St. Brigid
Parish
Saturday, March 6, 2010
4:00 PM Frank
and Peg Creighton
Sunday, March 7, 2010
8:00 AM Edward
Healey
10:30 AM Charles, Madelyn, James Stokinger
And
Marie Hartnett
6:00 PM Deceased Members of the Broderick
Family
Monday, March 8, 2010
7:00 AM Souls
in Purgatory
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
7:00 AM Patrick
Morgan, Anniversary
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
7:00 AM Adeline
Shea, 10th Anniversary
Thursday, March 11, 2010
7:00 AM Deceased
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
Friday, March 12, 2010
7:00 AM Sister
Mary Dullea, SCN
Saturday, March 13, 2010
8:00 AM Holy
Mass
4:00
PM Mary J. Whalen, 11th
Anniversary
Sunday, March 14, 2010
8:00 AM Thomas
and Mary Walsh, Thomas Walsh, Jr.
And Dodie
MacQueen
10:30 AM Patricia
Casey Donovan
6:00 PM PARADE
DAY – NO 6:00 MASS
Please keep in your prayers all our parishioners who are ill, in a nursing home, or hospital. If you would like the parishioners to pray for someone in particular who is ill or away in our armed services - please call the parish office and we will mention them in this area of the bulletin.
Please
remember in your prayers all our parishioners who are sick, in the hospital
or in a nursing home.
Please pray for all those serving in our armed forces at home and abroad especially Marine Lance Corporal Daniel Conroy.
The Rite of Christian Burial was celebrated this week for Florence Miller-Lyons, Paul Norton and Paul Hellen. Please remember them in your prayers.
Please
prepare for your child’s Baptism by calling the Parish Office. The next available date for Baptisms will be Sunday, April 11th at 1:00 p.m. in the Upper Church of St.
Brigid Parish. The preparation meeting
for the parents will be held on Friday, April
9th at 7:00 p.m. also in the upper church at St. Brigid.
St. Brigid Parish
Support
Weekly Offertory: Our Parish
Support in our Offertory Collection this past weekend was $3,932.00. Thank you for
your continued support.
Centennial Fund: Please
consider a gift to this most important Fund for our Parish’s Restoration. Memorials in memory of a loved one who has
died are also encouraged and welcomed.
DIVINE MERCY LENTEN RETREAT
WITH THE MERCIFUL JESUS
The
Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy warmly invite you to the Divine Lenten retreat to
be held on Saturday, March 13th
at St. Ann’s Parish in Dorchester. The
program begins at 11:00 with inspiring talks.
At 2:00pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will begin. Confessions too will be available before
Mass. The Sisters will lead the 3:00pm
Hour of mercy and sing the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. Rev. Richard Clancy, Director of College
Campus Ministry will be the main celebrant at the 4:00pm Mass. For information, call 617-288-1202, ext.
4. Come and bring a friend!
TUESDAY NIGHT BIBLE STUDY
Please
join us for Tuesday evening Scripture reflection at St. Eulalia’s Chapel in St.
Brigid lower Church. Each week, we look
at one or two of the readings that will be proclaimed at the following Sunday’s
Mass. If you are interested in learning
more, join us on Tuesday! We meet at
7:30pm in the lower church at St. Brigid.
GATE OF HEAVEN/SAINT BRIGID BOOK CLUB
The
Book Club is reading St. Francis of Assisi by G.K.
Chesterton for this month’s selection.
The monthly meeting will be held on Monday, March 22 at 7:00pm in the
conference room below the Parish Office.
Please join us!
CATHOLIC DIRECTORIES
The
2010 Catholic Directories have arrived. You
may purchase one for $20 at the Parish Office.
The business hours are Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm.
ADULT CHOIR
We
are always looking for new members to join our choir. We practice on Tuesday evenings at 5:30 pm in
the conference room below the Parish Office.
Please come and join us and bring a friend!
St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Next weekend – No 6PM Mass
Limited Parking on Sunday
There
will be no 6:00PM Mass at St. Brigid Church next weekend due to the parade
route on East Broadway. The regular Mass schedule remains on Saturday afternoon
and Sunday morning at both Gate of Heaven and St Brigid. Be aware that parking is limited during Mass
times on Sunday morning, so please plan ahead.
Have a Happy and safe St. Patrick’s Parade Weekend!
ST. BRIGID AND GATE OF HEAVEN
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION INFORMATION
CONFIRMATION CLASSES
Our
Confirmation Program is a two year program with grade 7 and 8. All students (those attending catholic and
public school) are required to attend the 2 years.
Confirmation I - Grade 7: Begins on March
28th with a retreat from 3PM – 7PM.
Grade 8: Next class will be held March 7th from
4:30-7:00pm.
Confirmation Ceremony for Grade 8 will be Tuesday, April 13th at
5:30PM at St. Brigid Church.
MIDDLE SCHOOL RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
PROGRAM (GRADES 5 AND 6)
CHANGE IN DATE FOR CLASS
Attendance
is mandatory for all non-catholic school children in order to proceed to the
Confirmation Sacramental program in the 7th grade. Classes will be held in Cushing Hall. The next class will be held on March 15th.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (K-4th
GRADES)
Our
next class will be held on this Sunday, March 7th at
9:00am. Classes are held in the South
Boston Catholic Academy School. Class
time will be from 9-10:15am. The
students will then be escorted to the 10:30am Liturgy at Saint Brigid Church.
SOUTH BOSTON CATHOLIC ACADEMY
“SCHOOL NEWS”
Faith, Family Spirit & Academic Excellence
Our students continue to impress us with their generosity and
sense of commitment for their neighbors both near and far. They have raised in excess of $2,000 for a
number of charities and community causes (Fire victims, Haiti Relief, and
Children’s Wish Foundation). We continue
to contribute to Operation Rice Bowl this Lenten season sponsored by Catholic
Relief Services. Ed Merritt, President
and CEO of the Mt. Washington Bank, visited the school this week and will be
coming back to present a savings workshop for our 6th graders. Ed and his employees have been very
supportive and generous to SBCA this year.
Spring Raffle tickets will be available March 10th. Thanks to all of our neighbors and families
for their ongoing support of our school fundraising (Stop & Shop, Box Tops,
etc.).
South Boston Catholic Academy
1000 Club – This Sunday
This
month’s 1000 Club to benefit the South Boston Catholic Academy will be held
this Sunday, March 7 at 11:20AM in Cardinal Cushing Hall in the lower church of
St. Brigid. Numbers are still available
– please visit us on Sunday, or call the Gate of Heaven/St. Brigid Parish
Office for more information. The price
for a yearly number is $60 – with chances to win over $1000 per month.
LENT 2010
The Light is
On For You — On all the Wednesdays of Lent, from
6:30-8:00pm, St. Brigid and Gate of Heaven Parishes and all the parishes
and chapels of the Archdiocese of Boston will be open for individual
confessions.
The Sacrament of Reconciliation:
Every Wednesday Night During Lent
Saint Brigid Upper
Church: 6:30PM – 8:00PM
Confessions will be heard in the
Reconciliation Room
at the front doors of the Church
Fr.
Christopher Palladino & Fr. Daniel Sheehan
will be the priests hearing confessions this coming week.
Gate of Heaven Lower
Chapel: 6:30PM – 8:00PM
Confession will be heard at the rear of
the chapel near the front doors of the Church
Fr.
Robert Casey
will be the priest hearing confessions this coming week.
Eucharistic Adoration:
Every Wednesday Night During Lent
Saint
Brigid Upper Church: 6:30PM – 8:00PM
Gate
of Heaven Lower Chapel: 6:30PM – 8:00PM
Join us as we Meditate
and Pray
in the Presence of our Lord
Parish Lenten Activity for the Homebound
Please
join us in a special parish activity this Lenten season where we will be
sending cards to homebound members of our parish family. Beginning on the weekend of March 13th and 14th,
we will have a basket in the back of the church after the Masses so that you
can pick up an envelope with the name of a parishioner. We ask that you purchase a card (it can be an
Easter card or just a “thinking of you” type card), and write a little
note. Please return the card at one of
the Masses the week-end of March 20th
and 21st along with
the envelope you picked up containing the name of the person to receive your
card. The cards and notes will be sent
from the parish office the following week. If you would like to have someone receive one
of these cards, please contact the parish office to have them included in this activity. If you have questions, please contact Diane
Keighley 617-269-1618.
Gate of Heaven Parish
Support
Weekly Offertory: Our Parish
Support in our Offertory Collection this past weekend was $4,330.00. Thank you for
your continued support.
Restoration Fund: Thanks to all those who have continued to make
payments or have completed their pledge payments. For those who would like to help us pay our
debt, please call the Parish Office to begin your pledges to the Restoration
Fund for Gate of Heaven Parish.
Memorials in memory of a loved one who has died are also encouraged.
WAYS THAT YOU CAN HELP
SOUTH BOSTON CATHOLIC ACADEMY
Thank you to the SBCA parent who won the Boxtops contest sponsored
by Shaw’s supermarket. She earned the
school $8,000!
There is still plenty of time to sign your Stop and Shop Card to
support our school. To do so, just call
1-877-275-2758 or visit www.stopandshop.com/aplus
and use our school code: 06612. The school will earn 1% of all purchases once
you’ve designated our school. We have
earned over $800 since the program began in October. This program will run through the end of
March.
Attention all parishioners with Direct TV. Our school will earn $50 for every existing
customer and $100 for each new customer who calls 1-888-388-4724 and continues
with one year of service. Just give our
school code B2543.
THE 2010 CENSUS: COMING SOON
As the 2010 Census approaches, each of our households will receive
a form. Since the census has such an
impact on the communities in which all of us live and work, our organization
has partnered with the U.S. Census Bureau to encourage participation. As mandated by the U.S. Constitution, every
person living in the United States must be counted – both citizens and
non-citizens. Data from this national
count help determine key funding and government representation decisions. Please complete and mail back your form and
encourage your family, friends and neighbors to do the same. For more information, visit 2010census.gov.
CATHOLIC APPEAL THIS WEEKEND
This weekend will be Catholic Appeal Weekend here at Gate of
Heaven and St. Brigid Parishes. We, like
all parishes throughout our Archdiocese, showed a video message from Cardinal
Sean at all Masses last weekend asking every Catholic household to participate
by making a pledge. Please know that
your participation matters and will make a difference. As a Catholic community, we are called during
this season of lent to love and share our blessings with our brothers and
sisters in Christ. Participation in the
Catholic Appeal, a once-a-year pledge drive to benefit the many central
ministries and services of the Archdiocese, is one way for us to answer His
call. The Appeal is to our Archdiocese
what the weekly offertory is to our parish.
Because of the economic downturn, support of the Catholic Appeal is more
urgent this year. Please see the
information packets in the Church to learn more and to obtain a pledge
form. Cardinal Sean thanks all the families
that contributed to the 2009 Catholic Appeal.
Thank you in advance for joining with parishioners throughout our
Archdiocese’s 291 parishes to carry on and renew the broader mission of our
Church.
Gate of Heaven Parish
Saturday, March 6, 2010
4:00
PM Frank Catizone, 26th
Anniversary
Sunday, March 7, 2010
9:00 AM Martin Delaney, 2nd
Anniversary
12:00 Noon Edward and John Gately
Monday, March 8, 2010
9:00 AM Walter
and Agnes Logan and Victor Wailley
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
9:00AM Barbara
Baldwin
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
9:00 AM John
Brehm
Thursday, March 11, 2010
9:00 AM John
J. Connolly, Anniversary
Friday, March 12, 2010
9:00 AM Vaughn
Lefebvre
Saturday, March 13, 2010
9:00 AM Joseph
M. Caputo
4:00 PM Vincent
Collins, 11th Anniversary
Sunday, March 14, 2010
9:00 AM Holy
Mass
12:00Noon Michael E. Foley, Jr., Anniversary
Please keep in your prayers all our parishioners who are ill, in a nursing home, or hospital. If you would like the parishioners to pray for someone in particular who is ill or away in our armed services - please call the parish office and we will mention them in this area of the bulletin.
Please
remember in your prayers all our parishioners who are sick, in the hospital
or in a nursing home.
Please pray for all those serving in our armed forces at home and abroad especially Marine Lance Corporal Daniel Conroy.
The Rite of Christian Burial was celebrated this week for Florence Miller-Lyons, Paul Norton and Paul Hellen. Please remember them in your prayers.
Please
prepare for your child’s Baptism by calling the Parish Office. The next available date for Baptisms will be Sunday, April 18th at 1:00 p.m. in
the Upper Church at Gate of Heaven. The
preparation meeting for the parents will be held on Friday, April 9th at 7:00 p.m. in the Upper Church at
St. Brigid.
GATE OF HEAVEN STEEPLE
The Steeple will be lit this week in
memory of
Martin Delaney