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Announcements

Building Project Updates

• Sanctuary cement pour

• Wood ceiling designing

• Naïve structure repair

• The church & naïve heating system

Christmas Gifts in the Bookstore

Our parish bookstore is stocked for Christmas!
Stop by before or after Saturday 9 a.m. Mass or after Sunday Mass to browse:

• Nativity sets & holy cards

• Rosaries, medals, and crucifixes

• Children’s Christmas books & saint stories

• Advent and Christmas spiritual reading

• Catholic gifts for family and friends

Your purchases help support our parish and spread the Faith into your homes.

2nd Collections. December 7th will be for the priory, December 14th will be for the Foreign missions, and December 21st building fund. Building Pledges are due December 7th. Thank you for your generosity.

Parish Help Needed

We are currently looking for a few more volunteers to help care for our parish:

• Ushers – to greet, help with seating, and assist with the collection

• Money Counters – to help count the Sunday collection after Mass

• Grounds Help / Groundskeeper – to assist with light outdoor work (seasonal clean-up, basic maintenance, and keeping the property neat and welcoming)

If you are able to help in any of these roles, please speak to Father after Mass or contact the parish office. Even a small amount of time is a great service to Our Lord and to our parish family.

New in the Bookstore: The Saint Monica Club

Do you have loved ones who have fallen away from the Faith? This beautiful book, The Saint Monica Club: How to Wait, Hope, and Pray for Your Fallen-Away Loved Ones by Maggie Green, offers gentle, practical encouragement for parents, spouses, and grandparents who are praying for a prodigal soul. Pick up a copy in the bookstore and let St. Monica’s example strengthen your hope and perseverance.

Parish Christmas Cookie Exchange 12/21 (After Mass)

You’re invited to our Parish Christmas Cookie Exchange!

Bring a few dozen of your favorite homemade cookies to share and go home with a beautiful assortment of treats baked by fellow parishioners.

Please:

• Bring 2–3 dozen homemade cookies (no store-bought, if possible).

• Bring a container or tin to take cookies home.

• Label your cookies and note any allergens (nuts, gluten-free, etc.).

This is a wonderful way to build community, share family recipes, and spread a little Christmas cheer. Families and children are especially welcome!

If you’d like to sign up or have questions, please contact: Imelda

Christmas Novena Mass cards are now available in the bookstore for $5.
Have your loved ones remembered in a special novena of Masses offered for their intentions this Christmas season.

St. Andrew Christmas Novena

Beginning November 30, the feast of St. Andrew, the Church traditionally prays the St. Andrew Christmas Novena 15 times a day until Christmas.

St. Andrew Christmas Novena Prayer:

Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born
of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold.
In that hour vouchsafe, I beseech Thee, O my God,
to hear my prayer and grant my desires,
through the merits of Our Savior Jesus Christ,
and of His Blessed Mother. Amen.

Cards with the prayer are available in the bookstore

Rosary Society – Women’s Group

The Rosary Society (women only) will have a meeting this month – date and time TBD.
If you are interested in joining or would like more information, please let Imelda know or contact the parish office.

12/8 Holy Day Mass will be at 5pm

Sanctuary Candle Offerings. You may have the sanctuary candle lit for a loved one—living or deceased. A donation of $30 is requested.

Masses. Father has opening for Masses. Suggested donation of $20 per mass. Mass envelopes are in the bookstore.

Rosary (8:30am Sunday). Our Sunday rosary will be offered especially for our building project. Afterwards we will ask St Joseph’s intercession by praying the Prayer to St Joseph’s and the litany of St Joseph.