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Collaborative of St.Collaborative of St.Collaborative of St.Collaborative of St. Francis of Assisi & Francis of Assisi & Francis of Assisi & Francis of Assisi & St.St.St.St. Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph ParishesParishesParishesParishes ---- Medford, MAMedford, MAMedford, MAMedford, MA

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Collaborative of St. Francis of Assisi Parish & St. Joseph Parish, Medford, MA

September 30, 2018

Collaborative of Collaborative of Collaborative of Collaborative of St. Francis of Assisi Parish & St. Joseph ParishSt. Francis of Assisi Parish & St. Joseph ParishSt. Francis of Assisi Parish & St. Joseph ParishSt. Francis of Assisi Parish & St. Joseph Parish

www.medfordcollaborative.org

Collaborative Staff

Pastor: Fr. Paul V. Sullivan Parochial Vicar: Fr. Peter Shen Priest In Residence: Fr. Daniel Moloney (Chaplain at MIT)

Director of Finance and Operations: Laura Powers 781-396-0423 x113 Director of Faith Formation & Youth Ministry: Doreen Breen 781-396-0423 x126 Faith Formation Coordinator: Ann Carroll 781-396-0423 x114 Middle School Youth Ministry Email: [email protected] High School Youth Ministry Email: [email protected] Religious Education Email: [email protected] St. Francis of Assisi Music Director: Jonathan Cote 603-479-1276 Email: jondcote@comcast,net St. Joseph Music Director: Betsy Pesce 781-396-0423 x125 Cell: 617-335-8155 Email: [email protected] Collaborative Office Manager: Alisa O’Dowd St. Joseph Business Manager: Karen Sturniolo

Main Office: 781-396-363 Early Childhood Learning Center: 781-395-7780

Tuition Office: 781-396-0423 x117

Website: www.stjosephschoolmedford.com

Principal: Tim Forti

Mass Schedule

St. Francis of Assisi 441 Fellsway West, Medford

Daily Mass: Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday - 8:30am Weekend Masses: Saturday - 4pm

Sunday - 9am & 11am

St. Joseph 118 High Street, Medford

Daily Mass: Monday, Wednesday & Friday - 8:30am Weekend Masses: Saturday - 4pm

Sunday - 8am, 10am & 12 noon

Contact Information

Collaborative Parish Office: 114 High Street, Medford, MA 02155

Office Hours: Monday - Thursday 9am - 3pm & Friday 9am - Noon

Phone: 781-396-0423 Fax: 781-391-2919

St. Joseph Email: [email protected]

St. Francis of Assisi Email: [email protected]


Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

From Fr. Paul…From Fr. Paul…From Fr. Paul…From Fr. Paul… Dear Friends, I hope you can attend one of our "Town Hall" meetings this weekend - the first one is at St. Joseph Parish Center after the 4:00 Mass on Saturday, September 29, and the second one is at St. Francis Hall after the 11:00 am Mass on Sunday, September 30. We will discuss the Pastoral Plan, the annual financial report, and the Grand Annual. There will be time for questions and answers. More details can be found elsewhere in this bulletin. Also, both parishes need new liturgical ministers - ushers/greeters, lectors, Eucharistic ministers, altar servers, and choir members. Please consider volunteering once or twice a month. If you are interested, please give your contact information to one of the priests after Mass, or leave a message at the office. Training sessions for these ministries will begin soon. Thank you to the volunteers in both parishes who, week after week, "make things happen" here at St. Francis and St. Joseph Parishes. Father Paul

Welcome to New ParishionersWelcome to New ParishionersWelcome to New ParishionersWelcome to New Parishioners

No matter what your present status in the Catholic Church,

No matter what your current family or marital situation,

No matter what your current personal history, age, background, race, etc.,

No matter what your own self-image; you are invited, welcomed, accepted, loved

and respected here at The Collaborative of Saint Francis of Assisi Parish

and Saint Joseph Parish.

If you are new to the parish, please introduce yourself to a member of the

Parish Staff after Mass or at your convenience.

Remembering Our ParishesRemembering Our ParishesRemembering Our ParishesRemembering Our Parishes

Please consider remembering St. Francis of Assisi Parish, St. Joseph Parish or St. Joseph School when

drafting your estate plans. For more information, please call

Laura Powers at 781-396-0423 Ext 113. Thank you.

Sacrament of MatrimonySacrament of MatrimonySacrament of MatrimonySacrament of Matrimony Couples should make arrangements with one of our

priests or deacon at least six months before the wedding.

Pastoral Care of the Sick and ElderlyPastoral Care of the Sick and ElderlyPastoral Care of the Sick and ElderlyPastoral Care of the Sick and Elderly Please contact the Parish Center Office to make

arrangements, if you are going into the hospital, or have a family member who is homebound and would

like to receive the Sacrament of the Sick.

If a family member cannot come to church and would like to receive Communion at home,

please notify us.

Upcoming Collaborative Events Town Hall Meetings Saturday, September 29 after 4pm Mass at St. Joseph Sunday, September 30 after 11am Mass at St. Francis

All Night Eucharistic Vigil at St. Joseph Friday, October 5 from 9pm - 5am Saturday, October 6

Coast to Coast Rosary at St. Joseph Sunday, October 7 at 3:30pm

Collaborative Mass of Anointing at St. Joseph Saturday, October 13 at 11am

St. Joseph Parish Concert Sunday, October 14 at 2pm

Mass in Honor of Saint Anne at St. Joseph Friday, October 19 at 7pm


September 30, 2018

Save the Date!

Halloween Bash

St. Francis of Assisi Friday, October 26th More info coming soon!

We are looking for bags of candy for the children’s goody bags. If you would like to donate a bag of candy, there will be tubs in the back of the church this weekend where you can drop them off.

Thank you in advance to helping to make our Halloween Bash

even more fun!

Friends of Francis

It’s that time of year again! With the Holidays fast approaching, we are looking for $10.00 gift cards for supermarkets for our Thanksgiving Dinners. This year we would like them earlier as we will be giving our Turkeys earlier. As always we appreciate your generosity. You may leave them in the box at the back of the church, at the Collaborative Office at 114 High Street, or at the Food Pantry on Thursdays from 12pm to 4pm.

Also, on Tuesday evening, October 2, the feast of our Guardian Angels, we welcome anyone who would like to help to clean up the Dining Hall at St. Francis. It will be a short meeting, starting at 7pm. I hope your Guardian Angel will whisper in your ear and we will get enough help to get this job done. If you cannot make the meeting but would like to help, please call me at 781-391-5048.

Thanks, Jerri DiClemente



Annual Collaborative Mass of Anointing Annual Collaborative Mass of Anointing Annual Collaborative Mass of Anointing Annual Collaborative Mass of Anointing

What is a Mass of Anointing?

At this Mass our sick and elderly will be offered the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. The graces of this sacrament are Strength, Peace and Courage in times of illness. We come together as a community to pray for healing for one another.

Where: Saint Joseph Church, 118 High St., Medford

When: Saturday, October 13th at 11am with Confessions at 10am

After Mass, lunch will be provided at the St. Joseph Parish Social Center next to the church. Both the church and social center have wheelchair access.

If you plan to attend, please fill out the attached form and return it by depositing it into the collection baskets at any Mass at either church or to our collaborative office at the St. Joseph Rectory by Thursday, October 4th. You may also call our office at 781-396-0423 if you plan to attend.

The Mass/luncheon is made possible by the support of the parish priests, the St. Vincent DePaul Group and YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE POOR BOXES.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I plan to attend Mass and lunch ______ St. Joseph parishioner

I plan to attend Mass and lunch ______ St. Francis parishioner

Number of guests _____ (adults only please)

Name ________________________________________________


September 30, 2018

St. Joseph Parish Annual Concert

Sunday, October 14th at 2pm

The music ministry invites you to join us on Sunday afternoon, October 14, 2018, at 2pm in the upper church, for our St. Joseph Parish Annual Concert. Both our Adult and Youth Choirs and The Messengers (our young adult music group) will perform, and there will be an opportunity for the audience to join with us in singing!

This year's program, entitled, "Building Bridges”, is being dedicated to Prayer for Unity…in our communities and in the world…, and will once again consist of a varied program of sacred, classical and popular selections. A portion of the proceeds from our concert ad book will be donated to “UnityWorks” Foundation, a national 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote understanding of the oneness of humanity, the value of diversity, and the need for unity - with a focus on education and schools.

There will be a luncheon in the social center following the concert, catered by Carroll's Restaurant in Medford (kindness of parishioner, Attorney Victor Garo). Please note: when you arrive for the concert, you will receive a voucher which will enable you to attend the luncheon.

We urge you to take this opportunity to come and join our choirs and instrumentalists in a prayerful and playful musical celebration! For more information, please email Betsy at [email protected] or call 781-781-396-0423 x125 (office) or 617-335-8155 (cell).

Please remember the following people who are in need of prayers:

Theresa O’Brien Carew, Sr. Waltrude Dennis CSJ, Kim Dervishian, Pasqualina DeSimone, Jack Foley, Mike James, Jeffrey Morgan, Torbert Prior, Joel Rivera, Donald & Ronald Sisson, Rob Stengel, Donna Trabucco, Bob Tringali, Pauline Vojtas & Denise Zero

TOWN HALL MEETINGS

September 29, 2018 after 4:00pm Mass at

St. Joseph Parish Center Cafeteria

September 30, 2018 after 11:00 am Mass at St. Francis Parish Center Dining Hall

We invite all our parishioners to attend this important meeting. It’s an opportunity for us to come together as a community and participate in charting the course of our Mission.

Please join us to discuss the following agenda: • Collaborative Pastoral Plan • Parish & School Annual Report • Introduction to 2018 Grand Annual Appeal

In preparation for the meeting, we encourage you to become acquainted with the Pastoral Plan, which can be found on our website www.medfordcollaborative.org. The success of this plan depends on your generosity of time, talent, treasure and prayer. We ask that you prayerfully consider how you can get involved and make a difference.

For your review and consideration, the Annual Report will be published in the bulletin the weekend of September 30, 2018, will be posted on our website by September 26, 2018 and will be available in paper form at the Town Hall meetings.

You will also receive the Grand Annual Appeal letter in the mail in the days before the Town Hall meeting. The goals, priorities and challenges we are hoping to address through this Appeal will be explained in the letter.

We look forward to seeing you and thank you for your continued support!

Thank You from Medford Knights of Columbus

Medford Knights of Columbus Council 141 would like to thank all who generously donated this past spring to support a seminarian. In coordination with the Archdiocesan vocations director, the council has provided a scholarship to Fernando Ayala for the 2018-2019 academic year. We hope to arrange an opportunity for the collaborative members to meet Fernando later this year. Please keep him in your prayers as he begins the new academic year.



Loved Ones In Service

Presently on active duty serving our country:

CPL Gerald P. Byrnes, Jr., US Marine Corps.

SPC Ryan Barry, US Army

Cameron Howard

Nicholas C. Lavery

2LT Richard Neil Matta, US Army

Staff Sergeant 3rd Special Forces, Cairo M. Prisco, US Army

Daniel Silva

Our prayers go out to all men and women who are serving our country. May God protect them.

Rosary Rally October 7th at St. Joseph

The Collaborative of St. Joseph & St. Francis invites you to join us in participating in the National Coast to Coast Rosary Rally for our country on October 7, 2018 at St. Joseph Church. The Event begins at 3:30 pm with the Divine Mercy Chaplet, followed by the Rosary at 4:00 pm, Eucharistic Procession and Benediction. To volunteer to be part of the Living Rosary and for further information, please call 781-391-1396. We will open our doors at 3:00 pm.

Weekly Scripture ReadingsWeekly Scripture ReadingsWeekly Scripture ReadingsWeekly Scripture Readings 30 SUN Nm 11:25-29/Jas 5:1-6/Mk 9:38-43,

45, 47-48 1 Mon Jb 1:6-22/Lk 9:46-50

2 Tue Jb 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23/Mt 18:1-5, 10 3 Wed Jb 9:1-12, 14-16/Lk 9:57-62

4 Thu Jb 19-21-27/Lk 10:1-12

5 Fri Jb 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5/Lk10:13-16 6 Sat Jb 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17/Lk 10:17-24

7 SUN Gn 2:18-24/Heb 2:9-11/Mk 10:2-16 or 10:2-12

National Coast to Coast

Rosary

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY IN OUR COLLABORATIVE

We are looking for a Faith Formation Coordinator to provide catechetical and administrative support to the Director of Faith Formation and Youth Ministry.

We are looking for an individual who possesses a firm grasp of the fundamental teachings of the Catholic Faith; has strong organizational and interpersonal skills; possesses demonstrated ability to multi-task and has a background in clerical and or office administration with working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite software products & knowledge of Connect Now – our parish database management software - preferred, but will provide training. For more details regarding the duties and responsibilities of this position, please visit our website www.medfordcollaborative.org.

This is a Part-Time (10 hours per week), hourly, non-

exempt, non-benefits eligible position. Compensation is

competitive and is commensurate with experience. All

interested applicants are asked to submit a resume with a

letter of interest by mail to: Laura Powers, Director of

Finance and Operations, Medford Collaborative, 114 High

Street, Medford, MA 02155 or submit by e-mail to:

[email protected].

All Night Eucharistic Vigil

An all night Eucharistic vigil in reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart will be held at St Joseph Church, Friday, October 5th beginning with Mass at 9pm and ending on Saturday morning with Mass at 5am.

The theme of this will be the “Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary” and the intentions of this vigil are for increase devotion in Eucharistic adoration and fulfill Our Lady’s wishes made known at Fatima. The intentions are also for Pope Francis, Sean Cardinal O’Malley O.F.M. Cap. and for the sanctification for all priests and religious of his Archdiocese. The visiting statue of Our Lady of Fatima will be at this vigil. A discourse will be given by Francine, vice president of the Legion of Mary in Medford. Scapulars from Our Lady’s Shrine in Spain will be distributed to all who attend.

For information contact [email protected] or 978-453-7446. National Website: www.therealpresence.org or EWTN WEBSITE: Bulletin Event Announcement.


September 30, 2018

Saturday 9/29/18 8:30 am 4:00 pm

For the People Alice Galante

Sunday 9/30/18 9:00 am 11:00 am

Philip DiBenedetto Christopher Manzi & Anthony & Norma Guidi

Tuesday 10/2/18 8:30 am

Al, Ruth & Larry Lambert

Thursday 10/4/18 8:30 am

Jose Almada Resendes, Lordes Resendes & Muel Resendes

Saturday 10/6/18 8:30 am 4:00 pm

For the People Anthony Previti & Thomas English

Sunday 10/7/18 9:00 am 11:00 am

Vincenza Quigley Aldo Scarpelli

Sacrament of ReconciliationSacrament of ReconciliationSacrament of ReconciliationSacrament of Reconciliation Saturday morning after the 8:30 am Mass,

Saturdays from 3:00 pm to 3:45 pm in the upper church confessional or by appointment.

Sacrament of BaptismSacrament of BaptismSacrament of BaptismSacrament of Baptism Baptisms are held on the second

Sunday of the month at 12:30 pm. Instruction for first time parents and godparents is held at St. Francis of Assisi on the last Sunday of every

month after the 11:00 am Mass in the upper church (unless there is a schedule conflict).

Adoration of the Blessed SacramentAdoration of the Blessed SacramentAdoration of the Blessed SacramentAdoration of the Blessed Sacrament Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament takes place every Monday at 7:00 pm in the upper church.

All are welcome.

Weekly Prayer GroupWeekly Prayer GroupWeekly Prayer GroupWeekly Prayer Group The St. Francis of Assisi Prayer Group meets every Monday at 7:30 pm in the upper church

to pray the Rosary. All are welcome.

Secular FranciscansSecular FranciscansSecular FranciscansSecular Franciscans The Secular Franciscans, formerly Third Order,

meet at St. Francis of Assisi on the fourth Sunday of every month at 2:00 pm in the Dining Hall.

All are welcome.

St. Francis of Assisi ParishSt. Francis of Assisi ParishSt. Francis of Assisi ParishSt. Francis of Assisi Parish

Mass IntentionsMass IntentionsMass IntentionsMass Intentions

September 23rd Collection

Basket: $3,185 Online Giving: $ 367 Total Offertory: $3,552 Weekly Budget Requirement: $4,615 Second Collection next weekend: Grand Annual

A special THANK YOU to all those who share their talent, time, presence and support with

St. Francis of Assisi Parish.

September Weddings

Please keep in your prayers these couples who will celebrate the Sacrament of Marriage this month.

Philipe Henriques & Brittany Delicato Shane Maciel & Talia Galasso

Curtis Paparin & Nicole Frattura

Domenic V. Melito

and all our deceased parishioners and loved ones.



Saturday 9/29/18 4:00 pm

Manuel Sousa

Sunday 9/30/18 8:00 am 10:00 am 12:00 noon

For the People Giulia Gennaro & Pina Lombardo William “Bill” Sullivan

Monday 10/1/18 8:30 am

Michael Magaletta

Wednesday 10/3/18 8:30 am

In Thanksgiving to Baby Jesus

Friday 10/5/18 8:30 am 9:00 pm

School Mass All Night Eucharistic Vigil

Saturday 10/6/18 4:00 pm

James E. O’Brien

Sunday 10/7/18 8:00 am 10:00 am 12:00 noon

Deceased members of the Iannaccone & Flynn families For the People In Honor of Our Lady of the Rosary

Mass IntentionsMass IntentionsMass IntentionsMass Intentions

St. Joseph ParishSt. Joseph ParishSt. Joseph ParishSt. Joseph Parish

Sacrament of ReconciliationSacrament of ReconciliationSacrament of ReconciliationSacrament of Reconciliation Saturday afternoon from 3:00 pm to 3:45 pm in the

upper church or by appointment.

Sacrament of BaptismSacrament of BaptismSacrament of BaptismSacrament of Baptism Baptisms are held on the third Sunday of the month at 1:30 pm. Instruction for first time

parents and godparents is held at St. Francis of Assisi on the last Sunday of every month after the 11:00 am Mass in the upper church

(unless there is a schedule conflict).

Adoration of the Blessed SacramentAdoration of the Blessed SacramentAdoration of the Blessed SacramentAdoration of the Blessed Sacrament Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament takes place on

Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays from 9:00 am to 8:00 pm in the lower church.

(Adoration will not be held on days Medford schools are closed due to weather.)

Legion of MaryLegion of MaryLegion of MaryLegion of Mary The Legion of Mary meets Wednesdays from 6:30 to 8:00 pm in the back room of the lower

church. All are welcome!

Readings: #1004

September Weddings

Please keep in your prayers these couples who will celebrate the Sacrament of Marriage this month.

John Lee & Jessica Eddy

September 23rd Collections

Basket: $4,487 Online Giving: $ 60 Total Offertory: $4,547 Weekly Budget Requirement: $7,560

Second Collection next weekend: Grand Annual

A special THANK YOU to all those who share their talent, time, presence and support with

St. Joseph Parish.

Angelo DeSimone, Jr. Francesca Gaudino

and all our deceased parishioners and loved ones.

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