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
Third Sunday of Advent
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
Est. 1881
Mass Schedule
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
179 Summer St.
Somerville, MA 02143
617-666-2087
www.stcatherinesomerville.com
Est. 1891
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
SOMERVILLE
MASS INTENTIONS
Saturday, December 13 @ 4:00 p.m.
John Driver
(Anniversary)
Sunday, December 14 @ 9:00 a.m.
For the People of St. Joseph Parish
Sunday, December 14 @ 11:00 a.m.
William (Bill) Barry
(Birthday Mem.)
Tuesday, December 16 @ 7:00 a.m.
William (Bill) Barry
(Birthday Mem.)
Friday, December 19 @ 12:10 a.m.
Luigi Eva Nunziata
(Memorial)
Sunday, December 21 @ 9:00 a.m.
For the People of St. Joseph Parish
Sunday, December 21 @ 11:00 a.m.
Ted & Theresa Buttner and
Robert “Bob” Caton (Memorial)
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Eucharistic Adoration follow every Friday 12:10 pm Mass here
at St. Joseph’s.
Just a reminder:
In prayer you are asked to remember the deceased: Mary
Dunlea whose Funeral Mass took place this past Friday and
Manuel Sanczes Nunez for whom a Pro-Burial Mass was celebrated this past Thursday.
You are also asked to remember Sister Vincente O’Connor,
L.S.P., who passed to the Lord last week at Little Sisters of
the Poor on Highland Avenue. Sister dedicated 65 years of
service to the Lord. She was beloved by all.
In prayer you are asked to remember the sick:
Emma DiMasi, Herb Roderick, Majorie Butler, Somerville Police Officer
Robert Hickey, Rae Linda Vozella, Mark Van Valkenburg, Brenda Blizzard, Gloria Falite, Joao Tavares, Carol Dows, Tony Jenkins, Mary Herlihy,
Blanche Ahern, Bessy Doherty, Carol Jennings, Pina and Leo Mingace,
Suzie Magliozzi, Rosa Nolet, Janice Jolicoeur, Jim Brown, Norma Wolske,
Mary Howard, Steve Maguire, Rose Scanlon, Bob King, , Mary E. Sharry,
Tom Taylor, Kayleigh Wilcox, Earl Collins, Jeanette Frejuste, Rich Pomerleau, Ann Marie McGreevy, Nora McDonagh, Fr. Paul Mulligan, Stefan
Burghardt, Antonio Escobar. Please let us know when someone can be
removed from this list.
CHURCH SUPPORT - December 6 & 7, 2014
4:00 p.m.
7:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
Mail-in
Total
Offertory
$583.00
$184.00
$392.00
$546.00
$362.00
$2,067.00
Attendance
67
19
84
91
261
Offertory Donations can be made online at www.parishpay.com
The 2nd Collection being taken up at all
the Masses next weekend is to help defray the cost of decorating our altar for
for the great Feast of Christmas. Your
donations are greatly appreciated.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS
GRADES 1 THROUGH 8:
Classes this Sunday, December 14th
Classes next Sunday, December 21st
Parents are urged to attend the 9 o’clock Mass, with
their child/children before class.
Our Religious Education students will present their
performance of the Nativity Story at 3 p.m. next
Sunday 12/21 in the school hall. Please join us in
support of our CCD students & teachers.
CONFIRMATION
Grade 10 will meet this Sunday, December 14, 5pm at
St. Ann Parish Center followed by Mass at 6pm.
Grade 9 will meet again next Sunday, December 21 at
St. Ann Parish Center at 5pm followed by Mass at
6pm.
PLEASE NOTE: We are in need of a floating CCD
teacher who would be able to substitute for any teacher
who is absent.
Our 2014 Christmas Giving Tree has been set up in the
rear of our upper church. This year we are asking for
gifts or Gift Certificates to benefit those at
Respond, Inc., a battered women’s (and children) shelter and for the elderly, poor residents at Little Sisters of the Poor, both located here in Somerville.
Anyone wishing to participate can take a
scroll from the tree, purchase the gift indicated on the scroll, attach the scroll to the
gift (unwrapped) and place it back under the
tree by next Sunday, December 21st.
USHERS: There are times when we are short on ushers to
take up the collection at our Masses. If you are willing to
help out please let the head usher know beforehand or if you
are approached to help, please do so.
Our 2014 Annual Parish Bazaar is long gone but we
want to let you know that $14,500 was realized to
help with the expenses of the parish. Again, we
thank all who contributed in any way.
Single Women…...have you ever desired to know more
about religious life but didn’t know where to inquire?
This Sunday, December 14th, 3—5pm, is your chance to
begin the exploration of this Church vocation at San
Damiano House of Prayer, 330 Pawtucket St., Lowell.
This is not to recruit but simply to provide a forum in
which to explore. For further information, contact Sister
Janet Deaett, SND, [email protected] or 978-454
-2931.
ST. CATHERINE PARISH
MASS INTENTIONS
Saturday, 12/13/14
4:00 p.m.
The Ahern Family
(Memorial)
Sunday, 12/14/14
7:00 a.m.
Msgr. Robert J. Boyle (Memorial)
9:00 a.m.
Manuel Freitas (Birthday Memorial)
11:30 a.m. Albert Pilotte
(Anniversary)
Mary Pilotte O’Brien (Anniversary)
Tuesday, 12/16/14
9:00 a.m.
Joseph Mari
(Memorial)
Thursday, 12/18/14
9:00 a.m.
Jennie Lauro Hill
(Memorial)
Saturday, 12/20/14
9:00 a.m.
Lorenzo Lauro
(Memorial)
4:00 p.m.
Austin Haley
(2nd Anniversary)
Sunday, 12/21/14
7:00 a.m.
Jose Lobo
(Birthday Memorial)
9:00 a.m.
Antonio DeFabrizio (2nd Anniversary)
11:30 a.m. Richard Brooks
(Memorial)
Please pray for the sick of St. Catherine & St. Ann Parishes: Emma DiMasi, Michael Sherburne, John Houlihan,
Tony Jenkins, Adele Cenci, Natalie Harris, Ashley Johnson,
Maureen Murphy, Joanne Finnegan, 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.
St. Catherine of Genoa wishes to thank the following for their
generous donations and support of the 2014 bazaar:
Ricky’s Flower Mart
Marie Howe Real Estate
Wiseman Insurance Agency
Margie’s Beauty Salon
J.P. Licks
Mohegan Sun
Walsh & Walsh Law Offices
Sewing & Vacuum Center
Stoneham Theatre
Middlesex Federal Savings F.A.
Rep. Michael Capuano
Rogers Funeral Home
Donavan-Aufiero Funeral Home
Francis D. Privitera
New Repertory Theatre
Hyatt Place Boston/Medford
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Mr. Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.
Neighborhood Restaurant & Bakery Harrow’s chicken Pies
Tag’s Hardware
Wedgwood-Crane & Connolly
Red Bones
Dello Russo Funeral Home
Naveo Credit Union
Peabody Essex Museum
Cataldo Ambulance Service, Inc.
Mystic Florist
Bent Electrical Contractors, Inc.
Somerville Car Wash
Christmas Tree Shops
The Sports Museum
Dell’s Appliance Sales & Service
Kiki & Art Hairstyling, Inc.
Committee to Elect Joseph A. Curtatone
Mr. Eugene C. Brune
George L. Doherty Funeral Service, Inc.
Cheesecake Factory
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Revels
DiTucci’s Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Co. Pico Liquors, Inc.
WRG Transportation Federal Credit Union
Mr. John Tuscano
Market Basket
When Pigs Fly
SOMERVILLE
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NOTES
CLASSES THIS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14
All Classes meet again next Sunday, December 21
CHURCH SUPPORT—December 6 & 7, 2014
Offertory
Attendance
4:00
$614.00
74
7:00
$301.00
39
9:00
$500.00
163
11:30
$1,039.00
105
1:00
$135.00
15
Mail-In
$140.00
Total
$2,729.00
396
Fall
$10,121.00
Flowers
$938.00
The GIVING TREE is our Advent outreach to those in
need at the Somerville Home. The tree is
decorated with ornaments bearing information for a gift. Each family is invited to
take ONE ORNAMENT ONLY. By taking
an ornament, you are making a commitment to purchase a gift. After you purchase your gift, wrap it and attach the ornament securely on the present and place it under the
tree no later than December 21st. Your offering is a
gift of love and brings happiness. Thank you for your
spirit of giving and generosity
Join Cardinal Sean and the Archdiocesan contingent on
the annual March for Life. This powerful pilgrimage experience now offers four distinct tracks: Middle School,
High School, College/Young Adult and Family. For more
information please visit www.ONE4Boston.org or contact Ann Genaro at [email protected].
Christmas Flowers and Decorations
Donations, in memory of loved ones, help with the cost
of the Christmas flowers at St. Ann and St. Catherine of
Genoa. They may be made by placing your offering in
the envelopes marked “Flower Offering” provided at
church exits. These envelopes may be placed in the collections baskets at Mass or dropped off at the office.
Please submit names by December 21st. Thank you.
Christmas Flowers in Memory of:
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
Given By: __________________________________
____________________________________________
ST. ANN PARISH
MASS INTENTIONS
Saturday, 12/13/14
4:00 p.m.
Pamela Bishop
(Memorial)
Edith Bishop
(Memorial)
Sunday, 12/14/14
8:00 a.m.
Lawrence Blute
(Memorial)
Annie & John Blute
(Memorial)
Salvatore & Rosa Trapane (Memorial)
10:15 a.m.
Theresa Murdock
(16th Anniversary)
11:30 a.m.
Dorotea
(Birthday Mass)
Marjorie Fontile
(Action de Grace)
E Santille Dumay &
Mariot Dumay
(Memorial)
6:00 p.m.
Mary Willey
(1st Anniversary)
Monday, 12/15/14
9:00 a.m.
Kenneth Toney
(Birthday Memorial)
Wednesday, 12/17/14
9:00 a.m.
Parishioners of St. Ann Parish
Friday, 12/19/14
9:00 a.m.
Salvatore, Paulo & Civita Dovidio
(Memorial)
Saturday, 12/20/14
4:00 p.m.
Filomena Pepe
(19th Anniversary)
Sunday, 12/21/14
8:00 a.m.
Adele Cenci
(Speedy Recovery)
10:15 a.m.
Arsenio Tierno
(Memorial)
Joseppe Filomena Pietro (Memorial)
6:00 p.m.
Antonia Contardo
(4th Anniversary)
Let us pray for: James M. Mello whose Funeral
Mass was celebrated here this past week.
Our true worth does not consist in what human beings think
of us. What we really are consists in what God knows us to
be.
St. John Berchmans (1599-1621)
Every year our Parish family generously donates items
to our GIVING TREE. The items donated go to support
the residents at St. Mary’s Center for Women and Children in Dorchester. For over 100 years, St. Mary’s has
provided service to women in need in the Boston area
and beyond. They are doing the good work of the
church and it is a most worthy cause.
They support more than 500 children,
adolescents and their families through
residential, emergency shelter, job training, educational, clinical, and aftercare
services. They work intensively with
young adults and children to ensure that
those, who might otherwise remain
trapped in intergenerational poverty,
have the support they need to help them
reach their true God-given potential. Please visit their
website www.stmaryscenterma.org to learn more about
all their good work on behalf of the Church. We are certain that you, our generous parishioners, will support
this cause and give generously, as you have in the past.
SOMERVILLE
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS
GRADES 1—8 CLASS SCHEDULE:
CLASSES THIS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14
Followed by Mass at 10:15 a.m.
CLASSES MEET AGAIN NEXT SUNDAY,
DECEMBER 21
CONFIRMATION
Grade 10 will meet this Sunday, December 14, 5:00
p.m. at St. Ann Parish Center followed by Mass at
6:00.p.m.
Grade 9 will meet again next Sunday, December 21 at
St. Ann Parish Center at 5:00 p.m. followed by Mass
at 6:00 p.m.
PARISH SUPPORT - December 6 & 7, 2014
Offertory
Attendance
4:00
8:00
10:15
11:30
6:00
Mail-in
Total
Grand Annual
Flowers
Charismatic
$1,053.00
$380.00
$857.00
$663.00
$295.00
$119.00
$3,367.00
$7,707.00
$1,080.00
$1,431.00
100
58
125
121
36
440
St. Ann Senior Center is open from 10am until
1pm on Tuesdays 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.
Mercredi, 31 Décembre, 2014: soirée de prière de louange et
de remerciement suivie d'une messe pour cloturer l'année 2014
et commencer l'année 2015 dans les bras de Jésus de 7:00 pm
12:00 pm
Prière du Groupe Charismatique: chaque jeudi à 6:30 pm.
Adoration du Saint Sacrement: chaque Samedi de 9:00 am à
12:00 pm.
Mille Ave Maria: chaque 1er Samedi du mois de 9:00 a.m. à 2:15
p.m.
Rencontre du Groupe de la Légion de Marie: chaque Samedi à
4:00 pm.Répétition de chants pour la Chorale: chaque Vendredi à
6:00 pm.
Rencontre du Groupe des Jeunes: chaque samedi à 5:00 pm.
Rencontre du Groupe des Jeunes adultes: every two weeks
THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT - DECEMBER 14, 2014
A Note from Father Brian:
Bulletin Connection to the Readings
Although Jesus had not begun His public ministry, John knew that Jesus was the Messiah. It was
John’s mission to prepare other people to recognize that
fact. John and Jesus had first “met” when Mary visited
Elizabeth. Even from that early moment, John understood the significance of encountering Jesus. The Gospel of Luke tells us that the baby “leaped for joy” in
Elizabeth’s womb when the expectant Mary approached.
Now that these two babies were grown men, John was
still in the business of recognizing Jesus’ significance.
He describes His cousin as “the One who is coming after
me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie.” John
knew that Jesus was special, and he made it his goal to
lead others to the same realization.
Of course, as Christians in the twenty-first century, we already know that Jesus is the Messiah. Of
course, John’s words still raise an important question
for us today: Do we recognize the real significance of
Jesus? Today’s Gospel reading tells us that John came
“to testify to the light.” Do we let the light of Christ
guide our way? Today, as we light the third candle of
the Advent wreath, we would do well to reflect on the
true light that came down from heaven.
Stewardship News: All of the people in today’s readings—the prophet Isaiah, the Virgin Mary, St. Paul, St.
John the Baptist—seemed to understand clearly and rejoice in what God was calling them to be and to do. Do
I?
Clergy Health and Retirement Trust Christmas Collection: This Christmas, the collection will support
the health and well-being of our priests who have
dedicated their lives to serving the Catholic faithful.
Now, it is our turn to help fulfill the promises made
to care for them in their time of need. Please give
generously to the Christmas collection which will
directly benefit the 628 active and senior diocesan
priests whose health and well-being are cared for
through the Clergy Health and Retirement Trust.
All are invited to make a gift online at
www.clergyfunds.org or use the in-pew envelopes
provided. Thank you in advance for your prayers
and generous support of this critical effort.
COMEDY NIGHT—St. Clement on Boylston St.—
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 7—9PM—hosted by Matt
Chaves. Come and support Boston-area comedians in
the 1st of 3 shows! Suggested Donation is $10—Live
Jazz and Refreshments. RSVP to reserve your seat:
[email protected]. St. Clement Shrine, 1105
Boylston St., Boston, MA 02215 (Enter at 2 Ipswich St.)
******Warning: This comedy will be clean!*******
Tri-Parish Christmas Mass Schedule
St. Ann
Wednesday, December 24—4:00 p.m.
Midnight (Haitian Creole)
Thursday, December 25—9:00 a.m.
St. Catherine of Genoa
Wednesday, December 24—4:00 p.m.
Midnight
Thursday, December 25—10:00 a.m.
St. Joseph
Wednesday, December 24—4:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 25—10:00 a.m.
Please pray the following prayer for our Tri-Parish
Community: 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.
As Catholics, evangelization and spreading the love of Christ
are central to our mission. As part of our parishes’ efforts to
welcome newcomers and visitors, we are being invited to offer each other a warm greeting prior to
our communal celebration of the Eucharist. Following the announcements, you
will hear the lector ask everyone to take a
moment to turn to those sitting nearby,
offer a simple good morning/good afternoon, and introduce ourselves. It is our hope that this small
change will help foster a spirit of community within our triparish and will better prepare us to enter in to the celebration
of the Eucharist together, united in our love of God and
neighbor.
Little Sisters of the Poor is seeking a DIRECTOR OF
NURSING for the Somerville home. Please direct resumes to [email protected]
or call 617-776-4420, x318.