The Eisner/Meade Committee made the following recommendation to the Archbishop regarding Sacred Heart Parish’s closing: “Create one parish in Lexington by appointing the current pastor of Sacred Heart to be pastor of all Lexington. Under his direction, parishioners will prepare a proposal to the Archdiocese within one year regarding which facilities will best serve the needs of Catholics in Lexington.”

“In the fullness of time” as Saint Paul writes in the Epistle to the Galatians (Gal 4:4); the Son of God came to us with a mission and plan. He committed Himself to that mission in a public way at the Jordan. He gathered resources and formed leaders and disciples and stayed with it all the way to Jerusalem. The four Gospels unfold the details of that plan and reveal the Spirit in which it was accomplished. 

The planning process unfolded in the Gospels depends on God’s grace and our free human response. From the Annunciation to the Ascension, both were necessary. No amount of human planning alone, nor any amount of prayer or grace alone, will bring about the work we are about to undertake. Both are necessary. So, not to plan is as foolish as not to pray.

Jesus invites us, his disciples, to continue His mission and plan to the transformation of our world and our time. It is my hope that our initiatives will flourish and inspire vision for what is possible when we work together as the Catholic Community of Lexington.

We are called to be open to where the Holy Spirit is leading us. This will require significant ongoing education in faith and goodwill for our tendency is to resist change and to desire to go back to some other time and place that no longer can be.

There will need to be practical and creative thinking to propose options that maintain continuity with the past, true to the particular genius of each parish and our Catholic Christian tradition, and face a future very different from the past or even the present.

This is a significant responsibility for everyone in both Sacred Heart and Saint Brigid parishes.

With the guidance of the Holy Spirit our efforts will continue to be a strong welcoming community, rooted in Jesus Christ to give fitting praise and worship to God and to serve all of our people here and beyond Lexington.

In the months ahead I urge all to pray as if everything depended on God and to work as if everything relied on our efforts and gifts. Let us together create a vision of our future and then work to see it become a reality.

This week we ask you to pray for those who are ill, including, Brianna Cimino, Marisol O’Brien, Peter Bellini, Rosemary Harvey, Regina Jones, Andrea Hynes, Joyce Amos, Regina Wingard, Erin McMehon, Maria Aguis, George Beck, Dr. Kenneth Spengler, Josephine Murphy, Peter Bugda, Norma Berstein, Camille Michals, Rob Morway, Patricia Hassett, Paul McCann, William Francis, Lillian Davenport, James Fontaini, Henri Fradette, William Blair, Agatha Pals, Kath Rodriegas, Nancy Driscoll, Dante DiManna, Margie Levine, Doug Phillips, Andrew Day, Peggy Sue Grow, Mary Serpa, Deborah Miller, Dorothy Lee, William MacKinnon, Mary Jefferson, Elizabeth Conte, Shane McCarthy, Mildred Wood, Violet Caldaroni, Frank Cote, James Bresnahan, Ann Mulray, Rita Mahan, Jackie Sullivan, Jean Babbin, Gerard Sarno, Dorothy Grant, Gretin Cervantes, Paul Pantano, Fran Ressetar, Cecelia Hines, Margaret Wright, Renee Chapman, , Edward Borden, Christine Gainer, Chris Ann Colletti, Helen McLaughlin, Paul Doherty, Jorge Loayza, Lauren Forgette, Chuck Kiernan, Margaret Coughlin, John McCarthy, Don Sabatand, Laura Mac Aulay, Alyssa Frazer, Bill Graham, Bob Remeika, Edward Semanko, Matthew Gablor, Mary Hosford, Morgan Brady, Willie Smith, Jane Eastham, Joseph Coppola, Betty White, Barbara DeVitte, Bernis Whalen, Virgil Kehs, Michael Calderoni and Dorothy Barton. 

Parish Pastoral Council Nominations

This weekend we will have elections for the Parish Council.  Hopefully there are pencils on each seat in order that you may vote before or after the Liturgy.  There will be a basket available at each door for you to place your ballot or you can give them to the Greeters as you leave the church.  The ballots will be counted this afternoon and the results will be available in the days to come.  Many thanks for taking the time to vote!

Holy Humor

Some people want the front of the bus, the back of the church and the center of attention!

9:00 – Saturday, April 16^th                        Rose Kelly

Welcome Cards

Please take one of our Welcome Cards if you are new to the Parish.  If you are a veteran parishioner and wish to be in a ministry, know of someone ill, have a new address, phone number or would like to share your e-mail address with us, please use this card to do that as well. 

Offertory for April 2^nd & 3^rd     $5626.00

Envelope Offerings                     $4935.00

Loose Cash                                   $ 691.00

St. John/St. Hugh                       $ 721.00

Lexington Catholic Women’s Club

The next meeting of the Catholic Women’s Club of Lexington will be held at Sacred Heart Parish Center and will be the always-popular Pot Luck Supper.  The date is Monday, April 11^th at 6:30pm.  All you talented cooks, bakers and salad makers, please call Jo Ciccarelli, 781-862-3505 and tell her which of your favorite dishes you plan to bring.  All contributions will be greatly appreciated and devoured.

Wings

The next meeting of Women In God’s Spirit (WINGS), a spiritual enrichment group is Thursday, April 14^th at 9:30 at St. Brigid’s Keilty Hall.  Our guest speaker will be Mary Ann McLaughlin, speaking about “Prayer in Our Spiritual Life.”  Please feel free to drop in to enjoy the speaker and learn more about WINGS.

Don’t forget to stop by the Youth Ministry Fundraising Booth in front of the church on Patriot’s day, April 18^th from 11:30 to 3:00pm for good eats and fun.  We also need adults to operate the grills. 

IF ANYONE HAS A GAS GRILL THEY COULD LEND THE YOUTH MINISTRY FOR THAT DAY THEY WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR GENEROSITY.  PLEASE CALL KATE DOHERTY AT 781-862-8724.

May 1^st there will be dinner and a movie (TBA) on the big screen in St. Brigid’s Keilty Hall, dinner will begin at 6:00 and the movie at 7:00.  Join with other youth in the parish for this great event!

May 16^th will be Caribbean Night at 7:00pm in the youth room.  Will have Pirates of the Caribbean on the big screen and a treasure hunt…Sounds Great!

The youth will be going White Water Rafting in June.  An information night is planned for June 6^th at 7:00pm in the youth room.  The trip is from June 10^th to the 12^th. 

June 20^th will be the last Youth Group meeting at St. Brigid.  The meeting begins at 7:00pm

St. Brigid’s Pancake Breakfast

The St. Brigid’s Boy Scout Troop #160 will hold a pancake breakfast on Monday, April 18^th from 5:30am to 10:30am in Keilty Hall. 

Vocations

April 17^th is World Day of Prayer for Vocations.  Please pray for vocations as part of your conversation with God on that day.

St. Brigid Parish 8^th Annual Golf Classic will be held on Monday, June 13, 2005 at the Windham Country Club in Windham, N. H. beginning at 1:30PM.  The purpose of the Tournament is to raise funds to help graduating High School Seniors.  Because of the merger this year of the Youth Ministries of Sacred Heart and St. Brigid Parishes, seniors of both parishes will be eligible to apply for scholarship consideration.  Golf Flyers are available at all the exits of the Church for those who would like to participate as a player or as a sponsor.  Come on all of you Sacred Heart Golfers…Sign up!

We would like to welcome any newcomers to our Liturgies this weekend.   Please take a moment to introduce yourself to Father Colletti so that he may encourage you to join with us each week on your faith journey. 

Remembering the Pope

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