THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

NOVEMBER 4, 2001

MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday, November 3

4p.m. Richard Manning

Sunday November 4

8 a.m. Dorothy Furtado

9:30 a.m. Manuel and Gloria Ferreira

11 a.m. Louis Braga

Mon. Nov. 5 Miguel Inacio Lima

Tues. Nov. 6 Maria Gabriela Henriques

Wed. Nov. 7 Richard Serpa

Thurs. November 8 Amorin Family

Fri. Nov. 9 Isabel Carvalho

Saturday, November 10

4p.m. Joseph Collis

Joseph Kolbeck

Sunday, November 11

8 a.m. Beatrice Cabral

9:30 a.m. Kathleen Walden

11 a.m. Antonio Coelho

 

Sanctuary Lamp in Church

Richard Manning

Sanctuary Lamp in Chapel

George Rodriques

FOOD FOR THANKSGIVING BASKETS

FOR THE POOR OF NEW BEDFORD

St. Vincent De Paul Society invites parishioners to bring food to church next weekend so that baskets can be made to give food to the poor of the city. This collection is only for next weekend. Please place your food offerings in the gathering area.

MEETINGS THIS WEEK

Monday, November 5

Penny Sale meeting in the rectory @ 6:30 p.m.

Parish Council Meeting @ the rectory at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, November 7

Education Meeting at 7 p.m. in the rectory

Thursday, November 8

St. Vincent de Paul Mass for deceased members of the New Bedford area.

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HOLIDAY PENNY SALE

MONDAY, DECEMBER 3 in the church hall

We need parishioners who will move the gifts from the rectory to the church hall on Saturday, December 1.

Anyone wishing to work the Penny Sale please call Maureen Lewis 993-6965. We are always in need of volunteers.

Gifts are always welcomed for prize tables. They must be new. Gift certificates are great , too.

White Elephant gifts may be left at the rectory. No books or shoes.

Wedding Anniversary Celebration

Bishop Sean O’Malley will celebrate a special Mass of Thanksgiving for couples celebrating

25th and 50th wedding anniversaries during 2001. This celebration will take place on Sunday, December 2, 2001, at 3 p.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Fall River.

UNITED INTERFAITH ACTION

A C T I O N

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14

@ Mt. Carmel School Auditorium on Rivet Street in New Bedford @ 7 p.m.

Every year the twelve congregations of both Protestant and Catholic Churches in the cities of New Bedford and Fall River that belong to a coalition called UIA have an "ACTION" meeting. The mayors of both Fall River and New Bedford will be attending.

The state Representatives will also be in attendance.

We are gathering to speak about the very high dropout rate of high school students in our cities. We also will be talking with our elected officials about what can be done to train our adults for new jobs.

We are encouraging our parishioners to go to this meeting. It is that one time in the year when we ask you just to be at the meeting. You don’t have to say anything. You don’t have to do anything. Your presence in large numbers will show our elected officials that these concerns about education and jobs are important.

We are planning to have five hundred people at the meeting. Numbers certainly speak loudly! Plan to be with us. We have committed 50 parishioners to be at the Action. Will we do it? .

Let us put our Faith into action. Let us once again go beyond the walls of our parish and reach out to make a difference.