Dear Friends,

 

This Saturday night, March 14th, we have the third annual Gaelic and Garlic Celebration, highlighting the food of Italy and Ireland in honor of St. Patrick and St. Joseph. Doors open at 6:00pm. Remember, too, that St. Patrick’s Day is Tuesday, March 17. It is the feast day of the Archdiocese of Boston, so all Lenten penances are off!

 

This weekend, a Choir Boy will speak at each Mass about the school’s upcoming April concert tour to France. We have singing engagements in Paris, Chartres, and at Solesmes Abbey, which is the musical and spiritual home of the school’s rootedness in Gregorian Chant. Immediately following, a second collection will be taken to help finance the trip. (It is $4,000 per person. The boys and their families have already raised much of the funds, but this is our opportunity to help cover some needed scholarships and other costs.) Thanks for your support, and if your company or any institution known to you might be interested in sponsoring this trip from the educational, inner city, music/arts or France angle, please let me know.

 

Thank you to all who attended and supported last week’s Gala for the Choir School. What a wonderful and successful evening. Special thanks to the school staff, the parents, the boys, and to our parishioner Jimmy Tingle, master MC and Auctioneer. The Choir School is a treasure; let’s do all we can to keep it strong and growing!

 

We love seeing people’s Lenten observances being lived out: new folks at daily Mass; at Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday confessions; at Eucharistic Adoration. Mark down Thursday, March 26 at 6:00pm for an excellent presentation about the Shroud of Turin here in DiGiovanni Hall.

 

This past week we began the Catholic Appeal, which allows Archbishop Henning to carry out his duties through funding for central offices and ministry support. You can put your pledge envelopes in the collection basket at any Mass or drop them off at the office. Together, we are one!

 

With continued Lenten Prayers,

Fr. Kelly