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Basilica E-News
November 27, 2019
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Happy Thanksgiving!
May we all be grateful for what we have....
We encouraged you to watch the short video here
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Countless Blessings
Lord, on this special day of thankfulness,
we thank you not only for the delicious food,
lovingly prepared and presented,
but also for special gifts
you've given to this family -
loved ones we cherish dearly,
a comfortable place to live,
the beauty that surrounds us,
material pleasures,
health, spiritual wealth,
and so much more.
How can we show our gratitude for
the countless blessings you've provided?
We thank you for giving us clear direction,
through your holy word
on how to show our appreciation,
by obeying Your commands
and by loving and serving our neighbors.
Thank you, Lord.
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Joanna Fuchs
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If you would like to attend an earlier Mass, following are Masses offered by Churches within our Deanery:
St. Albert The Great - 7:30 am
St. Phillip Neri - 8:30 am
St. Barnabas - 9am
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Advent starts this Sunday!
What will your Advent look like this year?
Will Christmas Day find you feeling spiritually, emotionally and mentally exhausted, instead of being filled with a deep and satisfying joy?
To help prepare for Advent, read
here
The Parish Office has Advent candles available for purchase ($5 a set), as well as artificial wreaths and a limited number of candle holders ($5 a piece).
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Parish Collection for Week November 23/24 will be available next week. Thank you for your patience.
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Feast of Vietnamese Holy Martyrs, Nov 23 at the 5pm Vigil
Thank you to our Vietnamese Community and all who helped organize and participated at the Mass and Reception. Special thanks to Clergy: Fr. Thi, Fr. Pham, Fr. Sunil and Deacon Peter and for all the wonderful people who donated delicious food for the reception.
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This Weekend....
Christmas Tree, Basilica & Grounds Lighting, Saturday, Nov 30
Join us after the 5pm Vigil Mass for
prayer and blessing at the Gathering Space.
Breakfast with Santa - Sunday, Dec 1, Notre Dame Hall
After All morning Masses. Free will offering welcome.
Our Elementary School is excited to announce they will be selling See's Candy in time for the Christmas Holiday and they will have a pop-up store with items for purchase during Breakfast with Santa.
Order forms are also available at back of the church. The funds raised will help support field trips and other enrichment programs for the School.
Thank you for supporting our kid's Catholic education.
Family Mass, Sunday, Dec 1 at 9:30 am
Prayer Service for Joseph Bogar RIP, Sunday, Dec 1, 1:00 pm, St. Joseph Basilica
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Upcoming Events
Monday, Dec 2 - Cub Pack Open House & Recruitment, for boys and girls 5 to 10. Details here
Tuesday, Dec 3 - Novena for Our Lady of Guadalupe begins; rosary in Spanish 7pm in Parish Center.
View last week's bulletin
here
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Angel Giving Project
A reminder that all gifts must be returned by Sunday, December 1. We don't want to disappoint anyone, so please return your gift(s) on time. Please return the ornament to the table if you are unable to fulfill the request. Gifts can be returned after any Mass by placing it under the Angel Giving Table. Or, drop it off to the Parish Office between 9:00am and 5:00pm (close 12 noon - 1:00 pm) Monday through Friday, or the weekends, 9:00am - 12 noon.
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Young Families November Newsletter
here
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C
atholic Young Adults Group
events and weekly newsletter available
here
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News around the Block...
St. Joseph Notre Dame High School...
Flight Plan weekly newsletter
here
Visit the Winter Arts Festival at SJND
You are invited for an evening of music and art at the annual Winter
Festival of the Arts on Wednesday, December 4th in the Kelly Gym, 7 to 9 p.m.
There will be performances from the bands and the musical theater classes. In addition there will also be a slide show and an exhibition of student art work. Admission is free and refreshments will be served at intermission.
Thank you so much and Happy Thanksgiving!
St. Joseph Elementary School weekly news
here
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First Sunday of Advent Reading's Reflection: Hopeful Expectation
Our liturgical year begins with the season of Advent - a time of hopeful expectation of the coming of the Lord. On the First Sunday of Advent we look forward to the end of time when we will awaken to the dawn of Christ's new day.
Today we hear Isaiah speak of a day when God's power will have brought universal peace and God's Word will have instructed all people, radiating God's "light" (teachings) into all of human society. Only when humanity walks "in the light of the LORD" (Isaiah 2:5), when all people desire to be instructed "in [God's] ways" (Isaiah 2:3), will the world be set aright and our deepest longings fulfilled. The reading from Romans calls us to "awake from sleep" for this final "day is at hand" (Romans 13:11, 12). Together this Sunday's scriptures proclaim our Christian faith that Jesus is the One who will finally come to fulfill God's plan of salvation.
Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
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Thanksgiving Holiday Parish Office Hours
Parish Office will be close Wednesday, Nov 27 at 12 noon and re-opens on Monday, Dec 2 at 8:30 am
There will be weekend Volunteer Coverage:
Nov 30, Saturday, 8:30 - 12:30 am
Dec 1, Sunday: 8:30 am - 1:00pm
We wish you and your family a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving!
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Children's Faith Formation. Classes for children age 4 through Junior High on Sunday mornings after 9:30 am Mass. For details
here. Or email Anne Marie,
afourre@sjbalameda.org
Enrich your spiritual life through FORMED; register at
www.sjbalameda.formed.org.
Downloading the app? Use Access Code 79QKNH.
Interested in becoming Catholic and/or preparing for sacraments? The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adult (RCIA) is available year-round. Click
here for information.
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