Second Sunday of Advent: Celebrating Our Blessed Mother

Thursday, December 8 is the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, a holy day of obligation. Masses will be celebrated on Wednesday at 6 p.m. and on Thursday at 7:45 and 11 a.m. Join us as we thank and salute the First Lady of Advent, the mother of our Savior. God bless and have a great Advent week.

–Fr. Bob Marciano

This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. —Psalm 118:24

Saying thank you for our parish

December 4—Many thanks to so many who have already given their annual gift to the Parish Appreciation Annual Fund. As you may know, we have some projects that we would like to accomplish this spring to include: a new state of the art digital sign for our school; a repaving of the school and church parking lot, in much need of repair for safety reasons; and a new storage facility to receive tables and chairs from St. Benedict School, now in the process of being sold. Many have been generous with gifts of $1,000, $500 and the suggested amount of $400, but please know that–whatever gift you give as a way of saying thank you for the parish we love and call home–it is much appreciated and will help us reach, and even surpass, the amount raised last year. If you did not receive a letter with a gift card and envelope, they are available in the parish office or you can simply mark an envelope “Annual Appeal.” Please include your budget number so that we can credit your account for tax purposes. Speaking of taxes, this can be a great way at the end of the year to get a deduction on your taxes. The 10 a.m. Mass on New Year’s Day will be offered for the intentions of all our donors as a way of saying thanks. God bless you in this new year for your kind generosity.   Have a blessed Advent, Fr. Bob Marciano

St. Kevin Christmas Concert
Friday, December 16 at 7 p.m.

The St. Kevin Music Ministry invites you to our free annual Christmas concert. Our music ministry, including both adult and children’s choirs, will be joined by choirs from St. Timothy and St. Rita parishes, and the Bishop Hendricken Young Men’s Chorus as well as some special guests and a visit from Santa. Come celebrate the season with a wonderfully uplifting evening.

Parish Christmas Giving Tree
December 3-4

Next weekend we launch our Giving Tree. Please consider helping someone in need by picking a tag or two off the tree and purchasing the gift card listed on the tag. Once you purchase the card, you may bring it to the parish office or place it in the collection basket at any weekend Mass. Please return the tag from the tree with your gift card.  Thank you for your generosity.

Parish Giving is a safe, secure, and easy way to support St. Kevin Parish by making your weekly budget donations online. And registering for a personal and secure online Parish Giving account is an easy way to support our parish during these confusing times.

•  98% of the collection remittance goes directly to St. Kevin’s
•  Budget contributions can be automatically deducted or submitted at parishioner convenience
•  Payments can be made by checking account withdrawal, debit, or credit card
•  All contributions are credited to your current budget account
•  Using Parish Giving helps keep down the parish’s costs of printing and mailing budget envelope

→ Find more information at Parish Giving

→ Print New Account Set-Up Instructions (pdf)