In this message:

• December 7: Rorate Caeli
• December 7-8: Advent Food Drive
• December 7-8: Retirement Fund for Religious
• December 8: New Member Orientation
• December 9: Immaculate Conception (Holy Day of Obligation)
• December 10: NO RECONCILIATION OR MASS
• December 11 & 17: Children’s Christmas Choir Rehearsals
• December 14: NKC Double-Match Day
• December 14-15: Bambinelli Sunday
• December 15: Coffee & Donuts
• December 19: Blood Drive

We would like to thank all of you who shared the images of our deceased loved ones in the Narthex for November. As we prepare for the Advent Season we invite you to pickup your image as soon as possible.

The Giving Tree will wrap up next week. Please drop off all donations by Sunday, December 15. There are still tags on the trees that need to be filled.

Christmas Liturgy information is on our website and in the Advent Guide.

Rorate Caeli is Latin for “Drop down, ye heavens.” – Isaiah 45:8. A Rorate Caeli Mass is traditionally celebrated just before dawn in Advent as a devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Mass is only lit by candles, representing Mary’s role in bringing the Light of the World into the darkness of the world.

The Knights will again be sponsoring a food drive for the advent season. We will be passing bags out the weekend of December 7-8 and then collecting the donations the weekend of December 14-15.

The proceeds will again be donated to North Kent Connect. North Kent can use non-perishable canned goods dry goods laundry supplies, baby diapers and health & beauty items.

Bishop Walkowiak encourages us to prayerfully discern giving in his letter to the Diocese. Learn more about the Retirement Fund for Religious on their website. Special envelopes are available by the bulletins this weekend and can be placed in the collection basket.

Have you recently registered as a parishioner? Join Deacon Greg Beasley and Jean Hessler after the 11:00 AM Mass on Sunday, January 8 to meet other parishioners of the parish, get a quick tour, learn about what OLC has to offer, and a Q&A session. Welcome to OLC!

The calendar feast falls on Sunday, December 8. The obligation is transferred to Monday, December 9.

Mass at OLC on Monday, December 9  | 9:00 AM & 7:00 PM*

*has incense

Because of the added Monday liturgies, there will be no Reconciliation/Mass on Tuesday, December 10

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