Serving Wellesley and Newton, Massachusetts
Dear Friends, As infectious diseases physicians and members of St. John-St. Paul’s Collaborative, we are writing to ask you all to consider giving your loved ones the gift of a distanced Thanksgiving this year so that we can all celebrate together next year. As discussed in this article (see Here’s
During this time of year, we feel the need to gather in unity, return to our values, and offer gratitude. Wellesley area clergy, including our own Fr. Jim Laughlin, invite you to join them in fellowship for a Zoom Interfaith Thanksgiving service. Our clergy will lead us in prayer, scriptural
November 12, 2020 My Dear Friends in Christ, Earlier this week the Massachusetts House of Representatives utilized the state budget process to approve the expansion of abortion in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In certain respects, the budget amendment did remove some provisions that were deeply troubling in the ROE Act.
Beginning this weekend, November 7-8, we will move inside our churches for weekend Masses, with a new Winter Mass Schedule (reservations required): SATURDAY VIGIL MASSES 4:00pm Mass at St. Paul 5:00pm Mass at St. John SUNDAY MASSES 9:00am Mass at St. John 11:00am Mass at St. Paul Advance reservations will
In the Catholic liturgical calendar, November is entirely devoted to the deceased. The Church prays for those who have joined the Communion of Saints and those Souls in Purgatory. We invite all parishioners to add the names of their decreased loved ones to this virtual Book of Remembrance. These names
All women of the Collaborative are warmly invited to join the first of our series of virtual gatherings this year. The Still Small Voice Of Calm… listening to the inner voice in the midst of the busyness of service. The session will consider through prayer, scripture and conversation what it means
St. John-St. Paul Collaborative has been attentive and responsive to expert medical advice throughout the emergence of this pandemic. Offering Mass in a safe way for our parishioners has been our paramount concern. As we take careful steps toward celebrating Mass inside the churches, we will begin by reintroducing the
Our Evening for Women program ended abruptly in the Spring with the coming of Covid-19 and the prospects for returning to the usual format of in-person prayer, learning and fellowship are dim. Now, more than ever, we need community in whatever form we can find it! To that end, plans
Our priests are often at the center of efforts that build strong support systems for all of us. In addition to their daily pastoral responsibilities, they help establish social service organizations, offer spiritual support for first responders, operate parish food pantries, and recently, in response to the pandemic, put their
Our Collaborative Service Commission met this week and spent some time looking at the many organizations with whom we have a relationship and who we traditionally help in the coming season of Thanksgiving and Christmas. We are looking at creative ways in which we are still able to support those