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First Thanksgiving at Plymouth Jennie Brownscombe 1914 Thanksgiving Week Sun. 11/20 to Sun. 11/27/16 Parish Center Office 215 E. County Line Road Parish Center Office Hours Hatboro, PA 19040 Mon. to Wed.: Open. 9 am to 12 noon; Tel. (215) 672-7280 1 to 4:30 pm; Eve. 6:30 to 8:00 pm. In emergency, call anytime 24/7. Thurs. (Thanksgiving) & Fri. (Black Fri.): Closed. Sat./Sun.: Closed. Mass Cards/Mail/Messages/ Faith Formation Office (PREP) Documents/Keys available only when Offices open. Tel. 267-803-0774. St. Vincent de Paul Society Tel. 215-882-2707. Religious Services Sunday Vigil Masses on Sat. Eve.: 4:00 pm (English); 7:00 pm (Spanish) Sun. Morning Masses: 7, 9, & 11 am No afternoon/evening Masses on Sundays. Mon. - Tues. - Wed. - and Fri. Confession: 8:15-8:35 am. Holy Mass: 8:45 am. TUESDAY Annual Parish Mass of Thanksgiving Tuesday 7 pm Parish Religious Ed. Program (PREP) All are welcome. THURSDAY Thanksgiving Day Adoration Chapel Hours No confession today. Holy Mass: 8:45 am. Chapel is Closed This Week of Nov. 20, as many of the Adorers Saturday travel from home and welcome visitors. Confession: 8:30-8:50 am. Rosary: 8:30 am. Holy Mass: 9:00 am HOLY FAMILY Novena: After Mass, to Our Lady of the Immaculate AND FRIENDS Conception. NEED A LIFT TO SJB. Confession: 8:30-8:50 am; 3-3:30 pm; 6-6:30 pm Page 4. 1 118 SJBosco Sunday, November 20, 2016 Being Thankful Several years ago a woman wrote an article I found interesting. She said that her cousin had invited them to “Come for a Thanksgiving Dinner on Saturday, March 20th.” She wrote: “She was not celebrating an early Thanksgiving. She was saying that all was well with her husband, who had finished a battery of hospital tests.” “In our family” she said, “we sometimes have as many as ten thanksgivings in one year. They mark happy events for which there are no formal celebration dates: a job promotion, a graduate degree, a good medical report. Sometimes we celebrate with a dinner party, sometimes with a picnic or an outing, but always with as many members of our clan as we can round up.” Thanksgivings all year… can you imagine what that would do to our diets? But St. Paul in his Letter to Colossians reminds us that even 10 Thanksgivings a year would not be enough. He wrote, “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.” This “formal” celebration of Thanksgiving should remind us that we are grateful people and that should be true of us in every aspect of our lives. Especially, it should be true in our homes and in how we deal with our families throughout the year. Let us not forget what’s really important to us, and thank God, everyday for the people we call Family. On behalf of the parish staff family here at St. John Bosco Parish, we would like to wish you and your family a peaceful and Happy Thanksgiving Day. Fr. Kramer 2 118 SJBosco Please Pray for MASS INTENTIONS THIS WEEK 11/21 MON. 8:45 AM Josephine DiMartino Our Faithful Departed 11/22 TUES. 8:45 AM Edward Hoey Eternal Rest grant unto them, O Lord, 11/23 WED. 8:45 AM Joseph S. Antonucci and let perpetual light shine upon them. 11/24 THURS. 8:45 AM Maryanne P. Tate May their souls and All Souls of the 11/25 FRI. 8:45 AM Josephine DiMartino Faithful Departed through the mercy of SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2016 God rest in peace. Amen. 9:00 AM Anne McIver 4:00 PM Ruth McMonagle PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK AND INFIRM. 7:00 PM Pro Populo (For the People) Phil Adamo, Jr. Gail Maines SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2016 Patricia Ambrose Richard McBride 7:00 AM Margaret & John Clark Judy Baran Florence McHugh 9:00 AM Genevieve Chrostowski William J. Brady Rick Obert-Thorn 11:00 AM Edna & Henry Bach Joseph Campbell Rolene Rose Helen Cannon Catherine Sarsfield Adoration Chapel Brother Carmen Ciardullo Maddie Swensen will be closed this Linda Cunningham Esteban Vera, Sr. week of Thanksgiving Ellen Dardis Brett Vivian Valeria Fetzer Frank Waltrich Chapel will re-open the week of Nov. 27 Florence Flavell CharLynn Conaway Wertz with this schedule: Patricia Florentino Jim Wyatt Rita Garafolo Mon.: after 8:45 am Mass to 7 pm. How we list: William Gaida Tues. to Fri.: 8 am to 7 pm. We list sick persons for Sat. Sun. Closed. Nancy Alexander Horner one month at their own or Tim Keebler family member’s request. Please do not come to chapel outside Joseph Kraft of above hours due to security concerns. To place/extend a listing, Maris Kraft please call Parish Center. Sean MacDonald Sundays Amount* Difference 10/30/16 $ 12,222.12 11/01/15 12,774.35 - 552.23 * Incl. E-GIVING We welcome newly baptized children: 11/06/16 12,465.50 Cole Timothy Casey 11/07/15 11,783.00 + 682.50 James Eliceo Rodas Cortez Ava Kennedy Rodriguez Emergency Disaster Relief Hurricane Matthew Victims 10/30/16 $ 1,078.00 FREE BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENING at St. John Bosco this weekend, 11/19 and 11/20 before and after Masses Please submit items for Bulletin Sun. issue dates (left) (except 7 AM) in the Usher's Room. No by 12 noon on submission dates (right): appointment necessary! Dec. 11…………………………… ..Mon., Nov. 21 Keep the Beat. Protect your life. Dec. 18…………………………… ..Mon., Nov. 28 Take charge of your health. Dec. 25...Christmas Day..................Mon., Dec. 5 Check your blood pressure! Jan. 1.....New Year’s Day................Mon., Dec. 12 Registration Jan. 8.....Epiphany (3 Kings)..........Mon., Dec. 19 To be a parish member, just call Parish Center Tel. Please send info./questions to Bulletin Editor at You can register over the phone. Why register? Parish Ctr. Email [email protected]. Parishioners ask us to verify active parish membership for a wide variety of reasons. Registration enables us to do so. It helps us know our parish family, and is essential to effective parish administration/planning. 3 118 SJBosco Mon., Nov. 21, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Montgomery County Community College, College Hall, 340 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell, PA 19422. Expo is for veterans of all ages, with special emphasis on ser- vices for our men and women returning to civilian life. It will feature organizations that provide support, education and employment to our veterans. Expo Hosts: Congressman Pat Meehan, State Representatives Kate Harper, Thomas Murt, Todd Stephens and Marcy Toepel. Many thanks to all Volunteers and all who participated in our Fall Festival this year. A check was given to the parish in the amount of $ 30,000.00. It’s all good at The Bosco!! We’re on our way. Happy Thanksgiving! Here's a Novel Idea: You are invited to join the Craft Like Crazy group gets Saint John Bosco Book Club! If you like to read and together each Thurs. 9:30 to 11:30 AM are interested in a fun, stimulating discussion group, in Parish Center to craft, create, chat, please join us:Monday 12/5/16 at 7:00 PM, Parish teach’n learn, share and get inspired. Center Library. Join our adventure through the All are invited to join us! pages of A MAN CALLED OVE by Fredrik Backman. Info.? Please contact Janet, Tel. 215-718-7841. This is a great way to meet friends 2016 Christmas Show Winter Wonderland of friends. At our December get Wed., Nov. 30 SJB Senior Club’s Yuletide together, we'd like to 'fix you up' tradition with American Music Theatre’s live music with a blind date--a book of production. Contact: Cyril Tel. 215-672-7482. course, after all we ARE a book club! We'll select a variety of Holy Family and books, wrap them up in 'oh so secretive' brown paper. Friends all need a lift!! You won't know the 'identity' of your blind date till Sun., Dec. 11, you get it home! It’s a fun creative way to try out a 12:00 Noon new book! Please bring your own beverage and a Help needed to take the snack to share. Happy Reading! Nativity Figures out of On Oct. 16 Pope Francis canonized Saint José storage in the Gym and Sanchez del Rio. His story is wonderful and inspiring. move them over to the Church. He died at age 14 as a martyr for his faith in 1920 We will meet in the Mexico. His story is highlighted in the 2012 movie gym. Strong For Greater Glory which will show here arms and Wed. Nov. 30, 6 PM, Parish Center Library. Please bring your own snack and beverage. trucks a plus. Free. Family-oriented. 4 118 SJBosco St. VINCENT de PAUL Mark your calendars for the first SJB’s Conference Volunteers weekend in December (Dec. 3 & 4) help local persons and families with for the Financial and Food needs. To request Santa Sweet Shoppe Sale. assistance, volunteer, or donate: call Parish SVdP Tel. 215-882-2707. Stop by one of the tables at church entrances after all FOOD CUPBOARD Masses to check out the Coffee and spaghetti sauce are most needed home made holiday treats. items. Also needed are tea, peanut butter, jelly, mac and cheese, canned fruit, juices, Ladies Night Out! laundry detergent, liquid dish soap, and personal grooming /hygiene items/toilet paper.
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