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THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
NOVEMBER 18, 2001 MASS INTENTIONS 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 Mon. Nov. 19 Rose Serpa Tues. Nov. 20 Louro Family Wed. Nov. 21 Henry and Patricia Bourgeois Thurs. Nov 22 Ellen Robinson Fri. Nov. 23 Matthews Family Saturday, November 24 4p.m. Theresa Rodriques Sunday, November 25 8 a.m. Ellen Bender 9:30 a.m. Virginia Santos 11 a.m. Anthony Travers Sanctuary Lamp in Church Robert Lyle Sanctuary Lamp in Chapel George Rodriques PARISH MEETINGS Monday, November 19 Education Committee meeting in the rectory @ 7 p.m. Tuesday, December 4 Parish Festival meeting at the rectory @ 7 p.m. ADVENT GIVING TREE Kim Mc Cormack will speak at all the Masses next weekend. Tags with names of children from needy families will be available on the tree. Please take a name. Buy the suggested gift. Bring the gift back to the church by December 9. Let’s see how the gathering area just fills up with the warmth of love for these children!
HOLIDAY PENNY SALE MONDAY, DECEMBER 3 IN THE CHURCH HALL TIME: 7 P.M. Doors open at 6 p.m. Sandwiches, chowder, chow mein, and hot dogs will be available at the snack bar Baked goods are needed for Pastry Table. They may be left downstairs after Masses on the weekend of Dec. 1 and 2. They may be brought to the hall on Sunday afternoon between noon and 2 p.m. Call Carol Carando 508-994-0814 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.
Parish Financial Council Reports on the collections for the month of October Oct. 7, $ 2550.03 Oct. 14, ** $ 3,221.90** Oct. 21 $ 2,084.74 Oct. 28 $ 2,702.70 Mission Collection $ 983.00 Maintenance $ 1,271 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 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 this weekend and next weekend at the entrances of the church, if you would like to go on the bus.
CHRISTMAS CAROLING TO THE PARISH SHUTINS 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. The Season of Advent is a time of preparing for the Feast of Christmas. An Advent Wreath of four candles mark each of the four weeks that we joyfully await this special feast. Advent is not a penitential season as the season of Lent is. The color of purple is used as a way of anticipating this great day. The Glory to God in the Highest is omitted during this time to give it more importance on the feast of Christmas. The first two lines of this prayer repeat the words that the angels sang to the shepherds announcing the birth of Christ. In the middle of Advent we celebrate the FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF MARY ON DECEMBER 8. Mary, under this title, is the patroness of the United States. The Parish Pastoral Council decided that we have a special celebration because of what we are going through as a country. Parishioners are invited to participate in this Mass on Saturday, December 8 at 9 a.m. We are invited to pray to our patroness for our country and one another. The children of our religious education program will be included in this celebration by some drawings that will be part of the decorations at the altar of Mary. The Hospitality Committee and Education Committees are sponsoring this Mass as another way of healing and of receiving strength to go on. |
