“The Pope is listening, and wants to hear from you… and I am also listening, and want to hear from you…” Please come to a Listening Session! Thursday, May 5 at 7:00pm at St. Paul Parish Hall Thursday, May 12 at
An Important Invitation from Fr. Jim
Thursday, May 5th Listening Session at St. Paul POSTPONED!
We are so disappointed, but out of an abundance of caution we are cancelling tonight’s Intentional Listening Session at St. Paul.
We have had multiple reports of Covid positives among Collaborative staff and parishioners in the past 24 hours, so we believe it is prudent to postpone the session.
Please Stay Tuned! We will let you know as soon as we have a new date and time for the evening session at St. Paul!
Our “Question of the Week” for May 1 Third Sunday of Easter
We invite you to actively participate in our Synodal Listening Initiative by answering this week’s ‘Question of the Week’: If I could change the Catholic Church in one way it would be… And this is why… The question can be answered
Kelly Meraw featured on “Catholic Women Preach” for the Third Sunday of Easter
Kelly Meraw, Director of Pastoral Care and Liturgy for the Collaborative and Director of Music for St. John the Evangelist Parish, is featured this week on the Catholic Women Preach website.
Preaching for the Third Sunday of Easter, Kelly reflects on Jesus’ final post-resurrection appearance and what it means for our Church today:
“In his threefold affirmation of love for Jesus, Peter is guided to the most integral mark of an intimate lover of Christ: limitless love and mercy. Peter must be reminded of his need for Christ’s mercy in order to ultimately be the conduit of it. Teaching Peter that ‘to love is to forgive’ is our Lord’s last blueprint entrusted to a Church who is asked to spill divine mercy over a world in desperate need of it. A Church who is asked to confront their own finite love and follow the movement of the Holy Spirit into a radical, unbounded love…
Intentional Listening Sessions Start This Sunday, May 1!
Please join us at one of our Intentional Listening Sessions! Invite family, friends, neighbors – people of all ages and faith backgrounds. Pope Francis wants to hear from all of us – the whole Church! He is inviting all of us to share
Synod Update: Our Second “Question of the Week” and Listening Sessions
We invite you to actively participate in our Synodal Listening Initiative by answering this week’s ‘Question of the Week’: If you were having coffee with Pope Francis what would you say? The question can be answered on the cards provided
Sunday, May 1 at 4pm: “Rejoice & Remember” Concert of Arias and Songs at St. Paul Church
Sarah Bach, Soprano and Emily Murphy, Pianist
Arias & Songs
Handel, Schubert, Strauss, Copland
Donations for St. Paul Music Ministry gratefully accepted
“Feeling disconnected from the Church? We want to hear from you!”
Late in the day on Easter Sunday, in anticipation of the Boston Marathon the next morning, these banners, prominently featuring the Synod logo, our website address, and the tagline “Feeling disconnected from the Church? We want to hear from you!”,
Our First Question of the Week: “When have you felt most welcome in the Catholic Church? When have you felt most excluded in the Catholic Church?”
We invite you to actively participate in our Synodal Intentional Listening Initiative by answering this week’s “Question of the Week”: The question can be answered on the cards provided in the churches and dropped in the boxes in the lobbies,
Easter Sunday, April 17
7:30am Mass at St. Paul Church
9:00am Family Mass at St. John Church
9:00am Family Mass at St. Paul Church
11:00am Mass at St. Paul Church
12:00pm Mass at St. John Church
There is no Sunday 5pm Mass on Easter Sunday