Friday, August 1, 2014

Parish UPDATE: August 3

Beloved of God, 

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Here is what is making news in our parish:

1THIS WEEKEND  AT ST. MARY
    • Sunday, August 3: The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost [Proper 13]. 
2.    PARKWAY LAWN CONVERSION:
  • actual digging up of the entire 3200 square feet of grass on Watseka and Faris will be from August 5 - 8. 
  • laying of drip-lines and planting is projected to be completed by August 21
  • volunteers needed and welcomed for digging up lawn and planting new plants.
3. SPIRITUAL COMMUNION:
  • For those who are not able to make communion on Sunday during Mass, you now have the opportunity to make a Spiritual Communion during Holy Communion. You will find the text in our Sunday worship bulletin. Ideally, we'd like to have you receive Holy Communion with us.
4.   PALMS EMERGENCY  PREPAREDNESS PROJECT:
  • Help prepare the Palms Community for any emergency. Join the Palms Emergency Preparedness Coalition [PePC].  New members welcome to the Coalition.  Talk to Fr. Vincent after Mass or send him an email if you would like to learn more about PePC 
5.  CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AT ST. MARY
  •   on summer break. Have a great summer.
6.  NEXT PARISH WORK DAYS
  • Saturday, August 30: We will clean the sacristy and get the church ready for the Patronal Feast. Work period begins at 9:30 and will be over by 10:30 am.
  • Saturday, September 6: We will set up the church [for the Patronal Mass] and St. Joseph Hall [for the potluck fiesta following Mass.
7.  PATRONAL POTLUCK FIESTA - SEPTEMBER 7
  • Please, sign up beginning next week to bring food and beverages for the Patronal Fiesta on Sunday, September 7.
  • If you have borrowed or taken table cloths to wash, please, remember to bring these back to the church by August 6 so we can have them ready for the patronal fiesta. Thanks for cleaning the table cloths.
8.  UPCOMING EVENTS: Mark your calendars:  
  • FREE CPR TRAINING: On Saturday, August 16 from 10 am to 1 pm. To be conducted by professionals from Beverly Hills. This is a program sponsored by the Palms Emergency Preparedness Coalition. It is available for every member of our community. Come learn life-saving techniques. The life you may save could be that of your loved one or relation or most importantly, that of a child of God. 
  • SPACE IS LIMITED TO THE FIRST 15 PEOPLE. please, register now, by sending an email to Fr. Vincent at stmaryinpalms@yahoo.com as soon as possible.
  • Sunday, September 7: Patronal Festival  and Feast of Title. Bishop Mary Glasspool will be Guest Celebrant and Preacher. Mass will be bilingual - Spanish and English. Please, mark your calendar and join us in this celebration. Mass begins at 11 am with the rite for the Reception of a Bishop, to be followed with a procession around our immediate neighborhood.
  • Saturday, September 27: Third annual Faris Drive Neighborhood Block party from 10 am to 3 pm. Volunteer workers needed. Please, talk to Fr. Vincent if you can help with planning.
9.  SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION
  • Do you know anyone interested in receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation? Would you like to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation?
  • Next time this Sacrament will be administered in our parish will be during the Patronal Feast on Sunday, September 7. Bishop Mary Glasspool will be with us on that day.
  • Classes have already formed for both English and Spanish communities. Please, talk with Fr. Federico (for the Spanish Edition) and Fr. Vincent (for the English edition).
10.   OF YOUR CHARITY, PLEASE, PRAY FOR:
  • Continued healing for Bianca, Kucti Devi, Joanna Cory, Gerda, Anthony Jo, Betty Moreno, Fr. Anderson. 
  • Angela, Alyssa - travelling at this time - and all who will be travelling this summer.
  • Our youth: Larry Jr, Simone, Jeffrey, Natasha, Yasmine, Obed, Audrey, Jason and youth from the Spanish community.
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See you at Mass. Bring a friend and your family to church.

Fr. Vincent
www.stmarypalms.org