Upcoming Events at St. Francis de Sales - Third Sunday of Advent - December 13
Installation of Our Pastor
This Sunday, Archbishop Miller will be officially installing Rev. Thomas Smith as our new pastor during the 11:00 am Mass. There will be a reception following Mass in the church hall. Please join us.
A Season of Rejoicing – Special Invitation
The staff and students of St. Francis de Sales School would like to extend a special invitation to our community of parishioners! You are invited to our rehearsal performance of this year’s Christmas Concert. Wednesday, December 16th at 10:45 am in the church.
Christmas Eve Pageant
The evening Mass at 6:00 pm Christmas Eve is a special liturgy for families. The Children’s Choir sings and other children of our parish are invited to take part in a dramatization of the Gospel. The children will take part in non-speaking roles as Joseph, Mary, Angel Gabriel, Angels, Shepherds, Innkeepers and Wise Men. Older children will be narrators and lectors. If your child would like to participate in the Gospel dramatization on Christmas Eve at 6:00, please pick up a form on the bulletin board fill in the form below and return it either to the school office or the parish office. The form has been sent home with the school children and PREP children. Please return the form no later than December 15th.
Fundraiser for Our New Gym Roof –Begins Today
Our gym roof over the past year has begun to leak requiring repairs several times. The roof is past its life expectance and needs to be replaced before the gym floor is damaged or other water damage occurs. Our gym is not only used by our students, but is also used for our larger parish events. We obtained three estimates and have obtained permission from the Archbishop to go ahead with the project, which will begin in February 2010. The replacement cost will be approximately $50,000 dollars. We do have moneys from our capital expenditure fund from the school which will be used for the project, but this will only cover a small part of the cost. The balance will have to be paid by the parish. As was announced last weekend special envelopes are in the pews and at the back of the church, they can be placed in the regular collection. There are 1800 families in our parish community and we are looking forward to everyone coming together to be a part of our parish gym roof replacement project.
For more events happening in our parish please read our Sunday Bulletin