Thank you, to all the Men of St. Joseph who put together the recent pancake breakfast in honor of Haley Ketschke. Thanks to Mark Hadley who came up with the idea and organized the men. Thanks also especially to Jeffrey Pereira of Jeffrey’s Pizza who prepared the eggs, sausages, and home fries out of his …
Thank you to all who came out on a hot and muggy 15th of July to donate blood for our parish summer blood drive in our parish parking lot. We had just over 20 donors and 14 units collected. Admittedly, this is a bit low for us, but we are optimistic that we can do …
Thank you to all who gave to our parish appeal for the diocesan Catholic Charities. This year we collected in donations and pledges a total of $35,035 which was slightly up from last year’s total of $34,720. Thank you to all parishioners and others who gave so generously to this appeal which provides for the …
On June 19th at Holy Name of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in New Bedford, SFX parishioner, Tony Pimentel, will be instituted into the Order of Acolyte as he is just a little more than one year away from ordination to the permanent diaconate. Tony has already been instituted as Lector and many of …
We recently upgraded our parish center, church, and rectory to LED lighting (including the parking lot). We expect this to result in much savings on our electric bill over time. We contracted with Energy Source for the lighting fixtures and bulbs and our own parishioner Doug Corrigan completed the project and replaced all the lighting. …
Vocations are a top priority here at St. Francis Xavier Parish and so we are particularly excited about the prospect of a new female religious vocation in our 3rd Grade school teacher Haley Ketchske. In order to support Haley, our Women of Grace apostolate is sponsoring a night at the Knights of Columbus Hall (57 …
Thanks to all parishioners and others who offered to give blood on Sunday, 22 April. We had 25 people come forward to donate and 21 units collected. Once again, thank you for supporting LIFE!
Confessions during Holy Week are being held on Monday, 26 March and on Good Friday (30 March) from 5:30 to 6:30 pm; and on Holy Saturday from 3:00 to 4:00 pm.
Please join us on Good Friday for a 3 pm Celebration of the Lord’s Passion. There will be no Holy Mass but there will be distribution and reception of Holy Communion per tradition. Come also at that time to venerate the Holy Cross and partake in the reading of the Lord’s Passion. At 7 pm …
On Holy Thursday, 29 March, our parish will celebrate our Catholic liturgy in the morning at 9 am by praying the Divine Office. At 7 pm we will celebrate the Mass of the Lord’s Supper after which the Blessed Sacrament will be reposed in our Eucharistic Chapel for Adoration until 11 pm. At 8 pm …