In order to provide a richer and better Sunday Mass experience for the St. John-St. Paul community, and after careful consideration of last summer’s Mass attendance, we have decided to implement a Summer Sunday Mass Schedule for our Collaborative, beginning Sunday, July 1. With
March 2018 My dear friends in Christ, Tempus fugit, so the saying goes. It is hard for me to believe that it has been nearly two years since I became pastor of the two wonderful parishes of St. Paul and St.
January, 2018 Reflections on the Vows of Poverty and Obedience POVERTY The most compelling reason for taking a vow of poverty, in my opinion, is to help us become more like Jesus by preventing occasions for sin: the fewer attachments we
November 11, 2017 Memorial of St. Martin of Tours Dear Parishioners, Happy Advent! In the spirit of this season of transition, renewal, thanksgiving, and conversion, I wanted to share with you a reflection I wrote on Luke 16:1-15 for Mass
October 2, 2017 Memorial of the Guardian Angels To the Communities of St. John the Evangelist and St. Paul in Wellesley, pax Christi! God and I have been doing a lot of work leading up to my time at the
Please watch this video slideshow about our trip to Krakow for World Youth Day. WYD 2016 from Saint Paul on Vimeo.
Our last day in Zakopane was spent experiencing the outdoors the way John Paul II did with his own youth group when he was a parish priest in Kraków. Our group had the choice of taking a long hike through
The hotel in Zakopane is set right in the middle of the mountains and after an unbelievable thunderstorm during the night, we woke to a misty, rainy and cool day which was a welcome relief from the heat of the
What an amazing two days it has been! Luckily we had beautiful weather for the start of the big climax of World Youth Day. We set out early on Saturday morning and walked through the Old Town one last time
After breakfast this morning we posed for a group photo with the staff from the hotel who have been so great to us. All public transport is free for pilgrims and the tram system is great especially since we have