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Canton Catholic Community Saint Gerard Majella
Saint John the Evangelist Saint John the Evangelist School
December 8, 2019
Canton Catholic Community Saint Gerard Majella
Saint John the Evangelist Saint John the Evangelist School
December 22, 2019
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Welcome
Dear Friends, As we celebrate this 4th and last Sunday of Advent we sharpen our focus on the imminent celebration of Christmas. Please take a moment to note the Christmas Mass schedule which can be found in this bulletin and on our website. Please note that many parish staff members will be taking time off during Christmas to enjoy time with the families. (I encourage you to do the same!) Calls left on voicemail will be returned…eventually. Thanks for your patience. Particularly at the Christmas Eve Masses, the church can be overflowing. Even if you haven’t done so in a while, please feel free to step up and help if you see a need for ushers, Eucharistic Ministers and the like. On behalf of Deacon Dan, Dr. Fleiger and the parish and school staffs, I wish you every joy and blessing of Christmas. Yours in Christ,
Father Tom
Canton Catholic Community St. Gerard Majella † St. John the Evangelist
Just a reminder that St Gerard’s will be serving dinner at the Mainspring Homeless Shelter on Saturday, Decem-ber 28th. Any donations of uncooked meat loaves, mashed potatoes, frozen vegetables, desserts, or salad ingredients can be dropped off to St. Gerard’s kitchen before 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 27th or be-tween 12:00-2:15 p.m. on Saturday, December 28th. Volunteers will pick up the food and prepare it at the homeless shelter in Brockton. Any questions please call Mary Ellen @ 617-921-5737.
~Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy New Year!~
Father Thomas C. Foley, a priest of the Archdiocese of
Boston since 1957, died recently.
His funeral was held at St. Mar’s of the Hills Church in
Milton where he served as pastor for many years. His
brother Richard is a St. Gerard parishioner and Father
Foley celebrated Mass at St. Gerard’s earlier in his retire-
ment. May he rest in peace.
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Night of The Father’s Love A Nativity Cantata
A multimedia event celebrating Christ’s birth took place at St. John’s on Saturday, December 14. This magical per-formance was presented by our Canton Catholic Commu-nity adult and junior choirs, alumni and guest singers, and chamber orchestra with traditional scenes from the story of the Nativity staged by a cast of 80 young parishioners and narrated by high school students and included a re-flective slide show.
Canton Catholic Community St. Gerard Majella † St. John the Evangelist
Religious Education classes resume the week of January 5, 2020.
Saint Gerard’s Christmas Pageant
Thank you to all the children who participated in this year’s Christmas Pageant. It was a wonderful way to pre-pare ourselves for Christmas! I would like to also thank all those who helped make it such a special day, especially Maria White, the Youth Choir, Louise Cullinane, Leanne Hannon, Kathleen Lehan, Ryan O’Hare, Sylvia Ruscito, Danielle Vellante, Moira Sweetland, and of course, Lauren Tourgee, our Pageant director! We hope all the families enjoyed it!!
We would like to wish all families a very Merry Christmas and a blessed
and Happy New Year!
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STILL HAVE HOLIDAY SHOPPING TO DO?? SUPPORT CANTON CATHOLIC COMMUNITY
WHILE SHOPPING ON AMAZONSMILE!! Amazon.com runs a charitable program called AmazonSmile that allows you to shop on Amazon.com as you normally do, but will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to whichever non-profit you select… and you can choose Canton Catholic Community to support St. Gerard and St. John parishes! HERE'S HOW TO SHOP AMAZONSMILE: 1. Visit smile.amazon.com 2. Sign in with your Amazon.com credentials 3. Search & select the charity: Our Community is listed under Canton Catholic Community (please note: all donations will be split between the two parishes.) 4. Start shopping! 5. Add a bookmark for smile.amazon.com to make it even easier to return and start your shopping at AmazonSmile. If you have questions or need help, please contact Nancy Cunniff at: [email protected]
Canton Catholic Community St. Gerard Majella † St. John the Evangelist
Gratitude from St. Vincent de Paul Society Members We wish to thank all our benefactors for their generous donations, support,
and prayers during our recent weekend collection. Your generosity has been steadfast and such a blessing
to many people in our Community!
JUST IN TIME TO HELP WITH YOUR HOLIDAY SHOPPING
You can now buy or renew your SJS 1000 Club Season (Annual) ticket online! Whether it’s for yourself or that hard-to-shop for person in your life- it’s now easier than ever to have a chance to win $1,000. Every month, 10 lucky winners are drawn. You could be a WINNER as soon as next month! There are only 1000 tickets available each month. Those of you who purchase monthly tickets, please continue as you are currently doing. But for anyone interest-ed in purchasing or renewing an annual 12-month Season ticket, you now have a new way to buy: go to https://sjspg.square.site/ For only $110 a year, you are en-tered into the monthly drawing for 12 months. And, don’t feel like you have to stop at just one! Buy more than one Season Ticket to increase your odds of winning! Season Tickets make great gifts and support a great cause: the students of St John School. When you pur-chase a Season Ticket as a gift, you will receive a lovely gift certificate ready for gifting (with all of the details explained).
Five $50 winners Two $100 winners One $250 winner
One $500 winner and One grand prize winner of $1,000
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Parish Contacts St. Gerard Majella St. John the Evangelist 1860 Washington St. 700 Washington St.
Canton, MA 02021 781-828-3420 781-828-0090
Fax: 781-828-2520 Business affairs for both parishes are conducted at
1860 Washington Street (M-TH 9am-4pm)
Clergy
Reverend Thomas S. Rafferty, Pastor [email protected] Deacon Daniel C. Nelson, THM, D. Min. [email protected] *Deacon Dan Nelson is a certified Spiritual Director. Please contact him at 781-828-3420 x325
Parish Staff Lisa Wilson Executive Assistant [email protected]
Barbara McKenney Ministry Coordinator
[email protected] Nancy T. Cunniff, MA Director of Faith Formation & Liturgy-St. John [email protected]
Erin Sullivan Director of Religious Education-St. Gerard
[email protected] Mike Mahan Director of Youth Ministry [email protected]
Maria White Director of Music
[email protected] Greg Pando Director of Operations and Facilities [email protected]
Anne Guerini Director of Finance
Joseph T. Amhrein, Catherine Amhrein Star, Frank Basile, Lisa Basile, Lynne Bean, John Belanger, Patricia Conlon, Mary Cook, Gina and Regina Cuddy, Bridget D., Dan DelSignore, Joe Dolan, Amy Doris, Dick F., Pat F., Sandy F., Gene Floore, Michael Francis, Leonel Francisco, Dave Frost, Christa Gold-berg, Tracy Harrington, Nancy J., Amber Joy, Dave L., Emily Lewis, Elise Long, James Lovett, Julia Ludrigan, Catherine Luvisi, Mary M., Paul Malboeuf, John Mariani, Carol McKenna, Joan Meissner, Stephanie Morales, Greg O’Brien, Carol R., Tom R., Ralph Ricci, Terri Ronayne, Pam P., Elaine S., Bethany S., Robert Sabatini, William Schulkes, Sr., Kay Smith, Barbara Sparrow, Andrew & Julianne Starr, Anita Steele, Addie Sullivan, Joe & Barbara Tetrault, Michael Trunfio, Maureen White, Chuck Williams, Alanna, Carol, Chris, Ed, Helen, Jack, James, Jim, Joan & Robert, John, Kate, Kelsey, Lawrence, Marissa, Matthew, Maxine, McQuillan, Meghan, Meghan & Renee, Steve, Tim, Whitney
Please keep the following people in your thoughts and prayers:
Prayers for the Living
St. John the Evangelist School 696 Washington Street
781-828-2130 Dr. Chris Flieger, Ed.D. Principal [email protected]
Suzanne Sullivan Administrative Assistant
Canton Catholic Community St. Gerard Majella † St. John the Evangelist
To help keep our prayer list current, we kindly ask if you’d notify the parish office if you have a name to be removed from the list. 781-828-3420 x300. Thank you.
The Town of Canton Needs You!
Next year there will be elections on March 3, April 7, September 1, and November 3. The Town is in
need of more poll workers. You can work whichever elections and whatever hours fit your sched-ule. Workers are paid minimum salary and lunch and
dinner are provided. Very little training is required and is provided by the Town. If interested, please call the Town Clerk at 781-821-5013.
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Mass Times & Intentions St. Gerard
Saturday, December 21 4:00pm Edna MacDonald—Anniversary Sunday, December 22 8:30am Mary Browne—25th Anniversary 10:30am Virginia Sullivan and William Reynolds— Anniv. 6:00pm The People of the Parish Monday, December 23 9:00am Marlene Ingemi and Bernice & Gene Garwitz—Memorial
Saturday, December 28 4:00pm Sister Catherine Gilmore and all the deceased loved
ones of the Gilmore and Meissner families Sunday, December 29 8:30am John Ferrara —Memorial 10:30am Deborah Rizzotti—2nd Anniversary Marie Dolan—10th Anniversary 6:00pm The People of the Parish
St. John Saturday, December 21 4:00pm Cornelius Keohane—Memorial Sunday, December 22 7:30am For the People of the Parish 9:30am James C. Sherlock—Memorial 11:30am Eileen Barrera—2nd Anniversary
Thursday, December 26 NO MASS Friday, December 27 9:00am For the People of Our Parish Saturday, December 28 4:00pm John, Ann & Joseph Hogan—Memorial Sunday, December 29 7:30am — 9:30am Dick O’Brien—Memorial 11:30am Michelle Bouchard—Memorial
Sacraments & Occasions
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION St. Gerard—Saturdays: 3:15-3:45 p.m. St. John—Saturdays: 3:00-3:45 p.m.
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Arrangements should be made six months in advance. Please contact the Par-ish office directly.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM St. Gerard—2nd Sunday of the month at 1 p.m. St. John—1st Sunday of the month at 2 p.m.
EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
St. Gerard—Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m. until noon
DAILY ROSARY St. Gerard—Mondays & Tuesdays at 8:30 a.m. before Mass and Monday evenings at 7:30 St. John—Wednesday, Thursdays & Fridays at 8:30 a.m. before Mass
MASS & PRAYER MEETING
St. Gerard—1st & Last Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m.
AA MEETINGS St. Gerard—Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. in Church Hall St. John—Fridays at 7:30 p.m.
A Funeral Mass was recently offered for:
Mark Power and Rose Sirignano Kindly remember them and their families in your prayers.
Canton Catholic Community St. Gerard Majella † St. John the Evangelist
There will be no services at St. Gerard’s or St. John’s on Thursday, December 26th. December 27th is the feast day of St. John the Evange-list and Mass will be celebrated at 9:00 a.m. at St. John’s.
New Year’s Eve Vigil 5:30 p.m. @ St. Gerard’s
New Year’s Day Mass 9:00 a.m. @ St. John’s
Tuesday, December 24—Christmas Eve 4:00pm Vigil 12:00am Midnight Mass Wednesday, December 25—Christmas 11:00am Christmas Mass
Tuesday, December 24—Christmas Eve 4:00pm Vigil 6:30pm Mass Wednesday, December 25—Christmas 9:00am Christmas Mass
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Saturday’s 4pm Mass at St. Gerard’s. For inquiries, please call the office and ask for Lisa.
781-828-3420 x300 (Specific details about the item will be needed.)
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