St.

Anthony Shrine
& Ministry Center
100 Arch Street, Boston, MA 02110
Tel. 617-542-6440 Website: http://www.StAnthonyShrine.org
The Good Word Tel. 617-542-0502 Prayer Request Line Tel. 617-533-4100
Sunday, July 6 Saturday, July 12, 2014
Welcome to the St. Anthony Shrine
Community. All are welcome here.
No one is excluded.
Please take this bulletin home with you as
well as the many brochures that advertise
the programs and services of the Shrine.
Thank you for being with us today.
Franciscan friars and staff
St. Anthony Shrine community
J U L Y
05 Saturday
Centering Prayer Group, Noon to 1:30 p.m.,
4th fl. Francis room
06 Sunday
Prison Ministry, SCHC, 8:15 to 11:30 a.m.,
womens services 12:55 to 2:30 p.m.
Emmaus monthly meeting, 10:00 a.m. Mass,
10:45 a.m. meeting (See ad for details.)
07 Monday
No scheduled events.
08 Tuesday
No scheduled events.
09 Wednesday
Seniors Mass 10:00 a.m., exercise 10:30 a.m.,
Movie Saving Mr. Banks 11 a.m., lunch Noon
Womens Spiritual Reflection Group, Noon to
1:30 p.m., Contact: Nancy Nichols Kearns,
781-704-1010 or nancynichols1010@yahoo.com
Sacramental anointing Mass, 5:15 p.m.
(See ad for details.)
Bread on the Common, 5:45 to 7:30 p.m.
(See ad for details.)
10 Thursday
Mens Faith Works Spirituality Group, 5:00 to
6:30 p.m., 4th fl. Francis rm (See ad for details.)
WHATS HAPPENING THIS WEEK
REGULAR EVENTS
Monday A.A. Step Meeting 5:45 p.m.
Tuesday 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 Centering Prayer Group (1st & 3rd Sat.) Noon
Vietnamese Secular Franciscans (2nd Sat.) 1:00 p.m.
Secular Franciscans (2nd Sat.) 1:00 p.m.
Sunday 20/30 Boston Young Adults Coffee (4th Sun.) 11:00 a.m.
alt. Wine & Cheese Social (odd 4th Sun.) 5:00 p.m.
Emmaus Ministry Prayer/Discussion (1st Sun.) 11:00 a.m.
Healing Service (2nd Sun.) 1:30 p.m.
Separated and Divorced Catholics 1:30 p.m.
Hispanic Secular Franciscans (1st Sun.) 3:00 p.m.
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: Hos 2:16, 17b-18, 21-22; Ps 145:2-9;
Mt 9:18-26
Tuesday: Hos 8:4-7, 11-13; Ps 115:3-10; Mt 9:32-38
Wednesday: Hos 10:1-3, 7-8, 12; Ps 105:2-7; Mt 10:1-7
Thursday: Hos 11:1-4, 8c-9; Ps 80:2ac, 3b, 15-16;
Mt 10:7-15
Friday: Hos 14:2-10; Ps 51:3-4, 8-9, 12-14, 17;
Mt 10:16-23
Saturday: Is 6:1-8; Ps 93:1-2, 5; Mt 10:24-33
Sunday: Is 55:10-11; Ps 65:10-14; Rom 8:18-23;
Mt 13:1-23 [1-9]
SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES
Sunday: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Wednesday: St. Augustine Zhao Rong and
Companions
Friday: St. Benedict
Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary
Pray for Peace in the Middle East!
Cover art: Take my yoke upon you and learn from
Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will
find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My
burden is light. (Gospel Matt. 11:30)
Photo: Jean Stockdale, jeanstockdale.typepad.com
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Events This Week
MISA EN ESPAOL
Cada domingo a las 11:45 de la maana
primer piso
Spanish Mass
Sundays, 11:45 a.m. in First Floor Church
Bread on the Common Street
Ministry to Homeless Persons
2nd & 4th Wednesdays, July 9 & 23, 2014.
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 most of
all 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
Serving the Spiritual Needs
of Grieving Parents
(formerly The Pieta Ministry)
Monthly Meetings
Join us in a safe place for peace, comfort, and
healing at least for a time.
Morning Prayer/Discussion Group
First Sunday of each month
Next Meeting: July 6, 2014
Gospel of the Day/Coffee Social
Last Sunday of each month
beginning 9/28/14
For all monthly meetings:
10 a.m. Mass: Reserved seating in left center, back
two pews (optional)
10:45 a.m.: Meet in First Floor Wellness Center for
meeting access.
Also available
Aug 2, 2014 One-Day and Nov 7-9, 2014 Weekend
Spiritual Retreat. For more information, call (800)
919-9332 or (617) 542-8057.
Sacramental
ANOINTING OF THE SICK
Our next celebration of the Anointing of the Sick
will take place on Wednesday, July 9 at the 5:15
p.m. Mass. All those who suffer from physical,
mental or emotional illness are welcome to
receive this Sacrament.
Christmas in July
(Weekends July 12/13 & 19/20)
Please support the Kids Program at St. Anthony
Shrine and our annual Christmas in July
fundraiser. Proceeds from Christmas in July go to
benefit the Back to School Backpacks event that
is held at the end of the summer. We plan to
distribute 200 backpacks, full of brand new school
supplies to children whose families are clients of
our Franciscan Food Center. Please help us to
reach our goal this year and take an ornament
(envelope) from the tree in the 2nd floor Church.
Mens Faith Works Spirituality Group
2nd & 4th Thursdays, July 10 & 24, 2014.
5:00 to 6:30 p.m. (4th fl. Francis room)
Facilitated by Bob Giers, csd &
Fr. Jim Czerwinski, OFM
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 617-542-
6440, ext. 198.
Offered by the Franciscan Spiritual
Companionship Ministry
100 Arch Street Boston, Massachusetts 02110 617.542.6440 3
Wellness Center
Due to administrative changes, the Wellness
Center will be closed from May 22nd, 2014
through Labor Day, September 1st, 2014. The
Wellness Center will reopen on Tuesday,
September 2nd, 2014.
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20s/30s Boston Young Adults
For more information, please contact
sas20s30s@stanthonyshrine.org.
These events are for 20s and 30s only.
Second Sunday Social
Mimosas & Scones Edition
Sunday, July 13 after the 10 & 11:15 a.m. &
12:30 p.m. Masses. 2nd fl. classroom
Followed by Harpoon Brewery tour.
Iftar Dinner
Hosted by the Damietta Project
(Catholics & Muslims working together
for the common good)
Wednesday, July 16, 2014. 2nd fl. classroom
In conjunction with the Damietta Interfaith Project,
we will be honored to celebrate an Iftar Dinner this
Ramadan with a group of Muslim friends. We will
begin at 7:00 p.m., with a meet & greet and
presentation, followed by the dinner at sundown
(8:30-ish). The cost is $10 per person and
proceeds will benefit the Damietta Interfaith
Project. Event registration is open. Please
complete the registration form available in the
lobby or go online to register and pay your $10.
Questions? Please contact Julie Ogden at
jogden@stanthonyshrine.org or by phone: 617-778-
1336.
American Red Cross
Blood Drive
Monday, July 14, 2014
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
St. Anthony Shrine Auditorium
Remember to bring photo ID.
Have breakfast or lunch before donating.
Please drink water or fluids frequently before and
after donating.
Plan to stay for at least 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Upcoming Events
Parents and Family of LGBT
Support Group
Sunday, July 13, 2014 1:45 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Assisi auditorium stage classroom
We clearly recognize the importance of the roles
played by the parent[s], family and friends of
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. A
designated support group has been established to
assist those who love and care about their children,
siblings, or friends of LGBT. The group has been
meeting to reflect and discuss issues surrounding
gay children and straight parents.
All parents, families, siblings (over 20 yrs age) and
friends of LGBT persons are invited to participate.
Contact: Fr. Joe Quinn, OSF, 617-542-6440, ext. 239
or email LGBT@stanthonyshrine.org
Offered by LGBT MInistry of St. Anthony Shrine
LGBT Spirituality Group
Wednesday, July 16, 2014,
5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Assisi auditorium stage
classroom
All Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and
Transgendered (LGBT) Catholics
are invited to participate in our
monthly spirituality group. We will set
aside part of our time together to discuss the
agenda of our future meetings. We truly look
forward to a great turnout and response from all of
our members pertaining to our growth and faith
development.
Contact: Fr. Joe Quinn, OSF, 617-542-6440, ext. 239
or email LGBT@stanthonyshrine.org
Offered by LGBT MInistry of St. Anthony Shrine
Tonys Travelers
Day Trips With A Purpose
A Day of Great Shopping, Classical
Music & More! Tanglewood!
Sunday, July 27, 2014
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Sunday Devotions....
Holy Rosary of Mary
Sundays at 2:45 p.m. First Floor Chapel
The Chaplet of Divine Mercy
Sundays at 3:00 p.m. First Floor Chapel
VESPERS
Sundays at 3:15 p.m. First Floor Chapel
Officiant: Fr. Philip OShea, O.F.M.
Celebrate Vespers at Saint Anthony Shrine on
Sunday afternoons in the first floor chapel
immediately after the recitation of the Holy Rosary
of Mary, followed by the Chaplet of Divine Mercy.
This beautiful Vespers service in which the
congregation participates, consists of readings of
psalms, supplemented by hymns, including the
Canticle of Mary (the Magnificat) and a reading
from the old or new testament, intercessions, a
concluding prayer and a blessing given by Fr.
Philip, at the ending of the Adoration of the Blessed
Sacrament each Sunday.
All are welcome to come to Vespers to give
adoration to the Blessed Sacrament, to worship
God and to participate in this special Liturgy.
A valuable resource for
anyone who wants a quick
summary of the ways the
"Empire (Israel)" affects the
lives of Palestinians. The
chapters are short and easy to
grasp. Anyone looking for an
up-to-date summary of the
Israel/Palestine conflict and
the issues would do well to
read this book. If you wish to join others in a
respectful discussion, please consider....
Castle Island Book Club: Faith in the
Face of Empire: The Bible through
Palestinian Eyes by Mitri Raheb
Saturday, July 26, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Book discussion and picnic
Meet at Castle Island near Sullivans via own
transportation. Food may be purchased at
Sullivans or bring your own lunch and a beach
chair or blanket. Pre-registration requested.
Book is available at Amazon.com (paperback $14.76,
Kindle $9.99) Note: Paperback is 160 pages.
Book must be read before joining the discussion
group.
Dr. Raheb writes in practical terms of the role of
faith in action in forming an new future for not only
Palestine, but the Middle East. His focus is on the
internal map each person must develop for
her/himself. The way to freedom, equality, and self
determination starts inside every person. Real
change comes from within, as Jesus said often.
And that starts with faith. But it is not only faith, as
Dr Raheb points out, but informed faith. One
needs to look soberly on the history of the region,
as he does in this text, in order to understand that
the only solutions that will last are those
emanating from the region itself. Empires come
and go. Their brilliant solutions for those under
their domination also come and go. The people of
the region will devise their own future, if left to it.
But first they must search within themselves for
what they truly want the future to look like. Dr.
Raheb provides a roadmap to do just that.
Contact Dr. Jackie Stewart at 617-542-6440, ext. 143
or email SAS.Evang@gmail.com to register.
Offered by the Franciscan Adult School
Serving the Spiritual Needs
of Grieving Parents
(formerly The Pieta Ministry)
Losing a child under any circumstance is
horrific. Focusing on the spirituality of the
grieving process can help tremendously.
Please join us. All are welcome.
Upcoming Shrine Emmaus Ministry Retreats
One-Day Retreat: August 2, 2014
Weekend Retreat: November 7-9, 2014
For more information or to register,
Call (800) 919-9332 or 617-542-8057.
For other Emmaus locations and programs, see
www.emfgp.org or email info@emfgp.org.
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Address: 100 Arch Street
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EXECUTIVE STAFF
Fr. Thomas Conway, OFM
Executive Director
Fr. Barry Langley, OFM
Associate Director
SAINT ANTHONY SHRINE & MINISTRY CENTER
~ All Are Welcome ~
WEEKDAY MASSES
Celebrated in Second Floor Chapel
6:00 a.m. 7:00 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
SATURDAY MASSES
Celebrated in Second Floor Chapel
8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 12:00 Noon
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
VIGIL MASSES
Second Floor First Floor
Chapel Chapel
4:00 p.m. ** 4:15 p.m.
5:30 p.m. **
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
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.
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.
Benediction
(First Floor Chapel)
Weekdays: 5:00 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays: 3:30 p.m.
Holy Rosary of Mary Sundays: 2:45 p.m.
Chaplet of Divine Mercy Sundays: 3:00 p.m.
Vespers Sundays: 3:15 p.m.
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.
Tuesdays: St. Anthony Devotions
Wednesdays: Spanish Mass - 5:15 p.m.
Thursdays: St. Jude Devotions
SUNDAY MASSES
Second Floor Chapel
** Music Masses
The Arch Street Band
MISA EN ESPAOL
Cada mircoles a las 5:15 de la tarde
8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.
LEGAL HOLIDAY MASSES
Second Floor Chapel
MISA EN ESPAOL - PRIMER PISO
Cada domingo a las 11:45 de la maana
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14th Sunday of Ordinary Time A
Reading I: Zechariah 9:9-10
Responsorial Psalm 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13-14
Reading II: Romans 8:9, 11-13
Gospel: Matthew 11:25-30
Go Gentle
how beautiful Jesus words in the Gospel are this
week. (And yet so hard to trust.)
Come to me, all you who labor and are
burdened, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,
for I am meek and humble of heart;
and you will find rest for yourselves.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.
Great comfort! There is a place to go to when death
or loss or suffering descend upon us. Thank God!
Another very honest viewpoint is given by Dylan
Thomas, the poet, who was not wiser than Jesus,
but does suggest a different viewpoint. he wrote
the following to his dying father:
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of
day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Rage is quite different from the easy, light burden
Jesus promises.
Another great poem by Thomas, Fern hill, says,
Oh as I was young and easy
in the mercy of his means,
Time held me green and dying
Though I sang in my chains like the sea.
Dylan Thomas was a ragged man whoif rumor is
truedrank himself to the death he wrote about.
he loved his youth and sang glad song to it, but
hunkered down in the shadow of death, which did
not offer a key to the chains it wrapped around
him.
Spirituality of the Readings
W
hat would Jesus say? he went through
torture and death: surely he should have
raged! yet he says his yoke is light. how
to understand such a puzzle?
Try this approach. Perhaps God does not mean to
erase labor and suffering from our lives, not throw
them away, but instead means them to be
pathways to a solid ground that lies beneath our
troubles, to a quiet grounding that is real stillness
and rest.
What would that solid ground be?
Jesus seems to say that it is meekness and humility
of heart.
In the desert Jesus spoke to the devil humbly about
food itself, saying that we do not live by bread
alone but by every word that proceeds from the
mouth of God. Maybe the only real good in life is
rooted firmly in the love that is God. There,
meekness and humility have their source.
Watch me, Jesus says, I am meek, and riding on
an ass, on a colt, the foal of an ass (First Reading).
[Paraphrase:] Watch me on the sad height of Calvary
and see. I have let it all go. Belongings, beloveds,
achievements, all. One thing remains and I find my
rest in it. Make this thing your life, whatever your
sorrow is, whatever is your result of living and of
dying and facing troubles. One thing. It will not be
heavyit is the reason why my burden is light.
Love.
If we can begin to let go into the arms of Gods
Great Love, if we can give our life away instead of
raging, we will know respite from our burdens. We
will see how death is actually the ultimate act of
giving yourself away.
Lets try it out: take our troubles and hand them
gratefully to the One who can give us rest.
Fr. John Foley, S. J.
Copyright 2014, 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)
100 Arch Street Boston, Massachusetts 02110 617.542.6440 7
2013 Holy Land Pilgrimage
Holy Land PilgrimageMay 19-29, 2015
Leaders: Fr. Gene Pistacchio, OFM, Dr. Jackie
Stewart, & licensed local guide & biblical scholar
Anton Farah. Our tour agent is Carmel Tours.
We Franciscans are so happy to be able to invite
you to walk in the footsteps of Jesus in his land of
Palestine/Israela life-changing experience.
Come, immerse yourself in beautiful Galilee and
Judea. There are four Gospels, but the experience
of the land is the fifth gospel. Explore the ancient
stones and meet the peoplethe living stones.
We promise you will never experience the Bible
again the same way. This will be a memorable trip
for first-timers and returnees. We hope you will join
us in this joyful journey in the land we know, love
and call holy.
Highlights of the Pilgrimage
Roundtrip airfare & taxes via LUFTHANSA
GERMAN AIRLINES from Boston
Accommodations at the Ron Beach Hotel in
Tiberias, at the shores of the Sea of Galilee, and
The Pontifical Institute, Notre Dame of Jerusalem
Center, owned and operated by the Vatican and
located close to the Old City
Israeli Buffet Breakfast and Dinner daily
Bethsaida, Capernaum, Mt. Beatitudes,
St. Peters Primacy, Tabgha, Mt. Arbel, Jericho,
Caesarea Philippi, Mt. Tabor, Cana, Magdala,
Nazareth, Kursi, Jordan River, Wadi Qelt, Dead
Sea, Hebron, Herodian, Beit Shean, Jerusalem,
Bethlehem, Shepherds Field, Mt. of Olives,
Dominus Flevit, Gethsemane, Emmaus (Abu
Gosh), Holy Sepulchre, Temple Mount and more
Daily Mass will be celebrated
Way of the Cross on the Via Dolorosa
Boat ride on the Sea of Galilee
Costs have now been determined and itinerary set;
Final Brochure available in about a week.
If you have any interest, would like more details,
please contact Dr. Jackie Stewart at 617-542-6440,
ext. 143 or email SAS.Evang@gmail.com. Please
spell your name, regular mail address, and tel. no.
Offered by Franciscan Adult School
Are you interested in matters of
Peace and Justice?
You are invited to join St. Anthony
Shrines Just Matters Group
We meet monthly to plan and provide facilitation for
Peace and Social Justice advocacy, training, and
related events. We coordinate with the Holy Name
Province Justice, Peace & Integrity of Creation
directorate (JPIC), Interfaith Groups, and other
partners.
Next meeting: Tuesday, August 5, 2014,
5:30 to 7:00 p.m., 2nd fl. classroom
Main topics: Planning Just Peacemaking Initiative:
The Challenge and Promise of Nonviolence for Our
Timesessions to begin in Fall 2014 and new
initiatives from JPIC focusing on advocacy and media
outreach.
Do you use snail-mail? Easy advocacyBuy GO
GREEN stamps at the P.O. (See images below.)
If you are interested in attending an upcoming meeting,
please contact: Dr. Jackie Stewart at 617-542-6440,
ext. 143 or email SAS.Evang@gmail.com.
Offered by Evangelization
Just Matters Peace & Social Justice