Saint Gabriel's Parish

Adult Faith Formation Advent Reflection!! Please see the link below. Scroll down to "2020" and view the reflections for the four weeks of Advent. You will enjoy the beautiful art pieces and the guided meditations. https://www.ignatianspirituality.com/advent/

Feeling down or disconnected?? Come join us around the fire pit to enjoy fellowship at 5:30 pm Sat Dec 12th followed by Caroling in Church at 6:30 pm. Singing praise to the Lord helps us lift our hearts, minds and voices to God and helps usher in the Season of Christmas.

Christmas Giving Tree!!! There are still some tags available on our Giving Tree. The gifts benefit Bethesda House which serves homeless men in Philadelphia. Gifts are due in Church by Sunday, December 20th. Please do not wrap the gifts and place any gift certificates in the wooden box in the center of Church!... We hope you will help us by participating!

Join us tonight at 7pm either virtually or in person in the rectory!

We are very excited about our course on The Saints which begins this Wednesday, November 4th at 7:00 PM. We will start with Saint Thomas Moore! Sister Anita and Mary Kilgarriff are delighted to be your facilitators for this course. I know these next three sessions will provide you with a better understanding on how these great people have led their lives. If you have not registered, please check the box below. You may join in person in the rectory at the address listed, or vi...rtually at the link below! Link for vitual participation: meet.google.com/avk-tnzt-pth. Here's the link to the "Formed" study. https://watch.formed.org/true-reformers-with-christopher-bl PROGRAM ON THE SAINTS BEGINS THIS WEEK Wednesday, November 4, 2020 - Saint Thomas More Wednesday, November 11, 2020 - Saint Teresa of Avila Wednesday, November 18, 2020 - Saint Charles Borromeo

Your vote counts! Get out today and stand for your beliefs by voting at your polling location. Please take time to pray the rosary, come to Mass, come to adoration today at 1pm or 7pm, and pray for a peaceful outcome. God bless America!... Click on the website below for a short clips on in what Catholics believe and do. Catholics Protect Human Life https://www.youtube.com/watch Faithful Citizenship https://www.usccb.org//fai/videos-for-faithful-citizenship Catholics work for the Common Good https://www.youtube.com/watch Catholics Love their Neighbor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOk50RPoi1Q&list=PL1atholics Love their Neighbor8AF7577177E12D9&index=4

Second Sunday of Advent

Today we remember All Souls. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon them.

St. Gabriel Pastoral Council welcomed Rchara Kajewski from Catholic Leadership Institute, who met with the Parishioners and the Pastoral Council in order to begin the process entitled Next Generation Parish. This Process will help lead us in our efforts to continue to build a vibrant Catholic Parish. Please keep this important work in your prayers!

The IHM Sisters of St. Gabriel Parish will be selling chances for the benefit of Camilla Hall, their Community Infirmary. The drawing is December 5th-different from the information on the chance books. Because of Covid precautions we will provide a labeled envelope for you to take home with chance books. Please return the envelope with the stubs and money via the Sunday collection or the Rectory. We would need all returns by Sunday, November 22.... Thank you for your kindness and support!

Are you looking for Holy Water? Please bring your small containers of water to Mass Saturday 4:30PM Mass or Sunday, 10:00AM and Father Carl will bless it.

Please join us Saturday in Lainer Park for a fun Halloween event for the whole family! There will be tie-dying, an art show, and PLENTY of candy. For more information, email [email protected] or call (267)-225-6454. Costumes are encouraged, and masks are required. We hope to see you there!

Congratulations to Julian Thomas Funari, who was baptized this past Sunday, October 25, 2020! We wish you, and your family many blessings as you pursue your faith! Pictured here are Guerino Marconi, (Godfather), Rosanne Funari (Mother), Julian Funari (Father), and Casey Collins (Godmother).

Please join us tomorrow for our last Lectio Prayer at 7pm! Next week, we will be starting a new Adult Faith Formation series on the saints for the month of November. Details to be posted soon!

Thank you to everyone who attended our Christ Our Light event, Saturday! The peace and love of Christ was present, and stronger then ever. A special thanks to all of our musicians for using their beautiful talents from God, mission youth for their evangelization, and all those who contributed to helping us hold another successful event! Details for our next event, coming soon!