Dear Friends,

 

Congratulations and thank you to our Associate Music Director and our Parish Choir for the wonderful concert performed last Sunday. Along with our friends in the Orthodox guest choir, we heard a great musical presentation in honor of the 1700th Anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. We are indebted to the Harvard Catholic Forum for organizing this event.

 

This weekend, we are taking a moment to formally bless our parishioners who serve in any of the many liturgical ministries: servers, lectors, Eucharistic ministers, greeters, and musicians. We are grateful for their good work and invite you to consider joining them!

 

You should have received this week an electronic copy of the Parish Financial Support. There are also some hard copies available in the vestibule. Apologies for its slightly delayed publication.

 

At the Masses last weekend, you heard a few words about the Parish Grand Annual. This yearly initiative helps the parish to meet its financial responsibilities that are not covered by the weekly offertory. I am asking your consideration of a $450 gift, payable over four months if that is easier; you should have received an envelope in the mail, or they can be found in the church vestibule. You are also welcome to donate online.  My greater plea for this collection is that everyone participates, at whatever level you can, large or small. Last year, we had just under 200 people who responded. Can you help us to boost that this year?

 

This Sunday, November 16, at 1:00 in DiGiovanni Hall, there is a lecture celebrating the 100th anniversary of the publication of great American F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Please join us and bring a friend. Also, on that day, we will have our parish’s 150th Anniversary Service Project preparing holiday meals in collaboration with the Harvard Chaplains Group. Slots are filled, but financial donations are still welcome. And yes, Choir School Christmas Concerts are December 7 and 14 and 3:00.

 

Next Sunday, November 23, is the Solemnity of Christ the King. It is the 100th anniversary of this Feast Day, instituted by Pope Pius XI.  At the 11:00 Mass, two of our pre-choristers will be fully invested into the Choir; it is a delightful and moving ceremony. At 2:00, our talented Associate Music Director, Mr. Nara Lee, will perform the second installment in our Organ Concert series. At 3:00, our dear parishioners, Liz and Klaus Amburn, will receive the Cheverus Award from Archbishop Henning at the Holy Cross Cathedral.  A very full day, so join us for whatever works best for you!

 

At the Saturday 5:00 Mass, we are very happy to welcome the Fairfield Choir from Fairfield University in Connecticut. We are grateful for their presence and their music!!

 

God bless,

Fr. Kelly