church calendar
Holy Days of Obligation
2021
- Friday, January 1 – Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God
- Thursday, May 13 – Ascension of the Lord (Forty days after Easter)
- Sunday, August 15 – Solemnity of the Assumption
- Wednesday, December 8 – Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
- Saturday, December 25 – Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord
Church Calendar
SAVE THE DATE!
St. Katharine Drexel Parish’s
FALL PARISH TOWN HALL MEETING
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16th,
6:30-7:30 pm.
12th Annual Mary of Magdala Celebration
Run, Sister, Run: The Figure of Mary Magdalene in the Negro Spiritual
Friday, July 23, 12:00-1:00pm
Free Virtual Event – Register Here
This lecture presented by M. Shawn Copeland, Professor Emerita, Boston College Department of Theology, explores the figure of Mary Magdalene as interpreted through Negro or African American Spirituals. Special focus is given to resurrection narratives in the Gospels.
We invite the entire parish community to submit names for anyone who graduated or completed a program in 2020 or in 2021.
The church will recognize all our graduates at the 10 am and 1 pm Masses on Sunday, June 27, 2021. Please complete the form below.
The deadline for submissions is June 21, 2021
DREXEL VILLAGE
Public Presentation on June 7, 2021 at 6:00 pm via Zoom
Located in a critically important area of Nubian Square, Drexel Village will create a new gateway to Nubian Square that builds on the history of St. Katharine Drexel Parish’s service to the community and brings together affordable and mixed-income housing, commercial, educational and cultural services in a mixed-use development that will improve and enrich the neighborhood, and provide new and enhanced community amenities, such as expansive public open space areas, that will benefit residents and the broader community. By bringing together these varied uses in a coordinated and integrated manner, and combining both the Crescent Parcel and the St. Katharine Drexel/Archdiocese Parcel, Drexel Village will become a central place for people to reside, recreate and engage with each other in a meaningful way.
The Boston Planning and Development Agency issued an RFP to ground lease the Crescent Parcel to a selected development team. The Planning Office for Urban Affairs and J. Garland Enterprises responded to this RFP, and they have proposed to develop Drexel Village. In addition to the Drexel Village proposal, BPDA received two other proposals that they will be considering. All three development teams will present their proposals in a public presentation on June 7, 2021 at 6:00 pm. In order to make Drexel Village a reality, we need neighborhood and community residents to voice their support for Drexel Village.
Attend the Zoom public presentation and voice your support in the chat function of the presentation.
Register for the meeting by clicking here.
St. Katharine Drexel Parish
Parish Town Hall Meeting
Thursday, May 27, 2021 6:00 p.m.
“Drexel Village” Update
Most Recent Highlights and Presentation Materials:
April 21st – Proposal submitted to Boston Planning and Development Agency
May 11th – Development Team’s Presentation to St. Katharine Drexel’s Parish Finance and Parish Pastoral Councils – Click Here to View Drexel Village Presentation
May 20th – Bay State Banner’s article, “Proposals for Crescent Parcel center Black and Women-owned Businesses” – Click Here to View Article
Town Hall Presentation
“Drexel Village” – A New Gateway to Nubian Square
Presenters – Developers – Planning Office for Urban Affairs (POUA) and J. Garland Enterprises (JCE) – Mr. William Grogan and Mr. Jonathan Garland
Coordinating Partner, St. Katharine Drexel Parish St. KD’s co-workers include – Carolyn Caveny, Bob Credle, Monica Dean, Joe-Ann Fergus, Bob Gittens, and Fr. Oscar Pratt
- Development of the Crescent Parcel and the Archdiocese of Boston Parcel (St. Katharine Drexel Parish Center – adjacent property)
- Building on a Legacy of Community Service – St. Katharine’s long history and legacy of community service in the Nubian Square Community
St. Katharine Drexel Parish in the spirit of Collective Work and Responsibility is counting on your presence!
COVID Vaccine Pop Up Clinic at Saint Katharine Drexel Parish
No appointment needed but we would like to know if you are coming so that we can secure enough vaccines.
- Call 617- 445- 8915 or register at https://forms.gle/
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** The clinic will be using the Pfizer vaccine – that makes it possible for us to include kids 12 and above with parental consent.
Did you miss the SKD COVID and Vaccine Question and Answer Session with Health and Community Professionals held on May 16, 2021?
View the recording of the question and answer session here:
To Join on zoom Click Here
St. Katharine Drexel Parish Town Hall Zoom Meeting.
Sunday, February 7, 2021 3:00 pm.
Zoom information to be sent via e-mail.
Free Virtual Lectures
www.sacredheart.edu/csspeakerseries
Wednesday, February 17, 2021 2:00 p.m.
Rev. James Martin, S.J.
America Magazine
Building a Bridge: Reaching out to LGBTQ Catholics
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 7:00 p.m.
Catherine Mooney, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Church History, Boston College
Catholic Women on Racial, Environmental and Gender Justice
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 2:00 p.m.
Nichole Flores, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Virginia
Our Lady of Guadalupe: The Art of Solidarity
36th Annual MLK Breakfast – Monday, January 18, 2021
We would like to share the Zoom Recording of our virtual breakfast event. To view, click here.
