Holy Hour For Life

The Archdiocese of Boston Holy Hours for Life, Forgiveness and Healing are held annually in parishes in conjunction with the national observance of a Day of Prayer and Penance on January 22. The purpose of the Holy Hours is to bring Catholics together in prayerful solidarity for:

• increased respect for the dignity of human life from conception to natural death
• forgiveness and healing for all those wounded by abortion
• peace for those facing death and terminal illness, and
• holiness within the Church to transform the culture

The Holy Hours for Life are coordinated by the Boston Deacons for Life in collaboration with the Office of Diaconal Life and Ministry & the Pro Life Office of the Archdiocese of Boston the Pro Life Office. 2023 marks the 15^th year that the Holy Hours for Life have been offered. All are welcome to join.

For more information, contact:  Pro Life Office 508-651-1900 or [email protected].

2023 Holy Hour for Life Parish Resources

• Holy Hour for Life Pew Edition
• Holy Hour for Life Presider/ Reader Edition
• Holy Hour for Life Parish Poster
• Holy Hour for Life Sample Bulletin Announcement
• Holy Hour for Life Suggestions for Deacon Presiders

Parish Holy Hours for Life – 2023 (as of 12/29/22)

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Arlington Catholic Parishes
DATE/TIME: Jan. 18 @ 6:30 – 8 pm at St. Camillus (in-person and streaming at www.cparl.org)
PRESIDER: Deacon Peter Bujwid

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Andover - St. Augustine                                                                         DATE/TIME: Jan. 17 @ 6:30 pm (with rosary)                                                                                           PRESIDER: Deacon Michael Curren

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Billerica – St. Matthew Parish
DATE/TIME: Jan. 22 @ 3 pm at St. Theresa Church
PRESIDER: Deacon Al Shanahan

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Chelsea/Everett – Blessed Mother of the Morning Star
DATE/TIME: Jan. 20 @ 9:30 am at St. Mary of the Assumption, Revere
PRESIDER: Rev. Ron Coyne

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Cohasset - Christ by the Sea (St. Anthony)
DATE/TIME: Jan. 20 @ 7:30 am (live streamed at www.youtube.com/c/ChristbytheSea)
PRESIDER: Rev. Will Sexton

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Cohasset - Christ by the Sea (St. Anthony)
DATE/TIME: Jan. 22 @ 2 pm at St. Ann, Hull (livestreamed at www.youtube.com/c/ChristbytheSea)
PRESIDER: Deacon Paul Rooney

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Danvers – St. Richard
DATE/TIME: Jan. 20 @ 7 pm
PRESIDER: Deacon Steve Powers

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Dorchester – St. Martine de Porres
DATE/TIME: Jan. 19 @ 6:30 pm at St. Ann, Dorchester
PRESIDER: Deacon William Proulx

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Dracut – St. Francis
DATE/TIME: Jan. 21 @ 5 pm (after 4 pm Vigil Mass)
PRESIDERS: Deacons Eric Peabody and Michael Tompkins

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Hanover – Our Lady of the Angels (St. Mary)
DATE/TIME: Jan. 19 @ 7 pm
PRESIDER: Deacon Rick Ashburn

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Hingham – St. Paul & Resurrection
DATE/TIME: Jan. 22 @ 2:30 pm (St. Paul’s lower church)
PRESIDER: Rev. Tom Nestor

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Hull - Christ by the Sea (St. Ann)
DATE/TIME: Jan. 20 @ 7:30 am at St. Anthony, Cohasset (live streamed at www.youtube.com/c/ChristbytheSea)
PRESIDER: Rev. Will Sexton

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Hull - Christ by the Sea (St. Ann)
DATE/TIME: Jan. 22 @ 2 pm (live streamed at www.youtube.com/c/ChristbytheSea)
PRESIDER: Deacon Paul Rooney

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Kingston – St. Joseph
DATE/TIME: Jan. 19 @ 6 pm
PRESIDERS: Rev. Jack Graham, Deacons Paul Key & Kevin Winn

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Lawrence- St. Mary of the Assumption
DATE/TIME: Jan. 20 @ 7:30 pm
PRESIDER: Deacon Cristino Ynfante

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Littleton – Blessed Trinity (St. Anne)
DATE/TIME: Jan. 20 @ 7 pm at St. Catherine, Westford
PRESIDERS: Deacons Bill Dwyer & Luc Lambert

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Lowell Collaborative (St. Anthony)
DATE/TIME: Jan. 21 @ 4:30 pm
PRESIDER: Deacon Carlos Desousa

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Lowell – Holy Family
DATE/TIME: Jan. 18 @ 7 pm
PRESIDER: Deacon Álvaro Soares

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Lowell – St. Michael
DATE/TIME: Jan. 20 @ 1 pm
PRESIDERS: Rev. Chris Lowe & Deacon Gerry Hardy

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Lowell – U Mass Catholic Campus Ministry
DATE/TIME: Jan. 22 @ 6 pm at Moloney Hall, University Crossing
PRESIDER: Deacon Michael Mott

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Lynn – St. Mary of the Sacred Heart
DATE/TIME: Jan. 21 @ 9:30 am (following the 9 am Mass)
PRESIDER: Deacon Dick Field

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Lynnfield – Ave Maria Parish
DATE/TIME: Jan. 22 @ 4 pm at St. Maria Goretti Church
PRESIDER: Deacon Tom O’Shea

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Marblehead – Our Lady, Star of the Sea
DATE/TIME: Jan. 22 @ 3 pm
PRESIDER: Deacon John Whipple

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Marshfield – Our Lady of the Assumption
DATE/TIME: Jan. 15 @ 2 pm
PRESIDER: Deacon John Hulme

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Medford – Mary, Queen of Peace
DATE/TIME: Jan. 15 @ 3 pm at St. Francis of Assisi Church
PRESIDER: Deacon Bob Breen

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Melrose/Wakefield Collaborative
DATE/TIME: Jan. 21 @ 9 am at Most Blessed Sacrament Church, Wakefield
PRESIDER: Deacon Bob Breen

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Methuen – St. Lucy
DATE/TIME: Jan. 18 @ 6 pm
PRESIDER: Deacons John Kobrenski & John Pierce

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: North Andover – St. Michael
DATE/TIME: Jan. 8 @ 3 pm
PRESIDERS: Deacons Zachary Alspaugh & Vincent Gatto

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: North Reading – St. Theresa
DATE/TIME: Jan. 17 @ 9:30 am (following the 9:00 am Mass)
PRESIDER: Deacon Tam Tran

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Norwell – Our Lady of the Angels (St. Helen)
DATE/TIME: Jan. 19 @ 7 pm at St. Mary, Hanover
PRESIDER: Deacon Rick Ashburn

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Peabody – Carmelite Chapel (Northshore Mall)
DATE/TIME: Jan. 20 @ 12:30 pm
PRESIDER: Rev. Jilson George

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Peabody – St. Adelaide
DATE/TIME: Jan. 20 @ 6:30 pm
PRESIDER: Rev. David Lewis

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Peabody – St. John the Baptist/St. Thomas Collaborative
DATE/TIME: Jan. 17 @ 7 pm
PRESIDER: Deacon Leo Martin

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Pembroke – Our Lady of the Angels (St. Thecla)
DATE/TIME: Jan. 19 @ 7 pm at St. Mary, Hanover
PRESIDER: Deacon Rick Ashburn

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Plymouth – Mary Queen of Martyrs
DATE/TIME: Jan. 15 @ 3 pm at St. Peter Church
PRESIDER: Deacon Richard Cussen

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Plymouth – St. Mary
DATE/TIME: Jan. 19 @ 6 pm at St. Joseph, Kingston
PRESIDERS: Rev. Jack Graham, Deacons Paul Key & Kevin Winn

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Revere – Blessed Mother of the Morning Star
DATE/TIME: Jan. 20 @ 9:30 am at St. Mary Church
PRESIDER: Rev. Ron Coyne

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Salem – St Thomas/St John Collaborative
DATE/TIME: Jan. 17 @ 7 pm at St. John the Baptist, Peabody
PRESIDER: Deacon Leo Martin

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Stoneham – St. Patrick
DATE/TIME: Jan. 22 @ 3 pm
PRESIDER: Deacon Charles Hanafin

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Tewksbury – St. William
DATE/TIME: Jan. 21 @ 5 pm (after the 4 pm Mass)
PRESIDER: Deacon Tom Walsh

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Townsend – St. John
DATE/TIME: Jan. 14 @ 10 am
PRESIDER: Deacon Chuck Kelley

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Wakefield – St. Joseph
DATE/TIME: Jan. 22 @ 7 pm
PRESIDER: Rev. Ron Barker

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Wakefield/Melrose Collaborative
DATE/TIME: Jan. 21 @ 9 am at Most Blessed Sacrament Church, Wakefield
PRESIDER: Deacon Bob Breen

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Walpole Collaborative
DATE/TIME: Jan. 22 @ 3 pm at St. Mary Church
PRESIDER: Deacon Alan Doty

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Westford – Blessed Trinity (St. Catherine)
DATE/TIME: Jan. 20 @ 7 pm
PRESIDERS: Deacons Bill Dwyer & Luc Lambert

TOWN PARISH/COLLABORATIVE: Woburn Catholic Collaborative – St Anthony of Padua and St. Barbara
DATE/TIME: Jan. 19 @ 6:30 pm at St. Anthony
PRESIDER: Deacon Ed Giordano

CONTACTS

Pro Life Office
Office: 508-651-1900
Deacons for Life
[email protected]