News Around the Parish
Thank You – for your generous response to the St. Vincent de Paul (SVDP) Thanksgiving food collection. We asked you for non-perishable food and parishioner Tad Tassone, who is also the local coordinator for SVDP, was touched by your magnanimity. As they continue their work this Season, they ask for your help in fulfilling Christmas wishes. They put up the Christmas giving tree with ornaments that list what some of the people they serve wish to receive for Christmas. If you can, pick up a tag and bring it back with the gift wrapped and the tag on the outside, by December 15. They’ll make sure your gift will be delivered to those in need. Each year, they serve about 400 men, women and children. Thank you SVDP members for your lovely ministry, and thank YOU for supporting this worthwhile ministry.
Cross Catholic Outreach – is a ministry that serves the poorest of the poor internationally by channeling aid through dioceses and parishes to effectively help the poor break the cycle of poverty. They believe that true change comes from within, spiritually. But spiritual change is not complete, if it isn’t also assisted by physical change. They believe in sharing the hope and good news of the gospel, while working to improve the lives of the poor. Neither side of their ministry is complete without the other. This weekend, Msgr. Ted Bertagni will be speaking at all our masses on their behalf. Ordained as a Conventual Franciscan priest in 1978 in Omaha, Nebraska, he was invested as a Monsignor in 1999. He later became and is presently a priest of the Diocese of Mandeville in Jamaica. Msgr. has an international background, having studied and lived in Europe and the Caribbean. He has a Licentiate and a Doctorate degree in Sacred Theology from Sant’Anselmo and the Pontifical Liturgical Institute in Rome. He served 20 years as a parish priest, pastor, and professor before dedicating himself full time to the service of the poor. Welcome, Msgr. Bertagni!
Come support the School Christmas Boutique – earlier in the week, Santa’s elves were here to help set up for our annual Christmas Boutique. It promises to be a wonderful weekend with the Champagne Preview on Friday night, 12/6 and a weekend of fun activities and shopping in the church hall, school yard and the gym. The events will begin on Saturday, 12/7, from 10am – 6pm and on Sunday, 12/8, from 10am – 1pm. To the myriad of volunteers and coordinators, thank you for making this event possible.
Volunteers, Save the Date – All parish volunteers are invited to a New Year’s Eve celebration. A mass of thanksgiving will be offered for you and your intentions on 12/31 @ 5pm, followed by dinner in the Church Hall. Invitations will follow…
Fr. Dan
