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, March 24 – Friday, March 30

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
Sunday, March 25, 2018
Palm Sunday

As we pray during this most holy and solemn week of the year, I am grateful to everyone who has worked
hard to make our liturgies reflect the beauty and richness of our faith. Special thanks to Mark Emery and
the band, Fr. Frank and the friars, Joanne Hidaka and the church decorating team, Fred Brown and the
liturgical ministers, Br. Tom and the sacristans, and all of the staff, volunteers and worshipers who have
made sacrifices to enrich our worship this week. May God bless you all.

Fr. Thomas Conway, OFM

Executive Director
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HOLY THURSDAY, March 29 Shrine opens at 5:30 AM and closes at 7:00 PM.
Mass of the Lord’s Supper: 5:15♫ PM. This is the only Mass celebrated on this day. Reposition of the Blessed Sacrament following
until 7:00 PM in the 1st Floor Church.
Confessions: 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
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GOOD FRIDAY, March 30 Shrine opens at 5:30 AM and closes at 7:00 PM.
No Mass celebrated on this day.
Dramatic Stations of the Cross: Come experience the breathtaking story of
Jesus’ passion and death on the cross in a profound new way this Good Friday.
Join The Arch Street Band and the friars of St. Anthony Shrine for a prayerful
event like no other. There will be four Presentations with Music at 11:00 AM,
Noon, 1:00 PM and 5:15 PM (2nd Floor Church).
Traditional Stations of the Cross: 12:15 PM and 2 PM (1st Floor Church)
Celebration of the Lord’s Passion to include distribution of the Eucharist:
3:15♫ PM (2nd Floor Church) and 3:30 PM (1st Floor Church)
Confessions: 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM; 4:30 to 6:00 PM
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HOLY SATURDAY, March 31 Shrine opens at 5:30 AM and closes at 9:15 PM.
Easter Vigil Mass: 8:00♫ PM This is the only Mass celebrated on this day. Confessions: 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
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EASTER SUNDAY, April 1 Shrine opens at 5:30 AM and closes at 1:30 PM.
Masses: 6:00, 7:30, 9:00, 10:00♫, 11:15♫, Noon♫ (in Spanish), 12:30♫ PM.
Confessions are not heard on Easter Sunday

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2018

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Come celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday on April 8 at 3:00 PM in the First Floor Chapel.
The celebration will include a musical recitation of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy at 3PM,
followed by Vespers, Benediction and Reverencing the Divine Mercy Image.
The Feast of Divine Mercy Sunday is an international feast day promoting Jesus’s message
that He is merciful to everybody and that we should all trust in his mercy
As Jesus said to his Disciples, “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy”.
Please come and join us in the celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday. All are welcome.

THE FEAST OF DIVINE MERCY

The Divine Mercy Chaplet, The Divine Mercy Novena, and Image of The Divine Mercy are gifts of our Lord Jesus Christ as a
means of salvation for souls, given to us through our Lord’s Saint, Maria Faustina Kowalska during the early part of the twentieth
century.
The first Divine Mercy Sunday was on April 28, 1935, in Vilnius, Lithuania, and was celebrated the first Sunday after Easter. The
Feast of The Divine Mercy was instituted by Pope John Paul II and during the canonization of Saint Faustina on April 30, 2000.
Pope John Paul II declared that “the Sunday after Easter…from now on throughout the Church will be called “Divine Mercy
Sunday”.
The sacred image of Our Lord Jesus, known as “The Divine Mercy” is displayed on a side altar in the first floor chapel at Saint
Anthony Shrine. It shows one hand in blessing and the other hand pointing to the wounds of Our Lord’s Passion, especially the
wound in His Heart, which is the source of a whole ocean of graces of His mercy, which he desires to pour out on all of humanity.
From that heart two rays of light shine, representing blood and water. The image bears the words, “Jesus, I trust in You”.
Our Lord has promised that those who recite the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and Novena Intentions for nine days before the Feast of
Mercy starting on Good Friday and go to Mass, Holy Communion and Confession close to the Feast Day the Lord will receive
complete forgiveness of sin, and of punishment.
Regular Schedule of Mass and Confession Times at
St. Anthony Shrine
Mass Schedule
Saturday Mass: 12 PM
Saturday Vigil Masses: 4 PMn (4:15 PM 1st Fl. Church), 5:30 PMn
Sunday Masses: 6 AM, 7:30 AM, 9 AM, 10 AMn, 11:15 AMn,
12:00 PMn (Spanish Mass-1st Fl. Church), 12:30 PMn, 4 PMn, 5:30 PMn
Weekday Masses: 6 AM, 7 AM, 11:45 AM, 12:30 PM, 5:15 PM
Additional Wednesday Mass: 10 AM
Please note: The 5:15 PM Mass on Wednesday is in Spanish.
UPCOMING EVENTS FOR
YOUNG ADULTS
Saturday, March 24th 4 - 5PM in the 2nd floor classroom, “The Spirituality of
Knitting” with Br. Paul Bourque, OFM. Please email us to RSVP and to obtain a
list of items to bring to this Knitting 101 class.
Sunday, March 25th 1:45PM Volunteer at the Cambridge Rehabilitation and
Nursing Center (8 Dana Street, Central Square T-stop, Cambridge). We are
scheduled to help set up for Mass for the seniors and then socialize with the
Seniors after Mass. You MUST RSVP to participate.

Holy Day Mass Schedule: Please rsvp for the above at: SAS20s30s@stanthonyshrine.org
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Vigil: 4:15 PM, 5:15 Anthony Shrine
Holy Day: 6 AM, 7 AM, 8 AM, 11:45 AM,
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Legal Holiday Mass Schedule: 8 AM, 10 AM
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Confession Schedule on Palm Sunday
Weekday Confessions (Except Wednesday): 10 AM–2 PM, 4–5:30 PM March 24/25
Wednesday Confessions: 6:30–8 AM, 10 AM–2 PM, 4–5:30 PM will go to the
Saturday Confessions: 10 AM–4 PM Fr. Mychal Judge
Sunday Confessions: 1:30–3 PM Center for
Holy Day Confession Schedule: Follows schedule above. Recovery.
Legal Holiday Confession Schedule: 8:30–10 AM
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March 31/April 1
REGULAR EVENTS will go to the
Monday
Open OA Meeting, Auditorium Classroom 12:15 p.m. Lazarus Ministry.
A.A. 12 Step Meeting/12 Traditions Meeting (Closed) 5:45 p.m.
Thank you!
Tuesday
A.A. Discussion Meeting (Open Meeting) Noon

Wednesday
Remembrance Day for Deceased (3rd Wed.) All Masses
Notice of Cancellation of Healing Service on
Anointing of the Sick - Mass (2nd Wed.)
SA Meeting (Open Meeting), Auditorium Foyer
See web
7:00 a.m.
Sunday April 8, 2018
Seniors Program 10:30 a.m.
Women’s Spiritual Refl. Group (2nd & 4th Wed) 12:30 p.m. There will not be a Healing Service at 1:30 pm on April
Grupo Hispano de Oracion 4:00 p.m.
Bread on The Common (2nd & 4th Wed.) 4:00 p.m. 8, 2018, as this is Divine Mercy Sunday and instead we
Mass in Spanish 5:15 p.m.
LGBTQ Spirituality (3rd Wed.) 5:30 p.m. encourage everyone who attends or is planning to attend
A.A. Discussion Meeting (Open Meeting) 5:45 p.m. the Healing Service to attend the celebration of Divine
Thursday Mercy at 3:00 pm in the first floor chapel on that date.
St. Augustine Group (S.L.A.A.) Meeting Noon
Rosary Prayer Group 12:30p.m. The Healing Service will resume on May 13, 2018, at
Men’s Cursillo Reunion Group (1st and 3rd Thursday) 1:00 p.m.
Men’s Spirituality Group (2nd and 4th Thursday) 5:00 p.m. 1:30 pm, in the second floor chapel.
Lectura y reflexión del evangelio 5:30 p.m.
A.A Big Book Meeting (Closed Meeting) 5:45 p.m.

Friday
SA 12 Step Meeting, Auditorium Foyer 7:00 a.m. SENIORS PROGRAM - APRIL CALENDAR
Open OA Meeting, Auditorium Classroom 12:15 p.m.
Wednesdays, April 4th and 18th
Saturday
Secular Franciscans Formation (2nd Sat.) 10:30 a.m. 10:00 am Mass
Centering Prayer Group (1st & 4th Sat.) Noon
Vietnamese Secular Franciscans (2nd Sat.) 1:00 p.m.
10:30 am Light refreshments/coffee
Secular Franciscans Fraternity Meeting (2nd Sat.)
Rosary Prayer Group
1:00 p.m.
3:30p.m.
11:00 am Exercise and Presentation
12:00 Noon Lunch
Sunday
Emmaus Ministry Prayer/Discussion (1st Sun.) 11:00 a.m. April 4th – Fire Safety with Fireman Lt. Doneghan
Healing Service (2nd Sun.)
Nurses Together in Healing Ministry (1 st Sun.)
1:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m. April 18th – Senior Fitness Exercises w/ Patti D’Angelo,
Rosary, Vespers, Benediction
Hispanic Secular Franciscans (1st Sun.)
2:55 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
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