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Saint Paul

Daily Mass Saturday Vigil Mass Sunday Masses

9:00am

4:00pm

7:30am 9:00am 11:00am

Confession: Saturday 3:00 - 3:45pm (or by appointment)

Saint John the Evangelist

7:00am

5:00pm

7:30am 9:00am 11:00am 5:00pm

Confession: Saturday 3:30 - 4:00pm (or by appointment) in the Chapel

December 18, 2016 • Fourth Sunday of Advent

St. John - St. Paul Collaborative

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ST. JOHN MISSION STATEMENT: Baptized into Christ, we are a community of believers, bonded by our desire to learn and

to live the Gospel message. As a Eucharistic people, we share a commitment to foster our personal and communal growth in faith and to witness to Christ’s presence by our service to those in need, both within and beyond our parish community.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Please contact your Parish Office if you know someone who is ill, homebound or hospitalized.

ST. JOHN PARISH NEWS

This Week:

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18

Grades 1: Christmas Pageant 9:00 a.m. Family Mass No classes.

Next Week:

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25 No classes. Classes resume January 8th.

ANNUAL APPEAL Greetings! You will recall the mailing in early October of the St. John the Evangelist Parish (“SJE”) Annual Financial Report and Annual Appeal. Thank you to all who have already contributed. This is a friendly reminder of the importance of your pledge to the Parish Annual Appeal. The Annual Appeal regularly constitutes almost half of the support to SJE, and is vitally important to all the good works the SJE staff, you, and your fellow parishioners do in our community. Please complete your pledge card and drop it in the collection basket or, if you prefer, mail it to the office (9 Glen Rd, Wellesley, MA 02481). There are extra copies of the report and pledge cards in the back of the church for your convenience. If you did not receive the Annual Financial Report and Annual Appeal in the mail, please contact the office at 781-235-0045 so we may update our records. Thank you!

WE OFFER OUR PRAYERS for members of our Collaborative who are ill, remembering especially: Ann, Annie, Bob, Brian, Carolyn, Chrissy, Gerard, James, Jean, Jennie, Joe, Liz, Lynn, Lynne, Neal and Patrick.

EARLY BULLETIN DEADLINE: Due to the upcoming Holy Day, information to be published in the January 1-2 bulletin is due by Thursday, December 22, noontime. Please contact the Collaborative Office at (781) 235-0045 if you have any questions.

CHRISTMAS COLLECTION

CLERGY HEALTH AND RETIREMENT TRUST

Next week, at all our Christmas Masses, our only collection will be to support the retirement, medical and financial needs of priests of the Archdiocese of Boston. On behalf of all of our priests, thank you in advance for your generosity. For more information, please visit www.clergyfunds.org

The Religious Ed Team wishes our families, teachers & friends

a special peace and joy at Christmas & throughout the New Year.

Thank you for sh+aring the gift of your wonderful children with us.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION AT ST. PAUL Every Tuesday, 1:00-4:00 p.m. at St. Paul Church.

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MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

ST. JOHN PARISH FINANCE COUNCIL

Brian Boyce Tom Fontaine Bob McDonnell

Joe Creonte Rich Green Anne Stabnick

George Eldridge Lucy Kapples Steve St. Thomas (Chair)

Email: FC@stjohnwellesley.org

Saturday, December 17 5:00 p.m. Memorial Janet Flaherty

Sunday, December 18

7:30 a.m. Memorial Gordon Gallagher

9:00 a.m. Memorial Mary Denman

11:00 a.m. Memorial 10th Anniv. Memorial Memorial

Thorsten Eickenhorst Mary R. MacDonald Helen Ann Venora Kevin Onstott

5:00 p.m. Memorial Raymond Doyle

Monday, December 19 7:00 a.m. Healing Lee Knowles

Tuesday, December 20 7:00 a.m. Healing Jock Dyer

Wednesday, December 21 7:00 a.m. Memorial Nicholas Leonhardt

Thursday, December 22 7:00 a.m. Healing James A. O’Connor

Friday, December 23 7:00 a.m. Memorial Victor Zayas

FINANCIAL UPDATE AS OF DEC. 12, 2016

Weekly Offertory

Actual-to-Date (12/12/16) $197,377

Prior Year-to-Date $208,190

Annual Budget $447,000

Annual Appeal

Actual-to-Date (12/12/16) $225,142

FY2016 $163,721

FY2015 $213,087

Percent of 2017 Budget ($390,000) 57.7%

ANOINTING OF THE SICK: This Sacrament is administered at St. John’s after the Liturgy on the first Saturday of the month (Saturday, January 7). Those who are chronically ill, are having treatments, or will be having surgery are invited to come receive this source of strength, healing and grace.

Remember, We’ve Moved! Remember, St. John’s administrative staff, formerly

located in the St. John’s Rectory, have relocated to the SJSP Collaborative Administrative Offices in the

St. John Parish Center located at 39 Washington Street.(Religious Education staff and programs remain in their current locations.) The Administrative Office is open every weekday from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. You can

always reach any member of our pastoral or

administrative staff, regardless of their location, by

calling our main number (781) 235-0045.

KINDLY REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS: Anne St. Jean

May her soul and the souls of all our faithful departed share in the fullness of life and peace with God.

ASERACARE HOSPICE

IS LOOKING FOR CARING HEARTS & HANDS Do you have 3-4 hours a month to spare? Would you like to spend time having a fulfilling volunteer

experience while making a difference in someone’s life? We serve patients at the ends of their lives in your community and they could use your help!

Companionship is an important part of hospice care, as it provides comfort and peace for our patients. We need not only Companion volunteers but also those who are Veterans, to specifically assist our Veteran

patients at the end of their journey on Earth.

Additionally, if you have a craft talent, we are in need of lap blankets, knitted, crocheted or quilted, to share with our patients. If you feel called to share your gifts that God has given you in this manner, please give us a call. We would be happy to explain our volunteer

program to you. Please contact Kim Iannacci,

Volunteer Coordinator at AseraCare Hospice at

(781) 235-0203 or Kimberly.Iannacci@aseracare.com. Thank you!

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COLLABORATIVE NEWS

St. John Church

Saturday December 17 Sunday, December 18

5:00 p.m. 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m.

Celebrant Fr. Laughlin Fr. Hehir Fr. Laughlin Fr. Connelly

Lector Sally Miller Joellen Toussaint George Eldridge Patricia Murphy

Eucharistic Ministers

Mary Hennessey Tom Hennessey

Liz Phillips Debra Surner

Jeff Connors Margaret Flannery

John J. Riley

Kevin Brady Mike Cassa

Mimi Eldridge Sheelah Sullivan

Jon Bonsall Kathy Bonsall

Margaret Klingmeyer Mark Murphy

Stephen St. Thomas

Cantor Kelly Meraw — Diana Doyle Maria Wardwell Kelly Meraw

5:00 p.m.

Fr. MacKay

Teen Liturgy

Paula Gomez Audrey Moran

Kelly Meraw

St. Paul Church

Saturday December 17 Sunday, December 18

4:00 p.m. 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m.

Celebrant Fr. MacKay Msgr. Lind Fr. MacKay Fr. Laughlin

WEEKEND MASS PARTICIPANTS

ST. JOHN’S BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

There will be no meeting in December.

On January 12, we will discuss

“A Map of Life: A Simple Study of the Catholic Faith” by Frank Sheed. This is a classic of sorts, published in 1933. Frank Sheed was an Australian of Irish descent. In 1926 he founded Sheed & Ward, which published some of the finest Catholic literature of the

20th century.

The goal of “A Map of Life” is to address the question we all must ask: What is the ultimate meaning of our lives? Sheed writes in chapter one: “What the meaning is, God has told us: we need to know it; there is no other way of knowing. This book is simply an attempt to transcribe what God has said.”

For further information about the Book Group, contact John Stewart at 617-969-0950 or johnstewart@alum.bu.edu

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

There is no better way to prepare for Christmas! Come for this special gift of Confession on Saturday, December 24 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon in St. John’s Chapel.

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COLLABORATIVE NEWS

ST. JOHN CHRISTMAS WISH THANK YOU!!! The Christmas Wish 2016 Committee would like to thank everyone who generously supported the program by sponsoring children with outfits and special wish gifts, providing financial donations to be used for gifts and food cards, shopping for children’s needs, entering data of all applicants and volunteers, contacting volunteers, and delivering packages. Your generosity has made this holiday season very special for many families in need. We worked with 170 families and over 420 children in St. Patrick-Brockton, St. Patrick-Lowell, St. Katharine Drexel-Roxbury, Julie’s Family Learning Program-South Boston, and

St. John the Evangelist in Wellesley to provide gifts of clothing, toys, special gift wishes, and even food cards. Hundreds of St. John families helped make this program possible. We extend a special thanks to our committee of Kathy Maher, MaryAnne Ulian, Christine Kehoe, Becky Kannam, Paula Gomez, Peg Tally, Ned Kelleher,

Corinne Spinale, Joyce Farah, Anne Theriault, Liz Corcoran, Susan Logan, Patti DuFour, Deidre O’Kelly-Lynch,

Maria Brown, Lauren Cohen, Nikole Park, and the Parish Office Staff of Sarah Connolly, Tricia Fraser, and

Tricia Bombara. We welcome all parishioners to join us next year in this heartwarming holiday effort of the Christmas Wish Program.

2016 CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULES FOR ST. JOHN AND ST. PAUL PARISHES

St. John the Evangelist St. Paul

Christmas Eve Christmas Eve

4:00 p.m. Upper Church* and School Hall *with simulcast in Lower Church (Powers Hall)

4:00 p.m. Church and Parish Hall

5:30 p.m. Family Mass with Youth Choir 6:00 p.m. Children’s Pageant and Choir

10:00 p.m. 9:30 p.m. Prelude and Carol Sing Parish Choir

8:00 p.m. 7:30 Prelude and Carols Adult Choir

12:00 Midnight 11:30 p.m. Carols Youth Music Group

Christmas Day Christmas Day

10:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Prelude and Carol Sing Parish Choir

11:00 a.m. 10:30 Prelude and Carols Adult Choir

MIDNIGHT MASS AT ST. PAUL Carols from 11:30 p.m. • Christmas Eve

This Mass will be led by High School and College aged parishioners and we would like to extend the invitation to all in our Collaborative. If you are a High School Musician, or are a College student home for the vacation, you are invited to take part in our Midnight Mass this Christmas Eve. Singers and Instrumentalists are welcome. Rehearsal is this Friday, December 23 at 6:00-8:00 p.m. in St. Paul Church.

We are also looking for volunteers for other jobs including greeting and handing out worship aids and candles as people arrive. Please contact stpaulyouthgroup@gmail.com to volunteer or to get more information or just come along to the rehearsal on December 23.

FAMILY MASS COFFEE AND DONUTS

Donuts & Coffee will be on break for the holidays

after December 18th and will resume on January 8th. Thank you to all the families who have volunteered to

host the donuts since September:

THANK YOU!!

Alexander Family Barrett Family Cassa Family Gibbons Family Hill Family Loftus Family McDonough Family

Meraw Family Montague Family Morales Family O’Boyle Family Shortsleeve Family Songer Family Rubio Family

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Pastor Rev. James Laughlin jlaughlin@sjspwellesley.org Parochial Vicar Rev. Arthur MacKay vicar@sjspwellesley.org Senior Priest Rev. Msgr. Joseph Lind (SP) Priests in Residence Rev. John Connelly (SJ) Rev. J. Bryan Hehir (SJ) Deacon Deacon Michael Mott deacon@sjspwellesley.org Pastoral Associates Kay Kociuba (SP) pastoral.associate@stpaulwellesley.com Director of Finance & Operations Tricia Fraser tricia.fraser@sjspwellesley.org Business Manager Tilde Gigliotti tilde.gigliotti@sjspwellesley.org Property Manager Dave Pini dave.pini@sjspwellesley.org

Technology and Communications Tricia Amend Bombara tricia.bombara@sjspwellesley.org Parish Secretaries Sue Amalfi, Paula Forrest (SP) office@stpaulwellesley.com Sarah Connolly (SJ) sarah.connolly@stjohnwellesley.org SJ Family Mass Coordinator Chrissy Cassa chrissy.cassa@stjohnwellesley.org SP Music Director & Organist Mary Lee Cirella 781-235-1060 SJ Music Director & Organist Laurence Carson 781-235-0034 laurence.carson@stjohnwellesley.org SJ Family Mass Music Director Christopher Holownia christopher.holownia@stjohnwellesley.org SJ Youth Choir Director Maria Wardwell maria.wardwell@stjohnwellesley.org SJ Parish Cantor Kelly Meraw kelly.meraw@stjohnwellesley.org

Bulletin Items to be Submitted:

Regular Bulletin Deadline: Monday 12:00pm

SP Religious Education Kathy Curley, Grades 1-10 Donna Tosti, Administrative Assistant stpaulreligioused@comcast.net SP Youth Ministry Anne Mears Luke DelVecchio James Hastings stpaulyouthgroup@gmail.com SJ Religious Education Linda Messore linda.messore@stjohnwellesley.org Ronda Dew ronda.dew@stjohnwellesley.org Andrea Fay andrea.fay@stjohnwellesley.org SJ Peer Ministry Chris Bauer chris.bauer@stjohnwellesley.org SJ Coordinator of R.C.I.A. Alan LaFleur Svea Fraser rcia@stjohnwellesley.org Saint John School Michael Dibbert, Principal 9 Ledyard St. Wellesley, MA 02481 781-235-0300 mdibbert@saintjohnschool.net

sue.amalfi@stpaulwellesley.com stjohnwellesley@stjohnwellesley.org

Collaborative Staff

Collaborative Staff can be reached by calling the main number of either Parish Office unless otherwise noted.

Saint John the Evangelist Parish Office 9 Glen Road Wellesley Hills, MA 02481

781-235-0045 Email: stjohnwellesley@stjohnwellesley.org

www.stjohnwellesley.org

Saint Paul Parish Office 502 Washington Street Wellesley, MA 02482

781-235-1060 Email: office@stpaulwellesley.com

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Sacramental and Devotional Services

Adoration: Tuesdays 1:00 to 4:00p.m. at St. Paul •

Anointing of the Sick: First Saturday, following the 4:00p.m. Mass at St. Paul and the 5:00p.m. Mass at St. John •

Baptism: 1st & 3rd Sundays of the month at St. Paul and the 2nd & 4th Sundays of the month at St. John • Funeral:

Contact the Parish • Marriage: Arrange six months prior • Confession: Saturdays, 3:00 to 3:45p.m. at St. Paul and

3:30p.m. at St. John in the Chapel (or by appointment)

SJSP Collaborative Pastoral Council

Email: CPC@sjspwellesley.org

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