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St. John – St. Paul Catholic Collaborative

St. John – St. Paul Catholic Collaborative

Serving Wellesley and Newton, Massachusetts

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Informational Meeting for NPH Summer H.S. Immersion Trip – Wednesday, November 7 at 7:30pm in St. Paul Parish Hall

Informational Meeting for NPH Summer H.S. Immersion Trip – Wednesday, November 7 at 7:30pm in St. Paul Parish Hall

Join the St. John-St. Paul Collaborative for a one-week immersion trip to an NPH home this summer. This trip is offered only to current high school students, who will be accompanied by five chaperones from the Collaborative.  Experience first hand how

SJSP Collaborative October 23, 2018June 27, 2023 Read more...

Sunday 5pm Mass – Calling All High School Singers and Instrumentalists!

Sunday 5pm Mass – Calling All High School Singers and Instrumentalists!

You are invited to come and play/sing in a new music group for the Sunday 5pm Masses. All are invited and encouraged to come along and help to enhance the liturgy with great music. There will be a rehearsal on Sunday, September

SJSP Collaborative September 2, 2018March 15, 2019 Read more...

Collaborative Summer Sunday Mass Schedule

Collaborative Summer Sunday Mass Schedule

In order to provide a richer and better Sunday Mass experience for the St. John-St. Paul community, and after careful consideration of last summer’s Mass attendance, we have decided to implement a Summer Sunday Mass Schedule for our Collaborative, beginning Sunday, July 1. With

SJSP Collaborative June 1, 2018June 28, 2018 Read more...

A Collaborative Update from Fr. Jim: Where Are We Going?

A Collaborative Update from Fr. Jim: Where Are We Going?

March 2018 My dear friends in Christ, Tempus fugit, so the saying goes. It is hard for me to believe that it has been nearly two years since I became pastor of the two wonderful parishes of St. Paul and St.

SJSP Collaborative April 1, 2018April 1, 2018 Read more...

A Reflection from Chris Holownia

A Reflection from Chris Holownia

January, 2018 Reflections on the Vows of Poverty and Obedience POVERTY The most compelling reason for taking a vow of poverty, in my opinion, is to help us become more like Jesus by preventing occasions for sin: the fewer attachments we

SJSP Collaborative January 10, 2018January 10, 2018 Read more...

A Reflection from Chris Holownia

A Reflection from Chris Holownia

November 11, 2017 Memorial of St. Martin of Tours Dear Parishioners, Happy Advent! In the spirit of this season of transition, renewal, thanksgiving, and conversion, I wanted to share with you a reflection I wrote on Luke 16:1-15 for Mass

SJSP Collaborative November 28, 2017November 29, 2017 Read more...

A Reflection from Chris Holownia

A Reflection from Chris Holownia

October 2, 2017 Memorial of the Guardian Angels To the Communities of St. John the Evangelist and St. Paul in Wellesley, pax Christi! God and I have been doing a lot of work leading up to my time at the

SJSP Collaborative October 13, 2017January 10, 2018 Read more...

Our World Youth Day 2016 Video

Our World Youth Day 2016 Video

Please watch this video slideshow about our trip to Krakow for World Youth Day. WYD 2016 from Saint Paul on Vimeo.

SJSP Collaborative September 20, 2016September 20, 2016 Read more...

Tuesday, August 2nd

Tuesday, August 2nd

Our last day in Zakopane was spent experiencing the outdoors the way John Paul II did with his own youth group when he was a parish priest in Kraków. Our group had the choice of taking a long hike through

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Monday, August 1st

Monday, August 1st

The hotel in Zakopane is set right in the middle of the mountains and after an unbelievable thunderstorm during the night, we woke to a misty, rainy and cool day which was a welcome relief from the heat of the

SJSP Collaborative August 1, 2016September 20, 2016 Read more...
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