St Veronica Protecting God’s Children
All clergy, office staff, and parish volunteers are required to attend and complete a Virtus—Protecting God’s Children training session, a program sponsored by the Boston Archdiocese that provides an awareness of persons and situations that could pose a risk to children. The State of Massachusetts also requires parish personnel and volunteers to submit a yearly CORI form.
For more information on any of these ministries please call either rectory:
781-272-3111 or St Malachy 781-272-5111 unless otherwise directed.
Ministries
List of Services
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Eucharistic Ministers
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion provide assistance with serving the Body and Blood of Christ at Mass. Many also assist in bringing Holy Communion to the sick and homebound.
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Lectors
Reader proclaims the Word of God (Scriptures) at Mass and at other liturgical services.
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Sacristan
Duties include preparing the altar for Mass and cleaning the altar following Mass.
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Ushers
Volunteers who assist people to their seat if necessary. They also take up the collection.
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Altar Servers
Altar Servers should be in the Fourth Grade or older. Training will be provided. And, we are very flexible with regard to scheduling. Please prayerfully consider stepping up to serve in any capacity for which you are able. God calls us to make His presence in the world a reality by serving one another. St. Peter writes: “As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied grace.”
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Funeral Altar Servers
These are people who are willing to give of their time to serve at funeral liturgies.
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Outreach to the Homebound
Some Eucharistic Ministers volunteer to bring the Sacrament of the Eucharist to those parishioners who are ill and/or homebound.
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Collection Counters
Counts money collected during Masses.
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Liturgical Linen Service
Responsible for the preparation and care of the altar linens. This includes the washing and ironing of purificators, corporals, and altar linens.
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Arts & Environment
Responsible for decorating the church for different seasons. Examples: Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, First Communion and Confirmation.
Parish Pastoral Council
(Up to 6 members)
Responsible for assisting the pastor in his leadership role of planning, organizing, initiating, promoting, coordinating and reviewing the evangelization, worship, religious education and service activities within the parish. Through its deliberations and consultation with the pastor, the PPC helps to unite the pastor and the parishioners. Together they discern the pastoral needs of the parish and ways in which those needs can be addressed. Council will meet 6 to 7 times per year. Terms are three years.
Finance Council
(Up to 6 members)
Responsible for providing counsel to the pastor concerning the administration of the parish finances, budget, and property vested in the finance council.
Each year the parish finance council assists the pastor in making a report to the PPC concerning the finances and property of the parish.
Term of office is up to 5 years. Experience in budgeting or finance is preferred. Council will meet 4 times per year. One member of the Finance Council will attend Pastoral Council meetings.
Religious Education
We are always looking for help with our Religious Education Program. For more information contact Camille Mainardi at
cmainardi@stveronicaparish.org for grades 1-8 or contact Fran LaNoce at
confirmation@stveronicaparish.org for grades 9 & 10.
Music
St Margaret
The Choir generally sings at the 4:30pm Mass on Saturday afternoon from September to June, as well at special liturgical services throughout the year. Choir rehearsals are conducted on Saturday afternoons at 3:15pm in the choir loft of the church. The choir welcomes new members throughout the year. For information on becoming a member of the choir, contact for St Margaret's Church Music Director Bill Donahue at wdonahue@stveronicaparish.org.
St Malachy
St. Malachy Parish offers a wide array of musical traditions at its Masses. The Choir generally sings at the 10:30am Mass. The music at this Mass features multiple instruments including piano, guitar, bass, flute, and violin. The music selections are taken from a wide variety of traditions but feature predominantly contemporary Christian songs.
Children’s Choir: We will once again feature a Children’s choir on select days throughout the school year. Please email dmainardi@stveronicaparish.org if you are interested in having your child sing.
If you are interested in being a cantor, singing in the choir, or playing an instrument in the band, please contact Danny Mainardi at dmainardi@stveronicaparish.org
Contact Info
St. Margaret Church
111 Winn St, Burlington, MA, United States
St. Malachy Church