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ST. JULIA PARISH W / L
PARISH OFFICE 374 BOSTON POST ROAD WESTON, MA 02493 September 24, 2017
Telephone: 781-899-2611 Fax: 781-899-8046 Email: [email protected] Website: h p://www.stjulia.org
ST. JULIA CHURCH 374 BOSTON POST ROAD WESTON, MA ST. JOSEPH CHURCH 142 LINCOLN ROAD LINCOLN, MA
COME AND WORSHIP THE LORD WITH US! MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday Vigil: 4:00pm (St. Julia Church) Sunday: 7:30am (St. Joseph Church) 9:00am (St. Julia Church; Family Mass) 10:30am (St. Joseph Church) 11:15am (St. Julia Church) 5:00pm (St. Julia Church; Youth Mass)
Daily: Monday 7 AM (St. Julia Church) Tuesday 9 AM (St. Joseph Church) Wednesday 7 AM (St. Julia Church) Thursday 7 AM (St. Julia Church) Friday 9 AM (St. Joseph Church) Saturday/Holiday 8 AM (St. Julia Church)
Pastor Rev.MarkA.Mahoney [email protected] Associate Ms.AndreaJackson [email protected] Manager SisterMaryAnneDoyle,CSJ [email protected] Secretary Ms.KathleenDolan [email protected] Formation Director, 1-5 Ms.CindyHarrington [email protected] 781-899-8434Youth Minister/FF 6-HS Ms.ChristinaValenzuela,OP [email protected] 781-899-0739Faith Formation Secretary Ms.AnnBere [email protected] 781-899-4734Deacon Dcn.RafeBrown [email protected] Director Mr.BrianMoll [email protected] 617-548-5841Music/St. Joseph Mr.DanielFarretta [email protected] Sacristan Ms.SylviaKennedy [email protected] Manager Mr.GregSmith [email protected]. Joseph House Resident Asst. Mr.ChrisConnell [email protected]
THE MISSION OF SAINT JULIA PARISH
We, the parishioners of Saint Julia Parish, seek to live our belief in Christ as we worship and serve Him according to His example and teachings. With apprecia on of the diverse gi s of our individual members, we strive to gain the par cipa on of each pa-rishioner and work to ensure that everyone feels welcome in our community of faithful. We do this while mindful of God’s love for us and the power of His Spirit that makes us holy, heals our brokenness and sustains us in all the good we do. We are commi ed in the spirit of Chris an stewardship to share generously our me, talent, and treasure.
OFFICE HOURS 9:00AMto4:00PM,Mon.throughFriday. RECONCILIATION ParishCenterConferenceRoom,Saturday:3:15-3:45PM ANOINTING OF THE SICK Afterthe4:00PMSaturdayMass;orcontactParishOf ice. EUCHARIST AND VISITS TO THE SICK ContactParishOf icetonotifyofanyoneill,homeboundorhospitalized. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION St.JuliaChurch:EveryFriday,Noonto1:00PM FirstFriday,9:00AMto5:00PM. SummerScheduleEffectiveFirstFridayinJune, 12Noonto1PM.St.JosephChurch:EveryFirstFriday,9:30to10:30AM.ROSARY IN ST JULIA CHURCH: AfterdailyMass.BAPTISM MonthlyatSt.JuliaChurchorataMassineitherChurch.PleasecalltheParishOf icetomakeadvancearrangements. MARRIAGES Pleasescheduleatleastsixmonthsbeforeintendeddate. BULLETIN NOTICES shouldbeproposed,bye-mailifpossible,totheParishOf icebyMondaymorning. New Parish Registration / Update IfyouarejustbeginningtoworshipwithusinSt.JuliaParish,WELCOME!Weinviteyoutoregisterasamemberofourparish.Kindlycompletethisinformationformanddropitinthecollectionbasketorreturnittothepar-ishof ice.Pleaseintroduceyourselfwhenyouhaveachance!NAME:____________________________________ ADDRESS:_________________________________ TELEPHONE:______________________________ E-MAIL ADDRESS__________________________ _____This is a new registration (A complete form will be sent to you by mail.) This is an update for: _____Change of Name _____Change of Address _____Request for Envelopes ____ Moving out of Parish ____ Someone in Hospital ____ Someone Homebound
A GLIMPSE OF THE PARISH PICNIC!!
Sunday, September 24 CafeJuliaOpen,10AM,St.JuliaParishCenter Tuesday, September 26 BibleStudy,9:00AM,St.JuliaParishCenter Friday, September 29 EucharisticAdoration,St.JuliaChurch, 12Noon—1PMSunday, October 1 MassCelebratingWorkofSt.VincentdePaul Conf.,10:30AM,St.JosephChurch BabyShowerfortheUnborn St.Julia&St.JosephChurches
Twenty- ifth Sunday in Ordinary Time September 23/24, 2017
And Prayers Requested
Wed.,September277:00AMJohnRussoWeprayforthosesoontobemarried: TylerMurphy&LaurenMatot WilliamHazeltine&MicheleGuayCONFESSORS September30Fr.Mahoney October7Fr.Mahoney
VERY GOOD NEWS: OurSt.VincentdePaul(SVDP)conferencewaspleasedtolearnthatithadbeenawardeda$1500grantfromtheMetroWestHungerRe-liefFundoftheFoundationforMetroWest.TheFoundationcreatedtheReliefFundin2012afteritnoticedadramaticin-creaseinrequestsforfoodsupportinthearea.WearesogratefulfortherecognitionbytheFounda-tionoftheworkoftheSVDPPantryanditsmanyvolunteers.ThegrantfundsassistusinprovidingonceamonthsupplementalfoodsuppliesatourLin-colnpantry,andenableustocontinueourmissionofsupportingfamiliestobreakoutofthecycleofpoverty.
ST. JULIA PARISH SODALITY willmeetonFriday,October6th.FollowingAdoration[11AM]inSt.JuliaChurch,speaker,CarolWells,willshareherexcep-tionaltriptoherparents’homeland,Polandat12:30intheParishCenter.ShewillspeakofSt.Faustina,andDivineMercy.Pleasebringalunch.Coffeeanddessertwillbeprovided.Allarewelcome. TheSodalitywillgathereachmonthonthesedatestheremainderoftheyear:November3,December1st.
New! Bible Study - The Gospel of JohnTheBibleStudyGroupwillexploretheGospelofJohnthisyearusingtheLittleRockScriptureStudyprogram.TheGospelofJohnisarguablythemostpoeticandsymbolicofalltheGospels.Therearesto-riesandmiraclesrecountedinJohnthatarenotfoundinanyoftheotherGospels.StudyingthisGospelto-getherwithagroupandwiththehelpofvideolec-turesandwrittenmaterialswillbeespeciallyreward-ingforallwhowanttodivedeeperintotheirunder-standingofscripture.BecauseofthelengthoftheGospel,thestudywillbesplitintotwosessions,John1-12inthefallandJohn13-21plusthethreeJohanninelettersnextspring.ThefallsessionwillbeonTuesdaymorningsSept26-Nov14from9am-11am.AllarewelcometocomelearnmoreaboutandpraymoredeeplywiththisbookoftheBible.Newmembersarealwayswelcome!$18coversthecostofmaterials.ContactAlpheenMenacheryatalpheen@hotmail..com,orcallthepar-ishof icetosignup.
FEAST OF ST. VINCENT DE PAULInhonorofthefeastofSt.VincentdePaul,whichiscelebratedSeptember27,the10.30MassonSunday,Octo-ber1st,willbeofferedforthecli-entsofSVdP,itsbenefactorsandmembers.Wearegratefultoallwhosupportourworkinsomanyways.Wecouldn'tdoitwithoutyou.
SUPPORTING OUR PARISH’S MISSION
Weekend of Sept. 16, 17 $ 3,871
Weekend of Sept. 9, 10 $ 4,203
Weekend of Sept. 2,3 $ 3,377
Weekend of August 26, 27 $ 3,530
July 1 thru Sept. 17th (Includes mail-ins)
$ 56,084
Online Giving
$ 22,089
Total
$ 78,173
Avg/Week July 1 thru Sept. 3rd [10 weeks]
$ 6,514
Budgeted Average Week
$ 8, 530
Second Collection—Clergy Benefit Trust $ 3,290
READINGS FOR THE WEEK AHEAD Monday: Ezr1:1-6;Lk8:16-18Tuesday: Ezr6:7-8,12b,14-20;Lk8:19-21Wednesday:Ezr9:5-9;Tb:13:2,3-4;Lk9:1-6Thursday: Hg1:1-8;Lk9:7-9Friday: Dn7:9-10,13;Jn1:47-51Saturday: Zec2:5-9,14-15a;Jer31:10-12ab,13; Lk9:43b-45Sunday: Ez18:25-28;Phil2:1-11[1-5];Mt21:28- 32 OCTOBER 1 READINGS First Reading—Whenthewickedturnawayfromtheirwickednesstheyhavecommittedanddowhatisright,theyshallsurelylive(Ezekiel18:25-28).Psalm —Rememberyourmercies,OLord(Psalm25).Second Reading—Considerothersasbetterthanyourselves;looknottoyourowninterests,buttotheinterestsofothers(Philippians2:1-11[1-5]).Gospel—TaxcollectorsandprostitutesareenteringthekingdomofGodaheadofyou(Matthew21:28-32).
CALL UPON THE LORD Thevery irstlineoftoday’s irstreadingsum-monsustoseektheLordandtocalluponGod.Thissentimentisechoedintherefrainfortoday’srespon-sorialpsalm:“TheLordisneartoallwhocalluponhim”(Psalm145:18a).SaintPaulistheembodimentofsomeonewhoconstantlysoughttheLord.IntheexcerptwereadtodayfromhislettertothePhilippi-ans,we indSaintPaultowardtheendofhislife,alifehedescribesascompletelyconsonantwithChrist.Hewrites,“FortomelifeisChrist”(Philippians1:21).To indoutwhatitmeanstolivelifecompletelyinaccordwithChristweneedlooknofurtherthanto-day’sGospel.Therewe indthatGod’sloveandmer-cyareimmeasurableforallthosewhoseekandcallupontheLord.Copyright©J.S.PaluchCo.,Inc.
PLEASE NOTE thatduringthesummerwehavebeenrun-ningbehindbudgetbyapprox-imately$2,000eachweek.Forthe12weeksofthis iscalyeartheOffertoryis$24,000 be-hindbudget.Wearegratefulforallwhokeptuptheirweek-lycontributionsduringthesummer.Hopefully,wewillbegintocatchupnowthatpa-rishionersarebackfromsum-mervacation.Ifyouwerenothereduringthesummer,wouldyoupleaseconsideraddingalittleextratohelpuscatchup?Thanks.S.MaryAnne
FAITH FORMATION NEWS
Grades 1-5
Grades1-5Sunday,September24,at10:00am(followingthe9:00FamilyMass),therewillbeaParentMeetingforallfamilieswithchildrenregisteredintheGrades1-5FaithFormation.WewillstartoffwithcoffeeanddonutsatCafeJulia,thecatechistswillbeintroduced,andchildrenintheSundaymorningclasseswillbedismissed.WewillcontinueourmeetingoverintheChurch.REGISTERNOW!The irstdayofSundayclassesistoday(September24).Tomorrow,September25,theMondayclassesbegininWestonandinLincoln.NoWALK-INREGISTRATIONSwillbeappliedim-mediatelyonthe irstdayofclasses.Theregistra-tionformsmaybeaccepted,butyouwillneedtowaitanotherweekforyourchildtobeplacedinaclass.Itishighlyunfairforavolunteercatechisttobeexpectedtoaddonclassmemberswithoutprop-erpreparation.Ifyouwishtohaveyourchildstartclassesontime,registernow!Registrationformsarearoundthechurches,intheFaithFormation,oron-lineregistrationmaybefoundonourwebsite.PleasebesuretoreviewtheFaithFormationcalen-darprovidedtoyouforyourchild’sparticulargradelevel,andplanforyouandyourchildtoparticipatefullyforbestDiscipleshipresults!ContactCindyHarringtonformoreinformation.charrington@stjulia.org.
YOUTH MINISTRY
Faith Formation Sessions begin this weekend!6, 7/8:Sunday@10:10AM6th:Monday@4:15inLincolnHS Scripture Course Group A:Sunday@3:45PMHS Scripture Course Group B:Wednesday@6:30Ifyouareacon irmationcandidatewhomissedthesign-updeadlineforthiscourse,youmaywaitfortheWinterCourseorspeakwithChristinaaboutahome-schooloptionforthisFall.Remember:NOsessionstheweekofOctober8thduetoColumbusDay.A note from the Youth Formation Director: ItwaswithgreatsadnessthatIheardfromsomeofyouaboutthepassingofMcCraeWilliamslastweek.HisfamilyaremembersoftheWestoncommunityandthisnewshitshomedeeply.Intimeslikethese,itisimportanttosupportoneanother.InChristiancharity,wemustprayforMcCraeandcommendhissoulintoheaven.Wemustprayforhisfamily,friends,andallofus,aswedealwiththegriefandtheshock.Itcanbeverydif iculttoseeGod’shandinsomethingwhichseemssuchatragedy,butJesuswantstowalkwithusinoursorrow.Oneofmyfa-voriteversesistheshortestfoundinthewholeBible:“Jesuswept.”John11:35Heweptforthedeathofhisdearfriend,Lazarus,justminutesbeforeHeraisedhimfromthedead.Oursorrowisjust,butitmustalwaysbe illedwithhope.SoIofferthisprayertosayforMcCrae,andIremindyouthatinanytimeoftrial,ourchurchisopenforprayer,andyouarewarmlyinvitedtoreachouttoFr.Mark,ortomyself,andwewillbehappytopraywithyou,“forIamconvincedthatneitherdeath,norlife…noranythingelseinallcreationwillbeabletosepa-rateusfromtheloveofGodinChristJesus,ourLord.”(Romans8:38-39)All-powerfulandmercifulGod,wecommendtoyouMcCrae,yourservant.Inyourmercyandlove,blotoutthesinshehascommittedthroughhumanweak-ness.Inthisworldhehasdied:lethimlivewithyouforever.Eternalrestgrantuntohim,OLord.Andletperpetuallightshineuponhim.Mayherestinpeace.Amen.
THE BABY SHOWER FOR THE UNBORN,whichwillbeheldtheweekendofSeptember 30/October 1 isinneedoftwoPack n’ Plays.[seephoto]Onewillbeplacedineachchurchtocollectthenew babyitemssuchasOnesiesforNew-born,size0-3months,andsnowsuitsforBoys&Girls,size0-3months.The usu-al diapers, bottles, blankets, bibs are always needed.PLEASE NO BABY POWDER.Ifthereisagroupoffolkswhowouldliketopurchaseacoupleofnewpackn’playsthatwouldbeveryhelpful.Thecostofpackn’playsisapproximately$80.Manyofthemothersandbabiesservedliveinsmallapartmentsorinashelter,andthepackn’playisverymobileforthem.Weaskforneutralcolorssuchasgreenbecausethatcanbeusedforaboyorgirl.PleasecalltheParishOf icewithanyquestions.Thank you in advance for your usual kindness and generosity!
Life is better CON-NECTED. Join a Small Group! Lifeisallaboutrelation-ships.Smallgroupsdeepenourrelation-shipswithChristandoneanother.TrainedfellowparishionersfacilitatesmallgroupsthatgatherinhomestoDiscusslifeandfaithRe lectonGod’sWordtogetherPrayforandwithoneanotherTherearenoteachersinsmallgroups(excepttheHolySpirit!),justfriendsseekinganddiscovering.Groupsmeetforaninitialperiodof6weeks,begin-ningtheweekofOctober1.Optionsforcontinuingortakingabreakwillfollow.Interested?Filloutacardinchurchorvisitstjulia.org/smallgroupsand illouttheshortform.You'llbeconnectedtoagroupinajiffy!“Forwheretwoorthreearegatheredtogetherinmyname,thereamIinthemidstofthem.”Matthew18:20
GREAT DAY!! GREAT SUN SHINING!!! WealwayshavethebestweatherforourParishPicnic,and2017wasnoexception!ThisyearwasthesecondtimethePicnicwasheldonourparishgrounds,anditwasfuntoseekidsandadultsalikemixingandsocializingout-sideofSt.JuliaChurch,intheGrottoandinourParishCenter.Thecarnivalgamesofringtoss,adonuteatingrace,ahayhunt,andaspin-the-wheelcakeraf lewereallablast.Manykidswenthomewithabagfullofprizes,anewwindowhangingfromthecrafttableandbigsmiles.ItwasFr.Mark's irstPicnicwithourParishandhewassopleasedwiththeturnoutandthegreatcommunityfel-lowshipthatwashappeningalldaylong.Heaskedwherethedunktankwas...maybenextyear,Fr.Mark!Thankyoutothemorethan70peoplewhosigneduptohelponthedayofthePicnic(andthemanymorewholentahandonthedayof!)Thiseventisreallyashowofourwholecommunitycomingtogethertomakeafundayandgettoknowoneanotherbetter.Itcouldn'thappenwith-outsomanyhelpinghands!Thankyoualsotothosewhobroughtdessertstoshareandspecialtypiesandcakesforthespin-the-wheelgame.Thanksalsotothemanywhodonatedwinefortheadultringtossgame!Youmadethedaysomuchmorefunwiththesegreatprizes.SpecialthankstothePicnicCommittee:SandraTollos(Chair),DavidAyer,CarolynCamerato,JaniceCarroll,PatDacey,PaulKarash,AlpheenMenachery,andJohnO'RourkewithstaffsupportfromAndreaJackson.
FIRST SATURDAY DEVOTION willbeheldonOctober7th,followingthe4PMMassandtheLitanytotheBlessedMother.joinothersintheConferenceRoomoftheParishCen-terwhereaDVD,“Fatima:Heaven’sPeacePlan”-theFatimaApparition&Messageswillbeshown.Refresh-mentswillbeserved.
CHURCH NAME AND ADDRESS St.JuliaChurch#487900374BostonPostRoadWeston,MA02493TELEPHONE 781899-2611CONTACT PERSON KathyDolanEMAIL:[email protected] MSPublisher2010AdobeAcrobatXWindows7TRANSMISSION TIME Tuesday12:00,Sunday,September24,2017NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1through8SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
