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HEALING NEWS
TM
A Publication of the Healing & Restoration Ministry
Founded by Rev. Edward J. McDonough C.S.s.R.
Basilica of Our Mother of Perpetual Help
Mission Church 1545 Tremont Street Boston, MA
Office 617-442-2008 Prayerline 617-442-3938
www.fathermcdonough.org [email protected]
Spring 2014
On April 27, 2014
also known as Divine Mercy
Sunday Pope Francis will declare his predecessors Pope
John XXIII and Pope John Paul II
Oh Jesus increase our faith so that we can truly believe that you have risen from the dead that you
have conquered death. Oh Jesus we believe but we ask you to help our unbelief. Jesus let
us look beyond the tomb of suffering, the tomb of fear, the tomb of sin, evil and discouragement to the light of your Resurrection to the hope of your Resurrection. Oh Jesus, you have
conquered the world and as we unite ourselves with you, in love we will share your victory.
S AINTS .
POPE from
1958 to 1963
Blessed John XXIII,
known for the
assembling the
liberalizing Second
Vatican Council.
“He was holy, patient, had a
good sense of humor and, especially by calling the Second Vatican Council, was a man of courage. He was a man who let
himself be guided by the Lord.”
Pope Francis
POPE from
1978 to 2005
Blessed John Paul
II is remembered
for encouraging
the fall of Communism in Poland and across Eastern Europe.
John Paul II promoted devotion
to the Feast of Divine Mercy
and was beatified on Divine
Mercy Sunday, May 1, 2011.
“I think of him as a great missionary of the church.” because
he was a man who proclaimed
the Gospel everywhere.”
Pope Francis
Dear Friends,
Bringing communities together in prayer was a great gift of Father McDonough. He
began his healing services with a few words of thanksgiving to God for bringing everyone together for the healings we need. As director of the Healing and Restoration Ministry I am delighted to try to do the same each last Sunday of the month. Some families
sit together, many people come to pray with or without their family.
Whatever I can do to continue learning effective ways of family prayer the better
healer I can be. Our Lenten seminar dealt with “The Healing of Families” written by
Fr Joseph Yosefu. Fr. John Hampsch says of him “ he has explored the spiritual
approaches that have proven to be most effective and at time even miraculous.
Over forty years ago Fr McDonough brought many families and single members
together in different parts of the world. With humility, love and the presence of the
Holy Spirit and the help of the Mother of God to name a few like Cardinal Suenens,
Fr Robert DeGrandis, Kathryn Kulman, Fr Benedict Groeschel, Sr Ann Shields, Fr Cantalamessa, Fr Michael
Scanlan, Fr Ralph DiOrio, Fr Bill Adams, Scott Peck, Dr Kenneth McAll, Barbara Shlemon, Dr Douglas
Schoeninger, Fr Tom Forrest, Fr Allen, Agnes Sanford, Fr Richard McAlear, Michelle Moran, Charles Whitfield, Fr Tom DiLorenzo, Dorothea DeGrandis, Sr Nancy Kellar, Sr Bridge McKenna, Fr Scallon, Russ
Parker, Francis and Judith MacNutt, Sheila, Dennis and Fr Matt Linn, Aggie Neck, Babsie Bleasdell, Maria
Vadia, Pattie Gallagher, Fr Bob Masciocchi, David Thorp, Peter Kreeft, Fr Albert McPhearson, Fr Joseph
Whalen, Fr Bob Hogan, Gabriel Amorth, Ralph Martin, Bishop Sam Jacobs, Sr MaryAnn, Fr Fortea, Fr
John Bertolucci, Fr George Montague, Walter Matthews, Neal Lorenzo and Fr Edward McDonough have
given us something with which we can work in this apostolate. Now, Fr. Joseph from
Kampala, Uganda adds to the list of prayer leaders for which we are
very thankful.
I will celebrate Easter Mass for all of our co-apostles. Hopefully
when we pronounce our Baptismal vows we will lift up our prayers
for the life of the family and protection from evil that it needs.
Blessing, Rev. Robert Lennon C.Ss.R.
… AT THAT TIME THERE WAS NO BODY
OF LITERATURE ON
CHARISMATIC RENEWAL
Fr. McDonough, a Redemptorist priest from Boston, MA., who has been involved in the healing
ministry for the last 15 years.
A native of Boston, Father McDonough was prayed with for the baptism of the spirit by a group of people at a prayer
meeting in Bethesda, Maryland, while he was stationed in Richmond, Va., working in a poor black community .
“ I was rather mystified by the whole thing, he admitted. “I thought it was rather strange. But there was friendship there
and faith and a spirit of prayer for people. He was sufficiently impressed to drive the 130 miles from Richmond to Bethesda
two or three times a month to attend prayer meetings.
“For about a year I thought I was only half baptized in the Spirit,” he said. “Every body seemed to be great friends with
Jesus, really pal-sy wal-sy, like they just had a cup of coffee with him.” Father McDonough didn’t feel that way and noted at
the time there was no body of literature on Charismatic renewal to refer to.
Something Father did notice after his baptism in the Holy Spirit was that whereas he had been very upset with the poor
people with whom he worked when they would routinely not keep appointments, he found that after he began attending
meetings, he would say to himself: “That’s okay if they don’t come. I can read the Bible or I can pray for them.” What was
anger became peace. “That’s important,” Father pointed out. “ The little graces, the little things the Holy Spirit does for you
The Church World J.Robbins May 1986
are what change you. “
THE BOSTON SUNDAY HERALD, March 5, 1967 42-43
Alleluia!
from the past….
Christ is Risen
Blessed Easter
Season
SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS
In the great tradition, since 1878, of Mission Church are these prominent Redemptorist
Fathers, posed at the majestic entrance of their beloved basilica; left to right, the internationally-known preacher, Rev. Joseph E. Manton; Rev. Vincent J. Kelly, Rector; and
Rev .Edward J. McDonough , vigorous defender of the parish neighborhoods.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ORDINATION FEBRUARY 15,2014
Mission Church Boston MA. Rev. Joseph Thang Nhat Nguyen,
Rev. Francis Xavier Quang Van Tran, Rev. Peter Linh Ba Quoc
Nguyen, and Rev. Joseph. Hung Duc Tran.
In December 2013, I published a book St. Jean Baptiste
Parish and the Franco– Americans of Lowell, Massachusetts.
It is the story of the immigration of the French Canadians to
New England and the story of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate who came to minister to them.
The book had
originally been
published in French
in 1993,but later the
people requested
that it be translated
into English and
more material added
to update it.
Fr. McDonough advised me to accept and to undertake
the project. The writing of the new material required a great
deal of research and difficulty. He became, as ever a constant
source of encouragement, help and prayer. Not long before
he died, he told me that I had to finish it since “it is important.”
The wisdom of his words is now clear. After almost ten
years of work, the book is published and on February 8, 2014
the book signing took place at the Shrine of St. Joseph the
Worker in Lowell, MA before a large and joyful assembly of
people.
For the first time, a book tells a story of how the French
Canadian people in Lowell lived out their faith and built their
parishes and cultural institutions with joy and constant trust in
God.
I am very grateful to God for having been able to write this
book and for the gift of Fr. McDonough to help me.
Fr Richard Santerre
St Jean Baptiste Parish and the Franco-American of Lowell, Massachusetts
Is available for $15.oo plus shipping from the Shrine of St Joseph the Worker Gift
The: Shrine of St Joseph the Worker Gifts shops 37 Lee St Lowell, MA 01852 or
1-800-287-9522, www.STJOSEPHSHRINE.org
St. Joseph
“Joseph greatest
characteristic was his being a guardian, his great
mission to be a guardian.
St Joseph is the model of
every educator and every
believer, because he was
able to cross the darkness
of doubt, the experience
of exile and of having to
flee from his home, without ever losing, his trust
in God and in His love.
Learn from him that only
faith in God can turn
doubt into certainty, evil
into good, the total darkness of the night into a
radiant dawn.”
Pope Francis
March 2014
THE WINDOWS SHOWN
ARE THOSE IN ST.
JOSEPH THE WORKER
SHRINE. THEY DEPICT
THE LIFE OF ST.
JOSEPH FROM THE APPEARANCE
OF THE ANGEL TO HIS DEATH.
THIS IS THE ONLY SHRINE TO
ST. JOSEPH IN NEW ENGLAND.
Healing Services
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Rev. Robert Lennon,C.Ss.R.
Mission Church
1545 Tremont St. Roxbury, MA 02120
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Services begin at 2:00 PM
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May 25, 2014 September 28, 2014
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December 28, 2014
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Mother of Perpetual Help Prayer Group
meets Monday nights at 6:30 PM at the
Parish Center led Rev. Robert Lennon C.Ss.R.
Mission Church
Life in the
Spirit
Seminar
Monday nights
6:30PM - 8:00PM
April 28th,
May 5,12,19,26,
2014
Parish Center
led by
Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Mission Church 1545 Tremont St Roxbury MA 02120
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Tues., 3:30 PM
Wed., 10:00 PM
Sun., 11:00 PM
Very Rev. Raymond Collins C.Ss.R.
Rector & Pastor
Staffed by the Redemptorist
Sat., Vigil: 4:00 PM Sun., Mass 9AM (11 AM
Spanish) 12:30 AM, 5:00 PM
Weekday Mass 7:00 AM 12:10 PM
Confession Mon-Sat 11:50 AM –Sat 3:30PM
THE HELPERS OF GOD’S PRECIOUS INFANTS
Good Friday Stations of the Cross April 18 2014
Pray the Rosary (fifteen decades) 8:45 AM
April 12
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Monday, April 21
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Friday, April 25
Saturday, April 26
Divine Mercy Sunday
Sunday, April 27
“For a number of years now we have been saying the
Divine Mercy Chaplet at every Healing Service at
Mission Church and many other services certainly that
is a sign that we have been blessed by God and His
Holy Spirit to make this a special time for meditating
and praying for the mercy of God. If I could pray for
one grace today and ask God to give you that grace, I
would pray for the grace of you having the faith and
confidence in God’s Mercy that you should have and
you be enlightened to understand how merciful and
loving He is.”
Rev . Edward McDonough on April 30, 2000
The Day of St Faustina’s Canonization
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