The Senior Deaf Wellness Program

Invites You to Attend The Fourth Meeting of Fall 2007


When: December 4, 2007
Where: MacKenzie Center, 1337 Centre Street,
Newton, MA 02459

9:30AM: Arrival: Coffee, Bagels, Fruit
Blood pressure screening
10:30AM: Speaker
12:00PM: Lunch will be provided
12:30pm: Advent Wreaths for NEHD
2:00PM : Closing


If you can bring a dessert, that would be wonderful!

If you plan on attending, please email Kathy Carey at
Kathryn_Carey@rcab.org.

It is very important that you respond, as we need a count for the caterer.

Good People,

We have a few things to look forward to. There is the upcoming Mass at the TV station. We have a good group ready to go. We have a Novena coming up which I have not had the chance to tell you much about yet. What is the Novena? This is a time of prayer over a nine day period that the Vocations Office has put together to help us pray for vocations specifically to the priesthood and for this Diocese. This Novena has another special aspect to it. Each night a different ethnic group will be hosting the time of prayer. We have been asked to host the time of prayer on December 6th in the evening. Please mark you calendars. The entire Sacred Heart Parish is asked to participate. At this event we will be able to pray for our parish's very own vocation, Seminarian Shawn Carey. There will be more about this event in the future.

We are still accepting requests for participating in the two separate pilgrimages that are being offered; the Rome trip and the World Youth Day Trip. Some of you have told me of your decision not to go to the World Youth Day Trip. If you have made up your mind one way or the other about either trip please let me know ASAP.

We have a Catechumen! This means that we are greatly blessed. James from Ashland, who had his baby Baptized here at Sacred Heart by Fr. Michael Medas a few months ago, is preparing to receive the sacraments of initiation as an adult this Easter with us. We must pray for him! We will need to prepare for his rite of acceptance at the Cathedral at the beginning of Lent. Maybe someone can help me organize this meeting with the cardinal?

We are also looking forward to our newest lector Shawn Patrick. Stay tuned as he is still getting ready.

The Senior Deaf Wellness Program was great last time and Dec. 4th is our next time. Shawn Carey is going to receive the ministry of Candidacy as he comes closer to Holy Orders on January 30th 2008 so mark you calendars for that. I am going.

The Ben Bahan Talk has come and gone as has the wonderful Thanksgiving Dinner that Fr. Fitz and Jett have put together. What blessings. Enjoy today's Holly Harvest Fair!

In Christ,

Fr. St. Martin