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Serra Boston President wins Catholic Lay Woman of the Year 2009

April 26th, 2009

This year Loretta Gallagher, President of Serra Club of Boston, was named Catholic Laywoman of the Year at this year’s Boston Catholic Women’s Conference.

Loretta was given the award for her work to found the Boston-based chapter of Serra International, her efforts to coordinate and promote the Monthly Prayer Request for Priests apostolate, and her life as a lay Carmelite.

Boston Catholic Lay Woman of the Year

Cardinal Sean O'Malley congratulates Loretta Gallagher on the award.

Loretta was introduced to the stage by Vocations Director and Serra Club chaplain Fr. Dan Hennessey.  As Chris Harding noted in his recap of the conference:

Fr. Daniel Hennessey, who heads the Archdiocese of Boston’s vocations office, beamed as he presented the “Laywoman of the Year” award to colleague and friend, Loretta Gallagher, whom he called a “spiritual mother to so many priests and seminarians in the archdiocese.”

As shown in the photo below, Fr. Dan also promoted our “Pray for Priests” magnets in his introduction.

Boston Catholic Lay Woman of the Year

Fr. Dan Hennessey (Vocations Director for the Archdiocese of Boston, and chaplain of the Serra Club of Boston) showcases the "Pray for Priests" car magnets.

Loretta accepted the award on behalf of all those who promote vocations, and encouraged those in the audience to support priests by attending this year’s ordination, write letters to newly ordained priests, and other efforts.

To see a video of her acceptance speech (with Fr. Dan’s introduction), please click on the “play” button in the video below.

The Archdiocese of Boston web site posted photos of the event, which can be viewed below.  (All photos © George Martell 2009.)

Boston Catholic Lay Woman of the Year

Loretta Gallagher accepts the award on behalf of all those who promote a culture of vocations.

Boston Catholic Lay Woman of the Year

Cardinal Sean, Scot Landry, and Mary Jo Kriz watch the acceptance speech.

During both the Men’s and Women’s conference, several members from the Serra Club of Boston helped run the Vocations Boston table in the exhibitors’ hall.  The vocations table can be seen in the following photos:

Boston Catholic Lay Woman of the Year

Loretta Gallagher and Fr. Dan Hennessey stand in front of the vocations table in the exhibitors' hall at the Boston Catholic Women's Conference.

Boston Catholic Lay Woman of the Year

Several members from the Serra Club of Boston helped run the vocations table at the Boston Catholic Women's Conference 2009. Pictured here (from left to right): Francis Jesch, Fr. Dan Hennessey, Loretta Gallagher, and Mary Jesch.

Several publications and web sites covered the conference and provided photos and video.  For more information, please visit the following links:

Congratulations to Loretta on her devotion to the Catholic lifestyle, and for living out the Serran mission to promote vocations to the priesthood and religious life!

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Serra Boston to receive new charter on Friday, June 26

April 12th, 2009

The Serra Club of Boston is scheduled to receive its charter on Friday, June 26 beginning with Mass at 5:00 PM.

We extend an invitation to all those who wish to support our mission of promoting vocations.  Please see the invitation below for details!

Serra International logo

The Serra Club of Boston
cordially invites you to a

Mass of Thanksgiving
and Chartering Ceremony

Friday, June 26, 2009
St. John’s Seminary
Brighton, MA

5:00 PM Mass & Chartering Ceremony
Cardinal Seán O’Malley, Main Celebrant

Dinner will immediately follow
in the seminary dining room

RSVP by June 10th to (978) 462-1057
or information@serraboston.org
Tickets: $60.00

To register for this event, please download the form below, print it out, and mail it back to Serra Boston, c/o the Gallaghers, 36 Virginia Lane, Newburyport, MA 01950.  Checks should be made out to Serra Boston.

Registration Form for Serra Boston Chartering Celebration (408 kb PDF)

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Fr. Dan Kennedy Scholarship dinner for Seminary

January 18th, 2009

On Saturday March 7th, St. John’s Seminary in Brighton will host a Fr. Dan Kennedy Scholarship Dinner in honor of Fr. Dan Kennedy.

As of this posting (Sunday 1/18) there are only 200 seats available on a first-come, first-served basis. The Serra Club of Boston already has a table of eight reserved and is working on getting a second table together. The cost is $100 per ticket ($50 for priests) and all proceeds go to the scholarship fund at the seminary.

Please contact Loretta Gallagher at information@serraboston.org for more information. We hope to see you there!

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Saturday, January 17 – Next meeting and Mass for Fr. Kennedy

January 11th, 2009

Our next meeting will be this Saturday, January 17th.  We will meet at St. Mary’s at 133 School St in Waltham, MA (click here for directions).

On the 17th, our Mass will be said in memory of Fr. Dan Kennedy, whose 35th birthday would have been the day before (Jan. 16th.) Fr. Mike Harrington will be the celebrant and our guest speaker, as our chaplain Fr. Dan Hennessey will be out of state on that day.

God-willing, the weather will cooperate and we can meet after two months of snowy winter.  We hope to see you there!

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Altar Server Mass and upcoming events

October 19th, 2008

At our most recent meeting, Father Dan updated club members on recent and upcoming vocations events around the Archdiocese.

Altar Server Mass

The Altar Server Mass was very well attended, and Cardinal Sean was glad to see so many parents and children attend this happy event. About 750 kids from over 60 parishes attended the Mass, and so many servers were nominated that they had to distribute extra awards.

Photos from Cardinal Sean's blog

Seminarians and volunteers were on hand to scoop ice cream after the Mass, with all ice cream generously donated by Hood Ice Cream.

Altar Server 2008 - Ice Cream social

Altar Server 2008 - Ice Cream social

The Boston Pilot and Boston Globe provided coverage of the event:

The recent Pro-Life March and Seminarian night (also covered on Cardinal Sean’s blog) were also successful and well attended.

There are several other events related to vocations coming up in the Archdiocese:

Oct 26 – Priesthood Sunday

This Sunday (in one week!) is Priesthood Sunday, a day to reflect upon and affirm the central role of the priesthood in the life of the Church. This nationwide event is coordinated by Serra US, and is sponsored by the USA Council of Serra International and the Serra International Foundation.

All Serrans are invited to promote Priesthood Sunday in their parish, and to pray for priests on this special day. For more information, please visit the official Priesthood Sunday web site.

Oct 31 – “Night of the Living”

The Vocations Boston office is organizing a Young Adult gathering on All Hallow’s Eve.  This event will feature Mass with Cardinal Sean, Eucharistic Adoration and an authentic North End Style Coffee House.

More information can be found at the Vocations Boston page for Night of the Living.

Nov 8 – Ordination for Shawn Carey

Shawn Carey is a hearing impaired seminarian currently studying in California.  He will be ordained November 8 with his classmates, and then travel back to Boston to be ordained with the Boston seminarians.

More information on Shawn’s story can be found at the links below:

Apr 3-4, 2009 – Eucharistic Congress for Young Adults

Father Dan recently met with a team of people to begin organizing the second annual Eucharistic Congress for College Students and Young Adults.

Keep checking the web site at www.eucharisticcongress.com for updates on this event.

Serrans are requested to keep these events in their prayers, and to ask the Lord to inspire volunteers to help make these events successful!

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