http://www.saintjames-nb.org.

We leave from the front of the church on County St. on a bus at 6:30 p.m.

Sign up sheets at the gathering area and at the side entrance are available this and next weekend to reserve a place on the bus. The bus will be for free.

We will leave from the rectory at 2 p.m.

.A reception for Ann and her family, friends and parishioners will be held today, Sunday, November 24 at St. James Rectory at 5 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend.

*To Maureen Lewis, the workers, the contributors of gifts, and the participants who made our PENNY SALE OF 2002 so successful.

*To all parishioners who contributed to our Thanksgiving Food Drive for our food baskets. A lot of food was collected to feed our families for this holiday.

*To parishioners who contributed religious Christmas cards to our Hospitality Committee. If you would like to make the special gifts that will be given to the parishioners, please call Carol Sylvia at 508- 992-9408.

*To Maureen Lewis for accepting the presidency of the St. Vincent de Paul Society.

* To Loretta Bourque for serving as St. Vincent de Paul President for 13 years.

*To the workers and people who came to our pancake breakfast.

ADVENT GIVING TREE

will take place again this year! You will find ornaments on the tree with the words boy or girl and their age. Parishioners are invited to buy one toy for these children. We ask that you do not wrap them. Place the ornament on the gift so that the present can go to the correct person. The deadline for getting your gifts in is December 8.

St. James will be joining other parishes this year in working with Catholic Social Services. Catholic Social Services will be distributing these gifts to the many families who are served by them throughout the city.

We sadly need to mention that we will not be able to keep the gifts in the church for the next two weekends because the gifts are not safe in the church anymore. After each Mass the gifts will be brought to a safe place.

Each year one of the joys that parishioners experienced was to see the amount of gifts increase each week. That will not be possible anymore. However we will have the joy of knowing that children will have a happier Christmas because of our generosity.

Parishioners are asked not to spend too much money on these toys. In the past some parishioners went beyond their means to buy something for a needy child. A small gift that is within your means will mean a lot to a child.