April 7: News from the AFFC

FaithMapsWednesday, April 10 – Faith Maps Series with Shawn Copeland, Professor of Theology at Boston College  7pm in the Parish Social Hall
Shawn Copeland, Professor of Theology at BC and former President of the Catholic Theological Society of America, will speak on the German thinker Dorothy Soelle, whose Faith Map is described by Michael Paul Gallagher as providing a needed  “…dimension of justice… and… theology of mystical resistance” to his book. Her talk will reference Soelle’s fellow German Johan Baptist Metz, whom Gallagher refers to as a member of Soelle’s “extended counter cultural family.”

Tuesday, April 16 – Prophetic Voices Women in the Tradition
Panel Discussion, Moderator: Patricia Deleeuw
5:30 pm at B.C., Corcoran Commons, Heights Room

Saturday, April 20 – A Man for All Seasons
Movie Night/Potluck Supper
Following the 5:00 pm Mass in the Parish Social Hall

Thursday, April 25 – God and the Imagination: Praying through Poetry  Presenter: Paul Mariani, Professor of English at Boston College
4:00-6:00 pm at B.C., Corcoran Commons, Heights Room

April 7: News from Religious Education

Religious-Education-ContemporaryFriends for Good Update
Kudos to the Religious Education students in grades 7 – 9 who donated $800 for the Parish Lenten gift to St. Margaret Mary Parish in Staten Island. Under the guidance of Evan Dew, Grade 9, students created duct tape wallets to be used both as a reminder of the endeavor and a means to collect their personal donations.  Thank you for your tremendous generosity!

This Week: Sunday, April 7
Grades 1 – 6 Class 10:00 – 10:45 AM
High School Retreat 1:00 PM, Church Social Hall
Grade 7 & 8 Class 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Grade 9 Friends for Good 6:00 – 7:00 PM
Grade 9 & 10 Class 7:00 – 8:00
Next Week: Sunday, April 14
Enjoy spring vacation. No classes.

Every 9th and 10th grade student attending the full Friends for Good session will be credited with one-half hour of community service which may be applied to the twenty-five hours required for Confirmation. Students will sign-in upon arrival.

Easter Blessings from Pope Francis

Francis and DominicMany have seen these wonderful photos of Pope Francis embracing a child in St. Peter’s Square after Easter Sunday Mass.  The child, Dominic Gondreau, who is 8 years old and has cerebral palsy, is seen being held and kissed by Pope Francis while smiling and struggling to put his arm around the pontiff in giving his own greeting.  Dominic is the son of  Paul Gondreau, Professor of Theology at Providence College, who is serving as the Faculty Resident Director at PC/CEA’s Center for Theology and Religious Studies in Rome this semester, joined by his wife Christiana and their 5 kids.  Pope-holding-Dominic-300x207The next day, Dr. Gondreau shared his reflections on this experience in a guest post on the Catholic Moral Theology website: A Special Vocation: To Show People How To Love, where he writes: Why is the whole world so moved by images of this embrace? A woman in the Square, moved to tears by the embrace, perhaps answered it best when she said to my wife afterward, “You know, your son is here to show people how to love.”  You can also watch the encounter with Dominic in this video of the Pope greeting the faithful after the Mass.

 

AFFC Movie Night/Potluck Supper This Saturday, April 20 after 5pm Mass

A Man for All SeasonsWe invite all parishioners to a showing of the movie “A Man for All Seasons”. One of the finest films of all times, winner of 6 Oscars. The film is a powerful depiction of the conflict between Henry VIII (Robert Shaw) and Sir Thomas More (Paul Scofield) leading to a major rift between church and state. Please join us for a special evening together. SPECIAL REQUEST: Bring your
casserole or salad to the Social Hall before Mass. Dessert/drinks provided.

Happy Easter!

May the joy and hope of this Easter Season be yours in abundance. And may the peace of the Risen Christ be with you always!

Easter Sunday, March 31

Masses Today:
7:30am, 9:00am (Family Mass), and 11:00am (Upper and Lower)
May the joy and hope of this Easter Season be yours in abundance.  And may the peace of the Risen Christ be with you always!

Holy Saturday, March 30

10am – 12pm Confessions
In the Chapel

7:30pm Mass of the Easter Vigil

Good Friday, March 29

12pm Walk with the Cross
Led by Religious Education Cluster Families – everyone welcome! Meet in the Church.
3pm Stations of the Cross
In the Church
7:30pm The Lord’s Passion

Holy Thursday, March 28

7:30pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper

Followed by Adoration until 10pm

Growing Our Faith: Gifts of the Holy Spirit – Sunday, April 7 at 3:00pm

Grow Our FaithJoin us for an afternoon gathering to deepen our faith and encounter the Holy Spirit among us. We will “come away with Christ” and invite the Holy Spirit to inform, reform and transform us through our sharing with one another. What gifts have we already received and what gifts await us to discover, explore and embrace together? Come join us for this special gathering! All are welcome!
Facilitated by Linda Colozzi 3:00pm – 4:30pm Parish Center