Parish UPDATE: September 28

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:

1. THIS WEEKEND  AT ST. MARY: 

• Saturday, September 27: Third Annual Faris Drive Neighborhood Block party. 
  • Event held on Faris Drive between Charnock Ave and Hannum Drive between 11 am and 3 pm. 
  • Food, lots of fun and live music. 
  • Meet, Share, Network. Lots of volunteer opportunities available. 
  • Donations welcomed. 
  • Presentations by Los Angeles Police Department; Councilman Paul Koretz; Palms Neighborhood Council; Palms Emergency Preparedness Coalition; Los Angeles Fire Department; Children's Hospital/USC
• Sunday, Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost [Proper 21]
• Ask the Parish Office for our new Animal Companion policy.

2.   URGENT APPEAL TO RAISE FUNDS FOR HOLY CROSS MISSION, LIBERIA.

• help us raise $500  by October 10 to buy a generator for Holy Cross Mission, Liberia so Health Care providers working on the Ebola crisis can charge their cell phones an important task in a place of Liberia where there is no electricity.
• make donations payable to "St. Mary in Palms" with "Generator or  Holy Cross Mission" in the Memo line.
• donations may qualify for tax purposes and will go directly to the Health care workers and not Government. Thanks.

 3. UPCOMING EVENTS: Mark your calendars:  

• Feast of st. Michael and All Angels, Monday, Sept. 29
• Blessing of the animals [in the plaza]: Sunday, October 5 after the 10 am Mass
• Next date for administering the Sacrament of Baptism is All Saints Day, Nov. 2.
• PARISH RUMMAGE SALE: Saturday, November 8 & Sunday, Nov. 9

3.    OF YOUR CHARITY, PLEASE, PRAY FOR:

• Continued healing for Bianca, Joanna, Gerda, Anthony Jo, Fr. Anderson
• all travelling at this time: Alyssa, Mark
• Christians in the Middle Eastern countries suffering persecution.
• a cure for the Ebola disease. God's blessings on the work of Health Care professionals working in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. For all who have died in the Ebola pandemic and for their families as they mourn.
• Our youth: Natasha, Vincent, Simone, Audrey, Michelle, Larry Jr, Jeffrey, Yasmine

5. For news about:

• the Diocese of Los Angeles, please click on www.ladiocese.org

• the Expo Line construction, please, click on www.buildexpo.org

• the Palms Neighborhood Council, click on www.palmsla.org

6: Like us on Facebook; follow us on Twitter.

See you at Mass. Bring a friend and your family to church.

Fr. Vincent

www.stmarypalms.org