The Spiritual Care Department at Concord Hospital is currently looking for spiritual, friendly and compassionate volunteers! Specifically, we’re looking for volunteers to visit all newly admitted patients to the hospital and gather information about their faith and church affiliations to better meet their spiritual, religious and sacramental needs while hospitalized. Morning hours preferred. Days of the week are negotiable. Come be part of a committed team of staff and volunteers dedicated to the spiritual needs of patients. Contact Chaplain Kate Morse at 227-7000 ext. 1925 for more information.
Mark your calendar - this years' annual Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner with all the trimmings, will be served Monday, November 25, at 4:30 pm - takeouts available. The Community Kitchen serves approximately 45 -50 meals each week. We are currently in need of a team of volunteers to cook and serve one Monday meal per month. Please contact Ellen Gibson at 502-5449 or Jeannie Garcia at 988-1113 for more information.
Our parish "Christmas Giving Trees" will be on display at both churches beginning the weekend of Nov 23 & 24. Please take a gift tag and return the item requested no later than Sunday, Dec 15. These items will be collected and made into Christmas care packages for senior citizens and those in need.
The PYC would like to thank everyone who participated in the "Socktober" and Christmas "Box of Joy" drives! Over four hundred pairs of men's, women's, and children's socks were collected for the parish clothes closet and 75 Christmas gift boxes were collected for children in third world countries. Thank you for your generous support!
The Catholic Church has dedicated November to the Holy Souls in Purgatory. In this month, our prayers are ever more efficacious to them in their extreme suffering. In light of this, parishioners are invited to bring framed photos of their deceased loved ones and place in the front of the altars of both churches for the whole month of November to be remembered during the Masses. Please put your name on the back so we can return them to the proper owner. A basket will also be provided for names of those you have no photo of.
The diocese would like to invite men who are considering a vocation to the priesthood to an evening of prayer, conversation with the Vocations Team and dinner. There will be evenings for different age groups and they will take place at the Joseph House at 279 Cartier St in Manchester. Please RSVP to Becky Vinson at rvinson@rcbm.org or 663-0153 if you would like to attend. October 5: high school - age 14-18; October 19: young men - age 19-24; November 2: older men - age 25+