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January is the month of the Divine Child Jesus and of the Holy Name of Jesus

January is the month of the Divine Child Jesus and of the Holy Name of Jesus

MASS SCHEDULE


Sunday, January 24
English Mass: 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM
Latin Mass: 11:00 AM,11:15 AM 5:30 PM
THIRD SUNDAY after EPIPHANY

Sunday

 Novus Ordo: 4:00 PM, Saturday Vigil
7:30 AM, 9:00 AM
 
 Latin Mass: 11:00 AM, 11:15 AM
5:30 PM

Weekdays

 Novus Ordo: 7:30 AM
No Mass Wednesday
 
 Latin Mass: 12:30 PM
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
5:30 PM
Thursdays
No Mass Tuesday

Saturday

 Latin Mass: 9:00 AM
 Novus Ordo:
4:00 PM, Saturday Vigil
7:30 AM, 9:00 AM,
5:30 PM
 
 Latin Mass:
11:00 AM, 11:15 AM
5:30 PM

Weekdays

 Novus Ordo:
7:30 AM
No Mass Wednesday
 
 Latin Mass:
12:30 PM
Monday, Wednesday,
Friday
5:30 PM
Thursdays
No Mass Tuesday

Saturday

 Latin Mass:
9:00 AM

Holy Days

 If Mon-Fri: 7:30 AM, 12:30, 5:30, 7:30 PM
 If Saturday: 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 AM
 

Please also see the Complete Mass Schedule

CONFESSIONS - PENANCE
Sunday, 10:00-11:00 AM, and 5:00-5:30 PM



READ THIS WEEK'S BULLETIN
Updated 01/23/2021
Detail of wooden ceiling in the Basilica of St. Sebastian in Rome, 17th century, by artist Giovanni Vasanzio
   SAINTLY REFLECTIONS ON PRAYER
"Prayer is an all-efficient panoply, a treasure undimished, a mine which is never exhausted, a sky unobscured by clouds, a heaven unruffled by the storm. It is the root, the foundation, the mother of a thousand blessings."
Saint John Chrysostom (349-407)
"Because we are human, we are not strong. Because we are not strong, we pray."
Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430)


"TE DEUM"

Just before the 5:30 P.M. Mass on Thursday, October 8th, we received a text message and a voicemail from Fr. Desiré Salako in Africa, relaying the joyful news that his missionary priest Fr. Pierluigi Maccalli had been freed.

On this World Mission Sunday we give thanks to God in "Te Deum" for Fr. Maccalli's deliverance, and we do not forget to pray for the intentions of all captives throughout the world.

Welcome


Welcome to our Parish, a canonically open parish of the Archdiocese of Boston. Both the ordinary form of the Roman Rite (1970 Missal) and the extraordinary form (1962 Missal) are celebrated here with the blessing of His Eminence Sean Cardinal O'Malley, Archbishop of Boston. We are always glad to welcome Sunday visitors to our beautiful, historic church.
We invite you to register with us.

Fr. Charles J. Higgins
Pastor

"I am the Immaculate Conception"
"Je suis l'Immaculée conception"
Our Lady to Saint Bernadette Soubirous



Catechesis


2020 Jubilee 2021
YEAR OF THE EUCHARIST - 01/17

ON ACCOUNT OF THE PANDEMIC
CARDINAL SEAN HAS EXTENDED
THE JUBILEE YEAR TO JUNE 2022

MIRACLES OF LOURDES AND THE BLESSED SACRAMENT



Pastor's Note


JANUARY 18th—25th:
OCTAVE WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY 

Each year between January 18th -25th the Church observes an Octave Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. In the Catholic Sanctoral Calendar the week is buttressed by two important feasts of the Apostles Peter and Paul: January 18th is the (traditional) Feast of St. Peter’s Chair at Rome and January 25th is the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. Thus, the Octave Week of Prayer is symbolically grounded in the authority of the two Princes of the Apostles Peter and Paul who share a Martyrs’ Feast Day on June 29th. 
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Scripture Study


COLLECTS OF THE ROMAN MISSAL - PENTECOST
Missale Romanum 1962 (MR '62)  
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The Miracle of Lourdes

Beginning on February 11th, 1858, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette Soubirous in the grotto of a large rock outside the town of Lourdes, France. All in all there were 18 distinct apparitions, the last one occurring on July 16th of that same year.

 
 
    "O GOD, Protector and Lover of the Humble, who hast bestowed upon Thy handmaid Marie Bernarde the favor of beholding the Immaculate Virgin Mary, and of conversing with her; grant, we beseech Thee, that walking through the simple paths of faith, we may in the end behold Thee in Heaven."
 
 
 
 

Parish Mission Statement

"What then is a parish? It is the smallest section of the one universal flock which has been entrusted to Peter by the Lord. Under the authority of a responsible priest who has received the care of souls from his bishop, the parish is, within the Church of Jesus Christ, the first community of Christian life; it is a community cut to human dimensions, in which the shepherd can know his flock and the flock can know their shepherd. At the heart of this area, we find the parish church with its bell-tower, its baptistery, its confessional, its altar and tabernacle, a symbol of unity and the centre of community life." - Blessed Pope Paul VI, reigned 1964-1978

In its present form the Rosary was revealed by St. Dominic, the founder of the Order of Friars Preachers, in order to stem the flood of the Albigensian heresy, then spreading far and wide throughout Europe. He propagated this form of prayer in obedience to a revelation received from the Blessed Virgin, to whom he had recourse for this purpose, about the year 1206, and to him was due the spread of a devotion, which for many centuries has produced the most marvelous results in the Christian world. The decisive defeat of the Turks at the famous battle of Lepanto (A.D. 1571) and at Belgrade (A.D. 1716) gave occasion both to the institution of this Feast and to its extension to the Universal Church.

Commentary by Fr. Sylvester Juergens S.M. (1894-1969)
External Solemnity of the Apparition of Mary Immaculate at Lourdes
Sunday, February 9, 2020


First Saturday
Saturday, February 1, 2020


Father Brian Peter O'Hanlon
celebrating with us his first Mass,
Sunday, May 19, 2019


Profoundly Happy Mary at her Altar
Low Sunday, April 28, 2019




THE DOGMA
OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

"I will put enmities between thee and the woman."
In these words the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary was announced to our first parents. It was to be the reversal of the friendship with the serpent contracted by Eve, when she listened to his voice and fell under his power. The second Eve was never to be under the power of the devil; the enmity between them was to admit of no possible exception. This involved the grace of being conceived immaculate.
Mary's Immaculate Conception was the foundation of all her graces. The absence of any stain or spot of sin distinguished her from all the rest of mankind. It distinguished her from the holiest of the Saints, since they, one and all, were sinners. Her perfect sinlessness was the source of all her glory and all her majesty; it was this which opened the door to the unlimited graces that she received from God; it was this that qualified her for her divine maternity, and raised her to her throne as Queen of Heaven.
"O Queen, conceived without original sin, pray for us, who have recourse to thee."
Commentary by Fr. Sylvester Juergens, S.M. (1896-1969).
ROMAN STATIONAL CHURCH
JANUARY 6th
THE EPIPHANY of OUR LORD: ST. PETER’S BASILICA
If we regard the Divine Office on Epiphany as a single prolonged act of adoration, we may compare the Mass to a sacrificial procession, with the Magi in the lead. Very appropriately the station church is the basilica of St. Peter, for by this means the liturgy indicates the universal character of the feast, a mystery embracing all mankind. Every nation and race is present by implication. As the Pope and attending clergy enter, we greet our divine King who now appears to His city (the Church). For today the purposes of Advent find perfect fulfillment with the Lord’s arrival: “Behold, the Lord the Ruler is come (Advenit)”—so begins the Introit…

” —Dr. Pius Parsch, The Church’s Year of Grace, Vol. I, A.D. 1957) 

 

MONOGRAM FOR THE DIVINE NAME: The CHI-RHO Symbol

 

 

“According to the ancient mind, a person’s name was the expression of his nature, work, or mission. Early Christians accordingly used our Savior’s Name to bring to mind His adorable Person; and in their art they gave it … shortened or symbolic forms … The Chi-Rho monogram [first two letters of “Christ” in Greek] stood as a symbol for Christ the King. Artists often surrounded it with a laurel wreath or a circle. This signified Christ’s dominion over the world, or His triumph over all His enemies.” 

—Dr. Pius Parsch, The Church’s Year of Grace, Vol. I, A.D. 1957) 

SPECIAL NEW COVID RESTRICTION ANNOUNCEMENT
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December 26, 2020


“GRATITUDE IS THE THING THAT BRINGS US THE MOST GRACE...I HAVE LEARNT THIS FROM EXPERIENCE; TRY IT AND YOU WILL SEE. I AM CONTENT WITH WHATEVER GOD GIVES ME, AND I SHOW HIM THIS IN A THOUSAND LITTLE WAYS.”

Saint Therese of Lisieux (+1897)

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New Content

  • Catechesis Link
    January 12, 2019 - New page reference link on our Home page to the Catechesis section

  • Catechesis
    January 6, 2019 - New Our Catholic Faith section

  • Easter Vigil
    April 22, 2018 - Added selected Easter Vigil photographs to home page

  • Search Feature
    February 12, 2018 - Added Google Search Engine to quickly find information throughout the entire site

  • Bulletin Audio
    January 28, 2018 - Improved (clearer, louder) audio for all Sunday Mass recordings

  • Online Giving
    January 22, 2018 - ConnectNow new portal for one-time and recurring credit card and eChecks donations

  • Divine Mercy Chaplet
    July 16, 2017 - Transcript of Sunday, April 23, 2017 3:00 PM Divine Mercy Service, with the complete Divine Mercy Chaplet. Listen and pray with Father!

  • Flickr.com Galleries
    March 19, 2017 - Direct link to old website's Flickr.com (Yahoo) Photo Gallery

  • Mystery of Lourdes
    February 16, 2017 - Omnis expertem maculae Mariam - Hymn soundtrack and Latin lyrics



 


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St. Jerome, Doctor of the Church

About Our Parish

Mary Immaculate of Lourdes is Newton and Needham Massachusetts's oldest Roman Catholic Parish. Founded as Saint Mary's Parish in 1870 it was renamed "Mary Immaculate of Lourdes" when the new Church was dedicated on Thanksgiving Day, 1910. In addition to being a regular territorial parish of the Archdiocese of Boston it is also a "Mission Parish" since 2007 with a special apostolate for the Traditional Latin Mass (1962 Missal).

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