Homilies 2019

• Third Sunday of Advent, December 15, “Be patient, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord.”
• 33^rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 17, By your perseverance you will secure your life
• 26^st Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 29, “Lazarus, forgive me.”
• 21^st Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 25, An Enabling Discipline
• 17^th Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 28, The Gift of the Holy Spirit
• The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, June 23, He took, blessed, broke, and gave
• Second Sunday of Easter, April 28, He bled for you
• First Sunday of Lent, March 3, Remember
• Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 17, WHAT is the world coming to?

Homilies 2018

• 30^th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Oct. 28,  Call me Bartimaeus
• Transitus of St. Francis, Oct. 3, Threads
  Related:  John 13:1-17
• 23^rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept. 9, Here is your God. He comes with vindication.

Homilies 2017

• The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, Dec. 31, No Excuses
• The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, Nov. 26, Lives Well Spent
• 30^th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Oct. 29, First Things First
• 26^th  Sunday in Ordinary Time, Oct. 1, He Shall Surely Live; He Shall Not Die
• 21^th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Aug. 27, It’s a Package Deal
• 14^th Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 9,  Kiss The Stole and Put It On
• The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, June 10,  To Know Him
• Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 21,  The Deacon’s Litany of Hope
• Third Sunday of Easter, April 30,  Call Me Cleopas
• First Sunday of Lent, March 5,  Alibis
• Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Feb. 12,  God’s Justice Happens
• Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, Jan. 1,  Mary, My Mother

Homilies 2016

• Third Sunday of Advent, Dec. 11, 2016, And Hope Will Abound!
• 33^rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Nov. 13, 2016, By Your Perseverance You Will Secure Your Lives

Deacon John Fulton serves as the Deacon Assistant of St. Kevin Parish. He began his ministry on February 2, 2013, the day of his ordination to the diaconate. He is a graduate of Brown University (B.A., 1972; M.A., 1974 and 1975; Ph.D., 1978) and Providence College (M.A., 2011). Deacon John has been a member of the faculty of Brown University since 1978 and currently serves as a Clinical Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences in the Brown School of Public Health. He retired from the Rhode Island Department of Health in January, 2017 after 30 years of state service.

In 2016, Deacon John was invited to facilitate a distance-learning (online) course on “The Prophets” offered by the Josephinum Diaconate Institute of the Pontifical College Josephinum, located in Columbus, Ohio.

At St. Kevin’s, he teaches the adult RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) class, prepares families for the baptism of infants and children, and holds Bible study classes. He assists Fr. Marciano at all weekend Masses (and in other liturgical celebrations as his work schedule permits). Deacon John and Anna, his wife of 35 years (and counting!), organize and run several diocesan marriage preparation weekends every year for engaged couples at St. Kevin’s and other parishes, assisted by dedicated volunteers (married couples) from around the diocese.

With Anna, Deacon John is a professed member of the Ordo Franciscanus Saecularis (O.F.S.). As a Secular Franciscan, he works to conform himself to the rule of his order. Secular Franciscans, in conformity with all Franciscans, attempt to live lives of poverty and simplicity and dedicate themselves to “rebuilding the Church” in the tradition of St. Francis of Assisi.

Safe Haven: St. Kevin’s bereavement group

Meetings are typically held on the second and fourth Mondays of each month from 6:30-8:00 p.m. in Fr. O’Hara Hall.

Adults who have experienced the loss of a loved one are provided an opportunity to talk at the group’s monthly meetings.  Safe Haven will extend the parish’s funeral support and provide pastoral counseling, all within the context of our Christian faith and hope.  All adults are welcome to join us.  For more information, please contact Lisa Callahan, parish secretary, at 737-2638 or by email.

I am the resurrection and the life;
whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live,
and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.
–John 11:26-26a