Sunday, September 17
10:00am – 12:00pm
St. John Parking Lot
More information to come! To volunteer, please email: Chrissy Cassa
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Meet at the St. Paul parking lot (behind the church) – bring money for ice cream. All High schoolers from the Collaborative and especially rising 9th graders are welcome.
Come and meet our Youth Ministers and some of the Youth Group members. Bring your friends!
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July 9 at 7:00pm: Ice Cream Crawl
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There will be an opportunity to express our good wishes to Fr. Arthur MacKay as he takes his leave of our collaborative on the following Sundays:
St. John: Sunday, June 4 after the 9:00am Mass
Reception in Powers Hall, all are invited to attend.
St. Paul: Sunday, June 11 after the 9:00am Mass
Reception in the Parish Hall, all are invited to attend.
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Join us for an hour of prayer and reflection
Sunday April 23, 3:00pm
St. Paul Church
The message of The Divine Mercy is simple. It is that God loves us – all of us, and he wants us to recognize that His mercy is greater than our sins, so that we will call upon Him with trust, receive His mercy and let it flow through us to others.
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Art as narrative, memory, and prayer: ‘Christ Carrying the Cross’ at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Monday, March 27 at 7:30pm
St. John Powers Hall
Christ Carrying the Cross, painted by the Circle of Giovanni Bellini in the early years of the High Renaissance, was Isabella Stewart Gardner’s favorite painting. We’ll discuss the background of this painting and the stories it tells us. We’ll look at why the placement of this painting at her Museum was so important to Mrs. Gardner and what that reveals about faith and memory. Lastly, we’ll consider how Mrs. Gardner’s relationship with this painting demonstrates how the affective nature of art helps us to be more fully human. We’ll see how art – as a meditative tool – opens our hearts to God.
CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK TO LISTEN TO A PODCAST OF THIS LECTURE: Lenten Lectures 2017: “Art as narrative, memory, and prayer: ‘Christ Carrying the Cross’ at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum” with Donna Maria Ticchi (3/27/17)
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“Breathing Underwater – The Art of Snorkeling”
Monday, March 20, 7:30pm at St. Paul Church
Fr. Arthur MacKay’s lecture continues our theme of “Up From Water.” The ancients believed water to be life giving and life taking. The divers of antiquity defied the death of going into the water for something more valuable. John the Baptist gives us a preview of facing our own death to sin to be open to a new life with the one who is mightier. The discussion will ponder snorkeling in the water of Baptism, the Ten Commandments and the Book by Fr. Richard Rohr, “Breathing Under Water” to find meaning in our Lenten spiritual journey.
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Monday, March 20 at 7:30pm at St. Paul Church: FR. ARTHUR MACKAY
“Breathing Underwater – The Art of Snorkeling”
Monday, March 27 at 7:30pm at St. John Powers Hall: DONNA MARIA TICCHI
“Art as narrative, memory, and prayer: ‘Christ Carrying the Cross’ at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum”
Monday, April 3 at 7:30pm at St. John Powers Hall: MICHAEL MERAW
“How Music Leads Us through Lent to the Joy of Easter”
Monday, April 10 at 7:30pm at St. Paul Church: FR. JIM LAUGHLIN
“When All Seemed Lost: Waiting for the Third Day”
(The audio will be available online a few days after each lecture, so please visit our Podcasts page to listen – or listen again!)
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Reconciliation: Confession (sacred) and Civil Society (secular)
Monday, March 6, 7:30pm at St. John Church
In 2 Corinthians 5:18-19, St. Paul tells us, “All this is from God who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.” The ministry of reconciliation is central to the ministry of the Church as a whole. This Lenten Lecture will explore two distinct – indeed, quite different on the surface – expressions of the ministry of reconciliation today. The first, reconciliation within the Church, through the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) and what this could mean during Lent. The second, reconciliation within the wider civil society, at a time when our social fabric as a nation seems tested and threatened.
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Please join us for a St. Patrick’s Day Dinner to celebrate Boston’s patron saint!
Friday, March 17 from 6:00-9:00pm at St. Paul Parish Hall
**IRISH MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT**
Adult Dinner Choices: Corned Beef & Cabbage with carrots, potatoes, Irish bread -OR- Salmon & Rice
Children’s Meal: Macaroni & Cheese * Beer, Wine, Water, Coffee and Dessert * Babysitting available in Lower Parish Hall
Please try to purchase your tickets in advance to help with headcount. $15 per adult; $5 children’s meal. Tickets available at St. Paul Church Rectory and after all Masses at St. Paul’s during weekends of 2/25-26; 3/4-5; and 3/11-12. For more information, to make a monetary donation, and/or to help organize and decorate, please email stpaulsocialcommittee@gmail.com
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS!
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“The Baptism of Christ #2”
Artist: Daniel Bonnell
*PLEASE NOTE: THE ORDER OF THE LECTURES HAS CHANGED FROM THE ORIGINAL SCHEDULE IN THE LENTEN MAILING.
MARCH 6: FR. J. BRYAN HEHIR St. John Church
“Reconciliation: Confession (sacred) and Civil Society (secular)”
MARCH 13: NO LENTEN LECTURE TONIGHT
Fr. Connelly’s lecture will be rescheduled for later this spring.
MARCH 20: FR. ARTHUR MACKAY St. Paul Church
“Breathing Under Water – Spiritual Snorkeling”
MARCH 27: DONNA MARIA TICCHI St. John Powers Hall
“Art as narrative, memory, and prayer: ‘Christ Carrying the Cross’ at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum”
APRIL 3: MICHAEL MERAW St. John Powers Hall
“How Music Leads Us through Lent to the Joy of Easter”
APRIL 10: FR. JIM LAUGHLIN St. Paul Church
“When All Seemed Lost: Waiting for the Third Day”
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