MINISTRIES
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Adult Altar Servers:
For adults, men and women, who are available for weekday Masses and funerals.
Contact: Charles Guillemette (HG)
Phone: 781-857-3064 (home) or 508-521-0884 (cell)
Contact: Caroline Smith (SB)
Phone: 781-878-0900
Altar Servers:
For boys and girls grade 3 through college.
Contact: Cheryl D’Antonio (SB) – (Scheduler & Trainer)
Phone: 781-871-1570
Contacts: Jason Schreiner (SB) (Trainer)
Phone: 781-812-8774
CHOIRS:
Adult Choir:
“The Singing Servants at Holy Ghost”
Sing at the 10:30AM Sunday Mass and special Masses throughout the year. Open to all adults who enjoy singing; ability to read music not a requirement.
Contact: Bill Healey (HG)
Phone: 781-447-3001
Meeting times: Rehearsals on Tues. evenings, 7PM, Upper Church
St. Bridget’s Adult Choir:
Sings at the 4:00 Mass on the third Saturday of each month and at special Masses throughout the year. Open to all adults who enjoy singing.
Contact: Carrie Bates (SB)
Phone: 781-878-5410
Meeting times: Rehearsals at 3:00 pm on the Saturdays the Choir sings.
(HG)Children’s Choir
Sings at the 10:30AM Mass on 1st Sunday of the month
For boys and girls grades 3 through 8.
Contact: Margaret Healey(HG)
Phone: 781-447-3001
Rehearsal times: 1st Sundays, 9:30AM, Upper Church
(SB) Youth Choir
Sings at the 9:00AM Sunday Mass from October through June. Our mission is to encourage young parishioners to pray twice with music that inspires them. All are welcome, grades 2-12.
Contact: Jessie Duncan (SB)
Phone: 781-974-5043
Contact: Elaine O’Neill (SB)
Rehearsal times: Thursdays at 6:30 pm in the Church
Baptism Preparation
This ministry instructs parents who will have their first child baptized how to better raise the child in the faith. The sessions will be conducted once monthly by rotating teams of volunteers.
Contact: Deacon Jim McLaughlin
Phone: 781-447-4421(HG)
781-878-0900 (SB)
Bible Study
Contact: Bill Sheehan (HG)
Phone: 781-248-9163
Location: Father Glennon Hall
Contact: Martha Craft (SB)
Phone: 781-878-1116
Location: Rectory Meeting Room
Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality
An organization of women devoted to the Blessed Mother, in service to the church and promotion of stewardship.
Contact: Dot Conlon(HG)
Phone: 781-447-2973
Meeting times: First Monday of the month 7 pm Fr. Glennon Hall
Boy Scout Troop 22 and Cub Scout Pack 22
A Christian-based organization for boys in grades one through twelve. Helps to build respect of God and country.
Contact: Gina McCollem
Contact: Mike Warner
Meeting times: Most Thursdays 7-9 pm, Spellman Center
Website:
Bulletin
Prepared weekly for distribution at all Masses each weekend. Parish groups and ministries are invited to submit items for publication. Deadline is Tuesday by 11AM to be included in the coming week's bulletin. Submit items by email or by leaving copy at rectory.
Contact: Caroline Smith
Phone: 781-878-0900
Chaplet of Divine Mercy
Recited by parish participants.
Contact: Deacon Joe Nickley
Phone: 781-447-4421 (rectory)
Meeting times: Tuesday 7 pm, lower chapel (HG)
Coffee Hours:
First Friday Coffee Hour:
Social gathering after the First Friday 9:00 Mass for coffee, conversation, and fun.
Contact: Terry McDonough (HG)
Phone: 781-447-4671 (Terry)
Sunday Coffee Hour
Social held in Saint Bridget’s Hall following 9am Sunday mass on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month.
Contact: Rick Fraser
Phone: 781-363-0224
Counting of Collections:
Adults and older students who count the Mass collections on a weekly basis.
(HG) Sunday or Monday as individual schedules allow
Contact: Charles Guillemette
Phone: 781-447-4221 (rectory)
(SB) Sundays following Masses
Contact: Parish Secretary
Phone: 781-878-0900
The Cunniff Pine Street Inn Food Group
Prepares and delivers meals for men at the Pine Street Inn on the 3rd Saturday of the month.
Contact: Paul Stokinger
Phone: 781-789-6509
Contact: Carol Kryzanek
Phone: 781-447-3761
Meeting times: 3rd Saturday of the month at 10:30AM, Spellman Center Kitchen, September thru June.
CYO
For students in grades 8 through 12. Provides both social and service-related activities.
Contact: Jennifer Cleary
Phone: 781-447-1455
Contact: Dot Conlon
Phone: 781-447-2973
Contact: Terry McDonough
Phone: 781-447-4671
Meeting Time: 2nd & 4th Friday Evenings in the Spellman Center
Dynamic Catholic Outreach Program
To be the innovative leader in the New Evangelation, helping Catholics and their parishes become the_best_version_of_themselves.
Be Bold. Be Catholic.
for more information go to www.DynamicCatholic.com
Contact: Joseph Iannone, Parish/Collaborative Champion
Phone: 781-447-4558
Eucharistic Ministers
Adults and invited older students who distribute Holy Communion during liturgy and to the sick.
Contact: Elaine Melisi (HG) (Scheduler)
Phone: 781-447-2169
Contact: Cheryl D’Antonio (SB) (Scheduler & Trainer)
Phone: 781-871-1570
Contacts: Jason Schreiner (SB) (Trainer)
Phone: 781-812-8774
First Saturday – Family Healing from Addictions
Are you or your loved one suffering from addiction? Join us for one hour and experience the healing power of prayer and forgiveness in the presence of Jesus in the Holy Blessed Sacrament. Intercessory Rosary/Prayer and a guest speaker to give a faith witness of healing and hope.
Location: Divine Mercy Chapel lower church Holy Ghost.
Date: 1st Saturday of Month
(2015 12 noon to 1pm Fellowship lunch from 1-2 PM)
(2016 Promptly 11am-12noon Fellowship lunch from noon to 1 PM)
Contact: Family Healing Ministry/Karen McWilliams
Phone: 603-682-7933
Five First Saturdays Devotion
Follows Jesus’s request to honor His Mother, the Immaculate Heart of Mary, ”so many souls will be saved and there will be peace”. Beginning with the Rosary at 9am and exposition of the Blessed Sacrament with a 15 minute meditation afterward.
Contact: Mary Rinkulis
Phone: 781-524-1472
Location: Divine Mercy Chapel (lower church HG)
Food Pantries
A place for Abington & Whitman residents in need to get assistance with food provided through donations.
Food Pantry (HG)
Contact: Bruce Perry-St. Vincent de Paul
Phone: 781-447-8560
Email: N/A
(SB) St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry
Contact: Brian Sullivan
Phone: 781-878-1194
Email: N/A
Funeral Servers
Adult altar servers who serve at funerals.
Contact: Charles Guillemette(HG)
Phone: 781-857-3064 or 508-521-0884 (cell)
Contact: Caroline Smith (SB)
Phone: 781-878-0900
Instrumentalists
Adults or high school students who play musical instruments, from traditional orchestral instruments to guitar, bass, keyboard and percussion.
Contact: Bill Healey(HG)
Phone: 781-447-3001
Intercessory Prayer Group
Any interested person wishing to pray for those who have requested prayers, pro life, and addiction crisis.
Contact: Judy Morse
Phone: (H) 781-878-7758 (C) 617-943-0583
Email: N/A
Contact: Clare Callahan
Phone: 508-994-7759
Meets on Mondays at 3PM in the Chapel at Holy Ghost
Knights of Columbus Cardinal Spellman Council #347
The largest Catholic organization in the world founded on the principles of charity, unity and fraternity. (Grand Knight, TBA in Sept.)
Contacts: James Callahan Grand Knight
Larry Roache, Custodian
Phone: 781-447-9061 For Hall Rental: 781-447-0095
Meeting times: 6:30 PM, 2nd & 3rd Tuesdays, K of C Hall
Knights of Columbus Abington Council #5254
Contact: Michael Fiorentino, Grand Knight (SB)
Hall Rental: Bill Sampson
Phone: 781-878-9863
Knights of Columbus Rockland Council
Contact: Paul Walsh, Grand Knight (SB)
Phone: 617-719-6505
Lectors
Youth through adults who proclaim the word of God during liturgical celebrations. Training provided
Contact: Elaine Melisi (HG) (Scheduler & Trainer)
Phone: 781-447-2169
Contact: Cheryl D’Antonio (SB) (Scheduler & Trainer)
Phone: 781-871-1570
Contacts: Jason Schreiner (SB) (Trainer)
Phone: 781-812-8774
Ministry for the Homebound
Contact: Parish Secretary
Phone: 781-447-4421(HG)
Phone: 781-878-0900(SB)
Monday Family Rosary
Every Monday night 7pm
Contact:
Phone:
Parish Lending Library
Offers spiritual reading for adorers of the Blessed Sacrament and for the parish community.
Contact: Martha Ea (HG)
Phone: 781-447-6713
Perpetual Adoration
Adorers who individually spend an hour a week before the Blessed Sacrament in the lower chapel.
Contact: Joanne Sullivan (HG)
Phone: 781-857-2359
Prayer Shawl Ministry
Knit and crochets prayer shawls for the sick and others in need of comfort and God’s love. (blessed shawls available at rectory for parishioners who would like one)
Contact: Jan Guillemette (HG)
Phone: 781-857-3064
Meeting times: After 9AM Mass on the First Friday of the month, Fr. Glennon Hall.
Pro Life Committee
Coordinates all Pro Life Activities
Contact: Sheila McKenna (HG & SB)
Phone: 781-447-5657
Sponsors an annual January “Baby Shower” for the unborn. (Baby Shower info only)
Contact: Lynn Kenn (HG)
Phone: 508-378-7431
Quilting Ministry
Sews comfort quilts for those in need in our communities.
Contact: Rose Perry
Phone: 781-871-7125
Meeting times: 3rd Friday of each month 9:45 am to 2:00 pm in The Friary Building at Saint Bridget
Religious Education
Provides religious education in the Catholic faith for students in grades one through ten, with primary focus on First Penance, First Communion and Confirmation.
Contact: Cathleen Smith
Meeting times: Varies according to grade level.
RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults)
This ministry prepares adults to enter the Catholic Church. It also prepares Catholic adults who have not received the sacraments of Holy Eucharist or Confirmation to receive these sacraments.
Contact: Deacon Jim McLaughlin
Phone: 781-878-0900
Rosary for Priest and Vocations to Priesthood
Contact: Martha Ea
Phone: 781-447-6713
Email:
Meeting times: Saturday 8:30-9am in HG chapel.
Sacristans
A team of parishioners who prepare the altar area for celebrations, including seasonal decorations and special occasions.
Contact: Caroline Smith (HG & SB)
Phone: 781-878-0900
Scholarship Committee:
Chooses applicants for Whitman High School Scholarships.
Contact: Charles Guillemette
Phone: 781-857-3064
Cell: 508-521-0884
Meeting times: once or twice a year to review applications and award scholarships
St. Vincent DePaul Society
Group of Catholics dedicated to providing personal help to people in any kind of need.
Contact: Bruce Perry (HG)
Phone: 781-447-8560
Contact: Brian Sullivan (SB)
Phone: 781-878-1194
Email: N/A
The World Apostolate of Fatima
Archdiocese of Boston Mission is to promote the Message of Fatima to obtain world peace though Our Lady’s requests.
Contact: Lynn Kenn
Phone: 508-378-7431
Ushers and Greeters
Welcome parishioners before, during, and after mass and help with the weekly collections.
Contact: Elaine Melisi (HG)
Phone: 781-447-2169
Contact: Joe D’Antonio (SB)
Phone: 781-871-1570
YES Ministry: Youth Enrichment Service and Family Ministries
Service opportunities for families and the youth of the Parishes of Holy Ghost and St. Bridget.
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Sunday Liturgy: Altar Server, Music/Choir, Usher, Greeter, Gift Bearer.
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Prayer Partners/Parish Outreach: The group will come together once a month to send cards, make calls and pray the Rosary for our parishioners who are ill or homebound and for the intentions in our parish prayer books.
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Disciples in Mission Leadership Program: An invitation to all confirmation candidates to train in various ministries within the parish communities as they are preparing to celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation. As confirmed Catholics they will have received the purposeful training to then begin to “put their faith into action” as leaders within their parish community and beyond.
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Family Ministry: This ministry will serve as greeters to welcome parishioners before Mass. Families will be scheduled along with the Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers and Altar Servers.
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The Prayer Chalice:
I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the
Name of the Lord Psalm 116:13
The purpose of this ministry is to pray for increased vocations into the priesthood and the deaconate. You may include your personal intentions during your prayer time as well as those of your parish community.
A schedule will be in place and families will receive a chalice to be placed in a prominent place in their homes, along with a Prayer for Vocations.
Contact: Cathleen Smith
Phone: 781-878-5950