PARISH OFFICE 374 BOSTON POST ROAD WESTON, MA September 9, 2018

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1 ST. JULIA PARISH W / L PARISH OFFICE 374 BOSTON POST ROAD WESTON, MA September 9, 2018 Telephone: Fax: Website: ST. JULIA CHURCH 374 BOSTON POST ROAD WESTON, MA ST. JOSEPH CHURCH 142 LINCOLN ROAD LINCOLN, MA Saturday Vigil: 4:00pm (St. Julia Church) Sunday: 7:30am (St. Joseph Church) 9:00am (St. Julia Church) 10:30am (St. Joseph Church) 5:00pm (St. Julia Church) COME AND WORSHIP THE LORD WITH US! SUMMER MASS SCHEDULE 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. Mark A. Mahoney frmark@stjulia.org Pastoral Minister Mr. Colm McGarry cmcgarry@stjulia.org Business Manager Mr. Joshua Phelps jphelps@stjulia.org Parish Secretary Ms. Kathleen Dolan kdolan@stjulia.org Faith Formation 1-6 Ms. Cindy Harrington charrington@stjulia.org Faith Formation 7-12 Mr. Colm McGarry cmcgarry@stjulia.org Faith Formation Secretary Ms. Ann Bere abere@stjulia.org Deacon Dcn. Rafe Brown deaconrafe@gmail.com Music Director Mr. Brian Moll bcmoll@yahoo.com Music/St. Joseph Mr. Daniel Farretta farretta@comcast.net Lincoln Sacristan Ms. Sylvia Kennedy sylpky@aol.com Facilities Manager Mr. Greg Smith gsmith@stjulia.org St. Joseph House Resident Asst. Mr. Chris Connell chrisrconnell@hotmail.com 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 parishioner 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.

2 OFFICE HOURS 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Mon. through Friday. RECONCILIATION Parish Center Conference Room, Saturday: 3:15-3:45 PM ANOINTING OF THE SICK After the 4:00 PM Saturday Mass; or contact Parish Of ice. EUCHARIST AND VISITS TO THE SICK Contact Parish Of ice to notify of anyone ill, homebound or hospitalized. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION St. Julia Church: Every Friday, Noon to 1:00 PM First Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Summer Schedule Effective First Friday in June, 12 Noon to 1PM. St. Joseph Church: Every First Friday, 9:30 to 10:30 AM. ROSARY IN ST JULIA CHURCH: After daily Mass. BAPTISM Monthly at St. Julia Church or at a Mass in either Church. Please call the Parish Of ice to make advance arrangements. MARRIAGES Please schedule at least six months before intended date. BULLETIN NOTICES should be proposed, by if possible, to the Parish Of ice by Monday morning. New Parish Registration / Update If you are just beginning to worship with us in St. Julia Parish, WELCOME! We invite you to register as a member of our parish. Kindly complete this information form and drop it in the collection basket or return it to the parish of ice. Please introduce yourself when you have a chance! NAME: ADDRESS: TELEPHONE: 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 TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Back to work we go! Summer break is over and there is much to accomplish in school and in the workplace. It s a venerable Catholic custom to assign patron saints to the trades and occupations of life. This is largely in the realm of popular devotion, and although from time to time the Vatican declares a saint to be patron of this or that, the process is free-wheeling and just about uncontrollable. Still, there is a saint for almost any purpose, whether you are on death row (Dismas), having eye trouble (Lucy), or pursued by poisonous toads (Hubert). Medieval guilds would often associate themselves with heavenly patrons, so Saint Joseph has the carpenters, Thomas More the lawyers, and physicians get Saint Luke. If you re stuck in the airport, St. Joseph of Cupertino is on call since he was said to rise off the loor when he prayed, and if you re in a long line at the ATM, Saint Anthony Claret is for you. In recent years, the Vatican has from time to time assigned a new patronage, as when Saint Aloysius Gonzaga was named the patron of HIV- AIDS patients, since as a young Jesuit novice he had cared for his fellow novices during a terrible plague. Anything that matters to us nation, parish church, occupation, illness can have a patron, and it is an aspect of Catholicism that has enormous appeal. To believe in the communion of saints is to know that the ties that bind us as a communion do not unravel with death, and that when we stand before life s struggles, we do not stand alone. Who is your patron saint? Rev. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co.

3 Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time September 8/9, 2018 Tuesday, September 11 SVDP Meeting, 1PM, St. Joseph House Friday, September Noon 1PM, St. Julia Church And Prayers Requested Volunteers To paint stones on the Wishing Well. To bake cakes and pies for the Dessert Roulette Winning Bottles of Wine for ring toss game Young strong adult men to help with the packing and moving of the tents, both Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. HOW CAN WE FIND YOU???? Sign up through Signup Genius on our website, or through John O Rourke. There will be no 10:30 Mass celebrated on September 23rd. All are invited to join the Outdoor Mass and Picnic at 11AM. Sun., September 9 9:00AM Nicholas Valenzano 10:30AM Edmund Turowski Mon., September 10 7:00AM Fr. Robert Gigi Tues., September 11 9:00AM Regina Congleton [Living] Fri., September 14 9:00AM Arthur & Josephine Zavarella [Living] Sat., September 15 8:00AM Christopher Brown CONFESSORS: September 15 Fr. Mahoney September 22 Fr. Mahoney Next weekend the diocese-wide collection will support the health and well-being of our 590 Boston priests. Please show your gratitude by giving generously to the collection on September 15/16. You may also make your gift online at clergytrust.org, or you can donate $25 through your cell phone by texting the word PRIEST25 to [msg. & data rates may apply.] Thank you for your prayers and generous support of our priests.

4 READINGS FOR THE WEEK AHEAD Monday: 1 Cor 5:1-8; Lk 6:6-11 Tuesday: 1 Cor 6:1-11; Lk 6:12-19 Wednesday: 1 Cor 7:25-31; Lk 6:20-26 Thursday: 1 Cor 8:1b-7, 11-13; Lk 6:27-38 Friday: Nm 21:4b-9; Phil 2:6-11; Jn 3:13-17 Saturday: 1 Cor 10:14-22; Lk 2:33-35 Sunday: Is 50:5-9a; Jas 2:14-18; Mk 8:27-35 SEPTEMBER 16 First Reading The Lord G is my help; who will prove me wrong? (Isaiah 50:5-9a). Psalm I will walk before the Lord, in the land of the living (Psalm 116). Second Reading Faith, if it does not have works, is dead (James 2:14-18). Gospel Jesus asked his disciples, Who do you say that I am? (Mark 8:27-35). SEE BEYOND OUTWARD APPEARANCES The phrase Sunday best has lost much of its meaning in our society today. Some lament the loss of people dressing up for church on Sunday; others think it s a healthy sign that we re as casual in attire gathered before the Lord as we are elsewhere. No matter which school of thought on this topic we belong to, James would probably chastise us. In either case, we are still focused on external appearance, mistaking it for some sort of favored position before God. True, James criticizes the community that favors the rich and well-dressed while ostracizing the poorly clothed, but even more he criticizes the making of distinctions, making choices based on criteria that having nothing to do with the reign of God. Jesus today is focused on this reign of God, healing a Gentile man in a region hostile to his Jewish faith, not mindful of the man s origins or clothing or status or ability to repay. Isaiah, James, and Jesus in Mark s Gospel all call us to look more deeply to ind where the will of God needs to be done. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. SUPPORTING OUR PARISH S MISSION Weekend of September 1/2 To be reported next week. Weekend of August 25/26 $ 3,587 Weekend of August 18/19 $ 5,433 Weekend of August 11/12 $ 3,338 July 21 thru August 19 (Includes mail-ins) $ 15,874 Online Giving $ 6,782 Next weekend s Collection The Clergy Bene it Trust supports the health and wellbeing of our 590 Boston priests. Please show your gratitude by giving generously to this collection. Total $ 22,656 Avg/Week Aug 4th thru August 26th (4 weeks) $ 5,664 Budgeted Total for FY 2019 $ 440,000 Budgeted Avg/Week $ 8,462

5 SUNDAY MASS LITURGICAL SCHEDULE CHANGE In order to accommodate a 1.5 hour time between Sunday Masses, the regular Mass schedule, effective September 30, will be: Saturday Vigil 4:00PM Weston Sunday 7:30AM Lincoln 9:00AM Weston 10:30AM Lincoln 12:00 Noon Weston 5:00PM Weston In the month of August we welcomed: Jack Christopher Ivey Registration for the Faith Formation is now available on our website, at stjulia.org/ faith-formationregistration/. You may also mail in the registrations, or drop them into the Faith Formation mailbox outside the doors of the Parish Center. Please feel free to contact Cindy Harrington at , or charrington@stjulia.org for any questions. Son of Christopher and Diama Emmett James Manoni Son of Nicholas and Maria Life is better CONNECTED. Join a Small Group! Metamorphosis: From South Sudan to Massachusetts Lincoln Public Library September 1-30, 2018 Evening reception: September 13, PM. The Lincoln Public Library hosts a visual and audio art exhibit on the South Sudanese in Massachusetts exploring changes they have gone through since arriving in America: A real metamorphosis. Please come to the receptions at the Library and Bemis Hall hosted by South Sudanese Enrichment for Families! There will be a marketplace with South Sudanese vendors selling traditional crafts at Bemis Hall! Both exhibits are curated by: Jeff Brown, Ellen Morgan, and Susan Winship SouthSudaneseBoston@gmail.com Sign-up information will be available next week. Stay tuned. Bible Study for the Fall will be starting Tuesday Sept 18, 2018, from 9-11 a.m. at St. Julia Parish Hall. We will be studying Panorama of the Old Testament and Pilgrim People. A study set including a Study Guide will be provided. All are welcome! If you are interested in joining please Alpheen alpheen@hotmail.com

6 FAITH FORMATION NEWS YOUTH MINISTRY Grades 1-6 REGISTRATION OPEN! Forms for Faith Formation are now online! They may also be found at both St. Julia and St. Joseph Churches, as well as in the Parish Center. Please complete and send in by September 23, to guarantee a placement! Dates to Remember: Wednesday, September 5: Faith Formation Registration/Open House, 9:30 am 7:00 pm, Faith Formation Of ice, Parish Center Sunday, September 23: Outdoor Mass and Parish Picnic, 11:00 am, Country School Field, Weston Sunday, September 30: Catechist Meeting, 10:00-11:00 am, Triple Classroom, Parish Center Thank you for coming to Pine St Inn last Monday. September affords many opportunities for experiencing and learning about our Faith - obviously the weekend of September 22nd and 23rd celebrates our parish with the annual picnic. So that weekend is not a good one for conferences but on Sunday Sept 16 at Holy Family Church in Concord (from 2-4) we can get ideas from "green team parishioners" and Fr Hehir about Justice. The day before, Lowell hosts an even larger gathering sponsored by the Archdiocese and Hope Conferences, The cost for this event is $30 and Cindy and Colm would love to have more people from the parish join them so check out the lyer below. Please e- mail cmcgarry@stjulia.org if interested Hope of the Nations: A conference sponsored Wednesday, October 3: VIRTUS training, 7:30 pm Conference Room, Parish Center Sunday, October 14: First day of Sunday classes; Parent meeting at 10:00-10:45. Did you know...that the Bible has recorded over 30 miracles of Jesus, and that many more had occurred, but are too numerous to record? In today s Gospel, we hear of Jesus physically healing a man who could not hear and therefore could not speak properly. After the man was healed, he heard perfectly well, and he spoke perfectly well. This story is for all of us, teaching us that once we accept that Jesus has healed us from our sins, and choose to willingly live in a true Christian manner, then we listen with wisdom, and speak only with words that glorify God. We have perfect hearing, and we speak perfectly. Think about what the kind of words you say, and consider: Are they words of sel ishness, or words that show your love for God and all of his creation? Practice using loving words only!! For further information, please contact Cindy Harrington at or charrington@stjulia.org. by Hope Conferences and the Archdiocese of Boston is returning on Sept. 15 to Lowell Memorial Auditorium. The program runs from 8:30AM- 6:00PM, doors open at 8:00. "Hope, Healing, and Deliverance" is this year's theme. Keynote speakers include Dr. Ralph Martin, noted author, speaker, and professor on topics related to the New Evangelization and Consultor to the Ponti ical Council for the New Evangelization; and Dr. Mary Healy, professor of Sacred Scripture at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit and an author and international speaker on topics including evangelization, scripture, healing, and the spiritual life.

7 ST. JULIA PARISH'S MASSES FOR SUMMER SUNDAYS Beginning on Sunday, July 1st and extending through September 16th, the Sunday before our annual Outdoor Mass and picnic. Masses for the summer will be as follows: Saturday 4 PM St. Julia Church, Weston Sunday 7:30AM St. Joseph Church, Lincoln Sunday 9 AM St. Julia Church, Weston Sunday 10:30 AM St. Joseph Church, Lincoln Sunday 5 PM St. Julia Church, Weston Daily Masses (Monday through Saturday mornings) will not change. The Outdoor Mass and Picnic will be held on Sunday, September 23rd, with Mass at 11 AM and the picnic immediately following.

8 CHURCH NAME AND ADDRESS St. Julia Church # Boston Post Road Weston, MA TELEPHONE CONTACT PERSON Kathy Dolan SOFTWARE MSPublisher 2010 Adobe Acrobat X Windows 7 TRANSMISSION TIME Tuesday 12:00PM Sunday, September 9, 2018 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 8 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS