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The Parish Office will be closed on both Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, and on Friday, November 27.

There will be a 9:00 a.m. Mass only on both Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, and on Friday, November 27.

As God’s story becomes your story, you will make this wonderful discovery: you will graduate from this life into heaven. According to Ephesians 1:10, Jesus’ plan is to “gather together in one all things in Christ.” So God will reunite your body with your soul and create something unlike anything that you have ever seen—an eternal body. Consider Christ’s response to the suffering of a deaf mute. “He took him aside from the multitude,” the gospel says, “and put his fingers in his ears. He spat and touched his tongue. Then looking up into heaven, he sighed, and he said to him, ‘Be opened'” (Mark 7:33-34). Jesus looked up into heaven and sighed. A sigh of sadness, a deep breath. It won’t be this way for long. Indeed it won’t.

Beginning on St. Andrew the Apostle's feast day, November 30, the following beautiful prayer is traditionally prayed fifteen times a day until Christmas. This is a very meditative prayer that helps us increase our awareness of the real focus of Christmas and helps us prepare ourselves spiritually for His coming: Hail and blessed be the hour and moment In which the Son of God was born Of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in the piercing cold. In that hour vouchsafe, I beseech Thee, O my God, to hear my prayer and grant my desires,  [here mention your request] through the merits of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of His blessed Mother. Amen.

This is the FINAL week to get those Chance Returns turned in for the December 6th Drawing. We now have over $22,000 in the bank of which $11,000 goes toward the prizes (1st prize is presently worth $5,500 and the other ten second prizes are worth $550 each). Please return your purchased tickets ASAP as December 6 will be here next weekend. Returns (in an envelope marked RAFFLE RETURNS) can be placed in the collection basket through this Sunday, November 29 or dropped off at the parish office until Friday, December 4. Tickets are $5.00 each OR a booklet of six tickets for $25.00.

Click on the title above to hear the Fellowship Thanksgiving Message sung by the St. Mary of the Lakes and Medford United Methodist Church choirs.

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store is open. Please keep in mind that masks are required to enter our store at this time. If you haven’t shopped at the Thrift Store on Jones Road, you’ll be pleasantly surprised at the range of items available. You can purchase quality merchandise including household items, books, and CDs at an affordable price while helping the poor. Every dollar you spend funds programs to help those in need in the surrounding area. For store hours, call St. Vincent’s at 609-953-0021. For more information, click the title above.

The Rosary Rally to Pray for World Peace and Conversion of Hearts was held on Saturday, October 10, in front of St. Mary of the Lakes Church. To see photos, please click on the News/Events tab above on the home page and then click on Photo Albums.

There was the annual blessing of the animals on Saturday, October 3, at the Church. To see photos, please click on the News/Events tab above on the home page and then click on Photo Albums.

The YES Welcome Back for 9th to 12th graders was held on Sunday, September 27, under the Tent. To see photos, please click on the News/Events tab above on the home page and then click on Photo Albums.

The Sunday morning Mass schedule is 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m. (simulcasted), 10:30 a.m., and noon.

If you or someone you know is interested in becoming Catholic, completing the Sacraments of Initiation (Confirmation/Eucharist), or would just like to find out what Catholicism is all about, you are welcome to join us. There is no obligation. Contact Christine Brandt, 609-654-8208 x113

St. Mary of the Lakes will introduce a new ministry for all of our college aged parishioners who suddenly find themselves on virtual learning and far away from their campus communities. An informational meeting and social gathering will be held on Friday, September 18, at 7:00 p.m. on the lawn outside the Emmaus Center. Bring a blanket or lawn chair - we will toast smores around the fire pit! Spread the word, invite a friend and come with ideas on how to make this ministry your own! RSVP to Linda Xerri at 609-654-8208, ext. 111.

To help victims of Hurricane Laura by donating to Catholic Charities, please click on the above title Hurricane Laura Relief.

Please join us Wednesday, September 16, at 6:30 p.m. on the Church Grounds for food and fun around the fire pit and then the first installment of “Unlocking the Mysteries of the Bible.” If you would like to order a workbook (not needed to participate) for the Bible study, please click the title above.

To see photos from the St. Mary of the Lakes Golf Classic on Wednesday, presented by Murphy's Family Markets, please click on the News/Events tab above on the home page and then click on Photo Albums.

The Church is open from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eucharistic Adoration is open 24/7. The Adoration Chapel is open to one Adorer at a time.

The Parish Office is open from 9:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday though Friday.

Congratulations to the newest members of our Catholic community: Ronald Bailey, Charles Mathews, Danielle Morrison and Melissa Muller, who were received into the Full Communion of the Catholic Church at the 9:00 a.m. Mass on Saturday, August 8. We also celebrate with David Armbruster, Timothy Howell, and Brad Jankowski, who completed their initiation through Confirmation. Our community welcomes and congratulates them and continues to offer them our prayers and support as they continue on their spiritual journey.

There was a Patriotic Prayer Service on Sunday, July 5, after the 8:00 a.m. Mass at the flagpole outside of the Church. There was a raising of the flag for parishioner and veteran Carl Kaufman and taking down of the flag for Rich Szymborski. To see photos from the Patriotic Prayer Service, please click on the News/Events tab above on the home page and then click on Photo Albums.