From the Desk of Fr. Phil

I have to congratulate all those parishioners who helped make our bake sale so successful last weekend.  Several of my own personal friends as well as family baked and helped out too! Congratulations are in order for all of you! The amount of baking that came in totally exceeded my expectations. Many workers including several students from St. Paul Catholic Secondary School came on board all weekend to make sure things went smoothly. Thanks too, to all of you who were able to come and support this St. Dominic parish fund-raiser.  We also had a total of 29 raffle prizes donated by parishioners for which I am also very grateful. We realized $2800.00 profit from the day. As you already know, it is not just about the money for me, but about the chance to socialize with parishioners, their families, their friends and people from the wider community. I know that a good time was had by all. Before I talk about Thanksgiving Weekend, please remember that our Knights of Columbus are hosting OKTOBERFEST again this year on October 19 in the parish hall. Tickets are available in the vestibule all this weekend or at the parish office during the week. This is another opportunity to come out to a dinner-dance and support the Knights and have a great evening with parishioners, friends and family. The SERRA CLUB altar server awards are also next weekend at Our Lady of the Airways Church on October 19^th at 10 am. I will say more about that next weekend. Now to the business of Thanksgiving Weekend.

The following is a Thanksgiving Prayer by Harry Jewell. It is a good prayer for all of us to pray.

We Give Thanks
Our Father in Heaven, We give thanks for the pleasure
Of gathering together for this occasion.
We give thanks for this food prepared by loving hands.
We give thanks for life, the freedom to enjoy it all                                               
And all other blessings. As we partake of this food,
We pray for health and strength
To carry on and try to live as You would have us.
This we ask in the name of Christ, our Heavenly Father. AMEN.

Suggested prayer before Thanksgiving Dinner

Come, Lord Jesus, our guest to be, And bless these gifts Bestowed by Thee.
And bless our loved ones everywhere, And keep them in Your loving care, Amen.

On this Thanksgiving weekend, all of our priests, myself, Fr. Noel, Fr. Ernie and Fr. Milton wish you, your family and friends, every blessing and an abundance of grace from God, our Father!

H A P P Y     T H A N K S G I V I N G

Fr. Phil