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Saint Agnes ParishSaint Agnes ParishSaint Agnes ParishSaint Agnes Parish
February 17February 17February 17February 17----18, 201818, 201818, 201818, 2018
The First Sunday of LentThe First Sunday of LentThe First Sunday of LentThe First Sunday of Lent
The Temptation in the WildernessThe Temptation in the WildernessThe Temptation in the WildernessThe Temptation in the Wilderness
John St John LongJohn St John LongJohn St John LongJohn St John Long 1824182418241824
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Saint Agnes Parish, Arlington, Massachusetts - The First Sunday of Lent - February 17-18, 2018
No Classes February 18 and 25.
Classes will resume March 4.
No Classes February 18 and 25.
Classes resume March 4.
Family Liturgy Lent Collection - The children will be invited to bring up school supplies for children in Arlington during the Offertory at the 9:00 AM Mass. Sunday, February 18: 1 subject notebooks Sunday, February 25: pencils and paper Sunday, March 4: glue sticks and erasers Sunday, March 11: colored pencils and crayons Sunday, March 18: construction paper Sunday, March 25: subject dividers and two pocket folders
“The Light Is On For You”
On all Wednesdays of Lent (excluding Ash Wednesday), 6:30-8:00 P.M. , Saint Agnes Church and all parishes and chapels of the Archdiocese of Boston will be open for individual Confessions. Inviting Catholics to experience Christ’s healing love through the Sacrament of Reconciliation is a major initiative of Cardinal Seán and the Archdiocese. The Archdiocese has set up a website, www.TheLightIsOnForYou.org, to help you prepare. It has videos on the Sacrament of Reconciliation, sheets on how to make a good Confession, answers to frequently-asked questions and more. Please make plans to come on Lenten Wednesdays and spread the word of this special outreach of mercy to those you know.
Daily Mass during Lent: 7:00 A.M. Monday-Saturday 5:30 P.M. Monday-Friday.
Abstinence is observed on Fridays of Lent. On these days, no meat may be used. Catholics over 14 years of age are bound to the obligation of abstinence.
Vespers : Each Sunday during Lent, Vespers will be prayed at 4:00 P.M. in Saint Agnes Church. We invite parishioners to participate in Evening Prayer, the prayer of the Church.
Parish Coffee and Donuts : At the conclusion of the 9:00 Mass, hosted by the Saint Agnes Parish Evangelization Committee. Please join us in the Arlington Catholic High School cafeteria for fun and fellowship with
other parishioners! This week, thank you to the Thompson Family for helping to host!
If you are a new parishioner, please introduce yourself to one of our priests, complete a census form and drop it in the collection box. Census
forms are at the back of the Church.
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Saint Agnes Parish, Arlington, Massachusetts - The First Sunday of Lent - February 17-18, 2018
This week February 17 and 18, a special collection will be taken up for Catholic Charities of Boston. Catholic Charities works to serve nearly 200,000 families and individuals annually throughout the Archdiocese and help put them on a path to self-sustainability. Our services provide food and utility assistance, quality child care, academically enriching programming for at-risk youth, and adult education to put our clients on a path to self-sustainability. We welcome refugees and provide immigrants with high quality, low cost legal services and offer temporary and transitional housing for individuals and families We invite you to begin your Lenten almsgiving journey with us. On behalf of those we serve, thank you in advance for your generosity. For more information please visit www.ccab.org
The Koinonia Playgroup, based out of Saint Agnes Parish, is meant to connect parents, children and families in the gift of fellowship. On Wednesday , February 21 (February Break Week), we will go Ice Skating at the Somerville Veteran's Memorial Rink from 12 00 Noon-3:00 PM. Please bring your children of all ages to join us, make friends and have fun! To learn more, get our park schedule and join the email list: [email protected]. Hope to see you there!
Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice .” – Nelson Mandela The Boston Sock Exchange Ministry serves our homeless brothers and sisters on Boston Common
on the second Saturday of each month. Please remember the homeless who would very much benefit from the seasonal clothing you no longer require. Please bring men’s
and women’s seasonally-appropriate clothing donations to the bin at the back of the Church or to the Parish Center. We are especially in need of men’s and women’s new athletic socks, hooded sweatshirts and sweaters (especially in large and XL), winter coats, hats, gloves, peanut butter, jelly, small bottles of water, juice boxes, Gatorade, or any other individual-sized non-carbonated drinks. Join us in the Parish Center on Friday, March 9 at 7:00 PM to prepare sandwiches and to help organize donations. We are in need of volunteers to help with distribution on Saturday, March 10 at 11:00 AM on Boston Common. Please note that anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult. For information on volunteering, please contact Sheila O’Brien: [email protected] .
Bulletin Announcements must be received at the Parish Center by
Monday morning.
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The Offertory Collection last weekend was $13,841. Thank you very much.
The second collection today is for Catholic Charities.
The second collection next week is for Church in Africa and for the Church in Central Europe.
Ann Marie Theriault, Rose Ditucci, Geraldine McGrath, Sister Christine M. Killion, MFIC, Sister Mary Faustina Duggan MFIC, and Rev. George Bergin, SVD, whose Funeral Masses were celebrated last week
Sunday, February 18, 2018 9:00 A.M. Stephen Minchello Month’s Mind
Monday, February 19, 2018 7:00 A.M. 5:30 P.M.
J. William and Doris H. Wadsworth Mary Rubino
Memorial Anniversary
Tuesday, February 20, 2018 7:00 A.M. 5:30 P.M.
Dennis and Kathleen Carroll
Memorial
Wednesday, February 21, 2018 7:00 A.M. 5:30 P.M.
Memorial Memorial
Thursday, February 22, 2018 7:00 A.M. 5:30 P.M.
Joseph Diperna Anniversary
Friday, February 23, 2018 7:00 A.M. 5:30 P.M.
Saturday, February 24, 2018 7:00 A.M. 4:00 P.M. 5:15 P.M.
Mary Hughes Anthony, Christine, Philip Brilllante; Emily Williams John, Rose Lionetta & Catherine Santagate
Anniversary Memorial Memorial
Sunday, February 25, 2018 10:30 A.M. Month’s Mind Bereavement Mass
Mass Schedule for Next WeekendMass Schedule for Next WeekendMass Schedule for Next WeekendMass Schedule for Next Weekend
Saturday, February 24, 2018 4:00 P.M. Lower Church Father Flatley 5:15 P.M. Lower Church Father Graham Sunday, February 25, 2018 7:00 A.M. Lower Church Father Graham 9:00 A.M. Upper Church Father Flatley 10:30 A.M. Upper Church Father Graham 12:00 Noon Upper Church Father Flatley 5:00 P.M. Lower Church Father Graham Saint Agnes Parish offers Online Giving. This
service is safe, secure and convenient! We encourage parishioners who sign up for Online Giving to discontinue their weekly envelopes Sign up at www.saintagnes.net.
Schedule for the Week Tuesday, February 20, 2018
7:00 P.M. - Fatima Apostolate Prayer Hour
III - Jay T. Hoelle and Elizabeth Spellman
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Saint Agnes Parish, Arlington, Massachusetts - The First Sunday of Lent - February 17-18, 2018
Cardinal Seán has directed that Saint Agnes and Saint Camillus Parishes will begin as a collaborative in June of 2018. A collaborative is a structure within which several distinct parishes cooperate, to combine resources such as priests, staff and finances, to put toward our global effort of evangelization. Within the collaborative, our two parishes will begin this collaboration by sharing a pastor. We will share parochial vicars and key staff members. It is likely that the priests will live together in one rectory. The parishes will not combine bank accounts. Our offertories, and sacramental records, and capital needs will all be tracked separately.
People living with depression meeting, Thursday, February 22 , 6:30 PM. Join us for an evening of prayer and fellowship as we seek the Lord's healing together. For more information contact Karen Celano [email protected]
Saint Agnes Parish Mass of Anointing and Luncheon will be celebrated on Saturday, April 7 at 12:00 Noon . Volunteers are needed as drivers, nurses, greeters, hosts/hostesses and people to make/donate sandwiches and desserts. Please call the Parish Center, 781-648-0220, and leave your name and number and how you can help. If you are donating sandwiches or dessert, please let us know what and how many you will donate. You may deliver your donations before the luncheon on Saturday by Noon. Thank you for your kindness.
The Saint Agnes Pro-Life Group meets the second Monday of each month. Our next meeting will be Monday, March 12 at 7 ;00 PM, in the Parish
Center . Please join us!
New - Parish Witness for Life! 40 Days for Life in Boston has a new imitative this Lent. Churches are holding Masses and Adoration to pray for the end of abortion and the success of 40 Days for Life. We need people to help in this important prayer effort to help protect God’s precious gift of human life. Please save these dates and join us in this important community prayer effort for life. • Monday, February 26, 7:00 PM Mass - Saint
Camillus in Arlington • Thursday, March 1, 9:00 AM Mass followed by
all-day Adoration until 4:30 PM– Saint Eulalia in Winchester
• Friday, March 2, 7:00 Mass followed by all-day Adoration until 5:30 PM – Saint Agnes
lower Church.
40 Days for Life Lenten Campaign – Peaceful Prayer and Fasting for Life - Saint Agnes Parish will pray on Saturdays from 7-8:00 AM and Sundays from 12-1:00 PM in front of Planned Parenthood in Boston during Lent. We pray the Rosary with pro-life meditations on the mysteries. All are welcome to join in this peaceful prayer effort. Please e-mail Eileen at [email protected] with any questions.
Candlelight vigils are held each Friday night at 7:00 PM (February 16, 23, March 2, 9, 16 and 23) during the 40 Days for Life Campaign at Planned Parenthood in Boston.
Family Vigils are held each Sunday afternoon at 2pm (February 18, 25, March 4, 11, and 18) during the 40 Days for Life Campaign at Planned Parenthood in Boston.
“Hit It Big” The winners of the “Hit It Big” drawing:for the month of January
Wednesday January 3, 2018f: Taylor Kindle Wednesday January 10, 2018: Katie and Travis Manzione Wednesday January 17, 2018: no drawing due to snowstorm Wednesday January 24, 2018: Liz Lee Wednesday January 31, 2018: Nathalie Cioffi Wednesday February 7, 2018 Maureen and Paul Quinlan
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Saint Agnes School News Celebrating 125 Years of Academic ExcellenceCelebrating 125 Years of Academic ExcellenceCelebrating 125 Years of Academic ExcellenceCelebrating 125 Years of Academic Excellence
Saint Agnes School fifth grade student, Alexandra
Magee, commemorated her “Gotcha Day” with the class. “Gotcha Day “is a day that celebrates the day a child was adopted into her family. Alexandra and her mother,
Tracey Magee, brought in the adoption papers and spoke to the class about how adoption works and about Guatemala ,country of her birthplace
Saint Agnes School is accepting applications for the 2018-2019 School year. Saint Agnes School offers a K1 through Eighth Grade curriculum. Private tours and shadow days are also always available. Please email [email protected] to schedule a tour or Shadow Day.
Preschool/Pre- Kindergarten Full Day Programs – Fidelity House will be offering full days for
Preschool and Pre-K children during vacation week. The program will meet Tuesday
throughFriday, February 20-23, from 8:30 am – 5:00 pm. Full Day Programs Grades K - 6 – Upcoming fun filled full days include February 19 - 23. Trips and special events include Cowabunga Indoor Inflatable Playground, Fun World, “Frozen” Sing a long at the Regent Theater, Super Hero Day and many fun activities at Fidelity House. Hours are 8:00 am – 6:00 pm with extended care available. Trips for 5th - 8th Graders - Fidelity House will be offering trips for 5th -8th graders over February vacation. Fun World, Boda Borg, Ice Skating, and snow tubing will be offered. Advanced registration required. “PLAY MORE HOOP” Basketball Clinic - For boys and girls 6- 14 years old. The clinic will be offered 9 a.m. – 12 noon, Monday thru Friday on Feb. 19 – 23. Register for the week or individual days. All levels of players are welcome. Preschool and Pre-Kindergarten Registration - Fidelity House’s Preschool (2.9 years – 4 years old) and Pre-Kindergarten have limited openings for the current school year and for September. Half day or full day option for both Preschool and Pre-Kindergarten. Programs are licensed by the Department of Early Education and Care. AAU Basketball – Tryouts for the Fidelity House AAU Boys and Girls Basketball Program will be held over the next few weeks. Teams will play throughout the spring in local tournaments. Please visit www.fidelityhouse.org to register on-line or call 781-648-2005 to get more information about our great programs.
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Saint Agnes Parish, Arlington, Massachusetts - The First Sunday of Lent - February 17-18, 2018
There are many reasons to donate to St Vincent de Paul collection boxes at Church entrances. Each year our Parish, through the local conference of Saint Vincent De Paul, assists over 100 families in need. Thanks to your generosity last year we assisted these needy neighbors with over $30,000 in assistance. Donations come in large and small and all are appreciated. A few come in with notes thanking God for answering a prayer. Ways in which families are helped include rent, heat, utilities and food. No money is given directly to individuals but to vendors on their behalf. Any one of us could find ourselves in need and our local conference is a source of support not just financially but spiritually as we pray together with those we help and on their behalf. We cannot do everything for everyone but work with other local or state resources in providing a safety net as best we can. Together with your donations and prayers we are feeding the hungry, providing drink to the thirsty, clothing the naked, sheltering the homeless and visiting the sick. God Bless you all for helping to support the many good works of the society.
We are thrilled to announce that on March 24 , Quiz Night will now be a combined Saint Agnes School and Arlington Catholic High School event. Quiz Night presented by Arbella Insurance , will be held in the Arlington Catholic Gym where tables of 10 answer trivia questions posed by our Quizmaster. A full cash bar is available and tables may bring their own food and drink to the evening.
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Jesus overcomes the temptations to wealth, power and esteem. As we begin Lent, may we open our hearts to the grace of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Your almsgiving in the Saint Vincent de Paul Poor Box will help the poor to celebrate the grace of god’s love this Easter.
Prayer Line - If you are in need of prayers, call the healing and restoration prayer line at 617-442-3938 (located at Mission Church, 1545 Tremont Street, Boston). Healing service is the last Sunday of the month at 2:00 PM.
Collection for the Solidarity Fund for the Church in Africa Collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe
Next week the second collection will support two of the Church’s Missions. The Church in Central and Eastern Europe collection supports Catholic organizations that provide affordable shelter and training for seminarians in a region that still struggles from the effects of Soviet rule. Your donations help restore the Church and build the future in the region. Please visit www.usccb.org/ccee.
The Church in Africa is growing, yet many still lack access to basic resources and pastoral care. Many suffer due to high rates of poverty and unemployment, illiteracy, and poor education. The Solidarity Fund for the Church in Africa supports pastoral projects that foster lasting peace and reconciliation in a continent often marked by division and tension. Please visit www.usccb.org/africa.
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Religious Education 781-646-5579 [email protected] Joyce Patriacca, Director
Arlington Confirmation Program 781-641-6621 [email protected] Nancy Feeman, Director
Saint Agnes School 781-643-9031 www.saintagnesschool.com Caitlin Oglesby, Principal
Arlington Catholic High School 781-646-7770 www.achs.net Linda Butt, Principal
Saint Agnes Music Ministry 617-833-0364 [email protected] www.agnesmusic.net Michael Vaughan, Director
Fidelity House 781-648-2005 www.fidelityhouse.org Edward Woods, Director
Saint Agnes Parish
Sacrament of Baptism Baptisms are held on the first and third Sunday of the month at 2:00 P.M. You must attend Baptismal Briefings prior to having your child baptized.
Sacrament of Penance Saturday 3:00-4:00 P.M. and before the 5:15 P.M. Mass and also by appointment. Please contact the Parish Center.
Sacrament of Marriage Archdiocesan guidelines require that couples planning to marry in the Church make an appointment to see one of the priests as far in advance as possible prior to the wedding date.
Sacrament of Anointing
of the Sick Please call the Parish Office if someone in your family is gravely ill and in danger of death and you feel the grace and power of the Sacrament would be helpful.
Our Family Liturgy is celebrated at 9:00 on Sunday morning.Our Family Liturgy is celebrated at 9:00 on Sunday morning.Our Family Liturgy is celebrated at 9:00 on Sunday morning.Our Family Liturgy is celebrated at 9:00 on Sunday morning.
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