SAINT PAUL PARISH Harvard square EST. 1875 ST. PAUL PARISH (Corner of Bow and Arrow Streets) Parish Center 29 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 (617) 491-8400 FAX (617) 354-7092 www.stpaulparish.org Rev. William T. Kelly, S.T.D. Pastor and Senior Chaplain frkellystpaulparish@gmail.com Rev. Mark W. Murphy Undergraduate Chaplain and Parochial Vicar harvardpriest@gmail.com Rev. George S. Salzmann, O.S.F.S. Graduate Chaplain gsalzmann@fas.harvard.edu ~~ HARVARD CATHOLIC CENTER (617) 868-6585 www.harvardcatholic.org ~~ ST. PAUL S CHOIR SCHOOL (617) 868-8658 www.stpaulchoirschool.com May 21, 2017 Sixth Sunday of Easter Mass for the Lord's Day Saturday Vigil 5:00pm Sunday: 7:30, 9:30, 11:00am Daily Mass Monday - Friday: 8:00am, 12:l0pm Saturday - 9:00am Vespers Tuesday and Wednesday - 6:00pm (Chapel) Thursday - 5:15pm, Choral Vespers (upper Church) Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Every Friday after the 8:00am Mass until noon in the Church Sacraments Baptism Please inquire at the parish office Penance & Reconciliation Saturday 3:00-4:30pm ~ Or by appointment Upper Church Reconciliation Room Eucharist See Mass and Adoration schedule above Marriage Couples planning to marry in the Church should make an appointment to see one of the priests as far in advance as possible (at least six months) Confirmation Celebrated annually, contact the parish office for info Holy Orders If you feel called to consider a vocation to priesthood or diaconate, speak to a priest or call the Vocations Office at (617)746-5939 Anointing of the Sick This Sacrament will take place immediately following the 9:00am Mass on the first Saturday of each month, or please contact a priest at anytime
Saint Paul Church PARISH AND SCHOOL STAFF ST. PAUL CHURCH Rev. William T. Kelly, S.T.D., PASTOR Rev. Mark W. Murphy, PAROCHIAL VICAR Mr. Thomas Hogan, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS Mrs. Nancy Nicolaou, ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR Mr. John Robinson, DIRECTOR OF MUSIC Mr. Bernie Swain, DIRECTOR OF FAITH FORMATION HARVARD CATHOLIC CENTER Rev. William T. Kelly, S.T.D., SENIOR CHAPLAIN Rev. George S. Salzmann, O.S.F.S., GRADUATE CHAPLAIN Rev. Mark W. Murphy, UNDERGRADUATE CHAPLAIN Ms. Heather Angell, EVkids, DIRECTOR Mr. Doug Zack, DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT Ms. Carol Sardo, ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATE ST. PAUL S CHOIR SCHOOL Dr. Michael Lescault, HEADMASTER Mr. John Robinson, DIRECTOR OF MUSIC Mr. Jeremy Bruns, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MUSIC Mrs. Dianne Flaherty, OFFICE MANAGER Mrs. Dawn Gromczynski, DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE Mr. Forrest Eimold, ORGAN SCHOLAR LITURGICAL CALENDAR Sunday, May 21, 2017: Sixth Sunday of Easter 7:30am People of the Parish Monday, May 22: Saint Rita of Cascia Wednesday, May 24: 12:10pm Choir School Fund Intention Thursday, May 25: The Ascension of the Lord Friday, May 26: Saint Philip Neri Saturday, May 27: Saint Augustine of Canterbury 5:00pm Memorial: Kevin and Julia Griffin Sunday, May 28, 2017: Seventh Sunday of Easter Cambridge, Massachusetts ANOINTING OF THE SICK SACRAMENT The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is offered after the 9:00am Mass on the First Saturday of each month. Those who are facing surgeries or very serious health issues can see the priest after the Mass. The Anointing will take place near the Statue of Mary at the front left of the Church. The oils are reserved in the Olea Sancta Repository (Holy Oils) near the Baptismal Font. Family and friends are most welcome to be present together during the Anointing. LIVE THE LITURGY: INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK St. Teresa of Calcutta once said, "Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier." Keeping the commandments of Jesus ultimately means loving as he loves. How do you think people feel after they leave your presence? This is a question worth pondering if we are serious about being disciples. Gentleness and reverence are beautiful charisms to foster as they speak boldly of love. If we truly love God and our brothers and sisters, we will always be gentle with them and treat them with the reverent dignity they deserve, regardless of what they have done. This is the ultimate challenge of discipleship. Committing ourselves today to following Jesus' commandments and to love as Jesus loves, how can we make those who meet us this week leave us happier and grateful that they have crossed our path? RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS (RCIA) The parish is always ready to receive adults into the process of preparation for baptism or reception into Full Communion with the Roman Catholic Church. Please call (617) 491-8400 for information. PARISH FOOD PANTRY Non-perishable food is received before every Mass for the pantry, which is open Saturdays from 11:00am to 11:30am. CHURCH ACCESS FOR THE DISABLED Take elevator from the Parish Center Lobby at 29 Mount Auburn Street. Restrooms, handicapped accessible, are located on 1 st & 2 nd floors of the Parish Center. PARKING FOR MASS ON SATURDAY & SUNDAY Free parking at the Cowperthwaite Garage is available by permit only for those attending Mass on weekends only. Contact the Parish office for an parking application NEW PARISHIONER WELCOME TO SAINT PAUL PARISH! To register, please fill out a registration card available in the church vestibule, the pews or at the parish office.
Dear Friends, Our 8 th grade students at the Choir School had a wonderful trip to Washington DC last week. They sang at St. Matthew s Cathedral and, though some of our Harvard connections, were able to visit the Supreme Court and Hall of Congress, along with other museums and other historical sites. This weekend we celebrate the Baccalaureate Mass for our Harvard Class of 2017. It is a most appropriate way for us to thank God for them and to ask blessings upon them. Please keep them in your prayers. We look forward to Commencement this Thursday. Also this weekend, the Archdiocese of Boston will see eight men ordained to the priesthood of Jesus Christ. I have a long association with three of the new priests (and will do my best to touch base at three Masses of Thanksgiving and three receptions)! Please pray for these new priests and for all priests, that we will be faithful and humble servants. This Sunday, May 21 at 3:00pm, our fine Parish Choir will lead a Choral Vespers Service. We are so grateful to Jeremy Bruns, Forrest Eimold and all the singers for their music each Sunday morning and also for this special offering. This Thursday we celebrate the holy day of the Ascension. Masses are at 8:00am, 12:10pm and 7:00pm. If weather and winds cooperate, the Choir Boys will be singing from the bell tower at 11:40am, a lovely European tradition to honor this feast. Hopefully, spring rains will give way to May flowers for a while now. Mary, Queen of the May, pray for us. God bless, Fr. Kelly THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER ASCENSION THURSDAY- MAY 25 HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION Thursday, May 25 is the Feast of the Ascension of our Lord, a holy day of obligation. Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, May 25 at 8.00am, 12:10pm and 7:00pm. The Sanctuary Lamp is lit this week in celebration of the 6th Ordination Year of Fr. Mark W. Murphy SAVE THE DATES! Our Pastor, Fr. William Kelly, will speak on The Holy Spirit: Giver of Life, in DiGiovanni Hall, at 3:00pm, on Pentecost, Sunday, June 4 ~~~ Our very own Rose Moss will introduce us to Three Readings for Reflection this Summer 7:30pm on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29 in the Multimedia Room Presented by the CSPC Committee CHORAL VESPERS SUNDAY, MAY 21 Join the Parish Choir this Sunday, May 21 at 3:00pm in the Church for Choral Vespers. Music by Orlando Gibbons and William Byrd will be performed. SACRED ART IN HARVARD SQUARE The next program in the series "Sacred Art in Harvard Square" will take place on Pentecost Sunday, June 4, at 1:30pm. Professor Francesco (Chip) Piatti will conduct a tour of the Murals of St. Paul's, which include some rare images and stories which appear in very few other buildings. Please be with us for this special celebration of the Holy Spirit in art and architecture. Please meet in the Mary Room (Room 202) on the second floor of the Parish Center. PRAYER INTENTIONS TO LOURDES The group of graduate students and young professionals traveling on a pilgrimage to France is offering to take prayer intentions you might have with them to Lourdes to ask for Mary's intercession for them. You may do so by writing your intention on a small sheet of paper and leaving it the basket next to the side altar of Mary in St. Paul's, or by e-mail to pilgrimatetofrance2017@gmail.com Please send or leave intentions by the end of May.
MAY 21, 2017 CHECK OUT WHAT S HAPPENING AT ST. PAUL S BADALIYA AND PEACE INSTITUTE The Badaliya and Peace Islands Institute Interfaith prayer gathering will meet this Sunday, May 21 from 3:00pm - 4:30pm in St. Paul Parish Center Chapel. For info, leave a message at (781) 395-4391, e-mail dorothy@dcbuck.com or visit www.dcbuck.com. Thank you to all for contributing to our sister Parish collection back in April! MASS INTENTIONS AT ST. PAUL S Mass Intentions for daily and weekend Masses are being accepted. Masses may be offered to remember those who have died, for those who are ill, as well as in thanksgiving for a birthday, anniversary or for a special intention. Please contact the Parish Office during the week for details and to reserve a particular Mass. FOOD PANTRY Thank you to everyone who has responded so generously with recent donations to the food pantry as well as to the individuals who have kept the pantry thriving with consistent donations over the past several years. Our customers sometimes find that their biggest challenge is deciding among the many great choices. We currently need white rice, canisters of oats, coffee, crackers, and packages of fruit cups - although other items are always appreciated. In addition, we are trying to increase our capacity to distribute personal care items and household products that are necessary but cannot be purchased with SNAP benefits. The items that are most needed are toothpaste, shampoo, dish soap, and laundry detergent (new and unused items only). Finally, we have a beautiful new sign thanks to Hercules Press. MONDAY PRAYER GROUP Join fellow parishioners for scripture study and prayer, following the 12:10pm Mass, on Monday s in Room 202. ST. PAUL S GIVING KIOSK The St. Paul Giving Kiosk - located in the vestibule! The device offers parishioners, and visitors, a means by which to make offertory donations via credit card. All donations made through the kiosk are credited to parishioner accounts. Check it out today! POPE FRANCIS MAY PRAYER INTENTION CHRISTIANS IN AFRICA That Christians in Africa, in imitation of the Merciful Jesus, may give prophetic witness to reconciliation, justice, and peace. CAMBRIDGE SAFER HOMES, SAFER COMMUNITY GUN BUY BACK The Cambridge Safer Homes, Safer Community Gun Buy Back is focused on getting unwanted and unsecured guns out of homes where they pose a serious risk to children, people with mental illness and those at risk of domestic violence. This year s Gun Buy Back will be on the morning of Saturday, June 10 at two locations Reservoir Church and Pentecostal Tabernacle. No questions asked. No identification required. Cambridge Police & Middlesex Sheriff's Office will be managing the sites and handling the guns turned in. State Police will destroy the guns. Residents turning in guns and ammunition will be given a gift card to a local grocery or retail store. This is an interfaith and community-led effort led by the Cambridge churches, synagogues and mosques and by other grassroots community organizations in partnership with the Cambridge Police Departments, the Cambridge Public Health Department the Middlesex County Sheriff and State Police. PARISH SUPPORT AND FINANCES Our offertory this weekend, May 20/21 has one collection, our regular parish offertory. Next weekend, May 27/28, the second collection is for Catholic Relief Services. Thank you for your generosity. HYMN FEST FOR OUR LADY ST. JOSEPH Come and enjoy honoring Our Blessed Mother in her month of May through her song, at St. Joseph s in Needham, 1360 High Avenue on Sunday, May 28 at 3:00pm. Traditional Catholic hymns, including such favorites as Bring Flowers of the Rarest, Mother, at Your Feet is Kneeling, and Tis the Month of Our Mother will be played on an extraordinary organ. Those attending will be led in singing the hymns by an outstanding vocalist. Prior to the singing of each hymn, a brief background of its history and significance in Catholic devotional life will be presented.
HARVARD CATHOLIC CENTER STUDENT NEWS The 5:00pm University Community Mass will resume in September. HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL MASS Suspended for the summer. HARVARD LAW SCHOOL MASS Suspended for the summer. GRAD STUDENTS, POST DOCS & YOUNG PROFESSIONALS YOUNG COUPLES & NEW FAMILIES Sunday, May 21 at 10:30am Room 101 29 Mount Auburn Street Engaged? Married? New Family? Come join us for a potluck brunch the second Sunday of each month following the 9:30am Mass. HarvardCatholicYCNF@gmail.com Future dates: June 11 GRADUATE STUDENTS FILM NIGHT Friday, May 26 at 7:00pm Barton Fink (1991, US) Student Lounge - 29 Mount Auburn Street Refreshments (including popcorn) served! aaronmichaelcaballero@gmail.com GRAD PRAYER AND SCRIPTURE GROUP: VERBUM DEI Every Sunday at 12:30pm (after 11:00am Mass) Student Lounge 29 Mt. Auburn Street Grad students and young professionals gather each Sunday to read and reflect on the Sunday readings and to share and pray about finding God in everyday life. alex.angstrom@gmail.com MARRIAGE PREPARATION: PRE CANA ENGAGED COUPLES! FEBRUARY 10 & 11, 2018 The next Pre Cana class is scheduled for Saturday, February 10 and Sunday, February 11, 2018. To register, e-mail Nancy at nnicol@stpaulparish.org. For marriage paperwork, contact Fr. George Salzmann at gsalzmann@gmail.com or (617) 491-8400 ext. 326. CONGRATULATIONS HARVARD CLASS OF 2017! St. Paul Parish and the Harvard Catholic Center offer prayerful best wishes to all members of the graduating Class of 2017. Join us this Sunday, May 21 at the 11:00am Baccalaureate Mass and Reception. All faculty and graduates from the College and Graduate programs are invited to march in the Mass procession (wearing academic regalia if possible; without the mortar board) gather in the Harvard Catholic Center Student Lounge at 10:30am. A reception will follow Mass in DiGiovanni Hall. On Commencement Day, Thursday, May 25, Mass will be offered for all the graduates, that God will bless you abundantly as you begin a new chapter in your life. NEWLY MINTED HARVARD CATHOLIC ALUMNI The Harvard Catholic Center and St. Paul s will always be your spiritual home. Please keep in touch after graduation and visit upon your return to campus. St. Paul s has been the site of many alumni weddings and baptisms of alumni children. The priests of St. Paul are happy to celebrate these sacraments with you. Also, when you are settled after graduation, please forward your contact information to the Catholic Center so that you can receive copies of the Harvard Catholic Magazine and announcements about events and speakers both on campus and in your city. All contact information (Name, School/Class/Degree, mailing address, email and phone) can be sent to: harvardcatholicctr@gmail.com. Blessings on all Crimson Catholics! "If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows him. But you know him, because he remains with you, and will be in you." John 14:15-17