Parish Office
579 Boston Avenue, Medford MA 02155
In the former high school building
Please use the entrances in the alley between the school and the church.
Face masks must be worn at all times in the Parish Office. Hand sanitizer is available.
The Parish Office is open as of Monday, June 22.
Office Hours: Monday - Friday from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Phone: (781) 396-3922 / (781) 396-3112
Fax: (781) 396-2506
Email: secretarystclement@outlook.com
Parish Postal Address:
71 WARNER STREET
Medford, MA 02155
For urgent situations, please call Fr. Phong Pham: (616) 914-9380
Rectory:
71 Warner Street
Medford, MA 02155
WE ARE OPEN
WE WILL HOLD SUNDAY MASSES ACCORDING TO
OUR NORMAL SCHEDULE: 7 AM – 9 AM – 11 AM
SATURDAY VIGIL: 4 PM
PLEASE NOTE THAT
THE CHURCH’S CAPACITY WILL BE LIMITED TO CIRCA 70
DUE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES
CONFESSIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON SATURDAY'S FROM 3:00 - 4:00 PM
WE WILL HOLD SUNDAY MASSES ACCORDING TO
OUR NORMAL SCHEDULE: 7 AM – 9 AM – 11 AM
SATURDAY VIGIL: 4 PM
PLEASE NOTE THAT
THE CHURCH’S CAPACITY WILL BE LIMITED TO CIRCA 70
DUE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES
CONFESSIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON SATURDAY'S FROM 3:00 - 4:00 PM
Saint Clement Welcomes Fr. Phong To Our Parish
Weekend of August 2, 2020 – 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear brothers and sisters of St. Clement,
On Saturday, August 1, Father Phong Pham joins us at St. Clement Parish as our new Parish Administrator. Let’s welcome him together as he celebrates his first masses with us! Come for your favorite weekend Mass and help him to feel at home in our home. We are filled with faith and confidence he will bring with him the love and light of Christ. We pray that Fr. Phong will come to find comfort, home and community with us at Saint Clement as we have with each other. We also pray for his previous parish in Quincy, MA, which will surely miss him, too.
Meet Fr. Phong Pham
Fr. Phong was born in the city of Da-Nang, Vietnam to a family of ten siblings – three girls and seven boys. On April 30, 1975 when the whole country of Vietnam fell under Communism, Fr. Phong was separated from his family who eventually made their way to the United States and settled in Port Arthur, Texas. Three years later, he escaped the Communist Vietnam by boat to Hong Kong and was reunited with his family as a political refugee. At age 16 he left the hot climate of the South and entered the St. Joseph High School Seminary of the Diocese of Grand Rapids, MI and was ordained a priest in June 1991.
Spurred by a profound desire to serve the poor and in particular those of his native land, in 2008 Fr. Phong was incardinated to the Diocese of Thanh-Hoa, Vietnam. For more than 10 years he took residence in Lakeview, a little town of Michigan and has begun serving as the Episcopal Vicar of the Diocese of Thanh-Hoa as well as the General Coordinator of the people of Thanh-Hoa living in North America. On weekends, on behalf of Cross Catholic Outreach, he visited Catholic Churches throughout the United States to make appeal for the world’s poorest.
In 2016, Fr. Phong has accepted Pope Francis’ invitation and has become a Papal Missionary of Mercy. In the fall of 2018, Fr. Phong was ordered by his superior to relocate to the East coast to be near to the priests and seminarians of the Diocese of Thanh-Hoa who are studying abroad and especially in the Boston area. Fr. Phong submitted his request for residency to Cardinal O’Malley and the Archdiocese of Boston. On Wednesday of Holy Week 2019, his request was officially granted. Since June 2019, Fr. Phong has been journeying and serving the people of the Quincy Catholic Collaborative as their parochial vicar. On December 2019, Fr. Phong was asked additionally to assist the Vietnamese Catholics of the Parish of Sacred Heart, East Boston.
In a spirit of humility, trust and gratitude, Fr. Phong is very honored to be assigned by Cardinal O’Malley as the administrator of St. Clement’s Parish Family beginning in August 2020. Please keep him in your prayers so that he will be a worthy instrument of God and a loving, compassionate servant of God’s people.
Weekend of August 2, 2020 – 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear brothers and sisters of St. Clement,
On Saturday, August 1, Father Phong Pham joins us at St. Clement Parish as our new Parish Administrator. Let’s welcome him together as he celebrates his first masses with us! Come for your favorite weekend Mass and help him to feel at home in our home. We are filled with faith and confidence he will bring with him the love and light of Christ. We pray that Fr. Phong will come to find comfort, home and community with us at Saint Clement as we have with each other. We also pray for his previous parish in Quincy, MA, which will surely miss him, too.
Meet Fr. Phong Pham
Fr. Phong was born in the city of Da-Nang, Vietnam to a family of ten siblings – three girls and seven boys. On April 30, 1975 when the whole country of Vietnam fell under Communism, Fr. Phong was separated from his family who eventually made their way to the United States and settled in Port Arthur, Texas. Three years later, he escaped the Communist Vietnam by boat to Hong Kong and was reunited with his family as a political refugee. At age 16 he left the hot climate of the South and entered the St. Joseph High School Seminary of the Diocese of Grand Rapids, MI and was ordained a priest in June 1991.
Spurred by a profound desire to serve the poor and in particular those of his native land, in 2008 Fr. Phong was incardinated to the Diocese of Thanh-Hoa, Vietnam. For more than 10 years he took residence in Lakeview, a little town of Michigan and has begun serving as the Episcopal Vicar of the Diocese of Thanh-Hoa as well as the General Coordinator of the people of Thanh-Hoa living in North America. On weekends, on behalf of Cross Catholic Outreach, he visited Catholic Churches throughout the United States to make appeal for the world’s poorest.
In 2016, Fr. Phong has accepted Pope Francis’ invitation and has become a Papal Missionary of Mercy. In the fall of 2018, Fr. Phong was ordered by his superior to relocate to the East coast to be near to the priests and seminarians of the Diocese of Thanh-Hoa who are studying abroad and especially in the Boston area. Fr. Phong submitted his request for residency to Cardinal O’Malley and the Archdiocese of Boston. On Wednesday of Holy Week 2019, his request was officially granted. Since June 2019, Fr. Phong has been journeying and serving the people of the Quincy Catholic Collaborative as their parochial vicar. On December 2019, Fr. Phong was asked additionally to assist the Vietnamese Catholics of the Parish of Sacred Heart, East Boston.
In a spirit of humility, trust and gratitude, Fr. Phong is very honored to be assigned by Cardinal O’Malley as the administrator of St. Clement’s Parish Family beginning in August 2020. Please keep him in your prayers so that he will be a worthy instrument of God and a loving, compassionate servant of God’s people.
Please carefully read the guidelines provided below for downloading: both the brief guidelines and the recently updated full instructions, which explains our safety measures and reopened services in greater detail.
| guidelines_for_attending_mass-august_3_2020.pdf |
| full_instructions_for_attending_mass-august_3_2020.pdf |
We Need Volunteers!
In order to safely reopen, we are looking for enough volunteers for the Sunday and Vigil masses and then compile a list calendar for volunteers in the coming weekends since this situation is not going away any time soon. We need:
Ushers: to receive and accommodate our fellow parishioners. There should be ideally three ushers at each mass.
Given the fact that they will be directly interacting with the congregation, they should be 60 y.o. or younger and without any critical health condition. We especially need 2 usher volunteers, one for the Sunday 7 AM Mass and one for the 9 AM Mass.
Cleaners: anyone can help, as recommended by the authorities, with the after-mass cleaning of all the surfaces that come in contact with the people attending mass: pews, door handles, and all other surfaces and areas that are reasonably prone to be touched.
As per the recent mandate from the Archdiocese, Lectors, musicians and volunteers will have to have their temperature taken before every Mass they serve.
We will have to reassess our best practices periodically, depending on the attendance that we will have (including the number of masses), and other variables: new dispositions from the government or the diocese, as well as any other local issue. The objective is a safe, reverent celebration of the Eucharist, while keeping the amount of time at close quarters fairly short; the objective is to contain each mass to 30/40 minutes.
Volunteer Coordinator: Allison Fillo
allison.ahern@gmail.com
(860) 227-6429
Please contact Allison ASAP if you are willing to volunteer. Be sure to tell her which role you want to volunteer for and which mass or masses you are available to help.
Ushers: to receive and accommodate our fellow parishioners. There should be ideally three ushers at each mass.
Given the fact that they will be directly interacting with the congregation, they should be 60 y.o. or younger and without any critical health condition. We especially need 2 usher volunteers, one for the Sunday 7 AM Mass and one for the 9 AM Mass.
Cleaners: anyone can help, as recommended by the authorities, with the after-mass cleaning of all the surfaces that come in contact with the people attending mass: pews, door handles, and all other surfaces and areas that are reasonably prone to be touched.
As per the recent mandate from the Archdiocese, Lectors, musicians and volunteers will have to have their temperature taken before every Mass they serve.
We will have to reassess our best practices periodically, depending on the attendance that we will have (including the number of masses), and other variables: new dispositions from the government or the diocese, as well as any other local issue. The objective is a safe, reverent celebration of the Eucharist, while keeping the amount of time at close quarters fairly short; the objective is to contain each mass to 30/40 minutes.
Volunteer Coordinator: Allison Fillo
allison.ahern@gmail.com
(860) 227-6429
Please contact Allison ASAP if you are willing to volunteer. Be sure to tell her which role you want to volunteer for and which mass or masses you are available to help.
Letters from Cardinal Sean O'Malley Regarding the Killing of George Floyd and Racism
We ask that you use the following links to read the letters from the Cardinal to the people of the Archdiocese of Boston in response to the murder of George Floyd, the recent protests and riots, and the persisting evil of racism in this country.
Statement from the Roman Catholic Bishops of MA: July 23, 2020 - regarding police reform legislation
Homily from the Cardinal's Mass for Racial Justice: June 14, 2020
A Letter to the People of the Archdiocese of Boston on Racism: June 5, 2020 - see also the Vimeo link to watch the Cardinal's message
Statement on the killing of George Floyd: May 30, 2020
Statement from the Roman Catholic Bishops of MA: July 23, 2020 - regarding police reform legislation
Homily from the Cardinal's Mass for Racial Justice: June 14, 2020
A Letter to the People of the Archdiocese of Boston on Racism: June 5, 2020 - see also the Vimeo link to watch the Cardinal's message
Statement on the killing of George Floyd: May 30, 2020
The USCCB has provided numerous resources on their website for the Catholic faithful community to reflect on our collective and individual roles in the prevailing sin of racism in the United States. Information about the Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, videos from the Committee and Pope Francis, formal statements and guides from the USCCB are all available here in this link.
Emergency Support for Catholic Schools
Please click here to go to the Archdiocese's of Boston website and read Cardinal Sean’s message about Catholic Schools and the petition asking Governor Baker to help support our schools with emergency financial aid through the federal CARES Act. You can sign this petition to help show your support for the Catholic schools, teachers, students, family and staff who are working hard to continue providing education and community under the constraints of the pandemic.
Swing by our Facebook Page!
If you're on Facebook, take a look by clicking here. We hope you will like and follow us so we can continue to share with you new information and highlights of St. Clement's activities. Your participation with our Facebook page can help college students, young professionals or families who are new to the area find a new home for their faith. We want to let people know that we're here and that we are always interested in welcoming new faces into our community!
St. Clement Bulletin and Weekly Email Newsletter
Beginning the weekend of July 11-12, our bulletin will be printed and distributed after Mass. Volunteers will hand out the hard copies as people leave the church. We will continue to post our bulletin online on Friday's. You can also receive the weekly news and information from St. Clement through our email newsletter, which contains all of the standard bulletin information, plus a little extra. To sign up for our newsletter, email secretarystclement@outlook.com with your preferred email address. You can easily unsubscribe if you change your mind, and we will NOT share your email with anyone. We also welcome any feedback in order to perfect the newsletter for you.
Here is the latest edition of our bulletin. Previous bulletins can be found on the Bulletins page.
Here is the latest edition of our bulletin. Previous bulletins can be found on the Bulletins page.
| 4766_stclement_medford-080920.pdf |
Collection and Offertory
Though this global crisis has created physical, spiritual and economic strain beyond compare, we ask those of you who are able to remember St. Clement through your weekly envelopes and OSV Online Giving. Collection baskets will not be passed around during Mass but will be stationed at the front of the church. We are encouraging everyone who can to utilize Online Giving in order to reduce cross-contacted objects, like the envelopes and cash.
We are inexpressibly thankful to you, our parishioners, for your generous commitment and dedication to the parish. We are proud of the courage, compassion and perseverance you have shown as brothers and sisters in Christ. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you and God Bless you!
We are inexpressibly thankful to you, our parishioners, for your generous commitment and dedication to the parish. We are proud of the courage, compassion and perseverance you have shown as brothers and sisters in Christ. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you and God Bless you!
PARISH COUNCIL
Our next monthly meeting: TBA
The Archdiocese Code of Ministerial Behavior
Please review the Archdiocese of Boston Code of Ministerial Behavior, which can be downloaded in a PDF format. Once you have read it, please email secretary@stclement@outlook.com to let us know so we may mark it in our records. All staff and volunteers are required to read this document, but parishioners are welcome to review it for their own information, as well.
|
| ||||
Here you can find our parish financial report for the year of 2019.
As Saint Clement parish community, we are committed to transparency and the sharing of our efforts
to follow Christ in the life of the Church, in both its spiritual and practical aspects. You can also download a PDF of the 2019 budget letter from the parish administrator.
As Saint Clement parish community, we are committed to transparency and the sharing of our efforts
to follow Christ in the life of the Church, in both its spiritual and practical aspects. You can also download a PDF of the 2019 budget letter from the parish administrator.
|
| ||||
|
Enroll at Saint Clement
To become a member of the parish download the enrollment form, email or mail it to the parish office. |
| ||