Please join us each Sunday after the 8:45 AM Mass in O'Connell Hall for coffee hour. Good coffee, good food and good fellowship!!

March 6th is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lenten season. Join us for services at 9 AM and 7:30 PM that day. 

A message from Cardinal Seán

My Brothers and Sisters, Times of crises are a test of our resolve. The current challenges facing the Catholic Church are no different. Now more than ever we must come together in faith and hope in support of the critically important ministries to the benefit of the faithful and those who turn to us in need.

Thus I ask you to please support the 2019 Catholic Appeal, which funds youth ministries, addiction recovery programs, elder services, parish life enrichment programs, and myriad other faith-based ministries that positively impact so many lives throughout our Archdiocese. Without your kindness, support for our parishes, schools, neighbors and friends will suffer.

The generosity of those who have come before us planted the seeds of these ministries. It is now our responsibility to help sustain and nurture their future growth. When we put our faith into action and work together in mission we have a profound impact on our parishes, our communities and those in need throughout the Archdiocese.

Thank you for your consideration of this important request. We cannot do this work alone and must remain resolute together. This is our Church, and every gift makes a meaningful difference in our efforts to continue this life-saving and life-affirming work.

I ask you to review the powerful stories that follow and join in the effort to support the 2019 Catholic Appeal. 

With profound gratitude and the assurance of my prayers, Archbishop of Boston

Use the link below to view the wonderful video regarding the Catholic Appeal.
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Encounter Lent - CRS Rice Bowls
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March 6. We will be distributing Rice Bowls from Catholic Relief Services (CRS) this weekend at all the entry ways to the church.  Operation Rice Bowl helps guide us on our forty-day Lenten Journey by providing a calendar with daily prayer, weekly fasting and suggestions for almsgiving.  Each week, we are introduced to a family from one of the countries where aid is provided along with a recipe that we can make as a simple family meal. Download the app from CRS to expand on the information given in the calendar.  And visit the website: crsricebowls.org. Rice Bowls can be returned the Sunday after Easter. Watch for additional information
 
In 1943, the Roman Catholic Bishops of the United States established Catholic Relief Services (CRS) to help war-torn Europe and its refugees.  Today, more than 75 years later, its mission continues to focus on the poor oversees using the gospel of Jesus Christ as its mandate.  CRS seeks to help those most in need without regard to race, creed or nationality.  

OLOS Church Tour
Saturday, March 16th from 2:45 to 4 PM

Spring Cleaning of the Church & O’Connell Hall
Saturday, April 6th from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM.
(Lunch will be provided)
 
Decorate the Church for
Easter Vigil and Sunday Mass
Saturday, April 20th from 10 AM to 12PM.
(Coffee and goodies provided)
 
Annual Bullock Lecture
Saturday, April 27th after the 4:30PM Mass
( Rev. Frank Clooney will be the guest speaker)

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ASH WEDNESDAY – MARCH 6

This coming Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, a penitential season in anticipation of Easter Sunday which is celebrated this year on April 21.
 
There are two major parts to the Lenten season marked by a thematic difference based on the Scripture readings. The first emphasizes repentance, conversion, beginning anew, fasting, prayer and almsgiving, mutual forgiveness, love your enemies, absolute claims of justice and love over ritual and cult and the call to holiness. The purpose of this is to bring us to confront our illusions about ourselves and to bring home our radical need for salvation.

The second part of Lent beginning around the third Sunday of Lent emphasizes the presentation of the mystery of Jesus Christ, the healer and life-giver. Christ gives life through his confrontation with death and gathers into one the scattered children of God. There is a shift from the demands of discipleship to the person of Jesus the Savior, the answer to our radical need for salvation.(The Spirit of Lent by Mark Searle)
 
Ashes will be distributed here at OLOS at the Masses celebrated at 9:00am and 7:30 pm. Ashes are intended to be distributed within Mass and we discourage the practice of asking for ashes to be taken out of the church in a container.
 
The prayer as you receive your ashes at Mass can be either:
Repent and believe in the Gospel.
Or
Remember that you are dust and to dust you will return.
 

RICE BOWLS

 It is our custom here during Lent to participate in the program of Catholic Relief Services (CRS) called Rice Bowl, an opportunity in the spirit of Lenten almsgiving to support  CRS and their programs designed to help the “poorest of the poor” and touching the lives of 100 million people in 100 countries.
 
CRS was created by the Catholic Bishops of the United States in 1943 in response to the need of  war-torn Europe and its refugees. Today, the bishops continue to endorse the much expanded work of CRS around the world. They seek to help those most in need regardless of race, creed or nationality.
 
Operating frequently in often challenging environments, CRS responds to Pope Francis’ call to “go to the margins” and witness to the teachings of our faith in its fullness.
 
Please add your support to those of millions of others by participating in the Rice Bowl program so that the good work of CRS can continue and we here at OLOS can be part of this mission to our less for tunate brothers and sisters.
 
~Fr. Frank