Weekly Digest

Welcome everyone!
This week at the parish:

• Tuesday - Family Playgroup (10:30 am), Choir Practice & Fatima Apostolate (7 pm)
• Wednesday - Bereavement Meeting (7 pm)
• Thursday - First Friday Confessions (4 pm), Confirmation Rehearsal (7 pm @ Saint Camillus), Men's Bible Study (8 pm)
• Friday - First Friday Adoration (all day, Benediction at 5:00, Mass at 5:30), First Friday Playgroup (10:30 am), 40 Days for Life Vigil (7 pm), 
• Saturday - Confirmation at Saint Camillus (includes both parishes, 10:30 am), Confessions (3 pm)
• Sunday - Children's Choir (practice begins at 8 am for 9 am Mass), Coffee Hour (after 9 am Mass), Adult Choir (10:30 am Mass), Infant Baptisms (2 pm), Depart for 40 Days for Life (2:30 pm)
• Monday - Anointing of the Sick Mass at Saint Eulalia's, Winchester (9 am)

Saint Agnes Family Playgroup - CHECK BEFORE YOU LEAVE!

Once a week, we hold 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, September 30th, we will meet at Robbins Farm Park (56 Eastern Ave., Arlington).  This park has play structures and swings, a beautiful large slides, and is a GREAT place to fly kites!  We will play in the beautiful fall sunshine and enjoy each other's company.  Bring your own picnic lunch.  Come join us; we hope to see you there!

**NOTE THAT our outdoor 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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This Friday, October 3rd, is the first Friday of the month.  On Thursday, October 2nd, from 4:00-5:00 pm, there will be the opportunity for confession in the lower church.  On Friday, Saint Agnes will be offering all-day Adoration, concluding with Benediction and Mass at 5:00/5:30pm, in the lower church. Also at noon there will be a Holy Hour to pray for priests and victims of clergy sexual abuse. Adoration is a wonderful opportunity to spend some quiet time with the Lord and gain some focus in our lives - especially with all the busy distractions of daily life. For more background on the long tradition of keeping a First Friday devotion, look here or here.

Also, anyone who wishes to walk across the street to spend time alone with our Lord in Adoration may do so, while the other mothers watch your children in the playroom.  First Friday playgroup is from 10:30 am-12:30 pm at Fidelity House (25 Medford St., Arlington). Fidelity House is being very generous by letting us use this space. Please consider a donation to help with their costs. Suggested donation is $1 per each person attending. 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 Please no food.... drinks in spill proof containers are OK.

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40 Days for Life

Our community will join hundreds of other cities on September 24th-November 2nd to participate in a life-saving campaign made up of prayer and fasting, community outreach and peaceful vigils.  You are invited to stand and pray during the 40-day vigil in the public right-of-way outside Planned Parenthood in Boston, and to spread the word about this important ministry.

Please join Saint Agnes parishioners as we participate in the 40 Days for Life prayer campaign this fall.  The first candlelight vigil will be held on Friday, September 26th at 7:00 pm outside Planned Parenthood in Boston.

Saint Agnes has committed to prayer outside of Planned Parenthood on Sundays from 3:00-4:00 pm, beginning September 28th.  We will leave Saint Agnes parking lot at 2:30 pm each week.  We invite you to join us at least once during the campaign.  For more information, visit www.40DaysforLife.com/boston, or email Eileen Cahill at SAParishforLife [at] gmail.com.

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Sing in the CHILDREN'S Choir at Saint Agnes
If you have children interested in our Children's Choir, now is the time!  The Children's Choir will begin singing at the 9:00 am Family Mass on October 5th.  If you are in 1st Grade or above and love to sing, come and join us!  Rehearsal is at 8:15 before the scheduled Mass.  Other dates are indicated on the parish calendar, here.

You can always find a complete Mass and Rehearsal Schedule at www.agnesmusic.net

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Children's Way of the Cross

Did you take your children to the beautiful Children's Way of the Cross this past Lent?  This is such a great ministry for our parish.  However, Tricia Sheehan, who has coordinated for many years is looking for new parents to take on this annual devotion!  If you are able to give yourself in service this way, please contact Tricia Sheehan (781-648-7709).

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Project Rachel
Project Rachel retreats help women find hope, healing and reconciliation after abortion.  If you or a loved one is suffering from post-abortion pain, contact Project Rachel about upcoming "Come to the Waters of Healing" retreats on Saturdays, February 22, March 29, or April 12.  Contact Project Rachel  at help [at] ProjectRachelBoston.com or 508-651-3100.  All inquiries are confidential.