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The Pope’s Prayer Intention for
August 2025
Let us pray that societies where coexistence seems more difficult might not succumb to the temptation of confrontation for ethnic, political, religious or ideological reasons.
The office will be closed on Friday, August 29th & Monday, September 1st
for the Labor Day Weekend.
Morning Mass will be at 9:00 am on 8/29 & 9/1
Regularly scheduled Mass times
The 8am Daily Mass is offered Monday through Friday at St. Catherine of Siena Chapel.
A note from our Music Director
St Mary-St Catherine Siena Parish
St. Augustine is often quoted as saying “he who sings, prays twice. I would like to invite any and all parishioners to share their talents with the music ministry here at St. Mary St. Catherine of Siena. We as Christians are called to make a joyful noise in song and praise – what better way to do just that than by joining us at the Mass? No prior singing ability or instrumental musical training is needed. All I ask is that you come with an eager mind and an open heart. Please see me after the Mass and let me know if you are interested.
St. Francis de Sales Church,
313 Bunker Hill St.
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St. Francis Carillon Schedule
St. Francis de Sales
313 Bunker Hill Street
617 242-0147
Led by the Holy Spirit, the Parish Family of Saint Francis de Sales seeks to know and celebrate Jesus through Mass, Prayer, Sacrament and Service.
Saint Francis de Sales Church is the oldest consecrated church in New England, the oldest in the city of Boston in continuous service, and the fourth oldest in America, built in 1859, on the top of Bunker Hill. Saint Francis is known affectionately as the Firefighter’s church – The statue of St. Florian, patron saint, is located in the bell yard next to the church.
St. Mary Church,
55 Warren St.
Collaborative Center
and
Eucharistic Center
46 Winthrop Street
617 242-4664
Our Mission is to make active disciples of Jesus Christ by creating a welcoming community rich in spirituality and by moving people to share their God-given talents in the service of others and the care of creation. We are an intentionally inclusive Roman Catholic parish that welcomes all those who make up our diverse community in a way that reflects God’s love. Nourished by the Gospel and the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, we strive to build a vibrant parish that strengthens our faith and elevates our worship.
The Sanctuary Lamp
To light a Sanctuary Lamp at St. Francis de Sales in memory of a loved one, please call the Parish Offices
at (617) 242-0147
The Sanctuary Lamp
To light a Sanctuary Lamp in memory of a loved one, please call the Parish Offices at (617) 242-4664
QUEENSHIP OF MARY—August 22
Quote:
A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. ~Revelation 12:1
Early Church Fathers used what is referred to as “typology” to clearly establish the continuity between the Old and New Testaments. For example, though King Solomon sinned, he is also a prefigurement, or “type” of Christ because he was a peace maker, filled with wisdom, and built the Temple. Saint Augustine, in his commentary on Psalm 127, states that our Lord is “the true Solomon” and that “Solomon was the figure of this Peacemaker.”
The true Peacemaker is Christ, and just as Solomon built the Temple, so our Lord built the true Temple of His Body, the Church.
Following this form of typology, the Book of 1 Kings states, “Then Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah, and the king stood up to meet her and paid her homage.
Then he sat down upon his throne, and a throne was provided for the king’s mother, who sat at his right. She said, ‘There is one small favor I would ask of you. Do not refuse me.’ The king said to her, ‘Ask it, my mother, for I will not refuse you’” (1 Kings 2:1920). If King Solomon, an Old Testament type of Christ, honored his Queen Mother’s requests and sat her on a throne next to his, then so much more does our Lord, the true King of Kings, do so with His mother. Therefore, today’s memorial celebrates the fact that, in Heaven, Jesus’ mother is seated on a throne next to His, and like Solomon, Jesus says with certainty to her, “Ask it, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”
It is for these reasons, that on October 11, 1954, four years after the proclamation of the Assumption, Pope Pius XII in stituted the Memorial of the Queenship of Mary with his encyclical letter,Ad Caeli Reginam(The Queen of Heaven). (excerpt)
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August is the month of the
Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Since the 16th century Catholic piety has assigned entire months to special devotions. The month of August is traditionally dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The physical heart of Mary is venerated (and not adored as the Sacred Heart of Jesus is) because it is united to her person: and as the seat of her love (especially for her divine Son), virtue, and inner life. Such devotion is an incentive to a similar love and virtue.
This devotion has received new emphasis in this century from the visions given to Lucy Dos Santos, oldest of the visionaries of Fatima, in her convent in Tuy, in Spain, in 1925 and 1926. In the visions Our Lady asked for the practice of the Five First Saturdays to help make amends for the offenses given to her heart by
the blasphemies and ingratitude of men. The practice parallels the devotion of the Nine First Fridays in honor of the Sacred Heart.
On October 31, 1942, Pope Pius XII made a solemn Act of Consecration of the Church and the whole world to the Immaculate Heart. Let us remember this devotion year round, but particularly through the month of August.