The story of St. Angela Parish begins in 1907. On December 28 of that year (1907), Cardinal O’Connell appointed Fr. Francis Ryan as first pastor to the new Mattapan parish. For sometime, the Catholic families of Mattapan and surrounding had been served by St. Gregory’s of Dorchester, Sacred Heart’s of Roslindale and Most Precious Blood’s of Hyde Park.
The time had come for the growing Catholic population of Mattapan to have its own pastor, and eventually its own place of worship, “The pasture of the Dorchester plantation” was now a pasture in its own right. Within a few days of its arrival Fr. Ryan celebrated the first Mass in Oakland Hall. This was a large hall over a group of stores that stood on what is now the gracious lawn of the former Holy Spirit church in Mattapan Square.
One could imagine the excitement on that Sunday, January 5, 1908 when the people came together for the success of this latest addition to the Archdiocese of Boston.
On May 6, 1909, ground was broken at the corner of Blue Hill Avenue and Fremont Street. Some months later, on October 17, His Eminence William Cardinal O’Connell blessed the cornerstone for the new church. The dream was being fulfilled. As the year 1909 neared its end, so too did the work on the basement of St Angela’s church.
On Christmas Day of 1909, the first Mass was celebrated by Fr. Ryan. One can almost hear the strains of the “Adeste” and picture the faithful as they picked their steps through the snow. Everybody wanted to be on time.
It was said by some that Fr. Ryan had eyes in the back of his head. It was not a day to be late for Mass.
Throughout this time; Saint Angela’s parish was developing rapidly. In 1919 the Upper Church reached completion. Fr. Ryan wrote to the Archdiocese requesting permission to dedicate the church at the 11:00 AM Sunday Mass on June 1. Permission was granted.
Fred Walsh remembers his conversation with Fr. Ryan and the pastor’s burning desire to complete the physical development of the parish by providing a Parochial School – St. Angela’s School of Mattapan, now Pope John Paul II Catholic Academy Mattapan Campus.
In August 1936, parishioners were invited to visit the completed St. Angela’s School, the fulfillment of Fr. Ryan ardent wish. The Sisters of Saint Joseph arrived at the parish and moved into the new convent on Fremont Street. The convent consisted then of a single house nearest the school. And many men and women went from the parish to become Priests and religious Catholic Sisters and to proclaim the Good News of Jesus even to the ends of the earth. Parishioners had taken their place in all the trades and professions and many in business. There were doctors, lawyers, teachers, government workers, nurses, politicians, tax collectors, homemakers the list was endless.
On November 3, 1981, a working sacristy in the upper church was converted into a chapel. The chapel was formerly dedicated to St. Martin DePorres, a Dominican lay brother who served the poor and sick in Lima, Peru in Latin America. To this day, the chapel is used for daily masses on weekdays, Exposition and Adoration of the Eucharist all day on Mondays and Fridays, and for weekly meetings for prayer groups.
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Mass – Weekday Masses at St Angela’s Mattapan @ Chapel - St. Matin De Pores Chapel at St. Angela's9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Weekday bilingual Mass at 9AM in English and Haitian Creole/French. Confessions hearing and Reconciliation is available when you let the priest celebrant know before Mass begins. Mass – Weekday Masses at St Angela’s Mattapan
9:00 AMMass – Weekday Masses at St Angela’s Mattapan @ Chapel - St. Matin De Pores Chapel at St. Angela's -
Adoration – Eucharistic Adoration all day at St. Angela’s Mattapan @ St. Angela's Chapel9:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Adoration – Eucharistic Adoration all day at St. Angela’s Mattapan
- All day Mondays after the 9AM daily Mass until 5:30PM Mass
- at St. Angela’s St. Matin de Porres’ chapel – entrance via church parking lot. - All day Fridays after the 9AM daily Mass until 5:30PM Mass
- at St. Angela’s St. Matin de Porres’ chapel – entrance via church parking lot. - First Sunday for the month at 7PM at the Marian Praises & Prayers
- at St. Angela’s Church – Confessions hearings avaiable from 6:30PM.
617-298-0080
9:30 AMAdoration – Eucharistic Adoration all day at St. Angela’s Mattapan @ St. Angela's Chapel - All day Mondays after the 9AM daily Mass until 5:30PM Mass
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Hour of Divine Mercy / Hour of Great Mercy3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
The Divine Mercy is a Roman Catholic devotion to the merciful love of God and the desire to let that love and mercy flow through one’s own heart towards those in need of it.
The devotion is due to Saint Mary Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938), who is known as the Apostle of Mercy.
The three main themes of the devotion are:
- to ask for and obtain the mercy of God,
- to trust in Christ’s abundant mercy,
- and finally to show mercy to others and act as a conduit for God’s mercy towards them.
The devotion includes specific prayers such as the Chaplet of Divine Mercy [audio].
The primary focus of the Divine Mercy devotion is the merciful love of God and the desire to let that love and mercy flow through one’s own heart towards those in need of it. As he dedicated the Shrine of Divine Mercy, Pope John Paul II referred to this when he said:
“Apart from the mercy of God there is no other source of hope for mankind“.
As in the prayers that form the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, there are three main themes to the Divine Mercy devotion – listed see above.
The first and second elements relate to the signature “Jesus I trust in You” on the Divine Mercy image and Faustina stated that on April 28, 1935, the day the first Divine Mercy Sunday was celebrated, Jesus told her:
“Every soul believing and trusting in My Mercy will obtain it.“
In her diary Faustina wrote that Jesus specified three o’clock each afternoon (3PM) as the hour at which mercy was best received, and asked her to pray the Chaplet of Mercy:
“As often as you hear the clock strike the third hour immerse yourself completely in My mercy, adoring and glorifying it, invoke its omnipotence for the whole world, and particularly for poor sinners, for at that moment mercy was opened wide for every soul.“
Three o’clock in the afternoon corresponds to the hour at which Jesus died on the cross. This hour is called the “Hour of Divine Mercy” or the “Hour of great mercy“.
The Image of The Divine Mercy (use with permission of Marians of The Immaculate Conception – TheDivineMercy.org )
The chaplet contains the initial prayers as in a Rosary, then proceeds on the beads, adding specific offerings to the Father on the larger beads. On the smaller beads, it has specific other petitions for mercy. It then concludes by repeating a specific prayer for mercy [audio].
- The Sign of the Cross on the Crucifix;
- On large bead
- Opening prayer:
You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls, and the ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world. O Fount of Life, unfathomable Divine Mercy, envelop the whole world and empty Yourself out upon us.
- Repeated three times:
O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fountain of Mercy for us, I trust in You!
- Opening prayer:
- On three smaller beads, one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and The Apostles’ Creed
- For each of the five decades:
- On large bead:
Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world. - Repeated on each of the ten small Beads (10x):
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
- On large bead:
- Concluding prayers: Doxology, repeated three times (3x):
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world. - Closing Prayer:
Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion — inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is Love and Mercy itself. - Conclude with the Sign of the Cross.
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The Good Catholic Life, weekdays 4-5PM @ 1060AM On-Air Radio Station and Online4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
The Good Catholic Life is a Catholic radio show created and broadcasted in Boston and hosted by folks who grew up in and know the Boston area.
It is all about living a good Catholic life in our hometown – i.e. Mattapan, Hyde Park, Roslindale, Dorchester, Milton, Randolph, Avon, Brockton, etc … The regular host is Scot Landry and he is joined each day by a regular rotating series of co-hosts as well as guests to discuss a variety of topics of interest to Catholics and non-Catholics alike. Parish Business manager Richard Durham and parishioner Gaspard Lafalaise were invited to join as co-hosts to talk about St. Matthew’s Dorchester and St. Angela’s Mattapan Parish Family and the Haitian Boston Catholic Community – Program #0302 for Friday, May 18, 2012: Pastoral Center Service Week.
http://www.thegoodcatholiclife.com/ Program #0302 for Friday, May 18, 2012: Pastoral Center Service Week
In 2010, Cardinal Seán O’Malley asked Scot, who is also the Secretary for Catholic Media in the Archdiocese of Boston, to create a radio show in cooperation with WQOM 1060AM and the Station of the Cross network that would
- Share and discuss the initiatives and efforts of Cardinal Seán to renew the Church;
- Provide formation to understand Church teaching to live a happy, holy, and good Catholic life and to help further the Church’s mission in many ways, including evangelization and promoting the family, the dignity of life, the needs of immigrants and the poor, and respect for the Magisterium; and
- Profile the ministries, apostolates, and Catholic leaders within the Archdiocese and our region who are effectively bring the Gospel message to the city streets and our neighborhoods.
The Good Catholic Life also looks at the news of the day locally, nationally, and globally to explore what’s happening in the world around us from a distinctly Catholic perspective.
Above all, The Good Catholic Life is honest, comprehensive, informative, informational, and fun, and shows that the good life is the Catholic life and the Catholic life should always be The Good Catholic Life.
[RELATED: The Good Catholic Life website]
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Mass – Weekday Afternoon Mass at St Angela’s Mattapan @ Chapel - St. Matin De Pores Chapel at St. Angela's5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Weekday bilingual Mass at 5:30PM in English and Haitian Creole/French on Mondays and Fridays only. Confessions hearing and Reconciliation is available when you let the priest celebrant know before Mass begins. Mass – Weekday Afternoon Mass at St Angela’s Mattapan – only on Mondays and Fridays:
- 5:30PM Mondays
- 5:30PM Fridays
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Youth/Teens Ministry Meeting – Friday & Saturday at 6PM – St. Angela’s @ St Angela's6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
‘ECHO DES JEUNES’ Youth/Teens Ministry Meeting – Friday & Saturday at 6PM – St. Angela’s. Other Parish Youth Ministry meets on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Other Schedule as annouced. Please contact Father Joy or a youth ministry leader for additional schedule or information 617-298-0080 or 617-436-3590.
Click here for additonal Parish Youth/Teens Ministries information
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Volunteers Meeting – Parish Volunteers and Helpers meetings @ St. Angela's or St. Matthew's Rectory7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Parish Volunteers and Helpers meet every week from Mondays to Saturdays from 7PM until 9PM at St. Angela’s Mattapan or at St. Matthew’s Dorchester depending on the volume and urgency of the tasks and projects at hand.
Occasionally, they meet in the morning and afternoon upon prior arrangement with Father Joy or with Father Jean-Gabriel Charles according to individual schedule and personal circumstances. During Lent and the Holy times of meetings are adjusted to allow parish volunteers and helpers to participate in The Stations Of The Cross and Confessions.
Please contact Fr. Joy, Fr. Charles or parish secretary Mrs. Collete Ostine at 617-436-3590 to determine the exact meeting location, days and time.
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Youth/Teens Ministry meetings – Fridays 7PM at St Matthew’s @ St. Matthew's Dorchester7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
‘Les Etoiles De Marie‘ Youth/Teens Ministry meetings
- Fridays 7 to 9PM at St Matthew’s.
For more information and registration contact Mrs. Gertha Glemaud Dabady at 617-436-3590
7:00 PMYouth/Teens Ministry meetings – Fridays 7PM at St Matthew’s @ St. Matthew's Dorchester
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May25Sat2013
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Food Pantry at St. Matthew’s Dorchester @ St Matthew's Parish Hall9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Food Pantry at St. Matthew’s Dorchester runs from 9AM until 12 noon on Saturdays. Please come and meet at the Parish Hall accessible via church parking lot. If you are interested to donate non-perishable items for St. Matthew’s Food Pantry, please contact Father Gabby Charles or Father Bill Joy at 617-436-3590.
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9:00 AMFood Pantry at St. Matthew’s Dorchester @ St Matthew's Parish Hall -
Mass – Weekday Masses at St Angela’s Mattapan @ Chapel - St. Matin De Pores Chapel at St. Angela's9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Weekday bilingual Mass at 9AM in English and Haitian Creole/French. Confessions hearing and Reconciliation is available when you let the priest celebrant know before Mass begins. Mass – Weekday Masses at St Angela’s Mattapan
9:00 AMMass – Weekday Masses at St Angela’s Mattapan @ Chapel - St. Matin De Pores Chapel at St. Angela's -
T-Shirts Drive Fundraising for Parish Youth Ministry @ St. Angela's church1:30 PM – 7:00 PM
T-Shirts Drive Fundraising for Parish Youth Ministry.
We will have a T-Shirt Drive Fundraising today Saturday at St. Angela’s church from 1:30PM until 6PM. Expressly designed and Limited Edition T-Shirts are available for a donation of $20 per t-shirts. Benefits will be given to Father Joy to help our church youth ministry.
Join us to support and to encourage our parish youth and their church ministry at St. Angela’s Parish. Kindly invite and encourage others to come as well. God bless.
1:30 PMT-Shirts Drive Fundraising for Parish Youth Ministry @ St. Angela's church -
Hour of Divine Mercy / Hour of Great Mercy3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
The Divine Mercy is a Roman Catholic devotion to the merciful love of God and the desire to let that love and mercy flow through one’s own heart towards those in need of it.
The devotion is due to Saint Mary Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938), who is known as the Apostle of Mercy.
The three main themes of the devotion are:
- to ask for and obtain the mercy of God,
- to trust in Christ’s abundant mercy,
- and finally to show mercy to others and act as a conduit for God’s mercy towards them.
The devotion includes specific prayers such as the Chaplet of Divine Mercy [audio].
The primary focus of the Divine Mercy devotion is the merciful love of God and the desire to let that love and mercy flow through one’s own heart towards those in need of it. As he dedicated the Shrine of Divine Mercy, Pope John Paul II referred to this when he said:
“Apart from the mercy of God there is no other source of hope for mankind“.
As in the prayers that form the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, there are three main themes to the Divine Mercy devotion – listed see above.
The first and second elements relate to the signature “Jesus I trust in You” on the Divine Mercy image and Faustina stated that on April 28, 1935, the day the first Divine Mercy Sunday was celebrated, Jesus told her:
“Every soul believing and trusting in My Mercy will obtain it.“
In her diary Faustina wrote that Jesus specified three o’clock each afternoon (3PM) as the hour at which mercy was best received, and asked her to pray the Chaplet of Mercy:
“As often as you hear the clock strike the third hour immerse yourself completely in My mercy, adoring and glorifying it, invoke its omnipotence for the whole world, and particularly for poor sinners, for at that moment mercy was opened wide for every soul.“
Three o’clock in the afternoon corresponds to the hour at which Jesus died on the cross. This hour is called the “Hour of Divine Mercy” or the “Hour of great mercy“.
The Image of The Divine Mercy (use with permission of Marians of The Immaculate Conception – TheDivineMercy.org )
The chaplet contains the initial prayers as in a Rosary, then proceeds on the beads, adding specific offerings to the Father on the larger beads. On the smaller beads, it has specific other petitions for mercy. It then concludes by repeating a specific prayer for mercy [audio].
- The Sign of the Cross on the Crucifix;
- On large bead
- Opening prayer:
You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls, and the ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world. O Fount of Life, unfathomable Divine Mercy, envelop the whole world and empty Yourself out upon us.
- Repeated three times:
O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fountain of Mercy for us, I trust in You!
- Opening prayer:
- On three smaller beads, one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and The Apostles’ Creed
- For each of the five decades:
- On large bead:
Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world. - Repeated on each of the ten small Beads (10x):
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
- On large bead:
- Concluding prayers: Doxology, repeated three times (3x):
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world. - Closing Prayer:
Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion — inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is Love and Mercy itself. - Conclude with the Sign of the Cross.
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[RELATED: Divine Mercy devotion and chaplet with audio]
[RELATED: Local Divine Mercy devotions and prayers]
[RELATED: National Shrine of Divine Mercy, Stockbridge, MA- link www.marian.org ]
3:00 PMHour of Divine Mercy / Hour of Great Mercy -
Legion of Mary – ‘Légion De Marie’ @ St. Angela's Rectory, Mattapan3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Legion of Mary at St. Angela’s Meeting. St. Angela’s Rectory. Meetings are in Haitian Creole/French. Contact Father Joy for details.
The legion of Mary ”Légion De Marie” also know as ‘Legio Mariae’ is an association of Catholic laity who serve the Church on a voluntary basis. It is estimated that between active and auxiliary (praying) members, there are today over 3 million members worldwide making it the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic church.
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Mass – Saturday Vigil Mass at St. Angela’s at 4PM @ St. Angela's Church4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Saturday Vigil Mass at 4PM in English. Confessions hearing and Reconciliation is available when you let the priest celebrant know before Mass begins. Unless otherwise noted,
- 4:00 PM – Saturday Vigil Mass
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Choir Rehearsal: Sundays Afternoon Mass Choir Rehearsal on Saturdays 5PM @ To Be Annouced5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Choir Rehearsal for Sundays Afternoon Masses – Rehearsals in Haitian French, Creole, Latin and some English Hymns & Songs – Saturdays 5PM. St. Angela’s Mattapan Square – at St. Angela’s.
Weekly choir rehearsals schedule – Sundays afternoon Choir:
- Thursdays 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Saturdays 5:00 PM – 7:30+ PM
- Sunday after the Sunday Mass afternoon Mass. Duration: 90mn rehearsal on Sundays.
Families may request the service of the Choir for weddings, funerals and other catholic liturgical events and celebrations at the church. Please, contact Choir President Mrs. Roseline Aurelien or Music Director/Choir Director Lucien Daniel at 617-298-0080.
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5:00 PMChoir Rehearsal: Sundays Afternoon Mass Choir Rehearsal on Saturdays 5PM @ To Be Annouced -
Holy Family – ‘La Sainte Famille’ meeting (Haitian Creole/French) @ St. Angela's Parish Hall5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Holy Family – ‘La Sainte Famille’ meeting (Haitian Creole/French)
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Youth/Teens Ministry Meeting – Friday & Saturday at 6PM – St. Angela’s @ St Angela's6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
‘ECHO DES JEUNES’ Youth/Teens Ministry Meeting – Friday & Saturday at 6PM – St. Angela’s. Other Parish Youth Ministry meets on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Other Schedule as annouced. Please contact Father Joy or a youth ministry leader for additional schedule or information 617-298-0080 or 617-436-3590.
Click here for additonal Parish Youth/Teens Ministries information
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2013 Parish Spring Fashion Show @ St. Angela's Parish Hall7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Spring Fashion Show – 2013 Parish Spring Fashion Show.
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Volunteers Meeting – Parish Volunteers and Helpers meetings @ St. Angela's or St. Matthew's Rectory7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Parish Volunteers and Helpers meet every week from Mondays to Saturdays from 7PM until 9PM at St. Angela’s Mattapan or at St. Matthew’s Dorchester depending on the volume and urgency of the tasks and projects at hand.
Occasionally, they meet in the morning and afternoon upon prior arrangement with Father Joy or with Father Jean-Gabriel Charles according to individual schedule and personal circumstances. During Lent and the Holy times of meetings are adjusted to allow parish volunteers and helpers to participate in The Stations Of The Cross and Confessions.
Please contact Fr. Joy, Fr. Charles or parish secretary Mrs. Collete Ostine at 617-436-3590 to determine the exact meeting location, days and time.
7:00 PMVolunteers Meeting – Parish Volunteers and Helpers meetings @ St. Angela's or St. Matthew's Rectory
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Echo Des Jeunes Fourth Anniversary Celebration (all-day) @ St. Angela's ParishMay 26
Originally published as – ECHO DES JEUNES PARISH YOUTH MINISTRY FOURTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. Updated!
We are happy to wish Echo Des Jeunes Parish youth group of St Angela a blessed fourth anniversary.
Echo Des Jeunes is one of the youth groups of St. Angela’s Parish that ministers to youth from twelve-years old and up. In addition to numerous pastoral, liturgical, social and cultural activities, the group prepares and sings as our youth choir at the Sundays Afternoon Mass every fourth Sunday of the month, and also at weddings and funerals Masses.
Echo Des Jeunes of St. Angela’s
As a token of our appreciation, we are organizing a T-Shirt Drive Fundraising to help the group with their church ministry. The T-Shirts are designed and provided by Imani Expressions T-Shirts.
T-Shirts Drive Fundraising to benefit Parish Youth Ministry
All benefits will be given to our pastor – Rev. Father Bill Joy – for Echo Des Jeunes. Contact Fr. Joy, members of Echo Des Jeunes, Karm or Williana at 617-447-8094 for additional information about this fundraising.
‘Echo Des Jeunes’ Youth Group will celebrate their fourth anniversary on Sunday 26 May 2013 at the Sunday Afternoon Mass.
T-Shirts Drive Fundraising to benefit Parish Youth Ministry
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We will have a T-Shirt Drive Fundraising this Saturday at St. Angela’s church from 1:30PM until 6PM. Expressly designed and Limited Edition T-Shirts are available for a donation of $20 per t-shirts. Benefits will be given to Father Joy to help our church youth ministry.
Join us to support and to encourage our parish youth and their church ministry at St. Angela’s Parish. Kindly invite and encourage others to come as well. God bless.
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Mass – Sunday’s Schedule of the Masses at St. Angela’s Mattapan – 7A @ St. Angela's Church7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
Unless otherwise noted, thre are three (3) Masses at St. Angela’s on Sundays. Masses schedule at St. Angela’s Mattapan on Sundays is as followed:
- 7:00 AM Mass with choir, bi-lingual in English and Hatian Creole and French
- 11:00 AM Mass with choir
- 1:30 PM Mass with choir in Haitian Creole/French
617-298-0080
Thank you for visiting St. Angela’s & St. Matthew’s Parish Family website!
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CCD – Religious Education Classes for youth/teens @ PJP2CA Parish School, Mattapan9:00 AM – 10:45 AM
Religious Education program for both St. Matthew’s and St. Angela’s will start on Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at the Pope John Paul II Catholic Academy Mattapan Campus 120 Babson Street, Mattapan, MA 02126 – Formerly St-Angela’s School. Both registration forms are available at both Parish Websites where you can download them. Also upon request we will send it to you via E-mail.
REGISTRATION FORMS
- First Communion Registration Form [PDF] – Click to download
- Confirmation Registration Form [PDF] – Click to download .
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Catholic School, Mattapan Campus
CCD – in the Catholic Church – stands for Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. It is an old term that was used when talking about Religious Education aka Catechism aka Catechesis aka “Sunday School”. Learn more.
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BIBLE Study – Scriptures study, discussion and prayer Group for Adults @ Parish Hall Kitchen - lower church9:15 AM – 10:30 AM
Bible Study – Scripture Study Group for Adults meet at St. Angela’s parish Hall Kitchen – lower church – from 9:15AM til 10:30AM usually when school is in session from September to July. Call 617-298-0080. Meetings are in English.
Adult Bible Study/Discussion/Prayer
This season’s Adult Bible Discussion Group will begin Sunday morning September 30th in the Kitchen of the Parish Hall. It begins at 9:15 and ends at 10:30. Why not join us!We would love it if you did. All adults from both St. Angela and St. Matthew Parishes are invited. Bibles are furnished. If you have never opened a Bible in your life, that’s okay. Your level of Biblical knowledge or proficiency is not the important thing. Your desire to learn is what really matters. We will pray and learn together.
The sacred Synod of the Second Vatican Council earnestly urges all the Christian faithful to learn by frequent reading and study of the Sacred Scriptures the “…excellent knowledge of Jesus Christ” (Phil 3,8).
The Vatican II Constitution tells us that if we read and study the scriptures in the light of faith our understanding of all truth stored up in the mystery of Christ will be powerfully strengthened and be constantly brought to new levels of understanding and insight for us.
We look forward to seeing you there. Our initial focus will be on the Scripture readings of that day. This will help us prepare to more fully participate in that Sunday’s Mass.
9:15 AMBIBLE Study – Scriptures study, discussion and prayer Group for Adults @ Parish Hall Kitchen - lower church
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As the pastor of both parishes, I wish you a blessed Easter Season. St. Matthew's of Dorchester & St. Angela's of Mattapan are two adjacent multicultural parishes in southern Boston united by our Catholic faith, in Jesus-Christ † Holy Masses, worship and prayer services are in English, and/or Haitian Creole/French † May the blessings and peace of Easter be with you all. † Phones: +1-617-298-0080 | +1-617-436-3590 † Rev. Father William P. Joy, Cura Animarum A Parish Family of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Seán Cardinal O'Malley, OFM Cap, Archbishop
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