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The Collaborative of
St. Ann and St. Brendan
April 26, 2020
Collaborative Offices
15 Rita Road, Dorchester, MA 02124
Phone : 617.436.0310 Fax: 617.436.1386
Collaborative Office Hours:
Monday—Thursday 8.30AM - 4PM
Friday 8.30AM—2PM
Website: www.stannstbrendan.com
Liturgical Schedule
St Brendan Church
589 Gallivan Boulevard
Weekend Masses
Saturday Vigil—4.00PM
Sunday—9.00AM
Daily Masses
Monday & Tuesday
9.00AM
Holy Days as
announced
Sacrament of
Reconciliation
Saturday—3.15-3.45PM Or by appointment
St Ann Church
243 Neponset Avenue
Weekend Masses
Sunday—7.30AM &
10.30AM
Daily Masses
Thursday & Friday —
9.00AM
Holy Days as
announced
Sacrament of
Reconciliation
By appointment
St Brendan School
29 Rita Road
Phone: 617 282 3388 Fax: 617 822 9152
Website: www.stbrendanschool.org
Principal: Mrs. Maura Burke
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Third Sunday of Easter April 26, 2020
Collaborative Staff
Father Brian Clary, Pastor
Finance & Operations Manager:
Nancy A. Lafoe
Administrative Assistant (Office):
Amy Mulvey
Sexton:
Marianne Curley
Facilities :
Thomas Curley
Director of Religious Education:
Mrs. Paula Skalinski
[email protected] 617.436.0310 ext 316
Assistant Youth Ministry Coordinator:
Linda Damatin
RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults)
Interested in completing or beginning your initiation into the
Catholic Church? Please call the Parish Office.
Music Director:
Mrs. Michelle McCourt
Organist: Joel Davidson
Collaborative Ministries
Ministry To Homebound & Elderly:
Holy Communion, Sacrament of the Sick or a visit from a priest.
Please call the Parish Office.
Saint Vincent DePaul Society Food Pantry:
Appointments are Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday
morning at 9:30am.
Marriage
Contact Parish at least 6 months in advance
Baptism
St. Ann’s; 4th Saturday of the month at 1pm.
St. Brendan’s; 2nd Saturday of the month at 1pm
**1st Child Parent Program is held a weeknight prior to the Baptism.
Please call the office to register**
DEADLINE FOR BULLETIN SUBMISSIONS
Monday at 12 Noon with Holiday exceptions
COMMUNICATE WITH LEADERSHIP
Please feel comfortable to share your con-
structive idea with the leadership of the par-
ishes. Below is a list of the members and their
email addresses.
St. Ann’s Parish Council
Elizabeth Lee Angell [email protected]
Mark Hegarty [email protected]
Stefanie O’Shea [email protected]
Michael Flynn, Jr. [email protected]
St. Ann’s Finance Council
Jim Hunt [email protected]
Mary Lou O’Connor
Tina Higgins [email protected]
St. Brendan’s Parish Council
Christine Mannion [email protected]
Christine McLaughlin [email protected]
Bill Sansone [email protected]
Tom Tobin [email protected]
St. Brendan’s Finance Council
Larry Feeney [email protected]
Ann Grigas [email protected]
Mike Ryan [email protected]
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Third Sunday of Easter April 26, 2020
FINANCIAL UPDATE – St. Brendan Parish
Week
ending:
Offertory
+ OLG
Cumulative
Budgeted Goal
To Date
Cumulative Offertory +
OLG Revenue To Date
4/12/20 $4,555
(OLG &
mail-in)
$246,000 $147,785
4/19/20 $2,665
(OLG &
mail-in)
$252,000 $150,450
Grand Annual Update – $38,958
St. Ann Parish Weekly Mass Intentions
All Masses and religious services in all
Archdiocesan parishes, missions, and campus
ministries are suspended until further notice
Please call the office to reschedule or email Amy
St Brendan Parish Weekly Mass Intentions
All Masses and religious services in all
Archdiocesan parishes, missions, and campus
ministries are suspended until further notice
Please call the office to reschedule or email Amy
This week’s Offertory Gifts at
St. Ann are offered
In loving memory of:
Chuck Geanacopoulos
St Brendan Parish
April Liturgical Support
In Loving Memory of:
Thomas F & Mary E Lennon and Family
FINANCIAL UPDATE – St. Ann Parish
Week
ending:
Offertory +
OLG
Cumulative
Budgeted Goal
To Date
Cumulative Offertory +
OLG Revenue To Date
4/12/20 $2,378
(OLG &
mail-in)
$246,000 $128,059
4/19/20 $13,561
(OLG &
mail-in) *
$252,000 $141,620
Grand Annual Update – $30,217
*Includes a single $10K Offertory donation from parishioner
ONLINE GIVING
The best way to assure that there is consistent income
is your signing up for online giving, so here or away,
the parish receives your sacrificial gift each week or
month - whatever is most convenient for you. Go to:
https://www.osvonlinegiving.com/1338 (SB)
https://www.osvonlinegiving.com/1037 (SA)
Upcoming Second Collections
4/26 Maintenance
5/3 - Utility & Energy Expenses
5/10 - Monthly Parish Collection
5/17 - Debt Relief
5/31 - Seminary (RCAB Collection)
***There will be no Mass and no Funerals on
Fridays at either St. Ann’s or St. Brendan’s until
Fr. Brian returns from his health leave. Thank
you for your understanding.***
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Third Sunday of Easter April 26, 2020
THE FINANCIAL REALITY
It goes without saying (perhaps you are facing
the reality yourselves) that to go six weeks with-
out any collections raises a critical challenge for
our two parishes. The Archdiocese is allowing
us to borrow money for salaries, etc., but we still
have operating expenses that come in and paying
them is being postponed, but only for so long.
We will be borrowing money for payroll and that
means added debt to our already outstanding
high debt. We are receiving some income from
online giving and drop offs at the office. I can’t
emphasize enough how critical your continued
contribution is. What I want to ask is that every-
one consider seriously giving to the parish. Per-
haps you could drop it off in the envelope slot at
the office, perhaps you could send in a dona-
tion . After six weeks of no regular income, we
know that normal life will not jump back to “the
way it was” into May. This is going to be a long-
term recovery and both parishes are going to
need your extra support. So many people are in
dire straights financially and we totally under-
stand because – so are we! We can empathize
with those who are, and we outreach to those
who can continue to support us. Please consider
this opportunity below to help us.
Fr Brian and Fr. Bob
90-DAYS NOW – FOR YOUR PARISH
This special initiative asks, if possible, for parish-
ioners to rally around their parish by making a
special daily offertory commitment for the next
90 days. This effort is intended
to supplement weekly offertory gifts, given the
challenges of the current crisis. Should you
choose to join in this effort, the Archdiocese has
created an easy-to-use link to donate.
https://bcatholic.sites.bostoncatholic.org/90DaysYourParish
COLLABORATIVE NOTES
1. Fr. Brian is out of the hospital and continuing
his recovery as well. Please continue your day-a-
prayer for Fr. Brian. He is most grateful.
2. Confession is by appointment. Please call the
office and leave a message. The Voice Mail is re-
trieved each day and we will be in touch with
you.
3. My prayer is for you and your family. For
those affected by the virus and its consequences,
we continue to pray for you all. Please pray for
us and God bless you and your families.
Stay well and stay put.
4. First Communion is postponed in both parish-
es. In consultation with Fr Brian, we are reticent
to set any dates for First Communion until the
state is “free” and we can set a date that will
work. We don’t want to keep changing dates, so
we ask your patience and understanding in these
unique times. The student “sign up” sheets at
this point will be suspended for the year in all
grades. As soon as we can do so with some cer-
tainty, we will inform you of a date for First
Communion. Given overlapping schedules etc.,
we may have to adjust the celebrations as
well. Right now we are in unchartered territory
and trying our best to move forward. We will
keep the community informed.
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Third Sunday of Easter April 26, 2020
Emmaus and Us
By Dr. Scott Hahn
We should put ourselves in the shoes of the disciples in
today's Gospel. Downcast and confused they're making
their way down the road, unable to understand all the
things that have occurred.
They know what they've seen - a prophet mighty in word
and deed. They know what they were hoping for - that He
would be the redeemer of Israel. But they don't know
what to make of His violent death at the hands of their
rulers.
They can't even recognize Jesus as He draws near to walk
with them. He seems like just another foreigner visiting
Jerusalem for the Passover.
Note that Jesus doesn't disclose His identity until they de-
scribe how they found His tomb empty but "Him they did
not see." That's how it is with us, too. Unless He revealed
himself we would see only an empty tomb and a meaning-
less death.
How does Jesus make himself known at Emmaus? First,
He interprets "all the Scriptures" as referring to Him. In
today's First Reading and Epistle, Peter also opens the
Scriptures to proclaim the meaning of Christ's death ac-
cording to the Father's "set plan" - foreknown before the
foundation of the world.
Jesus is described as a new Moses and a new Passover
lamb. He is the One of whom David sang in today's Psalm
- whose soul was not abandoned to corruption but was
shown the path of life.
After opening the Scriptures, Jesus at table took bread,
blessed it, broke it, and gave it to the disciples - exactly
what He did at the Last Supper (see Luke 22:14-20).
In every Eucharist, we reenact that Easter Sunday at Em-
maus. Jesus reveals himself to us in our journey. He
speaks to our hearts in the Scriptures. Then at the table of
the altar, in the person of the priest, He breaks the bread.
The disciples begged him, "Stay with us." So He does.
Though He has vanished from our sight, in the Eucharist -
as at Emmaus - we know Him in the breaking of the
bread.
Saint of the Week
Saint Pedro de San José Betancur
(March 19, 1626 – April 25, 1667)
Central America claimed its first saint with the canoni-
zation of Pedro de San José Betancur. Known as the
“Saint Francis of the Americas,” Pedro de Betancur is
the first saint to have worked and died in Guatemala.
Pedro very much wanted to become a priest, but God
had other plans for the young man born into a poor
family on Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Pedro was a
shepherd until age 24, when he began to make his way
to Guatemala, hoping to connect with a relative en-
gaged in government service there. By the time he
reached Havana, he was out of money. After working
there to earn more, he got to Guatemala City the fol-
lowing year. When he arrived, he was so destitute that
he joined the breadline that the Franciscans had estab-
lished.
Soon, Pedro enrolled in the local Jesuit college in hopes
of studying for the priesthood. No matter how hard he
tried, however, he could not master the material; he
withdrew from school. In 1655, he joined the Secular
Franciscan Order. Three years later, he opened a hospi-
tal for the convalescent poor; a shelter for the homeless,
and a school for the poor soon followed. Not wanting
to neglect the rich of Guatemala City, Pedro began
walking through their part of town ringing a bell and
inviting them to repent.
Other men came to share in Pedro’s work. Out of this
group came the Bethlehemite Congregation, which
won papal approval after Pedro’s death. A Bethle-
hemite sisters’ community, similarly founded after
Pedro’s death, was inspired by his life of prayer and
compassion.
He is sometimes credited with originating the Christ-
mas Eve posadas procession in which people represent-
ing Mary and Joseph seek a night’s lodging from their
neighbors. The custom soon spread to Mexico and oth-
er Central American countries.
Pedro died in 1667, and was canonized by Pope John
Paul II in Guatemala City on July 30, 2002.
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Third Sunday of Easter April 26, 2020
Due to increased concern about the spread of
Corona Virus we will be following the direc-
tives and guidance from the CDC and the
Archdiocese to attempt to contain the spread of
the Corona Virus using social distance guide-
lines and limiting public gatherings. We have
postponed the 10K dinner to Sunday, Sep-
tember 27th.
St Ann's $10,000 Dinner
Benefiting Parish Youth
Grand Prize $10,000!!!
Sunday, September 27th 2020
4pm - 5pm cocktails
5pm - 8pm dinner and drawing
Venezia Waterfront Restaurant
$150 for a numbered ticket
$50 for a companion ticket Payment options will be available after July 1st
Tables will be reserved for parties of 10.
For more info Call or Email Paula or Linda
at 617-436-0310, [email protected]
Even if we cannot receive Jesus in the Eucha-
rist, we can still be close to Him by making a
Spiritual Communion. As we make this
Spiritual Communion, we pray for all those
affected by COVID-19.
The Friends of St Ann/ St Brendan 500 Club
Congratulations to this months winners!
$100 winner- Alyssa Sweeney
$250 winner-Fencer Family
$500 winner- Leary Family
Numbers are still available for the 500 Club.
Great idea for birthday, anniversary or any
other gift idea. Please contact Bill Sansone at
617 828 4557
Payment can be made via check made out to Friends
of St Ann/St Brendan or via Venmo at StAnn-
StBrendan. Checks can be mailed to 23 Belton Street
Dorchester, MA 02124.
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Third Sunday of Easter April 26, 2020
“Charity is the cement which binds Commu-
nities to God and persons to one another “
-St Vincent De Paul
We are always looking for new members from
either parish to help us in our mission to help
those in need.
_________________________________________
SVDP Food Pantry
The SVDP Food Pantry would love some do-
nations, any non-perishable items would be
greatly appreciated. The items most in need
are: cereal, soup, canned goods (tuna,chicken
and veggies) rice, Parmalat milk, pasta, pasta
sauce, peanut butter, jelly, juices, cookies, spa-
ghetti o’s, beef-a-roni, canned ravioli, any
canned pastas, beef stew and snack food . If
you have any questions or would like to help,
please contact: Mike Flynn –
_________________________________________
SVDP Play Group
Monday mornings from 10am-noon
St. Brendan’s Church, Fr. Lane Hall
We are temporarily suspending playgroup
out of an abundance of caution concerning
the corona virus. We want to reduce the
spread of germs and keep everyone safe and
healthy. We will continue to monitor the
situation and hope to resume soon.
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR LOCAL MEN AND WOMEN
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Scripture readings for the week of
April 26, 2020
26 SUN Acts 2:14, 22-33/1 Pt 1:17-21/Lk 24:13-35
27 Mon Acts 6:8-15/Jn 6:22-29
28 Tue Acts 7:51—8:1a/Jn 6:30-35
29 Wed Acts 8:1b-8/Jn 6:35-40
30 Thu Acts 8:26-40/Jn 6:44-51
1 Fri Acts 9:1-20/Jn 6:52-59
2 Sat Acts 9:31-42/Jn 6:60-69
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