Saint Jude Parish

Fr. Adrian Milik

New families and individulas are most welcome to our Parish Community.  Please register at the rectory- 781-893-3100.
All are welcome!

You are most welcome and encouraged to join in parish activities and participate actively in the Christian life.  May you find friendship, peace, and serenity in our loving and worshiping community.  If you are a visitor interested in joining our parish, please call the parish office.  If you are returning after being away....Welcome home!

Due to the COVID-19 situation, we will not be using the confessional during the regular 2:30 to 3:30 confession hour on Saturday, March 28. Fr. Adrian will be in the parking lot to offer "drive through confession" for anyone in need of it. 

On Sundays, from 8am to 8pm, the Eucharist will be placed in a monstrance in the parish rectory next to a window facing the church parking lot. Parishioners are welcome to come at any point in the day to spend a bit of time with the Eucharistic Lord. 

In the bulletin I mentioned that palms would be available outside the church doors for Palm Sunday. Since then a directive has come out stating that this cannot be done due to safety concerns. Please be aware that there will be no blessed palms distributed on Palm Sunday this year, we apologize for the confusion. May this precaution help to prevent infections, and may our desire to celebrate Christ's entry into Jerusalem in glory help us to recognize his coming into our lives in the many ways it happens each day. 

Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Annunciation, the day in which Mary said yes to God and agreed to be the mother of our savior. At the same time, it is the celebration of the day that Jesus chose to enter into our world, becoming one of us in order to save us from sin and death. It is nine months from today until the celebration of Christmas, but already we recognized that God is in the world and his birth is going to come.

As we continue to face all the challenges and difficulties of the current pandemic, and see the situation constantly changing, I find this a helpful reminder. It might be hard to see God's presence in this moment, just as it was hard to recognize Jesus' presence in these first days of the nine months in his mother's womb. But just as he was truly present at that time, so he is truly with us today. Let us continue to bring our pain, worry, hope, and gratitude, whatever we are feeling, to our God in prayer. He is there by our side through all of it, and in the end he will guide us to the celebration that we will be able to enjoy once this crisis is finally over. 

We are moving forward on the parish floor while we continue not being able to celebrate public Mass. Fr. Adrian will be in the church at 10:30am to start putting the pews back into place. Volunteers who are able to safely assist in that work are welcome to join him. 

Cardinal Seán Coronavirus Message 0317 ENGLISH from Archdiocese of Boston on Vimeo.

We are not able to celebrate any public Masses due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic, but we are working to get the whole floor project done as quickly as possible during this interruption so that as soon as it is safe to resume regular services people will be able to see the space finished. In the meantime, the church building is mostly left locked while it is being worked on, however Fr. Adrian is continuing to celebrate private Mass there each day and is happy to let people in if they would like to pray in moments when there aren't teams doing work inside. Please feel free to contact the rectory if you would like to pray. Also, if anyone would like to assist in the work of moving the pews for these last sections of work please reach out to the parish rectory.