Parish Staff and Contact Information
Parish Phone Number 617-567-5776 Parish Email: [email protected]
Parish Website: www.sacredhearteb.org
Administrator: Rev. Guy Sciacca Parish Secretary: Lisa Heidkamp &
Marcia Petrosino
Vietnamese Community: Rev. Pham Phong Music Director: Annetta Whetham
Parish Seminarian: Religious Ed.: Sharon Rozzi 617.567.6509
Rectory Office Hours: Principal East Boston CentralCatholSchool: Mon., Wed., Fri. 9:00a.m.—3:00p.m. Robert Casaletto (617.567.7456)
Tues., Thurs. 9:00a.m.—1:30 p.m.
Office Closed Saturdays and Sundays
SACRED HEART PARISH JUNE 14, 2020
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Masses for the Week
Monday, June 15
8:00am Pasquale Esposito
Tuesday, June 16
8:00am Marie Staffieri
Wednesday, June 17
8:00a.m. Rita Veronica Hanlon
Thursday, June 18
8:00am Pauline Bossi
Friday, June 19
8:00am Rose & Louis Maiorano
Saturday, June 20
8:00am Mr. & Mrs. Ngan Thuan; Mr. & Mrs.
Tran Tu Thanh; Ralph Guange;
Salvatore Guange; Luigi Costanza;
Aires de Sousa; Richard Famiglietti;
Michael Ascolillo; Gene McDonald;
Tony Di Nocco; Bobby & Reggie
Bolognese; Sam Donato;
Thomas Doucette; The Bossi Family
4:00pm Bartholomew Campanella & David
“DJ” Dillon
Sunday, June 21
8:30am Anthony Vigliotta
10:00am Alessandro Rago & Anselmo Basile
1:00 pm Vietnamese Mass
Sacred Heart Sacrament Info
Sacrament of Confession Saturday: 8:30am and 3:00pm-3:30pm
Also feel free to speak with a priest by request or
appointment
Sacrament of Baptism Baptisms scheduled on the third Saturday of the
month 12noon-2pm
Call the parish office to arrange for baptism
Sacrament of Marriage To all those getting married, Congratulations! Please
contact the parish as soon as you are engaged. To
schedule a wedding at the parish, please contact us
at least 6 months before the desired date. For all
those who live in the parish and who are getting
married outside the parish, please contact us for
marriage preparation.
Sacrament of Confirmation (adults) Please contact Fr. Guy at [email protected] or
call the parish office.
Sacraments of First Communion and
Confirmation (school aged children)
Prayers for those who are ill Myles McHugh, Geoffrey Kreger, Denise Barthel,
Anita Taylor, James Leary, Violet McCabe, Lucy
Alabiso, Joel Rivera, Julie Maurao, Anna Noviello,
John Corcoran, Maureen Shanahan, Sabina Taylor,
Bernadine Joslin, Louis Cavaleri, Patricia Messina,
Ann Cognati, Marion Colman, Patty Thibert, Helen
Gillette, Columbia LaRosa, Jim LaRosa, Janet Lang,
Geraldine Ventre, Renee Campanella, Paula Romano-
Duggan, Larry Atkinson, Ellen Grato, Edel Richard,
Diane Trainito, Frank Roycroft, Paula Ann Keough,
Nancy Shlegal, Maria Gilmore, Nancy & Alexa
Albano, Joseph Hughes, Marilyn Marsiglia, Helen W.
Almeida
THE SANCTUARY LAMP
The Sanctuary Lamp will burn in
memory
Easter Sunday
Gathering – Presentation – Communion – Closing –
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Parish Offertory Collection
Week of June 7, 2020
Last weekend collection: $ 4,040.00
Second Collection $
Online Donation $ 300.00
Our weekly goal is $ 5,200.00
We were $860.00 short of our weekly goal.
Thank you for your support of Sacred Heart Parish
Grand Annual to date total: $30,041. 00. We have
reached our goal. Thank you!!!
PLEASE NOTE Thank you to all who are sending weekly con-
tributions by mail, or online through our web-
site. We are still falling very short of our goal.
I realize that this is a very difficult time for
everyone; however, the daily operation of the
parish depends on your generosity. So, please,
if you can, send your weekly offertory in by
mail, online through the website, or drop it
off at the rectory.
All Masses that were booked during the past
few weeks and until the coronavirus-19
restrictions are lifted, will have to be
rescheduled to another date.
Thank you for your understanding.
Sacred Heart Outreach to Needy Members of the Society of St.Vincent de Paul (or
"Vincentians" ) are men and women of all ages, who
strive to grow spiritually by offering person-to-
person service to individuals in need. It is this per-
sonalized involvement that makes the work of the
Society unique.
Have you considered answering the call to "help the
poor find forgiveness and healing in their life" by
joining the Society of St. Vincent de Paul?
Learn more about the St. Vincent de Paul Sacred
Heart Conference by emailing us
at: [email protected] or calling us at
617-406-9103 or by calling the rectory.
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is an international
organization dedicated to the poor and disadvantaged
by providing individual maerial assistance on a tem-
porary basis.
All inquiries with St. Vincent de Paul Society Con-
ference at Sacred Heart are held in the strictest confi-
dence.
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Bible Study Every time we attend Mass, we hear beautiful readings from the Sacred Scriptures. Would you like to go
deeper and have the opportunity to read and discuss the Bible? The Wednesday night group is currently
reading and discussing the Old Testament Book of Exodus. Feel free to come and join us on Wednesday
nights at 6:30pm in the Church Hall. All are welcome!
Bulletin Column for the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
We all need food for the journey, don’t we? Now, how important is your spiritual journey to you? Jesus is here to give us what we need, when we need it. The Eucharist nourishes, fills, and satisfies our spiritual hunger. In the beautiful hymn attributed to St. Thomas Aquinas, he says, “Lord Jesus Christ, you gave us the Eucharist as the memorial of your suffering and death…” This was the opening prayer to our liturgy this morning. This is the Lord’s selfless gift of unconditional love to us. This gift is a sign of the life we share in Christ – eternal life. Jesus says the bread that he will give is his flesh for the life of the world. And so, today, the Church gives us the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. St. Paul tells us that the cup of blessing and the bread we break are a participation in the body and blood of Christ. St. Thomas Aquinas sums it up again beautifully in his prayer: “O, Sacred banquet, in which Christ is received; the memory of his passion is renewed, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory is given to us. The future glory promised is no less than eternal life with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. May we never deprive our spirit of the nourishment it needs for the journey.
God bless you all,
Fr. Guy
Inspirational quote of the Week
“Faith is like a bright ray of sunlight. It enables us to see God in all things as well as
all things in God.” St. Francis de Sales
KIDS KLUB
Come and join the Kids Club and Choir every Sunday after the 10:00AM Mass. You’ll learn
songs to sing at Mass, watch short and fun videos to learn more about our faith and enjoy some
light refreshments (including coffee for parents. Children of all ages are welcome!”
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Archdiocesan Guidelines for Parish Reopening
If you can bring your own bottle of hand sanitizer to the church, you should. Otherwise, sanitizer will be provided
by the parish and positioned at the entry to the church.
All parishioners need to wear masks, except for the following exceptions:
Children under the age of two should not wear masks.
Parents should judge for children between the ages of two and five whether they should wear a mask.
All people who claim an exemption because of health can forego wearing a mask. They do not have
to provide documentation.
The priest and others with him in the sanctuary do not need to wear masks in the sanctuary as long as
strict socially distancing is maintained. They do have to wear masks when assisting with the distribu-
tion of Holy Communion.
DURING MASS
There will be no processions at the Masses, including no offertory processions.
There should be no altar servers
Choirs will not be allowed (Cantor, instrumentalist is allowed)
There should be no holding of hands during the Our Father.
There should be no invitation to participate in a sign of peace
FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF HOLY COMMUNION There will be one or two communion stations, depending on the size of the Church
It should be announced that parishioners may well decide not to receive Holy Communion if they feel
the risk is too high, and that decision will be honored and respected.
There will be no distribution of the Precious Blood
The communicants and the priest will wear masks.
Neither the priest nor the communicants should wear gloves during the distribution of Holy
Communion.
Congregants who are not coming forward to receive Hoy Communion or a blessing should still get out
of their pews at the beginning, so that no one will have to climb over anyone else.
The priest will have a table next to him with hand sanitizer.
The priest will hold the consecrated host over the communicants’ outstretched hands without touching
their hands.
Communicants will receive the consecrated host in their hands, step to the side, lower their mask,
consume the host, replace their mask, and return to their pew.
There will be NO distribution of Holy Communion on the tongue and with respect to social dis
tancing, kneeling for Communion is not persmitted.
In the case on unintentional contact, the priest will sanitize his own hands immediately.
If the priest himself is a member of a vulnerable population, a deacon or a trained lay minister should
distribute communion.
The people should return to their pews by a different route, to avoid contact with approaching people.
There will be tape on the floor to show where to stand as a communicant approaches to receive com
munion. There will also be tape on the floor to show where to stand to demask and consume the host,
and arrows showing how to return to the pews.
There should be a couple of minutes after Communion for silent prayer, before the final prayer and
dismissal.
If a Parish cannot offer Mass safely, following these guidelines and all of the checkboxes on the State docu-
ment, they should not offer Mass.
The Vicars Forane will have regular conversations with the Pastors and will report regularly to the Vicar
General with regard to compliance.
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