Week of November 18, 2018
THANK YOU FROM THE MATER DEI RADIO
We have received the thank you note from the executive director of the Mater Dei Radio. During the weekend presentations 28 families filled out pledge cards totaling $2,535.
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ANDRE BESSETTE ADVENT ASSISTANCE
Please bring donations to the Parish Hall: jackets, sleeping bags, blankets, socks, shoes, backpacks, hats, gloves, scarves, adult-sized jeans/pants, sweaters, Tri-Met tickets, travel-size shampoo, lotion & deodorant, canned tuna, peanut butter.
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MEETING WITH SAINT NICHOLAS – Dec. 2
St. Nicholas will visit children and catechists in their religious education classes.
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FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING – NOV. 25
In 1925, Pope Pius XI in his encyclical, Quas Primas, formally set forth the doctrine of the Kingship of Christ and declared the last Sunday in October the date for the celebration of the liturgical Feast of Christ the King, which is now a solemnity and the last Sunday in ordinary time (before the first Sunday of Advent).
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FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION DEC. 8TH – HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION
The dogma of the Immaculate Conception was defined for the Church by Pius IX on Dec. 8, 1854. On Saturday, December 8th, Masses will be at 9AM (Eng.), 11AM (Pol.) and 7PM (Cro.).
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WYPOMINKI
Wypominki is a Polish Catholic custom to remember and pray for the souls of the departed in the month of November. The names of our deceased parishioners and family members may be written on a list available in the back of the church and we will read the names and pray for them 20 minutes before the Polish Masses in November.
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ARCHDIOCESAN ATTENDANCE CENSUS Attendance will be taken on the weekends of November 10-11 and November 17-18. All adults and children at each Mass should be counted.
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FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH – December 7
ALL DAY ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT from 10AM until 6:45PM. Holy Masses at 11AM (Eng.) and 7PM (Pol.).
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VISIT of the PROVINCIAL, Fr. PAWEŁ BANDURSKI S.Ch. on Dec. 15-16, 2018
Father Provincial, Paweł Bandurski T.Chr. will visit our parish on December 15 and 16 to recognize achievements of our parishioners: Margot and Mirosław Zychla and Velma and Pat Conte.
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Polish Christmas cards and wafers (opłatki) are available in the parish hall. Wafers are $3 per package. Cards are $8 for 10 or $1 for one card.