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.

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06-28-2009

Notice

The parish office will be closed on Friday, July 3 and Saturday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day.
Have a safe and happy holiday weekend!

Children's Liturgy

Children's Liturgy of the Word:

Every Sunday at the 9:00 Mass, after the opening prayer, our children are invited to go to the lower church where the scriptures are read to them and reflections on the scriptures are shared with them in a way appropriate for children. Then the children return to the upstairs church during the collection. We have a couple of mothers who are generously leading this liturgy. We need some more help. Training/education/formation will be provided. This is a great way to increase your own knowledge of the scriptures. Please call Fr. Bill W. for more information or to volunteer. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT WAY THAT OUR COMMUNITY SHARES FAITH AND FORMS THE FAITH OF OUR LITTLE ONES.

Parish & Community

PARISH and COMMUNITY NEWS

Notes From Fr. Lohan

Confirmation

Our Parish Confirmation will take place at the 6:00 pm Mass on Sunday, November 8th. Bishop Walter Edyvean, Auxiliary Bishop of Boston serving the west region, will be with us to confer the Sacrament upon our young people. Please pray for our young people who will be making final preparations for receiving Confirmation this fall.

Eucharistic Adoration

Eucharistic Adoration is an important and powerful way to spend time with our Lord in prayer outside of the Mass. There will be a meeting held to discuss ways that we can improve this devotion and encourage better participation. Please contact Father Bill Lohan with dates and times you may be available for a meeting. We want to schedule it to ensure maximum participation.

Altar Servers

Our parish is in dire need of new altar servers. Serving at Mass is an important way to serve God and also an excellent way for young people to grow in their knowledge and love of the Mass. All young people 10 years and older are strongly encouraged to answer the call to this ministry. Please contact Father Bill Lohan if you are interested.

Religious Education

Religious Education News
Grade 9
Information

Registration forms for the 2009-2010 Religious Education program were mailed this week. There is only one form for all children enrolled. The fee for one child is $100.00. There is a fee of $125.00 for a family.
Forms should be returned as soon as possible so that we can start inputting the data in our system. If you do not receive a form within the next two weeks or if you have a child entering the first grade, please call Patty at the Parish office, 781-326-0550.

Mrs. Elizabeth Healy, our new Director of Religious Education, is anxious to meet the teachers, parents and students at St. Mary's parish. If you are in the neighborhood on a Thursday or Friday afternoon this summer, please stop in and say hello.

Events

Upcoming Events

Bethany House Ministries will hold an auction on September 26 at St. Thomas More Parish Hall in Millis. They are looking for donations such as jewehy, furniture, tools, household items, etc. Pick ups can be arranged. P4ease call Sr. Kathleen or Ruth at 508-376-9923 if you can help.

Sanctuary Candle

This week's Sanctuary Candle will burn in memory of
Giovanni and Angela Massimi

Reflections

He took the child by the hand and said to her, "Talitha koum," which means, "Little girl, I say to you, arise!" The girl, a child of twelve, arose immediately and walked around. At that they were utterly astounded.

- Mk 5:41-42

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

Religious Ed

Religious Education News

Grades 1-9
Information

Registration forms for the 2009-2010 Religious Education program will be mailed within the next two weeks. There is only one form for all children enrolled. The fee for one child is $100.00. There is a fee of $125.00 for a family. Forms should be returned as soon as possible so that we can start inputting the data in our system. If you do not receive a form within the next two weeks or if you have a child entering the first grade, please call Patty at the Parish office, 781-326-0550.

Edge/LifeTeen

Middle School Youth Ministry

MIDDLE SCHOOL HARBOR CRUISE
Monday, June 29^th 6pm-llpm
Cost: $20
All of our middle schoolers are invited to attend the Archdiocesan's annual boat cruise & dance on the Boston Harbor. Join with nearly 300 middle schoolers for afun night. Please sign-up online @ www.stmarysedge.com - space is limited so please sign-up today!

MIDDLE SCHOOL
ULTIMATE FRISBEE LEAGUES
STARTING SOON!
Please register online @ www.stmaryslifeteen.com if you are interested in playing in our parish's Ultimate Frisbee League this summer! More info can be online @ www.stmaryslifeteen.com
*please note that the middle school league is open to incoming 6^th graders through incoming 8^th graders. Recently graduated 8^th graders will play on the high school teams.

Check out the latest pictures
@
www.stmarysedge.com

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LifeTeen Section

THIS WEEK @ LIFE TEEN

Monday	Summer O'Fun Day Trip TBA Pizza & Prayer 6:00-8:30pm Middle School Harbor Cruise
Tuesday	Open Lifehouse 7:00-10:30pm
Wednesday	Mendon Drive-In 6:00-10:00pm $5.00
Thursday	Karaoke Studio 6:00-10:00pm $10.00
Friday	Needham Fireworks 7:00-11:00pm $10.00
Sunday	Life Teen Mass followed by Lifenight 6:00-9:30pm

DEPOSITS DUE FOR WHITEWATER RAFTING
Whitewater Rafting - August 5^th-7^th
Cost: $275 Deposit of $50 due June 7^th
Indoor Rock climbing, High & Low Ropes Course, and a day on the Kennebec River whitewater rafting at Adventure Bound in Maine. Space is limited so the first 40 teens to make a deposit are going.

HIGH SCHOOL
ULTIMATE FRISBEE LEAGUES
STARTING SOON!
Please register online @ www.stmaryslifeteen.com if you are interested in playing in our parish's Ultimate Frisbee League this summer! More info can be online @ www.stmaryslifeteen.com
*please note that the high school league is open to incoming 9^th graders through incoming 12^th graders. Recently graduated seniors will play on the adult teams.

Check out the latest news
@
www.stmaryslifeteen.com

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STEWARDSHIP

SHARING TIME, TALENT, TREASURE

TREASURE	May 31, 2009
Envelopes	$5,480.37
Non-Envelopes	$1,460.09
6pm Offertory (6/14/09)	$686.00
Grand Annual (thru 6/22/09)	$94,485.00
Second Collection-Clergy Fund	$1,681.00

Sunday collection reporting: Each week we put a list of cash amounts from the previous week's collections. We list the money that has come in from the "basket" on Sunday, and the money that has been sent in by people who were not present. Without some context, those numbers are fairly meaningless. Starting in July in our new fiscal year, we will report the total Sunday collection and how that relates to a weekly working budget. The Parish Finance Committee looked at the budget: the amount we collect in the Grand Annual, and money that is donated as special gifts, and determined that a good working budget number is $12,500 a week. We will discuss this at greater length later

Parish Clergy

Pastor:
Rev. William G. Williams

Parochial Vicar:
Rev. William P. Lohan

Permanent Deacon:
Rev. Mr. Louis W. Sheedy

In Residence:
Rev. Joseph F. Mozer