Join St. Katharine Drexel Parish on January 20, 2025, at 9 a.m., as they host the 39th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Prayer Breakfast. This year’s guest speaker will be Rev. Dr. Gregory G. Groover, Sr., DMin. Pastor, Historic Charles Street A.M.E. Church and musical performances by Boston Black Catholic Choir.
Join Boston pilgrims at the National March for Life in Washington, D.C. in January. We will depart the archdiocese at approximately 10 PM on Thurs., Jan. 23 and arrive at Life Fest at 7:30 AM on Fri., Jan. 24 and then head to the March. We will return to the archdiocese at 12:15 AM on Jan. 25. The cost is $80 and includes bus, Life Fest ticket, driver gratuity, and boxed lunch. Visit bit.ly/WitnesstoLife2025 to register.
Join us as we hear a powerful testimony about surviving the commercial sex trade and addiction. Learn the facts and how to prevent this from happening in your community.
Fiat, a gathering of women interested in learning more about religious life, cordially invites you to the next meeting on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. (ET) on Zoom. The topic will be “World Day for Consecrated Life.” If you are interested in attending, please contact Sr. Marian Batho, CSJ at [email protected] or 617-746-2025 for more information and the link to the meeting.
The Family Life team invites Catholics who were married outside of the Church to a Celebration of Convalidation during National Marriage Week on Sat. Feb. 8, 2025 at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston at 6 PM. The ceremony is an opportunity for couples married outside of the Church to enter a marriage covenant in the Catholic tradition. Bishop Cristiano Barbosa and Bishop Mark O’Connell will celebrate this event in various languages of the couples present. Visit bit.ly/CatholicConvalidation for more information.
informative webinar on responsible parenting within the home and the Church. Certified Catholic fertility care practitioners, Christen and Brandon Fitts and Monica and Victor Bergeron will present helpful information and resources, and share witness on the meaning of responsible procreation, authentic fatherhood and motherhood, and the importance of nurturing the family as the domestic Church.
Join Catholic psychologists Dr. Greg Kolodziejczak and Dr. Christine Williams, and LICSW Michael Drahos for a workshop examining how traditional mental health treatments, support, and faith play a role in healing. Q&A will be offered and resources provided. Sponsored by Family Life. To register, visit bit.ly/mentalhealthadults.
Pray, look around, and pray some more. The Cursillo method aims at helping to transform, in a Christian way, the environments where people live and work through the involvement of "new men and women" who have become such from their encounter with Christ. Location: Notre Dame Spirituality Center, Ipswich | [email protected]
Pueri Cantores is the international student choral organization of the Roman Catholic Church, whose mission is to evangelize and catechize choristers through the medium of sacred music, aiding them in growing in their faith and rooting them ever deeper to the Church. This festival is not only for strong singers, but for those for whom this may be a welcome challenge. It is especially for those who wish to be nurtured by like-minded students who love their faith and love to sing. We strongly encourage Choir Directors to bring all treble and mixed voice choirs — grades 4-12 — to the beautiful Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston on Saturday, March 8, 2025 for the Pueri Cantores New England Choral Festival and Mass.
Join the Family Life team and educational consultants, Kathy Donnelly and Rosaura Soto, from Loyola Press as they present on the implementation and use of their Adaptive Faith Formation Kits for Reconciliation, First Communion, and Confirmation. This informative morning will help faith formation leaders, catechists, and parents to form children with disabilities in the Catholic faith. There will be opportunities to win a set of free kits for your parish!
Are you – or someone you know – seeking peace after an abortion? The Project Rachel ministry of the Archdiocese of Boston extends a special invitation to women experiencing regret from a past abortion to attend a Come to the Waters of Healing one-day retreat. Spring dates are Saturday, March 15 and Saturday, May 10. Locations are confidential. For more information on the retreats or other services, contact Project Rachel at 508.651.3100 or [email protected].
Join Emilia Cowell from Ascension Parish in Sudbury, MA to learn more about how to address a variety of “hot button issues” with young people. We’ll be talking about chastity, sex and gender, pro life issues, the male priesthood, and more. Please note that the focus of this session is on how to present and discuss the Church’s teaching on these matters and will not devote any time to discussion of changing the Church’s teaching.
The Cursillo method aims at helping to transform, in a Christian way, the environments where people live and work through the involvement of "new men and women" who have become such from their encounter with Christ. Location: Notre Dame Spirituality Center, Ipswich | [email protected]
Join us for a panel discussion with Sheila Bauer from St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish in Acton and St. Isidore Parish in Stow, Jason Deramo from Bishop Feehan High School and Francesca Alberti Reynolds from St. John and St. Joseph Parishes in Quincy on the role of service in effective youth ministry.
Are you – or someone you know – seeking peace after an abortion? The Project Rachel ministry of the Archdiocese of Boston extends a special invitation to women experiencing regret from a past abortion to attend a Come to the Waters of Healing one-day retreat. Locations are confidential. For more information on the retreats or other services, contact Project Rachel at 508.651.3100 or [email protected].