ST. STEPHEN CATHOLIC CHURCH


A Thanksgiving Prayer – we thank you God, our grace, for being alive, tomorrow and today, for this earth, for bread and light, for the people around us, today, yesterday and every day.  We thank you for our lives here and now, lives laborious and full of joy.  And may neither future nor death, separate us from Jesus Christ who is your love for all mankind and all the earth.  We thank you for the whole of creation, for all the works of your hands, for all that you have done among us through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen

A special Thanksgiving Day Mass will be on Thursday, November 23, 2017 at 9 a.m.  Please bring a dish, bread, wine bottle, dessert, or anything you wish to be blessed by Father Elmer Mandac for your Thanks Giving Dinner!

Save the date for the Parish Advent Reconciliation (Confession) Service on Monday, December 11 at 7 p.m.  There will be several other priests available here.

Middle School Youth Ministry meets next Monday, November 27 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.  This is a Parents Only Night.  The meeting will cover:  Help, I am a middle school parent – now what?  The Why, What and How we do Middle School Ministry and key ways to prepare the family for Advent and Christmas.

Registrations begin for the new Discovering Your Freedom in Christ series on December 2, at 12:30 p.m.  The Abba Father Institute inspires this series.  The program will be from 1 to 4 p.m.  Part 1:  Prepare Your Heart and Part 2: Receive God’s Gifts.  More details at: www.AbbaFatherInstitute.org.

The next Family Faith Formation gathering is Sunday, December 3 at the 9 a.m. Mass and concludes at noon.

The Squires of Brother Barnabas Council plan a Beautification Day for St. Stephen’s Parish on Saturday, December 16 from 9 a.m. to noon.  Work will be done on the Cole Grade entrance of the property, cleaning, planting and making the entrance beautiful.  Would you like to come and help to work and have fun?  Ethan McCoy is the Head of the committee with Msgr. Roger, Grand Prior helping the Squires.  All help is appreciated.

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