Fr. Fiorillo is leading an initiative to add annual fall and spring retreats for Harvard Catholic undergraduates. He and the Catholic Students Association (CSA) are working together to make sure that directed retreats are consistently part of each fall and spring term. Please consider making a Giving Tuesday gift to help us meet our goal to raise $5,000 to send 30 faith-filled students on retreat next spring. Thank you and God Bless!

Please donate your favorite book from elementary, middle, or high school, and include an inscription to spread that love to a young student. Inspire a love of reading, and a love of books! Drop-off is at the Harvard Catholic Center; 29 Mt. Auburn St. entrance. Contact Nam Kim for more information. This effort in partnership with Harvard CSA and the Tufts Catholic Chaplaincy. All donations are much appreciated.

American Catholic Theologian, Dr. Scott Hahn, will give a talk on Creed and Communion: Coming Home to the Father's Mercy. A reception immediately follows in DiGiovanni Hall. Don't miss this powerful presentation on the riches of our Catholic faith. Click here for full details.

The HCC and the St. Paul Choir School invite you to join us as His Eminence Cardinal Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap celebrates this special mass to bless the start of the academic year.

"Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." - 2 Corinthians 3:17

The commencement address at DeSales University that is. See the video and transcript, from May 19, that are filled with Fr. George's love for God and inimitable humor, and peppered, of course, with references to Sir Winston Churchill.

Pope Francis has written Gaudate et Exsultate (Rejoice and Be Glad), a new apostolic exhortation on "the call to holiness in the contemporary world." You can read it for free online at the Vatican's website where there are links on the page to also view it in multiple languages.

The water in the Harvard Catholic Center, Rectory and School will be shut off for the entire day (at least) starting at approximately 7:30a. There will be major work going on in the basement on the fire sprinkler system and water needs to be off completely. Please plan accordingly and stay tuned for updates. The water and bathroom in the lower church will be working. Thank you for your patience and we apologize for the inconvenience while this necessary maintenance is done. THIS WILL NOT AFFECT THE CHURCH.

The Harvard Catholic Center needs your help to honor Father George, our dear friend who has served the Harvard Catholic community for more than 25 years. We are asking you to share your reflections, thoughts, anecdotes, etc. about Father’s ministry and friendship in a special section of the HCC website called the Father Salzmann Guestbook. Blessed thanks!

All parishes and chapels of the Archdiocese of Boston are open for individual confessions on Wednesdays during Lent, 6:30-8p, starting on Feb.21. Visit The Light Is On For You site for resources, videos, etc. and please spread the word.of this special outreach of mercy.

Now available online.

Adjacent to the Multimedia Room, this newly renovated space holds a wide variety of books written by saints and theologians, in addition to a small collection of philosophy, fiction and music CDs; all available to borrow.

Thursday, January 25 @ 5:15p. Sung by The Choristers, St. Paul's Church; featuring music of Sydney Nicholson, Charles Villiers Stanford.

Directed by Tim Reckart '09, 'The Star' retells the Nativity tale as told through the eyes of the animals who were there. Tim is an Oscar-nominated director (Head Over Heels, '12) who majored in history and literature.

Choral Vespers sung by the The Boys of St. Paul's Choir School.

Archbishop Bernard Hebda '81 will celebrate this Mass to bless the academic year.

Thursday, November 2 @ 7:00 pm. We remember all our beloved dead at this Mass. All the music, provided by our Choir of Boys and Men, will be taken from the Faure Requiem. Please come and worship.