Next Sunday, July 12, we will be pleased to welcome the 22-voice Choir of Sidney Sussex College, from the University of Cambridge in England. Under the direction of conductor-scholar David Skinner, the Choir is a major focus of College life, and during term time the Choir has a regular commitment in the Chapel to Choral Evensong on Fridays and Sundays and Latin Choral Vespers on Wednesdays.

Can You Read? On June 7, the Rev'd Liz Steinhauser visited the Advent and preached about the Summer B-SAFE Program our parish has been involved with for several years. This summer, we're looking for DEAR Volunteers - volunteers to "Drop Everything And Read" with the kids at a B-SAFE site. We need people to commit to coming to the site for 30 minutes of DEAR time after lunches one week this summer. If you can read, you can serve our city in the name of God and of the Advent! Contact Fr Wood to sign up!

Volunteer at the Tuesday Community Supper: summer is a good time to try this, as we tend to have more guests and fewer volunteers. Contact Barbara Boles by phone if interested, 617-501-7572, or email her.

Back to School - Mission Opportunity: This August, our parish is collecting school supplies to be given as care packages to students at the Epiphany School in Dorchester. Supplies needed include:

Pencils (Regular and Pencils with fun designs are often used for rewards)
Pencil sharpeners
Erasers
Markers
Colorful Sharpie Markers (fine tip)
Glue sticks
Highlighters
Dry-erase markers (not black)
Dry-erase marker erasers
Printing paper
Notebooks, Binders and Folders
College-ruled looseleaf paper
Pens (blue or black)
Bookbags

The supplies will be blessed at the annual Blessing of the Backpacks at the 9:00 Mass on September 13, then delivered to Epiphany School students to start the academic year off right! Please join this project to serve kids in our city in the name of God and of the Advent. More details? See Deacon Daphne or contact Fr Wood.