Weekly Digest

Welcome everyone!
This week at the parish:

• Tuesday - Family Playgroup (10:30 am), Choir Practice and Fatima Apostolate (7 pm)
• Wednesday - Confessions  (6:30-8:00 pm), Bereavement Meeting (7 pm), Arlington Catholic Women's Club (7:15 pm)
• Thursday - Men's Bible Study (8 pm)
• Friday - Stations of the Cross and Lenten Supper (following the 5:30 pm Mass)
• Saturday  - Altar Server Training (1 pm), Confessions (3 pm)
• Sunday - Coffee and Donuts (after 9:00 am Mass), Adult Choir (10:30 am Mass), 40 Days for Life Prayer Hour (depart from church at 1:30 pm), Lenten Vespers (4 pm at Saint Agnes)

Daily Masses at Saint Agnes are 7:00 am everyday, and in LENT ONLY 5:30 pm Monday-Fridays.

Confessions are offered Wednesdays 6:30-8:00 pm,and Saturdays at 3:00 pm.

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Saint Agnes Family Playgroup - CHECK THE BLOG BEFORE YOU LEAVE!

Now that we are in summer mode, we will be holding Tuesday playgroups outdoors at nearby parks. To print a written schedule of our summer playgroup locations, please click here. To see a map of our summer park schedule, please click here.

This Tuesday, March 17th, we will meet at the Bike Path near Spy Pond (Park on the Linwood St. Circle, Arlington) at 10:30 am.  We will wait until 10:45 for friends before walking down the bikepath in the direction of Cambridge.  Please bring your own strollers, scooters, bikes, etc., a lunch or snack and join us!

**NOTE THAT our outdoor summer schedule is highly dependent on good weather. If the weather seems questionable, please check your email or the blog page before you leave for playgroup. In case of rain, playgroup will be cancelled for the day. Thanks!**

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Altar Server Training

All Parish youth currently in Grades 4 and up are invited to join the Parish Altar Server Program. Assignments are for approximately two Masses per month. Instruction sessions, lasting one hour each, are at 1:00 pm in the lower Church on Saturdays: March 21, 28, April 4 and April 11. The Installation Mass will be on Sunday, April 12, at the 9:00 am Family Mass.  If you have any questions, please call Michael Keiselbach at 781-646-0475.

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40 Days for Life
Saint Agnes will be participating in the upcoming Lenten 40 Days for Life campaign in Boston!  40 Days for Life is a community-based campaign that draws attention to the evils of abortion through the use of prayer and fasting, prayer vigil, and community outreach.  40 Days for Life takes a determined, peaceful approach to showing local communities the consequences of abortion in their own neighborhoods, for their own friends and families.  The 40-day campaign parallels Biblical history, where God used 40-day periods to transform individuals, communities… and the entire world. From Noah in the flood to Moses on the mountain to the disciples after Christ’s resurrection, it is clear that God sees the transformative value of His people accepting and meeting a 40-day challenge.

Please join Saint Agnes Parishioners for Life as we participate in 40 Days for Life this Lent!  Saint Agnes will be leading a rosary hour each Sunday afternoon from 2:00-3:00 pm at Planned Parenthood in Boston during the campaign starting Sunday, February 22nd. For carpooling, we will meet at 1:30 pm in the public parking lot adjacent to Saint Agnes church. If you have any questions, please e-mail Eileen Cahill (SAParishforLife [at] gmail.com).

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Mass of Anointing
Saint Agnes Parish Mass of Anointing and Luncheon will be celebrated on Saturday, April 11th at 12:00 noon. Volunteers are needed as drivers, nurses, greeters, hosts/hostesses and people to make/donate sandwiches and desserts. If you are donating sandwiches or dessert, please let us know what and how many you will donate. You may deliver your donations before the luncheon on Saturday by noon. Thank you for your kindness. If you can help, or if you would like to attend and need transportation, please call the Parish Center at 781-648-0220.

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Saint Agnes $10,000 Raffle

Save the date! The North End comes to Saint Agnes School for its Annual $10,000 Raffle Dinner, Saturday, April 11th.  Flyers will be distributed in the weeks to come and you will have the opportunity to reserve your ticket/ raffle numbers early. We look forward to the success of one of the biggest fundraisers of the year to help support the children of Saint Agnes School. It is a great time, and a wonderful way to both have a night out, and support important Catholic causes.  Email SaintAgnes10K [at] gmail.com with any questions.

FALL 2015 REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR OUR WONDERFUL PARISH SCHOOLS!

FIDELITY HOUSE - Preschool and Pre-K

SAINT AGNES GRAMMAR SCHOOL - Pre-K through Grade 8

ARLINGTON CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL

Links to these websites are located at the top right-hand of the blog page.

When you invest and involve your family here, you can participate

in the evangelical mission and service of these community resources,

which are offered by - and in the long tradition of - our very own Catholic Church.

Financial Aid is available.  WOW!