Charlestown Catholic Collaborative
Our Faith Formation Youth Group (grades 5 & 6) made signs & posters for their service project, a Winter Sock Drive. The Drive will run through the month of March at both churches. The class decided to collect donated new, warm, winter socks for Homeless Veterans in Boston. The posters and baskets will be placed in the front entrances of St. Francis de Sales and St. Mary/St. Catherine’s until the end of the drive, March 31st. Look for the baskets as you.
Thank You!
Regularly scheduled Mass times
The 8am Daily Mass is offered Monday through Friday at St. Catherine of Siena Chapel.
A very special event
Today, March 8th, 2026, we were treated to a very special performance by the
The United States Naval Academy Glee Club
Making a welcome, surprise appearance, despite suffering weeks of illness, our Pastor, Fr. Sheridan, introduced a very special event to the Charlestown Catholic Collaborative , and all residents of Charlestown and Boston, at St. Mary Church this afternoon. With the very close proximity of the USS Constitution, next door at the Charlestown Navy Yard, and Fr. Sheridan’s regular appearances on board the USS Constitution, it is fitting that he host our nation’s young naval officers’ music ensemble.
With a litany of honors to their name, that includes every, global, center of excellence for the arts, the United States Naval Academy Glee Club graced us with a standout, moving, and thoroughly entertaining, performance of a wide range of music expressing the American experience, delivered in acapella style. Please see www.usna.edu/music for more information on the extensive, and global, recognition, that the Glee Club has received and continues to receive. We are truly blessed to have the ensemble visit us here at the Charlestown Catholic Collaborative. The members of the Glee Club are US Naval Academy students from across the country covering all grades from freshmen to seniors. The eighty-plus members of the ensemble also represent the myriad nationalities and cultural heritages that comprise our great country, the breadth of which is the foundation of our strength.
At the end of the event the senior class was presented. They each introduced themselves, where they are from, the primary focus of their studies (all scientific, math and engineering) and what their post-graduation assignment (in about 69 days) will be. At the end they presented our Director of Music, John Volpe, with a commemorative plaque.
Serve Through Music This Lent and Holy Week
Hello Charlestown Catholic Collaborative,
I would like to warmly invite you to join the music ministry for the Lenten season and Holy Week. If you have ever considered getting involved, this is a wonderful time to give it a try for the season.
If you have any questions, or would like help navigating our website to consider joining, or navigating the music ministry resources available there, please do not hesitate to reach out.
We would truly appreciate your support and would love to welcome you into the
ministry.
John Anthony Volpe
Director of Music, St. Mary St. Catherine
Music, Music—I hear Music!
HYMNS THAT MAKE YOU GO HMMMM
IS THERE A HYMN THAT YOU HAVEN’T HEARD IN A WHILE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR AT MASS? PLEASE GIVE OUR DIRECTOR OF MUSIC, JOHN ANTHONY VOLPE A CALL AT 978-729-4226 OR EMAIL JAVOLPAY@GMAIL.COM FOR HYMN REQUESTS. PLEASE ALSO INCLUDE THE MASS YOU REGULARLY ATTEND.
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
This week the Sanctuary Lamp at St. Francis de Sales church is lit for
Roland & Mary Cantin
The Sanctuary Lamp
This week the Sanctuary Lamp at St. Mary church is lit for
Gerard Doherty
Suspice – Take Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, all that I have and possess. Thou hast given all to me. To Thee, O lord, I return it. All is Thine, dispose of it wholly according to Thy will.
Give me Thy love and Thy grace, for this is sufficient for me.
– Ignatius Loyola
