St. John Holy Day Masses
Friday, January 1
7:00am and 12:00pm
St. Paul Holy Day Masses
Thursday, December 31
4:00pm Vigil
Friday, January 1
9:00am
She brought forth into the world eternal light, Jesus Christ our Lord
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“Thanks be to God” I have received a letter from His Eminence Cardinal Sean appointing Deacon Michael Mott as Deacon at St. Paul Parish in Wellesley and as Deacon at St. John the Evangelist Parish in Wellesley, effective December 8, 2015. We offer our warm Collaborative welcome to Deacon Mike and look forward to his ministry and homilies.
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An important, special request – we are in need of altar servers for all Christmas Masses: on Christmas Eve at the 4:00 p.m. Masses (Church & Philbin Hall), the 5:30 p.m. Family Mass and the 10:00 p.m. Mass, and on Christmas Day at the 10:30 a.m. Mass. If you are able to serve please contact Sarah Connolly at the Rectory by phone (781) 235-0045 or e-mail and let us know which Mass you will be able to serve at. Thank you!
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The Religious Ed Team wishes all our families, teachers and friends a special peace and joy at Christmas and throughout the New Year. Thank you for sharing the gift of your wonderful children with us.
Classes resume January 10th .
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Christmas Eve
Sacrament of Reconciliation
10:00am – 12:00pm in the Chapel
4:00 p.m. Masses
Upper Church* and School Hall
*Simulcast in Powers Hall (Lower Church)
5:30 p.m. Family Mass
10:00 p.m. Mass (9:30 Choir Program)
Christmas Day
10:30am (10:00 Choir Program)
(There is no 5:00 p.m. Mass at St. John on Christmas Day)
St. Paul Mass Schedule
Christmas Eve: 4:00 p.m. Masses Church and Parish Hall,
6:00 p.m. Mass (Children’s Pageant and Choir), 8:00 p.m. Mass (Adult Choir)
Christmas Day: 9:00am, 11:00am (Adult Choir)
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The Religious Education 1st Grade classes will be in costume as they present the Christmas Gospel this Sunday, December 20 at the 9am Family Mass.
The Religious Ed Team wishes all our families, teachers and friends a special peace and joy at Christmas and throughout the New Year. Thank you for sharing the gift of your wonderful children with us.
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This year we have revised our Collaborative Christmas Mass Schedule. Our parishes of St. John & St. Paul are staffed by two assigned priests namely myself and Fr. MacKay. We are blessed to have two active Senior Priests who are glad to assist us, as well as Fr. Hehir who resides with us at St. John. Between the two parishes last year a total of 10 Christmas Eve Masses were celebrated. Currently we have only two assigned priests to carry the majority of our scheduled Masses. In light of this we had to eliminate one Mass from each parish on Christmas Eve. We have four 4:00 p.m. Masses. St. Paul has one in the Church and one in the Church Hall. This year at St. John, in order to help accommodate a greater number of parishioners, the second 4:00 p.m. Mass will be celebrated in Philbin Hall (St. John School Hall). Please note that Philbin Hall is not handicapped accessible. We plan to have close circuit TV simulcast the Church Mass into Powers Hall (Social/Church Hall) which we hope to reserve for those needing assistance. While it is understandable that this revised schedule will disappoint some, we could not realistically expect our available priests to cover a total of thirteen Masses in the collaborative for Christmas. ~Fr. Sepe
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This Week: Sunday, December 13
Grades 1 – 6 Class 10:00 – 10:45 a.m.
Grades 7 & 8 Christmas Celebration 6:00 – 7:00pm Philbin Hall
Wednesday, December 16
Grades 1 – 6 Class 3:30 – 4:45 p.m.
Saturday, December 19
Grade 1 Christmas Pageant Practice 2:30 p.m.
Next Week: Sunday, December 20
Grade 1 Christmas Pageant 9:00 a.m. Mass (No classes)
A full calendar of all events is available at the Religious Education section of the Parish website. If you have any questions, please contact Jane Leonard or Linda Messore.
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This coming Sunday, December 13 at 2:00pm is our Annual Parish Christmas Concert. Each of the music groups which support our liturgies throughout the year will be performing seasonal music for you to enjoy. The Family Mass Musicians, the Christmas Youth Choir, the Parish Choir and the newly formed Teen Choir will be sharing some of the music they’ve been practicing these past weeks – now you can hear them! Joining us for the third year in a row will be the Puppet Nativity. They are coming to us from Rochester, NY. Their participation in our concert is truly a welcome addition. Please come – admission is free – all are welcome! Parking is available in the school lot on Ledyard Street and the Church is wheelchair accessible.
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Sunday, December 13 at 2pm
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(FROM CRUX ONLINE) Pope Francis opened his Jubilee of Mercy on Tuesday, saying that this year will be one in which Catholics are called to grow ever more convinced of God’s mercy, which should always come before judgment.
“How much wrong we do to God and his grace when we speak of sins being punished by his judgment before we speak of their being forgiven by his mercy,” he said as he celebrated a Mass in St. Peter’s Square that marked the opening of the jubilee.
“We have to put mercy before judgment,” he added.
After Mass, Francis opened the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica. Read more…
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