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Good Shepherd Parish: November Updates

Interfaith Thanksgiving Service, Thanksgiving Day Dinner for Shut-Ins, Giving Tree Information , and more...

Interfaith Thanksgiving Service

The annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service will take place on Sunday, November 22 at 7:00PM at First Parish

Church Wayland. Please join us in this opportunity to express our gratitude to God together with our sisters and brothers of other religious affiliations in our Wayland community.

Thanksgiving Eve Liturgy

Let us gather around the table of the Eucharist to acknowledge God’s gracious providence and the many blessings we have received. A Mass of Thanksgiving will be celebrated on Thanksgiving Eve, Wednesday, November 26, 7:00PM at Saint Zepherin Church. To share our blessings with others, we invite you to bring non-perishable food items that will be given to Saint Matthew Pantry in Dorchester. A monetary donation will also be taken up for Saint Matthew Food Pantry.


 Thanksgiving Day Dinner for Shut-Ins

We will be preparing and delivering Thanksgiving dinner to shut-ins. Hot dinners are picked up at St. Ann’s kitchen at 11:15AM on Thanksgiving Day for delivery.

If you know of anyone who would like to receive din- ner, please let us know.

Also, we need volunteers to help:

Shop for groceries prior to Thanksgiving Day 


Cook, either at home or at the church 


Bake breads at home and drop off at church 


Bake pies or cakes at home and drop off at 
church 


Assemble and package the dinners at the church 


Clean up at the kitchen 


Deliver dinners 


Prepare holiday notes for the shut-ins 
Please call Judy or

Tom Kokinda at 508-655-9141 jkokinda@albertrisk.com or tjkokinda@kokinda.net

Knights of Columbus

5th Sunday Rosary Program In Support of the Persecuted Christians of the Middle East

Saturday, November 28th after the 4:00pm Mass Good Shepherd’s Knights of Columbus are asking the Community to come together to pray the Rosary. This service will be conducted Saturday, November 28th immediately after the 4:00 pm Mass at St. Ann’s. This rosary service will be conducted using a finger rosary. Knights will be providing all those in attendance with the finger rosaries and prayer booklets. The booklet includes a section on how to use the finger rosary and the prayers necessary for praying the rosary. Participants may also bring their own rosaries to use during the service.

Volunteer Opportunities for Our Good Shepherd Giving Tree Project

This year our “Giving Trees” will be displayed the weekend of November 29th and 30th. We are always grateful for the thoughtfulness and generosity of our parishioners in providing gifts to foster children in our com- munity and to families affected by domestic violence. Besides providing gifts, there are other ways you may consider helping: writing the gift information on the paper ornaments; assembling the trees; accounting for gifts after the 10:30 Mass on collection day, Dec. 13; making reminder calls to parishioners be- fore, and on, collection day; shopping for “missing” gifts the day of collection. If you are interested in any of these opportunities call Donna Hale 508-561- 2937 or email donna.hale54@gmail.com. Many thanks!

Summer Service Trip 2016

Want to have an amazing experience next summer? Good Shepherd is going to Pittsburgh, PA to serve as part of a Catholic Heart Work Camp, a national organization that organizes service programs and helps young people connect to their faith. We’ll spend a week serving those in need while meeting young people from across the country. High school and middle school aged youth (from 7th grade up) are invited to come. If you’re interested or want to learn more, email Tom Jackson (tjackson@goodshepherdwayland.org)

Pastoral Office: 99 Main Street, Wayland, MA 01778 - www.goodshepherdwayland.org - P: (508)650-3545

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