St. John – St. Paul Catholic Collaborative – Serving Wellesley and Newton, Massachusetts

TUESDAY EVENING
7:00-8:00pm at St. Paul

SATURDAY AFTERNOON
1:00-2:30pm at St. John

And by appointment –
please call either parish office to arrange.
St. John: 781-235-0045 | St. Paul: 781-235-1060

May 9-10: Our Annual “Baby Shower” for Pregnancy Help

On Mother’s Day Weekend our Collaborative will be hosting a “Baby Shower” to collect items for Pregnancy Help Boston, a pregnancy resource center supported through the Archdiocese of Boston, whose mission is to provide compassionate, practical, life-affirming alternatives for women facing crisis pregnancies.

Since January, dedicated parishioners have been knitting and crocheting baby items for newborns (hats, blankets, etc.) Now, all are invited to consider contributing items to our Mother’s Day Baby Shower collection! Please see below for their “Registry”…

Summer Mass Schedule Begins Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-24

Every summer our Sunday 9am Family Mass and Sunday 5pm Youth Mass go on “vacation” and return after Labor Day. Our 2026 Summer Mass Schedule is:

SATURDAY
4:00pm Vigil Mass at St. Paul
5:00pm Vigil Mass at St. John

SUNDAY
9:00am Mass at St. Paul
11:00am Mass at St. John

We Are Celebrating First Holy Communion at the Family Mass!

In keeping with our Family Faith Formation model and the guidance of the Archdiocese of Boston, children now receive First Holy Communion with their families at a Sunday Mass – the same way they will receive the sacrament throughout their lives.

Last Sunday, we celebrated the sacrament with 11 children at the 9:00am Family Mass at St. Paul.

We will have groups of First Communicants receiving the Sacrament at our 9:00am Family Masses on May 3, May 10, and May 17.

Our regular 9:00am Mass congregants are encouraged to attend these Masses and witness this important moment in the lives of these children and families!

Have You Made the Move to Online Giving?

Online giving makes donating to your parish simple and easy, regardless of where you are.

It’s convenient, flexible, and secure, and when you set up recurring giving, it provides your parish with more consistent contributions throughout the year.

There are several ways to do it:

Set Up Online Giving on Our Donate Page!

Text-to-Give From Your Phone Using ApplePay, PayPal, or a Credit/Debit Card – It’s So Easy!

Set Up Online Bill Pay with Your Bank…

April “Evening for Women”: Flowers, Faith, and Fellowship!

On April 14, led by Ellie Mears and Grace Davis, more than 40 women from across the Collaborative gathered in Powers Hall to celebrate the beauty of spring and the Easter season by creating beautiful floral arrangements and growing in community with one another!

Save the date! Tuesday, May 19 will be our Evening for Women Closing Mass at St. John – all women of the Collaborative are warmly invited!

Fr. Hehir on WBUR’s “Morning Edition”

On Friday, April 24, Fr. Bryan Hehir spoke with Tiziana Dearing, host of WBUR’s Morning Edition, to discuss the war in Iran and the role of the Catholic Church in this moment.

Father J. Bryan Hehir, a top official in the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, articulated a global off-ramp from nuclear apocalypse in a 1983 letter with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. That letter, which laid out a vision of slow global disarmament over time, served as a model for policy throughout the world. Hehir joins WBUR’s Morning Edition to discuss the war in Iran and the role of the Catholic Church in this moment.

Click Here to Listen

Saturday, May 02 2026

1:00 pm Confessions at St. John (Lower Level Chapel) (Click for more details...)
4:00 pm Vigil Mass at St. Paul Church
5:00 pm Vigil Mass at St. John the Evangelist Church

Sunday, May 03 2026

At St. Paul: Wellesley Food Pantry Collection (Click for more details and links...)
7:30 am Mass at St. Paul Church
9:00 am Family Mass at St. John the Evangelist Church (Click for more details...)
11:00 am Mass at St. Paul Church
12:00 pm Mass at St. John the Evangelist Church
5:00 pm Youth Mass at St. John the Evangelist Church (Click for more details...)

Monday, May 04 2026

9:00 am Mass at St. Paul Church

Tuesday, May 05 2026

St. Paul Confirmation Mass - No Confessions Tonight
7:00 am Mass at St. John the Evangelist Church
7:15 pm Marian Movement (Rosary) at St. John (Lower Chapel) (Click for more details and links...)

Wednesday, May 06 2026

9:00 am Mass at St. Paul Church

Thursday, May 07 2026

7:00 am Mass at St. John the Evangelist Church

Friday, May 08 2026

7:30 am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at St. Paul Church (Click for more details and links...)
9:00 am Mass at St. Paul Church

Saturday, May 09 2026

1:00 pm Confessions at St. John (Lower Level Chapel) (Click for more details...)
4:00 pm Vigil Mass at St. Paul Church
5:00 pm Vigil Mass at St. John the Evangelist Church

The St. John-St. Paul Conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is available to help those in our community in need of emergency assistance. If you need help with food, rent or mortgage assistance, or help with a utility bill, please reach out to us. Please let any friends or neighbors who might need assistance know that the mission of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is to help those in need.

To contact the SJSP SVdP, please email SVDP@sjspwellesley.org. You may also call either parish office and leave a message. All information received is kept completely confidential.

To learn more about the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, the SJSP Conference, and how you can help, please visit sjspwellesley.org/svdp

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April “Evening for Women”: Flowers, Faith, and Fellowship!

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