Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Parish

Blood Drive on Tuesday, August 3 from 2-7pm in the Parish Hall. Bonus: Six chocolate covered strawberries for every donor.

Catholic Appeals - All parishes of the Archdiocese of Boston will be asking families in the parish to pledge to the Catholic Appeal. Cardinal Sean thanks the people of Our Lady's who gave $16,213 last year. This year, the economic downturn has made the mission of the Catholic church compelling. We are asking that our parishioners pledge $32,500. If we exceed our goal, the funds raised above our goal will be used in our parish

Religious Education

Registration has been mailed out. And we are looking for catechists. We will train you if you decide to be a catechist. Please email Sharon for more information.

Latin Class after school program - We would like to get an approximation of how many 6th, 7th and 8th graders would like to take an Introduction to Latin class during the school year. This course builds vocabulary, verbal skills, and standardized test scores, and reading comprehension. Class will be held weekly on Wednesdays. Call Hank Fleming at 781-899-1466 for more information.

The Purpose Driven Life Reading Group

The reading group will start the Purpose Driven Life book on Monday, June 14 at 7:00 in St. Joseph Chapel. We will discuss each chapter beginning on Wednesday July 21 after the 8:00 am Mass and meet weekly through August 25. A journey is better when it is shared.

Our Lady's Activity Club

We meet the first Wednesday of the month at 7:00 pm in the Cafeteria. Email the club at activitiesclub@olca.org.

Society for the Propogation of Faith will send us a Missionary on the weekend of July 31/August 1 for their Mission appeal.

Pilgrimage to Lourdes and Rome in November
St. Mary's in Waltham is sponsoring a pilgrimage to Lords and Rome from November 4-13. The trip is organized by World Cultural Tours. Registration is at the doors of St. Mary's church or www.worldculturaltours.com. Contact St. Mary's rectory for more information at 781-891-1730.

Holy Land Pilgrimage, Lent 2011

Fr. Frank Silva, Corpus Christi-St. Bernard Parish Newton will lead a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth and the Sea of Galilee. Cost is $2,299 plus air taxes and fees. Call 617-244-0608 for more information.

1,000 Club

Please renew your 1,000 club membership. Tickets starting in May have expired. If you joined us in May, the tickets need to be renewed in May, etc. Tickets are $55.00 for the year. We are only 333 tickets away from selling all 1,000 tickets. Remember these make great gifts. Thank you for supporting your parish.

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has a website which has easily accessible information on topics such as bible readings, articles of faith, movie reviews and publications. Please see our Resource page for this web site and other Catholic resources.

St. Vincent DePaul would like to acknowledge a donation from Mr. and Ms. Cohn in memory of Mrs. Josephine Failla. Also Ms. Elizabeth Pettine's 2nd grade Religious Educaton class donated money for the poor. We are grateful for this assistance.

EFT
Please use Electronic Funds Transfer for your weekly and monthly contributions. Please send the form to Sharon after filling it out.

News!