Weekly Digest

Welcome, EVERYONE!
This week at the parish:

• Tuesday - Family Playgroup (10:30 am), Baptism Catechesis (7 pm), Fatima Apostolate (7 pm), Women's Bible Study (7:30 pm)
• Thursday - First Friday Confessions (4 pm)
• Friday - First Friday Adoration (all day, Benediction at 5:00, Mass at 5:30), Saint Agnes School Graduation (7 pm)
• Saturday  - Respect Life Rose Drive following all Weekend Masses, Confessions (3 pm)
• Sunday - Respect Life Rose Drive following all Masses, Coffee and Donuts (after 9:00 am Mass), Adult Choir (10:30 am Mass), Infant Baptisms (2 pm)

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Parish Social Day! - Saturday, June 27th
Saint Agnes Outreach will host a day of children’s Bible activities and crafts from 3:30-6:00 pm on Saturday, June 27th, culminating in an Ice Cream Social for the Parish at 6:00 pm, following the Saturday evening Masses. All events will be held in Saint Agnes School Hall and on the lawn outside Saint Agnes School. We would especially like to thank and extend this invitation in a special way to all of the dedicated parishioners who have volunteered in the past year in order to make education and social outreach ministries work. Thank you!

The sign up form for children's activities is printable here. If you are interested in helping with the Parish Social Day, please email Marianne Hudelson SaintAgnesFamilies@gmail.com

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Respect Life Rose Drive

Parishioners for Life will sponsor a Rose Drive to benefit Massachusetts Citizens for Life after all Masses the weekend of June 6 and 7th. If you would like to help distribute the roses and collect donations after any of the Masses, please e-mail saparishforlife [at] gmail.com. Children with their parents are welcome to help!

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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, June 2nd, we will meet at Dugger Park (2 Mystic River Rd., Medford).  This park is shady and fenced, right next to the beautiful Mystic River, and a small bike path. Please bring your own 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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Registration for Catechesis of the Good Shepherd is now OPEN!
Our parish is very blessed to offer this montessori-based preschool Religious Education Program.  This program serves children ages 3 to 5 years, and children age 6 years, if they will not be entering the 1st Grade.  The children must be potty-trained and able to go to the restroom on their own.  There are a limited number of seats, to be filled on a first-come, first-served basis, determined by the date the registration form is received.  Registration will close on Friday, June 5th. Registration forms available at the Parish Center and should be returned to the Religious Education Office. You may contact the Religious Education Office at 781-646-5579 if you wish to have the form mailed to you. For information about the program, call Jean Keiselbach (781-646-0475).

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This Friday, June 5th, is the first Friday of the month.  On Thursday, June 4th, 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.

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!