The Spirituality Committee and the Social Justice Ministry are presenting a special event on Thursday, June 14th from 7:00 to 8:30 pm in the rectory basement. We'll show the 20-minute Academy award-nominated documentary, 4.1 Miles, about a Greek coast guard captain who rescued hundreds of refugees in the Aegean Sea. It will be followed by a short talk by Sister Eileen McCann, a retired immigration lawyer, about the Catholic teaching on refugees as well as what we can do to help the current crisis in immigration.

Come join family and friends next Sunday, June 10, 2018 as Father Mark Burke, SJ celebrates the 12:15 Mass to commemorate his Silver Jubilee. The Mass will be concelebrated by Father Bill and some Jesuit friends of  Father Burke. A reception will follow in the rectory.

St Francis Xavier's choir was highlighted in the Tablet recently, to note a recent performance of an original work performed at the 9:30 Mass on  Mother's Day, under the direction of Minister of Music Dr. Michael Kaminsky. The piece, which you can listen to below, is a setting of the Latin text of the Ave Maria, composed by parishioner Ian McGrath.

Our monthly Prayer Group meets this Tuesday, May 15th at 3pm in the rectory. Come and experience a moment of God's grace and reflect on the Holy Scriptures letting our Father speak to you. All are invited to join us for some time with God and each other.

As a Holy Day of Obligation, we are asked to attend Mass
on this special feast and to mark the day by prayer and
reflection on the glorious life promised to all of us in
Christ and on His command to each of us to spread the
Good News to all peoples.

Masses will celebrated on:

• Wednesday evening, May 9th at 7:30PM
• Thursday, May 10th at 9AM

The Rosary Society will sponsor a Cake Sale, Raffle and Boutique Sale after Masses the weekend of May 5th & 6th. All parishioners are asked to join us in baking, bringing and buying cakes and taking chances to make this fundraiser a success.

Please join us on Sunday, May 20th  at 10:40AM in the rectory to discuss our next book, Dear Life, a collection of  short stories by Alice Munro. Light refreshments wil l be served. All are invited!