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71 Central St. Stoneham, MA 02180

Welcome

Welcome to Saint Patrick Parish
71 Central Street, Stoneham, MA 02180
Phone: 781-438-0960 Fax: 781-435-0075

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St. Patrick Parish

St Patrick Parish welcomes all new parishioners. We are happy to have you worship with us. Please stop after Mass and introduce yourself to our staff. If you would like to register with our Parish, please complete the registration form, mail it to the Parish Office or drop it in the collection basket.

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Mass Times

WEEKEND MASSES

Saturday Vigil ~ 4pm
Sunday ~ 8am, 10am, Noon, 6pm

WEEKDAY MASSES

Monday through Saturday - Noon

HOLY DAY MASSES

Vigil ~ 7pm
Holy Day ~ Noon

CONFESSIONS

Saturdays ~ 3pm - 3:45 pm
in the lower Church

Holy Week Schedule

Holy Thursday ~ March 28, 2024
Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper
7:00 pm ~ Upper Church
No daily Mass


Good Friday ~ March 29, 2024
Confessions
10am-Noon ~ Lower Church
Stations of the Cross
Noon ~ Upper Church
Communion Service
& Veneration of the Cross

3pm & 7pm ~ Upper Church
No daily Mass

Holy Saturday, March 30, 2024
Confessions
9am-10am ~ Lower Church
Easter Vigil
7:30 pm ~ Upper Church
No daily Mass or Confessions


Easter ~ Sunday, March 31, 2024
8:00 am ~ Upper Church
10:00 am ~ Upper Church
10:00 am ~ Lower Church
12:00 pm ~ Upper Church
* There will be no 6:00 pm Mass

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion

On the next day, when the great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, they took palm branches and went out to meet him, and cried out: “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, [even] the king of Israel.”
— Jn 12:12-13

While we know how today’s scripture ends, make every effort to listen to the passion narrative as if hearing it for the first time. Pay attention to your feelings as you listen to each reading. What do you hear that you don’t recall having heard before? Does the reading from Isaiah call me confess that Jesus is Lord? In response to St. Paul, am I willing to be humble in my service? In response to the passion account, am I ready and willing to share Christ’s extraordinary love with others? During this week called “holy” make an extra effort to ponder the paschal mystery – Christ’s life, death and resurrection – his saving action for you.

Almsgiving Collection

Palm LeftPalm RightOn Palm Sunday this year we will once again hold our special second collection known as the Almsgiving Collection, as a community act of charity. In light of the fact that our Easter collection goes directly to the Archdiocese for the support of our Senior Priests, the Palm Sunday Almsgiving collection will stay here in our parish and allow us to meet our monthly parish expenses.

Let us pray together that God will take our offering
and give it new life as Easter for our Parish.

Pray forHelen Tierney & Al Jutras
who died recently.

Altar Flower Memorial

Sanctuary Lamp, Bread & Wine

Sanctuary Lamp Bread and Wine

The Sanctuary light and The Bread and Wine for the week’s liturgies were donated in memory of
Rita Covelle

If you would like to sponsor the Sanctuary Lamp ($25) and or the Bread and Wine ($25) in honor of a loved one, please contact the office at 781-438-0960. The name of your loved one will be published in the bulletin.

PLEASE NOTE: There will be no Daily Mass on Tuesday, March 26th so that our Priests may attend the Chrism Mass at Cathedral of the Holy Cross

Confirmation HeaderOur Students will be receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation on April 6th. There will not be a Communal Mass on that Saturday. Please keep the children in your prayers as they prepare to receive the Holy Spirit.

ClergyTrust Collection

ClergyTrust LogoThe weekend of March 30th and 31st, at all our Easter Masses, our only collection will be to support the retirement, medical and financial needs of priests in good standing throughout the Archdiocese of Boston. On behalf of all of our priests, thank you in advance for your generosity. For more information, please visit www.clergytrust.org.

World Apostolate of Fatima Rosary Group invites you to join them for Holy Hour held every Monday & Friday from 3:00 - 4:00 pm (except Holidays) in the lower Church.

Stations of the Cross

Jesus Walking with the CrossPlease join us to pray the Stations of the Cross on the Fridays of Lent at 7:00 pm in the lower church:
     March 22
Good Friday, March 29
    12:00 Noon in the
upper church

Music for this week's Masses

Musical NotesEntrance # 143 All Glory Laud and Honor
Prep. #414 Jesus the Lord
Com. #150 Behold the Lamb of God – Adoramus Te
Rec. #159 Were you There

IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING SCHEDULING MEMORIAL MASSES

Memorial Masses may be scheduled for your loved ones by calling the parish office. You may choose a weekday or weekend Mass. Additionally, we offer a Communal Memorial Mass Saturday at Noon, where several people will be prayed for together.

We recommend that you call the office well in advance of the particular date you would like to schedule.

Our large parish size means that dates fill up quickly. The Mass calendar for the following year is usually available the first week of March.

Dear Saint Patrick Catholic Community,

Do You Know?… anyone who wants to become Catholic?
… anyone who is baptized Catholic but has not received First Communion and/or Confirmation yet?
… any Catholic who married outside of the Catholic Church and would like to receive the Sacrament of Marriage?

If you do, please have them contact Diane McCarthy at 781-438-0200 or dianemccarthy@stpatrickstoneham.org.

Thank you!

On-going Ministries

Grief support drop-in group:
First Tuesday of the month, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Separated/Divorced support drop-in group:
Second and Fourth Tuesdays of the month, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Location for both: Pastoral Council Room – located on the main floor of the church


Adult sacramental preparation, including civil marriage convalidation in the Catholic Church.
For more information, contact Diane McCarthy at 781-438-0200 or dianemccarthy@stpatrickstoneham.org.

Lectio Divina

New!
New!

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is pleased to share a downloadable
Lectio Divina for the Fifth Week of Lent.
Others can be downloaded from our Lectio Divina 2023-2024 page.

April Schedules are finalized

All Liturgical and Music Ministers: the April schedule has been finalized. You can find your schedule on the Ministry Scheduler Pro (MSP) Web Terminal or the MSP App. The full schedules are also on the Liturgical Ministries page.

Invitation to Lay Ministry

Eucharistic Ministers Ushers & Greeters Lectors Sacristan

Do you feel that you are being called by God to assist in his church in some ministry? There are opportunities to be a lay minister at Saint Patrick Parish. See our
Lay Minister Information and Registration page
to read about the available ministries and to register to help.

Holy Hour

Praying HandsWorld Apostolate of Fatima Rosary Group invites you to join them for Holy Hour held every Monday & Friday from 3:00 - 4:00 pm (except Holidays) in the lower Church.

Sunday Mass Videos

SUNDAY MORNINGS AT 9:00 AM

Celebrate Sunday Mass on the Stoneham Public-TV channel (Comcast 9, RCN 3, Verizon 34) four times a week:

Sun: 9:00 am ~ Mon: 5:00 pm ~ Tue: 9:00 am ~ Wed: 2:00 pm
(Note: the televised Mass will be for the previous weekend)

Mass will be taped each weekend and available for viewing the following Wednesday. You can also stream the Mass using the Stoneham TV's On-Demand player at https://www.stonehamtv.org/ondemand (click Videos) or conveniently from the St. Patrick's Parish Playlist. As new masses become available, they will be listed from newest to oldest.

March 10th - Fourth Sunday of Lent (Recorded March 9th @ 4pm)

All Masses are also available on our Sunday Mass Videos page

Daily Masses are also available on Catholic-TV

Prayer to Our Lady Of Guadalupe - Intercessor Of The Unborn

“Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I love you very much.
I beg you to spare the life of the unborn baby that I have
spiritually adopted who is in danger of abortion.”

“The greatest destroyer of peace in the world
today is abortion, because it is a direct war, a
direct killing.”
Mother Teresa with baby
Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Prayer for the Protection of the Unborn

Give us the grace... When the sacredness of life before birth is attacked, to stand up and proclaim that no one ever has the authority to destroy unborn life.

~ John Paul II

Scam Alert Warning

Important NoticeImportant NoticeLast June, many people on the contact list of St. Stephen Parish in Framingham received emails claiming to come from the parish, asking the recipient to purchase a Google Play gift card as a present for someone and promising to pay them back.

Any requests will be sent via the bulletin, the web site, or announced at Mass.

Link to the Boston Pilot article on the scams

In addition, Fr. Barmes' name is being used in a scam to try and extract gift cards from parishioners. We have had a few calls with parishioners having received a text purportedly from Fr. Barnes asking them to purchase $300 gift cards and to scratch of the security number and forward a picture of the gift card and security number.

DO NOT to respond to the text. It is not from Fr. Barnes and is an effort to scam them. Fr. Barnes would never ask parishioners to forward a picture of a gift card to him. These did not come from Fr. Barnes, please do not respond to these requests.

If you wish to donate securely, please use the Donate button at the top of this page.

For everyone’s safety, if you have tested positive for Covid-19, the current requirements are 5 days quarantine and 5 days with a mask. For more specific information, please see the CDC website.

Every Life: Cherished, Chosen, Sent.

“All that is required for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.”
— Edmund Burke

Reminders

The parish doors are locked between 2:15 & 3:15 pm daily when school is in session. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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Please pray for the sick and all those who have asked us to pray for them this week.
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Mass Cards are available through the parish office located at 71 Central Street.
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Thank you to all our wonderful parishioners who have signed up for online giving and those who have been mailing in your offertory, we are so grateful for your continued support during these challenging times!
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You can help Saint Patrick by donating to the Grand Annual
online by using the Donate button below:

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Mass Times

WEEKEND MASSES
Saturday Vigil
   4:00 pm
Sunday
   8:00 am
  10:00 am (Family Mass)
  12:00 noon
   6:00 pm

WEEKDAY MASSES
Monday through Saturday
  12:00 noon ~ Lower Church

HOLY DAY MASSES
Vigil
   7:00 pm
Holy Day
  12:00 noon

CONFESSIONS
Saturdays ~ Lower Church
   3:00 pm - 3:45 pm

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
Monday - Saturday
  11:00 am - 11:55 am
  Lower Church before 12:00 Mass
Mondays - Saturdays
  12:45 pm - 4:00 pm
  Lower Church after 12:00 Mass

Registration Form

Parish Registration Form

Office Hours

PARISH OFFICE HOURS

Monday - Friday
  10:00 am - 12:00 noon
  12:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Closed Saturdays, Sundays & Holidays.

Staff

Rev. David Barnes ~ Pastor
Rev. Sijo Jacob, CMI ~ Associate Pastor
Rev. Jurgen Liias ~ Senior Priest
Frank Dello Russo ~ Deacon
Charles G. Hanafin ~ Deacon
Anthony J. Foti ~ Deacon
David S. Caouette ~ Deacon

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UNABLE TO ATTEND SUNDAY MASS IN PERSON?

Stoneham TV LogoEvery weekend Mass is recorded and then broadcast on Stoneham TV during the following week. Below are the times that Mass is aired on the Public Channel.


Public Access Channels:
Comcast Ch. 9, RCN Ch. 3, Verizon Ch. 34

Wednesday at 2:00 pm, Sunday at 9:00 am,
Monday at 5:00 pm, Tuesday at 9:00 am.

Each new cycle begins on Wednesday so the past Sunday's Mass will air for the first time on Wednesday.

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