Don Orione Fathers St. Joseph - St. Lazarus Parish · 2015. 7. 31. · Don Orione Fathers St....

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

August 2, 2015

59 Ashley Street, East Boston, MA 02128

Don Orione Fathers

St. Joseph - St. Lazarus Parish


August 2, 2015


PARISHINFORMATION

Saturday,August1,2015St.AlphonsusLiguori,bishop&doctorofthechurch

9am Our Lady of Fatima 4pm Frank Mullen by family

Sunday,August2,20159am People of the Parish 11am John McDonald by family

Monday,August3,20159am Gasparo & Lois Trainito by sister

Tuesday,August4,2015St.JohnVianney,priest

9am Gaetana & Gasparo Trainito by granddaughter

Wednesday,August5,2015TheDedicationoftheBasilicaofSt.MaryMajor

9am Celia Celona by husband Ray

Thursday,August6,2015TheTrans0igurationoftheLord

9am Angelo Trainito by sister

Friday,August7,2015St.SixtusII,popeandcompanions,martyrs

9am Sacred Heart of Jesus

Saturday,August8,2015St.Dominic,priest

9am Community Mass: Colagiovanni, Gaudino, Ruggiero & Buda Families Antonio & Concetta Pascucci

4pm Josephine Fucci by family

Sunday,August9,20159am Doreen & George Hardiman by son 11am People of the Parish

MASSINTENTIONSMASS SCHEDULE

Daily Mass in the Chapel

Monday - Saturday: 9 am

Saturday: 4 pm Confession: 3 - 3:45 pm

Sunday: 9 am & 11 am

Fr. Mirek Kowalczyk F.D.P. - Pastor Judith Mullen - Parish Secretary

Paul Racki - Music Director/Organist Maria Zolla & Marianne Cincinnato - Co-Directors - Religious Education

Parish Office: 59 Ashley Street

Phone: 617.569.0406 Fax: 617.569.8212 E-Mail: [email protected]

St. Joseph - St. Lazarus Parish is a community of believers served by the Sons of Divine Providence - Don Orione Fathers.

I. Danielle Scaramuzzo & Brian Petralia

III. Alana Silvey & Jared Giblin


August 2, 2015


REFLECTION

TheChurchisopenforprivateprayerandmeditation.

Monday - Friday 8 am - 4 pm

FROMTHEPASTOR

18th Sunday in Ordinary Time

All too often, people quote either some spiritual book they found at a yard sale or a 4laky televangelist with a message of planting a seed for prosperity. They call it ‘Christian’ and many think that makes it good. The message is one of false hope, twisting quotes from the Bible and the message of the

Gospel into a pretzel of confusion and razzle-dazzle. Gimmicky gifts and silly ideas are portrayed as serious elements of faith that God so loves and blesses. So much of what passes for Christian spirituality is shallow and superstitious. It’s the equivalent of spiritual junk food. Faith needs to be nourished and sustained. Jesus knows this and offers us the best meal we can have—the gift of 4inest wheat, the Eucharist. It unites us to Him, joining our minds, hearts and souls with His. We become what we receive, and what we receive is the Body and Blood of Christ. Nourished and sustained in body and soul, we can say with Saint Paul that it is no longer I who live, but Christ who dwells in me. Spiritual junk food may move people to pray, but it will never give people strength to stay. Where do you go for your spiritual nourishment? There are no easy 4ixes, no simple answers, no shortcuts. The way of the cross is the way of Christ. In the Eucharist we join ourselves to Him and walk with Him through sacri4ice, discipline and prayer. We 4ind in Him the banquet of life and the manna of heaven.

The journey of discipleship is a life-long exodus from the slavery of sin and death to the holiness of truth in Mount Zion, the promised land of eternal life.

The road can get rough. And when it does, we can be tempted to complain like the Israelites in this week’s First Reading.

We have to see these times of hardship as a test of what is in our hearts, a call to trust God more and to purify the motives for our faith.

As Paul reminds us in this week’s Epistle, we must leave behind our old self-deceptions and desires and live according to the likeness of God in which we are made.

Jesus tells the crowd in this week’s Gospel that they are following him for the wrong reasons. They seek him because he 4illed their bellies. The Israelites, too, were content to follow God so long as there was plenty of food.

Food is the most obvious of signs—because it is the most basic of our human needs.

We need our daily bread to live. But we cannot live by this bread alone. We need the bread of eternal life that preserves those who believe in him.

The manna in the wilderness, like the bread Jesus multiplied for the crowd, was a sign of God’s Providence—that we should trust that he will provide.

These signs pointed to their ful4illment in the Eucharist, the abundant bread of angels we sing about in this week’s Psalm.

This is the food that God longs to give us. This is the bread we should be seeking.

But too often we don’t ask for this bread. Instead we seek the perishable stuff of our every day wants and anxieties. In our weakness we think these things are what we really need.

We have to trust God more. If we seek 4irst his kingdom and his righteousness, all these things will be ours as well.


August 2, 2015


ROSARY:Every morning at 8.30 am before Mass. CONFESSION:Saturday 3 - 3:45 pm or by appointment. BAPTISM:Infant and child baptisms by arrangement. Please call the parish of4ice. SACRAMENTOFMARRIAGE:Arrangements must be made at least six months prior to the proposed wedding date. ANOINTINGOFTHESICK:By arrangement. Please call the parish of4ice and speak with Fr. Mirek. HOLYCOMMUNIONOFTHESICK:First Friday of the month. Please call the rectory to make arrangements.

PRAYERCORNER

Please keep the following in yourprayers: Joseph Guarino, Jamie Brauer, Anna Kavjian, Joseph Curry, Christopher DiRuzza, Mike & Sarah Enos, Jim Manning, Claire Burke, Paul and Susan

Shramm, Peggy Celata, Bill Berube, Janet, McKenna Snow, Raj Mistri, Joseph Testa, Diane DiGiacomo, Doreen Gattie, Susan Guadagno, Joseph Serilla, Julia Ferrara, Joan Leone, Marty Allen, Jerry Mazzarella, Janice Fantasia, Jeanett Marano, Kerri Antonuccio, Athena Fantasia, Paul Martorano, James Butler, Marie LoDuca, Josephine Moloney, Josephine Giuffre-Lee, Albert Angelone, Robert Stockwell, Jennie Colantonio, Connie McNeil, Sandra Voltero, Mark Praetsch, John Lonati, Alice Meucci, Linwood Folsom, Marianne Folsom, Marshall Pierce, Rahna Peirce, Eleanor Guarino, Rejeanne Albert, Paul Piantedosi, Alan Manfra.

FUNDRAISING

125thANNIVERSARYCELEBRATION

The next planning meeting for our 125th Anniversary Celebration is Monday, September 28 at 6:30 pm in the church hall.

ALL ARE WELCOME

There will be a fundraising meeting on Monday, August 17, 6:30pm in the church hall. We are always looking for fresh ideas for fundraising events. Any successful event depends on a willing group of volunteers. Please consider joining us. For more information please call the rectory.


August 2, 2015

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MUSICMINISTRY-ADULT&CHILDREN’SCHOIRSWe invite any interested singers to contact the parish of4ice or speak with Paul Racki our Music Director for more information. The only requirement is that you enjoy singing. OURLADYOFMOUNTCARMEL9am Mass - Fourth Sunday of the Month

ANNUALDEVOTIONSTOST.ANTHONYThirteen Tuesdays prior to June 13, 7pm COURAGEOUSGENERATIONNew members are always welcome! Coffee, donuts and social chat 9:45am - 12pm, play beano until 2:15pm. Club offers weekly raf4le, day trips, Christmas party and other social activities. Meets in the church hall every Thursday, September until June. Comeasaguest—leave

asafriend. ST.VINCENTdePAULSOCIETYMeets the second Saturday of the month in the church hall. For more information call the parish of4ice. WHYCATHOLIC?

...explores how we celebrate our Catholic faith with the sacraments. You will have the opportunity to experience the sacraments with more love and purpose and enrich your faith life in the process. FUNDRISINGWe know between family and work it is hard to commit to a regular monthly meeting but we still need your help. We are always looking for fresh ideas for fundraising events. Volunteers are needed in many areas and help is ALWAYS welcome. For more information please call the rectory.

RELIGIOUSEDUCATIONOur Religious Education program provides teachings in the practice of our faith. It is offered to kindergarten through high school students. Programs include sacramental preparation. Grades K - 8 meet Sunday after the Family Mass at 9am in the church hall. [email protected] FirstCommunionPreparation begins in 1st grade. Children receive First Communion in 2nd grade.

Con0irmationThe Con4irmation Program is a two year program beginning in the 9th grade. Students are con4irmed in the spring of the 10th grade. Class meets the 4irst Tuesday of the month at 7pm in the church hall. [email protected]

ALTARSERVERSBoys and girls attending grades three through high school who have received their First Communion are invited to participate in the altar servers’ ministry. Please contact the parish of4ice or speak to Fr. Mirek for more information.

USHERS/GREETERSThis ministry is open to people who want to interact with parishioners by greeting them as they come to church. The head usher is responsible for asking parishioners to take the offering of bread and wine to the altar. After Mass, ushers distribute the bulletins. For more information please contact the parish of4ice.

LECTORS/READERSLectors proclaim the Word of God through the 4irst two readings. They also make announcements before the liturgy. We are in need of lectors. Please contact the parish of4ice or speak with Fr. Mirek.

EUCHARISTICMINISTERExtraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist assist in sharing the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ with the congregation as well as in our local hospitals and nursing homes. A candidate, under normal circumstances, has to be con4irmed. Please contact the parish of4ice to arrange a meeting with Fr. Mirek if you would like to become a Eucharistic Minister.

PARISHOFFERTORYCOLLECTION

Ourweeklygoalis$3,600.

Weekly Offering - $.1,404. Cooling of the Church - $769.

This week we were minusby$1,427.

Secondcollectionthisweek:Catholic Relief Services

Secondcollectionnextweek:Parish Maintenance


August 2, 2015


RELIGIOUSEDUCATION

ReligiousEducationRegistrationInformation! If you are a St. Joseph – St. Lazarus parishioner and have a child beginning First Grade in September 2015 or if you are NEW to St. Joseph – St. Lazarus and have children in grades 1-10 in public school, please contact the parish of4ice for registration forms. New Registrations will be taken at the Parish Of4ice in the Rectory. Please bring a copy of your child’s BaptismalCerti�icate(unlessthechildwasbaptizedatSt.Joseph-St.LazarusorSt.Mary,StarofSea). Fees should be paid at the time of registration ($60 4irst child, $50 second child, $50 third child). ToallfamiliescurrentlyenrolledinReligiousEducation: All children who plan on continuing in our program must be re-registeredevery year. FORMS ARE DUE BACK BY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Thank you for your cooperation.

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