Weekly Bulletin April 4/5
(A PDF version of the bulletin as printed is available here)
He is Risen, Alleluia!
Happy Easter to All
From the Paulist Center Staff and the Paulist Fathers
Live-Streaming
Find all the livestreams and recordings on youtube.com/ThePaulistCenter
At the time of each livestream, the appropriate Order of Worship will be available at paulistcenter.org/order-of-worship.
Welcome, visitors!
Whether this is your 1st time or your 50th time worshipping with us on Easter, we’re glad you are here!
Religious Education –
There are no religious education classes this Sunday due to the Easter holiday.
Happy Easter to all our families!
The first communion seder will be held in the auditorium on Sunday, April 12 at 11:15 am.
Office will be closed on Easter Monday, April 6. There will be no 12:00pm Mass on April 6.
Flower Donations for the Easter Season
Honor your loved ones, living or deceased, by making a donation towards Easter flowers with which we’ll adorn the Chapel throughout the Easter Season. The suggested donation is $10. Contributions can be made:
- at the Front Desk Mon – Fri from 10:30am – 4:30pm;
- by going to Donate Online, and choose “Flower Donation” and note who it is “in honor of”, or “in memory of”; or
- by using the envelopes in the pews. Please write legibly when notating your loved ones’ names.
WORSHIP MATTERS
April 2, 2026, Issue #22
LITURGICAL YEAR: The Three Days
We began our observance of Holy Week last weekend with the celebration of Palm Sunday. In this liturgy, we recalled Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem and then heard the solemn telling of his passion and death in the Gospel of Matthew. As we departed this liturgy, we turned our gaze toward the Paschal Triduum—the Church’s most sacred time. Just as Sunday gives meaning to the week, so these three days stand at the heart of the entire liturgical year. “Triduum” means “three days.” In the biblical sense of time, these days begin at sunset on Holy Thursday and unfold as one continuous celebration, culminating on Easter Sunday.
The Triduum begins on Holy Thursday evening with the Mass of the Lord’s Supper. In John’s Gospel, instead of the institution of the Eucharist, we encounter the striking image of Jesus washing the feet of his disciples and commanding them to do the same. At the Paulist Center, we honor this command by inviting all who are willing to come forward and wash one another’s feet. Like Peter, we may feel some hesitation—but in this humble act, we encounter the heart of Christ’s love.
The liturgy concludes with a solemn procession of the Eucharist to a place of repose in our auditorium, where we are invited to remain in quiet vigil, keeping watch with Jesus in the garden.
On Good Friday, we gather in silence and prayer to hear the Passion according to John. We venerate the cross—an ancient and powerful gesture of devotion—and share in Communion. Then the church is stripped bare. The stillness deepens. We enter the long watch of waiting.
Our journey reaches its summit in the Great Easter Vigil—a rich and layered celebration of light, word, baptismal renewal, and Eucharist. Beginning in darkness, we kindle the new fire and listen again to the story of salvation. At last, we gather at the table, where the Triduum began, to share in the feast of the risen Christ—alive among us.
In these sacred days, we do more than remember. We participate in Christ’s Passover—his passage through death into life, now made present in us. Through symbol, story, and song, we enter this mystery anew.
May these days awaken in us a deeper sense of wonder and hope, that we, too, “might walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4).
43rd Annual Paulist Center Auction
Set Sail Together: A Mediterranean Journey
Saturday, May 2 – 6:15pm
Step aboard and set sail on an unforgettable evening inspired by the beauty and romance of the Mediterranean! We hope you’ll join us for the Paulist Center’s largest annual fundraiser in support of our ministries and operations.
You can help make our Auction a winds-at-our-back triumph!
If you can assist by: donating an item, sponsoring, or volunteering your time, please see below:
DONATE AN ITEM: We are looking for items for our silent and live auctions. Dinners, sporting or cultural events, vacation homes, themed baskets, and more, are all welcome. Go to: tinyurl.com/donatepaulistauction26.
SPONSOR THE AUCTION: Go to paulistcenter.org, click on Giving/Donate Online, and select Auction Sponsorship and notate your sponsorship $ amount, and how you would like to be listed. Sponsors will be recognized in the program as follows:
BUY YOUR AUCTION EVENT TICKET(S): One of the most important ways that you can be involved is by joining us for this special evening. You can buy tickets in the following ways:
• In person after all Masses the weekends of April 11/12, April 18/19, and April 25/26.
• Online by completing the form at: https://tinyurl.com/Auction26Tickets. At the bottom of the form, click the link: I want to pay for my ticket(s) now. Take me to Electronic Giving!
Select Auction Event Ticket and note the number you wish to buy @ $50/ea. Or note that you will send a check.
Many of us may be feeling discouraged by events both close to home and in the larger world. As a faith community, we can dispel darkness by deepening our bonds to one another and by celebrating life with one another. We hope to see you!
Please contact Auction Co-chairs Maggie Keefe or Jordan Johnson with any questions or ideas at Auction@PaulistCenter.org.
Walk for Hunger – Sunday, May 3
Please join the Wednesday Night Supper Club at the 58th annual Walk for Hunger – it started at the Paulist Center in 1969, and is now a collaboration with Project Bread. 60% of what we raise is a major funding source for Supper Club and 40% goes towards advocacy.
How can you help?
Join us on May 3 for the Walk, create a fundraising page, or make a donation here: https://give.projectbread.org/team/809754.
We appreciate your support! Questions: supperclubfood@gmail.com
Staff Update
After six months of assisting the Paulist Center and its mission, Liz Framski has decided to step down from her role as the full-time Operations & Administrative Coordinator. Her role here has been temporary as she supported the Center through the Pastoral Planning process. Her last full-time day will be Saturday, April 4. Liz will now be working full-time at another nonprofit in Boston as she continues with her goals of giving back and helping others. She will still work occasional weekends and help with some administrative tasks and events at the Paulist Center as needed.
I want to thank everyone and express gratitude for being welcomed into this community– I deeply appreciate the kindness and openness I have experienced here. You all have made the transition to Boston much easier, and I feel as though I have found a place I resonate with. I wish everyone well, and thank you again for everything!
~ Liz
Infant Baptism Preparation Class
This is for parents and godparents. We offer this class for those participating in an infant Baptism elsewhere as well as for members of the Center community who wish to have their child baptized here.
Upon completion, you will receive a needed “Certificate of Attendance” to send to the parish. Next session will be on Saturday, April 11 from 10am to Noon at the Center. Please write to Fr. Rick Walsh at rick@paulistcenter.org to register for the class.
We ask for a $25 donation to the Paulist Center for this class.
Prayer and Action in Troubled Times: Lessons from Catholic Social Teachings
Please join us for our next session, April 12, as we reflect on key documents that have challenged and inspired our faith tradition over time. We will learn about them and consider what insights and actions they inspire as we face myriad assaults on social justice today.
On Sunday, April 12 at 7pm the topic will be Centesimus Annus: On the Hundreth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum (John Paul II, 1991) – focus on finding a middle way between communism and capitalism, while affirming the importance of the common good.
Raúl E. Zegarra, a community member and Asst. Prof. of Roman Catholic Theological Studies at Harvard Divinity School, will lead the session. We will meet in the 3rd Fl Library – pizza will be served.
LGBTQIA Catholic Collective
The Paulist Center is a member of the Greater Boston LGBTQIA Catholic Collective which offers monthly Zoom meetings for friends and family of LGBTQIA Catholics and could be a resource for Paulist Center members who are actively supporting their families in embracing transgender or nonbinary family members. Email greaterbostonlgbtqiacatholics@gmail.com for the meeting schedule and Zoom links. More info @ https:/www.bostonlgbtqiacatholics.org
Stewardship
The Paulist Center receives no funding from outside sources. All costs to operate our ministries for both members and the wider Boston community, maintain the building, and pay our staff are supported solely by your financial donations. We are so grateful for your financial support! See paulistcenter.org/give/ways-to-give for a variety of ways to give to the Paulist Center.
Two options include:
Give a one-time or recurring donation using your bank account or credit card by visiting tinyurl.com/DonatePaulistCenter or scanning the QR code on this page outlined in blue. You can use this method for donations for specific programs, too, and, if you are a registered member with us, these donations will be included in a year-end tax statement sent to you for any donations that are tax deductible per IRS regulations. Giving by this method helps us with our budgeting and stewardship efforts.
Use Apple Pay or Google Pay by visiting donorbox.org/paulistcenter, scanning the QR code on the red cards in the pews, or scanning the QR code on this page outlined in red. Please note that these donations will not be included in any year-end giving tax records, and they solely support our general operations.
Community Gift
The Paulist Center gives 5% of our annual offertory to 52 other charitable organizations with missions consonant with our own. These organizations receive an equal amount from our annual offertory.
The weekend of April 4 – 5 we raise up Holy Land Shrines to support the sacred places and the educational, charitable, and peace-seeking ministries of the Church in the Holy Land.
Mass Intentions
Please stop by the reception area during the week, email Sal Whooley at sal@paulistcenter.org, or call 617-742-4460, if you would like to arrange for a Mass and/or purchase a Mass card:
- in memory of someone who has died,
- in honor of a special occasion,
- or for the special intentions of yourself or a loved one
Paulist Center Rosary Circle
All are welcome to the Paulist Center Rosary Circle which meets every Monday at 7:30pm via Zoom. ID: 487 503 158; passcode: 021078.
Do you have a special intention that you would like the Paulist Center Community to pray for? Our weekly Rosary Circle is happy to include your intentions (may be anonymous). Go here for the form.
Low-Gluten Hosts
Low-gluten hosts are available upon request. Please see the presider in the Chapel or Sacristy fifteen minutes before Mass and indicate where you will be seated in the Chapel so the communion minister in that section will have the low-gluten host for you at communion.
Spiritual Direction
Spiritual Direction is an opportunity for one to reflect and share one’s life and prayer experience and be guided in one’s search for God. Spiritual Direction is available at the Center from Sister Kathleen Hagerty, CSJ, or Christopher O’Rourke.
Sister Kathleen can be reached at 617-755-9729.
Christopher can be reached at 617-817-3977.