St. Patrick Parish

The Parish Office will be closed on Monday, July 5th in observance of Independence Day. We wish you a safe and fun holiday!

The Parish Office will be closed every Friday from July 1st thru August 31st, THE MASS SCHEDULE WILL REMAIN THE SAME.

The Holy Father's Intentions for the Month of June 2021

The Beauty of Marriage — Let us pray for young people who are preparing for marriage with the support of a Christian community: may they grow in love, with generosity, faithfulness and patience.

Two special events this week:

Thursday, June 17th at 5:30PM - A Night 4 Life
Saturday, June 19th at 8:30AM - 2021 Walk for Life

See the links for more information and downloadable fliers.

So he went in and said to them, “Why this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep.” — Mk 5:39

Two people in today’s gospel approach Jesus for healing. However, both have turned to Jesus for healing as a last resort. There are people in our parish community who for a variety of reasons hesitate to go to Jesus in their need. Is there someone you know that needs a word of encouragement, or someone to help them turn to Jesus? Pray this week for the grace to extend yourself to this person so that he/she will put aside their fear or hesitation and turn to Jesus for help.

June 26th-27th — Second Collection for the Church in India and Brazil

The weekend of June 26th-27th, we will take up a second collection at all Masses to aid the Church in India and Brazil.

As you may know, there is immense suffering and loss of life occurring in India and Brazil due to the pandemic. The Catholic Church, through Catholic Relief Services (CRS), is on the ground in those countries working to support local hospitals and programs which are being overwhelmed and which have reached a breaking point. Your generosity is appreciated.

The month of June is dedicated to The Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Sacred Heart is often depicted in Christian art as a flaming heart shining with divine light, pierced by the lance-wound, encircled by the crown of thorns, surmounted by a cross, and bleeding. Sometimes, the image is shown shining within the bosom of Christ with his wounded hands pointing at the heart. The wounds and crown of thorns allude to the manner of Jesus’ death, while the fire represents the transformative power of divine love.

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.

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is pleased to share a
downloadable Lectio Divina for the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time.
Others can be downloaded from our Lectio Divina page.

Fr. Mario's name is being used in a scam to try and extract gift cards from parishioners. We have had a few calls today with parishioners having received a text purportedly from Fr. Mario 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. Mario and is an effort to scam them. Fr. Mario would never ask parishioners to forward a picture of a gift card to him. These did not come from Fr. Mario, please do not respond to these requests.

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

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

Update: Beginning in September, the Most Holy Eucharist will only continue in the Upper Church from 11:00 am - noon daily and from 12:45 pm - 4:00 pm on Mondays and Fridays.

New in Pastor's Notes:

• Our Online Giving Program
  

Older in Pastor's Notes:

• Repairs completed and repairs to come...
• Thank You Father Frank
  

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

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

Several bits of information and resource links relating to the quarantine due to the COVID-19 outbreak can be found on our COVID-19 page. Any additional messages/links will be posted there.
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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 during this time. Please call the parish office to make arrangements, we will prepare it and leave it for you to pick up at the mailbox located at the side door in the small parking lot.
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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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UNABLE TO ATTEND SUNDAY MASS IN PERSON?

Every 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.

Check out 365 Days with Mary provided by Our Sunday Visitor. Both apps are available to download free from the Apple App Store or Google Play.