Sat. May 11

Gil Medeiros Cosme

Sunday, May 12

8 a.m. For the People of the Parish

9:30 a.m. Matilda and Antonio Rose

11 a.m. Mary and John Medeiros

Mon. May 13 Jacinto and Maria Tavares; Dionisia Costa

Tues. May 14 Cristina and Murdock Myette

Wed. May 15 Miguel Inacio de Lima

Thursday, May 16 Souls in Purgatory

Friday, May 17 Angelo and Deolinda Sequira Rovedo

Saturday May18 Ernest Souza

Sunday May 19

8 a.m. Jack Pacheco

9:30 a.m. George Pires

11a.m. For the People of the Parish

Anthony S. Cardoza

Parish Pastoral Council Meeting Monday, May 13 at 7 p.m. in the rectory.

United Interfaith Action Meeting Tuesday, May 14 at the First Baptist Church in Fall River at 7 p.m.

Parish Financial Council Meeting on Wednesday May 15 at 7 p.m. in the rectory.

Thursday, May 16 at 7 p.m. in the church.

This meeting is for the members of the Hospitality and Health Care Committees and the St. Vincent de Paul Conference.

Thursday, May 16 at 6:30 p.m. in the rectory

Renew: Core Community Committee Monday, May 20 at 7 p.m. in the rectory.

Friars of the Primitive Observance (Rivet St.) will be professing their vows. Bishop O’Malley will receive the vows on Saturday, May 25 at St. James Church at 6 p.m. All are invited.

SACRAMENT

ANOINTING OF THE SICK

SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2002

AT THE 4 P.M. MASS

The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is for those who are sick. The prayers of the Sacrament are asking God to restore the health of the person. If it is not God’s will that the person recover, the Church prays that this person receive the help to allow this sickness bring him/her closer to God.

Parishioners who would like to receive the Sacrament are asked to call the rectory, give their name and phone number.

On the day of the celebration, those who will receive the Sacrament are asked to come to the Church by the side entrance by 3:30 p.m. so that they can be seated in a special reserved section.

*Mass for the deceased members of the St. James Seniors Tuesday, May 14 at 11 a.m.

* Special blessing of babies who were baptized at St. James last year on Saturday, June 1 at 4 p.m. Parish Mass.

*Graduation Mass for the eighth grade of St. James and St. John the Baptist School at 7 p.m. at St. James Church on Wednesday, June 12, 2002

* Graduation of the Kindergarten of St. James and St. John the Baptist School on Wednesday, June 19 at St. John the Baptist Church Hall.

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United Interfaith Action

Meeting

Tuesday, June 18, 2002

WHERE?

At Santo Christo Church in Fall River

AT WHAT TIME?

7 P.M.

HOW WILL WE GET THERE?

Mt. Carmel and St. James will provide free bus transportation for those who want to attend.

The state Senators and Representatives of our area and the mayors of both cities will attend.

It is to ask the state legislators to keep the funding for Adult Basic Education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) at the present level and not to reduce it.

It is to eliminate with the help of the mayors and state legislators the waiting list of 800 people who want to get into ESL classes by providing space in city facilities and getting more trained teachers.

They provide many people with writing and reading skills in English so that they may get other jobs. It helps them to live more fully in our community. It also helps many people to communicate more effectively with their children.

The more people that go to this Action the more voice we are giving to this cause. Those in authority will see that this is a priority for us in this area of the state.

Bishop O’Malley has ordered that each parish do "Renew" as a way of preparing for the centennial of the Diocese in 2004.

Each parish is to form "a core community" which oversees the whole process.

There are three groups that will be "shepherded" by the core community.

The invitational committee will discuss ways of inviting people into the process of "Renew". This group will be the largest.

The Liturgical Committee will plan Liturgies that will develop the themes of the two six week faith sharing groups that take place in the fall and in Lent.

The Mission Committee plans a Parish Mission that will take place in September of 2002.