In Honor of St. Francis Xavier

93rd Annual

ovena of GraceNMASS AND NOVENA PRAYERS

Weekdays - 9:15 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 6:15 p.m.Saturday - 4:15 p.m., 7:15 p.m. Sunday - 8 a.m., 10:15 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 7:15 p.m.

On March 5 and 12 there will also be Benediction and Novena Prayers at 2:15 p.m.

The Novena Schedule & Speakers:Friday, March 4 9:15 a.m. – Bishop Daniel P. Reilly 12:15 p.m. – Bishop Robert J. McManus 6:15 p.m. – Msgr. Francis J. Scollen

Saturday, March 5 4:15 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. – Fr. Peter Folan, S.J.

Sunday, March 6 8:00 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. – Fr. William Campbell, S.J.

12:15 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. – Fr. Jeremy Zipple, S.J.

Monday, March 7 Bro. Thomas Fahey, C.F.X.

Tuesday, March 8 Fr. Michael Rogers, S.J.

Wednesday, March 9 Fr. Thomas McMurray, S.J.

Thursday, March 10 Fr. Jonathan Slavinskas

Friday, March 11 Fr. Paul F. Harman, S.J.

Saturday, March 12 2:15 p.m. (Benediction) – Fr. John F. Madden 4:15 p.m. – Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley, OFM Cap. 7:15 p.m. – Fr. John F. Madden

Father John F. Madden, Pastor • Tel. 508-756-7165, St. John’s Church

Msgr. Scollen

Fr. Slavinskas

Fr. Harman, S.J.

Fr. Madden

Fr. Zipple, S.J.

Bro. Fahey, C.F.X.

Fr. Rogers, S.J.

Fr. McMurray, S.J.

“Merciful like the Father” – Celebrating The Jubilee Year of Mercy

Bishop McManus Bishop ReillyCardinal O’Malley

MARCH 4 TO MARCH 12, 2016

Saint John’s Church 44 Temple Street, Worcester, Massachusetts 01604

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93rd Novena of Grace at St. John’s Church

March 4-12, 2016

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Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley, OFM Cap., BostonSaturday, March 12 • 4:15 p.m. MassCardinal Sean P. O’Malley, OFM Cap. is the ninth bishop and sixth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Boston. Soon after Pope Francis’s March 2013 election, the Holy Father selected Cardinal O’Malley to be the only North American member of his council of cardinals – commonly called the “group of nine” – who advise the Holy Father on the restructuring of the Roman Curia. Pope Francis also asked him to lead the Vatican’s Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. Cardinal O’Malley previously served as Bishop of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands; Fall River, Massachusetts; and Palm Beach, Florida.

Fr. William Campbell, S.J., College of the Holy CrossSunday, March 6 • 8:00 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. MassFr. Campbell, S.J., began his work as the Vice President for Mission at the College of the Holy Cross in August 2015. Immediately prior, he was President at Cheverus High School, a coeducational Jesuit secondary school in Portland, Maine. Previously, he served twice as Assistant Chaplain at Holy Cross. His international experience and Jesuit pastoral ministry include work in Goa, India and Kingston, Jamaica. Fr. Campbell is a graduate of Holy Cross and a Massachusetts native.

Fr. Peter Folan, S.J., Boston College Saturday, March 5 • 4:15 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. Fr. Folan, S.J., is a Doctoral Student in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences at Boston College. Previously he was in Washington, D.C. where he was Associate Pastor of Holy Trinity Catholic Church and also worked for the Conference of Catholic Bishops. He has been a faculty member at a Catholic High School and taught philosophy at the University of Scranton in Scranton, Pennsylvania. In 2003, Fr. Folan entered the Society of Jesus and professed his vows in 2005.