I am so pleased to know that we are, once again, offering an opportunity for our parishioners (and any family members they have visiting) to come together on Thanksgiving Day for a traditional Thanksgiving meal.  Chef Johnna from the DeSoto Club has agreed to prepare and provide a delicious meal for us.  I want to thank Johnna for doing this for us. The relatively low price she is charging us is, in part, a "thank you" to our parish for using her services throughout the year for many of our dinner gatherings.  We are inviting those who would like, to bring a dessert to share for our Thanksgiving dinner.  While this dinner was started with the concern that some of our parishioners were either alone or did not have many people to prepare a whole traditional Thanksgiving meal, I see it now as an opportunity for any single, couple or family in the parish to forgo cooking and instead, be with a larger group of "family" (fellow parishioners) to share fellowship and good food.  Donations to help pay for the meal will be accepted.  Remember, we are having Mass on Thanksgiving Day at 9:00 a.m.

Also, PLEASE remember our annual Parish Memorial Mass on Wednesday, November 30, at 9:00 a.m. as we encourage all parishioners, especially those whose loved ones have passed into the merciful, loving arms of the Lord in this year, 2016, to join us to pray for these loved ones, and to support each other, and in a special way those who are grieving their loved ones passing from their sight, buh not their hearts.  We certainly want to include those whose loved ones died outside the parish, as we (as a parish) weren't able to be there to support our fellow parishioners at the funeral or their loved ones.  Please join us for the Mass AND the reception that will follow with food and drink in the Lower Hall.