Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Pentecost Sunday May 13, 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 Pentecost Sunday 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 May 19 4:00 pm Emil, Alice, Jeannette and Mary Breton Sunday May 20 9:00 am Concetta Zoffreo Memorial *Living and Deceased Parishioners of Our Lady s* 11:00 am Rachel Maillet Memorial Monday May 21 8:00 am Kimberly Bilello 1st Anniversary Tuesday May 22 8:00 am Edward G. Minasian Memorial Friday May 25 8:00 am Bienveindo Maurillo Memorial Saturday May 26 4:00 pm Marie McClallen Memorial **Please pray for the soul of Marie Shaughnessy** Sunday May 27 9:00 am Saverio, Lucia, John & Paul Tulipano *Living and Deceased Parishioners of Our Lady s* 11:00 am Deceased Members of the Caramazza Family COLLECTION INFORMATION May 12/13 $6,260 ~ Utilities/Energy: $2,737 UPCOMING COLLECTIONS May 19/20: Regular and Special Monthly May 26/27: Regular June 2/3: Regular and Seminarian Collection June 9/10: Regular and Special Monthly June 16/17: Regular June 23/24: Regular June 30/July 1: Regular July 7/8: Regular and Special Monthly July 14/15: Regular and Utilities/Energy The Stained Glass Window will be illuminated this week in loving memory of Bienveindo Maurillo at the request of his family. The Blessed Mother Statue will be illuminated this week in loving memory of Tony Nigro at the request of his wife, Doris and family. Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Parish 1000 CLUB ~ THE PERFECT GIFT Great gifts for Mother s or Father s Day. Our next drawing is THIS Sunday, May 20 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 as a gift, 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. Thank you for your continued support of Our Lady s. MEMORIAL DAY MASS UPDATED TIME On SUNDAY, MAY 27 at the 11AM Mass, Our Lady s will honor those who sacrificed their lives and for those who continue to serve our country to protect our freedom. Refreshments will be served after Mass sponsored by Our Lady s Activities Committee. The 2018 Catholic Appeal continues. Your generous contributions not only matters to the appeal, but also helps OUR PARISH Our Lady s Parish goal is 46,943. To date we have collected $42,236. If you haven t given yet, there are blue envelopes at the end of each pew and on the tables of the church, please fill out and send in the mail. Thank you in advance for your kindness and generosity in helping us reach our goal. CONFERENCES/ADORATION with Fr. DiPerri and Fr. Roache, SMA Monday, June 4, 8:30am Grades 5-7 Friday, June 8, 8:30am-Grades K-4 SACRAMENT OF THE SICK Join us the last weekend of each month after the 4:00pm and 11:00am Masses to received the healing touch of the Lord. RCIA PROGRAM As our Blessed Mother brings us to her Son Jesus, it is our task also to bring others to the Lord. Is there someone you can invite to explore the Catholic faith, unbaptized, or baptized in a non-catholic Christian tradition? Perhaps you know a Catholic adult interested in being confirmed. If you would like more information about our RCIA Program, please contact Sharon in the parish office at 781-894-3481 x2 and she will have someone from our RCIA team contact you. May 20, 2018
Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Parish Waltham/Lexington FATHER DIPERRI UPDATED REPORT PARISH BUILDING AND GROUNDS IMPROVEMENTS New Church Sound System is being installed at the Church. This system will completely replace the old system by installing all new wiring, microphones and speakers to provide us with a most advanced audio digital technology. The new sound system is expected to help make the Mass audibly clearer to those worshipping. The prior speaker system has been experiencing early warning signs of failing. The new system is being installed by Evan Landry of Landry Audio Corporation. Evan will be at all the weekend Masses to make any necessary adjustments to the new system. Parish Parking Lot Improvements: The first phase of the resurfacing of the parish parking areas has begun in the Parish Office parking lot to the rear of the School. This parking area has been redesigned to allow greater traffic flow and parking for Parish Office and School needs. Delvecchio Construction, Asphalt and Paving Contractors of Waltham, has skillfully worked on this project, under the direction of Joe Delvecchio. Also, serious deteriorated man-hole covers and surrounding asphalt have been re-constructed in the Church/School parking lot. They were in serious disrepair. Work on the Church Belmont parking area has yet to be scheduled but is expected to beginning this spring. Spring Clean-up of Parish Grounds: Our landscaping company, Twinbrook Landscaping, run by Bob Devoe, earnestly worked during the week to prepare the parish grounds for the upcoming summer season. In addition, sand from the parking lot between the Church and School has been removed. A thorough cleaning of the recently installed astro-turf playground also occurred during the April school vacation break by Joe Crowley of Crowley Clippers. Rectory Siding and Heating System: New composite siding will be installed on the rectory s exterior walls over the next few weeks. The siding material is also designed to better insulate the house and reduce heating costs in upcoming years, and factory installed coloring for extended years of durability. Work on the rectory heating system is also in progress. The funding of these projects comes directly from the Bequest of Patricia Dorin. Pat was a dedicated, active and long-time parishioner at Our Lady s. Please keep her in your prayers in gratitude for remembering her parish. These projects were only made possible by her bequest. Improvements to the Design of the Sanctuary Blessed Mother and Sacred Heart Statues are in the design process. Working with a recommended Professional Church Interior Designer, the Pastoral Council and Sanctuary Committee have reviewed various proposals to improve these areas for greater devotion and artistic beauty. Pictured is the current proposal which shows the statue framed in wood, with Mosaic background, and statue standing on a stone post which is similar in color to the sanctuary flooring. To either side of the stone base is a wooden paneling against the current brick wall. (Sketch shown is only of the Blessed Virgin Mary Statue. The Sacred Heart of Jesus would have similar design.) Funds from this project were prior raised for their intended purposes from the Parish Building Campaign of the past two years. Any further donations toward this fund will be gratefully received so other deferred maintenance and improvements can be completed. 4 Pentecost Sunday
Waltham/Lexington HOMEBOUND If you, a family member or a friend are not able to make it to Mass for whatever reason; in the hospital, rehab for broken bone or simply no longer able to drive any reason, please call Sharon in the parish office, 781-894- 3481 x2 and we will make arrangements to have communion brought to your home. Just because you cannot make it to Mass, we do not want you to feel any less a part of our parish family. Please do not feel you are bothering us, we want to help you. Just make the call. God Bless You. Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Parish HOLY HOUR Join Fr. Roache on Wednesday evenings for Holy Hour beginning at 6:30 in St. Joseph Chapel. All are welcome. This is a time to come together to adore Our Lord in prayer and reflection. Holy hour will be on the second and third Wednesday in May, May 16 and 23 and will conclude in June, June 13 and 20. Our Council would like to acknowledge Pizzi Farm for providing refrigeration for the roses our council distributed to the women of the parish last weekend on Mothers Day. Pizzi Farm has been our partner for the project every year, and we are very grateful for their continued support. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MEMBERSHIP: Are you over 18 years old? Would you like to help your family, your parish and/or your community? Why not join our council? If you could give up watching T.V. for just two hours a month you could help us help others. It s easy. Meet one of our Knights in the foyer of the church after any Mass or email olkofc@olca.org. ST. VINCENT DEPAUL BOXES Our Lady s St. Vincent DePaul has been quietly helping many people without much fundraising. The only income comes from occasional donations from parishioners, but mostly from the 4 blue metal boxes we have located at the doors of the church. Perhaps the next time you walk in OR out of church, you might notice the box and drop some coins or more which will greatly be appreciated. Thank you for your kindness. MEN OF ST. JOSEPH GATHERING OF CATHOLIC MEN Spend an hour asking God to guide your life on Saturdays from 7:00-8:00am in St. Joseph Chapel. Doors to the school open at 7:00am. Opening prayer is 7:15am followed by discussion and reflection on the Sunday readings with a closing prayer at 7:55am. Jesus knows that to be fully alive, we men need to learn to love like He does, and we need to courageously guard His role in our relationships with our families, friends, colleagues and strangers. Men of St. Joseph is a weekly gathering where Catholic Men pray, discuss the Sunday readings and gain perspective on the sweeter yoke and lighter burden that is God s will in their lives. Won t you join us? In God be at rest, my soul. (Psalm 62:6). St. Joseph, guardian of the Lord, pray for us. PRAYER FOR PEACE AND FOR OUR MILITARY Heavenly Father, we humbly ask Your protection for all our men and women in military service. Give them unflinching courage to defend with honor, dignity and devotion the rights of all who are imperiled by injustice and evil. Guard our churches, our homes, our schools, hospitals, factories, all buildings and all those within from harm and peril. Amen. May 20, 2018
Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Parish A MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL I am delighted to share with you, the parishioners, the amazing success that our grade eight students had on being accepted to some very competitive high schools. Additionally, the students were accepted to every school to which they applied. The students, teachers and families should be congratulated! Following is a list of the high schools to which our eighth grade students were accepted: Arlington Catholic Belmont Hill School Berkshire School Boston College High School Boston University Academy (BU Academy) Buckingham Brown and Nichols Cambridge School of Weston Chapel Hill Chauncy Hall School Concord Academy Dana Hall School (Wellesley) Groton School New Hampton School (New Hampton, NH) Lexington Christian Academy Marian High School Marianapolis Preparatory (Thompson, CT) Matignon Middlesex Academy Minuteman High School Mount Alvernia Northfield Mount Herman School (Gill, MA) St. Joseph Prep St. John s Prep (Danvers) St. Paul s School (Concord, NH) St. Sebastian s (Needham) Tabor Academy (Marion, MA) Ursuline Academy Xaverian OUR LADY S FOOD PANTRY Waltham/Lexington 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. HELP AND HOPE: A 12 Step Recovery Program for Family and Friends Are you worried about another person s drinking? Is someone you know struggling with drug addiction? Don t know what to do or where to turn for help? Join us for HELP AND HOPE: A 12 Step Program of Recovery for family and friends of those who suffer from addiction. Learn how to live in the solution, not the problem! The meeting is held on Tuesday evenings at 7:30 pm in Saint Mary s Religious Education Building (30 Pond Street, Waltham) first floor. All are welcome! If you have questions, please feel free to contact Donna donnalaswell@verizon.net or call her at 781-893-4765. 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. MEMORIAL CANDLE STAND 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. WILL OR BEQUEST GIFTS When considering gifts to a charity in your Will or Trust, please remember Our Lady s. For those who enjoy playing the game, Our Lady s hold s Bingo every Friday night. Doors open at 5:00pm and Bingo starts at 6:45pm. The funds raised go towards Our Lady s Academy. 6 Pentecost Sunday