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Our Sunday Visitor and other events

June 19th, 2008

Serra Boston was featured In the June 8th edition of Our Sunday Visitor. Page 3 had a sidebar article telling of our “Pray for Our Priests” car magnets, with an accompanying photo. Fr. Mike Harrington, Assistant Director of Vocations for the Archdiocese of Boston, was quoted in the article. To date we have received requests for the magnet from Missouri, Indiana, Texas, Georgia, Michigan, Maryland and Massachusetts. Clearly, the word is spreading fast!

Serra USA is looking into the possibility of getting involved with the distribution of the magnets on a national level. Two of our club members, Loretta Gallagher and Michelle Dickson, will be attending the national Serra conference in South Bend, Indiana from June 19-22, meeting Serrans from all over the country and attending various Serra workshops. We have been asked to present a short report on Serra Boston to the Vocations Committee; they are impressed with all we have done in so short a time.

Serra Boston was also in the news recently in the Vocations issue of the Pilot issued the weekend of the ordinations (May 23). We took out an ad congratulating the new ordinandi, and there was an accompanying article about Serra Boston. We have received several thank you notes from the seven newly ordained priests, thanking Serra Boston for the gift of a clerical shirt and collar. We are only too happy to have provided them, thanks to the donation of a generous benefactor!

Next meeting

At our next meeting on June 21, Fr. Dan Hennessey will give a talk on the recent Vatican document describing deep prayer and Eucharistic Adoration for an increase in vocations and the sanctification of the priesthood. There will be a day of Eucharistic Adoration in St. Mary’s chapel following the Serra meeting until 7:00 PM, sponsored by the St. John Vianney society. Why not invite some friends to join and spend some time in prayer in front of the Blessed Eucharist?

That’s all for now. Thanks for all your wonderful support and encouragement — we ARE making a difference in helping to create the culture of vocations that we all desire so deeply for our beloved archdiocese.

See you Saturday, God-willing!

Posted in Meetings, Recap

Apr 26 meeting: The Papal visit

May 10th, 2008

Special thanks to those who attended our April 26 meeting.

Fr. Dan Hennessey shared his experiences during the weekend of the Papal visit, as well as his time at the Papal Mass in Yankee Stadium. Fr. Dan even got to kiss the pope’s ring, and told how powerful it was to kiss “the ring of the Fisherman.”

You can use the slideshow below to see video stills of Fr. Dan kissing the pope’s ring. The first photo was taken by a photographer at the event; all video stills are taken from EWTN’s video footage of the event.)

As a reminder, our next meeting is this Saturday, May 17. We will begin at 8:30am with Mass, followed by our monthly meeting at 9:30am.

We hope to see you there!

Posted in Recap

2008 Boston Catholic Conference

April 20th, 2008

Thanks to all who stopped by our booth at the recent Boston Catholic Men’s and Women’s conferences. We distributed information on Serra, gave away finger rosaries, served free Dunkin Donuts and munchkins, and sold the “Pray for our Priests” car magnets.

Those who missed the conference (or at least the exhibit hall) can check out photos of our booth on our Flickr set.

Posted in Multimedia, Recap

March 15 meeting followup

March 16th, 2008

Thanks to all who braved the morning snow and rain to attend our meeting on March 15! Special thanks to Marilyn Dumas (Regional Director of Serra) and her husband George for driving down from Hartford, Connecticut to Waltham.

Those who were unable to view the Vocations Monstrance at St. Mary’s Parish this Saturday are invited to view it at St. Clement’s Shrine this Monday, March 24. For more information, please visit the St. Clement’s web site.

During the meeting we discussed several programs run by different Serra clubs, and referenced a number of documents on the Serra US web site.

Serra Vocations Programs - online information about a few of the programs discussed at the meeting
Serra Club Manuals - information for officers, such as Communications, Treasurer, Secretary, etc.
Handbook for Serrans (PDF) - official handbook for all Serran members

As a reminder, our next meeting will be the fourth Saturday of April: Saturday, April 26. As usual, we will meet at St. Mary’s Church at 133 School St., Waltham, MA.