Tel.

617-542-6440

100 Arch Street, Boston, MA 02110

Website: http://www.StAnthonyShrine.org

& Ministry Center

St. Anthony Shrine

The Good Word Tel. 617-542-0502

Prayer Request Line Tel. 617-542-6826

Sunday, June 23 Saturday, June 29, 2013

WHATS HAPPENING THIS WEEK JUNE

23 Sunday

Welcome to St. Anthony Shrine & Ministry Center. Remember All Are Welcome here and none are excluded.

Prison Ministry, SCHC, 8:15 to 11:30 a.m.

24 Monday

20s/30s Coffee Social after 10 & 11:15 a.m. Masses (See ad for details.) Blood pressure & Blood Sugar screening, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Wellness Center Nutrition consultation*, 10:00 a.m. to Noon (*by appt. 617-542-6440, ext. 118) Blood pressure & Blood Sugar screening, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Wellness Center Blood pressure & Blood Sugar screening, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Wellness Center Seniors Mass & Spirit of Boston Cruise, 10:00 a.m. (See ad for details.)

Our weekly bulletin is an up-to-date presentation of all the offerings of the Shrine for the coming week. Please take one home with you. We are glad you chose to worship here with us today. Fr. Jim Kelly, OFM Guardian and Executive Director

25 Tuesday

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday:

26 Wednesday

Tuesday:

Wednesday: Thursday Friday: Saturday: Sunday:

Womens Spiritual Reflection Group, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Contact Nancy Nichols Kearns, 781-704-1010 Bread on the Common, 5:45 to 7:30 p.m. (See ad for details.)

Vigil: Jer 1:4-10; Ps 71:1-6, 15, 17; 1 Pt 1:8-12; Lk 1:5-17 Day: Is 49:1-6; Ps 139:1-3, 13-15; Acts 13:22-26; Lk 1:57-66, 80 Gn 13:2, 5-18; Ps 15:2-4ab, 5; Mt 7:6, 12-14 Gn 15:1-12, 17-18; Ps 105:1-4, 6-9; Mt 7:15-20 Gn 16:1-12, 15-16 [6b-12, 15-16]; Ps 106:1b-5; Mt 7:21-29 Gn 17:1, 9-10, 15-22; Ps 128:1-5; Mt 8:1-4 Vigil: Acts 3:1-10; Ps 19:2-5; Gal 1:11-20; Jn 21:15-19 Day: Acts 12:1-11; Ps 34:2-9; 2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18; Mt 16:13-19 1 Kgs 19:16b, 19-21; Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-11; Gal 5:1, 13-18; Lk 9:51-62

27 Thursday

Mens Faith Works Spirituality Group, 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. (See ad for details.) Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Nativity of St. John the Baptist St. Cyril of Alexandria St. Irenaeus Ss. Peter and Paul

REGULAR EVENTS
Monday Tuesday

Cover Art: Birth of John the Baptist by Pontormo, 1526, against a background of the Church of St. John the Baptist, Ein Karem, Israel, photo taken May 2013.
Copyright 2013 Dr. Jacqueline Stewart

Sunday: Monday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday:

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Pray for Peace in the Middle East!

A.A. Step Meeting 5:45 p.m. Seniors Crafts Group 10:30 a.m. A.A. Open Meeting Noon Mens Cursillo Reunion 5:15 p.m. Wednesday Remembrance Day for Deceased (3rd Wed.) All Masses Womens Spiritual Refl. Group (2nd & 4th Wed) 12:30 p.m. Seniors Computer Lab 1:30 p.m. Grupo Hispano de Oracin 4:15 p.m. A.A. Open Meeting 5:45 p.m. Bread on the Common (2nd & 4th Wed.) 5:45 p.m. Anointing of the Sick Mass (2nd Wed.) TBA Thursday S.L.A.A. Meeting Noon Mens Spirituality Group (2nd & 4th Thurs.) 5:00 p.m. A.A. Big Book Meeting 5:45 p.m. Saturday Vietnamese Secular Franciscans (2nd Sat.) 9:30 a.m. Secular Franciscans (2nd Sat.) 10:50 a.m. Centering Prayer Group (1st & 3rd Sat.) Noon Sunday 20/30 Boston Young Adults Coffee (4th Sun.) 10:30 a.m. alt. Wine & Cheese Social (odd 4th Sun.) 4:30 p.m. Pieta Ministry Coffee (1st Sun.) 11:00 a.m. Healing Service (2nd Sun.) 1:00 p.m. Separated and Divorced Catholics 1:30 p.m. Hispanic Secular Franciscans (1st Sun.) 3:00 p.m.

Saint Anthony Shrine The Church on Arch Street

Events This Week

For more information, please contact sas20s30s@stanthonyshrine.org.

20s/30s Boston Young Adults

Bread on the Common Street Ministry to Homeless Persons

Wednesday, June 26 . 5:45 to 7:30 p.m. All are invited to be part of a ministry to homeless persons on the streets and nearby the Shrine on the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of each month. We meet in the auditorium of the Shrine at 5:45 p.m., prepare food packets, and then visit with homeless persons on the streets, offering food, socks, and presence, ending at 7:30 p.m. Please call ahead of time if you plan on coming. For more information, please contact Dr. Jackie Stewart at 617-542-6440, ext 143 or email SAS.Evang@gmail.com.
Offered by Evangelization

Coffee Social

Sunday, June 23 after the 10 & 11:15 a.m. Masses. (2nd fl. classroom)

St. Anthonys Seniors Trip Come and Cruise on the Spirit of Boston
10:00 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 11:30 a.m. Noon 2:15 p.m.

Wednesday, June 26, 2013. 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Cost: $50 Attend Mass at St. Anthony Shrine Board bus to short trip to dock Board Spirit of Boston Cruise begins and includes: - tour of Boston Harbor - buffet luncheon - entertainment by crew Board bus for return to Shrine

All of this for only $50. Limited Seating Available Reserve Your Spot Early! Please leave form (available in Shrine lobby) at the front desk of the Shrine or mail to: Fr. Barry Langley, ofm St. Anthony Shrine, 100 Arch St., Boston, MA 02110. Call Fr. Barry at 617-5426440, ext. 241 with any questions. Thursday, June 27. 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. 4th fl. Francis room Facilitated by Bob Giers, csd & Fr. Jim Czerwinski, OFM

Tonys Travelers Day Trips With A Purpose Join Us for A Day of Great Shopping, Classical Music & More!
8 a.m. 10:15 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m.

Upcoming Events

Sunday, August 4, 2013 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Mens Faith Works Spirituality Group

This is a great opportunity for men to come together and grow in their spiritual lives and deepen their personal relationship with God thorough prayer and faith sharing. (Matt. 18:20) when two or more are gathered in my name I am in their midst. For more information, contact Bob Giers at 617542-6440, ext. 198.
Offered by the Franciscan Spiritual Companionship Ministry

All of this for only $75. per person. Limited Seats Available Get Your Registration in Early!! Please leave form available in the Shrine lobby at the front desk of the Shrine or mail to: Fr. Barry Langley, ofm St. Anthony Shrine, 100 Arch St., Boston, MA 02110. Call Fr. Barry at 617-5426440, ext 241 with any questions.

7:30-8 p.m.

Leave for Prime Outlets in Lee 2 hours of Shopping Brunch Buffet at Zucchinis Restaurant Leave for Tanglewood BSO Concert Yo-Yo Ma Leave for Shrine with Stop for Ice Cream at Friendlys Arrive at Shrine

100 Arch Street Boston, Massachusetts 02110 617.542.6440

Open Sunday, July 14, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Fasting Cholesterol check, Blood Pressure & Blood Sugar check. Blood Pressure & Blood Sugar Screening, every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., no appointment necessary. Cholesterol Screening, every Tuesday - 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. by appointment* Dental Screening - Mondays, July 8 & 22 by appointment*, 10:00 a.m. to Noon. Please phone us on the previous Friday if you are not able to keep your appointment. Nutrition Consultation - Tuesdays, July 16 & 23, 10:00 a.m. to Noon by appointment* *For further information/appointments, please call 617-542-6440, ext. 118. Blood Drive by American Red Cross - Monday, July 15.

The Wellness Center

St. Anthony Shrine July 2013

Contact Dr. Jackie Stewart for more information on the following programs at 617-542-6440, ext. 143 or email SAS.Evang@gmail.com

Evangelization

Prison Ministry

Worship Services & Pastoral Visitation Suffolk County House of Corrections

Sundays, July 7, 14, 21 & 28. 8:15 to 11:30 a.m. Coordinated by Just Matters Group. Pre-registration/clearance required.

Separated/Divorced Catholics Fellowship & Fiesta!!

Sundays, July 7, 14, 21 & 28. 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Contact: Fr. Howard OShea, OFM, 617-542-6440 Note change of day: Tuesday, July 2, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Facilitator: Dr. Jackie Stewart Pre-registration requested by Mon., July 1 Noon.

Just Matters Group planning meeting

Contact Fr. Gene Pistacchio, OFM for more information on Spiritual Companionship at 617-542-6440, ext.121.

Franciscan Spiritual Companionship Ministry

Tuesday, July 9, 5:30 to 6:45 p.m.

Bread on the Common

Street Ministry to Homeless Persons

Womens Spiritual Reflection Group

2nd & 4th Wednesdays, July 10 & 24. 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. All are welcome. Contact: Nancy Nichols Kearns, 781-704-1010 or nancynichols1010@yahoo.com 1st & 3rd Saturdays, July 6 & 20. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Contact: Fr. Gene Pistacchio, 617-542-6440, ext. 121 Thursdays, July 11 & 25, 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. (4th fl. Francis room) Facilitated by Bob Giers, csd & Fr. Jim Czerwinski, OFM Contact: Bob Giers, 617-542-6440, ext. 198

Just Matters Group (Peace & Social Justice) The Damietta Project

2nd/4th Wednesdays, July 10 & 24. 5:45 to 7:30 p.m. Catholics & Muslims working together for the Common Good Core planning group Sunday, July 28, time & venue TBA Cada miercoles, 4:15 de las tardes. Contact: Br. Mario Gomez, OFM, 617-542-6440

Centering Prayer Group

Grupo Oracin (Vsperas y estudio bblico) LGBT MinistryLesbians, Gays, Bi-sexual and Transgendered Catholics, Families & Friends Good Word for Today

Mens Faith Works Spirituality Group

Join our mailing list to hear about upcoming events: LGBT@StAnthonyShrine.org

telephone ministry offers a daily spiritual message 100 seconds of Christian Hope (with a Franciscan twist!). 617-542-0502

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Contact Dr. Jackie Stewart for more information on the Franciscan Adult School at 617-542-6440 ext. 143 or email SAS.Evang@gmail.com unless otherwise indicated. Please leave your name, telephone no., and the course, date/time you wish to attend.

The Franciscan Adult School

Contact Fr. Barry Langley at 617-542-6440, ext. 241 for more information. Every Wednesday, Mass 10:00 a.m., Exercise 10:30 a.m., Program 11:00 a.m., Lunch Noon. 7/3 7/10 7/17 7/24 Movie 1776 Bingo! Summer Olympics Summer Concert with Jennifer Galea & Mark Emery (10:30 a.m.) Foxwoods Casino Trip (8:30 a.m.)

Seniors Program

Castle Island Book Club

August (a Saturday or Sunday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) date TBA Book discussion & picnic at Castle Island, So. Boston The Dovekeepers novel by Alice Hoffman, available at Amazon.com (paperback $12.27, Kindle $7.99) Note: Paperback: 528 pages (See ad for details.)

On break - no courses offered July 2013 upcoming in August, get the book now.....

7/31

Seniors Crafts Group

For the following Computer-related activities, Contact: Julie Ogden 617-542-6440, ext 146 Computer Center open Wednesdays, 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.

Tuesdays, 10:00 a.m. Mass, 10:30 to Noon Crafts

We provide counseling, workshops, and retreats for people in recovery. Contact 617-542-6440 ext. 169 or email aandreottola@stanthonyshrine.org for more information.

Mychal Judge Center for Recovery

July 7, 2013. 10:00 a.m. Mass followed by a Coffee Social with other grieving parents. Contact: Fr. Jim Czerwinski, OFM at 617-542-6440, ext. 215.

Monthly Mass & Coffee

serving the Spiritual Needs of Grieving Parents

Pieta Ministry

For more information, please contact sas20s30s@stanthonyshrine.org. Note: Following events are for 20s/30s only unless otherwise noted.

20s/30s Boston Young Adults

Boston Harbor Islands Trip Wine & Cheese Social

Sacramental Anointing Mass

Wednesday, July 10, 12:30 p.m. 2nd Sunday, July 14, 1:30 p.m.

Worship

Saturday, July 20. Boat ticket $15. Sunday, July 28 after the 4 & 5:30 p.m. Masses. (2nd fl. classroom) 100 Arch Street Boston, Massachusetts 02110 617.542.6440

Healing Prayer Service Remembrance Masses

3rd Wednesday, July 17

SAINT ANTHONY SHRINE & MINISTRY CENTER ~ All Are Welcome ~

Masses The Arch Street Band
SATURDAY AFTERNOON VIGIL MASSES ** Music

Second Floor Chapel 6:00 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Following Masses ** Music 10:00 a.m. 11:15 a.m. 12:30 Noon 4:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Second Floor Chapel
LEGAL HOLIDAY MASSES

4:00 p.m. ** 5:30 p.m. **

Second Floor Chapel

First Floor Chapel

4:15 p.m.

SUNDAY MASSES

6:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 11:45 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 5:15 p.m. Second WednesdayAnointing Mass: time to be announced Third WednesdayDay of Remembrance Tuesdays: St. Anthony Devotions Wednesdays: Spanish Mass - 5:15 p.m. Thursdays: St. Jude Devotions MISA EN ESPAOL Cada mircoles a las 5:15 de la tarde
SATURDAY MASSES

Celebrated in Second Floor Chapel

WEEKDAY MASSES

Celebrated in First Floor Chapel Weekdays: 6:30 to 8:00 a.m.; 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday: 6:30 to 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Seasonal Communal Penance Service: (to be announced) Sunday: 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Legal Holiday: 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. CONTACT US: Phone: 1-617-542-6440 Fax: 1-617-542-4225 Website: http://www.StAnthonyShrine.org Address: 100 Arch Street Downtown Crossing Boston, MA 02110

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

8:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

Celebrated in Second Floor Chapel 8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 12:00 Noon Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (First Floor Chapel) Weekdays at 1:45 p.m. Saturdays at 12:30 p.m. Sundays at 1:00 p.m. Benediction (First Floor Chapel) Weekdays: 5:00 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays: 3:30 p.m. Vespers Sundays: 3:15 p.m.
EXECUTIVE STAFF

Holy Rosary of Mary Sundays: 2:45 p.m. Chaplet of Divine Mercy Sundays: 3:00 p.m.

Fr. James Patrick Kelly, OFM, PhD Guardian and Executive Director Fr. Brian Cullinane, OFM Assistant Executive Director of Ministries

MINISTRIES OF SAINT ANTHONY SHRINE WORSHIP/YOUR SPIRITUAL HOME RECONCILIATION MUSIC LAZARUS PROGRAM WELLNESS CENTER SAINT ANTHONY BREAD FOR THE POOR BREAD ON THE COMMON FRANCISCAN SPIRITUAL COMPANIONSHIP MINISTRY THE KIDS PROGRAM SENIORS ON ARCH STREET MYCHAL JUDGE CENTER FOR RECOVERY FRANCISCAN FOOD CENTER EVANGELIZATION GOOD WORD: (617) 542-0502 HISPANIC MINISTRY FRANCISCAN ADULT SCHOOL PIETA MINISTRY COME HOME PROGRAM PRISON MINISTRY
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Spirituality of the Readings

Spirituality of the Readings
12th Sunday of Ordinary Time C Reading I: Zechariah 12:10-11; 13:1 Responsorial Psalm: 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 Reading II: Galatians 3:26-29 Gospel: Luke 9:18-24

This subject is at the heart of the Gospel and the heart of Jesus prayer. He asks it of you and me as well. Peter answered for the others: A huge insight. A milestone. Jesus must have been very pleased. You are the Messiah of God.

Who do you say that I am?

The Question of Questions

Jesus was deep in prayer, in solitude, as the Gospel reading says. Somehow the disciples were with him. Maybe they were whispering so as not to disturb him. All at once his prayer turned into questions. Who do the crowds say I am? he asked; and most crucially, Who do you say that I am? This was the hardest of questions. Lets look at the context. Jesus had already sent the disciples out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal (Lk 9:1-2). They had gone from village to village, on their own for the first time, preaching the good news, and now at last they could tell him about it.

So let us ask what it meant. Important as it was, did it form a complete insight into the Christ (the Messiah)? Or was it merely a stepping stone to that awareness?

Dont be discouraged. It was only a stepping stone, something that enabled Jesus (from that point forward, as the Gospels of Matthew and Mark note) to unfold the surprising deeper layer of his identity.

The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised (Gospel).

People had already begun to speculate as to who this highly praised Jesus was. Some had thought he might be an ancient prophet raised from the dead, specifically the prophet Elijah, or maybe John the Baptist. This kind of gossip had reached Herod himself.

Maybe this is why Jesus asked the apostles the difficult question we are looking at. It was time for them to advance a step beyond. He did not want them to be just members of the multitude, seeking mainly to have wounds healed, seeking something from him that resembled magic, even something that would free Israel from its Roman occupiers. So he asked them.
100 Arch Street Boston, Massachusetts 02110 617.542.6440

More followed. Crowds had begun to come along with Jesus and the apostles. In a remote place he fed them by turning a few loaves and fishes into enough food for five thousand people. Very impressive. Of course it heightened everyones curiosity, and understandably it encouraged many to become star-struck.

This unimaginable part of Jesus identity did not go over well with the disciples. Later they would fight against it. A love so complete that it would not tear itself away from those he loved, even under immense pressure to the contrary. This revelation would make Jesus into him whom they have pierced, as the First Reading for Sunday describes him.

All of this shows you how important the tiny question from todays Gospel was. The First Reading passage was written five hundred years before Christs time. Now, so many centuries later, here was the suffering servant, the one who was to come, the one would gradually teach us Gods identity, who would be the one for whom our souls are thirsting (Responsorial Psalm). He had descended directly into our suffering and would stay with us all the way, not turning back, not forgetting to love us with his whole heart and soul. Do you fight against such an idea? Or do you thirst for it? Or both?
Fr. John Foley, S. J. Copyright 2013, The Center for Liturgy at Saint Louis University. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

You are invited to write a note to the author of this reflection: Fr. John Foley, S. J. (johnbfoley@yahoo.com)

Many Thanks toPiantedosi Baking Company for their generous donation of the Bread distributed on the Feast of St. Anthony of Padua.

Castle Island Book Club: The Dovekeepers novel by Alice Hoffman

The Damietta Project Catholics & Muslims working together for the Common Good

Core team planning meeting

Sunday, June 30. 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. St. Anthony Shrine Francis room

available at Amazon.com (paperback $12.27, Kindle $7.99) Note: Paperback is 528 pages. Since the novel is long I suggest getting it now and start reading. The book will be even more meaningful if you have had the opportunity to visit Masada and are familiar with its history. To meet on a Saturday or Sunday in August, date TBA, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Book discussion and picnic Castle Island, So. Boston Food may be purchased at Sullivans or bring your own lunch and a beach chair or blanket.

Note: Our interfaith group grew out of the recently completed Just Matters study module In the Spirit of St. Francis and the Sultan that began last Fall under the auspices of the Franciscan Adult School. More information will appear in upcoming Bulletins about community-wide events and our work-inprogress on projects in food sustainability and food waste management.
St. Anthony Shrine Just Matters Group Peace & Social Justice & Peace Islands Institute/Turkish Cultural Center

Saturday, August 3, 2013 Mass at 4:00 p.m. in second floor church followed by potluck supper in auditorium & showing of the Pilgrimage DVD in the Assisi room.

Holy Land May 2013 Pilgrims Reunion

The lives of these four complex and fiercely independent women intersect in the desperate days of the siege. All are dovekeepers, and all are also keeping secretsabout who they are, where they come from, who fathered them, and whom they love.

Nearly two thousand years ago, nine hundred Jews held out for months against armies of Romans on Masada, a mountain in the Judean desert. According to the ancient historian Josephus, two women and five children survived. Based on this tragic and iconic event, Hoffmans novel is a spellbinding tale of four extraordinarily bold, resourceful, and sensuous women, each of whom has come to Masada by a different path. Yaels mother died in childbirth, and her father, an expert assassin, never forgave her for that death. Revka, a village bakers wife, watched the murder of her daughter by Roman soldiers; she brings to Masada her young grandsons, rendered mute by what they have witnessed. Aziza is a warriors daughter, raised as a boy, a fearless rider and expert marksman who finds passion with a fellow soldier. Shirah, born in Alexandria, is wise in the ways of ancient magic and medicine, a woman with uncanny insight and power.

The Dovekeepers is Alice Hoffmans most ambitious and mesmerizing novel, a tour de force of research and imagination.

Offered by the Franciscan Adult School Holy Land Pilgrimages

Contact Dr. Jackie Stewart at 617-542-6440, ext. 143 or email SAS.Evang@gmail.com.

Offered by the Franciscan Adult School