My brothers and sisters in Christ, As mentioned before, I will travel

My brothers and sisters in Christ,
As mentioned before, I will travel down to Haiti on Sunday
for a quick trip to meet with the pastor and parishioners of
Saint Peter and Paul Church in Bainet. Please keep our
initiative in your prayers. I will be able to provide you with
more specifics when I return at the end of the week.
- Father Michael Nolan
HAITI REBUILDNG CHURCH CAMPAIGN
Thanks to all who have been bringing in their change and
making donations. We hope to have a update of the new
total collected by next week. There is no cut off date for
bringing in your change. We will keep collecting it as a
Lenten Parish charitable work. So far we have counted
and deposited $3,016.50 to rebuild the Saint Peter and Paul
Church in Bainet, Haiti. $2031.50 was donated in change.
$210 was collected from $1 bills. $765 was collected from
checks and larger bills. We will be collecting change at the
back of the church at the end of all Masses this weekend.
THANK YOU!
MASS INTENTIONS
The following Mass Intentions are scheduled this week:
Sunday, January 2
8:00 AM - Parish and parishioners
10:00 AM - The sick
Monday, January 3
12:10 PM - Gabriel Idegwu - Memorial
Tuesday, January 4
12:10 PM - Leo T. McGann - 25th Anniversary
Wednesday, January 5
12:10 PM - Vittoria & Aldo Rossi Meringhi - Memorial
Thursday, January 6
12:10 PM - Lucienne Michaud, Marie Andris, Genelson
Roche-Flame, Lumina Cordio - Memorial
Saturday, January 8
4:00 PM - Isabel & Frank Callahan - Memorial
Sunday, January 9
8:00 AM - Parish and parishioners
10:00 AM - Joseph Quinn - Anniversary
ST. VINCENT DePAUL
Today we celebrate the feast of the Epiphany, where the
Magi find the newborn king and offer him gifts of gold,
frankincense and myrrh.
Those requesting a weekend Mass Intention are asked to
make themselves known to the cantor or celebrant at least
ten minutes before the Mass if they would like to serve as
gift bearers for that liturgy.
In the spirit of the Magi, please put your gift in the St.
Vincent de Paul Poor Box so that comfort and peace can
once again be given to a newborn child. Please remember to
support the St. Mary’s St. Vincent de Paul Society in 2011
so that together we can continue to bring comfort and peace
to our brothers and sisters who are poor and suffering. May
the peace and joy of the New Year be yours!
939 people participated in all the Masses last Sunday and
contributed a total of $6,430 to the weekly collection. 1,551
people participated in all the Christmas Masses and
contributed a total of $7,122 to the collection for the care of
retired priests of the Archdiocese of Boston. Thank you!
Mary, you who are the Mother of God, teach us how to be
contemplatives in action, be our fountain of grace, help us
overcome our fears, and give our Vincentians compassion in
their service to the poor. May Jesus be our light, may we be
open to all cultures, races, and nations and may we
faithfully offer Christ the gold of living faith, the incense of
our worship, and the myrrh of compassion. Amen
CATHOLICS COME HOME
The Archdiocese of Boston is starting an initiative next year
to invite Catholics who have stopped practicing their faith or
have drifted away to return to their local worshipping
community. You can go to www.catholicscomehome.org to
see this promotion. The website includes some informational
web spots and answers to common questions about the
church and the faith. Share this website with family and
friends who may benefit from seeing it.
CATECHESIS BREAK
Classes will resume on Sunday January 9th.
PLEASE PRAY FOR. . .
 The following people who have died recently and for
their families. May they rest in peace:
Edith Jacobs
Marie Gilligan Mahan
 The safety of Christians in Iraq
 Hope for the people of Haiti
 Rose Fratantuono
ANOINTING MASS FOR THE SICK
The next Mass for the sick with the anointing of the sick for
those in need of physical healing is scheduled for this
Monday, January 3rd at 12:10 Mass.
CHRISTMAS HOUSE BLESSINGS
Please contact the rectory or speak to one of the priests if
you wish to have your house blessed this Christmas Season.
The season runs from December 24th - January 9th, 2011.
THIS WEEK’S BULLETIN COVER
The Magi
This scene of the Magi adoring the Christ Child is depicted
in the stained glass windows here at Saint Mary’s. Just as the
Magi made the journey and encountered Christ together,
may we journey towards Christ in communion with one
another. Peace.
OUR HISTORY SERIES
The continuation of the history ……
The article concerning “Holy Family” in Concord
concluded our exploration to learn more concerning the
parishes that were off shoots of the original St. Mary Parish
in Waltham. The most important fact is that these new
parishes were the result of the pastors bringing the Word of
God to people not only in their town but also, in the cast of
Father Strain starting in the 1840’s, to people in Newton
Upper Falls (Mary Immaculate of Lourdes) and in Concord
Center (St. Bernard). The influx of more French speaking
parishioners saw the necessity of a French national parish
(St. Joseph) in the late 1800’s and in the 1920’s; Sacred
Heart parish was organized to serve the growing Italian
population of the Bleachery section along River Street. The
growing population of Waltham saw the dividing of Saint
Mary into two parishes in the early years of the 20th century.
The dividing line was the Charles River and the new parish
was called St. Charles Borromeo. The pastor of St. Mary
Parish, Father Brosnahan, brought the sacraments to Weston
starting in 1917 and in 1921, the church was dedicated. On
Trapelo Road, a parish was established with land donated by
Father Baxter of St Mary in 1936. This parish was
established to minister to the inhabitants of the three
hospitals on Trapelo Road, but as Waltham became more
densely populated, the farms in that area were replaced by
homes and Our Lady, Comforter of the Afflicted became the
parish of North Waltham. The last parish to be established
was St. Jude on Main Street. This parish was comprised of
parishioners from St. Mary, St. Patrick in Watertown and St.
Luke the Evangelist in Belmont.
The architecture of each new parish church was
different. Mary Immaculate was rebuilt and resembles an
antique Italian church with a side bell tower. St. Bernard,
now Holy Family, has resided in a white antique building for
over 150 years that had been the original Unitarian Church
in Concord. St. Jude was built to resemble “Martha, Mary
Chapel” in Sudbury. St. Charles is a true urban church with
very little church yard. It also has a very unusual stained
glass window of St. Charles Borromeo, the patron saint. The
two National parishes also went through changes and St.
Joseph Parish eventually built a modern church on Main
Street. This is now the home of a Cambridge Evangelical
church. Sacred Heart Church is a landmark in Waltham. The
church is very unusual in its architecture, resembling a
dome. Our Lady’s, on Trapelo Rd. is more traditional and
the final parish, St. Julia, is fieldstone, resembling the façade
of the Christ Episcopal Church on Main St. in Waltham.
No matter how different the new physical churches
were outside, the driving force behind the parishes was the
same, the directive to bring the Gospel to all people.
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
Many thanks to all who helped prepare the Church for
Christmas. Thanks to all who made donations for the trees
and flowers. This year we bought some live trees that we
hope to replant on the parish grounds later this year. Thank
you also to the singer and choir at the Midnight Mass, the
ministers, servers and those who helped clean and decorate
the church for the Christmas Feast. may you be rewarded for
your efforts.
Late thank you for Christmas decoration donations:
Terry Bennet & Family - In memory of Walter “Rusty”
Bennett
Marianne Merola - For family intentions and in memory of
Anthony Merola
NEWCOMERS/PARISH REGISTRATION
We invite all newcomers as well as ‘old timers’ to register in
the parish. Registration sheets can be picked up at the doors
as well as going online. Our parish website address is
stmarywaltham.org. If you are new, please introduce
yourself to the priests so we can learn names. This helps in
the building of communion. We encourage all parishioners
to register and use weekly collection envelopes if it will
benefit you. We also ask people to let us know if your
address changes. This greatly helps with communication and
stewardship.
SCRIPTURE PASSAGE
During 2009 we began including a Psalm each week to
encourage the reading of Scripture. There are 150 Psalms
and we are on number 72 this week. Take some time to hear
the word of God by reading and meditating on this Psalm
throughout the week:
PSALM LXXII
The Kingdom of the Messiah
O God, with your judgment endow the king,
and with your justice, the king’s son;
He shall govern your people with justice
and your afflicted ones with judgment.
The mountains shall yield peace for the people,
and the hills justice.
he shall defend the afflicted among the people,
save the children of the poor, and crush the oppressor.
May he endure as long as the sun,
and like the moon through all generations.
he shall be like rain coming down on the meadow,
like showers watering the earth.
Justice shall flower in his days,
and profound peace, till the moon be no more.
May he rule from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth.
his foes shall bow before him,
and his enemies shall lick the dust.
The kings of Tarshish and the Isles shall offer gifts;
the kings of Arabia and Seba shall bring tribute.
All kings shall pay him homage, all nations shall serve him.
For he shall rescue the poor man when he cries out,
and the afflicted when he has no one to help him.
he shall have pity for the lowly and the poor;
the lives of the poor he shall save.
From fraud and violence he shall redeem them,
and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
May he live to be given the gold of Arabia,
and to be prayed for continually;
day by day shall they bless him.
May there be an abundance of grain upon the earth;
on the tops of the mountains the
crops shall rustle like Lebanon;
the city dwellers shall flourish like
the verdure of the fields.
May his name be blessed forever;
as long as the sun his name shall remain.
In him shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed;
all the nations shall proclaim his happiness.
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
who alone does wondrous deeds.
And blessed forever be his glorious name;
may the whole earth be filled with his glory.
Amen. Amen.
The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
MASS CHANGES
Over the last few weeks, this section of the bulletin has
given an overall explanation of the Liturgy of the Eucharist.
Over the next few months, each part of the this section of the
Mass will be explained in more specific detail starting with
the Preface of the Eucharistic Prayer in next week’s bulletin.
The Eucharistic Prayer, being the center and highpoint of the
entire celebration, is a summary of what it means for the
Church to celebrate the Eucharist. It is a statement of praise
and thanksgiving for God’s works of salvation as well as an
action which makes the Eucharist, rendering present both the
body and blood of the Lord and his great redeeming actions.
In language that is poetic and biblical, the priest, addressing
the Father in the name of Christ, speaks to and on behalf of
the whole assembly which professes its faith and gives its
assent by joining in the initial dialogue and the acclamations.
AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVES
The Knights of Columbus is sponsoring a Community Blood
Drive on Tuesday, January 4th, from 2:00 - 7:00 PM at
Sacred Heart Church in Waltham. Blood donors are needed
to sustain the blood supply, and that blood can only come
from a volunteer donor, a person like you who makes the
choice to donate. There is no substitute for your donation! If
you have questions, please call Mary Coulter at 617-6993803.
MARCH FOR LIFE
The Waltham-Watertown-Belmont Chapter of Mass.
Citizens for Life is running a red-eye bus to Washington, DC
for the annual March for Life. Bus will depart St. Mary’s on
Sunday, January 23rd and return to St. Mary’s early morning
Tuesday, January 25th. Tickets for adults is $35.00; student
tickets $25.00. Please contact Maryanne Quirk at 617-4894298 for more information.
MASS TIMES FOR TRAVELERS
Find a Catholic Church anywhere in the world! Check out
MassTimes.org, a non profit web site that allows traveling
Catholics to locate Mass schedules and information on
Catholic churches around the world.
THANK YOU FROM A WOMAN’S CONCERN
We received a letter from A Woman’s Concern, extending
thanks to St. Mary’s Parish for raising $1,722.30 in the baby
bottle campaign. This donation supports the practical needs
of women by providing clothing, baby items, and financial
support. Thanks to all for your generous contributions.
END OF YEAR/TAX SEASON
Sometimes parishioners like to make charitable
contributions at this time of year. Please consider making a
tax deductible contribution to Saint Mary’s or the Saint
Vincent DePaul Society. Thank you for your consideration.
Santa María de Waltham
Información de la Oficina
Dirección: 133 School Street Waltham MA 02451
Rectoría: 781-891-1730 Fax: 781-642-0602
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.rc.net./boston/stmary
133 CLUB
Hay números listos para tomarlos para la rifa mensual.
los premios son varios desde $25.00 a $1,000.00.
Las registraciones están en las puertas de la
Iglesia, inscríbase ahora.
Directivo Parroquial
Párroco: Rev. Michael Nolan
Rev. Gabino Oliva Macias
Diacono: Eduardo R. Mora,
Director del Centro de Inmigración
Asistente de Coordinación de Catecismo: Milie Colon.
Coordinadores de Coro:
Iván Colon, María Elena Aviles,
Maritza Pérez, Vidal Hernández.
Coordinadora de lectores: Mariela Contreras
Juan XXIII
Todos los lunes de 7:00 a 8:30 p. m. en el
edificio de Educación Religiosa
Centro de Inmigración Juan Pablo II
El horario de servicio en el Centro de Inmigración
es el siguiente: Lunes a Jueves de 10:00 a.m. a
7:00 p.m. Los sábados de 12:00p. m. a 3:00 p.m.
y los domingos después de la Misa por una hora.
Estamos para servirles.
Horario de las Misas
Miércoles y Viernes a las 7:00 P.M.
y los domingos a las 11:30 A.M.
Confesiones
De Lunes a jueves a las 11:30 a.m. Viernes a las
11:00 a.m. y sábado de 3:00-3:45 p.m.
Domingo 11:00 a.m. antes de la Misa.
Grupo de oración
Todos los domingos de 6:00 a 7:30 p.m.
en el Hall de la Iglesia,
Legión de María
Todos los domingos desde las 10:00 a.m. en el
edificio de Educación Religiosa.
Grupo de Jóvenes
Todos los martes desde las 7:00 a 9:00 P.M.
en el Hall de la Iglesia y todos los primeros martes
del mes hay Adoración al Santísimo.
REGISTRO DE LA PARROQUIA
Damos la bienvenida a los recién llegados a la
parroquia. Por favor registrarse en la parroquia,
preséntese al Pastor. Los formularios de inscripción
están disponibles en las puertas de la iglesia.
Contacto
La semana pasada acudieron a las Misas un total
de 939 personas, y el total de la colecta de todas las
Misas fueron de $6,430. Gracias por la colecta del Navidad por los sacerdotes retirados fue de $7,122 y las
Matrimonios
personas que asistieron fueron 1,551. Gracias por su
Por favor de llamar a la oficina de la parroquia
Para la fecha del curso de pre-cana y para los arreglos colaboración.
necesarios o hablar con el Diacono Eduardo.
Atención es importante QUINCEAÑERAS Y
PRESENTACION DE NIÑOS.
Bautismos
Las presentaciones de los niños a la comunidad serán
Todos los primeros domingos del mes después de la solo el primer domingo de cada mes, en la que los
Misa, es el día de orientación del Bautizo, en el Edifi- bebes se los preparara para que reciban la unción de
cio de Educación Religiosa, y el segundo domingo del catecúmenos, y así queden listos para recibir lo mas
cada mes son los Bautizos, después de la Misa en la pronto el Sacramento del Bautizo.
Iglesia.
Las celebraciones de quinceañera serán para las
jóvenes que estén en el programa de Confirmación
Comunión
solamente.
Si conoce a alguien que necesita la Sagrada
Estamos casi para finalizar al año, hay muchos
Comunión en su casa, hospital o Asilo de Ancianos
parroquianos en nuestra comunidad que le gustaría
“Nursing Home”, hablar con el uno de los Sacerdotes
hacer una contribución a la Iglesia. Esta ayuda a
o al Diacono Eduardo Mora.
Santa Maria o también a San Vicente de Paul, es reductible en sus taxes. Gracias por su consideración.
ORACIÓN DE UN AUMENTO DE LA FE
de un libro de oraciones de Paul Newman ...
Dios mío, Tu ha dicho que seré más bendecido si yo
creo en ti, que si te veo. Permíteme creer como si te
viera, déjame tenerte siempre ante mí como si estuviera siempre presente corporalmente. Permíteme siempre estar en comunión con contigo, mi oculto, pero mi
Dios vivo. Tu está en mi corazón más íntimo. Cada
pensamiento de mi mente, todos los deseos buenos de
mi corazón, es tu presencia dentro de mí invisible
Dios.
Por su naturaleza y por la gracia está en mí. Te veo no
en el mundo material, excepto tenuemente, pero reconozco tu voz en mi propia conciencia íntima. Si me
siento tentado a dejarte, no me dejes!
mas perfecto de obsequiar. Para registrarse llame a
la rectoría o hable con algún sacerdote o diacono.
SITUACIÓN:
Hasta ahora hemos recogido, contados, y depositó
$ 3,006.50 para la reconstrucción de las Iglesia de
San Pedro y San Pablo en Bainet, Haití. $ 2,031.50 fue
donado en monedas, $ 210 en billetes de $1 y $765 en
cheques y billetes grandes. GRACIAS!
Clase de alfabetización, queremos empezar pronto
y tenemos 4 estudiantes y seria bueno tener mas para
la clase de alfabetización, ya que es una buena oportunidad para cambiar la vida de muchos al aprender a
escribir y leer nuestro idioma, no hay que tener vergüenza por no saber leer o escribir, hay que tener verShh… Si usted busca un buen regalo de Navidad, güenza por no querer aprender. No perdamos esta
todavía esta a tiempo de no perder esta oportunidad. oportunidad de mejorar y valernos por nosotros misClub 133, es un amanera de ayudar a nuestra Iglesia mos, si te considerar amigo de alguien que necesita
haciéndose mimbre de este club, cuesta $55.00 por el leer y escribir , anímale a que se registre para este curaño , y puede ganar dinero también, es decir ayuda y so y sentirás que haz hecho algo bueno por alguien. Es
el momento de la registracion.
gana, hay un premios desde $1000.00 hasta muchas
de $25.00. se reparten $200.00 cada mes. Y ahora que
se acerca las navidades el día de reyes que regalo
La Epifania del Senor
pifanía significa "manifestación". Jesús se da a conocer. Aunque Jesús se dio a conocer en diferentes momentos a diferentes personas, la Iglesia celebra como epifanías tres eventos:
Su Epifanía ante los Reyes Magos (Mt 2, 1-12)
Su Epifanía a San Juan Bautista en el Jordán
Su Epifanía a sus discípulos y comienzo de Su vida pública con el milagro en Caná.
La Epifanía que más celebramos en la Navidad es la primera.
La fiesta de la Epifanía tiene su origen en la Iglesia de Oriente. A diferencia de Europa, el 6 de enero tanto en Egipto
como en Arabia se celebraba el solsticio, festejando al sol victorioso con evocaciones míticas muy antiguas. Epifanio
explica que los paganos celebraban el solsticio invernal y el aumento de la luz a los trece días de haberse dado este cambio; nos dice además que los paganos hacían una fiesta significativa y suntuosa en el templo de Coré. Cosme de Jerusalén cuenta que los paganos celebraban una fiesta mucho antes que los cristianos con ritos nocturnos en los que gritaban: "la virgen ha dado a luz, la luz crece".
Entre los años 120 y 140 AD los gnósticos trataron de cristianizar estos festejos celebrando el bautismo de Jesús. Siguiendo la creencia gnóstica, los cristianos de Basílides celebraban la Encarnación del Verbo en la humanidad de Jesús
cuando fue bautizado. Epifanio trata de darles un sentido cristiano al decir que Cristo demuestra así ser la verdadera luz y
los cristianos celebran su nacimiento.
Hasta el siglo IV la Iglesia comenzó a celebrar en este día la Epifanía del Señor. Al igual que la fiesta de Navidad en occidente, la Epifanía nace contemporáneamente en Oriente como respuesta de la Iglesia a la celebración solar pagana que
tratan de sustituir. Así se explica que la Epifanía se llama en oriente: Hagia phota, es decir, la santa luz.
Esta fiesta nacida en Oriente ya se celebraba en la Galia a mediados del s IV donde se encuentran vestigios de haber sido
una gran fiesta para el año 361 AD. La celebración de esta fiesta es ligeramente posterior a la de Navidad.