Weekly Digest

Welcome everyone!
This week at the parish:

• Tuesday - Saint Agnes Playgroup (10:30 am), Choir Practice and Fatima Apostolate (7 pm)
• Wednesday - Bereavement Meeting (7 pm)
• Sunday - Respect Life Mass (10:30 am) and Baby Shower Collection (all weekend Masses)

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Saint Agnes Family Playgroup
We are done with Christmas break, and will resume in "Winter Playgroup" mode, when Fidelity House hosts our playgroup within their building.  We owe them our thanks!  We also are grateful to Father Flatley for helping us to get a small curriculum going this year.  Bring your thinking caps and get ready to pay attention to some short activities each week!

Thus, Tuesday playgroup will take place at Fidelity House, right near church: 25 Medford Street, from 10:30 am-12:30 pm.

• Please remember some behavior guidelines: No running out of the playroom, no kids in the toy closet, respect physical limits, use a time-out chair, please discipline your own children promptly, and be considerate of others!
• Fidelity House is being very generous by letting us use this space. Please consider a donation to help with their costs. Minimum suggested donation is $1 per person in attendance.
• Please no food.... drinks in spill proof containers are OK. 

Parking is on the street around Fidelity House. Check the street signs for the rules. Once you walk in the front door, go up the stairs, past the front desk, and to the back of the building. There is a door from the room to an outdoor courtyard, so bring your kids' coats too. We will also teach a brief lesson for the kids.

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Respect Life!
Baby Showers will take place on the weekends of January 11-12 and January 18-19. A crib will be placed in the front of church to accept your donations.  Items needed by the Pregnancy Help Office of the Archdiocese of Boston include the following (all sizes and genders needed 0-12 months):

• Blanket Sleepers
• Onesies
• Sleep & Plays
• Warm Outfits
• Snowsuits
• Toiletry Supplies  (Diaper Rash Ointment, Baby Shampoo and Body Wash, no baby powder please)
• Bibs, Bottles (4 and 8 ounces)
• Flannel receiving blankets
• Diapers, size newborn and size 4

Please, no used baby clothes but gently-used washable maternity clothes are graciously accepted. Thank you in advance for your kindness and generosity! To make a monetary donation, make the check payable to “Fund for the Unborn”.  The Saint Agnes Respect Life Mass will take place Sunday, January 19th at 10:30am.  Please join us at Mass and pray for greater respect for all human life from conception until natural death.