Happy Feast of Christ the King!

Today's 4 pm Mass will be inside the church due to rain.  All must enter through the Belmont-facing, front doors and have their temperature taken.  Please sit on or in front of a yellow ribbon.  

** We now offer a 7:00 a.m.
indoor Mass on Sundays. ** 

We have updated our Sunday Mass schedule, which includes two times, 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Both are outside (ballfield), weather permitting. Our guidelines for all who participate are included below as well as in our app and bulletin.  These guidelines include masks to be worn during all liturgies and social distancing for all on campus. 

On November 28, we will offer a 4:30 pm indoor Saturday Vigil Mass.  Masks are required for the entire liturgy.  Seating is limited. Participants should sit at the yellow ribbons to maintain social distancing.

Public Celebrations of the Eucharist

Please note:  Communion ministers will only approach those wearing masks.  Thank you in advance for protecting them as well as all who choose to gather with us for Mass.

Since the fourth century, Christians have used relics - the bones of saints and other objects connected to their bodies - as devotional objects. Relics served many purposes for ancient and medieval Christians, ranging from healing illnesses and reviving the dead to casting out demons and consecrating altars. In this three-week Zoom series, we will consider various theologies of relics, read fascinating tales of miracles performed by saints’ bones, and engage the rich history of art made to honor the remains of Christian heroes. Finally, we will consider the role of relics in the contemporary Church and discuss Christ the King’s own mysterious relic.

Kelsi Ray is a fourth-year student in the Medieval Institute and is currently working on her dissertation on the early cult of relics under Dr. Robin Jensen's direction.  

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"When considering my complicity with racism, I am confronted with the multiple times in my life when I did or said nothing, retreated in to inaction, or failed to push beyond routine norms and expectations because of either intimidation from people in power or because of my own internalized racial oppression as a person of color, an Asian-American woman, living in a white dominant society. In most instances I have been blind to the harm my complicity caused until reflecting on the unintended consequences during times of quiet and truth, face to face with God. 

Most vibrant and painful in my mind is a situation when I supervised a young black man (I’ll call him “AJ”) at a previous workplace..."

Read more from parishioner Janine Christiano.

If we want to confront the evils of racism, we must begin with ourselves. These testimonies reflect the efforts of the parishioners of Christ the King to recognize the reality of racism -- in its individual and systemic forms -- in our own personal histories. Stay tuned for more.