Fourth Sunday of Advent

BLESS THE BABY JESUS

The Annual Bless the Baby Jesus Devotion will be held with Fr. Cooper on Sunday, December 18, 2011, as a part of the 9:30 a.m. Mass for the Fourth Sunday of Advent.

It is an excellent opportunity for families to grow in faith as the "domestic Church." The Second Vatican Council spoke of the family as the "domestic Church," in which the Christian faith is lived and passed on to the young, and where all pray together.

All Children are encouraged to bring a figurine of the Baby Jesus, particularly from their family Nativity Creche, to be blessed by Fr. Cooper during the Mass. Fr. Cooper will first bless the Baby Jesus from the Parish's Nativity Creche and then invite the children to come forward to have their figurines blessed. Please come and enjoy this beautiful Advent Mass and devotion. Refreshments will be served in St. Mary's Hall after Mass.