Preparing for Advent

Advent begins this weekend!

• Tune in to our Advent Daily Video Reflections
  
• Pray a daily devotion
  • there are many sites that offer a daily reflection sent by email; below are some to try
  • Center for Action & Contemplation with Fr. Richard Rohr
  • Word on Fire with Bishop Robert Barron
  • Dynamic Catholic with Matthew Kelly
  • Loyola Press with Jesuit Ministries
• Attend daily Mass once a week
  • Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays @ 7:30am
  • Wednesdays @ 6:00pm
  • First Fridays each month @ 10:00am
• Participate in our Adult Study Group
  • This Sunday begins a 3-session study of the Eucharist by Bishop Barron
  • All are welcome; meets @ 9:15am on Sundays in the FLC lounge
• Make note of special dates & participate in these special services
  • December 8th — Holy Day, Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
    • Vigil Mass @ 6:00pm Thursday, December 7th
    • Morning Mass @ 7:30am Friday, December 8th
  • December 18th — Advent Reconciliation Service @ 6:00pm
  • Christmas Mass Schedule — 5:30pm Christmas Eve Vigil; Midnight Mass; 10:30am Christmas Day
  • No 8:00am Mass on December 24th, 4th Sunday of Advent, or Christmas Day
• Young Adults Social
  • December 2 @7-9pm in the Family Life Center
  • Food, fun, fellowship
  • Dinner, drinks, childcare provided
  • RSVP — lexiegosselin@yahoo.com
• Blood Drive
  • December 3 @ 7:30am-1pm
  • Free breakfast & Free T-shirt for all donors
  • Covers all St. Paul parishioners who may need blood
  • Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus
• Baptism Preparation Class
  • December 3 @ 2:00pm
  • Required for all baptisms 
  • Offered quarterly
  • For all parents wishing to have a child baptized within the next few months
  • Call the office to register
• St. Dominic Ministry
  • taking lunch to the families of ICU patients on December 5th
  • Please sign up to provide sandwiches, cookies, fruits, chips or drinks.

• Women’s Guild Christmas Gathering
  • Sunday, December 10, 2017 from 2 to 5 pm in the Family Life Center 
  • Food and entertainment provided

    All women and their guest are invited to attend

• Big Deal Ski Trip
  • Jan 13-16, 2018 to Wintergreen Resort in Virginia
  • 7th-12 grades
  • $250 for students / $350 for adults
  • Information Meeting December 9 @ 4:00pm
  • $100Deposit due by Dec 13
  • contact Cory @ 601-292-6084

• Ablaze Youth Convention
  • To be held in Vicksburg in February
  • contact Cory or Ms. Renee for more information
  • great chance to meet with other Catholic teens from around our diocese