Sacrament of Reconciliation: Tonight and every Wednesday during Lent from 6:30 – 8:00pm in the Chapel (lower level of church.)
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The Light is On For You Tonight!
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Our 2016 Parish Lenten Gift: Welcoming the Stranger
Lent’s clarion call to love extravagantly is what this Lenten Gift is all about. For many years in preparing for Lent, St. John Parish has chosen to reach out as a community to one particular place of suffering. This year, our focus turns to the plight of refugee families fleeing war and persecution in their own countries. Throughout Lent, our Service Commission will tell you more about our opportunity to step in and help Catholic Charities/Boston welcome the stranger and invite them in. Please look for weekly installments of the story in the bulletin and here on the website.
Dear brothers and sisters, migrants and refugees! At the heart of the Gospel of mercy the encounter and acceptance by others are intertwined with the encounter and acceptance of God himself. Welcoming others means welcoming God in person! Do not let yourselves be robbed of the hope and joy of life born of your experience of God’s mercy, as manifested in the people you meet on your journey! -Pope Francis, January 17, 2016
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The Light is On For You Tonight!
Sacrament of Reconciliation: Tonight and every Wednesday during Lent from 6:30 – 8:00pm in the Chapel (lower level of church.)
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Ash Wednesday – February 10, 2016
Ash Wednesday is a day of universal fast and abstinence in the Church.
Mass and Liturgy of the Word Services
St. John
7:00 AM Mass with Ashes
12:10 PM Mass with Ashes
5:30 PM Mass with Ashes
St. Paul
9:00 AM Mass with Ashes
2:00 PM Ash Service (with Religious Education)
7:00 PM Mass with Ashes
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Lenten Guidelines
The annual observance of Lent is the special season for the ascent to the holy mountain of Easter. Fasting, almsgiving, and prayer are the three traditional disciplines of Lent. Through its twofold theme of repentance and preparation for Baptism, the season of Lent disposes both the catechumens and the faithful to celebrate the Paschal Mystery. The faithful and catechumens are encouraged to undertake these practices with prayer and a spirit of penance. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence. Fridays of Lent are also days of abstinence.
FASTING: For all those 18 years of age and older, who have not yet celebrated their 59th birthday. On a fast day one full meal is allowed. Two other meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to each one’s needs, but together they should not equal another full meal. (Eating between meals is not permitted, however, liquids such as milk and juices are allowed.
ABSTINENCE: By all 14 years of age and older. On days of abstinence, no meat is allowed (except when health or ability to work would be seriously affected).
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Thank You to Our Parish Community
On Tuesday, April 28, members of the St. John Service Commission visited St. Francis House to present our Parish Lenten Gift.
For more information on St. Francis House and our Gift, please visit our 2015 Parish Lenten Gift page: St. Francis House – A House of Grace
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Today is Easter Sunday, April 5
He is Risen!
7:30am Mass
9:00am Family Mass
11:00am Mass
Upper and Lower Church
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Today is Holy Saturday, April 4
10:00am–12:00pm Sacrament of Reconciliation
7:30pm Mass of the Easter Vigil
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Today is Holy Thursday, April 2
7:30pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Followed by Adoration until 10:00pm
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Schedule for Holy Week, The Sacred Triduum, and Easter Sunday
WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK, APRIL 1
6:30pm The Light is On For You
Sacrament of Reconciliation (Chapel)
HOLY THURSDAY, APRIL 2
7:30pm The Lord’s Supper Followed by Adoration until 10pm
GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 3
12:00pm Walk with the Cross
Led by Religious Education – everyone welcome! (Church)
3:00pm Stations of the Cross (Church)
7:30pm The Lord’s Passion
HOLY SATURDAY, APRIL 4
10am-12pm Confessions (Chapel)
7:30pm Mass of the Easter Vigil
EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 5
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.
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