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St. Anthony Shrine& Ministry Center

Sunday, December 8 – Saturday, December 14, 2013

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Welcome to the St. Anthony ShrineCommunity. All are welcome here.

No one is excluded.

Please take this bulletin home with you aswell as the many brochures that advertisethe programs and services of the Shrine.Thank you for being with us today.

Franciscan friars and staff St. Anthony Shrine community

D E C E M B E R

07 Saturday

• LGBT Advent Day of Reflection, 10:00 a.m. to2:30 p.m. Presenter: John McDargh, Ph.D.,5th fl. friary

08 Sunday

• Prison Ministry, SCHC, 8:15 to 11:30 a.m.

• Tony’s Travelers Great Shopping & visit toLaSalette Shrine, 9 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

• Healing Prayer Service, 1:30 p.m.

• 20’s/30’s Second Sunday Social, after 4 & 5:30p.m. Masses (See ad for details.)

09 Monday

• Blood pressure & Blood Sugar screening,Flu vaccine, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.,Wellness Center

• Advent Twilight Retreat, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., 4th fl.Clare & Francis rooms (Pre-registered only —See Advent flyer for details.)

10 Tuesday

• Blood pressure & Blood Sugar screening,

Flu vaccine, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.,Wellness Center

• “The Truth will set you free”, by Bill Sawyer,12:15 to 1:15 p.m., 2nd fl. classroom

• “Faith & the Ecological Crisis,” Just Matters,“An Evening with Prof. Daniel Schrag &The Center for the Environment”, 6:00 p.m.,Sever Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA

• 20’s/30’s Advent Evening of Reflection, 6:00 p.m.(See ad for details.)

11 Wednesday

• Blood pressure & Blood Sugar screening,Flu vaccine, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.,Wellness Center

• Seniors’ Mass 10:00 a.m., Famous NativityScenes by Famous Artists, Br. Daniel Murray,ofm 11:00 a.m., lunch noon

WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK

REGULAR EVENTSMonday A.A. Step Meeting 5:45 p.m.Tuesday Seniors Crafts Group 10:30 a.m.

A.A. Open Meeting NoonMen’s Cursillo Reunion 5:15 p.m.

Wednesday Remembrance Day for Deceased (3rd Wed.) All MassesWomen’s Spiritual Refl. Group (2nd & 4th Wed) 12:30 p.m.Seniors Computer Lab 1:30 p.m.

Grupo Hispano de Oración 4:15 p.m. A.A. Open Meeting 5:45 p.m.Bread on the Common (2nd & 4th Wed.) 5:45 p.m. Anointing of the Sick — Mass (2nd Wed.) TBA

Thursday S.L.A.A. Meeting NoonMen’s Spirituality Group (2nd & 4th Thurs.) 5:00 p.m. A.A. Big Book Meeting 5:45 p.m.

Saturday Vietnamese Secular Franciscans (2nd Sat.) 9:30 a.m.Secular Franciscans (2nd Sat.) 10:50 a.m.Centering Prayer Group (1st & 3rd Sat.) Noon

Sunday 20/30 Boston Young Adults Coffee (4th Sun.) 10:30 a.m.alt. Wine & Cheese Social (odd 4th Sun.) 4:30 p.m.

Pieta Ministry Coffee (1st Sun.) 11:00 a.m.Healing Service (2nd Sun.) 1:00 p.m.Separated and Divorced Catholics 1:30 p.m.Hispanic Secular Franciscans (1st Sun.) 3:00 p.m.

• Sacramental anointing Mass, 12:30 p.m.(See ad for details.)

• Women’s Spiritual Reflection Group, 12:30 to1:30 p.m. Contact: Nancy Nichols Kearns,781-704-1010 or [email protected]

• Our Lady of Guadalupe Spanish Vigil Mass5:15 p.m.

• Bread on the Common, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.,(See ad for details.)

12 Thursday

• Men’s “Faith Works” Spirituality Group, 5:00 to6:30 p.m. (See ad for details.)

14 Saturday

• “Like Stars on Earth” fi lm & discussion, 12:30 to3:30 p.m., 2nd fl. classroom (See ad for details.)

2 Saint Anthony Shrine “The Church on Arch Street”

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Pray for Peace in the Middle East!

Events This Week

100 Arch Street • Boston, Massachusetts 02110 • 617.542.6440 3

READINGS FOR THE WEEKMonday: Gn 3:9-15, 20; Ps 98:1-4; Eph 1:3-6, 11-12;

Lk 1:26-38Tuesday: Is 40:1-11; Ps 96:1-3, 10ac, 11-13;

Mt 18:12-14Wednesday: Is 40:25-31; Ps 103:1-4, 8, 10; Mt 11:28-30Thursday: Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab;

Jdt 13:18bcde, 19; Lk 1:26-38 or Lk 1:39-47, or any readings from the Common ofthe Blessed Virgin Mary, nos. 707-712

Friday: Is 48:17-19; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Mt 11:16-19Saturday: Sir 48:1-4, 9-11; Ps 80:2ac, 3b, 15-16,

18-19; Mt 17:9a, 10-13Sunday: Is 35:1-6a, 10; Ps 146:6-10; Jas 5:7-10;

Mt 11:2-11

“Bread on the Common” — Street

Ministry to Homeless PersonsWednesday, December 11 (*note:no outreach Christmas Day ).5:45 to 7:30 p.m.

All are invited to be part of aministry to homeless persons on

the streets and nearby the Shrineon the 2nd & *4th Wednesdays of each month. We meet in theauditorium of the Shrine at 5:45 p.m., prepare foodpackets, and then visit with homeless persons onthe streets, offering food, socks, (and, weather-dependent—hats, scarves & gloves) and mostimportantly presence, ending at 7:30 p.m.

Please call if you plan on coming.For more information, please contact Dr. JackieStewart at 617-542-6440, ext 143 or email

[email protected] by Evangelization

Kids ProgramContact Julie Ogden at [email protected] for moreinformation about this program.

“Giving Tree”Sunday, December 1 to Sunday, December 8,2013, 2nd fl. church

Cover Art: Peaceable Kingdom , serigraph by JohnAugust Swanson, 1994, 30" X 22 1/2". From the FirstReading, Isaiah 10: “Then the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid;the calf and the young lion shall browse together, witha little child to guide them.”

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCESSunday: Second Sunday of AdventMonday: Immaculate Conception of the Blessed

Virgin Mary

Tuesday: International Human Rights DayWednesday: St. Damasus IThursday: Our Lady of GuadalupeFriday: St. LucySaturday: St. John of the Cross

Advent 3-Day MissionDecember 9, 10, 11, 2013

All Masses (See Advent flyer for details.)

20’s/30’s Boston

Members of the Shrine Community who are intheir twenties (20’s) and thirties (30’s), areinvited to join us for the following events.Contact [email protected]

20’s/30’s Boston Young Adults

Second Sunday SocialWine & Cheese “Christmas Cheer” EditionSunday, December 8, 2013

After 4:00 and 5:30 p.m. Masses(second floor classroom)

20’s/30’s Advent Evening of ReflectionTuesday, December 10, 20136:00 p.m. BYO-dinner, service led by Fr. Barry Langley, ofm at 6:30 p.m.(4th fl. Clare & Francis rooms)Please RSVP to reserve your space.

Sacramental

ANOINTING OF THE SICK

Our next celebration of the Anointing of the Sickwill take place on Wednesday, December 11 at the12:30 p.m. Mass. All those who suffer from

physical, mental or emotional illness are welcometo receive this Sacrament.

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Men’s “Faith Works” Spirituality GroupThursday, December 11. 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.(4th fl. Francis room)Facilitated by Bob Giers, csd &Fr. Jim Czerwinski, OFM

This is a great opportunity for men to cometogether and grow in their spiritual lives anddeepen their personal relationship with Godthorough prayer and faith sharing. (Matt. 18:20)“when two or more are gathered in my name I amin their midst.”

For more information, contact Bob Giers at 617-542-6440, ext. 198.

Offered by the Franciscan Spiritual

Companionship Ministry


Inconvenient Film Series

“Like Stars on Earth”Saturday, December 14, 2013,12:30 to 3:30 p.m., Cost: $5.2nd fl. classroom

Ishaa Ishaan is an 8 year oldwhose world is filled withwonders that no one elseseems to appreciate; colors,fish, dogs, and kites are just notimportant in the world of adults,

who are much more interestedin things like homework, gradesand neatness. Ishaa just cannot seem to getanything right in class. When he gets into far moretrouble than his parents can handle, he is packedoff to a boarding school to be disciplined. Thingsare no different at his new school, and Ishaa has tocontend with the added trauma of separation fromhis family. A new art teacher infects the studentswith joy and optimism and breaks all the rules of how things are done by asking them to think,dream and imagine. All the children respond with

enthusiasm except Ishaa. The teacher soonrealizes that Ishaa is unhappy and sets out todiscover why. With time, patience and care, heultimately helps Ishaa find himself.

Contact: Dr. Jackie Stewart, St. Anthony Shrine, 617-542-6440, ext. 143 or email [email protected].

Offered by the Franciscan Adult School

Upcoming Events

CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS ON

ARCH STREET

A CONCERT OF LESSONS AND CAROLS

with The Arch Street Bandand the Friars of St. Anthony Shrine

Saturday, December 21, 7 PM

Sunday, December 22, 2 PM

$10 tickets ($15 at the door)

Sponsorships welcome!$50 (Frankincense)

$100 (Myrrh)$150 (Gold)

St. Anthony Shrine and Ministry Center100 Arch Street

Boston, MA 02110(617) 542-6440

www.stanthonyshrine.org

“The Damietta Project”Catholics & Muslims working together

for the Common Good

Core team planning meetingSunday, December 15. 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.Turkish Cultural Center, Boston

Our interfaith group grew out of the recentlycompleted Just Matters study module “In the Spiritof St. Francis and the Sultan” that began last Fall.Information will appear in upcoming Bulletins aboutcommunity-wide events and our work-in-

progress on projects in food sustainability and

food waste management. See article on backcover.

St. Anthony Shrine Just Matters Group

Peace & Social Justice

& Peace Islands Institute/Turkish Cultural Center

Advent Penance Services(1st floor church)Tuesday, December 17, 12:10 p.m.Saturday, December 21, 11:30 a.m.

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HOLY LAND JOURNAL

Observations from the land of Jesus,the Gospel of the land and people,by Dr. Jackie Stewart

Once anyone visits the Holy Land they can never

read/hear the Scriptures the same way again. Thereadings for this Sunday and for the Feast of theImmaculate Conception on Monday bring a numberof images to mind from my journeys there this year.

In the Church of St. Catherine’s in Bethlehem there isa bronze relief entitled, “The Root of Jesse” thatdepicts the calling of David the shepherd to bechosen and anointed King by the prophet Samuel.

The first reading for this Sunday references thespringing forth of a shoot from this stump of Jesse.

The prophet Isaiah goes on to say, “The baby shallplay by the cobra’s den, and the child lay his hand onthe adder’s lair. There shall be no harm or ruin on allmy holy mountain....” I am often asked, “Is it safe totravel in the Holy Land?” This past October, while Iwas at the traditional baptismal site on the Jordanian border, where John the Baptist preached and called

people to a baptism of repentance (Gospel), I met anIsraeli soldier who was on guard at the site. He wasone of the very few soldiers I saw on this journey, themajority may have been up on the borders with Syriaand Lebanon. I asked him if I could have a phototaken of us, to which he happily agreed, though I wascareful to keep my arms away from any weaponry hewas carrying. It is amusing to see me wearing anArab “Rashid Tours” hat in the company of a smilingyoung Jewish Israeli soldier (you have to hide these

hats when going through Israeli airport security). Icould not help but think of the Isaiahan passage, andexpressed hope for peace, which he echoed.

In Nazareth there is a grotto in the lower level of theBasilica of the Annunciation, which is revered as the

home of Mary and the site of the annunciation of theangel Gabriel to Mary. The stone on the front of thealtar reads, “Verbum Caro, Hic Factum Est”—

“Here, The Word became flesh.” Not somewhereelse, but here! — God became human in a little backwater town in Galilee. Come and see....

Shalom, salaam, peace and all Good!

Not too early to Plan Ahead — Join us on our

May 19-30, 2015 Holy Land Pilgrimage!Leaders: Fr. Gene Pistacchio, OFM &

Dr. Jackie Stewart (Costs TBA)

Budget Suggestion: Start your “Pilgrimage Club”, (If youstart saving in December 2013, recommend saving$87/wk pp thru Dec. 2014). To get on our interest list,please contact Dr. Jackie Stewart,[email protected] or 617-542-6440, ext. 143.

Offered by Franciscan Adult School


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MINISTRIES OF SAINT ANTHONY SHRINE

WORSHIP/YOUR SPIRITUAL HOME • RECONCILIATION • MUSIC • LAZARUS PROGRAM • WELLNESS CENTER

SAINT ANTHONY BREAD FOR THE POOR • BREAD ON THE COMMON • FRANCISCAN SPIRITUAL COMPANIONSHIP MINISTRY

THE KID’S PROGRAM • SENIORS ON ARCH STREET • MYCHAL JUDGE CENTER FOR RECOVERY • FRANCISCAN FOOD CENTER

EVANGELIZATION • GOOD WORD: (617) 542-0502 • HISPANIC MINISTRY • FRANCISCAN ADULT SCHOOL • PIETA MINISTR

20’S/30’S BOSTON • COME HOME PROGRAM • PRISON MINISTRY • LGBT MINISTRY • GRIEF MINISTRY

CONTACT US:Phone: 1-617-542-6440Fax: 1-617-542-4225Website: http://www.StAnthonyShrine.orgAddress: 100 Arch Street

Downtown CrossingBoston, MA 02110

EXECUTIVE STAFF

Fr. Thomas Conway, OFMExecutive Director

TBD, OFMAssistant Executive Director of Ministries

SAINT ANTHONY SHRINE & MINISTRY C ENTER

~ All Are Welcome ~

WEEKDAY MASSES

Celebrated in Second Floor Chapel

6:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m. 11:45 a.m. 12:30 p.m.1:15 p.m. 5:15 p.m.

Second Wednesday—Anointing Mass:time to be announced

Third Wednesday—Day of Remembrance

SATURDAY MASSES

Celebrated in Second Floor Chapel

8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 12:00 Noon

SATURDAY AFTERNOON

VIGIL MASSES

Second Floor First Floor

Chapel Chapel

4:00 p.m. ** 4:15 p.m.

5:30 p.m. **

SACRAMENT OF R ECONCILIATION

Celebrated in First Floor Chapel

Weekdays: 6:30 to 8:00 a.m.;

10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.

Saturday: 6:30 to 8:00 a.m. and

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.Seasonal Communal Penance Service:

(to be announced)

Sunday: 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Legal Holiday: 8:30 to 10:00 a.m.

6:00 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m.Following Masses ** Music

10:00 a.m. 11:15 a.m. 12:30 Noon

4:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m.

Benediction

(First Floor Chapel)

Weekdays: 5:00 p.m.

Saturdays and Sundays: 3:30 p.m.Holy Rosary of Mary Sundays: 2:45 p.m.

Chaplet of Divine Mercy Sundays: 3:00 p.m.

Vespers Sundays: 3:15 p.m.

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

(First Floor Chapel)

Weekdays at 1:45 p.m.

Saturdays at 12:30 p.m.

Sundays at 1:00 p.m.

Tuesdays: St. Anthony Devotions

Wednesdays: Spanish Mass - 5:15 p.m.

Thursdays: St. Jude Devotions

SUNDAY MASSES

Second Floor Chapel

** Music Masses

“The Arch Street Band”

MISA EN ESPAÑOL

Cada miércoles a las 5:15 de la tarde

8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.

LEGAL HOLIDAY MASSES

Second Floor Chapel


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Second Sunday of Advent A

Reading I: Isaiah 11:1-10

Responsorial Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17

Reading II: Romans 15:4-9

Gospel: Matthew 3:1-12

Prepare the Way

Rummage around your memory. What thingshave made you grateful? Can’t think of any?Concentrate.

Russet colors interwoven in the sunset. A womanquiet in the hospital, lovely, waiting calmly fortomorrow’s verdict. Peacefully.

Unthinking courtesy from strangers who stopped

their car down the street so you could completeyour jaywalk in safety! The family. The dog. Yourown life, which is a wonder and a mystery evenwith all its losses and tangles. Wise trees that shedtheir leaves, , knowing about the snow and cold tocome.

The ability to see, if indeed you can do so. Holydarkness if you cannot.

All gifts. All from God. All worthy of gratitude.Once any of us get a peek at how much God isgiving, the remainder follows seamlessly.Example. A woman named Katharine Lee Batestraveled to the top of Pike’s Peak in Colorado andthen, astonished, her heart took in the spaciousskies and amber waves of grain, the purplemountains’ majesty. She wrote out her gratitude ina little song called “America the Beautiful.” Thevery full container of her thanks.

You and I do very little to “deserve” the mysteriousgoodness around us and in us. In fact, we

definitely have not earned it. God gives it all out of pure generosity and love. God gazes in wonder atthe world and each person in it, and says, “You areworth it. I am glad you are here.”

The smallness of my own self makes me each doubtsuch a statement from God. I am not the center of the universe. I do not control everything aroundme. I don’t have to. I can rest in God’s arms andthen do as well as I can to live well and help others.

Spirituality of the Readings Smallness is gift.

Perhaps such a gift is not tendered to you at thismoment. Perhaps life simply has too manyproblems, problems, problems. Maybe gift is there, but you cannot see them.

In that case, your Advent eyes will have to restfrom their weariness for a while and wait. God’sdelicate care is there for you and for us all. Youwill see before long.

See what? A shoot sprouting from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud blossoming. Thespirit of the Lord resting upon him: a spirit ofwisdom and of understanding, a spirit of counseland of strength (cf. First Reading).

“He shall judge the poor with justice, and decidearight for the land's afflicted” (First Reading). TheGod who takes joy in small things does defend uspoor ones from the wrongs of life. But he does noterase trouble, he loves us within it.

Advent is about glimpsing God’s intimate love forevery hair on our head. Patience. Such good newsis worth waiting for.

With all the catastrophes in our world, how couldany of this be possible? Just you wait. Clean your

lenses. Open your eyes. Wait to see. Julian ofNorwich put it this way:

All shall be well,and all shall be well,and every manner of thing shall be well.

The shoot of Jesse is sprouting.Fr. John Foley, S. J.

Copyright © 2009, The Center for Liturgy at Saint Louis University.All rights reserved. Used by permission

You are invited to write a note to the author of this reflection:Fr. John Foley, S. J. ([email protected])

Is there someone youknow who will be alonethis Christmas? Invitethem to be part of your

Merry Christmas!

Peace and all Good!


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The Damietta Project

Catholics and Musliims working together forthe common good,by Dr. Jackie Stewart

Our interfaith group grew outof the recently completed JustMatters study module “In theSpirit of St. Francis and theSultan” that began last Fall.The group’s oversight isprovided by Fr. GenePistacchio, ofm, and Dr. JackieStewart of St. Anthony Shrine Just Matters Group andHNP JPIC partners in Peace and Social Justice, and byDr. Ertugrul Cansizoglu and his wife Esra Cansizogluof Peace Islands Institute & the Turkish CulturalCenter.

Vision StatementWe are a group of Catholics andMuslims inspired by the historic13th century meeting of St. Francisof Assisi and Sultan Malik al-Kamilon the battlefield of Damietta,Egypt. Amid a climate of distrustand violent hostility these two greatfigures from our faith traditionsworked with respect towards oneanother to attain peace and understanding. In thatsame spirit, we come together in our present-day

climate of fear and prejudice to answer God’s call,present in both our faiths, to care for God’s creationand God’s people. We are devoted to the promotionof the well-being of all, guided by our traditions’commitment to justice and compassion.Through our projects we aspire to work togetherfor the salaam of the reign of God.

Modus OperandiOur core team coming out of our study groupconsists of ~seven Catholics and seven Muslimswhich meets monthly. On even months we havea planning session at St. Anthony Shrine or atPeace Islands Institute or Turkish CulturalCenter, on odd months—apotluck supper hosted at oneof our members’ homes. Overthe course of a year beingtogether, we have fostered and become an interfaith family.

We have offered three eventsthis Fall that have been open tothe larger community:

• “In the Footprints of Francis and the Sultan” A Model forPeacemaking on Thurs., Sept. 19 at St. Anthony Shrine• “Frugal Cooking: How to be More Efficient in theKitchen” , Presented by Sezar Yavuz, Professional Cook,Sat., Oct. 19 at Turkish Cultural Center Boston

• “How to Reduce Your Residential CarbonFootprint” presented by Prof. Michael Gevelber,BU, on Wed., Nov. 6 at Peace Islands Institute.

Our most recent gathering was on Sun., Nov. 24 —

a “pre-Thanksgiving” New England-styleThanksgiving dinner, hosted at the author’s homeon a very cold night. Our Muslim counterparts

had never had a traditional turkeyThanksgiving so we decided thatwould be our November potluckevent. The turkey and all otheraccompaniments need to be halal(permitted under Islamicpractice), so that meant goingkosher. I consulted with my Jewishfriend Phyllis, who is a high-end

caterer, about sources for theproper ingredients for this holiday

meal. She directed me to Trader Joe’sThey were expecting a shipment of kosherturkeys so I spoke with the managerthere. He asked, “have you ever cookeda kosher turkey?” “Why?” “Becausethere will be some feathers...” Oh, joy

The turkey ended up beingthe best ever — fresh, corn-fed, not enclosed in cages,etc., and blessed by the

rabbi in processing. What’snot to like? Sue made appleand pumpkin pies withwhipped cream (halal ofcourse); Esra made a sweetTurkish soupy dessert;there was stuffing, corn,mashed potatoes, sweetpotatoes, gravy, green beans, brussels sprouts,pearl onions, cranberrysauce, and Turkish salad,

pomegranate juice andapple cider—a feast allvery colorful and

delicious. Most importantly, the blessing over thefood led by Fr. Gene, the comraderie and gatheringaround the blazing fireside, eating, exchanging storiesand enjoying friendship. We were thirteen adults andone Muslim baby named Busra, which means “GoodNews”—she is our Gospel baby. We missed Enes andDilar who moved to Austin last week, and Sofiya fromTurkmeristan who will join us soon, as well as Wil,who was at home caring for sick baby Anna.

Busra, Ertugrul, Samiha,Hasan & Laura

Lino

Esra, Barbara, Allie, Sue &Ertugrul’s mother

Fr. Gene & Brianna

turkey trussed& in oven

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