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St. Anthony Shrine& Ministry Center
100 Arch Street, Boston, MA 02110Tel. 617-542-6440 Website:
http://www.StAnthonyShrine.org
The Good Word Tel. 617-542-0502 Prayer Request Line Tel.
617-553-4100
Sunday, March 15 Saturday, March 21, 2015
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M A R C H
15 Sunday
Prison Ministry, SCHC, 8:15 to 11:30 a.m.,womens services 12:55
to 2:30 p.m.
16 Monday
Blood pressure & Blood Sugar screening, flu vaccine, 10:00
a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Wellness Center
Emmaus Ministry brown bag lunch, 12:15 to 1:15 p.m., 2nd fl.
classroom (See ad for details.)
17 Tuesday
Blood pressure & Blood Sugar screening, flu vaccine, 9:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Wellness Center
Jesus and Power of Now (by Eckhart Tolle),by Bill Sawyer, 12:15
to 1:30 p.m., 2nd. fl. classroom (See ad for details.)
Just Peacemaking, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., 2nd fl.classroom (See ad
for details.)
18 Wednesday
Blood pressure & Blood Sugar screening, flu vaccine, 9:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Wellness Center
Seniors Mass 10:00 a.m., exercise 10:30 a.m.,Program 11:00 a.m.,
lunch Noon
LGBT Spirituality Group, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.,Assisi auditorium
stage classroom(See ad for details.)
19 Thursday
No scheduled events.
Welcome to the St. Anthony Shrine
Community. All are welcome here.
No one is excluded.
Please take this bulletin home with you aswell as the many
brochures that advertisethe programs and services of the
Shrine.Thank you for being with us today.
Franciscan friars and staffSt. Anthony Shrine community
WHATS HAPPENING THIS WEEK
Front cover art: Sunrise in Galilee,
June 1, 2008. Photo by Kathryn B. Suarez.
See her blog
http://www.faithloveadventure.com
REGULAR EVENTSMonday A.A. 12 Step Meeting 5:45 p.m.Tuesday
Seniors Crafts Group 10:30 a.m. A.A. Open Meeting Noon Mens
Cursillo Reunion 5:15 p.m.Wednesday Remembrance Day for Deceased
(3rd Wed.) All Masses Womens Spiritual Refl. Group (2nd & 4th
Wed) 12:30 p.m. Seniors Computer Lab 1:30 p.m. Grupo Hispano de
Oracin 4:15 p.m. A.A. Open Meeting 5:45 p.m. Bread on the Common
(2nd & 4th Wed.) 5:45 p.m. Anointing of the Sick Mass (2nd
Wed.) TBAThursday S.L.A.A. Meeting Noon Mens Spirituality Group
(2nd & 4th Thurs.) 5:00 p.m. A.A. Big Book Meeting 5:45
p.m.Saturday Centering Prayer Group (1st & 3rd Sat.) Noon
Vietnamese Secular Franciscans (2nd Sat.) 1:00 p.m. Secular
Franciscans (2nd Sat.) 1:00 p.m.Sunday 20/30 Boston Young Adults
Coffee (4th Sun.) 11:00 a.m. alt. Wine & Cheese Social (odd 4th
Sun.) 5:00 p.m. Emmaus Ministry Prayer/Discussion (1st Sun.) 11:00
a.m. Healing Service (2nd Sun.) 1:30 p.m. Hispanic Secular
Franciscans (1st Sun.) 3:00 p.m.
Pray for Peace in the Middle East!
21 Saturday
Emmaus Ministry One-Day Spiritual Retreat, 9:00 a.m. to 8:00
p.m., 5th fl. Friary (See ad for details.)
Centering Prayer Group, Noon to 1:30 p.m.,4th fl. Francis
room
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SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCESSunday: Fourth Sunday of Lent;
Second ScrutinyTuesday: St. PatrickWednesday: St. Cyril of
JerusalemThursday: St. JosephFriday: Abstinence; Spring begins
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Events This Week
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READINGS FOR THE WEEKMonday: Is 65:17-21; Ps 30:2, 4-6,
11-13b;
Jn 4:43-54Tuesday: Ez 47:1-9, 12; Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9;
Jn 5:1-16Wednesday: Is 49:8-15; Ps 145:8-9, 13cd-14, 17-18;
Jn 5:17-30Thursday: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27,
29; Rm 4:13:16-18, 22; Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a
Friday: Wis 2:1a, 12-22; Ps 34:17-21, 23; Jn 7:1-2, 10,
25-30
Saturday: Jer 11:18-20; Ps 7:2-3, 9bc-12; Jn 7:40-53
Sunday: Jer 31:31-34; Ps 51:3-4, 12-15; Heb 5:7-9; Jn 12:20-33
Alternate readings (Year A): Ez 37:12-14; Ps 130:1-8; Rom 8:8-11;
Jn 11:1-45 [3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45
Will You be a Peacemaker?Please Join our . . .
Just Peacemaking Initiative: TheChallenge and Promise of
Nonviolencefor Our Time (1st & 3rd) Tuesdays, Mar. 7; Apr 7
& 21, 20155:30 to 7:30 p.m., 2nd. fl. classroomFacilitators:
participants, Just Matters GroupCost: $5 per sessionPreregistration
required in order to provideaccess to online materials.
Section IV: Just Peacemaking, Human Rightsand Global
RestorationMarch 17: Just Peacemaking and Peace Building atHome and
AbroadApril 7: Film (A Force More Powerful), 1/2 of 154 mins.April
21: Building the Beloved Community andRenewing Creation
The challenge and promise of nonviolence isembodied and
entrusted with the peacemakers ofthe planet. Will you be a
peacemaker?Note: All are welcome to attend film on Apr. 7.
Contact Dr. Jackie Stewart at 617-542-6440, ext. 143or email
[email protected].
Offered by the Franciscan Adult School
Jesus and Power of Now (by EckhartTolle.)Tuesdays, March 17, 24
& 31, 201512:15 to 1:30 p.m. 2nd floor classroomPresenter:
William Sawyer, IICost: Free will ($10 per session
suggested).Pre-registrations appreciated.
Participants will learn how to come into the presentmoment with
Jesus and thereby enter the Kingdomof God. We will integrate the
teachings of Jesusand the insights of Tolle to help us to enter
adeeper way of living.
Contact Dr. Jackie Stewart to register at 617-542-6440ext. 143
or email [email protected]. Please leave your name, telephone
no., and thecourse, date/time you wish to attend.
Offered by Franciscan Adult School
Second Collection - March 21 & 22, 2015
Franciscan Food CenterEmmaus MinistryBrown Bag Lunch
RetreatsFinding God Again After the Sudden, Violent Death of a
Loved OneMonday, March 16, 2015, 12:15 to 1:15 p.m.,2nd Floor
ClassroomPresented by Peggy Hassett, Emmaus MinistrySpiritual
Director Bring a lunch; we provide beverages. Free will
offering.
Where is God in the sudden, violent death of achild?
Emmaus MinistryServing the Spiritual Needs of Grieving
Parents
Lenten JourneyEvery 11:45 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Mass onWednesdays
during Lent.
Traditional Stations of the CrossTuesdays and Fridays, February
20th throughApril 3rd at 12:15 p.m. in the 1st Floor Church.
Via de la Cruz en EspaolLos mircoles desde el 18 de febrero
hasta el 1de abril a las 5:45 de la tarde (despus de lamisa en
espaol) en la capilla del segundo piso
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Upcoming Events
LGBT Spirituality Group Wednesday, Mar. 18, 2015, 5:30 p.m. to
7:00 p.m.Assisi auditorium stageclassroom
All Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual andTransgendered (LGBT) Catholicsare
invited to participate in ourmonthly spirituality group. We
trulylook forward to a great turnout and response fromall of our
members pertaining to our growth andfaith development.
Contact: Fr. Joe Quinn, OSF, 617-542-6440, ext. 239or email
[email protected]
Offered by LGBT MInistry of St. Anthony Shrine
Emmaus Ministry One-Day SpiritualRetreatMarch 21, 2015, 9:00
a.m. to 8:00 p.m. St. Anthony Shrine FriaryCost for one-Day
Retreat: $25/individual;$40/couples. Includes three meals,
refreshments,and all retreat materials. Dress is casual.
Join other parents and the Friars for a One-DayEmmaus Ministry
Retreat. Experience peace andcomfort in a safe, loving place, at
least for a time.
For more information,Call Diane, Mother of Paul,
at 617-542-8057.
Inconvenient Filmsthe kind that are unsettling andprovocative,
inviting discussion
Join us for the first film in the Spring series....
Schindlers ListSaturday, March 21, 2015.12 Noon to 3:30 p.m.2nd.
fl. classroom. Cost: $5.Bring a brown bag lunch.
Schindler's List, a StevenSpielberg film, is a
cinematicmasterpiece that hasbecome one of the most honored films
of all time.The film presents the indelible true story of
theenigmatic Oskar Schindler, a member of the Naziparty, womanizer,
and war profiteer who saved thelives of more than 1,100 Jews during
theHolocaust. It is the triumph of one man who madea difference,
and the drama of those who survivedone of the darkest chapters in
human historybecause of what he did.
Contact Dr. Jackie Stewart to register at 617-542-6440ext. 143
or email [email protected]. Please leave your name, telephone
no., and thecourse, date/time you wish to attend.
Offered by Franciscan Adult School
20s/30s Boston Young AdultsFor more information, please
[email protected] event is for 20s and 30s
only.
Spirituality of DiscernmentSunday, March 22, 2015Guest speaker
Andy OttoPaulist Center
The Damietta ProjectCatholics & Muslimsworking together for
theCommon GoodCore planning team PotluckSunday, March 22, 2015.5:30
to 8:30 p.m.Hosted at Sue Petros home
St. Anthony Shrine Just Matters GroupPeace & Social
Justice
& Peace Islands Institute/Turkish Cultural Center
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Adult Confirmation Classes2015Saturdays, April 11, 18, 25; May 2
& 9 (2015). 10:30 a.m. to Noon, 2nd fl. classroomLeaders: Dr.
Jackie Stewart, Maureen Connell,Justin Quattrini, Alicja
JanuszewiczHave you been Baptized and made FirstCommunion in the
Catholic Church but are notyet confirmed?(Are you planning on
getting married in theCatholic Church? Have you been asked to bea
sponsor for a Baptism?)
Adult Confirmation classes begin on Saturdaymornings in early
April 2015 at St. Anthony Shrinefor adults (ages 20 and over).
Those preparing forthe sacrament, and their sponsors (not
required)are all welcome.
Candidates for Confirmation are adults whoparticipate in Sunday
Liturgy and the sacraments.Prospective candidates for Confirmation
in Spring2015 need to pre-register by Monday, March 302015. Copy of
Baptismal certificate is required.Candidates will be confirmed at
the RegionalConfirmation on Sunday, May 17, 2015 at 2:00p.m. at St.
Cecilias Church in the South End.
Registrations are now being accepted. Pleasecontact Dr. Jackie
Stewart at 617-542-6440, ext.143 or email [email protected] for
moredetails and to register or see flyers in lobby.
Offered by Evangelization
Project RachelAbortion Healing
During the retreat, I realized the impact offorgivenessThrough
the depth of my pain, Ibegan a lasting relationship with God
Manywomen ache with the pain of a past abortion. TheProject Rachel
ministry of the Archdiocese ofBoston extends an invitation for
post-abortion hopeand healing through its one-day Come to theWaters
of Healing retreat. Upcoming retreat dateswill be March 28 and
April 25. Retreats are limitedto 10 women and are held at a
confidential location.For registration information, contact Project
Rachelat 508.651.3100 or [email protected] in the
tender mercy of God!
You are invited to join Fr. Raphael Bonanno,OFM and Go-Ahead
Tours toImperial China, Cruise the YangtzeRiver and visit
ShanghaiOctober 14-28, 2015
Bookings are $450 each, Final payment due July16, 2015. Total
cost is $4,274 each with JFKgateway. More information in brochures
at frontdesk of Shrine. Book early before sellout of trip.The trip
will be educational and inspirational. Visarequired.
Any questions, contact Clarissa (Go-aheadTours),
1-800-438-7172.
Infant Baptism
Infant Baptism ProgramFor families who regularly worship at St.
Anthony Shrine
St. Anthony Shrine is now offeringparental and sponsor
preparationfor those parents wishing to havetheir infant (up to 1
yr of age) baptizedhere at the Shrine and welcomed into
ourworshiping community. Preparatory sessions andBaptisms will be
available about six times per year(approximately every other
month). It is anticipatedthat the Baptisms ordinarily will be on
the lastSunday of the month (if liturgically feasible) at
theregular Sunday 12:30 p.m. Mass. Baptisms forLatin@ infants will
be at the regular Sunday 11:45a.m. Spanish Mass. Both parental
& sponsorpreparation and Baptism are by appointment.Note: At
least one sponsor must be Confirmed inthe Catholic Church.
No Baptisms during LentBaptisms will resumeafter Easter.
If interested/for more information, please contactDr. Jackie
Stewart at 617-542-6440, ext. 143 oremail [email protected].
Offered by Evangelization
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CONTACT US:Phone: 1-617-542-6440Website:
http://www.StAnthonyShrine.orgAddress: 100 Arch Street Downtown
Crossing Boston, MA 02110
EXECUTIVE STAFF
Fr. Thomas Conway, OFM
Executive Director
Fr. Barry Langley, OFM
Associate Director
SAINT ANTHONY SHRINE & MINISTRY CENTER~ All Are Welcome
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WEEKDAY MASSESCelebrated in Second Floor Chapel
6:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m.10:00 a.m. 11:45 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 1:15 p.m.
5:15 p.m.Second WednesdayAnointing Mass:
time to be announcedThird WednesdayDay of Remembrance
SATURDAY MASSESCelebrated in Second Floor Chapel
8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 12:00 Noon
SATURDAY AFTERNOONVIGIL MASSES
Second Floor First FloorChapel Chapel
4:00 p.m. ** 4:15 p.m.5:30 p.m. **
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATIONCelebrated in First Floor
ChapelWeekdays: 6:30 to 8:00 a.m.;
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.Saturday: 6:30 to 8:00
a.m. and
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.Seasonal Communal Penance Service:
(to be announced)Sunday: 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Legal Holiday: 8:30 to 10:00 a.m.
6:00 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m.Following Masses ** Music
10:00 a.m. 11:15 a.m. 12:30 Noon 4:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m.
Benediction(First Floor Chapel)Weekdays: 5:00 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays: 3:30 p.m.Holy Rosary of Mary 1st, 3rd
& 5th Sundays: 2:55 p.m.Chaplet of Divine Mercy 2nd & 4th
Sundays: 3:00 p.m.
Vespers Sundays: 3:15 p.m.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament(First Floor Chapel)
Weekdays at 1:45 p.m. Saturdays at 12:30 p.m.Sundays at 1:00
p.m.
Tuesdays: St. Anthony DevotionsWednesdays: Spanish Mass - 5:15
p.m.
Thursdays: St. Jude Devotions
SUNDAY MASSESSecond Floor Chapel
** Music MassesThe Arch Street Band
MISA EN ESPAOLCada mircoles a las 5:15 de la tarde
8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.
LEGAL HOLIDAY MASSESSecond Floor Chapel
MISA EN ESPAOL - PRIMER PISOCada domingo a las 11:45 de la
maana
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Fourth Sunday of Lent B
Reading I: 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23Responsorial Psalm:
137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6
Reading II: Ephesians 2:4-10Gospel: John 3:14-21
Listen to the Light . . .
not listening to God is not a good thing. We allknow that, but
the readings on this Fourth Sundayin lent drive the point home.
The people of Judah added infidelity toinfidelity, the First
Reading says, worshippingfalse gods, polluting the sacred temple,
ignoringthe real God with vigor. Read the First Reading forthe
terrible details.
out of compassion God had sent prophets to warnthem, but each
received only scorn. The peoplewould not listen. There was no
remedy, theauthor says: the people were condemned by theirown
actions. Gods love remained constant, buttheirs did not. The
invading force took them ascaptives into Babylon, where they
remained inexile for seventy years until the good and just
KingCyrus conquered Babylon and let them go.
For a Responsorial Psalm we have one of the mostpoignant of all,
the exquisite Psalm 137. In it thepeople weep as captives in a
foreign land. Theyrefuse to sing the songs of Judah because they
areexiled from everything they held dear, everythingthat their own
infidelity had robbed from them. Asfar as they knew, the light of
life had gone out. Butthey had closed their eyes to this light.
Johns Gospel tells us that a person is condemnedbecause that
person has not believed in the nameof the only Son of God. God has
no desire tocondemn, but people condemn themselves bywalling God
out.
At the end of the Gospel reading there is a veryinteresting,
wise saying that sums up the messageof the readings:
light came into the world, but peoplepreferred darkness to
light, because theirworks were evil. For everyone who does
Spirituality of the Readings
wicked things hates the light and does notcome toward the light,
so that his worksmight not be exposed.
Maybe these sentences reveal the heart of sin itself.light
reveals too much of our life. We becomeashamed. We hide our sinful
selves. yet we arebuilt to seek the light.
Perhaps the present writer can be pardoned forpresenting a poem
in this space, especiallyone that he himself wrote. It is a fable,
set in
the style of a childrens verse. I recommend thatyou read it out
loud. Perhaps it will speak to youof the readings.
once there was a city built in the sunlight.Warmth and laughter
abounded.Memories of day would remain every nightuntil the sun
could return.
Fear one morning said light is too bright.Too much truth can be
seen.How can we seem what we say we areif light the intruder is
here?
So walls went up and a ban on all windowsand nothing of day
could remain.The city said, you have left us, o sun.In the darkness
we have gone blind.
But the sun outside still shed its light,and its warmth and its
laughter and love.It lightened the wallsand gave warmth to their
chill,while within, the soul bored a hole.
Into it poured a single beam,a sunlight of laughter and
care.Softly, silently, almost like spring,love opened and blossomed
and grew.*
listen to the light. listen to God this lent. let loveblossom
and grow.
Fr. John Foley, S. J.
Copyright 2015, The Center for liturgy at Saint louis
University.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Write me an email! I'd like to have a discussion with you about
this.
Fr. John Foley, S. J. ([email protected])
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THE FRANCISCAN CHALLENGE
Q & As
Why do the Franciscan Friars need money?
The Franciscan Friars ask not for themselves, butfor the sake of
others, and often do so with someembarrassment and hesitation.
However, there aretimes that need a stronger call, and that is now.
TheFriars, in our tradition of begging are asking formoney for
three very important causes:
1. For our young men who desire tobecome Franciscan Friars We
need helpfor education and all its costs, their roomand board and
their intern expenses.
2. For our work with the poor anddesperate Saint Francis traced
thebeginning of his conversion to when Godled him to live among
lepers to serve them.Ever since that time, direct service to
thematerially poor and marginalized people ofsociety has been a
hallmark of Franciscanministry. We are continuing that
traditionover 800 years later.
3. For our sick and elderly FranciscanFriars These Friars have
served so manyfor so long and are now in need of carethemselves.
The cost of their care has risendrastically while the quality of
their caredepends on those of us whom they haveserved so well.
Lenten JourneyFr. Eric Carpine, OFM, invites all to take a
LentenJourney together.Every Wednesday during Lent at the 11:45
a.m.and 12:30 p.m. Masses.
Along this journey we invite you to deepen yourlove for the poor
as St. Francis did. He and hisfollowers did this joyfully all while
they fasted frommany comforts and lived very simple lives. Even
intheir fasting, they still celebrated life. We ask forGod's Grace
to make this journey joyfully. All thatwe sacrifice will be given
with abundant charity tothe poor and to all those whom we
serve.
Mark your calendarsDetails to follow.....
Icons by Robert Lentz, OFMThursday, May 7, 20155:30 to 7:30
p.m.Assisi auditorium stageclassroomPresented by Br. Robert Lentz,
OFM &his apprentice Br. Michael Reyes, OFM
Br. Robert Lentz is stationed at St. BonaventureUniversity, in
Olean, New York, where he hopes toestablish a school of Franciscan
iconography. Besidespainting many hours each day, he teaches
apprentices,writes, and conducts workshops on art and
spiritualitythroughout the United States. Br. Robert is active
inpromoting dialog between Muslims and Christians. Heis also
committed to the indigenization of Byzantineiconography in the
various cultures embraced by theChurch. He studied Byzantine
iconography byapprenticing himself to a master painter from the
schoolof Photios Kontoglou in a Greek Orthodox monasteryfounded
from Mount Athos. He belongs to the ByzantineRite, but has focused
his life and his work on the radicalchanges facing all Christians
in our day. His iconsreflect his experiences among the poor in this
countryand in the Third World, as well as his Franciscan andRussian
roots. They are filled with bright colors andoften depict
contemporary subjects. While alwaysstriving to remain true to the
essence of Byzantineiconography, he adapts traditional conventions
in orderto minister better to the emerging Church. His iconsremain
transcendent expressions of the ancientChristian Tradition, and
they invite us into communionwith God and the saints.
The Damietta ProjectSt. Anthony Shrine Just Matters Group
Peace & Social Justice& Peace Islands Institute/Turkish
Cultural Center