Holy Week 2020 Schedule
This year our Holy Week celebrations will be very different, but they still will be our Church gathering for these most sacred days. I encourage you to join us in...
Station of the Cross with the Bishop (4/3)
Bishop Robert Hennessey joined us for the Stations of the Cross this Week. Many thanks to the Bishop, and to Dr. Paul Ciotti, Asa Pedi and Colin Long for their musical expertise.
CLICK HERE to view the stations.
Father Paul’s video to the Catholic Community of Billerica (4/1)
Father Aveni has published a new video to the Catholic Community of Billerica (4/1 at 3:30pm).
Father Paul thanks our Parishioners for their support, speaks about Palm Sunday (and the distribution of Palms), Holy Week, Divine Mercy Sunday, and more. He also has suggestions for more reverent viewing of on-line Masses.
CLICK HERE to view it.
Billerica Catholic responds to Covid-19
All Churches remain closed until further notice. All daily & weekend Masses, and all in-church Confessions remain suspended. All Parishes Offices remain closed through May 3. Call 978.663.8816 x9 for Sacramental Emergencies.
Palms will not be distributed for Palm Sunday.
There will be no communal celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday.
All BCRE classes are suspended; the Easter Basket Project is cancelled.
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Mass for the 5th Sunday of Lent
Celebrate with Father Hal as he offers virtual Mass for the Parishioners of Billerica for the 5th Sunday of Lent.
CLICK HERE to view
Pope Francis’ Adoration prayer and Homily (Friday, 3/27)
Our Holy Father led a prayer service from the Cathedral of St. Peter on Friday, March 27, for a plenary indulgence.
CLICK HERE to see his wonderful Prayer and Sermon of Hope in Jesus!
Cardinal Seán Lent On-line Retreat (3/23)
Cardinal Seán led a daily retreat during the week of March 23, entitled “Christ, Our Light in the Darkness.”
Click on a day to see one of the videos, by night:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Financial support of our Parishes
We thank you for your continued support during this difficult time. If you have envelopes for any of our Parishes, please drop them in the mailbox at our 1 Grace Ave office.
If you would prefer to donate online, click the link for your Parish:
St. Andrew
St. Mary
St. Theresa
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Email from the Catholic Community of Billerica
If you want to remain up-to-date with the latest Catholic Community of Billerica COVID-19 news electronically, but haven’t yet received email from us, please provide your name and email to 978.663.8816 or billericacatholic@gmail.com, and we will add you to our mailing list.
Or, visit our Facebook page at Catholic Community of Billerica.
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On-line Mass Readings
The United States Council of Catholic Bishops posts the Church’s Daily and Sunday readings on their site http://usccb.org.
Today’s Mass Readings may be found HERE.
Sunday 4/5 is the Palm Sunday. Those readings may be found HERE.
