Deadline: Tuesday, September 3Rd. Please Contact Gail Mattulina at 617.746-5814 Or Prudence

The Archdiocese of Boston Black Catholic Choir (ABBCC) invites your music ministry to our annual retreat on Saturday, September 7th at the Archdiocese of Boston Pastoral Center, 66 Brooks Dr. Braintree. The theme of the retreat and the choir’s year is “Open Doors in Faith” (Rev. 3-20). Leading the retreat will be Fr. Romanus Onyekuru. The fee for the retreat is $35. per person. We will begin at 8.30 a.m. with a continental breakfast. Lunch is included and the retreat ends after our 4:00 p.m. Mass.

We also invite anyone interested in joining the choir to attend our opening prayer service and rehearsal on Monday, September 9th at 7:00 p.m. at St Katharine Drexel Parish Hall, 517 Blue Hill Ave. in Grove Hall. The theme of the retreat and the choir’s year is “Open Doors in Faith” (Rev. 3-20). Leading the retreat will be Father Romanus Onyekuru. The fee for the retreat is $35. per person. We will begin at 8.30 a.m. with a continental breakfast. Lunch is included and the retreat ends after our 4:00 p.m. Mass.

Deadline: Tuesday, September 3rd. Please contact Gail Mattulina at 617.746-5814 or Prudence Miller: 617-304-9205,

Day of Formation for New and Experienced Catechetical Leaders, September 23, 2013, 9:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. , sponsored by the Offices of Faith Formation and Evangelization and the Episcopal Vicar for the New Evangelization, to be held at the Archdiocese of Boston Pastoral Center, 66 Brooks Drive, Braintree. Pastors, catechetical leaders and parish personnel involved in faith formation are encouraged to attend this day of formation, which will include presentations by the Most Reverend Robert P. Deeley, Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia, the Most Reverend Arthur L. Kennedy, Episcopal Vicar for the New Evangelization, and FFE and EVNE staff.Michael Lavigne, Senior Associate to the Episcopal Vicar for the New Evangelization, will give a keynote presentation on Evangelizing Catechesis. A special workshop for new catechetical leaders will be offered, as well as workshops on catechesis and faith formation in an evangelizing parish and preparing for pastoral planning. Please register at no later than Wednesday, September 18, or call Kathy Foley at 617-779-3625 for more information.

Fiat is a discernment group for women in the Archdiocese of Boston who are considering a vocation to religious life. Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. in the McPherson Room at Our Lady Help of Christians Church, 573 Washington St., Newton. The topic for May is “What is it like to be a Missionary?” If you are interested in attending, please respond to Sister Marian Batho, CSJ, Delegate for Religious, or call 617-746-5637.

On October 25, 26 and 27, the Office for Black Catholics will sponsor the Boston Black Catholic Revival and Youth Revival. St. Katharine Drexel Parish will host on October 25 at 7pm and October 27th at 5 pm. St. Angela Merici Parish in Mattapan will host the Youth Revival on October 26that 6 pm. There will be various choirs singing to enhance our praise and worship. For more information, contact Gail Mattulina at 617-746-5814 or .

His Eminence Sean P. Cardinal O’Malley, Archbishop of Boston, will ordain twelve men to the Permanent Diaconate on

Saturday September 21, 2013 at 10:00AM

at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.

The Archdiocese is grateful for their generous response to God’s call to serve the Church as ministers of Charity, Sacrament, and Word. We are also deeply grateful to their wives and children for all of their support, sacrifice, and prayer in supporting the candidates’ vocations.

All are welcome to come and support this holy call to orders. Priests and Deacons are invited to vest in White Boston vestments.

Matthew P. Baltier

John David Barry

John H. Beagan, Jr.

John J. Burkly

Paul G. Coletti

Richard Joseph Cussen

Timothy Francis Donohue

Joseph R. Flocco, Jr.

Joseph P. Harrington, Sr.

William Mark Jackson

Kevin P. Martin, Jr.

William Roland Proulx

MEETING CHRIST IN PRAYER can bring people to a new level of discipleship and a renewed sense of Christian mission.

MEETING CHRIST IN PRAYER is an 8 week guided prayer experience based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. It calls for a commitment of eight weeks of daily prayer and eight weekly meetings of faith sharing.

The Office of Worship and Spiritual Life is offering this program at The Pastoral Center, 66 Brooks Drive, Braintree on Wednesday Evenings, September 18 through November 6, 2013

For further information and to register call: Sister Anne D’Arcy 617-779- 3648

Or e-mail:

“Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers…”

Pope Paul VI

The Cursillo provides an experience of spiritual renewal and a method for Christian witness and evangelization. The Office of Worship and Spiritual Life oversees the Cursillo offered for English speaking Catholics in the Archdiocese of Boston. The English Cursillo Weekends for the Archdiocese are being held at the Campion Center, Weston, Massachusetts.

The date for the English Cursillo Women’s Weekend is:

Women’s Weekend October 24-27, 2013

For information and registration please check the Archdiocesan Cursillo Website:

or call Mrs. Mary Ann McLaughlin, at the Office of Worship and Spiritual Life at 617-779-3640, or email us at:

For bulletin announcements related to the Special Collection, please see

BostonCatholic.org > Search for “Special Collection”