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Sunday, March 22 Saturday, March 28, 2015

M A R C H

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Emmaus Ministry One-Day Spiritual Retreat, 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., 5th fl. Friary

Schindlers List, Noon to 3:30 p.m., 2nd. fl. classroom (See ad for details.)

Centering Prayer Group, Noon to 1:30 p.m.,4th fl. Francis room

Worship Ministers Day of Formation, 1:00 to 3:30 p.m., auditorium

22 Sunday

Prison Ministry, SCHC, 8:15 to 11:30 a.m.,womens services 12:55 to 2:30 p.m.

Blood pressure & Blood Sugar screening, flu vaccine, 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Wellness Center (See ad for details.)

Damietta Project core team potluck dinner,hosted by Sue Petro, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.(See ad for details.)

20s/30s Boston Young Adults, Spirituality of Discernment, guest speaker Andy Otto, Paulist Center

23 Monday

No scheduled events.

24 Tuesday

Blood pressure & Blood Sugar screening, flu vaccine, 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Wellness Center

Jesus and Power of Now (by Eckhart Tolle),by Bill Sawyer, 12:15 to 1:30 p.m., 2nd. fl. classroom (See ad for details.)

25 Wednesday

Blood pressure & Blood Sugar screening, flu vaccine, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Wellness Center

Seniors Mass 10:00 a.m., exercise 10:30 a.m.,Bingo! 11:00 a.m., lunch Noon

Welcome to the St. Anthony Shrine

Community. All are welcome here.

No one is excluded.

Please take this bulletin home with you aswell as the many brochures that advertisethe programs and services of the Shrine.Thank you for being with us today.

Franciscan friars and staffSt. Anthony Shrine community

WHATS HAPPENING THIS WEEK

Front cover art: Madonna & Child Jesus,

Icon Mosaic from Greece in the courtyard of the

Church of the Annunciation, Nazareth, Israel taken in

February, 2015. Photo by Dr. Jacqueline Stewart.

REGULAR EVENTSMonday A.A. 12 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.) TBAThursday 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. Hispanic Secular Franciscans (1st Sun.) 3:00 p.m.

Womens Spiritual Reflection Group, Noon to 1:30 p.m., Contact: Nancy Nichols Kearns, 781-704-1010 or nancynichols1010@yahoo.com

Bread on the Common, 5:45 to 7:30 p.m.,(See ad for details.)

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Blood pressure & Blood Sugar screening, flu vaccine, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Wellness Center

Mens Faith Works Spirituality Group, 5:00 to6:30 p.m., 4th fl. Francis rm (See ad for details.)

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Events This Week

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READINGS FOR THE WEEKMonday: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 [41c-62];

Ps 23:1-6; Jn 8:1-11Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9; Ps 102:2-3, 16-21; Jn 8:21-

30Wednesday: Is 7:10-14; 8:10; Ps 40:7-11; Heb 10:4-

10; Lk 1:26-38Thursday: Gn 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-9: Jn 8:51-59Friday: Jer 20:10-13; Ps 18:2-7; Jn 10:31-42Saturday: Ez 37:21-28; Jer 31:10, 11-13;

Jn 11:45-56Sunday: Mk 11:1-10 or Jn 12:12-16 (procession);

Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Mk 14:1 15:47 [15:1-39]

Second Collection - March 21 & 22, 2015

Franciscan Food Center

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCESSunday: Fifth Sunday of Lent; Third ScrutinyMonday: St. Turibius of MogrovejoWednesday: The Annunciation of the LordFriday: Abstinence

Inconvenient Filmsthe kind that are unsettling andprovocative, inviting discussion

Join us for the first film in the Spring series....

Schindlers ListSaturday, March 21, 2015.12 Noon to 3:30 p.m.2nd. fl. classroom. Cost: $5.Bring a brown bag lunch.

Schindler's List, a StevenSpielberg film, is a cinematicmasterpiece that hasbecome one of the mosthonored films of all time. The film presents theindelible true story of the enigmatic OskarSchindler, a member of the Nazi party, womanizer,and war profiteer who saved the lives of more than1,100 Jews during the Holocaust. It is the triumphof one man who made a difference, and the dramaof those who survived one of the darkest chaptersin human history because of what he did.

(The tomb for Oskar Schindler is in the FranciscanRoman Catholic Cemetery on Mt Zion, outside the OldCity walls of Jerusalem.)

Contact Dr. Jackie Stewart to register at 617-542-6440ext. 143 or email SAS.Evang@gmail.com. Please leave your name, telephone no., and thecourse, date/time you wish to attend.

Offered by Franciscan Adult School

The Damietta ProjectCatholics & Muslimsworking together for theCommon GoodCore planning team PotluckSunday, March 22, 2015.5:30 to 8:30 p.m.Hosted at Sue Petros home

St. Anthony Shrine Just Matters GroupPeace & Social Justice

& Peace Islands Institute/Turkish Cultural Center

CELEBRATE LIFE!Be happy

Be peacefulBe healthy

The Wellness Centre/Clinic welcomes you. Its ourprivilege and blessing to keep you well. We arehere for you., and we take great pride in doing so!

Clinic is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays,and most Sundays from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

IT IS A FREE CLINIC!Sponsored by St. Anthony Shrine and Ministrycenter.

Our Services:

Blood PressureTesting blood for: Diabetes, Cholesterol,AICFlu shots when availableDental screening - Dentist twice month byappt.Nutrition counseling - Tuesdays, twicemonth by appt.

For further information or to make anappointment, please call 617-542-6440, ext. 118.

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Bread on the Common StreetMinistry to Homeless PersonsWednesday, March 25, 20155:45 to 7:30 p.m.

All are invited to be part of a ministry to homelesspersons on the streets and nearby the Shrine onthe 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of eachmonth. We meet in the auditoriumof the Shrine at 5:45 p.m., preparefood packets, and then visit withhomeless persons on the streets,offering food, socks, (hats, gloves,scarves - weather-dependent) andmost of all presence, ending at7:30 p.m.

Please call ahead of time if you plan on coming.For more information, please contact Dr. JackieStewart at 617-542-6440, ext 143 or emailSAS.Evang@gmail.com.

Offered by Evangelization

Lenten JourneyEvery 11:45 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Mass onWednesdays during Lent.

Traditional Stations of the CrossTuesdays and Fridays, February 20th throughApril 3rd at 12:15 p.m. in the 1st Floor Church.

Via de la Cruz en EspaolLos mircoles desde el 18 de febrero hasta el 1de abril a las 5:45 de la tarde (despus de lamisa en espaol) en la capilla del segundo piso

Jesus and Power of Now (by EckhartTolle.)Tuesdays, March 24 & 31, 201512:15 to 1:30 p.m. 2nd floor classroomPresenter: William Sawyer, IICost: Free will ($10 per session suggested).Pre-registrations appreciated.

Participants will learn how to come into the presentmoment with Jesus and thereby enter the Kingdomof God. We will integrate the teachings of Jesusand the insights of Tolle to help us to enter adeeper way of living.

Contact Dr. Jackie Stewart to register at 617-542-6440ext. 143 or email SAS.Evang@gmail.com. Please leave your name, telephone no., and thecourse, date/time you wish to attend.

Offered by Franciscan Adult School

Mens Faith Works Spirituality GroupThursday, March 26, 2015. 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. (4th fl. Francis room)Facilitated by Bob Giers, ofs

This is a great opportunity for men to cometogether and grow in their spiritual lives anddeepen their personal relationship with Godthorough prayer and faith sharing. (Matt. 18:20)when two or more are gathered in my name I amin their midst.For more information, contact Bob Giers at 617-542-6440, ext. 198.

Offered by the Franciscan SpiritualCompanionship Ministry

Lenten JourneyFr. Eric Carpine, OFM, invites all to take a LentenJourney together.Every Wednesday during Lent at the 11:45 a.m.and 12:30 p.m. Masses.

Along this journey we invite you to deepen yourlove for the poor as St. Francis did. He and hisfollowers did this joyfully all while they fasted frommany comforts and lived very simple lives. Even intheir fasting, they still celebrated life. We ask forGod's Grace to make this journey joyfully. All thatwe sacrifice will be given with abundant charity tothe poor and to all those whom we serve.

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Upcoming Events

Adult Confirmation Classes2015Saturdays, April 11, 18, 25; May 2 & 9 (2015). 10:30 a.m. to Noon, 2nd fl. classroomLeaders: Dr. Jackie Stewart, Maureen Connell,Justin Quattrini, Alicja JanuszewiczHave you been Baptized and made FirstCommunion in the Catholic Church but are notyet confirmed?(Are you planning on getting married in theCatholic Church? Have you been asked to bea sponsor for a Baptism?)

Adult Confirmation classes begin on Saturdaymornings in early April 2015 at St. Anthony Shrinefor adults (ages 20 and over). Those preparing forthe sacrament, and their sponsors (not required)are all welcome.

Candidates for Confirmation are adults whoparticipate in Sunday Liturgy and the sacraments.Prospective candidates for Confirmation in Spring2015 need to pre-register by Monday, March 302015. Copy of Baptismal certificate is required.Candidates will be confirmed at the RegionalConfirmation on Sunday, May 17, 2015 at 2:00p.m. at St. Cecilias Church in the South End.

Registrations are now being accepted. Pleasecontact Dr. Jackie Stewart at 617-542-6440, ext.143 or email SAS.Evang@gmail.com for moredetails and to register or see flyers in lobby.

Offered by Evangelization

Project RachelAbortion Healing

During the retreat, I realized the impact offorgivenessThrough the depth of my pain, Ibegan a lasting relationship with God Manywomen ache with the pain of a past abortion. TheProject Rachel ministry of the Archdiocese ofBoston extends an invitation for post-abortion hopeand healing through its one-day Come to theWaters of Healing retreat. Upcoming retreat dateswill be March 28 and April 25. Retreats are limitedto 10 women and are held at a confidential location.For registration information, contact Project Rachelat 508.651.3100 or help@projectrachelboston.com.Trust in the tender mercy of God!

You are invited to join Fr. Raphael Bonanno,OFM and Go-Ahead Tours toImperial China, Cruise the YangtzeRiver and visit ShanghaiOctober 14-28, 2015

Bookings are $450 each, Final payment due July16, 2015. Total cost is $4,274 each with JFKgateway. More information in brochures at frontdesk of Shrine. Book early before sellout of trip.The trip will be educational and inspirational. Visarequired.

Any questions, contact Clarissa (Go-aheadTours), 1-800-438-7172.

The Art of PilgrimageThursday, April 9, 20155:30 to 6:30 p.m. (2nd floor classroom)Presenter: Dr. Jackie StewartCost: Free will ($5 suggested)

A Pilgrimage is different from a tour. I have mademany pilgrimages to ancient Celtic sites and Irishmonasteries, places associated with St. Francisand St. Clare of Assisi, and St. Joan of Arc, pre-Christian European sacred places, literary sources,the Holy Land of Israel/Palestinian territoriestheFifth Gospel, to name a few. They all had anumber of things in common, not mere travel butsoulful. Learn the seven stages of a sacredjourney, whether the pilgrimage be virtual or real,near or far, literary, religious or of another form.Recommended for all who have been on or areconsidering going on a Pilgrimage of any kind.

(Especially recommended for upcoming Holy LandPilgrims, either new or returning. This will also be anopportunity to meet Fr. Gene Pistacchio, OFM inadvance of the Holy Land Pilgrimage.)

Contact Dr. Jackie Stewart to register at 617-542-6440ext. 143 or email SAS.Evang@gmail.com. Please leave your name, telephone no., and thecourse, date/time you wish to attend.

Offered by Franciscan Adult School

Registration deadline: Monday, March 30!

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SAINT ANTHONY SHRINE & MINISTRY CENTER~ All Are Welcome ~

WEEKDAY MASSESCelebrated 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 announcedThird WednesdayDay of Remembrance

SATURDAY MASSESCelebrated in Second Floor Chapel

8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 12:00 Noon

SATURDAY AFTERNOONVIGIL MASSES

Second Floor First FloorChapel Chapel

4:00 p.m. ** 4:15 p.m.5:30 p.m. **

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATIONCelebrated in First Floor ChapelWeekdays: 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 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays: 2:55 p.m.Chaplet of Divine Mercy 2nd & 4th 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 DevotionsWednesdays: Spanish Mass - 5:15 p.m.

Thursdays: St. Jude Devotions

SUNDAY MASSESSecond Floor Chapel

**Music MassesThe Arch Street Band

MISA EN ESPAOLCada mircoles a las 5:15 de la tarde

8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.

LEGAL HOLIDAY MASSESSecond Floor Chapel

MISA EN ESPAOL - PRIMER PISOCada domingo a las 11:45 de la maana

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Fifth Sunday of Lent B

Reading I: Jeremiah 31:31-34Psalm 51:3-4, 12-13, 14-15Reading II: Hebrews 5:7-9Gospel: John 12:20-33

Coming to Pieces.

A tiny grain plants itself deep within the soil. Ittucks its small self into complete darkness, but isfearless, comforted by the tough, safe shell that isits home. It belongs there, and it knows it. Home,in quiet. In growth.

Then calamity.

The shell-shelter turns tightand invading and painful. Thegrowing seed finds its peace replacedby shock. Its great protector isopposing it, holding it back. Crushing it. Then,suddenly, as if planned from all eternity, theprotecting shell cracks right open. It goes to pieces.Wait, wait, I need you, shouts the seed! Moisturetrickles in, and bits of dank, cold soil. Anythingand everything can now wriggle right into theheart of what was a quiet, pure place.

The seed shudders. What is left of it copessomehow, crazily extending a new, thin armoutward and slithers its whole self steady byjerks through the cracks in its shell. It must getout of there. It dares its way into the rough, coldmud. How foolish and how shaming. Stay wheresafety is, you fool!*

But the slowly transforming tiny self seems to takeon an unexpected new life. Is this its new homenow, right in the slippery soil? It moves withcaution. Too much is in its path, including a huge,unyielding rock. A jagged, rough, uncaring rock,heedless of tiny green shoots.

And so the story ends.

Except that the former seed appears to have willpower. It is seeking somethingurging itselftoward some pressing objective, rooting its waywith intuitive ambition.

Spirituality of the Readings Fingering along the brutal under-edge of the rock,fearfully and with rending pain, and after whatseems like years it achieves the far under-edge ofthis gnarly rock and, guess what, it starts upwardagain.

Now there are hard clods to press through, andpebbles aplenty. The higher it goes the more drythe surrounding soil becomes. The top crustforbids any penetration. It is an ultimate,intractable, stupefying barrier.

And so the story ends.

Except for one voice from deepwithin. Push. Push, it murmurs. Iam with you. Now just a thinnestlesion in the tough skin. With a

certainty that might have beenwritten on its heart, this vine-to-be gets to the place it was meantto be. In a heaven of light andwarmth, bathed in the suns

astonishing rays, the plant stretches and yawns inthe wafting breezes of Spring.

This is just like our own journey, isnt it? Dark mudthat takes a chokehold on our life.

But Jesus says, do not worry, child, trust me.Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground anddies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies,it produces much fruit (Gospel)

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*For an example of an opposite approach, try this:

oh I am a chickie who lives in an egg,

But I will not hatch, I will not hatch.

The hens they all cackle, the roosters all beg,

But I will not hatch, I will not hatch.

For I hear all the talk of pollution and war

As the people all shout and the airplanes roar,

So Im staying in here where its safe and its warm,

And I WIll NoT HATCH!

Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends (New york: Harper

& Row, 1974) p. 127.

Fr. John Foley, S. J.

Copyright 2015, The Center for liturgy at Saint louis University.

All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Write me an email! I'd like to have a discussion with you about this.

Fr. John Foley, S. J. (johnbfoley@yahoo.com)

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22001155 HHoollyy WWeeeekk SScchheedduullee PALM SUNDAY, March 29th: Mass and Confession schedule is the same as that of a regular Sunday. Palms will be distributed before all Masses. HOLY THURSDAY, April 2nd: Shrine opens at 5:30 AM and closes at 7:00 PM.

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. These hours differ from the regular Saturday schedule.

GOOD FRIDAY, April 3rd: 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 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, 12:00, 1:00 and 5:15 PM (2nd Floor Church).

Traditional Stations of the Cross: 12:15 PM and 2 PM (1st Floor Church)

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

HOLY SATURDAY, April 4th: Shrine opens at 5:30 AM.

Easter Vigil Mass: 8:00 PM This is the only Mass celebrated on this day.

Confessions: 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM EASTER SUNDAY, April 5th: Shrine opens at 5:30 AM and closes at 1:30 PM. Masses: 6:00, 7:30, 9:00, 10:00 , 11:15 , 12:30 PM. Confessions are not heard on Easter Sunday.

Indicates music by the Arch Street Band.

Spanish Mass; 11:45 AM (1st Floor Church) music, Repast follows