Category Archives: Important Announcements

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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

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!

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

Volunteers Needed – Help Decorate the Church for Easter on Saturday, March 30

easter-flowers-crossWe are looking for volunteers to help decorate the Church for Easter. If you are willing and available on the morning of Saturday, March 30, please contact the Rectory at (781) 235-0045 or st-johns@comcast.net.

A Special Invitation – Holy Thursday, March 28 at 7:30pm

footwashingAs you know, a part of this celebration is a sacred ritual, cherished for generations, a dramatization of Eucharistic love – Jesus washing the feet of his disciples. Each year this serving love of Jesus is re-enacted to enable each of us to enter into it more deeply. If you would like to participate, there is a sign-up sheet in our Church ‘gathering space’.  We encourage you to consider sharing in this graced experience.  For those who volunteer, further details will be sent to you before March 28.  For more information, please call (781-235-0045) or email the Parish Office.  Thank you.

Schedule for Holy Week, The Sacred Triduum, and Easter Sunday

WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK, MARCH 27
6:30pm The Light is On For You 
Sacrament of Reconciliation (Chapel)
HOLY THURSDAY, MARCH 28
7:30pm The Lord’s Supper Followed by Adoration until 10pm
GOOD FRIDAY, MARCH 29 
12:00pm Walk with the Cross
Led by Religious Education Cluster Families – everyone welcome! (Church) 
3:00pm Stations of the Cross (Church)
7:30pm The Lord’s Passion
HOLY SATURDAY, MARCH 30 
10am-12pm Confessions (Chapel)
7:30pm Mass of the Easter Vigil
EASTER SUNDAY, MARCH 31 
7:30am Mass
9:00am Family Mass
11:00am Mass (Upper and Lower)

PLEASE NOTE: There is no 5:00pm Vigil Mass on Holy Saturday and no 5:00pm Mass on Easter Sunday.

March 24: News and Events from the AFFC

AFFC LogoSunday, April 7:Understanding the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict  Sacred Heart Parish, Newton Centre at 7:30pm  Alice Rothchild, MD, co-chair American Jews for a Just Peace. Sponsored by the Sacred Heart Parish Justice and Peace Committee.
Wednesday, April 10:  Faith Maps Series St. John Social Hall at 7:00pm Shawn Copeland, Professor of Theology at BC and former President of the Catholic Theological Society of America, will speak in the Parish Social Hall 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.”

For more information, please email us at AFFC@stjohnwellesley.org

Pope Francis Installation Mass on Tuesday, March 19 – The Feast of St. Joseph

Francis IPope Francis will be officially  installed on Tuesday, March 19. CatholicTV Network will carry this event live at 4:30am ET, and will  rebroadcast it at 11am and 8pm.
The CatholicTV Network is available on Comcast Channel 268 throughout the Archdiocese of Boston and New England (in Plymouth and Amesbury, MA on Ch. 183), on Verizon FiOS Ch. 296, Charter Communications Ch. 101, RCN Ch. 85, on various other providers and on Roku and Google TV. Online coverage and a live stream may also be viewed at any time from any computer or device at www.CatholicTV.com.