church calendar
Holy Days of Obligation
2025
- Wednesday, January 1 – Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God
- Thursday, May 29 – Ascension of the Lord (Forty days after Easter)
- Friday, August 15 – Solemnity of the Assumption
- Monday, December 8 – Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
- Thursday, December 25 – Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord
Church Calendar
Congratulations to the winners of the Saint Katharine Drexel Parish 2025 Spring Raffle:
First prize winner of $2,000 – Dr. Connie Jones
Second prize winner of the Fall Foliage Week in Maine vacation – Dione Lakis
Third prize winner of $500 – Lauren Warner and Chanelle Robinson
The Fundraising Committee would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all who participated in and donated to the raffle. Although you might not have won one of the raffle prizes, we are all winners in this fundraising campaign. The monies raised will help support Saint Katharine Drexel Parish’s SKD’s operational expenses
St. Katharine Drexel Parish
Eighth Annual Lenten Book Discussion / Reflection
The Cross and the Lynching Tree
by the Reverend Dr. James H. Cone
Lenten Reflection and Discussion Schedule (3:00PM – 4:00PM)
March 9, 2025 – Introduction Chapter 1: “Nobody Knows de Trouble I See:” The Cross and the Lynching Tree in the Black Experience Discussion Leader: Dr. M. Shawn Copeland
March 16, 2025 – Chapter 3 : Bearing the Cross and Staring Down the Lynching Tree: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Struggle to Redeem the Soul of America Discussion Leader: Ms. Lorraine Valentine
March 23, 2025 – Chapter 4: The Recrucified Christ in Black Literary Imagination Discussion Leader: Mr. Robert Gittens
March 30, 2025 – Chapter 5: “Oh Mary, Don’t You Weep”
Discussion Leader: Father Oscar Pratt II
Conclusion: Legacies of the Cross and the Lynching Tree
Discussion Leader: M. Shawn Copeland
T-Shirt Pickup Times
Thursday (6/27) 10AM – 12PM (Parish Center 175 Ruggles)
Friday (6/28) 10AM – 12PM (Parish Center 175 Ruggles)
Friday (6/28) 5PM – 7PM (Church 517 Blue Hill Ave)
Saturday 10AM – 12PM (Church 517 Blue Hill Ave)
** Any t-shirts not picked up will be available on Sunday (6/30)
Congratulations to the winners!
1st Prize – Meyer Chambers
2nd Prize – Vivien Rene
3rd Prize – Patti and Paul Nestor
4th Prize – Michala Mulhern
5th Prize – Jim Heffernan
** Please note that this item list will change for the March 10th collection
Click Here for the List of Items Needed for the March 10 Collection
Click Here for Lenten Book Discussion Zoom Info
Reflecting and Discussing Convergences
25 February 2024 Dr. M. Shawn Copeland, Theologian-in-Residence, St.Katharine Drexel Parish
Synthesis Report: Introduction and Part I: The Synodal Face of the Church:
Please Read and Reflect on the Convergences in Sections 1 through 5.
3 March 2024 Dr. Byron Wratee, Loyola University Baltimore, Maryland
Synthesis Report: Part 2: All Disciples, All Missionaries: Please Read and
Reflect on the Convergences in Sections 8 through 13.
10 March 2024 Ms. Lauren Warner, PhD student, Boston College School
of Theology and Ministry
Synthesis Report: Part 3: Weaving Bonds, Building Communities: Please
Read and Reflect on the Convergences in Sections 14 through 17.
17 March 2024 Dr. M. Shawn Copeland, Theologian-in-Residence, St.
Katharine Drexel Parish
Synthesis Report: Part 3: Weaving Bonds, Building Communities: Please
Read and Reflect on the Convergences in Sections 18 through 20.
Each Session will begin at 3:00 PM via Zoom (zoom link to be posted at a later date).
Click Here to Read the Synthesis Report – A Synodal Church in Mission
Topic: Synod Update Presentation at Saint Katharine Drexel Parish
Time: Sunday, Dec 10, 2023 03:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Two years ago, Pope Francis initiated a two-year global consultation process in which all members of the Catholic Church were invited to a synodal journey of encounter, prayerful conversation and listening, and action. In naming our journey synodal (synod), the Holy Father entrusted our journey and its destination to the Holy Spirit, and recalled for us the practice of encounter, conversation, listening to human experience, and responsive action that shaped the earliest Christian community. 1 Our synodal journey has moved forward in three phases: (1) the diocesan phase (October 2021-April 2022, during which time members of parishes, schools and universities, various church groups or associations or lay movements, etc., participated in formal meetings of encounter, prayerful conversation and listening, then sent reports to local dioceses; (2) the continental phase (September 2022 to March 2023, during which time representatives of churches met along lines of geographic location (e.g., the North American region was composed of the People of God in Canada and the United States; this region utilized virtual formats and three languages––English, French, Spanish); and (3) the universal phase held in two parts, the first October 4 to 29, 2023, and the second in October 2024. Surely, we are all wondering what happened at the Synod! What difference will it make?
Kayla August, a doctoral student, specializing in the ministry of preaching, at Boston College’s School of Theology and Ministry, traveled to Rome during October––speaking with delegates, observing the process, and learning as much as possible. On Sunday, December 10, 2023, from 3:00pm to 4:00/4:15pm, via ZOOM, Ms. August will make a presentation of 20-30 minutes to us about the Synod, followed by a Q&A. Ms. August says that her “insight will come from experiential knowledge of the process and how that can be incorporated in parishes, no matter the outcome. I will describe how the process of ‘conversations in the spirit’ will be a vessel for God’s work in the final phase of the process. I want to engage the parish in the practice of synodality over [a theoretical] understanding.” A copy of the Synod Assembly’s interim report, “A Synodal Church in Mission: Synthesis Report” is available on the Parish website (https://stkdparish.org/st-katharine-drexel-parish-synodality-session/). Please review/skim this document before our meeting; we will return to it in Lent 2024.
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SKD Town Hall Meeting
Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 7:00 PM via zoom
This Parish Town Hall meeting will be entirely devoted to a current update on Drexel Village. The developer, Bill Grogan, will join us to present current information and field questions you may have.
Please make every effort to attend this meeting. We look forward to your presence and your input.
Our Visit with Our Sister Parish in NH – August 27, 2023
For those who could not attend on Sunday, Mass can be viewed from the St. Katharine Drexel website:
stkdrexel.org and look for Masses and click on the date for Sunday the 27th
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We welcome support of any kind.
For additional information please contact
LORNA HERON
heronstravel@gmail.com
617-445-8915 or 857-302-0839
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My Dear SKD Family,
Do to weather concerns, the Parish Cookout Committee has determined that the Mass and cookout will take place at the church, 517 Blue Hill Ave. The time of the Mass is still 11:00 and the food and fun will follow
Immediately after.
Thank you for your consideration and we look forward to seeing you tomorrow.
Fr. Oscar
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SKD Town Hall Meeting
Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 7:00 PM via zoom
The Parish Town Hall meeting will be entirely devoted to a current update on Drexel Village. The developers, Bill Grogan and Jonathan Garland, will give a presentation on our substantial progress. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions.
Please make every effort to attend this meeting. We look forward to your presence and your input.
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Catholic Appeal 2023
Faith in Action, It All Starts With You!
Click Here for a Catholic Appeal Announcement from Fr. Pratt and link to Catholic Appeal website
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St. Katharine Drexel Parish – Fifth Annual Lenten Book Discussion / Reflection
Uncommon Faithfulness: The Black Catholic Experience
Sundays from 3:00 to 4:00pm by ZOOM
(with possible agreement to talk for 10 to 15 minutes more)
March 5th
Presenter: M. Shawn Copeland, Professor emerita, Boston College, Theologian-in-Residence, St. Katharine Drexel Parish, Roxbury
Chapter 1: “Relating Race and Religion: Four Historical Models” written by Dr. Albert J. Raboteau
March 12th
Presenter: Byron Wratee, Ph. D. Candidate, Boston College| Graduate School of Arts & Science
Chapter 11: “Uncommon Faithfulness: The Witness of African American Catholics,” written by (then) Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory
March 19th
Presenter: Chanelle Robinson, Ph. D. Candidate, Boston College| Graduate School of Arts & Science
Chapter 9: “Faith of Our Mothers: Catholic womanist God-Talk,” written by Dr. Diana L. Hayes
March 26th
Presenter: Lauren Warner, Ph. D., Student, Boston College| School of Theology and Ministry
Chapter 8: “Communion Ecclesiology: Implications for Ecclesial and Social Transformation in the Black Catholic Community,” written by Dr. Jamie T. Phelps, O.P.
Begins at 9:00 AM
