Dear Parishioners,

This weekend you can begin the Christmas season by supporting the Adopt-a-Family program and the Catholic Daughter’s Bazaar. One of the vendors is our own Beading Hearts Ministry which supports our Youth Summer Camp each summer. Check out the fantastic jewelry our youth designed and made.

Bishop Adam Parker has offered to come to our parish on Nov. 26 from 6-7:30 PM for a Crisis Action Update. See the announcement in this bulletin for details. I am sorry that the time frame is not ideal for some, but this is what we were given.

In 2020 I will be ordained 40 years. The number one destination on my “Bucket List” is to see New Zealand. So, I am treating myself to a cruise in February 2020 starting in Sydney, Australia and stopping at numerous ports of call in New Zealand. I enclosed a flyer in this bulletin if anyone would be interested in accompanying me. I am brushing up on my New Zealander dialect.

Next Thursday we celebrate Thanksgiving. There are so many people suffering, especially thinking of the fires in California as I write this, that it is not always easy to see the blessings. Yet every breathe we take is a blessing from God. Take this opportunity to first thank God (Mass is at 9 AM) and then spend the day with loved ones. As we have in the past, there will be a reception following mass in the hall to share some time with Church Family before you see the rest of the gang.

Fr. John