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VOTF meeting for April, 2008:
The April 8th meeting of the Weymouth Voice of the Faithful
will be held at St. Albert the Great Parish Hall @ 7pm. Please
join us in a lively converation on the current and future
goals of VOTF. Refreshments will be served. All are invited.
Annual South Shore Interfaith Seder Sunday, April 13, 2008:
The universal message of hope, liberation and freedom will be
celebrated at the 12th Annual South Shore Interfaith Seder at
3pm on Sunday, April 13, 2008 at Congregation Sha’aray Shalom.
Music and prose reflecting our multicultural heritages will be
entwined into the traditional Passover story led by Rabbi Joseph,
Cantor Weiss and members of the Hingham Hull religious Leaders
Association. Please join our diverse interfaith community as we
model this tradition and celebrate all of our unique journeys to
becoming part of this nation of immigrants.
The Seder is coordinated by the Hingham No Place for Hate
Committee and the Anti-Defamation League.
For reservations or information, please contact Barbara and Mitch
Marcus at hinghamisnoplaceforhate@gmail.com
PARISH REGISTRATION FORMS:
If you haven't filled out a parish registration form or can't
remember if you've fill out a parish registration form, then
please see the most recent bulletins and leave it with the parish
office or if you are computer literate, then cut and paste the form
and e-mail it to the parish office @
parishoffice1130@verizon.net,
either way, we welcome any and all new comers and look forward to
seeing you in the future.
''Next Parish Meeting: To Be Announced
Religious Education Registration for the 2008-2009 year is coming up real fast!
Believe it or not, CCD registration time is now upon us. To register,
please see the Director of Religious Education, John Hammel and fill out
the registration form OR download
form
the form and drop it off at the parish office along with your registration
fee. Also, if you are interested in voluteering as either a CCD teacher
of teacher's assistant, please contact the Director of Religious Education,
John Hammel @ 781-337-8778, ext. 13.
Wednesday morning and Friday Evening Lay-lead Prayer Services:'
A Communion Service is held on Wednesday morning at 9:00 AM and a Prayer Service on Friday at 7:30 PM. A warm welcome awaits all parishioners and friends that gather in prayer and faith-sharing at these times. These are lay-led services of scripture and song. Be part of the vital prayer life of our parish. Come one, come all! If you are interested in leading a service, please contact George @
contact@stalbertsweymouth.org and let me know what your planned theme would be and when you'd like to lead the service. Following the services, join us in the hall for coffee, goodies and conversation.
Tuesday Craft Group:
Following the evening prayer service, come and join the knitting circle (around the rectangular table) and help with the current knit/crochet project. Right now, we continue working on the preemie/newborn caps. So far, we presented 73 caps to the South Shore Hospital maternity ward for their patients. For direction for the current project, check out the following web-link from Lions Brand:
"Lions Brand Preemie & Newborn Caps". If you need yarn, find a member of the 'Knit Ministry' and let them know. They'll be happy to get you some.
Wednesday Morning Health Ministries:
This ministry is taking a short break but will hopefully resume in the spring. Please watch this page and also the parish bulletin for more details.
What's been happening lately: news articles from the press, printed and broadcasts
The tables have been set since Thurday evenings Holocaust Rememberence Service and never more filled with food for the body. The Mass upstairs in the church was filled with food for the spirit. Father Bob Bowers, who has been helping out Father Borges celebrate weekend Masses, served his last official Mass as an active priest in the archdiocese. He has requested permission from Archbishop O'Malley to take a year sabbatical from the priesthood to pursue a course that he feels the Lord has presented to him. The service was filled with hope and promise for the future of St. Albert the Great and also for Father Bowers. He has reminded us where we have been and asks us to keep the faith strong and go where the spirit leads us. The Patriot Ledger had a wonderful article,
"St. Albert’s, popular priest say goodbye" and Father Bowers reminds us that we are not saying "goodbye but only farwell for now."
The table still set from last nights Holocaust Rememberence service, and parishioners still buzzing from the experiences shared by Dr. Ross, but tonight we pay tribute to someone else, for tonight we join to celebrate Father Laurence Borges' 75th birthday. Instead of the ususal prayer service, we asked Father Borges if he would honor us with a Mass of celebration. Thankfully he did accept and what a great night of celebration it was. We have enjoyed each others company for 8 months and look forward to long time to be together in the future.
The tables have been set since Thursday evening, Jan 26th, for the joint Holocaust Rememberence Service that involved all the Weymouth churches and welcomed the Congregation Sha’aray Shalom of Hingham to share in this most important event. The United Nations has designated January 27 as Holocaust Rememberence Day. What a memorable evening. Dr. Stephen Ross, a survivor of the Holocaust, shared some of his experiences as a survivor, explaining that we can never forget what happened lest it happen again. The youth, his main focus, are the ones to carry his message forward into the future. He spoke of things that had been done to him, experiments thurst upon him as a young boy of only 9 years of age. Things that no person, especially a child should ever have to endure. The memories that cloud his childhood, a childhood stolen from him by the Nazi guards. His message was clear, THIS MUST NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. Our own Rose Barrett, who have kindly given me permission to print this article, which was in submitted to The Weymouth News on Feb. 1, 2006 has captured the emotion and feelings of the parish so nicely. Please read
"A commentary by Rose Barrett"
A sad day in our town as we watched our neighboring parish, Sacred Heart Parish church, be destroyed by a devestating fire. My wife and I were married at Sacred Heart in 1980. Sacred Heart was my wife's parish while growing up and until we moved to So. Weymouth, it was our parish home.
"The 7 alarm fire at Sacred Heart" has left many without a place to celebrate their faith. As bad as this may sound, it was only a building and thank God, nobody was hurt in the fire. Memories last a life time, buildings don't. When the building is gone, the memories are still there.
Our First Comunnion celebration was a joyous day in the life of our parish. We have been denied so many things over the past 8 months that this has become, as it should, a very important event that helps unite our parish family even more. CONGRATULATIONS MOLLY! We all hope the wait was worth it.
The Independent Film Festival and Rudy Schawb’s “Closed on Sunday”, a documentary about parishes in the Archdiocese of Boston who were chosen to close will have was aired on Saturday, April 23rd at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. St. Albert’s and Father Coyne are featured in this film, which has received critical acclaim. It is a movies that touches on the real life church closures that we have see over the past year. The movie features the parishioners of St. Catherine of Siena, Charlestown, St. Mary of the Angels, Roxbury, St. Albert the Great, Weymouth, and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, East Boston. We went to see this wonderfully moving film and had an opportunity to speak with Rudy Schwab about his experience of making this film, his first full length documentary and our experiences of living it. You can follow the film on line at
"Closed On Sundays, the movie" as it travels to other independent film festivals around the country.
On
Easter Sunday, March 27, 2005, we celebrated two Easter Mass services with Father Borges, one of our former pastors. He was so kind to celebrate our Christmas Mass with us and we are truely appreciative of his celebrating Easter Mass with us also, especially knowing his busy schedule in the Easter season. Archbishop O'Malley has allowed us to have a Mass in our faithfilled and loving parish and we are thankful for that gift. The church was absolutely beautiful. The group of folks that decorated the sanctuary did a fine job. You can tell that it was done with love and caring. Every flower and plant was meticulously placed and not a blossom or leaf was out of place. Thanks to all who participated in the decoration of the church. It really did help make the services an enormous success!
We can only hope that parishioners in other troubled parishes, those going through difficult times, those in vigil and those who are experiencing turmoil are able to find the spirit of the resurected Christ in their hearts. Parishioners who have felt the need to go outside of the archdiocese to find spiritual leadership are doing what they feel they must do in order to feel fulfilled in the spirit of the season.
Following the Sunday 11am Eucharistic prayer service, we were entertained by the Smith Houlihan School of Dance. In the spirit of St. Patrick's Day, their Irish Step Dancers performed several dances for us. People brought sandwiches, appetizers and enthusiasm. What a joy to see these talented young people perform the tradional step dances with their talented footwork. Makes me feel young again, why I almost wanted to get up there and embarrass myself in front of everyone. Thanks to all who attended and joined in!
Could anybody have predicted that our vigil would last 6 months? Probably not! I know that, although I had no time line in mind when this started, it wouldn't have been 6 months. The article in the Patriot Ledger on Saturday, 2/26/05,
“ST. ALBERT VIGIL HITS 6 MONTHS” hits the nail on the head. The vigil appears to have grown stronger and we don’t see it ending soon, unless of course, we are re-opened and our pastor, Father Coyne, is reinstated.
Through the intercetion of Father Laurence Borges, former pastor of St. Albert's, we met with Archbishop Sean O'Malley and after an hour and a half, with ears wide open, The archbishop left us with a 'gift' for the holiday season. He asked if we would accept a no strings attached offer of Mass for Christmas eve and Christmas day. We graciously accepted and oh what a celebration it was. Father Borges arrived on Friday afternoon around 3:30pm for the 4:30pm mass and was heard to ask "why there were so many people here already?" to which the answer, "they've been lining up since 2 this afternoon to get a seat." It seems that the realization that we're not a radical group, looking to create our own church, but a group of faithful Catholics looking for our collective voices to be heard by 'our' archdiocese. Please see the following article from the Boston Globe on Christmas morning:
"Weymouth parish celebrates a 'miracle'", (thanks, Bella)
Our monthly parish meeting was so very well attended, you'd think that we were still open. Oh yeah, we are! With the our perpetual vigil into 100 plus days, the parish is bustling with activity. Reports from all the committees were so encouraging. It's clear that we are in this for the long haul, unless, of course, we get our parish re-opened by the archdiocese, in which case, look at what we already have to re-start with. The sanctuary is peaceful and quiet while in the church hall is full of things to do. There is always coffee and hot water for tea or cocoa to go along with a snack. There are activities to keep your mind busy and spirit nourished.
- December 6, 2004 Milestone: day 100 of vigil
We celebrated our 100th day on vigil just as any other day. The coffee was on early, our prayer services were just as they always have been for the previous 99 days, the smiling faces were all there, but something was different. Couldn't see it or hear it or smell it or even touch it but something has changed. The resolve hasn't changed other than to become stronger. So, what has changed? We have changed. Over the last 100 days, we have started running our own parish. We have more programs than ever before. There is always something happening, something warm and inviting to share with others. From the knitting circle to the adult education class to the Friday evening movies, we have grown. Isn't it great! This is what's it's all about.
Today is our 100th day on vigil. We have been visited by the Codman Company twice and the Archdiocese of Boston zero times. How can the Archdiocese "help" us understand the reasons for reconfiguration when we cannot even get them to come and visit with us? The Archdiocese of Boston is made up of its parishes and we recognize that without the parishes, there wouldn't be an Archdiocese of Boston.
Bella English from the Boston Globe had a marvelous article in today's Boston Globe:
"St. Albert's parishioners stay vigilant". Dan DeLeo from the Patriot Ledger also was in the house for our celebration and his article also was wonderful:
"Parishioners ‘in it for long haul;' St. Albert's vigil on its 100th day today - and going strong". Notice the difference in what the archdiocean spokeswoman says to the different reporters. Is it about the money or not?
We have been on vigil for 99 days today. As we prepare for our 100th day, we are reminded of why we're doing this. We feel that a grave misjustice has been bestowed upon us and our way of 'fighting back' is to protest in our own peaceful way and try to right the wrong. Elizabeth Mehren from the Los Angeles Times was here on Friday evening finding out how we're doing since the last time they were here. Check out her article here:
"Parishioners Won't Give Up or Get Out".
Lou Rizzo (co-chair of the parish council) and Elizabeth Griffin (Family Night co-ordinator) ably represented our parish at Monday's Weymouth Town Council meeting. The Town Council acknowledged that they had received over 700 letters from the parishioners of St. Albert. All the councilors were very supportive of our cause. A letter will be drafted, reviewed, and voted on at the November 15th council meeting (November 15th just happens to be the Feast of St. Albert). For the full text of the letter from the parish council to the Town Council, click
here. And for an excerpt from Elizabeth's message to the town council, click
here, or you can read it in the weekly bulletin (yes we have a bulletin every week, soon to be on-line)
"Hey! I saw the Saint Alberts Banner on the Today Show on Monday.........Way to go St. Alberts!!!" That's right, one of our parishioners made up a banner for her trip to the today show on Monday in hopes of having it on the show. Success!! The banner is currently on display in the church hall.
On Saturday, November 6th, the Contemporary Music Group from St. Susanna Parish led us in the sung portions of our 4:30PM prayer service, to the delight of all who attended. The quartet, featuring Carl Meyer (banjo/vocals), Doug Farwell (guitar/vocals), Elaine Meyer (keyboard/vocals) and Kristen Sheehan (vocals) opened the prayer service with "Though the Mountains May Fall", with lovely vocal harmonies and marvelous instrumental accompaniment. Throughout the service, as they sang the psalm respone, "Blest Are They", "Shepherd Me, O God" and "Glory and Praise to Our God", they appreciated the enthusiastic singing from our congregation, and we appreciated the excellence of their singing and playing. It was a joyful and uplifting celebration of God's love!
Following the prayer service, the Hospitality Committee served a wonderful dinner to all who came downstairs, and we were treated to a number of additional selections performed by the quartet from St. Susanna's, including their signature piece, "All Are Welcome" and the hauntingly beautiful hymn "Something Which Is Known".. They also generously offered their CD for sale, with all profits to be donated to the Friends of St. Albert's, and a number of parishioners were happy to take the opportunity to add a wonderful CD to their collections.
We are all very grateful to the members of the St. Susanna Contemporary Music Group for their gifts of time and talent to our parish community! Thank you also to Susan Lynch, for your beautiful music and continued support as our music director.
On Sunday, October 31, 2004 we celebrated our 54th anniversary. Following the 11am prayer service, there was a catered hopitality celebration in the Father Bryson Church Hall. Admission was a food donation to the Weymouth Food Pantry. It was a wonderful time for all attending. The hospitality committee, the housekeeping committee and mantainance committees did a wonderful job in preparing food, cleaning and buffing and shining and polishing the entire church.
Father Borges, our 3rd pastor, smelled the food all the way from Framingham and had to come and see what all the comotion was about. Finding all the parishioners in attendance, he mentioned that he'd report back to "headquarters" what he'd witnessed at the 'suppressed' St. Albert the Great parish. I have to ask, does this sound like a church that should be closed? We're as alive and as vibrant as ever.
Several parishes have grouped together to send a collective message to the people of the Boston area and perhaps by doing this, we may gain support from those who aren't aware of what's happening in the Roman Catholic Archdoicese of Boston. The 'Billboard Campaign' was launched to raise awareness to what has now been dubbed 'the eleventh commandment' by Rich Accera of St. Bernard Parish of Newton. The article from the Boston Globe
"Churches scold archdiocese with billboard campaign" speaks on the purpose of the billboards with the simple message 'Thou shalt not close vibrant parishes'.
Finally after 86 years, the Red Sox win the World Series!!!
The Diocese of Vermont seems to have learned from the mistakes that were made in the Archdiocese of Boston during the reconfiguration process. In an article from the The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus,
"the Vermont diocese plans to reconsider church closings". Plagued by a lack of priests and a projected major shortage of priests within 10 years, they intend to close several parishes but plan to take their time in deciding how to proceed with the closings. The article states that the problems encountered in the Archdiocese of Boston with the closing, stemed from poor planning and it's something they wish to avoid. Perhaps with input from the parishioners, this closing 'thing' could have gone smoother. It seems that we have already made a difference, and it's
only been 2 months. Good luck and good planning to the Diocese of Vermont. Please don't forget your parishioners, they have an awful lot to offer, lay led parishes do work!
Boston Red Sox win the American League Championships against the New York Yankees!!!
Both the Sunday Boston Globe and the Sunday Boston Herald had articles pertaining to the closure delays of two churches slated for supression. Both St. Bernard of Newton and St. Mary's of Roxbury have be temporarily kept open. Both articles seem to hold the same things in common. If the process is flawed and the committee tasked by archdiocese to look over the process is to be effective, then why not just leave these parishes open. It seems that by "sparing them until further notice" is just a temporary fix. Open means OPEN.
"Saving grace for 2? Church closing delays temporary" from the Boston Herald and
"Archbishop announces postponements" from the Boston Globe seem to agree that in order proceed with the configuration process, everything must be put on hold "until further notice".
In a press release from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston,
"the Archdiocese of Boston Announces Postponement of Two Parish Closings". The archdoicese would like more time 'to work with parishioners there' to do what? Figure out another way to close them without incident? Perhaps the archdiocese is starting to realize that mistakes were made in the reconfiguration process, that is the process was flawed, just like we've been saying all along. Rather than postpone the closure of St. Bernard, the closure process should be stopped, period!! By allowing the process to continue while the committee reviews the process of reconfiguration, their authority, if they have any, has been totally undermined and the confusion to provide any constructive critisism is greater than ever.
Parishes that have not yet been closed but have either received their decree of closure or have been given a date of closure, still hold out the hope of being spared by the archbishop. In the Boston Globe of Oct. 14, 2004, the following article seems to project a message of hope. As
"parishes seek a change of heart from leaders" in the archdiocese, they continue to be hopeful of their chances to show the archbishop how vibrant their parishes are and why they should not be closed. We continue our perpetual vigil and hope for our re-establishment and pray that other parishes will continue to benefit from our experiences. In spite of what's happening in the Archdiocese of Boston, we're still here!
After all that's been happening, inspite of all that's happening, the Archbishop has announced that he is looking over the reconfiguration process and also said that those parishes that have been closed, will not be re-looked at. On the archdiocean website, the archbishop released the following statement:
"Archbishop O’Malley Forms Committee for External Review Reconfiguration". We have been asking to have the process of reconfiguration looked at for several months, as we feel that the process has been flawed from the start. Allowing vibrant parishes to be suppressed while keeping parishes that are not able to pay their daily operating expenses open is just plain wrong. It not only defies logic but goes against every measure of the so called 'process' as stated by the archdiocese. ?????????????????? I cannot figure this one out at all.
The Boston Globe released an article about the archdiocean press release about the committee that has been formed to
review parish closings requested by Archbishop O'Malley.
The October Parish Meeting was held on Tuesday, October 5, 2004.and was filled with excitement. The meeting opened with a prayer that was written and presented by Ronald Fortin to the parishioners of St. Albert's from St. Joseph's Church in Worcester, MA. Following opening remarks and a brief update from Mary Akoury, the co-chair of the parish council we discussed finances, legal updates and some 'housekeeping' information from the various committees and sub-groups. Following these importatant updates there was a time for questions and answers from the parishioners. The questions show that the 400 plus attendees to the parish meeting were eager to see this through and excited to do whatever is needed to help make our re-establishment a reality. Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004, (not 2204, although we are planning ahead, not quite that far ahead yet).
After all that's been happening, inspite of all that's happening, we had a wonderful appreciation open house at Hajjar's Function Hall. Father Ron was there and looks 'taller' and tanned. Obviously rejuvenated by the beautiful day enjoyed by all. I think that Father Coyne stood the entire 3 hours, and without a break, greeted everyone. I would say that about a million people were there to pass along their best wishes and appreciation to Father Coyne.
In a stunning mis-information release by the Archdiocese of Boston, in an article in the Boston Herald,
Archbishop allows Mass to be said, a sign that the trust established at the meeting held last Friday, Sept. 24, 2004, has been broken, the Parish Council has released to all of our parishioners what transpired at the meeting. There never was any cloak of secrecy or vow of silence but just an agreement that nothing would be said about the content of the meeting until there was something concrete to report. Our parishioners were quite fine with that and understood when they were told of the reasoning behind the decision. After telling everyone about what had been discussed and disclosing would we would have to give up to get the mass promised by the archbishop, we felt that the sacrifice of the overnight vigil and allowing the Sacred Eucharist to be removed from the church before getting the mass promised, just wouldn't work. What the article didn't say is what was most damaging, that is the 'conditions' for the mass as stated above.
"Boston Globe Editorial: Keeping Faith" seems to 'get it'. We're not rebels, we're not radical Catholics, we are a parish family that is looking to find out why vibrant parishes are being closed.
Now we're a movement?
"Church sit-ins inspire third parish"
In a related story also in the Boston Globe from Wednesday, 9/15/04, Archbishop O'Malley is asking for Catholics to make greater sacrifices for the good of the archdiocese. He also again tries to explain the reasons for the closures.
"O'Malley asks for 'greater sacrifices' in church closings." Once again, all the reasons he comes up with are all reasons St. Albert's should remain open. When will the RCAB realize that the people of the parishes that are closing as well as the parishes that remain open should have some input into the future of their parishes?
We have now received word form the court on our appeal for a temporary injunction to prevent anything from being sold or removed from the parish property until we have been able to fully examine the records we have requested from the Archdiocese of Boston.
"Court sides with church in lawsuit over Weymouth parish". This is just the first step in a potentially long process. When Mary Akoury, co-chairperson of the St. Albert's parish council, announced the courts decision and also said we have only begun to fight, the congregation at the evening prayer service responded with a tremendous round of applause. It's important to note that Judge Thomas Connolly, in his decision stated that "In making this finding, the Court fully appreciates the hurt and suffering and loss suffered by the plaintiffs...'. The vigil continues!
After a short prayer service, we boarded 3 buses for our trip to court. Our case was presented in the Sulfolk County Court House in Boston where, after hearing from both sides of the case, the judge has taken the case under advisement and will render his decision in a few days.
The first of our parish meetings was held in the Father Bryson parish hall. It was a full house, filled with parishioners interested in what's happening with our parish. After the opening prayer, a prayer written by Mr. Ron Fortin, St. Joseph's of Worcester, we were updated on our legal fund, (Friends of St. Albert), the status of our Canon Law appeal, and the civil court appeal. The finances were discussed and various committees for housekeeping, prayer services, hospitality, greeters and monitors were set up.
On Monday, Sept. 6, 2004 we held another candlelight prayer vigil. It was a wonderful evening, filled with song, prayer and sharing of the word. The community of St. Albert the Great came together and shared our faith with each other. Music filled the evening along with the warm light of 350 candles, casting their wonderful shadows on every corner of the parish sanctuary.
On Monday, September 6, 2004, the Los Angeles Times picked up the story of St. Alberts. We have now gone coast to coast.
"Heavens No, Parishioners Won't Go" When the discussions on how to proceed with our appeal, either pursuing civil action or going with the canon appeal, it was the general consensus that this would be kept on a local level only. That is, the appeal by either route should be kept within the parish community of St. Albert the Great. Our strength and hope for success would be based on a local appeal encompassing St Albert and not 'piggy-backing' on other parishes coattails. I don't think that we ever saw 'the story of St. Albert's fight to stay open' would take on a life of it's own, but it appears to have done so. This is a story of major interest to the entire Catholic community because, regardless of the outcome, this will have international implications by showing that the church is the people and the trustees of that church must answer to it's people, not the other way around. The trustee of the parishes' of the Archdiocese of Boston should be watching out for the best interests of the people of those parishes.
The Sunday New York Times has now picked up on our quest to "KEEP St. Alberts open"
"Parishioners Turn Activist to Keep Their Church Open"
Thursday brings another news article from the Boston Globe.
"St. Albert's Closes But Eternal Vigil Lives on"
Wednesday morning, National Public Radio (NPR) aired
a segment following the journey of St. Alberts. This is, as it states in it's name, a national program. We have already received e-mails of support from our extended family from the San Francisco area. Our story and our message for those who heard the broadcast is that, not of confrontation but of willingness to open a dialog with the RCAB. They don't want a confrontation and neither do we. Engaging in conversations requires a at least two parties.
Wednesday was the most painful day to date. We watched as our beloved pastor, Father Ronald Coyne, drove away from the parish. All the news media was present to cover our story of hope and pain. The prayers of all go with Father Ron. The vigil continues. The archdiocese of Boston came to shut us down, but we're still here. The Boston Globe once again releases
a wonderful piece on our struggle.
On Tuesday, our parishioners gathered to protest the closing of St. Albert's. Actually, after the 6pm mass on Sunday, August 28, 2004 we had a beautiful candlelight vigil followed by a 24/7 vigil that will be over when we say so. The following article was in the Boston Globe on Tuesday August 31, 2004:
"Weymouth Parishoners Stage Sit In To Protest Closing"
Friday was quite an active day, as are most days, in the life of our parish. There was a full sanctuary at the 9 o'clock morning mass to listen to the word and celebrate in the sharing of the eucharist. In the afternoon, the parish filed suit against the archdiocese in Suffolk Superior Court, claiming the archdiocese is exceeding its authority.
(see the Boston Globe article)
In the evening, we celebrated by having a fund raising event to benefit the All-Saints Color Guard. 300 parish family and friends joined in this wonderful evening, showing that even in the toughest of situations, there is always time for a good old fashion laugh. There was music, food, drink and a entertainment from four of the funniest comedians in New England.
Thursday brought forth another wonderful story from the Boston Globe reporter and friend of St. Albert's parish family, Bella English. The article entitled:
"They're throwing us away" which appeared in the Boston Globe on Thursay, 8/26/04 is the latest piece following the struggle that we have been enduring for the past several months.