St. Patrick Parish

All Souls/All Saints Virtual Remembrance

Saturday October 31, 10am-11am

Click here for details, flyer and registration link

Daylight Savings Time ends November 1^st, Don’t forget to turn your clocks back!

YOU CAN REGISTER FOR MASS from now through Noon on Saturday

To register to attend a Mass, just click on the button to the left and you will be able to register for the day and time you would like to attend Sunday Mass (including the 4:00 PM Vigil Mass on Saturday, or the 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 12:00 PM and 6:00 PM Masses on Sunday. Please note that you will be able to register for Mass one weekend at a time going forward, from the Monday at 10:00 am through the Saturday, at noon.

Anyone who does not have access to this website can call the Main Parish Office at 781-438-0960 to register for a Sunday Mass, beginning at 10:00 AM on Monday through 4:00 PM on Thursday when the office closes for the weekend.

Details on the sign up process

In today’s gospel, Jesus describes some of the qualities and behaviors of saintly and holy people. Today’s feast reminds us of that great cloud of witnesses who have lived saintly, albeit not perfect lives. The witness of their lives helps us believe it is possible to be holy people ourselves. Each of us has a favorite saint, someone we pray to be like or someone we admire for the way they lived their discipleship. Take a few moments to reflect on the life of that saint. How might you emulate that saint in your life? Then talk to a loved one about your favorite saint.

Help support the Society of St. Vincent de Paul at Saint Patrick Parish! Participants will have one week (11/7-11/14) to complete a one-mile walk. You can either walk the whole mile in one day or break up your distance over the course of the week. Walk anywhere that is safe to walk one mile: your own neighborhood, a friend’s neighborhood, or even the Stoneham bike trail.

See the full description on our National Friends of The Poor® Virtual Walk page. You can download the registration and signup sheet there.

“Say No to ROE”

The state legislature has extended the session until January 5th, 2021. Please remind the members of the Joint Committee on Judiciary that you oppose the expansion of abortion in Massachusetts. Please call the Committee at 617-722-2396 and let them know you are opposed to H3320 and S1209 – the ROE legislation. Every telephone call helps!

Remember these bills would remove:

• The requirement that young girls obtain consent before an abortion
• The requirement that efforts be made to save a living baby who survives abortion
• The requirement that late term abortions be performed in hospitals
• And the bills would allow abortion on demand for all nine months of pregnancy.

For more information about how the ROE legislation would expand abortion in Massachusetts visit www.macatholic.org. Thank you!

Read Cardinal Seán's statment on Massachusetts ROE act legislation here, or you can download the PDF.

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.

PRAYER FOR STUDENTS
Dear Jesus,
Thank you for the gift of learning!
I want to grow closer to you
in everything I do at school.
In math and science, help me to see
your beautiful plan in the world.
Help me to discover new stories
and values as I read and write.
In arts and music, help me to be creative.
In sports, help me to treat my teammates
and my opponents fairly.
Help me to learn new skills
in technology.
Jesus, you are the perfect teacher.
Help me to listen with open ears,
an open heart, and an open mind
to all my teachers at school.
Help me to treat my classmates
with care, kindness, and respect.
Thank you, Jesus, for school!
Amen.
©LPi

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.

Please pray for the sick and all those who have asked us to pray for them this week.

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.

New in Pastor's Notes:

• Living in Unusual Times

Older in Pastor's Notes:

• Praying together the Family Rosary
• Saint Patrick Parish Grand Annual Appeal 2020 - 2021

New under Pray With Us:

• Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• Pray the Rosary - Wednesdays at 3:00 via Zoom
• Resources for Prayer and Reflection at Home

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

“Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life.”
— Potter Stewart

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is pleased to share a
downloadable Lectio Divina for the Solemnity of All Saints 2020.
Others can be downloaded from our Lectio Divina page.

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.

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
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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.

St. Patrick's Parish has an app! Get information quickly on your smartphone with the WeConnect Parish App, available on iTunes and Google Play! Choose St. Patrick Parish when you start the app for the first time, and have access to our information in the palm of your hand!

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.