Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted March 18, 2018
Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Parish O ur Lady C o m forter of the Afflict e d Church: 880 Trapelo Rd, Waltham, MA 02452-4845 www.olca.org Parish Office/Religious Education: 920-R Trapelo Rd., Waltham, MA 02452-4845 (781) 894-3481 Fax (781) 894-0021 Our Lady s Academy: 920 Trapelo Rd., Waltham, MA 02452-4845 (781) 899-0353 www.ourladysacademy.org Parish Office Hours Monday-Friday 8:00AM-4:00PM Academy Office Hours Monday-Friday 7:45AM-2:45PM Waltham/Lexington Rev. James M. DiPerri, Pastor Rev. Dermot Roache, SMA, Parochial Vicar Rev. James F. Hawker, Senior Priest Assisting Felicia Forger, Religious Education Coordinator Miriam Dorovski, Finance Manager JoAnn Geary, Finance Assistant Sharon Micco, Parish Office Manager Patrick Botti, Music Director Chandra Minor, School Principal Mary Gotgart, School Office Manager Parish Staff olcaparish@gmail.com fr.roache@gmail.com olcaparish@gmail.com religiouseducation@olca.org finance@olca.org olcafinance2@gmail.com olcaparish@gmail.com music@olca.org principal@ourladysacademy.org office@ourladysacademy.org Monday, Tuesday, Friday First Friday Mass Saturday (Vigil) Sunday Holy Day Mass Baptism 12:15pm 8AM 9AM (only) 4PM 9AM, 11AM As Announced During Mass or on selected Sunday each month. To schedule a Baptism, call 781-894-3481 x7 and leave your information. Sacrament of Marriage Arrangements six months-one year in advance by appointment. Please contact the parish office. Rite of Christian Initiation (RCIA) Anyone interested in journeying in faith to receive the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, please contact John Barry in the parish office. 2 Fifth Sunday of Lent Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation Every Saturday from 3:15-3:45 PM in the new Confessional located just inside the back of the church on the school side entrance. Other scheduled opportunities throughout the year, as well as by appointment. Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick The Sacrament of The Sick will be administered on the last weekend of each month after the 4PM and 11AM Masses. Who can receive this sacrament? Those who are aged, chronically ill, are having treatments or will be having surgery. We invite you to come receive the Sacrament of the Sick, a source of strength, healing and grace. Homebound Ministry Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion bring Holy Communion to those unable to attend Sunday Mass. Please contact John Barry in the parish office to make arrangements. For more info on the Catholic Faith: www.usccb.org
Waltham/Lexington MASS INTENTIONS Saturday March 17 4:00 pm Louis Gnerre, Sr., Clarice Althea Gnerre, Michael and Patricia Gnerre Sunday March 18 9:00 am Norman and Susan Vail Memorial *Living and Deceased Parishioners of Our Lady s* 11:00 am Marco and Ernesto Randolfi Memorial Monday March 19 8:00 am Ray Jerauld, Sr. Tuesday March 20 8:00 am Special Health Intentions of John Mullaney Friday March 23 8:00 am Connie Bergeron Memorial Saturday March 24 4:00 pm Emily Kane 1st Anniversary Sunday March 25 9:00 am Peter and Alice Connolly Memorial *Living and Deceased Parishioners of Our Lady s* 11:00 am Peter and Fortunata Terrizzi Memorial COLLECTION INFORMATION March 10/11: $6,554 UPCOMING COLLECTIONS March 17/18: Regular March 24/25: Regular PILGRIMAGE TO MEDJUGORIE Join Fr. Dermot Roache, SMA on a pilgrimage to Medjugorje from April 15 to April 23, 2018. Cost is $2,800 per person (all-inclusive). For information please contact Crystal Travel Tours, 617-327-4242. OUR LADY S FOOD PANTRY Our Lady s St. Vincent depaul assists the needy of the parish. The food pantry collection is the third weekend of each month. Requested donations are tuna fish, mayonnaise, jars of pasta sauce, pasta, peanut butter, jelly or children s snacks. These items can be left in the designated baskets at each door of the church. We appreciate your generosity and thank you. Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Parish PALM SUNDAY Join us next week, Palm Sunday as Cardinal Sean O Malley will be with us to celebrate the 9:00am Mass. We hope you will be able to join us for this special Mass. HOLY WATER BRIGADE On Monday, March 19 at 6:00pm in the cafeteria, we invite you to join our Holy Water Brigade. We will fill and label small bottles of water to be blessed and distributed at our Easter Masses. This annual undertaking of preparing all the water bottles goes very quickly with many helping hands. This is a mandatory service project for our Confirmation students who appreciate your participation. Grades 5-8 are especially welcome. Come and enjoy some pizza, and socializing too, as you help your parish. HAM-A-RAMA SATURDAY, APRIL 28 Due to Easter being on April 1 this year and to avoid March as Mother Nature has already blanketed us with the white stuff, we are scheduling the Ham-a-Rama for Saturday, April 28. Please help spread the word. DONATIONS ARE NEEDED, you don t have to wait to bring them in, you can bring donations into my office ANYTIME from now on. We will also need gift cards for our Tulip Garden, denomination of $25 or more would be greatly appreciated. They can be to anywhere, food stores, book stores, restaurants etc. Thank you in advance Join us the last weekend of each month after the 4:00pm and 11:00am Masses to received the healing touch of the Lord. If you have not already officially registered as a parishioner, please do so. The parish census forms can be found on all the tables of the church. Simply fill out and you can either mail it back to the parish office, drop it in the collection basket or walk it into the parish office. Whichever is easiest for you. Thank you. March 18, 2018
Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Parish Waltham/Lexington LENTEN STATIONS OF THE CROSS/CONFESSIONS Join us on Wednesdays during Lent for Stations of the Cross. Soup will be served prior from 5:45-6:15pm. We will combine the Stations with our Wednesday Holy Hour on March 21. All weekly Stations will begin with the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at 6:30pm, with Stations per usual and will end with Benediction. CONFESSIONS: During the Stations of the Cross, confessions will be heard from 6:30-7:30pm. When confessions and Stations of the Cross end, Fr. Roache will conclude the evening with Benediction. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 9/10 GRADE RETREAT Our Religious Education Grades 9 and 10 had their Confirmation Retreat last weekend. Below are a few photos from a great day. PASTA DINNER The Knights of Columbus will hold their Pasta Dinner on Saturday, March 24 at 5:00pm. Tickets will be sold after all Masses this weekend. CRUCIFIX Thank you to those who called to notify us that the heavy winds caused the Crucifix on the rectory lawn to collapse. A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU to Tom and Giovanni Vecchio, Frank Landino and Kenny, Corey, Cody and Connor Coye for helping to carry the Body of the Lord to safe keeping during the midst of the storm. A new cross forthcoming for bronze statue Body of the Lord Jesus. Crucifix will be placed back on spot as soon as possible. OUR LADY S ACADEMY NEWS PAPER Last month, we celebrated the release of the first issue of our own student-run newspaper, The Wildcat. The newspaper staff, including Valeria Centinaro, Julia Esler, Erin Lopez, Mckenzie Morris, Caroline O Brien, Ava Palazzolo, Maeve Reardon and Nicole Varadan worked tirelessly to write and print the first issue. It featured original articles written by the students, including an interview with a recent OLA alumnus, Liam Reardon. We are currently working on issue number two and we are holding a contest for all OLA students to design a logo for the newspaper. We would like to thank everyone for their support. ADULT CONFIRMATION We are asking for prayers and well wishes for Mark St. Cyr who will make his Adult Confirmation on March 22 at St. Patrick's in Watertown with Bishop Reed presiding. 4 Fifth Sunday of Lent
Waltham/Lexington Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Parish We have all received the call to go and baptize all nations. Pray for those who are considering if they too are ready to renounce Satan and all his works and empty promises. If there is someone you think would like to explore what Baptism in the Catholic faith means, ask them to contact Sharon in the parish office and she will contact a member of the RCIA team to contact you. HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE March 29, 30, 31 and April 1 Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord s Supper 7:00pm Good Friday Stations of the Cross 12 Noon Good Friday Passion of the Lord Service 7:00pm Easter Vigil 7:30pm Easter Sunday Masses 9:00am and 11:00am RELIGIOUS ED NEWS HOLY THURSDAY FIELD TRIP Religious Education grades 5-8 and Confirmation families are planning a special Holy Thursday event for our students and families in Grades 5-10, known as the Seven Churches Visitation or Visita Iglesia. After the Mass of the Lord s Supper, during which Christians remember Jesus last meal with His Apostles, main and most side altars are stripped; all crosses are removed or covered; the Blessed Sacrament is placed in a tabernacle on the Altar of Repose; and churches are open late for silent adoration. Those who practice Visita Iglesia leave the church where they attended Mass of the Lord s Supper and travel to nearby churches to pray before the Blessed Sacrament. We would like our students and families as well, to share in this sacred and ancient Catholic tradition and visit St. Jude s, Sacred Heart and St. Mary Churches in Waltham on Holy Thursday evening and conclude with pizza at the Rectory. We do need drivers! Please let us know if your student is interested and/or if you are willing to be a driver. Thank you in advance. We did this last year and it was very meaningful. Please contact Felicia Forger, 781-894-3481 x3 or email at religiouseducation@olca.org NORTH WALTHAM SENIORS The North Waltham Seniors will have their first meeting of the year on Monday, March 19 at 12:30pm. Please come and reunite with old friends or become a new member and make new friends. Coffee and refreshments will be served. 1000 CLUB ~ THE PERFECT GIFT Our next drawing is THIS Sunday, March 18 at 12:30pm in the school cafeteria. 1000 Club memberships are $55 for the year and make great gifts, please consider purchasing one. If you would like to join OR purchase for someone as a gift, fill out below and return to the parish office or contact Sharon in the parish office. A number will be assigned and a letter sent out. If purchasing as a gift, we will send a gift letter out for you. There are 12 chances to win. Prizes are (8) $50, (1) $100, (1) $200, (1) $300 and (1) $1,000. Our new calendar of drawing dates will be given out next month. Thank you for your support of Our Lady s. NAME: ADDRESS: PHONE: EMAIL: COME CELEBRATE DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY Please join us on Sunday, April 8 from 1:00-4:00pm as we celebrate the Feast of the Divine Mercy. Program will include Confessions from 1:00-3:00pm, Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, Divine Mercy Litany of Reparation, Family Consecration to Divine Mercy, Litany in Praise of the Divine Mercy, Chaplet of Divine Mercy with a Mass at 3:00pm to include veneration of the Divine Mercy image. An opportunity will also be provided for attendees to venerate a first-class relic of Saint Faustina Kowalska at the end of Mass. Don t miss out as we celebrate the promise of God s infinite mercy and forgiveness for all of us on this great day of mercy. The Divine Mercy Novena begins on Good Friday. Pamphlets to participate in the Novena will be available during the Lenten Parish Mission on March 12, 13 and 14 in church. WINTER MASS CANCELLATIONS If Waltham Public Schools are closed or delayed there will be no morning Mass and no evening activities. March 18, 2018
Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Parish OUR LADY S ACADEMY CONFESSIONS with Fr. DiPerri and Fr. Roache, SMA at 8:30am Tuesday, March 20 Grade 8A, Tuesday, March 27 Grade 8B CONFERENCES/ADORATION with Fr. DiPerri and Fr. Roache, SMA Monday, April 9, 8:30am Grade 5-8 Tuesday, April 10, 9:15am Grade PreK-TK Friday, April 13, 8:30am Monday, May 7, 8:30am Grade K-4 Tuesday, May 8, 9:15am Grade K/TK Friday, May 11, 8:30am-Grades 5-8 Monday, June 4, 8:30am Grades 5-7 Friday, June 8, 8:30am-Grades K-4 MEMORIAL CANDLE STAND Waltham/Lexington OUR LADY S RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CONFERENCES/ADORATION with Fr. DiPerri and Fr. Roache, sma Sunday, April 29 10:00am, Grade 2 only for Eucharist Preparation Sunday, April 29 10am in Auditorium Grades 9/10 Please consider a memorial candle in memory of a loved one or for a special intention. The candles are $250 for a year. If you would like more information, contact Sharon in the parish office. UPCOMING HAPPENINGS AND EVENTS AT OUR LAADY S Filling of water bottles for Easter on Monday, March 19 at 6:00pm in cafeteria of Our Lady s Knights of Columbus Pasta Dinner on Saturday, March 24 at 5:00pm Palm Sunday Masses, 4pm, 9am and 11am Cardinal Seán O Malley to celebrate the 9:00am Holy Thursday, March 29, Evening Mass of the Lord s Supper at 7:00pm Good Friday, Mar ch 30, Passion of the Lor d Good Fr id ay Service at 7:00pm Easter Vigil, March 31 at 7:30pm Easter Sunday Masses at 9:00am and 11:00am Easter Egg Hunt after the 9:00am Mass on Easter Sun day (WEATHER PERMITTING) Dinner for Religious Education Teachers and Aides on Friday, April 6 at 6:00pm at the Rectory Ham-a-Rama Fundraiser on Saturday, April 28 beginning at 5:00pm Two-Day Marian Service: Monday, May 21 for Adoration/Rosary/Crowning of Blessed Mother and on Tuesday, May 22 for Adoration and Rosary MARCH TO WIN CALENDAR WINNERS March 1 $75 M/M Robert Cusano March 2 $50 Ruby Leeber March 3- $100-Michael Freeman March 4 $100 Joanne DeProfio March 5 $75 Denise Visco March 6 $50 Janice Doneski March 7 $100 Cheryl Martino March 8 $75 Michael Waldron March 9 $50 Jean Poyerd March 10 $100 Michael Donovan March 11 $100 Antoinetta Languzzi March 12 $75 Nick Frankel EASTER EGG HUNT Sunday, April 1 after the 9:00am Mass If you would like to donate plastic eggs and wrapped candy for the Easter eggs for our Easter egg hunt after the 9am Mass on Easter Sunday, please bring by the parish office. IF THE WEATHER IS BAD OR GROUNDS NOT GOOD WE WILL HAVE THE EGGS IN THE SCHOOL AUDITORIUM ACROSS THE PARKING LOT. BRING THE KIDS OVER TO COLLECT THEIR EGGS. :-) 6 Fifth Sunday of Lent