6:30pm on Friday, January 3 at the St. John Rectory – make some soup, bring some bread/salad, or pack a game and join us for an evening of fun!
Questions? Email Sr. Colleen at cgibson@sjspwelleseley.org
SJSP Young Adult Ministry connects young adults between the ages of 21 and 40 to build community, share faith, and socialize. More info at…
This Christmas season, 9,000 children and adults that receive services from Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos (NPH) have you to thank and pray for! You have continuously provided them with essentials to live, and tools to survive.
I recently read a story about a young man who grew up at NPH Peru. At 7 months old, Adalberto was abandoned by his mother and his father wasn’t in the picture. He first lived with his maternal aunt and grandmother, but they did not have adequate resources to care for him. He would usually be found sleeping on the street using a cardboard box as a bed and a newspaper as a blanket. In 2004, Adalberto was the first child to join the home at NPH Peru when it opened…
The Sunday 7:30am Mass will be celebrated at St. Paul Church beginning Sunday, January 5.
This schedule will remain in effect until the Summer Schedule (TBD) begins Memorial Day weekend.
Forty years later, I still remember the darkness. It was all-pervasive in that December of 1984 in Leningrad, U.S.S.R. Aside from a short period of dawn in the late morning, day and night were the same. Dark and bitterly cold. Living through that winter gave me a new appreciation for the light I had so often taken for granted. I think of that darkness as I imagine Jesus as the Light, which Isaiah foretold: a light of power and searing warmth that transforms the darkest, coldest night into brilliant, glorious day. Jesus is the light that shines in darkness and the darkness has not overcome it. (John 1:5)
Jesus’s light also illumines dark places that had been hidden…
Coffee & Donuts will be on Christmas Break the weekends of December 22 and December 29, returning on Sunday, January 5 at St. John.
Sadly, we continue to have very few volunteers volunteering to help. It takes a village to keep these traditions going, so please help if you can – it’s easy and instructions are provided for all tasks!
Please join us Saturday, December 21 following the Saturday 5:00PM Vigil Mass at St. John’s for a potluck dinner, gift exchange, and party games! Holiday cheer welcome.
6:00 – 8:30PM at the St. John Rectory
SJSP Young Adult Ministry connects young adults between the ages of 21 and 40 to build community, share faith, and socialize.
RSVP…
Children in grades 3-7 are invited to join the Collaborative Children’s Choir to sing at the 4:00pm Mass at St. Paul Church on Christmas Eve. We will be holding a special rehearsal on Saturday, December 21 at 9:30am at St. Paul Church.
But why wait – start singing at the Family Mass now!
The Collaborative Children’s Choir sings the 9:00am Family Mass weekly…
All are invited to join the Saint Vincent de Paul Conference of St. John-St. Paul Collaborative in a Prayer Service on Saturday morning, December 14, at 9:30am at St. Paul Church (or streaming online here.) This prayer service is our send-off offering prior to our Christmas visits to our homebound parishioners.
We would also like to thank the members of the Young Adult Ministry group and the students preparing for their Confirmation for their support of this effort.
Merry Christmas and a heartfelt thank you from our St. Vincent de Paul Conference team.
Each year at this time we invite you to donate toward Christmas Music and/or Christmas Flowers at your parish in memory or honor of a loved one.
You may use the Flower and Music envelopes included with your offertory envelopes and drop them in the collection at Mass, or you may mail or drop your donation to either Parish Office. Please be sure to include the name(s) of those you want remembered in this special way, and please print clearly.
You can also donate online at sjspwellesley.org…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year!
SJSP Young Adults are invited to join in some festive fun this December and January – visit the Young Adult Ministry page to learn more and register for any/all of these events!