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We are continuing to bring our ministry folks together to become familiar with each other and each of our 3 worship sites within our one Parish. Please check your email and the bulletin for details of dates and times, if you have served or want to be trained to serve as a Lector, Extraordinary Minister and/or Altar Server (youth). Don't forget to invite someone new to ministry! If you have questions, please email pcockey@holymothers.com or call the office. Please stay tuned for on-going refresher training sessions and thank you for your continued ministry!

Come Join us for an Evening of Dinner, Dancing, Music and Fellowship for an Evening with Bishop Dennis on Wednesday, September 8, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Join fellow St. Mary’s – St. Helen’s – St. Thecla’s parishioners for a dinner and socializing with Bishop Dennis at St. Mary's Parish Center. Entertainment will be provided by the Life Teen SMASH Band. Tickets are $50 each which includes dinner, music, dancing and great company! Additional donations to benefit Bishop Dennis' Diocese in Berberati in the Central African Republic are greatly appreciated! Checks should be made payable to: “St. Mary’s, St. Helen’s, St. Thecla’s” with “Bishop Dennis” in the memo. Tickets are available in the Parish Office, by calling Colleen Mahoney at (781) 826-4303 or emailing cmahoney@holymothers.com.

On July 1, 2021, St. Mary's in Hanover, St. Helen's in Norwell, and St. Thecla's in Pembroke will officially merge to become one parish. Until the new parish has an official name, we will simply be known as the Parish of St. Mary's, St. Helen's, and St. Thecla's. The parish councils are currently working to come up with a new Mass schedule using all three churches to be put into place in July.

We will celebrate a midday Mass for Ascension Thursday on May 13 at Noon at St. Mary's in Hanover. Registration is not required, but space is limited.

"Mary: A Biblical Walk With The Blessed Mother" will begin on Tuesday, May 4 and run through Tuesday, June 15. This seven week video-based Bible study will be held at St. Mary's Parish Center from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. We have 1 spot left, please email Patty Cockey at pcockey@holymothers.com or call (781) 826-4303 x239, if you are interested in joining us for the remaining weeks.

As of Sunday, April 11, the 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Mass have been moved outside to St. Helen's in Norwell in order to accommodate more parishioners. The updated Mass location/schedule is:
8 a.m. inside at St. Mary's
9:30 a.m. outside at St. Helen's
11 a.m. Online Livestream Mass
6 p.m. outside at St. Helen's

Confessions will be heard on Holy Saturday at 11 a.m. at St. Mary's in Hanover. All are welcome to attend.

The Sacred Triduum will be celebrated with virtual Livestream Masses on Holy Thursday and Good Friday at 7:15 p.m. and on Holy Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

HMC will host a Virtual Study on Tuesdays at 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. via Zoom starting February 23. This is free and open to all. Please see our Lent 2021 page for more details.

The Holy Mothers Collaborative will celebrate the Holy Hour for Life on Wednesday, January 27. The 9 a.m. Mass Readings will be different than in the Missal for January 27 and can be found by clicking on the picture on this article. As with all Wednesdays, there will be Adoration after 9 a.m. daily Mass. At 11 a.m. we will commit to Hour of Prayer with Exposition of the Holy Eucharist in Support of the Dignity of Human Life with readings and music for the Holy Hour for Life. Come pray with us!

A general blessing of Throats will be given at all Sunday Masses on January 31. As well as on the actual Feast of St. Blaise day, Wednesday, February 3 at 9AM Daily Mass at St. Helen's. We will not offer any individual blessings of the throat at this time due to the Pandemic safety guidelines instituted by the Archdiocese.

Please consider registering to support the Holy Mothers Collaborative through online giving. WeShare, our online giving provider, gives you the ability to donate automatically on a schedule of your choice using a bank account, debit card, or credit card. You can even view your giving history and update your account by logging in at any time. It is easy, convenient, and secure! Click here to sign up now!

Please join us on Friday, January 1 at 9 a.m. Mass at St. Helen's in Norwell to celebrate the Feast of Mary, Mother of God.

Youth and Adult Faith formation resources, movies, audio books, and more from Augustine Institute is now available to all of our parishioners for free for one year. Be sure to enter "Holy Mothers Collaborative" when you go to register as a parishioner!

A Message from Father Chris
After prayerful consideration, we have decided that there will be no in-person Masses on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day at the Holy Mothers Collaborative this year. We believe that offering Mass online is the safest and most pastoral route. I hope you understand how difficult this decision is. We will have two Christmas Masses which will be live-streamed at 4:00 p.m. and Midnight on Christmas Eve. We pray you will join us online for one of these livestream Masses. The Christmas Eve Mass recordings will remain available online for those who would prefer to watch Mass on Christmas Day. CatholicTV will also be offering Christmas Mass with Cardinal Seán or the Holy Father. Please be assured of our prayers for a merry Christmas and a happy and holy New Year, as we pray together asking God to bring peace and an end to these difficult days.
~Father Chris

The state legislature has extended the session until January 5, 2021. Please remind the members of the Joint Committee on Judiciary that you oppose the expansion of abortion in Massachusetts. Please call the Committee at (617) 722-2396 and let them know you are opposed to H3320 and S1209 – the ROE legislation.

We will have a Drive Thru/Drop Off Community Food Drive on Saturday, June 27 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the St. Mary's Parking Lot. Donations of groceries & grocery gift cards are greatly appreciated. The Food Drive is in support of the Hanover Food Pantry and the Hanover Schools Outreach program. For more information, please contact Rita Foley at RitaFoley@gmail.com.

Join us online for Holy Week! We will be livestreaming the Sacred Triduum and Easter Sunday Mass from St. Mary's. Tune in on YouTube.com/LifeTeenSMASH or our Facebook pages ( St. Mary's, St. Helen's, or Life Teen SMASH).

Holy Thursday at 7:15 p.m.
Good Friday at 7:15 p.m.
Holy Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
Easter Sunday at 11 a.m.

You can also access the livestreams by using the videos below.

There will be no 9 a.m. Daily Mass on Tuesday, December 24.

Thursday, November 3rd at 7:15PM in St. Mary's Parish Center, we will hold a training session for ministry volunteers. It is mandated by the Archdiocese that all ministers see the Protecting God's Children video at least once. Also we need to do a CORI form (background check) every year. If you have already seen the video, please stop at the beginning of the evening and fill out a new CORI form for 2017. If you have any questions, please contact Maura Dowling at mdowling@holymothers.com or call (781) 826-2351. Future daytime training session are planned and will be posted when dates and times are set.