dorchester tri-parishes

DORCHESTER TRI-PARISHES
Saint Peter: 311 Bowdoin Street
Holy Family: 24 Hartford Street
Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta: 800 Columbia Road
www.dorchestercatholic.org
Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy
Feast of the Holy Family —December 27, 2015
Fr. Jack Ahern, Pastor
Fr. John Connolly, Fr. Richard “Doc” Conway, Deacon Paul Carroll
Welcome: We wish to extend a warm welcome to all guests and parishioners of the Tri-Parishes.
We are delighted that you have come to worship with us, and we very much hope that you feel at home here!
Mass Schedule:
BMT:
Saturday 4:00 pm
Sunday 9:00 & 11:00 am
Monday – Saturday: 8:00 am
St. Peter:
Saturday 4:00 pm
Sunday: 9:00 am (English)
11:00 am (Portuguese)
Holy Family:
Sunday 10:00 am (English)
11:00 am (Spanish)
Monday & Wednesday at 4:00 pm
NOTE NEW TIME
Dorchester Tri-Parishes
We Remember in Prayer
Your prayers are requested for the sick and the
suffering, those in ongoing treatment and/or
rehabilita%on and those whose lives are heavily
burdened including Geraldine Arthur, John Baker,
Claire Black, Dorothy Beswick, Kevin Bojarski, Mary
Chiaino, Briana Cinco/a, Ruth Brown, MaryEllen
Ciulla, Tom Ciulla, Alexis Crisostomo, Tom D’Arcy,
Helen Dennis, Paul Dooley, Paul Gauthier, Diane
Griffin, Shirley Husak, Tommy Kelly, William Lynch,
Dorothy Majenski, James Magri, John Moynihan
BPD, Noreen Mulkern, Lisa O, Frank Ochs, Lisa O.,
Deacon Stan Pugsley, John Rando, Angelica Thomas,
Chris U., Nicholas Viehmann, Steve Villa, Joe Walsh,
Kathleen Webb, Dan Wilk and Helen Wright. We
also pray for our deceased loved ones including
Paula Hamilton, Kay Hurley and Walter Pienton. We
also li< up Pope Francis, Cardinal Sean, our
servicemen and women, Mayor Mar%n Walsh,
Governor Charles Baker and peace in our city and
world.
Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcu a Parish
Saturday, December 26th
4:00 P.M. Mar%n & Joseph Greene, Remembrance
Sunday, December 27th
9:00 a.m. Joseph Binh, Remembrance
11:00 a.m. Mariam Torres, Remembrance
Monday, December 28th
8:00 a.m. All Souls
Tuesday, December 29th
8:00 a.m. Anna E. Harding, 5th Anniversary
Wednesday, December 30th
8:00 a.m. Peter Thang & deceased family members
Thursday, December 31st
8:00 a.m. Paul Tran My Anh, Remembrance
Saturday, January 2nd
4:00 p.m. Mary McLaughlin
Sunday, January 3rd
9:00 a.m. Nestor A Mota, Remembrance
11:00 a.m. John J. and Mary C. McColgan,
Loving remembrance
St. Peter Parish
December 27th
9:00 a.m. James Cawley, 9:00 remembrance
To all a Blessed 2016!
Dorchester, MA
Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God
Masses for the New Year Day
Blessed Mother Teresa
Thursday New Years Eve, December 31st
4:00 p.m.
Friday, January 1st
8:00 a.m.
St. Peter
Friday, January 1st
9:00 a.m.
Holy Family
Friday, January 1st
10:00 a.m.
End of Year Giving
If you are considering end of year charitable giving
please consider a dona%on to either the:
The Mary Ann Bre Food Pantry
St. Peter Youth Discre%onary Fund
or
One of our Three Parishes
One goal for each day: to convey the tenderness
of Christ to those who are most in need.
Pope Francis
Sacrament of Bap)sm:
Holy Family: First Sunday
Saint Peter: Second Sunday
BMT: Third Sunday
Call office to Register
Sacrament of Anoin)ng
A<er all Masses on First Sunday
Sacrament of Reconcilia)on
BMT: Saturday 2:45-3:30 pm
Any %me by appointment
Sacrament of Matrimony
Please speak to priest to arrange
six months prior to Wedding
Adora)on of Blessed Sacrament
BMT: Tuesday 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Saint Peter: Friday 6:00—7:00 p.m. (Portuguese)
Charisma)c Prayer
Holy Family: Friday 7:00 p.m. (Spanish)
Mary Ann Bre Food Pantry
Open Thursday 11:00-1:00/ Saturdays 9:00-11:00
Christmas Gra)tude
Thank you to Fr. Richard “Doc” Conway, Fr. John
Connolly and Fr. Pedro Cameira, S.J. for celebra%ng
the Mysteries and Deacons Francisco Mota, S.J. and
Paul Carroll for assis%ng. To the many who brought
the three Churches to life for the celebra%on of the
Na%vity thank you, especially PaQe Bre/, Napoleon
Tejara, Carmen Guerrios, Danny Guerrios, Lourdes
Gomes and school children for seQng up the
wreaths, flowers, trees, Christmas Creches and
bringing the beauty of the season to life in the
Churches. To Napoleon and Rich Gribaudo who
always make sure the Churches are cleaned and
properly maintained and Judi Gootman who is extra
busy in the office during this Holy Season … thank
you.
31st Annual Rev. Dr. Mar)n Luther King, Jr.
Prayer Breakfast
Monday, January 18th
9:00 a.m.
at St. Katharine Drexel Parish,
517 Blue Hill Avenue, Dorchester
The Featured Speaker is Rev. Dr. Gloria E. WhiteHammond, Co-Pastor of Bethel AME Church, Boston.
The event is co-sponsored by the Office for Black
Catholic Ministries and the parish of St. Katharine
Drexel. Tickets are $15.00 and on sale un%l
Thursday, January 14, 2016.
Please contact Pat Smith prior to January 15th at
[email protected] for %ckets.
There are No Tickets Sold At The Door.
My gra%tude also to our Directors of Music Sheldon Lee, Michelle McCourt, Augusto Araujo,
Jose Pina, Tony Mar%nez, Migdali Rivera and
Bernade/e Richardson, the members of the adult
and Children-Teen choirs who add such life and
beauty to the Liturgies, the Altar Servers, Lectors,
Eucharis%c Ministers, Ushers and of course all who
came to worship and celebrate the Na%vity of the
Lord.
Feast of the Holy Family
“The family is the salt of the earth and
the light of the world, it is the leaven of society. …
Let every family be a welcoming place
of goodness and peace
for children and the elderly,
for the sick and lonely, for the poor and needy.”
Pope Francis
My gra%tude also to the members of the St. Vincent
de Paul Society, staffs of the school and the Teen
Center for helping to arrange the giving of gi<s to so
many of our children and Teens. Thank-you also to
the following parishes who in their generosity
helped provide a wonderful Christmas to more than
1000 children/teens in the Tri- Parishes, St. Peter
Teen Center, and the Pope John Paul II Academy at
Columbia.
St. Clare in Braintree
St. Mary of the Assump$on in Brookline
St. Lawrence in Brookline
St. Mary of the Sacred Heart in Hanover
Our Lady of Fa$ma in Sudbury
St. Julia in Weston
Pastoral Staff:
Fr. Pedro Cameira, S.J. Weekend Assistant
Deacon Francisco Mota, S.J. Weekend Assistant
Carmita Matos: Religious Ed. Holy Family
Mr. Cary Dabney, BMT Faith Forma%on
Ms. Julie Shanklin, Child Advocacy and Protec%on
Mr. Floyd Sheldon Lee, BMT Music Director
Mrs. Michelle McCourt, BMT Music Director
Mr. Jose Pina, St. Peter Music Director
Mr. Tony Mar%nez: Holy Family Music Director
Mrs. Migdali Rivera, Holy Family Music Director
Deacon Franciscon Mota, S.J. Intern
Mr. Mark Brantley, Intern
Tri– Parish Business Office – 278 Bowdoin Street
St. Peter & Holy Family Parish Office
617-265-1132 / FAX 617-265-0463
Business Manager: Richard Gribaudo
BMT Office – Back Entrance of Church
[email protected]
617-436-2190 / FAX 617-254-0463
Secretary: Judi Gootman
Outreach to Hospitalized and Homebound
If you or someone you know would like a visit and/
or the sacraments please call Judi at the BMT Parish
Office 617-436-2190 and she will pass the message
off to one of the priests.
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