Category Archives: Visitation & Outreach

Elizabeth Seton Residence is in need of new Eucharistic Ministers. Mass is celebrated daily at 11:00 a.m. Prior experience is not needed. Training provided. Please contact Linda Colozzi at (781) 997-1119. Next information/orientation meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 10 from 1:30—2:30 p.m. at Elizabeth Seton.

THANK YOU to all who donated to the St. John Parish Baby Shower last weekend. A great number of items were collected and given to Crisis Pregnancies through Catholic Charities.

Every spring, St. John’s organizes a Baby Shower for the clients of Pregnancy Help, a pregnancy resource center supported through the Archdiocese of Boston that provides compassionate, practical, life-affirming alternatives for women facing crisis pregnancies.

Listed below are the items that Pregnancy Help needs for the mothers who are expecting their babies this spring and summer. A “Pack & Play” will be set up at the Glen Road entrance of the church this weekend, May 3-4, so donations can be dropped off on the way in to church.

• Onesies Size 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-9 months
• Sleep and Plays Size 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-9 months
• Spring/Summer Outfits (Boys & Girls) Size 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-9 months
• Toddler Clothes (Boys & Girls) Size 2T, 3T, 4T
• Toddler Size Socks
• Baby Essentials Baby Lotion, Baby Thermometers, Nail Clippers, Hair Brushes/Combs, Pacifiers (NO powder, please)
• Bottles Baby Bottles 4 oz & 8 oz (NO drop-in liner bottles)
• Infant Brimmed Hats
• Small Infant-Safe Toys (NO button eyes)
• GENTLY Used Maternity Clothes for expectant mothers
• If you wish to make a monetary donation, please make the check payable to the “Fund For The Unborn”

Thank you in advance for your kindness and generosity! If you have any questions, please contact Chrissy Cassa.

“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
— Mother Teresa

Pregnancy Help is a pregnancy resource center whose mission is to provide compassionate, practical, life-affirming alternatives for women facing crisis pregnancies. Supported through the Archdiocese of Boston, Pregnancy Help offers assistance to any woman experiencing crisis in her pregnancy regardless of religion, economic background or country of origin, and has been serving women in the greater Boston area since 1973.

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On May 3-4, St John’s Parish will host a Baby Shower for Pregnancy Help Boston, a program that offers new baby clothes, a counseling staff, and help with locating jobs and housing for families facing financial crisis. Watch for a list of most needed items in upcoming bulletins and on the parish website, and read more about our outreach on the Visitation and Outreach page.

St. John’s is starting a Prison Ministry group led by long-time parishioner, Julie Songer.  As an opportunity to learn what a prison and prison ministry is about, Julie is hosting a group to attend Mass at the Chapel at MCI Framingham, the state’s only women’s prison.  Many of the women are incarcerated for short periods as a result of mental illness or addictive behavior.  They are mothers, sisters and community members who have made some bad decisions.  They very much appreciate any indication of support or validation from “the outside” when they are locked-up in prison and told they do not matter.

Have you ever been touched by Matthew 15:36?
I was in prison and you came to visit me?

Would you be interested in another way to show your belief that all life is sacred? 
Human life is sacred because from its beginning it involves the creative action of God and it remains forever in a special relationship with the Creator, who is its sole end. (Catholic Catechism)

Could this be a way to put your faith into action and support Catholic social justice teachings?
What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit?  Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.   (James 2:14-17)

Come and See….with a group of St. John’s parishioners who will attend Mass at the chapel at MCI Framingham on Sunday evening, November 17, 2013.  We will arrive at MCI Framingham at 5:45pm to clear security and go to the chapel for Mass.  Please call or email Julie Songer by October 27, 2013 if you would like to join the group.  For security clearance purposes, you need to respond by October 27^th to Julie with your: 1) name (as it appears on your MA driver’s license), 2) MA driver’s license #; and, 3) date of birth.   Julie’s contact information is: jmsonger4@yahoo.com; 617-817-6628.

Starting Wednesday, October 3 and running for six weeks (Oct 3, 10, 17, 24 and Nov 7, 14), a workshop on Pastoral Care to the Sick and Homebound will be offered at St. John the Evangelist from 7pm-9pm.   Continue reading →