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FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
NOVEMBER 30, 2003 MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, November 29 William Brocklehurst Sunday, November 23 8 a.m. Leonard Almeida, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Almeida, Mr. and Mrs. Thos Walton, Arthur Walton 9:30 a.m. Ralph Serode 11 a.m. Wayne Pittsley and Mercedes Brown Mon. Dec.1 Florence and Arthur Dube Tues. Dec. 2 Jacinto and Maria Tavares and Dionisia Costa Wed. Dec. 3 Christine and Murdock Myette Thurs. December 4 Miguel Inacio de Lima Fri. Dec. 5 James Meehan Sat. Dec.6 Gail Carol Medeiros Martin Sun Dec. 7 8 a.m. Nicholas Family 9:30 Richard Lister, Elizabeth Peaston, and Agnes Lister 11:00 Emma and Eugene Dessert and Mary Dumont SANCTUARY LAMP ROBERT LYLE VISIT ST. JAMES’ WEB SITE CORRECTED Web Site ADDRESS http://www.saintjames-nb.org PRAYER LINE Program a prayer line has been established. Call Alice Lester 508-9978040 with any prayer requests. She will communicate your requests to the other members of the prayer line who will pray for your requests.Pilgrimage to Medjugorje March 15-22 Call Fr. Tom Washburn (603)432-5000
Because of the concert on the first Sunday of December, there will be no adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and holy hour for vocations in December .MEETINGS * A meeting will be held in the rectory to plan the meat pie supper on Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. SOLEMNITY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF MARY MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2003 HOLYDAY OF OBLIGATION MASSES ON MONDAY: 9 A.M. AND 7 P.M. COMING PARISH EVENTS *Parish Trip to LaSalette to see the Christmas lights on Thursday, December 4A bus will leave from in front of the church at 6 p.m. We will leave LaSalette at 8:30 p.m. This parish event is being sponsored by the Hospitality Committee. A sign up sheet is available this weekend at the entrances of the church for those who would like a place on the bus to LaSalette. *Christmas caroling to parish shut-ins. Dec. 14 at 2p.m. from the rectory. *Winter Concert Sunday, December 7 at 3 p.m. in the church. sponsored by the New Bedford Choral Society. *Meat Pie Supper Saturday, February 7, 2004 in the church hall. Special Mass to pray for parishioners who were buried form St. James Church in 2003 will be held on Saturday, January 17, 2004 at 4 p.m. The Hospitality Committee will serve refreshments after the Mass in the gathering area. ADULT CONFIRMATION CLASSES Anyone who is 18 years old and over, who has been baptized in the Catholic Church and who has made First Communion but who has not been confirmed, may register.Please call Fr. Ed at the rectory. The deadline for registration is January 1, 2004. DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER JUBILEE 2004 The centennial celebration of the Diocese begins with the first Sunday of Advent. On Sunday, November 23, the Feast of Christ the King an icon will be given to each parish to enthrone in a place of honor for this diocesan jubilee year. Parishioners of St. James are familiar with this celebration because we received a special Icon of the Holy Trinity for the Holy Year 2000. The Icon will be solemnly enthroned next to the Holy Trinity Icon on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception December 8 at 9 a.m. Mass. The icon of the Diocesan Jubilee is depicting the Pentecost event. It presents Mary in the middle of the Apostles. (Mary is the patroness of our diocese under the title of St. Mary of the Assumption.) Above Mary and the Apostles is the dove that is a symbol of the Holy Spirit. (The theme of this centennial year is : The Spirit gives life.) There are holy cards available to all parishioners at the entrances of the church. Take as many as you like. Eucharistic ministers are asked to take a holy card for the shutins. On the front of the holy card is the picture of the Icon. On the back of the holy card is a prayer for this centennial year.
SEASON OF ADVENT 2003 *Four weeks before Christmas to prepare for the coming of the Lord. *Purple is used as a sign of preparation not penance as in Lent. Flowers may be used. *The Gloria in the Mass is eliminated during Advent to give it more emphasis on Christmas. *The Advent wreath marks the Sundays of Preparation. ADVENT PENANCE SERVICES **MONDAY, DECEMBER 1 @ 7 P.M. ST. LAWRENCE CHURCH IN NEW BEDFORD .**TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16 @ 1 P.M. AT ST. JOSEPH CHURCH IN FAIRHAVEN Memorial Flower Envelopes will be available next weekend at the entrances of the church. **************************************************** FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK On November 17, 2003 at Mt. Carmel School Auditorium 700 people gathered for the Action meeting. Loretta Bourque was in line with the representatives of the churches that were present.What a wonderful feeling I had when she said that we had sixty parishioners from St. James at the Action. What a greater joy I had when later I was informed that there were really 80 parishioners from St. James! The format is the always the same, but the agenda is different. Mayor Kalisz explained the purpose of these annual Actions very well. It is not a night of speeches. It is a dialogue in progress. We keep meeting each year to continue the work that needs to be done in our cities. Superintendent Michael Longo showed this when he reported that he had fulfilled his commitment that he had made a year before. The large number of people at each Action is a way of keeping the awareness that this is important to all of us. Large numbers say that. New alliances with St. Anne’s Hospital, BCC and U Mass Dartmouth promise a wonderful new year of working together to put our Faith into action. |
