St Mary Parish Waltham Massachusetts

Welcome to Saint Mary Parish/Waltham Massachusetts
OFFICE INFORMATION
133 School Street
Waltham MA 02451
Rectory: 781 891 1730 Fax: 781 642 0604
Catechesis Office: 781 893 0917
Email: stmarychurch@earthlink.net
Website: www.rc.net./boston/stmary
STAFF
Rev. Michael Nolan, Pastor
Deacon Eduardo Mora, Director Immigration Center
Mary Ellen Langan, Parish Secretary
Betty Lydon, Catechetical Administrator
Adam Redjinski, Catechist
Michael Welch, Sexton
Lila Cleary, Organist
MASS SCHEDULE
Sunday: 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 11:30 AM (SPANISH)
Saturday Vigil: 4:00 PM
Monday-Friday 12:10 PM
Holy Days: 7:30 AM, 12:10 PM,
7:00 PM (SPANISH)
ADORATION
Friday: 12:30-2:00 PM
CONFESSIONS
Monday-Thursday: 11:30 AM-Noon
Friday: 11:00 AM-Noon
Saturday: 3:00-3:45 PM
SACRAMENT OF SICK
Healing Mass with Anointing: 1st Monday of Month at 12:10 PM and by Appointment.
Due to Privacy Laws, Hospital Patients are encouraged to register as Catholics
so they will be visited.
VISITS TO SICK AND HOMEBOUND
Communion is brought to the sick and homebound. Contact Anne Faulstich at 781 893 8953.
SACRAMENTS OF INITIATION
Parents of infants can call the office to arrange baptisms. Adults or Parents of Children wishing to receive Baptism, Confirmation and First Communion can contact the Pastor or Deacon.
WEDDINGS
Registered Parishioners or their children can contact the Office to arrange a meeting.
PARISH REGISTRATION
We welcome newcomers to register in the parish. Please introduce yourself to the Pastor. Registration forms are available at the doors of the church. Contact the rectory to arrange a house blessing.
JOHN PAUL II IMMIGRATION CENTER
Those seeking assistance and support can visit the Center in the Religious Education Office.
CHURCH VISITS
The Church is open daily for visits from
8:30 AM-7:30 PM.
133 CLUB
Numbers are available for the monthly drawing. Prizes range from $25 to $1,000. Sign-up sheets are at the church entrances.

Holy Trinity Sunday May 18, 2008

PLEASE PRAY FOR.......
* Our community of faith
* That our newly confirmed young adults continue attending church and practicing their faith.
* For all the lost, depressed and lonely.
* Mary L. Maffucci who recently passed away.

ST VINCENT DePAUL
As we celebrate the mystery of the Trinity we also realize the mystery of how much God loves and cares for us each day. Believing in this our lives can then overflow in thanksgiving and praise.
Your gift in the St.Vincent de Paul Poor Box will help the poor to believe in the mystery of God's love for them.

CATHOLICS COME HOME WEB SITE
There is a new website which you might recommend your friends co-workers and family to visit. The address is www.catholicscomehome.org It is set up to help Catholics invite those who have stopped practicing the faith to return. It is also geared towards former Catholics and people of all other faiths and denominations who might be searching or seeking answers to questions. The website is real easy to use and has some short videos which are powerful to watch. The site also provides information concerning marriage issues. Please share this website with your family and friends who have moved away from the church and then follow up with them if they look to you for help in welcoming them home.

CONFIRMATION CEREMONY THANK YOU
Thanks to all who helped out with last week's confirmation ceremony. It was a blessing for Bishop Irwin to visit us on Pentecost. It was also great that the ceremony took place during the regular 10:00 AM Mass. It was a bit longer than usual but it was a small sign to the young people that they are most valued and more important than any inconveniences. Special thanks goes to Jane Lawless who spent almost every Sunday night in the confirmation classes. Deacon Eduardo and Betty Lydon were great at preparing the confirmandi that morning. We are grateful to Donna Laswell and Marie White who organized the reception following the ceremony along with the 9th graders. Thanks also to all who committed to praying for the candidates every date. Next week we will list the names of the newly confirmed.

SPECIAL COLLECTION
Cardinal Sean has requested that a special collection be taken up the weekend of May 24/25 to assist Catholic Relief Services emergency response to the people of Myanmar following the cyclone and flooding. We are already have the Parish Special collection assigned to that weekend so we will not be taking a third collection but will make a donation to the relief effort.

Dear Parishioners,
In order for us to proceed in life, you have to recall what you committed to in the past.. At times it is helpful for all workers to remind themselves of what they were hired to do. This helps make the workday more productive. The husband or the wife oftentimes has to meditate on the vows they made to each other and God on the day of their marriage. How else can the couple grow in closeness? I try to examine how faithful I am to my ordination vows during Lent. For the past two years in the month of May, I have re-read the oath of fidelity I signed in the presence of Bishop Walter Edyvean on May 19th 2006 before being given the keys to the church. Please pray that I did not sign this to my condemnation.
Your Pastor,
Father Michael Nolan
OATH OF FIDELITY
I, Rev. Michael Nolan, in assuming the office of Pastor at Saint Mary, Waltham, promise that both in my words and in my conduct I shall always preserve communion with the Catholic Church. I shall carry out with the greatest care and fidelity the duties incumbent on me toward both the universal Church and the particular Church in which, according to the provisions of the law, I have been called to exercise my service. In fulfilling the charge entrusted to me in the name of the Church, I shall hold fast to the deposit of faith in its entirety, I shall faithfully hand it on and explain it, and I shall avoid any teachings opposed to that faith. I shall follow and foster the common discipline of the whole Church and I shall observe all ecclesiastical laws, especially those which are contained in the Code of Canon Law. In Christian obedience I shall unite myself with what is declared by the bishops as authentic doctors and teachers of the faith or established by them as those responsible for the governance of the Church; I shall also faithfully assist the diocesan bishops, in order that the apostolic activity exercised in the name and by mandate of the Church may be carried out in the communion of the same Church. So help me God, and God's holy Gospels, on which I place my hand.

FLOWERS FOR MARY
During the month of May we encourage everyone to adorn the statues of Our Lady with flowers. Feel free to place flowers at the statue of Mary in the church or in front of the statues on the outside grounds. (And don't forget the images of the Blessed Mother in your own homes and yards!) Following the 11:30 AM Sunday Masses in May, we hope to sing hymns to Our Lady in front of the church. Please join us around 12:30-12:45.

SPES SALVI-IN HOPE WE ARE SAVED
Each week in the bulletin we print one paragraph from Pope Benedict's most recent encyclical on HOPE. This is the next paragraph of the encyclical. Those who wish to refer back to a previous section or read ahead can find it on the Vatican website www.vatican.va or www.zenit.org.

political realization of this hope, because they are of great importance for the development of Christian hope, for a proper understanding of it and of the reasons for its persistence. First there is the French Revolution-an attempt to establish the rule of reason and freedom as a political reality. To begin with, the Europe of the Enlightenment looked on with fascination at these events, but then, as they developed, had cause to reflect anew on reason and freedom. A good illustration of these two phases in the reception of events in France is found in two essays by Immanuel Kant in which he reflects on what had taken place. In 1792 he wrote Der Sieg des guten Prinzips über das böse und die Gründung eines Reiches Gottes auf Erden ("The Victory of the Good over the Evil Principle and the Founding of a Kingdom of God on Earth"). In this text he says the following: "The gradual transition of ecclesiastical faith to the exclusive sovereignty of pure religious faith is the coming of the Kingdom of God". He also tells us that revolutions can accelerate this transition from ecclesiastical faith to rational faith. The "Kingdom of God" proclaimed by Jesus receives a new definition here and takes on a new mode of presence; a new "imminent expectation", so to speak, comes into existence: the "Kingdom of God" arrives where "ecclesiastical faith" is vanquished and superseded by "religious faith", that is to say, by simple rational faith. In 1794, in the text Das Ende aller Dinge ("The End of All Things") a changed image appears. Now Kant considers the possibility that as well as the natural end of all things there may be another that is unnatural, a perverse end. He writes in this connection: "If Christianity should one day cease to be worthy of love ... then the prevailing mode in human thought would be rejection and opposition to it; and the Antichrist ... would begin his-albeit short-regime (presumably based on fear and self-interest); but then, because Christianity, though destined to be the world religion, would not in fact be favoured by destiny to become so, then, in a oral respect, this could lead to the (perverted) end of all things".
BOSTON CATHOLIC APPEAL
Thank you to all supporters of the 2008 Catholic Appeal. Our parish has raised $19,227 from 130 households reaching 63% of our parish goal of $30,500. If you have not yet pledged, please consider a gift today and help us meet our goal. Remember, our parish will receive 25% of all funds we raise above this goal. Please remember to make your pledge now even if you plan on fulfilling that pledge towards the end of the year. You can pick up pledge forms at the doors of the church or for more information please visit www.BostonCatholicAppeal.org

or call 617 779-3700. Every gift matters. Thank you.

Información de la Oficina
Dirección: 133 School Street Waltham MA 02451
Rectoría: 781-891-1730 Fax: 781-642-0602
Email: stmarychurch@earthlink.net
Website: www.rc.net./boston/stmary
Directivo Parroquial
Párroco: Michael Nolan
Diacono: Eduardo R. Mora, Director del Centro de Inmigración
Coordinadora de Catecismo: Jacinta Jiménez.
Coordinadores de Coro: Hugo Villena, Iván Colon, María Elena Aviles, Maritza Pérez, Vidal Hernández.
Coordinadora de lectores: Mariela Contrera.
Centro de Inmigración Juan Pablo II
El horario de servicio en el Centro de Inmigración es el siguiente: Lunes a Jueves de 10:00 a.m. a 7:00 p.m. Los sábados de 12:00
p. m. a 3:00 p.m. y los domingos después de la Misa por una hora. Estamos para servirles.
Confesiones
De Lunes a jueves a las 11:30 a.m. Viernes a las 11:00 a.m. y sábado de 3:00-3:45 p.m. y Domingo 11:00 a.m. antes de la Misa.
Matrimonios
Los parroquianos registrados favor de llamar a la oficina para los arreglos necesarios o hablar con el Diacono Eduardo.
Bautismos
Todos los segundos domingos después de la Misa es la orientación bautismal en el edificio de Educación Religiosa, y el cuarto domingo del mes es el Bautismos también después de la Misa en la Iglesia.
Comunión
Si conoce a alguien que necesita la Comunión en su casa, hospital o Nursing Home, hablar con el Diacono Eduardo, para poder llevarle la Sagrada Eucaristía.
133 CLUB
Hay números listos para tomarlos para la rifa mensual. Los premios son varios desde $25.00 a $1,000.00. Las registraciones están en la entrada de la Iglesia.
Oración, Rosario y Adoración
Todos los viernes de 7:30 p.m. a 9:00 p.m. momento de Oración, rezó del Rosario y Adoración al Señor en la Capilla del edificio de Educación Religiosa.
Asamblea de oración Carismática
Todos los domingos de 6:00 a 7:30 p.m. en el Hall de la Iglesia, donde tenemos el encuentro con el Señor.
Legión de María
Todos los domingos después de la Misa
en el edificio de Educación Religiosa.
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Ofrecimiento de la Misa
Este domingo 18 de Mayo la Misa será ofrecida por la memoria de Angel Luís Román y Angel Gabriel Román.

La semana pasada acudieron a la Misa 580 personas y donaron $1,300.00 en el ofertorio, la segunda colecta por los seminarista fue de $517.00. Gracias por su colaboración.

Misa Especial
Si desea tener una intención especial durante la Misa por algún aniversario de difunto, es necesario que hable con el Diacono Eduardo una semana con anterioridad a la Misa que se pedirá por tal intención.
Las clases de Ingles del nivel intermedio comienzan de nuevo por el período de verano y son todos los miércoles por la noche como ha sido siempre, interesados pasa por la oficina del Centro de inmigración para registrarse.
Se están recibiendo registraciones para clases de computación, a los interesados que quiera tomar estas clases son en las noches los días martes y jueves, pueden pasar por la oficina de Centro de Inmigración durante el día de 10:00 a.m. a 7:00 p.m. de lunes a jueves.

Aplicaciones de trabajo para los jóvenes que sean de 15 o más años de edad y que deseen trabajar durante el verano en la ciudad de Waltham, las tenemos en el centro de Inmigración, pueden pasar por ellas durante la semana de 10:0o a.m. a 7:00 p.m. de Lunes a Jueves.

Amantes de las rosas y flore, si desean ayudar a adornar el jardín de la Iglesia, como plantar más rosa o flores, por favor déjenos sabe, nos gustaría tener su ayuda.

El Cardenal Sean agradece a la comunidad de Santa María por la participación ofrecida hasta hora, la parroquia a reunido la cantidad de $15,662 esto es el 51 % de la meta fijada, han participado 116 familias. Si necesita más información a cerca de cómo ayudar a la Iglesia, los sobres están en las puertas de la Iglesia o visitando la pagina del Internet www.BostonCatholicAppea.org

Que tengan una feliz semana con el Señor

Papa Benedicto XVI
Sacerdote, Arzobispo y Cardenal
En su libro Introducción al Cristianismo, defiende que el ser es ser pensado, pensamiento del Espíritu absoluto que se ha revelado como relación. Concibe la relación como una forma primigenia de lo real: la unidad primigenia es unidad en el amor. Así es como hay que entender el dogma de la Trinidad, donde la más intrincada teoría transmite enseñanzas prácticas para concebir el cosmos y la vida, en particular la vida humana cuyo origen y meta está en el amor.
Insiste en este mismo tratado que la omnipotencia divina se descubre en su esencia a través de la entrega del hombre Jesús de Nazareth. Sólo se entiende lo que es Dios en la impotencia y debilidad del pesebre de Belén y la muerte ignominiosa en la Cruz. Esto nos revela la ley de lo abundante, donde el amor se derrocha y suscita la respuesta de la fe que ha de ser, de este modo, una respuesta de amor. En ello se toca lo esencial del ser humano que se encuentra a sí mismo cuando se siente amado y, como respuesta, es capaz de salir de sí mismo al encuentro de los demás, especialmente de los necesitados, y de la Trascendencia. Esta es la idea básica de su libro Mirar a Cristo.
Continuará

St Mary Chruch/05/04/08

Hi Dave
I deleted all the standard weekly church info. It certainly isn't pretty, but hope this is OK to work with. This changing to their new format has been one pain in the neck!Sorry this is a problem for you. Hope this works. If not, let me know. Will it help if Father Michael gets you a copy of the new softwear? Tell us what we have to do and we will do it for you.
Thank you for all your efforts Dave!
Donna




Saint Mary Parish
Saturday, May 3
4:00 PM Julius Stremeckus-B'Day Anniversray
The Stremeckus & Scott Family Memorial
Sunday, May 4
8:00 AM Parish and Parishioners
10:00 AM Parish & Parishioners
Monday, May 5
12:10 PM Michaelina Pietrangelo-Anniversary
Tuesday, May 6
12:10 PM Henriette Andrade
Wednesday, May 7
12:10 PM Shirley Place-Anniversary
Thursday, May 8
12:10 PM Jerome Doherty
Saturday, May 10
4:00 PM Charles H. Bennett, Sr.-Anniversray
1,086 people participated at the Masses last weekend
and contributed a total of $4,029 to our weekly
collection. Thank you! Next week's second
collection is for the Seminary Offering.
Those requesting a weekend Memorial Mass are asked
to make themselves known to the Cantor, or Celebrant
at least ten minutes before the Mass if they would like
to serve as gift bearers for that liturgy.
SAINT JUDE SCHOOL YARD SALE
Friends of Saint Jude School, 175 Main Street Waltham
is having a HUGE indoor yard sale on Saturday May
17th from 9am to 2pm. It will be held in the school
hall. Refreshments will be available for purchase.
FLOWERS FOR MARY
During the month of May we encourage everyone to
adorn the statues of Our Lady with flowers. Feel free to
place flowers at the statue of Mary in the church or in
front of the statues on the outside grounds. (And don't
forget the images of the Blessed Mother in your own
homes and yards!) Following the 11:30 AM Sunday
Masses in May, we hope to sing hymns to Our Lady in
front of the church. Please join us around 12:30-12:45.
ATTENTION GARDENERS
If anyone is interested in caring for the rose bushes
and planting flowers in those beds this year please let
us know. We would love to have your help.
Waltham, MA
PLEASE PRAY FOR…….
· Avery, a newborn.
· A friend who has breast cancer.
· A friend who is recuperating from a heart attack.
· Our Confirmation Class.
ATTENTION GARDENERS
If anyone is interested in caring for the rose bushes and
planting flowers in those beds this year please let us
know. We would love to have your help.
BIRTHRIGHT CARNATIONS
The Mother's Day Carnation Project is the primary
fundraising event held by Birthright of Framingham.
The Birthright Center is staffed entirely by volunteers
who offer friendship, emotional support and pratical
assistance to women in a crisis pregnancy. Birthright
does not charge for its services, but relies on donations
from generous supporters to continue helping
pregnant women in need. Your support is greatly
appreciated. Checks can be made out to Birthright of
Framingham, 971 Concord St Framingham, MA
01701. Suggested donation is $2 per flower-but any
and all contributions are gratefully accepted.
MAGNIFICAT MAGAZINE CONFERENCE
Many of you subscribe to MAGNIFICAT or know it from
the Advent and Lenten Booklets we have been offering
the last few years. The Editors of MAGNIFICAT have
organized a Pilgrimage of Hope in Boston this October 11
-12. This will be a weekend of talks, prayer singing with
many of the contributors of the magazine. Save the Date.
There are registration and information booklets at the
doors of the church.
MASS FOR THE SICK
The next Mass offered for the sick is this Monday, May
5th at 12:10. Those who are physically sick are
encouraged to receive the Sacrament of the Sick during
the Mass. We will also pray for the sick who cannot be
present.
BOSTON CATHOLIC APPEAL
Cardinal Sean wishes to thanks everyone at Saint Mary's
who has participated in the 2008 Catholic Appeal. Our
parish has raised $15,662. This is 51% of our goal. 116
households have participated. Welcome and thank you!
We ask every Catholic family to participate. Please know
that every gift matters. You can pick up information
packets with pledge forms in the back of the church or for
more information please visit

www.BostonCatholicAppeal.org or call 617 779-3700.
Thank you.
May 4, 2008
SPES SALVI-IN HOPE WE ARE SAVED
Each week in the bulletin we print one paragraph from Pope
Benedict's most recent encyclical on HOPE. This is the next
paragraph of the encyclical. Those who wish to refer back to a
previous section or read ahead can find it on the Vatican website

www.vatican.va or www.zenit.org.

Seventh Sunday of Easter
Dear Parishioners,
Next Sunday at the 10:00 AM Mass, Bishop Frank
Irwin will confer the Sacrament of Confirmation on the
young people who have been preparing for this day. It is a
great grace to have the Bishop, a successor to the Apostles
present with us on Pentecost-the day that the Holy Spirit
descended on the Apostles in the upper room in Jerusalem.
We pray that these young people use the gifts of the Holy
Spirit to be courageous, humble and generous. We pray that
they seek true happiness in life. Last fall we asked parishioners
to commit to praying for these candidates at least once a
day. I thank those of you who committed to this important
work. The ninth grade class has a performed a work of charity
by hosting a reception for candidates, their family and
guests and all of you who are worshipping at the 10:00 AM
Mass. We hope all of you can come join us.
Father Michael Nolan
BULLETIN COVER-OUR LADY OF FATIMA
We have entered into the month of May which honors Our
Lady. On May 13th 1917 the Blessed Mother appeared to
three young children and began to reveal a secret to them.
The secret had three parts which warned of future events in
history and called for all of humanity to convert to the Gospel.
The first part of the secret showed a vision of hell to the
children accompanied by her words of protection for those
who reject sin. The second part predicted the end of World
War I and the start of a bloodier war if people did not repent.
This was realized when World War II began. The second
part also warned of Russia needing to be converted from
atheism and communism. The third part of the secret was
concealed until Pope John Paul II released it for publication
in 2000. He read the third secret when he was hospitalized
after the assassination attempt of May 13th 1981.The third
part said that a bishop dressed in white would be killed by
soldiers shooting guns and arrows. In the vision, the bishop
was killed yet we know that the Pope's life was saved. The
Pope believed that Divine Providence, a 'motherly hand'
intervened in human history to save him. The Pope's well
trained assassin shot the Pope from close range. Mehmet Ali
Agca couldn't understand how the Pope survived. 'One hand
shot the gun and another guided the bullet' was how the
Holy Father explained it. The next year, on May 13th, John
Paul visited Fatima to give thanks to Our Lady and have the
bullet encased in her crown.
BALDACHINO/ REREDOS/SOUND SYSTEM
A few months ago we mentioned the possibility of installing a
beautifully carved reredos and baldachino in the sanctuary of
the church. This is still being investigated. It would be a big
project that would significantly change the appearance of the
altar and sanctuary. (The goal is to help beautify it) We don't
want to rush this decision. We are planning to put up a display
that would let you see what is being considered. Hopefully this
will be put together in a few weeks. This will affect how we
will improve the sound system. Whatever we decide, there is
still a plan to improve the speaker system in the church.
Dear Friends of St Mary Parish,
The time has come for me to say goodbye. I will be returning
to Washington DC in the afternoon of Pentecost
Sunday, May 11, to take on a parish assignment for the
summer. I have enjoyed the 8 months of my Sunday
assignments at St Mary. I am grateful to each of you
and to Father Michael for having welcomed me as a
friend. I have learned a lot from many of you in so
many ways. I only wish I could have stayed longer and
been able to contribute more to the numerous on going
activities of the parish. God willing, I will be ordained
deacon at the national Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
in Washington on Saturday, June 7. The Mass
and Ordination will begin at 9:30 am and if you happen
to visit the area around that time you are most welcome
to attend! It has been a privilege and honor for me to
serve in your wonderful and vibrant parish. May God
keep blessing each one of you!
Your brother in Christ,
Alain
16. How could the idea have developed that Jesus's message
is narrowly individualistic and aimed only at each person singly?
How did we arrive at this interpretation of the "salvation
of the soul" as a flight from responsibility for the whole, and
how did we come to conceive the Christian project as a selfish
search for salvation which rejects the idea of serving others?
In order to find an answer to this we must take a look at the
foundations of the modern age. These appear with particular
clarity in the thought of Francis Bacon. That a new era
emerged—through the discovery of America and the new
technical achievements that had made this development possible—
is undeniable. But what is the basis of this new era? It is
the new correlation of experiment and method that enables
man to arrive at an interpretation of nature in conformity with
its laws and thus finally to achieve "the triumph of art over
nature" (victoria cursus artis super naturam). The novelty—
according to Bacon's vision—lies in a new correlation between
science and praxis. This is also given a theological application:
the new correlation between science and praxis
would mean that the dominion over creation —given to man
by God and lost through original sin—would be reestablished.

4 de Mayo de 2008

La semana pasada acudieron a la Misa 410 personas y donaron
$975 en el ofertorio. Gracias por su colaboración.
Misa Especial
Si desea tener una intención especial durante la Misa por
algún aniversario de difunto, es necesario que hable con el
Diacono Eduardo una semana con anterioridad a la Misa
que se pedirá por tal intención.
Las clases de Ingles del nivel básico comienzan de nuevo
todos los miércoles por la noche como ha sido siempre, interesados
pasa por la oficina del Centro de inmigración para
registrarse.
Clases de computación empezarán la próxima semana, es un
curso básico para entender el manejo de la computadora,
Internet y Microsoft office. Ahora es el tiempo para registrarse
por favor de pasar por la oficina los interesados.
Neuróticos Anónimos Movimiento buena voluntad, es un
grupo que ofrece terapia en forma gratuita para corregir
problemas emocionales a toda clase de personas, las oficinas
están localizadas en94 Adams St. Apt .324 y el teléfono
es 781-893-0656.
Próximo domingo serán las Confirmaciones durante la Misa
de las 10:00 a.m. con el Obispo Francis Irwin, es un acontecimiento
muy importante para los candidatos que lo recibirán
y nosotros por favor tengamos paciencia en caso nuestra
Misa no empiece a tiempo a las 11:30 gracias por la
colaboración

Papa Benedicto XVI
Sacerdote, Arzobispo y Cardenal
El 29 de junio de 1951 recibió junto con su hermano Georg
el sacramento del orden sacerdotal en la catedral de Freising
a través del que fuera entonces arzobispo de Múnich y Freising,
el Cardenal Michael von Faulhaber. Celebró su primera
Santa Misa en la parroquia de San Oswaldo en Traunstein y
el 30 de julio de 1951 celebró, junto a su hermano en Rimsting,
lugar donde su madre había nacido.
En 1972, fundó la publicación teológica Communio junto
con Hans Urs von Balthasar, Henri de Lubac y otros. Communio,
hoy publicada en diecisiete idiomas (alemán, inglés y
español, entre otros), se ha convertido en una de las publicaciones
católicas más influyentes del mundo.
El 24 de marzo de 1977 Ratzinger fue consagrado Arzobispo
de Múnich y Freising, y el 27 de junio, Pablo VI lo nombró
cardenal del título de S- Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino.
Durante la asamblea sinodal de la catequesis de 1977, se
produce su primer encuentro con Karol Wojtyła, después de
muchos años de intercambiar con él correspondencia, ideas y
libros. Teólogo
Como joven profesor de teología, abría a sus alumnos a pensadores
en aquel momento considerados avanzados, y que en
aquella época incluso tuvieron problemas con la Jerarquía
católica, como Yves Congar o Henri de Lubac, además de a
los grandes autores protestantes como Karl Barth,Oscar
Cullmann o Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Ello le acarreó los recelos
del catolicismo más conservador.
Continuará

-----Original Message-----
From: stmarychurch [mailto:stmarychurch@earthlink.net]
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 11:50 PM
To: Laswell, Donna; Marie White
Subject: Fw: Re: St Mary Chruch/05/04/08



-----Forwarded Message-----
>From: David Lundberg <d_lundberg@comcast.net>
>Sent: Apr 30, 2008 6:41 PM
>To: stmarychurch <stmarychurch@earthlink.net>
>Subject: Re: St Mary Chruch/05/04/08
>
>Hi Marie and or Donna,
>
>Unfortunatually I can not use the pdf to post to the web site. I need
>to copy and paste, the pdf will not copy the text correctly.
>
>I want to see if you can try this:
>
>Copy the content of the bulletin and paste it in an email.
>
>send the email to: stmarychurchwaltham.bulletin@blogger.com
>Put the Sunday's date as the subject.
>
>This is all that needs to be done to post to the web site.
>
>Let me know if you have any luck.
>
>Thanks
>
>Dave.
>
>
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04-02-2008

03-30-2008

Saint Mary Parish                                         

 



Saturday, March 29

4:00 PM William Gurney—B'Day Memorial

Sunday, March 30

8:00 AM Parish and Parishioners

10:00 AM Joseph Sheridan—B'Day Anniversary

Monday, 31

12:10 PM Michael & Melissa—Special Intentions

Tuesday, April 1

12:10 PM Mary A. Connolly-

            Month's Mind—Anniversary

Wednesday, April 2

12:10 PM Georgette Di Tommaso-B'Day Anniversary

Thursday, April 3

12:10 PM James A. McLaughlin-B'Day Anniversary

Saturday, April 5

4:00 PM Robert Beaudoin-Anniversray

Sunday, April 6

8:00 AM Parish and Parishioners

10:00 AM Paula Bolles-Memorial

 

 

 

2,187 people participated at the Masses on Easter Sunday weekend and contributed a total of $7,266 to our weekly collection.

 

Those requesting a weekend Memorial Mass are asked to make themselves known to the Cantor, or Celebrant at least ten minutes before the Mass if they would like to serve as gift bearers for that liturgy.

 

SAINT JUDE SCHOOL

Saint Jude School, 175 Main Street Waltham is currently accepting applications for the 2008/2009 school year.  Saint Jude School offers a full day Kindergarten program, a comprehensive curriculum for grades K-8 and an on site after school program.  If you would like more information or if you would like a tour of the school, call 781-899-3644 or visit our website at www.saintjudewaltham.com.

 

BRINGING MASSACHUSETTS BACK TO LIFE

Mass Citizens For Life Convention, Sturbridge Host Hotel, Sturbridge, Sat April 12, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. For more info or registration call 617-242-4199 or visit www.masscitizensforlife.org.

 

Waltham, MA  

PLEASE PRAY FOR…….

·         Easter joy!

·         Two friends who need prayers for good health and recovery.

 

ST VINCENT De PAUL

In the Gospel today, Jesus stands in the midst of us and says: "Peace be with you!"

During Mass we turn to each other and say "Peace be with you!" As you put your gift into the St. Vincent de Paul Poor Boxes you say "Peace be with you!" to those who are poor and hungry

 

PROJECT ONLY A CHILD/NOTE DATE CORRECTION

Project Only A Child will be holding its annual fundraiser at the Waltham Sons of Italy on Saturday night April 5th at 7PM.  Only A Child was founded by Waltham resident George Leger.  It serves homeless children and youth in Guatemala, offering them food, a home and the chance to go to school.  An informal buffet will be served along with a dessert buffet.  A raffle and a slide presentation to include a brief talk by Mr. Leger will und out the evening.  Tickets are $25.00 per person, $15.00 seniors/students.  For further information please call George at (781)642-9317.

 

BOSTON CATHOLIC APPEAL

Cardinal Sean wishes everyone at Saint Mary's a Happy Easter and thanks everyone who has participated in the 2008 Catholic Appeal. Our parish has raised $6,873 from 56 households in only two weeks. We are please that some of you are contributing for the first time. Welcome and thank you! We ask every Catholic family to participate. Please know that every gift matters. You can pick up information packets with pledge forms in the back of the church or for more information please visit www.BostonCatholic Appeal.com or call 617 779-3700. Thank you.

 

 NEW BULLETIN LOOK

The Sunday bulletin is being revamped and expanded. Each Sunday we will showcase a photo connected with parish life or a work of Christian art on the cover. Our goal is to catalogue the art and iconography of Saint Mary's church so it can be displayed on the cover. Photographing the murals and windows so that they can be transferred to the bulletin cover will take some time. In the meantime, we will display art that depicts scenes from the Bible that correspond to the Church's feasts and seasons.

 

EVENING OF PRAYER

There will be an Evening of Prayer on April 3 from 7-9 PM at Sisters of St Joseph, Motherhouse, 631 Cambridge St, Brighton.For more information of to register please visit www.csjretreatcenter.org, click on the Satellite Program button, complete and submit a form or call 781-383-6024. Plan on arriving between 6:30-7 PM to enjoy dessert and a hot or cold drink and then settle into the chapel. Suggested offering: $20

Second Sunday of Easter_

 

Dear Parishioners,

CHRIST IS RISEN! ALLELUIA In last Sunday's bulletin, I wrote how the young people in the Sunday school were jumping at the chance to serve at the 10:00 AM Mass. Hopefully they will be serving at the other Mass times when classes end.  I am repeating this because the rest of what I wrote did not get printed. The kids participation is part of the victory over death. The victory is that they are being encouraged and responding to God's work. We know that young people need real encouragement each day. We know that young people need encouragement each day because they worry and have doubts about their worth and their future- by being able to take part in the most important thing that happens in the world-the Eucharist- they can't helped but be lifted up. Happy Easter! The Victory of Christ is the Christian People.

                                        Father Michael

 

CHURCH DECORATION
The church has been adorned like a Bride for the Easter Season. For Christ loves the Church the way the bridegroom loves the bride. It also points to our place of origin and our destiny- the Garden of Eden where our ancestors were graced to live and the garden of the Resurrection where the women discovered the path to eternal life. Thank you to Mary Alice McMahon and all the people who decorated the church last Saturday morning. There was a great crowd which made and fun and easy. A special thanks to Anderson Florists selecting such beautiful flowers and trees. Finally thank you to all who made memorial donations for flowers. Your intentions have been listed in the yellow sheets at the doors of the church. We will pray for those listed throughout the Easter Season.

 

HOLY WEEK THANK YOUS II

Last weekend the parish was hopping with people attending all the Masses and services. We even had to open the choir loft for the 11:30 Mass to accommodate worshippers. It was beautiful thing to see people being patient and assisting one another. (though we may have to think about the parking lot situation next year) We wish to thank all who served in different capacities as lectors, singers, ministers and servers as well as those who did all the behind the scenes work for Holy Week. We also need to thank the shepherd who brought the lamb Saturday night. The lamb was gorgeous this year. She hasn't had it easy though. A wolf broke into the sheep pen a few weeks ago and attacked a number of the sheep. The one who came to church Saturday night was spared direct attack but suffered some trauma. Hopefully the blessing will help her.

 

MDA FUNDRAISER UPDATE

 I have secured the 'bail money' for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Thank you to all who showed your support. The bulletin goes to print before Wednesday so I will let you know what happened in next weeks bulletin.

 

Saint Mary Parish

133 School Street     Waltham Massachusetts

Happy Easter       Divine Mercy Sunday

March 30, 2008

Bringing Massachusetts Back to Life":  Mass Citizens for Life Convention will feature Phill Kline, who has indicted Planned Parenthood in Kansas; Eileen Smith, whose daughter recently died during an abortion in Hyannis; and experts in the law, stem cell research, legislation, recruiting, and organizing.  So much has been accomplished through the efforts of pro lifers! Come find out where we go from here: Sturbridge Host Hotel, Sturbridge; Saturday, April 12, 2008; 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.  For information and registration, please call 617-242-4199 or visit http://www.masscitizensforlife.org/

March 30, 2008   COFFEE AFTER MASS At the last parish council meeting it was proposed that when the good weather starts we could provide coffee and donuts after all the Sunday Masses. It would be great for people to hang out after the Masses and we have beautiful grounds for our use. We would like to do it at least two Sundays of each month. We need parishioners to help organize this. If you would be interested in committing to this please contact Father Michael or call the Rectory. We hope to start in May. It would be great help to our mission as parish and a welcome sign to those who are new to Waltham and the parish.   SPES SALVI-IN HOPE WE ARE SAVED Each week in the bulletin we print one paragraph from Pope Benedict's most recent encyclical on HOPE. This is the next paragraph of the encyclical. Those who wish to refer back to a previous section or read ahead can find it on the Vatican website www.vatican.va or www.zenit.org.   11. Whatever precisely Saint Ambrose may have meant by these words, it is true that to eliminate death or to postpone it more or less indefinitely would place the earth and humanity in an impossible situation, and even for the individual would bring no benefit. Obviously there is a contradiction in our attitude, which points to an inner contradiction in our very existence. On the one hand, we do not want to die; above all, those who love us do not want us to die. Yet on the other hand, neither do we want to continue living indefinitely, nor was the earth created with that in view. So what do we really want? Our paradoxical attitude gives rise to a deeper question: what in fact is "life"? And what does "eternity" really mean? There are moments when it suddenly seems clear to us: yes, this is what true "life" is—this is what it should be like. Besides, what we call "life" in our everyday language is not real "life" at all. Saint Augustine, in the extended letter on prayer which he addressed to Proba, a wealthy Roman widow and mother of three consuls, once wrote this: ultimately we want only one thing—"the blessed life", the life which is simply life, simply "happiness". In the final analysis, there is nothing else that we ask for in prayer. Our journey has no other goal—it is about this alone. But then Augustine also says: looking more closely, we have no idea what we ultimately desire, what we would really like. We do not know this reality at all; even in those moments when we think we can reach out and touch it, it eludes us. "We do not know what we should pray for as we ought," he says, quoting Saint Paul (Rom 8:26). All we know is that it is not this. Yet in not knowing, we know that this reality must exist. "There is therefore in us a certain learned ignorance (docta ignorantia), so to speak", he writes. We do not know what we would really like; we do not know this "true life"; and yet we know that there must be something we do not know towrds which we feel driven[.

OFFICE INFORMATION

133 School Street

Waltham MA 02451

 

Rectory: 781 891 1730        Fax: 781 642 0602

Catechesis Office: 781 893 0917

 

Email: stmarychurch@earthlink.net

Website: www.rc.net./boston/stmary

 

STAFF

Rev. Michael Nolan, Pastor

Deacon Eduardo Mora, Director Immigration Center

Mary Ellen Langan, Parish Secretary

Betty Lydon, Catechetical Administrator

Adam Redjinski, Catechist

Michael Welch, Sexton

Lila Cleary, Organist

 

MASS SCHEDULE

Sunday: 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 11:30 AM (SPANISH)

Saturday Vigil: 4:00 PM

Monday-Friday 12:10 PM

Holy Days: 7:30 AM, 12:10 PM, 7:00 PM (SPANISH)

 

ADORATION

Friday: 12:30-2:00 PM

 

CONFESSIONS

Monday-Thursday: 11:30 AM-Noon

Friday: 11:00 AM-Noon

Saturday: 3:00-3:45 PM

 

SACRAMENT OF SICK

Healing Mass with Anointing: 1^st Monday of Month at 12:10 PM and  by Appointment.

Due to Privacy Laws, Hospital Patients are encouraged to register as Catholics so they will be visited.

 

VISITS TO SICK AND HOMEBOUND

Communion is brought to the sick and homebound. Contact Anne Faulstich at 781 893 8953.

 

SACRAMENTS OF INITIATION

Parents of infants can call the office to arrange baptisms.  Adults or Parents of Children wishing to receive Baptism, Confirmation and First Communion can contact the Pastor or Deacon.

 

WEDDINGS

Registered Parishioners or their children can contact the Office to arrange a meeting.

 

PARISH REGISTRATION

We welcome newcomers to register in the parish. Please introduce yourself to the Pastor. Registration forms are available at the doors of the church.  Contact the rectory to arrange a house blessing.

 

JOHN PAUL II IMMIGRATION CENTER

Those seeking assistance and support can visit the Center in the Religious Education Office.

 

CHURCH VISITS

The Church is open daily for visits from 8:30 AM-7:30 PM.

133 CLUB

Numbers are available for the monthly drawing. Prizes range from $25 to $1,000. Sign-up sheets are at the church entrances.

 

 

30 de Marzo de 2008  

La semana  pasada acudieron 1132 personas y donaron $2,344 en el ofertorio.  Gracias por su colaboración. 

 

El horario de servicio en el Centro de Inmigración es el siguiente: Lunes a Viernes de 10:00 a.m.  a 6:00 p.m.

Los sábados de 12:00 p. m. a 2:00 p.m.  y los domingos después de la Misa por una hora.  Estamos para servirles. 

 

Café después de la Misa

En la última reunión del council grupo que mira por las necesidades de la parroquia, propuso que cuando el buen tiempo comience proveer café y donuts después de la Misa.  Esto es bueno para conocernos mejor y compartir ideas entre otro, y además teniendo un buen terreno para esto porque no hacerlo.  Nos gustaría hacer esto dos veces al mes pero para esto se necesita ayuda, y necesitamos personas de la parroquia para que organice esto.  Si esta interesado en ser parte de este equipo por favor de contactar al Padre Michael o al Diacono Eduardo.

 

Cursos de matemáticas

Se ofrecen cursos de matemática básica, como las operaciones básicas suma, resta multiplicación y división, también fracciones y números decimales.  Interesados pasar por la oficina de Centro de Inmigración en el edificio de Educación Religiosa queremos empezar pronto con las clases.

 

Atención estudiantes de la área de Waltahm y Watertown que son miembros de estas parroquias: Sacred Herat en Watertown; Sacred Herat en Newton; Saint Mary's en Waltham; Saint Pattrick's en Watertown. Hay una gran oportunidad para aplicar para beca de estudio. Interesados llamar a Eleanor Donato al teléfono 617-484-5569.  El último día para aplicar por las becas es el 18 de Abril.

 

La semana santa ha pasado pero nosotros seguimos en oración porque Cristo ha Resucitado y estamos felices por eso, y en nuestra parroquia tenemos muchos momentos de oración; todos los viernes nos reunimos en la capilla del edificio de Educación Religiosa de 7:30 a 9:0 p.m. para un momento de Adoración y oración, todos los domingo a las 6:00 p.m. el grupo de oración del movimiento carismático parroquial para alabar las grandezas del Señor, los lunes a las 7:00 p.m. el grupo de Juan XXII en la Capilla.  Todos están invitados a pasar buenos momentos de oración    

 

 

 

 

 

Que tengan una feliz semana con el Señor

 

Así vivían la Pascua en los primeros siglos

Aquí encontrará una serie de textos, en los que se muestran algunos rasgos significativos de cómo entendían y vivían el misterio santo de la Pascua las primeras generaciones cristianas. Son textos muy significativos para nosotros hoy, y una ayuda espléndida para respirar más plenamente, en los umbrales ya del tercer milenio cristiano, el aire fresco de la fe en la Resurrección de Cristo, primicia de la nuestra, fuente de esperanza cierta y manantial inagotable de ese Amor que el mundo entero necesita más que ninguna otra cosa

 

Mis hermanos y señores, estos días, como todos saben, nosotros celebramos la Pascua, y en ellos se canta el Aleluya. Debemos, sin embargo, hermanos, poner mucha atención para comprender con el alma aquello que celebramos visiblemente. Pascua es una palabra hebrea que significa paso; en griego [suena] pásjein, padecer, y en latín pascere, en el sentido con que se dice: Apacentaré a los amigos.

 

¿Quién es el que celebra la Pascua sino quien pasa de la muerte de los propios pecados a la vida de los justos, como dice el Apóstol: Hemos pasado de la muerte a la vida porque amamos a los hermanos? ¿Quién es el que celebra la Pascua sino quien cree en Aquel que ha padecido en la tierra, para reinar con Él en el cielo? ¿Quién es el que celebra la Pascua sino quien apacienta en los hermanos a Cristo? Él, en efecto, ha dicho de los pobres: Quienquiera que lo haya hecho a uno de los míos más pequeños, me lo ha hecho a mí. Cristo está ascendido en el cielo y es indigente en la tierra; interpela al Padre por nosotros y aquí abajo pide el pan desde nosotros.

 

Por eso, mis hermanos y señores, si queremos celebrar una Pascua saludable, pasemos de los pecados a la justicia, padezcamos por Cristo, apacentemos en los pobres a Cristo.

 

 En los años anteriores, el Señor, celebrando
la Pascua, comió el cordero pascual inmolado
por los judíos. Pero una vez que hubo predicado
el Evangelio, Él mismo se convirtió
en el Cordero de Dios

¿Quién es el que celebra la Pascua
sino quien cree en Aquel que ha padecido
en la tierra, para reinar con Él en el cielo?

San Agustín (siglo

03-09-2008

Saint Mary Parish                                         

 

 

Saturday, March 8

4:00 PM Lorraine Rita LeBlanc – Anniversary

Sunday, March 9

8:00 AM William L. Carr - Anniversary

10:00 AM Parish and Parishioners

Monday, March 10

12:10 PM Georgette DiTommaso - Anniversary

Tuesday, March 11

12:10 PM Cathy Tonne – Special Intention

Wednesday, March 12

12:10 PM Helen Flynn - Memorial

Thursday, March 13

12:10 PM  Joseph Fratantuono  - Anniversary

Saturday, March 15

4:00PM Lawrence J. Lane Sr.&

                     Lawrence J. Lane, Jr. - Anniversary

 

 

 

1,186 people participated at the Masses this week and contributed a total of $5,127 to our weekly collection. Thank you! Next week is our regular monthly collection.

 

Those requesting a weekend Memorial Mass are asked to make themselves known to the Cantor, or Celebrant at least ten minutes before the Mass if they would like to serve as gift bearers for that liturgy.

 

STATIONS OF THE CROSS

You are invited to make this devotion in the Church each Friday night at 6:00 PM.

 

ENGLISH TUTORING

We are looking for someone to tutor a beginner student to speak English. The ESL classes started in January and we have a student at the beginner level in need of tutoring so he can catch up to the other students. Please contact Deacon Eduardo Mora at the parish for more information.

 

CATHOLIC DIRECTORIES

We have a number of Catholic Directories available for anyone who would like one. These books provide statistical and general information about the Archdiocesan operations and all the parishes. Please come to the Rectory if you would like one.  A donation of any amount for one it would be

appreciated.

 

TENEBRAE SERVICE – March 16^th at St. Charles in Waltham at 3 PM.

 

    Waltham, MA  

PLEASE PRAY FOR…….

-                      Al DiPasquale, ill

-                      William Coyle, who recently passed away

 

LENTEN PENANCE SERVICE

We will offer a penance service on Tuesday, March 11^th at 7:00 PM. There will be an opportunity to go to confession in English and Spanish. This will take place in conjunction with Adoration which be taking place following the 12:10 Mass until 8:30 PM. The Monstrance we will use for adoration was one of six blessed by the late Pope John Paul II so Catholics would pray for vocations in front of the Blessed Sacrament. This monstrance was given to the churches of North America and travels throughout Canada, Mexico and the US. You can come for adoration anytime throughout the afternoon and evening.

 

ST VINCENT De PAUL

In today's Gospel, as Jesus gives sight to the blind man. Through grace we are also transformed from not seeing to seeing and then Jesus sends us to help others see and to believe.

Through your almsgiving you are giving signs of grace to others; far greater than you think.  Know that your donation is multiplied by the donations placed by others in the St.Vincent de Paul Poor Boxes.

 

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE

Palm Sunday is the regular weekend schedule.

The 10:00 AM and 11:30 Palm Sunday Masses will begin in the lower hall with the Solemn procession.  We encourage you to go there at these Masses to get the palms. There will not be a daily Mass on Tuesday March 18^th. All Boston priests go to the Cathedral for the Chrism Mass. The oils to be used for the coming year are consecrated by the Cardinal and the priests make a renewal of the priestly promises at this Mass. We encourage all of you to attend this Mass which starts at 11:00 AM.The Holy Thursday Mass will be at 7:30 PM. There is only one Mass celebrated on this day.

This Mass will be in English and Spanish. Following the Mass the Blessed Sacrament will be brought to the lower hall. We invite you to remain in prayer there until Midnight. Good Friday Services will be at 3:00 PM in English and 5:00 PM in Spanish. The Easter Vigil will begin at 9:00 PM with the Great fire in front of the church.  We encourage everyone to arrive as close to 9:00 PM as possible and meet in front of the church for the blessing of the fire.  Easter Sunday is the regular schedule

 

Fifth Sunday of Lent_

Dear Parishioners,

            In preparation for Holy Week, Saint Mary's will hold a Penance Service from 7:00 PM-8:30 PM. We try to make the Sacrament of Penance available all week by scheduling confession times Monday- Friday before the 12:10 Mass and Saturday afternoon. Yet these times still do not fit in with the schedules of many individuals and families. If we had more priests around here we could schedule confessions in the evenings. We have invited a number of priests to come and hear confession in English and in Spanish. Confessions will be heard while Adoration is taking place. A monstrance was blessed by Pope John Paul II and given to the churches in North America so people could prayer during adoration for men to consider entering the priesthood.  The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed in this monstrance following the 12:10 Mass until 8:30 PM. Please come to the church for Adoration for any amount of time on this afternoon. Adoration will conclude at 8:30 PM with Solemn Benediction but confessions will be heard from 7:00 PM until whatever time necessary. If you only have time to come to church to make your confession please don't let that keep you from coming. You can come and go as you please. May this day of prayer bring great peace so you may fully enter into the Holy week of Our Lord's Passion and Resurrection.

 

 

                                              Father Michael

 

SPES SALVI-IN HOPE WE ARE SAVED

This is the next paragraph of the encyclical. Each week one paragraph of the Pope's latest encyclical is printed here. Those who wish to refer back to a previous section or read ahead can find it on the Vatican website www.vatican.va or www.zenit.org.                                    

 

8. This explanation is further strengthened and related to daily life if we consider verse 34 of the tenth chapter of the Letter to the Hebrews, which is linked by vocabulary and content to this definition of hope-filled faith and prepares the way for it. Here the author speaks to believers who have undergone the experience of persecution and he says to them: "you had compassion on the prisoners, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property (hyparchonton—Vg. bonorum), since you knew

 

                                                March 9, 2008

that you yourselves had a better possession (hyparxin—Vg. substantiam) and an abiding one." Hyparchonta refers to property, to what in earthly life constitutes the means of support, indeed the basis, the "substance" for life, what we depend upon. This "substance", life's normal source of security, has been taken away from Christians in the course of persecution. They have stood firm, though, because they considered this material substance to be of little account. They could abandon it because they had found a better "basis" for their existenc