While the world begins to celebrate its Christmas season, the Church opens its Advent Season on Sunday, November 29th. Advent is the period of four Sundays preceding the arrival of Christmas Day. During this time Catholics can attend Mass every day and hear the word of God proclaimed by the prophets about the coming of …
Bishop Edgar Da Cunha will be the principal celebrant of the Mass in honor of our patron, St. Francis Xavier, here on Thursday, December 3 at 9:00am. All parishioners are invited to join our parish school students and staff in observing the feast day of St. Francis Xavier – priest and missionary and patron saint …
Monsignor Gerard O’Connor and the parish of St. Francis Xavier wish you and yours a very peaceful and blessed Thanksgiving. We pray for peace throughout the world as we are thankful for all the good things that God has bestowed upon us. We pray especially for peace in the Middle East and the protection of …
Thank You to all who donated individual scholarships and who bought tickets to our parish Variety Show to raise funds to send 10 Rwandan children to high school in Rwanda. We met our goal in raising $5,000 toward this cause. We thank all parishioners and others who continue to support this ongoing venture in favor …
On Sunday, January 10th at 9:15am, and on Tuesday, January 12th at 7:00pm, Philip Martin, Chairperson of the Theological Department at Bishop Stang High School will present Apologetics 101. Philip will explain that apologetics does not mean that we are to apologize for our faith, but that we are to defend it and be prepared …
We thank all parishioners who have donated graciously to our fundraiser to put Ten Rwandan children through high school in Rwanda. We are on target to raise the funds needed to accomplish this. Any parishioner interested can also attend our upcoming Variety Show on Saturday, November 14th. Tickets are $15 per person and sales will …
We thank all parishioners and the Knights of Columbus who kept prayerful vigil with us on October 31st at the abortion clinic in Attleboro. We had another “save”, that is, a saved life as a woman who exited the clinic said that something was tugging at her heart when she woke up that morning and …
On Monday, Nov 2nd we will have 2 Masses in remembrance of all souls (all who have died) at 9am and 7pm. After the 7pm Mass we will process to the Acushnet Cemetery with lit candles and when we arrive we will pray for the souls of the dead speaking aloud all the names of …
Please join your fellow parisioners at Saint Mary Cathedral in Fall River on Nov. 1st for a special Holy Hour for Vocations with Bishop Edgar Da Cunha. Each year our parish attends this very important service to prayer for more diocesan priests and more religious sisters. The Holy Hour begins at 3:00pm.
October 31st is the next date of our parish vigil for the 40Days For Life. On this day from 6am to 4pm we will be praying in solidarity for unborn children and their mothers across the street from the last abortion mill in diocesan territory in Attleboro, MA. All parishioners are invited to join us …