Fr. Wayne, Sacred Heart Church –
Celebrating Season’s End and Endless Support from Community.
Celebration Event Set for Sunday, March 29, 2009.
As the weather warms and we look forward to the
renewal that spring brings, Fr. Wayne Belschner and the Sacred Heart
Parish Family are pausing to celebrate the change of the season
while reveling in the constant support of the community.
East Boston, Massachusetts. March 10, 2009 - - Although he would
stop short of considering the consecutive break-ins that occurred at
Sacred Heart Parish last fall that left a trail of vandalism, the
need for costly repairs and a new security system, along with a
sense of uneasiness among those within the East Boston community
that know and love Father Wayne Belschner and Sacred Heart Church a
blessing in disguise, he may have come to consider it an
opportunity.
It became an opportunity for the parishioners, an already tight knit
group, to remember the role that the church plays in their daily
lives. In addition to being a spiritual center for the residents of
East Boston, Father Wayne and his staff have worked to ensure that
it is so much more - serving all members of the East Boston
community from youth to elders of all cultural backgrounds.
It has also become an opportunity for members of the East Boston
community and parish family to come out in full force to show their
support for their beloved church and Pastor. In the hours and days
immediately following the break-ins the rectory was flooded with
calls and visits from concerned parishioners and community members
offering their support and volunteering their resources to fix up
the church and to raise funds necessary to make repairs and replace
stolen artifacts.
The offers to host and contribute to fundraisers alone have been so
numerous that it has taken months to be able to schedule all of them
which includes a large effort being coordinated with the
contributions of numerous East Boston businesses under the
organization of Ursula Imbriano - proprietor of Mario’s Restaurant
in Day Square.
On Sunday March 29, 2009 at 5:00 – Sacred Heart Parish will be
hosting an ‘End of Winter Celebration’ in the church hall which will
include appetizers, a delicious catered buffet with offerings from
East Boston’s best restaurants and bakeries, along with
entertainment, raffles and surprises. Tickets are $25.00 each and
can be purchased after weekend Mass and by calling the rectory at
617-567-5776. Thanks to the contributions of Mario’s Restaurant,
Rino’s Place, Off the Boat, Meridian Market, Spinelli’s, Jonquille’s
Diner and many, many more donors and volunteers, all proceeds will
go toward expenses to continue with the security and repairs as well
as to continue with programming at the church.
For more information about this press release please contact Sacred
Heart Rectory
at 617-567-5776.
