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“Trees & Trimmings” This Saturday, December 6 from 9:00am to 5:00pm

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Trees & Trimmings 2014Trees & Trimmings loves and needs donations of homemade baked goods for Santa’s Bakeshop — bake your favorite treat or classic family recipe! Please drop off all baked goods at Philbin Hall on Friday, December 6th, or contact Amy Baughman  or Julie Lavalle  if you wish to make a contribution of your favorite holiday goodie. Thank you!

“Angel of the Waters” a signed, framed print by former St. John parishioner E. Joseph Fontaine, will be our showcase raffle item this year. Tickets will be available after select masses and at T&T on Saturday, December 6 until 4:00 p.m. Please contact Christina McCormick with any questions.

Kid’s Corner will once again offer a boutique filled with Christmas gifts for parents, siblings, and grandparents. These items will be priced so that kids can afford to buy them. Our annual Toy Raffle is also a big highlight for the children. This year we are featuring an NEED ITEMS and other exciting items. There will also be craft projects, and don’t forget about SANTA!

Tree Pickup Service: Enjoy a restful Christmas, and with a $25 donation let us pick up your tree after the holidays and deliver it to the Wellesley RDF on Jan. 3rd for you! Please note, you must be a Wellesley resident. Find all the details HERE.

Questions about Trees & Trimmings or for volunteer opportunities, please contact Marie Carroll  or Tricia Parmele.

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2014 Advent Happenings

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Advent_abstractAN ADVENT GIFT FOR YOU – Special small books to nourish your mind and heart as you prepare for Christmas. Available beginning the weekend of November 29-30 at the Glen Road entrance to the Church.

Tuesday, December 2
EVENING FOR WOMEN – Moderator: Sr. Evelyn Ronan, SND
A wonderful way to begin our Advent journey! Through prayer, reflection and sharing, we will interweave this year’s theme, ‘Pondering Grace’ with Mary’s extraordinary ‘yes’ and journey with her. 6:30 p.m. in the Chapel/Social Hall

Saturday, December 6
TREES AND TRIMMINGS
Holiday market with trees, wreaths, decorated boxwoods, bakeshop, toy raffle, silent auction, Fontaine raffle, kid’s corner, photo with Santa—not to be missed! Saturday, December 6 – one day only, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at St. John School

December 13-14
BIRTHING KIT COLLECTION
During this Advent season, our Service Commission invites us, as a Parish, to assist in supplying ‘Birthing Kits’ as a way to reduce the mortality rates for mothers and newborns in Haiti. Birthing Kit Collection will take place at all the Masses on the weekend of December 13-14.

Sunday, December 14
PARISH CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Our Parish Choir, Family Mass Musicians, Christmas Youth and St. John School Chorus come together to provide a concert of Christmas music that will delight all ages at 2:00 p.m. in the Church!

Tuesday, December 16
ST. JOHN SCHOOL CONCERT
All are welcome to this experience of joy!, Tuesday, December 16 at 7:00 p.m. in the Church.

Sunday, December 21
FAMILY MASS CHRISTMAS PAGEANT
Religious Education First Grade classes will be in costume as they present the Christmas Gospel—Sunday, December 21 at the 9:00 a.m. Family Mass in the Church.

Wednesday, December 24
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
There is no better way to prepare for Christmas! Come for this special gift of Confession on Christmas Eve from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon in the Chapel.

CHRISTMAS 2014 MASS SCHEDULE

Wednesday, December 24
CHRISTMAS EVE
4:00 pm (Upper and Lower Church)
5:30 pm Family Mass
7:00 pm
10:00 pm (9:30 Choir Program)

Thursday, December 25
CHRISTMAS DAY
10:30 am (10:00 Choir Program)
No 5:00 pm Mass on Christmas Day

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November 30: News from Religious Education

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Religious-Education-Contemporary_SMALLThis Week: No Sunday Classes
Wednesday, December 3
Grades 1 – 6 Class 3:30 – 4:45 p.m.
Next Week: Sunday, December 7
Grades 1 – 6 Class 10:00 – 10:45 a.m.
*Grades 9 – 10 Teen Mass with St. Paul’s students at 5:00 p.m.
*Grades 9 & 10 are expected to attend this Mass to which the 9th and 10th grades from St. Paul’s have been invited. A Christmas celebration follows in the Social Hall.
Grades 7 & 8 are encouraged and most welcome to attend the Mass; however, no class is scheduled for these grades.

A full calendar of all events is available on the Religious Education page.

If you have any questions, please contact Jane Leonard, jane.leonard@stjohnwellesley.org, or Linda Messore, linda.messore@stjohnwellesley.org.

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Parish Thanksgiving Mass – Thursday at 8:30am

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Please join us foThanksgiving_Prayer_2014r Mass on Thanksgiving morning at 8:30am. Wishing a happy and blessed Thanksgiving to all!

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November 23: News from Religious Education

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This Week: Sunday, November 23
Grades 1 – 6 Class 10:00 – 10:45 AM
Next Week: No Classes. Enjoy your Thanksgiving holiday!

A full calendar of all events is available on the Religious Education page.

If you have any questions, please contact Jane Leonard, jane.leonard@stjohnwellesley.org, or Linda Messore, linda.messore@stjohnwellesley.org.

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Faith Formation Web Resources

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Check out these interesting and informative websites to learn more about the Catholic Church, our faith, and what is going on in the world.

Crux  was recently launched by the Boston Globe and features the work of John Allen (formerly Vatican correspondent for NCR). They are an English language site that seeks to cover world-wide Catholicism.
National Catholic Reporter  is a more established Catholic weekly paper, run by lay Catholics and focusing on the Church in the US.
Catholic News Service is produced by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops and covers the worldwide Church, especially the papacy.

And don’t forget to check out St. John’s “FAITH MATTERS” blog! We regularly post reflection on a variety of Catholic faith topics with an eye towards exploring the richness of our tradition.

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St. John’s Adult Faith Formation Commission
Email: AFFC@stjohnwellesley.org

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November 16: News from Religious Education

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Religious-Education-Contemporary_SMALLThis Week: Sunday, November 16
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 Class 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Grade 10 Friends for Good 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Class 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 19
Grades 1- 6 Class 3:30 – 4:45 p.m.

Next Week: Sunday, November 23
Grades 1 – 6 Class 10:00 – 10:45 p.m.

Faith in Action
Many thanks to the 7th, 8th and 9th grade students who so generously donated warm hats for the men at the St. Francis House day shelter in Boston. We collected 75 hats. During the Friends for Good segment of the evening, students wrote personal notes wishing the men good health in the coming cold months and attached them to the hats.

A full calendar of all events is available on the Religious Education page.

If you have any questions, please contact Jane Leonard, jane.leonard@stjohnwellesley.org, or Linda Messore, linda.messore@stjohnwellesley.org.

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November 9: News from Religious Education

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Religious-Education-Contemporary_SMALLThis Week: Sunday, November 9
Grades 1 – 6 Class 10:00 – 10:45 a.m.
Grades 9, 10 High School Retreat 1:00–6:00 pm, Church Social Hall  (prior registration required)
Next Week: Sunday, November 16
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 Class 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Grade 10 Friends for Good 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Class 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 19
Grades 1- 6 Class 3:30 – 4:45 p.m.

A full calendar of all events is available on the Religious Education page.

If you have any questions, please contact Jane Leonard, jane.leonard@stjohnwellesley.org, or Linda Messore, linda.messore@stjohnwellesley.org.

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St. John Book Discussion Group: Thursday, November 13, 7:30pm

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PrintAll members of the parish are invited to the November 13 meeting of the Parish Book Discussion Group at 7:30pm in the Parish Center. The topic will be “The Synod of Bishops on the Family”, and our discussion will focus on both the process and structure of decision-making in the Vatican and the substance of the many issues discussed (or that should have been discussed!)  There has been extensive press coverage of the October meeting in Rome; thus we are asking participants in the November 13 meeting to read as much as possible and come prepared to express your conclusions, opinions, reservations, hopes and expectations. These are obviously important challenges in the life of our Church and we all have a serious responsibility to become as informed as possible. One new and wonderful source of information is CRUX, the website of Catholic news sponsored by The Boston Globe.  For further information and to give us an idea of how many will attend, please contact John Stewart (617.969.0950) or Peter Mongeau.

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November 2: News from Religious Education

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Religious-Education-Contemporary_SMALLThis Week: Sunday, November 2
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 Friends for Good 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Class 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Grade 10 Class 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 5
Grades 1- 6 Class 3:30 – 4:45 p.m.
Next Week: Sunday, November 9
Grades 1 – 6 Class 10:00 – 10:45 a.m.
Grades 9, 10 High School Retreat 1:00 – 6:00 p.m., Church Social Hall
(prior registration required)

A full calendar of all events is available on the Religious Education page.

If you have any questions, please contact Jane Leonard, jane.leonard@stjohnwellesley.org, or Linda Messore, linda.messore@stjohnwellesley.org.

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