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Anthony Shrine
A prophetic, Franciscan, Catholic community welcoming all people through prayer and outreach.
We extend a special welcome to everyone visiting the Shrine for the first time.

Saturday, May 20 Friday, May 26, 2017

We Remember
100 Arch Street, Boston, MA 02110
Telephone: 617-542-6440 Prayer Request Line: 617-553-4100 The Good Word: 617-542-0502

www.stanthonyshrine.org
May 28, 2017
Seventh Sunday of Easter
We move into the final week of the liturgical season of Easter. Next Sunday we celebrate Pentecost.
Monday is Memorial Day. We remember those who have died while serving their country. May they
rest in peace, and may we always remember them and be grateful for their service. The Shrine will have
a holiday schedule on Monday, with Mass at only 8am and 10am. The Shrine closes at 11am that day.
Next month we will celebrate the first anniversary of the Shrines Veterans Ministry. We are grateful to
everyone who has helped us with this ongoing successful project. The second collection Memorial Day
weekend is for the Veterans Ministry.
The Shrine is grateful to the Cummings Foundation and its $100,000 grant to enable us to buy new
equipment for the Franciscan Food Center. This week we used $30,000 of that money to install a new
walk-in cooler. This will enable us to distribute more fruits and vegetables to the poor. Our thanks to
everyone who has worked on this new cooler project: Debby Hawes, Mary Ann Ponti, Maryanne
Rooney-Hegan, Bob Barry, David Crocini, and Kevin Sheehan.
We welcome our two new summer interns, Kathryn Chaney and Anna Lenney. Kathryn is going into
her senior year at Boston College and Anna is going into her junior year at Holy Cross. A Jesuit
education with a summer internship with the Franciscans: Whats better than that? Kathryn will work on
communications and fundraising and Anna will work on outreach programs and will help Joanne Hidaka
on liturgical design.
Wednesday is the feast of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary. The image of Elizabeth and Mary in
conversation has inspired much great religious art. The statue in the first-floor church of the expectant
Virgin Mary continues to be popular with visitors to the Shrine.
Have a blessed week.
Fr. Thomas Conway, OFM
Executive Director

UPCOMING EVENTS FOR YOUNG ADULTS

5/28/17, 12-1:30PM: Brunch n Bible Study at Uno Due Go, next door to the Shrine. No Bible or Bible Study experience required.
6/8/17 at 6:30 PM: Scooper Bowl! Eat Ice Cream and support pediatric cancer research. $10 ticket, if purchased online and $15 at the
door. www.scooperbowl.org We will meet at the Shrine and walk over to City Hall Plaza.
6/12/17 at 6 PM: Rosary Group. Please meet us in the 2nd floor classroom as we say the rosary as a young adult community. We have
rosaries for you to borrow as well as guidebooks.
6/18/17 at 12 noon: Brunch n Bible Study at Uno Due Go, next door to the Shrine. No Bible or Bible Study experience needed.
6/23/17 at 6:30 PM: Free Friday Night Flick at the Hatch! Lets meet in the Shrine Lobby and head on over to the hatch together. The Secret
Life of Pets will be shown at sundown. Please bring a blanket or lawn chair.
6/24/17 at 5:15PM: Dinner with the Friars. We will join the friars for dinner in their personal dining room. $10 donation suggested.
For information, please email: sas20s30s@stanthonyshrine.org

Memorial Day, Monday May 29th

The Shrine will be open from 7:00am 11:00am.
Mass Schedule: 8am and 10am
Confession Schedule: 8:30am 10am
 SENIORS PROGRAM
Save t he Date!
Wednesdays
Feast of St. Anthony 10:00 am Mass
10:30 am Light
Tuesday, June 13th exercise/stretching
11:00 am Activity or
Presentation
Blessed St. Anthony Bread will be distributed throughout the day.
12:00 Noon Lunch
The Arch Street Band will be playing at the
May Calendar
Millennium Steps (Franklin/Washington Sts.) from 12:00pm 2:00pm. 31st: Team Trivial Pursuit

Feast Day celebrated at all Masses.

Frien ds of the Shrin e P asta D in ner
Friday, June 16th at 6:00pm SAVE THE DATE
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Saturday, June 17 at 6:00pm October 6-8, 2017
"Finding the Extraordinary
Tickets on sale now! Limited seating available. in Ordinary Time"
20s/30s Young Adult Retreat with
Purchase your tickets by contacting Kathryn at ext 117. Br. Casey Cole, OFM

$15 per person, includes dinner and entertainment.

Glastonbury Abbey, Hingham
$150 per person Registration Required

Juan Diego Areiza, known by all of us friars and staff of the Shrine as Diego, died unexpectedly on
Saturday, May 20. The friars had a Funeral Mass for him at the Shrine on Friday, May 26.

Diegos company, M&D Cleaning Corporation, has the main janitorial services contract with the Shrine.
Diego was both savvy and hard-working in business. He was quick to quietly use his money to help other
people in need.

Diego was always wonderful around the Shrine in many quiet ways. He would help infirmed friars. He was
especially kind to Fr. Phil OShea over the years, helping him with his daily routine. He would come into the
Shrine in the middle of the night in January, shoveling the sidewalk outside, and generally making sure that
everything was ready for a 5:30am opening. He very humbly and tirelessly did the unglamorous work of
cleaning bathrooms and moving garbage. Despite doing this kind of work, he always maintained a very
pleasant demeanor and always adapted to the other persons (sometimes last-minute) request. Whenever
there was a crisis at the Shrine, the situation would be made better by getting Diego involved.

Diego also served as a trusted friend to many. He spoke to the young and the old, the English-speaking and
the Spanish-speaking. People felt confident sharing their struggles with him. Diego understood human frailty
and genuinely cared about people. One of Diegos struggles was that so many people had discovered the gift
of his friendship.

Diego was not a Franciscan himself, but certainly understood and lived many aspects of Franciscan life. This
has been a genuinely sad week at the Shrine, as friars and staff mourn his passing.

Diego was born on feast of St. John the Evangelist, December 27, 1962. He died on
the feast of the Franciscan St. Bernadine of Siena, May 20, 2017.

Diego is survived by his wife Luzmila, his son Steven, his stepdaughter Johana, as
well as many family members back in his home country of Columbia.

We extend our condolences to his family. May Diego rest in peace!

 Regular Schedule of REGULAR EVENTS
Monday
Mass and Confession Times Open OA Meeting, Auditorium Classroom
A.A. 12 Step Meeting/12 Traditions Meeting (Closed)
12:15 p.m.
5:45 p.m.
at St. Anthony Shrine Tuesday
A.A. Discussion Meeting (Open Meeting) Noon
Mass Schedule Wednesday
Saturday Mass: 12 PM Remembrance Day for Deceased (3rd Wed.) All Masses
Saturday Vigil Masses: 4 PMn (4:15 PM 1st Fl. Church), 5:30 PMn Anointing of the Sick - Mass (2nd Wed.) See web
Sunday Masses: 6 AM, 7:30 AM, 9 AM, 10 AMn, 11:15 AMn, SA Meeting (Open Meeting), Auditorium Foyer 7:00 a.m.
12:00 PMn (Spanish Mass-1st Fl. Church), 12:30 PMn, 4 PMn, 5:30 PMn Seniors Program 10:30 a.m.
Weekday Masses: 6 AM, 7 AM, 11:45 AM, 12:30 PM, 5:15 PM Womens Spiritual Refl. Group (2nd & 4th Wed) 12:30 p.m.
Additional Wednesday Mass: 10 AM Grupo Hispano de Oracion 4:00 p.m.
Please note: The 5:15 PM Mass on Wednesday is in Spanish. Mass in Spanish 5:15 p.m.
LGBTQ Spirituality (3rd Wed.) 5:30 p.m.
Holy Day Mass Schedule: A.A. Discussion Meeting (Closed Meeting) 5:45 p.m.
Vigil: 4:15 PM,St.
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AM, 7 AM, 8 AM, 11:45 AM, Bread on The Common (2nd & 4th Wed.) 5:45 p.m.
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Legal Holiday Mass Schedule: 8 AM, 10 AM Thursday
617-542-6440 www.stanthonyshrine.org(nMusic Masses) S.L.A.A Meeting Noon
Rosary Prayer Group
Confession Schedule 12:30p.m.
Weekday Confessions (Except Wednesday): 10 AM2 PM, 45:30 PM Mens Cursillo Reunion Group (1st and 3rd Thursday) 1:00 p.m.
Wednesday Confessions: 6:308 AM, 10 AM2 PM, 45:30 PM Mens Spirituality Group (2nd and 4th Thursday) 5:00 p.m.
Saturday Confessions: 10 AM4 PM Lectura y reflexin del evangelio 5:30 p.m.
Sunday Confessions: 1:303 PM A.A Big Book Meeting (Closed Meeting) 5:45 p.m.
Holy Day Confession Schedule: Follows schedule above. Friday
Legal Holiday Confession Schedule: 8:3010 AM SA 12 Step Meeting, Auditorium Foyer 7:00 a.m.
Open OA Meeting, Auditorium Classroom 12:15 p.m.
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Saturday
Secular Franciscans Formation (2nd Sat.) 10:30 a.m.
Centering Prayer Group (1st & 4th Sat.) Noon
Vietnamese Secular Franciscans (2nd Sat.) 1:00 p.m.
Secular Franciscans Fraternity Meeting (2nd Sat.) 1:00 p.m.
Sunday
Emmaus Ministry Prayer/Discussion (1st Sun.) 11:00 a.m.
Healing Service (2nd Sun.) 1:30 p.m.
Rosary, Vespers, Benediction 2:55 p.m.
Hispanic Secular Franciscans (1st Sun.) 3:00 p.m.

Seniors at Arch Street

Register Soon!
Butterflies & Candles
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
9 am - 7 pm
Cost: $55
Includes lunch, butterfly tour,
make-your-own-candle, and bus.
For more information please see the
flyers in the lobby.
Questions, contact Fr. Barry Langley, OFM
at (617) 778-1329.

Second Collection May 27th & 28th

2 collection on May 27th and 28th will go to support the
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Veterans Ministry

100 Arch Street, Boston, MA 02110

Telephone: 617-542-6440 Prayer Request Line: 617-553-4100 The Good Word: 617-542-0502
www.stanthonyshrine.org