**WILL YOU HELP OUR ORDINARIATE PRIESTS?: Next weekend, November 29-30, our parish will have the chance to join all the Parishes and Parochial Communities across the Ordinariate in supporting the Retirement Fund for Priests: a second collection for the pension of Ordinariate clergy. Donation information and pre-addressed envelopes will be provided. Checks should be made payable to “Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter”. Please note our parish (St. John the Baptist) on your check. You may place your gift with the second collection or you may mail your gift to the Chancery in the envelope provided. You may also give online at THIS LINK. Please prayerfully consider making a gift!

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**NEW CATECHISM CLASS ON FIRST WEDNESDAYS: Fr. Keyes will begin on December 3 at 7 pm in the meeting room (AA room) of the lower level parish house. This is just what it sounds like: an ongoing walk through the teaching of the Church as expressed in the Catechism. There is no need to sign up. Anyone who would like to deepen their knowledge of the faith is welcome. We especially welcome to this group any candidates for Baptism or Full Communion. If you know of people looking to enter the Church through the Order of Christian Initiation for Adults (OCIA), this is the place to start.

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**CHOIR PRACTICE SUNDAY AFTERNOON: Choir will now be practicing after coffee hour on most Sundays. Please contact Noah for more details or questions.

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**FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION), MONDAY, DECEMBER 8: Masses at 7 am, 10 am, and 7 pm.

 

**CHRISTMAS CAROLING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, December 23: Join other SJB parishioners and friends on Tuesday evening at 7 pm (just after the evening Mass) to roam the neighborhood and spread conviviality. We will also use the chance to invite people to our various Christmas services. 

 

**MASSES FOR THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD (HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION)

December 24, 5 pm: Vigil Mass

December 24, 10/10:30 pm: Mass in the Night preceded by short Lessons and Carols beginning at 10

December 25, 10 am: Mass in the Day

 

**CHRISTMAS SERVICE OF LESSONS AND CAROLS: Following our success last year, we will celebrate the traditional Lessons and Carols service on Saturday evening, December 27, at 4 pm (still somewhat tentative). This is a mostly congregational version of the service, and a great time to belt out classic Christmas carols. Being a non-eucharistic, para-liturgical service, it's also a great time to invite non-Catholics and non-Christians to church.