Somerville Tri-Parish Catholic Community
Patronage of St. Joseph Parish
Est. 1869
264 Washington St.
Somerville, MA 02143
617-666-4140
www.stjosephsomerville.org
Mass Schedule
Saturday: 4:00PM (Vigil) - Reconciliation 3:00-3:45PM
Sunday: 7:00AM, 9:00AM, 11:00AM
Daily: Monday, Wednesday, Friday - 12:10PM
Tuesday & Thursday - 7:00AM
Saturday - 8:00AM
Joseph’s Gate Religious Store Hours:
Mon. & Fri.. 12-1pm - Sat., 3:30-5pm, Sun., 8:30am-Noon
St. Ann Parish
50 Thurston St.
Somerville, MA 02145
617-625-1904
www.stannsomerville.org
Est. 1881
Mass Schedule
Parish Staff
Rev. Brian J. McHugh, Pastor
Rev. Richard G. Curran, Parochial Vicar
Rev. Jean-Jacques Stanley Rousseau, Parochial Vicar
Rev. Jason W. Worthley, Parochial Vicar
Deacon Joseph Bryère Guerrier, Deacon
Sr. Norah Guy, OP, Pastoral Associate
Peter F. Regan, Business Manager
Mary Pothier, Parish Administrator
Lorraine Burgess, Secretary
Nancy Petraglia, Secretary
Music Ministry
Maureen Gaffney, Adult Choir Director, St. Joseph
Josephine Lucreziano, Youth Choir, St. Joseph
Peter F. Regan, Music Director, St. Ann & St. Catherine
Religious Education
Rev. Brian J. McHugh, Director
Sr. Norah Guy, OP - RCIA
Saturday: 4:00PM (Vigil) - Reconciliation 3:00-3:45PM
Sunday: 8:00AM, 10:15AM, 11:30AM (Haitian Creole)
6:00PM (September-May)
Daily: Monday, Wednesday, Friday - 9:00AM
St. Catherine of Genoa Parish
179 Summer St.
Somerville, MA 02143
617-666-2087
www.stcatherinesomerville.com
Est. 1891
Mass Schedule
Saturday: 4:00PM (Vigil) - Reconciliation 3:00-3:45PM
Sunday: 7:00AM, 9:00AM, 11:30AM
First Sunday: 1:00PM Extraordinary Form
Daily: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday - 9:00AM
St. Catherine of Genoa School
192 Summer St.
Somerville, MA 02143
617-666-9116
www.stcatherinesomerville.net
Marian R. Burns, Principal
Janet Pace, Administrative Assistant
ST. JOSEPH PARISH
MASS INTENTIONS
Saturday, February 14 @ 4:00 p.m.
For all Married Couples
Sunday, February 15 @ 9:00 a.m.
For The People of St. Joseph Parish
Sunday, February 15 @ 11:00 a.m.
Rev. Francis R. Allen, S.J. (Memorial)
Monday, February 16 @ 9:00 a.m.
ONLY MASS OF THE DAY—President’s Day
Tuesday, February 17 @ 7:00 a.m.
Special Intention
Wednesday, February 18 - ASH WEDNESDAY
Masses at 12:10 and 4:00 p.m.
Ashes will be distributed during these Masses
Thursday, February 19 @ 7:00 a.m.
Rev. James F. Lanergan
(Memorial)
Friday, February 20 @ 12:10 p.m.
Rev. David J. Bartley
(Memorial)
Saturday, February 21 @ 4:00 p.m.
Tess Pothier
(2nd Anniv.)
Sunday, February 22 @ 9:00 a.m.
The People of St. Joseph Parish
Sunday, February 22 @ 11:00 a.m.
For our Military
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament takes place
each Friday following our 12:10 p.m. Mass. All are
welcome!
In prayer, you are asked to remember our sick:
Christopher Smith, Linda Borodkin, Stephen Ramsden, Herb
Roderick, Marjorie Butler, Somerville Police Officer Robert
Hickey, Brenda Blizzard, Joao Tavares, Carol Dows, Tony
Jenkins, Mary Herlihy, Blanche Ahern, Bessy Doherty, Carol
Jennings, Pina and Leo Mingace, Suzie Magliozzi, Rosa
Nolet, Janice Jolicoeur, Jim Brown, Norma Wolske, Mary
Howard, Steve Maguire, Rose Scanlon, Mary E. Sharry, Tom
Taylor, Kayleigh Wilcox, Jeanette Frejuste, Ann Marie
McGreevy, Nora McDonagh, Fr. Paul Mulligan, Stefan
Burghardt, Antonio Escobar. Please let us know when someone can be removed from this list.
Sodality:
Our next meeting will take place this
Sunday, February 15th following the 11:00 a.m.
Mass. We will recite the Rosary followed by Benediction. All women are invited.
SOMERVILLE
Religious Education News
Grades 1—8
NO Classes this Sunday, February 15—School Vacation
All Classes meet next Sunday, 2/22 for the
Mandatory Explanation Mass:
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
First Penance for our 2nd grade class
on February 28th
Field Trip to our parish church on March 15th with
Father Jason.
4th Grade Explanation Mass on March 15th
for all children in the Program.
2nd Grade Explanation Masson on April 12th
for all children in the Program.
CONFIRMATION
NO CLASSES FEBRUARY 15TH—SCHOOL VACATION
Grade 9 meets again on Sunday, February 22 at St. Ann Parish
Center at 5pm followed by Mass at 6pm.
Grade 10 will meet again on Sunday, March 1st at St. Ann Parish
Center at 5 pm followed by Mass at 6pm.
CHURCH SUPPORT - February 7 & 8, 2015
Offertory
Attendance
4:00 p.m.
$741.00
72
7:00 a.m.
$121.00
17
9:00 a.m.
$325.00
27
11:00 a.m.
$182.00
68
ParishPay
$180.00
Total
$1,550.00
184
Utility & Fuel
$1,585.00
Donations can be made online at www.parishpay.com
Due to the very inclement weather conditions of
last weekend, our Fuel Collection was extremely
low. This annual collection for St. Joseph Church is
the ONLY 2nd collection we take up that is comparable to the Grand Annual of other churches. We
hope you will take this into consideration. If you
did not have a chance to contribute last weekend,
we ask that you please help out in the next few
weeks. We thank you for your continued generosity!
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ST. CATHERINE PARISH
Mass Intentions
Saturday, 2/14/2015
4:00 p.m.
Martha Powers
(1st Anniv.)
Sunday, 2/15/2015
7:00 a.m.
Rev. David J. Bartley (Memorial)
9:00 a.m.
Parishioners of St. Catherine Parish
11:30 a.m. Mary Reid
(6th Anniv.)
Tuesday, 2/17/2015
9:00 a.m.
Alfonsina Amiro
(Memorial)
Thursday, 2/19/2015
9:00 a.m.
Robert Sheehan
(Memorial)
Saturday, 2/21/2015
9:00 a.m.
Rev. Francis P. Allen, S.J. (Memorial)
4:00 p.m.
Jerome Sanfilipo
(9th Anniversary)
Sunday, 2/22/2015
7:00 a.m.
Rev. James F. Lanergan (Memorial)
9:00 a.m.
Maria Ann Cafua
(16th Anniv.)
11:30 a.m. James R. Mosca
(1st Anniv.)
Let us pray for Patrick Sullivan, Jr. whose Funeral
Mass was celebrated here this past week.
CHURCH SUPPORT—February 7 & 8, 2015
Offertory
Attendance
4:00
$478
90
7:00
$145
19
9:00
$492
88
11:00
$402
63
Mail-In
$ 64
ParishPay
$1,018
Total
$2,599
260
Parish Maintenance $165
The Administrative Offices of St. Ann, St. Catherine
of Genoa and St. Joseph will be closed on Monday,
February 16, 2015 in observance of the President’s
Day holiday. For emergency calls and anointing of
the sick, please call the rectory at 617-666-2087.
SOMERVILLE
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NOTES
No Classes this Sunday, February 15
(School Vacation)
Classes resume on Sunday, February 22nd for
Grades 1—10 following the 9:00 a.m. Mass.
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St. Catherine of Genoa School Information
Interested in St. Catherine School? Contact us!
School Hours: 8am—3pm
Afterschool Program: 3pm—6pm
Call for a personal tour at your convenience
Phone: 617-666-9116 - Fax: 617-623-9161
Principal: Marian Burns
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Medical Missionaries of Mary
The Medical Missionaries of Mary have embarked
on a new phase of healing mission in Brazil with
the Project “Consolacao: (consolation), hoping to
reach out to bereaved families, especially mothers.
There were more than 12,000 victims of violence
over the last 12 years in the city of Salvador alone.
We are doing this in response to the cry of the poor,
not to mention the isolation and stigmatization
many mothers suffer due to the drug and crime related deaths their loved ones suffer. The pain is
often minimized and ever ignored by society at
large. This Sunday our Sisters and two of our Associates will be speaking at all the Masses. Your help
with our Quarter Appeal enables us to reach out to
these crying mothers. Please keep them in your
prayers. They are grateful for the smallest remembrance.
The Novena of Grace will be prayed at the
daily Masses at the Tri-Parishes of St. Ann,
St. Catherine of Genoa and St. Joseph beginning March 4th through March 12th.
Traditional Latin Mass
The next Extraordinary Form Mass will be
celebrated here on March 1st at the usual
time of 1:00 p.m.
ST. ANN PARISH
MASS INTENTIONS
Saturday, 2/14/15
4:00 p.m.
Parishioners of St. Ann Parish
Sunday, 2/15/15
8:00 a.m.
Kenneth Toney
(Memorial)
10:15 a.m. Jan Patricia Martin
(30th Anniv)
6:00 p.m.
Parishioners of St. Ann Parish
Monday, 2/16/15
9:00 a.m.
Maria Lomanno
(Memorial)
Wednesday, 2/18/15
9:00 a.m.
Rev. David J. Bartley
(Memorial)
Friday, 2/20/15
9:00 a.m.
Rev. John W. Gentleman (Memorial
Saturday, 2/21/15
4:00 p.m.
Attilio Camelio
(Memorial)
Sunday, 2/22/15
8:00 a.m.
Rev. James F. Lanergan (Memorial)
10:15 a.m. Gilda Pasto
(Memorial)
6:00 p.m.
Jane Creel
(Memorial)
Please pray for the sick of St. Catherine & St. Ann Parishes:
Diane Clifford, Baby Cooper, Mary Caruso, Jim Raymer,
Michael Sherburne, John Houlihan, Tony Jenkins, Adele
Cenci, Natalie Harris, Ashley Johnson, Maureen Murphy,
Joanne Finnegan, Anna Smith, Carol Dows, Mary Herlihy,
Lenox Toth, Pina and Leo Mingace, Jan Kallman,
Patricia Featherston, Virginia Featherston, Kettely Civil,
Jeanne Cassidy, Mary Caruso, Stephen Tolliver, Sarah
Velardo, Mary Carr, Jeannie Caruso, Tom Taylor, Mary
Ann Wells, Bonnie Wronski, Hugh Doyle, Padro Ortiz,
Jacob Michael Snyder, Robert Bennett, Louis Servizio,
Jean Cardillo, Kyle Brockway, Michael Harrington, Ann
McPherson, Debbie Litchberg, Dennis Racioppi, Kim &
Seth Pilgrim, John Brosnahan, Lillian Bove, Joanne Corbett and Fred Caruso. Please call the rectory if someone on this list can be removed.
PARISH SUPPORT - February 7 & 8, 2015
Offertory
Attendance
4:00
$852
92
8:00
$240
24
10:15
$175
62
11:30
$286
46
6:00
$ 64
18
Mail In
$162
ParishPay
$238
Total
$2,017
242
Charismatic $62
Monthly
$664
Love is not fulfilling oneself through the use of another. Love
is giving oneself to another, for the good of the other, and receiving the other as a gift.”
Saint John Paul
SOMERVILLE
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS
NO Classes for Grades 1—8
this Sunday February 15th (School Vacation)
Classes resume next Sunday, February 22nd at
9:00 a.m. followed by Mass at 10:15.
CONFIRMATION
NO CLASSES FEBRUARY 15TH—SCHOOL VACATION
Grade 9 meets again on Sunday, February 22 at St. Ann
Parish Center at 5pm followed by Mass at 6pm.
Grade 10 will meet again on Sunday, March 1st at St. Ann Parish
Center at 5 pm followed by Mass at 6pm.
St. Ann Senior Center
is open from 10am until
1pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Light refreshments
and lunch are served.
The Seniors accept new items for raffle gifts and
gently used items for Grandma’s Attic. Items are collected throughout the year for the annual Bazaar. We
do not accept used bedding, old outdated electronics, or
video cassettes The Center is also looking for medium
and large size baskets. Items can be dropped off when
the Center is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays. For
more info, please call 617-625-1904.
Wednesday Evening Confessions Across the
Archdiocese this Lent
On all the Wednesdays of Lent beginning February
25th until April 1st, from 6:30-8:00pm, we will be
offering confessions at our three Tri-Parishes together with all the Catholic parishes and chapels in
the Archdiocese of Boston. This outreach is called
“The Light is On For You,” and is an effort on the
part of our Archdiocese to highlight the
importance of the Sacrament of Confession in the
life of Catholics and to make it as easy as possible
for every Catholic to come or to return to this great
source of God’s mercy and healing love. You are
welcome to come here or to go to any other Catholic parish or chapel. The Archdiocese has set up a
website, www.TheLightIsOnForYou.org, with lots of
great material and videos to help you prepare.
Please make plans to come yourself and please
invite others take advantage of this great opportunity to be reconciled and begin anew your journey
in faith this Lent.
SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, FEBRUARY 15, 2015
A Note from Father Brian:
Bulletin Connection to the Readings:
He remained outside in deserted places, and people
kept coming to Him from everywhere.” Nothing
could stop the crowds from gathering. Men, women
and children traveled from near and far—
everywhere—to find Jesus. Word had spread quickly
about the miraculous healing of the leprous man.
People wanted to know what it was all about. Yet, He
had the power to cure illnesses and drive at demons.
Even more than that, He had the power to change
hearts. His words of compassion and mercy, and the
actions that backed them up, must have caused many
a conversion during those encounters in the deserted
places.
Although we do not have the opportunity to see Him
in person, we do have the chance to search for Jesus
and to find Him. Sometimes, He may seem remote.
We may not automatically feel His presence. Perhaps,
when times are tough, we may wonder where He is
hiding. It is when we persevere in our journey by
praying, reading the Bible, and receiving the Sacraments. We, too, can find the Lord. As we bring our
needs to Him, Jesus is “moved with pity” for us as
well and will extend to us the healing love that has
transformed so many hearts throughout Christian
history.
Stewardship News: In today’s second reading, St.
Paul urges the Corinthians to “do all for the glory of
God.” If we follow that advice in everything we do,
we cannot help but be good stewards.
Contemporary Catholics: Join Fr. Curran on Sundays after the 11:00 a.m. Mass in St. Joseph’s newly
restored lower church for a new video series highlighting recent church developments and heroes of
the faith. The series begins on Sunday, February
22, 2015 for Lent. Light refreshments.
February 18th
LENT BEGINS
Tri-Parish Ash Wednesday Mass Schedule
St. Ann Church
St. Catherine Church
St. Joseph Church
9:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m., 5:00 & 7:00 p.m.
12:10 & 4:00 p.m.
The collection being taken at all the Masses on Ash
Wednesday supports the Church in Africa and in Central
and Eastern Europe. These collections help the church
spread God’s Word and train Church leaders of tomorrow, help needy families materially and spiritually, rebuild churches that have fallen into disrepair, and support the sisters and brothers who have suffered for the
faith.
For more information, please visit
www.usccb.org/churchinafrica and www.usccb.org/aee.
Lenten Regulations
Lent is a period of special penitential observance,
therefore, the Catholic Church, in an attempt to help
Catholics do at least a minimum during Lent, asks all
Catholics to fast and abstain from meat on certain
days. Fasting means to limit food to one full meal a
day with the possibility of two smaller meals (not adding up to a full meal) as needed. Abstinence means not
eating meat, although fish is allowed. Catholics are
asked to observe all days of fasting and abstinence
which is one of the precepts of the Church.
Catholics 14 years of age or older are to abstain from
meat on Ash Wednesday and all the Fridays of Lent.
Catholics between the ages of 14 and 59 are also
asked to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. If
one’s work or health make it inadvisable to fast or abstain from meat, they are not obligated to do so. No
eating between meals, but liquids, including milk and
fruit juices, are allowed.
Regarding all other weekdays of Lent participation in
daily Mass is recommended and the voluntary observance of fasting. Commendable, particularly during
Lent is generosity to local, national and world programs
for sharing our abundance.