St. Anthony Shrine& Ministry Center

100 Arch Street, Boston, MA 02110Tel. 617-542-6440 Website: http://www.StAnthonyShrine.org

The Good Word Tel. 617-542-0502 Prayer Request Line Tel. 617-553-4100

Sunday, March 15 Saturday, March 21, 2015

M A R C H

15 Sunday

Prison Ministry, SCHC, 8:15 to 11:30 a.m.,womens services 12:55 to 2:30 p.m.

16 Monday

Blood pressure & Blood Sugar screening, flu vaccine, 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Wellness Center

Emmaus Ministry brown bag lunch, 12:15 to 1:15 p.m., 2nd fl. classroom (See ad for details.)

17 Tuesday

Blood pressure & Blood Sugar screening, flu vaccine, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Wellness Center

Jesus and Power of Now (by Eckhart Tolle),by Bill Sawyer, 12:15 to 1:30 p.m., 2nd. fl. classroom (See ad for details.)

Just Peacemaking, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., 2nd fl.classroom (See ad for details.)

18 Wednesday

Blood pressure & Blood Sugar screening, flu vaccine, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Wellness Center

Seniors Mass 10:00 a.m., exercise 10:30 a.m.,Program 11:00 a.m., lunch Noon

LGBT Spirituality Group, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.,Assisi auditorium stage classroom(See ad for details.)

19 Thursday

No scheduled events.

Welcome to the St. Anthony Shrine

Community. All are welcome here.

No one is excluded.

Please take this bulletin home with you aswell as the many brochures that advertisethe programs and services of the Shrine.Thank you for being with us today.

Franciscan friars and staffSt. Anthony Shrine community

WHATS HAPPENING THIS WEEK

Front cover art: Sunrise in Galilee,

June 1, 2008. Photo by Kathryn B. Suarez.

See her blog

http://www.faithloveadventure.com

REGULAR EVENTSMonday A.A. 12 Step Meeting 5:45 p.m.Tuesday Seniors Crafts Group 10:30 a.m. A.A. Open Meeting Noon Mens Cursillo Reunion 5:15 p.m.Wednesday Remembrance Day for Deceased (3rd Wed.) All Masses Womens Spiritual Refl. Group (2nd & 4th Wed) 12:30 p.m. Seniors Computer Lab 1:30 p.m. Grupo Hispano de Oracin 4:15 p.m. A.A. Open Meeting 5:45 p.m. Bread on the Common (2nd & 4th Wed.) 5:45 p.m. Anointing of the Sick Mass (2nd Wed.) TBAThursday S.L.A.A. Meeting Noon Mens Spirituality Group (2nd & 4th Thurs.) 5:00 p.m. A.A. Big Book Meeting 5:45 p.m.Saturday Centering Prayer Group (1st & 3rd Sat.) Noon Vietnamese Secular Franciscans (2nd Sat.) 1:00 p.m. Secular Franciscans (2nd Sat.) 1:00 p.m.Sunday 20/30 Boston Young Adults Coffee (4th Sun.) 11:00 a.m. alt. Wine & Cheese Social (odd 4th Sun.) 5:00 p.m. Emmaus Ministry Prayer/Discussion (1st Sun.) 11:00 a.m. Healing Service (2nd Sun.) 1:30 p.m. Hispanic Secular Franciscans (1st Sun.) 3:00 p.m.

Pray for Peace in the Middle East!

21 Saturday

Emmaus Ministry One-Day Spiritual Retreat, 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., 5th fl. Friary (See ad for details.)

Centering Prayer Group, Noon to 1:30 p.m.,4th fl. Francis room

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SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCESSunday: Fourth Sunday of Lent; Second ScrutinyTuesday: St. PatrickWednesday: St. Cyril of JerusalemThursday: St. JosephFriday: Abstinence; Spring begins

Events This Week

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READINGS FOR THE WEEKMonday: Is 65:17-21; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13b;

Jn 4:43-54Tuesday: Ez 47:1-9, 12; Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9;

Jn 5:1-16Wednesday: Is 49:8-15; Ps 145:8-9, 13cd-14, 17-18;

Jn 5:17-30Thursday: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27,

29; Rm 4:13:16-18, 22; Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a

Friday: Wis 2:1a, 12-22; Ps 34:17-21, 23; Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30

Saturday: Jer 11:18-20; Ps 7:2-3, 9bc-12; Jn 7:40-53

Sunday: Jer 31:31-34; Ps 51:3-4, 12-15; Heb 5:7-9; Jn 12:20-33 Alternate readings (Year A): Ez 37:12-14; Ps 130:1-8; Rom 8:8-11; Jn 11:1-45 [3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45

Will You be a Peacemaker?Please Join our . . .

Just Peacemaking Initiative: TheChallenge and Promise of Nonviolencefor Our Time (1st & 3rd) Tuesdays, Mar. 7; Apr 7 & 21, 20155:30 to 7:30 p.m., 2nd. fl. classroomFacilitators: participants, Just Matters GroupCost: $5 per sessionPreregistration required in order to provideaccess to online materials.

Section IV: Just Peacemaking, Human Rightsand Global RestorationMarch 17: Just Peacemaking and Peace Building atHome and AbroadApril 7: Film (A Force More Powerful), 1/2 of 154 mins.April 21: Building the Beloved Community andRenewing Creation

The challenge and promise of nonviolence isembodied and entrusted with the peacemakers ofthe planet. Will you be a peacemaker?Note: All are welcome to attend film on Apr. 7.

Contact Dr. Jackie Stewart at 617-542-6440, ext. 143or email SAS.Evang@gmail.com.

Offered by the Franciscan Adult School

Jesus and Power of Now (by EckhartTolle.)Tuesdays, March 17, 24 & 31, 201512:15 to 1:30 p.m. 2nd floor classroomPresenter: William Sawyer, IICost: Free will ($10 per session suggested).Pre-registrations appreciated.

Participants will learn how to come into the presentmoment with Jesus and thereby enter the Kingdomof God. We will integrate the teachings of Jesusand the insights of Tolle to help us to enter adeeper way of living.

Contact Dr. Jackie Stewart to register at 617-542-6440ext. 143 or email SAS.Evang@gmail.com. Please leave your name, telephone no., and thecourse, date/time you wish to attend.

Offered by Franciscan Adult School

Second Collection - March 21 & 22, 2015

Franciscan Food CenterEmmaus MinistryBrown Bag Lunch RetreatsFinding God Again After the Sudden, Violent Death of a Loved OneMonday, March 16, 2015, 12:15 to 1:15 p.m.,2nd Floor ClassroomPresented by Peggy Hassett, Emmaus MinistrySpiritual Director Bring a lunch; we provide beverages. Free will offering.

Where is God in the sudden, violent death of achild?

Emmaus MinistryServing the Spiritual Needs of Grieving Parents

Lenten JourneyEvery 11:45 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Mass onWednesdays during Lent.

Traditional Stations of the CrossTuesdays and Fridays, February 20th throughApril 3rd at 12:15 p.m. in the 1st Floor Church.

Via de la Cruz en EspaolLos mircoles desde el 18 de febrero hasta el 1de abril a las 5:45 de la tarde (despus de lamisa en espaol) en la capilla del segundo piso

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Upcoming Events

LGBT Spirituality Group Wednesday, Mar. 18, 2015, 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.Assisi auditorium stageclassroom

All Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual andTransgendered (LGBT) Catholicsare invited to participate in ourmonthly spirituality group. We trulylook forward to a great turnout and response fromall of our members pertaining to our growth andfaith development.

Contact: Fr. Joe Quinn, OSF, 617-542-6440, ext. 239or email LGBT@stanthonyshrine.org

Offered by LGBT MInistry of St. Anthony Shrine

Emmaus Ministry One-Day SpiritualRetreatMarch 21, 2015, 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. St. Anthony Shrine FriaryCost for one-Day Retreat: $25/individual;$40/couples. Includes three meals, refreshments,and all retreat materials. Dress is casual.

Join other parents and the Friars for a One-DayEmmaus Ministry Retreat. Experience peace andcomfort in a safe, loving place, at least for a time.

For more information,Call Diane, Mother of Paul,

at 617-542-8057.

Inconvenient Filmsthe kind that are unsettling andprovocative, inviting discussion

Join us for the first film in the Spring series....

Schindlers ListSaturday, March 21, 2015.12 Noon to 3:30 p.m.2nd. fl. classroom. Cost: $5.Bring a brown bag lunch.

Schindler's List, a StevenSpielberg film, is a cinematicmasterpiece that hasbecome one of the most honored films of all time.The film presents the indelible true story of theenigmatic Oskar Schindler, a member of the Naziparty, womanizer, and war profiteer who saved thelives of more than 1,100 Jews during theHolocaust. It is the triumph of one man who madea difference, and the drama of those who survivedone of the darkest chapters in human historybecause of what he did.

Contact Dr. Jackie Stewart to register at 617-542-6440ext. 143 or email SAS.Evang@gmail.com. Please leave your name, telephone no., and thecourse, date/time you wish to attend.

Offered by Franciscan Adult School

20s/30s Boston Young AdultsFor more information, please contactsas20s30s@stanthonyshrine.org.This event is for 20s and 30s only.

Spirituality of DiscernmentSunday, March 22, 2015Guest speaker Andy OttoPaulist Center

The Damietta ProjectCatholics & Muslimsworking together for theCommon GoodCore planning team PotluckSunday, March 22, 2015.5:30 to 8:30 p.m.Hosted at Sue Petros home

St. Anthony Shrine Just Matters GroupPeace & Social Justice

& Peace Islands Institute/Turkish Cultural Center

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Adult Confirmation Classes2015Saturdays, April 11, 18, 25; May 2 & 9 (2015). 10:30 a.m. to Noon, 2nd fl. classroomLeaders: Dr. Jackie Stewart, Maureen Connell,Justin Quattrini, Alicja JanuszewiczHave you been Baptized and made FirstCommunion in the Catholic Church but are notyet confirmed?(Are you planning on getting married in theCatholic Church? Have you been asked to bea sponsor for a Baptism?)

Adult Confirmation classes begin on Saturdaymornings in early April 2015 at St. Anthony Shrinefor adults (ages 20 and over). Those preparing forthe sacrament, and their sponsors (not required)are all welcome.

Candidates for Confirmation are adults whoparticipate in Sunday Liturgy and the sacraments.Prospective candidates for Confirmation in Spring2015 need to pre-register by Monday, March 302015. Copy of Baptismal certificate is required.Candidates will be confirmed at the RegionalConfirmation on Sunday, May 17, 2015 at 2:00p.m. at St. Cecilias Church in the South End.

Registrations are now being accepted. Pleasecontact Dr. Jackie Stewart at 617-542-6440, ext.143 or email SAS.Evang@gmail.com for moredetails and to register or see flyers in lobby.

Offered by Evangelization

Project RachelAbortion Healing

During the retreat, I realized the impact offorgivenessThrough the depth of my pain, Ibegan a lasting relationship with God Manywomen ache with the pain of a past abortion. TheProject Rachel ministry of the Archdiocese ofBoston extends an invitation for post-abortion hopeand healing through its one-day Come to theWaters of Healing retreat. Upcoming retreat dateswill be March 28 and April 25. Retreats are limitedto 10 women and are held at a confidential location.For registration information, contact Project Rachelat 508.651.3100 or help@projectrachelboston.com.Trust in the tender mercy of God!

You are invited to join Fr. Raphael Bonanno,OFM and Go-Ahead Tours toImperial China, Cruise the YangtzeRiver and visit ShanghaiOctober 14-28, 2015

Bookings are $450 each, Final payment due July16, 2015. Total cost is $4,274 each with JFKgateway. More information in brochures at frontdesk of Shrine. Book early before sellout of trip.The trip will be educational and inspirational. Visarequired.

Any questions, contact Clarissa (Go-aheadTours), 1-800-438-7172.

Infant Baptism

Infant Baptism ProgramFor families who regularly worship at St. Anthony Shrine

St. Anthony Shrine is now offeringparental and sponsor preparationfor those parents wishing to havetheir infant (up to 1 yr of age) baptizedhere at the Shrine and welcomed into ourworshiping community. Preparatory sessions andBaptisms will be available about six times per year(approximately every other month). It is anticipatedthat the Baptisms ordinarily will be on the lastSunday of the month (if liturgically feasible) at theregular Sunday 12:30 p.m. Mass. Baptisms forLatin@ infants will be at the regular Sunday 11:45a.m. Spanish Mass. Both parental & sponsorpreparation and Baptism are by appointment.Note: At least one sponsor must be Confirmed inthe Catholic Church.

No Baptisms during LentBaptisms will resumeafter Easter.

If interested/for more information, please contactDr. Jackie Stewart at 617-542-6440, ext. 143 oremail SAS.Evang@gmail.com.

Offered by Evangelization

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CONTACT US:Phone: 1-617-542-6440Website: http://www.StAnthonyShrine.orgAddress: 100 Arch Street Downtown Crossing Boston, MA 02110

EXECUTIVE STAFF

Fr. Thomas Conway, OFM

Executive Director

Fr. Barry Langley, OFM

Associate Director

SAINT ANTHONY SHRINE & MINISTRY CENTER~ All Are Welcome ~

WEEKDAY MASSESCelebrated in Second Floor Chapel

6:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m.10:00 a.m. 11:45 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 5:15 p.m.Second WednesdayAnointing Mass:

time to be announcedThird WednesdayDay of Remembrance

SATURDAY MASSESCelebrated in Second Floor Chapel

8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 12:00 Noon

SATURDAY AFTERNOONVIGIL MASSES

Second Floor First FloorChapel Chapel

4:00 p.m. ** 4:15 p.m.5:30 p.m. **

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATIONCelebrated in First Floor ChapelWeekdays: 6:30 to 8:00 a.m.;

10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.Saturday: 6:30 to 8:00 a.m. and

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.Seasonal Communal Penance Service:

(to be announced)Sunday: 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Legal Holiday: 8:30 to 10:00 a.m.

6:00 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m.Following Masses ** Music

10:00 a.m. 11:15 a.m. 12:30 Noon 4:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m.

Benediction(First Floor Chapel)Weekdays: 5:00 p.m.

Saturdays and Sundays: 3:30 p.m.Holy Rosary of Mary 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays: 2:55 p.m.Chaplet of Divine Mercy 2nd & 4th Sundays: 3:00 p.m.

Vespers Sundays: 3:15 p.m.

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament(First Floor Chapel)

Weekdays at 1:45 p.m. Saturdays at 12:30 p.m.Sundays at 1:00 p.m.

Tuesdays: St. Anthony DevotionsWednesdays: Spanish Mass - 5:15 p.m.

Thursdays: St. Jude Devotions

SUNDAY MASSESSecond Floor Chapel

** Music MassesThe Arch Street Band

MISA EN ESPAOLCada mircoles a las 5:15 de la tarde

8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.

LEGAL HOLIDAY MASSESSecond Floor Chapel

MISA EN ESPAOL - PRIMER PISOCada domingo a las 11:45 de la maana

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Fourth Sunday of Lent B

Reading I: 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23Responsorial Psalm: 137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6

Reading II: Ephesians 2:4-10Gospel: John 3:14-21

Listen to the Light . . .

not listening to God is not a good thing. We allknow that, but the readings on this Fourth Sundayin lent drive the point home.

The people of Judah added infidelity toinfidelity, the First Reading says, worshippingfalse gods, polluting the sacred temple, ignoringthe real God with vigor. Read the First Reading forthe terrible details.

out of compassion God had sent prophets to warnthem, but each received only scorn. The peoplewould not listen. There was no remedy, theauthor says: the people were condemned by theirown actions. Gods love remained constant, buttheirs did not. The invading force took them ascaptives into Babylon, where they remained inexile for seventy years until the good and just KingCyrus conquered Babylon and let them go.

For a Responsorial Psalm we have one of the mostpoignant of all, the exquisite Psalm 137. In it thepeople weep as captives in a foreign land. Theyrefuse to sing the songs of Judah because they areexiled from everything they held dear, everythingthat their own infidelity had robbed from them. Asfar as they knew, the light of life had gone out. Butthey had closed their eyes to this light.

Johns Gospel tells us that a person is condemnedbecause that person has not believed in the nameof the only Son of God. God has no desire tocondemn, but people condemn themselves bywalling God out.

At the end of the Gospel reading there is a veryinteresting, wise saying that sums up the messageof the readings:

light came into the world, but peoplepreferred darkness to light, because theirworks were evil. For everyone who does

Spirituality of the Readings

wicked things hates the light and does notcome toward the light, so that his worksmight not be exposed.

Maybe these sentences reveal the heart of sin itself.light reveals too much of our life. We becomeashamed. We hide our sinful selves. yet we arebuilt to seek the light.

Perhaps the present writer can be pardoned forpresenting a poem in this space, especiallyone that he himself wrote. It is a fable, set in

the style of a childrens verse. I recommend thatyou read it out loud. Perhaps it will speak to youof the readings.

once there was a city built in the sunlight.Warmth and laughter abounded.Memories of day would remain every nightuntil the sun could return.

Fear one morning said light is too bright.Too much truth can be seen.How can we seem what we say we areif light the intruder is here?

So walls went up and a ban on all windowsand nothing of day could remain.The city said, you have left us, o sun.In the darkness we have gone blind.

But the sun outside still shed its light,and its warmth and its laughter and love.It lightened the wallsand gave warmth to their chill,while within, the soul bored a hole.

Into it poured a single beam,a sunlight of laughter and care.Softly, silently, almost like spring,love opened and blossomed and grew.*

listen to the light. listen to God this lent. let loveblossom and grow.

Fr. John Foley, S. J.

Copyright 2015, The Center for liturgy at Saint louis University.

All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Write me an email! I'd like to have a discussion with you about this.

Fr. John Foley, S. J. (johnbfoley@yahoo.com)

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THE FRANCISCAN CHALLENGE

Q & As

Why do the Franciscan Friars need money?

The Franciscan Friars ask not for themselves, butfor the sake of others, and often do so with someembarrassment and hesitation. However, there aretimes that need a stronger call, and that is now. TheFriars, in our tradition of begging are asking formoney for three very important causes:

1. For our young men who desire tobecome Franciscan Friars We need helpfor education and all its costs, their roomand board and their intern expenses.

2. For our work with the poor anddesperate Saint Francis traced thebeginning of his conversion to when Godled him to live among lepers to serve them.Ever since that time, direct service to thematerially poor and marginalized people ofsociety has been a hallmark of Franciscanministry. We are continuing that traditionover 800 years later.

3. For our sick and elderly FranciscanFriars These Friars have served so manyfor so long and are now in need of carethemselves. The cost of their care has risendrastically while the quality of their caredepends on those of us whom they haveserved so well.

Lenten JourneyFr. Eric Carpine, OFM, invites all to take a LentenJourney together.Every Wednesday during Lent at the 11:45 a.m.and 12:30 p.m. Masses.

Along this journey we invite you to deepen yourlove for the poor as St. Francis did. He and hisfollowers did this joyfully all while they fasted frommany comforts and lived very simple lives. Even intheir fasting, they still celebrated life. We ask forGod's Grace to make this journey joyfully. All thatwe sacrifice will be given with abundant charity tothe poor and to all those whom we serve.

Mark your calendarsDetails to follow.....

Icons by Robert Lentz, OFMThursday, May 7, 20155:30 to 7:30 p.m.Assisi auditorium stageclassroomPresented by Br. Robert Lentz, OFM &his apprentice Br. Michael Reyes, OFM

Br. Robert Lentz is stationed at St. BonaventureUniversity, in Olean, New York, where he hopes toestablish a school of Franciscan iconography. Besidespainting many hours each day, he teaches apprentices,writes, and conducts workshops on art and spiritualitythroughout the United States. Br. Robert is active inpromoting dialog between Muslims and Christians. Heis also committed to the indigenization of Byzantineiconography in the various cultures embraced by theChurch. He studied Byzantine iconography byapprenticing himself to a master painter from the schoolof Photios Kontoglou in a Greek Orthodox monasteryfounded from Mount Athos. He belongs to the ByzantineRite, but has focused his life and his work on the radicalchanges facing all Christians in our day. His iconsreflect his experiences among the poor in this countryand in the Third World, as well as his Franciscan andRussian roots. They are filled with bright colors andoften depict contemporary subjects. While alwaysstriving to remain true to the essence of Byzantineiconography, he adapts traditional conventions in orderto minister better to the emerging Church. His iconsremain transcendent expressions of the ancientChristian Tradition, and they invite us into communionwith God and the saints.

The Damietta ProjectSt. Anthony Shrine Just Matters Group

Peace & Social Justice& Peace Islands Institute/Turkish Cultural Center