News: We are excited to announce that joining us at our next First Saturday devotion will be Rev. Robert Carbonneau C.P. It’s been a long time since we have a Passionist back in Brighton, and Father is a historian. In fact Fr. Robert is the Passionist archivist and will be sharing with us some of the history of the Passionist in Brighton. You don’t want to miss this. I know it will be a very interesting presentation and discussion especially for those who wish to know more about how all of St. Gabriel’s came to exist, and who were some of the men who made it a reality. Light refreshments will be provided with coffee after the rosary during Fr. Robert’s presentation. There will be a Q & A at the end of the presentation as he tries to answer questions you may have in regards to the passionist presence in Brighton. The presentation will be held after mass and rosary in the 2nd floor conference room in the Monastery building next door to the shrine. Please let all those who would be curious or may have ties to the neighborhood about it. Fr. Robert presides currently in Cambridge, and is head of the Ricci center at Boston College and is somewhat of an expert on Chinese and the Passionist missionary involvement there as well. So get the word out as we all look forward to welcoming back a member of the Congregation of Passionist Also on a sad note as many of you know one of our own was buried last week from St. Mary’s in Brookline, Agnes Wong unexpectedly and tragically died while trying to save her beloved grandson who was 2years old from drowning, both died. We wish to remember Agnes and her grandson and the whole family as we continue to recognize and celebrate their lives, especially all that Agnes did for Our Lady at the Shrine. May perpetual light shine upon them! And may their souls of the faithfully departed rest in Peace. I would also like to thank all of you who on the last First Saturday contributed to the Nepal collection. We were able to wire money directly to the people on the ground there. It was well received and will go a long way in providing some relief to the victims. This is the season of Angels so let’s not forget about their presence among us.
October 2nd: First Friday Devotion: Mass at 7 pm followed by Eucharistic Adoration until 8:30 am ending with benediction. Feast of the Guardian Angels.
October 3rd: First Saturday Devotion at the shrine; 9:00 a.m Holy Mass, Rosary, Confessions. Followed by a talk by Fr. Robert Carbonneau C.P., PHD Historian, Passionist historical archivist, on some of the history of the Passionist in Brighton. Coffee and sweets will be provided
October 3rd: The Spanish Rosary Community will hold their monthly First Saturday meeting at the shrine with a rosary, music and fellowship at 3:00 pm.
October 13th: Candlelight procession: We will start with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at 8:00 pm followed by a Rosary procession and end with benediction. I hope you can join us.
October 17th: The Pro-life Mass will be held on Saturday the17th at 10:30 am. Following Mass there will be a pro-life rosary.
First Saturday: October 3rd
Mass: 9:00 am:
Rosary: Immediately following mass
Presentation: Father Robert Carbonneau C.P.
Fatima Shrine: 159 Washington St. Brighton, MA 02135
The presentation will be held in the 2nd floor conference room in the former chapel of the Monastery building next door to the shrine! Refreshments will be provided. I hope you will join us. Bring a friend and invite the neighbors! Fathers talk will be on the History of the Passionist in Brighton: There will be a Q & A at the end!
Fr. Carbonneau is a Passionist priest, formerly Executive Director of the U.S. Catholic China Bureau (USCCB) and an Affiliated Research Fellow of the Ricci Institute at Boston College. He serves as the Archivist for the Passionist China Collection (PCC), an archive of over 100,000 documents, photographs, reports, films, and correspondence. Fr. Robert Carbonneau received his Ph.D. in American and East Asian History from Georgetown University and has taught U.S., Chinese, Japanese, world, and Catholic mission history, and frequently gives classes and lectures on the Catholic Church in China and on the use of missionary archives as untapped sources for research. He currently teaches at the University of Scranton. From 2007 to 2008 he taught in Chongqing, China. An expert on the Passionist China mission in the twentieth century. Fr. Robert continues to hold the position of Passionist Historian and Archivist.
