The 5th
Sunday of Lent, March 13, 2005
The Readings for the Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion are:
Mt. 21: 1-11
Phil. 2: 6-11
Mt. 26: 14-27
PLEASE PRAY FOR
Sunday, March 13, 2005
8:00 Pilar Real
10:00 Pauline Scaramozza
12:00 Pauline & Eugene
Sullivan
5:30 Mass for the People
Monday, March 14, 2005
12:15 Capobianco-Casaletto
Families & Judge
Margaret C. Scott
5:30 Edward Kuvin
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
12:15 Mary Mannix Slaughter
5:30 Sharon LaCroix
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
12:15 Philip P. Stuart
5:30 In Thanksgiving
Friday, March 18, 2005
12:15 Paddy Buckley
5:30 Gloria Garcia
Saturday, March 19, 2005
9:00 Special Intention
4:00 Mike Johnson, Walter
Swimm & Dennis Slyne
Thursday, March 17, 2005
12:15 Helen Burns & Elizabeth
5:30
Madaline Foley
Lenten Evening Prayer & Reconciliation Join the parish community in song, prayer and
reflection with presiding and preaching by members of the parish. This Monday, March 14th, t h e
celebration will include a Communal Reconciliation Service providing the opportunity for private
Confession.
Praying with Ignatius – An invitation to deepen your knowledge and experience of Ignatian prayer
on Wednesday evenings, through March 16th. Participants are welcome to come from home or work for a
simple Lenten supper following the 5:30 Liturgy. The Prayer Group is from 7 –8:30 pm, facilitated by Fr.
Bob and other members of the Spiritual Development Commission. This can be a foundational
experience for those interested in making the Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life next fall. We are
hoping to meet two additional times in the Easter season. To register, please contact Fr. Bob at 552-6110
or vereec@bc.edu.
The Parish Retreat at Eastern Point – “Let Him Easter in us.” Using the Easter
stories of encounter with the Risen One, you are invited into a time of silent reflection and
inner joy and peace. With directors from the Spiritual Development Commission, you will
have an opportunity for spiritual conversation, silent prayer and gatherings of prayer and
worship with the parish community, as well as members of the Jesuit Urban Center. The
retreat will be held Friday, April 8th to Sunday, April 10th. The cost for the weekend is $185 (all inclusive)
with a deposit of $85 at registration. If anyone is in need of financial assistance in order to attend, please
let us know. Please register through the parish office 617-552-6102 or ignatius@bc.edu.
Loss and Renewal in the Easter Season – Sunday, April 3rd – Lannon Chapel – 3:00–5:30 pm.
What does Easter look like in a heart that’s been broken? Is the Risen One present in our times of loss? If
you are grieving the loss of a loved one, if you desire the consolation and companionship of others in the
St. Ignatius community, we invite you to a special program, another in our parish series on “Coping with
Loss”. Please join members of the Spiritual Development Commission and others in the parish for
prayer, faith-sharing and discussion. Previous participants as well as family members and friends are
warmly invited. Refreshments will be served. Kindly RSVP to the parish office at 617-552-6102.
The Bishops’ Statement on Human Cloning and Research on Human Embryos –
Copies of the Bishops’ Statement are available on the tables in the Gathering Space. Also an electronic
copy of the statement can be downloaded from the website www.macathconf.org with additional
information.
Bulletin Cover: Jesus Raising Lazarus
Giotto, 1305
Scrovegni Chapel, Padua, Italy
THIS WEEK’S CALENDAR
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Lenten Reading Group – Rectory Library
Contemporary Music Ensemble – Upper Church
Film Fellowship for Lent – Rectory 2nd Floor
Lenten Evening Prayer & Reconciliation – Lannon Chapel
Children’s Carol Choir – Choir Room
Little Rock Bible Group – Lannon Chapel
Parish Choir – Friary Room
“Praying with Ignatius” – Rectory
Senior St. Patrick Party – Friary Room
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Lannon Chapel
March Mirkin Lenten Program
10:45 am
4:30 pm
6:30 pm
7:15 pm
4:30 pm
7:15 pm
7:15 pm
7:00 pm
12:45 pm
12:45 pm
9:30 am
Sunday Readings Text Available – Many parishioners have noticed that the readings found in
our Red Worship Hymnals are different versions from what is read from the ambo. Parishioners who
might wish to obtain their own copies of the approved texts for Sunday liturgy may order Sunday’s Word
Cycle A for $1.75 plus postage from GIA Music: www.giamusic.com or 1-800-442-1358.
Lenten and Easter Dances – Saltate et Jubilate (SJ Dance) is offered by members
of the BLDE on Sundays in Lent and in the Easter Season. Why not enter into the
experience of movement prayer as it reflects the dynamics of the liturgical seasons?
Cost $10 per class – Sundays 3:30 –5:00 pm – Brookline Academy of Dance. Please call Jamie Huggins at
617-552-6130 for more details.
Decorating the Church for Easter – Please help us to decorate the Church for the
Easter Season. You can: Join us to decorate on Saturday, March 26th from 9:00 am – 1:00
pm. No experience is necessary and families are most welcome. You can: Donate spring
plants (please have them to the church by 10:00 am Saturday), Also, we welcome your
donations to the Flower Fund.
Lenten Program – Marsha Mirkin, Ph.D., returns on Saturday, March 19th, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm to
present in the Friary Room from the Hebrew Testament “Jacob’s Nights: Desolation, Self Exploration
and Change.” In this interactive study session, we will study Jacob’s spiritual and psychological path
from an insecure youth to a mature man who enters the struggle for spiritual growth. The lessons from
the text will be applied to our own spiritual journeys.
SOCIAL MINISTRIES
Operation Rice Bowl – There’s still time to be part of the thirtieth anniversary
of Operation Rice Bowl! Rice Bowls are on the display tables upstairs and down.
Start Planning for the Project Bread WALK for HUNGER! This year’s
Walk is set for Sunday, May 1st. Registration forms are in the Gathering
Space. Let’s have a huge TEAM IGNATIUS this year – a team including
Walkers, Sponsors and Medical Volunteers! TEAM IGNATIUS has a
webpage address on the Project Bread website. You can register to walk
and/or to make a pledge online. The address is www.projectbread.org. The
TEAM IGNATIUS sign-up sheet is on the table in the gathering space (you must personally register with
Project Bread; the sign-up sheet is for us to make plans as a group). Any questions? Call Sr. Diane – 617552-6107 or email her at vallerio@bc.edu.
Forgot Your Socks? If so, you may bring your new, white, cotton socks for the homeless
to the Rectory by Monday night. Thanks!
Spring is Really Coming and with that will come the Springtime Sunday Meal at Shattuck Shelter.
The date is Sunday, April 10th, when we will provide the guests with a great meal and great company!
Sign-up sheets and reminder cards will be available on the table in the gathering space, beginning March
19th/20th.
Accessibility Lifts - We are happy to announce that we now have accessibility for
all levels of the church for those who are in need of assistance. Since the lifts need a key
for operation, we would be happy to provide one for any parishioner who would
benefit from the use of these lifts on a regular basis. Please contact the rectory to arrange
for a demonstration. All staff will be trained in assisting anyone who needs access to the
different levels of the church building.
Religious Education News
Religious Education Office -- 617-552-6105
E-mail – blichade@bc.edu
Palm Sunday, March 20th – The Family Liturgy will be combined with the
Upstairs 10:00 AM Liturgy. As this liturgy is usually quite crowded, we encourage
families – if possible- to arrive by 9:30 am.
Family Centered “Way of the Cross” – Good Friday, March 25th at Noon – Upper
Church - With scripture, reflection, dance and song, our Carol Choir and Family Mass
musicians and members of Fr. Bob’s Boston Liturgical Dance ensemble will lead us in
following the journey of Jesus to Calvary. We invite and encourage all of our students and
families to join us for this beautiful and moving prayer service.
Easter Egg Hunt – Palm Sunday, March 20th, following the 10:00 am Combined
Liturgy - Once again, our Grade 7th and 8th grade students will organize and host our
Easter Egg Hunt for children in pre-school through Grade 5. So that we can plan, let us
know that your child will be participating in the Hunt, by calling or emailing the RE office
by March 13th (leaving your child’s name and grade) or sign up after the Family Liturgy
on March 6th or 13th.
Easter Outreach Opportunity – Julie’s Family Learning Center in South Boston has need of our
help. Julie’s is a Catholic Social Service Agency that works with mothers in a variety of ways; they teach
and support them while they work toward their GED, provide money management education and
operate a Montessori school for the children of these women. Students in Grades 9 and 10 will be making
Easter Baskets for 50 children at Julie’s on March 13th.
Ministry Training Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, Collectors/Ushers and Altar Servers for children
and adults will take place on March 6th and March 13th during RE sessions as follows:
Altar Servers (Grades 3 and above) March 6th and 13th – 11:15 am
Lectors – (Grades – 5) March 14th 9:00 am (Grades 6 and above and Adults) - 11:15 am
Eucharistic Ministers – (Confirmed High School students, adults) – March 13th and 20th- 11:15 am
Usher/Collectors (Grades 2 and above) – March 20th – 9:00 am
Grade Level News
Grade 2 – Students who are participating in the Easter Pageant will gather in Lannon Chapel for
rehearsal on March 13h and 20th. Students who will be out of town on Easter and will not be participating
in the Pageant will gather as usual in their classrooms.
Grade 4 – We will meet in the Rectory Conference Room on March 13th and 20th.
Grades 7 and 8 – We will be preparing for the Easter Egg Hunt on March 13th during part of the RE
classes.
Grades 9 and 10 – We will preparing Easter Baskets during class time on March 13th.
Lenten Evening Prayer, March 21st
“Lead Us to the Water”
With the Boston Liturgical Dance Ensemble
and Members of St. Ignatius Music Ministry
Monday evening, March 21st – 7:30 pm – Upper Church
TRIDUUM
Holy Thursday, March 24th
8:00 pm – Celebration of the Lord’s Supper
(Please note, there is NO other Mass this day.)
Good Friday, March 25th
Noon
3:00 pm
8:00 pm
Family Stations of the Cross
Stations of the Cross
The Passion of Our Lord
Upper Church
Upper Church
Upper Church
Easter Vigil. March 26th
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
8:00 pm
Confessions
Easter Vigil
Upper Church
Upper Church
(The doors will open at 7:15 pm.
(Please note there is No other Mass this day.)
Easter Sunday, March 27th
8:00 am
9:00 am
Upper Church
Family Liturgy – Lannon Chapel (Please note time
change from 10:00 am.)
10:00 am
10:30 am
Noon
Upper Church
Lannon Chapel
Upper Church
(There is NO 5:30 pm Mass on this day.)
THE SPECIAL COLLECTION at the Easter Vigil and all the Masses on Easter Sunday will be directed
toward the support of Jesuit priests to provide for their sickness and retirement needs. Your assistance is especially
necessary for those priests who are permanently retired or disabled.
Pastor
Rev. Robert F. VerEecke, S.J
frvereec@bc.edu
617-552-6100
loftuske@bc.edu
jwronski@sjnen.org
617-552-6100
617-552-6100
617-552-6100
Director of Music Ministry
Associate Director of Music, Organist
Adult Spiritual Formation
Director of Religious Education
Director of Outreach
617-552-6108
617-552-6114
617-552-6128
617-552-6105
617-552-6107
Associate Pastors
Rev. Kenneth G. Loftus, S.J.
Rev. John C. Wronski, S.J.
Rev. James Morgan S.J.; emeritus
Pastoral Associates
Michael L. Burgo, M.M.
Timothy L. Zimmerman, M.M.
Patricia Fazzone, M.A.
*Deborah R. Blicharz, M.A.
Diane M. Vallerio, OSF
Parish Administration
*Richard Moynihan, M.Ed./M.A. Business Manager
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Administrative Assistant
617-552-6117
617-552-6102
*designates member of the Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) Team
The Sacraments
Eucharist
Sunday
Upper Church: 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 12:00 Noon, 5:30 PM
Lower Church: (September – June) 10:00 AM, Family Liturgy
Weekday
Saturday
12:15 PM, 5:30 PM
9:00 AM, 4:00 PM (Vigil)
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.
Confirmation
Our confirmation program begins in the 10th grade. Students are confirmed in the
spring of the 11th grade. Young adults who have been catechized but are not yet
confirmed should contact the rectory for an alternative program.
Matrimony
Must be registered as a parishioner six months prior to beginning Marriage arrangements.
Reconciliation
Saturdays 3:15 - 3:45 PM Upper Church or by
arrangement.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Fridays 12:45 - 5:00 p.m.
Lannon Chapel
Anointing of the Sick
By arrangement.
Community Care - If you know of a family or individual in our parish struggling with a death,
illness or other difficulty, contact: Ginny Carroll 617-327-4519, Maureen Eldredge 617-469-0496,
Mary Riordan 617-787-8926
Parish Office:
28 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467-3848
Phone: 617-552-6100 Fax: 617-552-6101
E-mail: ignatius@bc.edu Web: http://www.bc.edu/st-ignatius