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  • Remembering Our Pastor, Fr. John Sassani 

    • Father John Edward Sassani

      Born October 29, 1954
      Ordained a Priest June 14, 1980
      Pastor of Our Lady Help of Christians Parish 2006-2019
      Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish 2013-2019

      Died in Christ April 21, 2019

    • Links

      Obituary from Boston Globe
      Fr. John's Easter Homily 2013
      Memory Book: Stories and Photos of Fr. John
      Eulogy Given by Mary Ann McLaughlin
      Msgr. Sheehan's Homily (full content)
      Words of Remembrance by Mary Ann McLaughlin, April 24, 2022 text and video


    • Good friends of Father John Edward Sassani's: 
      We have been privileged all of us to know a disciple, a priest,
      a soul-friend. He lived with joy, generosity of spirit
      and great serenity.
      He was filled with gifts of God's granting and gifted all of us in turn. He loved and lived
      in the Easter light.
      May that same light fill him now in God's presence
      with the life of Christ Risen. Alleluia. 

    • Fr. John's Favorite Scripture for Funerals

      1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 New American Bible (Revised Edition)

      We do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, about those who have fallen asleep, so that you may not grieve like the rest, who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose, so too will God, through Jesus, bring with him those who have fallen asleep. Indeed, we tell you this, on the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself, with a word of command, with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God, will come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore, console one another with these words.
    • 3 Year Memorial April 24, 2022

      • April 24, 2022

        • 2022-April 24: Fr. John Memorial Mass photo album 2022-April 24: Fr. John Memorial Mass 24 Photos
        More Photo Albums
      • Mary Ann McLaughlin: Words of Remembrance 4/24/22

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