Saint Cecilia P A R I S H Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity 3 June 2012 Icon of the Holy Trinity Andrei Rublev (1360 1430)
Summer Evening Prayer Nourish your spirit this Summer and join us for Vespers June Sunday the 3 rd at 6:00 p.m. Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Friday the 15 th at 6:30 p.m. Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Sunday the 24 th at 6:00 p.m. Solemnity of the Birth of John the Baptist July Thursday the 26 th at 6:30 p.m. Memorial of Saints Joachim & Anne Tuesday the 31 st at 6:30 p.m. Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Loyola August Monday the 6 th at 6:30 p.m. Feast of the Transfiguration Tuesday the 14 th at 6:30 p.m. Vigil of the Assumption of Mary Tuesday the 28 th at 6:30 p.m. Memorial of Saint Augustine of Hippo
our community news Ministers of the Liturgy Saturday 5:00 p.m. Rev. Peter Grover, OMV, celebrant Laura Orrell, lector Sunday 8:00 a.m. Rev. George Winchester, SJ, celebrant Daniel Hart, lector Sunday 9:30 a.m. Rev. John Unni, celebrant Mary Kane, Tim Pratt, & Jim Dougherty, lectors Sunday 11:15 a.m. Rev. John Unni, celebrant Letitia Howland, Nicole Benevenia, & Joe Castellano, lectors today s readings Deuteronomy 4:32 34, 39 40 Romans 8:14 17 Mark 28:16 20 next sunday s Readings Exodous 245:3 8 Hebrews 9:11 15 Mark 14:12 16, 22 26 special intention Sunday, June 3 11:15 a.m. Liz Pino, Memorial weekday masses Just a reminder that Mass is celebrated each week on Thursday and Friday mornings at 8:00. Daily Mass usually lasts about 35 minutes. can you help? We need some members of the community to help us water our flowers from July 6 to July 17. The outside flowers need to be watered at least every other day. If you can help out (even once), please call or e-mail Susan Donnelly: 617-784-6778 or susan_donnelly@harvard.edu. Stay connected The parish bulletin is only one way to keep connected with what is going on at Saint Cecilia. For more frequent updates, we encourage you to stay connected on Facebook by becoming a fan of Saint Cecilia Parish. 3
Prayers & Occasions Our Sick Please pray for all our sick and for those who are in need of our prayer, especially Josephine Parker, John Saulenas, K. Champoux, Patricia Hoggard, Jennifer Serpico, Christine St. Pierre, Jessica Coviello, Harold Williamson, Jessica Rivieccio, Earl Chilcote, Colonel Robert C. Tashjian, Roseanne Borgioli, Rosemary Messina, Kim Murray, Heather LoRe, Rudy Kikel, Herbert Simmons, Peggy Furey, Janice Mascia, Winnie Dyer, Pamela D Ambra, Sue Lucas, Suki Coughlin, Roberta Keenan, Bridget Spence, Annette Kulas, Sam Gowan, Rhea Richard, Pil-Yun Son, Mary Yanez, Larry Buckley, M. Frances Driscoll, Ed Langlais, Bob McLaughlin, Steven Whitkens, Diana Slaton, Leo Garcia, Jean Marino, Joe Ford, Danny Cotter, Natalia Chilcote, Amy Sweetland, Jim Keyes, Michael Zawikowski, Cheryl Proctor, Patricia Macdonald, Elvera Dowsky, Frank Ackley, Fred Haslee, Lorraine Haslee, Robert Menson, Paul Flaherty, William Louttit, Lucie Kelly, Bro. Adam Zielonka, O.C.S.O., Amy Duarte, Karen & Rick, Phyllis Porras, Jim Linderman, Mark Amerault, Sr. Nuala Cotter, R.A., Kristen DeFranco Martinez, Michele Crowley Tippens, Sara Lima Santos, Joseph Driscoll, Pete Huttlinger, Anthony Simboli, Lisa Caputo, Edward Gill, Darlene McLendon, Jeanne Tibbs, Debbie Pace, Peter Schwahn, Deidre Sullivan, Roosevelt Brown, Mary O Donnell, Ginny L Abbe, Steve Chamberlain, Matt Penchuk, Carrie Penchuk, Christy Cosgrove, Jacques Romberger, John Scaife, Maureen Sullivan, Alyce Haley, Joe Capizzi, David Walsh, Joe Huenke, Kaylin Marcotte, Avito Pacifici, Charlotte Egan, James Noone, Keith Plaster, Frederick Flather, David & Paula Fillion, Fred Maglero, Sarah Sweeney, Susan Shea, Bill Croke, Ettore Bergamaschi, Ryan Delaney, Anita Cipriani, Cecile Finnerty, Manuela Almeida, Ilda Almeida, Joe Farrell, Ethan D Amato, Sophie Gagnon, Earl Meyers, Kathleen A. Meehan, James Ditomassi, Anne Frenette Handly, Jan Igras, & Cheryl Sabin. Baptisms At this morning s nine-thirty liturgy we celebrate baptism for Graham Thomas York, son of Jeff York and Nina Reis and at eleven-fifteen for Matias Pacheco Kros, son of Steve and Tereza Kros and little brother of Sebastian and for Chiara Sophia Vincze, daughter of Steve and Kathy Vincze. The Christian community welcomes you with great joy, Graham, Matias, and Chiara! Anniversary of Blessed John XXIII Today marks the forty ninth anniversary of the death of Blessed John XXIII. On October 28, 1958, a month shy of his seventy seventh birthday, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was elected pope, taking the name John. He called the Second Vatican Council (1962 1965) to achieve the aggiornamento ( updating ) of the Church, but did not live to see it to completion. On his deathbed, he said, It is not that the Gospel has changed; it is that we have begun to understand it better and know that the moment has come to discern the signs of the times, to seize the opportunity and to look far ahead. Pope John XXIII died on June 3, 1963. Known for his personal warmth, good humor,and kindness, in Italy he is remembered with the affectionate appellative of Il Papa Buono ( The Good Pope ). He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on September 3, 2000, and his feast day is October 11, the day that Vatican II s first session opened. Special Collection Today This weekend s special collection is for the support of the retirement, medical, and financial needs of the priests of the Archdiocese of Boston. On behalf of all of our priests, we thank you in advance for your generosity. Evening Prayer Tonight Please join us for Vespers this evening at six o clock in honor of the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. 4
ordinary time & today s solemnity With the celebration of Pentecost, Easter drew to a close last Sunday and we re now back in Ordinary Time. We have been renewed and strengthened by our ninety day journey through Lent and Eastertide. What a wonderful Easter we had here at Saint Cecilia! We celebrated the initiation of nineteen men and women at the Great Vigil of Easter and twenty three of our youngsters were welcomed to the table of the Lord on the Sixth Sunday of Easter. Though we are now in Ordinary Time, the ordinal or numbered Sundays are still two weeks away. The Church eases us into Ordinary Time with two solemn feasts: the Most Holy Trinity (today) and the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (next Sunday). With today s feast, the Church expresses our Trinitarian faith by professing a belief in the oneness of God in whom there are three divine Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This feast is ancient its origins can be traced to the seventh century and it has been on the Church s universal calendar for nearly seven hundred years. It would be impossible to overstate the significance of the mystery we celebrate today: The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the central mystery of Christian faith and life, the Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us. It is the mystery of God in himself. It is therefore the source of all the other mysteries of faith, the light that enlightens them. The history of salvation is the history of how God gradually reveals himself to humanity as the one true God, unity in Trinity. Today the liturgy holds this mystery before us, not explaining or defining, but simply showing us some of the facets of the mystery throught the readings and prayers. fr. Gregory Boyle, SJ at BC HIGH this Tuesday Please join the New England Province of Jesuits for the second annual Dowmel Lecture featuring Fr. Gregory Boyle, SJ, author of Tattoos of the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion and founder of Homeboy Industries. Homeboy Industries mission is: Jobs not Jails. Homeboy Industries assist at-risk and formerly gang involved youth to become positive and contributing members of society through job placement, training and education. This lecture will take place at the Gregory E. Bulger Performing Arts Center, Boston College High School, this Tuesday evening, from 7:00 9:00. The Lecture is free of charge but space is limited. To reserve a seat, please rsvp to kostiguy@sjnen.org or call 617-607-2800. 5
Congratulations to the Class of 2012! Frank Ackley was awarded the doctor of pharmacy degree from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences on May 11. Alana Altmann was awarded the bachelor of science degree in economics from Northeastern University on May 4. Cathy Anderson was awarded the bachelor of science in nursing degree from Regis College on May 12. Cathy is continuing at Regis as a degree candidate for the master of science in nursing degree. Joe Aquilante was awarded the doctor of pharmacy degree from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences on May 11. Libby Boland was awarded the bachelor of science degree in elementary education and the bachelor of arts degree in mathematics from Westfield State University on May 19. Libby graduated magna cum laude. Stephen Burckardt was awarded the bachelor of science degree in marketing from Stonehill College on May 20. Elise Cevetello was awarded the bachelor of arts degree in communications with a minor in environmental sciences from The American University of Rome on May 21. Melanie Cevetello graduated from Arlington Catholic High School on May 25. Michael Anthony DiSanto was awarded the bachelor of arts degree from Harvard College on May 24. Michael is graduating with a field of concentration in psychology and a secondary field in economics. Claire Dubuque will graduate from Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart on June 7. Mary Katherine Dulweber was awarded the master of music degree in vocal performance from Boston University on May 20. Arturo Fernandez was awarded the bachelor of music degree from The Boston Conservatory on May 12. This fall he will matriculate at the Cleveland Institute of Music to pursue graduate studies leading to the master of music degree. Benjamin Franceschi was awarded the master of architecture degree from Harvard University Graduate School of Design on May 24. Keith Hall was awarded the bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from Northeastern University on May 4. Elizabeth Jenkins was awarded the bachelor of business administration degree from the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst on May 11. Jennifer Kulakowski was awarded the bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from Northeastern University on May 4. Lauren Landry was awarded the master of music degree from New England Conservatory on May 20. Kerry G. Matlack will graduate from Buckingham Browne & Nichols School on June 8. This fall she will matriculate at Wesleyan University. Christopher Moriarty was awarded the doctor of dental medicine degree from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine on May 20. Viesia Novosielski graduated from Harvard Extension School on May 24. Emily Pakula was awarded the doctor of dental medicine degree from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine on May 20. Michael Rambo was awarded a bachelor s degree from Suffolk University on May 20. Carmen Reddick will graduate from Fenway High School on June 8. This fall she will matriculate at Johnson & Wales University to major in culinary arts. Joyce Kristin Salomon was awarded the bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering with a minor in biomedical engineering from Northeastern University on May 4. Davide Ventura was awarded the doctor of pharmacy degree from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences on May 11. Jason Villarreal was awarded the master of science in nursing degree from the School of Nursing at the MGH Institute of Health Professions on May 10. Alex Wilkocki was awarded the doctor of pharmacy degree from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences on May 11. 6
can you donate medical supplies? The Boston College School of Theology and Ministry s (STM) 2012 El Salvador Immersion Trip Team is partnering with Boston s El Salvador Consulate to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the peace accords that ended the Salvadoran Civil War. The STM Team is collecting medical supplies which the Consulate will ship to El Salvador. If you have any health care related items (Band-Aids, gauze, bandages, Advil, crutches, wheelchairs, etc.), please bring them to the STM (9 Lake Street, Brighton) on Friday, June 1 or 8 from 1 to 5 p.m. Donations also can be directly dropped off at the Consulate (46 Bennington Street, East Boston), Monday through Friday from 9 to 5. Please e-mail Joe Lemme (lemmej@bc.edu) if you have any questions. Thank you for supporting this peaceful initiative! drivers needed Twice a month parishioners have the opportunity to pick up donated meat, dairy products, and produce from a South Shore supermarket and deliver it to Catholic Charities Haitian Multi-Service Center in Dorchester along with the packaged food items donated at Saint Cecilia. This vital ministry takes place at 7:30 a. m. on Sunday mornings and can be completed in time to attend the 9:30 parish Mass. If you have a car and are interested in volunteering, please contact Mark Lippolt at mlippolt@hammondre.com. prison & after committee meeting The committee will meet in a classroom in the Parish Pastoral Center next Sunday, June 10, following the eleven-fifteen liturgy and reveiw how the new Monday Night Program for formerly incarcerated people is going. New members are most welcome! If you would like additional information, please contact Peg (peg_newman@msn.com; 508 587-4254) or Tom (whatevertp@gmail.com; 617 642-9351). well done, Richard! The Saint Cecilia Parish Choir s recording of Richard J. Clark s I Am Risen, Resurrexi was recently posted on The Chant Café blog by Jeffrey A. Tucker, managing editor of Sacred Music, the official quarterly journal of the Church Music Association of America, and the oldest continuously published journal of music in North America. To listen to this piece, visit www.chantcafe.com/2012/05/ richard-j-clarks-i-am-risen.html or simply Google I Am Risen Richard J Clark. Jeffrey Tucker has written about and posted much of Richard s work this past year, including his recordings of the ICEL Chants of the Roman Missal as well as The American Boychoir s recording of Richard s setting of Ave Maria. I Am Risen, Resurrexi takes its text from the Introit for Easter Sunday: Psalm 139: 18, 5, 6 & 1-2: I am risen, and I am always with you, alleluia; you have placed your hand upon me, alleluia; your wisdom is most wonderful, alleluia, alleluia. V. O Lord, you have searched me and known me; you know when I sit down and when I rise up. The piece was premiered at the nine-thirty Mass on the Fifth Sunday of Easter and is dedicated to the memory of Emilia Marie Landry. Some comments from the The Chant Café blog about I Am Risen, Resurrexi : A beyond lovely choral meditation on the Easter Introit, faithful in spirit to the original chant It respects the English words, never forcing them into an artificial or forced rhythm. The soaring melody evokes the identity of the OT Wisdom with the reality of the Resurrected Christ. Lovely and haunting. I m especially drawn to the almost mystical edginess of the opening phrases where the chant alternates with the statement, I am risen. The musical eye sees the earliest hours of Easter morning, darkened by the night but with the risen Christ slowly appearing in refulgent beauty stating, I am risen. Then the lovely, radiant alleluias slice through the darkness in turn 7
By DEACON GREG KANDRA trinity Sunday How we encounter the Trinity in experiences of joy On this Trinity Sunday, I m going to do something a little different. This morning, you won t be hearing any complex theology, no explanation of the hypostatic union, and no stories about St. Patrick and shamrocks. Instead, I d like to ask you to think for just a moment about something that makes you sublimely happy. Maybe it was a knock-knock joke told by your grandson. Or maybe it was the way your wife smiled when you came home at the end of the day. Or maybe it was staying awake just to watch your newborn baby sleeping in his crib. Think about those moments in your life that have given you joy. Because in those moments, you have touched the Trinity. One of the great theologians from the 14th century, the Dominican priest Meister Eckhart, defined the Trinity this way: When the Father laughs at the Son and the Son laughs back at the Father, that laughter gives pleasure, that pleasure gives joy, that joy gives love, and that love is the Holy Spirit. That definition says it all and it reminds us of something too easily forgotten in our faith. And that something is: Joy. In Eckhart s vision, the element that binds the Trinity together what sparks its existence, really is something exuberant. It is love brought about by joy. The novelist Leon Bloy understood that. Joy, he wrote, is the most infallible sign of the presence of God. Where Joy is there also is God. And where you find God, you can t help but find the Trinity. Just listen again to the first reading, quoting the Wisdom of God. Some scripture scholars believe wisdom is the Old Testament understanding of the Holy Spirit. And here is what Wisdom says: When the Lord established the heavens, I was there then was I beside him as his craftsman and I was his delight day by day playing before him all the while playing on the surface of his earth and I found delight in the human race. 8
Playing on the surface of the earth. There you have an infallible sign of the presence of God. A playful presence. A delighted presence. A joyful presence. But for whatever reason, many of us don t give joy its due. We tend to face the Lord with grim faces and furrowed brows. But is that what He really wants? Scripture reminds us, again and again, how God takes delight in creation. We shouldn t be afraid to express that, or share in it. Because to share in that joy is to share in the Trinity and feel the nearness and excitement of God s love for us. It is the love of a father for His children the love of a brother for what he has redeemed the love of an abiding spirit for what he has sanctified. Not long ago, the Jesuit author Fr. James Martin gave a talk on some of the more mirthful saints we ve had over the centuries. There was St. Lawrence one of the great deacons of the church who, while being roasted to death on a grill, told his executioners, Turn me over, I m done on this side. There was St. Philip Neri, who hung a sign on his door that said, The House of Christian Mirth. And there was Padre Pio a man, I suspect, that no one thinks of as being a comedian. In the 1960s, when the Red Brigade was sparking violence in Rome, people began carrying a picture of Padre Pio for protection. One day Padre Pio was going into Rome and a friend asked him, Aren t you worried about the Red Brigade? No, he replied. I have a picture of Padre Pio. These saints understood the importance of a happy heart. They knew that it is part of what makes us human but also what connects us to the divine. If joy is at the heart of the Trinity, it s also at the heart of us, for we are made in the image of God. So, if you want a better understanding of the Trinity this Trinity Sunday, I think you already have it. It is in the thousands of joyful miracles God places before us. I saw it just yesterday, at the wedding of my nephew. Twenty-one years ago, he was a ring bearer in my own wedding. And yesterday I had the privilege of serving as the deacon at his wedding. Joy was there, overflowing. And so was love. And so inevitably was God. The reason that joy and love are so closely entwined is that, when you think about it, it is impossible to love with an attitude of gloom or despair. A joyful heart, said Mother Teresa, is the result of a heart burning with love. She could be describing our feelings for one another. Or even, perhaps, God s feelings for us. God the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit burns with love for us. It is the burning love that settled over the disciples last Sunday, Pentecost. This Sunday, as we celebrate the Trinity, let us pray that it continues to inflame our hearts with zeal, with hope and most of all with joy. To experience that is to experience God in his three-ness. So cherish the joys in your life, wherever you find them, however they come. Because it may be as close as we get to heaven on earth. Deacon Greg Kandra is a Roman Catholic deacon serving the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York. A veteran broadcast journalist, Deacon Greg worked for 26 years as a writer and producer for CBS News in both New York and Washington. He now serves as the Executive Editor of ONE, the acclaimed magazine published by the Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA). This homily was given on Trinity Sunday. 9
Parish RESOURCES Parish Office & Mailing Address 18 Belvidere Street, Boston, MA 02115 Hours Monday Friday, 9:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. Phone 617 536 4548 Fax 617 536 1781 E-mail info@stceciliaboston.org Website www.stceciliaboston.org Parish Staff Rev. John J. Unni, Pastor, junni@stceciliaboston.org Mark Donohoe, Pastoral Associate for Administration, mdonohoe@stceciliaboston.org Scott J. MacDonald, Director of Faith Formation and Leadership Development, smacdonald@stceciliaboston.org Richard J. Clark, Director of Music and Organist, rclark@stceciliaboston.org Maureen Sullivan, Administrative Assistant to the Pastor, msullivan@stceciliaboston.org Genevieve Fiorente, Office Administrative Assistant Assisting Clergy Rev. Thomas Gariepy, CSC Rev. Peter Grover, OMV Rev. James Shaughnessy, SJ Rev. George Winchester, SJ Schedule for Liturgy Wednesdays During Lent 6:00 p.m. Thursday & Friday 8:00 a.m. Lord s Day Sat 5:00 p.m.; Sun 8:00, 9:30, 11:15, and 6:00 p.m. Holy Days 8:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Reconciliation By appointment at any time and Wednesday evenings from 6:30 8:00 during Lent. 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. For more information, please contact Mark Donohoe. Baptism for Infants Infant baptism is celebrated on the first Sunday of the month. For more information, please contact Mark Donohoe. 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), Ginny DiSanto (gin250boston@gmail.com) or Peg Quilty (nursempeg@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 The church is accessible by elevator. Parking Reduced-rate parking (maximum of three hours) is available Sundays at the Prudential Center parking garage, LAZ Parking (53 Belvidere Street), and at the Hilton Boston Back Bay. Please bring your parking ticket to church for validation before returning to the garage. 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 gathering space. No matter what your background, please know that you are always welcome at Saint Cecilia. 10