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THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
NOVEMBER 11, 2001 MASS INTENTIONS 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 Mon. Nov. 12 Jacinto Tavares and Dionisia Costa Tues. Nov. 13 Christine and Murdock Myette Wed. Nov. 14 James Meehan Thurs. November 15 Sylvia Family Fri. Nov. 16 Isabel Carvalho Saturday, November 17 4p.m. Robert Lyle Sunday, November 18 8 a.m. Ellen Bender 9:30 a.m. Domingos Raposa Tavares 11 a.m. Frank Reis Sanctuary Lamp in Church Robert Lyle Sanctuary Lamp in Chapel George Rodriques 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, @ 10 a.m. in the rectory 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.
UNITED INTERFAITH **A C T I O N** WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 @ Mt. Carmel School Auditorium on Rivet Street in New Bedford @ 7 p.m. AGENDA OF THE ACTION: *High drop out rate at New Bedford High School: What can be done? *More Jobs *More Job training.
You can make a difference just by being there. We have committed fifty parishioners to be there. Only 22 have signed up. Would you be part of the other 28 to sign up? We are planning to have 600 people from Fall River and New Bedford. It’s another way of reaching out. It’s another way to put our Faith into action.
DAY OF PRAYER NOVEMBER 18, 2001 AT THE FAMILY LIFE CENTER SLOCUM ROAD NORTH DARTMOUTH @ 1 P.M. PLEASE SIGN IN THE GATHERING AREA AND AT THE SIDE ENTRANCE. THERE WILL BE NO BUS TO BRING PARTICIPANTS TO THE DAY OF PRAYER. IF YOU NEED TRANSPORTATION , PLEASE CONTACT FR. ED. The entrance to the Family Life Center will be marked with balloons on Slocum Road.
*************************************ST. JAMES’ MARIAN MEDALIST 2001 JOSEPH LEWIS* gave Communion to the patients of the Jewish Nursing Home every Friday for the last twenty years. * attended Mass everyday. * was a Religious Education Teacher. * is a member of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Congratulations, Joe. THANK YOU TO THE PARISH FESTIVAL COMMITTEE The parish received a check for $10,000 from the Parish Festival in August 2001 THANKSGIVING 2001 Wednesday, November 21 Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service @ Pilgrim United Church Corner of Purchase and School Streets in New Bedford @ 7 p.m. Mass on Thanksgiving Day, November22 at 9 a.m. Blessing and distribution of blessed bread ADVENT 2001 (Four week preparation for Christmas) PARISH PIGRIMAGE TO LA SALETTE SHRINE in Attleboro on Thursday, November 29 A bus (free of charge) will leave in front of St. James Church at 6 p.m. and return by 9 p.m. The Hospitality Committee asks that parishioners sign up next weekend and the following weekend at the entrances of the church, if you would like to go on the bus. CHRISTMAS CAROLING TO THE PARISH SHUT-INS ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16 2-4 P.M. The Hospitality Committee will provide refreshments in the rectory after the caroling. ADVENT PENANCE SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF NEW BEDFORD *Monday, December 17 @ St. Mary’s Church on Tarkiln Hill Road in New Bedford @ 7 p.m. *Tuesday, December 18 @ St. Mary’s Church South Dartmouth @ 7 p.m.
ADVENT GIVING TREE Kim McCormack will speak at the Masses about the giving tree. Tags with children’s names and ages will be on the tree. Parishioners are invited to take a tag of of one of these poor children and buy the suggested gift. The tag needs to be placed on the gift. Parishioners are invited to bring the gift to the gathering area of the church during the first two weeks of advent. |
