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From the Pastors Desk: Sunday, February 05, 2012
(Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Now that all of the parishes in the Archdiocese have been assigned their clusters (seven parishes will stand alone), they must work the mission given to us by the Cardinal. “The history of parishes reveals a certain level of ...
From the Pastors Desk: Sunday, January 29, 2012
(Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time)
On January 24th the pastors and parochial vicars from the West Region, of which we are a part, met with the Archdiocesan Pastoral Planning Commission to receive our plan for clusters.
By what ...
From the Pastors Desk: Sunday, January 22, 2012
(3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time)
The Archdiocesan Pastoral Planning Commission (APPC), led by Msgr. William Fay, proposed an Archdiocesan Plan to all the priests on December 5th, 2011. The priests were asked to give feedback ...
From the Pastors Desk: Sunday, January 15, 2012
(2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time)
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins Wednesday, January 18th and runs to January 25th. These dates were proposed in 1908 by Paul Watson to cover the days between the feasts of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. Paul ...
From the Pastors Desk: Sunday, January 08, 2012
(The Epiphany of the Lord)
On Christmas Eve, at the 4:00 Mass at Sacred Heart, the children dramatized the gospel which included Mary and Joseph making the journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem and the birth of the baby Jesus (with a real baby) and of course many ...
From the Pastors Desk: Sunday, January 01, 2012
(The Solemnity Of The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother Of God)
The Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God
Devout love and adoration for the Blessed Virgin Mary is part of our great country’s history. In the ...
From the Pastors Desk: Sunday, December 25, 2011
(Christmas)
In 2nd Samuel we read last Sunday: “David said to Nathan the prophet, ‘Here I am living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God dwells in a tent!’…”But that night the Lord ...
From the Pastors Desk: Sunday, December 18, 2011
(Fourth Sunday of Advent)
By now you have some knowledge of the Pastoral Plan called Disciples in Mission. It is a plan to strengthen parishes in the Archdiocese of Boston as primary communities of faith. The plan is in draft form and many people will be able to give ...
From the Pastors Desk: Sunday, December 11, 2011
(Third Sunday of Advent)
The Parish Pastoral Council is a body of parishioners selected to counsel the pastor in the life and mission of the parish. The rationale for the parish pastoral council may be found in the Vatican Council’s Constitution ...
From the Pastors Desk: Sunday, December 04, 2011
(Second Sunday of Advent)
We are introduced to one of the main characters of Advent, John the Baptist. He has come to fulfill the hope and desire of Isaiah, the prophet, seven hundred years before. “I send my ...
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