We need your help to provide hundreds of sandwiches on Sunday January 22 and Sunday January 29 for the Bristol Lodge in Waltham. Please bring sandwiches (wrapped and without condiments) to the church kitchen refrigerator. Since 1995, our parish has helped serve the homeless by providing sandwiches on the 4th and 5th (when there is one) Sunday of each month. The sandwiches are distributed to the clients of the Bristol’s various programs for the needy and provide a nourishing mid-day meal for the residents of shelters which are closed during the daytime hours. For more information please contact Liz Phillips at (781) 237-4430 or Liz.phillips@comcast.net
The St. John Christmas Wish program brings the joy of Christmas to hundreds of children and families from 5 parishes: St. Patrick’s in Brockton, St. Patrick’s in Lowell, St. Katharine Drexel’s in Roxbury, St. John the Evangelist in Wellesley and St. Julie’s Family Learning Program in South Boston. We appreciate all of the parishioners who have already contributed to the program and we want to invite parishioners to consider volunteering as a shopper or sponsor for the program. A shopper typically will shop to purchase clothing for families (an outfit and toy for each child) and all shopping expenses will be reimbursed through the program. Volunteers typically shop for 5 children. Sponsors purchase clothing and a special gift for children in a family age 18 and under. Approximate value of sponsorship is $50-75 per child.