Thursday, December 18, 2014

Parish UPDATE: Sunday, December 21

Beloved of God and of this parish:

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
    • Saturday, December 20:  The third (and final) in our series of Advent Quiet Days. We begin in St. Joseph Hall at 10 am and finish at 12 pm
    • Sunday, December 21: The Fourth Sunday of Advent. 
    • PLEDGE CARD: Please, pick your 2015 Stewardship Campaign package, fill in the pledge card and return it to the church by Sunday, December 21. Thank you for making the mission and ministries of this parish possible
2.   FR. FEDERICO/FR. JUAN BARRAGAN:
  • Fr. Federico, who has nurtured our Hispanic community at St. Mary from day one, will be leaving St. Mary at the end of December 2014. His last Sunday here will be on December 28, The First Sunday after Christmas.
  • Fr. Juan Barragan will be in charge of the Hispanic Community at St. Mary as of Sunday, January 4. Misa (Mass in Spanish) would move to a new time - 1:15 pm on Sunday.. 
3. UPCOMING EVENTS 
  • PARISH WORK DAY:
    • Saturday, December 20 after the Quiet Day and also on Sunday, December 21 after the 10 am Mass if need be. Please, join us in this project. We will need all the help we can get. 
  • POTLUCK EVENT; On Sunday, December 28 we will celebrate our parish community at our Christmas party and say farewell to Fr. Federico. We will gather at 2 pm in St. Joseph Hall. Bring lots of food, some light beverage and a festive spirit to cheer everyone. 
4.   CHRISTMAS AT ST. MARY:
  • Community Christmas Tree decoration: all day, Saturday, December 20 in our plaza
  • Community Christmas Sing-along: Sunday, December 21 from 4 to 5 pm around the Christmas tree in the plaza
  • Christmas Eve: Carol singing begins at 10 pm to be followed by Mass at 10:30 pm
  • Christmas Day: Mass at 10 am
  • Misa (Mass in Spanish) at 1 pm
  • New Year's Eve: No Mass in the evening but church will be opened until midnight for private prayers and meditation
5.  OF YOUR CHARITY, PLEASE, PRAY FOR:
  • Continued healing for Gerda, Anthony Jo, Fr. Anderson
  • all travelling at this time: Debora
  • Our youth: Natasha, Vincent, Simone, Audrey, Michelle, Larry Jr, Jeffrey, Yasmine  
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See you at Mass on Sunday and at Christmas.

Praying for God's blessings on your family this Christmas season.

Fr. Vincent
www.stmarypalms.org