June 28, 2015 - Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Parish

Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted
June 28, 2015
13th Sunday in
Ordinary Time
Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Parish
Waltham/Lexington
OUR LADY COMFORTER
OF THE
AFFLICTED
Church: 880 Trapelo Rd, Waltham, MA 02452-4845 www.olca.org
Parish Office/Religious Education: 920-R Trapelo Rd.,
Waltham, MA 02452-4845
(781) 894-3481 • Fax (781) 894-0021
Our Lady’s Academy: 920 Trapelo Rd.,
Waltham, MA 02452-4845
(781) 899-0353 • www.ourladysacademy.org
Parish Office Hours–Monday-Friday 8:00AM-4:00PM
Academy Office Hours–Monday-Friday 7:45AM-2:45PM
PARISH STAFF
Rev. James M. DiPerri, Pastor
[email protected]
Rev. James F. Hawker, Senior Priest Assisting
Patrick Fiorillo, Seminarian
[email protected]
John Barry, Religious Education Coordinator
[email protected]
Miriam Dorovski, Finance Manager
[email protected]
Sharon Micco, Parish Office Manager
[email protected]
Chandra Minor, School Principal
[email protected]
Mary Gotgart, School Office Manager
[email protected]
MASS
SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
8AM
First Friday Mass
9AM (only)
Saturday (Vigil)
4PM
Sunday
9AM, 11AM
Holy Day
As Announced
Every Saturday from 3:15 - 3:45 PM in the Reconciliation
Room located just inside the front of the church at the
handicap entrance, baptismal font side of church. Other
scheduled opportunities throughout the year, as well as by
appointment.
SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING OF THE SICK
The Sacrament of The Sick will be administered on the
last weekend of each month after the 4PM and 11AM
During Mass or on selected Sunday each month at Masses. Who can receive this sacrament? Those who are
12:15 PM . Please contact parish office.
aged, chronically ill, are having treatments or will be
having surgery. We invite you to come receive the
Sacrament of the Sick, a source of strength, healing and
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE
grace.
Arrangements six months-one year in advance by
appointment. Please contact the parish office.
HOMEBOUND MINISTRY
RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION (RCIA)
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion bring Holy
BAPTISM
Anyone interested in journeying in faith to receive the Communion to those unable to attend Sunday Mass.
sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, please Please contact the parish office to make arrangements.
contact the parish office.
For more information on the Catholic Faith visit www.usccb.org
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Waltham/Lexington
Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Parish
MEMORIAL CANDLE STANDS
Saturday June 27
4:00 pm
Louis Caporiccio, Sr., Louis and Susan
Caporiccio, Jr. and Lucy and Carmen
Quintiliani
**Also please pray for the special intention in
Thanksgiving for Benny Asmiralde & Maria
Agbayani**
Sunday
June 28
9:00 am Herbert Vannasse
Memorial
**All Members of Our Lady’s—Living and Deceased**
11:00 am Salvatore Caci, Maria Buscemi-Caci and
Stefania Graceffa
Monday June 29
8:00 am
John Hovsepian and Francis Bibbo
Wednesday July 1
8:00 am
Tom Murphy
Memorial
Friday
July 3
9:00 am In Thanksgiving for a Favor Granted
Saturday July 4
4:00 pm
Louis Gnerre, Sr., Clarice (Althea) Gnerre
and Michael A. Gnerre
Sunday
July 5
9:00 am
Attilio Vinciullo
Memorial
**All Members of Our Lady’s—Living and Deceased**
11:00 am Vincent Morreale
Birthday Memorial
There is one candle available to purchase in memory
of a loved one or for a special intention for the month
of May candles and four available for the November
candle stand.
The cost is $250 for a year.
If interested, contact Sharon in the parish office.
The Blessed Mother Statue will be lit this week in loving
memory of Gael Harrington Mahon, Baby Thomas J.
Mahon, Frederick & Margaret Harrington and John &
Catherine Mahon at the request of their family.
COLLECTION INFORMATION
June 20/21 : $5,308
UPCOMING COLLECTIONS
June 27/28: Regular & Holy Father Peter’s Pence
CCD CATECHISTS ARE NEEDED
We are in need of CCD teachers for next year, as well as
instructional aides. Grades range from grade 1 to grade 8. If
interested please contact John Barry, 781-894-3481 x3 or
Sharon Micco, 781-894-3481 x2. Registration forms for
2015-2016 have been sent home. Please fill out and return.
June 28, 2015
PERFECT GIFT—1000 CLUB
The perfect gift for that hard to buy for person.
Memberships are $55 per year. Our next
drawing is Sunday, July 12 at 12:30pm in
the school cafeteria. JOIN TODAY!!!
Name:
__________________________________
Address:
__________________________________
Phone:____________________________
Fill out and return to Sharon in the parish
office.
CHARLESTOWN TOUR w/FR. DIPERRI
FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2015
Historic Charlestown Tour
Catholic and National Heritage
Join us on Friday, July 17 for a tour of
Charlestown, MA. The bus will depart from
Our Lady’s parking lot at 8:45am. First stop
will be St. Francis Church, then onto the
Bunker Hill Monument and Museum, next to
St. Mary’s Church then off to lunch at the Navy
Yard Bistro and our tour will conclude with the
USS Constitution Ship and Museum. Cost of
the trip is $60 per person. We will return to
Our Lady’s parking lot roughly 5/5:30pm.
Please know that while the bus will drop us at
the different locations, as with other tours, there
is walking involved. If you would like to join
us, please contact Sharon in the parish office
at 781-894-3481. Payment is due at the time
the reservation is made.
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Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Parish
Waltham/Lexington
GARDENING ANGELS
Please join our Gardening Angel group on Wednesdays
during the summer at 6:00 pm. We meet at the Our
Lady's garden and work to enhance our beautiful church
property with planting, watering and light maintenance.
No experience needed! Contact Joyce Gianfelice at
[email protected] with any questions.
WANT TO GROW IN HOLINESS, BUT TOO BUSY?
Want to transform your work, your marriage, your family and your life, but don’t have time? Looking for the quickest,
surest and easiest way to holiness, but don’t know where to begin? In our hectic day and time, St. Pope John Paul II
and Blessed Mother Teresa knew that the quickest way to be transformed into a saint is through a relationship with Our
Blessed Mother, Mary. Join us on Monday, July 6 as we begin a 33-day preparation for Marian Consecration. For six
weeks, we will individually read about and reflect on four great Marian saints. St. Louis deMontfort, St. Maximilian
Kolbe, Blessed Mother Teresa and St. Pope John Paul II. They will teach us the secrets to drawing closer to the Heart
of Jesus through the Heart of Mary. In our weekly meetings, Monday’s from 7:00-8:30pm we will share our insights
within our small group and then watch a 30 minute video. The video by popular author and speaker, Fr. Michael
Gaitley, MIC, brings our individual reflections and group experience into a clear and live-able focus. If you are
looking for a simple way to be spiritually renewed, develop a deeper relationship with Our Merciful Savior, and grow
in holiness, join us for 33 Days to Morning Glory Small-group Retreat. Pick up a flyer at the back of the church and
contact Iona Pasqual at [email protected] prior to June 25th to register.
SELLING HOUSE
One of Our Lady’s Academy teachers is selling her home 2 blocks from our church/school...interested parties please
email [email protected] with HOUSE in the subject line. Thank you.
CATHOLIC APPEAL UPDATE
Our Lady’s is at $23,598.60 which is 52% of the
Archdiocesan required goal of $45,557 for Our Lady’s
Parish. Our donor goal is 165 and we are at 134 which is
81%. Thank you to those who have already contributed to
this appeal. If you have not yet made your donation, you
have until the end of June to do so. Kindly pick up a
pledge form which can be found on any of the tables in
church. You also can make a gift or pledge online at
www.bostoncatholicappeal.org. No donation is too small
to help us reach our goal. Again, thank you.
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Come learn more about this year’s 21st Annual Adult
Service-Retreat Week in Eastern Kentucky from August
1-7, 2015. An Information Meeting will be held
Tuesday, June 30th @ 7:00pm at Our Lady Help of
Christians Church (basement), 573 Washington Street,
Newton,
MA.
(See
www.ourladys.com
for
directions.) This is a working-retreat with daily Mass,
meals in common, 'good work' and new friends without
the distractions of everyday life. The cost of $400 covers
transportation, lodging & food. For more information,
please contact Fr. Ed Riley at 617-746-5425 or Vinny
Vignaly at [email protected]
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Waltham/Lexington
Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Parish
JUNE 28—13TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
“And they ridiculed him” The sentence is breathtaking. Jesus’ assurance that Jairus’ daughter was only asleep, no
dead, was beyond belief to the gathered crowd, and they responded with ridicule. Today, in many parts of the
world, people who proclaim Jesus are killed for being His followers. They go to their death believing in Him,
proclaim Jesus Christ, Lord. As disciples, we are being asked to share with others how much Jesus means to us.
Pray for the 21st century martyrs, and for ourselves. Ask for the courage to speak the name Jesus in your circle of
family, friends and co-workers.
SAVE THE DATE
The Knights of Columbus will hold their Pasta
Dinner on Saturday, September 12, 2015 after
the 4:00pm Mass. More details in upcoming
bulletins.
CHURCH “CLEANING” MINISTRY
We use our time and talents to beautify the outside
grounds of our church property, now we are looking for
a group to help us do the same for the inside of OUR
church. If you would like to be part of this ministry,
call Sharon in the parish office 781-894-3481 x2 or
email [email protected] or [email protected].
Once we get a group together, we will meet and go over
the details. Thank you.
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Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Parish
Waltham/Lexington
Sunday, September 20: Foxwoods Casino and
Lobster Bake or Prime Rib
Join us as we travel to Narragansett Bay and
Captain Jack’s Restaurant in Wakefield.
Menu includes: Cup of Clam Chowder and
Three Clam Cakes, Shrimp Cocktail with Three
Shrimp Choice of 1 1/4 Whole Boiled Lobster or
Prime Rib of Beef, Fresh Vegetable, Apple Crisp
with Ice Cream and Beverage. After this feast
continue to Foxwoods Casino, the internationally
recognized gaming destination! Price is $72 per
person, includes deluxe motor coach leaving at
9:30AM fr om Our Lady's
Par king Lot,
Buffet Coupon OR $10 food voucher & $10
Casino Slot Play. Please contact Janet M. Johnson
at 781-899-2392 (if no answer please leave a
message). NOTE: Reservations are needed to
secure bus.
“Building the Domestic Church:
The Family Fully Alive”
St John Paul II stated “The family has the mission
to guard, reveal, and communicate love.” In our
effort to support families in bringing the blessings
of faith into their homes, the Knights of Columbus
has launched an initiative entitled: “Building the
Domestic Church: The Family Fully Alive.”
Through this program, our families can realize
more fully their mission to Love as an authentic
domestic church through daily prayer, catechesis
and Scripture reading, as well as enjoying time
together through monthly activities and projects
they can do as a family.
For more info on monthly themed "Family Fully
Alive" activities leading up to the 2015 World
Meeting of Families, check the bulletin and the
Family Fully Alive table at main entrance of the
church or go to: www.worldmeeting2015.org or
www.kofc.org/un/en/domestic-church/monthlythemes
For more information, or to be involved in the
program, contact the Parish Office or Gar and Tara
Rohatgi, 781.891.0696, [email protected],
[email protected])
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CATECHISM CORNER
The Old Testament ~ 46 Books
The Old Testament is an indispensable part of Sacred
Scripture. Its books are divinely inspired and retain a
permanent value, for the Old Covenant has never been
revoked. Indeed, the economy of the Old Testament was
deliberately so oriented that it should prepare for and
declare in prophecy the coming of Christ, redeemer of
all men. Even though they contain matters imperfect
and provisional, the books of the Old Testament bear
witness to the whole divine pedagogy of God’s saving
love: these writings “are a storehouse of sublime
teaching on God and of sound wisdom on human life, as
well as a wonderful treasury of prayers; in them, too, the
mystery of our salvation is present in a hidden way.”
Christians venerate the Old Testament as true Word of
God. The Church has always vigorously opposed the
idea of rejecting the Old Testament under the pretext
that the New has rendered it void. The unity of the two
Testaments proceeds from the unity of God’s plan and
his Revelation. The Old Testament prepares for the New
and the New Testament fulfills the Old; the two shed
light on each other; both are true Word of God.
United Stated Conference of Catholic Bishops at:
www.usccb.org/catechism
SERVING THE SPIRITUAL NEEDS
OF GRIEVING PARENTS
Losing a child under any circumstance is horrific. Focusing on the spirituality of the grieving process can help tremendously. Please join us. All are welcome.
St. Anthony Shrine
Emmaus Ministry for Grieving Parents
One-Day Spiritual Retreat
July 25, 2015
9am-7:30pm
[$9/day parking at Post Office Square Garage]
For more information or to register,
Call Diane, at (617) 542-8057 or see www.emfgp.org
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