Our annual holiday market Trees and Trimmings is on December 8th – SATURDAY ONLY! Please plan your weekend so we will see you on Saturday, then you will have Sunday to deck your hall with your fabulous tree, wreaths, roping and greens.
Our fresh and beautiful Advent Wreaths will be available for purchase on the first Sunday of Advent, December 2nd after the 7:30am, 9am, 11am and 5pm Masses, as well as after the 5pm Mass on Saturday, December 1st. No pre-order necessary!
Trees & Trimmings loves and needs donations of homemade baked goods for Santa’s Bakeshop. Bake your favorite goodie or classic family recipe — we can use cookies, brownies, bars, decorated Christmas cut-out cookies, breads, cakes, and pies! Please drop off all baked goods at Philbin Hall on Friday, December 7th, or contact Amy Kane at amykane@hotmail.com or Mariela Baker at mbaker@bdg-inc.com if you wish to make a contribution of your favorite holiday goodie. Thank you!
Red and White Poinsettias will be available at Trees & Trimmings this year. They are as lovely as ever, and no pre-orders needed.
“Rose Mallows” – a signed, framed print by former Saint John parishioner E. Joseph Fontaine, will be our showcase raffle item this year. Tickets will be available after select masses later this month and at Trees & Trimmings until 4pm. Please contact Christina McCormick at chmcc94@gmail.com with any questions.
Questions about Trees & Trimmings or for volunteer opportunities, please contact Marie Carroll at carroll.marie@yahoo.com or Kati Bannish at katib.mac@me.com
Faith in Action: Many, many thanks to the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th grade students who so generously donated warm hats for the men at the St. Francis House day shelter in Boston. We collected well over 100 hats. During the Friends for Good segment of the evening, students wrote personal notes wishing the men good health in the coming cold months and attached them to the hats.
Trees & Trimmings, our annual holiday market, will be on December 8th – SATURDAY ONLY! Please plan your weekend so we will see you on Saturday, then you will have Sunday to deck your hall with your fabulous tree, wreaths, roping and greens. Our fresh and beautiful Advent Wreaths will be available for purchase on December 2nd – the first Sunday of Advent – after the 7:30am, 9am, 11am and 5pm Masses, as well as after the 5pm Mass on Saturday, December 1st. No pre-order necessary! Red and White Poinsettias will be available at Trees & Trimmings this year – they are as lovely as ever, and no pre-orders needed.
The Christmas Wish effort is gearing up and we are looking for new and continuing volunteers to administer this growing program. The program supports families in St. Johns as well as families in Brockton, Lowell, South Boston, and Roxbury by providing Christmas gifts to about 400 children in need. We are looking for volunteers to assist in any number of ways:
Once again St. Johns will be hosting Thanksgiving dinner for the homeless at the Bristol Shelter in Waltham. Please consider cooking or baking for this important outreach program. In order to serve over 100 guests we will need the following COOKED items: ten 18-20 lb. unstuffed turkeys; mashed potatoes, gravy, butternut squash, corn, green beans, stuffing, rolls; cranberry sauce; cider and cranberry juice. Turkeys, as well as the other side dishes, can be cooked as early as the Tuesday prior to Thanksgiving. In addition to having a drop off time at St. John’s on Wednesday, individual food pickups can be arranged. Please contact Deirdre Heilbron at 
Holy Day of Obligation
Christmas Youth Choir rehearsals have begun. All students in grade 1-8 are invited to participate. High School Assistants are also welcome (counts towards confirmation community service credit)! Children will participate in the Parish Christmas Concert on December 9 AND/OR Christmas Eve 5:30 Family Mass. All rehearsals are in St. John’s Chapel. Remaining rehearsals will take place on the following dates and times: