ST. PETER LITHUANIAN PARISH S. BOSTON, MA

NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2012 WEEKEND MASSES:

Sundays: 9 a.m. (English) & 10:30 a.m. (Lithuanian) WEEKDAY MASSES in Rectory Chapel M-Th 8a.m./Sat. 9 a.m.

SACRAMENT OF PENANCE before Mass & by appt. No Mass Fridays except Nov. 2nd, All Souls

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

NOV. 4 CAMPAIGN FOR

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Church’s program helping people in low-income

communities by funding programs that address the root causes of poverty

NOV. 11 MAINTENANCE for the upkeep of our buildings.

NOV. 18 - RETIRED RELIGIOUS Financial support for 52 religious communities of the Archdiocese of Boston

We are truly grateful to all who are supporting our Parish Grand Annual ! Esame nepaprastai dėkingi už jūsų dosnumą

metinės rinkliavos vajui

MASS INTENTIONS / Mišių intencijos - lapkritis / November 2012

Th 11/1 - 10 am ALL SAINTS’ DAY - Visų Šventųjų diena

Kazimieras & Dangerutis Aukštikalniai [šeima]

Holy Day of Obligation – mišios privalomos

Mass in Church / Mišios bažnyčioje

- 5:15 pm Joseph Stasaitis [wife]

F 11/2 - 10 am ALL SOULS - Vėlinės – už visas mirusias sielas

Mass in Church / Mišios bažnyčioje

Sa 11/3- 9 am Jonas Bačiulis [Vytas ir Dana Dilbai]

Su-11/4 - 9 am Romas Brandtneris [Skabeikis family]

- 10:30 am Gyvieji ir mirusieji parapijiečiai

M 11/5 - 8 am Povilas ir Elena Žičkai [šeima]

Tu 11/6 - 8 am Milda ir Jonas Norkūnai [Aleksandravičiai]

W 11/7– 8 am Adolfas Ščiuka [Alice Olevitz]

Th 11/8 - 8 am Pranas Averka, 12th

anniv [Averka family]

Sa 11/10- 9 am Magdelena Urbienė [anūkė Ginta]

Su 11/11- 9 am Joan Kleponis [family]

-10:30 am Gyvieji ir mirusieji parapijiečiai

M 11/12 - 8 am Antanas Januška [žmona]

Tu 11/13 - 8 am Eleanor Kleponis [Wanda Kiely]

W 11/14 - 8 am Gerimantas Griauzdė [Rūta]

Th 11/15 - 8 am Rita Uzdavinis [Ruth Nauyokas & family]

Sa 11/17- 9 am Teklė Bogušas [Janina Matulaitis]

Su 11/18 - 9am Adolfas Ščiuka [A. & M. Zaremba]

- 10:30am Gyvieji ir mirusieji parapijiečiai

M 11/19 - 8 am Elena & Petras Paliuliai [Ona Venckienė]

Tu 11/20 - 8 am Benediktas Povilavičius [žmona]

W 11/21 - 8 am Raymond Žičkus [wife Nancy]

Th 11/22 THANKSGIVING DAY -Mass in Church / Mišios bažnyčioje

9 am Bronė & Antanas Monkevičiai [šeima]

Sa 11/24 - 9 am Al Baran [Marytė Bizinkauskaitė]

Su 11/25 - 9 am Catherine Shertick, 1 month [Joseph & Mary Jo Shertick]

10:30 am Gyvieji ir mirusieji parapijiečiai

M 11/26 – 8 am Stanley F. Patton [St. Peter Lithuanian Parish]

Tu 11/27 – 8 am Asta Aleksonytė [tėvai]

W 11/28 - 8 am Danutė Venckutė [tėvai]

Th 11/29 - 8 am Antanas Januška, gimtadienis [A. Januškienė]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS:

Dėkojame už Jūsų aukas: 9/23: $943 9/30: $1082 10/7: $892 10/14: $1199 10/21: $979 Maintenance: $1147 Grand Annual [as of 10/28]: $20,370 World Missions Sunday: $431

May God bless you for your consistent generosity! Telaimina Jus Dievas už Jūsų pastovų dosnumą!

ST. PETER LITHUANIAN CHURCH NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2012 p. 2

GRAND ANNUAL COLLECTION DRIVE

The principal fund raising activity for St. Peter

Lithuanian Parish continues.

We depend upon the generosity of loyal

parishioners and friends of the parish to make a

substantial contribution in the GRAND ANNUAL

DRIVE. So far $20,370 has been contributed. Your

generosity is a tribute to the love & devotion of

parents, grandparents, and founders of the parish,

and is greatly appreciated.

METINĖS RINKLIAVOS VAJUS vyksta

Savaitinių rinkliavų tikrai nepakanka išlaikyti

parapiją. Todėl kreipiamės plačiau į geros širdies

parapijiečius ir remėjus, prašydami kad paremtų

Šv. Petro lietuvių parapiją -- Bostono ir apylinkìų

lietuvių dvasinį ir kultūrinį centrą. Ligšiol

suaukota $20,370. Nuoširdžiai dėkojame visiems,

kurie taip dosniai padeda išlaikyti parapiją

UPCOMING EVENTS Thursday, Nov. 1

st 10:00 am

Mass for all Saints in church – bilingual

Tuesday, Nov. 1st 5:15 pm

Mass for all Saints in church - English

Friday, Nov. 2nd

10:00 am

Mass for All Souls in church – Vėlinės - bilingual

Sat., Nov. 17th

7:00 pm

All Souls Memorial Concert, St, John Seminary

Commitment Weekend, Nov. 17th

and 18th

Increased offertory Campaign

Thur., November 22nd

THANKSGIVING DAY

9 am Mass of Thanksgiving in the Church

November: All Souls’ Month

Lapkričio mėn.: Mirusiųjų prisiminimas Names of beloved deceased may be written in “The Book of the Dead” in the lobby of the Church. Each Sunday during November the book will be carried in procession before Mass, and then placed on the altar. A voluntary contribution to the parish may be made. Please use the designated envelopes. Writing the names on the envelopes is not necessary, since you enter the names in the book. Lapkričio mėnesy prisimename mūsų mylimus mirusius. Bažnyčios prieangyje yra ,,Mirusiųjų knyga,“ kurioje galima įrašyti vardus mylimų mirusiųjų. Kiekvieną lapkričio sekmadienį, knyga bus nešama procesijoje ir bus padedama ant altoriaus, kur liks Mišių metu. Savanorišką auką galima įduoti, naudojant tam skirtus vokelius. Vardų nereikia užrašyti ant vokelių, nes juos knygoje įrašote.

Information about the Proposed Vote for Assisted

Suicide In addition to tweeting important articles and links, Cardinal O'Malley will be tweeting on the Year of Faith and on Question 2 in which he will be asking his Twitter followers to tweet comments or questions back that he

will answer. "On Nov. 6, voters will be asked to support so-called 'death with dignity.' Who wouldn't want a dignified death? Unfortunately, this is a euphemism meant to mask the reality doctors providing a lethal prescription for someone with a terminal diagnosis of 6 months or less to end his own life. It's important that we -- all of us -- help people to understand what Question 2 is all about. Please join me, through Twitter and other means, to stop assisted suicide by informing others about Question 2 and encouraging your own Twitter followers to vote no."

Advento Susimąstymas

šv. Sakramento Adoracija, Pamokslas, Išpažintis,

ir Palaiminimas šešt., gruodžio 1 d., 11:00 v.r. – 1 v.p.p.

ves kun. Aurelijus

pranciškonas iš Kennebunkporto

Po susimąstymo visi kviečiami papietauti su kun.

Aurelijum

Sat., Dec. 1, 11:00 am Reflections for Advent in Lithuanian with Fr. Aurelijus, Franciscan Father from

Kennebunkport, ME. Please join us for lunch afterwards.

ATTENTION!!!! Dėmesio!!! On Christmas Eve, Dec. 24

th, there will

only be ONE Mass – bilingual, at 5 PM,

followed by Kūčios for all.

Kūčių vakare bus tik vienos mišios- 5

v.v., abejom kalbom. Po to kviečiame visus

švęsti Kūčias su mumis.

ST. PETER LITHUANIAN CHURCH NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2012 p. 3 Church location: 75 Flaherty Way, South Boston, Massachusetts

Rev. Stephen P. Zukas, Pastor

Mailing Address: 50 Orton Marotta Way, S. Boston, MA 02127-2006 Rectory telephone: 617-268-0353 Fax: 617-268-2585 E-mail: klebonas@me.com

http://www.stpeterlithuanianparish.org

Congratulations to the ARISE groups have

been meeting in Cohasset, Sharon/West

Roxbury, Milton, Westford and two in So.

Boston. We have six groups! We have about 60

participants and hope that the groups keep

growing.

Labai Ačiū! Thank You Very Much!

We are grateful to Everyone

who made our PARISH BAZAAR of Oct. 14th, 2012 a Great Success!

We are especially grateful to the Head of the Kitchen Crew, Daiva Navickas, to the Kitchen Crew:

Mary Zaremba and her daughter Mary, Alice Olevitz, and Gintaras and ValentinaČepas.

Thank you also to the coordinators and workers: Lithuanian table-Mirga Girnius, Nomeda & Gabe

Cunningham; Lithuanian books – Valerija & Antanas Girnius; coffee/soda – Mark Gendreau; cake table-

Phyllis Gendreau, Wanda Kiely, Pat Sheehy; treasurer- Gloria Adomkaitis; food ticket collectors – Dana &

Vytas Dilba and Ann Kleponis; raffle table – Gloria Adomkaitis and Norma Snipas; K of L table – Bill

Olevitz, Barbra Trybe, Carol & Charles Treciokas; magician – David Skirkey; Hall

setup/takedown:members of Confirmation Class 2013 and their parents; children’s activities – Confirmation

Class of 2013. Special thanks to all Committee members and workers, to all who donated articles and prizes,

to all who contributed to the Raffle and Bazaar expenses, to all who supported the Raffle and who

patronized the Bazaar.

It was a Great Tribute to All who made sacrifices and volunteered their time and talents in support of

our parish!

We congratulate the winners of the Bazaar Lottery Prizes:

Marie Tamulis - Red Sox tickets (Casper Funeral Home donation)

Meaghan May – Kindle Fire (St. Peter parishioner donation)

John Mills – Eglė Špokaitė photograph – (photographer Dainius

Mačikėnas)

Dana Vaičiulionis – Morton’s Steak House gift card

(Wanda Kiely donation)

Aldona Jurgela – $200 TAUPA (Lithuanian Federal Credit Union)

And here are the winners of the

Knights of Lithuania raffle E. Austras

Gloria Hill

Rima Cibas

Alice Olevitz

Phyllis Gendreau

Charlotte McGowan

Marcia Perednia

Sara Simkus

Marie T.

ST. PETER LITHUANIAN PARISH NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2012 p. 4

Dear Parishioners and Extended Family Members of Saint Peter Lithuanian Parish,

Garbė Jėzui Kristui! Praised be Jesus Christ!

With Election Day happening November 6, I would be remiss not to mention two of the questions appearing on

the Massachusetts State Ballot.

Question 2: PLEASE see the insert in this mailing, http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/ and

http://thebostonpilot.com/ for the reasons to vote against this question. It is important to note that even some of

those who are in favor of the concept of Physician-Assisted Suicide are against this measure since Question 2 is

so poorly written.

Question 3: If you have any urge at all to vote yes, please mention this to a parishioner who resides in South

Boston. They will tell you that, this year, there have been four murders in four different parishes which are tied

to the use of drugs. The use of marijuana almost invariably leads to the use of harder drugs, the kind which have

beeen tied to the murders of four South Boston residents. Prescription drug abuse is already rampant. This will

add to the problem.

In closing, please do not believe anyone who claims that President Obama’s HHS mandate and its requirement

to pay for contraception will not affect how Catholic institutions do business. The “exemption” would be in the

case of Catholic institutions employing only Catholics and serving only Catholics. This has NEVER been the

way the Catholic Church has served the poor. The bishops of the United States have made it known to the

president that they will not be told how to be charitable. The president has, in turn, given them one year to

figure out how to comply. The bishops have no intention of compromising Catholic conscience.

Wishing God’s forgiveness and peace for all your deceased loved ones this month of All Souls, I am,

Sincerely in Christ, (Nuoširdžiai Kristuje),

Fr. Stephen Zukas

Saturday, November 17th, 7:00 p.m.

All Souls Memorial Concert

St. John Seminary –

Peterson Hall Chapel

127 Lake St., Brighton, MA 02135

Concert & sing-along for the benefit of the

Master of Arts in Ministry Program for Laity

The Increased Offertory Campaign:

Commitment Weekend Nov. 17th & 18th

Each registered parishioner/family should have received two

separate mailings from Fr. Zukas during the month of October.

The first was an announcement letter and the brochure,

explaining the Increased Offertory Campaign and our needs. In

the second mailing, you and your family are being asked to

consider a specific increase to your regular parish giving. Please

pray about this request.

Volunteer Advocates will be calling each household to ensure

each parishioner has received the information and has an

opportunity to ask questions and be fully informed about our

plans. The Increased Offertory Campaign is a program about

sacrifice, about giving back to God, and about strengthening the

future of St. Peter Lithuanian parish. Each parishioner/family is

asked to prayerfully consider this request and to turn in their

commitment form during our Commitment Weekend, November

17th

and 18th

.