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St. Gerard Majella, Canton
THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
St. Gerard Majella Church
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St. Gerard Majella, Canton
April 10, 2016
Collection April 2nd & 3rd
Attendance - 1,010
Offertory July 1st to date: $305,972
Budget July 1st to date: $323,055
Unfavorable Variance YTD ($17,083)
Thank you for your continued support of St. Gerard’s
Mass Intentions Saturday, April 9th 4:00PM Richard G. Tynan (4th Anniversary)
Sunday, April 10th 8:30AM Claire Taylor (Anniversary) 10:30AM Michael William McDonough (31st Anniversary) 6:00PM For the People of the Parish
Saturday, April 16th 4:00PM Arnold Lavoie (Memorial)
Sunday, April 17th 8:30AM For the People of the Parish 10:30AM Jisuk Michael Lee (19th Anniversary) 6:00PM Jeanette & Susan Morrissey (Memorial)
If you are a visitor to Saint Gerard Majella Parish, we want you to know how welcome you are whether you have come from another part of the country, from across the world, or from another parish here in the Archdiocese. Thank you for praying with us. Thank you also for your generosity, which helps us to celebrate our liturgies in a fitting and beautiful way, and to offer spiritual support to people in the Canton area. Enjoy your visit!
Attention Parents When children need to use the bathrooms in the Church, during or after Mass, it is strongly recommended that an adult accom-pany them. This is not meant to alarm any-one but merely to underscore the simple fact that St. Gerard’s is a very safe and nurturing environment. Our aim is always to protect our children.
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Prayer Corner for the living Please keep the following in your prayers: John Mariani, Emily Lewis, Ava Alpert, Kay Smith, Robert Sommer, Lawrence, Marissa, Ericka, Joan F. Meissner, Danielle, Betty B., Anita Steele, PAF, David, Julia H. Harris Dervisevic, Mike Reilly Sr.
Operation Lazarus Our Youth Ministry students return to the Boston Common monthly to feed and clothe the homeless who spend their days in the park. Their faces always brighten when they see our van pull in and they are always so grateful for the generosity of our Parish. If you would like to donate to this worthwhile program there are envelopes for your use at the right door exit to the back parking lot. Thank you!
Communion If you are attending Mass with someone who is un-able to walk to the altar to receive communion, please let one of the Eucharistic Ministers know be-fore Mass so they can bring Communion to them.
• “Research has linked several aspects of religion – including service atten-dance, prayer, meditation, religious coping strategies, congregational sup-port systems, and relations with God, among others – with positive mental
health outcomes among older U.S. adults.” • A new study examining listening to religious mu-
sic, finds that “the frequency of listening to reli-gious music is associated with a decrease in death anxiety and increases in life satisfaction self-esteem, and a sense of control.”
• This association is similar for blacks and whites, women and men, and low- and high-socioeconomic status individuals.”
• “Given that religious music is available to most individuals – even those with health problems or physical limitations that might preclude participa-tion I more formal aspects of religious life – it might be a valuable resource for promoting men-tal health later in the life course.”The Gerontolo-gist, 2015, Vol. 55, No. 6,961-971
Pancake Breakfast Join Us At The Spring Pancake Breakfast. We will Honor and Celebrate our 2nd Grade Communicants. All 2nd Grade Families are Welcome (not mandatory)
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Trips Gloucester Lobster Cruise July 19
Enjoy a bountiful clam bake while on a narrated two hour plus cruise around Gloucester and environs. This popular trip also includes a visit to Rockport. Trip cost is $89. Pickup at 9:30AM from St. Gerard’ return at 5:30PM.
Pennsylvania Dutch Country & Philadelphia’s Historic Sites
September 13 -15 A perfect fall 3day/2night trip which includes four meals, the deluxe Heritage Hotel, Sight & Sound Theatre’s current show and all sightseeing. Cost is $399.ppdo. 7:00AM pickup at St. Gerards.
The Seine River Cruise Paris and Normandy All inclusive: flights, 7 night cruise, all meals, daily sightseeing, fully escorted. Trip includes visits to Paris, Normandy, Mont Saint Michel, Les Andelys, Bayeux, Rouen, Vernon, and Giverny. October 28-November 5. From $2999/ppdo cash or check ($3059 credit card) to $3799, depending on 5 cate-gories or 3 deck levels. Deposit of $500 due with reservation.
Call Janet Walrod at 781- 575-1491 for information and signup for the trips.
Youth Ministry Jr CYO: Next Rosie’s Place is Sunday, April 10th. Next Semi-Formal Dance for middle school students is Friday, May 13th from 7-10PM. $5 admission. Father Bill’s: Next trip to Father Bill’s in Quincy is Saturday, April 30th. Confirmation Grade 9: Last class on Thursday, April 14th. Confirmation Grade 10: Potluck Dinner, Wednesday, May 4th. Confirmation website has link to sign ups. Teen Mass: Sunday, April 24th at 6PM.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum June 29th This world renowned institution designed to resemble a 15th Century Venetian Palace with an eclectic art collection and décor. The first stop is a visit to Quincy Market and the Rose Kennedy Greenway, and then on to the Venezia Restaurant on the waterfront with a choice of entree. Af-ter lunch, the motor coach will transfer you to the mu-seum. Tour Cost is $79. Pickup at COA at 9:00AM, and return at 6:00PM. Contact COA at 781 828 1323 for in-formation and signup.
Join LIFT Ministries on Tuesday, April 26th @ 7PM for an inspiring night of worship at Cardinal Spellman High School in Brockton with speaker Fr. Sean Connor. The night will include uplifting music, a relevant talk, confes-sions, Eucharistic Adoration, and is FREE to attend and open to ALL AGES. A downloadable flyer, along with more information about LIFT, can be found on their web-site at www.liftedhigher.com. Come and worship with hundreds of Catholics from around the Boston area!
The Catholic Parishes of Stoughton are pleased to present
An Evening with Mother Olga. Growing up in Iraq she lived through four wars, began a lay movement involving Christians and Muslims called “Love Your Neighbor,” followed her calling to religious life, and eventually became the founder of the Daughters of Mary of Nazareth in Boston.
Traveling throughout the world, Mother Olga shares her unique lifetime experiences and her message of hope and healing to all she encounters.
Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 7:00PM Immaculate Conception Church
122 Canton Street, Stoughton, MA
All are welcome to attend. There will be a reception im-mediately following Mother Olga’s talk. Light refresh-ments will be served. Immaculate Conception is handi-capped accessible and is located within walking distance of the Stoughton Commuter Rail Station.
For more info visit our website at: www.stoughtoncatholic.org/Mother Olga Event on Face-book / or reach us by phone at: 781-344-2073
Saint John the Evangelist School Spring Admissions Open House
for 2016-2017 Tuesday, April 12, 2016
9:00 - 11:00AM and 6:30 - 8:00PM
Saint John the Evangelist School, 696 Washington Street, Canton, will host a Spring Admissions Open House from 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM and also from 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM on Tuesday, April 12, for families with school-aged children from preschool through middle school. The school is a NEASC accredited and commended school featuring a caring, technologically advanced, academi-cally rigorous and faith filled educational option for fami-lies.
Meet the faculty and staff, visit the classrooms and tour the building. From our award-winning early childhood program to our outstanding middle school featuring a 10:1 student teacher ratio in many subjects, Saint John the Evangelist School has one of the most highly-regarded overall academic programs south of Boston.
Admissions information and applications for all grades for the 2016-17 academic year will be available. To attend the Admissions Open House, kindly RSVP to Administra-tive Assistant Suzanne Sullivan at 781-828-2130, email [email protected] or visit us on the web at www.sjscanton.org
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Mercy is an open book – and it's our task to write it, Pope says
by Elise Harris
Vatican City, On Divine Mercy Sunday Pope Francis said the “Gospel of Mercy” begun by Jesus and the apos-tles is still unfinished, and is an open book that each person is called to write through their words and actions.
“The Gospel is the book of God’s mercy, to be read and reread, because everything that Jesus said and did is an expression of the Father’s mercy,” the Pope said April 3.
He noted how at the end of the day’s Gospel reading from John, the evangelist expressed that while Jesus car-ried out many signs in the presence of his disciples, not all of them were written down.
Because of this, “the Gospel of mercy remains an open book, in which the signs of Christ’s disciples, which are concrete acts of love and the best witness to mercy, continue to be written,” he said.
“We are all called to become living writers of the Gospel,” Francis continued, explaining that this is done by practicing the corporal and spiritual works of mercy, “which are the hallmarks of the Christian life.”
“By means of these simple yet powerful gestures, even when unseen, we can accompany the needy, bringing God’s tenderness and consolation.”
Pope Francis spoke to a full St. Peter’s Square during his Mass on Divine Mercy Sunday, a feast instituted by St. John Paul II and which takes place every year the second Sunday after Easter.
In his homily, the Pope focused on the healings carried out by the disciples in the day’s first reading from Acts, as well as Jesus’ appearance to them in the upper room in the Gospel passage from John.
He noted that in addition to speaking of the signs that Jesus did, the Gospel also presents a contrast between the fear of the disciples, who “gathered behind closed doors,” and the mission of Jesus, “who sends them into the world to proclaim the message of forgiveness.”
This contrast between “a closed heart and the call of love to open doors closed by sin” exists in the heart of many people today, Francis observed, explaining that Jesus’ call is one “that frees us to go out of ourselves.”
“Jesus, who by his resurrection has overcome the fear and dread which imprison us, wishes to throw open our closed doors and send us out,” he said, noting that much of humanity today is wounded, fearful, and marked by pain and uncertainty.
However, every infirmity finds healing in God’s mercy, the Pope said, adding that this mercy isn’t far off, but seeks to be close to those effected by poverty and to free the world from all types of slavery.
To be an apostle, he said, means “touching and soothing the wounds that today afflict the bodies and souls of many of our brothers and sisters.”
When we cure the wounds of our suffering brothers and sisters, “we profess Jesus” and make him alive and present in the world, Francis observed, adding that “this is the mission that he entrusts to us.”
Pope Francis then pointed to Jesus’ appearance to his disciples in the Gospel, noting how he greeted them with the words “peace be with you.”
The peace that Jesus offered is the same one which “awaits men and women of our own day,” he said, explain-ing that it isn’t “a negotiated peace” absent of conflict, but one that comes from the heart of God, uniting us and making us feel loved. Catholic News Agency
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Address: 1860 Washington Street
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.saintgerard.org
Parish Office: 781-828-3420
Fax: 781-828-2520
Church Hall: 781-828-8699
MASS SCHEDULE
Sunday Masses: 8:30AM, 10:30AM & 6:00PM
Weekday Masses: Monday–Thursday 9:00AM
Saturday Vigil: 4:00PM
Holy Days: As announced
Rosary: Daily 8:30AM before Mass & Monday 7:30PM
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILATION
Saturdays: 3:15-3:45PM
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
2nd & 4th Sunday of the month at 1:00PM.
Contact the Parish Office one month in advance.
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE
Arrangements should be made six months in
advance. Contact the Parish Office.
SACRAMENT OF THE SICK
Contact the Parish Office if anyone is ill in the hospital or
at home.
EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
Tuesdays: 9:30AM–12 Noon
PRAYER MEETING
Tuesday, 7:30PM
A.A. MEETING
Saturday, 10:30AM, Church Hall
PARISH OFFICE HOURS
Monday 12:00-4:30PM
Tuesday - Thursday 9:30AM-4:30PM
BULLETIN NOTICES
Email submission by Monday at 9:00AM
Reverend Rodney J. Copp, J.C.L., Pastor Archdiocesan Director, Pontifical Mission Societies [email protected]
Deacon Daniel C. Nelson, THM, D. Min. [email protected]
ASSISTING PRIESTS Rev. Bryan Parrish Rev. Daniel Magni
FINANCE & OPERATIONS MANAGER Gregory Pando, AIA - [email protected]
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION/YOUTH MINISTRY R.E. Coordinators: Donna Andersen, [email protected] Maura Messinger, [email protected] Y.M. Director: Mike Mahan Y.M. Ass’t. Director: Janet Maguire Secretary: Kathy Donahoe: [email protected]
PARISH SECRETARY Ellen Reynolds - [email protected]
DIRECTOR OF MUSIC MINISTRY Tracy Zwicker-Suplee - [email protected]
ORGANIST Elias Dagher
MARRIAGE COORDINATOR Dolores Johnson
ALTAR SERVERS Bernard Donahoe
CARETAKER Ellery Vinal
FINANCE COUNCIL Brian Callery [email protected] Steve MacPherson [email protected] Gene Manning [email protected] Lisa Lopez [email protected]
PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL Kevin Donovan [email protected] Tricia Kennedy [email protected] Joe Thornton [email protected] Jim Walker [email protected] Jennifer Ryan [email protected]
Ashlyn Wade [email protected]
Connor Proctor - Youth Ministry Representative
Meetings will take place every second Wednesday of the month in the Rectory Conference Room.
No matter who you are, no matter what you do,
no matter where you come from, no matter where you are going, no matter how good or
bad things may seem, You are always welcome at
St. Gerard Majella
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