Each year at this time we invite you to donate toward Christmas Music and/or Christmas Flowers at your parish in memory or honor of a loved one.
You may use the Flower and Music envelopes included with your offertory envelopes and drop them in the collection at Mass, or you may mail or drop your donation to either Parish Office. Please be sure to include the name(s) of those you want remembered in this special way, and please print clearly.
You can also donate online at sjspwellesley.org…
All are invited to attend a service of Lessons and Carols for Advent and Christmas featuring readings from scripture telling of the coming and birth of Christ paired with music sung by the combined choirs of St. John and St. Paul. This year’s concert will be held at St. Paul Church at 2:00pm on Sunday, December 8.
Lessons and Carols is a service of Scripture and song that dates to the late 19th century. Through poignant readings from the Old and New Testaments, interspersed with beautiful music sung by the combined choirs of St. John and St. Paul, the congregation is invited to reflect on the birth of Jesus in the context of its significance in salvation history…
We invite you and your family to celebrate the Christmas season with us as we enjoy popcorn and hot chocolate and watch Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer at St. Paul Parish Hall!
We will have a brief faith-filled discussion about some underlying themes and conclude the evening with a family service project, helping to sort the Giving Tree gifts.
We hope your family can join us!
For nearly 50 years, Saint John School has hosted our Annual Trees & Trimmings Christmas Market. Trees & Trimmings brings together our SJS Families, Alumni, Faculty and Staff, St. John-St. Paul Collaborative, and our neighbors as we celebrate the season while supporting the Saint John School. In addition to the trees and greenery offerings onsite, Trees & Trimmings also offers opportunities to pre-purchase greenery items, raffle tickets, and silent auction items online.
The proceeds raised from Trees & Trimmings support the Saint John School through direct contribution to the school’s operating budget, community activities, and enrichment opportunities for the students and teachers…
Founded over two decades ago here at Saint John School, Spirit of Sharing helps brighten Christmas for about 350 boys and girls who live in the gateway city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, one of the most financially impoverished cities in the U.S. Many thanks for your continued support of this blessed community.
This Advent Season, we invite you to donate gifts for children ages 3 to 14 in one of the following three ways:
Shop for a Christmas gift in person and drop it off between December 9 and December 20 at St. John School’s Ledyard Street entrance…
A 3-Week Advent Reflection Series with Sr. Colleen Gibson, SSJ
Advent marks the beginning of a new year in the Church calendar. As we mark this new beginning and prepare our hearts for Christmas, join the Collaborative community for a 3-week reflection series about beginning again in faith, hope, and joy (three of the four weekly Advent themes!) Reflecting on the stories of Scripture and our own faith journeys, these small group gatherings will offer an opportunity to pause in a busy season to find light in the darkness.
The group will gather at St. Paul Rectory on Tuesday mornings from 9:30-10:30am on December 3, 10, and 17. For more information, or if you are in need of a ride, contact Sister Colleen at cgibson@sjspwellesley.org Participants are asked to please register at…
All women of the Collaborative are invited to gather in the Chapel at St. John for our Advent Liturgy.
We are thrilled to welcome our special guest preacher Kayla August, who is a PhD candidate at Clough School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College. She currently studies theology and education with a particular focus on preaching. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Kayla offers a preaching that is vibrant, energetic and inspirational.
Followed by a pot-luck dinner in Powers Hall – please bring a dish to share!
To help us plan for the evening, please click this link to let us know that you’re coming…
4:00pm Mass at St. Paul Church
3:30pm Teen Music Group Prelude and Carols
4:00pm Mass at St. John Church
3:30pm Christmas Youth Choir Prelude and Carols
4:00pm Mass in Saint John School Philbin Hall
8:00pm Mass at St. Paul Church
7:30pm Choir Prelude and Carol
10:00pm Mass at St. John Church…
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Greetings from the courageous, highly skilled medical staff associated with the Holy Family Hospital of Bethlehem, where expectant mothers deliver their infants just 1,500 steps from the Manger of Jesus Christ.
Holy Family Hospital is a touchstone in Bethlehem and a place of hope. It operates a remarkable Level III Neonatal ICU, the country’s only gestational diabetes clinic, and the country’s only menopause clinic. For remote villages, refugee encampments, and Bedouin communities in the desert, it runs a mobile clinic with 3 specially trained staff members and one well-equipped van…
All are invited to join us Tuesday, December 12 at 7:00pm for a good old-fashioned Carol Sing!
Come to sing all your favorite Christmas Carols!
Bring your family and friends –
and some festive sweets to share!