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March 15, 2015 MOSES AND THE BRAZEN SERPENT
Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Parish Waltham/Lexington
2 Fourth Sunday of Lent
PARISH STAFF
Rev. James M. DiPerri, Pastor [email protected]
Rev. James F. Hawker, Senior Priest Assisting
Deacon Ramon Garcia [email protected]
Patrick Fiorillo, Seminarian [email protected]
John Barry, Religious Education Coordinator [email protected]
Miriam Dorovski, Finance Manager [email protected]
Sharon Micco, Parish Office Manager [email protected]
Nori Elisabeth Fahrig, Music Director [email protected]
Chandra Minor, School Principal [email protected]
Mary Gotgart, School Office Manager [email protected]
O U R L A D Y C O M F O R T E R O F T H E A F F L I C T E D
Church: 880 Trapelo Rd, Waltham, MA 02452-4845 www.olca.org
Parish Office/Religious Education: 920-R Trapelo Rd.,
Waltham, MA 02452-4845
(781) 894-3481 • Fax (781) 894-0021
Our Lady’s Academy: 920 Trapelo Rd.,
Waltham, MA 02452-4845
(781) 899-0353 • www.ourladysacademy.org
Parish Office Hours–Monday-Friday 8:00AM-4:00PM
Academy Office Hours–Monday-Friday 7:45AM-2:45PM
MASS
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8AM
First Friday Mass 9AM (only)
Saturday (Vigil) 4PM
Sunday 9AM, 11AM
Holy Day As Announced
BAPTISM
During Mass or on selected Sunday each month at
12:15 PM . Please contact parish office.
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE
Arrangements six months-one year in advance by
appointment. Please contact the parish office.
RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION (RCIA)
Anyone interested in journeying in faith to receive the
sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, please
contact the parish office.
SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
Every Saturday from 3:15 - 3:45 PM in the Reconciliation
Room located just inside the front of the church at the
handicap entrance, baptismal font side of church. Other
scheduled opportunities throughout the year, as well as by
appointment.
SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING OF THE SICK
The Sacrament of The Sick will be administered on the
last weekend of each month after the 4PM and 11AM
Masses. Who can receive this sacrament? Those who are
aged, chronically ill, are having treatments or will be
having surgery. We invite you to come receive the
Sacrament of the Sick, a source of strength, healing and
grace.
HOMEBOUND MINISTRY
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion bring Holy
Communion to those unable to attend Sunday Mass.
Please contact the parish office to make arrangements.
For more information on the Catholic Faith visit www.usccb.org
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Saturday March 14
4:00 pm Margaret, Mildred and Harry Deneault
Sunday March 15
9:00 am Nancy Rando Memorial
**All Members of Our Lady’s—Living and Deceased**
11:00 am Marco and Ernesto Randolfi Memorial
Monday March 16
8:00 am Katherine Landry Birthday Memorial
Wednesday March 18
8:00am John and Julia Costello Memorial
Friday March 20
8:00am Eugene and Ann Allen Memorial
Saturday March 21
4:00 pm Edward and Marie Foster Memorial
Sunday March 22
9:00 am Irma DeJulio Memorial
*All Members of Our Lady’s—Living and Deceased*
11:00 am Robert & Barbara Kizik, Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Kizik & Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Bubluski
HAM-A-RAMA—March 28, 2015
DONATIONS ARE NEEDED
DONATIONS ARE NEEDED. Ham-a-rama is only 2
weeks away. Please bring your donations in now so not
to wait till the last minute.
BALLOONS: Gift cards of $20 or more are welcome
as well for the balloons. BAKE SALE: If you would
like to bake for Ruby’s bake sale during the Ham-a-rama,
please contact Ruby at 781-893-1131.
UPCOMING COLLECTIONS
March 14/15: Regular
PASTA DINNER
NEXT SATURDAY, March 21, 2015 after the 4pm
Mass for the Knights of Columbus Pasta Dinner.
Tickets on sale after all Masses this weekend
and during the week in the parish office.
Entertainment: Mel Simons—Everything Irish!
COLLECTION INFORMATION
March 7/8: $5,823
Please consider signing up for Online Giving. Online
Giving allows those who have joined not to worry
about being away and it eases our minds a bit as well
knowing that is a steady income. If you would like to
sign up for Online Giving, contact Sharon in the parish
office.
PERFECT GIFT—1000 CLUB
The perfect gift for that hard to buy for person.
Memberships are $55 per year. Our drawing is THIS
Sunday, March 8 at 12:30pm in the school
cafeteria.
NAME: ___________________________________
ADDRESS: ________________________________
PHONE: _______________________________
EMAIL:
___________________________________________
GIFT FOR:
___________________________________________
ARE YOU A “REGISTERED” PARISHIONER?
Many people feel that because they live in our parish area and attend Our Lady’s every week, that they are
“registered”. Being registered does not mean you have to receive envelopes, it simply means we have your name
and address in our database showing you are a registered parishioner and kept up with the daily happenings of your
parish community. If you think you are registered, but not sure, call Sharon in the parish office to confirm.
EASTER COLLECTION
At Easter, we honor and celebrate our priests. The
Clergy Health and Retirement Trust helps care for the
health and well-being of our 628 priests, ensuring an
appropriate level of care and quality of life for the men
who have dedicated their lives in service to our
Archdiocese of Boston. Remember the priests who
were there for you and your loved ones in times of
need, and consider honoring them with a generous gift.
Thank you in advance for helping to ensure the
continuing care for all our priests.
Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Parish Waltham/Lexington
4 Fourth Sunday of Lent
SPRING CALENDAR FUNDRAISER
Our “Spring Calendar” fundraiser has been mailed out.
The drawing month is May, 2015. Calendars are $20
each. The calendars will be sold the months of March
and April. We will also have tables at the back of church
on certain weekends for those who wish to buy extra
calendars, maybe for gifts! Minimum prize is $50 and
maximum is $150. One winner will be picked every day
in May. Let all your friends know so they can buy one or
two from you.
CONFESSIONS DURING LENT
Confessions will be heard every Wednesday dur ing Lent
from 6:30-7:30pm.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Stations of the Cross will be prayed every
Wednesday during Lent at 6:30pm. All are
welcome.
SOUP SERVED BEFORE STATIONS
To maybe help folks attend the stations without having to go
home first from work for dinner then come back out, the
Activities Committee are serving hot soup in the back of
church before the stations begin starting at 5:45pm and
ending at 6:20pm.
PLEASE NOTE: If Waltham Schools are closed on a
Wednesday during Lent due to the weather, there will be NO
Stations or Confessions.
CATHOLIC APPEAL
Last weekend, our parish launched the 2015 Catholic
Appeal. We would like to thank all of you who have
given so generously to support our parish. If you were
unable to attend Mass last weekend or haven’t yet made
your donation or pledge, please take a pledge form
from one of the tables around the church, fill it out and
drop in the collection basket or drop off at the parish
office. You also can make a gift or pledge online at
www.bostoncatholicappeal.org. Thank you for your
support and for helping us towards reaching our parish
goal.
MEMORIAL CANDLE STANDS
There are a few candles available
to purchase in memory of a loved
one or for a special intention. The
cost is $250 for a year.
If interested, contact Sharon in the
DOMINICAN SISTERS BAKE SALE
The Dominican Sisters will be here NEXT weekend
of March 21/22 to sell their baked goods. Proceeds
from the sale will be used to buy medical supplies
for their mission to support the lepers.
ST. MARY’S CONFESSIONS
Confessions are being heard at St. Mary’s Church,
133 School Street in Waltham on the Saturdays of
Lent following the 9am daily Mass until 3:45pm. If
there is a funeral, a priest will still be in confessional
hearing confessions.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Koinonia Academy Concert Choir
Please join us on Monday, April 20 at 6:30pm in Our
Lady’s Church for a free concert, A Message of Hope,
presented by the Koinonia Academy Concert Choir
from Plainfield, NJ. The choir is made up of all 68
students in the high school; students who love the
Lord and the Church and love to sing. Please join us
for a one hour program of beautiful music, faith
sharing and skits. This is a concert that will inspire
people of all ages.
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OUR LADY’S ACADEMY NEWS
PRE-K4B NEWS
The children in Pre-K4B have spent the past few weeks studying weather and Mother Nature has given us
wonderful weather this winter for our current topic…Snow! The children have shared with the teachers many stories
about building snowmen, making snow angels, going skiing and having fun in the snow.
Speaking of weather did you know that you can make a scarf into a snowball, pretend to be a snowman, skate
with paper plates and make rain sounds with your hands? In Pre-K 4B when we study weather we not only learn
about it, we experience it through music, movement and science experiments. We have had a lot of fun learning
about rain and the water cycle. Reading the books Drippy the Raindrop, To the Mountains and Back (an on-line
book) by Joel Kimball and Where Do Puddles Go? By Faye Robinson were wonderful introductions to the water
cycle. Since Pre-K children learn through hands-on activities, cotton balls and pans of water became clouds
absorbing moisture. A glass jar and a cup of ice helped us to create precipitation/rain in our classroom and two wet
gloves and a plastic container were used to help explain the concept of evaporation.
The book Umbrella by Taro Yashima was the inspiration for not only our umbrella math activity, but also an
experiment on the absorbency of materials. Stop by the bulletin board in our classroom and you will see beautifully
creative math umbrellas. First the children cut-out their own umbrellas. Then they traced and cut-out many different
triangles, squares and rectangles to decorate their umbrellas. The last steps were to count their shapes, write the
number and then add glittery raindrops.
MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWS
This past weekend 12 Our Lady's students participated in a weekend-long middle school retreat called Snow CAMPS
(Christ As My Personal Savior) along with 130 other students from around the Archdiocese. It was a fun, and
energetic weekend full of games, singing, dancing, prayer, and growing in our Catholic faith by getting to know Jesus
better. The students were Rohan Curtin, Molly DeAcetis, Julia Hourihan, Brandon Huynh, Martin Lentz, Brendan
Meehan, Jamie Mills, Jen Mills, Jordan Mills, Gracie O'Callaghan, Flavia Talerico, and Caroline Whitney. We
would also like to say a special thank you to the Knights of Columbus for their generous contribution towards the
retreat as well as to the parents who volunteered to drive carpools to get the students to and from the bus-stop.
UPDATE ON STAINED GLASS WINDOW
BEHIND THE TABERNACLE
It’s in the works. Below find some pictures of what
promises to be an amazing project. Will post more
pictures as we receive them.
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OUR LADY’S ACADEMY CONFERENCES/
ADORATION WITH Fr. DiPerri
CONFERENCES/ADORATION
Monday, March 30—K-Grade 8
Monday, April 6—K-Grade 4
Tuesday, April 7—Pre K
Friday, April 10—Grades 5-8
Monday, May 4—Grades 5-8
Friday, May 8—K-Grade 4
Friday, May 19—Pre K4
Tuesday, June 2—Pre K4
Monday, June 8—Grades 1-7
CONFESSIONS
Monday, March 16—Grade 4
Tuesday, March 31—Grade 7
Sunday, March 8—CCD-Grades 9-10
OUR LADY’S CCD CONFERENCES/ADORATION
WITH Fr. DiPerri
Sunday, May 17—Grades 1-8
CATECHISM CORNER
The Virtues and Grace
Acquired human virtues are purified and elevated by
divine grace. With God’s help, they forge character and
give facility in the practice of the good. The virtuous
man is happy to practice them. It is not easy for man,
wounded by sin, to maintain moral balance. Christ’s gift
of salvation offers us the grace necessary to persevere in
the pursuit of the virtues. Everyone should always ask
for this grace of light and strength, frequent the
sacraments, cooperate with the Holy Spirit and follow
his calls to love what is good and shun evil.
The Theological Virtues
The human virtues are rooted in the theological virtues
of faith, hope and charity. They adopt man’s faculties
for participation in the divine nature: for the theological
virtues relate directly to God. They dispose Christians to
live in a relationship with the Holy Trinity and are the
foundation of Christian moral activity; they animate it
and give it its special character.
To find more information see:
Catechism of the Catholic Church—Official Teaching
To view the online version visit: USCCB,
www.usccb.org/catechism
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The food collection is the third weekend each month.
Some suggested items are: cereal, children’s snacks,
peanut butter, jelly, mayonnaise, small canned hams,
cans of stew, spaghetti sauce, coffee, hot chocolate,
bars of soap and toilet tissue. Thank you in advance
for your kindness and generosity.
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Our first meeting is this Monday, March 16 in Our
Lady’s Parish Hall at 12:30pm. Maureen Pilot will
return to entertain us with a combo of Irish music and
Peggy Lee selections. Join us for coffee and
refreshments. Bring a friend!
Celebrate Spring ~ 3 days/2 nights
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781-899-2356. If no answer, please leave a message.
Need a $50 deposit by our first meeting on Monday,
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Fourth Sunday of Lent
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