A prophetic, Franciscan, Catholic community welcoming all people through prayer and outreach.

We extend a special welcome to everyone visiting the Shrine for the first time.

DECEMBER 2022

Telephone: 617-542-6440
Prayer Request Line: 857-206-7209
The Good Word: 617-542-0502
Text-to-Give text “DONATE” to: 617-712-2233
The Liturgical Season of Advent

Greetings of peace.

“Christmas symbolizes the God-child within each of us and inspires us to cultivate

human and divine attributes in imitation of Jesus.” Various writers of Christian
spiritually have expressed this view in different ways. Becoming more human and
becoming more divine involve walking the same path, and Jesus shows the way.
This is an optimist view of the human person: that all of us are doing our best, and
that all of us are working our way toward holiness. The liturgical season of
Advent embodies that sense of hopefulness.

We continue to have vacancies for the positions of sacristan, lector, acolyte, and
Eucharistic Minister. These roles are all essential to being able to have Mass.
Please consider doing these roles for us, or suggesting the opportunity to others.
These roles can help you to participate and reflect on church in a different way.
Training will be provided. The Sacristan role can be a paid or volunteer position,
and the other roles are volunteer positions. I would happy to talk to you about any
of these opportunities. Contact me [email protected] or 617-542-
6440, ext. 131. We are most grateful to all of you who continue to serve the
Shrine in this way.

Special schedule for Christmas weekend:

Saturday, December 24, Mass at 4pm, 5:30pm and 7pm.
Confessions from Noon to 4pm.
Sunday, December 25, Mass at 10am and 11:30am No confessions.
On New Year’s Weekend, we will have the normal weekend schedule.

Have a blessed Advent.

Fr. Thomas Conway, OFM

Executive Director
 Harvard
Community Action Partners
Project Update
We are excited to begin our
new partnership with
Harvard's Community Action
Partners (CAP). On November
17th, CAP volunteers met with
friars and staff to learn more
about Shrine ministries.
 The Franciscan Food Center – Thanksgiving Food Distribution
On Monday, November 21st, the Franciscan Food Center at St. Anthony Shrine continued
our tradition of distributing turkeys and all the fixings to the local community. This year, in
addition to our hardworking volunteers, we were blessed with the assistance of Boston
Mayor Michelle Wu and representatives from the Boston Police Department.
Thanksgiving turkeys were also shared with the hardworking BID Ambassadors of
Downtown Crossing.
 Franciscan Action Network Justice Circles

Are you interested in becoming a Laudato Si Animator with the Franciscan Action Network Justice Circles? The
Laudato Si’ Movement works to inspire and mobilize the Catholic community to care for our common home
and achieve climate and ecological justice. The Franciscan Action Network Justice Circles will begin a course
starting on Wednesday, September 14. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to
[email protected] or to the Boston Circle contact ([email protected])

For more details, please visit this website: https://laudatosianimators.thinkific.com/courses/summer2022

2022 Franciscan Dinner and Pope Francis Award Sponsors

Franciscan Arch Street Sponsors Continued Shrine Sponsors Continued

Presenting Sponsors Eversource Energy Foundation, Inc. W.L. French Excavating
Consigli Construction Co., Inc. Grant Communications Consulting Corporation
In memory of Rita Anthonina (Mrs. Group G&C Concrete Construction
Francis) DiMento Harvard Football, Class of 1989 Glenn Rieder, LLC
Hemenway & Barnes, LLP Greatland Realty Partners
Assisi Sponsors Hinckley Allen Heritage Restoration, LLC
Anthony Consigli Ronald and Megan Hovsepian Stephen Hickox
Matthew Consigli Fund Interstate Electrical Services
E.M. Duggan Co., Inc. IPC Lydon, LLC Corporation
Goodwin Procter & Regina M. Pisa J.C. Cannistraro, LLC Karas & Karas Glass Co., Inc.
David Manfredi and J.C. Higgins Corporation M&T Bank
Elizabeth Lowrey Lendlease Development Martignetti Companies
The Mohan Family Foundation Lynnwell Associates Mass Acoustics
New Balance Athletics, Inc. Management Recruiters/Boston T.J. McCartney, Inc.
Vincent Petroni In memory of Group McCourt Construction Company Inc.
Maureen Duggan Petroni Massey Plate Glass & Aluminum, Inc. McDonald Electrical Corp.
George Taylor McCusker-Gill, Inc. McNamara-Salvia
Millennium Partners John Moriarty & Associates
St. Anthony Sponsors John and Amanda Navien Ocean Steel & Construction, Ltd.
Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. Steve and Mary Neff Rockland Trust - Blue Hills Charitable
Dan Brownell and Kelley Laurel Ben Niedermeyer and Foundation
Commonwealth Plumbing Corp. Joanne Hidaka S&F Concrete Contractors
The Derenzo Charitable Foundation North Atlantic States Regional Corporation
The Honorable Regina L. Quinlan Council of Carpenters SOEP Painting Corporation
Doherty (ret.) In memory of Northeast Contractors, Inc. Suffolk Cares
Gerard F. Doherty Ostrow Electric Company, Inc. The Taymor Family Foundation
JK Glass Company Piquette & Howard Electric Trinity Financial, Inc.
Peter O’Connor Service, LLC Waltham Lumber
RSM US LLP Pizzotti Brothers, Inc. The Welch Corp.
Christine Selmi and John Jameson The Select Group WIN Waste Innovations
SGA-ARC
St. Clare Sponsor Al and Mary Spagnolo Friar Sponsors
Dennis and Norma Leonard Sunrise Erectors, Inc. Associated General Contractors of
In memory of Paul Talmo Massachusetts, Inc.
Arch Street Sponsors Tower Hill Sales Associates, Inc. Marianne R. Bechet
AHA Consulting Engineers Xquisite Landscaping Michael and Maryanne Hegan
Anonymous Bill Hoskins
Arch Street Glass Shrine Sponsors Mary Ann Jordan
A.W. Perry, Inc. A&A Window Products, Inc. Terence A. McGinnis
BNY Mellon Wealth Management J.J. Bafaro, Inc. Ryan and Carrie Raffaelli
BrandSafway Services, Inc. Berkshire Bank
Jack and Cathy Brennan In memory of Clare Brown Friend Sponsors
BrightView Landscape Development, Cambridge Savings Charitable Jessie Bourneuf
Inc. Foundation Nancy K. Chisholm
Michael and Patricia Butler Cannon Hill Capital Partners St. Bonaventure University
Commodore Builders Century Drywall, Inc.
Corporate Mechanical of New CroCo Commercial General
England, LLC Contractors
Larry and Patti D’Angelo CV Properties LLC
The Druker Company, Ltd. Delta Dental of Massachusetts
Eastern Bank Foundation East Cambridge Savings Bank
Exclusive Escapes Luxury Travel
 2022 Franciscan Dinner and Pope Francis Award Recap

On behalf of the Franciscan friars, those who work at St. Anthony Shrine and, most important,
those we serve on a daily basis, please accept our sincere gratitude for making Wednesday night’s
Pope Francis Award Dinner an amazing success. A sellout crowd of 526 joined us as we were
proud to honor Anthony Consigli and recognize the positive impact his family’s business has
made in Boston, while celebrating 75 years for the friars on Arch Street.

I am thrilled to report that as Tuesday, November 22, we have raised $ 1,953,450! If you have not
made your gift, I encourage to contact Maryanne Rooney-Hegan, chief philanthropy officer at
[email protected] or call her at (617) 778-1645.

As you know, we depend on the

generosity of our benefactors
throughout the year. The Pope
Francis Award event is our primary
fundraiser and its success is critical in
allowing us to carry out our mission
in downtown Boston. To those who
sponsored, attended, purchased
auction items, donated to the Fund
our Mission, you have our undying
gratitude. Special thanks to our
(L-R) Matthew Consigli, co-chair; Anthony emcee, Nicole Estaphan of WCVB-
Consigli honoree, Fr. Tom Conway, OFM; David TV, for her thoughtful efforts in
Manfredi, co-chair. helping us tell our story.

SHRINE SCHEDULE
SHRINE OPEN HOURS MASSES
Monday, Wednesday and Friday: 5:30am to 4pm
Tuesday and Thursday: 5:30am to 6:45pm Monday through Friday: 6am, 7am and 12:05pm
Saturday: 1:30pm to 6:30pm
Sunday: 6:30am to 5pm Saturday:
4pm ♫ and 5:30pm ♫
LOBBY INFORMATION BOOTH HOURS
Monday through Friday: 9am to 1pm Sunday:
Saturday: 3pm to 6:30pm 7am, 10am ♫, 11:30am ♫, 1pm ♫ and 4pm ♫
Sunday: 9am to 1pm
♫ Music with The Arch Street Band
CONFESSION SCHEDULE
Monday through Friday: 10am to 1pm 10AM Sunday Mass is
Saturday: 1:30pm to 3:30pm Streamed Live on YouTube
Sunday: 3pm to 4pm www.youtube.com/shrineboston
Our Lady of Guadalupe Christmas Raffle
December 12
Christmas Raffle Tickets are now on sale.
Plenty are available at the Information Booth in
the 1st floor Church lobby.

Drawing will be on Sunday, December 18th

(1 week before Christmas)

There are 5 prizes to be awarded:

$10,000
$ 4000
$. 3000
$ 1000
Two Round Trip JetBlue tickets
The winners do not have to be present!
 Men's Sharing Group is a gathering of men
who frequent St. Anthony Shrine, feel at home
here, and are looking to connect their spiritual
journey with those of other men.

The group meets twice a month on the 2 nd and

4th Thursdays from 5 pm to 6:15 pm.

The December schedule is: Dec. 8 & 22.

If interested, please contact Br. Tony LoGalbo

at [email protected] or by phone
at 617 542 6440 ext.215.

AA Meeting Schedule at
St. Anthony Shrine
Monday – Friday 7:30am – 8:30am
Tuesdays 12pm – 1pm
AA Open Discussion Meeting
Thursdays 5:45pm – 6:45pm
AA Big Book Meeting
All meetings are held in the
Auditorium (Basement) Foyer,
unless otherwise noted.
Questions, please call
Anthony Andreottola
at 781-526-3679.

Women’s Spiritual
Reflection Group
The Women’s Spiritual Reflection
Group will be reforming this fall.

The purpose of this group is to study

the Scripture readings used in the
Sunday liturgy.

We welcome women of all faith

perspectives, as we are non-
judgmental and respectful of one
another. Date and time to be
established by consensus of
availability.

If interested, please contact

Carol O’Brien at
617-542-6440, ext 120.
 YEAR END GIVING
We are profoundly grateful to each of you who supported our mission during this calendar year. Your
philanthropic gifts are a beacon of hope to those who thirst for compassion, charity, friendship, or an
overall sense of welcome. Thank you for making a difference.
Have you made your gift yet to support our mission? Many are preparing for year-end giving. Consider a
gift of appreciated stock, or perhaps from your Donor Advised Fund, or if you are 70 ½, you can make a
gift of up to $100,000 via your IRA.
As the end of the year approaches, we invite you to consider making a tax-deductible gift to the Shrine.
There are a number of ways to make this gift.

1. Cash/check - may be given in person or via the U.S mail. Please note that the gift must be
postmarked by December 31 to be counted for a 2022 tax deduction.
Please make checks payable to: St. Anthony Shrine
Mail to: St. Anthony Shrine
Maryanne Rooney-Hegan
Chief Philanthropy Officer
100 Arch Street
Boston, MA 02110
2. Credit card – Make a gift on line – www.stanthontshrine.org with a credit card.
Once on our website, simply click the GIVE button located at the top right-hand
corner of our home page. Kiosks in the lobby are another option for a credit
card gift. Perhaps the easiest way to make a gift is to use this QR code.
3. Donor Advised Fund
4. Gifts of appreciated stock – contact Maryanne Rooney-Hegan at 617-778-1645.
5. IRA Charitable Rollover – If you or someone you know is 70 ½ or older and has a traditional
Individual Retirement Account (IRA), you can use your required minimum distribution to support
the Shrine through a Charitable Rollover gift. You may transfer up to $100,000 from an IRA
account to one of more charities. Contact the administrator of your plan, direct them to send your
distribution as a charitable roll over, and they will send it directly to the Shrine. Please notify
Maryanne Rooney-Hegan at 617-778-1645 of your intent.
6. Matching Gifts – A corporate matching gift is a tremendous way to increase your personal gift to
the Shrine. We encourage you to take advantage of your employer’s matching gift program.

Feast of the
Immaculate Conception
Thursday, December 8th
Holy Day of Obligation
Masses at 6am, 7am,
12:05pm and 5:15pm.
 Annual candles
available!
Yearly renewal of $300
Jesus Wept
Memorial Candles
Mary, Mother of God
Candles
Please call
Ariana Green at
857-206-7243.

The Fr. Mychal Judge Recovery Center at St. Anthony Shrine

We provide counseling for individuals and families seeking support to recover from alcohol, drugs and other
addictive behaviors. We are currently available for in person and online sessions.
For more information or to schedule an appointment please contact Anthony Andreottola
at 781-526-3679 [email protected]

100 Arch Street, Boston, MA 02110

www.stanthonyshrine.org
Telephone: 617-542-6440 Prayer Request Line: 857-206-7209 The Good Word: 617-542-0502 Text GIVE to: 617-712-2233