Friday, August 26, 2016

Parish UPDATE: Sunday, August 28

Beloved of God and of this parish:

Greetings. 

Here's what's making news THIS WEEKEND  AT ST. MARY'S 

1SATURDAY, AUGUST 27: From 6 - 8pm
    • Week Five of our ALPHA program
    • Meet in St. Joseph Hall 
    • Talk to Kevin if you are interested
    • Food will be served.
  • SUNDAY, AUGUST 28:  THE FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
    • au re·voir service for Fr. Harold Anderson - moving to Temecula
    • celebrating 95th birthday anniversary for Phyllis Thomas and 92nd birthday anniversary for Fr. Otto Harold Anderson. 
    • Join us for Mass and special coffee-hour
    • Enjoy the summer break but also encourage your family and friends to come to church with you.

2 BIBLE STUDY: 
    • (English) Wednesdays, 6:30 pm to 7: 30 pm at the church.

3.  CLASSES IN CHRISTIAN FORMATION : SUNDAYS AT 11:30 AM to 12 PM
    • Sunday, August 28: NO CLASS.

4.    VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AT ST. MARY'S: someone with a passion for community organizational work: 
    • to assist Fr. Vincent in "mapping our neighborhood" and getting it ready to deal with emergencies in our community
    • to assist with the leg-work in canvassing our neighborhood for the upcoming Saturday, October 8, Faris Neighborhood Block party,
    • to assist with organizing a Health Fair for our neighborhood.
    • Only a few volunteer hours a week needed. 
    • For students, a good opportunity to meet those important community service hours.For families, consider it a time to give something back to our lovely community.  

5.   THANK YOU
    • for making the mission and ministries of our parish possible. May God richly replenish what you generously share with our parish and its ministries. 
    • Benefactors: You can also make DONATIONS (Paypal) at our website or include our parish in your WILL.

6.  UPCOMING EVENTS
    • Sunday, September 4: Commemorating the first anniversary of the death of Fr. (Br) Derek Ford, SSF. Join us for Mass at 10 am if you can.
    • Sunday, September 11: Celebrating our parish's Feast of Title and patronal feast - NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. Bilingual Mass. Here's a good link:https://www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/N/nativityoftheblessedvirginmary.asp
    • Bilingual Mass at 11 am. 

7.   OF YOUR CHARITY, PLEASE, PRAY (FOR):
  • traveling mercies for all who will be traveling this summer especially Larry and Joy
  • God's blessings and guidance for Unati and Dela, co-founders of Live Your Life Consultants, (LYLC) LLC, our new partners in ministry
  • continued healing for Bishop Jon Bruno, Mary Bruno, Mary Jane, Amy Gaskin,  Diane, Gerda, Lira, Rose Quaye, Mustafa, Ben, Sr. Rosina, Christian Swayne, Beverly Humpstone
  • all who work hard at finding solutions to gun violence in our streets. 
  • all political and state leaders that they will promote civility in our public discourse and respect the dignity of every person.
  • the repose of the souls of Arthur Gozo, Mark Thompson, Timothy Flynn.  May they rest in peace and rise in glory. 
  • Natasha, Vincent, Larry Jr, Jeffrey, Simone, Obed, Audrey, Michelle, YasmineJason,  Annabelle, Biko Lisustha, Amani Lisustha

8.   FOR NEWS ABOUT
  • the Palms Emergency Preparedness Coalition, please, visit and Like us on Facebook: PepC90034
  • the Diocese of Los Angeles, please click on www.ladiocese.org
  • the Episcopal Church, please, click on www.episcopalchurch.org
  • the Palms Neighborhood Council, click on www.palmsla.org

9.  Like us on Facebook,  follow us on Twitter @stmaryinpalms

Fr. Vincent
www.stmarypalms.org