St. Patrick Parish

The Parish Office will be closing at 12:00 on Wednesday, November 24th for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Wishing all our parishioners and their families a blessed Thanksgiving Day!

Cardinal Seán O'Malley will  celebrate a special Mass on November 27, 2021 at 4:30pm at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. More information is available on the Synod Opening Mass page.

The readings for this first Sunday of Advent stress the importance of having a strong and committed relationship with Jesus Christ. When stress and tensions arise, or you feel weighed down or discouragement sets in, today’s readings are good reminders to remain hopeful. They tell us again that we have all we need in Christ Jesus – we need to rely on him and follow him faithfully. Pray for the grace to recognize the little signs of hope that God places before you.

On December 5^th at the 12:00 pm Mass, Father Mario will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving on the occasion of his Silver Jubilee to the Priesthood. Please read his message in his Pastor’s Notes.

December 8th,
Holy Day of Obligation

Christmas Mass Schedule
December 24, 2021 ~ Christmas Eve
4:00pm ~ Upper Church
4:00pm ~ Lower Church
4:00 pm ~ Our Lady of Providence Hall
8:00pm Upper Church
December 25, 2021 ~ Christmas Day
8:00am ~ Upper Church
10:00am ~ Upper Church
12 Noon ~ Upper Church

If you serve the parish as a volunteer in any capacity, the Archdiocese of Boston requires that you complete a CORI form each year. CORI forms are now due. Please call Parish Office weekdays between 10:00 – 12:00 and 12:30 – 4:00 to arrange a time to complete a form. Thank you!

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.

You can view them via the Ministry Scheduler Pro Web Terminal or using links from our Liturgical Ministries page.

New Handbooks are available for Eucharistic Ministers,
Lectors, and Ushers.

Links for the Eucharistic Minister and Lector Handbooks are available on the Liturgical Ministries page, while the link for the Usher Handbook is available on the Additional Ministries page.

Just a reminder: The parish doors are locked between 2:15 & 3:15 pm daily when school is in session. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Please read this week's blog post from Father Mario regarding the Saint Patrick Parish Grand Annual Appeal 2021-2022. Thank you.

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 Solemnity of Christ the King.
Others can be downloaded from our Lectio Divina page.

Fr. Jurgen Liias hosts a weekly talk show called Wellsprings of Faith. It is aired on Melrose Cable TV but can also be accessed through YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/user/MelroseMATV

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 Events:

• Evening of Healing and Intercessory Prayer
• Medford Community Chorale Holiday Concert
  
• An Afternoon of Prayer
  
• Synod Opening Mass

Older in Events:

• Stoneham Community Dinner

New in Pastor's Notes:

• Silver Jubilee to the Priesthood

Older in Pastor's Notes:

• Happy Thanksgiving
• Saint Patrick Parish Grand Annual Appeal 2021-2022
  

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

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.