From the Rector......

"I was sick and you visited me..."

When I was first ordained, it was a commonplace to receive  phone calls from an area hospitals to inform me that a parishioner had been admitted.  Some hospitals had a volunteer assigned to this task on a regular basis.  Others provided a box of file cards (later a computer-generated list) of patients in the hospital by religion. It was remarkably simple to plan timely hospital calls as a result.  
Those days are now long gone,  but I suspect that many people who are asked if they wish a religious affiliation indicated on their records when they arrive at a hospital simply assume that their pastor will be contacted.  For a variety of reasons, a parishioner wishing to be visited in the hospital is required to be specific and directive.  
If you want a pastoral visit by clergy and/or lay visitors when you are in the hospital, please either:


Ask them to call St. Peter's Church, Weston, and if you recall it at the time, the number
is 781-891-3200 (same as the church street address - 320 - with an additional zero) or
the rectory number 781-899-3071.  If you don't recall the numbers, both numbers are listed.
Your clergy and parish family want to visit you, and thanks in advance for helping us to visit when it means the most.

-- Stephen

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