Congratulations to Our Newly Confirmed Students!

Congratulations to Our Newly Confirmed Students!

Congratulations to the 77 students from our Collaborative who received this Sacrament of Confirmation this month!

Holy Spirit, strengthen our students with your gifts of Wisdom, Understanding, Right Judgment, Courage, Knowledge, Reverence, and Wonder and Awe.

Fill them with the joy  of your presence and increase in them the fruit of your Spirit. Help them to experience and trust your dwelling within, so that they can count on your guidance today and every day.

Show us the way to help one another become better disciples of Jesus Christ, sharing your love with our world and with each person we meet.

Come, Holy Spirit! Come!

Attention All Volunteers! It is Annual CORI Submission Time!

Attention All Volunteers! It is Annual CORI Submission Time!

Each year in the Spring, all staff and volunteers age 18 and older (including Eucharistic ministers and lectors, choir members and musicians, members of councils and commissions, ushers and counters, other Mass volunteers, etc.) must complete an annual Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) background screening (except for Religious Education volunteers who complete their screening in the early Fall), as mandated by civil and Archdiocese of Boston authorities.

Staff and volunteers will be available after each Mass this weekend, April 29-30, to assist you in completing your annual CORI form…

Evening for Women: Closing Mass on May 9 at 6:30pm at St. John

Evening for Women: Closing Mass on May 9 at 6:30pm at St. John

As the 2022-2023 Evening for Women season celebrating the “Angels Among Us” comes to a close, all women of the Collaborative are warmly invited to join us as Fr. Jim Laughlin celebrates Mass at St. John the Evangelist Church on Tuesday, May 9 at 6:30pm.

Mass will be followed by a pot-luck dinner so dust off those Spring recipes!  If you are unable to attend in person, the Mass will be live-streamed.

Kindly RSVP… 

Adult Faith Enrichment Program: Psalm 23 – “The Good Shepherd”

Adult Faith Enrichment Program: Psalm 23 – “The Good Shepherd”

This is a 4-week program to reflect intently on Psalm 23, which takes us on a journey through the valleys of despair to the peaks of comfort, peace, and hope. Life is full of challenges and how we navigate those challenges shape our journey. Whether it be life changes from personal traumas, the loss of a loved one, facing our aging, or simply a desire to deepen your relationship with God, this psalm insures God’s accompaniment and love.

We will meet on Wednesday mornings at 9:30am in the St. Paul Rectory beginning May 10 – to register…

Adult Faith Enrichment Book Study: “Building a Bridge”

Adult Faith Enrichment Book Study: “Building a Bridge”

Christ came to call everyone, but He had a special devotion to those on the margins. If He were walking the earth today, He would likely have a ministry joyfully dedicated to our LGBT brothers and sisters. Here at the St. John-St. Paul Collaborative, we can be His hands and feet. Join us as we embark on a four-week study of Fr. James Martin, SJ’s essential book, “Building A Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity.” 

Meetings will be held on Wednesday evenings at 7:00pm in the Collaborative Boardroom at the St. John Parish Center beginning May 10 – to register please…

May is the Month of Mary – May Crowning at the Family Masses on May 7 and May 14

May is the Month of Mary – May Crowning at the Family Masses on May 7 and May 14

At the Sunday 9:00am Family Mass at St. John on May 7 and the Sunday 9:00am Family Mass at St. Paul on May 14 we will celebrate Mary by having a May Crowning.  We invite all parishioners to bring flowers and participate in a May Procession at the end of Mass. 

One child at each Mass will be selected in a drawing to place a floral crown on Mary’s head.  Children who have made their First Communion (in 2023 and older) are invited to participate in the drawing. Look for the registration forms and drawing box in the lobby of each church starting the weekend of April 15 and running through April 30. We will draw the names on Monday May 1…

Cardinal O’Malley Statement in advance of the 10th anniversary of the April 15th Boston Marathon bombing

Cardinal O’Malley Statement in advance of the 10th anniversary of the April 15th Boston Marathon bombing

“On April 15, 2013, Boston experienced an unprecedented attack that took the lives of Martin Richard, Krystle Campbell, Lingzi Lu, MIT Police Officer Sean Collier and Boston Police Sgt. Dennis Simmonds. We will never forget them. Each of their lives was a unique expression of love, concern for others, and courage. They will remain in our prayers as will their loved ones who continue to mourn their loss. Hundreds were injured that day and, in their recovery, have inspired us with their courage and determination to not let hate deter them from living their lives… 

Bishops Release North American Final Document to Conclude Continental Stage of the 2021-2024 Synod

Bishops Release North American Final Document to Conclude Continental Stage of the 2021-2024 Synod

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) have issued the North American Final Document for the Continental Stage of the 2021-2024 Synod: For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission (also available in Spanish and French.)

Begun in late 2022, the Continental Stage of the Synod was the second stage of the three-year process initiated by Pope Francis in October 2021. For the North American Continental Stage, the United States and Canada held twelve virtual assemblies: seven in English, three in Spanish, and two in French between December 2022 and January 2023. In total, 931 delegates and 146 bishops from Canada and the United States were appointed to participate in one of these twelve assemblies to share their reflections and responses…

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