Saturday, December 7, 2024
12:00pm – 5:00pm
St. Paul Parish Hall
10 Atwood Street Wellesley, MA 02482
Registration is required.
To register, please click here…
Saturday, December 7: Sacred Waiting – Our Advent Grief Retreat
Monday, November 25 at 7pm: Wellesley Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
All are welcome at this interfaith liturgy of prayer, music, reflection, poetry, and presence on Monday, November 25 at 7:00pm at St. John the Evangelist Church.
Our sacred service will be led by clergy, lay ministers, musicians, and congregants from Temple Beth Elohim, UU Wellesley Hills, Wellesley Friends Meeting, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Wellesley Hills Congregational Church, Wellesley Village Church, and the St. John-St. Paul Catholic Collaborative.
Called to Serve: Catholic Women’s Stories of Obstacles and Opportunities – A Conversation in the Spirit
An interactive webinar hosted by the Women in the Church Working Group of the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests (AUSCP).
Women, bring your clergy! Clergy, bring women from your parish or ministry. Registration is open for our next Conversation in the Spirit, Called to Serve: Catholic Women’s Stories of Obstacles and Opportunities, on Wednesday, November 20 at 3:00PM.
This webinar seeks to inspire conversation around the callings women have. What barriers are encountered? Where is there abundance? What longings need to be heard to move from prayer to being?
November 12 Evening for Women: “Speaking of God with Julian of Norwich”
With guest speaker Anne Mears
Tuesday, November 12 from 6:00 – 8:00pm
St. John the Evangelist Church
(Powers Hall and Lower Chapel)
All women of the Collaborative are warmly invited to come and join us in a space of reflection and inspiration as we explore the powerful and nurturing images of God which come to us through the writings of one of the great women mystics: Julian of Norwich. Anne Mears will guide us as we explore how Julian’s work can enrich our spiritual lives and the life of the Church today.
Stay for our pot-luck supper – bring a dish to share. Invite a friend! To help us plan for the evening, please let us know if you’re coming…
Young Adult “November Community Dinner” – Friday, November 15 from 6-8pm at St. John
Young Adults of the Collaborative (age 21-40) are invited to our November Community Dinner on Friday, November 15 from 6-8PM at the St. John Parish Rectory.
Join us for an evening of meeting new friends, sharing casual conversation, and enjoying delicious food!
This month’s gathering is a potluck, so bring a dish to share and a friend to join the fun.
Please REGISTER to let us know you’re coming and what you’re hoping to bring…
Young Adult Ministry “Scripture & Service” – Sunday, November 10 at St. Paul
Young Adults (ages 21-40) are invited to help with Coffee & Donuts on Sunday, November 10 at St. Paul. We will gather in the St. Paul Parish Hall at 9:00am to set up and share faith around the Sunday Readings. We’ll serve Coffee & Donuts right after the 9:00am Family Mass, then we’ll head over to the church to go to the 11:00am Mass together!
Questions or to find out how you can help more – email Sr. Colleen at cgibson@sjspwellesley.org
“Hope for Our Common Home: Catholics Care for Creation” – Please Join Us for an Interactive Community Viewing on Saturday, October 26 at St. John
All our invited to join the SJSP Laudato Si’ Committee for an interactive community viewing of “Hope for our Common Home: Catholics Care for Creation,” a special webinar from the Archdiocese of Boston’s Social Justice Ministry, in collaboration with the Boston Catholic Climate Movement.
Saturday, October 26 at 9:30am
St. John the Evangelist – Powers Hall (Lower Level of the Church)
If you would like to join us for this interactive community viewing at St. John please let us know you are coming below…
Evening for Women: “Speaking of God with Julian of Norwich” – Tuesday, November 12 at 6:00pm at St. John
With guest speaker Anne Mears
Tuesday, November 12 from 6:00 – 8:00pm
St. John the Evangelist Church
(Powers Hall and Lower Chapel)
All women of the Collaborative are warmly invited to come and join us in a space of reflection and inspiration as we explore the powerful and nurturing images of God which come to us through the writings of one of the great women mystics: Julian of Norwich. Anne Mears will guide us as we explore how Julian’s work can enrich our spiritual lives and the life of the Church today.
Stay for our pot-luck supper – bring a dish to share. Invite a friend! To help us plan for the evening, please let us know if you’re coming…
“The synod is far from over”
Below is Sr. Colleen Gibson’s recent article published in the National Catholic Reporter.
A few weeks ago, in the run-up to the opening of the second session of the synod on synodality, the Prayer of the Faithful in our parish offered an intention for the synod and its delegates. Together we prayed: “For the synod: that as delegates gather in Rome this week, they may carry with them the cares and concerns of the communities they represent — speaking freely, listening deeply and engaging prayerfully in their efforts to follow the Spirit’s guidance.”
After Mass, a parishioner stopped me in the church foyer. “Is that still going on?” they asked.
My face clearly revealed I didn’t know what they were talking about…
Saturday, October 26 at 10:00am – “Hope for Our Common Home: Catholics Care for Creation” (Webinar)
Join the Archdiocese of Boston Social Justice Ministry in collaboration with the Boston Catholic Climate Movement for an important webinar: “Hope for Our Common Home: Catholics Care for Creation.”
In Laudato Si’ Pope Francis urges us to listen to the cries of the poor and the cries of the earth. We are called to protect life and preserve all that sustains life on earth. How do we respond?
In this webinar we engage with Social Justice Leaders to contemplate the moral imperatives of caring for God’s creation. Please join us as we discover opportunities to work together in caring for creation.
To register…