Memorial Masses

Saturday, March 1, 4:00 PM: Sister Catherine Ann Tauer

Sunday, March 2, 11:00 AM: William Hull

Wednesday, March 5, 9:00 AM: Jean Mary Mercier

Saturday, March 8, 4:00 PM: Arthur Walch

Sunday, March 9, 9:00 AM: Deceased members of

                                                            Monte family

                            11:00 AM: Katlyn Gosch

 

 

 

 

When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, he found him and said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" He answered and said, "Who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?" Jesus said to him, "You have seen him and the one speaking with you is he." He said, "I do believe, Lord," and he worshiped him. - Jn 9:35-38

 

 

“…man sees the appearance but the Lord looks into the heart.” Adult: How can you get beyond appearances when meeting and dealing with others? Child: How can you make a child who is new to your school or neighborhood feel welcomed?

Question of the Week !

 

 

 

 

 

 

2008 CATHOLIC APPEAL: As you may know the new Catholic Appeal for the support of the works of the Archdiocese is now under way. It has started earlier this year. Packets for the Appeal are available at the exits of the church if you have not received one in the mail. “The 2008 Catholic Appeal is a once-a-year fundraiser to benefit the many programs and services of our Archdiocese of Boston. The Appeal is to our Archdiocese what the weekly offertory is to our parish – so your participation and support are critical. Cardinal Sean thanks all the families from St. Zepherin Parish that contributed $22,454.38 in 2007. This year the goal for the number of parishioners participating is 169. Last year 92 contributed. Our financial goal is to raise $35,500. If we exceed our goal we will receive 25 percent of all funds raised about goal for use in our parish. Thank you in advance for your contributions!

PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL MEETING: Tuesday, March 4, at 7 p.m. in the Rectory Conference Room.

 

Financial Update

The offertory collection for the weekend of February 23/24 amounted to $7962. Thank you for your gifts.

 

The next meeting of the Safe Environment Committee will take place Sunday, March 9, at noon in the Parish Center.

 

Invitation to Our Parish Soup Suppers

On the Fridays of Lent (except Good Friday) we will have soup suppers at 6:00 PM in the parish center. We encourage parishioners of all ages to join together for these simple meals. Children are welcome. We have a meal together followed by a brief prayer. Donations each Friday are gathered for the Heifer project. Please come if you can on any or all of the Fridays.

 

From the Worship Committee

As you may have noticed, Easter is especially early this year. The most important three days of our liturgical calendar are coming: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil. These three celebrations are all part of one three day liturgical event, the Triduum.

 

On Holy Thursday we invite your active participation in the foot washing ritual. We need 6 high school aged or adult parishioners to represent the whole congregation and have their feet washed at the altar by Fr. Ron. These six participants then join Fr. Ron to go into the congregation to wash the feet of parishioners in the pews. This is an honor that requires the ability to get up and down easily. We also need 7 parishioners to carry the pitchers to assist in this part of the evening’s liturgy. We still need two women to carry the sacred oils as part of the entrance procession. If you can

 

participate in any of these ways, please call or email Maria Mike-Mayer 508-358-7445 maria.mike-mayer@comcast.net or Anita Ouellette 508-655-0310 abouell@comcast.net. Please contact us at least by March 10. Our Easter preparations are underway!

 

 

Last weekend Diane and I played in a concert at St. Joseph’s Parish in Worcester, which many of you may know as the French church. It’s a beautiful church with a fabulous pipe organ, and it was a thrill to play on it. I hope to play an organ recital here in the parish within the coming year as well as a concert with Diane on violin and other instrumentalists. It’s a lot of work planning and working up a recital, but it can be well worth the time. Stay tuned!

 

A week ago I received information about the National Catholic Youth Choir and its summer session this year. It is from June 16 to July 2 at St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota. This would be an outstanding opportunity for high school students going into grades 10, 11, and 12. Please contact me if you would like more information and how to apply.

 

The Adult Choir is hard at work with rehearsals and will next meet this Tuesday, March 4, at 7:00 pm. Call, e-mail, or come talk with me if you’d like to sing with the choir. If you play an instrument and would like to play in church, please come talk with me. See you in church! Kirk Hartung, Director of Music Ministry.

 

 

All Cluster children have received information about making a donation box and saving money during lent for the mission of Casa Corazon, a home for orphaned children with HIV/AIDS in Honduras. Boxes may be dropped off anytime during cluster or at the rectory before Easter. Thank you for your generosity. Extra material will be available in the Center

 

First Eucharist Children should be doing the lesson on Sharing a Meal p. 58-65 in the Gold Book during the month of March with their parents. Our next Mass together will be on March 9^th at 9am. Other events coming up in March are the Pot Luck supper on March 29^th at 5:30 and the practice for First Reconciliation on Monday March 31 at 4pm. Mark your calendars.

 

Fr. Ron is doing his home visits now. Every First Eucharist Family should have received a postcard with the date and time of his visit. Please make sure your Gold Book is up to date to show Father.

 

The Children’s Safety Program for grades K-1 will be held on Saturday March 1^st and March 15^th from 9:30 – 10:30am in the Center. The Safety Program for grades 2-5 will be held on Tuesday March 4^th and March 11^th from 3:30-4:30 in the Center.

 

Every Family will be receiving a letter with end of the year information. Please return the form if you want your children to attend a Good Friday lesson from 10-11am on March 21. Please return the registration for the April 13^th Instructional Mass as well.

 

Safe the Date! St. Patrick’s in Natick will be holding a Vacation Bible Camp called Rainforest Adventure from 7/14-7/18 from 9am – 12:30 pm. For more information contact Nancy Maguire at 508-655-1017.

 

 

Saturday, April 5^th 8:45 am -1pm -Just Faith Workshop at Our lady Help of Christian Parish, 573 Washington St., Newton. Learn more about the Rich Social Justice of the Church. For more information contact Sr. Mary Corripio in the Office of Cultural Diversity at 617-746-5818

 

Tell us what you think!

The Cardinal has directed the MA Catholic Conference to present an initiative on marriage called “The Future Depends On Love”. As part of the initiative, educational material will be developed. What do you think marriage is all about? What do you want to see the Church doing to evangelize on this important topic? Fill out an online survey at http:/www.MassCatholicMarriage.org/survey

 

Day of Recollection for Women discerning a call to religious life will be held on Sat. 3/8 at Manresa House, 24 Mayflower Rd. Chestnut Hill. For more information contact St. Marian Batho @ 617-746-5637.

 

 

Aluminum Tab Collection to Benefit Shriners Hospital – We are asking all of our parishioners, young and old, to help us raise money for Shriners Hospital by saving your aluminum tabs from sodas and other cans.  Save them at home in a container then bring them to church or the parish center with you to drop off in the large containers you will find marked for Shriners.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grades 9 & 10 meet Sunday, March 2

Grade 6 meets Monday, March 3

Grade 7 meets Tuesday, March 4

Grades 8 meets Wednesday, March 5

 

All classes meet 7-8:30 PM in the parish center

 

Lector

Interested in becoming a lector? Please contact Joyce at joyceatstz@comcast.net or at the rectory 508-653-8013.

 

 

 SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1DESERT OF GOD

 

Desert themes recur throughout Lent: Israel’s forty years of wandering, meeting and doubting her God; feeling abandoned; John the Baptist calling out the crowds to repentance; Jesus’ forty days of isolation, testing, and his own feeding of crowds in deserted areas. What does the desert show us about the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Moses, Jesus and Mohammed?  Richard Rodriguez poses that question in the January Harper’s Magazine (“The God of the Desert. Jerusalem and the ecology of monotheism,” pp. 35-46).

 

He observes the emptiness embedded in the heart of Jerusalem itself with its rubble, its myriad religious divisions, its centuries of destruction. The non-religious guide who takes him out to the desert itself told of a winter solstice on which a ring of fire appeared to flame from a rock face. He then insisted that Rodriguez attend to the tips for survival: if stranded in the early morning, the birds will lead to water; the leaves of one bush are edible; another’s have water. “He crushes a fistful of leaves and tears spill from his hand,” (p. 38).

 

Where is God in today’s Jerusalem?  Authorities no longer allow non-Muslims to enter the mosques, Al-Aqsa and Dome of the Rock. Jews and Christians can no longer stand where the “Holy of Holies” of Solomon’s temple may have been or the traditional site for Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac. For many other sacred places, the “there” has vanished under layers of rebuilding.

 

But all the warring children of Abraham agree that God belongs to no specific holy site. God is without special image – as capable of emptiness, shifting shapes and bursting into flame as the desert cliffs. And the desert even has a voice – the sound his guide pointed out, “Listen! The desert has a silence like no other, he says. Do you hear a ringing in your ear? It is the bell of existence.”

Pheme Perkins

 

 

 

 

Future

            Events

 

 

 

Neighbor To Neighbor Interfaith Study: Introduction to Buddhism Part 1

Starting Monday, March 10, from 3-5 pm for 8 weeks, at St. Julia’s Parish Center, Weston. A fee of $25 includes textbook and handouts for all DVE lectures by Boston University Professor M. David Eckel, as well as written guides for group practice in Centering Prayer, meditation and walking meditation. The Adult Faith Formation Commission at St. Julia’s is making this study available to all adults interested in better understanding our Buddhist neighbors and in exploration of the richness of contemplative prayer.

 

Lenten Mission of Renewal

Sacred Heart Church in Waltham will host a Lenten Mission on March 12^th and 13^th at 7 PM. The theme will be WHAT A MIGHTY GOD WE SERVE, Look to the Lord in His Strength. The guest presenter will be Father James E. Goode, OFM, Ph.D. Father Jim is an African American Catholic Evangelist who currently serves as Pastoral Director of Solid Ground Franciscan Ministry in NYC. The program will take place in the main church which is handicapped accessible with ample parking available. Refreshments will be served. All are welcome to attend. For more information call 781-893-8461 or www.sacredheart311.org.

 

Lenten Speaker Series at CCSB Parish

   Tuesday, March 4, Prof. Catherine Cornille, Boston College

            Living as the Body of Christ in the Season of Lent

            7:00 pm St. Bernard Church, Newton, MA

 

   Tuesday, March 11, Rev. James Keenan, S.J., Boston College

            Living as the Body of Christ in the Season of Lent

            7:00 pm St. Bernard Church, Newton, MA

 

 

 

 

Archdiocesan Bicentennial Pilgrimage to the 49^th International Eucharistic Congress in Quebec City, Canada. Plan to mark the Bicentennial of the Archdiocese of Boston by coming together in prayer and fellowship with pilgrims from across the Archdiocese and from throughout the world at this special event in June 2008. Pope Benedict XVI has personally approved a most appropriate theme for this Congress: The Eucharist, God’s gift for the life of the world,” and he invites Catholics to converge on Quebec City to deepen their spiritual lives through our Eucharistic Lord. The Boston Archdiocesan Pilgrimage is providing a comprehensive travel package for adults (21 years and older) June 18-24 starting at $1275 double occupancy, as well as a special package June 18-22 with hostel accommodations tailored to young adults (ages 21-40) starting at $875 triple occupancy. To register and for more information please contact Fr. Michael Drea, Coordinator for Archdiocesan Pilgrimages at 617-479-5400 ext 12.

 

St. Zepherin Church

Palm Sunday: 4 PM Saturday

           10 AM & 6 PM Sunday

 

Holy Thursday: NO morning Mass. Mass will be at 7:30 PM.

 

Good Friday: NO morning Mass. Liturgy will be at 7:30 PM

 

Holy Saturday: Easter Vigil at 7:30 PM

 

Easter Sunday: Masses at 9 & 11 AM ONLY. No 6 PM Mass.

 

St. Ann Church, Wayland

Palm Sunday: 4 PM Saturday

                         10 AM Sunday

 

Holy Thursday: NO morning Mass. Mass will be at 7:30 PM

 

Good Friday: NO morning Mass. Liturgy will be at 7:30 PM

 

Holy Saturday: Easter Vigil at 7:30 PM

 

Easter Sunday: Masses at 9 & 10:30 AM

 

St. Zepherin Church Parish Directory

Fr. Ron Bourgault, Pastor

   fatherronatstz@comcast.net

 

Fr. John Mandile, SJ

   Assisting Priest (mid-week)

 

Marjory R. O’Day

   Religious Education (Grades K-5)

   Pastoral Associate

   Marge_oday@comcast.net

 

Joyce Pinney

   Youth Ministry (Grades 6-10)

   joyceatstz@comcast.net

 

Kirk Hartung

   Director of Music Ministry

   kirkatstzmusic@comcast.net

 

Gloria McCarthy

   Parish Manager

   stzepherin@comcast.net

 

Sacrament of Forgiveness/Reconciliation

   Saturdays, 3:15-3:45 PM, and by appointment

 

Sacrament of Baptism

   3^rd Sunday of each month. Please call the Pastor

 

Sacrament of Marriage

   By appointment. Please call the Pastor

 

Sacrament of Sick/Communion Calls

   Please call the Rectory Office

 

Food Collection

   2^nd & 4^th Sundays of each month

 

St. Zepherin Cemetery, Bent Avenue, Wayland,

   Please call the Rectory Office

 

Persons physically unable to access Communion are invited to tell the Presider or the Liturgy Coordinator before Mass. Arrangements can be made to bring Communion to you in your pew.

 

 

PLEASE REMEMBER: ITEMS FOR THE WEEKLY BULLETIN ARE DUE IN THE RECTORY OFFICE NO LATER THAN NOON EACH MONDAY.