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A Healing Mass of hope

Held Friday, September 25, 2026 at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Springfield. We do not have another event on the calendar right now. Join the email list and you will be among the first to know when we do.

Friday, September 25, 2026 · Prayers 5:30 pm · Mass 6:00 pm · Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, 123 William St, Springfield MA · about 200 neighbors came

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Thank you

It was a beautiful night.

About 200 neighbors filled Our Lady of Mount Carmel on September 25 to pray for the people they are carrying: those in treatment, those in recovery, the caregivers, and the ones we hold in memory. Fifteen years on from the first Pink Mass, it was everything we hoped for.

Thank you to Mayor Domenic J. Sarno, our Honorary Chairman, who put his name and his city behind this evening. To Fr. Giuseppe Maria Siniscalchi, CFR, who traveled up from New Jersey to celebrate the Mass and carry our intentions to the altar. To Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, to our donors and partners, to the volunteers who set the chairs and poured the coffee and stayed to clean up, and to everyone who simply came and knelt with us. This is a volunteer effort. It happened because you said yes.

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The whole evening

The prayers and the Mass, recorded start to finish. Send it to someone who could not be there.

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Right now

A neighbor’s toy drive

Springfield Together runs an annual toy drive and holiday celebration for Springfield families. It is their drive, not ours. If you have room to give this winter, give it there.

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A Conversation of Hope

Mayor Sarno & Fr. Giuseppe, by phone.

Before Springfield gathers on September 25, Honorary Chairman Mayor Domenic J. Sarno called Fr. Giuseppe to look ahead to the evening of prayers and Mass. Watch their conversation.

Neighbors helping neighbors

Standing with families facing cancer, right here at home.

Celebration of Hope of Western Massachusetts is a volunteer-run nonprofit. When a cancer diagnosis turns life upside down, we help carry the load so no one faces it alone.

We’re neighbors, not a clinic. Every dollar raised here stays in Western Mass, helping the families right next door.

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cancer, every neighbor
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neighbors at the 2026 Healing Mass
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are welcome, always
Where your gift goes

All proceeds are allocated to Sister Caritas Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center.

Every gift supports cancer care close to home through the Sister Caritas Cancer Center at Mercy Medical in Springfield, so support reaches Western Massachusetts families right where they are treated.

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted.
Psalm 34:18
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WESTERN  MASSACHUSETTS
You are invited

A Healing Mass of hope.

“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted.” Psalm 34:18

We pray for all whose lives are touched by cancer: those in treatment and recovery, their caregivers, and those we hold in memory.

When
Friday, September 25, 2026Prayers 5:30 pm · Mass 6:00 pm
Where
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish123 William St · Springfield, MA 01105
Celebrant
Fr. Giuseppe MariaLight refreshments followed
Get involved

There’s a place for you.

This is a grassroots effort powered by neighbors. However much time you have, it makes a difference for a family in treatment right now.

01

Volunteer

Help at events or spread the word in your parish and neighborhood.

02

Attend

Nothing is on the calendar right now. Join the email list and we will tell you the moment a date is set.

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Give

A tax-deductible gift that stays local and reaches care at home.

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Partner

Bring your parish or business alongside our families.