It’s Welcome Weekend! Please join us this Sunday for the St. John Parish Family Picnic Brunch after our Sunday morning Masses. We will have pancakes along with games, pony rides, a petting zoo, and much more! We look forward to seeing you there! There are still some spots where we could use some help. Please visit our Volunteer Sign Up Page or email Susan Calcio with your availability. Even an hour of your time (anywhere from 8am-2pm) would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much for making this a great morning!
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Parish Family Picnic Brunch – This Sunday, September 23
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Be an Altar Server at St. John! Training September 25-26
On Tuesday, September 25 and Wednesday, September 26, Deacon Tom Smith will be training Altar Servers in the upper church from 3:30- 5:00pm. Any child who has made his or her First Communion is eligible to serve. Interested children should attend both sessions, and servers must be available to serve the following Saturday or Sunday (9/29 or 9/30) at Mass. Please contact Anne Connors, 781-237-0565 or anneconnors@verizon.net to register or with any questions.
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Blessing of the Animals This Sunday September 30 at 1pm behind the Church
All loved animals – real, toy and photo – are welcome! For their safety, all real animals should be leashed or in a carrier. Please consider donating gently used blankets and towels for local animal shelters.
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August 30, 2012: APPC Recommendations Released
As you may remember, this past Spring our Parish was asked to provide feedback to the Archdiocesan Pastoral Planning Commission (APPC) on the proposal to align St. John’s with St. Paul’s Parish in one of over 100 pastoral collaborative units the Archdiocese is proposing to create. More background information about the proposal, as well as our Parish’s Report to the Archdiocese on the proposal, can be found on St. John’s website under the “Proposed Pastoral Collaborative” link on the home page. All parishes in the Archdiocese were asked to provide such reports as feedback, and the APPC and others in the Archdiocese have spent the Summer reviewing these and assessing the proposals in light of this feedback. Continue reading
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Adult Faith Formation Update – September 16, 2012
Adult faith formation is built on the premise that we all have a need for greater appreciation of both the basics of our faith as Christians and the particulars of our rich Catholic traditions. We have been blessed in the 21 st century with resources unimaginable even fifty years ago to help in our search for understanding and wisdom, for a greater “comfort level” with the complexities of scripture and theology and for improving our ability to explain our faith to ourselves, our children and those with doubts. Guided by the Holy Spirit, our ultimate teacher and intellectual guide, we need to stretch our minds as we grow, learn more and more, and thus move closer and closer to God.
Faith Formation Calendar
September 20, 5:00pm: “Women in Interreligious Dialogue”
Rosemary Radford Ruether, Carpenter Emerita Professor of Feminist Theology, Pacific School of Religion and the Graduate Theological Union, Co-sponsored by the Boston College Department of Theology, the School of Theology and Ministry, and The Church in the 21st Century Center
October 2, 6:30pm: Program for Women
Nourishing faith’s journey through an evening of reflection and sharing and a wonderful potluck in the Church Social Hall, 6:30 p.m. start – all welcome. Moderator: Sr. Evelyn Ronan, SND
October 6, 7:30 to 9:00am: Men’s Group
Moderator Deacon Tom Smith; St. John’s Social Hall (Group meets the first Saturday of each month.)
October 11: Book Discussion Group
Voting and Holiness: Catholic Perspectives on Political Participation, edited by Nicholas Cafardi; St. John’s Parish Center.
St. John’s Adult Faith Formation Commission (Email: AFFC@stjohnwellesley.org)
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Be an Altar Server at St John!
On Tuesday, September 18, and Wednesday, September 19, Deacon Tom Smith will be training Altar Servers in the upper church from 3:30- 5:00pm. Any child who has made his or her First Communion is eligible to serve. Interested children should attend both sessions, and servers must be available to serve the following Saturday or Sunday (9/22 or 9/23) at Mass. Please contact Anne Connors, 781-237-0565 or anneconnors@verizon.net to register or with any questions.
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Religious Education Classes Begin Wednesday, September 19
Welcome Back! The final 2012-2013 Religious Education Calendar was included in the packet mailed recently to all registered families. You can also download a copy from the Religious Education page on our website. Classes for all grades begin as follows: Grades 1-6: Wed. 9/19 from 3:30-4:45PM or Sun. 9/23 from 10:00-10:45AM Grades 7-10: Sun. 9/23 from 6-8PM
- Opening Day Procedures for Grades 1 – 6
- Assignments will be posted on the wall in alphabetical order.
- Parents should accompany their children to their classrooms, which will have class lists posted.
- Parents, please introduce yourselves to your child(ren)’s teachers.
- Volunteers will be available in the corridors to help guide parents and students to classes.
- If you have not filled out a registration form and/or have not paid your registration fee, please report to the registration desk in Philbin Hall.
- Students will be dismissed to the coned-off area in the parking lot to be picked up, unless other arrangements have been made with the teacher.
- As a reminder, dismissal times are 10:45 AM on Sunday and 4:45 PM on Wednesday.
- Opening Day Procedures for Grades 7 – 10
- Classes meet Sunday evening, as scheduled, from 6–8PM
- All 7th and 8th grade students should report at 6PM to the Parish Center located across the parking lot from the school for room assignments.
- All 9th and 10th grade students should report to Philbin Hall in the lower level of St. John’s School at 6PM for room assignments.
REGISTRATION: Please be considerate and register your child prior to the first class meeting. We may not be able to accommodate your child in the most appropriate classroom (i.e. with children from his/her elementary school, or with friends) if you do not register in advance. Wednesday classes for ALL grades are at maximum capacity and are now closed unless someone volunteers to teach. Registration packets were sent to all families currently participating in the Religious Education Program last spring; the information contained in the packets, including the registration form, is available for download from the website. A $25 per child late fee should now be added to any registration fee owed. As a reminder, Catholic school students planning to be Confirmed in 2013 must fully participate in the second year of the Parish Religious Education Program.
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Parish Family Picnic Brunch – Sunday, September 23
Mark your calendars – Welcome Weekend will be September 22-23, 2012! Please join us on Sunday, September 23rd for the St. John Parish Family Picnic Brunch after our Sunday morning Masses. We will have pancakes along with games, pony rides, a petting zoo, and much more! We look forward to seeing you there!
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Attention 9th and 10th Grade Confirmation Candidates!
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Adult Faith Formation Update: September 9, 2012
(1) The first four books on the schedule of the Book Discussion Group are: September 13: Wise Blood by Flannery O’Connor
October 11: Voting and Holiness: Catholic Perspectives on Political Participation, edited by Nicholas Cafardi
November 15: Faith: What It Is and What It Isn’t by Terrance Tilley
December 6: Making the Eucharist Matter by Frank Anderson
All meetings are from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. Although the books selected for each month are mostly under 200 pages and can generally be purchased for less than $20 (or borrowed from the library), we recognize how difficult it is for some to read each one. Thus, people often come to these gatherings with a broad understanding of the topic, author or focus of the book, rather than a grasp of the specific details. This is fine. For more information about the Book Discussion Group please contact the Adult Faith Formation Commission or call one of the leaders of the group – Peter Mongeau, Anita Martin , Julie and Frank McConville or John Stewart.
2) The St. John’s Adult Faith Formation Commission will hold the first of its 2012/2013 monthly meetings on September 19. If you have any ideas, suggestions or proposals please send them along and they will be considered quickly.
3) Some Boston College programs of interest:
“Women in Interreligious Dialogue”
Thursday, September 20, 5:00 p.m.
Rosemary Radford Ruether, Carpenter Emerita Professor of Feminist Theology,Pacific School of Religion and the Graduate Theological Union, Cosponsored by the Boston College Department of Theology, the School of Theology and Ministry, and The Church in the 21st Century Center.
“Introducing the Bible Today: Challenges and Opportunities”
Tuesday, September 25, 5:30 p.m.
Richard J. Clifford, S.J., STM professor of Old Testament, Daniel J. Harrington, S.J., STM professor of New Testament, and Pheme Perkins, professor, Boston College Theology Department, Cosponsored by Paulist Press, the School of Theology and Ministry, and the Boston College Department of Theology.
“An Archbishop’s Perspective on Handing on the Faith”
Monday, October 1, 4:30 p.m.
Most Rev. Harry J. Flynn, Archbishop Emeritus, Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Cosponsored by The Church in the 21st Century Center and STM.
St. John’s Adult Faith Formation Commission
(Email: AFFC@stjohnwellesley.org)
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