
OUR LADY’S ACADEMY CONFERENCES/
ADORATION WITH Fr. DiPerri
CONFERENCES/ADORATION
Monday, March 30—K-Grade 8
Monday, April 6—K-Grade 4
Tuesday, April 7—Pre K
Friday, April 10—Grades 5-8
Monday, May 4—Grades 5-8
Friday, May 8—K-Grade 4
Friday, May 19—Pre K4
Tuesday, June 2—Pre K4
Faith
To find more information see:
Catechism of the Catholic Church—Official Teaching
Monday, June 8—Grades 1-7
CONFESSIONS
To view the online version visit: USCCB,
www.usccb.org/catechism
Tuesday, March 31—Grade 7
Sunday, March 8—CCD-Grades 9-10
ST. VINCENT DEPAUL
NORTH WALTHAM SENIORS
Celebrate Spring ~ 3 days/2 nights
White Mountain Hotel & Resort, N. Conway, NH
Tuesday-Thursday, May 12-14
2 nights deluxe accommodations, including a year
round outdoor heated pool & Jacuzzi. 4 meals in
“Ledges” dining room with views of Cranmore
Mountain. A
guided trip to McLaughlin Garden,
South Paris, Maine, a stop at the new Oxford Casino
just minutes away. Price is $345 double per person,
$465 single per person. Please contact Camille Jasmin
ASAP at 781-899-2356. If no answer, please leave a
message.
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The food collection is the third weekend each month.
Some suggested items are: cereal, children’s snacks,
peanut butter, jelly, mayonnaise, small canned hams,
cans of stew, spaghetti sauce, coffee, hot chocolate,
bars of soap and toilet tissue. Thank you in advance
for your kindness and generosity.
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Here it is again, the recurring theme in the readings
this Lent: Covenant. “I will place my law within
them and write it upon their hearts; I will be their
God, and they shall be my people.” (Jer. 31) Does
it get any better than this? This is unearned, gratis,
unconditional love. But there is an invitation that
Jesus articulates in Today’s Gospel: “Whoever
serves must follow me, and where I am, there also
will my servant be. The Father will honor whoever
serves me.” How do you serve and follow Jesus?
What difference does it make in your daily life that
you are here at Mass today?
Fifth Sunday of Lent