Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted
March 29, 2015
Palm Sunday
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
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
8AM
First Friday Mass
9AM (only)
Saturday (Vigil)
4PM
Sunday
9AM, 11AM
Holy Day
As Announced
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.
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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Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Parish
HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE
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
Memorial
Monday March 30
8:00 am
Peace in our World
Wednesday April 1
8:00 am
Special Health Intention
Holy Thursday Mass —7:00pm
Good Friday Stations of the Cross—12:00noon
Good Friday Service—7:00pm
Easter Vigil—7:30pm
Easter Sunday Masses—9am & 11am
EASTER COLLECTION
Thursday April 2—Holy Thursday
7:00 pm
Mass of the Lords Last Supper
Friday
April 3—Good Friday
12:00 Noon Stations of the Cross
7:00 pm
Good Friday Service
Saturday April 4
7:30 pm
Easter Vigil
Sunday
April 5
9:00 am
Easter Sunday
*All Members of Our Lady’s—Living and Deceased*
11:00 am Easter Sunday
Next week’s Easter collection is for our priests. The
Clergy Health and Retirement Trust helps care for the
health and well0being of our 628 priests, ensuring an
appropriate level of care and quality of life for the men
who have dedicated their lives in service to our
Archdiocese of Boston. Our priests have been there for
us. Now, it is our turn to care for them in their time of
need. Thank you in advance for your prayers and
support to ensure the continuing care of all our priests.
Please remember in your prayers the special health
intentions of Barbara Beeson who is seriously ill.
SPRING CALENDAR FUNDRAISER
Please keep in your prayers Maryann O’Leary who
recently passed away. Maryann was a long time
parishioner of Our Lady’s. She left a bequest to our
parish in her memory We prayerfully remember her
and her family at this time.
UPCOMING COLLECTIONS
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.
March 28/29: Regular
COLLECTION INFORMATION
March 21/22: $6,014
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.
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CONFESSIONS DURING LENT
REGIONAL VICAR TO
CELEBRATE MASS
Confessions will be hear d ever y Wednesday
during Lent from 6:30-7:30pm.
Our Lady’s welcomes our
West Regional Vicar, Very
Reverend Brian R. Kiely who
is here this weekend to
celebrate the 11:00am Mass
to begin the most Solemn
ceremonies of Holy Week.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Stations of the Cross will be pr ayed
every Wednesday during Lent at
6:30pm. All are welcome.
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.
CATHOLIC APPEAL
Thank you to all who have participated in Our Lady’s
2015 Catholic Appeal Campaign. Your support is the
most effective way our parish community can join
together in the Church’s universal work to care for our
neighbors. To date we have collected $12,950 which is
28.5% of our goal. If you have yet to participate in the
2015 Catholic Appeal, please pick up a pledge form
which can be found on any of the tables in church.
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.
ST. VINCENT DEPAUL
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.
A statue of the Sacred Heart
of Jesus for the sanctuary of
our church is forthcoming as
announced by Fr. DiPerri at
all weekend Masses last
week. A statue has not been
selected or ordered but will be
in the next few months as a
desire to further enhance our
sacred space. The location is
on the blank brick wall above
the baptismal font, opposite side of the Blessed
Mother statue. A statue of the Sacred Heart is
significant in portraying our Lord’s love for each of
us and our quest to follow him. Our Lord appeared
in several visions to many Saints over the centuries.
Jesus shows his Sacred Heart in order that we may be
drawn into his loving presence.
PERFECT GIFT—1000 CLUB
The perfect gift for that hard to buy for person. Memberships are $55 per year. Our next 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.
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Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Parish
KOINONIA ACADEMY CONCERT CHOIR
Choir Director: Thomas J. Appert
Pianist: Susan A. Minogue
Join us for a night with the Koinonia Academy Concert Choir from Plainfield, New Jersey. Enjoy an hour
long presentation of uplifting music, skits and faith sharings. A free will offering will be taken.
For additional information, please contact Thomas Appert, 908-868-4976 or [email protected]
or Susan Minogue, 908-612-2612 or [email protected]
PALM SUNDAY
It begins—the most solemn week of the year. We know how the story ends but still, it’s almost too much to bear, remembering the wood of the manger as we look at the wood of the
Cross. St. Ignatius encouraged followers to pray with scripture to “place ourselves fully within
a story from the Gospels...become onlooker-participants”. Try to do this with the Holy Week
readings. Today, where are you in the crowd? Did you put palm branches on the road? Are
you in the thick of the crowd or on the outskirts? Are you cheering as Jesus rides in? And
where do you go after the procession passes by? Do you give any further thought to this man?
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OUR LADY’S CCD CONFERENCES/ADORATION
WITH Fr. DiPerri
CATECHISM CORNER
Sunday, May 17—Grades 1-8
Hope is the theological virtue by which we desire the
kingdom of heaven and eternal life as our happiness,
placing our trust in Christ’s promises and relying not on
our own strength, but on the help of the grace of the
Holy Spirit. The virtue of hope responds to the
aspiration to happiness which God has placed in the
heart of every man; it takes up the hopes that inspire
men’s activities and purifies them so as to order them to
the Kingdom of heaven;
it keeps man from
discouragement; it sustains him during times of
abandonment; it opens up his heart in expectation of
eternal beatitude. Buoyed up by hope, he is preserved
from selfishness and led to the happiness that flows from
charity. Through the merits of Jesus Christ and of his
Passion, God keeps us in the “hope that does not
disappoint.” Hope is the “sure and steadfast anchor of
the soul...that enters...where Jesus has gone as a
forerunner on our behalf.” Hope is also a weapon that
protects us in the struggle of salvation.” Hope is
expressed and nourished in prayer, especially in the Our
Father, the summary of everything that hope leads us to
desire.
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
Monday, June 8—Grades 1-7
CONFESSIONS
Tuesday, March 31—Grade 7
Sunday, March 8—CCD-Grades 9-10
Hope
To find more information see:
Catechism of the Catholic Church—Official Teaching
To view the online version visit: USCCB,
www.usccb.org/catechism
MEMORIAL CANDLE STANDS
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.
“ONLY A CHILD”
Waltham’s George Leger has been helping children and teens in Guatemala for 21 years. He runs a shelter
and a workshop for up to 10 young people and has helped hundreds. Some of the original homeless street
kids have graduated from high school or college! George and the kids need your help. Join us at the
American Legion Hall, 215 Waverly Oaks Road in Waltham on Saturday, April 11 at 7:00pm for a
fundraising celebration. If you cannot make it on the 11th, a donation would be appreciated. You can send
a check to “Only a Child”, Box 990885, Boston, MA 02199. Tickets are $30 ($20 for seniors). Order via
pay-pal at www.onlyachild.org.
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