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Church of the Sacred Heart
Roslindale, MA
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Sacred Heart Parish Roslindale, MA
SATURDAY, December 28 8:30 am Jonathan LaPorte Memorial 4:00 pm Mary & Mark C McCormack Anniversary
SUNDAY, December 29 8:00 am Mass of Thanksgiving 10:00 am Gabriel Eluwa Memorial 12:00 pm Anselma Serano & Serrano Family Living & Deceased 5:15 pm Emelda Nwaneri Memorial
MONDAY, December 30 8:30 am Anselma Serano & Serrano Family Living & Deceased TUESDAY, December 31 8:30 am Anselma Serano & Serrano Family Living & Deceased 4:00 pm Vigil Mass WEDNESDAY, January 1 8:30 am Thomas J. Gallagher Memorial 10:00 am Sacred Heart Parish 12:00 pm Rev. John Mendicoa Memorial
THURSDAY, January 2 8:30 am Daily Mass
FRIDAY, January 3 8:30 am The Grenier & Garon Families Living & Deceased
SATURDAY, January 4 8:30 am Daily Mass 4:00 pm Sacred Heart Parish
SUNDAY, January 5 8:00 am Joseph, Anthony, Mary, Joseph Jr & Theresa Kindamo Memorial 10:00 am Deacon Paul Sullivan Memorial 12:00 pm Rev. John Mendicoa Memorial 5:15 pm Beatrice, Cynthia & Cordelia Chukwu, Martin Donahue & Alphonsus Chukwu Memorial
Those we know and love who share in Christ’s suffering through
illness: Martina Aguguo - Lucy Algere Knox - Yaritza Baerga -
- Danielle Broderick - Evelyn Broderick - Francisca Cruz -
Tara Daniels - Christine Carroll - Kathleen Durepo -
Gabriela Gonzalez - James Gordon - Kathy Hardiman - Chet
Havey - Richard Fraser - Ed Girvan - Andres Hernandez -
Ileana Thompson - Anthony Iarrobino - Christopher Keegan -
Mary Kearns - Carmine Lavoi - Robert Lynch - Barbara
McAveeney - Jennifer McGoldrick - Helen Kearns Moffie -
Bridget Mulkerrin - Robert Newman - Rhonda Owens - - Jahai-
dy Nova - Marie Poledo - Monica Santiago - Evelyn Shanahan -
Ernst & Yvrose Toussaint - Midge Whelan - Janice Williams.
May Christ heal all their ills.
Mass Intentions From the Pastor’s Desk
The week after Christmas, a daughter asked her mother to stop the car when they
drove past Sacred Heart. The child wanted to go into the church and see how the baby Jesus was
doing. She remembered that Jesus had been born there a few days ago, and she wanted to make
sure he was okay. The mother tried to explain it was a ‘pageant’ that the child had seen. She won-dered who would feed the baby Jesus. The moth-
er, realizing that adult explanations would never break through, said that some of the shepherds
had decided to stay behind and they would bring in food for Mary and Joseph to feed to Jesus.
This made excellent sense to the child, who was then willing to ride on knowing that baby Jesus was going to be taken care of.
Young children live in a world of ‘the concrete’. They have not yet developed the con-
ceptual capacities to understand the difference between a pageant and real life, between a sym-
bol and an idea. As far as this little girl was con-cerned, baby Jesus had literally been born in our church. She had seen it with her own eyes, and
no amount of adult explanation was going to al-ter the reality of that simple fact.
Before we dismiss the child's perception as naïve or immature, we need to consider the
power of her conviction. The child's simplicity leads her to raise a question that we adults, with all of our sophisticated conceptual abilities, may
have ignored: who will feed the baby Jesus? The bluntness of the girl's concern compels us to
come to terms with the ethical implications of Christ's birth. What Isaiah prophesied becomes
true: "A little child shall lead them" (Is 11:6).
I believe the story reveals why we adults love to watch the children in church during
Christmas: the children put us back in touch with a world of wonder, and they reawaken perceptu-
al capacities that have been buried by the burden of our adult lives. Msgr. Frank Kelley
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Sacred Heart Parish Roslindale, MA
Our parish Tithe Our project for generosity needs some help. Would
you be able to help? We need some parish members to help
find opportunities for Sacred Heart community to help oth-
ers. Also, do you have a charity to recommend to us?
Please let me know what or to whom we can be of help in
the weeks to come. Fr. Kelley
12/01/19 Christmas Flowers (second collection) 12/08/19 Visitation House 12/15/19 Italian Home for Children 12/22/19 Casserly House 12/29/19 Sisters of St. Joseph 01/05/20 Thomas Aquinas Youth Group 01/12/20 Boston Rescue Mission 01/19/20 Missionary Franciscan Sisters 01/26/20 Church in Latin America
ALL VOLUNTEERS
Volunteers who are in contact with children or the elderly are required to complete a CORI form each year. If you have not done so already please come to the rectory office to fill out the form. Please remem-ber to bring a government issued photo ID and your social security number which will be necessary to complete the CORI form.
Stewardship
“Be generous, sharing what you have” (1 Tim 6:18). We are all stewards– managers of the many gifts God has bestowed upon us. Our challenge as Chris-tians is to make good use of those gifts.
Week 2017 2018 2019
1 7604 7751 7442 2 7668 6729 6760
3 7452 7902 8428
4 6971 9542 7554 5 6641 n/a n/a
(includes Mass offertory and electronic giving via WeShare.com)
Parish Tithes for July 2019 (5% of monthly offertory)
Maria Anidi Sandwiches for the Homeless 1 $377
Holy Father & Missionary Efforts 2 $377
World Mission Sunday 3 $377
Pro Life Legal Defense Fund 4 $377
The Holy Family of Jesus , Mary and Joseph
The example of the Holy Family can be summed up in the words of today’s second reading. They were clothed in “heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another…” This feast of-fers all families the inspiration and encouragement to make these values an essential part of each relation-ship, conversation and interaction with one another. Pray in a special way today for all parents, grandpar-ents, and guardians as they strive to make their fami-lies holy.
SACRED HEART PARISH Roslindale, MA
PARISH STEWARDSHIP
CHRISTMAS COLLECTION TO SUPPORT
CLERGY RETIREMENT FUND Whether they are working to enrich our parishes or seeing to the needs of the broader communities in which they serve, priests have dedicated their lives to helping all of God’s children. Each Christmas, we have the opportunity to support our priests through the special collection benefitting the Clergy Health and Retirement Trust which offers preventive health and wellness programs, offers one-on-one support and advocacy to priests with health concerns, and operates Regina Cleri, a state-of-the-art facility where senior priests live in community. Please support our priests, who through their ministry create stronger communities for all, by giving gener-ously to this year’s Christmas collection. This special collection is a primary source of funding to
care for our priests. Your generosity is very much appreci-
ated.
Annual New Year’s Eve Vigil and Mass
with Cardinal Sean All are invited to begin the New Year in prayer with Cardi-nal Sean at the annual New Year’s Eve Vigil and Mass on
Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine Church, 1105 Boylston St., Boston (at the corner of Ipswich St.). Holy Hour with Eucharistic Adoration and Confessions begins at 10:30 pm. Rosary at 11:00 pm. Vigil Mass for the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God at 11:30 pm. Special prayer intentions for life, love and vocations. For more information, contact the Pro-Life Office at 508-651-1900 or [email protected]
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The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph December 29, 2019
Masses for the Solemnity of Mary
at Sacred Heart Parish
Tuesday, December 31
4:00 pm Mass in Lower Church
Wednesday, January 1
8:30 am Mass in Lower Church
10:00 am Mass in Upper Church
12:00 noon Spanish Mass In Upper Church
No afternoon Mass
Spanish CCD Program No Classes December 28
Saturday, January 4 10:00 am Class School
English CCD Program No Classes December 29
Sunday, January 5 Class 11:30 am School
Confirmation Program
Winter Semester will resume
January 12, 2020
YoungNCatholic
Please join us for our Young and Catholic Group
immediately following the 5:15 pm mass on Sun-
day, December 29, at 6:15 pm in the Rectory.
Find a member in a purple t-shirt after mass for
any questions.
MARRIAGE PREPARATION PROGRAM Are you considering a marriage in the next year? Please contact us at least six months ahead of time so that we can prepare for your wedding at Sacred Heart.
Pre-Cana. Each year we ask engaged couples to
come together for a marriage preparation program. Listen
to a number of couples from our parish speak and share
with others how they address issues of marriage relation-
ships, families and in laws, children, finances for family,
religion in a marriage. Please call at the rectory for
more information, (617-325-3322).
Today’s Liturgy
‘Twas the Light Before Christmas
‘Twas the Light Before Christmas that lit up the land, It guided the Magi over the hot desert sands.
They followed the light so high in the sky It would bring them to the manger where Jesus
did lie. They brought gifts of gold, frankincense and
myrrh, Then they were gone in a flash to be seen no more.
Then an angel appeared and told the family you must leave,
For the cruel king Herod had something wicked up his sleeve.
Up Mary, Joseph, up Jesus for you’ve only a while,
To travel to safety in the land of the Nile. Over time an angel appeared and soon they
would learn, Herod had died, it was safe to return.
Like Moses long before who left in such haste, The family would leave, they’d no time to waste.
So, they left for the land of the fisherman’s nets, Here the Nazarene would pay the most awesome
of debts. He’d preach in the temple, the desert, the hill,
‘Til Christ the Messiah the prophecy was fulfilled. So good night to all and to all a good night, Peace reigns on earth because of that one special
light. Bill Walsh
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The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph December 29, 2019
Baptisms August 2019
Juan Miguel Yanes Rivera; Adriel Sebastian Ze-
laya; Francesco Cole Acevedo; Elowyun Grace
Ann Tisbert; Jessica Ochuryan Ugbe.
Baptisms September 2019 Emmanuel Taylor Sanaa; Kelly Romelus; Jho-
nael DeJesus Mendoza; Andiel Jesus Arias;
Sebastian Armani Arias Soto; Stanley Evan
Nuñez; Joshua Mateo Osorio Maldonado; Jaden
Manuel Peguero; Alba Patricia Quesada; Christo-pher Jesus Ramirez; Riley William Dorcena;
Sangelisse German Calcano;
Lucy Joassaint-Fils; Prince-Kai Carter Picot;
Miguel Angel Brito.
We gratefully acknowledge the Gift to the Memorial Fund given to the Glory of God in Memory of:
Timothy O’Toole by: Patrick O’Toole
Barbara Marks by: Pat & Kevin O’Leary
William Foley by: Rosa & George Wells
giving Trees Sacred Heart parish continued our tradition
of Christmas Giving Trees to benefit the Ital-
ian Home for Children. Parishioners again
responded to the appeal for donations with
great enthusiasm and have made generous contributions.
Thank you to all who have participated in this worthy
cause.
The staff and children of the Italian Home appreciate your
continued spirit of generosity.
Box Tops for Education Sacred Heart School is collecting as many Box Tops as we
can! ! Please save your Box Tops for our school. Send them
into school or drop off at the rectory and Church. There is
also an new way to help. All you need is your phone. Down-
load the ALL-NEW Box Tops app, shop as you normally
would, then simply scan you store receipts for find partici-
pating products. The app will automatically credit your
school’s Box Tops earnings online. Twice a year, your
school will receive a check and can use that cash to buy
whatever it needs! Thank you for your support of Sacred
Heart School.
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Why are babies baptized?
Aren’t they too young to accept Jesus? Obviously infants cannot understand the change of allegiance, the putting off of the old and putting on of
the new, or the sharing in the life of Christ. However, the parents of those infants can understand and live those values and pass them on to their children. They can also experience the support of the community in liv-
ing those ideals, and that is extremely important. Infant baptism makes sense only if parents are true Christian disciples. If they are not, then it makes little sense to initiate their children into a Church which
calls for a commitment to living the mission of Christ. The Baptism for Children emphasizes the im-portance of faithfulness on the part of parents when it
says to parents: “In asking to have your children bap-
tized, you are accepting the responsibility of training
them in the practice of the faith.” That word practice
is crucial; it calls for Christian modeling on the part of parents. Children learn to be Christian by osmosis, by experiencing Christianity at home. The “domestic
church” prepares children for the local and world Church. It is in the home, in the domestic church, that children first learn basic trust which is the foundation of faith. Without the experience of faith, hope and commit-
ment in the home, children will not be able to know and understand the larger Church. Msgr. Frank Kelley
PS: check out BAPTISM at FORMED.ORG
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The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph December 29, 2019
MISSION STATEMENT Rooted in the universal call to discipleship, the mission of Sacred Heart and St. Andrew the Apostle Parish in Roslindale and Forest Hills is to preach Jesus Christ. Proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ takes many forms: preaching, wor-
ship, education, service, works of mercy, and evangelization. The staff and the congregation are guided by the overall mission to proclaim the victory of Jesus Christ over sin and death in this time and place.
By this mission we are to be judged.
Rev. Msgr. Francis H. Kelley, Pastor
Rev. Succes Jeanty, Parochial Vicar
Deacon Jesus Quiles Deacon Antonio Perez
Mrs. Kathy M. Sherrod, Pastoral Assoc.
Parish Secretaries: Mary Dillow & Margaret Laboy
Rev. Eugene P. Sullivan, Sr. Priest, In Residence
Sacred Heart School: Mrs. Monica Haldiman, Principal 1035 Canterbury St, Roslindale 02131 Office: 617-323-2500 Fax: 617-325-7151 Tuition: 617-325-0229 After School Program: 617-325-3656 www.SacredHeart-Boston.org
Sunday Masses: Saturday Eve: 4:00 PM Sunday: 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM & 5:15 PM, 12:00 PM in Spanish Weekday Masses: Monday-Friday: 8:30 AM Saturday: 8:30 AM
Penance: Saturday, 3:00-3:45 PM, Lower Church Baptism: Call Rectory for arrangements. Marriage: Call Rectory to speak with one of the priests at least 6 months be-fore the marriage.
Rectory Office 617-325-3322 FAX 617-325-2145
SUNDAY, December 29 RCIA—Spanish 10:30 am Rectory Coffee—English 11:30 am St Theresa House Coffee—Spanish 01:00 pm Murray Room Latino Youth Group 01:30 pm St Theresa House
Ghana Catholic Society 04:00 pm Murray Room Haitian Prayer Group 07:00 pm Lower Church
MONDAY, December 30 Youth Choir 05:00 pm Upper Church Haitian Prayer Group 07:00 pm Lower Church TUESDAY, December 31 Spanish Prayer Group 06:15 pm Lower Church Haitian Prayer Group 07:00 pm Upper Church
WEDNESDAY, January 1 New Year’s Day
THURSDAY, January 2 Eucharistic Adoration 06:30 pm Lower Church
FRIDAY, January 3 Spanish Choir 07:00 pm Rectory Haitian Prayer Group 07:00 pm Lower Church SATURDAY, January 4 Ghana Catholic Society 05:30 pm Murray Room
The Parish Office will be closed on Wednesday,
January 1 in observance of New Year’s Day.
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