This Week:
Public School Vacation
(No classes from April 19 through April 26)
A full calendar of all events is available on the Religious Education section of the Parish website.
REGISTRATION 2015-2016 Religious Education registration information for the 2015-2016 school year was recently e-mailed to all families. If you did not receive the email, the form and directions are available for download on the Religious Education page.
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“God of all consolation, through your providential care the darkness we experienced gives way to light, and our grief and sorrow are joined to new hope and the promise of the future.”
–Cardinal Sean O’Malley, April 15, 2014
(Marathon daffodils planted by St. John Religious Education students in front of the Parish Center)
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Come celebrate the 140th Anniversary of the first Mass celebrated here at St. John the Evangelist with special Masses and festivities throughout the day. In addition to our regular Mass schedule, we are highlighting the following Masses on this celebratory weekend:
Sunday 9:00am Mass
Family Mass Celebration
Sunday 11:00am Mass
With Cardinal Sean O’Malley
Anniversary Food Truck Extravaganza
10:00AM – 2:00PM
Be our guest and celebrate this special occasion by sampling fabulous foods from food trucks including Bon Me!, Captain Marden’s Cod Squad, Frozen Hoagies and Whole Foods! Saint John School Parking Lot
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Sunday, May 17
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Labyrinth Choir is celebrating their first CD release with a concert called The Heart of Music at St. John the Evangelist on Saturday, April 25, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. The 16 voice professional choir, led by artistic director Dr. Anita Kupriss, will sing all fifteen songs from their first recording. The songs from the CD include Gjeilo’s Ubi caritas, Brahms’ Let Nothing Ever Grieve Thee, our signature song Carrickfergus, as well as jazz tunes Come Sunday and I Wish You Love.
In September of 2014 Brad Michel, a professional sound engineer and parishioner at St. John’s, recorded our CD in the Sanctuary. Music Director Laurence Carson played organ on two tracks of the CD and will join Labyrinth Choir for this concert series. We are so grateful to Laurence Carson and the parish of St. John’s that we would like to offer comp tickets to all parishioners who would like to celebrate with us on Saturday, April 25 at 7:30 pm! CDs will be available at the concert: $15; 2 for $25. For more information, please contact labyrinthchoir@gmail.com or visit the website at www.labyrinthchoir.org.
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World Youth Day, initiated by Pope John Paul II in 1986, attracts more than one million youth from almost every country. World Youth Day (WYD) is an opportunity for the youth of our parishes to learn about their faith and to build bridges of friendship and hope between continents, people, and cultures. The week-long event culminates with mass with the Holy Father. We have around 30 young people from St. John-St. Paul hoping to travel to Kraków for WYD in 2016. We are asking for your help to support our young people by buying a ticket to our closed end raffle. Only 500 tickets will be sold.
1st prize: $5,000 2nd prize: $2,000 3rd prize: $1,000
Ticket price: $100. The drawing will be held on June 7th, 2015. All proceeds will be used to send our young parishioners to World Youth Day. Members of the joint St John-St Paul World Youth Day group will be outside each Mass this weekend inviting you to participate in the raffle. A raffle form can also be downloaded here.
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Did you know that this year, St. John Parish is celebrating our 125th Anniversary as a parish and our 140th Anniversary since the first Mass was celebrated?
We are seeking photographs of the different groups and organizations within St. John Parish that have made it the special place we love. If you have a few photographs that you could share for possible inclusion in a historical video of St. John’s Parish, please email them to tricia.bombara@stjohnwellesley.org (if digital), or mail to Tricia Bombara, St. John the Evangelist Parish, 9 Glen Rd., Wellesley Hills, MA 02481. Tricia will scan all non-digital photos and originals will be returned back to you. Please include your name, address and phone number/e-mail so we can return your pictures back to you. Help us by giving us the categories of the photos you are submitting, and submit by April 30th.
Categories of photos we are interested in include (but are not limited to these): Adult Choir, Adult Faith Formation, Altar Servers, Blessing of the Animals, Christmas Wish, Collaboration Committee with St. Paul’s, Eucharistic Ministers, Evening for Women, Family Mass Music Group, Finance Council, Lectors, May Procession, Music Ministry – Cantors & Directors, Organ delivery to the Church, Parish Council, Parish and Rectory Staff, Passion Play, Peer Ministry, RCIA, Religious Education Team, Sacramental Celebrations: Christenings, First Holy Communions, Confirmations, Weddings, Service Commission, St. John School, Thanksgiving at Bristol Lodge, Trees & Trimmings, Welcome Weekend and Youth Choir.
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This Week: Sunday, April 12
Grade 2 Mass 9:00am
Grades 1 – 6 Class 10:00 – 10:45am
Grades 7, 8 Class 6:00 – 7:00pm
Friends for Good 7:00 – 8:00pm
Grades 9, 10 Friends for Good 6:00 – 7:00pm
Class 7:00 – 8:00pm
Next Week: Public School Vacation
A full calendar of all events is available on the Religious Education section of the Parish website.
REGISTRATION 2015-2016 Religious Education registration information for the 2015-2016 school year was recently e-mailed to all families. If you did not receive the email, the form and directions are available for download on the Religious Education page.
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Maria Bianco, one of the judges at the Metropolitan Tribunal for the Archdiocese since 2003, will present “An Overview of Marriage through the History of the Church”. Maria graduated from the School of Law at Catholic University in Argentina and was a Canon Lawyer at the Lateran University in Rome. Before moving to Boston, she had been teaching Civil Law at the Catholic University and University of Moron in Buenos Aires and Canon Law at the Seminary of the Diocese of San Isidro. She also worked as a civil attorney and as an Advocate for Canon Law cases at the Metropolitan Tribunal of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires. Monday, April 13, 7:00 p.m., Social Hall
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He is Risen!
7:30am Mass
9:00am Family Mass
11:00am Mass
Upper and Lower Church
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10:00am–12:00pm Sacrament of Reconciliation
7:30pm Mass of the Easter Vigil
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