This Weekend: Spiritual Advent Angel
We invite you to participate in an opportunity to pray for another Family in the parish during Advent. To participate, please fill out a Spiritual Advent Angel slip found in your pew this weekend. List your Family name, the names of your Family Members and your Address. Put your slip in the collection basket when instructed and when the basket comes around another time you will take a different slip. This is the family you will pray for throughout the Advent Season. The last week of Advent, send a Christmas card to your family, reveal yourself, and let them know you have been praying for them.
We invite you to participate in an opportunity to pray for another Family in the parish during Advent. To participate, please fill out a Spiritual Advent Angel slip found in your pew this weekend. List your Family name, the names of your Family Members and your Address. Put your slip in the collection basket when instructed and when the basket comes around another time you will take a different slip. This is the family you will pray for throughout the Advent Season. The last week of Advent, send a Christmas card to your family, reveal yourself, and let them know you have been praying for them.
Something New — Bible Study, Gospel of Matthew, led by Judi Brennan
Join us on Wednesday, Nov. 30th at 7pm in the Parish Hall.The Bible study will run each Wednesday from 7-8:15pm. Bring a Bible. Invite your friends. All are welcome to attend!
Saturday, December 3rd: 1st Saturday Mass and Adoration
- 8:00 am: Mass followed by Exposition, Confessions, and Adoration
- 12:00 noon: Benediction
A Time to Say Thank You....
- Food Pantry Thanksgiving Baskets
Thank you to all who donated Turkeys and Fixings to the Food Pantry or made a monetary donation to help with Thanksgiving Baskets. Your help is so much appreciated! Through your generosity and the work of our dedicated volunteers, our Food Pantry was able to provide 150 families with a Thanksgiving basket. - Cemetery Cleanup
. Thank you to Jerry, Ray, Denise, Marcus, Mike & Laurie who all came and helped clean up the cemetery grounds. Thank you for your time and effort! Much appreciation to Chris at the Leicester Subway for donating our lunch.
Giving Tree
Tags for our Giving Tree are on a table in the church near the confessional until our Christmas Tree is up.
This program helps families in our Community, Seminarians of the Worcester Diocese and assists the efforts of the Urban Missionary of Our Lady of Hope on Cantebury St. in Worcester.
FYI...
- There are several types of tags so please take the instruction sheet that tells you whether to wrap, don’t wrap or mail your gift.
- Any questions, please call the parish office.
- Return gifts to the church by December 11th. This is the same day the gifts are distributed to the families.
Something New at the Christmas Faire — Get Your Christmas Manger Blessed!
Fr. Bill will bless your Christmas Manger at the Christmas Faire on Saturday, December 3rd. Bring your complete manger or some of your manger figurines to the parish hall on Friday, Dec, 2nd so that we may set them up in advance. All mangers will be placed on a table for others to see but not to touch.
Events Calendar
- November 30th (Wednesday): Bible study, Gospel of Matthew led by Judi Brennan. 7:00-8:15 pm in the church hall. See note at the beginning of Flocknote for more details.
- December 1st (Thursday): Food pantry is open
- December 3rd (Saturday): First Saturday Mass and Adoration
8:00 am: Mass followed by Exposition, Confessions, and Adoration
12:00 noon: Benediction - December 3rd (Saturday): MQR Christmas Faire
We are accepting donations of gently used Christmas décor & Ornaments for our Faire. A table is set up in the parish hall where donations can be left. We are also looking for donations of baked goods, theme baskets, lottery tickets & gift cards for our raffles. A flyer is attached below. Please share with your family and friends.- If you are donating a craft item, gently used Christmas décor, or a raffle basket for the Faire, please bring them to the hall ASAP.
- Baked goods can be dropped off on December 2nd.
- December 7th (Wednesday), 9:30 am: Prayer Shawl Ministry meets in the Church Hall. New Members are always welcome!
- December 11th (Sunday)
- Giving Tree gifts must be returned by today.
- LaSellette Shrine Festival of Lights Trip for grades 9, 10, and 11.
There is room on the bus for a limited number of families to attend . This will be a first come first serve basis. Please reach out to Mrs. Sullivan if you are interested.
In 2023...
- January 20, 2023: March for Life, Washington DC
- Respect Life Mass with Bishop McManus Thursday, Jan. 19 @ 7:30 pm, Cathedral of St. Paul, 38 High St., Worcester. Followed by departure of buses to Washington, DC
- Cost: $130 per person, Registration deadline: December 15, 2022. FOR COMPLETE DETAILS, TRIP ITINERARY, AND TO DOWNLOAD REGISTRATION FORMS please visit, www.worcesterdiocese.org/respect-life
For the Month of November
On Tuesday, the Solemnity of All Saints, our collection of relics was placed on the Sacred Heart altar for devotion during the month of November.
Our relic collection includes: St. Peter, St. Joachim, St. Ann, St. Joseph, St. Appolonia, St. Cajetan, St. John the Baptist, St. Paul, St. Andrew Avellino, St. Francis Paola, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Aloysius Gonzaga, piece of the veil of the Blessed Virgin Mary and a piece of the True Cross of Christ, St. Theresa of the Child Jesus, St. Leo the Great, St. Blaise, St. Puis X, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. Hyacinthe, St. John Neumann, St. Polycarp, St. Innocent, Saint Marguerite d'Youville, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Thomas the Apostle, St. Maria Goretti and St. Ambrose. In addition, at the bottom of the reliquary is the original Altar Stone from St. Mary’s Church with unknown relics.
All you holy men and women, pray for us.
Our relic collection includes: St. Peter, St. Joachim, St. Ann, St. Joseph, St. Appolonia, St. Cajetan, St. John the Baptist, St. Paul, St. Andrew Avellino, St. Francis Paola, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Aloysius Gonzaga, piece of the veil of the Blessed Virgin Mary and a piece of the True Cross of Christ, St. Theresa of the Child Jesus, St. Leo the Great, St. Blaise, St. Puis X, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. Hyacinthe, St. John Neumann, St. Polycarp, St. Innocent, Saint Marguerite d'Youville, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Thomas the Apostle, St. Maria Goretti and St. Ambrose. In addition, at the bottom of the reliquary is the original Altar Stone from St. Mary’s Church with unknown relics.
All you holy men and women, pray for us.
For some very interesting information about relics, see the flyer below.
Prayer Line Number
To reach our prayer line, call Maryellen at 508-340-3738
Bulletin
This week's bulletin is attached below and is available on our parish website. Other attachments include the front cover of the bulletin (important information and phone numbers)
