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Text Box: Page Four                                                                                                                                   November 9, 2008

Text Box: Weekly Collection Budgeted:                $6,250.00 Last Sunday’s Collection:                      $7,294.43 Thank you for using your contribution envelopes.

Text Box:         Veterans Day, Tuesday, November 11th V Christmas Boutique-Assumption parish in Ventura Over 25 booths with handmade items Sunday, November 16th~9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. V A Town Hall Gathering to Discuss Alzheimer’s Bring your questions and learn more about it. Thursday, November 13 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. St. John’s Regional Medical Center Space is limited ~ call 485-5597 V Marie Callender’s in Ventura Thursday “Waiting in Joyful Hope” Women’s Ministry of Our Lady of the Assumption Monday, November 17th at 6:30 in Assumption hall Guest speaker Sister Gretchen Hailer, RSHM Call Veronica at 642-7966 ext. 123 for reservations V ACCW Meeting on Wednesday, November 19th St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Fillmore “The Miracle of Lourdes, A Spiritual Journey” 9:30 a.m.~$10 pre-registration~call 524-0724  V Homeless Shelter begins in our parish Tuesday, December 2nd

Text Box: Next Sunday morning Ed Kurtenbach will be selling coffee and donuts to benefit our parish Bereavement Ministry. Many thanks and God’s blessings to Ed for his dedication to Bereavement Ministry.

Text Box: The Meaning of the Meltdown Catholics@Work ~ Marie Callender’s Catholics@Work welcome guest speaker Alex Lessard, PhD to their breakfast on Thursday, November 13th , 7:00 a.m. at Marie Callender’s in Ventura.  Dr. Lessard will talk about what happened on Wall Street and offer an insight on what to expect next. The cost is $15 for members and $20 for guests. For details call 641-7640 or www.cpbc-ventura.org

Text Box: The Christmas Giving Tree  Be An Angel for Christmas Our parish will once again participate in the Adopt-A-Family Program through the Ojai Community Assistance Program. The children in the Augustinian orphanage will also be included in the “angel” program again this year. Special thanks to Ed Kurtenbach who will be setting up and manning the tree at all of the Masses the weekend after Thanksgiving. If there are groups in the parish who would like to adopt one of the bigger families, please call the parish office before the Thanksgiving weekend.  

Text Box: A Thank You Note Many thanks to Bonnie Patton and her crew of helpers for providing our children with a safe place to enjoy Halloween. Thanks also to those who donated monetarily or by way of food to help with the party. God bless you!!