Saint Mark Parish Dorchester June 4, 2017 Pentecost Sunday

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1 Saint Mark Parish Dorchester June 4, 2017 Pentecost Sunday

2 Saint Mark Parish Dorchester, MA Sacrament Information: Christ Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Baptism First Sunday of each month at 1 pm. Parents are required to call the rectory. Eucharist Please contact the Rectory for preparation to receive First Reconciliation and Eucharist. Confirmation Please contact a Priest Sacrament of Marriage Please contact a priest one year prior to desired date. Visitation/Anointing of the Sick Contact the Rectory Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturdays 3:15 3:45 or upon request Parish Organizations St. Vincent de Paul Society Adult Faith Formation/Bible Study Legion of Mary 10:00 Mtg Room ESOL/Citizenship Michael Oliver stmarkesol@gmail.com Handicapped Accessible Elevator located on right Side entrance Air Conditioned Schedule Of Liturgies Saturday Vigil..4:00 pm Sunday..8:00 am Spanish....10:00 am.12:00 Holy Days...As Announced Weekdays ( M-F)...7:00 am Saturdays. 9:00 am First Friday Adoration 7:30 Noon PASTORAL STAFF Rev. Linh Nguyen (Pastor) Ext. 16 Rev. Anthony Cusack (Parochial Vicar) Ext. 13 Rev. Paul Do (Parochial Vicar), Rev. Dinh Tan Hoai In Residence Rev. Tran Thai Son In Residence Rev. Wendell Verrill Rev. John Predmore Deacon Marcio Fonseca (Permanent Deacon) Sam Bedros (Business Manager) Ext. 18 Judith Greeley ( Parish Secretary) Ext. 10 Kathy Wall (Religious Education Coordinator) Lesly Fonseca (Coord. de Educación Religiosa) Andrea Sheppard-Lomba (Parish Organizer) X19 Rene Chew ( Spanish Music Coordinator) Jenny Le (8:00 Mass Choir Coordinator) Denise Hurley (12:00 Mass Choir Coordinator) ADDRESSES AND TELEPHONES Church: 1725 Dorchester Avenue, Dorchester, Ma Rectory: 20 Roseland Street Rectory: Rectory Fax: Website: stmark-stambrose.org

3 Pentecost Sunday June 4, 2017 In Loving Memory: Sanctuary Lamp: Charles Ayers Chapel Sanctuary Lamp: Ellen Hart Altar Bread & Wine: Lopes Family Saint Mark s Religious Education Program Registration for CCD at Contact Kathy Wall Registration for Confirmation, please contact Emilia Cowell at Mass Intentions Saturday, June 3, :00 Charles Ayers...1st Anniversary Jussera Lopes, Fortunata Lopes. Memorials Sunday, June 4, :00 Saint Mark Parishioners 12:00 William and Mary Scannell..Memorial Saturday, June 10, :00 Saint Mark Parishioners Sunday, June 11, :00 Deceased Members of Saint Mark 12:00 Jerry Mannion.Month Mind If you would like to have an Anniversary Mass or a Memorial Mass said for a loved one, please contact Judy at the Rectory. A Very Special Event We have invited the Society of Saint James the Apostle to send one of their Latin American missionaries to our parish next week as part of our special appeal for the South American missions. Founded by Cardinal Cushing in 1958, members of the Society are diocesan priests, from English speaking countries, who work with the exceptionally poor in Peru and Ecuador. Please be as generous as your means allow to help those less fortunate. For more information on the Society of St. James visit their website: Parish Activities 06/04/2017 6/10/2017 Sunday, June 4, 2017 Dorchester Day Monday, June 5 ESOL Classes..6:30-9:00 Annex Tuesday, June 6 Faith Sharing 7:30-8:30 am Ch Hall ESOL Classes 6:30-9:00 Annex Sp. Prayer Grp 6:30 pm 9:00 pm Church Wednesday, June 7 ESOL Classes 11:00-1:30, 6:30-9:00 Annx Sp Choir Practice 7:00-9:00 pm Ch. Hall Thursday, June 8 Wedding Rehearsal..6:30, Church Friday, June 9 Wedding 2:30 Church, Narcotics Anonymous 7:00-9 pm Ch Hall Saturday, June 10 Reconciliation 3:30-3:45 Church Wedding 5:30 Church Fr. Anthony This week s second collection supports the formation and training of seminarians in the Archdiocese of Boston for future service as priests. We are blessed that many are responding to the call to serve as priests. Please be generous and support these seminarians on their journey toward their ordination to the priesthood. For more information, please visit

4 Saint Mark Parish Celebrating 100 Years A Parish Without Borders The Irish Pastoral Centre s Annual Golf Tournament will be held this year on Monday, June George Wright Golf Course, Hyde Park, Ma. This continues the twenty-two year old tradition of golf tournaments that began at Saint Mark Church in Also, at Saint Mark, the Irish Pastoral Centre was founded in 1987 in direct response to the large increase in Irish immigrants in the Greater Boston area, and so this year, they are celebrating their 30th Anniversary. The Pastoral Centre services include assistance with housing, employment, legal, immigration, pastoral care and senior and family outreach. Fr. Dan Finn is hoping he can count on your generosity as a player/and or, sponsor to support the mission of the Irish Pastoral Centre. Registration forms are available at the Rectory or you can visit their If you have played or sponsored in the Saint Mark tournaments, Fr. Finn really can use your support again this year. TODAY S READINGS First Reading Filled with the Holy Spirit, the apostles begin to speak in tongues (Acts 2:1-11). Psalm Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth (Psalm 104). Second Reading In one Spirit we are baptized into one body and given to drink of one Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13). Gospel Jesus Christ appears to the disciples and sends them on their mission with the power to forgive or retain sins through the Holy Spirit (John 20:19-23). Saint Mark Saint Ambrose Collaborative Youth Group The Youth Group looking forward to attending the Steubenville Youth Conference in Lowell, Ma this July. The 2017 theme is Behold, I make all things new. Revelation 21:5. The Youth Group will be holding a Car Wash on Father s Day, June 18th to raise money for the Steubenville Conference. The Car Wash is just $10.00 a vehicle, and will be washed while you are in Mass. If you are interested in helping offset the cost of sending our youth, see Fr. Anthony. SEND OUT YOUR SPIRIT Last week we heard that, following the Ascension, the disciples, Mary, and other followers of the Lord retreated to the upper room in prayer. This week we hear that, while praying in that room, the Holy Spirit comes upon them. Jesus post-resurrection promise, recounted in today s Gospel, is fulfilled: the power of the Holy Spirit comes upon Jesus followers. Saint Paul tells us that all of us, in some way, are given gifts of the Holy Spirit, gifts that can be used to spread the Good News. Today is one of the Church s greatest festivals. Let us carry the refrain of the responsorial psalm with us throughout the coming week: Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth! (Psalm 104:30). Saint Ambrose-Saint Mark Collaborative News The Collaborative is holding a Collaborative Logo Contest, open to all parishioners. The idea is to design a logo which encompasses both parishes. This logo will be used on all Collaborative material. The lucky winner will receive $ All entries must be in by August 1, 2017 and be submitted to the Rectory.

5 Christ Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow St. Mark Wainwright Summer Program Preparations are beginning for the parish summer program in Wainwright Park. Program dates are July 10-August 18, Monday - Friday, 10am-4pm. The program serves youth ages 6-15 years old and includes recreation, enrichment, field trips, and lunch. The cost is $20 per week, per child. Registration is on a first come basis. If you would like to register a youth or contribute in any way, please contact the program at wainwrightpark@gmail.com or St. Mark Wainwright Summer Program Raffle The St. Mark Wainwright Summer Program will be selling tickets after the Masses Raffle winners will be drawn on Dorchester Day at our parish cookout. Your generous contributions benefit this parish program,. Your support is greatly appreciated. Dorchester Day Parish-Community Cookout Sunday, June 4, St. Mark Parish will host a cookout after the Dorchester Day Parade in the parish courtyard. (The parade begins at 1pm). We ask that you bring food to share. Please join us to celebrate Dorchester Day as a parish-community. Funeral Mass Celebrated Hubert Wilmoth May He Rest in Eternal Peace TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Today, the languages of the whole world arise to God in a Pentecost of praise. In some American dioceses, the Mass is offered every Sunday in more than thirty different languages, including the silent praise of American Sign Language. Fifty years ago, the landscape of liturgy was very different. It was grounded firmly in Latin, which is to the present day still the official language of the Roman Rite. Very few people were fluent in Latin, even though in those days Latin was far more widely studied in school. Nevertheless, almost every Catholic was competent in the responses and chants of Latin since it is not difficult to pronounce. The clergy were normally minimally competent in Latin, since much of seminary education was conducted in that language. When the Second Vatican Council was convened, all of the debate and daily work of the council was to be in Latin. In the first session in 1962, Boston s Cardinal Richard Cushing continually complained about it, and threatened not to return in 1963 if something wasn t done. He convinced the fathers when he rose to speak in fairly fluent Latin in an unforgettable Boston twang. The next year, he returned, but with a simultaneous translation system funded by the people of Boston. The ordinary everyday language of the people, the vernacular, had arrived at the Vatican via Boston! THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Knowledge, Fortitude, Piety, Fear of the Lord. THE GIFT Ask nothing of God, then, but this gift of divine Love, that is, the Holy Spirit. Walter Hilton