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Wakefield Parish Featured In Nationally Televised Mass

Father Ronald Barker of St. Joseph's Parish celebrated mass this week on CatholicTV. St. Joseph's School sixth graders Katie Cioffi and Nicholas Scarpello assisted.

Earlier this week, Father Ronald Barker of St. Joseph's Parish celebrated a nationally broadcast mass at CatholicTV's Chapel of the Holy Cross in Watertown.

Katie Cioffi, a sixth grade student at St. Joseph’s School, was lector, and Nicholas Scarpello, also a sixth grade student at St. Joseph’s, served Father Barker.

Tuesday's mass with Father Barker can be viewed at this link. If a box comes up asking for a user name, just hit cancel and it seems to work fine. The mass can also be downloaded for free at iTunes.

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CatholicTV, which was founded more than 50 years ago and which has about 60 shows in its lineup, airs its daily masses at 9:30 a.m., 7 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.

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