Click the title for the schedule of local Advent Penance Services. / Haga clic en el título del horario de servicio de Advent Penance en Raleigh.

So, are you feeling just perfectly ready as Christmastime approaches...? Me neither. And you know what: that is perfectly okay! / ¿Te sientes perfectamente preparado mientras nos acercamos a la Navidad...? Yo tampoco. ¿Y sabes qué? ¡Eso está perfectamente bien!

The Knights of Columbus thanks everyone who donated to our annual Food for Families program. If you haven't been able to return the grocery bag passed out a couple of weeks ago, don't worry. You can still return your donation anytime between now and December 22nd.

We’ve taken the opportunity these weeks, together as a parish, to ask for that grace recommended by St. Ignatius: to be stirred to profound gratitude. Now let’s enter into this Thanksgiving week with hearts open to gratitude even more deeply than ever before.../ Comencemos esta semana de Acción de Gracias, con corazones aún más profundamente dispuestos a la gratitud, permitiendo que la generosidad entre nosotros mismos sea una respuesta a la generosidad de Dios para con nosotros.

Join us on Thursday, November 28 at 9:00 a.m. to celebrate a special bilingual Thanksgiving Day Mass with music in the Church. Click on the title for more Mass schedules and the office and meeting room schedule. / Únase a nosotros el jueves 28 de noviembre a las 9:00 a.m. para que celebremos juntos la misa bilingüe del Día de Acción de Gracias en el templo. Haga clic en el título para obtener más información sobre misas y horarios de oficina parroquial.

Includes a special message for children.

Start your Advent season with a morning of faith-filled fun and fellowship! Click the title for more information and to register. / Empieza así esta temporada de Adviento con una mañana llena de fe, diversión y compañerismo. Haga clic el título para más información y para registrase.

The St. Raphael Boy Scout Troop 314’s Annual Christmas Tree Sale will be held on the weekends of Nov. 29 - Dec. 1 and Dec. 6 - 8 in the front parking lot of the Church.

The Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service will be held on Monday, November 25 at 7:00 pm at Beth Meyer Synagogue. Canned food will be collected for Millbrook United Methodist Church’s food pantry and monetary offerings will be collected for A Place at the Table in downtown Raleigh. Following the worship service there will be a light reception and time of fellowship.

“All that I have and possess, you gave it to me… I now give it back to you Lord.”  In between that recognition and that offering?  Being stirred to profound gratitude./ "Todo lo que tengo y poseo, Tú me lo diste ... ahora te lo devuelvo Señor". ¿Que ocurre entre nuestro reconocimiento de los bienes recibidos y nuestra actitud de ofrenda hacia el Señor?  El ser reavivados a mostrar una profunda gratitud.

If you would like to make a donation to dedicate Christmas Flowers in memory or honor of a loved one, please return your Christmas Flower donation envelope before Monday, December 2.

The funeral for Maxima Chua will be Friday, November 15 at 11:00 am in the church.

Come, relax with other parishioners and enjoy an evening of poetry. Fr. Peter Murray, Monica Lavia, Arthur Powers, and Anne Werdel will read some of their original works and answer questions from the audience. Join us in the Lewis Room on November 20 at 7:00 pm.

Read and Feed provides a free meal and 45-60 minutes of literacy games and tutoring in reading for children from Kindergarten through Grade 5. ​​​​​​​Our site needs additional tutors to help these children. Click the title to learn more. / ¡Únase a nosotros para ayudar a los niños a mejorar sus habilidades cognitivas y adquirir un amor por la lectura! Necesitamos voluntarios tutores. Haga click en titulo para más informacion.

Listen to Fr. Adam's homily from this past weekend. / Escuchar a homiía de P. Adán del fin de semana.

Si usted pertenece a un grupo de danza o grupo musical y quisiera ofrecer su danza o canto a la Virgen de Guadalupe el día 11 de diciembre, por favor contacte al Director del Coro Hispano, Rafael Guarnizo, al 919-865-5727 para programar su participación en esta celebración. 

Your ministry is hard at work creating beautiful hand made Prayer Shawls for those in need. We give them freely to people in local hospitals or having surgery and to help comfort those who are mourning a loved one. Unfortunately, we are almost out of our stash of yarn We would greatly appreciate donations of 2 or 3 skeins of yarn.

That I might be “stirred to profound gratitude…”  Since St. Ignatius wrote those words centuries ago, countless numbers of disciples of Jesus have been inspired to ask God for that grace. / Para ser "reavivado con una profunda gratitud ..." Desde que San Ignacio escribió esas palabras hace varios siglos, innumerables discípulos de Jesús se han inspirado para pedirle a Dios esa gracia.

The Senior Citizen Thanksgiving Luncheon will be on Monday, November 18. A traditional buffet lunch will be served. Seating is limited, so RSVP now!

Our Feed a Family food drive to help Catholic Parish Outreach was a wonderful success! We collected 3,126 pounds of food and $4,106 in donations!