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FROM THE PASTOR The SECOND COLLECTION that is being taken up at all of the Masses this weekend is for the RETIREMENT FUND FOR RELIGIOUS. This annual appeal is directed to religious institutes of women and men in order to assist the over 30,000 women religious and 5,000 men who are past the age of 70 years. Though they may have withdrawn from compensated, full time ministry, religious women and men continue to visit the sick, tutor children, and volunteer in many parishes. Religious institutes must provide for their own retirement costs and your donation helps alleviate the spiraling costs of health care. Your compassionate and generous response to this appeal is also a way in which we can express our gratitude to these wonderful men and women who have labored so hard and sacrificed so much to bring the Gospel to all of us. I am certain that God will reward you for your kindness to these dedicated servants of God. This Sunday afternoon we will be joining together for CHRISTMAS CAROLS ON THE COMMON. We will gather on the Natick Common at 2:00 PM to sing carols and to help us to prepare to celebrate the Birth of Christ. We have invited the other Christian churches in the area to join us as we try to put Christ back into our Christmas preparations. I hope that all parishioners and families will attend this wonderful and prayerful event. There will be refreshments served afterwards. We will be holding our ADVENT PENANCE SERVICE on this Monday evening, December 11 at 7:30 PM in the Church. There will be an opportunity for individual confession and we have invited additional priests to be with us to celebrate the Sacrament of Penance. I want to encourage all to participate in this wonderful opportunity to receive the real gift of Christmas: Christ's forgiveness and peace. There will be a SPECIAL SECOND COLLECTION taken up at all of the Masses next weekend for CHRISTMAS FLOWERS. Many people have expressed a desire to have their loved ones remembered in prayers during the Christmas season and we have decided to decorate the Church in memory of our deceased loved ones. If you wish to make a financial contribution towards this, please write the name of the deceased loved one on the outside of the envelopes that are in the pews and place your offering in next week's second collection. In the event that finances are somewhat problematic for you, please feel free to simply write the name of the person on the outside of the envelope and place it in the basket. We are happy to remember everyone in our prayers at the Altar during this holy season. Finally, I would ask that you remember in your prayers our two new Auxiliary Bishops of Boston. The MOST REVEREND JOHN DOOHER and MOST REVEREND ROBERT HENNESSEY will be ordained to the Episcopacy on Tuesday, December 12th at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. We congratulate these two fine priests on their new positions and pray that God will bless their ministry with great success. AD MULTOS ANNOS. Mass Intentions This Week Sun. 12/10 5:30 PM Collective Intention Mass DelGuidice Family, John & Elizabeth Lorrey, Lloyd & Frances Crounse, Frank Sorrentino, Dituccio Family, Crisafulli Family, Fiarino Crisafulli, Sr. and Christina Johnson who is ill.
PLEASE PRAY FOR Francis Burke, Patrick Burke, Philip Allen, Felicia Quesada, Charlene Lombardi, Patricia Finnegan, Mary Porter, Rita Marso, Harold Davis, Lucille Belmore, Ralph Vaccari, Leonard White, Harold Kashala, Robert Goldkamp, Ed Saunders, Jr., Richard Guerin, Kay I. Zinna, Maryann Webster, Helen MacDonald, Julie Branton, Catherine MacLellan, Jim Campbell, Wilma Verge, Ricky Webster, Eleonore Santospago, Eileen Dennis, Jordan Pascucci, Elaine Ruda, Ulysse Richard, Dave Markow, Lucy Grupposo, Marie Smith, Joel Dennis, Nancy Brodeur, Erin McKay, Tony Amendola, Thomas Kean, Diane Doyle, Amanda Clift, Stephen W. Humphrey, Jr., Muriel Cosentino, James Phillips, James Atherton, Barbara DiVaio, Barbara Waite, Gregory S. Giallonardo, Angela Marie Cobb, Celia Pasquarosa, Mike Fitzgerald and all the sick of the parish. SANCTUARY LAMPS for the week of December 10 will burn in prayer for Thomas Francis Flaherty, Fiarino Crisafulli, Sr., Louis W. Julian, Sr. If you would like a LAMP in our Church or Adoration Chapel burning for one week, in memory of a loved one or for a special intention, please call the rectory (508) 653-1093. PARISH SUPPORT Budgeted Actual $14,000.00 $14,204.15 $204.15 Stewardship "Those who go forth weeping, carrying sacks of seed, will return with cries of joy, carrying their bundled sheaves."(Psalms 126:6) Good stewards believe that God, who has begun this good work in them, will carry it through to completion. In words and deeds, they can sing with the Psalmist, "The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy!" Parish Penance Service Our Evening of Prayer will be held this Monday, December 11th, at 7:30 PM. This evening will be our Advent Penance Service and many priests will be available to hear confessions. Please come and experience the healing presence of Christ through this powerful Sacrament of Reconciliation. Monthly Memorial Mass Each month Saint Patrick Parish celebrates a special Memorial Mass in memory of those who died the previous month. We remember in a special way our loved ones whose funerals were celebrated in our parish as well as those who were buried in Saint Patrick Cemetery. The next Monthly Memorial Mass will be celebrated on Wednesday, December 20 at 7:30 p.m. All are welcome. Dominican Laity Chapter of St. Martin de Porres December 17, 2006 Anyone is welcome to come join us for our monthly meeting in the Church Hall after the 11:30 AM Mass next Sunday, December 17 at 1:00PM. We begin our meeting with the Rosary. Afterwards, we will hold a short business meeting. We will show a Nativity video and follow this with a festive Christmas collation. We will go to Vespers at 4PM in the Chapel and adjourn the meeting. May you all have a faith filled Advent and a Blessed Christmas! Inquiries may be made by calling Peg Branagan at (508) 655-2347. Religious Education Annual Christmas Pageant St. Patrick's Annual Christmas Pageant will take place Sunday, December 17 following the 9am Family Mass. There will be an organizational meeting TODAY, Sunday, December 10 at 1pm during which parts will be assigned to children from Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 3. Grade 4 students will handle speaking parts and serve as narrators. There will be a dress rehearsal on Saturday, December 16 at 1pm. Attention Extraordinary Ministers Deacon Jim Crump is creating the Extraordinary Minister schedule for the Christmas Masses and would like to know which Mass you plan to attend in order to accommodate your schedule as much as possible. Please contact him at the Rectory at 508-653-1093 as soon as possible so that he can schedule you accordingly. Thank you! Transportation Needed A fellow St. Patrick parishioner, who resides in the Strawberry Hill Road neighborhood, is in need of occasional transportation to Sunday Mass. If you are able to help, please call the rectory at 508-653-1093. Thank you. Festival of Carols The Boston Boy Choir of the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School will perform its 44th Annual Christmas Concert on the Sundays of December 10 and 17 at 3:30 p.m., and on Friday evening, December 15 at 8:00 p.m. in St. Paul Church, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA. A Festival of Carols will include carols for choir, organ, handbells and orchestra. The Church is handicap accessible and FREE PARKING is available at the Broadway Garage. Reserved seat tickets can be purchased in advance by phone, on-line at www.bostonboychoir.org, or at the door for $15, $20 and $25. For more information call 617-868-8658. COACHING OPPORTUNITY Our Grade 9/10 CYO basketball team is in immediate need of a COACH. If you have a few hours a week to volunteer your time and help the youth of our parish, please send an e-mail to Tom Langford at stpatsbasketball@yahoo.com. Music Ministry The Music Ministry would like to extend an invitation to all parishioners to participate in the Adult or Children's Choir during the Christmas Season. Singing Christmas Carols is a wonderful way to enjoy the spirit of one of the most precious times of the year. The Adult Choir rehearsals are on Tuesdays evenings at 7:30pm in the Joseph Center. On December 19th, the Adult Choir will be Caroling at the Metro West Hospital. If you would like to join us, we will meet in the Main Lobby at 6:15pm. Christmas Eve during the Midnight Mass the Adult Choir will be joined by the Commonwealth Brass Quartet and Vocal Soloist. Children interested in singing at the 6:00 pm Mass on Christmas Eve should attend rehearsal on Sunday 12/24 at 5:25pm before the 6:00 Mass on Christmas Eve. For further information please contact Martin Kelly, Music Director 617-489-2472. 2ND ANNUAL
Join other local Christian Churches as we put the 'Christ' back in Christmas!
St. Paul Lesson and Carols Concert Beautiful music and readings will fill the Wellesley air during the St. Paul Lessons and Carols Concert, today, Sunday, December 10th, at 4 pm in the church at 502 Washington Street, to be performed by the St. Paul Choir under the direction of Mary Lee Cirella with soloists and orchestra. The program will feature Vivaldi's Gloria and will include many favorite and familiar carols and readings, with the audience invited to join in the singing. Good will offering. For further information please call the church office at 781-235-1060. Annual Christmas Concert St. John the Evangelist Church, 20 Church Street, Hopkinton, invites all to attend the annual Christmas concert to be held on Sunday, December 17 at 3:00 p.m. Music provided by the Southeastern Massachusetts Community Concert Band. Admission is free, however donations of either paper goods or laundry detergent to benefit the Hopkinton Food Pantry would be greatly appreciated. For information call 508-533-5532. CatholicTV of Boston
It's that time of year again! CatholicTV of Boston will intersperse Advent and Christmas programming with their regular schedule throughout December and especially from Monday, December 18 until New Year's Eve. Then, all day Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and December 26, Boston CatholicTV will become Boston Christmas TV for 72 hours of non-stop holiday specials.
The Nativity Pageant Twenty-nine years ago, in an effort to show a deaf foster child the true meaning of Christmas, Joan and Richard Downing's family of Sherborn acted out the Nativity. This has become an annual living drama performed in the pasture field next to their home.
Centennial Concert St. Tarcisius Church, 562 Waverly Street (Route 135), Framingham is celebrating its centennial with a concert by the Archdiocese of Boston Black Catholic Choir on Friday, December 15 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10.00 and are available in the rectory office during the week and after weekend Masses. The concert will include Christmas music. Refreshments following the concert in the Parish Center. For more information call 508-875-8623. Christmas Lights Display The traditional Christmas Lights display at Our Lady of Fatima Shrine will take place from December 2 through January 1, from 5:00-9:00 p.m. The Christmas Concert by the Choir of St. Thomas Parish in Millis will be held on Sunday, December 3 (TODAY) at 4:00 p.m. followed by a candlelight procession carrying the Infant Jesus to the outdoor Nativity Scene. Safety for All In an effort to make sure our building is a secure place for all during the celebration of Mass, parents please accompany your children when they need to use the rest room. In this way we will all be assured that our youngsters are safe at all times. |
