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THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
DECEMBER 14, 2003 MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, December 13 John J.F. Murphy Sunday, December 14 8 a.m. Manuel and Fatima Almeida and Family 9:30 a.m. Joseph Bender 11 a.m. Jesse Pacheco Mon. Dec. 15 Steven Horta Tues. Dec. 16 Antonio and Catarina Ferreira Wed. Dec. 17 Antonio De Lima Thurs. Dec.18 Antonio De Lima Fri. Dec. 19 Antonio de Lima Sat. Dec. 20 Julia Ramos Sun Dec. 21 8 a.m. Eunice Mello 9:30 Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Landau 11:00 Alphonse J. Spoor SANCTUARY LAMP WAYNE TREMBLAY
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 ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT SUNDAY, JANUARY 4, 2004 NOON TO 5 P.M. IN THE CHAPEL HOLY HOUR FOR VOCATIONS AT 4 P.M. COMING PARISH EVENTS *Christmas caroling to parish shutins. Dec. 14 at 2p.m. from the rectory. *Meat Pie Supper Saturday, February 7, 2004 in the church hall. **Admission $6. **Serving begins at 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. **Entertainment 5p.m. to 8 p.m. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 21 at 7 p.m. in the rectory. We ask that those parents, who have their children at St. James and St. John the Baptist School and who would like to receive the next installment of the school subsidy, to please attend this meeting. We welcome them. We are very appreciative of their help. *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. *Renew celebration on Saturday, January 24 in the church hall .All who participated in Renew are invited to come. 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.
Parish Finacial Council reports the collections for the month of November.Sunday, November 2 $ 2,342.90; Maintenance $1,159; All Saints $472 Sunday, November 9 $2,552.85 Sunday, November 16 $2,208.59 Sunday, November 23 $2,268.50 Campaign for Human Development $872 Sunday, November 30 $2,291.55 FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK The Diocese requires that every parish count the number of people who come to weekend Masses in the month of November. Parishes have been doing this for more than twenty years. When we publish our numbers in the bulletin, as we have done each year; it will be noted that the number of people attending Mass is diminishing. Ten years ago we averaged about 800 parishioners coming to Mass each weekend. This year our count has been in the high 500’s. This may bring us to the discussion of whether we should have three Masses on Sunday morning. Should we have two Masses instead of three? The Parish Pastoral Council will need time to consider this. The 2004 Mass book is available for parishioners to schedule Masses. If you call on the phone, please just leave your name and phone number. Please do not leave the dates for the Masses because they may not be available. Fr. Ed will return your call and will arrange the Masses with you. We need to address the matter of how many weekend Masses that we will have in 2004. It is necessary that we select one of the Sunday morning Masses to be open without any intentions. If we were to go to two Masses, we would be able to honor the intentions already received. We will keep the 11 a.m. Mass open with no intentions. We will use this Mass for the required intention "For the People of the Parish". All of the other Masses on the weekend will be available for intentions.
SEASON OF ADVENT 2003 ADVENT PENANCE SERVICE **TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16 @ 1 P.M. AT ST. JOSEPH CHURCH IN FAIRHAVEN Memorial Flower Envelopes are available at the entrances of the church. We ask that parishioners return them by Sunday, December 20. The list of the memorials will be published on the weekend of December 28. CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE CHRISTMAS EVE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24 4 P.M. CHRISTMAS DAY THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25 10 A.M. DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER CENTENNIAL The seminarians of our Diocese have prepared a book of daily prayers and meditations. This book can be used during the days of the Centennial. The parish purchased fifty copies. They are available (free of charge) in the gathering area for anyone who would like to use them and take them home. The proceeds of these books will help pay for the seminarians to go to Rome for the Diocesan Pilgrimage in March of 2004. |
