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Telephone: 617-542-6440
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June 17, 2018
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Happy Father’s Day! We pray today for all fathers, and for everyone for whom this day is significant.
Special prayers for anyone for whom this day is difficult: for those who have lost their fathers and those
who are estranged from their fathers.
• Matrícula gratuita
• Clases pequeñas
Cuándo: Comenzando en julio de 2018
Ubicación: Aulas en St. Anthony Shrine, Downtown
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Duración del curso: 5 semanas (3 clases por semana) Serving the Spiritual Needs of Grieving Parents
Niveles de aprendizaje: Principiante, Intermedio, A Catholic ministry for parents whose children of any
Avanzado age have died by any cause, no matter how long ago
Registro: Domingo, 10 de junio, después de la misa de Losing a child under any circumstance is horrific.
las 12:00 Focusing on the spirituality of the grieving process can
help tremendously. Please join us. All are welcome.
English as a Second Language Classes
• Free tuition Emmaus Ministry for Grieving Parents
• Small classes At St. Anthony Shrine, Boston, MA
One-Day Spiritual Retreat
When: Beginning July 2018 August 4, 2018
Location: Classrooms in St. Anthony Shrine, Downtown -----------------------------------------
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Course duration: 5 weeks (3 classes per week) Ongoing One-Hour Retreats
Levels of learning: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced First Sunday of Every Month
Registration: Sunday, June 10, after 12:00 Mass
For more information, call (617) 542-8057
Contact Bill Anderson, ESL Program Director: (857) 334-2883 Or visit www.emfgp.org
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Would you like to grow in your Catholic Faith?
Are you 18-25 years of age as of January 2019?
Would you like to grow your resume by demonstrating your leadership representing the
United States as a representative at the International Young Franciscan (YouFra) Convention
in Panama in January 2019?
Would you like to go to World Youth Day in Panama with most of your costs paid?
If the answer is “yes” then the St. Elizabeth of Hungary Region of Secular Franciscans would like to
invite you to apply for an opportunity to do just this.
Information at:
http://stelizabethofs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/FYYA-Essay-Flyer.pdf
Immigration policy presents many challenges for any country. Developing sound immigration policy that
respects the needs of a nation and those of the international community is a complex and challenging
process. It always involves reconciling domestic priorities and global demands, strategy and tactics,
objectives and means. At its core, immigration policy is about people, young and old, alone or in families,
often fearful and abandoned. Immigration policy is a moral question that cannot be separated from
decisions of what it is right and wrong, of justice and injustice. It is about respecting and reverencing the
dignity of the human person.
In the year 2018, the moral challenge of immigration is mounting for the United States. On too many
occasions our government has taken a posture and established policy which is in principle and in practice
hostile to children and families who are fleeing violence, gangs, and poverty. The policies have included
limiting the number of refugees and immigrants we are willing to welcome in our country, ending
Temporary Protective Status for families who are here, and refusing to restore DACA protection for those
who have been among us for all or most of their lives. In the face of today’s global immigration crisis
these choices fail to communicate a willingness to address the reality of widespread human suffering, and
in many cases imminent danger, with compassion and care.
The cumulative effect of these policy decisions has now reached a critical moral juncture: by the order of
the U. S. government, individuals with children and families with children who are seeking asylum at the
southern border of the United States now have their children separated from their parents. The intent of
this policy is clear: to discourage those seeking asylum by severing the most sacred human bond of parent
and child. Children are now being used as a deterrent against immigrants who are appealing to us for
asylum in order to protect themselves and their families. As disturbing as this fact is, the narrative of this
development makes clear the misguided moral logic of the policy.
These individuals and families are fleeing documented violence, chaos and murder in the neighborhoods
of Central America. The United States is now openly before the world using children as pawns to enforce
a hostile immigration policy. This strategy is morally unacceptable and denies the clear danger weighing
upon those seeking our assistance.
As a Catholic bishop, I support political and legal authority. I have always taught respect for the civil law
and will continue to do so. But, I cannot be silent when our country’s immigration policy destroys
families, traumatizes parents, and terrorizes children. The harmful and unjust policy of separating children
from their parents must be ended.
Franciscan Missionary Union presents….
Israel: Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
With Optional 4-Night Jordan Post Tour Extension
May 27 – June 4, 2019
Sunday
Emmaus Ministry Prayer/Discussion (1st Sun.) 11:00 a.m.
JUNE 20TH Exercise with Patti D’Angelo, Certified
Healing Service (2nd Sun.) 1:30 p.m. Personal Trainer
Nurses Together in Healing Ministry (1st Sun.) 1:00 p.m.
Rosary, Vespers, Benediction
Hispanic Secular Franciscans (1st Sun.)
2:55 p.m.
3:00 p.m. JUNE 27TH Basics of Alzheimer’s by Benta Barry from
Alzheimer’s Association