Weekly Digest

Welcome, EVERYONE!

Here's the lineup for the week at the Parish:

• Monday - Baptism Catechesis (7 pm - this is not the usual time or day, and is a singular exception)
• Tuesday - Family Playgroup (10:30 am), Fatima Apostolate (7 pm)
• Thursday - First Friday Confessions (4 pm), Saint Dymphna Society (6:30 pm)
• Friday - First Friday Adoration (all day, Benediction at 5:00, Mass at 5:30 pm)
• Saturday - Mass of Anointing (12 noon), Altar Server Training (1 pm), Confessions (3 pm), 10K Raffle for Saint Agnes School (7 pm)
• Sunday - Coffee and Donuts (after 9 am Mass), Adult Choir (10:30 am Mass), Infant Baptisms (2 pm)

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Saint Agnes Family Playgroup

The Saint Agnes Family group holds weekly Tuesday playgroups outdoors at nearby parks. We start at 10:30 am (but sometimes moms run late). You are welcome to join us! You can find the spring playgroup schedule here, or by clicking the link at the upper left of the blog home page.

This Tuesday, March 29th, we will meet at Hibbert Street Playground (115 Hibbert St., Arlington).  This park has been rebuilt and looks beautiful.  Let's explore it together.  Bring a picnic lunch and join us!

**NOTE THAT our outdoor play 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 or weather below 32 degrees, playgroup will be cancelled for the day. Thanks!**

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Mass of Anointing
Saint Agnes Parish Mass of Anointing and Luncheon will be celebrated on Saturday, April 2nd 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 before Wednesday, March 30.

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First Friday Adoration

This Friday, April 1st, is the first Friday of the month. On Thursday, March 31st 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.

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Altar Servers
All parish youth currently in Grades 4+ 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 19, March 26, April 2, and April 9. The Server Installation Mass will be on Sunday, April 10 at the 9:00 am Family Mass. If you have any questions, please call Michael Keiselbach at 781-646-0475.

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Our parish's Saint Agnes School is holding their upcoming

$10K ELIMINIATION RAFFLE AND DINNER!
April 2, 2016 at 7:00 pm

Would you like to join in the fun night with another couple? 

Click below to print the form for tickets.

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FALL 2016 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!