Somerville Tri-Parish Catholic Community

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
Est. 1891
179 Summer St.
Somerville, MA 02143
617-666-2087
www.stcatherinesomerville.com
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, March 14 @ 4:00 p.m.
Joseph Perry
(7th Anniversary)
Sunday, March 15 @ 9:00 a.m.
Mary I. Pothier
(Memorial)
Sunday, March 15 @ 11:00 a.m.
Paul White
(Anniversary)
Monday, March 16 @ 12:10 p.m.
For the Sick of the Parish
Tuesday, March 17 @ 7:00 a.m.
Martin O’Brien
(Memorial)
Wednesday, March 18 @ 12:10 p.m.
Theresa Day
(Anniversary)
Thursday, March 19 @ 7:00 a.m.
Joseph & Hilda Graf
(Memorial)
Friday, March 20 @ 12:10 p.m.
For the People of St. Joseph Parish
Saturday, March 21 @ 4:00 p.m.
Geri St. Pierre
(16 Anniversary)
Sunday, March 22 @ 9:00 a.m.
Marlene Hoey
(4th Anniversary)
Sunday, March 22 @ 11:00 a.m.
Catherine Pelham
(2nd Annivesary)
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 the deceased:
Louise Marrano, Kay Morin, Dick & Shirley Mangan,
Paul Gobiel and Janice Knight.
In prayer, you are asked to remember our sick:
Christopher Smith, Stephen Ramsden, Herb Roderick, Luis Rivera, Sr.,
Brenda Blizzard, Joao Tavares, Carol Dows, Tony Jenkins, Mary Herlihy,
Blanche Ahern, Bessy Doherty, Carole 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 BAKE SALE: We will hold our Annual
Sodality Bake Sale on Palm Sunday, March 29th after
all the Masses. Any donations will be greatly appreciated.
Water Leak—You may have noticed that there is damage to the ceiling of the Sanctuary of the Lower Church.
The radiator in the Upper Church, directly above that
area, has split due to old age. We have had to replace 2
others upstairs in the past couple of years. We will do
the same with this one and will repair and repaint the
ceiling.
SOMERVILLE
Religious Education News
Grades 1—8
All Classes meet this Sunday, March 15
All Classes will meet again next Sunday,
March 22, following the 9:00 a.m. Mass.
Parents are asked to attend the 9 o’clock Mass with their children
Field Trip to our parish church takes place this Sunday,
March 15th with Father Jason.
4th Grade Explanation Mass takes place this Sunday,
March 15th for all children in the Program.
2nd Grade Explanation Mass takes place on
April 12th for all children in the Program.
Grade 9 Confirmation class meets again this Sunday, March 15 and again next Sunday, March 22 at St.
Ann Parish Center at 5pm followed by Mass at 6pm.
CHURCH SUPPORT - March 7 & 8
4:00 p.m.
7:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
Mail-Ins
ParishPay
Total
Utility & Fuel
Offertory
$521.00
$150.00
$165.00
$796.00
$ 60.00
$ 95.00
$1,787.00
$ 60.00
Attendance
85
20
66
112
283
Donations can be made online at www.parishpay.com
The second collection to be taken up at all the
Masses next weekend will be used for the Easter
Flowers to adorn our altars for the Great Feast of
Easter. Your contributions help to beautify our
church. We appreciate your generosity.
Life Line Screening, a leading provider of community-based preventive health screenings, will host their affordable, non-invasive
and painless health screenings here at St. Joseph Church (hall)
on Tuesday, April 14th. Five screenings will be offered that scan
for potential health problems related to: blocked arteries, a leading cause of stroke; abdominal aortic aneurysms which can lead
to a ruptured aorta; hardening of the arteries in the legs, a
strong predictor of heart disease; arterial fibrillation or irregular
heart beat which is closely tied to stroke rise; and a bone density
screening, for men & women, used to assess the risk of osteoporosis. Register for a Wellness Package which includes 4 vascular
tests and osteoporosis screening from $149 ($139 with member
discount). All five screenings take 60-90 minutes to complete. In
order to register for this event and to receive a $10 discount
off any package priced above $129, please call 1-888-6536441 or visit www.lifelinescreening.com/community partners.
ST. CATHERINE PARISH
Mass Intentions
Saturday, 3/14/2015
4:00 p.m.
Rev. Louis D. Bourgeois (Memorial)
Sunday, 3/15/2015
7:00 a.m.
Margaret Catherine Soccorso
(Birthday Memorial)
9:00 a.m.
Alexandrina Ricardo
(Birthday Memorial)
11:30 a.m. Rev. William W. Campbell (Mem.)
Tuesday, 3/17/2015
9:00 a.m.
Parishioners of St. Catherine Parish
Thursday, 3/19/2015
9:00 a.m.
Catherine Postizzi (Birth. Mem.)
Saturday, 3/21/2015
9:00 a.m.
Parishioners of St. Catherine Parish
4:00 p.m.
Francis X. O’Leary (15th Anniv.)
Sunday, 3/22/2015
7:00 a.m.
Rev. Msgr. Alfonso G. Palladino
(Memorial)
9:00 a.m.
Jose & Maria Bairos (Anniversary)
11:30 a.m. Russell Lovett
(15th Anniv.)
In prayer, you are asked to remember the deceased: John J. McCorkle, Jr. whose Funeral Mass
was celebrated here this past week.
CHURCH SUPPORT—March 7 & 8
Offertory
Attendance
4:00
$733
81
7:00
$ 131
19
9:00
$ 521
106
11:30
$ 628
98
ParishPay
$ 868
Mail-In
$ 272
Total
$3,153.00 304
Massachusetts Citizens for Life Annual Convention,
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care and doctor-prescribed suicide. You can do the best
pro-life work when you are informed! Join us on March
21, 2015, 8:30—4:00, St. Sebastian’s, Needham.
www.masscitizensforlife.org. 617-242-4199
Contemporary Catholics:
Join Fr. Curran, this Lent, on Sundays following
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.
SOMERVILLE
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NOTES
Classes this Sunday, March 15th and
next Sunday, March 22nd
for Grades 1—9 following the 9:00 a.m. Mass.
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Medical Missionaries of Mary
Sister Phyllis Heaney has worked with people who are handicapped with disabilities. As in many places around the world,
she found that these people were on the margins of society—
hidden from view and stigmatized. Sister Phyllis dreamed of
having a house where children with these disabilities could
stay and be cared for while their mothers had one day a week
to care for themselves. This dream has come true and today
THE NEST OF HOPE HAS GROWN BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS.
The mothers of these children are now able to take jobs, such
as doing laundry, to earn a much needed income. Please
help Sister to continue her ever-growing ministry. Quarter
Cards are still available on the tables in the back of the
church for those who have not had the opportunity to pick one
up. Thank you and God bless.
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At the Easter Vigil at St. Catherine and after
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Forty Hours
Please come for a visit with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament
during “40 Hours” of Adoration and Prayer. The Forty
Hours will begin at St Joseph Parish, 114 High St., Medford
at 4 am on Wednesday, March 18th in the lower church and
continue all throughout the night ending with a Mass at 7 pm
in the upper church on March 19th, the feast of St Joseph.
The special intention of the Forty Hours is to pray for the
sanctification of families, families in need, families in crisis.
Light refreshments will be available in the meeting room at
the rear of the lower church. Donations are most welcome.
To sign up for an hour or for more information: 781.391.1396
or [email protected]
ST. ANN PARISH
MASS INTENTIONS
Saturday, 3/14/15
4:00 p.m.
Americo Nonni
(Memorial)
Brendan Lynch
(Month’s Mind)
Sunday, 3/15/15
8:00 a.m.
Kenneth Neff
Birthday Mass
10:15 a.m.
In Honor of St. Ann
Ralph Mastrangelo
(Memorial)
11:30 a.m.
Betty Jean Baptiste
Birthday Mass
Pierre Marie Ducasse Birthday Mass
Staca Thelemaque
Thanksgiving
Quliene Liberus
Thanksgiving
Monday, 3/16/15
9:00 a.m.
Ellen Whalen
(13th Anniv.)
Wednesday, 3/18/15
9:00 a.m.
Maria Asaro
(Birth. Mem.)
Friday, 3/20/15
9:00 a.m.
Arsenio Tierno
(6th Anniv.)
Saturday, 3/21/15
4:00 p.m.
Angelina & Frank DiRocco & Deceased
Family Members
(Memorial)
Maria Coli
(Memorial)
Sunday, 3/22/15
8:00 a.m.
Mary Elizabeth Saghrue (Memorial)
10:15 a.m.
Karen Farrell
(1st Anniv.)
Mary Gazzola
(36th Anniv.)
Leo Lawrence
(Memorial)
Norman Douglass, Jr. (10th Anniv.)
6:00 p.m.
Deanna Cremin
(20th Anniv.)
In prayer, you are asked to remember the deceased
Antoinetta DeLuca, Rose Trullo and John E. Elwell whose
Funeral Masses were celebrated here this past week.
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, 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 - March 7 & 8
Offertory
Attendance
4:00
$ 805.00
91
8:00
$ 363.00
43
10:15
$ 641.00
135
11:30
$ 690.00
118
6:00
$ 155.00
43
Mail In
$ 458.00
ParishPay
$ 200.00
Total
$3,312.00
430
Charismatic
$ 184.00
SOMERVILLE
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS
Classes meet this Sunday, March 15 at 9:00 a.m.
followed by Mass at 10:15.
Classes meet again next Sunday, March 22 at 9:00
a.m. followed by Mass at 10:15.
CONFIRMATION CLASS
Grade 9 Confirmation Class meets again this Sunday,
March 15, and again next Sunday, March 22 at St. Ann
Parish Center at 5pm followed by Mass at 6pm.
St. Ann Senior Center is open from 10am until 1pm on Tues-
days 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 until April 1st, from 6:308:00pm, we will be offering confessions at our three TriParishes 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.
Let us welcome Gaetano DiDomenico and Izayah
M. Thompson who were baptized here this past
weekend.
Lower Church—The floors are complete and the pews
are being reinstalled. The painting has begun! We
should be able to return to worship in the lower church
in the next couple of months. We thank you for your
patience and understanding during this time. Please
keep our parish in your prayers.
Get your Irish Soda Bread for St. Pat’s Day at Little Sisters of
the Poor, Highland Ave. Angela’s Famous Irish Bread at $6.00 a
loaf—available at the front lobby on March 15th—until it sells
out!
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT, MARCH 15, 2015
A Note from Father Brian:
Bulletin Connection to the Readings:
“Whoever lives the truth comes to the light.” Think
about the sun for a moment. The light from this gigantic celestial orb provides so many things for us.
Most obviously, it provides brightness by which we
work, play, and navigate the world around us. It also
provides the warmth necessary for our comfort and
our survival. The sun sustains plant life, which in
turn sustains our lives as well. It helps us mark the
passing of time, the change of seasons, and the
rhythm of every day. The sun is a tremendous gift
from God, and our lives—just life our planet—quite
literally revolve around it.
When Jesus uses the image of light in today’s
Gospel, it may help us to understand Him if we think
of the sun. Just as this magnificent star nourishes our
physical existence, so to Jesus nourishes our spiritual
existence. He gives us the “brightness” to see the
right choices in front of us through His teaching and
through His example. He warms our hearts through
His mercy and forgiveness, changing our coldhearted
sinfulness into burning charity. He sustains our
spiritual lives by offering us the gift of salvation. He
helps us mark the passing of time as we grow ever
closer to Him, entering more and more deeply into
the knowledge and love of Our Lord.
Stewardship News: All that we have and all that we
are comes from the Lord. “We are truly His handiwork,” says St. Paul in the second reading, “created
in Christ Jesus to lead a life of good deeds which
God prepared for us in advance.”
Last weekend our Tri-Parishes launched the 2015
Catholic Appeal. We would like to thank all who have
given so generously. If you were unable to attend
Mass last weekend and wish to make a pledge to the
Catholic Appeal, please take a pledge form from the
tables in back of the church or you can also make a
gift or pledge online at www.bostoncatholicappeal.org.
Thank you for your prayers and support for a successful Catholic Appeal.
****Somerville’s Tri-Parish Catholic Community: Although
we are 3 parishes, we are united as ONE Catholic Community,
one large family. To thrive in an individualistic world, we need
people of prayer who pray for our community. Commit yourself to praying and living the Amazing Parish Prayer on the
right every day this week.
Sacred Triduum
This year, in an effort to strengthen our collaborative, we will be celebrating one Sacred Triduum,
in English, among the three parishes. Holy Thursday at St. Ann has traditionally been bi-lingual and
we will be keeping that tradition this year. Good Friday will be at St. Joseph and Holy Saturday at
St. Catherine of Genoa. This will be an adjustment
for many, however, having more people come together
to celebrate this most sacred time, where we recall in a
deeper way the death and resurrection of Our Lord,
can only strengthen our worship.
In order to accommodate those with limited
mobility and transportation, we are asking those
who would be interested in taking a bus from their
home parish to the location of the Liturgy for that
evening to call Fr. Brian at 617-666-2087 and leave
your name. We do not want anyone to be left out;
all three parishes are accessible to those with mobility issues. WE NEED AN ACCURATE COUNT BY
MARCH 23rd so we can hire the correct size bus.
COMMITMENT TO PRAYER: At the beginning
of Lent our community made a commitment to increase
the time spent in prayer each day. Have you remained
faithful to your commitment? There’s still time to build
your relationship with God this Lent. Use “The Word
Among Us” to read the daily scripture readings and reflect
on the message God is giving you. Through daily prayer
God will lead you to become the best version of yourself!
FIAT
Fiat is a discernment group for women in the Archdiocese of Boston who are considering a vocation to religious life. The next meeting will be held on Wednesday,
March 25th from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Sisters of St. Joseph,
637 Cambridge St., Brighton. The Feast of the Annunciation will be celebrated that evening with the theme:
“Living Our Fiat.” If you are interested in attending,
please contact Sister Marian Batho, CSJ, Delegate for
Religious, [email protected] or call 617-7465637.
Amazing Parish Prayer
Heavenly Father, You have gathered us together as a parish to be Your visible life in our world. Here we unite in
worship, proclaim Your word, celebrate the Eucharist, and
are sent forth to share Your love and make disciples. Lord,
we take Your Great Commission seriously and long for
our parish to be so on-fire that we draw people to You.
Help us in that endeavor, as we strive to work together—
ordained, religious and laity. Please make our parish
amazing, through Your power and Your grace.
Amen.