Thank you to all who gave to our parish appeal for the diocesan Catholic Charities. This year we collected in donations and pledges a total of $35,035 which was slightly up from last year’s total of $34,720. Thank you to all parishioners and others who gave so generously to this appeal which provides for the needy in our local area.
On June 19th at Holy Name of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in New Bedford, SFX parishioner, Tony Pimentel, will be instituted into the Order of Acolyte as he is just a little more than one year away from ordination to the permanent diaconate. Tony has already been instituted as Lector and many of you would have seen him in his white alb at Holy Mass reading from the ambo.
Please note that every Tuesday we still dedicate our Eucharistic Adoration for vocations. No doubt all your sincere prayers have been heard by Our Lord who has been very generous to us with vocations! Please keep Tony in your prayers.
We recently upgraded our parish center, church, and rectory to LED lighting (including the parking lot). We expect this to result in much savings on our electric bill over time. We contracted with Energy Source for the lighting fixtures and bulbs and our own parishioner Doug Corrigan completed the project and replaced all the lighting. This was a market value project of $26,897.29, however after the utility incentive we paid only $4,034.60. Once again we thank you for your generosity to our parish Building Fund which pays for such facility improvements.
Vocations are a top priority here at St. Francis Xavier Parish and so we are particularly excited about the prospect of a new female religious vocation in our 3rd Grade school teacher Haley Ketchske. In order to support Haley, our Women of Grace apostolate is sponsoring a night at the Knights of Columbus Hall (57 Fairhaven Road in Mattapoisett) on Friday, 11, May at 6pm. All women of the parish are invited to attend and to bring their post-First Communion daughters with them for an evening of fellowship and fundraising for Haley (free will donations will be accepted on Haley’s behalf). We will have a guest speaker on women vocations. Please sign up after the weekend Masses or call Janine at 508 995-7600 for more information.
Thanks to all parishioners and others who offered to give blood on Sunday, 22 April. We had 25 people come forward to donate and 21 units collected. Once again, thank you for supporting LIFE!
Confessions during Holy Week are being held on Monday, 26 March and on Good Friday (30 March) from 5:30 to 6:30 pm; and on Holy Saturday from 3:00 to 4:00 pm.