...it is important that we have moments of grace and virtual encounter with the Body of Christ. This new blog will provide a daily mediation for your Lenten Journey as well as other ways to engage in our Faith and stay connected to our community.
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Holy Thursday, April 9, 2020
12:00 noon Mass of the Lord’s Supper with Pope Francis
Broadcast LIVE on the CatholicTV channel and streaming LIVE on www.catholictv.org/watch-live (rebroadcast at 8:30pm)
7:30pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper with Cardinal Seán O’Malley
Broadcast LIVE on the CatholicTV channel and streaming LIVE on www.catholictv.org/watch-live
Mass program is available by clicking here.
9:00 – 11:00pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from St. John the Evangelist Church
Livestream available here (sjspwellesley.org/live) and in the Instagram app (@sjspwellesley)
Good Friday, April 10, 2020
12:00 noon Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion with Pope Francis
Broadcast LIVE on the CatholicTV channel and streaming LIVE on www.catholictv.org/watch-live (rebroadcast at 5:00pm)
3:00pm Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion with Cardinal Seán O’Malley
Broadcast LIVE on the CatholicTV channel and streaming LIVE on www.catholictv.org/watch-live (rebroadcast 9:30 pm)
Mass program is available by clicking here.
3:00pm Way of the Cross with Pope Francis
Stream LIVE on vaticannews.va
Rebroadcast at 8:00pm on the CatholicTV channel and at www.catholictv.org
3:00pm Stations of the Cross from St. John the Evangelist Church
Available here on our website beginning at 3:00pm and available any time thereafter.
Also on Good Friday:
12:00pm National Moment of Prayer
Join Archbishop José Gomez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and archbishop of Los Angeles, in a national moment of prayer in the time of the coronavirus. Together as a nation, we will pray the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and seek our savior’s healing and protection. Visit lacatholics.org/sacred-heart/ or facebook.com/usccb to join the live-stream and pray as one nation.
Holy Saturday, April 11
3:00pm Solemn Vigil of Easter with Pope Francis
Broadcast LIVE on the CatholicTV channel and streaming LIVE on www.catholictv.org/watch-live (rebroadcast at 9:30pm)
7:30pm Solemn Vigil of Easter with Cardinal Seán O’Malley
Broadcast LIVE on the CatholicTV channel and streaming LIVE on www.catholictv.org/watch-live
Mass program is available by clicking here.
Easter Sunday, April 12
5:00am Mass of Easter Sunday followed by Urbi et Orbi Blessing with Pope Francis
Broadcast LIVE on the CatholicTV channel and streaming LIVE on www.catholictv.org/watch-live
8:00am Mass of Easter Sunday with Cardinal Seán O’Malley
Broadcast LIVE on WLVI-CW56
Broadcast on WHDH-Ch 7 at 11:00am
Broadcast on CatholicTV at 11:00am, 7:00pm, 11:30pm
Mass program is available by clicking here.
St. John the Evangelist Parish
9 Glen Road Wellesley, MA 02481
781-235-0045
stjohnwellesley@stjohnwellesley.org
St. Paul Parish
502 Washington St Wellesley, MA 02481
781-235-1060
office@stpaulwellesley.com
Latest News and Announcements
Holy Thursday: Live Feed of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from the St. John the Evangelist Chapel
To mark Holy Thursday, in addition to our daily rosary (offered at 8:00am live on Instagram and available throughout the day!) we will be offering an Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament live feed from 9:00pm-11:00pm. You can access the live feed on our YouTube channel by clicking here (sjspwellesley.org/live) and in the Instagram app (@sjspwellesley) We look forward to journeying together this Holy Week as God’s family.
Fr. Bryan Hehir: A Lenten Reflection on the Season of Lent and the Incarnation
Fr. Hehir offers a Lenten reflection on the Incarnation, moving from John’s Gospel of the Incarnation, through the theology of the Incarnation, particularly as it was developed in the middle of the 20th century, and then to a definitive expression of the meaning of the Incarnation in one of the documents of the Second Vatican Council. He concludes with a final set of reflections on the crisis we face in our present moment.
Fr. John Connelly: A Reflection for Monday of Holy Week
Father Connelly shares his reflections about the ‘annoying and irksome’ path of Lent and Holy Week.
April 5: A Reflection from Fr. Jim
The Lord God has given me a well-trained tongue, that I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them. (Isaiah 50:4) Today we begin Holy Week, the most sacred time in the Church calendar. And it is a Holy Week like none we have ever experienced. Rather than gathering together as a community to celebrate the central mysteries of our faith, we will be isolated in our homes. All of our lives have been upended. For those already living a fragile existence, this time has been especially difficult. Catholic Charities and other non-profits have
New Ways to Participate in the Mass and Engage Your Faith
It has truly been a joy to be able to provide a recorded celebration of the Mass for the past two Sundays for our parishes. We hope that seeing and hearing familiar faces and voices helped as we transitioned into this new reality. As we began to think about and plan for Palm Sunday and Holy Week, it became clear very quickly that we would not be able to gather together to provide these services while keeping everyone safe and complying with social distancing directives. Further, our limited technical resources would prevent us from being able to provide these services
POWIR Update: Welcome Home Rwamuhinda Family!
We are so happy to be able to share some wonderful news – our POWIR family, Emile and Rosine Rwamuhinda and their children, are now settled in their new apartment in Revere! As you will recall, the family arrived in Boston on March 18, and have been staying in temporary housing in Quincy while we worked with Catholic Charities Boston to secure permanent housing. Late last week, we received word that an apartment would become available on Monday, March 30 – and that the family would need to move in on Tuesday, March 31. This seemed like an impossible task,
Participate in the Daily and Sunday Mass with Catholic TV
Cardinal O’Malley encourages us to participate in the Daily (broadcast live at 9:30am) and Sunday (broadcast live at 11:00am) Mass with the faithful across the Archdiocese of Boston on CatholicTV. Available on XFINITY/Comcast (Channel 268), Verizon FIOS (Channel 296), and RCN (Channel 85). Also available on ROKU and Amazon TV.
Schedules and access to the televised Mass and rebroadcasts are available at www.catholictv.org.
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