Dear Parishioners,

Here are some things coming up. We have our monthly Spanish Mass next Saturday the 22nd at 8 am (feast of St. Cecelia).

This week, we have Group Night for faith formation. Note, that this will be our last scheduled Group Night before the new year. However, if individual groups would like to meet during December, 

feel free to schedule those meetings. We will have one more Formation Night on December 3rd , which I would like to invite everyone from the parish to attend. We will have dinner at 5:30, and then at 6:15 PM we will have a presentation from Fr. Scott Padrnos. He will bring a relic of Msgr. Joseph Buh. This will be a chance to reflect on the Jubilee year which is coming to an end at the end of December.

The St. Joseph church project continues to progress. The work continues and we are still working on interior details. Please continue to pray for the project.

At Our Lady of Fatima, the finance council and I have recently discussed the possibility of redoing the flooring in the church area. One of the things I am advocating for is that in areas where communion would be served, we would have a hard surface. That way, if there happens to be a spill of the precious blood we would more easily be able to clean it up. Currently with carpet there is not good solution to this problem. On a more practical level, our carpet is beginning to show its age. So, this seems to be a good time to consider this. We are looking at some options, and will share when we know more about timelines. Financially we are doing well, and so it is a good time to do a project like this. Thanks to all who have continued to support our parishes.

Next weekend we celebrate ‘Christ the King of the Universe’. This Solemnity marks the end of our liturgical year, and then Advent will follow which is the beginning of the new liturgical year. For 

lectors we have a lector book if you would like that assists with preparation, and for musicians we have an ordo that helps clarify what feasts and readings are used on the particular Sundays of the coming liturgical year. Call the office or check in with me if you have questions regarding these resources.

A reminder to those who attend Holy Family, that there will be a Mass at HF on the first Sunday of Advent Nov. 30th at 10 am.

For your planning purposes, we will have Mass on Thanksgiving Day at 8 AM (Nov. 27th ) at SJ, but we will not have Mass on the day after Thanksgiving (Friday 28th ), I am planning to go Black 

Friday shopping and it’s really important that I take the day for this… just kidding. I will be spending Friday with my family.

We have one more week for our ‘Life after Death’ seminar. A reminder we will meet after the noon Mass at SJ about 12:45 PM, lunch will be served and we’ll have a presentation. This session will be 

focused on how we can prepare for our deaths both practically and spiritually. 

In Christ,

Fr. Eli