Next week's readings: Jer. 33:14-16; 1 Thes. 3:12-4:2; Luke 21:25-28, 34-36

A Message From Sister Joan

My Dear Friends,

It has been over 4 months since I started a new life at our Motherhouse and I must say I have missed all of you. You have been kept before the Lord in prayer and I have been faithful to the prayer we started saying each time we came to Mass. I think the Lord has heard that prayer in the person of Father Jack Ward. I’m sure he will fit in well and together you will make Prince of Peace parish grow in wisdom and grace ~ and fun!

I want to thank all of you for your calls, your cards, and your visits. Your love and support has continued to give me new life, renewed energy, and support.

Let us continue to do the mission of Christ in our daily lives.

Love, S. Joan

My new e-mail is jminellassnd@yahoo.com

IS YOUR MARRIAGE IN TROUBLE?

If your relationship has grown cold and distant, if you are separated or thinking about separation or divorce, we believe that Retrouvaille (French for Rediscovery and pronounced ‘Re-tro-vi’) can help. Retrouvaille is a Catholic program designed to help hurting couples mend and heal their brokenness. Our next weekend is January 15-17, 2010. All calls and inquiries are confidential. For more information, please call 410-647-0350 or visit our website at: www.HelpOurMarriage.com If you would like to receive information in the mail, email us at: TomnCarol@comcast.net

A CALL TO JOY

Matthew Kelly, New York Times best selling author, will speak at St Joseph, Fullerton, Church on Saturday, December 12. (Details on the bulletin board in the hallway).  Matthew Kelly, the author of A Call to Joy:  Living in the Presence of God, is widely recognized as one of the best speakers in the world.

The Thursday evening Book Discussion Group at Prince of Peace is currently reading Matthew Kelly’s Rediscovering Catholicism: Journeying Toward Our Spiritual North Star.  Please feel free to join us.

BINGO KITCHEN HELP IS URGENTLY NEEDED!!!

Kitchen help is needed at Bingo every 3rd Wednesday. You would either be cooking or working the cash register. Also, help is needed on the floor selling package plans or to work the payout table when people win Bingo. We need help, too, on the floor selling extra cards and calling back winning Bingos. Please see Stan at Bingo or call the church @ 410-679-5912.

Lourdes Pilgrimage

Holy Spirit Parish invites Prince of Peace parishioners and their families and friends to join them on a Pilgrimage to Lourdes, France & Fatima, Portugal May 11 through May 18, 2010. The price is approximately $1,900 dollars per person, all inclusive except transportation to the airport and taxes. Payment plan is available. Contact Veronica Hernandez-Shepard at 443- 451-5172 (evenings) for more information.

A THANKSGIVING PRAYER

Father in Heaven, Creator of all and source of all goodness and love, please look kindly upon us and receive our heartfelt gratitude in this time of giving thanks. Thank you for all the graces and blessings You have bestowed upon us, spiritual and temporal: our faith and religious heritage, our food and shelter, our health, the love we have for one another, our family and friends.

Dear Father, in your infinite generosity, please grant us continued graces and blessings throughout the coming year. This we ask in the Name of Jesus, Your Son and our Brother. Amen.

CRAFT/CHRISTMAS SALE

Held by School Sisters of Notre Dame
6401 N. Charles St., Baltimore
Saturday, Nov. 21 & Sunday, Nov. 22
12:00 ~ 4:00 p.m.
Crafts & Handmade gifts for everyone on your list ~ Good Food too!

AL-ANON

Do you have a spouse, parent, child or friend who seems to have a drinking problem? Al-Anon is for YOU! There are two meetings at Holy Spirit on Wednesdays. For information on the 10:00 a.m. meeting, call Rita R. at 410-836-2845. For information on the 8:00 p.m. meeting, call Bobbie W. at 410-679-5526.

CATHOLIC ADVOCACY NETWORK

“To desire the common good and strive towards it is a requirement of justice and charity,” Pope Benedict wrote in his recent encyclical. Join the Maryland Catholic Advocacy Network during the in-pew registration this weekend at all Masses and discover an easy way to promote the common good. The Catholic Advocacy Network, an outreach of the Maryland Catholic Conference, is an e-mail network that keeps you updated on issues including abortion, Catholic schools, poverty, immigration, and marriage and puts you in direct contact with lawmakers to share your views. Visit www.mdcathcon.org. to join today.

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