OUR LADY OF GRACE

Parish Bulletin for March 16, 2008

PALM SUNDAY

Saturday:	March 15	4:00 PM	Lillian Polcari
Sunday:	March 16	8:30 AM	All the people of the Parish
		11:00 AM	Amando Orozco
		12:30 PM	Creole Mass
Monday:	March 17	7:30 AM	Benedetta Gallo & Vitina Crivelli
Tuesday:	March 18	7:30 AM	Victorio & Vitina Crivelli
Wednesday:	March 19	7:30 AM	NO MORNING MASS
Thursday:	March 20	7:30 AM	NO MORNING MASS
		7:00 PM	Mass of the Lord's Supper
Friday:	March 21	7:30 AM	NO MORNING MASS
		3:00 PM	Stations of the Cross
		7:00 PM	Celebration of the Lord's Passion
Saturday:	March 22	9:00 AM	John Ciampa
		8:00 PM	Easter Vigil
Sunday:	March 23	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 Rita Janiak and Francis O'Donnell who were buried this past week. We commend their souls and the intentions of their families 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   "My God, my God, why have you   abandoned me?" Coffee & Donuts We invite you to the parish hall for coffee & donuts after the 8:30AM Mass. March 16: Stevens Family March 23: No coffee & donuts March 30: Primma Valera HOLY WEEK Holy Thursday, March 20, 2008 7:00PM - Mass of he Lord's Supper. Procession will be followed by Adoration which will continue until 11:00PM. A central ritual on Holy Thursday is the re-enactment of the Washing of the Feet reminding us that we must be of service to one another. This ritual is given to us as an image and experience of mutual ministry. As a service to others, we suggest you bring new bath size towels to be donated to those who are in need. The towels may be left in the rear of the church. Good Friday, March 21, 2008 3:00PM - Stations of the Cross. The young people of the parish will lead us in prayer. 7:00PM - Celebration of the Lord's Passion. The service includes the proclamation of the Gospel of the Passion according to St. John, the Veneration of the Cross and Holy Communion. Anyone who is available following the Good Friday service is asked to stay and help set up for Easter. Holy Saturday, March 22, 2008 9:00AM - Morning Prayer. NO 4:00 MASS 8:00PM - Easter Vigil. The vigil consists of the Service of the Light, the Service of the Word, the Service of Water with the Baptism of our three Catechumens and the renewal of baptismal promises and the Liturgy of the Eucharist. We invite you to bring a bell to be rung at the Gloria to celebrate the Resurrection.   Any individual or family interested in helping to bring up flowers, plants, etc at the Easter Vigil Service should sign up at the rear of the church or at the rectory. You must be available for a 1:00PM rehearsal on Holy Saturday. We are asking all of our wonderful bakers to provide goodies. Please drop them in the hall before Mass. Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008 8:30AM & 11:00AM 12:30PM Creole Mass	$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. 2008 Catholic Appeal We want to thank everyone from Our Lady of Grace Parish who has participated in the 2008 Catholic Appeal. Our parish has raised $ 5,560.00 from 47 households. These contributions fund the good works of our Archdiocese and will improve the lives of many in our faith community. The Appeal is to our Archdiocese what the weekly offertory is to our parish. Cardinal Sean has invited every Catholic household to participate. If you have not yet made your gift, please consider making a pledge this weekend. You can pick up information packets with pledge forms in the rear of the church. Please return your completed pledge/gift through the mail in the envelope provided in the information packet. For more information please visit www.BostonCatholicAppeal.com or call 617-779-3700. Every gift matters! Thank You. Target: $17,500.00 Pledged: $5,560.00 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/colonrectal. Altar Servers If there is any boy or girl (fourth grade and up) interested in being an Altar Server, please call the rectory. 1000 Club Congratulations to Mary Marino of Stoneham who was the lucky winner of the $1,000.00. Please join us for our next drawing on Tuesday evening, April 1st at 7:30 in theparish hall. 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.