The annual Giving Tree is set up and there are still tags available. The tags are requested gifts for children up to the age of 17 from families in Millville. Gifts are due back by 11:30 am on Sunday, December 15th and should be wrapped with the tags firmly attached. If you have taken a tag and are unable to purchase the requested gift, please return the tag to the tree. Gifts for our diocesan seminarians should be sent to the address on the envelope attached to the tag. Please call Ann Lesperance at 508-883-6873 if you have any questions.

All Club 60 members should have received their information about the finale next month. If you did not, please contact Ann at 508-883-6873

Good Shepherd parish is once again taking part in the Uxbridge First Holiday Night Celebrationon Saturday, December 7th. There will be a parade beginning in North Uxbridge beginning at 4:30 pm. Good Shepherd will have a float in the parade as well as a tent/canopy on the common from 4-7:30 pm. If you are interested in walking alongside the float singing carols, please call Maureen in the office and prepare to be at the float on Rivulet Street in Uxbridge at 4:00 pm. Please bring a battery operated candle and arrange for a ride back to North Uxbridge after the parade. Help us to "Keep Christ in Christmas!"

Now through December 29th, on Fridays and Saturdays from 4:30 to 9:30 pm. Donate a non-perishable food item and save $5 on the price of your admission. The Blackstone-Millville Food Pantry is one of 4 food pantries to benefit from this.

The Worcester Diocese is organizing a bus trip to Washington DC on January 24, 2020 for the annual March for Life. There will be a Mass on Thursday, January 23 at 7;30 pm at St. Paul's Cathedral, followed by departure of buses to Washington, DC. The cost is $80 per person if paid by December 31st and $95 per person after December 31st. Registration deadline is Monday, January 13 or when all buses are full, whichever comes first. For complete details, visit the Diocesan March for Life webpage https://www.worcesterdiocese.org/march-for-life-1.

In the case of inclement weather, if there is NO SCHOOL or a TWO HOUR DELAY, there will be NO Mass. If there is a one hour delay, Mass will be celebrated.

Join us for Holy Hour after the morning Mass every first Thursday of each month. All are invited to attend!

Our next Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament with the Rosary will be held on Thursday September 26, 2019 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at St. Augustine Church. "Let every knee bend before Thee, O greatness of my God, so supremely humbled in the Sacred Host. May every heart love Thee, every spirit adore Thee, and every will be subject to Thee!" -- St. Margaret Mary Alacoque.

Please remember those less fortunate when doing your weekly shopping! This week's food pantry needs are: Hamburger Helper, Jam/Jelly/Fluff, Chicken Noodle Soup, Cocoa, Tea, Coffee

As we begin our partnership with the diocese of Mitú and Bishop Medardo, we are looking for members of both parishes to help oversee and discuss ways we can support them, including the possibility of mission trips. If you are interested in participating in the committee, please call the Good Shepherd rectory and leave your contact information. You can also see either of the PPC Chairpersons Colleen Curis or Jason Cote.

Living Faith Booklets for April, May and June 2019 are available on the bookshelf inside the main doors of the church. A $2 donation is requested to defray the cost of the subscription.

The 2019 AND 2020 Mass Intentions Books are available, and there are plenty of open Masses as well as many open weeks for the Sanctuary Candle. Mass Intentions and the Sanctuary Candle donations are still only $10.00 each.

Please check out the Lost and Found Basket located at the front door of the church. There are quite a few items looking for their owners.

The St. Vincent de Paul Society of our parish receives money for the clothing that is placed in their clothing bin.The bin is located just past the garage on the left as you exit the property.Please deosit only clothing that is still usable.