Saint Mary Parish - Waltham, MA Catholic Church

Saint Mary Parish
1835 - 2011
Easter Sunday
April 24, 2011
Welcome to Saint Mary Parish
133 School Street
Waltham MA 02451
Rectory: 781-891-1730
Catechesis Office: 781-308-4961
Immigration Center: 617-817-7544
STAFF
Rev. Michael Nolan, Pastor
Rev. Gabino Oliva Macias
Rev. David Martin Ssentamu (in residence)
Rev. Dennis Kasule (in residence)
Deacon Eduardo Mora, Director Immigration Ctr.
Mary McCarthy, Parish Secretary
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
Wednesday & Friday 7:00 PM (Chapel - Spanish)
Friday 8:00 PM (Lugandan)
Holy Day 7:30 AM, 12:10 PM, 7:00 PM (Spanish)
ADORATION
Friday: 12:30-7:00 PM
CONFESSIONS
Monday-Thursday: 11:30 AM - Noon
Friday: 11:00 AM - Noon
Saturday: 3:00 - 3:45 PM
CHURCH VISITS
The Church is open daily for visits from
8:30 AM - 7:30 PM.
SACRAMENT OF THE 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.
Fax: 781-642-0604
Email: [email protected]
Website: stmarywaltham.org
VISITS TO SICK & HOMEBOUND
Communion is brought to the sick and homebound.
Contact Ann Faulstich at 781-893-8953.
SACRAMENTS OF INITIATION
Parents of infants can call the office to arrange baptism.
Adults or parents of children wishing to receive
Baptism, Confirmation, or First Communion can
contact the Pastor or Deacon.
WEDDINGS
Registered parishioners or their children can
contact the rectory to arrange a meeting.
JOHN PAUL II IMMIGRATION CTR.
Those seeking assistance and support can visit the
Center in the Religious Education Office.
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Numbers are available for the monthly drawing.
Prizes range from $25 to $1,000. Sign-up sheets
are at the church entrances.
PARISH REGISTRATION
We welcome you 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.
I would like someone to call me to talk about
becoming a member of Saint Mary Parish.
My Name is____________________________________
Phone number__________________________________
Email _________________________________
Drop this form in the collection basket
and someone will call you.
Or, register through our website at stmarywaltham.org.
Welcome to Saint Mary Parish
and please come again!
My brothers and sisters in Christ,
On behalf of the priests and staff of the parish, I wish to
say Happy Easter to all the parishioners and all who are
visiting us this weekend. Thank you to all who have served
and prayed together throughout Holy Week. Thanks also to
everyone who made donations for Easter decorations in
memory of loved ones. Please know that I will be praying
for your intentions throughout Easter week. After the fast of
forty days may you share in the Master’s love who gives us
everything we need. After accompanying our Lord to his
death on Friday, may you live and walk the new way
following in the footsteps of the Risen Jesus. The tomb is
empty. The evidence is there. Don’t let anyone tell you any
different. They are wrong; or mistaken or confused. Jesus
told us he would rise. He doesn’t lie. When the women went
to the tomb early in the morning they found the tomb empty.
We have the evidence and testimony. Two of the disciples
met him on the road later on in the day even though they did
not recognize him right away. He is risen as he said he
would rise. So believe that He will come again just as he
promised. We have a reason to hope; a reason to seek
justice; a reason to love our lives... and defend all human
lives. For when he comes again, we will be judged by the
one who was judged by men. We will be shown mercy by
the one who showed mercy on his betrayers. Hopefully on
that great day we will live in that land of justice and mercy
and see the living God face to face. Happy Easter!
- Father Michael Nolan, Pastor
JOHN PAUL II BEATIFICATION-YOU TUBE
The beatification ceremony of John Paul II will be
celebrated by his friend Pope Benedict XVI on May 1st. The
Vatican has set up a YouTube channel showing short video
clips of each year of his pontificate as well as travels he
made to his flock around the world. New clips are added
each day. These simple videos are worth looking at when
you find yourself surfing the web:
http://www.youtube.com/user/GiovanniPaoloII
MASS INTENTIONS
The following Mass Intentions are scheduled this week:
Saturday, April 23 Easter Vigil
8:00 PM - Rodolphe & Viana Landry - Anniversary
Sunday, April 24 Easter Sunday
8:00 AM - Parish and parishioners
10:00 AM - Edith Parinis Sylvestre - 4th Anniversary
Monday, April 25
12:10 PM - The sick & elderly
Tuesday, April 26
12:10 PM Wednesday, April 27
12:10 PM - Shirley Place
Thursday, April 28
12:10 PM - Teresa & John Quaranto - Anniversary
Saturday, April 30
4:00 PM - Patricia Kalenderian (living)
& Kay Kalenderian (deceased)
Sunday, May 1
8:00 AM - Parish and parishioners
10:00 AM - Paula Bolles - Anniversary
Due to an early deadline to submit the bulletin for Easter, the
attendance and collection numbers for last week are not yet
available
PLEASE PRAY FOR. . .
 Dave Walsh
 Paul O’Toole
 The following people who have died recently, and for
their families. May the beloved dead rest in peace:
Regino Alicea
Irene Sturtevant
Felicia Rodriguez
Emma Merola
Juan Diaz
If you or someone you know someone needs prayers, please
stop by the rectory or call and leave your prayer intentions
with Mary.
ST. VINCENT DePAUL
Today as we celebrate the feast of Easter, we find the
challenge of also seeing and believing the resurrection that
comes through our own lives of self-sacrifice which brings
new life to others.
As you place your gift in the Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Poor Box, know that you are a sign of God’s love to those
who are suffering and you give them Easter hope and joy.
THANK YOU
Many thanks to all who made donations for Easter flowers.
Names and requested intentions for those who made
donations are printed on programs at the doors of the
Church. We will include your intentions in our prayers
throughout the Easter Season.
Risen Lord, through your triumph of the cross, May our
sufferings lead us to deeper union with you. Risen Lord, you
brought faith and hope to your disciples, May we abandon
ourselves to you, in trust and gratitude. Risen Lord, your
resurrection formed a community of believers, Give us true
love for one another. Risen Lord, you give God’s love
poured out in our hearts, Make us beloved disciples who
“see and believe.” Amen
URBI ET ORBI 2007
Every Easter the Holy Father sends Easter greetings to the city of Rome and to the world. Here is a portion of his 2007 message. It is still relevant this year.
Dear Brothers and Sisters throughout the world,
Men and women of good will!
Christ is risen! Peace to you! Today we celebrate the great mystery, the foundation of Christian faith and hope: Jesus
of Nazareth, the Crucified One, has risen from the dead on the third day according to the Scriptures. We listen today
with renewed emotion to the announcement proclaimed by the angels on the dawn of the first day after the Sabbath, to
Mary of Magdala and to the women at the sepulchre: “Why do you search among the dead for one who is alive? He is
not here, he is risen!” (Lk 24:5-6).
It is not difficult to imagine the feelings of these women at that moment: feelings of sadness and dismay at the death
of their Lord, feelings of disbelief and amazement before a fact too astonishing to be true. But the tomb was open and
empty: the body was no longer there. Peter and John, having been informed of this by the women, ran to the sepulchre
and found that they were right. The faith of the Apostles in Jesus, the expected Messiah, had been submitted to a severe
trial by the scandal of the cross. At his arrest, his condemnation and death, they were dispersed. Now they are together
again, perplexed and bewildered. But the Risen One himself comes in response to their thirst for greater certainty. This
encounter was not a dream or an illusion or a subjective imagination; it was a real experience, even if unexpected, and
all the more striking for that reason. “Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, ‘peace be with you!’” (Jn
20:19).
At these words their faith, which was almost spent within them, was re-kindled. The Apostles told Thomas who had
been absent from that first extraordinary encounter: Yes, the Lord has fulfilled all that he foretold; he is truly risen and
we have seen and touched him! Thomas however remained doubtful and perplexed. When Jesus came for a second time,
eight days later in the Upper Room, he said to him: “put your finger here and see my hands; and put out your hand and
place it in my side; do not be faithless, but believing!” The Apostle’s response is a moving profession of faith: “My Lord
and my God!” (Jn 20:27-28).
“My Lord and my God!” We too renew that profession of faith of Thomas. I have chosen these words for my Easter
greetings this year, because humanity today expects from Christians a renewed witness to the resurrection of Christ; it
needs to encounter him and to know him as true God and true man. If we can recognize in this Apostle the doubts and
uncertainties of so many Christians today, the fears and disappointments of many of our contemporaries, with him we
can also rediscover with renewed conviction, faith in Christ dead and risen for us. This faith, handed down through the
centuries by the successors of the Apostles, continues on because the Risen Lord dies no more. He lives in the Church
and guides it firmly towards the fulfillment of his eternal design of salvation.
We may all be tempted by the disbelief of Thomas. Suffering, evil, injustice, death, especially when it strikes the
innocent such as children who are victims of war and terrorism, of sickness and hunger, does not all of this put our faith
to the test? Paradoxically the disbelief of Thomas is most valuable to us in these cases because it helps to purify all false
concepts of God and leads us to discover his true face: the face of a God who, in Christ, has taken upon himself the
wounds of injured humanity. Thomas has received from the Lord, and has in turn transmitted to the Church, the gift of a
faith put to the test by the passion and death of Jesus and confirmed by meeting him risen. His faith was almost dead but
was born again thanks to his touching the wounds of Christ, those wounds that the Risen One did not hide but showed,
and continues to point out to us in the trials and sufferings of every human being.
“By his wounds you have been healed” (1 Pt 2:24). This is the message Peter addressed to the early converts. Those
wounds that, in the beginning were an obstacle for Thomas’s faith, being a sign of Jesus’ apparent failure, those same
wounds have become in his encounter with the Risen One, signs of a victorious love. These wounds that Christ has
received for love of us help us to understand who God is and to repeat: “My Lord and my God!” Only a God who loves
us to the extent of taking upon himself our wounds and our pain, especially innocent suffering, is worthy of faith.
Dear Brothers and sisters, through the wounds of the Risen Christ we can see the evils which afflict humanity with
the eyes of hope. In fact, by his rising the Lord has not taken away suffering and evil from the world but has vanquished
them at their roots by the superabundance of his grace. He has countered the arrogance of evil with the supremacy of his
love. He has left us the love that does not fear death, as the way to peace and joy. “Even as I have loved you – he said to
his disciples before his death – so you must also love one another” (cf. Jn 13:34).
THANK YOU-CATHECHISTS
The catechetical session ended last Sunday. A few classes
will continue to meet until they receive First Holy Communion and Confirmation in the next months. We have great
gratitude for the catechists and all who worked hard this past
year to pass on their faith, our faith, to the little ones. Some
of the children’s work was put on display two weeks ago.
Anyone who saw what they produced knows that the students took care with their projects and learned much about
the God who creates all things wonderfully. The children
preparing to receive sacraments have progressed greatly this
year. This is testament to the work and prayers of their
teachers and families. Please continue to pray for these
young ones that they grow in wisdom and grace even when
class is no longer in session.
WORLD YOUTH DAY 2011– MADRID
A few weeks ago a couple of teenagers in the parish inquired
about the World Youth Day in Madrid. They said they want
to be there. I told them to spread the word and see if others
also want to go. Nine young people have signed up for the
trip. This is a great sign of hope. We are always being told
that young people aren’t interested in the faith and the
Church. Yet these young people want to spend the next few
months raising money to be with the Pope, the bishops,
clergy, religious men and women and hundreds of thousands
of other young people on pilgrimage. This is very different
from going on vacation. We will stay in simple conditions
and spend hours in prayer, praise and teachings. We won’t
be eating in fancy Spanish restaurants but instead will be
eating the pilgrim food. I am very happy that they want to go
on this trip. I have been to five of these events in the past
and usually I think that teenagers are too young and immature to get a lot out of these events. Yet I quickly said yes to
these particular young people as they have shown, each in
their own ways, a maturing and an ability to discern what is
important and essential in life. These 9 youth will be joined
by me and two other adults. So we will travel in a perfect
number following the Lord who chose 12 to be his apostles.
Please pray for these young people that they may raise the
funds to go and benefit from the experience of joining other
young people from around the world to witness to the life
and universality of Catholicism. We will be having certain
fundraising events throughout the Spring. We hope you can
help support them in their efforts.
CAR WASH
Thanks to all who made early donations to the car wash
fundraiser for the youth pilgrimage to Spain. If you made a
donation and were not able to get your car washed last Saturday please know there will be other Saturdays in May when
the youth will be washing cars.
HAITI RECONSTRUCTION FUND
For many months, the people of Saint Mary’s have been
donating coins to rebuild Saint Peter’s Church in Bainet
Haiti. Our current total in donations is $10,798. Thank you
for your generosity. Please keep saving your coins and loose
change and bring them to the church or the rectory anytime.
We will keep raising money until the church gets built.
This church was completely destroyed in the earthquake.
The reason we chose this town is because a priest ordained
for the Archdiocese of Boston was baptized and grew up in
this parish. His name is Father Jean Pierre Aubin and he is
assigned to the parish of Saint Bridget’s in Maynard. He also
ministers to the Haitian population throughout the Archdiocese and celebrates a Sunday Mass in Creole at St. Charles
Borromeo Parish here in Waltham. Since this parish gave us
a priest here in Boston, it seems only right to help rebuild
their church.
Everyone needs a place to encounter God. Before they
need a stable economy or development or any of the other
basic human needs, the Haitian people need God And they
need the help of their brothers and sisters in faith to encounter God and experience his gift of hope.
Please visit the photo exposition of Saint Peter’s Church in
Bainet Haiti. This gives a sense of the earthquake’s destruction and the beautiful site of this town on the Caribbean
coast. Please pray for this holy work
P.S. You can now view the Haiti photos online using the
following link:
share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8CZs2rNy1bsUu
COUNCIL ON AGING: AGING IN WALTHAM
The Waltham Council on Aging is offering an informative
series of classes for caregivers and senior citizens. They will
be from 6:30-8:30PM on the following Wednesdays:
April 27 - Legal Advice: Estate planning, Mass. Health, Reverse Mortgages and Scams
May 4 - Housing Options: From Subsidized Apartments to
Assisted Living Facilities to Nursing Homes
May 11 - Community Resources: Home Care, Adult Day
Health, and Home Modifications
To register, call The Waltham COA at 781-314-3499
CATHOLIC APPEAL
Cardinal Séan wishes everyone at St. Mary’s a Happy Easter
and thanks everyone who has participated in the 2011 Catholic Appeal. Our parish has raised $13,523 from 102 participants, reaching 43.6% of our parish goal of $31,000. 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.com. Thank
you!
Santa María de Waltham
Información de la Oficina
Dirección: 133 School Street Waltham MA 02451
Rectoría: 781-891-1730 Fax: 781-642-0602
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.rc.net./boston/stmary
Directivo Parroquial
Párroco: Rev. Michael Nolan
Rev. Gabino Oliva Macias
Diacono: Eduardo R. Mora,
Director del Centro de Inmigración
Asistente de Coordinación de Catecismo: Milie Colon.
Coordinadores de Coro: Iván Colon, María Aviles, Vidal Hernández.
Coordinadora de lectores: Mariela Contreras
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 11:00p. m. a 3:00 p.m.
Estamos para servirles.
Horario de las Misas
Miércoles y Viernes a las 7:00 P.M.
y los domingos a las 11:30 A.M.
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.
Domingo 11:00 a.m. antes de la Misa.
Legión de María
Todos los domingos desde las 9:30 a.m. en el
edificio de Educación Religiosa.
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Hay números listos para tomarlos para la rifa mensual.
los premios son varios desde $25.00 a $1,000.00.
Las registraciones están en las puertas de la
Iglesia, inscríbase ahora.
Juan XXIII
Todos los lunes de 7:00 a 8:30 p. m. en el
edificio de Educación Religiosa
Grupo de oración
Todos los domingos de 6:00 a 7:30 p.m.
en el Hall de la Iglesia,
Grupo de Jóvenes
Todos los martes desde las 7:00 a 9:00 P.M.
en el Hall de la Iglesia y todos los primeros martes
del mes hay Adoración al Santísimo.
REGISTRO DE LA PARROQUIA
Damos la bienvenida a los recién llegados a la
parroquia. Por favor registrarse en la parroquia,
preséntese al Pastor. Los formularios de inscripción
están disponibles en las puertas de la iglesia.
Matrimonios
Parqueo en la Iglesia.
Por favor de llamar a la oficina de la parroquia
Es muy importante de respetar los lugares donde dePara la fecha del curso de pre-cana y para los arreglos
jar el carro, se pude parquear solamente en lugares
necesarios o hablar con el Diacono Eduardo.
marcados para hacerlo, ha habido accidentes por el
mal uso y la falta de respeto en el momento de parqueBautismos
ar nuestro carro, si no se pone atención los carros mal
Todos los primeros domingos del mes después de la
parqueados serán llevados por la grúa, y también es
Misa, es el día de orientación del Bautizo, en el Edifiprohibido parquear en la zona donde debe de estar licio de Educación Religiosa, y el segundo domingo del
bre para el paso de ambulancia o bomberos, no se pucada mes son los Bautizos, después de
de bloquear estos lugares. Gracias por su ayuda a
la Misa en la Iglesia.
mantener el orden.
Comunión
Si conoce a alguien que necesita la Sagrada
Comunión en su casa, hospital o Asilo de Ancianos
“Nursing Home”, hablar con el uno de los Sacerdotes
o al Diacono Eduardo Mora.
CLUB 133 NO SE OLVIDE DE OBTENER SU NUMERO
MENSAJE URBI ET ORBI
DE SU SANTIDAD BENEDICTO XVI
Hermanos y hermanas del mundo entero,
¡hombres y mujeres de buena voluntad!
¡Cristo ha resucitado! ¡Paz a vosotros! Se celebra hoy el gran misterio, fundamento de la fe y de la esperanza cristiana:
Jesús de Nazaret, el Crucificado, ha resucitado de entre los muertos al tercer día, según las Escrituras. El anuncio dado por
los ángeles, al alba del primer día después del sábado, a Maria la Magdalena y a las mujeres que fueron al sepulcro, lo
escuchamos hoy con renovada emoción: “¿Por qué buscáis entre los muertos al que vive? No está aquí, ha resucitado!” (Lc
24,5-6).
No es difícil imaginar cuales serían, en aquel momento, los sentimientos de estas mujeres: sentimientos de tristeza y
desaliento por la muerte de su Señor, sentimientos de incredulidad y estupor ante un hecho demasiado sorprendente para
ser verdadero. Sin embargo, la tumba estaba abierta y vacía: ya no estaba el cuerpo. Pedro y Juan, avisados por las
mujeres, corrieron al sepulcro y verificaron que ellas tenían razón. La fe de los Apóstoles en Jesús, el Mesías esperado,
había sufrido una dura prueba por el escándalo de la cruz. Durante su detención, condena y muerte se habían dispersado, y
ahora se encontraban juntos, perplejos y desorientados. Pero el mismo Resucitado se hizo presente ante su sed incrédula de
certezas. No fue un sueño, ni ilusión o imaginación subjetiva aquel encuentro; fue una experiencia verdadera, aunque
inesperada y justo por esto particularmente conmovedora. “Entró Jesús, se puso en medio y les dijo: «Paz a vosotros»” (Jn
20,19).
Ante aquellas palabras, se reavivó la fe casi apagada en sus ánimos. Los Apóstoles lo contaron a Tomás, ausente en
aquel primer encuentro extraordinario: ¡Sí, el Señor ha cumplido cuanto había anunciado; ha resucitado realmente y
nosotros lo hemos visto y tocado! Tomás, sin embargo, permaneció dudoso y perplejo. Cuando, ocho días después, Jesús
vino por segunda vez al Cenáculo le dijo: “Trae tu dedo, aquí tienes mis manos; trae tu mano y métela en mi costado; y no
seas incrédulo, sino creyente!”. La respuesta del apóstol es una conmovedora profesión de fe: “¡Señor mío y Dios
mío!” (Jn 20,27-28).
“¡Señor mío y Dios mío!”. Renovemos también nosotros la profesión de fe de Tomás. Como felicitación pascual, este
año, he elegido justamente sus palabras, porque la humanidad actual espera de los cristianos un testimonio renovado de la
resurrección de Cristo; necesita encontrarlo y poder conocerlo como verdadero Dios y verdadero Hombre. Si en este
Apóstol podemos encontrar las dudas y las incertidumbres de muchos cristianos de hoy, los miedos y las desilusiones de
innumerables contemporáneos nuestros, con él podemos redescubrir también con renovada convicción la fe en Cristo
muerto y resucitado por nosotros. Esta fe, transmitida a lo largo de los siglos por los sucesores de los Apóstoles, continúa,
porque el Señor resucitado ya no muere más. Él vive en la Iglesia y la guía firmemente hacia el cumplimiento de su
designio eterno de salvación.
Cada uno de nosotros puede ser tentado por la incredulidad de Tomás. El dolor, el mal, las injusticias, la muerte,
especialmente cuando afectan a los inocentes —por ejemplo, los niños víctimas de la guerra y del terrorismo, de las
enfermedades y del hambre—, ¿no someten quizás nuestra fe a dura prueba? No obstante, justo en estos casos, la
incredulidad de Tomás nos resulta paradójicamente útil y preciosa, porque nos ayuda a purificar toda concepción falsa de
Dios y nos lleva a descubrir su rostro auténtico: el rostro de un Dios que, en Cristo, ha cargado con las llagas de la
humanidad herida. Tomás ha recibido del Señor y, a su vez, ha transmitido a la Iglesia el don de una fe probada por la
pasión y muerte de Jesús, y confirmada por el encuentro con Él resucitado. Una fe que estaba casi muerta y ha renacido
gracias al contacto con las llagas de Cristo, con las heridas que el Resucitado no ha escondido, sino que ha mostrado y
sigue indicándonos en las penas y los sufrimientos de cada ser humano.
“Sus heridas os han curado” (1 P 2,24), éste es el anuncio que Pedro dirigió a los primeros convertidos. Aquellas llagas,
que en un primer momento fueron un obstáculo a la fe para Tomás, porque eran signos del aparente fracaso de Jesús;
aquellas mismas llagas se han vuelto, en el encuentro con el Resucitado, pruebas de un amor victorioso. Estas llagas que
Cristo ha contraído por nuestro amor nos ayudan a entender quién es Dios y a repetir también: “Señor mío y Dios mío”.
Sólo un Dios que nos ama hasta cargar con nuestras heridas y nuestro dolor, sobre todo el dolor inocente, es digno de fe.
Queridos hermanos y hermanas: a través de las llagas de Cristo resucitado podemos ver con ojos de esperanza estos
males que afligen a la humanidad. En efecto, resucitando, el Señor no ha quitado el sufrimiento y el mal del mundo, pero
los ha vencido en la raíz con la superabundancia de su gracia. A la prepotencia del Mal ha opuesto la omnipotencia de su
Amor. Como vía para la paz y la alegría nos ha dejado el Amor que no teme a la Muerte. “Que os améis unos a otros —
dijo a los Apóstoles antes de morir— como yo os he amado” (Jn 13,34).