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Daughters of St. Paul Reflect on HHS Mandate
After initially reeling from the HHS mandate, many both inside and outside the Church are getting past the stage of indignation, understandable though it still is, and are now providing us also with reflection and leadership. Despite the busyness in our lives, the points and links at Read more →Conscience Rights, Religious Liberty Violated by Sweeping HHS Contraceptive Mandate
On January 20, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reaffirmed a rule that virtually all private health care plans must cover sterilization, abortifacients, and contraception. The exemption provided for "religious employers" is so narrow that it fails to cover the vast majority of faith-based organizations, including Catholic hospitals, universities, and service organizations that ...Read more →Treasures from Our Tradition
Today, in the streets of Rio and New Orleans and in the canals of Venice, Carnival reaches its height. We stand on the brink of Lenten discipline and order, of sacrifice and prayer, and like a diver for pearls, we take a deep breath of life’s abundance before immersing ourselves. Literally “Good-bye to the Flesh,” ...Read more →RE News: Week of February 19, 2012
February School Vacation There will be no classes from Sunday, February 19th through Sunday, February 26th, due to the school vacation week. Classes will resume on Monday, February 27. Don’t forget Ash Wednesday is February 22 – in the middle of the vacation week. Begin this Lent by attending Mass on Ash Wednesday! Confirmation Program Students who expect to ...Read more →Choir School Auditions
DO YOU KNOW A 3rd, 4th or 5th GRADER WHO LIKES TO SING? For a friendly and positive singing audition please come to St. Julia Church on Saturday, February 25. The Music Director of the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School will be here to audition prospective students from 10am to 12noon. The Choir School is the ...Read more →St. Julia Senior Choir
Experience the joy and fellowship of being a music minister in the liturgy at the 11:15 Mass at St. Julia Church. During Lent we are preparing our special music programs to celebrate the Masses scheduled during the Easter Holy Week. We practice on Sundays at 10:45 AM in the Music Room on the second floor ...Read more →Help Needed
ADULTS NEEDED FOR ST. JOSEPH CHURCH: SETTING UP FOR ALL MASSES, AND SERVING WEEKDAY MASSES. Grateful for the wonderful parishioner-volunteers who have assisted for so long, our parish very much needs some additional parishioners who can arrive approximately 30 minutes before a Mass, carry out a short list of simple tasks, and then close up ...Read more →February 19, 2012
Dear Parishioners, These past weeks, we have been given rich guidance from our bishops to help us navigate the issues of both religious freedom in relation to matters of reproductive morality, and also physician-assisted suicide as a matter presenting itself in a statewide referendum vote. This time, so filled with public moral issues, gets us thinking ...Read more →Physician Assisted Suicide Response
A Response from Cardinal Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap., Archbishop of Boston As Catholics we have the responsibility to defend the principle that each of us has the right to live each day until we are called to eternal life. Please know of my gratitude for all that you do to care for the sick and the ...Read more →
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Father George Evans
Pastor
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