Our next parish blood drive is scheduled for Sunday, January 10th. All parishioners and other donors, please save the date.
On Wednesday, December 30th we will take our traditional evening pilgrimage to La Salette Shrine in Attleboro to enjoy the Festival of Lights, sing along with Father Pat, visit the gift shop, and enjoy hot apple cider. Most of all there will be opportunity to pray and light candles for those we are praying for. …
On Sunday, December 20th we will meet on the parish church front steps for our annual Christmas caroling. We will begin at 6:00pm and we will huddle together to sing many festive Advent and Christmas songs selected and led by Monsignor O’Connor. After caroling, there will be time for fellowship, cookies, and cocoa. See you …
Our parish apostolate to women presents for all ladies of the parish a special morning of prayer and encouragement on Saturday, December 12th. The morning begins with morning Mass at 9:00am to celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe who serves as the patron of the Women of Grace. After Holy Mass the ladies will meet in the parish hospitality room …
Tuesday, December 8th is the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, the day Catholics celebrate the creation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the womb of her mother St. Anne. Catholics believe that Mary was conceived without any sin or the tendency toward sin, her human nature being perfected by God for her singular vocation as …
While the world begins to celebrate its Christmas season, the Church opens its Advent Season on Sunday, November 29th. Advent is the period of four Sundays preceding the arrival of Christmas Day. During this time Catholics can attend Mass every day and hear the word of God proclaimed by the prophets about the coming of …
Bishop Edgar Da Cunha will be the principal celebrant of the Mass in honor of our patron, St. Francis Xavier, here on Thursday, December 3 at 9:00am. All parishioners are invited to join our parish school students and staff in observing the feast day of St. Francis Xavier – priest and missionary and patron saint …
Monsignor Gerard O’Connor and the parish of St. Francis Xavier wish you and yours a very peaceful and blessed Thanksgiving. We pray for peace throughout the world as we are thankful for all the good things that God has bestowed upon us. We pray especially for peace in the Middle East and the protection of …
Thank You to all who donated individual scholarships and who bought tickets to our parish Variety Show to raise funds to send 10 Rwandan children to high school in Rwanda. We met our goal in raising $5,000 toward this cause. We thank all parishioners and others who continue to support this ongoing venture in favor …
On Sunday, January 10th at 9:15am, and on Tuesday, January 12th at 7:00pm, Philip Martin, Chairperson of the Theological Department at Bishop Stang High School will present Apologetics 101. Philip will explain that apologetics does not mean that we are to apologize for our faith, but that we are to defend it and be prepared …