St.Julia Parish Announcements: Week of March 2, 2026
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Give Online Today! DONATE Easily Online to St. Julia’s OFFERTORY!
We encourage parishioners to use the above “Give Online” blue button to easily donate to our weekly Offertory, or to conveniently make automatic recurring donations of your choosing. To mail your donation, please make a check payable to: St. Julia Parish, 374 Boston Post Road, Weston, MA 02493.
Our parish relies on your generosity and donations to maintain our two church buildings and programs. WE THANK ALL who continue to donate and sustain us!
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THANK YOU for Supporting Our Grand Annual!
Our goal for the Grand Annual was $280,000. To date, we have received $302,316.
Thank you to everyone who has helped us reach our goal.
If you wish to donate to the Grand Annual please click > HERE.
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BECOME a St. Julia Parishioner and Join Our Faith Community
Would you and/or your family like to become parishioners of St. Julia? We welcome you!
Please go to the “Become a Parishioner” page of our website to complete a brief questionnaire and register you/your family so that we can get to know you and reach out! Thank you for joining us!
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MASSES for Prayers and Intentions
Unable to attend Mass in church?
WATCH daily and weekend Masses live-streamed or archived recordings, along with our weekly Worship Aid.
Go to the Mass Schedule for both church locations, including and Holy Days of Obligation.
Lent: Wed. Feb 18 – Thu. Apr. 2
MARCH
Wed. 3/4 – 8AM: Maria Gorzkowska
Thu. 3/5 – 8AM: Aurea Davo Paulsen
Sun. 3/8 – 8AM: Gordon Skillman
Sun. 3/8 – 9:30AM: Michael, Elizabeth and Robert Kenny
Mon. 3/9 – 8AM: Charles Francis
Tue. 3/10 – 8AM: Natalie and Bob Duffy, Sr.
Wed. 3/11 – 8AM: Maurice Bauer
Thu. 3/12 – 8AM: Monique Bauer
Sat. 3/14 – 4PM: Dan Valente
Sun. 3/15 – 8AM: James and Kathern Thrapp & Family
Sun. 3/15 – 9:30AM: Louise Le Blanc
Tue. 3/17 – 8AM: Roger and Judy Silvey (Living)
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WOULD YOU like the Eucharist to be Brought to You?
If you or a loved one have been unable to receive Communion due to a short term illness (broken leg, surgery, etc.), or for longer, please reach out to us to schedule a Home Visit with Jesus. Visiting the Sick is a Corporal Work of Mercy, a tradition that dates back to the early Church. One of our trained Eucharistic Ministers will visit with you, and administer to you the Body of Christ.
To schedule a Home Visit, please contact us at 781-899-2611 or parish@stjulia.org
SEEKING Eucharistic Ministers for the Homebound
Are you a parishioner who would like to bring Christ to the homebound by being a Eucharistic Minister?
If you are interested in providing this vital sacramental service to those who wish to receive Communion but unable to attend Mass, please contact the parish office at 781-899-2611 or Parish Office by email.
EUCHARISTIC Ministers Needed for Sunday Morning Masses
Could you be called to Serve?
St. Julia is in need of more Eucharistic Ministers (EMs) for 9:30am and 11:30am Sunday masses.
If you are interested in serving or learning more about becoming a Eucharist Minister, please call or email the Parish Office. Ministers are scheduled according to their availability. Just ask the office to forward the information to Betsy Czarnowski. Thank you for assisting in this important ministry!
EUCHARISTIC Adoration
Fridays, 12 – 1pm at St. Julia Church
“If you desire to find Him immediately, see – He is quite close to you. Tell Him what you desire, for it is to console you and grant your prayer that He remains in the tabernacle.” — St. Alphonsus Liguori
The Eucharist is the central part of our Catholic faith because it is Jesus, present with us here on earth today. The Eucharist is Jesus’ greatest expression of His love for us.
POPE Leo XIV’s Message for Lent
Listening and Fasting: Lent as a Time of Conversion
Lent is a time in which the Church, guided by a sense of maternal care, invites us to place the mystery of God back in the center of our lives, in order to find renewal in our faith and keep our hearts from being consumed by the anxieties and distractions of daily life.
Every path towards conversion begins by allowing the word of God to touch our hearts and welcoming it with a docile spirit. There is a relationship between the word, our acceptance of it and the transformation it brings about. For this reason, the Lenten journey is a welcome opportunity to heed the voice of the Lord and renew our commitment to following Christ, accompanying him on the road to Jerusalem, where the mystery of his passion, death and resurrection will be fulfilled.
Listening
This year, I would first like to consider the importance of making room for the word through listening. The willingness to listen is the first way we demonstrate our desire to enter into relationship with someone.
In revealing himself to Moses in the burning bush, God himself teaches us that listening is one of his defining characteristics: “I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry” (Ex 3:7). Hearing the cry of the oppressed is the beginning of a story of liberation in which the Lord calls Moses, sending him to open a path of salvation for his children who have been reduced to slavery.
Our God is one who seeks to involve us. Even today he shares with us what is in his heart. Because of this, listening to the word in the liturgy teaches us to listen to the truth of reality. In the midst of the many voices present in our personal lives and in society, Sacred Scripture helps us to recognize and respond to the cry of those who are anguished and suffering. In order to foster this inner openness to listening, we must allow God to teach us how to listen as he does. We must recognize that “the condition of the poor is a cry that, throughout human history, constantly challenges our lives, societies, political and economic systems, and, not least, the Church.”[1]
Fasting
If Lent is a time for listening, fasting is a concrete way to prepare ourselves to receive the word of God. Abstaining from food is an ancient ascetic practice that is essential on the path of conversion. Precisely because it involves the body, fasting makes it easier to recognize what we “hunger” for and what we deem necessary for our sustenance. Moreover, it helps us to identify and order our “appetites,” keeping our hunger and thirst for justice alive and freeing us from complacency. Thus, it teaches us to pray and act responsibly towards our neighbor.
With spiritual insight, Saint Augustine helps us to understand the tension between the present moment and the future fulfilment that characterizes this custody of the heart. He observes that: “In the course of earthly life, it is incumbent upon men and women to hunger and thirst for justice, but to be satisfied belongs to the next life. Angels are satisfied with this bread, this food. The human race, on the other hand, hungers for it; we are all drawn to it in our desire. This reaching out in desire expands the soul and increases its capacity.”[2] Understood in this way, fasting not only permits us to govern our desire, purifying it and making it freer, but also to expand it, so that it is directed towards God and doing good.
However, in order to practice fasting in accordance with its evangelical character and avoid the temptation that leads to pride, it must be lived in faith and humility. It must be grounded in communion with the Lord, because “those who are unable to nourish themselves with the word of God do not fast properly.”[3] As a visible sign of our inner commitment to turn away from sin and evil with the help of grace, fasting must also include other forms of self-denial aimed at helping us to acquire a more sober lifestyle, since “austerity alone makes the Christian life strong and authentic.”[4]
In this regard, I would like to invite you to a very practical and frequently unappreciated form of abstinence: that of refraining from words that offend and hurt our neighbor. Let us begin by disarming our language, avoiding harsh words and rash judgement, refraining from slander and speaking ill of those who are not present and cannot defend themselves. Instead, let us strive to measure our words and cultivate kindness and respect in our families, among our friends, at work, on social media, in political debates, in the media and in Christian communities. In this way, words of hatred will give way to words of hope and peace.
Together
Finally, Lent emphasizes the communal aspect of listening to the word and fasting. The Bible itself underlines this dimension in multiple ways. For example, the Book of Nehemiah recounts how the people gathered to listen to the public reading of the Law, preparing to profess their faith and worship through fasting, so as to renew the covenant with God (cf. 9:1-3).
Likewise, our parishes, families, ecclesial groups and religious communities are called to undertake a shared journey during Lent, in which listening to the word of God, as well as to the cry of the poor and of the earth, becomes part of our community life, and fasting a foundation for sincere repentance. In this context, conversion refers not only to one’s conscience, but also to the quality of our relationships and dialogue. It means allowing ourselves to be challenged by reality and recognizing what truly guides our desires — both within our ecclesial communities and as regards humanity’s thirst for justice and reconciliation.
Dear friends, let us ask for the grace of a Lent that leads us to greater attentiveness to God and to the least among us. Let us ask for the strength that comes from the type of fasting that also extends to our use of language, so that hurtful words may diminish and give way to a greater space for the voice of others. Let us strive to make our communities places where the cry of those who suffer finds welcome, and listening opens paths towards liberation, making us ready and eager to contribute to building a civilization of love.
I impart my heartfelt blessing upon all of you and your Lenten journey.
From the Vatican, 5 February 2026, Memorial of Saint Agatha, Virgin and Martyr
LEO PP. XIV
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[1] Apostolic Exhortation Dilexi Te (4 October 2025), 9. [2] Augustine The Usefulness of Fasting, 1, 1.
[3] Benedict XVI, Catechesis (9 March 2011).
[4] Paul VI, Catechesis (8 February1978). [00243-EN.01] [Original text: Italian]
JOIN Café Julia Open: Select Sundays, after 9:30am Mass
We’re looking forward to welcoming everyone back to Café Julia in the new year — for a warm and welcoming space to gather, connect, and enjoy fresh coffee and donuts together! Café Julia will be in the Parish Center Hall, and we will be open most Sundays right after the 9:30am Family Mass and are open during Faith Formation Class time (10:25 am – 11:25 am).
Stay tuned for the next open date for Café Julia will be announced again!
To continue to offer this for our parish, we need volunteers to help out! Whether you can spare an hour or a morning, your support makes a big difference.
Please sign up today and be part of something sweet! Signup Genius HERE.
Or, scan the QR code below if you wish to support this ministry!
JOURNEY through Fatima. One Site at a Time. Every First Saturday in 2026
Join the World Apostolate of Fatima National Shrine’s First Saturday Centennial Virtual Pilgrimage in honor of the 100th anniversary for 2026.
Deepen your devotion and learn more about Fatima’s call to prayer and peace with our virtual First Saturday Pilgrimage to 12 sacred sites related to Fatima and the three seers.
Starting December 6, 2025, and continuing every first Saturday for 12 consecutive months through December 2026, pilgrims will:
- Watch a short video filmed on location in Portugal or Spain
- Listen to a reflection on the events and the devotion
- Complete the First Saturday requirements
Begin your journey any time during the centenary year, December 2025 – December 2026.
Take up the challenge. Receive the Great Promise from Our Lady.
Learn more and visit: Our Lady’s Blue Army to order a Centennial passport to guide your pilgrimage.
More info – Contact Carol Wells: cbw0205@gmail.com
JOIN our Youth Group: Be a Part of Agape Latte!
Next Meeting in March…
St. Julia Parish Hall
Come for the inspiration, stay for the real connections, faith sharing, and community with other Catholic high schoolers. Faith Formation students in grades 8-12 are invited to join!
Agape Latte is a student-led speaker series that hosts inspirational monthly speakers who discuss the role and impact of faith in their lives. Agape Latte is an affiliate of Boston College and has been adopted by over 100 colleges and high schools nationally and internationally. Monthly meeting events take place every second Sunday at the same time and place, until April.
Stay tuned for our next hour-long monthly Sunday meeting date and upcoming speaker announcement. Pizza and refreshments are served!
For youth sign up, or more information, please contact: Jackie Ashba,Director of Faith Formation.
News & Upcoming Class Schedule:
Sunday, March 8: Grades 1-6, Confirmation Prep (Gr. 4 hots 9:30 Mass followed by Family Gathering in Parish Hall)
Monday, March 9: Grades 1-3 and 5 (No Gr. 4 as they attended Sunday Family Gathering)
Sunday, March 15: Grades 1-6 (Gr. 6 hosts 9:30 Mass followed by Family Gathering in Parish Hall)
Monday, March 16: Grades 1-5
Questions: Jackie Ashba, Director of Faith Formation, or St. Julia Parish Faith Formation Office: 781-899-8434
ALTAR Server Scholarship Fund
This was our first year of offering some small scholarships to our College-bound Altar Servers.
If you would like to support our Altar Server Ministry, please consider a donation to our newly established “Altar Server Scholarship Fund.” We hope to make it a well-established yearly event! Donations may be made to: “St. Julia Altar Server Scholarships.” Thank you!
SING with the St. Julia Children’s Choir
Do you have a child who likes to sing?
Children in grades 2 and above are invited to join the Children’s choir to sing at the 9:30 am Masses.
Cantor Mara Bonde will lead and support the choir singing. Sunday rehearsals may be extended, when there are no Faith classes. Any older singers who would be interested in assisting as youth cantors at 9:30 or other Masses are also welcome to be in contact.
Parents of interested children should email our Music Director, Brian Moll or call/text at 617-548- 5841.
HOPE in a Rice Bowl:
Help Catholic Relief Services during Lent
This Lent, our parish will be participating in the Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) Rice Bowl, an important way in which we partner with CRS. The money we raise goes to impoverished people both in our area and over-seas. Programs for the poor are being cut here in the USA, and the federal government has withdrawn much of the funding that CRS has traditionally relied on to help those most in need around the world.
Lent begins on February 18. Your participation in Rice Bowl at any level is more critical than ever. A single gift to CRS can provide food, clean water, education, and emergency aid where it is needed most. Learn more here.
“It is my hope therefore that the [CRS] Rice Bowl program and other initiatives offered by Catholic Relief Services will continue to serve as examples of how to fulfill the Gospel’s command to love and serve our neighbor in a communal way.”
—Pope Francis, Letter to CRS, 2025
Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas.
DO YOU Like Organizing Parties and Social Gatherings?
Join Our Hospitality and Parish Social Committee
St. Julia is looking for assistance in organizing and hosting Parish Events during the year. Past socials have provided a valuable means of deepening bonds in our community. If you are interested please contact us at 781-899-2611 or email Parish Office.
THANK YOU for Supporting NPH Kids: Kerven’s Story
Dear Parishioners,
The Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos (NPH) home in the Dominican Republic is a place of love and stability for more than 600 children and adults. Among its many programs is one especially close to our hearts: providing a safe home, therapies, and lifelong care for more than 31 individuals with severe disabilities and special needs—19 of whom will be lovingly supported by NPH for the rest of their lives.
Today, I want to introduce you to one of these children: a little boy named Kervens, whose life has been transformed thanks to the generosity of supporters like you.
Kervens was born in 2011 with Down syndrome and other severe disabilities that left him unable to walk or speak. His early years were marked by neglect and hardship. His mother was too ill to care for him, and his father worked long hours on a sugarcane plantation, often leaving Kervens alone for hours without the care and attention he needed.
In 2017, Kervens joined the NPH family. With consistent care, love, and physiotherapy, he is now a happy, healthy boy who can walk and live alongside other boys his age. Though he is still working on his ability to speak, Kervens communicates joyfully in other ways.
Visitors to NPH Dominican Republic have had the opportunity to spend time with Kervens, forming connections that transcend words. Though he is still working on his ability to speak, Kervens communicates joyfully in other ways like holding hands, dancing, and offering hugs to everyone he meets. His contagious smile and boundless enthusiasm for life leave a lasting impression on all who encounter him.
Because of compassionate supporters like you, Kervens is safe, supported, and deeply loved at NPH. Thank you for being part of stories like his.
May God bless you,
Allison Donahue
Donor Relations Manager – East Coast
adonahue@nphusa.org
617-206-4940
Learn more! Become a NPH Sponsor
SVdP Needs Food Donations!
Everyone is invited to support this important ministry!
Items most needed at this time include: flour, sugar, olive oil, gluten-free items, taco kits, cereal, pasta sauce, condiments and laundry detergent. All non-perishable food items that are not past their “use by” date are welcome.
Food donations may be dropped off at St. Julia church, on the back porch of St. Joseph House, or ordered online (items will be delivered directly to a volunteer’s home).
To learn more or find easy ways to donate: Visit our website: SVdP – or – CLICK HERE
OR – SCAN the QR Code:
Thank you for your generous support!
Join us today! We are neighbors helping neighbors and your compassion and generosity makes a huge difference in the lives of those we serve. Make a monetary gift online or mail a check payable to: Society of St. Vincent de Paul Society, PO Box 324, Lincoln MA 01773 (note: Annual Appeal)
WORLDWIDE Marriage Encounter: More 2026 Spring Sessions!
Sirach 15:15-16: “If you choose you can keep the commandments, they will save you; if you trust in God, you too shall live; he has set before you fire and water; to whichever you choose, stretch forth your hand.”
Choose to do God’s will and choose to trust in Him. God will strengthen you and guide your relationship to be even better. Choose to Love by signing up to attend a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Experience.
The next Worldwide Marriage Encounter Experiences are:
• March 13-15 in South Burlington VT
• April 17-19 in Silver Bay NY
• April 24-26 in East Sandwich MA
Check out Worldwide Marriage Encounter (WWME), where you will learn tools which can help you in your communication, enhance your relationship, and also help you to grow in faith with one another. WWME sponsors a variety of in-person and virtual marriage experiences, some on weekends and some on seven weekdays. Couples explore their relationship with each other, God, and the Church.
SEEKING the Adult Sacraments of Initiation?
Are you thinking of joining the Catholic Church? Do you need to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation or First Communion?
We warmly welcome you, and we have an RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) process designed for you! To find out more, please contact Deacon Rafe through the Parish Office.
REV. Mark A. Mahoney, St. Julia Parish Pastor
In Memory
St.Julia Parish is deeply saddened by the passing of our Pastor, Fr. Mark Mahoney who served our parish from 2017 – 2025. May his soul rest in eternal peace. Remembrances of Fr. Mark, here.
(An archived recording can be viewed here. Click on ‘Playlist’ at top right of screen image, scroll down menu, click to view): Saturday, November 22nd – “Fr. Mark Mahoney Funeral’. Friday, November 21st: Rite of Reception of the Body at 2:30pm, with Wake followed from 3 – 7pm.
Obituary: Father Mark A. Mahoney, pastor of St. Julia in Weston, MA (Friday 28th of November 2025), by Father Robert M. O’Grady, The Pilot
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Give Online Today!
THANK YOU for giving your offertory online!
Our parish relies on your generosity and donations to maintain our two church buildings and programs. We encourage you to use the above “Give Online” button to donate to our offertory to easily make a recurring donation. To mail your donation, please make a check payable to: St. Julia Parish, 374 Boston Post Road, Weston, MA 02493
WE THANK ALL who continue to donate and sustain us!
Archbishop Richard G. Henning
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MAILING ADDRESS: St. Julia Parish
374 Boston Post Road, Weston, MA 02493
OFFICE HOURS: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday.
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RECONCILIATION
Parish Center Conference Room, Saturday: 3:00 – 3:45 PM
ANOINTING OF THE SICK
By request after the 4:00 PM Saturday Mass; or contact Parish Office.
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
Fridays in St. Julia Church, from Noon – 1:00 PM (except during July and August)
EUCHARIST AND VISITS TO THE SICK
Contact Parish Office to notify of anyone ill, home-bound or hospitalized.
ROSARY ON ZOOM
After each daily Mass; ask for link at director.of.ministries@stjulia.org.
BAPTISM
Please contact the Parish Office in advance to make arrangements.
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