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…single serve microwavable items, soup, cereal, tuna, non-perishable canned food, cereal, salt & pepper, peanut butter, jelly, Hamburger Helper, Tuna Helper, mac & cheese, juice boxes, toilet paper & paper towels  Blessings on you for sharing and blessings for the people who will be nourished by this sharing of food. Thank you for all our Support!  

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The Amici d’Italia are inviting St. Philip Neri parishioners to their annual Christmas Potluck in Carvlin Hall on Saturday, December 1st, from 6pm to 9:30pm.  This is one of our biggest events of the year! Bring your favorite Italian dish to this festive evening, either main meat, pasta dish, salad, or dessert with enough to feed several people. Those attending with last names beginning with A-L should bring a hot dish and vegetable and those beginning with M-Z should bring a hot dish and dessert. The doors open at 6pm with din...

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The Altar Society is again asking for cash donations to continue providing welcome bags throughout the year, and gift cards at Christmas, to the women, children, and men sheltered by Bradley Angle. This is unique and ongoing project started in October 2009. To date, 486 welcome bags have been delivered as result of your contributions and the work of Altar Society volunteers. Domestic violence is a pattern of coercive behaviors that can include physical, psychological, sexual, economic, and emotional abuse, perpetrated by one person against an intimate partner to establis...

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Saint Lorenzo Ruiz is the first Filipino saint. Also known as San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila, he died a martyr in Nagasaki, Japan, on Sept. 29, 1637, at the age of 34. Accused of murdering a Spaniard in 1636, Ruiz boarded a ship carrying a group of missionaries to Formosa (Taiwan) and Japan. Ruiz accompanied his missionary companions to Nagasaki, where Christians were being persecuted due to Japan's wariness of foreign colonialism. According to accounts, the Japanese promised Ruiz that they would free him if he would denounce Christianity. He refused and was tortured,...

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Prayer to Mary in time of distress Mother of Sorrows Solace of shock, pray for us Healer of grief, pray for us. Absorber of tears, pray for us Protector of children, pray for us Calmer of fear, pray for us Healer of hurt, pray for us Inspirer of courage, pray for us Strengthener of faith, pray for us Peace of the terrified, pray for us Home of the lost, pray for us Song of the brave, pray for us Rest for the tired, pray for us Forgiver of our enemies, pray for us Guardian of our enemies’ children, pray for us Way to the future, pray for us ...

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