St.

Anthony Shrine
Tel. 617-542-6440 Website: http://www.StAnthonyShrine.org The Good Word Tel. 617-542-0502 Prayer Request Line Tel. 617-542-6826

100 Arch Street, Boston, MA 02110

& Ministry Center

Sunday, October 13 Saturday, October 19, 2013

OCTOBER

WHATS HAPPENING THIS WEEK

12 Saturday

Bereavement Workshop, 10 a.m. to Noon, by Fr. Joe Quinn, 2nd fl. classroom

13 Sunday

After the Rain, movie & discussion, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., 2nd fl. classroom

Please take this bulletin home with you as well as the many brochures that advertise the programs and services of the Shrine. Thank you for being with us today. Franciscan friars and staff St. Anthony Shrine community

Welcome to the St. Anthony Shrine Community. All are welcome here. No one is excluded.

Prison Ministry, SCHC, 8:15 to 11:30 a.m. Healing Prayer Service, 1:30 p.m. Parents & Family of LGBT Support Group, 1:45 to 3:15 p.m., Assisi auditorium stage classroom (See ad for details.) 20s/30s Second Sunday SocialWine & Cheese edition, after 4 & 5:30 p.m. Masses (See ad for details.) Columbus Day Legal Holiday

REGULAR EVENTS
Monday Tuesday

14 Monday

15 Tuesday

Shrine closes at 11 a.m. (See Legal Holiday schedule.)

Blood pressure & Blood Sugar screening, Flu vaccine, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Wellness Center

The Truth will set you free, by Bill Sawyer, 12:15 to 1:15 p.m., 2nd fl. classroom (See ad for details)

A.A. Step Meeting 5:45 p.m. Seniors Crafts Group 10:30 a.m. A.A. Open Meeting Noon Mens Cursillo Reunion 5:15 p.m. Wednesday Remembrance Day for Deceased (3rd Wed.) All Masses Womens Spiritual Refl. Group (2nd & 4th Wed) 12:30 p.m. Seniors Computer Lab 1:30 p.m. Grupo Hispano de Oracin 4:15 p.m. A.A. Open Meeting 5:45 p.m. Bread on the Common (2nd & 4th Wed.) 5:45 p.m. Anointing of the Sick Mass (2nd Wed.) TBA Thursday S.L.A.A. Meeting Noon Mens Spirituality Group (2nd & 4th Thurs.) 5:00 p.m. A.A. Big Book Meeting 5:45 p.m. Saturday Vietnamese Secular Franciscans (2nd Sat.) 9:30 a.m. Secular Franciscans (2nd Sat.) 10:50 a.m. Centering Prayer Group (1st & 3rd Sat.) Noon Sunday 20/30 Boston Young Adults Coffee (4th Sun.) 10:30 a.m. alt. Wine & Cheese Social (odd 4th Sun.) 4:30 p.m. Pieta Ministry Coffee (1st Sun.) 11:00 a.m. Healing Service (2nd Sun.) 1:00 p.m. Separated and Divorced Catholics 1:30 p.m. Hispanic Secular Franciscans (1st Sun.) 3:00 p.m.

16 Wednesday

Faith Encounters the Ecological Crisis Just Matters study module, session #2, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., 2nd fl. classroom

17 Thursday 19 Saturday

No scheduled events

LGBT Spirituality Group, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m., Assisi auditorium stage classroom (See ad for details.)

Seniors Mass 10:00 a.m., Exercise 10:30 a.m., Movie Francis of Assisi 11:00 a.m., lunch Noon

Blood pressure & Blood Sugar screening, Flu vaccine, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Wellness Center

New Lectors Workshop, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 2nd fl. classroom & church

Frugal Cooking: How to be More Efficient in the Kitchen, The Damietta ProjectCatholics & Muslims working together for the Common Good, 3 to 5 p.m., Turkish Cultural Center, Bosotn (See ad for details.) Saint Anthony Shrine The Church on Arch Street

Centering Prayer Group, Noon to 1:30 p.m.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Sunday:

Rom 1:1-7; Ps 98:1-4; Lk 11:29-32 Rom 1:16-25; Ps 19:2-5; Lk 11:37-41 Rom 2:1-11; Ps 62:2-3, 6-7, 9; Lk 11:42-46 Rom 3:21-30; Ps 130:1b-6ab; Lk 11:47-54 2 Tm 4:10-17b; Ps 145:10-13, 17-18; Lk 10:1-9 Rom 4:13, 16-18; Ps 105:6-9, 42-43; Lk 12:8-12 Ex 17:8-13; Ps 121:1-8; 2 Tm 3:14 4:2; Lk 18:1-8 Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Callistus I; Columbus Day; Canadian Thanksgiving Day St. Teresa of Jesus St. Hedwig; St. Margaret Mary Alacoque; National Boss Day St. Ignatius of Antioch St. Luke Ss. John de Brbeuf, Isaac Jogues, and Companions; Sweetest Day

Members of the Shrine Community who are in their twenties (20s) and thirties (30s), are invited to join us for the following event.
Contact sas20s30s@stanthonyshrine.org

20s/30s Boston

20s/30s Boston Young Adults Second Sunday Social

Wine & Cheese Edition
Sunday, October 13, 2013 After 4:00 and 5:30 p.m. Masses (second floor classroom)

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday:

Tuesdays, Oct. 8, 15, 22, 29; Nov. 5, 12, 19, 26 12:15 to 1:15 p.m., 2nd fl classroom Presenter: William (Bill) Sawyer, II Cost: Free will ($10/session suggested) Come to one or many sessions.

The Truth will set you free

Parents and Family of LGBT Support Group

Sundays, 1:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. October 13 & 27, 2013 November 10 & 24, 2013 Assisi auditorium stage classroom

Events This Week

Contact: Dr. Jackie Stewart, St. Anthony Shrine, 617542-6440, ext. 143 or email SAS.Evang@gmail.com. Offered by Franciscan Adult School

Participants will learn how to come to true happiness by fully believing Jesus truths, and applying them to their everyday lives.

LGBT Spirituality Group

We clearly recognize the importance of the roles played by the parent[s], family and friends of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. A designated support group has been established to assist those who love and care about their children, siblings, or friends of LGBT. Discussions and current DVDs are shown in the effort to deepen the understanding of LGBT persons while increasing their acceptance, trust and love.

Wednesday, October 16, 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Assisi auditorium stage classroom

Contact: Fr. Joe Quinn, OSF, 617-542-6440, ext. 239 or email LGBT@stanthonyshrine.org

All Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgendered (LGBT) Catholics are invited to participate in our monthly spirituality group.

Offered by LGBT MInistry of St. Anthony Shrine

Contact: Fr. Joe Quinn, OSF, 617-542-6440, ext. 239 or email LGBT@stanthonyshrine.org

All parents, families, siblings (over 20 yrs age) and friends of LGBT persons are invited to participate.

Offered by LGBT MInistry of St. Anthony Shrine

Cover art: The bath of Naaman the leper (2 Kings 5:10), Workshop of Salvador de Ocampo, 1700-1701, Carved wood panels for the choir stalls of the Old Church of Saint Augustine, Mexico City. 3

Pray for Peace in the Middle East!

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The Damietta Project

Catholics & Muslims working together for the Common Good Frugal Cooking: How to be More Efficient in the Kitchen

Sezar Yavuz is the executive chef at Cafe De Boston, a Mediterranean restaurant and caterer located in downtown Boston (75 Federal St.)
Contact: Dr. Jackie Stewart, St. Anthony Shrine, 617542-6440, ext. 143 or email SAS.Evang@gmail.com. St. Anthony Shrine Just Matters Group Peace & Social Justice & Peace Islands Institute/Turkish Cultural Center

Food waste in the United States is estimated at roughly between 30 to 40 percent of the food supply. In 2010, an estimated 133 billion pounds of food from U.S. retail food stores, restaurants, and homes never made it into peoples stomachs. The amount of uneaten food in homes and restaurants was valued at almost $390 per U.S. consumer in 2008, more than an average months worth of food expenditures. As a seasoned chef, Sezar Yavuz will provide information on how to cook efficiently in the kitchen and how to avoid waste.

Our Damietta Project focus is on food waste management and sustainabilty. All are welcome to come join us in this workshop.

Saturday, October 19, 2013. 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Turkish Cultural Center Boston 1105 Commonwealth Ave Suite 207 Boston, MA, 02134 (Street parking or take Green Line B to Packards Corner Station at intersection of Commonwealth Ave. & Brighton Ave.) Presenter: Sezar Yavuz, Professional Cook Pre-Registrations appreciated.

Catholics & Muslims working together for the Common Good Core team planning meeting
Sunday, October 20. 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. 4th fl. Francis room Note: Our interfaith group grew out of the recently completed Just Matters study module In the Spirit of St. Francis and the Sultan that began last Fall. More information will appear in upcoming Bulletins about community-wide events and our work-inprogress on projects in food sustainability and food waste management. See a community-wide event on Oct. 19 details in ad at left.
St. Anthony Shrine Just Matters Group Peace & Social Justice & Peace Islands Institute/Turkish Cultural Center

The Damietta Project

Upcoming Events

Budget Suggestion: Start your Pilgrimage Club, (If you start saving in October 2013, recommend saving $75/wk pp thru Dec. 2014). To get on our interest list, please contact Dr. Jackie Stewart, SAS.Evang@gmail.com or 617-542-6440, ext. 143. Offered by Franciscan Adult School 4

Not too early to Plan Ahead Join us on our 2015 Holy Land Pilgrimage! Leaders: Fr. Gene Pistacchio, OFM & Dr. Jackie Stewart (Dates & Costs TBA)

Mondays, Oct. 21, 28; Nov. 4, 11, 18, 25. On November 25th, a Mass of Remembrance will be celebrated for the loved ones that brought you to this support group. 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. 4th fl. Clare Room Facilitator: Fr. Joe Quinn, OFM Pre-registration is required. Grieving is the most misunderstood and neglected growth process a person can go through. There is an opportunity for this support group to be a 'safe' place where people can share their loss and not feel uncomfortable about it . Hopefully, we can offer some of the important methods of learning to live life with the one they love.
Offered by the Grief Ministry Saint Anthony Shrine The Church on Arch Street Please contact Fr. Joe at 617-542-6440, ext. 239

GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP

Bread on the Common Street Ministry to Homeless Persons

All are invited to be part of a ministry to homeless persons on the streets and nearby the Shrine on the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of each month. We meet in the auditorium of the Shrine at 5:45 p.m., prepare food packets, and then visit with homeless persons on the streets, offering food, socks, and presence, ending at 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, October 23. 5:45 to 7:30 p.m.

Please call ahead of time if you plan on coming. For more information, please contact Dr. Jackie Stewart at 617-542-6440, ext 143 or email SAS.Evang@gmail.com.
Offered by Evangelization

After my abortion, I was broken and desperate for help. I turned to Project Rachel. After the experience, I left feeling like a whole person again. Forgiveness became a reality for me, a feeling I never imagined was possible. The pain of abortion haunts many women. Retreats offered by the Project Rachel ministry of the Archdiocese of Boston can help women find hope, healing and reconciliation after abortion. If you or a loved one is suffering from postabortion pain, contact Project Rachel about upcoming Come to the Waters of Healing retreats to be held October 26 and November 23, 2013. For more information and to register for the date of your choice, call Project Rachel at 508.651.3100 or email help@projectrachelboston.com. All inquiries are confidential.

Project Rachel

Relationships As Seen Through the Lens of Franciscan Spirituality

Please RSVP to sas20s30s@stanthonyshrine.org to reserve your space.

20s/30s Boston Young Adults

Join Us for A Day of Fun & Gambling at Mohegan Sun!!

Saturday, November 2, 2013 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Seniors at Arch Street & 20s/30s Boston

Tuesday, October 29, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. 2nd floor classroom Presenter: Fr. John Hogan, OFM

We will reflect on seeing spirituality as an exploration into what is involved in becoming human, and how we can experience becoming human as an attempt to grow in sensitivity to self, to others, to the non-human aspects of creation, and to God who is within and beyond this totality. The focus in this perspective is on becoming human through relationships. Our reflection will also engage us in a deeper appreciation of the meaning of creation in Franciscan spirituality.

8:30 a.m. Leave for Mohegan Sun Casino 10:30 a.m. Arrive at Casino 4:30 p.m. Leave for Shrine 6:00 p.m. Arrive at Shrine Note: Be sure to bring your Players Club card or a government issued photo ID. This is needed to get vouchers from the casino! Includes Casino Package of $15 Meal Voucher & $15 for bets at select tables All of this for only $30 per person! Please leave filled-out form available in the Shrine lobby at the front desk of the Shrine. Call Fr. Barry at 617-542-6440, ext 241 with any questions.

Members of the Shrine Community who are in their twenties and thirties, are invited to join Fr. John for this presentation/discussion on October 29th. We will begin with BYO (Bring Your Own) Dinner at 6:00 p.m., followed by the presentation at 6:30 p.m.

Monday, December 9, 2013 (Note new day!) 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. 4th floor Francis & Clare rooms Cost: $15 minimum donation (includes supper) Contact: Dr. Jackie Stewart, St. Anthony Shrine, 617542-6440, ext. 143 or email SAS.Evang@gmail.com. Offered by Franciscan Adult School 5

Advent Twilight Retreat

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SAINT ANTHONY SHRINE & MINISTRY CENTER ~ All Are Welcome ~

Masses The Arch Street Band
SATURDAY AFTERNOON VIGIL MASSES ** Music

Second Floor Chapel 6:00 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Following Masses ** Music 10:00 a.m. 11:15 a.m. 12:30 Noon 4:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Second Floor Chapel
LEGAL HOLIDAY MASSES

4:00 p.m. ** 5:30 p.m. **

Second Floor Chapel

First Floor Chapel

4:15 p.m.

SUNDAY MASSES

6:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 11:45 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 5:15 p.m. Second WednesdayAnointing Mass: time to be announced Third WednesdayDay of Remembrance Tuesdays: St. Anthony Devotions Wednesdays: Spanish Mass - 5:15 p.m. Thursdays: St. Jude Devotions MISA EN ESPAOL Cada mircoles a las 5:15 de la tarde
SATURDAY MASSES

Celebrated in Second Floor Chapel

WEEKDAY MASSES

Celebrated in First Floor Chapel Weekdays: 6:30 to 8:00 a.m.; 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday: 6:30 to 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Seasonal Communal Penance Service: (to be announced) Sunday: 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Legal Holiday: 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. CONTACT US: Phone: 1-617-542-6440 Fax: 1-617-542-4225 Website: http://www.StAnthonyShrine.org Address: 100 Arch Street Downtown Crossing Boston, MA 02110

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

8:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

Celebrated in Second Floor Chapel 8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 12:00 Noon Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (First Floor Chapel) Weekdays at 1:45 p.m. Saturdays at 12:30 p.m. Sundays at 1:00 p.m. Benediction (First Floor Chapel) Weekdays: 5:00 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays: 3:30 p.m. Vespers Sundays: 3:15 p.m.
EXECUTIVE STAFF

Holy Rosary of Mary Sundays: 2:45 p.m. Chaplet of Divine Mercy Sundays: 3:00 p.m.

Fr. Thomas Conway, OFM Executive Director TBD, OFM Assistant Executive Director of Ministries

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Spirituality of the Readings

28th Sunday of Ordinary Time C Reading I: 2 Kings 5:14-17 Responsorial Psalm 98:1, 2-3, 3-4 Reading II: 2 Timothy 2:8-13 Gospel: Luke 17:11-19

Spirituality of the Readings

life has been restored. His gratitude overflows. Naturally he offers a gift to Elisha in thanksgiving. This is a very healthy, normal reaction. When a person is loved this much, there is an outpouring of gratitude to the giver and, without thinking, their soul wants to give gifts in return.

The flesh of a little child. I performed a baptism not too long ago, and it was so easy to see the difference between my old flesh, applying water and oil, and the soft clean perfect skin of the fine baby girl receiving the sacrament.

Gratitude

Strangely, Elisha the prophet refuses this gift. We are not given an explicit reason, but probably he did not want rewards for doing gods work. So Naaman makes a dramatic reply. If you will not accept, please let me, your servant, have two mule-loads of earth, for I will no longer offer holocaust or sacrifice to any other god except to the lord. (gospel)

What would your reaction be if you went from leprosy to being fresh as a baby? Sundays Scriptures do just this: two leprosy cures and two reactions. In the gospel, Jesus cures ten lepers. He sends them off, saying, go show yourselves to the priests. On the way they realize they have been cleansed! But only one cured leper, and it is a Samaritan, a foreigner, has eyes to see what this healing meant. He alone comes back to Jesus extolling god in a loud voice. He drops to the ground in front of Jesus in gratitude. What about the other nine? They must have simply gone on their way, glad they had won the sweepstakes and not thinking about the source. They could have accepted the soul-cure that Jesus offered, along with the bodily one.

Mule-loads and all, he will use Israeli earth to show his gratitude. He will sacrifice to the god of Israel.

The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius loyola are based on this kind of response, especially the last exercise, called, A Contemplation to Find gods love. When people on retreat realize, over time, how deeply they are loved, their desire is to give to the lover, to give, as a return.

It is different in the First Reading. There a leper, Naaman, is healed by Elisha the prophet. Naaman too was a foreigner, like the Samaritan, a general in the Syrian army. The Israeli prophet tells him to plunge into the Jordan river seven times. He carries out this strange routine just as instructed. The result? Naaman rushed back to Elisha giving copious thanks. He converts. He declares that there is no other god on earth but Israels god, and his whole
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How would you have reacted? god has been seeking a mutual love relationship with you from the beginning of time. Do you ever sense this? Do you feel gratitude? Do you ever take time out to feel it? Could you take some time this week?
Fr. John Foley, S. J. Copyright 2013, The Center for liturgy at Saint louis university. All rights reserved. used by permission.

Notice that this implies an adult relationship, not a childs. An infant is filled with need after need after need, and it tells you all about them. The nine ungrateful lepers were like that. But adults want to give back as well as receive. yes, even give to god.

His flesh became again like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean of his leprosy.

you are invited to write a note to the author of this reflection: Fr. John Foley, S. J. (johnbfoley@yahoo.com)

Artwork: And one of them, realizing he had been healed, returned, glorifying god in a loud voice. (gospel) James Tissot, Healing of the Lepers at Capernaum, 1886-94

Contact: Dr. Jackie Stewart, St. Anthony Shrine, 617-542-6440, ext. 143 or email SAS.Evang@gmail.com.

November Events Franciscan Adult School/ Evangelization

Inconvenient Film Series

Sin Nombre, Sat., Nov. 16, 2013, 1:45 to 3:30 p.m., Assisi auditorium stage classroom Cost: $5.

What shift in our reality will make our spirituality come alive? On what do you base your spirituality? What is the relationship of spirituality to faith and religion? Michael Parise, trained life coach and spiritual counselor of 30 years experience, will help make sense of our experiences and the impact they have in our daily lives. Join us for an interactive discussion of our life's foundations.

Workshop goal: To help identify what spirituality really is, on what it is based, and how to develop a deeper transcendence in one's life.

Is Spirituality in Your Reality?

Thursday, November 7, 2013 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. 2nd fl classroom Presenter: Michael Parise, Life & Spirit Coach Cost: Free will offering

Spirituality in Reality Workshop

Seeking the promise of America, a beautiful young Honduran woman, Sayra, joins her father on an odyssey to cross the gauntlet of the Latin American countryside. Along the way, she crosses paths with a teenaged Mexican gang member, El Casper, who is maneuvering to outrun his violent past. Together they have to rely on faith, trust and street smarts if they are to survive their increasingly perilous journey towards the hope of new lives. The Other Son, Sat., Nov. 30, 2013, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Assisi auditorium stage classroom Cost: $5.

Thursday, November 21, 2013. 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. 2nd fl classroom Presenter: Fr. Gene Pistacchio, OFM Cost: $5.

Affective Sexuality & Spirituality

The moving and provocative tale filmed in Israel and the West Bank - of two young men one Israeli, the other Palestinian, who discover they were accidentally switched at birth, and the complex repercussions on themselves and their respective families.

An opportunity to understand the intricacy and oneness of these very important dimensions of the human person, this discussion will offer some concrete examples of how to achieve intimacy in a holistic, prayerful way without divorcing or separating either of them. These God given dimensions of personhood, affective sexuality and spirituality, impel us to reach greater levels of integration thereby increasing selfknowledge, discipline, overall happiness, fulfillment and deep inner peace. Open to all members of the Shrine community.

Joseph (Jules Sitruk), an 18-year-old musician preparing to join the Israeli army for his mandatory military service, lives at home in a comfortable suburb of Tel Aviv with his parents, France-born physician Orith (Emmanuelle Devos) and Israel-born army commander Alon Silbers (Pascal Elb). A blood test for Josephs military service reveals that he is not their biological son; during the Gulf War Joseph was evacuated from a clinic along with another baby; both were given back to the wrong families. While the Palestinian Joseph went to Tel Aviv with the Silbers, their actual Jewish son, Yacine (Medhi Dehbi) was brought to the West Bank by the Arab couple, Said (Khalifa Natour) and Leila (Areen Omari). The revelation turns the lives of the two families upside-down, forcing them to reassess their respective identities, values and beliefs.