Peabody - Candlemas (Feb. 2)

Fr. Van de Moortell will celebrate a Sung High Mass with Procession and Blessing of Candles for the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary at 7:30 PM on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at St. Adelaide Church, 708 Lowell St., Peabody.

Epiphany - Peabody - High Mass

A Sung High mass will be celebrated on the Feast of the Epiphany of our Lord, Wednesday, January 6, at 7:30 PM, at St. Adelaide Church, 708 Lowell St., Peabody.

All are invited to a collation downstairs after Mass.

Schedule for St. Monica's, Methuen

The following schedule is announced in the parish bulletin:

3rd Sundays, 1:30 PM
Every Wednesday, 7 PM

However, as a practical matter, all Masses in Methuen are subject to last-minute cancellation. We strongly encourage interested persons to contact the parish office at 978-683-1193 on the day of each Mass (or the weekday before) to find out the status.

Because of frequent last-minute announcements and cancellations, we are not able to provide regular status updates about Masses in Methuen via this web site. A volunteer has undertaken to attempt to post status information through our Yahoo! group.

Current Schedule
Now offered weekly in area.

Mass schedule effective December 8, 2009:

St. Adelaide, Peabody

• Every Sunday, 1:00 PM
• (High Mass 4th Sunday, and as announced)
• 1st Saturday, 9:00 AM
• Confessions generally available before Masses

St. Joseph, Lynn

• Every Saturday, 7:30 AM (convent chapel)
• Holy days and feasts, as announced (main church)

St. Monica, Methuen

• Many Wednesdays at 7:00 PM and many 3rd Sundays at 1:30 PM.
• Call parish at 978-683-1193 on the day of the Mass to confirm. For Masses on Sundays and holidays, call the weekday before.

Click for directions to churches and a complete, up-to-date calendar of area Masses.

Prayer Intentions

Thank you for those who joined in our 54-Day Rosary Novena for Lawrence.

Please continue to pray for this intention, and also for the courageous priests who are celebrating the Traditional Latin Mass, for the priests and seminarians who are learning to say the Traditional Latin Mass, for those who are thinking about learning, for traditional-minded men who are discerning vocations to the priesthood, and for all who are discerning a religious vocation.

Altar Servers and Choir/Schola Singers wanted

Men and boys interested in serving at the Mass in Peabody or Methuen, please contact us. Training will be provided.

Likewise, anyone interested in singing at either Mass, whether hymns or motets or Gregorian chant, please let us know. Training in Gregorian chant will be provided.

Join Our Yahoo! Group for Email Announcements and Reminders

If you join our e-mail list, we will send you an e-mail reminder before each Mass. You will also be alerted by e-mail whenever a new Mass starts up, whenever a special Mass is scheduled (sometimes at the last minute), and of any cancellations and postponements we are aware of.

Please subscribe to or unsubscribe from the group at the Yahoo! Groups web page which you can reach by clicking here.

Photos from Recent Masses

• April 5, 2009, Holy Rosary Church, Lawrence - Sung High Mass for Palm Sunday with Blessing of Palms and Procession. Photos courtesy Kathleen O'Connell.
  
  
• January 6, 2009, St. Adelaide Church, Peabody - Epiphany decorations. Photos courtesy John Salisbury and Kathleen O'Connell.
  
  
• December 30, 2008, St. Monica Church, Methuen - The first public Tridentine Mass in the parish in forty years was celebrated by Fr. Patrick Armano, co-pastor. Photos courtesy Joslyn Ramey.
  
  
• December 28, 2008, St. Adelaide Church, Peabody - Fr. David Carr Lewis celebrated his first public Sung Tridentine Mass on Childermas. Photos courtesy John Salisbury and Kathleen O'Connell.
  
  
• Holy Rosary, Lawrence - some pictures of the church taken by John Salisbury on 11/21/2008.