280 Main Street Woburn, MA.

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1 280 Main Street Woburn, MA. Our Parish Offices are located in the Parish Center located at 8 Summer Street, Woburn, MA Phone: ; fax Office hours are M 11:00am-4:00pm, T-TH 9:00am- 4:00pm, Fri 11:00am-2:00pm Parish Website: Parish Staff Clergy Rev. John Capuci Pastor x233 Rev. Antonio dos Santos, CSS Associate x234 frantony@sccwoburn.com Rev. Kingsley Chima Mbam resident scholar Rev. Mr. Philip Hardcastle, Jr. Deacon x502 Rev. Mr. Edin Velasquez Deacon -Spanish Parish Offices Angela O Reilly angelao@sccwoburn.com Matthew Marchand matt@sccwoburn.com Lynn Burns lynn@sccwoburn.com Parish Secretary admin@sccwoburn.com School Mrs. Cara Blanchette cblanchette@scswoburn.com x504 Business Manager x230 D.R.E. x242 Liturgy Director x501 x229 School Principal x226 Sacrament of Baptism Baptisms are celebrated on the 3rd Sunday of each month. To schedule a baptism please contact the Parish Center Office. Sacrament of Marriage To schedule a wedding, please contact the parish office at least a year in advance. Sacrament of the Sick Is offered on the first weekends of the month at the 4pm and 8:00am Masses. Please remain after the Mass in the front pew. Care of the Sick & Elderly Call the Parish Center x229 to arrange a home or hospital visit or for the sacrament of the sick. Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil 4:00pm Lower Church 5:30pm Lower Church Sunday 8:00am Lower Church 10:00am Upper Church 5:30pm Lower Church In Portuguese 10:00am Lower Church In Spanish 12:00pm Lower Church Weekday Mass Schedule Tuesday - Friday 6:30am Lower Church Saturday 11:30am Lower Church Sacrament of Reconciliation Wednesdays 5:00pm, Saturdays 3:00pm Daily following morning Mass in the lower church or by appointment. Eucharistic Adoration Thursdays 6:30-8:30pm in the upper church and on the 3rd Sundays following the Spanish Mass in the lower church Rosary Group Mondays at 6:30pm in the lower church and on Saturdays at 11:00am in the lower church. Miraculous Medal Group Saturdays after 11:30am Mass in Lower Church Saint Charles School 8 Myrtle Street Woburn Our elementary school enrolls students from pre-school through eighth grade. For more information: x 221 or saintcharleswoburn.com St. Charles Thrift Shop located in the Parish Center Tuesdays 10:00am 2:00pm in the Parish Center St.Vincent De Paul Food Pantry located in the Parish Center Tuesdays 10:00am - 11:00am Wednesdays 6:00pm-7:00pm *Please call

2 St. Charles Finances Please remember that the Offertory collection is the sole source of funding for our parish budgeting. Please consider using collection envelopes or online giving to properly assure your contributions are recorded for your record keeping. We all are called to support and build up the well being of the local Church. Thank you!we appreciate the generosity and dedication of St. Charles parishioners. St Charles School is a traditional pre-k through grade 8 Catholic school currently accepting registrations for the school year. Please give us a call for a tour or with any questions or visit our website Our Catholic Appeal update: $74,744 has been gifted or pledged which is 115% of our goal for the Cardinal s Appeal. Thank you! Upcoming Collection Envelopes Annual Missionary Appeal Ed Fund Summer Maintenance 7/1 7/15 7/22 This year s Missionary Appeal will be supporting the St. Peter the Apostle Missionaries who mission in Nyeri, Kenya. Fr Stephen will be visiting with us next weekend to share stories of the missionary work and ask for our support in this crucial ministry. The Appeal collection and speaker will be with us June 30 & July 1.Please give him a warm welcome! End of the school year Mass. Thank you to Miss Kade and the students of grade 4 for a beautiful Mass. We welcome Fr. Capuci to St. Charles School! Weekly Financial Report 6/24/18 Offertory Mailed Online giving Total $ $ 6153 Amount needed for budget $10,685 Surplus/deficit -$4532 Brazilian Dizimo Attendance Mrs. Hayes and the third grade present Fr. Capuci with a pineapple - which symbolizes "Welcome" / envelopes used 146 Online Giving is Now Available at St. Charles We are proud to announce that Online Giving is now available! Setting up online giving is easy and provides a safe secure way of giving wherever and whenever you like! Visit:sccwoburn.com Joseph Callahan Scholarship winners presented by members of the Knights of Columbus:L-R: Nicholas Juliano (second place), Sophia Jamieson (honorable mention), Julia Jamieson (honorable mention), Philip Murray (honorable mention), and Elizabeth Joseph (first place) Congratulations to these students!

3 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Month of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus July 1,2018 Prayer for the Protection of Religious Liberty O God our Creator, from your provident hand we have received our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. You have called us as your people and given us the right and the duty to worship you, the only true God, and your Son, Jesus Christ. Through the power and working of your Holy Spirit, you call us to live out our faith in the midst of the world, bringing the light and the saving truth of the Gospel to every corner of society. Did you know...in July of 1956, two years after pushing to have the phrase under God inserted into the pledge of allegiance, President Dwight D Eisenhower signed a law officially declaring In God We Trust to be our nation s official motto.? The law, P.L , also mandated that the phrase be printed on all American paper currency. The phrase had been placed on U.S. coins since the Civil War when, according to the historical association of the United States Treasury, religious sentiment reached a peak. In 1954, the President elaborated on his feelings about the place of religion in public life when he discussed adding under God in the pledge of allegiance : In this way we are reaffirming the transcendence of religious faith in America s heritage and future; in this way we shall constantly strengthen those spiritual weapons which forever will be our country s most powerful resource in peace and war. We ask you to bless us in our vigilance for the gift of religious liberty. Give us the strength of mind and heart to readily defend our freedoms when they are threatened; give us courage in making our voices heard on behalf of the rights of your Church and the freedom of conscience of all people of faith. Grant, we pray, O heavenly Father, a clear and united voice to all your sons and daughters gathered in your Church in this decisive hour in the history of our nation, so that, with every trial withstood and every danger overcome for the sake of our children, our grandchildren, and all who come after us this great land will always be "one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. In adoration of Jesus, join Adoration of Our Lord in the Upper church on Thursday evenings at 6:30pm and also on the 3rd Sunday of the month in the lower church following the 12pm Spanish Mass. Adoration of Our Lord is a great grace. Worldwide Marriage Encounter Happy Father s Day! Take time for your marriage by attending a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. The next Weekends are Sep 15-16, 2018 in Medway, MA and Dec 7-9, 2018 in Duxbury, MA. For more information, call Stephen & Michelle O'Leary at or visit them at wwmema.org For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. 1 Peter:18-19

4 Mass Intentions Weekend Masses June 30 & July 1, 2018 Saturday 4:00pm June 30 James DeVito Saturday 5:30pm June 30 John E O Connor, Jr 1st Anniv. Sunday 8:00am July 1 Salvatore Favuzza Sunday 10:00am July 1 Dick Chase Sunday 10:00am July 1 (Portuguese) Sunday 12:00pm July 1 (Spanish) Sunday 5:30pm July 1 Louis Ferlisi Monday no Mass Tuesday 6:30am July 3 Special Intention Wednesday 6:30am July 4 Our Country Thursday 6:30am July 5 Special Intention Friday 6:30am July 6 William Donaghey Saturday 11:30am July 7 Sarah, Arthur Sr., Donald, Kenneth, & Norman Govostes Weekend Masses July 7 &8, 2018 Saturday 4:00pm July 7 Daniel Camarot Jr & Richard Solan Saturday 5:30pm July 7 Louis Chinappi Sunday 8:00am July 8 Maryanne Corbett & Tim Bowen Sunday 10:00am July 8 Jean & John Russo Sunday 10:00am July 8 (Portuguese) Sunday 12:00pm July 8 (Spanish) Sunday 5:30pm July 8 Barbara Ferullo This week the sanctuary lamps are burning in the upper church for John E O Connor,Jr and in the lower church for Billy Holland. Save the date! The Hope Conference will be held at Lowell Memorial Auditorium on Saturday September 15 from 8:00am-6:00pm for ages ! With great anticipation and expectations, we are excited to announce this second annual Catholic Conference being organized in association with the Archdiocese of Boston. For tickets, a list of speakers, and more information, please visit hopeconferences.com

5 FOR BELLS ARE THE VOICE OF THE CHURCH -HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Bells call us to worship and to remember God is the maker and keeper of time. For centuries, church bells have played a prominent role in the history of countries, communities, and places of worship throughout the world. Historically, church bells have served as timekeepers, used to mark the hour for work, prayer, and community gatherings. In addition, church bells often ring to commemorate special occasions and events. Prayer, worship, and community is their song. In 1911, St Charles Borromeo Pastor James Keegan felt a dire need to fill the air of Woburn with the sound of solemn bells. Parishioners of the time answered his call and on Sunday December 10, 1911 Fr Keegan blessed the bell of St Charles and it was hoisted. With the new bell in place Fr Keegan introduced the city to a very ancient and beautiful religious service.what could be more impressive than that all people within the sound of the bell should unite in a word of prayer. According to those in attendance people were present for the ceremony taken from the 150th Anniversary of St Charles Celebration booklet. Whether hearing the Angelus bell toll 3 times a day, the funeral bell tolled for its own beloved departed, or the peals joyfully rung for weddings, Woburn marked its life occasions with the bells of St. Charles for many, many years. Today, Fr Capuci feel that same passion and sincere call to once again have the bell ring at St. Charles to benefit the whole worshipping community and the city of Woburn. Restoration of St. Charles church bell to good working order will cost approximately $10,500. Some parishioners have already donated to this cause. Thank you for your Generosity! Donations are gladly being accepted. Let us all rejoice in the holy call to worship and spread that call to the whole city of Woburn.