03 December 2023 - St. Francis Xavier
DAILY MASS SCHEDULE:
Monday, 04 December, St. Peter Chrysologus; St Barbara, Virgin Martyr
/Intention: Poor Souls (rx/Soledad) ....................................................................... 9:00am
Tuesday, 05 December, Ferial Day; St. Sabbas, Abbot
/Intention: Carlos Jauridez (rx/C. Jauridez) .................................................... 8:00am
Wednesday, 06 December, St. Nicholas, Bishop
/Intention: Francis Tirona (rx/C. Tirona) ................................................................. 8:00am
Thursday, 07 December, St. Ambrose; VIGIL OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
Fast & Complete Abstinence from Meat
/Intention: Louie Tirona (rx/C. Tirona) ................................................................... 8:00am
* * Friday, 08 December, FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BVM
Holyday of Obligation
Morning Mass (MARTINEZ & MODESTO) ......................................................... 10:00am
Evening Mass (MARTINEZ & MODESTO) ........................................................... 6:30pm
Saturday, 09 December, Within the Octave
/Intention: +Gary Creedon rx/J. Larrabee) ............................................................ 9:00am
Perpetual Help Devotions ........................................................................ Following Mass
CONFESSIONS:
Monday thru Saturday ............................ 20 minutes before Mass; following Saturday Novena
Sunday ................................................. 07:30-07:50am; 09:20-09:50am; following each Mass
NOVENA TO OUR MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP ------- will take place Saturday morning, after 9:00am Mass. Whether your petitions be spiritual or temporal, Our Lady never fails to answer them through the means of this powerful Novena!
APPOINTMENTS: for Baptisms, Marriages, Sick Calls, etc., can be made by seeing one of the priests after Mass. IN CASE OF EMERGENCY please call: Fr. Zapp (925) 586-7924 or Fr. Larabee (513) 390-3070.
SANCTUARY LAMP is currently burning IN MEMORY OF: +Merle Fridley.
If you would like to sponsor the Sanctuary Candle for one week ($15) or two weeks ($25), "In Memory of n.n._______," or "For the Intentions of _____," etc., please fill out the envelope in vestibule and place in collection or candle box.
CHURCH CLEANING: (09 DEC) Reyes Family
IN YOUR CHARITY -- please pray for all the sick of parishes, especially: Jean Villanueva, Marin Ivan, Thao Nguyen, Kelly Nowrouz and Ramona Prado.
CHILDREN'S CATECHISM: is scheduled for 1st & 3rd Saturday of each month. Children of the parish, grades 1 thru 12, who are NOT attending a TRADITIONAL HOME SCHOOL PROGRAM, must attend this twice-monthly class. Instruction begins at 10am, for two hours. NEXT CLASS: Saturday, 16 December.
SECOND COLLECTION: ... will be taken TODAY for Maintenance & Improvements.
BLESSING OF RELIGIOUS ARTICLES: ---today, after both Masses.
SPECIAL SECOND COLLECTION ... will be taken NEXT Sunday (10 December) to help defray the cost of DECORATING THE CHAPEL for Christmas. Let's make it a beautiful abode for the Christ Child!
2024 ROMAN CATHOLIC CALENDARS ---have arrived and are available in the parish bookstore. They are a must for every Catholic home and workplace and they make excellent gifts! (Price per Calendar: $15)
SPECIAL INFO THIS WEEK ON FASTING, ABSTINENCE & FEASTS ---This Thursday & Friday will be different; 07 DEC is the Vigil of The Immaculate Conception. We are obligated to FAST & ABSTAIN COMPLETELY FROM MEAT; 08 DEC is the Feast of The Immaculate Conception. Like Sundays, Holydays gravely obliges us to assist at Holy Mass and to refrain from all unnecessary work & shopping. (Meat is ALLOWED this Friday!)
PURGATORIAN SOCIETY: ... there is a monthly REQUIEM MASS (High Mass, if possible) offered in Martinez, for the repose of the souls of all who have been enrolled in the PURGATORIAN SOCIETY. (Members are also remembered at every Daily Mass). Enroll your loved ones (Catholics only), living or deceased, for a one-time stipend of $35 per person. For an additional $7, a Memorial Presentation Folder can be sent on your behalf.
CHRISTMAS PRAYER OF ST. ANDREW..... a traditional prayer during Advent, is to be recited 15 times every day, from the Feast of St. Andrew (30 NOV) to Christmas Eve, for any intention. Copies of the prayer are to be found in the vestibule.
DECEMBER IS THE MONTH OF
THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION