We’re Joining Capuchin Mobile Missions on February 9 for Winter Walk 2025!
We are so excited to invite you to join us at this year's Winter Walk on Sunday, February 9. Winter Walk is an annual 2-mile walk to end homelessness in Boston. This is the first year that Capuchin Mobile Ministries is a chosen partner which means every dollar that is raised for CMM comes directly to us! Our goal is $10,000 and the support will be used to keep our ministry going! - Capuchin Mobile Missions Please consider joining the Capuchin Mobile Missions Winter Walk Team to help raise awareness and critical funds for their important mission. All ...
Christmas Wish and Giving Tree All Wrapped Up!
St. Paul Giving Tree Thank you to all who purchased gifts and gave so generously to the Giving Tree! We are so grateful for your support, which make a real difference in the lives of others each year at Christmas time. And thank you to the Religious Ed students and families who helped move and sort the gifts in the Parish Hall so they would be ready for pick up! St. John Christmas Wish Through the overwhelming kindness and generosity of our parish, the Christmas Wish was able to provide gifts and outfits to more than 345 children from 116 ...
A Message from our friends at NPH
Dear Parishioners, 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 ...
Saturday, December 14 at 9:30am: Gaudete Prayer Service with SVdP at St. Paul Church
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 ...
“Spirit of Sharing” Gift Collection for Saint Patrick Parish, Lawrence
Founded over two decades ago here at Saint John School, Spirit of Sharing helps brighten Christmas for about 350 boys and girls who live in the gateway city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, one of the most financially impoverished cities in the U.S. Many thanks for your continued support of this blessed community. Father Paul O’Brien, Pastor of Saint Patrick Parish, Lawrence, recently wrote: Economic realities on the ground here in Lawrence remain tough. Very fine, mostly single-parent families struggle, and often fail, to make ends meet. We have an average annual per capita income of $20,858 and face stubbornly high ...