Watertown Catholic Collaborative Collaborative Business Office and Mailing Address 26R Chestnut Street, Watertown, MA 02472 (617) 926-9680 _________________________________________________________________ August 30, 2020 Details and directives regarding the reopening of our churches enclosed. Questions can be directed to [email protected] or by calling 617-926-9680, 9:00am-4:00pm Mon.-Fri. For parishioners at home Mass will be posted on our Watertown Catholic Collaborative Facebook Page Sunday 10:00am Sacred Heart Church 770 Mount Auburn Street, Watertown, MA 02472 Saturday 4:00pm & Sunday 10:00am (reservation required) Saint Patrick Church 212 Main Street, Watertown, MA 02472 ________________________________ ________________________________ Sunday 7:30am (reservation required) The preferred method to sign up is online. A link is emailed to parishioners weekly. If you are unable to access e-mail, you can call the office during normal business hours each week to sign up for mass that weekend ONLY. Sign Up each week closes on Friday at 10:00am in order to allow staff time to prepare lists for the weekend.
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Watertown Catholic Collaborative
Collaborative Business Office and Mailing Address 26R Chestnut Street, Watertown, MA 02472
Details and directives regarding the reopening of our churches enclosed. Questions can be directed to [email protected] or by calling 617-926-9680, 9:00am-4:00pm Mon.-Fri.
For parishioners at home Mass will be posted on our Watertown Catholic Collaborative Facebook Page Sunday 10:00am
Sacred Heart Church 770 Mount Auburn Street, Watertown, MA 02472
Saint Patrick Church 212 Main Street, Watertown, MA 02472 ________________________________ ________________________________
Sunday 7:30am (reservation required)
The preferred method to sign up is online. A link is emailed to parishioners weekly. If you are unable to access e-mail, you can call the office during normal business hours each week to sign up for mass that weekend ONLY.
Sign Up each week closes on Friday at 10:00am in order to allow staff time to prepare lists for the weekend.
WATERTOWN CATHOLIC COLLABORATIVE, AUGUST 30TH, 2020
PASTORAL
Introducing our New Collaborative Clergy— Effective September 1
Incoming Pastor — Bishop Robert Reed was born June 11, 1959 in Boston. He was educated at Saint John’s Preparatory School prepared for the priesthood at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. Ordained a Catholic priest in 1985, Bishop Reed has served in parishes in Malden, Norwood, Dorchester, Haverhill, Whitman, Wayland, and Walpole where he currently serves as Pastor of Blessed Sacrament Parish and Saint Mary Parish.
Bishop Reed holds an advanced degree in Television Management from Boston University's College of Communication. He serves as President/CEO of iCatholic Media, Inc., the parent company of The CatholicTV Network. He was appointed to direct CatholicTV in May 2005 which is available in over 13.5 million homes and Is also available online throughout the world. He will continue in his role at iCatholic Media, Inc., while also serving the Watertown
Catholic Collaborative as Pastor. Bishop Reed was ordained an Auxiliary Bishop of Boston on August 24, 2016 and his Episcopal Motto is Iesus sola nobis spes, which translates to “Jesus is our only hope.”
Incoming Administrator—Fr. Timothy Kearney (Pronouced “Car-Knee”) is a priest of the Archdiocese of Boston who attended Saint John’s Seminary in Brighton and was ordained in 1996. Prior to entering Seminary, Fr. Kearney was a school teacher. After ordination, Fr. Kearney has served in parishes in Haverhill, Hull, Roslindale, Lynn, and Beverly where he is currently parochial vicar of St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish. He will serve the Watertown Catholic Collaborative as Administrator. Our new clergy will begin at the Watertown Catholic Collaborative on September 1. We look forward to welcoming them and ask that you keep Fr. Conley, Bishop Reed, Fr. Kearney and all of our priests moving to new positions in the Diocese in your prayers.
WATERTOWN CATHOLIC COLLABORATIVE: CHURCH REOPENING DIRECTIVES If you are feeling sick in any way, we implore you not to come to Mass. This is important for everyone’s safety!
Dispensation from the obligation to attend Mass remains in effect. Mass will be posted online each weekend.
Arriving at the Church A face covering or mask MUST be worn at all times in the Church unless you are a child under age two, a child between ages two and five where we leave it to the parent’s discretion, or you have a health issue that makes it overly burdensome for you to wear a mask.
Please arrive 30 minutes before the Mass begins. Entrance will be from the front of the Church only: Handicapped accessibility is by handicapped ramp in front of Sacred Heart and from elevator at front entrance at St. Patrick. No other entrances will be open. When you arrive, you are asked to check in and use the provided hand sanitizer before entering the Church Please bring your own personal hand sanitizer as well if you have it. There will be arrows on the floors directing one-way traffic flow, blue tape markers identifying available pews and volunteers assisting people to available pews.
Holy Communion process will be explained at each Mass.
Departing the Church Instructions will be given at the end of Mass regarding dismissal protocol to be followed.
Restrooms are available in the Church hall if needed. Children MUST be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Please Note:
All Church Clergy, Staff & Volunteers must have their temperature taken on site upon entering the Church.
Sign Up Procedure All who plan to attend Mass MUST sign up prior to showing up at the Church. No exceptions will be made at the door. An e-mail blast will be sent out to all registered parishioners on MONDAY using a program called Sign Up Genius. The preferred method to sign up is through this online platform. However, if you are unable to access Sign Up Genius, you can call or email the office by Friday at 10:00am each week during normal business hours to sign up for mass This will allow staff time to prepare lists for the weekend. Maximum safely allowed per Mass is 100 at St. Patrick Church and 80 at Sacred Heart Church.
WATERTOWN CATHOLIC COLLABORATIVE, 22ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Bulletin Submissions Please submit requests 10 days prior to publication date to: [email protected] or drop off copy at the Collaborative Office. Deadline may change during holidays. Please check with the office. Thank You.
Even in the midst of a global pandemic, service to others remains core to the work of our Church.
Our COVID response team of priests is anointing the sick in hospitals. Our Central Ministries continue to care for so many in need. Our Risk Management office continues to provide guidance for parishes and schools.
This is Our Church. Funded by the Catholic Appeal. Please prayerfully consider making a gift to the 2020 Catholic Appeal in one of the following ways. If you receive a letter or email, respond using the pledge card or donation options. Visit bostoncatholicappeal.org to give online
Your support will make a significant difference as we continue serving and all our brothers and sisters in need.
The Na onal Catholic Register Pope Francis: Human Dignity Has Serious Political Implications VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said that Chris an faith demands conversion from individualism and a commitment to defending the inherent dignity of every person. “While we work for the cure of a virus that a ects everyone without dis nc on, faith urges us to work seriously and ac vely to ght indi erence in the face of viola ons of human dignity,” Pope Francis said Aug. 12. “We want to recognize the human dignity in every person, whatever his or her race, language or condi on might be,” the Pope said at his general audience.
He said that the pandemic has “shed light on broader social ills,” including “a distorted view of the person” that ignores human dignity and “fosters an individualis c and aggressive throw-away culture, which transforms the human being into a consumer good.” “In the light of faith we know, instead, that God looks at a man and a woman in another manner. He created us not as objects but as people loved and capable of loving; He has created us in His image and likeness. In this way He has given us a unique dignity, calling us to live in communion with Him, in communion with our sisters and our brothers, with respect for all crea on,” Pope Francis said. “The pandemic has highlighted how vulnerable and interconnected we are all. If we do not take care of each other, star ng with the least, with those who are most a ected, including crea on, we cannot heal the world,” he said.
Following the general audience, Pope Francis met with United Na ons High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet at the Va can. In recent months, Bachelet, the former president of Chile, has spoken out about child marriage in Somalia, human rights viola ons in Yemen, and the Iranian government’s repression of civil society. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ spokesperson has also expressed concern over the applica on of China’s Na onal Security Law in Hong Kong and Lebanon’s socio-economic crisis. The Va can has not released further details of the content of the pope’s mee ng with Bachelet. Pope Francis had said at his general audience that humans have “inalienable dignity” because humanity was created in the image of God, quo ng the Second Va can Council’s pastoral cons tu on, Gaudium et Spes. He said that this lies at “the founda on of all social life and determines its opera ve principles.”
“In modern culture, the closest reference to the principle of the inalienable dignity of the person is the Universal Declara on of Human Rights, which Saint John Paul II de ned as a ‘milestone on the long and di cult path of the human race’ and as ‘one of the highest expressions of the human conscience,’” Pope Francis said. “Rights are not only individual, but also social; they are of peoples, na ons. The human being, indeed, in his or her personal dignity, is a social being, created in the image of God, One and Triune,” he said. “We are social beings; we need to live in this social harmony, but when there is sel shness, our outlook does not reach others, the community, but focuses on ourselves, and this makes us ugly, nasty and sel sh, destroying harmony.”
The pope’s re ec on on human dignity is part of a weekly series of catechesis on Catholic social teaching, which he began last week. Pope Francis said that he wants to “tackle together the pressing issues that the pandemic has highlighted, especially social diseases...May the Lord ‘restore our sight’ so as to rediscover what it means to be members of the human family. And may this sight be translated into concrete ac ons of compassion and respect for every person and of care and safeguarding of our common home.”
WATERTOWN CATHOLIC COLLABORATIVE, AUGUST 30TH, 2020
Sacred Heart Mass Intentions Saint Patrick Mass Intentions
PRAYER
Saturday, August 29, 2020 David Timperio Matteo, Mary, and John Timperio Sunday, August 30, 2020 For the People o f Sacred Heart & Saint Patrick Monday, August 31, 2020 Special Intention Friday, September 4, 2020 Intention of the Celebrant Saturday, September 5, 2020 Camille Sarrouf Aldo Servino Sunday, September 6, 2020 Martin Raymond Prendergast, Jr.
Sunday, August 30, 2020 For the People of Sacred Heart & Saint Patrick Tuesday, September 1, 2020 Intention of Celebrant Thursday, September 3, 2020 Celestino Biasella Sunday, September 6, 2020 For the People of Sacred Heart & Saint Patrick
Your prayers are requested for Paula Jean Jennings, Linda M. Grif n, and SSandra J. Doyle and for their families and
Mass will begin at 5:30 Wednesday evenings at Saint Patrick Church immediately followed by the Sacrament of Confession and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from 6:00pm-8:00pm.
5:30pm (no reservation necessary)
Mass, Adoration, & Confession
Star Market GIVE BACK WHERE IT COUNTS Bag Program FINAL WEEK!
The Watertown Catholic Collaborative Food Pantry will receive a $1 donation
from each purchase of the $2.50 reusable GIVE BACK WHERE IT COUNTS Bag
at the Star Market store located at 33 Austin Street, Newtonville MA.
Watertown Catholic Collaborative FOOD PANTRY
Open for those with Food Insecurity Thursday, September 3 10:00-11:45
DONATIONS: Non perishable foods can be left at the Food Pantry door Tues, Thurs. and Fri. between 9:00am—12:00pm. 770 Mount Auburn Street.
For everyone’s safety we are blessed to have a small dedicated group of volunteers working to keep our pantry open. Please pray for them!
The 28th Annual Golf Tournament Monday, August 31st Weston Golf Club
This premier charity event is held to benefit the educational program for the seminarians. Tuition covers only half the cost of educating a seminarian and the proceeds from this tournament will help bridge the gap and keep the cost of educating them affordable. The $250 player entry includes boxed lunch, 18 holes of golf with cart, hole in one prizes and a seminary themed gift. To register, call Kate Folan at 781-899-5500 or visit www.psjs.edu
Special Congratulations to Vincent and Mary Martino Celebrating 66 Years of Marriage
WATERTOWN CATHOLIC COLLABORATIVE, 22ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
SACRIFICIAL GIVING Sacred Heart Parish & Saint Patrick Parish
Saint Patrick Parish has had secure online giving since 2013, with over 100 parishioners giving regularly. At this time we encourage BOTH parishes to use this site for easily making their donations. Sacred Heart parishioners can enter a note online (special intention) that they want donations to go to Sacred Heart and we have the capability of transferring that money to the proper parish account. The link to sign up for online giving is: www.osvonlinegiving.com/1470.
There are baskets located immediately at the entrance to the church for your weekly offertory contributions. We continue to encourage parishioners to sign up for online giving, or we invite you to mail in or drop off envelopes to the secure mailbox outside the Collaborative office door.
Please continue to prayerfully consider how you can continue to offer your weekly financial support to our parishes.
Do you ever experience “soul-thirst?” Sometimes it happens because we are exhausted from over-work. Sometimes it occurs because we have turned toward things which shrink our soul and cause us to neglect it. Sometimes it happens for reasons we cannot clearly see. David not only experienced this kind of soul-thirst, he wrote songs about it. In fact, the psalms speak about the soul 99 times! If we are interested in soul-care, Psalm 63 is a great place to start. While in the deserts of Judah, David’s parched throat reminds him of the spiritual dryness of his soul. Often our lives are so filled with activity that there is little time left for soul-care. Where will we ever find space in our schedules for solitude, reflection, and the soul-nurturing worship of God when it can be a challenge for us to even enjoy a proper homemade meal? We will find it where David found it. Even in the harsh reality of the desert, his times of worship nourished his famished soul. What he had experienced in the temple gave him sustenance in the heat of the desert. As a result, his encounters with God in worship brought David from soul-thirst to soul-satisfaction. Worship sustains our souls, especially when we’re slogging our way through a spiritual desert. Meditating on who God is and what God has done are the worship themes that satisfy the deep thirst of our souls. We who live on this side of the New Testament have so much more to “cling” to in this respect than David did. We see the character of God as revealed in the person of Jesus; and we see the actions of God in the self-sacrificing love of Jesus on the cross and the empty tomb on the other side of death. May we begin each day with the sentiment expressed in Psalm 63, looking forward to whatever God has in store. May we thank God for the gift of the water of life, purchased at great cost, but offered freely to us all. Because of this, our souls will never be thirsty again.
This Week’s Psalm Reflection
O God, you are my God whom I seek; for you my flesh pines and my soul thirsts like the earth, parched, lifeless and without water.
Thus have I gazed toward you in the sanctuary to see your power and your glory, for your kindness is a greater good than life; my lips shall glorify you.
Thus will I bless you while I live; lifting up my hands, I will call upon your name. As with the riches of a banquet shall my soul be satisfied, and with exultant lips my mouth shall praise you.
You are my help, and in the shadow of your wings I shout for joy. My soul clings fast to you; your right hand upholds me.
MARRIAGE Couples need to make an appointment with a Priest at least six months before the wedding date.
COLLABORATIVE STAFF COLLABORATIVE STAFF
Rev. Matthew J. Conley, Administrator John Beagan, Collaborative Deacon Karen DeAlmeida, Director of Finance & Operations Carol Salerno, Faith Formation Assistant Carly Reidy, Administrative Assistant Christine Breen, Faith Formation Coordinator Gr. K-6 Matthew Chick, Faith Formation Coordinator Gr. 7-10
MISSION STATEMENT Sacred Heart and Saint Patrick Parishes form the Watertown Catholic Collaborative. We are a Roman Catholic Community that dedicates itself to providing an unconditional welcome to all.
We proclaim the Good News of our Lord Jesus Christ through the power of His Word, faith formation, service, and fellowship. Our mission centers on the celebration of the Eucharist
with a desire to exemplify Christ’s love and joy through the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Office Hours: Office hours will vary. Please email or call for assistance. Email: [email protected] Fax: (617) 926-3715
Watertown Catholic Collaborative Collaborative Business Office and Mailing Address
26R Chestnut Street, Watertown, MA 02472 (617) 926-9680
Patrice Buckley, Interim Collaborative Music Director Bernie Clark, Facilities Dave Pendergast, Facilities Annette Clark, Wedding Coordinator John Mosca, Collaborative Weekend Sacristan
WATERTOWN COLLABORATIVE FOOD PANTRY Open Thursdays. Check listing inside bulletin for details. DONATIONS Tues, Thurs. & Fri 9am-12pm
CONFESSION & ADORATION The Sacrament of Confession and Eucharistic Adoration will be held in St. Patrick’s Church from 6:00pm-8:00pm every Wednesday this summer.
SACRAMENTAL EMERGENCIES Anointing of the Sick/Last Rites will remain available as normal. If a loved one is in need of the Sacrament of the Sick or List Rites, please call the Collaborative Office at 617-926-9680 and the answering service will contact the priest directly.
OFFICE HOURS Collaborative Office hours will vary. All business will be conducted over telephone and mail. Visitors are welcome to drop business items into the locked mailbox outside office entrance. FUNERAL MASSES Funerals may be scheduled at St. Patrick and Sacred Heart. Music may not be available at Sacred Heart due to location of piano and COVID restrictions. Attendance is limited to immediate family members. Please contact the Collaborative Office for details.
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