Dear Fr. Laughlin,
I am writing to thank you and your parish community for the remarkable generosity shown through this year’s Lenten appeal. Raising over $35,000 for the MassBay Textbook Fund is a powerful act of care for our students, and I am deeply grateful to you, the Service Commission, and your entire organization…
The clothing program at St. Francis House is the only free clothing program for adults experiencing homelessness and poverty in the greater Boston area. Every spring our Collaborative supports this program as a collective force. Your generosity is greatly appreciated by the thousands of people who rely on St. Francis House during their most challenging times.
Items may be dropped off between 9:00am – 5:00pm at both the St. John and St. Paul garages on the weekend of June 20-21.
Items St. Francis House Needs!
Two categories of adult clothing are needed. All should be gently used (or new), clean, and in good condition, please…
Partakers: Partakers works every day to reduce prison recidivism through essential educational opportunities, key skills training, and the power of community and Mentor relationships.
Ignatian Volunteer Corps: The Ignatian Volunteer Corps (IVC) connects adults 50+ with community-based organizations where they make a meaningful impact through long-term service and spiritual growth.
A Faith That Does Justice: A Faith That Does Justice welcomes people of all backgrounds to put their faith into action to create a more just world.
On Mother’s Day Weekend our Collaborative will be hosting a “Baby Shower” to collect items for Pregnancy Help Boston, a pregnancy resource center supported through the Archdiocese of Boston, whose mission is to provide compassionate, practical, life-affirming alternatives for women facing crisis pregnancies.
Since January, dedicated parishioners have been knitting and crocheting baby items for newborns (hats, blankets, etc.) Now, all are invited to consider contributing items to our Mother’s Day Baby Shower collection! Please see below for their “Registry”…
The St. John-St. Paul Service Commission hopes that you all had a joyous Easter and are carrying the graces of the Resurrection into the season ahead! To add to that joy, we want to pass along a preliminary total for our 2026 Lenten Gift collection. As of last week, St. John and St. Paul Parishes have raised nearly $25,000 for MassBay Community College Foundation in support of the Textbook Assistance Fund.
Donations still continue to come in and will be accepted through the end of April on our website at which point we will present our gift to the Foundation. Thank you for your support for this wonderful cause and your heartfelt support of our neighbors at MassBay!
Our “Knit Together with Care” group has been gathering regularly to support one another in their knitting efforts for our Collaborative Baby Shower to benefit Pregnancy Help Boston – building community and making baby blankets!
If you’d like to join the group, they will gather again next on Saturday, April 18 from 1:30-3:30PM in the Collaborative Boardroom at the St. John Parish Center.
Our “Knit Together with Care” group has been gathering regularly to support one another in their knitting efforts for our Collaborative Baby Shower to benefit Pregnancy Help Boston – building community and making baby blankets!
If you’d like to join the group, they will gather this Saturday, April 11 from 1:30-3:30PM in the Collaborative Boardroom at the St. John Parish Center.
Our St. John-St. Paul SVdP brought palms, flowers, friendship, and prayer to members of our Collaborative community who are homebound for Palm Sunday.
A prayer service that included the blessing of the palms and special guest speaker, Tom Dwyer, Executive Director of A Faith That Does Justice, sent volunteers forth into the community.
Knitters near and far are hard at work making homemade wares for our Collaborative Baby Shower to benefit Pregnancy Help Boston. Our “Knit Together with Care” group has been gathering regularly to support one another in their knitting efforts – building community and making baby blankets!
If you’re interested in joining the group, they’ll gather next on Saturday, April 11th from 1:30-3:30PM in the Collaborative Boardroom at the St. John Parish Center.
SVdP Wellesley Annual Easter visits to the homebound on behalf of our Collaborative will take place on Saturday, March 28. Our pre-visit Prayer Service will be held at 9:00am in the Chapel and Powers Hall at St. John the Evangelist Church.
We invite all members of the Collaborative to attend and we have a special guest speaker, Tom Dwyer, Executive Director of A Faith That Does Justice, who will speak on its advocacy arm “Now Tell Me Their Names.”