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. Patrick J. Fiorillo Parochial Vicar and Undergraduate Chaplain harvardpriest@gmail.com Rev. George S. Salzmann, O.S.F.S. Graduate Chaplain gsalzmann@gmail.com Deacon Mark Olejnik Seminarian Intern ~~ HARVARD CATHOLIC CENTER (617) 868-6585 www.harvardcatholic.org ~~ ST. PAUL S CHOIR SCHOOL (617) 868-8658 saintpaulschoirschool.us July 15, 2018 Mass for the Lord's Day Saturday Vigil 5:00pm Sunday: 7:30, 9:30, 11:00 am 5:00pm (Resumes Sunday, September 2, 2018) Daily Mass Monday - Friday: 8:00 am, 12:l0 pm Saturday - 9:00 am Vespers Tuesday and Wednesday - 6:00 pm (Chapel) Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Every Friday after the 8:00am Mass until noon in the Parish Center Chapel Sacraments Baptism Please inquire at the parish office Penance & Reconciliation Saturday 3:00-4:30 pm ~ 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 9:00 am 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. Patrick J. Fiorillo, PAROCHIAL VICAR Mr. Thomas Hogan, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS thogan@stpaulparish.org Mrs. Nancy Nicolaou, ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR nnicol@stpaulparish.org Mr. John Robinson, DIRECTOR OF MUSIC jrobinson@stpaulschoirschool.us 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. HARVARD CATHOLIC CENTER Rev. William T. Kelly, S.T.D., SENIOR CHAPLAIN Rev. Patrick J. Fiorillo, UNDERGRADUATE CHAPLAIN Rev. George S. Salzmann, O.S.F.S., GRADUATE CHAPLAIN Ms. Heather Angell, EVkids, DIRECTOR Mr. Doug Zack, DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT Ms. Carol Sardo, ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATE ST. PAUL S CHOIR SCHOOL Rev. William T. Kelly, S.T.D., PASTOR Dr. Thomas Haferd, HEAD OF SCHOOL Mr. John Robinson, DIRECTOR OF MUSIC Mrs. Dianne Flaherty, OFFICE MANAGER Mr. Black Chen, ORGAN SCHOLAR LITURGICAL CALENDAR Saturday, July 14 The Vigil Mass of the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, July 15 7:30am People of the Parish 9:30am Memorial: Alfred P. Cravedi 11:00am Memorial: Evangeline Tomczik Monday, July 16 Our Lady of Mount Carmel 8:00am Memorial: Denise Neish 12:10pm Memorial: Jean O Connor Wednesday, July 18 Saint Camillius de Lellis 12:10pm Choir School Fund Intention Friday, July 20 Saint Apollinaris Saturday, July 21 Saint Lawrence of Brindisi Sunday, July 22 Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Every Friday, for one hour following the 8:00am Mass in the Chapel of the Women Doctors of the Church, there is Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. Please plan on coming to pray. Be sure to pray for Peace in the Holy Land with the Peace Dove that is lit on the side altar. Prayer cards with the history of the origins of the Dove and suggested prayers are in the basket by the Dove. Also, if you could sign up for an hour a week, or once a month, that would be great. Please contact the main office or see the sign up sheet at the Church entrance. We need at least two people for each hour. This is a real blessing for the mission of the Parish, the Harvard Catholic Center and the Choir School. 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-11:30am, or may be left in the parish office. 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, FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME I hope that you have been able to enjoy a quieter pace these days. A few extra minutes reading a book or taking a walk or lingering over a cup of coffee without rushing to the next thing can be quite restorative. We also can manage more time for prayer. Take advantage! I d like to give an update about the Faith Formation program here at St. Paul s. I am very pleased to announce that Catherine Barilleaux has accepted the position of Faith Formation Director for grades K-8. Catherine is an active member of the parish and has been involved as a well respected teacher in the program for the past several years. She will be in touch with families and parishioners soon about schedules, registration, and opportunities for volunteers. I am also grateful to a new team that has been formed to lead our very important RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) program. As the primary process for welcoming folks into full communion with the Catholic Church, this is a significant ministry in our parish. Under the leadership of Mareike Bues, with a group of committed parishioners and the three priests here, we look forward to an exciting and engaging year. Finally, we are in the midst of searching for a director of the Confirmation Program, which serves both our High School students and, in a different track, those adults who seek to receive this sacrament. With several interviews scheduled, we are still happy to receive inquiries from potential candidates. Thanks to Catherine, Mareike, and all those assisting in this crucial work of evangelization and catechesis. New Head of School Dr. Tom Haferd is hard at it! The Choir School has hired two new teachers and we continue to interview students from grades 3-8 who might join us in the fall. There are parish events in the works, as well, with final details being worked out before things are announced. I want again to welcome our summer parishioners who are joining us at St. Paul s for a week, a month, or longer. We are so blessed to have people from all over the world who become important members of our community. Your experience of faith and the church from throughout the globe enrich our experience of God. If there is anything anyone here can do for you, please let us know! Fr. Patrick s invitation to students to come on Monday nights for prayer and as a social has met with great success. We are also grateful for those parishioners who come for Eucharistic Adoration on Friday mornings in the Chapel of the Women Doctors of the church. Also, the new stained glass window of St. Paul has been installed in the chapel. Come by and see it. We are thrilled! This week, we began putting up the scaffolding in the church to address the first phase of plaster repair. The main areas are in the choir loft and along several sections of the walls. As I ve mentioned in earlier letters, the cost of the scaffolding alone is over $20,000, not including the actual repair work. It is not just a matter of re-plastering flat walls, but also re-creating the decorative molding and Stations of the Cross that have suffered damage. I will keep you posted about progress, costs and next steps. Remember that all weekday and Sunday Masses are in DiGiovanni Hall throughout the summer, with the exception of Sunday at 9:30am and 11:00am. God bless, Fr. Kelly SECUREGIVE APP INSTRUCTIONS The SecureGive App is available for use for your regular offertory contribution! Please follow these easy instructions: Go to App Store (or other name if on different phones) Type or go to SecureGive App Click on Install or Download Click on Accept Click on Open Screen with nearby Organizations will come up Click on St. Paul Parish Cambridge Click on Set Organization Home Details Click on Make Donation At this point you can decide to create an account for a onetime donation or for continuous giving or for a onetime anonymous donation. PARISH SUPPORT AND FINANCES Our offertory this weekend, July 14/15 has one collection. Our regular parish offertory. Thank you for your generosity. End of June 2018: Electronic Offertory $12,324 Final FY 18 Offertory Total: $524,213 July 1, 2018 $4,597 July 8, 2018 $3,548 FYTD Offertory Total: $8,145 As always, thank you to past and present benefactors.
CHECK OUT WHAT S HAPPENING AT ST. PAUL S SUMMER CHAPEL AT ST. PAUL S The Summer Chapel in now open in the air conditioned DiGiovanni Hall through Friday, August 31. All weekday and weekend Masses will be celebrated in DiGiovanni Hall except the Sunday 9:30am and 11:00am. FOOD PANTRY Thank you to all who purchased milk, mayonnaise, canned fruit, and other requested items for the food pantry. Thanks to your overwhelming generosity, we went from no mayo to so much that we could barely fit it on the shelf (certainly a good problem to have). Our new priority list includes juice, dried fruit, nuts, coffee, flavored or green tea, crackers, cereal and granola bars or cereal bars. If anyone is interested in shopping for the food pantry and being reimbursed, please contact Tara Lauriat (tll7997@yahoo.com). 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, (617) 491-8400 for details and to reserve a particular Mass. SANCTUARY LAMP The Sanctuary Lamp, which burns for eight days and nights at the tabernacle, symbolizes the presence of Christ and marks the boundaries of holy space in the Church. If you are interested in learning how to donate a Sanctuary Lamp, contact Nancy at (617) 491-8400 ext. 303. ST. PAUL S GIVING KIOSK The St. Paul Giving Kiosk is 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. CENTERING PRAYER The Centering prayer group meets on Thursdays from 6:30-8pm in Room 202. Our meetings include lectio divina or readings from Fr. Keating or the Christian mystics, followed by a period of centering prayer. We are currently reading A Sunlit Absence by Martin Laird. Readings are provided. All are welcome. For more information, please contact Susan or Janice at stpaulcentering@gmail.com JULY 15, 2018 PASTORAL CARE St. Paul s ministry to those who are sick and homebound has grown into a vibrant part of our parish community. There are three ways your help is needed. First, please consider volunteering to visit those who are sick and homebound. Second, if you, or anyone you know, is in need of a visit, please contact us. Third, please include this important ministry in your prayers, as well as our friends who are sick and homebound. For more info contact Carolyn O Hara at StPaulsCaring@gmail.com or (617) 491-8400, ext. 342. CARING FOR THE SOUL Caring for the Soul meets on the first Monday of the month at 5:30pm in Mary s Room (Room 202). Caring for the Soul supports those whose lives have been affected by mental illness, and is working to make our religious communities places of compassion, healing and acceptance. All are welcome. Group leader is Dr. Nancy Kehoe, RSCI. VOICE LESSONS? Garry McLinn is a 4 year member of the Choir of Men and Boys at St. Paul s. You ve probably seen him in many concerts and at the 11:00am Mass on most Sundays. He is offering voice lessons just across the Cambridge line on Highland Avenue in Somerville. Anyone in the St. Paul s Community that is interested can reach him directly at garry@blackfeltcap.com, and as a special for the St. Paul s community he will be offering one trial lesson for free for a half hour, or for $25.00 an hour. Following this, rates would be $70.00 for an hour, $60.00 for 45 minutes and $50.00 for a half hour! ~~~ I CAME THAT THEY MAY HAVE LIFE AND HAVE IT ABUNDANTLY JOHN 10:10 PRAYER MINISTRY For babies, little ones and families www.john1010abundantlife.blogspot.com Submit prayer requests to: john1010abundantlife@gmail.com A KISS OF MERCY APOSTOLATE FOR HEALING FROM ABORTION To be recited after kissing a baby, a child or an image of the Baby Jesus: Jesus, I trust in You. With my kiss, convert, heal and reconcile to the Father one soul wounded by abortion. Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee
HARVARD CATHOLIC CENTER STUDENT NEWS The 5:00pm University Community Mass will resume on Sunday, September 2, 2018. HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL MASS Mass is suspended until the fall. HARVARD LAW SCHOOL MASS Mass is suspended until the fall. GRAD STUDENTS, POST DOCS & YOUNG PROFESSIONALS GRADUATE STUDENTS FILM NIGHT Friday, July 27 at 7:00pm Hail Caesar! - Coen Bros (USA, 2016) Refreshments (including popcorn) served! hccfilmnight@gmail.com GRAD STUDENTS, POST DOCS & YOUNG PROFESSIONALS DINNER - Just bring $5 Thursday, August 2 7:00pm-GATHER; 7:30pm-DINE Future dates: September 6 GRAD PRAYER AND SCRIPTURE GROUP: VERBUM DEI Every Sunday at 12:30pm (after 11:00am Mass) Grad students & young professionals gather each Sunday to read and reflect on the Sunday readings. alex.angstrom@gmail.com ~~~~~~ HOLY HOUR THROUGH JULY 30 Sticking around campus for the summer?! If so, join us for Holy Hour in the DiGiovanni Hall Chapel, 29 Mt. Auburn Street, through Monday, July 30, 7:30pm to 8:30pm. Confession will be available on most Mondays. Calendar listings and more information can be found on our new website: www.harvardcatholic.org GOSPEL MEDITATION July 15, 2018 "He summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two." This Sunday we read the first sending of the Apostles to preach, teach, and heal. For many of us, it can be easy to think we "just don't have enough" to be disciples and evangelists ourselves. We don't have enough education and training. We don't have enough experience talking to people about Jesus. We don't pray enough. We don't have enough faith. If you look at the Apostles in today's Gospel reading, they didn't have much either. "No food, no sack, no money in their belts." They didn't plan out their itinerary or book their lodging in advance. From what we know of the Apostles, they were not the religiously trained and educated ones. They were fisherman, tax collectors, and political activists. But what does being a fisherman require? Someone like Peter needed a strong work ethic to rise at strange hours. He needed patient calm to wait for the catch. Once ashore, he needed a savvy mind to fetch a good price for his labors. As Peter became a fisher of men, he would need diligence to persevere through the hard journeys, long days, and persecution that awaited him. He would need patient calm with those who disagreed with him. As the leader of the Apostles, he would need a savvy mind to navigate challenges facing the early Church. From one perspective, Peter has nothing to offer the mission of Jesus. Thinking more creatively, one can see that -- joined with faith and love -- perhaps Peter had everything he needed. Jesus sends you as well. As you take stock of your own talents, consider how they might be offered as a gift to others. Maybe you already have more than enough. HAPPY SUMMER!