The Holy Mothers Collaborative will celebrate the Holy Hour for Life on Wednesday, January 27at 11 a.m. at St. Helen’s in Norwell. We will spend am Hour of Prayer with Exposition of the Holy Eucharist in Support of the Dignity of Human Life. Music will be included for this hour together. For more information on the entire week on "Witness to Life" 2021 events, please click on this picture above for Boston Archdiocese Pro Life information.

A general blessing of Throats will be given at all Sunday Masses on January 31st, in anticipation of the Feast of St. Blaise on Wednesday, February 3rd. 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.

Thank you to the over 270 children who participated in Summer Religious Education these past two weeks as well as all the teachers and helpers. It was AWESOME!

VOTE!! Ballots for the Parish Council Elections will be at all Masses this weekend. Please select 6 nominees from each parish to represent you on the Holy Mothers Collaborative Parish Council.

2016 vacation Bible Camp registrations are now being accepted online. Camp will run August 15-19 at St. Mary's Parish Center from 9 to Noon each day. This is a 1 week camp for campers age 4 going into Grade 4 (in Sept). Join us for a fun-filled week of bible stories, music, and crafts. Please call the Parish center with questions or email Ellen McDonough at emcdonough@holymothers.com

Response to the request for nominations to the Parish Council for the Holy Mothers Collaborative has been very good. We will be publishing information about the nominees shortly and have therefore removed the blank nomination papers from our website. Thank you for your participation and stay tuned!

By request of the Cardinal, this weekend we kicked off the Catholic Appeal at all our Masses. Pledge envelopes are available at the back of our churches as well as in our parish office if you did not receive one. You can also learn more or donate by going to www.bostoncatholicappeal.org. Thank you for your generosity!

Lent is a time of renewal - not only a spiritual renewal, but also a physical renewal. The "Walk to Jerusale" program exercises souls and bodies throughout Lent with an “imaginary trip” to Jerusalem, ending this Sunday, March 20 (Palm Sunday). Our goal is to accumulate enough miles collectively to reach Jerusalem by Palm Sunday, March 20. We will collectively travel 14,717 miles to Jerusalem. Four Parishes are joining together to complete our epic journey through North and South America, across the Atlantic Ocean, up Africa and into Jerusalem by Palm Sunday, the day Jesus rode into the ancient city. Our way points along the trek are Catholic Churches. Participating parishioners log miles in many ways: walking, participating in any physical activity, and dedicated prayer (for those unable to physically exercise). More to come on mileage equivalents and ways to log miles… We will publish weekly prayer cards to Pray and reflect as you walk but you can also find a copy here if you click on the title of this article. For more information contact Judy Nicotera at (617) 827-1908 or djn4@verizon.net

The 6th and 7th Grade Edge class originally scheduled for January 24 has been cancelled.

Preparation for adults who are baptized Catholics and who have received their First Holy Communion but were never confirmed are scheduled to be held at Saint Mary’s on the following dates: Sunday, March 6 from 11 a.m. to noon Sunday, March 13 from 11 a.m. to noon Sunday, April 3 from 11 a.m. to noon Sunday, April 10 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Those interested must attend all four sessions. All confirmandi need a sponsor who must be a confirmed Catholic; often a godparent or someone in their life who is a witness to the faith. It is preferable that the sponsor not be a spouse or parent. Those attending these sessions will be confirmed by Bishop John Dooher on Sunday, April 17 at 1 p.m. at Saint Jerome’s, 236 Pleasant St, Weymouth, MA. For more information and to schedule a mandatory initial appointment, please contact Ellen McDonough at (781) 826-4303 or emcdonough@holymothers.com.

Join us in St. Mary's Life House (lower church) on Sundays immediately following 10 AM Mass to find out more about Adult Confirmation and full reception into the Catholic Church. Our topic this week is conversion. All are invited to come and learn more about the Catholic faith! For more information, please contact Ellen McDonough at emcdonough@holymothers.com or by phone at (781) 826-4303.