VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES



FAMILY LITURGY
“LET THE CHILDREN COME TO ME”:10:30 AM Family Mass – 1st & 3rd Sunday Religious Education classes are needed to participate in these Masses. Parish families and small groups of 3-5 friends are also invited to “host” a Mass. (10 Masses available) Our goal is to help the youth of St. Thomas More to learn the importance of celebrating weekly Mass and to give thanks for the blessings and guidance God sends their way. We hope to make them more familiar with Mass and to feel comfortable while in Mass. As an offering, food donations for our Food Pantry will be collected from all the young members attending Mass. Please contact Jane Foley to sign up your class or family (781-849-7197 or jcfoley5@verizon.net

JUST A REMINDER – that we would encourage all of the young people who come to the Family Masses on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month at 10:30AM to bring one (1) food item for our Parish FOOD PANTRY. The objective here is to help the young people to learn that a part of celebrating God’s love for us is to thank Him by sharing with others some of what we have as a blessing from Him.

ST. VINCENT dePAUL

In these trying economic times we want to acknowledge and thank you, the very generous parishioners of St. Thomas More Parish! If you or anyone you know is in need of food, please do not hesitate to contact the rectory between 9 and 5 Monday through Friday to make an appointment to come on a Wednesday evening. God bless you!

Click here for a description of your generosity and to let you know how that generosity has in turn helped others.

Thank you for helping to replenish our supplies!
IF EVERY PERSON COMING TO MASS WOULD BRING ONE ITEM WE WOULD KEEP AHEAD OF THE NEED.

  • WHICH SUNDAY OF THIS MONTH IS YOUR ST. VINCENT dePAUL REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY?
  • Keep in mind that we will always receive with gratitude and appreciation:
      • Nonperisable foods for food pantry
      • Donations in envelopes in Church
      • Good used Clothing in the St.Vincent dePaul bins behind Church
      • Due to the difficulty in processing and getting centers to take glass, we can no longer accept glass. However, we greatly appreciate your donations of cans & plastic. Please do not bring GLASS BOTTLES to the bottle and can drop-off center. Cans and plastic bottles are still needed!

 

PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY
The next meeting of the Prayer Shawl Ministry will be on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 in the church hall from 1:00PM to 3:00PM. The ministry members will meet at this time every first Wednesday of the month. All are welcome!

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Use this link to blessing.
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COFFEE HOURS
The after-Mass opportunities to have a cup of coffee or juice and a munchkin or two with one another provide an opportunity to share with one another
and enjoy one another’s company.
We are enormously grateful to those thoughtful people who are willing to host these opportunities. Very willingly they pick up the munchkins, make the coffee and punch, lay out the munchkins and clean up afterwards.
We would not want their generous efforts to go unnoticed or be unappreciated. Those who have served us during this past year are Marie Anderson, Joe Blushi, Laura Blushi, Sarah Blushi, Kay Buckley, Kay Harrington, Ann Marie McCaffrey, Chris McQuillan, Mary Mullin and Rosemary Sarnie.
Thank you to each of these caring people for thinking of us.
Perhaps you could offer as an individual or as a family to host a coffee time. To do so just call Ginny Aitken at the rectory or send an email to her.


BOTTLES AND CANS MINISTRY
We are looking for help with the organizing, cleaning and sorting of the cans and plastic bottles collected in the bins in the church parking lot. It takes about an hour a week to keep up with the donations. The monies collected are used by the St. Vincent dePaul Society to provide assistance to those in need. YOUR help will have an impact and be very much appreciated. Please call the Rectory to volunteer.

ISLAND AT CAPEN’S CIRCLE


Many thanks to those who care for the island and keep it beautiful. Additional help would always be welcome. Call the rectory if you have some time to "garden".

PINE STREET MINISTRY
SINCE 1979, (31 YEARS) OUR PARISH HAS BEEN BRINGING MEALS INTO PINE STREET, BOSTON ON THE FOURTH TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH TO FEED THE LADIES OF THE WOMENS DIVISION OF PINE STREET. WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE, BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP. IT ONLY INVOLVES 2 TO 2 ½ HOURS EVERY 3 MONTHS. A TEAM CONSISTS OF A DRIVER AND TWO SERVERS WHO BRING IN THE FOOD PREPARED BY OTHERS. WE ALWAYS NEED VOLUNTEERS TO MAKE SHEPHERD’S PIE, BAKE DESSERTS AND DONATE TOWARD THE FRESH FRUIT. FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER, PLEASE CALL THE RECTORY AND THEY WILL PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH SOMEONE. THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE.

WE EXTEND OUR GRATITUDE TO ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS AND TO THE ST. THOMAS MORE PRAYER COMMUNITY WHO SUPPORTS THE GROUP'S EFFORTS.

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TIME, TALENT AND TREASURE

Is there is any way in which you would be willing to contribute some of your time and talent to the faith community of Saint Thomas More?
There are a certain number of things that must be done as basic to any parish community. Masses celebrated, baptisms administered as well as other sacraments, and religious education offered.
To do this and many other things that need to be done, we have to rely on parishioners who understand that the community relies on their willingness to be of service to it through sharing their time and talent.
We ask you to let us know if you feel that you could be of assistance to us in any of the areas that we have listed on the form or if you have any other way, just jot it down on the form and get it back to us.
Be assured that whatever you can do will be helpful and appreciated.
USE THIS LINK FOR VOLUNTEER SHEET

SODALITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

The first meeting of the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary will be held on Thursday, September 8th. Mass will begin at 6:30PM followed by the Rosary. Dues for the Sodality Year will be collected at the meeting. Refreshments will be served in the Church Hall. ALL ARE WELCOME!



Click here for link to detailed calendar of events for 2011-2012

ROSARY PRAYER CENACLE

Meets every Monday at 6:00PM in front of the Tabernacle. Please come and pray for our priests, our parish and our own intentions.

CHARISMATIC PRAYER MEETING

Meets every Tuesday at 7:00PM in the Chapel. All are welcome!