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St. Gerard Majella, Canton THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD St. Gerard Majella Church
St. Gerard Majella, Canton
THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD
St. Gerard Majella Church
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St. Gerard Majella, Canton
December 25, 2016
Collection December 17th & 18th
Attendance - 1,001
Offertory - $6,010
Thank you for your continued support of St. Gerard’s
Mass Intentions Monday, December 26th 9:00AM Virginia Sullivan & William Reynolds (Memorial) Tuesday, December 27th 9:00AM Ruth & Dick Gilbertson Margaret & John Devane (Memorial) Wednesday, December 28th 9:00AM Christopher Congdon (Memorial) Thursday, December 29th 9:00AM Charity, Adolph & Zoul Mussotte (Memorial) Saturday, December 31st 4:00PM Richard Scarry (3rd Anniversary) Sunday, January 1st 8:30AM Steven Colmer (5th Anniversary) 10:30AM Joao Araujo (Memorial) 6:00PM For the People of the Parish
If you are a visitor to Saint Gerard Majella Parish, we want you to know how welcome you are whether you have come from another part of the country, from across the world, or from another parish here in the Archdiocese. Thank you for praying with us. Thank you also for your generosity, which helps us to cele-brate our liturgies in a fitting and beautiful way, and to offer spiritual support to people in the Canton area. Enjoy your visit!
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Prayer Corner for the living Please keep the following in your prayers: John Mariani, Emily Lewis, Ava Alpert, Kay Smith, Robert Sommer, Lawrence, Marissa, Ericka, Danielle, Betty B., Anita Steele, PAF, David, Julia H., Harris Dervisevic, Brian, John IV, Billy G., Gwenyth McGovern, Jeannette C. Garcia, Alaina Goodwin, Carol Miller, Nicole Pellitteri, Matthew, Cheryl J., Susan, Madison Bergstrom, Aidan, Anthony Giogianni, Gene Floore, Donald Starr, Julia Starr, Catherine Starr, Andrew Starr, Ralph Ricci, Sherri, Sully & Maura Sullivan, Nupur Bhatnagar, Chris.
Communion If you are attending Mass with someone who is un-able to walk to the altar to receive communion, please let one of the Eucharistic Ministers know before Mass so they can bring Communion to them.
WELCOME TO SAINT GERARD MAJELLA If you have recently moved into our parish and would like to register as a parishioner, please fill out the form below. You may return it in the collection basket or drop it off at the Rec-tory. If you have any questions about our parish, please call the Rectory at 781-828-3420.
NAME: ______________________________________________________________
ADDRESS: _________________________________________PHONE: ____________
He Is The Light Of The World! Enrich your faith this Advent and Christmas with special programming throughout the season on EWTN. Attend Mass in Vatican City with Pope Fran-cis, enjoy concerts from Europe and travel to the sa-cred sites of the Holy Land. Find EWTN in your area by visiting www.ewtn.com/channelfinder.
THANK YOU Thank you to all who have worked to make all our celebrations of Christmas joyful and meaningful. Altar servers, lectors, Eucharis-tic ministers, ushers, altar guild, and decora-tors; musicians, clergy and staff. You have helped us to adore the Lord Jesus!
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Attention Parents When children need to use the bathrooms in the Church, during or after Mass, it is strongly recommended that an adult accom-pany them. This is not meant to alarm any-one but merely to underscore the simple fact that St. Gerard’s is a very safe and nurturing environment. Our aim is always to protect our children.
Homebound Ministry Deacon Dan and Eucharistic Ministers bring the Holy Eucharist to many of our fellow parishioners who are unable to leave their home to attend Mass. Within this very important ministry, we as a parish community are able to extend ourselves in a real and important way to many of our fellow parishion-ers who are permanently disabled or physically un-able to make the trip from their home to church. We would like to expand this program to other pa-rishioners who may be temporarily disabled due to a recent medical procedure or who may simply be unable to find transportation from home to church. If you are aware of any person who is unable to make their way to church for whatever reason, please contact the parish office and we will make sure they are included on our homebound list.
Operation Lazarus Our Youth Ministry students return to the Boston Common monthly to feed and clothe the homeless. Their faces always brighten when they see our van pull in and they are always so grateful for the gener-osity of our Parish. If you would like to donate to this worthwhile program, there are envelopes for your use at the right door exit to the back parking lot.
Contributing families for November were: Desjardins, Roach, Allen, Gallery, Donovan, Falconi Peters, M. Murphy, Staffiere and MacSweeney
THANK YOU !
The Religious Education schedule for Christmas Break:
The week of December 25: No Classes
Monday, January 2: New Year’s Day Observed: No Classes
Tuesday, January 3: Classes Resume
Worldwide Marriage Encounter As we celebrate Christ the King, let us remember the fullness of love re-flected in our marriage by attending a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. The next WWME weekend is January 20-22, 2017 in Duxbury and March 17-19, 2017 in South Kingstown, RI . For more information, call Stephen & Michelle O'Leary at 800-710-9963; visit us at www.WWMEMA.org.
Holy Land with Fr. Dermot Roache, SMA, February 16 -28, 2017 $3350 pp includes: Direct El Al Airlines flight Boston-Tel Aviv taxes & surcharges/travel on modern coach with Catholic guide/4 star hotel accommodations breakfast & dinner daily 9 lunches/entry fees per itiner-ary/daily masses/full religious program/cable-car at Ma-sada/Sea of Galilee boat trip/Tips For more information or a brochure, please contact Mary Henry at Marian Pil-grimages [email protected] or 781-331-2444.
BC High Information Nights BC High, a college prep school for boys in grades 7-12, is hosting Information Nights for prospective families. Join these interactive events to gain a more focused perspective of BC High. Hear from our faculty and current students who will share their experiences about what makes BC High a special place. Engage in conversations to learn how our students’ growth is influenced by our program of for-mation, known as the Graduate at Graduation. The pro-gram begins at 6PM. Upcoming date:
Grades 7 – 8: January 5, 2017
For more information and to RSVP, visit www.bchigh.edu/visit or call 617-474-5010.
Fill A Flower Pot The pots outside of the Church are deco-rated for the winter. If you would like to make a donation in memory of a loved one, there is one pot in the front and one pot in
the back of the church still available. You may call the Parish Office to place your order. A suggested donation of $20.oo is appreciated.
Trips BRANSON April 25 – 29, 2017
This highly entertaining tour features: Breakfast and dinner daily, round trip flights, four nights at a first class hotel and a number of top quality shows that Branson is noted for. Staggered rates depend on group size starting at $1729/ppdo for 40+ pas-sengers to $1859 for as few as 20 people, cash or check.
MADEIRA & PORTUGAL’S TREASURES OCTOBER 4 – 12, 2017
Tour includes: Airfare; 4 nights on Madeira Island and 3 nights in Cascais; 12 meals; tours of Madeira, Lisbon, Fatima (100th anniversary) Sintra, and Obi-dos. Rate for tour is $2799/ppdo. Space is limited Dep. $250 with reservation.
Call 781-575-1491 for additional information and reservation forms
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Sojourner House Once again this Christmas our Giving Trees were overflowing with your abundant donations! St. Gerard’s parishioners always come through most generously for those less fortunate. On behalf of the Sojourner House needy families, the youth ministry sends their heartfelt thanks to all of you who contributed. These gifts will help to make a very bright Christmas for those being sheltered there and will continue to help them through the coming year. As always they expressed their awe at St. Gerard’s huge generosity. They send heartfelt thanks , their love and best wishes.
Christmas in the City Over 100 Canton high school students and 20 adult advisors travelled into Boston’s Convention Center this past weekend, volunteering their time and energy to make one bright and merry day for the disadvantaged families of Boston. There was lunch, arts and crafts, rides, entertainers, presents, and visits from Santa! The volunteers worked all day Saturday preparing and setting up the space for over 500 families. Sunday they all returned, decked out in Christmas garb to welcome the wide-eyed children and amazed parents with enthusiasm! There, the joy and the true spirit of Christmas enters the hearts of both givers and receivers. Watch for pictures in the coming weeks!
Operation Lazarus Despite the snowy conditions, freezing temps and slick roads our teens battled through all to give the home-less in the Boston Common a Merry Christmas meal, hats, scarves, blankets and jackets as well as some small treats. Good Job again.
Hope House A fun time was had by all with gift giving, food, music, games and stories told for our mentally disabled friends at this gathering place. Our teen group planned it all and gave of themselves to make a happy time for all who come here to socialize.
Father Bills Their monthly trip to this soup kitchen in Quincy once again made happy the 100’s of homeless who go there for dinner. Our teen’s famous stir-fry chicken dinner is always a great hit and along with dinner they provided some special Holiday cheer with smiles, Santa hats and as always a good ear for listening to these men & women and their stories.
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Please keep our parish Youth Ministry and their advisors in your thoughts and prayers that they continue to do all their good work for those less fortunate. Thank you and Merry Christmas!
St. Gerard Majella, Canton
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DONATIONS FOR CHRISTMAS FLOWERS MADE IN MEMORY OF
DONATIONS FOR CHRISTMAS FLOWERS
William Adami Ansolmo Family Rose & Louie Antosca Gerald Bagley Robert & Ellen Barrett Peter & Oliveria Bradley John A. Brennan James Brennan Peter J. Brennan, Jr. Thomas Clark Mary Clark Rose Coates Josephine Frances Collins Timothy & Catherine Collins Mary E. Connolly John J. Costello James & Delia Costello Croce & Biondi Family Michael P. Curran Maurice, Anne & Margaret Curran Paul & Cecilia Davis Dawson & Dwyer Familes John & Peg Devan Francine & Dick Devlin Laura Driscoll Mary & Jim Dunn
Cathy Gay Alma & Gino Fachy Fred W. Giffels Dick & Ruth Gilbertson Mary Graham Stephanie & James Gross Tom Gunning Ellen Hogan Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Joyce Harold & Dorothy Keefe Arnold R. Lavoie Peter Lee Michael Ji-Suk Lee Joe & Ann Leonard George E. Lyons, Jr. Owen & Kathleen Mahan Ann M., George L., Mary & Leonard Malone Marotta Family Mike & Rosalie Mason Nicholas & Margaret Mazza Peter Nicholas Mazza John McHugo Fr. Bernard McLaughlin Frank Meissner Maurice Moynihan, Jr. James P. Moran
Mary Moran Murdock Morrison Helen Veronica Mulrey John I. Murphy Lois Nickerson Kim, Bert & Rose O'Connor Tom & Marie O’Dea Dotty Murial O’Donnell Rick Pendergast Bertha Przystac Matthew J. Przysta Matthew A. Przystac Florence & Bruno Ramonas Mary C. & Mary V. Reynolds William & Virginia Reynolds Lillian Rhodes Albert C. & Ann M. Sola Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Sprague Albert & Frances Staiti Francis & Mary Sullivan James & Winifred Sullivan Virginia Sullivan Mary Tatem William J. Walsh Florence Whalen Rose, Frank & Frankie
Mr. Aron J. Aronian Mr. Francis Bradley Mrs. Frederick Brady Mr. & Mrs. Charles Cassio Loretta Connolly
Mr. & Mrs. James Hudner Cheryl James Mr. & Mrs. Woodrow Leppert Mr. & Mrs. John McNeice, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Phillip McKinnon
Mr. & Mrs. John Monahan Mr. & Mrs. Michael Rota Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Signorini Mr. Francis Walsh Mr. Joseph Walsh
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St. Gerard Majella, Canton
December 25, 2016
Address: 1860 Washington Street
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.saintgerard.org
Parish Office: 781-828-3420
Fax: 781-828-2520
Church Hall: 781-828-8699
MASS SCHEDULE
Sunday Masses: 8:30AM, 10:30AM & 6:00PM
Weekday Masses: Monday–Thursday 9:00AM
Saturday Vigil: 4:00PM
Holy Days: As announced
Rosary: Daily 8:30AM before Mass & Monday 7:30PM
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILATION
Saturdays: 3:15-3:45PM
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
2nd & 4th Sunday of the month at 1:00PM.
Contact the Parish Office one month in advance.
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE
Arrangements should be made six months in
advance. Contact the Parish Office.
SACRAMENT OF THE SICK
Contact the Parish Office if anyone is ill in the hospital or
at home.
EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
Tuesdays: 9:30AM–12 Noon
PRAYER MEETING
Tuesday, 7:30PM
A.A. MEETING
Saturday, 10:30AM, Church Hall
PARISH OFFICE HOURS
Monday 12:00-4:30PM
Tuesday - Thursday 9:30AM-4:30PM
BULLETIN NOTICES
Email submission by Monday at 9:00AM
Reverend Rodney J. Copp, J.C.L., Pastor [email protected]
Deacon Daniel C. Nelson, THM, D. Min. [email protected]
ASSISTING PRIESTS Rev. Bryan Parrish Rev. Daniel Magni
FINANCE & OPERATIONS MANAGER Gregory Pando, AIA - [email protected]
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION/YOUTH MINISTRY R.E. Coordinators: Mary Ann Brady, [email protected] Maura Messinger, [email protected] Y.M. Director: Mike Mahan Y.M. Ass’t. Director: Janet Maguire Secretary: Kathy Donahoe: [email protected]
PARISH SECRETARY Ellen Reynolds - [email protected]
DIRECTOR OF MUSIC MINISTRY Tracy Zwicker-Suplee - [email protected]
ORGANIST Elias Dagher
MARRIAGE COORDINATOR Dolores Johnson
ALTAR SERVERS Bernard Donahoe
CARETAKER Ellery Vinal
FINANCE COUNCIL Brian Callery [email protected] Steve MacPherson [email protected] Gene Manning [email protected] Lisa Lopez [email protected]
PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL Kevin Donovan [email protected] Tricia Kennedy [email protected] Joe Thornton [email protected] Jim Walker [email protected] Jennifer Ryan [email protected] Ashlyn Wade [email protected]
Connor Proctor - Youth Ministry Representative
Meetings will take place every second Wednesday of the month in the Rectory Conference Room.
No matter who you are, no matter what you do,
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