ADVENT ‘MINI RETREAT’ WITH FATHER GABRIEL, O.P.
On Tuesday Nov 27, Wed. Nov 28, and Thurs. Nov 29 Fr. Gabriel from the Dominican Fathers will be here for an evening mini retreat, or Triduum. His talk will be at 7:30 pm each evening, and will end with Adoration and the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

We look forward to this spiritual preparation for the Advent period.

FRANCOIS KOH CONCERT
On Saturday November 24th, at 7:30 pm we will be having a special concert in the Church organized by Francois Koh. He is the young Korean classical guitarist who plays at Tuesday morning Masses. Francois was trained in France as an orchestra conductor, and has a group of young Korean musicians whom he will direct. I will also be playing at this event, with Francis Apacible, a grade seven student-violinist at Ecole Notre-dame-de-Fatima. We will be splitting the concert proceeds: our parish will receive half of the proceeds, which will go toward helping our WORLD YOUTH DAY 2008 pilgrims.

Come out and support Francois and our WYD effort.

ARCHBISHOP  TO ARRIVE AT OUR LADY OF FATIMA PARISH
On Sunday November 25th, one of our two Archbishops will be here for Evening vespers at 7:00 pm. We were chosen among the Parishes of the New Westminster Deanery to be the host Parish for the gathering. The two Archbishops are going to be leading vespers in the different deaneries, to help prepare the people for the World Eucharistic Congress to be held in Quebec City in June 2008.

Your help is needed for this event: I will need donations of finger food brought to the reception in our Parish hall afterwards, (please sign up on the list) and a group of volunteers to help set up the reception, and to do tidy up after the reception (sign up on the other list).

This will be a beautiful opportunity to pray together, on the very Sunday when the year’s liturgical year comes to its culmination: Christ the King Sunday.