Due to upcoming changes in Fr. Hehir’s schedule, Confessions at St. Paul will move from Wednesday evenings to Tuesday evenings.
Beginning this Tuesday, October 18, the scheduled hours for the Sacrament of Reconciliation in the Collaborative will be:
Tuesdays at St. Paul from 7:00 – 8:00pm
Saturdays at St. John from 1:00 – 2:30pm
Becoming a Synodal Church: Issues and Challenges
Sr. Nathalie Becquart, XMCJ Undersecretary for the General Secretariat of the Synod
Thursday, October 27 at 5:30pm to 7:00pm – Corcoran Commons, Heights Room, Chestnut Hill Campus – Attend in person or virtually
The Synod on Synodality is a transformative process in which all the baptized are protagonists and discern together the calls of the Holy Spirit, uniting as a listening Church of participation and co-responsibility…
This Sunday, October 16 in the Saint John School courtyard!
Come by to check out all kinds of sports equipment, bikes, toddler toys, and more!
Opens immediately following the 9:00am Family Mass and runs until 1:00pm.
In a surprise announcement after reciting the Angelus with thousands of pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square on October 6, Pope Francis has significantly lengthened the final Roman phase of the ongoing Synod on Synodality. It will now extend over two sessions from October 4-29, 2023, and in October 2024.
“I hope that this decision will favor the comprehension of synodality as a constitutive dimension of the church and help everyone to live it as a journey of brothers and sisters who witness to the joy of the Gospel,” the pope said when he broke the news.
“The fruits of the synodal process that has gone ahead are many, but in order for them to bear much fruit, we can’t hurry,” said Francis.
The 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council is a moment of particular grace also for the Synod, which represents a fruit of that ecumenical assembly, indeed one of its “most precious legacies” (Francis, Apostolic Constitution Episcopalis Communio, Sept. 15, 2018, 1). The Synodus Episoporum, in fact, was instituted by St. Paul VI at the beginning of the fourth and final period of the Council (Sept. 15, 1965), responding to requests made by many council fathers…
The synodal process currently underway, dedicated to “Synodality in the Life and Mission of the Church,” is also within the Council’s wake…
A collection of small sizes of personal care items (such as shampoo, soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shaving cream, lotion, etc.) for guests of St. Francis House will take place the weekend of October 22-23.
Complimentary hotel items are totally acceptable – so check your closets!
Items may be dropped off in the boxes that will be available at the back of both churches. Thank you for your support!
This is the third installment in our series featuring our guest celebrants to help you learn a little bit about them and put faces with names!
Fr. Arthur MacKay
Fr. MacKay is no stranger to the St. John-St. Paul Collaborative, having served as the Parochial Vicar at St. Paul from 2012-2015, and then at the newly-formed Collaborative until 2017, but we wanted to “re-introduce” him to everyone! A son of the late Charles and Marjorie (Sullivan) MacKay, Fr. Arthur is presently a Priest Hospital Chaplain at Lahey Hospital and Framingham Union MetroWest Hospital. Fr. MacKay grew up in Newton…
Evening for Women invites all women of the Collaborative to our Opening Mass on Tuesday, October 11 at 6:00pm at St. Paul Church, followed by a pot luck dinner in the Parish Hall.
In keeping with this year’s theme, “Angels Among Us,” our Mass will be celebrated by Fr. Peter Gyves, S.J., who is the founder and director of A Faith That Does Justice, an interfaith organization that raises consciousness about social issues affecting the most vulnerable among us and offers opportunities for people to walk in solidarity with those who our society marginalizes…
Please bring a Fall dish to share at this our first post-Covid gathering. Kindly RSVP by Sunday, October 9 to…
Our 21st Annual Christmas Youth Choir sign-up and first rehearsal will take place Sunday, October 30: 11:15-12:15 AM. Participation is open to all St John and St. Paul parishioners in Grades 1-8. Teens in Grade 9-12 are encouraged to participate as assistants – Community Service and Confirmation Credit hours/credit are earned. Adult Family members are invited to join our Family Mass Musician Group for Christmas Eve. Attendance at rehearsals is required.
7 Rehearsals will take place on the following Sunday mornings (rehearsals do not conflict with Sunday morning Religious Education)…
Many, many thanks to all who step up to do the collection at Mass every week. We appreciate everyone who sometimes spontaneously responds to our call to help with “passing the basket.” Since we have so many guest celebrants, and we want to try to ensure that all aspects of the Mass are covered, we are asking those who typically help out with collections to contact Mary Campion so that Mary can develop a list of who is available at any given Mass.
We are also opening the door to invite newcomers! Men, women, high school age students … anyone currently serving and anyone who wants to serve, please contact Mary Campion at mary.campion@sjspwellesley.org