Weekly Digest

Welcome everyone!
This week at the parish:

• Monday - Respect Life Meeting (7:00 pm)
• Tuesday - Family Playgroup (10:30 am), Sodality of our Lady Annual Banquet (4 pm), Virtus Training, Choir Practice & Fatima Apostolate (7 pm), Women's Bible Study (7:30 pm)
• Wednesday - Bereavement Meeting (7 pm), Arlington Catholic Women's Club (7:15 pm)
• Thursday - Men's Bible Study (8:00 pm)
• Friday - 40 Days for Life Vigil (7 pm in Boston)
• Saturday - Confessions (3 pm)
• Sunday - Lectors and Eucharistic Ministers Meet-and-Greet (9 am), Parish 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)

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 winter playgroup locations, please click here.  To see a map of our winter park schedule, please click here.

This Tuesday, October 14th, we will meet at Dugger Park (2 Mystic River Rd., Medford).  This park is fenced, has play structures and swings, and a pavement area good for bikes or scooters, right next to the Mystic River!  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. IN THE WINTER MONTHS, WE WILL MEET IF THE WEATHER IS ABOVE 32 DEGREES.  If the weather seems questionable, please check your email or the blog page before you leave for playgroup. In case of freezing weather or rain, playgroup will be cancelled for the day. Thanks!**

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Virtus Training
Do you volunteer in the parish? Volunteers are required to attend a training program as part of our efforts to protect our children. A training session is scheduled this Tuesday, October 14th from 7:00-9:00 pm.  Please register by calling the Religious Education Office at 781-646-5579.

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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.  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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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.