St. Mary's Parish Alternate Website

Welcome to St. Mary of the Assumption Website.

Intro

If you're new to St Mary's Parish, we are happy to welcome you to our parish community and invite you to introduce yourself and your family to a member of the Pastoral Staff. The church is located at 420 High Street, Dedham, MA 02026. For directions, please go to the directions page.

06-29-2008

Reflections

I love the Lord because HE hears my prayers and answers them. Because HE bends down and listens. I will pray as long as I breathe.

Farewell

SR. ANNE'S FAREWELL

Please join us today after the 9:00am Mass to wish Sr. Anne fond farewell, thank you and best wishes as she retires after 25 years of service as CCD teacher and administrator.
Sr. Anne has dedicated countless hours and devoted so much of her time here at St. Mary's in spiritual formation of hundreds children. Thank you Sr. Anne, and may God continue to bless you in all your future endeavors. May you enjoy good health and treasured memories.

Sanctuary Candle

This week's Sanctuary Candle will burn in memory of
Mark Raftery

Matrimony

BANNS OF MARRIAGE

III. Sandra Rivera & Jason Maher
II. Raphaela Martinez & Paul Biscoe
II. KerriAnne Weir & Matt Dorn
II. Caitlin Dennehy & Shawn Joyce

Daily Readings

Readings for the Week

For everyday readings you can visit the Readings and Psalm section of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops website through this link:

Daily Mass Readings

Updates

UPDATES ON Msgr. McDonnell and Deacon Lou

Msgr. McDonnell has transferred to a rehab center for some breathing therapy. He is feeling much better and hope to be home soon.

Deacon Lou is also progressing. He works very hard everyday in each of his therapies. Please keep both Msgr. and Lou in your prayers.

Parish & Community

PARISH and COMMUNITY NEWS

+ Will It Change My Lif? +

LIFT... AWESOME PRAISE & WORSHIP

DYNAMIC, CHALLENGING SPEAKERS
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
July 8^th 2008 7:00-9:00PM
Fontbonne Academy, 930 Brook Rd Milton
Guest Speaker - Todd Lemieux
For more info and directions go to
www.liftedhigher.com.
Come along, bring a friend and join in this incredibly moving experience.
"Lift your eyes and look to the heavens..."
+Isaiah 40:26+

Cardinal Sean's New Weekly Email

Sign up to receive weekly emails from Cardinal Sean containing messages from him, content from his blog, official press releases from the Archdiocese, links to current "Pilot" stories, calendars of events and Catholic TV presentations and other helpful info. For more about this or to sign up visit www.Boston200.org.

St. Anne's Grammar School in Readville has openings for K2-6 for the 2008-2009 school year. Please contact Grace Alexander at 617-361-3563.

Legion of Mary

St. Mary's Legion of Mary is looking for new members. They meet weekly on Tuesday's (during the summer) in the Parish Center for 1 hour at 10:00am. The Legion ministers to those in prisons, rehab hospitals and many other areas. All are welcome. Please contact Claire at 617-361-7698.

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

TO OUR PARISHIONERS!
As so many of you know, our pilgrimage to Sydney is only 13 days away! We cannot thank you enough for your continued prayers and support for our group of 88 which is the largest single parish group attending WYD from Boston - a testament to our parish! We would like to share with you the remaining events leading up to this pilgrimage:

BONANZA RAFFLE - Buy a chance at $1,500!
Tickets are only $20 each and prizes are:
$1,500, $1,000, & $500!
Tickets can be bought at the Parish Center!

PARISH APPRECIATION DINNER!
Friday, August 1st @ 7pm
We hope all of you will come down for an appreciation dinner for YOU, as we will share stories from our pilgrimage and look through a slideshow during dinner hosted by the teens! Please save the date & join us!

The 10^th Annual
St. Mary's Life Teen Golf Tournament
Monday, June 30^th - Norfolk Country Club
Cost is $125 per player
Registration at 11:00am. Please submit your foursome person team info with payment by June 23rd. For more info contact Bob Rinn at 781-329-6999 or Tom Polito at 781-329-4160

Raffle

ST. MARY'S CYO BASKETBALL RAFFLE
Winner will receive 2 Club Seat tickets for Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band's "Magic" Tour - August 2, 2008 7:30 PM
Gillette Stadium - Foxboro MA
Plus a VIP Parking Pass & Access to the Fidelity Clubhouse
Drawing to be held July 7, 2008.
All proceeds to benefit the CYO Basketball program. Raffle tickets are $10.00 each and can be purchased at the Parish Center or wherever you can find Bob Hickey (most likely on a ball field somewhere in town).

Women of Faith

"WOMEN OF FAITH" IS COMING TO BOSTON!"
Please join us for an uplifting experience at the Women of Faith Conference at the TD Bank North Garden, July 25^th 7:00-9:3OPM and July 26^th 9:00-5:OOPM. Tickets for early registration are $63, which includes a box lunch. Tickets will be ordered the first week of April. Contact Maureen at 781-326-2976 if interested. For more info about the conference visit www.womenoffaith.com.

Religious Education

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
GRADES 1-10
INFORMATION
Families should be receiving in the mail shortly a Registration Form for grades 1-10. Please note that there is only one form this year for all children enrolled in religious education and only one fee. Forms should be returned as soon as possible so we can start inputting the data in our new system. Thank you for your patience with these forms. If you did not receive one by the middle of the week, please contact either Georgette (for grades 1-5) orJason (for grades 6-10).

Edge/LifeTeen

Middle School Youth Ministry

PARENTS OF INCOMING 6^th GRADERS!
JOIN US - YOU ARE NEEDED!
PARENTS ARE NEEDED!
DADS ESPECIALLY ARE NEEDED!
We are looking for NEW members of our community to join us in the fall in our Edge Middle School Youth Ministry Program on Wednesday nights. It is a great way to grow in your faith while passing on the gift to our young people. The teaching is done in large group and all that is required of you is a love for middle school youth and a commitment to Wednesday nights.
If you would like to join our Edge Core Team for the next school year, please contact Jason @
theedge@stmaryslifeteen.com

SUMMER O' FUN!
Thursday 7/3 - Funway 11am-4pm
Cost $25
Watch for the calendar of events in the mail shortly! There will be a trip on the following Thursdays:
July 10^th & 31^st &
August 7^th, 14^th & 28^th

Check out the latest pictures from our Edge Nights
@
www.stmarysedge.com

Go there...

LifeTeen Section

Celebrating 10 Years of
Leading Teens Closer to Christ

SUMMER O'FUN IS HERE!!!!!!!!!

THIS WEEK @ LIFE TEEN

Monday - 6/30	Mini-Golf & Batting Cages 6pm-11pm Cost $25
Wednesday - 7/2	Mendon Drive-In6pm - 11pm Cost $5
Friday	4th OF JULY FIREWORKS on the Charles 5pm
Sunday - 7/8	Life Teen Mass followed by Life Night

WYD INFORMATION
Less than 13 Days to Go!

Pilgrim Meetings:	June 30^th
Pilgrim & Parent Meeting:	July 7^th
Farewell Mass & Dinner -	Friday, July 11^th @ 5:30pm

ALUMNI NEWS!
SAVE THE DATE! - August 8-10^th for a possible Alumni Retreat weekend!

Mens' & Womens' Groups have started!
Every Sunday following Life Teen Mass!
This is open to all of our college students!

Stay tuned for weekly Adoration/prayer group date!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR
SENIORS WHO GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL!
We congratulate all of our Life Teen high school seniors who have graduated from various high schools, including: Dedham High, Xaverian Brothers, Ursuline Academy, Fontbonne Academy, Cohasset High, Franklin High, & Mt. St. Joseph Academy.
We are very proud of you!

For all up-to-date information, be sure to check out our website @ www.stmaryslifeteen.com

Go there...

STEWARDSHIP

SHARING TIME, TALENT, TREASURE

TREASURE	June 22, 2008
Offertory (Masses) envelopes	$6,257.00
Offertory (Masses) non-envelope	$1,581.07
Mail In (envelopes)	$1,758.00

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! to those who responded to our recent letter with a special donation to St. Mary's. Whilst we all prepare to sun and surf, feast on ribs & dogs, please remember expenses at St. Mary's continue during the upcoming summer months. You may want to consider EFT at this time to insure your offertory commitment continues without lapse. *Special Monthly Collection donations can also be handled thru EFT. Call the parish center with any questions.
Visit www.parishpay.com or call the Parish Center for information.

Parish Clergy

Pastor:
Rev. William G. Williams

Parochial Vicar:
Rev. William P. Lohan

Permanent Deacon:
Rev. Mr. Louis W. Sheedy

Senior Priest in Residence:
Msgr. Thomas J. McDonnell

In Residence:
Rev. Christopher Kulig, O. Carm. &
Rev. Joseph F. Mozer