OUR LADY OF GRACE

Parish Bulletin for March 23, 2008

EASTER SUNDAY

Last weeks bulletin

Saturday:	March 22	8:00 PM	Easter Vigil
Sunday:	March 23	8:30 AM	All the people of the Parish
		11:00 AM	Amando Orozco
		12:30 PM	Creole Mass
Monday:	March 24	7:30 AM	Benedetta Gallo & Vitina Crivelli
Tuesday:	March 25	7:30 AM	Victorio & Vitina Crivelli
Wednesday:	March 26	7:30 AM	NO MORNING MASS
Thursday:	March 27	7:30 AM	NO MORNING MASS
Friday:	March 28	7:30 AM	NO MORNING MASS
Saturday:	March 29	4:00 PM	John DiGregorio
Sunday:	March 30	8:30 AM	All the people of the Parish
Easter Sunday		11:00 AM
		12:30 PM	Creole Mass

For Your Consideration Our Lady of Grace in Chelsea is selling the Rectory situated on 10,640 square feet of land. If you have an interest in purchasing this property, please call John R. Burns of C. Brendan Noonan & Company, Inc. at 617-868-3200x114.

SYMPATHY We extend our sincere sympathy to the families of the late John F. Mulkern who was buried this past week. We commend his soul and the intentions of his family to your continuing prayers.

Prayer Requests Please pray for the sick of our parish and others who are in need of our prayers:	Marion Vaughan Phillip Simonelli Martha Dwyer Frank Tringale Jalia Alicea Sicilia Campbell Bud Saladino Paul Summa Giulio Cecere Charlotte O'Shea Alexandria Peppe Dominic Masucci Georgiann Braid Robert Finn Pat Cirino Lindsey Pettengill Paul F. Mahoney John Mace Lillian Milczarek
Psalm Response "This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad. This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad" Coffee & Donuts We invite you to the parish hall for coffee & donuts after the 8:30AM Mass. March 23: No coffee & donuts March 30: Primma Valera 2008 Catholic Appeal Cardinal Sean wishes everyone at Our Lady of Grace Parish a Happy Easter and thanks everyone who has participated in the 2008 Catholic Appeal. Our parish has raised $6,915.00 from sixty-four households reaching 36.4% percent of our parish goal of $17,500.00. We are pleased that we have new contributors this year. Welcome and thank you! We ask every Catholic family to participate. Please know that every gift matters. You can pick up information packets with pledge forms in the rear of the church or for more information, please visit www.BostonCatholicAppeal.org or call 617-779-3700. Thank You! Target: $ 17,500.00 Pledged: $ 6,915.00 Blood Pressure Clinic The Parish Nurses will hold a Blood Pressure Clinic on Sunday, March 30th at 9:30AM in the parish hall. March is National Nutrition Month (www.eatright.org) and colon Rectal Awareness Month (www.preventcancer.org/colon rectal. Suggestion Box If you have any ideas or suggestions please put them in the "Suggestion Box" at the rear of the church. 1000 Club Please join us for our next drawing on Tuesday evening, April 1st at 7:30 in the parish hall.	$10,000 Drawing Tickets for our $10,000 drawing are now on sale Tickets are $100.00 each and include a chance at the $10,000 and other cash prizes plus dinner, dancing, music and cash bar. Additional dinner tickets for a guest is $25.00. Dinner tickets alone are $25.00 and are not eligible for the cash drawings. You can purchase your ticket now or reserve a ticket and make monthly payments if you choose. Tickets can be purchased by calling Anthony at 617-389-6538 or Barbara at the rectory. Altar Servers If there is any boy or girl (fourth grade and up) interested in being an Altar Server, please call the rectory. Thank You Corner Our sincere thanks to the Outreach Committee and all those parishioners who so generously brought food for the Easter baskets for the needy of the parish. Catholic TV Catholic TV's Sunday Mass is moving to CW56 beginning Sunday, March 30th at 7:00AM. A rebroadcast of the Mass will also be available on Catholic TV cable at 9:30AM and 7:30PM every Sunday. For more information visit CatholicTV.com or call 617-923-0220.  A Prayer for our Parish God, our Father, bless the parish of Our Lady of Grace. Help us to welcome all who come to worship, adore and praise You. Jesus, be with us as we celebrate your life, death and resurrection in Word and Sacrament. Help us to make known your presence in our families, our community and our world. Holy Spirit, fill our parish family with your love. Help us to love one another in our parish, our family, our neighborhood and our world. Book Rack We wish to remind you about our bookrack at the rear of the church. There are many excellent paperback books, which are changed monthly for all age groups for your spiritual nourishment. Envelopes are available for your purchases.