St. Paul Giving Tree 2022

St. Paul Giving Tree 2022

St. Paul Giving Tree is an Advent tradition spreading Christmas cheer from our parish to hundreds of people through several local organizations.  Each year recipients express their deepest appreciation for the generosity of our parishioners. 

The annual Giving Tree Program will officially begin on the weekend of November 12th-13th!  As we did last year, we will have two boards in the St. Paul Sanctuary with tag requests.  Once the trees are put up over Thanksgiving weekend, the tags will be transferred to the trees.  The tags will be on the boards and trees through December 4th.  All gifts must be returned to St. Paul by Sunday, December 11th…

Time is Running Out – WYD Raffle Drawing Sunday, October 23!

Time is Running Out – WYD Raffle Drawing Sunday, October 23!

Time is running out to get your World Youth Day raffle tickets – the drawing will take place this Sunday, October 23rd after the Sunday 5pm Youth Mass! (Online ticket sales will end at 3pm on Sunday – tickets will still be available in-person at Mass!)

As you can imagine, the expense of participating in a week-long pilgrimage to Lisbon is significant – we need to ensure that cost will not prevent any of our young people from experiencing this event. Participating in this raffle is a great way to show your support for our young high-school-age pilgrims!

To purchase tickets…

Cardinal Requests a Special Hurricane Relief Collection This Weekend, October 15-16

Cardinal Requests a Special Hurricane Relief Collection This Weekend, October 15-16

Cardinal Seán has asked that a Special Hurricane Relief Collection be taken this weekend, October 15-16 in all parishes in the Archdiocese of Boston. Funds raised will support the efforts of the USCCB Bishops Emergency Disaster Relief Fund, which will work through local Catholic Charities diocesan agencies. The money will meet needs such as clean water, food, shelter, medical care and aid in long-term rebuilding and recovery efforts. It also will support the pastoral and social needs of the Church in areas affected by the hurricanes…

Faith Enrichment Opportunities: Boston College School of Theology and Ministry

Faith Enrichment Opportunities: Boston College School of Theology and Ministry

Becoming a Synodal Church: Issues and Challenges
Sr. Nathalie Becquart, XMCJ Undersecretary for the General Secretariat of the Synod
Thursday, October 27 at 5:30pm to 7:00pm – Corcoran Commons, Heights Room, Chestnut Hill Campus – Attend in person or virtually
The Synod on Synodality is a transformative process in which all the baptized are protagonists and discern together the calls of the Holy Spirit, uniting as a listening Church of participation and co-responsibility…

Pope Francis extends Synod

Pope Francis extends Synod

In a surprise announcement after reciting the Angelus with thousands of pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square on October 6, Pope Francis has significantly lengthened the final Roman phase of the ongoing Synod on Synodality.  It will now extend over two sessions from October 4-29, 2023, and in October 2024.

“I hope that this decision will favor the comprehension of synodality as a constitutive dimension of the church and help everyone to live it as a journey of brothers and sisters who witness to the joy of the Gospel,” the pope said when he broke the news.

“The fruits of the synodal process that has gone ahead are many, but in order for them to bear much fruit, we can’t hurry,” said Francis.

Message from the General Secretariat of the Synod on the Occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Opening of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council

Message from the General Secretariat of the Synod on the Occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Opening of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council

The 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council is a moment of particular grace also for the Synod, which represents a fruit of that ecumenical assembly, indeed one of its “most precious legacies” (Francis, Apostolic Constitution Episcopalis Communio, Sept. 15, 2018, 1). The Synodus Episoporum, in fact, was instituted by St. Paul VI at the beginning of the fourth and final period of the Council (Sept. 15, 1965), responding to requests made by many council fathers…

The synodal process currently underway, dedicated to “Synodality in the Life and Mission of the Church,” is also within the Council’s wake…

Toiletries Drive for St. Francis House – Weekend of October 22-23

Toiletries Drive for St. Francis House – Weekend of October 22-23

A collection of small sizes of personal care items (such as shampoo, soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shaving cream, lotion, etc.) for guests of St. Francis House will take place the weekend of October 22-23. 

Complimentary hotel items are totally acceptable – so check your closets!

Items may be dropped off in the boxes that will be available at the back of both churches. Thank you for your support!

Getting to Know Our Guest Celebrants, Part III

Getting to Know Our Guest Celebrants, Part III

This is the third installment in our series featuring our guest celebrants to help you learn a little bit about them and put faces with names!

Fr. Arthur MacKay
Fr. MacKay is no stranger to the St. John-St. Paul Collaborative, having served as the Parochial Vicar at St. Paul from 2012-2015, and then at the newly-formed Collaborative until 2017, but we wanted to “re-introduce” him to everyone!  A son of the late Charles and Marjorie (Sullivan) MacKay, Fr. Arthur is presently a Priest Hospital Chaplain at Lahey Hospital and Framingham Union MetroWest Hospital. Fr. MacKay grew up in Newton…

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