Christmas People,

I hope you are still enjoying the Christmas Season.  It started with the great Mass of Christ's Birth on the 25th and now continues all the way to the Epiphany.  I hope we keep celebrating for the entire time!  What a pity to miss out on all the joy the Church directs us to have for these weeks.

There are many things developing in these last few days.  We are going to try to finallize things for the trip to World Youth Day this Monday.  Four of us from Boston will represent you all before the Pope and the young Catholics of the World.  We can't wait to meet the young deaf catholic communities of the world!  We are also working with BC TV to have their popular rosary program captioned.  Say a prayer that we get this to work.  Ghislain has been welcomed well by you all and will fly back on the 4th.  It has been great to have him here.  Not only have I enjoyed his preaching but I have been happy to have his advice as I work to serve you.

This Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, this Sunday that is, it is my hope to try to pray more of the prayers from the middle.  I got some good feedback that it would make sense to pray from there.  I agree.  I wasn't leading the prayers from the chair at the beginning for any particular reason.  It is so good to get feedback.  Please keep it coming.

It has been great to have Shawn our seminarian with us.  I hope that you see his interview on the website as well as Deacon Ghislains.

Confirmation Class continues to go well.  We invite you to come and visit sometime if you are interested.  You can sit with the parents to see what class is like. We welcome Tyler our newest student

We also have good news about our help of Fr. Joseph Kadavil from India.  I am going to visit him today to get the details of how we can send him money to support his school for the deaf in India.  The confirmation students has the chance to interview him last Sunday.  They were very interested.  One comment was interesting.  One of the students said that his school sounded just like the one in India.  One difference was daily prayer.  In India they have Mass every morning and Rosary every night.

If you would like to contribute directly you can do so through the address:

Our Lady's Peace Home for the Blind and Deaf
Enathu P.O.
Adoor (via), Kerala-691526
India

Make Checks payable:

Fr. Joseph Kadavil


Sincerely in Christ,

Fr. St. Martin

Interview with Seminarian Shawn Carey

Candy Cane - Why is it designed?

My friend Colby likes this video. I like it myself. Hope it brings you closer to our Lord, born for us in a kind of farm house, why? to save us.

Deacon Ghislain Hello

Advent People,

 

We are looking forward with hopeful hearts to the great celebration of Christmas.  It is wonderful to see you all so excited.  I must say again how great it has been to see you all working so hard to care for the poor at this time of year!  Jesus is with us especially in the poor.  We are truly worshiping him at Mass.  How do we know this?  He is giving us his spiritual gifts to bring about His kingdom on earth.  You are showing the results of the Spirit by the generosity and kindness that overflows from the gifts God continues to poor out upon you through the sacraments.

 

There are two things among a million that I will have time to share at this time.  First:  Deacon Ghislain is a great blessing.  He has helped us by helping encourage and teach our Catechumen Mr. James Jones.  He has helped us by encouraging Mr. Jones's sponsor Mr. Bruce Bucci and his family.  What a great family and what a great experience to be able to see Deacon Ghislain meet and encourage them.

 

The second thing has to do with an upcoming event after Christmas.  Here are the details:

 

New Year's Eve, Dec. 31, Cardinal Sean O'Malley O.F.M. will celebrate Mass on New Year's Eve for the Feast of Mary, Mother of God, 10:30 p.m.(Adoration) and 11:30 p.m. (celebration of the Eucharist). A reception will follow.
For more information call 781-891-1730 or 617-997-8025 for ASL questions.

 

All the diocese is invited to this so I there will be access for people who are deaf.  There will be an interpreter.  I think this will be a good thing for all of you to enjoy.

 

Check the website for all the different Masses available that will be interpreted on the Celebration of Christmas.

 

Deacon Ghislain says, "I am happy to visit you in your homes.  I am looking forward to visiting Concord.  I am happy to meet people who would like to meet me.  Please come visit the seminary in California if you are ever around.  Christmas is close.  I hope you all have a good experience of yourselves and God through Jesus this Christmas. Thank you all."

 

I have the best news by the way.  The seminary in California has formally approved our stay in the seminary before we fly to Australia for World Youth Day!  Things are coming together.

 

What a great Christmas present!

 

In Christ who is coming soon and very soon,

 

Fr. St. Martin