Our Lenten journey with Our Lord has brought us to Palm Sunday with his entrance into Jerusalem and Way of the Cross.  In our first half of Lent, we were called to Gospel conversion through penitential practices with a particular focus on prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.  In the last couple of weeks, the Church shifts its attention to the mystery of Jesus Christ, Son of God, who is the source of eternal life for all who believe in him.  As our Catechumens prepare to enter into full Communion with the Church by receiving the sacraments of initiation, so the Faithful, similarly, ever more attentive to the word of God and prayer, prepare themselves by penance for the renewal of their baptismal promises at Easter.

And it has been a busy Lent at that!  We have strived as a parish staff and volunteers to offer a full complement of spiritual practices and community events to enter more deeply into the season of Lent and grow in our knowledge, discipleship, and love of Our Lord.  The intensity of our schedule reflects the fact that we are still strengthening as a parish and adjusting to the reality of yet another turnover of individual staff members.  Thank you all for your participation in making our Lent an enriching experience and a special thanks to the many helping hands that made our variety of gatherings work.  May the Lord continue to bless the Parish of the Transfiguration as we enter Holy Week and celebrate his Paschal Mystery.

Hello, Dave here from Faith Formation and Cantoring at Church. 

I am beyond excited to announce our New!! Youth Ministry Group Starting this Fall. 

If you are of High School age and have received Confirmation. So what’s next? 

We’re excited to introduce our brand-new Youth Ministry Program here at the parish! This program is specially designed for students who have been confirmed and want to continue growing in their faith. It’s fresh, engaging, and built around what matters most to teens today.

Our sessions will include:

Modern videos designed specifically for high school students

Time for prayer and Bible reflection

Small group discussions in a safe, relaxed, and welcoming environment

Community outreach project

My hope is that through this program, our teens will continue building a strong foundation of faith—one rooted in the love of Christ. We want them to feel empowered to turn to God in their everyday lives: in moments of stress, decision-making, and in their relationships.

We have 2 sets of info sessions for students and parents coming up: 

June 25th, 10am-11am and 6pm-7pm. 

July  16th, 10am – 11am and 6pm-7pm.

If you are interested or have any questions, please come up to me at Mass or email me at Daveg@ParishoftheTransfiguration.org

THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD

Holy Day of Obligation

Mass will be held on Thursday  May 29th 

9:00am Mass  in St Dorothy  Church

6:00pm Mass in St Thomas Church

Our last Ladies Sodality meeting is Thursday, June 5th from 6:30 - 8:30 pm at St. Dorothy Church.  Father Akilo will be inducting anyone who has not been inducted, and he will also be doing the “Mothers, Like Mary Mother of Jesus, are Intercessors.” Presentation. We welcome all women of the parish to join us. 

The Ladies Sodality will be praying their monthly rosary on Sunday, June 8 in front of the Mary statue at 9:30 (inside if it rains) if you would like to join us.

The Ladies Sodality scholarship winner will be announced at the 10:00 Mass on Sunday, 6/8.

On Sunday, June 22nd, (Corpus Christi Sunday) we will have a Procession of the Eucharist followed by an Ice Cream Social at Villanova Hall after the 12:00noon Mass at St. Thomas.

More details to follow

The Ladies Sodality will be hosting a K-Love Fan Awards Watch Party on Friday, May 30th from 7:30 -10:00 downstairs in St. Dorothy Church  K-Love is a local Christian music ministry (104.9 FM) which plays praise and worship music along with bible verses and reflections.  "He who sings prays twice"!

Come out and join us as we sing and dance to honor and give thanks to God.  

Please email Diane Garrity at ladiessodality@gmail.com to sign-up or for more information by Sunday, 5/25 

The Knights of Columbus offers a number of $500 scholarships for children and grandchildren of members (including deceased members). Applications can be found on the Wilmington Knights of Columbus website and are due back on June 30th. 

Our Parish will be hosting a Piece ‘O Pie booth at this year’s 4th of July celebration, June 26 – 29. 

If you would like to be a part of our committee or if you have any questions, please contact: Rose Jackson  rosejackson1317@yahoo.com  (978) 853-9184

9:00p Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus - Rev. Joseph Akilo

The theme of this vigil is in deep gratitude to God, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary for 53 years.  The intentions for this vigil, is for all those who made this possible, the Cardials, Archbishops, Bishops, Priests, Deacons and the faithful and especially the CATHOLIC PILOT NEWSPAPER.  The Prayer intentions are for Pope Leo XIV, Archbishop Henning, and all people in the Archdiocese of Boston.

Reading Material of the Eucharist and Mary will be available.

Refreshments will be available throught the night.

1:30-2:30am Various Spiritual exercises

3:00am - Divine Mercy Chaplet, Stations of the Cross

5:00am Mass of the Immaculate Heart of Mary - Rev Modestus Oneumelo

Sunday, June 8th (the feast of Pentecost) is referred to as the birthday of the Church because it marks the day when the Apostolic Church received the Holy Spirit in a definitive and powerful way.  We will be celebrating this event with cake and coffee downstairs after the 10:00am Mass at St. Dorothy and the 12:00noon Mass at St. Thonas.  We hope you will join us.

Please click here to watch a short video on the Catholic Appeal

FIRST SATURDAY MASS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

9:00AM IN ST. THOMAS CHURCH 

Rosary begins at 8:30am.  Guided meditation and Confession follows Mass. 

To keep the First Saturday Devotion in reparation for the sins and blasphemies against the Immaculate Heart and to receive the graces promised from it, one must attend Mass and receive Holy Communion, pray the rosary, and meditate on a mystery on the Rosary for 15 minutes. All are welcome to join us in this devotion to honor the Blessed Mother

Father in heaven, may the faith you have gifted us in your son Jesus Christ, our brother,

and the flame of charity kindled in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, reawaken in us the blessed hope for the coming of your Kingdom. 

May your grace transform us into diligent cultivators of the evangelical seeds that make humanity and the cosmos rise unto the confident expectation of the new heavens and the new earth when,  with the powers of Evil overcome, your glory shall be manifested eternally. 

May the grace of the Jubilee reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope, the yearning for heavenly treasures  and pour over all the earth the joy and peace of our Redeemer.

To you God blessed in eternity, be praise and glory for ever and ever.  

Amen.

A CORI FORM must be completed EVERY YEAR BY ALL VOLUNTEERS,  The new year began July 1, 2025 and will continue through June 30, 2026 

NEW (FY) 25/26 CORI FORMS are available in the sacristy of both churches and at the Parish Office.   

A Code of Conduct will be given to All New volunteers when the Cori is returned to be verified. 

Again all volunteers must complete a CORI background screening prior to beginning ministry and annually after that. 

All  Staff and Volunteers including all those in worship ministry, must complete a Protecting God’s Children VIRTUS TRAINING CLASS . 

The Training class is only needed to be taken once.. 

A Training class will be held: 

Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at 10:00am -

    Downsairs, St. Dorothy Church

Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 6:00pm -

    Downstairs, St. Thomas Church

Sunday, July 20, 2025 at 9am -

   Downstairs at St. Thomas Church

Please sign up by going to:
www.VIRTUSonline.org 

Any questions please call Jeanie Pettingill 978-658-6040

Do you like to carve wood?  We create handcrafted ornaments that we sell to provide money to vets and other people in need.  We meet on the first Saturday of every month in the basement of St. Thomas Church from 10AM to 4 PM. For More information, contact:   darren_boehm@yahoo.com

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Faith Formation Registration is now open for 2024-2025. Click here for the registration form. We also offer an adaptive faith formation class for students that need more assistance in the classroom. We also offer a heritage faith formation session class for students that have missed 1 or more years of faith formation and would like to return. If you have any question please email jeaniep@parishofthetransfiguration.org or call 978-658-6040.

Click here for more details

Looking for spiritual help and support from addiction? Click here to learn more.

SATURDAY MORNING MEN'S PRAYER GROUP MEETING. Click here to learn more.

CATHOLIC TV DAILY AND SUNDAY MASS

Cardinal Seán encourages Catholics to participate in the daily and Sunday Masses broadcast from the CatholicTV chapel.

• Daily Mass airs live at 9:30am and is rebroadcast at 7pm and 11:30pm.
• Sunday Masses air throughout the day at 10am, 4pm, 7pm, and 11:30pm.
• The Sunday Spanish Mass airs live at 8am and is rebroadcast at 5:30pm and 10pm.

Viewers can watch these Masses on demand at any time at www.WatchtheMass.com. For more information about CatholicTV and where you can watch it, visit http://www.catholictv.org/.

Forgive us for the war, Lord. Lord Jesus, son of God, have mercy on us sinners. Lord Jesus, born under the bombs of Kyiv, have mercy on us. Lord Jesus, dead in the arms of a mother in Kharkiv, have mercy on us. Lord Jesus, in the 20-year-olds sent to the frontline, have mercy on us. Lord Jesus, who continues to see hands armed with weapons under the shadow of the cross, forgive us, Lord. Forgive us if, not content with the nails with which we pierced your hand, we continue to drink from the blood of the dead torn apart by weapons. Forgive us if these hands that you had created to protect have been turned into instruments of death. Forgive us, Lord, if we continue to kill our brother. Forgive us, Lord, if we continue to kill our brother, if we continue like Cain to take the stones from our field to kill Abel. Forgive us if we go out of our way to justify cruelty, if, in our pain, we legitimize the cruelty of our actions. Forgive us the war, Lord. Lord Jesus Christ, son of God, we implore you to stop the hand of Cain, enlighten our conscience, let not our will be done, do not abandon us to our own doing. Stop us, Lord, stop us, and when you have stopped the hand of Cain, take care of him also. He is our brother. O Lord, stop the violence. Stop us, Lord. Amen.          Pope Francis