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Fourth Sunday of Lent 18 March 2012 “The Crucifixion” by Giotto di Bondone (c 1300) Saint Cecilia P A R I S H
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Fourth Sunday of Lent 18 March 2012

“The Crucifixion”by Giotto di Bondone (c 1300)

Saint CeciliaP A R I S H

Ministers of the Liturgy

Saturday | 5:00 p.m.Rev. Peter Grover, OMV, celebrantTom Nicolini, lector

Sunday | 8:00 a.m.Rev. John Unni, celebrantLouvere Walker, lector

Sunday | 9:30 a.m.Rev. John Unni, celebrant Tim Pratt, Pearse Martin, & Laura Tomczik, lectors

Sunday | 11:15 a.m.Rev. John Unni, celebrantRev. Arthur Calter, concelebrantZachary Boutin, Jim Kennedy, & Joe Castellano, lectors

Sunday | 6:00 p.m.Rev. Peter Grover, OMV, celebrantLetitia Howland & Janice Miller, lectors

today’s readings

2 Chronicles 36:14–17, 19–23Ephesians 2:4–10John 3:14–21

next sunday’s readingsJeremiah 31:31–34Hebrews 5:7–9John 12:20–33

Special intentions

Sunday, March 18 | 8:00 a.m.Michael & Cathrine Gardiner, Memorial

Sunday, March 18 | 9:30 a.m.Van Nostrand/Dennis Family, Special Intention

Sunday, March 18 | 11:15 a.m.Liz Pino, Memorial

Sunday, March 18 | 6:00 p.m.Tony Cozzi, First Anniversary

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our community news

today's flowers

The flowers at the shrine of Saint Patrick are given for the greater glory of God and in loving memory of James P. Costigan, Mary Alice Costigan, and David Costigan, by Mark Stephen Brown.

Prayers & Occasions

Our SickPlease pray for all our sick and for those who are in need of our prayer, especially Josephine Parker, John Saulenas, K. Champoux, Patricia Hoggard, Jennifer Ser-pico, Christine St. Pierre, Jessica Coviello, Harold Williamson, Jessica Rivieccio, Earl Chilcote, Colonel Robert C. Tashjian, Rose-anne Borgioli, Rosemary Messina, Kim Mur-ray, Heather LoRe, Rudy Kikel, Herbert Simmons, Peggy Furey, Janice Mascia, Winnie Dyer, Jane Cox, Pamela D’Ambra, Sue Lu-cas, Suki Coughlin, Roberta Keenan, Bridget Spence, Annette Kulas, Sam Gowan, Rhea Richard, Pil-Yun Son, Mary Yanez, Larry Buckley, M. Frances Driscoll, Ed Langlais, Bob McLaughlin, Steven Whitkens, Diana Slaton, Leo Garcia, Jean Marino, Joe Ford, Danny Cotter, Natalia Chilcote, Amy Sweetland, Jim Keyes, Michael Zawikowski, Cheryl Proctor, Patricia Macdonald, Elvera Dowsky, Frank Ackley, Fred Haslee, Lorraine Haslee, Robert Menson, Paul Flaherty, William Louttit, Lu-cie Kelly, Bro. Adam Zielonka, O.C.S.O., Amy Duarte, Karen & Rick, Phyllis Porras, Jim Linderman, Mark Amerault, Sr. Nuala Cotter, R.A., Kristen DeFranco Martinez, Michele Crowley Tippens, Sara Lima Santos, Joseph Driscoll, Pete Huttlinger, Anthony Simboli, Lisa Caputo, Edward Gill, Darlene McLendon, Jeanne Tibbs, Debbie Pace, Peter Schwahn, Deidre Sullivan, Roosevelt Brown, Mary O’Donnell, Ginny L’Abbe, Steve Chamber-lain, Matt Penchuk, Carrie Penchuk, Christy Cosgrove, Jacques Romberger, John Scaife, Maureen Sullivan, Alyce Haley, Joe Capizzi, David Walsh, Joe Huenke, Kaylin Marcotte, Avito Pacifici, Charlotte Egan, James Noone, Keith Plaster, Frederick Flather, David & Paula Fillion, Fred Maglero, Sarah Sweeney, Jeanne Boger, Susan Shea, Bill Croke, Ettore Bergamaschi, Ryan Delaney, Anita Cipriani,

Cecile Finnerty, Pauline Perry, Manuela Almeida, Ilda Almeida, James Ditomassi, Joe Farrell, Ethan D'Amato, and Sophie Gagnon.

A New Casiello!Congratulations to Mary & JP Casiello on the birth of their new daughter, Naomi. Naomi was born last Wednesday and mom, dad, and new baby are all doing well.

Evening Prayer This Monday & ThursdayPlease join us for Evening Prayer tomorrow (Monday) at six-thirty in honor of the Solemni-ty of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. We will also celebrate Evening Prayer this Thursday evening at six-thirty.

Wednesday Evening Mass During LentPlease join us for Mass at six o'clock on Wednesday evenings during Lent. Confessions will be heard following Mass.

"The Light Is On For You"—WednesdayConfessions will be heard this Wednesday eve-ning from six-thirty to eight o'clock. For a good prayer for those who have been away from the sacrament of reconciliation for a while, see page 7 of the bulletin.

Lenten Speaker This Thursday EveningThe Saint Cecilia Parish Rainbow Ministry is hosting the third of three Lenten Evenings of Reflection this Thursday, March 22 at seven o'clock. This week's speaker is John Lanci, Ph.D., and his topic is "How, Exactly, Does God Love Us?" There will be a reception following the event. Come for Evening Prayer at six-thir-ty and stay for what is sure to be a lively and formative evening.

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Friday Night Film Series—The WayPlease join us this Friday night at six-thirty for a viewing of the 2011 film, The Way. There will be an opportunity for discussion following the film.

The Second ScrutinyAt the eleven fifteen liturgy we celebrate the second scrutiny of our Elect. We pray that, like the man born blind, the eyes of these seven men and women are opened to the salvation offered by Christ. Keep them in your prayer as they continue this period of Purification and Enlightenment in preparation for the celebra-tion of the Easter sacraments.

Easter FlowersYou are invited to remember your loved ones by donating towards our Easter flowers. In the back of the church is a basket with envelopes that you can use for this purpose. Please drop the envelope in the collection basket or hand it to a greeter or a member of the parish staff. The names of those remembered will be print-ed in the Easter bulletin.

Laetare SundayToday is traditionally known as Laetare Sun-day. The word "Laetare" is the first word of the Introit (also known as the entrance antiphon) for the Fourth Sunday of Lent and is the Latin word for "rejoice." Before we started singing hymns to begin Mass, the Introit was normally chanted in Latin as the priest approached the altar. Certain Sundays throughout the liturgi-cal year have taken their names from the first word in Latin of the Introit. Laetare Sunday is one of these.

Easter is fast approaching and the Fourth Sun-day of Lent is marked by a spirit of joy. We are much closer to the renewal of our baptismal promises and to celebrating the Easter sacra-ments with our seven Elect. The optional use

of rose–colored vestments today symbolizes our joy at the nearness of Easter.

this week at saint cecilia

Sunday, March 18 | Saint Cecilia • Sunday Social hosted by the Rain-bow Ministry following the 9:30, 11:15, and 6:00 liturgies. All are welcome.

Sunday, March 18 | The second • scrutiny of our Elect at the 11:15 Mass.

Sunday, March 18 | Third Adult • Confirmation Class, 4:00 to 5:30 in the Parish Pastoral Center.

Monday, March 19 | Evening • Prayer in honor of the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, at 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 21 | Mass at • 6:00 p.m. followed by confessions from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

Thursday, March 22 | Evening • Prayer at 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 22 | Our 2012 • Lenten Speakers Series continues with John Lanci, Ph.D. speaking on the topic, "How, Exactly, Does God Love Us?" at 7:00 p.m. in the Parish Pastoral Center. Reception to follow. This event is sponsored by the Saint Cecilia Parish Rain-bow Ministry.

Friday, March 16 | Showing of the • film, The Way at 6:30 p.m. in the Parish Pastoral Center.

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sunday social today

We are grateful to the Rainbow Ministry for providing the collation after our 9:30, 11:15, and 6:00 liturgies today. Please stop by the Parish Hall for some tasty refreshments and to chat with old friends and new as we continue build community at Saint Cecilia. All are wel-come to join the Rainbow Ministry and partici-pate in its events. If you are reading this on–line, please bring something sweet or savory to share following the morning liturgies. If you would like to help host a future Sunday Social, please contact Mark Lippolt ([email protected]), Judy Castaldi ([email protected]), or Jeanne Bruno ([email protected]).

"Gen silent" Documentary

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 217:00 | THE GRANOFF MUSIC CENTER AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

Mystic Valley Elder Services presents Gen Silent, an award–winning documentary about lesbian, bisexual, gay, and transgender elders in Massachusetts and the very specific chal-lenges they face. Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender older people often face discrimi-nation, bullying, and abuse. Thousands are dying earlier than their straight counterparts because they are often isolated and afraid to ask for help. The film will be followed by a panel discussion. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased at www.mves.org or (781) 324–7705. Seating is limited.

"The Way" — this friday

Join us this Friday night at six-thirty for our Friday Night Film Series showing of the 2011 gentle drama, The Way. The Way, written and directed by Emilio Estevez and starring his father, Martin Sheen, in one of Sheen's best performances, depicts a spiritual journey. Words might scare off audiences out for cheap thrills. But open yourself up to this thought-ful, moving personal adventure and you’re in for a uniquely memorable experience. Sheen plays Tom Avery, a California ophthalmologist. Tom is also a widower long estranged from his only son, Daniel (Estevez), a wanderer Tom rejects for his lack of focus. When Tom learns that Daniel has died in a storm in the French Pyrenees, he leaves immediately to collect the body. Instead, he collects the truth about who his son was. Daniel had just started a pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago, an 800-mile trek from the Pyrenees to the Ca-thedral of Santiago de Compostela in Spain, the burial place of St. James. But as we learn, the journey can be motivated by reasons outside a search for God. Even as Tom stops along the way to spread the ashes of his son (played Estevez in flashbacks), he is a stubborn non-believer. But the loner eventually hooks up with three other pilgrims, a Dutchman (a splendidly funny Yorick van Wageningen) trying to drop weight, an emotionally wounded Cana-dian woman (Deborah Kara Unger), and a Irish writer (James Nesbitt) who tries to draw Tom out and record the story of father and son. Es-tevez keeps his touch light, with a minimum of pedantry. The Way is really a gift from this son to his father. It is Sheen, gradually revealing a man painfully getting reacquainted with long buried feelings, who gives the film its bruised heart.This film is 115 minutes and is rated PG-13.

Review written by Peter Travers, "Rolling Stone"

A Prayer before Confession after a Long Absence

I confess, Lord, it's been awhile,and I feel ashamed.

My guilt just seemed to get in the way,and now I've put this off for too long.

Why do I let myself stay so far from youwhen I know in my heartthat you have never left?

I am afraid, Lord, that if I reveal myself to you,

show you who I have become,you will not recognize me as your own.

So I beg, look upon meas you would look upon your Son, Jesus,

that you might see and love in mewhat you see and love in Christ.

Then when I rise up and go to you,I shall be overwhelmed with love

when I see you running to mewith your arms wide open.

Amen.

Diana Macalintal

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lenten speakers series

Saint Cecilia Parish's Rainbow Ministry is once again hosting our Lenten Speaker Series. The next Series presentation will be held in the Parish Hall on Thursday evening, March 22, beginning at seven o'clock. The Series is pre-sented free of charge and there will be a reception after the event

John Lanci, Ph.D. | "How, Exactly, Does • God Love Us?"

John R. Lanci is a Professor in the Religious Studies Department at Stonehill College, where he has taught since 1986. A prolific author, Professor Lanci has written two books —most recently Texts, Rocks, and Talk: Reclaiming Christianity to Counterimagine the World—and a number of articles on early Christianity including,“There’s Something More About Mary: The Post-Biblical Career of the Woman of Magdala,” in The Bible Today.

A dedicated educator, Lanci has done a lot of thinking, speaking and publishing on new ap-proaches to teaching religion and he has won Stonehill College's Teacher of the Year Award. He has taught a number of courses during his many years at Stonehill including: "Icons, Altars, and Pop Religion," "Images of Jesus," "Theology and Community Service," and "Spiri-tual Autobiography." Lanci is currently serving as Stonehill's inaugural Faculty Fellow for the Center for Teaching and Learning.

Professor Lanci holds an M.Div. from Notre Dame and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in New Testament and Christian Origins. Of his work he has said, "My interests involve the de-velopment of Pauline Christianity and the role that archaeology can play in redescribing the spread of Christianity into Greece and the rest of the Roman world. But I am also interested

in the panoply of emerging types of spirituality in the Christian West today and what Christian-ity might come to look like in the 21st century and beyond."

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Sr. Mary Ann Hinsdale's talk rescheduled

Due to the power outage last week, we had to reschedule Wednesday's Lenten Evening of Reflection with guest speaker, Sr. Mary Ann Hinsdale, IHM, Ph.D. Sr. Mary Ann will be with us on Thursday evening, April 12 at seven o'clock.

Rainbow Ministry survey

A Saint Cecilia Rainbow Ministry survey has been inserted in this Sunday's bulletin. The purpose of this survey is to give you an oppor-tunity to share your thoughts about the Saint Cecilia Rainbow Ministry and their events. This ministry ministers to lesbian, gay, bisex-ual, and transgender Catholics. We thank you for completing the survey and returning it to one of our greeters or by mailing it to the address at the bottom of the survey.

the big sing East— 6 choir Festival

Saint Cecilia is pleased to be hosting once again the Boston City Singer's "Big Sing East" concert. This year's concert will be held in the church on Tuesday evening, March 27, at six-thirty and will feature six children's choirs (240 young voices strong) from throughout the City of Boston and neighboring communities. Under the direction of Jane Money, Artistic Director, Boston City Singers' vision is to pro-vide the highest level of musical training and wide-ranging performance opportunities to young people, to inspire personal develop-ment, celebrate diversity and foster goodwill within our city. Bue sure not to miss this won-derful event. Admission is $1 at the door.

first communion class visits pine street Inn

Last Monday, three Faith Formation families ―Moira MacDonald and daughter Lily, Maria Roche and sons Jack and Owen, and Alicia Cooney and son Ruslan―served the dinner they prepared for the women guests at Pine Street Inn. At the end of the meal, Mark Lippolt and some members of his First Communion class and their parents joined the families in the Women’s Inn dining room where Mr. Lippolt’s students distributed cookies they decorated as part of their educational visit to the Inn. Each year, Mr. Lippolt brings his class to the Inn where the children and their parents learn about the Inn’s mission to end homeless and the children can see firsthand social justice in action. Special thanks goes out to Scottie Wait, volunteer coordinator at Pine Street Inn who coordinates these educational program for the First Communion class.

The Saint Cecilia Food Group sends thanks to parishioners for their generous contributions to the dinner: Marianne Hickey, Catherine Horsley, Rodney Powell, Barbara and Raffaele Santoro and to several anonymous donors who contributed festive desserts, fresh fruit or made a monetary donation. The women guests at the Inn enjoyed a warm meal and had the opportunity to interact with our Faith Forma-tion families, an enriching experience for all involved.

If any Faith Formation families would like to learn more about the Faith Formation dinners and how to participate, please contact E. Jane Smith via e-mail at [email protected].

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Lenten progress — halfway home!

With only two and a half weeks before the end of Lent and the beginning of the Paschal Triduum, it’s a good time to pause and ask ourselves how Lent is going. If you haven’t already entered into the spirit of the season, it’s not too late. Here are some ways that you can still prepare well for Easter.

ATTEND MASS | We celebrate Mass here on Wednesday evening at 6:00 and on Thursday and Friday mornings at 8:00. Saint Clement Eucharistic Shrine offers Mass Monday through Friday at 7:00 a.m. & 12:10 p.m. Saint Francis Chapel offers weekday Masses at 8:00 a.m., 12:05, 12:35 and 4:45 p.m.

OPERATION RICE BOWL | Connect the Lenten practices of fasting and almsgiving with the superb work of Catholic Relief Services by putting the money you save by eating more simply into the Rice Bowl. Rice Bowls are still available in the narthex. When you come to the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, bring your Rice Bowl with you. If you won’t be with us that evening, there will be a designated Sunday during the Easter season when you can return your Rice Bowl to church.

FRIDAY ABSTINENCE AND FASTING | We are asked to abstain from meat on the Fridays during Lent. We are also asked to fast on Good Friday by taking only one full meal and two other smaller ones, eating nothing between meals. Holy Saturday is a day of fast for the Elect. While fasting is not required of all the faithful, observing the Paschal fast on Holy Saturday is an ancient tradition and a good way to be in solidarity with those who are to be baptized at the Easter Vigil.

SAY GRACE | Say Grace before meals, thank-ing God for the bounty in your life, praying for the poor and for those whose work on land and sea brings food to your table.

PRAY FOR OUR ELECT | We are grateful to God for our seven Elect preparing for initia-tion at the Easter Vigil. Keeping these men and women in your prayer is a wonderful way to prepare for Easter.

CELEBRATE RECONCILIATION | The Sacrament of Reconciliation is a wonderfully powerful celebration of God’s mercy and love; sadly, however, the sacrament has gotten a bad rap. If you’ve been away for a long time (or even a very long time!), consider taking advantage of the sacrament this Lent. We are participating in the Archdiocesan “The Light Is On For You” Lenten initiative and the church is open for confessions on all the Wednesday evenings of Lent from six–thirty to eight o’clock.

PRAY WITH US—LITURGY OF THE HOURS Join us for Evening Prayer tomorrow, Monday 19 for the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, and on the remaining two Thursdays of Lent (March 22 & 29), and on Monday, March 26 for the Solem-nity of the Annunciation of the Lord.

COMMIT TO ATTENDING THE TRIDUUM Participating in the Paschal Triduum (Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Great Vigil of Easter or Easter Sunday) is a wonderful way to enter more fully into the events of the Lord’s Supper, Passion, Death, and Resurrection. By participating in the Easter Vigil, we also show our support of the Elect who will become full members of our community that night.

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lent, mud season and letting things get messy

By REV. EMILY C. HEATH

The other day I stepped onto my driveway and my duck boot sunk down in mud deeper than my ankle. I knew it was the start of mud season here in Vermont, that mythi-cal fifth season between winter and spring when mud covers everything. Our dirt roads turn to mud, our shoes are coat-ed, and our pant cuffs show tell-tale signs. The mud gets everywhere.

I didn't know about mud season until I moved here two years ago. Peo-ple explained to me that the ground freezes so hard in the winter that it's still not thawed when the piles of snow start to melt in early spring. The water has no way to go back down into the ground, so it stays on the surface, mixing with the dirt and making a mess of everything.

That's fitting for Lent, which most years conve-niently overlaps the mud.

In Lent we face the parts of our spiritual life that are the messiest, thickest, and the most inconvenient. We often find that even if we can hide the mess from others, we can't hide it from ourselves. Like mud, it gets everywhere.

It is the mud season of our souls. The time when when look deeply at what's inside of us, and start to find the places that we are try-ing to keep frozen and impenetrable to God's grace. We all have them. They're filled with fear, anger, prejudice, resentments. It's easier when we keep them hid-den and frozen because we know that once they see the light and start to melt we won't be able to control the fall-out. I think that's why we are often so reluc-tant to really dive head first into Lent. Deep down we know that let-

ting God into the deepest parts of our soul can make things messy.

It's not surprising that Christians are so wary of the mess. We learn it from the very institu-tions dedicated to nurturing our faith. In the church we often prefer the neat, bright, and convenient to the reality that life is messy, and hard, and imperfect. We err on the side of keeping the surface clean, rather than digging deeper.

It's why we don't talk about the hard stuff in many churches. It's why instead of having hon-

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est, life-changing, deep discussions, we often dwell on what's easy to agree upon, or what is so inoffensive to anyone that it is uninspir-ing. We don't talk about addiction, or depres-sion, or economic justice, or inclusion of LGBT people, or any other topic that might cause di-vision, even though there are many for whom talking about any one of those things would be a lifeline. Instead we create a church culture that is the spiritual equivalent of keeping up appearances.

People have come to believe church is a place where we want you show up in your Sunday best, rather than with mud on your shoes. I think that's one reason churches are a lot more packed on Easter morning than on Good Friday, or any other day of Lent. We've taught church goers that we know how to find God on the best of days. But we rarely talk about how to find God on worst of them.

Which is why maybe we need the mud. Maybe we need the mess. Maybe we need the season where on the surface everything looks like it's going to hell, but deep down we're opening ourselves up to something new.

I've never seen a thriving church that hasn't at some point in their life together been willing to risk letting God's grace disrupt everything. They heard about the members they would lose. They heard about the donations that would dry up. They heard the cautions. And then they did it anyway. And new life sprang up.

I've often found that the most vital churches are the places that do Lent the best. They're the places that don't shy away from acknowl-edging the messiness of the spiritual life that, regardless of whether or not we're talking about it, we're all experiencing anyway. They become the churches that journey with parish-ioners as they go through their own spiritual

mud seasons. And those parishioners become the ones who turn that place into something vital. Something life-giving. Something that has a lot to do with Resurrection.

I've been watching the people around where I live. They're Vermonters. They're used to things being messy. And so they also know what happens when the earth thaws, the wa-ter recedes, and spring breaks forth. This time of year sweetness comes in the maple syrup being cooked down from sap in sugar houses, and new signs of life come as nature wakes up. They know that after things get messy, they get good.

It's taught me a lot about what Lent can be for the church. It can be the time hearts thaw the way the earth does, old barriers to God's love melt away, what's unknown is allowed in, and new life emerges in us all.

It can get muddy, but God can do incredible things with that mud.

The Rev. Emily C. Heath is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ (UCC). She currently serves as the pastor of a UCC congregation. Prior to pastoring, Heath was a hospital and hospice chaplain specializing in trauma.

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Parish Office & Mailing Address18 Belvidere Street, Boston, MA 02115Hours | Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.Phone | 617 536 4548Fax | 617 536 1781E-mail | [email protected] | www.stceciliaboston.org

Parish StaffRev. John J. Unni, Pastor, [email protected] Donohoe, Pastoral Associate for Administration, [email protected] J. MacDonald, Director of Faith Formation and Leadership Development, [email protected] J. Clark, Director of Music andOrganist, [email protected] Sullivan, Administrative Assistant to the Pastor, [email protected] Fiorente, Office Administrative Assistant

Assisting ClergyRev. Thomas Gariepy, CSCRev. Peter Grover, OMVRev. James Shaughnessy, SJRev. George Winchester, SJ

Schedule for LiturgyWednesdays During Lent | 6:00 p.m.Thursday & Friday | 8:00 a.m.Lord’s Day | Sat 5:00 p.m.; Sun 8:00, 9:30, 11:15, and 6:00 p.m.Holy Days | 8:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.

ReconciliationBy appointment at any time and Wednesday evenings from 6:30—8:00 during Lent.

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA)The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is the communal process through which non-baptized men and women become members of the Catholic Church. It is also suitable for those baptized in different faith traditions who are interested in becoming Catholic, or, for those who were baptized Catholic, but have yet to receive the sacraments of eucharist and confirmation. For more information, please contact Mark Donohoe.

Baptism for InfantsInfant baptism is celebrated on the first Sunday of the month. For more information, please contact Mark Donohoe.

Faith Formation for ChildrenTo register your child for our Faith Formation Program, please contact Scott MacDonald in the parish office.

MarriageCouples who wish to prepare for marriage should contact Mark Donohoe in the parish office at least six months in advance.

Care of the SickTo arrange for the Sacrament of the Sick, for Holy Communion to be brought to those unable to attend the Sunday celebration, or for Viaticum for the Dying (Holy Communion for those in danger of death), please contact the parish office. It is always possible to anoint the sick during regularly scheduled liturgies.

Order of Christian FuneralsThe parish is prepared to celebrate the Vigil (wake) in the church. Please contact the parish office for more information.

Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) TeamThe CAP Team is responsible for training all parish staff and volunteers in mandated reporting laws and the Protecting God’s Children program (VIRTUS). They also provide consultation and support to anyone in the parish who has concerns about reporting child abuse and neglect. Please contact Lois Flaherty ([email protected]), Ginny DiSanto ([email protected]) or Peg Quilty ([email protected]) if you have any questions or concerns.The Archdiocese of Boston has in place a vigorous program to protect children from harm and to educate its ministers and faithful about the nature of abuse, with a goal of increasing knowledge, creating a safe environment for children, and recognizing and reporting potentially dangerous situations. The full text of the policy is also available in the narthex and parish office, as well as on our website.

For Those with Celiac DiseaseIf you have celiac disease, please let us know. We have a supply of low-gluten altar bread available for those who cannot tolerate gluten.

Hearing Assistance in ChurchThe church is equipped with an FM listening device. Small receivers are available for anyone who may have trouble hearing the sound system. Simply request a receiver from any one of our greeters before Mass.

Access for the DisabledThe church is accessible by elevator.

ParkingReduced-rate parking (maximum of three hours) is available Sundays at the Prudential Center parking garage, LAZ Parking (53 Belvidere Street), and at the Hilton Boston Back Bay. Please bring your parking ticket to church for validation before returning to the garage.

Joining Our CommunityWe’re happy that you’re with us! Our community offers a warm, spiritual home for a diverse group of Catholics. We come from many neighborhoods in and around Boston but also have parishioners from as far afield as Marlborough, Newburyport, and Stow. Please introduce yourself to a staff member, drop in for coffee on Sunday, or fill out a new parishioner form in the gathering space. No matter what your background, please know that you are always welcome at Saint Cecilia.

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