News acorns – 4/1/15

Holy Week activities at St. Joseph’s/St. Julia’s

A recent listing of Holy Week activities at Lincoln churches inadvertently omitted St. Joseph’s Church services, which are as follows:

• April 2 (Holy Thursday) – Mass of the Lord’s Supper, 7:30 p.m., St. Julia Church in Weston (whole-parish liturgy)
• April 3 (Good Friday)
  • Stations of the Cross: 2 p.m. at St. Julia Church, 3 p.m. at St. Joseph Church
  • Commemoration of the Lord’s Passion and Death – 7:30 p.m., Saint Julia Church (whole-parish liturgy)
• April 4 (day before Easter) – Easter Vigil Mass, 7:30 p.m., St. Julia Church (whole-parish liturgy)
• April 5 (Easter)
  • Sunday Masses: St. Julia Church, 9 a.m. and 11:15 a.m.; Parish Hall in Weston, 9 and 11:15 a.m.; St. Joseph Church, 7 a.m., 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Opt for chocolate Easter bunnies rather than real ones

Lincoln resident Therese Quirk, a volunteer with the House Rabbit Network, urges residents to choose chocolate rabbits rather than real ones as Easter gifts. Most of the rabbits in shelters are dumped a few months after Easter when owners realize the amount of work in caring for the animals, which can live 10 years. Anyone who is serious about adopting a pet rabbit can get more information on the House Rabbit Network adoption page (the HRN is not a shelter but rather a network of foster homes in eastern Massachusetts).

Library trustee sought

The Trustees of the Lincoln Public Library have announced that trustee Al Kraft is resigning because he is moving out of Lincoln, and they encourage interested residents to consider applying for the trustee vacancy. Kraft was one of three self-perpetuating trustees of the six-member board trustees. Those members are not elected or appointed and serve an open-ended term, but are asked to serve at least six years. Under guidelines adopted for the appointment of self-perpetuating trustees, preference will be given to new candidates who are expected and willing to serve for six years.

A summary of the trustee responsibilities is available at the library circulation desk. Candidates interested in putting themselves up for consideration are asked to apply in writing to Peter Sugar, c/o Lincoln Public Library, Bedford Road, Lincoln, MA 01773 before Wednesday, April 15. For further information, interested candidates may call library director Barbara Myles at 781-259-8465.

Founder of “Frontline” to deliver next Bemis Lecture on April 19

David Fanning, creator of the acclaimed PBS series Frontline, will speak in Brooks Auditorium on Sunday, April 19 at 4 p.m. The event was rescheduled from the original February 8 date due to snow.

Fanning’s talk, entitled “The Making of Frontline,” will offer a behind-the-scenes look at the series—how it came to be, battles fought, controversies stirred, high points and low, and prospects for the future in a rapidly changing media landscape. Fanning launched the program at host station WGBH in 1983 and has been its executive producer and guiding hand ever since. Under his care, Frontline has become the most enduring and honored investigative documentary series on American television. At last count, its trophy case includes 65 national Emmys, 16 Peabodys, 25 duPont-Columbia Awards, and even a Pulitzer, and Fanning was himself recently honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

For questions, please email bemislectures@gmail.com.

Free wine-tasting hosted by Domestic Violence Roundtable; donations encouraged

The Sudbury-Wayland-Lincoln Domestic Violence Roundtable invites area residents to its third annual Libations and Donations event on Friday, April 24 at 7 p.m. at Sudbury Wine and Liquors (located in the Rugged Bear Plaza on Route 20 in Sudbury). Come and enjoy a free wine-tasting and bring a donation to the Roundtable’s annual Shower for Shelters, which runs from April 25 to May 11. Donations of new unwrapped gifts may be dropped off at Goodnow Library in Sudbury, the Wayland Public Library and the Lincoln Public Library.

Families transitioning from domestic violence shelters to new homes appreciate your gift of new household items to help them establish their new homes. Donations will help the residents of the Shelters and Transitional Housing Programs of REACH Beyond Domestic Violence, The Second Step and Voices Against Violence. Please bring your new unwrapped house-warming gifts to the April 24 wine tasting and enjoy an evening of good wine and congenial company. Items needed by the families include: twin sheets, twin comforters, twin blankets, towels, dishes, glassware, flatware, pots and pans, kitchen utensils, etc. A complete wish list can be found on the Roundtable’s website.