We invite you to join us in worship, in prayer, and in friendship.
Join us for our Sunday Masses and our weekly LiveStream Liturgy on our FaceBook and youTube pages on Sundays at 9:30am. Worship the Lord with us and be enriched by thoughtful homilies, beautiful music, and a welcoming community of faith.We look forward to meeting you!
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to bring your checkbook or cash with you to Mass. You may elect to donate one time or recurring.
| Confirmation Project: Cradles to Crayons: The Confirmation class will continue to be collecting children's clothing for Cradles to Crayons. Cradles to Crayons is a nonprofit organization that is "focused on ending children's clothing insecurity by redistributing unused resources to the places they are needed most." Today as more and more families are struggling to pay rent and buy groceries, other basic items like clothing, shoes, pajamas, and some school supplies are just not in the budget. Cradles to Crayons accepts new or gently used goods that can be used by children! If you want to support this worthwhile collection, please bring your donation with you to Mass on Sunday or to the parish office at Saint John's during week, (Tuesday , Wednesday, Thursday) until Mother's Day, Sunday, May 10, 2026. For more information about this project and to get a list of suggested donations, please visit cradlestocrayons.org. Thank you in advance for your generous support. |
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First Communion and Confirmation at Saint John Chrysostom
This is a very joyful time for all of us who are
involved with the Faith Formation Programs here at Saint
John's and at our collaborative partner, Saint Theresa of
Avila. On Saturday, May 2, 2026, the second grade students at
St Theresa's received their First Communion at a morning
Mass. On Sunday, May 3, 2026, seven “older students” from
our parishes, who were sidetracked by the COVID lockdown,
received their First Communion here at Saint John
Chrysostom Church. We congratulate and celebrate
Christopher Park, Jane McDonagh, Natalie Parker, Colette
Parker, Maia Colanti, Shirley Providence and Caleb Alcin
on this special occasion. We applaud the commitment of
their family and parents to fulfill the promise they made at
their children's Baptism; to raise them in our Catholic
Faith, to act as primary teachers and to keep the “light of
faith burning in their children's heart”.
On Wednesday, May 6, 2026, seventy of our students will receive the sacrament of Confirmation at St. Theresa of Avila Church and an additional twenty-one young adults will be Confirmed at Saint John's on Thursday evening, May 7, 2026, by Bishop Christiano Barbosa. We are very grateful for the continuous support of our parish communities for the teens as they fulfilled their service requirements. Aside from their individual service projects, the students collected an enormous amount of food for Rose's Bounty, they contributed to the St. Vincent de Paul Conference, served food at the Lenten Simple Suppers, brought in clothes and shoes for Cradles to Crayons and volunteered in the classrooms of the younger children here at St. John's. Next weekend, we will finish out our Sacramental celebrations with Communion Liturgies for our younger First Communicants. Surrounded with the love of their families and supported by our community of faith, eleven amazing kids will receive Jesus for the first time. We celebrate our students and the families of Ritchie Arcangeli, Layla DeLacey, Naima Fitzgerald, Miriam Fitzgerald, Colin Johnson, Bluediana Limage, Lucca Matheus, Zackary Olson, Natalie Tapia, Franco Tramontozzi, and Catherine Walish. Please keep all of our students in your thoughts and prayers. In the month of May we honor the Blessed Mother of Jesus who is the model of love and faith and so we especially pray for the parents and guardians of our First Communicants and Confirmandi: Mary, Mother of the Holy Family, strengthen every mother and father. Give them patience, love and wisdom to raise their children in faith and goodness. Let their homes be schools of love and holiness. Amen (Pauline Iwuoha) |
| 2026 Catholic Appeal As of April 27, we have reached 74% of our goal thanks to the generosity of seventy-eight parish families. Thank you to those who have made their gift to the 2026 Catholic Appeal. To reach our goal of $42,000 we need every family to make a gift. Appeal envelopes are available at the entrances of the church or you can make your gift on line at www.bostoncatholicappeal.org. Thank you! |
| Archbishop Richard G. Henning's Column: Be sure to read the weekly column, "I Belive," from Archbishop Henning in the Boston Pilot. |
| Know Your Numbers!
Your Saint John Chrysostom Parish Health Ministry offers monthly blood pressure screenings.
Monthly blood pressure screenings resumed. If you have concerns about your blood pressure, please contact your primary care provider. Upcoming Monthly BP dates
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| Special Pastoral Message on Immigration by the Bishops of the United States
On November 12, 2025, and for the first time in 12 years, the U.S. bishops issued a Special Message addressing their concern for the evolving situation impacting immigrants in the United States. Collectively, the bishops have invoked this particularly urgent way of speaking as a body of bishops.
Here, some of those bishops come together to give voice to the message, which advocates for a meaningful reform of immigration laws and the recognition of the fundamental dignity of all persons, including immigrants. US Bishops Statement Press Release Archbishop Richard G. Henning, Archbishop of Boston article in the Boston Pilot, November 14, 2025 |
| Adoration is available at both parishes of our colaborative. |
Father Sam Fuller's Ministry
 Father Sam often tells us stories from his time working on the streets with the unhoused. This article from the Boston Pilot will provide background on that effort.
'Chaplains on the streets' -- Capuchin Mobile Ministries reaches out to homeless |
| Emergency Respones to State Migrant Crisis In response to Cardinal O'Malley's request in his letter of October 23, 2023, posted here in Cardinal Sean's Blog, there will be a clothing drive in our collaborative parishes for the ongoing needs of migrants in our community. There will be a Saint Vincent de Paul clothing bin in the parking lot at Saint John Chrysostom Parish for donations. Your generous response to this emergency request will be greatly appreciated. |
Sr. Maureen Taaffe:
It seems that everyone who knew Sister
Maureen can tell you a story of how she has
made a difference in their lives. She would have been 90 years old on her birthday this year,
April 25, 2026. Sister Maureen passed away almost ten years ago. She was
the Pastoral Associate here at Saint John's for
twenty-five years, quietly steering the ship.
She died on August 22, 2016.
Sister Maureen was a native of Hyde Park although she
belonged to the Sisters of Charity
of Nazareth, an order from Kentucky.
Take a moment and do a good deed to honor all the good deeds Sister Maureen did throughout her life, many of those impacting the people right here at Saint John's. |
| Sunday's Mass LiveStreamed: We continue to live-stream our Sunday morning 9:30am Mass. Goto our
Facebook Page, or our
youTube Channel
to participate in the current mass or to replay the Masses from preceeding weeks.
Be sure to view our previous Christmas Concert (2020) featuring our Cantors, John, Osmani, and Rena accompanied by Alan on the organ, piano, and guitar. Also in our archive is a video of Father John Carroll leading the stations of the cross. |
| St John's and St Teresa's Parish have formed a collaborative as of September 1, 2020. Please read this announcement from our pastor, Father John Connolly more... |
Virtual Christmas Concert: Our Christmas 2020 Concert is available on-line.
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| Eucharistic Ministers & Lectors: If you would like to become a lector, which simply means that you would read during Masses, or become a eucharistic minister, please contact the parish office. |
| Project Rachel is a confidential Catholic outreach ministry offering hope and healing to women and men hurting from past abortions.
Archdiocese of Boston. For further information call 508-651-3100 or help@projectrachelboston.com or visit the website at projectrachelboston.com
Project Rachel is named after the Old Testament figure Rachel, who weeps inconsolably for her children "who are no more" until God came to her, offering hope for her future. (Jeremiah 31:15-17) |
| Volunteering at Saint John's Saint John's is blessed with all those who volunteer their time to enrich our parish community. It reflects the generosity, the social commitment and the basic Christianity of our parish family. Thank you to all those who have volunteered in the past. If you are interested in volunteering, please call the parish office to learn more about our current opportunities for volunteers. |
| Celiac Disease For those with celiac disease, we do have low-gluten hosts. When you come up for communion the priest will have the low gluten hosts in a separate container (pix). Take the host out of the container yourself since the priest has touched the hosts that are not gluten free. |
Our Parish Mission Statement
Saint John Chrysostom Parish is a welcoming, inclusive community of believers in Jesus Christ. We invite all to pray with us. The gifts we bring and the joys we share are influenced by our personal history, religious experiences and orientation, all of who we are. We follow the Gospel message of love through vibrant liturgies which inspire us to act as we come with open hands serving the needs of all peoples.
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