St Patrick Parish welcomes all new parishioners. We are happy to have you worship with us. Please stop after Mass and introduce yourself to our staff. If you would like to register with our Parish, please complete the registration form, mail it to the Parish Office or drop it in the collection basket.
Mass Times
WEEKEND MASSESSaturday Vigil ~ 4pm WEEKDAY MASSESMonday through Saturday - Noon |
HOLY DAY MASSESVigil ~ 7pm CONFESSIONSSaturdays ~ 3pm - 3:45 pm |
Seventh Sunday of Easter
Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying: “Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one. … Consecrate them in the truth. Your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world. And I consecrate myself for them, so that they also may be consecrated in truth.”
— Jn 17:11b,17-19
|
Listen closely to today’s gospel. We are listening to an intimate moment of prayer between Jesus and his Father. Take note, Jesus is praying for us! He asks God to protect us, to keep us from evil and consecrate us in the truth. His prayer is full of love and care for each and every one of us. We can be confident that God hears the prayer of Christ. What is asked of us that we trust that God does indeed give us the graces we need. Take some quiet time today to listen again to Jesus’ prayer for you and then speak to him from your heart. |
*Reminder! There will not be a 5:30 Mass or Bible Study
on Ascension Thursday, May 9, 2024.
Please join us for 7:00 p.m. Mass.
If you receive an email from Fr. Barnes asking for assistance, please do not respond. Someone has spoofed his email address.
Second Collection for Seminarians
The second collection taken the weekend of May 18th-19th supports the formation and training of seminarians in the Archdiocese of Boston for future service as priests. We are blessed that many are responding to the call to serve as priests. Please be generous and support these seminarians on their journey toward their ordination to the priesthood. For more information, please visit www.VocationsBoston.org.
In observance of Memorial Day, the Parish office will be closing at Noontime on Friday, May 24th and will be closed on Monday May 27th. We wish all our parishioners and their families a happy, safe Memorial Day weekend!
Our 2nd Grade Students will be receiving their First Holy Communion on May 11th. There will be no Communal Mass on this Saturday. Please keep the children in your prayers as they prepare to receive Jesus for the first time.
Stained Glass Restoration Project
The weekend of May 11th & 12th, at all Masses, there will be a second pass of the basket for our stained glass restoration project. The framework around the windows is being re-done in a composite material (to prevent them from falling out) as well as other needed maintenance. Shown here is one of the completed windows.
Robert Kane, Lauren Kane, Claire Carroll, Robert Svendsen
who died recently.
Altar Flower Memorial
Flowers for this weekend have been donated in memory of
Mothers, Grandmothers, Step-mothers, Great-grandmothers and God-mothers, living and deceased.
Sanctuary Lamp, Bread & Wine
If you would like to sponsor the Sanctuary Lamp ($25) and or the Bread and Wine ($25) in honor of a loved one, please contact the office at 781-438-0960. The name of your loved one will be published in the bulletin.
| World Apostolate of Fatima Rosary Group invites you to join them for Holy Hour held every Monday & Friday from 3:00 - 4:00 pm (except Holidays) in the lower Church. |
Emmaus Thank You
A heartfelt thank you to all who contributed to the success of our recent Emmaus one-day retreat. Whether it was through prayer, donation, or service, your gifts are much appreciated. The parents felt very welcomed and cared for!
May is the month of our Blessed Mother
Please join us this Sunday, May 12th at the 10:00am Mass for our May Crowning. We invite all the children who recently received their First Holy Communion to attend Mass wearing their First Communion attire. Our First Communicants will crown our Blessed Mother Mary.
2024 Catholic Appeal Update
We need your help! Since the launch of the 2024 Catholic Appeal, St. Patrick Parish has raised $55,459 toward our 2024 Catholic Appeal assessment of $79,640; a shortfall of $24,181. A sincere thank you to all who have contributed thus far. Although we realize this may be difficult for some, we are asking you to join our Parish-wide effort to reach the Catholic Appeal assessment. Every donation helps! Please make checks payable to the Catholic Appeal and place in the collection or mail to the Parish Office. You can also donate online at bostoncatholicappeal.org. Please be sure to select our Parish’s town & name under the “Parish Credit” field. Please note, the list is sorted by city/town then Parish name. This will ensure St. Patrick Parish receives credit for your generous contribution towards our Catholic Appeal assessment!
Music for this week's Masses
Entrance #635 Morning Has Broken
Prep. #703 On This Day O Beautiful Mother
Com. #439 Be Not Afraid
Rec. #202 Hail Holy Queen
IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING SCHEDULING MEMORIAL MASSES
Memorial Masses may be scheduled for your loved ones by calling the parish office. You may choose a weekday or weekend Mass. Additionally, we offer a Communal Memorial Mass Saturday at Noon, where several people will be prayed for together.
We recommend that you call the office well in advance of the particular date you would like to schedule.
Our large parish size means that dates fill up quickly. The Mass calendar for the following year is usually available the first week of March.
Dear Saint Patrick Catholic Community,
… anyone who wants to become Catholic?
… anyone who is baptized Catholic but has not received First Communion and/or Confirmation yet?
… any Catholic who married outside of the Catholic Church and would like to receive the Sacrament of Marriage?
If you do, please have them contact Diane McCarthy at 781-438-0200 or dianemccarthy@stpatrickstoneham.org.
Thank you!
On-going Ministries
|
Grief support drop-in group: Separated/Divorced support drop-in group: Location for both: Pastoral Council Room – located on the main floor of the church Adult sacramental preparation, including civil marriage convalidation in the Catholic Church. |
Lectio Divina
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is pleased to share a downloadable
Lectio Divina for the Sixth Week of Easter.
Others can be downloaded from our Lectio Divina 2023-2024 page.
Invitation to Lay Ministry
 |
 |
 |
 |
Do you feel that you are being called by God to assist in his church in some ministry? There are opportunities to be a lay minister at Saint Patrick Parish. See our
Lay Minister Information and Registration page
to read about the available ministries and to register to help.
Holy Hour
World Apostolate of Fatima Rosary Group invites you to join them for Holy Hour held every Monday & Friday from 3:00 - 4:00 pm (except Holidays) in the lower Church.
Sunday Mass Videos
SUNDAY MORNINGS AT 9:00 AMCelebrate Sunday Mass on the Stoneham Public-TV channel (Comcast 9, RCN 3, Verizon 34) four times a week: Sun: 9:00 am ~ Mon: 5:00 pm ~ Tue: 9:00 am ~ Wed: 2:00 pm Mass will be taped each weekend and available for viewing the following Wednesday. You can also stream the Mass using the Stoneham TV's On-Demand player at https://www.stonehamtv.org/ondemand (click Videos) or conveniently from the St. Patrick's Parish Playlist. As new masses become available, they will be listed from newest to oldest. May 5th - Sixth Sunday of Easter (Recorded May 4th @ 4pm) All Masses are also available on our Sunday Mass Videos page Daily Masses are also available on Catholic-TV |
Parish News
Pastor's Notes
School News
Prayer to Our Lady Of Guadalupe - Intercessor Of The Unborn
“Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I love you very much.
I beg you to spare the life of the unborn baby that I have
spiritually adopted who is in danger of abortion.”
“The greatest destroyer of peace in the world
today is abortion, because it is a direct war, a
direct killing.”
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Prayer for the Protection of the Unborn
Give us the grace... When the sacredness of life before birth is attacked, to stand up and proclaim that no one ever has the authority to destroy unborn life.
~ John Paul II
Scam Alert Warning
Last June, many people on the contact list of St. Stephen Parish in Framingham received emails claiming to come from the parish, asking the recipient to purchase a Google Play gift card as a present for someone and promising to pay them back.
Any requests will be sent via the bulletin, the web site, or announced at Mass.
Link to the Boston Pilot article on the scams
In addition, Fr. Barmes' name is being used in a scam to try and extract gift cards from parishioners. We have had a few calls with parishioners having received a text purportedly from Fr. Barnes asking them to purchase $300 gift cards and to scratch of the security number and forward a picture of the gift card and security number.
DO NOT to respond to the text. It is not from Fr. Barnes and is an effort to scam them. Fr. Barnes would never ask parishioners to forward a picture of a gift card to him. These did not come from Fr. Barnes, please do not respond to these requests.
If you wish to donate securely, please use the Donate button at the top of this page.
Every Life: Cherished, Chosen, Sent.
“All that is required for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.”
— Edmund Burke
Reminders
The parish doors are locked between 2:15 & 3:15 pm daily when school is in session. We apologize for any inconvenience.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please pray for the sick and all those who have asked us to pray for them this week.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mass Cards are available through the parish office located at 71 Central Street.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thank you to all our wonderful parishioners who have signed up for online giving and those who have been mailing in your offertory, we are so grateful for your continued support during these challenging times!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You can help Saint Patrick by donating to the Grand Annual
online by using the Donate button below:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
See all reminders
Mass Times
Saturday Vigil
4:00 pm
Sunday
8:00 am
10:00 am (Family Mass)
12:00 noon
6:00 pm
WEEKDAY MASSES
Monday through Saturday
12:00 noon ~ Lower Church
HOLY DAY MASSES
Vigil
7:00 pm
Holy Day
12:00 noon
CONFESSIONS
Saturdays ~ Lower Church
3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
Monday - Saturday
11:00 am - 11:55 am
Lower Church before 12:00 Mass
Mondays - Saturdays
12:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Lower Church after 12:00 Mass
Registration Form
Office Hours
Monday - Friday
10:00 am - 12:00 noon
12:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Closed Saturdays, Sundays & Holidays.
*** In observance of Memorial Day, the Parish office will be closing at Noontime on Friday, May 24th and will be closed on Monday May 27th. We wish all our parishioners and their families a happy, safe Memorial Day weekend! ***
Staff
Rev. David Barnes ~ Pastor
Rev. Sijo Jacob, CMI ~ Parochial Vicar
Rev. Patrick Fiorillo ~ Parochial Vicar
Rev. Jurgen Liias ~ Senior Priest
Frank Dello Russo ~ Deacon
Charles G. Hanafin ~ Deacon
Anthony J. Foti ~ Deacon
David S. Caouette ~ Deacon
Education Links
Catholic Links
Events
- May 8 2024 6:00 pm - 6-Week In-person Grief Support Group
- May 9 2024 5:30 pm - Thursday Evenings with Jesus
- May 13 2024 - Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary Golf Tournament
Bulletins
 |
UNABLE TO ATTEND SUNDAY MASS IN PERSON?
Every weekend Mass is recorded and then broadcast on Stoneham TV during the following week. Below are the times that Mass is aired on the Public Channel.
Public Access Channels:
Comcast Ch. 9, RCN Ch. 3, Verizon Ch. 34
Wednesday at 2:00 pm, Sunday at 9:00 am,
Monday at 5:00 pm, Tuesday at 9:00 am.
Each new cycle begins on Wednesday so the past Sunday's Mass will air for the first time on Wednesday.
Download our app!
St. Patrick's Parish has an app! Get information quickly on your smartphone with the WeConnect Parish App, available on iTunes and Google Play! Choose St. Patrick Parish when you start the app for the first time, and have access to our information in the palm of your hand!
365 Days with Mary
Check out 365 Days with Mary provided by Our Sunday Visitor. Both apps are available to download free from the Apple App Store or Google Play.