Tuesday, November 7
7:00 – 9:30pm
St. Paul Parish Hall
Similar to the successful forum held on Adult Faith Enrichment last June, the St. John-St. Paul Collaborative has the opportunity to come together again as a community to discuss and envision programs to inspire and engage those among us who seek ways in which to serve others. Drawing on the ideas, talents and experiences of members of both parishes, we desire to identify, and explore service opportunities in a variety of ways:
- How is service connected to our faith and spiritual lives?
- Areas of Christian Service: various communities and stages of life (e.g. singles, pregnancy, raising kids, empty nesters, aging with grace.)
- Leveraging resources to expand service opportunities.
At both parishes, we are blessed with many meaningful service initiatives. As we learn more about these wonderful programs that already exist, we hope to come up with ways to increase participation across both parishes and attract more members of our collaborative to these important efforts. Additionally, we will strive to answer important questions as a Collaborative such as:
What can we do better? * How else can we help? * Who else needs our help?
The evening will again be guided by Carol Yamartino, a professional executive meeting facilitator, who will help us move through general and small group discussions. Whether you have ideas or suggestions to share, are just interested in listening and learning, or meeting other members of our vibrant Collaborative. Please come and join in our discussion!
In order to plan for the evening, please let us know that you will be joining us by clicking the link below:
St. Paul Parish Hall is located behind St. Paul Church, at 502 Washington St. Parking is available on Washington St. and in the parking lot behind the church (entrance at 10 Atwood St.)
Our Collaborative Mass Schedule
Each year in November, St. John’s participates in the 
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Thank you to the whole St. John-St. Paul Collaborative Community for your amazing support of NPH and the pequeños who visited us last weekend! To date, we have raised over $11,000 and signed up 77 total new sponsorships!
Our Collaborative is blessed to have two young men pursuing a vocation to the priesthood. Chris Holownia from St. John Parish has entered the Jesuit Novitiate in Syracuse NY, and Matt Norwood from St. Paul Parish is studying at St. John Seminary in Brighton to be a priest in the Archdiocese of Boston. Our seminarians are going to be sending us updates on their progress from time to time. This week we have a letter from Chris Holownia – please click 
The Christmas season is just around the corner, and with it comes our commitment to serve our community and several surrounding communities of Roxbury, Lowell, and Brockton with our St. John Christmas Wish program. We provide children with very needed clothing and a special gift wish at Christmas time. We invite you to join our fun committee and help us organize the family and child sponsorship efforts so we can provide a blessed Christmas for over 400 children. Many hands are needed in this effort. We will be meeting on Wednesday, October 4 at 7:00pm in the second floor meeting room of the Parish Center. No prior experience needed, just a helping hand! We are in need of someone with experience and knowledge of Microsoft Mail Merge capabilities. We hope to see many of you at our first committee meeting October 4th! If you have questions or want to join but can’t make the meeting, please contact Liz Corcoran at 
This is a wonderful chance for you and your families to experience the mission of NPH and meet some of the children who have been served through NPH programs. Please look at the following schedule and plan accordingly. This is a holiday weekend and there is no Religious Education, but if you are in town, you and your family will not want to miss this, and we hope you will come and help us to provide a very warm welcome to our visitors. The musicians and dancers will be helping us with our liturgy at the following Masses: