ST. PAUL CHURCH Corner of Bow and Arrow Streets St. Paul Parish Center 29 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge, Massachuses 02138 (617) 491-8400 FAX (617) 354-7092 www.stpaulparish.org Rev. William T. Kelly, S.T.D. Pastor and Senior Chaplain [email protected]Rev. Patrick J. Fiorillo Parochial Vicar and Undergraduate Chaplain [email protected]Rev. George S. Salzmann, O.S.F.S. Graduate Chaplain [email protected]Seminarian Interns Deacon Andy Nguyen, S. J. Deacon Mark Olejnik ~~ HARVARD CATHOLIC CENTER (617) 868-6585 www.harvardcatholic.org ~~ ST. PAUL’S CHOIR SCHOOL (617) 868-8658 saintpaulschoirschool.us Mass for the Lord's Day Saturday Vigil 5:00 pm Sunday: 7:30, 9:30, 11:00 am Daily Mass Monday - Friday: 8:00 am, 12:l0 pm Saturday - 9:00 am Vespers Wednesday and Thursday - 6:00 pm (Parish Center Chapel) Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Weekly Adoration will resume on Friday, February 1, 2019 Sacraments Baptism Please inquire at the parish office Penance & Reconciliation Saturday 3:00 - 4:30 pm ~ Or by appointment Upper Church Reconciliation Room Eucharist See Mass and Adoration schedule above Marriage Couples planning to marry in the Church should make an ap- pointment to see one of the priests as far in advance as possi- ble (at least six months) Confirmation Celebrated annually, contact the parish office for info Holy Orders If you feel called to consider a vocation to priesthood or diaco- nate, speak to a priest or call the Vocations Office at (617) 746-5939 Anointing of the Sick This Sacrament will take place immediately following the 9:00 am Mass on the first Saturday of each month, or please contact a priest at anytime SAINT PAUL PARISH HARVARD SQUARE The Most Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph December 30, 2018 EST. 1875
Harvard Catholic Center Rev. William T. Kelly, S.T.D., SENIOR CHAPLAIN
Rev. Patrick J. Fiorillo, UNDERGRADUATE CHAPLAIN Rev. George S. Salzmann, O.S.F.S., GRADUATE CHAPLAIN
Ms. Heather Angell, EVkids, DIRECTOR Mr. Doug Zack, DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT Ms. Carol Sardo, ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATE
St. Paul’s Choir School Rev. William T. Kelly, S.T.D., PASTOR
Dr. Thomas Haferd, HEAD OF SCHOOL Mr. John Robinson, DIRECTOR OF MUSIC Mrs. Dianne Flaherty, OFFICE MANAGER
Mr. Blake Chen, ORGAN SCHOLAR Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) The parish is always ready to receive adults into the process of preparation for baptism or reception into Full Communion with the Roman Catholic Church. Please e-mail [email protected] for information.
Parish Food Pantry Non-perishable food is received before every Mass for the pantry, which is open Saturdays from 11:00am-11:30am, or may be left in the parish office.
Church Access for the Disabled Take elevator from the Parish Center Lobby at 29 Mount Auburn Street. Restrooms, handicapped accessible, are located on 1st & 2nd floors of the Parish Center.
Parking for Mass on Saturday & Sunday Free parking at the Cowperthwaite Garage is available by permit only for those attending Mass on weekends only. Contact the Parish office for an parking application.
New Parishioner Welcome to Saint Paul Parish! To register, please fill out a registration card available in the church vestibule, the pews or at the parish office.
Liturgical Calendar
Saturday, December 29 The Vigil Mass of The Most Holy Family Jesus,
Mary and Joseph
Sunday, December 30 The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
7:30am Memorial: Christine Sherrod 9:30am People of the Parish
11:00am Memorial: Evangeline Tomczik
Monday, December 31 Saint Sylvester I
Tuesday, January 1 The Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God
11:00am Memorial: Henry and Mary Cole
Wednesday, January 2 Saint Basil the Great and Saint Gregory Nazianzen
12:10pm Choir School Fund Intention
Thursday, January 3 The Most Holy Name of Jesus
Friday, January 4 Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Saturday, January 5 Saint John Neumann
Sunday, January 6 The Epiphany of the Lord
ANOINTING OF THE SICK SACRAMENT
The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is offered after the 9:00am Mass on the First Saturday of each month. Those who are facing surgeries or very serious health issues can see the priest after the Mass. The Anointing will take place near the Statue of Mary at the front left of the Church. The oils are reserved in the “Olea Sancta” Repository (Holy Oils) near the Baptismal Font. Family and friends are most welcome to be present together during the Anointing.
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Pope Francis’ January Prayer Intention Evangelization – Young People
That young people, especially in Latin America, fol-low the example of Mary and respond to the call of
the Lord to communicate the joy of the Gospel to the world.
CHRISTMAS FLOWER DONATIONS It has long been the custom here at St. Paul’s to re-quest donations to help defray the cost for the plants and flowers that grace our beautiful church during the Advent and Christmas seasons. Christmas flower envelopes will be available in the vestibule. Dona-tions should be made payable to St. Paul Parish, with a note in the memo line indicating that the check is for flowers.
SACRED ART IN HARVARD SQUARE
SAINTS IN LIGHT: WINDOWS OF ST.
PAUL’S Crafted in Germany during the 1920’s, the windows of St. Paul’s document a few of the 35 doctors of the Church. Join us at 1:00pm on Sunday, January 6 in the Bishop Boles Conference Room as Professor Chip Piatti presents “Saints in Light: The Windows of St. Paul’s.”
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SAVE THE DATES!
St. Paul Parish Celebration on Feast of St. Paul
Friday, January 25, 2019 7:00pm
DiGiovanni Hall
Fr. Patrick's jazz-funk quartet, Vatican III, is
coming to St. Paul's!
Friday, February 1, 2019, 7:30pm—9:30pm
Lower Church Hall
Apple Pie Bake-a-Thon
February 1-3, 2019
Details forthcoming for all events
From the entire staff at St. Paul’s,
Happy New Year!
“May God’s peace be with you and remain
with you throughout the year.”
Dear Friends,
Let me take this opportunity to wish you a joyful beginning to the whole Christmas season and a happy New Year! We are delighted that you are here with us and promise our prayers for you and all your loved ones. We’re grateful to those who helped with decorating, singing, cleaning, serving, greeting, lecturing, distributing Holy Communion and praying here with us.
This week we come together once more for the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God. To celebrate this beautiful day, we will have a Vigil Mass on Monday, Dec. 31 at 5:00pm and at 11:00 am on Tuesday morning, Janu-ary 1. (Please note the special times.) What a beautiful way to usher in the New Year.
We are grateful for your generosity for the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day collection. The entire offertory is exclusively for the health care and retirement support of our Boston priests and I can speak for them in extending their appreciation and gratitude. If you were away and would like to be part of this outreach, please know you can do so through the parish at any time.
A reminder about the Increased Offertory Collection and a slight modification: Pledge forms are available at the back of the Church and can be filled out and returned at any time. We are grateful to those who have already done so with such generosity. We are now planning to extend this process through January. At that time, we will have the opportunity to fill out the forms during the Mass on a weekend to be determined, as we have done in previous years. Thanks so much for your prayerful consideration for your offertory giving. Your support provides for the care of our parish which impacts people here in our local area and throughout the world.
Finally, if you’ve not yet had the opportunity, I invite you to take home a FREE gift from the parish: Matthew Kelly’s new book, The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity. A provocative title, no?! Yet filled with the Good News of Jesus Christ, born on this day. The books are available at the church entrance.
Next week, we will have another free gift available for the Epiphany. See you next week and check it out.
See the bulletin or website for lots of upcoming events in the new year.
Again, Merry Christmas, and may God bless us, everyone.
In Christ, Fr. Kelly
NEW YEAR’S PARISH OFFICE SCHEDULE Parish offices will be closed on Monday, December 31 and Tuesday, January 1. Normal business hours will resume on Wednesday, January 2.
SOLEMNITY OF MARY MOTHER OF GOD
HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION- NEW YEAR’S DAY Tuesday, January 1, 2019, the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God is a holy day of obligation. There will be a Mass on Monday, December 31 at 5:00pm and Tuesday, January 1 at 11:00am.
FR. KELLY’S CARDS - CHECK OUT THE NEW
SELECTION! Fr. Kelly’s greeting cards are available for purchase in the Parish Center Office. Cards are $3 each or 4 for $10. There is a wide selection of Christmas cards and everyday cards…they make great Christmas gifts! Take a look to-day!
FOOD PANTRY Thank you to the Freemasons Mount Olivet Lodge for do-nating and delivering 75 rotisserie chickens to the food pantry before Thanksgiving. This special treat is now an annual tradition that our regular guests appreciate. Thank you also to the many parishioners who have responded to our requests for specific items. Our most needed items currently are crackers, peanut butter, jelly or jam, nuts, trail mix, granola bars or cereal bars, juice, coffee, and shelf-stable milk. We would also welcome donations of cat food as some of our guests have reported that they are having difficulty affording food for their pets. We are continuing to collect donations of laundry detergent and grocery bags.
MASS INTENTIONS AT ST. PAUL’S Mass Intentions for daily and weekend Masses are being accepted. Masses may be offered to remember those who have died, for those who are ill, as well as in thanks-giving for a birthday, anniversary or for a special inten-tion. Please contact the Parish Office during the week for details and to reserve a particular Mass.
CHECK OUT WHAT’S HAPPENING
AT ST. PAUL’S...
PARISH SUPPORT AND FINANCES Our offertory this weekend, December 22/23 has one collection, our regular parish offertory. Thank you for your generosity. At all the Christmas Masses, our only collection will be to support the retirement, medical and financial needs of priests of the Archdiocese of Boston. On behalf of all of our priests, thank you in advance for your generosity. For more information, please visit www.clergyfunds.org
As always, thank you to past and present benefactors.
SECUREGIVE APP INSTRUCTIONS
The SecureGive App is available for use for your regular offertory contribution! Please follow these easy instructions: Go to App Store (or other name if on different phones) Type or go to SecureGive App Click on Install or Download Click on Accept Click on Open Screen with nearby Organizations will come up Click on St. Paul Parish Cambridge Click on Set Organization Home Details Click on Make Donation At this point you can decide to create an account for a one-time donation or for continuous giving or for a onetime anonymous donation.
To survivors in the Archdiocese of Boston who struggle to process their pain and whose wounds are opened espe-cially wide by the recent round of reports of abuse within the church, please know that the Archdiocese’s Office of Pastoral Support and Child Protection stands ready to pro-vide assistance. We encourage you to contact them at (617) 746-5985. To the survivors and their loved ones, we must again apologize and ask forgiveness. We are com-mitted to the fulfillment of this responsibility as a continu-ing priority for the work of the Church.
DECEMBER 30, 2018
St. Katharine Drexel Parish In Collaboration With Black Catholic Ministries
Invites you to the 34th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast
Monday, January 21, 2019 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon
St. Katharine Drexel Parish Hall 517 Blue Hill Avenue, Dorchester, MA
With Cardinal Seán O’Malley, OFM Cap. Guest Speaker Mr. Byron Barnett WHDH Channel 7 News Reporter
Music By Boston Black Catholic Choir Tickets: $15 — For info call 617.445.4810
HARVARD CATHOLIC CENTER—STUDENT NEWS
UNDERGRADUATE
GRADS, POSTDOCS, YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
FILM NIGHT Friday, January 25 at 7:00 PM Student Lounge - 29 Mount Auburn Street Refreshments (including popcorn) served! [email protected]
GRAD PRAYER AND SCRIPTURE GROUP:
VERBUM DEI Every Sunday at 12:30 PM (after 11:00 AM Mass) Student Lounge - 29 Mount Auburn Street Grad students & young professionals gather each Sunday to read and reflect on the Sunday readings. Ben Schlanger ([email protected])
UPCOMING AND REGULAR SERVICE EVENTS Food Pantry Distribution – Saturdays at 9:30am Contact: Tara Lauriat ([email protected]) Visits to the Homebound – Saturdays @ 9:30am Contact: Steve McGill ([email protected]) English as a Second Language Classes – Saturdays @ 10:00am—Contact : David Paradela ([email protected]) All levels welcome to attend Have an idea for a service opportunity? Contact the service coordinator Nicolette Bardele ([email protected]).
MARRIAGE PREPARATION: “PRE CANA” Saturday, February 9 and Sunday, February 10, 2019 To register, e-mail Nancy ([email protected]) For marriage paperwork, contact Fr. George Salzmann, at [email protected] or (617) 491-8400 ext. 326
GRAD STUDENTS, POST DOCS &
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
The 5:00pm University Community Mass will
resume on Sunday, January 27, 2019.
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL MASS Suspended for winter break.
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL MASS Suspended for winter break.
Calendar listings and more information can
be found on our new website:
www.HarvardCatholic.org
TOTUS TUESDAY AND SUPER TUESDAY Suspended for winter break and will resume on Tuesday, January 29, 2019.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON CONFESSIONS Thursday afternoon confession is suspended for winter break and will resume on Thursday, January 10, 2019.
SAVE THE DATE!
Fr. Patrick's jazz-funk quartet, Vatican III
is coming to St. Paul's!
Friday, February 1, 2019, 7:30-9:30pm
Lower Church Hall
Details forthcoming
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LIVE THE LITURGY
INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK Families are complicated systems. They can be the most transforming or the most hurtful of experiences. Our fami-lies of origin have a huge claim on who we are and who we will become. While families need to help us fulfill some of our human needs, this cannot be their sole purpose or focus. Healthy and happy families consist of folks who al-ways have their eyes on the needs and best interests of the other individuals who make up their family unit. We live in the greater family of the world, which is also God's family. It can't only be about us. We must focus our gaze on the needs and well-being of our brothers and sisters. This whole seeing allows us to see others as God sees them. The Holy Family is the perfect example of how all families can work: our families of origin, the families in which we now find ourselves, and the family of our world. May we look to their example in helping us fine-tune our systems of family life so that God's presence can truly be revealed in and through them!
