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Express Announcements ~ December 14, 2014
* Please give generously to the Catholic Charities’ Annual Christmas Collection, our second collection this weekend.
* Handcrafts from the Holy Land will be on sale after all Masses this weekend. A perfect Christmas gift from Bethlehem will complete your shopping list for Christmas giving and help people in great need in the land where Jesus was born.
* Advent Lessons and Carols , our annual Advent prayer service, is onTuesday, December 16 at 7:30pm. Saint Mary choirs present Advent songs along with Scripture readings and hymns for all to sing.
** SCRIP is on sale this weekend in the Parish Life Center after most Masses. Please use SCRIP and help our school.