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Anthony Shrine
A prophetic, Franciscan, Catholic community welcoming all people through prayer and outreach.
We extend a special welcome to everyone visiting the Shrine for the first time.

Saturday, February 11th Friday, February 17th

100 Arch Street, Boston, MA 02110

Telephone: 617-542-6440 Prayer Request Line: 617-553-4100 The Good Word: 617-542-0502

www.stanthonyshrine.org
February 12, 2017
Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time

Greetings of peace. The missive below is a beautiful piece written as a Christmas message for
2016. The author is Fr. Phil OShea, OFM, a greatly loved Franciscan who was stationed at Arch
for many years. He is now in the Friars skilled care facility in Ringwood NJ.

Fr. Thomas Conway, OFM

Executive Director

I thought Id send you a few thoughts at Christmas time on the joyful gift of being bedridden. Oh! You say
in horror; how can you associate joy with being an invalid? In the almost 18 months that I have been away
from Boston I have had a good deal of time to meditate on the meaning of this so radical change in my way
of life.
The first point I want to make is that opportunity is given in abundance for real contemplation on who one is
and how one is to live. I cannot recommend too highly the need throughout our lives to consider our innate
ability to adjust. We must give ourselves many examples of how we adjust to little things so that when the
time comes we are able to make even greater adjustments. The words which must guide us are from the
Epistle to the Romans (chapter 8). If God be with us who (or what) can be against us. Becoming
increasingly less able to function completely we must learn to function with what we have. We must not let
the memory of our days of greater capacity interfere with our resolution positively to adjust to new
situations. We must look at every change, however radical, as a challenge. We have not changed even
though our external capacity has lessened.
While we are still greatly able to do the things our life requires we must be, at the same time, willing through
meditation, to see how completely we remain ourselves as situations develop. We have to come to realize
that we cannot define ourselves by what we are able to do, rather we must learn to discover our real identity
and with that knowledge, come to face any necessary adjustments.
I have learned over these past few months how to develop qualities of mind and spirit of which I was not
really aware when I was at full capacity. Examination of conscience, so important to the growth of the
spiritual life, becomes now not a brief and occasional review of my sins but rather a review of my whole
history.
If we did not keep one before, a journal at this stage of life becomes a necessary tool for more perfect
understanding and adjustment to our situation.
My writing about these matters to you in this Christmas season is to share with you the increasing happiness
I am constantly discovering in myself and in my surroundings and to assure you that you can experience a
realization of the possibility for this happiness for yourself and a deep sense of how change in its many
forms, when looked at positively, becomes a companion to growth.
Please look the future in the face and confident of Gods presence, his love, and his direction, look forward,
not to the lessening of capacity, but to the increase in of the ability to deal with whatever may come along. I
want to share with you my own deep peace of mind and to assure you that you may never lose this gift so
long as you see things through Gods eyes.

Fr. Phil OShea, OFM

Holy Name Friary
Skilled Nursing Home
2 Morris Rd.
Ringwood, NJ 07456-1700
 Celebrate 70 Years of Franciscan Presence on Arch Street!

Please join the Friars for light refreshments after

the 10:00am, 11:15am, and 12:30pm Masses in
the 1st Floor Lobby on Sunday, February 19th.

SENIORS PROGRAM
Wednesdays
UPCOMING EVENTS FOR YOUNG ADULTS 10:00 am Mass
Saturday, 2/25 from 8-11:30 pm: Corsages & Cumberbunds 10:30 am Light exercise/stretching
Winter Formal at the Westin Hotel. Go to 11:00 am Activity or Presentation
stcecilia.eventbrite.com for tickets.
12:00 Noon Lunch
Sunday, 2/26 from 11am 12:30pm: Bible Study at Uno Due
Go, next door to the Shrine. No bible or Bible Study
experience required. February Calendar
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15 : Valentines Day Cherry Bread
Save the Date: 3/11/17 10am 3pm: One Day Lenten
Retreat: Living out Lent. 22nd: An Explanation of the Psalms
For more information, please email: sas20s30s@stanthonyshrine.org with Br. Daniel Murray, OFM

Conversations with My Molester: A Journey of Faith Save the Date!

Michael Mack presents his one-man play for four shows
during Lent (3/10, 3/12, 3/19, 3/25) - a true story of trespass, Monday, March 6th 9 AM - 2 PM
grace, and the odyssey of healing that led him back to the Red Cross Blood Drive at St. Anthony Shrine
Catholic Church. FREE: open to the public. Call the Shrine at
617-542-6440, or visit www.michaelmacklive.com
 Regular Schedule of REGULAR EVENTS
Monday
Mass and Confession Times Open OA Meeting, Auditorium Classroom
A.A. 12 Step Meeting/12 Traditions Meeting (Closed)
12:15 p.m.
5:45 p.m.
at St. Anthony Shrine Tuesday
A.A. Discussion Meeting (Open Meeting) Noon
Mass Schedule Wednesday
Saturday Mass: 12 PM Remembrance Day for Deceased (3rd Wed.) All Masses
Saturday Vigil Masses: 4 PMn (4:15 PM 1st Fl. Church), 5:30 PMn Anointing of the Sick - Mass (2nd Wed.) See web
Sunday Masses: 6 AM, 7:30 AM, 9 AM, 10 AMn, 11:15 AMn, SA Meeting (Open Meeting), Auditorium Foyer 7:00 a.m.
12:00 PMn (Spanish Mass-1st Fl. Church), 12:30 PMn, 4 PMn, 5:30 PMn Seniors Program 10:30 a.m.
Weekday Masses: 6 AM, 7 AM, 11:45 AM, 12:30 PM, 5:15 PM Womens Spiritual Refl. Group (2nd & 4th Wed) 12:30 p.m.
Additional Wednesday Mass: 10 AM Grupo Hispano de Oracion 4:00 p.m.
Please note: The 5:15 PM Mass on Wednesday is in Spanish. Mass in Spanish 5:15 p.m.
LGBTQ Spirituality (3rd Wed.) 5:30 p.m.
Holy Day Mass Schedule: A.A. Discussion Meeting (Closed Meeting) 5:45 p.m.
Vigil: 4:15 PM,St.
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AM, 7 AM, 8 AM, 11:45 AM, Bread on The Common (2nd & 4th Wed.) 5:45 p.m.
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Legal Holiday Mass Schedule: 8 AM, 10 AM (nMusic Masses) Thursday
617-542-6440 www.stanthonyshrine.org S.L.A.A Meeting Noon
Rosary Prayer Group 12:30p.m.
Confession Schedule Mens Cursillo Reunion Group (1st and 3rd Thursday) 1:00 p.m.
Weekday Confessions (Except Wednesday): 10 AM2 PM, 45:30 PM Mens Spirituality Group (2nd and 4th Thursday) 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday Confessions: 6:308 AM, 10 AM2 PM, 45:30 PM Lectura y reflexin del evangelio 5:30 p.m.
Saturday Confessions: 10 AM4 PM A.A Big Book Meeting (Closed Meeting) 5:45 p.m.
Sunday Confessions: 1:303 PM Friday
Holy Day Confession Schedule: Follows schedule above. SA 12 Step Meeting, Auditorium Foyer 7:00 a.m.
Legal Holiday Confession Schedule: 8:3010 AM Open OA Meeting, Auditorium Classroom 12:15 p.m.
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Secular Franciscans Formation (2nd Sat.) 10:30 a.m.
Second Collection February 11 & 12 th th Centering Prayer Group (1st & 4th Sat.) Noon
Vietnamese Secular Franciscans (2nd Sat.) 1:00 p.m.
2nd collection on February 11th and 12th will go to support Secular Franciscans Fraternity Meeting (2nd Sat.) 1:00 p.m.
The Franciscan Food Center Sunday
Emmaus Ministry Prayer/Discussion (1st Sun.) 11:00 a.m.
Healing Service (2nd Sun.) 1:30 p.m.
Ash Wednesday - March 1st Rosary, Vespers, Benediction 2:55 p.m.
Hispanic Secular Franciscans (1st Sun.) 3:00 p.m.
Ashes will be distributed in the 1st floor church from
7am to 6:30pm.
Masses: 6am, 7am, 10am*, 11:45am*, 12:30pm*,
4:30pm, 5:15pm (Bilingual), and 6pm.
Confessions: 6:30am - 8am, 10am - 2pm,
And 4pm - 5:30pm The Emmaus Ministry
*Music by The Arch Street Band. Serving the Spiritual Needs of Grieving Parents Whose Children
of Any Age Have Died By Any Cause No Matter How Long Ago
One-Hour Retreat 1st Sunday of the Month
Do you need to re-focus your life? Do you perceive Shrine Auditorium Classroom after the 10 a.m. Mass.
a desire to prioritize your goals and to reboot 2017 One-Day Spiritual Lenten Retreat on March 11, 2017
with a deeper knowledge of yourself in God? Do you St. Anthony Shrine Friary
seek a genuine experience of God's presence Register by March 1 at www.emfgp.org to ensure your space!
cultivated by openness, humility and rejuvenating, One-Hour Brown Bag Lunch Retreat on March 15, 2017
transformative silence? Please consider the Death is Only the First Day of the Week.
Franciscan Spiritual Companionship Ministry. On a monthly basis, an A Much-Needed, Comforting Message for Grieving Parents
12:00pm 1:00pm
inspired, supportive, sacred journey in God is nurtured.
St. Anthony Shrine Second Floor Classroom
For more information, please contact Fr. Gene Pistacchio, OFM at
Go to www.emfgp.org Or call Diane, Pauls Mother, at 617-542-8057.
617.542.6440 x 121. Thank you for your interest!

100 Arch Street, Boston, MA 02110

Telephone: 617-542-6440 Prayer Request Line: 617-553-4100 The Good Word: 617-542-0502
www.stanthonyshrine.org