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At September's Donuts Downstairs for Young Families and Young Adults,
Faith in the Home provided some basic necessities, such as food, water, hygiene items, and medicine, so that the families could assemble their own Blessing Bags! These bags are intended to be kept in one's car, as preparation for the times in which you inevitably see someone on the side of the road asking for help. Each blessing bag also included a little note that said "You matter. You are not forgotten" and included a bible verse.

Making Blessing Bags are a great opportunity for parents to teach their kids about loving our neighbor as ourselves,
to discuss the parable of the Good Samaritan, and to exemplify
Christian service.

Want more information
on how to make these?
Click HERE to go to the
checklist we used!

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Holy Communion?

... what the 4 Marian dogmas are?

...the history behind and the role of Eucharistic Ministers of
Holy Communion at Mass?

...what the brown scapular is?

...the four reasons the Church gives
 for why Catholics attend Mass?

... which kind of 'works' are encouraged
or allowed on the Lord's Day?

...the purpose of Confirmation?

...the purpose of Baptism?

... how we should read Sacred Scripture?

...how the Church developed
after the death of Christ and
how it is structured today?

Faith in the Home

"Faith in the Home" is a new program that has been created
to help our parents share the truth, goodness, and beauty
of the Catholic faith with their children in new and creative ways!

NOVEMBER:

Monday, November 25
6:15-7:30 PM
Family Activity Day in conjunction with PSR

(Please RSVP to stringerv@assumptionstl.org 
 by November 15 for Advent wreath supplies ordering.
Families that do not RSVP will have a simpler wreath. Thanks!)

Thursday, November 28
9:00 AM
Thanksgiving Mass followed by Assumption Family Brunch

DECEMBER:

All Masses for Sunday, December 1
Bring your family Advent wreath to be blessed at Mass

Friday, December 6
6 PM
Cookies and Cocoa with Santa (St. Nicholas Celebration)

Sunday, December 15 at all Masses (including Saturday 5 PM)
is the Bambinelli Blessing. Bring the baby Jesus from
your home’s Nativity set to be blessed during Mass!

Children of the parish arrived at Holy Mass on November 1 dressed as saints
and they got to enjoy or take home "saintly snacks" following the Mass.

November is the month of praying for the souls of the faithful departed. It is customary to visit the cemetery and pray for the souls in Purgatory (A plenary indulgence could be gained for going to a cemetery between November 1 and November 8, or a partial indulgence any other day of the month.)

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

 

Solemnity of Christ the King  (November 24, 2019)           As the Church year draws to a close, the readings help us to consider the final judgment, the return of Christ at the end of time. The full title of the feast of Christ the King is the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. Pope Pius XI instituted the feast in 1925 to respond to growing nationalism and secularism in the world. He reminded the faithful that while governments and countries may come and go, Christ reigns as king forever.        This last Sunday of the liturgical year is a fitting reminder that Christ will come again. Five short weeks from Christ the King, the Church will again celebrate the birth of Christ on Christmas. May Christ the King reign in our hearts and in our homes!