God has glorified Himself in your generous spirit. Because of your
love we are happy to have many good things going on and look forward
to many more coming up.
Retreat for Deaf Community with Sr. Rita!
The retreat Theme is "Love of God, Neighbor and Self." It will be
presented by Sr. Rita Marie Pickhinke. She is a Sister of Mercy of
the Americas and is the founder of the program Catholic Ministry to
Deaf People, Inc. She has worked with deaf people since 1964 and has
given workshops in the Philippines, Guam, Singapore, Trinidad, and
the West Indis. She holds a Master of Science in Teaching in Special
Education and in Deaf Education. She currently travels giving
retreats and spiritual talks, offering her knowledge and experience.
She will be here on October 20th, 2007 from 10:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
at the Sacred Heart Parish Convent right here in Newton. We will
have coffee and bagels, Lunch and Dinner together. This will be
primarily a retreat for adults. If you plan on attending, please
contact Kathy Carey. We will charge $35 for the day to help cover
costs. If you can give more you will help those who cannot afford
the payment. We have some money set aside for this retreat but it
would be good for those who can easily afford it to give more so that
we can be generous to Sister as she is being generous to us. Do not
hesitate to come if you cannot afford it.
Please contact Kathy Carey at Kathryn_Carey@rcab.org of you plan on
attending.
This will be for parents of Children in need of religiuos education
in ASL. Parents are invited to bring their children. A kid friendly
dinner will be provided. This is happening on October 18 from 6:00
p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Sacred Heart Parsih Center right here in
Newton. We will be able to meet each other, discuss our various
needs, and set up times and places for classes that will be most
reasonable and convenient.
For Youth there are the following events:
October 16th
Steve Allgeyer
November 13th
Chris Padgett
December 11th
Fr. Tom DiLorenzo
January 15th
Fr. Stan Fortuna
February 19th
Bob Rice
Each LIFT night runs from 7:00 - 9:00pm
Where?
Fontbonne Academy
930 Brook Road
Milton, MA
What is it? In there own words: "Pope John Paul II has called the
Church to "cultivate a lively awareness of Christ's real presence,
both in the celebration of Mass and in the worship of the Eucharist
outside Mass." LIFT has been born out of a desire to live out that
call and marry it with contemporary trends in modern worship.
LIFT is a monthly worship gathering on a Tuesday night in the
metropolitan Boston area. LIFT uses modern elements such as
professional lighting and sound, video screens displaying worship
imagery and song lyrics, creative environments and the latest in
contemporary praise and worship music performed by a live band to
enhance the worship experience. The basic format of a LIFT night
starts with upbeat praise and worship music followed by an
inspirational talk given by a dynamic speaker speaking on that
night's theme. The night culminates with a time of Eucharistic
Adoration enhanced by more praise and worship music.
Worship is all about heaven. When we come to worship, we join with
the angels and the saints around the heavenly throne in praise to our
God. Worship is what we were created to do. When we worship we are
simply partaking in what we will be doing for eternity in heaven. The
things that make up LIFT – from the music to the environment to the
speakers, etc – are all designed to help the worshipper enter into
the presence of God and experience a taste of heaven."
Bishop Sean expreses his support and endorsement for this program in
a letter that is published on the website listed just below.
For more information go to: http://www.liftedhigher.com
If you would like to go we can set up interpreters for the event.
Just let Kathy Carey know. Her email is above.
Check out this slideshows that relays the smiles on the faces of our
Seniors who recently enjoyed some time visiting a shrine together.
God is Good.
In Christ,
Fr. St. Martin
