DON BOSCO CHURCH, NASHIK - PARISH NOTICES - SUNDAY, 7 DECEMBER 2008

• Today is the Second Sunday of Advent. The Season of Advent is a time to prepare our hearts and minds for the coming of the Lord. The Church in India also invites us to celebrate Dalit Liberation Sunday as we pray for our Dalit brothers and sisters and work for a more just and equitable society in our nation.
• We are in the novena of the Immaculate Conception. The last 3 days before the feast are being solemnized in the parish at the evening mass. This Sunday 7 December we will have a Marian Academy after the evening mass. All of you are encouraged to attend the masses and the academy. The Feast Day mass will be at 7 pm on Monday 8 December. We greet in a special manner all the Franciscan Hospitallers of the Immaculate Conception sisters and novices; and, the Ursulines of Mary Immaculate sisters and novices in our parish on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. May our Blessed Mother continue to protect and guide them.
• All the youth of the parish are invited to a meeting on Sunday 7 December at 5:30 pm.
• Next Saturday 13 December at 5:30 pm there will be an important meeting of parents whose children are due to receive their First Holy Communion this year. Please make it a point to attend.
• Admissions are beginning for the pre-primary in Don Bosco School. Parents who are interested please see the notice-board for details.
• St. Patrick’s Parish Devlali is organizing a food festival on 5, 6 and 7 of December at their church premises all of you are encouraged to attend. Please see the banner for further details.