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, January 5 – Friday, January 11, 2019

Telephone: 617-542-6440
Prayer Request Line: 617-553-4100
The Good Word: 617-542-0502
Text-to-Give text “DONATE” to: 617-712-2233
 January 6, 2019
Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord

The week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins on Friday, January 18, and ends on Friday,
January 25. To celebrate this event, several downtown Churches – Cathedral of St. Paul
(Episcopal), Old South (Congregational), The Paulist Center (Catholic), St. Anthony
Shrine and others – are going to gather for an hour’s prayer at 7pm, on Saturday,
January 19th at the Cathedral of St. Paul (138 Tremont St., across the street from
the Park Street Subway Station). This event is a prayer service and not a Mass. Fr.
Frank Sevola, the Guardian of the Shrine’s Franciscan Community, and I will attend, and
we invite you to attend with us.

Additionally, every year in June we make the schedule of second collections for the
Shrine’s upcoming fiscal year which runs from July 1 to June 30. During the course of
the year, unforeseen circumstances arise and it seems best to periodically change the
schedule of second collections. The changes are listed below. The most immediate
change is that the second collection next weekend (January 12-13) will be for our Lazarus
program, which buries with dignity our homeless sisters and brothers who pass away.
The Franciscans are very grateful for your abundant generosity to all of our ministries.

Fr. Thomas Conway, OFM

Executive Director

Sunday Second Collection Church Calendar Secular Holidays

Date
1/6/19 None Epiphany
1/13/19 Bread on the Common Lazarus Baptism of the Lord
Martin Luther King
1/20/19 None Weekend
1/27/19 Food Center
2/3/19 None Super Bowl
2/10/19 Food Center None
2/17/19 None Presidents Weekend
2/24/19 LGBTQ
3/3/19 None Annual RCAB Missionary Appeal
3/10/19 Food Center None First Sunday of Lent
Second Sunday of
3/17/19 None Lent

Healing Service Time Change Shrine Closed MLK Jr. Day

Starting Sunday, January 13, 2019
Please note that the Healing Service will start at 1:00pm after the
12:00pm Mass in the second floor church, effective Sunday
January 13. The Healing Service will be held the 2nd Sunday of
every month at 1:00pm.
Monday, January 21, 2019
The Shrine will be completely closed on
MLK Jr Day, Monday, January 21.
Mass and confessions will not be held. The
Shrine will be open regular hours on
Tuesday, January 22, 2019.
 New Liturgical Schedule
There was a time here at Arch Street when Mass was regularly held at three different locations in the building, and
there was a Mass every fifteen minutes. Fast-forward to 2019 and we find ourselves in need of changing our
weekend Mass schedule, starting the first of the year. There are several goals that we are trying to accomplish with
this change in schedule, as explained below.

1. We would like to bring people together. It is very important that we not view the Mass schedule as we would
movie times at a theatre. With a movie crowd, it doesn’t matter much who else is with us or whether the place is
full or empty. Our experience of the movie doesn’t vary that much based on the number of people attending. We
would suggest that at a gathering for the Eucharist, it matters a lot how many others are present, who they are, and
how each of us participates. We inspire each other by our attendance and our participation. We need the Mass to
truly be a gathering, one of faithful people, all of whom inspire one another. By showing up, we make a profound
statement about ourselves: that we are working on our journey of conversion, that we are working on our
relationship with Jesus Christ and with one another. The gathering for the Eucharistic should feel as though other
people are along with us on our journey of sacrifice and love. It is a very important Catholic idea that we are not
alone on this journey. We do this with other people. The worship space needs to feel more full. This is the first and
most important consideration in changing the schedule.
2. We would like to have a schedule that is relatively easy to remember. Right now, the mid-morning schedule
is somewhat comical in this regard: 7:30, 9:00, 10:00, 11:15. What newcomer can remember that?
3. In general, we would like to have music at Mass. It isn’t always possible, but for most Masses, most Sundays,
we want to have music for Mass. Official Church documents on the Catholic Mass always encourage participative
music at Mass. It’s one of many ways in which we come together as a group.
4. We would like to have a schedule that all of the various constituents can reasonably do. There are more
different groups than one might initially guess: Presiders, sacristans, security people, Lectors and Eucharistic
Ministers, musicians, and, of course, worshipers.
5. We want to have as few changes (and therefore as little disruption) as possible.
6. We want to encourage young people to attend and become engaged in Church, so we added a Sunday night Mass.

New Mass & Confession Schedule

Sunday Schedule Saturday Schedule
6am without music 4pm and 5:30pm Masses in the 2nd floor
7:30am without music church with The Arch Street Band.
9:00am music with The Arch Street Band
10:30am music with The Arch Street Band Confessions: 10am-4pm
Noon music with The Arch Street Band, 2nd floor
Noon in Spanish 1st floor Weekday Schedule
4pm music with The Arch Street Band 6am, 7am, 11:45am, 12:30am, 5:15pm, all
5:30pm music with The Arch Street Band in English
7:00pm music with The Arch Street Band *Anointing Mass held 3rd Wednesday of
the month at 10am
Confessions: 1:30pm-3:30pm
Confessions: 10:30am-1:30pm &
4pm-5:30pm
Additional Wednesday: 6:30am-8am
 Seniors at Arch Street Announcing a new
Shrine Auditorium Bereavement Group

Emmaus Ministry for If you are dealing with the death

Wednesday, January 16 Grieving Parents
One-Day Spiritual Retreat
Sunday, Jan 6th after the
10am: Mass with Anointing of the 10am Mass.
Sick (2nd Floor Church) For more information, call
10:30am: Refreshments (617) 542-8057 or visit
www.emfgp.org
11am: Exercise by
Patti D’Angelo,
Para atender las
Certified Personal Trainer necesidades espirituales de
padres y madres en duelo
12pm: Lunch Retiro Espiritual
De Un Día
Second Collection 1/12-1/13 Para Padres En Duelo
26 de enero de 2018
The Second Collection the weekend of 9:30am-7:00pm
January 12th and 13th will be for the Lazarus St. Anthony Shrine
Ministry at St. Anthony Shrine.
Llame al 617-542-8057
O ir awww.emfgp.org
of a loved one, grief can be a
very lonely and isolating
experience. Working out your
grief can be easier if you have
others to lean on.
The Shrine is now accepting
registration for its Spring
Bereavement Group.
The group will begin on
Tuesday, February 5, 2019
and run for 8 consecutive weeks
(6pm - 7:30pm).
For more details or to register
please call the Shrine today at
617-542-6440 ext. 251.
Ask for Han Bertrand.

REGULAR EVENTS
Monday Thursday
Open OA Meeting, Auditorium Classroom 12:15pm St. Augustine Group (S.L.A.A.) (Closed) 12:00pm
A.A. 12 Step Meeting/12 Traditions (Closed) 5:45 pm Rosary Prayer Group, 1st Floor Chapel 12:30pm
Men’s Spirituality Group (2nd and 4th Thurs) 5:00pm
Tuesday Lectura y reflexión del evangelio 5:30pm
A.A. Discussion Meeting (Open), Auditorium Foyer 12:00pm A.A Big Book Meeting (Closed) 5:45pm
Charismatic Prayer, Mezzanine Group Room 12:00pm
Friday
Wednesday S.A.12 Step Meeting (Open), Auditorium Foyer 7:00am
Remembrance Day for Deceased (3rd Wed.) All Masses O.A. Meeting (Open), Auditorium Classroom 12:15pm
Anointing of the Sick - Mass (3rd Wed.) 10:00pm
S.A. Meeting (Open), Auditorium Foyer 7:00am Saturday
Seniors Program, Auditorium 10:30am Secular Franciscans Formation (2nd Sat.) 10:30am
Women’s Spiritual Refl. Group (2nd & 4th Wed) 12:30pm Centering Prayer Group (1st & 4th Sat.) 12:00pm
Grupo Hispano de Oracion 4:00 pm Vietnamese Secular Franciscans (2nd Sat.) 1:00pm
LGBTQ Spirituality (3rd Wed) 5:30 pm Secular Franciscans Fraternity Meeting (2nd Sat.) 1:00pm
A.A. Discussion Meeting (Open), Auditorium Foyer 5:45pm
Sunday
Emmaus Ministry Prayer/Discussion (1st Sun.) 11:00 am
Healing Service (2nd Sun.) 1:00pm
Latino Ministry Social, Auditorium 1:00pm
Rosary, Vespers, Benediction 2:55pm
Hispanic Secular Franciscans (1st Sun.) 3:00pm

100 Arch Street, Boston, MA 02110

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Telephone: 617-542-6440 Prayer Request Line: 617-553-4100 The Good Word: 617-542-0502 Text GIVE to: 617-712-2233