Please join us this weekend for our Mass for the Second Sunday of Lent, celebrated by Fr. Jim and recorded at St. John the Evangelist Church with members of our Sunday 5pm Mass music group, by clicking the video above. You can also watch the Mass on our Vimeo page. This Mass,
A Message from Fr. Jim About the 2021 Catholic Appeal
Wednesday Evening Confessions Cancelled This Wednesday, February 24

Unfortunately, we must cancel our regularly scheduled Confessions at St. Paul this Wednesday, February 24. Confessions will still be available this Saturday, February 27 from 1:00-2:30pm at St. John, and our regular Wednesday evening Confessions from 7:00-8:00pm at St. Paul will resume Wednesday, March 3 .
2021 Catholic Appeal

Soon, parishes across the Archdiocese will launch the annual Catholic Appeal, which provides necessary funding for the more than 50 ministries that serve our parishes, schools, and communities, helping us all live our faith together. This is our Church, and when you support the Catholic Appeal, you are directly supporting
February 21, 2021: Mass for First Sunday of Lent
2021 Catholic Appeal

As we begin the Lenten season, we are reminded of the importance of our parish communities that allow us to fully live out our faith. The support of the ministries at the Archdiocese of Boston help our parish continue serving the faithful in this community. Consider making an early gift to this year’s Catholic Appeal to help ensure these ministries can continue helping our parish, and all parishes, schools, and communities throughout our Archdiocese of Boston.
Ash Wednesday, February 17: Our 12:00pm Mass at St. John
February 14, 2021: Mass for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saint John School in the News!

Our own Saint John School is featured in this WBZ report – “Some Private Schools Have Been In Class Full Time Since Fall – How One Made It Work”.
“It wasn’t [a question of] are we going to open, it was how are we going to open?” said St. John School Principal Siobhan Mahoney. “We had a COVID task force that met throughout the summer to identify best practices.”
The small parochial school, of 218 students, divided classes into cohorts to minimize movement, invested in air purifiers, plastic barriers, cleaning supplies and personal protective equipment. Mahoney says the safety upgrades cost an estimated $41,000. So far, administrators have seen fewer than five confirmed cases and no in-school transmission…
Ash Wednesday Mass Reservations are Now Open

This year, the usual practice of imposing ashes by thumb on the foreheads of parishioners cannot be followed. Packets of blessed ashes will be distributed at the end of each Mass, and on the front lawns of both churches from 1:00-3:00pm, for parishioners to bring home for themselves and their families.