November 15— Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Readings for the Feast of Christ the King: Dn 7: 13 – 14  Rv 1: 5 – 8  Jn 18: 33b – 37
Please pray for
Sunday, November 15
Catherine
Marie
8:00 a.m.
Mary Raftery
10:00 a.m.
Josephine
12:00 p.m.
Marilyn Clancy
5:30 p.m.
Doyle
Monday, November 16
Mary Raftery
12:15 p.m.
James Gorman
5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, November 17
John and Catherine Gayda
12:15 p.m.
John Hastings
5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, November 18
John Mahoney, Sr.
12:15 p.m.
James P. Buff, Rev. Robert N. Kelleher
5:30 p.m
Fote
Sunday, November 22
Thursday, November 19
Elizabeth Dauer
12:15 p.m.
Thomas Devino
5:30 p.m.
Robert A. Senser
12.15 p.m.
Carolyn Lynch
5:30 p.m.
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I am hoping that if you haven’t yet downloaded the St.
Ignatius App, you will before we begin this pilgrimage
together. We’ve included ways in which you can download the App to your smartphone or other device.
iPhone – go to the App Store and type
in St. Ignatius Chestnut Hill, follow
instructions to download the app
Android – go to Google Play and type
in St. Ignatius Chestnut Hill, follow
instructions to download the app
November is Pledge Month
Colleen
Medinus
10:00 a.m.
Mrs. Cifuentes Pantoja (Spanish)
12:00 p.m.
Francis Fote
12:00 p.m.
Lynnie
Abel
McDonald
5:30 p.m.
Friday, November 20
Preparing for Advent via the St. Ignatius App
Dear Parishioners,
As I mentioned at the Masses last weekend, this Advent
we are beginning an Ignatian Way in the Year of Mercy.
This will give us an opportunity as a Jesuit parish to
enter more deeply into the experience of Mercy as St.
Ignatius experienced it in his life and in the Spiritual
Exercises.
Sincerely,
Fr. Bob
Saturday, November 21
Helen Groden
4:00 p.m.
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This weekend, members of the Finance Council will be
speaking at all of the Masses to say more about the Fr.
Bob Legacy Fund as well as encouraging your participation in the Annual Appeal. The parish has some serious
structural repairs on the horizon and any financial help
you can lend is deeply appreciated. More details can be
found in Father’s Bob’s Wish List below.
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Advent Taize Prayer
We will again be gathering during Advent on Monday
Evenings at 7:15pm for Taize Prayer in the upper
church beginning Nov. 30.
These prayers gatherings, a favorite of our parish, provide a time of quiet candlelit meditation, simple music,
uplifting scripture and peaceful silence.
Please join us and bring a friend.
We Remember…We Celebrate…We Believe
During the month of November, we invite you to honor
the memory of loved ones who have gone before us in
several ways:
by inscribing their names in the Book of Remembrance
by donating a plant in their name, to be used to make
the church bloom during the Christmas or Easter seasons
processes.
Kyle came to the Parish Office in March of this year and
has been a wonderful addition to the staff. He is a native
of Maine and is the fourth of eight children!
by picking up a card containing special prayers to re-
member and celebrate your loved ones
Stop by the table in the Gathering Space to participate.
Continue the Journey – Pasta and Prayer
Join us for PASTA & PRAYER, a prayerful conversation with friends over dinner to discuss the Sunday
scriptures. Feed your body, mind and soul!!
The next session, “Journey To the Manger”, discussing the readings for the Christmas season, will take place
on Thursday, November 19, 2015 in the Dining Room at
the Parish Office from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Prior registration required: Call Catherine at 617-782-5812 or e-mail
to cfdesq@hotmail.com, to reserve a place at the table.
Faith Formation News
November is Religious Education Month within the
Archdiocese of Boston, therefore, an excellent opportunity to thank all of the catechists, assistant catechists
and parents who make our Faith Formation Program
possible. We could not run our programming without
you!
Thank you to Portia Durbin for coming up with the idea
for our "Earth Ball" in the Lannon Chapel and for assembling it for us. The Earth Ball contains strips of paper that children wrote their responses to the Pope's encyclical Laudato Si. Look for a video on the website
soon!
Thank you to the Linssen Family for purchasing and
decorating 360 ornaments for our reverse collection for
donations to create "Harvest of Welcome" baskets. These donated items will be assembled into baskets that will
be distributed through Catholic Charities to refugees
being resettled into the Greater Boston area.
Meet Kyle Crosby
This week, we introduce you to Kyle Crosby, the parish
Database Manager. Kyles’ primary responsibilities include updating and managing the parish database, parish registrations, tracking pledge participation, and automating many of our forms, registration and payment
Upcoming Commission Meetings
Spiritual Life – Tuesday, November 17, 7:15 pm, Garden
Level
Liturgy Commission – Tuesday, December 1, 7:15 pm,
Garden Level
Spiritual Life T-shirt Pickup
T-shirts and sweatshirts that were ordered from the
Spiritual Life Commission can be picked up after Masses
in the Parish Office on Sunday, November 15th. Payment is due when the shirts are picked up. Please bring
cash or make checks payable to St. Ignatius Parish. If
you cannot pick up your shirts that day, please contact
Brenda Sheridan at brenda73@earthlink.net
La Pagina Hispanica
Queridos parroquianos,
Durante este mes de noviembre recordamos a nuestros
fieles difuntos, lo cual nos da la oportunidad de reflexionar sobre los dones que nos ofrece Dios durante la vida,
especialmente los dones del amor y de la amistad. Comparto con ustedes este poema del Padre José María Olaizola, S.J. que expresa ese sentido de las cosas que duran
hasta le eternidad.
Lo eterno
asara os ra as e ho are e abso tos se a a ara
os e os e ar e e tor o Las heri as e ar e i a
e aran de escocer.
asaran os re er os e a ratos os a risio a os e
os a a a ie o os e os ata a s e o ro r o
e ra la calma tras la tormenta que a veces sacude nuestros cimientos.
asara os o e tos e i ha e o a erra o a i e
a bien ellos se iran, dejando en la memoria gratitud disa or esa osesio
e a a ie o ra arrebatarnos.
i are os i o bres Las r e ias e ahora seran
humo, desvanecido en el viento.
ero se ira Tu voz. Y tu evangelio. Y la Historia de
Amor que despliegas
en estas historias nuestras, tan humanas y tan llenas de Ti.
e or, no nos dejes olvidar tu Palabra, que nos muestra la
ruta hacia lo eterno.
Agradezco a la familia Uribe que construyó el altar de
las ofrendas para el Día de los Muertos y a todos que
contribuyeron comida y bebida para la celebración.
Padre Bob
Catholic School Open Houses:
St. Paul’s Choir School - November 15, from 12:30 – 2
pm., St. Paul’s Choir School is the only all boys Catholic
choir school in the United States. Visit
www.stpaulchoirschool.com or call our office at (617)
868-8658.
Saint Jude School - November 15, from 1:30 - 3:00 pm. A
coed school for for students in grades kindergarten, 1-8
as well as a program for 4 year olds. Located in Waltham.
Jackson School – November 18, from 8:30-10:00 a.m. at
200 Jackson Rd. in Newton. An Independent Catholic
elementary school (K - 6) rooted in the mission of the
Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston. Questions? Call Katy
Denning, Director of Admissions at 617-202-9772. Check
us out at www.jwpschools.org
Outreach Ministries
Clothing Drive: Thanks to all those who
were able to donate baby and maternity clothing and money last weekend.
Pregnancy Help is most grateful for
your generosity.
Habitat Build: We will again be supporting Habitat for
Humanity Greater Boston in
its mission to provide affordable housing for deserving families by spending a Saturday working at a Habitat building site in a Boston
neighborhood. That date is December 5 and we need a
few more volunteers! If you would like to be part of our
Build Team, please contact Anton Finelli,
afinelli@crmcx.com, or Sr. Diane
Vallerio, vallerio@bc.edu.
Holiday Outreach: This weekend, our two major efforts
kick off. The Gift Drive tree, with more than
800 ornaments, is set up in the Gathering
Space. In addition, sign-ups begin for our
December 5 Pine Street Inn Shattuck Shelter Holiday Meal. We’ll need food donations, as well as “time” donations for
kitchen prep and serving at the Shelter.
Please stop by the Gathering Space to decide how you will be involved in these efforts.
Shattuck Shelter Fourth Tuesday Ministry: We’ll be serving Shelter Guests on Tuesday, November 24. Desserts are always needed, so if you could provide one, it
would be very much appreciated.
Desserts should be at the Parish Office by 4PM on that
Tuesday. Thank you!
Monthly Mass for the Sick
The next Monthly Mass for the Sick, sponsored by the
Faith-Based Cancer Support Group of Sacred Heart and
Our Lady Help of Christians Church, will be on Monday,
Nov. 23 at 6:30 p.m. at Our Lady’s Church. Fr. Leroy
Owens will celebrate Mass and Anointing of the Sick.
Following will be a presentation on “Finding Grace in
The Gifts of Gratitude” with Gretchen Daggett, holistic
life coach and spiritual mind-body instructor. The y
program is designed to bring joy, hope, and peace to
those who are affected by illness, including family and
friends. The Mass and program will both be held downstairs at Our Lady’s church, located at 573 Washington
Street in Newton. For questions or more information,
please contact Arlene Larsen:781-899-0213 or
aflarsen48@gmail.com, or Lorraine Higgins: 617-2440267 or higlor1@msn.com, or the parish offices. All are
welcome!
Music Ministry Spotlight: The Children Carol Choir
The Carol Choir is the youngest singing ensemble at St.
Ignatius. Children from grades three through six are
members. There are also a few second graders, who are
considered on an individual basis. In addition to learning hymns and other liturgical music, the choir learns
the place of music in liturgy, basic musical and vocal
skills, and plays teaching games that are great fun. The
choir members enjoy meeting new friends, having a surprise treat, and some parties throughout the season.
We rehearse Wednesdays from 4:30 to 5:30 pm in the
Choir Media Room, on the lower level of the church. The
choir season is from September through early May. They
offer music at either 10 am Family Mass , or noon mass,
in the Upper Church, on a monthly basis. Two highlights of the season are Pumpkin Caroling, to a Senior
Residence, and the noon Good Friday Stations of the
Cross Service, in the Upper Church.
New members are welcomed through the season. Timothy Zimmerman conducts the choir, with Susan Moran
as accompanist. Please contact Timothy
zimmerta@bc.edu or 617.552.6114 for questions or more
information.
Boston College Corner:
My Faith Story within the Story of Liberation Theology
November 16, 2015 / Lecture
Presenter: Gustavo Gutierrez, John Cardinal O'Hara
Professorship of Theology at the University of Notre
Dame
The Heights Room, Corcoran Commons, 4:30 p.m.
The originator of Liberation Theology, once under suspicion by the Church but now a close advisor of Pope
Francis, Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez, OP, is literally a living
legend in our time. Take this opportunity to hear him
tell his own story in faith as well as the story of Liberation Theology - so influential on the papacy of Pope
Francis. A hundred years from now, theologians and
ordinary Catholics will still be watching the video of this
event.
Destination Boston: New Home, New Hope
A Boston College International Education Week 2015
Event, Free and open to the public.
Thursday, November 19, 4:30PM-6PM, Boston College,
Devlin Hall, Room 010
Panel presentation highlighting the range and sources of
local support services for area refugees and immigrants.
Panelists will include St. Ignatius ARRUPE outreach
volunteers Joan Engler and Brian Maher, Kundar
Alemin, Sudanese refugee and employee of BC High, and
Marjean Perhot, Director of Refugee and Immigration
Services, Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Boston.
ARRUPE* = Assisting Refugee Resettlement Using Parish Energies For more information, please contact Cynthia Bravo at cynthia.bravo@bc.edu
See BC's International Education Week Schedule of
Events at:
http://www.bc.edu/offices/international/events/iew2015.
html
Father Bob’s Wish List
St. Ignatius is a beautiful building that has been my
spiritual home for 27 years. Over those 27 years I estimate that I have had the honor of celebrating Mass
10,000 times (give or take!) Then there would be Baptisms, weddings, prayer services and other liturgies.
Over those years I have seen the beauty of the church
building enhanced by a new lighting system, additional
organ console and pipes, baptismal font and sanctuary
extension (predella), restored baptistery tower, (now
Chapel of Reservation). On the lower level we renovated
the Friary Room, kitchen and transformed the boiler
room into a wonderful choir media room. On the more
functional side, we have added a new heating and cooling system. We also added three lifts and a handicap
ramp to provide accessibility for all.
I am aware that an old stone building like St. Ignatius
will always need upkeep and ongoing maintenance. MY
FIRST WISH IS FOR THE REPAIR OF THE BUTTRESS ON THE COMMONWEALTH AVE SIDE OF
THE CHURCH. This section of the church is in critical
need of repair as it affects the organ chamber.
One of my highest priorities as pastor has been the aesthetic element of our liturgical worship. We have been so
blessed to have the musical artistry of Michael Burgo
and Timothy Zimmermann for so many years and now
that of Paul Melley. Countless musicians, singers and
instrumentalists have animated our liturgy with exquisite beauty and reverence. We also have been blessed to
have the dance artistry of the Boston Liturgical Dance
Ensemble that has contributed a unique form of prayer
and praise. MY SECOND WISH IS FOR A FUND THAT
CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE ARTS IN WORSHIP
AT ST. IGNATIUS. Beautiful music, dance and environment are the sine qua non of our prayer and worship
at St Ignatius.
The Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius have been at the
heart of my spiritual Journey as a Jesuit. They have
animated by pastoral leadership. One of the greatest
gifts I have been given and shared are our parish retreats at Eastern Point Retreat House. MY THIRD
WISH IS FOR A FUND THAT SUPPORTS THE PARISH RETREATS AT EASTERN POINT. Given that the
cost of these retreats has increased over the years, I
would like to assure that anyone who would like to make
the parish retreat would have the financial support necessary.
Our sister parish in Jamaica, St. Anne’s, has been another blessing for me during my pastorate. The parish
trips to Jamaica and the projects that we have undertaken like the painting of the church, the building of the
playground, the computer center for the school and so
much more have helped us as a parish to be connected to
the wider church, a sister parish that has so few resources other than its people. MY FOURTH WISH IS
FOR A FUND THAT PROVIDES ONGOING SUPPORT
FOR ST. ANNE’S PARISH.
Pilgrimage to Ireland and France
A Pilgrimage to Knock, Ireland and Lourdes, France
will take place from February 5-13, 2016. The pilgrimage will be led by Spiritual Director Fr. Tim Murphy
from Saint Mary Parish in Waltham. For brochure or
additional information, please call Mary Henry at Marian Pilgrimages 781-331-2444 or email
mary@marianusa.com.
Day of Recollection sponsored by the Catholic Daughters
Saturday, November 7, beginning with 9:00 am Mass in
St. Columbkille lower church, 321 Market Street,
Brighton. Deacon Tom Olson will speak on Ignatian
Prayer Exercises and give a demonstration. There will
be a boxed lunch followed by the recitation of the Rosary using the methods learned in the morning. The day
will end with the opportunity for Confession in the lower
church at 3:00 pm. Open to all women and men. The
cost is $15.00 to cover the lunch. Please contact Patricia
McShane at 617-782-5774 ext. 101 to register.
Seeking Eucharistic Ministers
Elizabeth Seton Residence is in need of Eucharistic Ministers. We are a Catholic nursing home in Wellesley.
Mass is celebrated daily at 11:00 am. If you have a desire
to serve, please contact: Linda Colozzi, (781) 997-1119
and reserve your seat in our next orientation session on
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 1:30 pm.
Save the Date
Reserve Friday, January 8, 2016 for an evening concert.
The world-renowned Westminster Choir of Princeton,
New Jersey will be performing at St. Ignatius. The varied program will be sung by the 40 voice touring choir,
as part of their winter tour. You will not want to miss it!
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
28 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill MA 02467
Phone: 617-552-6100  Fax: 617-552-6101  Email: Ignatius@bc.edu  http://bc.edu/st-ignatius
The Parish Staff
Rev. Robert F. Ver Eecke, SJ, Pastor
617-552-6100
Rev. John Allan Loftus, SJ, Associate
617-552-6100
Paul Melley, Assistant to the Pastor, BC Liaison
Michael Burgo, Director of Music Ministry
617-552-6108
Timothy Zimmerman, Organist, Associate Director of Music
Sr. Diane Vallerio, MFIC, Director of Outreach
Susan Stuart, Director of Faith Formation
617-552-6105
Anabella Morabito, Associate Dir. of Faith Formation
617-552-6103
Diana Gaillardetz, Adult Faith Formation, RCIA
frvereec@bc.edu
ja.loftus@bc.edu
melleypa@bc.edu
617-552-6113
burgo@bc.edu
zimmerta@bc.edu
617-552-6114
vallerio@bc.edu
617-552-6107
langinst@bc.edu
morabian@bc.edu
gailladi@bc.edu
617-552-6103
Reenie Murphy, Parish Administrative Assistant
Kathy Maher, Spiritual Life Coordinator
617-552-6112
Kyle Crosby, Database Manager
ignatius@bc.edu
617-552-6102
katherine.maher@bc.edu
Kathy Maher, CAP Team Member, Chair
Rev. John Allan Loftus, SJ, CAP Team Member
Marc Gervais, CAP Team Member
Mary Santapaula, CAP Team Member
katherine.maher@bc.edu
ja.loftus@bc.edu
mjg@gervaisdavenport.com
kyle.crosby@bc.edu
617-552-6119
The Celebration of the Eucharist
Sunday
Upper Church: 8 a.m., 10 a.m., 12 Noon, 5:30
p.m.
Lower Church: 8 a.m., 10 a.m. (Family Liturgy)
12 Noon Misa en Español en la Capilla Lannon
Weekday
Lower Church: 12:15 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
Lower Church: Fridays, 12:45 p.m. Adoration
Saturday
Lower Church: 9 a.m.
Upper Church: 4 p.m. (Vigil)
The Sacraments
Baptism: Adults are baptized at the Easter Vigil as part of the
Rites of Christian Initiation for Adults. Infant and child baptisms are by arrangement.
First Eucharist: Preparation begins in grade one and includes
classes, retreats and home instruction. Children receive First
Eucharist in grade two.
Confirmation: Our Confirmation program begins in grade nine.
Students are confirmed in the spring of grade ten. Young adults
who have been catechized but are not yet confirmed should contact the parish office for an alternative program.
Matrimony: Must be registered as a parishioner six months prior
to beginning marriage arrangements.
Reconciliation: Saturdays, 3:15–3:45 p.m., Upper Church or by
arrangement
Anointing of the Sick: By arrangement