Our next Parish Blood Drive, the first of the New Year, will be held from 7:30am to 1:30pm on Sunday, April 23rd 2017 in the parish parking lot (east-side). A very new and comfortable mobile-clinic will be parked to receive your donations which help sustain and save lives. October is especially a month …
St. Francis Xavier Parish of Acushnet Adult Education 2016 -2017 The Bible: What It Is, Where It Came from, and What It Means to the Church – September 25 & 27 Deacon David Pepin This presentation will explore how the Bible is the Word of God spoken to …
Our parishioner Steven Booth will soon be finishing his summer assignment at St. Pius X Parish in Falmouth and starting Major Seminary in September. Steven recently graduated from Providence College with a degree in Philosophy minoring in Classics. During his time at PC Steven attended Our Lady of Providence Minor …
During the months of August and September St. Francis Xavier will be holding a Bible Drive to ensure that our parishioners have a good version of Sacred Scripture in their homes. Not all Bibles are the same we recommend the Revised Standard Version – Catholic Edition. During the coming year …
In July 2016 St. Francis School was notified by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges of its continued accreditation. SFX was first accredited in 2006. Every ten years an accreditation teams visits the school and evaluates a series of criteria to determine accreditation. Accredited schools have proven their …
This year’s Altar Boy Boot Camp (ABBC) took place 27-29 June. ABBC is a three day event for the altar servers of St. Francis Xavier Parish in Acushnet MA. It involves the training of new servers and the honing of skills for accomplished servers. There is also training for MCs …
Thanks to all who donated blood this past Sunday, July 17th. We had 33 donors show up that day with 8 deferrals and 25 units donated. Monsignor O’Connor and the Events Committee extend their gratitude for your participation in this great Pro-life effort.
St. Francis Xavier School teaches Latin in the 7th and 8th Grades. Each year students along with some other 154,000 students throughout the United States and various other countries take the National Latin Exam. The Philosophy of the NLE is as follows: The philosophy of the National Latin Exam is …
In Rwanda there is a shortage of footwear among many communities. This leads to all sorts of illnesses and sometimes can exclude the children from attending school. In the build up to Christmas 2015 we asked our parishioners to donate $10 to buy a pair of shoes for our …
THE ORIGINAL IMAGE OF DIVINE MERCY A DOCUMENTARY A team of documentarists travel through Europe and the United States uncovering the details of the untold story about the little-known Original Image of Divine Mercy. In 1934, at the request of Jesus himself, Saint Faustina and her confessor, Blessed Fr. Michal …