DON BOSCO CHURCH, NASHIK - PARISH NOTICES - SUNDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 2008

• Today is the First Sunday of Advent and the beginning of a new liturgical year. The Season of Advent is a time to prepare our hearts and minds for the coming of the Lord.
• Special thanks to all those who organized and participated in Christ the King procession last Sunday making it a prayerful and significant moment in which we manifested our faith in Jesus and his universal kingdom.
• There will be a Konkani mass on Wednesday 3 December - the Feast of St. Francis Xavier - at Holy Cross Church. For details please see the notice-board.
• December 5 is the First Friday of the month. There will be a mass at 7:30 am for the students of Don Bosco School. Parishioners who wish to join the mass are most welcome. In the evening at 6:30 pm we will have Eucharistic adoration and it will be followed by mass at 7 pm.
• The next parish council meeting will be held on Saturday 6 December at 5:30 pm. All parish council members are reminded to attend this important meeting to plan our parish Christmas programs.
• We are in the novena of the Immaculate Conception. The last 3 days before the feast (5,6,7 December) will be solemnized in the parish at the evening mass. Next Sunday 7th December we will have a Marian Academy after the evening mass. All of you are encouraged to attend the masses and the academy.
• The scripture classes on St. Paul will take a winter break. Regular scripture classes will resume in January 2009.
• Admissions are beginning for the pre-primary in Don Bosco High School. Parents who are interested please see the notice-board for details.
• All youth of the parish are invited for a meeting on 7 December at 5:30 pm.
• St. Patrick's Parish Devlali is organizing a food festival on 5, 6 and 7 December at their parish premises. All are invited to attend. Please see the banner for further details.