Children preparing to receive a sacrament (First Holy Communion or Confirmation) are invited to take part in the 11:15 a.m. Mass of Enrollment on Sunday, November 9. Any 7th grade student is beginning their first year of studies and preparation for Confirmation. We also will recognize our candidate for Confirmation which will be at Good Shepherd Church on Monday, May 4 at 6:30 p.m. After the Mass of Enrollment, a brief family gathering and breakfast will be served to all students and their families in the Family Life Center.
A special and generous thank you to all of the families who participated in the All Saints (Souls) Day celebration at the 4 p.m. Saturday, November 1 Mass.
Children honored many of our beloved Catholic saints such as: St. Gianna, St. Madeleine, St. Elizabeth of Hungary, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Philip, St. Paul, St. Peter, St. Carlo Acutis, St. Christopher, St.Anthony, St. John the Baptist and St. Matthew.
We are grateful for the beautiful, educational, and inspiring homily given by Father Christian on heaven, hell and purgatory. To complement this topic and Feast Day, a special book, “All Hallow’s Eve,” by Anthony DeStefano was given to all the saints who participated in the Mass. A generous thank you to Deacon Bryan Root and his wife Becky for gifting the children with this beautiful book.
We thank the families and parents who helped their child learn more about their saint, designed and created a costume to wear representing their saint. The creative effort was definitely noticed!
The saints and all parishioners shared in a reception of punch and cookies after the Mass. Thank you to the many donors of dozens of delicious baked goods — there was an abundance (cookies, brownies, rice krispy treats, homemade chocolates, etc), and enough for coffee and doughnuts and youth group the next day!
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A special thank you to parishioner Gloria Davis for joining the Confirmation preparation session on Sunday, October 26. Good Shepherd has one Confirmation candidate, Lauren Deloney, who will be confirmed in May, 2026. To enhance the Confirmation sessions, different parishioners are joining the session as guests to share in holy conversation and participate in the lesson. If you would like to share your time in this way, contact the parish office to choose a Sunday to be present with the catechist, Julie Kane, and Confirmation candidate. (Available dates: Nov. 16, Nov. 23, Dec. 8, Dec. 15, Jan. 4, Jan. 11, Jan. 18, Jan. 25, Feb. 1, Feb. 8, Feb. 16, March 1, March 15, March 22 or April 12.)
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