The Church in the 21st Century is a wonderful program at Boston College, offering a rich assortment of lectures, courses, conferences, publications and other resources. It was created ten years ago to be a “catalyst and resource for the renewal of the Catholic Church in the United States by engaging critical issues facing the Catholic community.” Information about the resources of “C21” is readily available from the website (bc.edu/church21) or by subscribing to the free bulletin C21 Resources, which includes a calendar of events. The Fall, 2012 issue includes fifteen articles on “Handing on the Faith.”
Workshops on Ballot Question # 2, Proposal to Allow Physician Assisted Suicide
Doctors, lawyers and ethicists will discuss the proposal. This is a great opportunity to become familiar with the details of this proposal, which we must all work to defeat. See www.stopassistedsuicide.org. To register for one of the following forums email: anncussan@rcab.org
- Wednesday, October 10: Pastoral Center, Braintree, 1 to 3pm
- Monday, October 15: St. Patrick, Natick, 7-9pm
- Thursday, October 18: St. Columbkille, Brighton, 7 to 9pm
October 2: Program for Women
6:30 p.m. in the Church Social Hall
This year’s theme focuses us on the door of faith, always open for us,
beckoning us to rediscover more about the core of faith as love offered and accepted, an invitation to ponder the biblical revelation of love and say ‘yes’!
Through reflection, prayer, sharing with a fabulous potluck, we will enter that door of faith together every first Tuesday evening, beginning October 2.
All Welcome! (Bring one of your favorite Fall recipes)
Moderator: Sr. Evelyn Ronan, SND
October 6: Men’s Group
7:30 to 9:00 a.m. in the Church Social Hall
Group meets the first Saturday of each month, after 7:00 a.m. Mass for informal discussions on questions of concern to Catholics. Coffee and donuts are served. Moderator, Deacon Tom Smith
October 11: Book Discussion Group – Voting and Holiness: Catholic Perspectives on Political Participation, edited by Nicholas Cafardi
7:30 to 9:00 p.m. in the Parish Center
This will be a discussion, an effort at enlightenment, of the ways in which our views and opinions on public issues are shaped or conditioned by our religious beliefs, and the kind of involvement the Church should have in the political process.
October 16: Catholic Spiritual Practices: A Treasury of Old and New
5:30 p.m. Boston College, Gasson Hall, Room 100
Colleen Griffith and Thomas Groome
October 20: Film Night at St. John’s
Following 5pm Mass in the Social Hall
The Way will be the first in a series of films followed by discussion and potluck supper.
October 28: Growing Our Faith Through Story Telling: His Story/Our Story
1:00-4:00 p.m. Parish Center
Facilitated by Linda Colozzi
St. John’s Adult Faith Formation Commission
(Email: AFFC@stjohnwellesley.org)
