COLLECTION Thank you so very much for your generous response to the needs of the parish. Our collection last Sunday was $8,620. $3,353 was received through ParishPay for a total of $11,973. Thank you as well for your donation of $1,556 to our Soup Kitchen.
BETHLEHEM HANDICRAFTS Bethlehem Handicrafts is a Catholic group from Bethlehem, the Holy Land. They are going to visit our church the weekend of November 14th/15th to display handmade olivewood religious articles carved by Christian carvers in Bethlehem. What a wonderful gift idea!
FOOD FOR FAMILIES COLLECTION JUST A REMINDER: NEXT WEEKEND is our monthly non-perishable grocery collection for FOOD FOR FAMILES. Please be especially generous as many families will be depending on food for this Thanksgiving. Many thanks from our Parish community.
(In order to provide the highest quality service to those who seek our help, we may only accept freshly bought, unopened non-perishable items. If this is not convenient, we also accept monetary donations.)
BOOK CLUB Our next Book Club will be held on Nov. 19, 6:30-8-00pm. We will be reading a biography of Pope Francis, “The Great Reformer” by Austen Ivereigh. The New York Times calls it the best biography of the Pope in English to date. Cardinal Dolan demonstrates that the key to understanding Francis begins above all by recognizing his unfailing faith in the love and mercy of Jesus. Because of the size of the book, we will be reading the first half, chapters one through five this time and the remainder of the book at the following meeting.
ADVENT SIMPLE SUPPERS Please join us during the 4 Wednesdays during Advent: December 2, December 9, December 16 and December 23 for Prayer and Meditation followed by a light dinner of soup, salad, and bread. Prayers begin promptly at 7PM in the 2nd floor meeting room of the Rectory. It’s a wonderful and contemplative way to prepare for Christmas. We hope to see you there.
For more information please call/email
Chris Williams Tel. No. 304-337-1252; Email:
[email protected] or Christina Russo Tel.201-248-7244; Email:
[email protected]
Next weekend's
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ENCOUNTER HIM—NIGHT FEVER NY CITY Friday, November 20, 2015. 7:00-9:00PM
Music + Adoration + Reconciliation
St. Patrick’s Cathedral—East 50th St. and 5th Avenue
E-mail:
[email protected] “It is important that we let ourselves encounter the Lord, He always seeks us, He is always near us.”. Pope Francis.
A VOLUNTEER OR VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED FOR SAINTHOOD INQUIRY: Transcriber with Experience The Dorothy Day Guild is looking for someone with experience doing simultaneous or recorded transcription to transcribe eyewitness testimony at the Archdiocesan Inquiry on the life of Dorothy Day. Interviews will be 4-5 hours long and conducted at the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center, 1011 First Avenue, spread over the next year. Please contact
[email protected] or 212-371-1011 ext. 2480 for more details.