Easy to use and secure service for making online donations using credit/debit card or
checking account now available at St. Roch's for one-time or recurring gifts.

Just click on "ONLINE GIVING" in gray tool bar at top of screen and follow simple format.
We truly appreciate your donations especially at this difficult time. God bless.

Saturdays 4:00, Sundays 8:30 & 11:00
Safety guidelines are in place at every Mass.
Please enter through the front doors
& remember your mask.
We look forward to worshipping together.

This reflection from Our Blessed Mother's  statue truly points to the Light of the World in Jesus!
Jesus is waiting for you to come visit Him in the tabernacle, & to share in
His Holy Eucharist with the family at St Roch's Church. 

Father Roy wants you to know
we are here for you! 

Thank you for your continued support & prayers.

Visit us Daily for current updates see EVENTS & NEWS  or facebook for more... tps://www.facebook.com/strochoxford/

Homework & class  assignments are in the parish hall by family name the near stage.
Call 508-987-2382 or email strochoxford@gmail.com.
Grades k, 1, 2, 3, 4 & 6 Meets Nov 22
practicing social distancing & wearing masks.
Grades  5, 7, 8 will meet online Nov 22
teachers will send a link during the week.
send your E-mail to strochoxford@gmail.com
High School & Confirmation Meet Nov 27.
The First Sunday in Advent

A Prayer in Time of Pandemic   
O God, whose Only Begotten Son bore the weight of human suffering for our salvation, 
hear the prayers of your Church for our sick brothers & sisters & deliver us from this time of trial.
Open our ears & our hearts to the voice of your Son: 
"Be not afraid, for I am with you always." 
Bless all doctors & nurses, researchers & 
public servants; give us the wisdom to do
what is right & the faith to endure this hour, 
that we might gather once again to
praise your name in the heart of your church,
delivered from all distress & confident in your mercy. 
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Oxford Ecumenical Food Shelf is Open. 
Phone: (508) 987-1062
for Appointment to Pick up at the driveway 

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If you are unable to come to the church on Saturday at 4:00, or Sunday at 8:30, 
join us Sunday at the 11:00 mass 

Thanks for Calvin Givner who made us able to Live Stream mass
 from the church.*

*Just click on  FAITH & LITURGY above then onto -
LIVE MASSES or just Click here. 

What is the best way to prepare for the season of Advent? We’re free to do what we know will help us prepare for Christmas in the very best way.
If decorating and singing does not help us prepare for the coming of Christ, then let's decide whether it’s worth doing at all.
Advent is not just about preparing for Christmas. The word advent means coming. So Advent is about preparing for Christ’s Second Coming. One day we will meet Christ face to face. Advent is the stark reminder that we need to get ready for that meeting, for eternity.
With that in mind, what if each of us prepared as if December 25, 2020 will be the day we meet Jesus face to face?

Have a merry Advent.

Saints of November include...   
23 Pope St. Clement, Martyr, St. Miguel Pro
24 St. John of the Cross, St. Chrysogonus, Martyr,
   St Andrew Dung-Lac & the 117 Martyrs of Vietnam  
25 St. Catherine of Alexandria, Martyr  
26 St. Leonard of Port Maurice, St. Sylvester, Abbot, St. Peter of Alexandria, Martyr
27 Bl. Leonard Kimura
28 St. Joseph Mary Pignatelli
29 St. Saturninus,
29 St. Andrew, Apostle patron of Barbados, Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Russia, Sicily, Amalfi in Italy, of fishermen, fishmongers & rope-makers. Brother of Simon Peter both fishermen when called to serve; Jesus said he would make them "fishers of men".  said to have been martyred at Patras, Greece on an
X-shaped cross
having said he was unworthy
to have the same type
of cross as Jesus.

30 St. Maura

Every home should have a nativity scene.
Thanks to a parishioner we are able to place this one in the home of our raffle winner.
 

During November, our thoughts turn to gratitude. We all come from different walks of life, completely different backgrounds, different families, different personal history but all have much for which we say thanks.
The words grateful, or blessed, these days are overused regarding material things. Social media sites post blessed because of this or that, but how often have they posted about a gift of the Holy Spirit?
Gratitude is more than noticing what you have. It is an attitude of being grateful in your relationships, through life’s highs and lows the loss and the gifts which come from the Lord.
Gratitude is vital to strengthening faith life. The Holy Mass is a prayer of Thanksgiving to the Lord, and the Eucharist a Sacrifice of Thanksgiving. At the very heart of who we are as Catholics is gratitude.

"No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks."
St. Ambrose                                  ****************
“When it comes to life, the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.” - G.K. Chesterton                                        *************** " Remember the past with gratitude. Live the present with enthusiasm. Look forward to the future with confidence.” Pope St. John Paul II

Fr. Roy will be available for Confessions
Saturdays 3-3:30 PM
in the Church, 

(Safe social distanced intervals are in place).

Masks or face coverings must be worn in the church at all times.