Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church

     CRUSADE OF PRAYER ON FRIDAYS
                   7:30A.M.   Morning Mass
     8:00A.M. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
                 followed by Morning Prayer
     8 A.M. to 4:45 P.M. Individual Adoration and
                  Praying for Vocations all day in Church
     4:45 P.M.   Evening Prayer /Benediction/Closing

Please join this powerhouse of prayer to the Lord. We need additional members in the early hours of the afternoon.

THANKSGIVING LITURGY
November 19, 2007
6:30 P.M.
All Religious Education Students, Families and Parishioners are invited to a Liturgy of Thanksgiving on Monday evening, November 19th. Please join us in giving Thanks to God for the many gifts we have been so blessed with and to share our bounty with the less fortunate.

A MESSAGE FROM BISHOP HART
Thank you very much for all the prayers and Masses you have offered for me.
I’m grateful for this spiritual assistance.
Please continue to pray for me.
I pray that I will be faithful to God’s will.

Stewardship Month!
November is Stewardship Month in OLPH. Each November, every parishioner is asked to review his/her weekly contribution made to God in OLPH Parish. Our goal this year is to increase our offertory by 10%. Please read the special flyer insert in this week’s bulletin.

Today’s gospel is frightening. It is frightening because Jesus demands that we give witness, become martyrs, if we want to be saved. It is frightening because the Lord demands that we stand up for him, his kingdom and the Christian way of life in a materialistic, self-centered world. It is frightening because it proclaims that only by patient endurance can we be saved.
The world and those who live by its values may appear to be winning. But their victories are hallow, their lives are shallow. The Temple that was built in Jerusalem might be destroyed, but the Temple that is the Life of Christ within us will never be destroyed.
This is the challenge of Christianity. We conclude this Church liturgical year praying for the grace to endure patiently any trials that are essential to our affirmation of Jesus Christ.

Crusade of Prayer for Vocations: Pray for Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life every day.

Choir Rehearsal AT 6:30 PM - Tuesday, November 20, 2007. New Members are welcome. If interested, call Celeste Milukas at 447-0277.

Next weekend, November 24th and 25th is the Solemnity of Christ the King. This is the last Sunday in Ordinary Time. The following weekend (December 1st and 2nd) is the First Sunday of Advent. We will have a new set of Breaking Bread hymnals, and new Missalettes.

Lector Workbooks for Cycle A (2008) are available in the Sacristy for $15.00.

LADIES GUILD CHRISTMAS PARTY
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2007
IN THE PARISH HALL
$13.00 PER PERSON FOR
PRIME RIB OR STUFFED BAKED FILLET OF SOLE
HORS D’OEUVRES AT 6:00 PM
DINNER AT 6:30 PM
PLEASE CALL JULIE COPE AT 443-5716 WITH YOUR
DINNER CHOICE ASAP. YOU CAN DROP YOUR PAYMENT ENVELOPE INTO THE CHURCH COLLECTION BASKET BEFORE DECEMBER 3rd.

Sunday, December 2nd
First Sunday of Advent

December 3 - 4 - 5
Convocation of Priests of Diocese of Norwich in Newport, Rhode Island. (Bishop Cote and priests attend) no mass
Tuesday or Wednesday. there will be a communion service at 7:30 A.M.

Monday, December 3rd
5:00 p.m. Parish Volunteers decorate Church with Christmas Greens

Sunday, December 9th
2:00 P.M. Christmas Concert in Church (Reception to follow in hall)

Tuesday, December 11th
6:00 P.M. Ladies Guild Christmas Party in the Hall.

Saturday & Sunday, December 15th & 16th
Catholic Book Store with “free” breakfast after 8 am & 10:30 am masses

Monday, December 24th
5:00 p.m.    SPECIAL FAMILY CHRISTMAS VIGIL
                                          MASS
10:00 P.M.   our midnight mass

Tuesday, December 25th
9:00 A.M. Christmas day mass

VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO DECORATE THE CHURCH ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 3RD. PLEASE COME AND HELP US. IT USUALLY TAKES 45 – 50 MINUTES.

Announced Masses

Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time November 18, 2007
5:00 P.M. Sr. Mary Frances (Deacon Ron & Donna Kitlinski)
Victoria Hartlang (Eva & Barbara Parzych)
Sam Rossi & Kathy Rossi-Deros (Rita & Don Rossi)
8:00 A.M. Departed of the Sokol and Henry Families
10:30 A.M. Intention of Bishop Hart

Monday, November 19th weekday of 33rd   of Ordinary Time
7:30 A.M. Barbara Jean Donoghue (Friend)
Tuesday, November 20th   weekday of 33rd   of Ordinary Time
7:30 A.M. John F. Cotter, Jr. (Mother, Peggy & Family)
Wednesday, November 21st     Presentation of the Blessed Virgin
7:30 A.M. Departed of the Furman and LeSieur
                            Families
Thursday, November 22nd   St. Cecilia   Thanksgiving Day
7:30 A.M. In gratitude to the Lord for his blessings
Friday, November 23rd   Sts. Clement & Columban
7:30 A.M. Donald Callaghan (Wife, Pat & Family)