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From the Pastor’s Pen

As of May 29, masks are no longer required for vaccinated people in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The State does advise that non-vaccinated people continue to wear masks.

Obvious-ly, the parish cannot police the community. We must trust and rely on one another. For those who

are not vaccinated or prefer it a socially- distanced section will remain in place at each church.

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St. Oscar Romero Parish

St. Gerard Majella

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St. John the Evangelist

St. Oscar Romero Parish: First Holy Communion

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Congratulations to all of our parish children

who made their First Communions during the weekends in May!

May God bless them and their families.

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St. Oscar Romero Parish

St. Gerard Majella

†

St. John the Evangelist

Please note that the sign-up for our annual Kids Camp will be held remotely.

Returning Families: Sunday, June 6th New Families: Monday, June 7th

Watch for registration instructions in upcoming issues of the bulletin!

House of Possibilities Award Ceremony

On May 20, Kristen Desisto and our Youth Ministry team were acknowledged for their volunteer work at the House of Possibilities in Easton. The award ceremony took place at Lombardo’s in Ran-dolph.

Summer Outreach Program

Last week 65 High School students were given their outreach assignments for this summer. We look forward to this opportunity and chal-lenge to once again embark on our outreach min-istry to those in need.

Special Youth Ministry Event

Friday, May 21, Youth Ministry’s first official special event took place! We held a “Survivor Night”! There was a wonderful turnout and the evening provided fun for all!

Resumption of Activities

Youth Ministry is looking ahead with enthusi-asm as we will be resuming our activities begin-ning in June.

Please note that all Youth Ministry activities are carried out under the guidelines of COVID-19. dolph.

Summer Outreach Program

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Thank you: Boy Scout Troop 77

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Last week members of Boy Scout Troop 77

refurbished our Saint Mary Cemetery sign. The sign was in need of

cleaning, scraping and repainting.

As a parish community we are very grateful for the effort that went into restoring the sign to look new once again.

Thank you Scouts for the beautiful workmanship and for your commit-ment to the Can-ton community!

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St. Oscar Romero Parish

St. Gerard Majella

†

St. John the Evangelist

Sacrament of Baptism

St. Gerard: 2nd Sunday of the month at 11:30am St. John: 2nd Sunday of the month at 12:00pm

To register, please visit www.cantoncatholic.org and click on sacramentals. For more information, call Barbara McKenney at (781) 828-0090.

Sacrament of Reconciliation

St. Gerard: Tuesdays 9:30am–10:30 am St. John: Saturdays 11:00am–12:00 pm

Sacrament of Marriage

Arrangements should be made six months in advance. Please contact the Parish office directly.

Sacrament of the Sick

Please contact the parish office to make arrangements.

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

St. Gerard: Tuesdays 9:30am-12:00pm

Daily Rosary

St. Gerard: Mondays & Tuesdays at 8:30am before

Mass and Monday evenings at 7:30pm

St. John: Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays at

8:30am before Mass

Prayer Meeting

St. Gerard: 1st & last Tuesday at 7:30pm

Men’s Prayer Group

2nd Saturday 8:00-9:30am (Email jptjr2@gmail.com or

tombrodnicki@comcast.net for Zoom link.)

SAINT MARY

CEMETERY

Randolph Street Canton, Massachusetts For cemetery information, please contact

Barbara McKenney at 781-828-0090 x311 ~ Open for Prayer ~

St. Gerard: Monday-Thursday 10:00am-2:00pm St. John: Monday-Friday 10:00am-3:00pm

SACRAMENTS & OCCASIONS

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL

is here for you.

If you or someone you know is in need, please call

781-828-0090 x205 and leave your contact information and

some-one will return your call.

Please remember in your prayers the souls of:

Florence O’Donnell and

Philip Harding

May they know the peace and joy of our heavenly Kingdom, and may their souls rest in peace.

Offertory:

Actual Year-to-Date (7/1/20 – 05/10/21) $678,877 Prior Year-to-Date (7/1/19 – 05/10/20) $838,835 % Change <19%>

Online Giving (included in Actual YTD) $369,158

*Gifts designated as Grand Annual are included above

For those who would like to set up a recurring online giving account or make a one-time donation to benefit the ministries of the parish,

please visit our website at

cantoncatholic.org/online-giving.html

or using your smart phone, simply scan the QR code here

If you prefer to continue your offertory gifts via check, please make them payable to

St. Oscar Romero Parish.

We are truly grateful for the generosity of our parishioners.

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St. Oscar Romero Parish

St. Gerard Majella

†

St. John the Evangelist

OFFICE

Business affairs for both churches are conducted at 1860 Washington Street (M-TH 9am-4pm)

781-828-0090

Fax: 781-828-2520 CLERGY

Rev. Thomas S. Rafferty, Pastor x209

trafferty@cantoncatholic.org

Rev. James Ojo, Parochial Vicar x322

jamesojo@cantoncatholic.org

Deacon Daniel C. Nelson, THM, D. Min. x325

dcndan@cantoncatholic.org

*Deacon Dan is also a certified Spiritual Director PARISH STAFF

Nancy T. Cunniff, MA x203

Director of Faith Formation ncunniff@cantoncatholic.org

Erin Sullivan x305

Coordinator of Elementary Religious Education erin@cantoncatholic.org

Maria White x216

Director of Music/ Communications mwhite@cantoncatholic.org

Mike Mahan, Director of Youth Ministry

mike@cantoncatholic.org

Barbara McKenney x311

Ministry Coordinator & St. Mary Cemetery bmckenney@cantoncatholic.org

Finance Office

Finance@cantoncatholic.org

St. John the Evangelist School

696 Washington Street 781-828-2130

Chris Flieger, Ed.D. chris.flieger@sjscanton.org Principal

Suzanne Sullivan suzanne.sullivan@sjscanton.org

Administrative Assistant

PARISH CONTACTS

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MASS INTENTIONS

4:00 pm SG 4:00 pm SJ* Saturday, May 29th

Daluta and Ignacy Macina- Memorial John McCarthy, Billy Cravens, and Jean & John Cushman- Memorials

8:30am SJ 10:00am SG 10:30am SJ 5:00pm SG

Sunday, May 30th

Charles J. Lenhart III- Memorial Olga Gelsiak- Memorial

Joseph F. Ronayne, Sr.&Jr.- Memorial Timothy O'Shea- Memorial

9:00am SG Monday, May 31st Alice Osunde- Memorial

9:00am SG Tuesday, June 1st

9:00am SJ Wednesday, June 2nd

9:00am SJ Thursday, June 3rd

9:00am SJ Friday, June 4th

4:00 pm SG 4:00 pm SJ*

Saturday, June 5th

Fernando Iglesias- Memorial

Joseph F. Ronayne, Sr.&Jr.- Memorials

8:30am SJ 10:00am SG 10:30am SJ 5:00pm SG

Sunday, June 6th

Rose DiNicola- Memorial

John McNeice, Jr.- Month's Mind Brian Chierus- Memorial

Steve Staffiere- 5th Anniversary and Staffiere & Oxford Families- Memorials *View this Mass live on our Facebook page or watch the

recording on our YouTube channel. ~ Intentions ~

We are now accepting Mass intentions through

August 2021.

Please call 781-828-0090.

Please send all weekly bulletin submissions by noon on Tuesday to mwhite@cantoncatholic.org.

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