Saint Cecilia. Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. 29 July Five Loaves and Two Fish

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1 Saint Cecilia P A R I S H Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 29 July 2018 Five Loaves and Two Fish

2 SAINT CECILIA PARISH our community news Ministers of the Liturgy Saturday, July 28 5:00 p.m. Rev. Peter Grover, OMV, celebrant Eve Nagler, lector Sunday, July 29 8:00 a.m. Rev. Elias Puentes, SJ, celebrant Jim Dougherty, lector Sunday, July 29 9:30 a.m. Rev. John Unni, celebrant Will Kelly, Maggie Loh, and Christopher Loh, lectors Special intentions Saturday, July 28 5:00 p.m. Gerald Maloney, Memorial Sunday, July 29 11:15 a.m. Deceased Members of the Russo Family, Memorial Sunday, July 29 11:15 a.m. Rev. John Unni, celebrant Kevin Dumas, Joe Castellano, and Nikko Mendoza, lectors today s readings 2 Kings 4:42-44 Ephesians 4:1-6 John 6:1-15 next sunday s readings Exodus 16:2-4, Ephesians 4:1-6 John 6:1-15 2

3 Prayers & Occasions Our Sick Please pray for all our sick and for those who are in need of our prayer, especially Gerard Franchi, Andrew Banacos, Josephine Mason, Margaret Boland, Stephanie Brown, and Charles Robinson. Weddings at Saint Cecilia Congratulations to Michele Privé and Calen Brait who were married here Friday, July 27 and Amy Silverio and Alexander Ing who were married on July 28. May God bless the happy couples as they start this next phase of their lives together. SAINT CECILIA PARISH Film Crew Volunteers Needed Saint Cecilia is looking for three more volunteers to join the film crew that is working on filming, editing, and posting the homilies each week. If you have an interest in learning more about the filming and editing process, please contact Mary at stceciliaboston.org. Commonweal Discussion Today, July 29, marks the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Humanae Vitae. For its August meeting, the Commonweal Readers Group will discuss articles that have appeared in the magazine over the past fifty years pertaining to the encyclical. These articles have all been compiled in the June 15 issue of Commonweal, reviewing the best of Commonweal on this subject. Welcome to Saint Cecilia Parish We are pleased to welcome the following new members of our parish who have recently registered: Rich Sciretta of Boston, Stacy Fortunato and Robert Gray of Boston, and Kelsey Morgan of Gardner. If you have not previously registered with the parish, there are forms in the narthex for this purpose or you can register online at Happy Anniversary! Today we celebrate the baptismal anniversary of Mark Brown who was baptized on July 30. May the Lord continue to bless Mark with the grace to live out his baptismal call. Happy Feast Day, Mark! Welcome Home, Young Neighbors! Father John, Scott MacDonald, Amy Paulin, Janet Sweeney, Trevor Marrero, and twenty of our high school students returned home yesterday, July 28 from their week of service and learning in Winnebago, NE. We thank God for their safe return and pray that they have grown in their faith and in concern for those in need. May the good works performed by our young men and women continue as they settle back into their lives at home. We pray that they continue to respond to the call to help others recognize their own goodness, dignity, and self-worth. If you read Commonweal magazine, please join us. If you do not currently read the magazine, but would like to join the discussion, you can find the articles online under the title An Unhealed Wound: Commonweal and Humanae Vitae." If you do not have time to read the articles, but would like to listen in, you are also welcome. The discussion will take place on August 5 at 1:00 p.m. in Classroom 4. A Request from Catholic Charities For nearly 100 years, Sunset Point Camp has provided a dream vacation at the seashore to over 40,000 low-income, at-risk children aged 6-13 from Greater Boston. Nearly 450 boys and girls travel to Hull, Massachusetts each summer for a one or two week overnight camp experience letting them enjoy the fresh air, learn new talents, receive academic summer support and simply have fun. Sunset Point Camp is operated by our friends at Catholic Charities. They have mentioned to us that they always need donations of sunscreen for the kids at the camp. So the next time you're at CVS or Walgreens or your local supermarket, please consider picking up sunscreen and dropping it in the plastic bin identified for this purpose in the narthex. We have been told the higher the SPF number, the better and the staff prefers the spray-on version of sunscreen. The camp also needs kids' flipflops for boys and girls ages 6 to 12. 3

4 SAINT CECILIA PARISH VOLUNTEERING AT THE PINE STREET INN Our parish has committed to volunteering at the Pine Street Men's Inn one night a month throughout Our next opportunity will be on Sunday, August 12, starting at 4:45 p. m. There are 6 slots open for volunteer parishioners to assist in feeding the guests at Pine Street Men's Inn. If you would like to join us from 4:45 to 6:30 p.m. on Harrison Avenue in the South End, please contact Mark Lippolt at mark.lippolt@gmail.com for more information! Some parking is available at the shelter. Please let us know if you can help with carpooling, too. JOIN US AT COMMUNITY SERVINGS We have two upcoming opportunities for volunteers to assist in preparing and packaging free, nutritious meals for those who are homebound with life-threatening illnesses throughout Eastern Massachusetts. 15 volunteers are needed tomorrow, July 30 from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. 10 volunteers are needed on Saturday, August 25 from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. No culinary skills are required, but volunteers need to be at least thirteen years of age. Please feel free to join us even if you can't be there until a bit later than 4:00 p.m. Community Servings is conveniently located next to the Stony Brook T Station in Jamaica Plain. To volunteer or for more information, please contact Mark Lippolt at: mark.lippolt@ gmail.com. Social and Racial Justice Ministry To find out more about this ministry, visit ly/2jlwwya. Furniture Drive Thursday, August 9 Friday, August 10 Must arrange pickup After a successful winter furniture drive for the Mass Coalition for the Homeless ( we have decided to partner with them again in August. Please see the flyer on page 9 for information on accepted furniture and how to set up pick-up from your home. Thank you in advance for helping families turn their new places into homes. New Choir Members Needed! We are in need of new choir members to sing with us. If you have a musical talent to share with the community, we would love to have you join us. Please stop by and see Richard Clark after mass, or him at rclark@stceciliaboston.org. We look forward to hearing from you! CATHOLIC CHARITIES' FOOD PANTRY AT THE HAITIAN MULTI-SERVICE CEN- TER Did you know that August is the month when most food pantries and groups that feed the homeless experience the greatest demand for their services? It isn't around the Christmas holidays: it's August. Most summer school meals programs end in early August and families can suddenly find themselves with three or four additional mouths to feed at breakfast and lunch. Also, August is the month when family budgets are stretched to purchase back-to-school supplies and clothes. Given the current state of the economy for the working poor, our friends at Catholic Charities expect to see many more hungry families looking for assistance at their food pantry this month. We at Saint Cecilia Parish would like to help them meet this increase in demand. Please consider bringing the following items to the food baskets in the back of the church: peanut butter, tuna fish, canned chicken breast, cooking oil, Cheerios or corn flakes, cooking oil, white flour spaghetti, macaroni and cheese, and tomato sauce. Serving the Spiritual Needs of Grieving Parents A Catholic ministry for parents whose children of any age have died by any cause, no matter how long ago Emmaus Ministry for Grieving Parents At St. Anthony Shrine, Boston, MA One-Day Spiritual Retreat August 4, 2018 For more information on this and other retreat times and locations, call (617) or visit 4

5 By JOE KAY SAINT CECILIA PARISH IN A CAVE OR ON THE BORDER, THEY ARE ALL OUR CHILDREN Isn t it marvelous hearing the stories of brave divers putting their lives on the line to save children and a coach trapped in a cave in Thailand? Our hearts are torn by the thought of these terrified children wanting nothing more than to be freed from the cave and reunited with their families. We re also inspired by the stories of rescuers taking great risks. One sacrificed his life for children he d never met. Many others have put themselves in great danger each day for children they don t even know. This is the definition of love. One of the other good things about the rescue effort is the absence of judgement. We haven t heard negative comments assigning blame and excusing inaction. Regardless of how or why they got into this situation, these children need our help and we re going to give it. This is what happens when we recognize our shared humanity and find the courage to risk ourselves for others. Whenever we respond to someone s needs with courage and compassion, we bring God s love into the world more fully. The rescue stories also remind me of Mister Rogers and his life s message. He recognized every child as his own, and he responded to each one with the same compassion and commitment that he gave one of his own. In his mind, they all had the same intrinsic value. This Presbyterian minister spent his life reminding each of us that we re a beautiful and beloved child of God just as we are and we deserve to be loved that way, especially when we re in a difficult time. We see that same spirit in the divers putting themselves at risk in the cave, responding to the trapped children as if they are their own. It greatly saddens me to see such an opposite attitude in many people to the plight of immigrant children taken from their parents arms and trapped in camps around the country. This response is shaped not by goodness and an outpouring of love, but by fear and a rejection of our shared humanity. too. To do anything less is to lose our souls. When we hear about the children trapped in a cave, we recognize our kinship. We imagine how we d feel if that was our child in such danger, and we react with love. What about our kinship with children at the border? Why don t we listen to the parents descriptions of long, dangerous journeys undertaken to save their child s precious, God-given life? Why won t we hear their stories and allow ourselves to be moved with the same compassion? Our humanity and our faith insist that we identify with a child taken from their parent s protective arms and sent off with strangers in a foreign land with no guarantee they ll ever feel their parent s embrace again. Our hearts are lifeless and our faith meaningless if we can t identify with such a child or such a parent. We admire the cave divers, but they re no different than the immigrant parents. All of them are putting their lives on the line to try to save children something most of us never have to do. All are showing a heroism and a faith that should be admired, embraced and emulated. We should try to be more like the cave divers and the immigrant parents. When we create artificial distinctions between lives those in a cave and those in a camp we ve wandered into a cave of our own. We become the ones lost in a darkness that deadens our hearts. We cut ourselves off from the God who is love alone. We become the ones who need to be saved. ~ Joe Kay is the associate minister at Nexus United Church of Christ, Butler County, Ohio. The children in the cave need our help. The children at the border do, too. All of them are our children, without exception. Their parents deserve our help and support, 5

6 SAINT CECILIA PARISH Parish RESOURCES Parish Office & Mailing Address 18 Belvidere Street, Boston, MA Hours Monday Friday, 9:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. Phone Fax Website Parish Staff Rev. John J. Unni, Pastor Mary Kaye, Pastoral Director of Operations, Mark Donohoe, Pastoral Associate for Administration, Scott J. MacDonald, Director of Faith Formation and Parish Visibility, Jeanne Bruno, Chaplain, Pastoral Associate, Coordinator of Pastoral Outreach, Richard J. Clark, Director of Music and Organist, Lisa Pickering, Events and Facilities Manager, Leah Bennett, Administrative Coordinator, Colleen Melaugh, Finance Director, Assisting Clergy Rev. Erick Berrelleza, SJ Rev. Peter Grover, OMV Rev. Peter Gyves, SJ Rev. James Shaughnessy, SJ Schedule for Liturgy Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday 8:00 a.m. Lord s Day Sat 5:00 p.m.; Sun 8:00, 9:30, and 11:15 a.m. Holy Days 8:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Reconciliation The sacrament of reconciliation is available by appointment. Please call the Parish Office. Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is the communal process through which non-baptized men and women become members of the Catholic Church. It is also suitable for those baptized in different faith traditions who are interested in becoming Catholic, or, for those who were baptized Catholic, but have yet to receive the sacraments of Eucharist and confirmation. Baptism for Infants Infant baptism is celebrated on the first Sunday of the month. For more information, please contact Mark Donohoe in the Parish Office. Faith Formation for Children To register your child for our Faith Formation Program, please contact Scott MacDonald in the Parish Office. Marriage Couples who wish to prepare for marriage should contact Mark Donohoe in the Parish Office at least six months in advance. Care of the Sick To arrange for the Sacrament of the Sick, for Holy Communion to be brought to those unable to attend the Sunday celebration, or for Viaticum for the Dying (Holy Communion for those in danger of death), please contact the Parish Office. It is always possible to anoint the sick during regularly scheduled liturgies. Order of Christian Funerals The parish is prepared to celebrate the Vigil (wake) in the church. Please contact the Parish Office for more information. Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) Team The CAP Team is responsible for training all parish staff and volunteers in mandated reporting laws and the Protecting God s Children program (VIRTUS). They also provide consultation and support to anyone in the parish who has concerns about reporting child abuse and neglect. Please contact Lois Flaherty (loisflaherty@gmail.com), Maria Roche (maria.roche15@gmail.com), Letitia Howland (l_howland@hotmail. com), or Erin Young (erin.t.young@gmail.com) if you have any questions or concerns. The Archdiocese of Boston has in place a vigorous program to protect children from harm and to educate its ministers and faithful about the nature of abuse, with a goal of increasing knowledge, creating a safe environment for children, and recognizing and reporting potentially dangerous situations. The full text of the policy is also available in the narthex and Parish Office, as well as on our website. For Those with Celiac Disease If you have celiac disease, please let us know. We have a supply of low-gluten altar bread available for those who cannot tolerate gluten. Hearing Assistance in Church The church is equipped with an FM listening device. Small receivers are available for anyone who may have trouble hearing the sound system. Simply request a receiver from any one of our greeters before Mass. Access for the Disabled Both the church and Parish Pastoral Center are accessible by elevator. Parking There is reduced rate parking for $11.00 at the Hynes Auditorium Garage located on Dalton Street on Sundays until 3:00 p.m. and every evening after 4:00 p.m. Please be sure to ask one of our greeters for a parking validation ticket before leaving the church. There is also reduced rate parking on Sundays only at the Prudential Center South Garage (enter at Huntington Avenue or Dalton Street); up to 4 hours: $14.00, up to 5 hours: $ Joining Our Community We re happy that you re with us! Our community offers a warm, spiritual home for a diverse group of Catholics. We come from many neighborhoods in and around Boston but also have parishioners from as far afield as Marlborough, Newburyport, and Stow. Please introduce yourself to a staff member, drop in for coffee on Sunday, or fill out a new parishioner form in the narthex.. No matter what your background, please know that you are always welcome at Saint Cecilia. 6