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.
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