From the desk of Monsignor Bride
This weekend we celebrate the beautiful Solemnity of Christ the King.  It is interesting that this year this beautiful feast falls on Thanksgiving weekend.
As we approach the end of the Church year, we hail Christ our King.  We have celebrated the preparation for the coming of the Messiah in Advent, the birth of the Savior in Christmas, his Passion and death in Lent and his glorious Resurrection at Easter.  We rejoice that he sends us his Spirit at Pentecost and we meditate on the work of the Church in our days throughout Ordinary Time.  Now we approach the end of the year with the great Feast of the Saints in Heaven, the Souls in Purgatory, the People of God through the feast of the first and mother of all Churches throughout the city of Rome and the world, and now we hail Christ as our King.  Let us reflect on the gift of our king to us and to our world as he brings his rule of peace, goodness, holiness, life and truth to our world.
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This is the last Sunday of our 2006 Stewardship Appeal in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Quaker Hill. This is our annual appeal to parishioners to help us meet the ever growing expenses we face. With every expense rising, how can we meet the expenses if each of us does not seek to assist in meeting these critical needs? 
Stewardship is a community effort.  It needs the assistance of everyone.  Because if everyone does his or her share, then the parish will be able to meet its expenses. We will have worked together and that is good.
This week:

1. Please use the special envelope sent to you in the mail.
2. If you have already increased your weekly offering, then just use the envelope and mark the amount that you did increase.
3. Please pray that our parish will meet the

      challenges facing it now and in the future.

1. Please make every effort to remain steadfast in keeping you pledge throughout the year.

God bless each of you for your generosity.
God Bless our Lady of Perpetual Help parish!
May Our Lady of Perpetual Help watch over us, guide us and help us to be what her Son calls us to be.
                               Monsignor Bride
This weekend is the Solemnity of Christ the King.  This is the last Sunday in Ordinary Time.  Next weekend (December 2 and 3) is the First Sunday of Advent. We will have a new set of Breaking Bread hymnals, new Missalettes, we will read from Cycle C which takes us into the Gospel of Saint Luke, and Year1 for the first reading in weekday scriptures.

ADULT ED  WILL
MEET ON MONDAY NIGHT.
6:30 P.M. in Hall

Special Prayer for pope benedict xvi’s
Pilgrimage  to  turkey
Heavenly Father, from whom every family in Heaven and on earth takes its name, we humbly ask that you sustain, inspire, and protect your servant, Pope Benedict xvi, as he makes his pilgrimage to turkey – a land to which St. paul brought the gospel of your son: a land where once the mother of your son, dwelt; a land where faith in your son’s  divinity was defined  & professed. Bless our holy father, who comes as a messenger of truth and love to all people of faith and good-will who dwell there, a land so rich in history. In the power of the holy spirit, may this visit of the holy father bring about deeper ties of understanding, cooperation, and peace among roman catholics, the orthodox, and those who profess islam. May the prayers and events of these historic days greatly contribute to both greater accord among those who worship you, and also to peace in our world so often torn apart by war . We also ask, o heavenly father, that you watch over and protect pope benedict and entrust him to the loving care of mary, under the title of our lady of Fatima, a title cherished both by catholics and muslims. Through her prayers and maternal love, may pope benedict be kept safe from all harm as he prays, bears witness to the gospel, and invites all peoples to a dialogue of faith, reason, and love. We make this prayer through Christ, our lord. Amen.

Lector’s Workbooks are available in the sacristy @ $15.00 per book.

        Ladies Guild Christmas Party

       
cHILDREN’S CHOIR
The Children’s Christmas Choir for the Sunday afternoon, (2:00 P.M.) December 17th, Christmas Musical Program in Church will meet for 3 practices after the 10:30 Mass on November 26th, December 3rd, and December 10th. If you cannot attend these practices, please call Andrea Deedy at 444-6350.

Outside the Parish
St. Joseph’s, 120 Cliff Street, Norwich, will have their Annual Christmas Bazaar, Saturday, December 2nd, 2006 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with crafts, photos with Santa, candy, face painting, baked goods, refreshments and much more. For information, call 887-4565.

Saint Bernard School (grades 6 – 12) will have the Entrance Exam on Saturday, December 2nd, 8:30 – Noon.   $20 testing fee.  Financial aid available,  Pre-registration is requested.  Call 860-848-1271, ext. 108 or download the application at www.saint-bernard.com.

                                       
                 Announced Masses

Monday, November 27th    34th   week in Ordinary Time
7:30 A.M. The  Faithful Departed --- Souls in Purgatory
Tuesday,  November 28th      34th   week in Ordinary Time    7:30 A.M.  Sr. Mary Daniel Sutula  (Friend)
Wednesday,  November 29th    34th  week in Ordinary Time
7:30 A.M.   Intention of Celebrant
Thursday,  November 30th     Feast of  St. Andrew
7:30 A.M.  The  Faithful Departed --- Souls in Purgatory
Friday, December 1, 2006 34th week in Ordinary Time
7:30 A.M.  Intention of Lillian Schuh  (Son, Chris)
(Crusade of Prayer closes at 4:00 P.M.     No closing ceremony)
6:30  P.M.  SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION