December 7, 2025 Second Sunday of Advent
 


December 6, 2025 - Saturday
    4:00 PM sp. Simon Kinnal from Jane Oczkowski
        sp. Mary Stepien from Family

December 7, 2025 - Second Sunday of Advent
    9:00 AM sp. Msgr. Stanley Kempa
        sp. Andrzej Ciuksa sp. Mikołaj Andrejaszko
        sp. Zofia Głowacka
    10:30 AM Congregation of Saint Athanasius Mass

December 8, 2025 - Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
    6:00 PM For our Parish Family

December 13, 2025 - Saturday
    4:00 PM sp. For Souls in Purgatory from Sue Dussault
        sp. Eileen and Eugene Richard from Jane Oczkowski
        sp. Joseph Zebniak from Anna Milczarek

December 14, 2025 - Third Sunday of Advent
    9:00 AM sp. Apolonia and John Ogonowski and Deceased Members of Family from Son Albert
        sp. Msgr. Stanley Kempa
        sp. Andrzej Ciuksa
        sp. Maria Czerwonka from Czerwonka Family
    10:30 AM Congregation of Saint Athanasius Mass

Monday - Friday
    12 Noon Mass at Saints Campus Chapel

Please pray for all our parishioners and their families and for those who minister to us - Fr. Sannella, Fr. Janusz, Fr. Healey, Fr. Raju and Deacon Steve.

Monday, December 8, is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary and is a Holyday of Obligation. There is Mass at 9:00 AM at the Immaculate Conception Church, 12 Noon at Saints Campus Chapel and 6:00 PM at Holy Trinity Church.

Offertory:
    Weekly Collection $1597
    Cemetery Fund $551
Thank you.

Thank you to the following donors to the Parish Fund:
    Deacon Steve and Betty Papik

Second collections for the rest of December:
    December 13 — Maintenance Fund
    December 20 - Cemetery Fund
    December 27 - Cemetery Fund

What is the Cheverus Award medal?
In the bicentennial year of the Archdiocese of Boston (2008), Cardinal Sean O’Malley instituted the Cheverus Award medals that are now conferred upon selected recipients from throughout the Archdiocese annually at the Cathedral on or around the Solemnity of Christ the King. This oval-shaped, silver medal bears the image of Bishop Jean-Louis Anne Magdelaine Lefebvre de Cheverus on one side and his coat of arms and episcopal motto “diligamus nos invicem” (let us love one another) on the other. Bishop Cheverus was the founding Bishop of Boston.

Each year, one-third of the parishes in the Archdiocese are asked to nominate a parishioner. The criteria given to pastors is that the nominee should be a lay person who has served the parish well over an extended period of time and has done so in a quiet, unassuming and, perhaps, unrecognized fashion. The nomination is forwarded by the area vicar and approved by the regional bishop and Archbishop Richard Henning.

This year, the Cheverus Award was presented within our Collaborative to Betty Tsioulis from Holy Trinity Church and to David and Laurie Murphy from Immaculate Conception Church. We extend our sincere congratulations.

Opłatki are available at the usher’s stand at the Masses. A free-will offering is appreciated.

Pierogi will be on sale for Christmas on Saturday, December 20, from 9:00 -12 Noon downstairs in the Parish Hall. Oplatki (wafer) and golabki will also be available.

The New England Tenors Immaculate Conception Holiday Concert will be held on Sunday, December 7th from 2pm-4pm in the church. Tickets or reservations are not needed. An offering will be accepted at the door to benefit the church.

Second Sunday of Advent
Hope is a prominent theme in the readings this weekend. Isaiah presents a hope-filled picture of the Kingdom that Christ came to establish, and St. Paul reminds us that the scriptures we hear give us a reason to be hopeful. “Whatever was previously written ...was for our instruction ... that by endurance and encouragement, we might have hope.” As we draw near to the end of the Jubilee Year of Hope and prepare for Christ’s coming, we may-want to carve out a few minutes each day to re-read these readings, to be attentive to the encouragement and hope God is holding out to us. Is there someone in your life with whom you can extend that hope? Be sure to take time this Avent to prepare for God’s in-breaking,
in the here and now, as you await Christ’s final coming.