Archdiocese of Boston
Bulletin Announcement
The Bishop James Augustine Healy Award
The Robert L. Ruffin Award

Submit your nominations for the 2015:

The Bishop James Augustine Healy Award

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Healy2015 &

The Robert L. Ruffin Award https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Ruffin2015

Fiat! A Group for Discerning Women (4/12)

Fiat is a discernment group for women in the Archdiocese of Boston who are considering a vocation to religious life. Fiat now hosts a meeting in the Merrimack Region. The next meeting will be held Sunday, April 12, 2015 from 3:00 -5:00 p.m. at the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary, 209 Lawrence St., Methuen. For further information, interested single women may contact Sr. Janet Deaett, SND, 978-454-2931 or .

Morning of Prayer for Pastoral Visitors and
Ministers of Communion to the Sick (4/18)

Office of Spiritual Life

Morning of Prayer for Pastoral Visitors and
Ministers of Communion to the Sick

Saturday, April 18, 2015

Holy Family, Duxbury, MA

Please register by calling 617-779-3648 or email

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Nun Run | Fiat for Discerning Women (4/25)

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 Saturday, April 25, 2015 from 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. We are hosting a Nun Run that will include visiting the Daughters of St. Paul, Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, Little Sisters of the Poor and the Sisters of St. Joseph. If you are interested in attending, please contact Sister Marian Batho, CSJ, Delegate for Religious, or call 617-746-5637.

25th and 50th Wedding Anniversary Mass (6/14)

25th and 50th Wedding Anniversary Mass

His Eminence, Sean Cardinal O’Malley, OFM invites all couple celebrating their 25th or 50th wedding anniversary in 2015 to the Silver and Golden Wedding Anniversary Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. The Mass will be celebrated on June 14th at 11:30 and will include a renewal of vows. Family members and friends are welcome to attend. For more information and to register, please visit bostoncatholic.org/WeddingAnniversaryMass. Please register by June 1 to have your name included in the printed list of anniversary couples. A formal invitation and more information will be mailed to each registered couple in May.

Pastoral Planning Office Bulletin Notices

April 19 ~ Third Sunday of Easter, Cycle B
The two disciples ran, lickety-split, from Emmaus to where the eleven, and those with them, were gathered. Luke tells us, they, “… recounted what had taken place on the way, and how Jesus was made known to them in the breaking of bread.” Jesus is made known to us, today – every day - in the breaking of the Bread. How do you make Jesus known to others?


April 26 ~ Fourth Sunday of Easter, Cycle B, Good Shepherd Sunday
“I am the good shepherd.” In classical art there are many lovely images of Jesus, the Good Shepherd. Most of them are bucolic, placid, scenes that depict Jesus cradling a sheep in his arms or carrying a sheep on his shoulders. But shepherding is hard work, and, Jesus tells us, not without danger. A shepherd must be ready to lay down his life for his sheep. The Church needs good shepherds. Do you know a young – or not so young – man who would make a good priest? Ask for the grace to pose the question: “Have you ever thought about becoming a priest?”

Divine Will Conference

Divine Will Conference, May 15, 16, 17, 2015 at The National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette, Attleboro, Mass. Main speaker, Padre Bernardino Bucci, member of the Tribunal for the Cause of the Beatification and Canonization of the Servant of God, Luisa Piccarreta will speak on "The Book of Heaven - The Call of the Creature to the Order, the Place and the Purpose for which He was Created by God" and his personal experiences of knowing her.

For Registrations contact: Sandy and Ed Duggan, P.O. Box 628, Sudbury, MA 01776 or email:

Jesus in Boston - Young Adult Event

All Young Adults and College Students are invited to join us on Friday, April 17th @ 7:30pm for our monthly “Jesus in Boston” event. We will be at St. Leonard’s Parish in the North End for Eucharistic Adoration followed by Holy Mass and then a social gathering afterwards. It’s a great way to meet new people and strengthen your interior life. For more information please email Mike Drahos at .

Men’s Cursillo

AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEEPEN YOUR FAITH

Archdiocese of Boston – Men’s Cursillo

Cursillo is a short course in Christianity. It is an encounter with Christ in a small community of the Church, in order to deepen your own faith and strengthen your ability to be witnesses of Christ in the world.

The dates for the Men’s Cursillo Weekend is April 23-26, 2015.

The weekend runs from Thursday evening through Sunday afternoon and is held at the Campion Center in Weston MA.

For information and registration, please check the Boston Cursillo Website: www.bostoncursillo.org or call the Office of Spiritual Life at 617-779-3640 or email us at .

Steubenville East – Youth Conference

All high school aged youth are invited to attend this youth conference that is coming to the Archdiocese of Boston for the first time this summer! Join Cardinal Seán, a team of national speakers and musicians and thousands of other Catholic teens from the North East for this amazing opportunity. There is still availability through the Faith Formation of Youth & Young Adults Ministry. For more information please email Kathy Stebbins at

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