Notes from the PREP Office

November 1, 2016 www.mmredeemer.org/prep/

“To Jesus through Mary.”

Attachments this week:

*An Election Day Prayer

The month of All Saints November is the month of all saints. The Bible doesn’t teach us to pray to the saints (Matt. 6:6), through the saints (1 Tim. 2:5) or for saints who have already gone to heaven. Instead, we remember the saints and to allow the testimony

of their faith spur us on to deeper worship and greater ser-vice to the Lord. Hebrews 11 gives us examples of the great cloud of witnesses who are called so, not because they are watching us, but because they testify of God's grace to them. These saints of the past remind us:

"God is faithful."

"The Lord is good, trust always in Him."

"God's grace was sufficient for me and it will be for you too."

The saints are “people of the Beatitudes.” Our catechists will be focusing on the Beatitudes quite a bit this month. Here is version that we found that is easy for the little ones to understand:

Sacraments:

Confirmation: Confirmation dates are Friday, April

28, 2017 and Saturday, April 29, 2017. All applications

MUST be accompanied by the sponsor’s certificate of eligi-

bility. There is NO photo release this year, as that was

already taken care of on everyone’s re-registration forms.

Dates to Remember:

Saturday, March 25, 2017: Confirmation

Student Retreat. All Confirmation students will

attend the retreat from 9:00am – 1:00pm.

Please be aware that this date has been changed!!

Monday, November 14, 2016: Confirmation Par-

ents’ Meeting @ 7:00pm in the church.

PLEASE NOTE: This date has been changed

from the 7th to the 14th.

Sunday, December 4, 2016: Confirmation

Presentation Mass @ 12:30pm Mass.

First Holy Communion: We are continuing to

accept applications. Space is available at ALL

Masses at this time. Remember: You will be

notified ONLY if we cannot honor the Mass

you request!

Penance: First Penance for our

second graders will be held February

21st and 22nd, 2017. The children will

receive with their PREP class at the

normal PREP time.

Tuesday Session 6th Grade Classes:

Tonight, Tuesday, Nov. 1st at

5:00pm in the church, our 6th

graders will once again treat us

to an All Saints Parade in the

church.

They have been working hard on this, and every year it is

a treat for us to watch this parade. Please join us!

A special thanks to our 6th grade teach-

ers and assistants, Mrs. DiDonato, Mrs.

Canazzaro, Mrs. Cooper and Mrs.

Haefner for all of their guidance and hard

work in putting this together!

2nd MMR 40 Days for Life Witness Warminster Planned Parenthood, Street Rd &

Louis Dr, Warminster MMR is scheduled for another day in this 40Days

campaign:

Friday November 4th, between the hours of 7:00

am to 7:00 pm.

Please review the board in the narthex and sign-up

for an open slot…there are still many slots to be filled.

You will not be alone if you choose to participate!

Each hour is covered by 2 volunteers.

“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves.”

-Proverbs 31:8

Pray More Novenas Novena for the Election

Many faithful people look at politics and the election pro-

cess and they think to themselves, “What’s the point?! It’s

a lost cause.”

That’s why we need to pray!

Please join me and thousands of

others in praying this special

Election Novena featuring some

important saints.

You can certainly pray for your personal intentions as well

during this powerful novena.

Right Click here to join us for the Novena for the Election.

Find the Original Here:

http://www.praymorenovenas.com/election

-novena/#ixzz4OmSDreuA

The Novena is now into its third day, BUT

the prayers are short and you can catch up

easily!

Living the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy Mrs. Higgin’s Wednesday evening 4th grade class has been busy living the Works of Mercy! The peanut butter and jelly drive (feed the hungry) net-ted 47 jars of jelly and 71 jars of peanut butter for Fr. Tom’s Parish food pantry. Last week the students practiced “Counseling the doubt-ful” by writing “words of encouragement” on slips of paper, attaching them to Dum Dum lollipops, and dis-tributing them to the other students in the program!

During the month of No-vember, Mrs. Higgin’s class will conduct a hat and glove collection (clothe the naked)

and a book collection (instruct the ignorant). Stay tuned for more details!

Did you know…?

That you can access our “Notes from the PREP

Office” as well “Partners in

Faith,” on the MMR website??

Just go to the PREP tab and

click on News and Events.

“See what love the Father has given us, that we should

be called children of God.”

1 John 3:1