A belated, though heartfelt thanks to Parishioners for contributing $17,789 to Catholic Charities Refugee Relief Services, St. John’s Lenten Gift. As you may be aware, refugee relief continues to be a pressing problem worldwide. Catholic Charities Boston welcomes volunteers to help with airport arrivals, apartment set ups and donation drives (for things like toiletries and household goods). If you are interested in getting involved, please contact the Service Commission.
Lenten Gift Thank You!
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Posted in 2016 Lenten Gift, Christmas & Lent, Service Commission
Calling All Teens – Help Us Celebrate the Sunday 5:00pm Mass!
We are very excited to share that St. John’s Sunday 5:00 p.m. Mass will feature contemporary music appealing to teens and young adults and their families, and will include teen participation in the various ministries of the Mass. We are looking for more teens to help us celebrate the Mass. Please contact Ronda Dew if you are interested in participating. We will be holding training sessions for Eucharistic Ministers and Lectors and would love to have more confirmed High School students join in that capacity, but also are in need of teen musicians, singers, gift bearers and basket passers. Please join us! All are welcome!
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Posted in CME, Important Announcements, Music, Religious Education Program
St. John Parish Choir
Is anyone listening? Those of us in Parish Choir are shouting out to you to say how much we appreciate the thanks and support you send our way – that energy keeps us going. We’re being loud and clear about our invitation to you as the 2016-2017 season begins and we “get back into the SING of things.” Can you hear us? Come a bit closer. Our group includes women and men, young and less young, and we learn as we share our love of singing together. No audition required. Visit us at our rehearsals anytime on Wednesday evenings, 7:30-9:00 p.m. or Sunday mornings, 9:30-10:45 a.m. in the Music Office, lower level of the Church. Any questions can be directed to any choir member, kelly.meraw@stjohnwellesley.org or laurence.carson@stjohnwellesley.org
Did you hear that?
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St. John Book Discussion Group – October 13, 2016
Book for October: Why the Catholic Church Must Change: A Necessary Conversation by Margaret Nutting Ralph.
Thursday, October 13, 7:30 to 9:00 p.m., Parish Center
Ms. Nutting Ralph is director of the Master of Arts in Pastoral Studies program at Lexington Theological Seminary and teaches at St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology. She is the author of numerous books and articles on religion, the Catholic Church and scripture. The title of the book, the author writes, inevitably triggers a wide variety of reactions. While we all believe in genuine progress and needed reforms, many become nervous with the mere suggestion of very major changes in the structure or practices of the Church we have known and loved for so long. This is not a “radical” book in any sense – it is a calm discussion of issues, causes and proposals well-known to thinking Catholics, an effort to improve the conversation we all should be having about the future of the Church.
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Posted in Adult Faith Formation
Religious Education Classes Begin This Week
Sunday, September 25
Grades 1 – 6 Class 10:00 – 10:45 a.m.
Grades 7 – 8 Class 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Friends for Good 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Grade 9 – 10 Friends for Good 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Class 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, September 28
Grades 1 – 6 Class 3:30 – 4:45 p.m.
Next Week:
Sunday, October 2 No classes
In an effort to make our opening days for Religious Education as successful as possible for our students, staff, and teachers we will NOT be accepting new registrations/students on opening day. Please register immediately if you plan on having your children attend Religious Education and you have not done so already. All registered families should have received an email detailing opening day procedures with links to the final calendar and program information on the Parish website. If you registered and did not receive the email please contact Linda Messore.
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Parish Family Fun! Sunday, September 25 10:00am – 12:00pm
Please join us Sunday morning for coffee and breakfast goodies, along with lots of fun for the kids: pony rides, a petting zoo, and much more! Many hands make fun for all – we can put you to work as needed when you drop by to enjoy the morning! Help with set-up and clean-up is especially needed. Please email Chrissy Cassa if you can help – just a few minutes will make a big difference! We look forward to seeing you there!
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Service Fair at Welcome Weekend
Celebrating Who We Are
and How We Care
Have you been hearing Christ’s call to serve, but not sure how? We can help! The specific work of the Service Commission is to be a catalyst for Christ’s call to serve, that it be continually heard and responded to in all aspects of parish life. Join us after all the Masses during Welcome Weekend (September 24-25) for information on the many ways you can participate. Sponsored by Parish Service Commission.
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Posted in Service Commission
It’s Welcome Weekend!
September 24-25
During “Welcome Weekend” we lift high the banner of WELCOME to one and all as we celebrate the life of this community and the countless ways this life continues to grow and deepen in faith and love and service. Each September is always a new beginning! Come, join us to make this year the best!
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Posted in Important Announcements, Special Events
SJSP World Youth Day Video
Please watch this video slideshow about our trip to Krakow for World Youth Day.
WYD 16 from Saint Paul on Vimeo.
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September 11
In honor of those lost, we still remember.
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