It has been several years since Holy Trinity had a proper sign outside of the church. Fr. Stephen has decided that the community should once again know that our Parish is “open for Business” and has commissioned a new sign for our front lawn. The new sign will be over 10 feet tall and will prominently display our Mass times – and we hope to have it in place for Christmas. Our new sign will cost approximately $7,000, so we are once again asking for your help in the form of donations. If you would like to help make a donation to offset the cost of our new sign, please place a donation in the collection with the envelope marked “Parish Sign”. As always, we thank you in advance for your generosity.

Each year, as Christmas approaches, people think of family members and friends who have died. Many have found our Memorial Tree to be a helpful way of remembering and dealing with feelings of loss during an otherwise happy time. If this is helpful for you, you are invited to print the names(s) of deceased relatives and friends on an envelope and mark it “Memorial Tree”. These names will be placed on ornaments prepared and decorated by the children in our Religious Education Program and the ornaments will be placed on the Tree. While you may also use the same envelope to make a voluntary donation to our Building Fund, a donation is not required. Deadline for submission of names is Sunday, December 19^th.

The following are the Mass times for Christmas at Holy Trinity:

Christmas Eve	Friday, December 24th	6:30 pm
Christmas Day	Saturday, December 25th	10:30 am
Sunday Mass	Sunday, December 26th	9:30 am
New Year’s Eve	Friday, December 31st	6:00 pm
New Year’s Day	Saturday, January 1st	6:00 pm
Sunday Mass	Sunday, January 2nd	9:30 am

There are sign-up sheets at the back of the church. Please check off which Masses you plan on attending so that Cindy can complete the Christmas Ministry Schedule. We ask that you please check off your name before Saturday, November 27^th.

Cindy is about to begin working on the Ministry Schedule for January, February & March. If you know that you will be unavailable at any time during those months, please contact Cindy (633-5895 or doylewil@rogers.com) before December 4^th.

Our 2011 Sunday Envelopes will be available beginning next weekend, November 20^th/21^st. As always, we ask that you please take a look to make sure that your address is correct on the label, as that is the same address we will be using to mail out your tax receipts in January.

This year we have made changes to some of the envelope numbers (mostly higher ones), meaning some parishioners will not have the same envelope number in 2011 as they did for 2010. These changes will not take effect until January, so please continue to use your current envelopes and envelope number until the end of the year.

For many years parishioners at Holy Trinity have routinely double-parked in the parking lot on Rockland Road; it was never an issue since everyone was leaving church at the same time. As you are aware, the former Holy Trinity School was sold, and our new neighbours sometimes have events that are held around the same times as our Masses. On many occasions, not all of the cars in the parking lot will belong to fellow parishioners, and often the owners of those cars will want to leave before our Mass ends. In an effort to be good neighbours, we ask that when you use the parking lot, that you please do not block in other cars. Our neighbours have gone out of their way to work with us on parking issues, and we would like to return the favour.

On Thursday, November 11^th, there will be no noon Mass. Instead, Mass will be celebrated at 9am so that parishioners may attend the Remembrance Day ceremony at Harbour Station.

We want to remind you again that Mission 2010 takes place at Holy Trinity, from Monday, November 1^st – Thursday, November 4^th inclusive, at 7pm with mission priest Father George Gilliland from PEI. Everyone is welcome, and copies of Fr. Gilliland’s book, My Two Cents, will also be available.

Please note that there will be a couple of changes to our Mass times this week as a result of the mission. There will be a noon Mass on Wednesday, and Mass on Thursday will be celebrated at 7pm – there will be no noon Mass on that day.

Throughout the year we are always encouraged to pray for the souls in Purgatory in need of purification, healing and wholeness before entering God’s presence. The tradition of our Church is to remember the holy souls in Purgatory especially during the month of November. Next weekend (November 6^th & 7^th) in a special Remembrance Candle-lighting Ceremony, everyone will have an opportunity to come forward during Mass to light a candle in memory of the members of their family who have passed on and are presently with God or still on their way to being united with our heavenly Father. It will also be an opportunity to remember those who so courageously and selflessly gave their lives in war so that we may live. May they and all the departed souls, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.